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EblTott AND PkOPHIETOK
Per leer, ¥1.60; Six Monlha ¥1.(M); Copy 5c
HTRICTLY IN ADVANCE.
'Iti» paper li entered «t the lUuduti p.mt urti.» a» Secuid-clüM» Matu-r
T he B oard of engineers recom­ out on purpose. Try to rob them
mended the harbor improvements of a thing we are heartily glad to
along the coast for the Columbia see leave for the jost office ! If you
River only. Their recommendation have any difficulty in securing your
goes a long way toward securing an paper, notify us, giving the address
Port Orford Notes.
appropriation; anil while we do not to which it is sent, and the one to From The Tribune
expect 40 feet on the bar, we do which you want it changed-
want 20 feet and as all of Oregon’s
Agates by the tens of thousands
streams excepting the Columbia,
were
thrown up on agate beach last
1’ he M oney situation is rapidly
were turne I down by the engineers,
Thursday
and Friday, and many
becoming clearer and this will prob­
it h up to the p. ..pie to go after an
ably be the last week of the Holi- people have enjoyed the pleasure of
appr<qiriation themselves.
d-ys, proclaimed by the Governor. hunting for rare ones.
John R Miller has bargained the
The one essential above all else, con­
T en Dot. 1 aks . i month lobievthe! fidence, is fastfebeing restored, and merchandise in his store to Ames S.
That is the way lhe advertisements there is plenty of money in circula­ Johnson, who if the deal is completed,
of th«- new combination w dl r. ad in tion^ Owing to the conservative w ill rent the building and continue
ten ye.rr. All o th«- trusts, r iil- methods practiced by all banks in the business.
They are now busy
road companies ami steamship lines, Oregon, a hardship has been worked invoicing the goods.
Mr. Miller
of anv consequence have united into u|*on our manufactories and their has not stated what he will do in the
a gigantic merger
Harriman has employes, but it was only tempora­ future.
been almost left out ot I lie combine' ry There are calamity howlers who
The work of surveying the S. P.
vhi.lii» probably bn tun.tie ioi Ore­ a 1 tvs infest a community, who, Coast Railroad route, has in com-
gon, but HJI, M ig .11 R<a kt fellow with their “1 told you so’s” inci^ 1 moil with all of Han ¡man’s railroad
and Kuhn-Loeb ate the king- pins suspicion, and w hat is ¡more natural construction on this coast, and else­
who propose to inn lhe tiling This than for anyone to strive to protect where, been suspended, and Brown’s
merger, which h is been organized that which he is working daily for, and Mitchell's parties have been
will in the first place, be of great his money. The clearing house cer­ otdeted to San Francisco, and our
benefit to the wh ile country, inas­ tificates have been spread broadcast, local men have returned home,
much as it will immediately quell the many having reached the Coquille Brown’s party going to Coos Bay,
financial scare now existing. Prob­ Walley, giving a temporary currency' and Mitchell s going out to the
ably this combination will have con­ and secured by' the best of securities, railroad via Cresent City.
siderable to do in the next campaign, wheat. One which we saw called
What is it has two eyes but can’t
although at present their interests for five dollars and was secured by see; two ears but can’t hear; four
are not mutual with either the Re­ seven and a half dollars worth of feet that can’t walk; but yet it can
publican or Democratic party. The wheat in the warehouse. Millions jump as high as Mount Hood? An­
Gould interests are not in the com are being shipped into this country, swer: a dead cat.
But, you say,
bination, but eventually must join and tire financial frenzy which came “a dead cat can’t jump.” Neither
the combination 01 be squeezed out. so near to wrecking many of the can Mount Hood, we reply1 Sold
The low prices exist ing enabled them banks throughout the country, has again.
to buy much stock at a figure never been averted, and the “hard times ,• L
It will be pleasing to our people
hoped of. T he combined interests ate just as far off as they were be-
to know that Representative Haw ley,
have ousted Harriman in the ileal, lore the recent money trouble.
has energetically, and intelligently,
and his retirement, ot both the
taken up the creation of a Life
Southern Pacific and the Union Paci­
Saving Station at Port Orford, and
The Other Side.
fic is expected in a short time.
having made a close study of the
The worm will turn eventually and location here by personal inspection,
T he T urbulent state of finances we reprint following .1 letter of a he agrees with all our sea faring
all over the country are holding the Minnesota farmer to the editor of citizens that Nellie's cove is the
center of the public stage, but what his local newspaper, giving another proper place for its election, despite
is even more to the interest of the version of the Mail Order evil:
the site selected by Captains Munger
dwellers of the Coquille Valiev, is
“If the mail order house gets and Roberts, and~he will probably
our bar and harbor improvements.
$1000 out of this county each month a-,k a re-examination, in order that
The financial difficulties are already
that belongs to the home merchants, Nellie’s Cove may have another
smoothing themselves, and in a short
the fault is with the home merchants chance, provided that the govern­
time will be known only as an epoch
themselves. The mail order houses ment can recede from what has
in history, but ta us the Coquille
advertise and gives us prices on already been done, without unnec­
River improvements are of a great
Hawley’s letter to
everything they offer for sale. They essary delay.
importance. The Rivers and Har­
Suprintendent
Kimball,
shows his
tell us w hat they have and what they
bors Congress meet in Washington
thorough
knowledge
of
the
situation,
want for it. Of course we get
next month, and ()rvil Dodge has
anil
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publish
Gen.
Kimball's
reply
soaked once in a w hile, and if we do
been sent by the commercial bodies
we can try some other house. Most in order that our readers may under­
of Bandon, Coquille and Myrtle
of the home merchants who adver­ stand the present status of the pro­
Point to present our needs in river
tise at all, don’t quote prices. They posed station.
improvements. He is better able to
The tact that Treasurer Steele had
neglect to tell us what |w e want to
present these requirements to the
loaned
the Ross Institution Three
know—prices. Of course we can go
proper statesmen who will look judic­
to the store and ask the price of this Hundred and Ninety five Thousand
iously into this matter, than any
article and that, but you know how' Dollars, at 2 per cent, and now has
other man. His trip to Washington
it is—one doesn’t know so well what to endorse state warrants “not paid
last year was extremely fruitful, and
he wants to buy when he gets into a for want of money,” the same to
he is not only familiar with the local
store as when he is at home. And draw 6 per cent interest, raises the
conditions, but has a personal inter­
here is where the mail order houses presumption that Ross paid some
est in securing an appropriation for
make their hit. They send their ad­ body a premium for such loans!
further improvements.
We will
vertising matter into our homes and Whatever may be the facts in the
give, in an article in a short time,
we read it when we haven’t anything case, Mr. Steele must now realize
the statistics of shipping, showing
else to do, and ¡every member of the the impolicy of placing all his eggs
the amount of shipping, and the
family who reads their stuff, usually in one basket.
most needed improvements
finds something that he or some
Colonist Rates will not be
other member of the family wants,
Discontinued.
T he T hings that a country news­ and many orders are made up and
At
a
meeting
in Chicago lately,
paper man has to contend with are sent out at just such times.
of
the larger
by no means few, and many a
“Right here is where the home representatives
railways
systems
agreed
not to
difficulty could I m eliminated by merchant falls down. If he talked
abandon
the
home-seekeers
’ ex­
the exercise of a little thought on up his business in our homes the
cursion
to
the
west.
Since
the
pas­
the part of our subscribers. Last same as the mail order houses do,
week an individual came into our the people would be in to see him sage of the two-cent fate laws in
sanctum loudly defaming the atmos­ the next time they came to town, many of the western states there has
phere with adjectives and cuss words. and in many cases extra trips would has been talk of discontinuing the
After the torrid visitor had subsided be made to get things at once that rate. For three days the general
anil the air cleared of brimstone, and we wanted until they were brought passenger agents of the larger sys­
tems have been in conference here
incidentally the editor had crawled to our attention
considering
the question,
There
out from under the stove, we learned
“The home merchant can save
was
a
minority
of
the
opinion
that
that this individual had not been re­ the expense of getting out a cata­
the
rate
should
be
wiped
out
and
ceiving his paper regularly. Before logue. We people read the home
to all.
any explanations could be arrived papers more carefully than we do a regular tariff charged
at, our fiery friend had taken his catalogue, and if the merchant wants Representatives of the I nion, Bur-
departure, but before leaving con­ to talk business with us let him put lington, Milwaukee and St. Paul,
signed the whole outfit to a place his talk in the home papers, and put Northwestern and Rock Island said
where overcoats are never needed. it in so that we know he means busi­ that under no circumstances would
We looked the matter up and found ness. The home merchant likely, they agree to abandon these rates,
that the subscriber had moved and nine times out of ten. sells his goods as they had resulted in building the
his paper had not been changed. He as cheap as the mail order houses, west.
It was agreed, however, that the
had not notified this office, and being and I believe on many things they
lome-seekers
’ rates be slightly ad-
at outs with the tn) Stic oracle, we are much cheaper, but how Me we
vanced after January i.
did not know of the change. Some to know it if he does nut tell us mum advance will be J5 The maxi­
on each
people think we keep their paper about it?
I round-trip ticket.
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Any perwou or persons trerqmssing 1
iipoo the Croft Lake rsuCti, . the,
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Mii'lellnn sud Marshall rauche*, |.
wol be prosecuted as the ia w directs, i X\.vzvzlll^
and a reward will be given for infer
luation that will lenii to the coorte-1
(ton of the guilty parties
EDMUND CROFT,
Bsndou. Oregon.
For Rent.
Office rooms in Devereaux Bld g,
upstairs near the Post Office. In
quire of l oin Devereaux or call up
qp the Bear Creek Phone.
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Druggist and Apothecary
is jus! in receipt of a new and
fresh stock of
KLVDlAV TH.INS EEK CO.
Drugs and Chemicals,
C il FA I I EKSuN A SON
Dray and General Delivery
Patent and Proprietary Preparations
Toilet Articles.
Meet m H Boat».
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P erfumes , B rushes , S ponges , S oap
N uts and C andies .
Wines. Liquors
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Ikruggiot* Mund l ies.
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THE MERCY HOSPITAL
At North Bend
Clirar», Tobacco, anil ClgaretteA.
t'aints. Oils. Glass and Painters' Supplies.
LEWIN’S
El. ! )ORADO
Meat Market TONSORIAL PARLORS
Is iiow open for the re
ceptionaif patients. The
terms am $10 per week
and upwards, For par­
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“A merchant must not think that
even his best customers know his
goods so well that they can tell what
he has without being told.
“It Is none of my business how
the home merchant runs his business,
but 1 don't like to see these roasts in
the papers all lhe lime about tnc
fellows who get a little stuff shipjied
in once in a while ami never any
thing on the other side. There are
always two sides to a question, and
1 have given you mine. If.it is
anything to you you can take it.”g|
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P. B. HOYT, Prop.
MEATS and
PROVISIONS
Furnished at Living Prices.
Located In EL DORADO BUILDING,
First Street, BANDON, HKFtiON
SHAVING, SHAMPOOING AND HAIR
CUTTING AT STANDARD PRI( ES.
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Sisters of Mercy
North Bend, Or.
Bathroom newly lilted up with Porcelain
Tul». Hot or Cold Baths *J5 cent
A share
of the Public Patronage
Solicited.
Gasoline - Steam, Pumping, Irrigation and
E. LEWIN Prop.
Lighting Machinery.
For Sale.
Fairbanks-Morse Gasoline Engines for Sprat mg, Pumping,
Sawing. Grinding.
Outfits complete.
Fairbanks Mor»«
Steam Engines, Pumps, Boilers. Fairbanks Scales for weigh
ing. Fairbanks-Morse Dynamos ami Motors, for power and
light; W indmills and Towers; Grinders, Feed Choppers, Well
Pumps. All first quality goods at lowest prices.
Always in
stock. Liberal terms. Prompt reply to inquiries and quick
shipment. Write for Catalogues ami Prices.
5-ACRE TRACTS
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Near town and the plank road, rich
soil—Level land—$(>5 and $75
acre.
per
Small payment down, balance
Fairbanks - Morse & Co, Portland. Oregon.
in installments of $10 per month.
Best bargain iu laud in the city.
Call on or address the owner,
B andon
A. Haherly, Bandon.
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Tlie New Drug Store U Now Kenxiy for BuniiieMA.
B.
SABIN
Manufacturer »nd Denier in
All Kinds of Saddlery.
Fine line of Fancy Candies.
Harnes» and Saddles Repaired.
BANDON,
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Imported and Domestic Cigars.
CAPT. J. OLSEN, Master.
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This Steamer is New. is Strongly built, an ! fitted with the latent improvements, and will
Rive a regnlar 8 day service, for pn .nenger» and freight, between the
Coquille River, OreRon, and San Francisco, Calif.
>L E. WALSTROM A,<nt. Bandon, Oregon.
E. T. KRUSE, Managing AReut, 23 A: rket Street, San Francisco, California.
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You Can’t Expect to Get
ft Worth for S1, Bu t
You Can
Get
Your
MONEY'S MOUTH at
California and Oregon Coast Steamship Company
Steamei
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M. BREUER’S
H ooìn
Frenh.
The New, Elegantly Fitted, and Speedy Steamer
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Drugs, Druggist s Sundries, Patent Mesidenic.
Brushes, and Toilet Articles. Fancy Stationery
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Repairing neatly and pr oipilv done at
loweat living | i ie< H.
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Now plying between Portland and
Coos Bay only. Weekly trips.
GEO. D. GRAY A CO., Gen’l A r U i ,
421 Market. St. Nan Francisco.
L. W. SHAW, Agent,
Marshfield, Phon« 441.
Say, Mr. Merchant!
You have been trying to improvise some practical method of introducing your new goods.
Well!
Here is a tip that can be summed in a word—Glass Show Cases.
An article properly displayed will sell on sight.
Get the idea?
Put in a couple and inside of a year the
additional sales derived from that source, will pay for them.
All up-to-date establishments
are having them installed.
Another Practical Suggestion
Did you ever stop to think that you tnay be judged, bv strangers, by your correspondence
If your letters are neatly type written they will always give a business dignity in no other
way attained.
The Underwood Machine excells all others in evefy respect.
We sell them.
The Modern Company,
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