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Write it 1908.
Happy N< w Year.
C hristmas has come and gone
again and before another issue we
will have commenced a new year;
a year with better pro jects for
pios|H*rily than this one past. The
“crash” predicted by so many has
come and, with the old year, passes
into history. Plenty ot work, the
best of crops, good prices, increase
of building everywhere, advance
ment in all lin<s. all these and more
have b«-en epochs in the pint year;
and w<- face another mile post in
life's journey with all of these go«xl
things back of us and with more
money in circulation than has ever
been I* lore; stirelv the outlook is
most promising.
More cautious
meih »«Is of engaging in bnsines*.
particularly in b.mking, will follow
ami the ex|KTiencc of the pas! few
months will be. in a yeai from to
day, consi<ler«l most beneficia .
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run to fear, and it was apparent that
J.R.Benson of Myrtle Point was not
frightened in the least. He has been
behind the counter during banking
hours since the holidays were called
off, cheerfully handing out gold, sil
All Kinds ot
ver and currency to all who demand
ed it and had a right to make such
demands, with no apparent dimi
nution of tbe large pile convenient
to hand, in fact the pile seemed to
Furnished at Living Prices. A share
grow rather than diminish, the
of the Public Patronage
people who were frightened by the
Solicited.
holidays restoring that to the bank
which had been withdrawn.
In
other lines of business there was
plenty of evidence that cash was
plenty w ith which to do a generous
holiday shopping.
LEWIN’S
Meat Market
i
MEATS and
PROVISIONS
for him to ask for holidays to attend
a circus or to go fishing!
No, Mr.
Fenton, you knew when vou took
the present contract what the con
ditions'were, and you cannot back
out now. it is too late in the day.
Il you can't live up to your agree
ments, throw up your job and let a
man that can do it take ahold of it.
There are others that can just as well
Blames the Driver.
appreciate a slice out of Uncle Sam's
M. A. Thornton who is employed
pile as you.
The Marshfield
fou Can’t Expect to Get
as the manager of agencies for
Worth for $ 1, But
Chamber of Commerce met last week
Foil Can
Get
Four
anti forwarded tlie following reso Eilers Piano House, arrived in this
city yesterday with his wife and
MONEF’S WORTH at
lutions to Washington:
his baby girl,' Gladys, 16 months
“The contract lor the delivery of
old, after a hair rising ex|>erience in
mail between Roseburg and Coos
Bay is held by B. Fenton. The dis the Drain stage coach, which was
tance is sixty-five miles by land over washed into the Pacific Ocean De l»enler in Boots and Shoes
the Coast Range mountains from cember 9, near Jarvis Landing.
Ke|Miiring neatly and promptly done at
Roseburg to Sumner, and from the The accident nearly cost the lives of
lowest I trine prioes.
latter place to Marshfield, via launch.
Between Roseburg and Sumner the Thornton family and others.
three relays of horses are used. Mr. Thornton has been traveling out
The mail is carried in an uncovered of Portland for years, but this is
wagon, four horses to the wagon. the one time when his life was in
Passengers for hire are ctrried with danger. He was given a hearty
Of buying a small tract of
the mail.
Three drivers, one for
land near town fora borne,
each relay of horses, make the trip. welcome by the members of his firm
The mail weighs from one half ton and his associates aft er his narrow
where yon will have tbe
to a ion. It lias doubled in volume escape.
advantages of city schools
«luring th-» last two years.
The
and cli arches and can raise
Mr. Thornton is highly indignant
mail is due here at 10:00a. m. eac 1
your family away from
at what he asserts to have been the
day. During the month of Novem
saloon
influences.
ber it was on time 12 «lays, and on carelessness of the driver who was
three days failed to arrive at al . plac«i in charge of the stage, and
During the past month, up to date, will file a claim lor damages against
it has not been on time a single day. the Drain Stage Lines Company
The mail service has never been so
clothing and
That A. Haberly is selling
irregular anti unsatisfactory.
Mr. for the loss of
suffering
and
baggage
and
for
the
in selling email tracts at
Fenton was consulted early in the
reasonable prices and small
fall and he urged in justification o. shock undergone by his baby, his
slow service the bad condition of the wife and himself.
installments t And
roads.
The chamber of commerce
has sent a man over the route ant
Real Estate List
interviewed people along the roac ,
and finds that the rotd is in as gooc
Large lot and new house in Ban-
condition as in former years. It is dou *650, good location.
He has already sold seven
found that the county court of Coos
tracts to date, all to desirable
3
lots
and
nice
bouse,
good
lo
county has appro riated $1196.00
cation in Bandon *659.
parties?
for improvements on this line o
1 ranch 185 .acres 4 J miles from
road within Coos County, and that
Better buy now before all
men have been sent into the mount Bandon* well stocked ready for busi
are
gone. Only *25 00 caBb
ains, built their cabin and livec ness, fine orchard, 75 acres of bottom
required, balance *1000 a
land
*13.000.
there during the winter to look
month.
40 acre ranch 6| mile» ftom Ban
after the road, as a section man
looks after a railroad.
The horses don has 400 cords of matchwood
driven by the contractor are thin, ou it *750.
BANDON TRANSFER CO.
162 acre ranch in Curry connty
and when compelled to pull passen
C H-i’ATTEHSON A SON
near
Langlois
*81
K).
gers over the muddy
roads in
addition to the heavy mail con
Fin« residence block. 200 feet river Dray and General Delivery
stitutes an offense which should re front with lauding full bearing or
Meet, all Boa la.
ceive the attention of a humane chard, large dwellings 8 other build
-----All order« handled with care.-----
ings, wilb furniture and fixtures, tine
society.
B andon , i
O bboon .
Fui thermore, the life of every location for a store or saloon. $2(XX).
passenger carried is imperiled, over
Several fine business lots in best
the mountainous road when the business part of Bandon from *1,500
surface is soft and slickened by rain. upwards.
The drivers employed receive from
1080 acres or raueb laud, resi
$40.00 to $50.00 per month, and in dance building, «»even hundred acres
many cases strangers are picked up of bottom land, balance number one
regardless of their recklessness for bench land, tine lake fishing and
human lives or knowledge as to bunting. Price *33,000.
-AT—
their record as to occupying a
5 acres just outside of the corpor
responsible position.
ation good level land. *750.
Y e E ditor leaves this coming
week to spend New Year s at his
home in Hillsboro, Oregon, and to
attend the State Editori.d A-socia-
tion, which meets in Portland in
January, combining both pleasure
an«l business. We think we have
earned a couple of week’s off, and
shall be ready to take up the reins
again upon our return, as frisky as
ever. C. R. Wade, who gave so
creditable account of his editorial
ability during our absence last sum
mer. will have charge of the busi
ness, editorial and local end, and
the mechanical department will be
left in efficient charge, so all work
will be turned out in first-class shape
and promptly. While in the city
we shall select a new serial story,
which will commence shortly, and
new material which will greatly
assist in getting out a newspaper
which will be a credit to Bandon.
As we expect to make the trip by
steamer Breakwater, we will say that
we do not intend to heave up our
socks, the experience of so many,
as we do not wear any. When it
comes to feeding the little fishes, we
expect and anticipate to feed as
many as the next one. But, anyway,
it our plans materialize, and we have
no reason to think otherwise, we
w'll be able soon to print all at
home eight pages regularly. During
our absence and this Aeek we are
printing only the old size, four
Myrtle Point Note*.
pages. Unavoidable circumstances
From the Enterprue.
has made it necessary, but the
regular six pages and possibly more
Mr. Morse, the electric light man,
will be the regular issue upon our
in
turning on the lights early these
return.
No, we are not to be
cloudy evenings is doing that which
married this time.
is appreciated by his patrons.
Smoke
Bob Bon Man,
Walpole,
Yankee Effort,
Don
Ventura
E. LEWIN Prop.
IÌOOTS
H1IOE»
M. BREUER’S
YOU ARE THINKING
DO YOU KNOW
“I Hit the Spot Every Time.
Awarded Silver Medal at World’» Fair, St. Louis, 1904.
FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS.
For Male at the
PORT ORFORD
ANI»
RED CEDAR
SHI NGLES.
McKenzie,
2 one acre tracts, adjoining town
cheap.
280 acres improved ranch, fine bear
ing orchard, 90 acres bottom land,
10 miles from Bandon.
Large
amount of white cedar on it,
price
*1000.
The Pacific
All orders filled promptly.
Office in mill. We pay
highest price for Red
Cedar Logs and Rolts.
J. E. YOUNG & CO.
The Tailor
Style and Fit Guaranteed
CLEANING AND PRESSING
All Work Done Promptly
Opposite Post Office
DO YOU KNOW THAT
Furnished
Rooms
SHINGLE MILL.
VARNEY & TUTTLE
A Full Line of Oonfiaotionery, Fruit
Cigars. Tobacco Soft Drinks, etc.
News
Stand
In
Connection.
Next to Vienna Cafe
G. H. Smith
Bandon Co-Operative Reality Co
Real Estate and City Property
BANDON
Nine clean room«, 25 and fiOo a nicht; *1.25
a week; *5.00 a month.
MBB. SARAH COSTELLO.
House and 2 lota in town, good lo
cation, land set ont in strawberries.
*550
River front ranch. J mile river
front on deep water. 177 1-3 acre
coal land—*3500.
Houses to rent, t’oos nnd Cnrry
properly for sale, ranch«»« of all hiz » h ,
iu both counties for sale.
Store room to rent cheap in the
tieet part of Bandon, up and down
stairs.
General merchandise store with
stock and fixtures with building and
large lot. doing a business of *25,(MIO
to *30,000 per year, well located, and
long established business, which can
be doubled by tbe rignt parties.
Price *9000.
Manufacturing
plant for sale.
Good paying bosineM. Big frontage
on deep water. First class business
proposition on Coquille river—*25.04X1
W. E. and Harry Lewellen went
T he L ast straw to bieak the
camel’s back has fallen, i.e , Fenton, to Bandon Monday to set up furni
who contracted to carry mail into ture in the newly enlarged hotel,
Coos County from Roseburg daily, the Myrtle Point furniture house
The
has a ¡»etition circulated to cut the having secured the contract.
service down so we will only receive work took several daya of this week.
mail every other day.
There may
J. F. Thomasson, mail carrier be
be people narrow minded enough to tween Empire and Marshfield claims
sign such a paper, but if they will to have been held up at a poi nt near
look into the matter just a little it Ferndale Thursday night.
He
won’t take them long to see where whipped up his horse on being re
they are off, Fenton is paid a good quest«! to hold up his hands, and
price, his own price, l»y Uncle Sam safely made his get-away.
The
to see that the mails are taken would-be robber fired a shot at the
through daily. As it is we of Ban fleeing carrier, but the bullet went
don are usually from two to four wide of its mark.
days late with the mail alt of the
A number of first class deep water
After aix weeks of suffering from
time in the winter.
During the
I'ront mill sites for sale cheap.
a complication of diseases, Nealy
past two weeks the service has been
5 limber claims, ernise 3.000.000
excessively bad.
Some days we Hampton, the 14 year old daughter I eel each, mostly white cedar, handy
have not received any mail at all, of B.E. Hampton passed away at the to roads and easy to log. Price *254X1
each.
other days receiving a lot of back home of her father in this city Mon
Lots *15 and up, ivCsted in all
papers and no letters, taken all day evening, the 16th. The funeral
parts of town and surrounding ad
was
held
Wednesday
afternoon
at
through, the service has been very
dition. Property of all kinds bonght
poor. Mr. Fenton is paid by the 2 o’clock, services and interment and sold at living prices.
government to carry mail.
If he >eing in the cemetery at Norway,
We are an old established firm and
takes passengers, he should be made iev. Thos. Barklow officiating. are reliable. We are not curbstone|
real eetate agents,
to provide other conveyances, or at Hiss Nealy is survived by her father, and if we do not
least to provide more horses to get two sisters and three brothers.
want we will get it
the present conveyance through on
The holidays ended in Myrtle
Tm B andon R eal E state A L oan
time. If the people allow the change ’oint with no excitement in evidence.
C ompany . Rooms 2 and 3,
to be made, the next thing will be The new bank, of course, had no
New Denholm Bld g. Ban don,Ore.
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Residence and Business Lots Sold and Exchanged, A general Brok
erage Business. Timber, Farm Lands, Collections, Rents