. Fortunes of the World are Founded on Oil ! not long ag«» A I.iir Saving Station Joe'Chanslor, now several times a millionaire, was lei k in Los Angeles. He borrowed, some nloney for the purpose ofoper- * A newly nutfud oeitpl«» >to«»«l on ling in California oil; the result was that it made him one of the richest the wharf at the Life Saving Station leu in the state. John A. Bunting, formerly a brakeman i >r the Southern gazing s*«lly into the c »1*1 waters. acific, through the investment of $(70.00 in California oil became a mil- Their countenance*} plainly told of onaire. We could tell you of innumerable others. Why were Bunting, their mental agony, brought about a . ’hanslor, and the many others, who made their money through oil in- by the financial stringency, and of estment successful? -.... ——--------- Because they were shrewd, level headed observing ini possessing unbounded confidence in the great future of the California their contemplated deed. He had « if fields and the oil industry. The demand for oil is increasing daily. o»t his position and his dollars were he consumption far exceeds the output. Several oil companies paid sub- few. their ¿wants many, and as he : tantial dividends when oil was selling at 15 cents per barrel. Oil is now took his last few dollars from his celling at SIX I Y GENTS PER BARREL at the well. The total divi­ dends for the year 1908, from all the oil companies doing business in pocket, and read by the light of the ».‘aiiiurnia, not including the Standard, will probably reach the $6,000,000 moon the inscription thereon “In nark for the year 1909. Therefor« the natural conclusion to arrive at. God We, Trust," a smile over­ u, INVEST IN OIL SECURITIES, INVEST AT ONCE. We are spread h s face, and placing his arm • Hering for sale a limited number of .shares on what we consider to be one of lovingly around her waist, said 1 he best Companies operating in Kern Co., in fact, in California. We efer to the ( Kern Associated Oil Co.) The stock of the Kern Associated "Don't worry, but hurry, tomorrow • Jil Company is the best oil proposition ever offered the investment public. we can get two dollars worth of be Company owns free of incumbrance forty acres in the very heart of merchandise for one at the Trustee •he Kern River Oil District, and situated on the Southern Pacific Rail Sale at Banter Bros.1 former store." wad. It adjoins the San Joaquin Oil & Development Company’s prop- . ity which was recently merged with lie A sociated Oil Co., w' ose stock 43 ti . now selling at $31.75 per share. Il also adjoins the justly famous Dis- The Ladies4 Guild is making prep­ < every well where oil was first discovered in the Kern River < )il District. arations for a bazar to be held some . he Kern Associated Oil Cmpany lias two wells on its property. Well o. 1 is in oil and gives about sixty five barrels of oil pt«-day. With a time during the second week in Nov­ • reater depth and a more approved pump the production will be greatly in ember. . leased. The company desires to sink four more wells and to install W. P. Fuller’s pure prepared •1 odern compressed air pumps. We believe that well No. 2, will, with paint for sale by C, Y. Lowe. pieater depth, produce a larger and inexhaustible oil supply as are the « ther wells on adjoining properties. We are offering a limited number of For sure and big increase in values hares in this c mpany at 20 cents per share. Do you realize what that i! eans? It means that in purchasing this stock you become interested in buy Industiial Addition lots. .1 company that can produce the oil. It is not a case of “they may," The whiskey for the most particu­ they should" but “they are." Let us again impress upon you those highly important facts: The lar people—Stewart’s Bourbon, 1 roperty is a producer, is entirely sur.ounded by reliable producing prop- Jamison ¿t Brown’s. • rties, that there is sufficient acreage ( forty acres) to justify the drilling of Patronize home industry, buy orty more wells all of wh'ch Would be in the very core of the richest oil reducing counties in California, distiicts in the world. Remember that your clothes from McKenzie the «ernCo. produces as much oil as am other three oil producing counties tailor. Suits $15.00and up. n California. Shipping facilities could not be better for the proj erty ad Die G. A. R. of Bandon will give oins the Southern Pacific tracks. The company has valuable assets in a masquerade ball in Oriental Hall mprovements: Two wells, derrick, tanks tool and bunk house etc,, etc. B fore accepting the fiscal agenev of the Kern Associated Oil Com- <>n Christinas eve. j any we thoroughly investigated every detail pertaining to the company All business houses wanting nd its property. We «lid not take -nap judgment, we never do, con change of advertisements should fequently want to assure you that the stock of this company at twenty cents p r share is the most unpar ileiled opportunity for tile investor that have their copy in this office no later than Wednesday morning. It ever came under our observation. We sincerely believe that the Ke irn Associated Oil Co. is destined io is impossible to change an ad as late pay dividends as surely and as regulailv as are now being paid by the As­ as Thursday. st ciated Oil and other companies on adjoining properties and we see no Three reasons for buying Cleve- rason why within twelve months th« Kern Asso iated Stock should not be quoted at n any times its selling p’ice. Baking Powder. You can invest any amount from $20.00 up to $20,000. We allow Superior quality (best cream of tar­ jou 5 per cent on cash sub;ctiptions. You can purchase stock on the . asy monthly plan if you so desire, one fifth down and one fifth per month tar ( Neatest Package)screw top can) Don’t Delay. 1 he stock of the Kern Associated Oil Company is the Best Price (31b can 1.00, 5 lb can$l.- best on the market today. 65) Always insiston your grocer Jos. J. Hogan Co. 802-3 Metropolis Bank Bldg. ,S.m Francisco, Cal sending you Clevelands. “ 1 he goods that saves you money. 8 T remendousSacrif ices In All Departments ■Vi Stock still Complete. Hurry to the TRUSTEE SALE PANTER BROS Former Store at Bandon ONLY A SB ORT TIME TO DISPOSE OF THIS STOCK. IF YOU WANT TO SAVE MONEY, COME THATS ALL Special inducements to out-of-town buyers Merchants will be given a liberaljdiscount. Vi Store Fixtures, Safe, Me Caskey Register, Scale, Trucks. Oil-tank and Folding desk EOR -TIW***^*^ S Wolîf * ' 1 • • f i i Some boys went cut the. fiver Tuesday in a row oat and were hy­ ing driven toward the bar by the outgoing tide when they, were spied by the crew on the pile driver. Bert Patterson jumped into his row boat and crossed over and rescued them. Great care should be taken in al­ lowing boys on the river when the tide is going out. The Hotel Gallier has a new sign which adds greatly^ to the appear­ ance of the building. OUR BATTLE-SHIPS A Sigaiticant History-Making Move- M«nt by the L'aited States. Pacific Ocean Saved to America by Robust Policy of Republican Party. The famous Coos Bay Beer al­ ways kept on ice at Rasmussen Bros.’ The present world cruise of Amerl- cen warships Is om of the most Inter­ esting, Important and far reaching per­ formances of any aduiluietration since the Civil War. History rides upon the prew of the flagships of thio fleet Eighty fivs Billions of people have for mouths been attempting to Interpret the nioveuient and solve the problem our government Is attempting to prop­ erly adjust by thia circumnavigation of the globe When President Roosevelt first anneunced that the fleet of battle ships was to make the long Journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, the Democrats turned prophets of evil and predicted mauy disastrous thing» would follow as a consequent« of this unprecedented move. Go to the Bargain Store for snaps in dry gcods, groceries, bootsand shoes. The Bargain Store the name it implies means bargains for the peo­ ple. You save money by buying at the Bargain Store come and see for yourself. High grade kodaks and supplies for sale by C. Y. Lowe. More Than Enough It Too Much. To maintain health, a mature man or woman needs enough food to re­ pair the waste and supply energy and body heat. The habitual con­ sumption of more food than is necess­ ary for these purposes in the prime cause of stomach troubles, rheuma tisin and disorders of the kidneys For rent—Queen Anne Cottage Apply to Rasmussen Bros. 42 tf Areata tad World Crelae. The armada took its departure from Hampton Roads, Doc. 16 1907, and after a wholly successful voyage around the Hern, of about twelve thousand miles, it dropped anchor In Ran Fran cisco Harbor May 6. 1908. The ships that form the four divisions of the fleet In this record-making cruise are: The Connecticut, Louisiana, Maine, Mis soui'i, Georgia, New Jersey. lUi «!.* Isl and. Virginia. Alabama. Illinois, ¡tear surge. Kentucky, Ohio, Minnesota. Kan huh and Vermont. To which were add Stove wood, fire place and heate ed the Nebraska and tlie Wisconsin, al wood. Orders by phone or mail ready In Puget Sound, thus ¡nuking a fleet of 1 ighteeu tirst class modern promptly tilled. A. Haberly. battleships in perfect condition. There were alreadi in the Pacific Land for sale in small tracts near and Oriental waters the tine armored town. A. Haberly. cruisers West Virginia, Colorado. Ma ryland and Pennsylvania. Their two It will surprise you what a variety sister ships, the California and South of articles are kept at theJRACKET Dakota, were also on the Pacific, ami STORE. We are constantly re­ the powerful Washington and Tenues see went from the Atlantic to Join the ceiving ne w goods. 43 tf armada, thus making eight armored cruisers to bo added to the eight«*«'!» Notice battleships, In addition there were in All accounts made with the Ban­ the Pacific several protect«*«! cruisers, and other leaser craft, All don Hardware Co. up to and in- gunlioals told there were ten hundred and fifty luding Septemper 14 th, are due officers and nineteen thousand five hun and payable to T. W. Robison, dred men In due time the main fleet of war Said accounts will bear 10 per cent ships resumed its western course and interest after November ist. will touch at the leading ports of China aud Australia, passing on east by way of the west, and coming finally to Mai TAFT'S INJUNCTIONS ta and Gibraltar, where it will coal and ultimately return to its starting point at Hampton Roads, some time I ask that every reepoaslblv early next February. and fair minded labor leader, ev­ In thin expedition the Repuhlomi ery respouaible and fair minded party haa a policy which projects itself member of a labor erganlaaUau. far Into the future, but it is an entire read these (Taft's) Uijuaetloni misunderstanding of the whole sclicme for himself If be will do so, in to suppose that it is aimed narrowly stead of ooudeinulng them he wit! or definitely at any single power. It Is heartily approve of theai aad will I one of those robust constructive |wor policy stands as 11 world monument In diplomacy to tae constructive genius of the Republican party William Howard Taft is in full aympathy with this constructive policy. Mr. Taft oa hie lust trip to tin* Orient was given such an enthusiastic reception at Shanghai, China, as was never before u«*corded to any visiting etat«*smHn by officials of the Celestial Kingdom. O11 that occasion .Mr. Taft made a speech which, in spite of its genial tone and cautious phrasing, was at once recognized its of th«* highest International importance. Said lie •w K WOi 1.1» H AL K TUI*: HIGH I' TO PR«»l EST LT BEING EXCLUD El» FROM THE TRADE OF CHINA BY REASON OF Ol'R INSISTENCE UPON THE POLICY OF THE OPEN D oor . The a*'«|ui<*H‘*«*nc<* in this i>oli cy of all the nations Interested has been so unlmsitating and emphatic that it is hardly worth while to sp«*eulate as to how far flu* I'nited States would go in the protection <>f its Chinese trad«*. * • • This feeling is likely to find expression in the action of the American gov« rnment. The United States am! the other powers favor tin* Open D«a»r, and if they are wise they will encourage th«* empire to take long steps in administrative and govern mental reform.'’ So we have not far to •oek for mi •ther very powerful reasea for tills world cruis«* of our fleet. Mr Taft simply announced in diplomatic Ian guage that thia cruise is Intended to say that the Open Door p«»ILcy will be maintained at any price. He Is In tteor««ugli sympathy with the alart con­ structive policy of the Republican party. He is one of its chief expon­ ents. Perfeetlen ef IMselaMne- Thia world cruise of the mighty ar tnada of sixteen ships ef the line has been. au«i is being, conducted with « precision worthy of the fine traditions •f American Hoamaiishlp—which speaks the highest praise. Every man, from afficer to common sailor, ha» felt that the eyes of the nation at home were fallowing him. ami that however mod­ est his Rltuation, he must hear himself worthily as an American Bailor, in the stoutest squadron that ever flew the ■tars and Stripes There Is no question but that this •ml»«* will lie noted by all commenta torn of the future as one of the most remarkable happenlnga of any age. Even though the American people have net fully understood the signifiean«?e, when nil the facta are known, it will be found to have been one of the dis tinctive acts of statesmanship of tlie present Republican administration Mr Taft is th«* man to continue thia hie bury making policy of the Republican party. ----- OOO----- GROWTH Dot'lrine iltili OF WEALTH CAPITA. PER (hr Poor Are Growing Poorer Mhown io Be F«lme. (From the Loe Angeles Times.) in 1820 the suvingH bunks of the United stalos held $1,138A7(I This was a poor «-oiintry then coiii|inr«*d with now The amount was only an average of 12 eople, under Republican rille for twenty years, Lad $550,000,000 In the savings banks When the next Democratic President took his seat in 1883. the savings of the people had passed the billion jiolnt. By 1898 the savliigs had doubled again. So there It Is. In 1820 there were only about 8,000 people rich enough to have a Ravings bank account. Now there are over 8,000,000 In 1820 the Ravings were 12 cents per capita; now they are over $82 That the poor grow poorer and the rich richer In this ««ouutry Is as true as any other Populistic notion toecl FOR INDIGESTION AND DYSPEPSIA. BBLIEVM SOUR STOMAUM. BEACHING. BTC. E. C. O.W1TT