SUBMARINE WRECKERS.
Notice lo Contractor*
Notice is hereby given that «rated
Mil lx
received for the improvement and . or. tiiaj;- i of
a portion of the county toad in Road District No
19. C GO* county, Oregon, known as the “Ban
don Dairyville Road fiom Johnson creek south
ward, acoording to the specifications on fil.- with
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copy of such specifications in the hands of S.J.
Culver, Special Road Master of R: D. No. 19.
Five per cent of amount of bid to be de
posited with the county cl« rk with bid and all
bids to be filed with the county clerk of Coos
county, Oregon, on or before the 7th day oi
July A. D. 1909, at 10 o’clock a. m.
The county court reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
Dated this 5th day of June A. D. 1909.
22-4t
S. J. CULV ER.
Special Road Master of R, D., No. 19.
©«•ig» Fur Recovering Treasure May
■ • U»ed to Dredge Oysters.
4 new type of submarine wrecking
♦eeeuJ recently built • tn England for
♦Ue recovery of sunken bullion and
•prcle may also be utilized as an oy»^
ter dredger.
The most interesting
part of the plant is the submarine
tuba and working chamber. The for
mer. built of steel plating, is hinged
within the hull of the surface vessel.
It is five feet in diameter and ninety-
five feet long.
Water ballast com
partments are provided on either side,
and there is a passageway down which
the operators tnay walk when the
working compartment Is on the bot
tom.
The working compartment, also built
of steel plating. Is about eight feet
across, with large doors opening out
from Its bottom ami with provision for
the admission of compressed air. The
bottom door may be opened, and the
compartment may be hauled to any
desired position by the use of anchor
lines.
The working chamber Is fitted with
observation ports for investigation of
the bottom of the sea, which latter is
lighted up by searchlights carried
within the chamber In working on a
E El ZA BETH
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steamer is ti;*w, is stiongly built anJ fitted with the latest improvements and will
a icgu?ar8 day service, for |*assengei* and height, Itetwren the Coquille river, Oregon,
i irst class Passenger Fare.
Freight Rates.
$7.50
$3 on Up Freight
J. E. UALSI'ROM, Agent, Bandon. Oregon.
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E. T. Kruse, managing agent, 24 California St., San Francisco.
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Notice to Contractors
THE HAWAIIAN BUILDING, A.-Y.-P. EXPOSITION. SEATTLE.
The building erected at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition for tl
exclusive use of the Hawaiian Islands, occupies a prominent position on
the Court of Honor next the central government structure.
Hawaiia has prepared a more extensive and comprehensive exhibit
of its marvelous resources than for any other world’s fair. It will sho .
all of its native fruits and vegetables; will offer an aquarium of live fish,
and in various other ways interest the fair visitors.
Fruits will be
served by native girls and native orchestras and singers will be alwaj:
on hand. A tank In the center of the structure will show the islands as
they rest in the Facific Ocean.
.Upwards of $100,000 has been expended in assembling Hawaii's
display.
A Postal Romance.
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By M. QUAD.
[Copyright, 1909, by T. C. MctAure.J
Inspector Graham of the postal serv
ice happened to be at Chestnut Grove at
the time the postmistress died, and he
took charge of the office and did what
he could in other directions. The de
ceased had left two daughters, one
twelve and one eighteen. Squire Davis
and two <>r three others scarcely wait
ed the burial of the widow before plan
ning for the postmastership and Invok
WBKCKEK AND OYSTER llKEIhiE.
ing the aid of the inspector. This they
stationary w reck the chamber and tube did not receive, however. He promptly
would be moved preferably by anchor recommended Bessie, the eldest (laugh
lines, but when a search for a wreck ■ ter, for tin- place, and she was shortly
or other object is being made the I appointed.
chamber will either be suspended clear J For the next year the post office at
of kite bottom and the surface hull , Chestnut Grove was the best conduet-
with Its submarine tube and chamber I (-d of any on the inspector’s route. Not
J the slightest fault could be found In
towed by a tug. or the chamber will
be lowered to the bottom and the any direction. Had the inspector vis
whole plant, surface and submerged, ited the office four times In the year he
moved by means of a heavy mechan would have covered his Instructions,
ically driven tractor wheel projecting but his calls were made inuch oftener.
Before the year was up Miss Bessie
through the chamber and resting upon
had to admit to herself that the In
.the bottom.
This last will be the method of pro spector was showing something be
gression adopted when the system is sides official interest, and the knowl
used in the pearl fisheries, for which edge embarrassed and pained her. She
the plant Is particularly well adapted had learned that he was free to marry.
The Illustration shows the compart And why all these visits If he was not
ment fitted with two large mechanic- In love with her? The girl bad a se
ally operated rakes hinged, one on cret. It was a secret from the In
each side, at the axis of the chamber spector only, and she trembled every
This type of machine would be used time lie came for fear that he would
on bottoms that are fairly clear of discover it .A dozen different village
rocks, and the method of cleaning up gossips could have betrayed that se
oyster ground may be likened to that cret, but I hey had not been encour
of a reaper cleaning up a Wheatfield. aged to talk. Squire Davis had often
The working compartment is wheeled had it at his tongue's end, but had
tvack and forth over the oyster beds checked himself and said:
“Not a word from me. I said there
in parallel lines, When the rakes be
come filled the submarine compart- would be a scandal, and there will be.”
The girl postmistress had entered
ment Is stopped, the rakes are rotated
and elevated by machinery within the upon her second official year, and In
submarine working chamber, and the spector Graham had arrived to pay
oysters are dumped into a car which one of his seiui-social calls, when he
runs on rails on the top and sides was met by a storm of excitement. He
of the tube, as shown The car being had been doing a great deal of think
filled, It Is hauled to the surface and Ing during the past three months. He
had satisfied himself that he was real
dumped of Its load.
ly and truly in love with Bessie and
wanted her for a wife, and he believed
Economy of Concrete Bridges.
that he had found favor In her eyes.
In the case of a steel bridge the la
On this occasion be meant to tell his
bor and material are seldom found tn
love and know his fate.
the locality in which the bridge Is
"This is what has happened,” said
built, whereas In the construction of
Squire Doris, who was the first to
a concrete bridge most of the labor
meet him as lie stepped off the cars.
and materials may be obtained at the
“A registered letter containing $50 for
site, and the greater part of the money
me has been lost in the mail.”
expended for the bridge remains In the i
“But Miss Jordon couldn't have
community. This is aside from the
taken your letter,” protested the sur
cost of maintenance and appropriate
prised and perturbed inspector.
design, which are entirely In favor of i
“Mebbe not, but what about that fel
concrete It would be more econom
ler who's las'ii hanging around there
ical under certain circumstances to
lor n year?"
pay from one and a half to two tiroes
The inspector was till official now In
ae much In first cost for a concrete
stead of a friend. lie at once got to
bridge as one of steel. There Is good
work on the trail of the missing letter,
reason to believe that this represents
and before night he assured himself i
the situation as It pertains to the aver
that it had actually passed through
age bridge instead of being the excep
the office tit Sand Hill, which was next
tion. How vastly more economical to
on the east. This being so. it must
uae concrete where the cost’does not
have arrived at Chestnut Grove. The
exceed steel, which has frequently
night <>f Its arrival was a very stormy
been the case in many sections of the
on<“, and then- was no one in after
country, In some Instances blds for
mail until long sifter it had been dis
concrete being lower than for steel.—
tributed, Inspector Graham sat in the
Cement Age.
office and thought it out and knew that
the letter had arrived and been taken,
Automatic Train Stop.
He could not bring himself to believe
The new automatic stop of two Eng
that Miss Bessie was tin* thief, anil
llsh inventors Is arranged to shut off yet It hurt him to think that It might
the steam of a locomotive and apply have las'll taken by another by the
the vacuum brake without aid from young man to whom Squire Davis had
either engineer or fireman. An inclined alluded. The girl had had a lover for
plane Is fixed between the rails, and a year past and had concealed the fact
when the signal is set at danger this from him. it didn’t occur to him that
inclined plane is so raised that it II was Iter right and that lie had really
comes In contact with a lever In the no business to know, but he felt that
engine that acts on the steam regula tin injury had liven done him.
I’liere
tor and applies the brakes throughout was but one way out of the business,
the train. In the testa made tt has and ho took it
As lie called tin' post
been shown that a train could tn* mistress in he was more of the official
quickly brought to a stop in a fog or than lie had ever been.
storm hiding the usual signals.
"Miss Jordon.” lie began. "did Henry
AATIIiains assist you to distribute the
Properties of Ambergris.
mail oil tin- cieniug of the Itli?"
am-
The essential characteristic of
<
"Y ; os." she teplied ns her face went
bergris Is the penetrating ami peculiar white.
odor, similar to that of musk, It is so
".And Henry Williams took the let
powerful and so diffusive in Its per ter You know he did.”
fume that the moat minute quantity
“I—I can’t l>e sure," she said as she
when uilngked with any other strong broke down and sobbed.
Its chief
•cent Is still perceptible.
"You never told me that you had a
component la a fatty ' matter called lover.”
Ambreln. which is got by boiling am-
.“N o. 1 didn’t -didn't think.”
»erg ria tn -alCoboL
“Why did lie.take lhe letter^”
;
money so that we could be be mar
ried. It was a temptation, lie must
have taken it. but we ll pay it all back.”
“And he loves you?’’ asked the hi
spec-tor, with a lump in his throat
“He does. I know In- does, and lf
anything was to happen to Billy"
When tin- inspector < r<c si <l tin-street
to the inn Squire Davis was still in bis
office, hoping to hear that an arrest
had been made.
“Well, will the girl lose her place
and be sent to prison?" he asked as
Graham came in.
“No.’’
“But why not? She certainly got my
•>5n."
"You didn’t lose $5o. You lost only
•$lo. You had that vent to you Imping
It would Is- taken It was taken, but
uot by Miss Jordon. Henry Williams
is the one, ami there's your money
back."
“But, sir. I demand’’
“You'd Is-tter drop It. squire. Yon
have lied about the amount, and the
authorities at Washington know that
you've been itching to be postmaster
here Just spread the news that y ou’ve
got your money and let ft go at that.”
And when morning came Inspector
Graham went back to the poetoffice to
say:
"Miss Jordon, that registered letter
Is all right. Squire Davis has received
it. And now, as I shall ask to be
changed to another route and may not
see you again for years, I wish to bld
you goodby and wish you all the luck
in the world.”
Notice is hereby given that sealed bids w ill be 1
received for the improvement and construction «1
a |»urlion ol the county road in Road Distil* (
No. 19, Coos county, Oregon, known as the j
"Bandon-Bear Creek Road," according to th*
specifications on file with the county clerk ol
C oos county, Oregon, and a copy of such specifi
cations in the hands of S. J Culver, Special
Road Master of R. D.. No. 19.
Five per cent of amount of bid to be depo ited
with the county clerk with bid and all J»i«l to L
filed with the county clerk of Coos county. Or«*
gon, on or before the 7th day of July A. D .
1909, at 10 o’clock a. in.
1 he county court reserves the right to reje* t
any and all bids.
Dated this 5th day of June A. D..
22-4t
S. J C ULVER.
Special Road Master of R. D., No. 19
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DEALER IN
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insurance Broker
Notary Public
NOTICI: TO CREDI IHRS
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
has been appointed by the county court of Coer-
county, Oregon, administrator oi the estat«’ of
Mary Ann P. Blackerby; all persons having
claims against said estate are required to present
them properly verified, together with the vouch
ers therefor, to the undersigned al Bandon,
( oos county, Oregon, within six months from
the date of this notice.
Dated this 3rd day of June A, D. 1909.
2l-5t
E; M. BLACKERBY;
Administrator.
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Agent for Parker &
s Red Cedar
Shingles
NOTICE FOR PUBLIC A I ION
Department of the Interior,
U. S. Land Office al Roseburg, Ore.
June 4, 1909.
Notice is nereby given that Reinhold P.
Hemple, of Bandon, Oregon, who, on May 14,
1906, mad«* I fomestead Entry, No, 14066,8. R
03984, for se I 4 of sw £ I -4, sec 30; e I 2 of
nw 1-4; sw 1-4 of ne I «4, section 31, town-.hip
29 south, range 14 west, Willamette Meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make final c
mutation proof, to establish claim to the
above described, before G. T. Treadgold, U.
Commissioner, at Bandon, Oregon, on the
day of July, 1909.
( lairnant names as witnesses:
John Luke of
Bandon, Oregon
John Stillwell of
Robert Pt I lunt oi
George Cox ol
BENJAMIN L. EDDY,
22-6
Register
Room 3 over Vienna Cafe
Hotel Gallier
Rates ÿt.oo to $2.00 per day.
Special rates by
Sample Room in [Connection.
week or month.
Bandon
Oregon
FURNISHED ROOMS
AT
The Pacific
Portland and Coos bay Steamship
MHS SARAH (’OSTELLO
Coquille River Transportation
Co.’s
Schedule
BANDON
< )REGON
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l\K W 2 k 1 t-
Boyles'.Jewelry Store
Leaves
Arrives
B.tndon
Coqni’le
Carries a fine line oi
/ 0:00 a in
8:30 a in
\ i .00 p in
3;00 p ni
Watches, Clocks and Jeweln
I Ijspatch, 7:00 a in
l0;00 a in
Favorite,
1:30 p tn
4:00 p in
Leaves
Arrives
Coquille
Bandon
Favorite, 7:30 a tn
10 30 a rii
1 Agated.lewelry Made to Order
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id
it.
30
a
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Coquille, *
4.00 p nt
5.30 p in
FINE ENGRAVING
Dispatch, 1.00 p tn
5.00 p m
The Coquille connects with the
trains at Coquille for Marshfield and
II you wish a bottle cold—
Myrtle Point.
Call at the Eagle,
The up river passengers can come
II you love the goods that’s old-
to Bandon on the Favorite anil have
Call at the Eagle.
three hours here in which to do their
Taint no use to sit and blink
trading and other business.
II you really need a drink.
Satin lr- :n Coos Hay Saturdays at Service of Tide
Sail from Ainsworth Dock Portland Wednesday at 8 P. M
C M. SPENCER, Agrnl, Bandon
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Wagons of All Kinds Made to Order
Down at the Eagle
BOARD OI
The El Dorado
OKFA.OX
DIRI.< TORS:
J L. Kronrnbrrg, President. J. Denholm,
Prr-sider.t; I J. Fahy, Cashier; Frank Flam, T. P. Hanly.
Rasmussen Bros.. Props.
SHOES
HR El ER’S
Vice
A general hanking luisim ,-. transacted and customers given every accommodation con-
Tilr-nl with safe and conservaliv* banking
CORRESPONDENTS: The American National Bank, oi San Francisco, Calif;
Merchant
National Bank, Portland, Oregon; 1 he Chase National Bank, oi New York.
Will ìelmina
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CAPTAIN < I IRIS TENSEN, Commanding.
Coos Bay and Bandon twice a week
You can't expect to get $2 worth
for $1, but you can get your
money’s worth at
( (>itn< ' t iif. with Steam Ship Alliance at Marshfield.
information of
WINE5,
LIQUoR.5
Dealer in Boots and Shoes.
AND
Full
J. E. WALSTROM, Agt. Bandon
CIÖAK5
Repairing neatly and prompt
Bandon
ly done at lowest liv
ing prices
Oregon
BANDON TRANSFER CO.
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Bring your
Prices
BANK OF BANDON
And you bet they’ll tteat you right
BANDON, OREGON
Box 153, Bandon, Oregon
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Horseshoeing a Specialty
Alvin Munck, Prop
Having
moved
to
Bandon from
Myrtle Point | will take up the busi
ness of cnntraiting and building.
Satisfaction guaranteed in all cases
<11 also have Hie Matheney & Rogers
Mell Auger and will be prepared to
sink wells to the depth of fifty feet
«II will also install flues and chim
neys. Anyone desiring work In these
lines call on or address
BOOTS - AND
WAGON MAKF. KM
f-i
It IMIOA
J. R. Johnson
KENNEDY
Job Work attended to promptly and all work guaranteed to give satisfaction.
reasonable. Shop on Atwater Street, Bandon, Oregon.
Just make a sign or ring a Iwll,
Contractor and Builder
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l'vtTV US >N .V S on
Dray and General
<'nli torn ui mid
Oregon Conftt NtrnniMlilp Co.
Steamer Alliance
\on plying iM tui-rii Portlnnd anti (<•(»• Hoy only
WEEKLY TRIPS
Delivery
GRAY ft FIOl.T < O. Cm Agent.
728-730 Men hint. I .«< hangr San I ranciwo
• loi»
H. W SKINNER. Agent
Mar.hfield.
J. E. Vk AIJS1 ROM, Agent, Bandon
to Tut R ecorder BANDON
OREGON
Phone 441