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About Coquille City herald. (Coquille City, Or.) 188?-1904 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1902)
{Coquille Citi) Uefa Ut VOL D E N T IST TRULY AN ERA OF AUVANCEMENT- J. Curtis Snook, D. D. S. Office ever JohuHon, Doan & Co’s market. Coquille, Oregon. E .G D. Holden, • - »— Lawyer. justice of the Peace, City Recorder. XT. S . C o m m is s io n e r General Insurance Agent. Notary Public. Office in Robinson Building. C oqu ille , O reoon . J. Sherwood, A. A tt o r n e y - a» - Law , C oquille C it y , C oos C oukty , OnttfWfc Notnry 1 ubi»«- John F. Hall. •A-ttorney . at - i_,a-w, MAKSHFIELD, OltEGON. ---------------------------- Dealer in K u r K statb o f all kinJa. SHAD HUDSON, Hudson ■ & J- E- HAYNES. Haynes, ■dining and Real Estate Agents Eckley, Curry County, Oregon. valuable Mines, Farms, Stock Ranches and Timber Lands for sale. H AVE House a..d fi aoros o f land well improved Wilbur, DonRlas oounty, Or., for sale, exchange for property »n Myrtle Point s. H . V t e A D A M GENERAL M itt s Want Work Horseshoeiug a Specialty. N. W. Cor. Second and Hull Sts , O oquille City, Oregon. THE COMMONER Issued WeeKy, William J. Bryan, Editor and Publisher, MfttiMift» • • ■ KEBttASki T it , m s — H e r a l d an d C o m m o n e r — P a y a b l e in A d v a n c e . One Y e a r ................................. $200 Six Months................................ L00 Three M onth».......... ............... 7 ” T Y I3E I. X . L . HARDWARE STORE, Wm. Galiier, Proprietor, HAHDweHE, AG0TE WARE QUEENS WAHE. TIN W(IE. Call and exnmino Roods nnd investigte prices. aula co o s NO 20 COQUILLE CITY, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1902. ¿0. b a y M s ail Stone Works c. W. PATERSON. Prop. Manufacturer o f Marble Monumonts. Hen 1- stones, Tablets, etc. cemetery lots enclosed with stone coping or ourbing. Iron railings furnished to or der. Correspondence solicited from parties iving in the country or other towns who may wish anything in my lino o f business M abshfivto - O beq To tlxe U niortunate Dr. Gibbon T his old reliable and most successful spec i a l i s t In Han Frarcls- f oo, still continues to ^cure all Hexue! and Herainal Diseases, ■such as Gonorrhes- |G l e e t , S t r i o t u re, ■Syphilis, in nil it, ■forms, Skin Diseases. i N e r v o u a Debility. Im potency, Seminal Weakness and Loss c f Manhood, the consequence o f self-abuse and etoesses producing the following sympn toms: Sallow countenance, dark spots un der the eyes, pain in the head, ringing in the ears, loss o f confidence, diffidence in approaching strangers, palpitation o f the heart, weakness o f the limbs and back, loss of memory, pimples on the faoe, coughs- oonsamntion etc. DR. GIBBON has practised in San Fran utsoo over 37 yonrsan J those troubled should not fail to consult him nnd receive the ben- Btit, o f hi*grcat skill nnd experience. The doctor cures when others fa il. Try him. CURES GU ARAN TEED. Persons cured at home. Charges reasonable. Call or write. DR. J. F. GIBBON. « ‘J.i Kearney street. San Francisco 1 .Seni model, sketch or photo cf invention for , report on ¿^n u b ility. For free book, Jpposlt* u. S. Patent Office WASHINGTON, D. C. ' ----------------- w w v. Great Central Railroad Attracting Settlers’ Colonies— Acquisition of Land Holdings at Roseburg— Coos Bay Commerce- Portland, Nov. 14.—The Great Central Railway Company, which will construct a railroad from Coon Rav, the Southern Oregon seaport, to Salt Lake City, has been project ed here only a few months, but al ready it has been the means of bringing into this state hundreds of B ottlers who have keen attracted to permanent investment and homes in the great Southern Oregon country. A system c f thorough advertising of the vast resources of the state has been undertaken by the Great Ounii-jl <>.v . . J is bound to result iu much advantage to the en tire state. Coal, vast timber re sources, cattle and rich valley land for fanning awaiting the hand of the bomeseckcr agriculturist in the region of Coos Buy, the yet-to-be- importunt port half way between Portland and San Francisco* In narniug for their Western terminal Coos Bay tho company has, from all evidence, selocted wisely, fir, in this era of {expansion tho transcontinental rail connection that can possess itself of the most ad vantageous shipping poiuton this coast lays the foundation for a slmro of tho future trade of the Orient which all railroads aio now reaching out for. Coos Bay is favored by nature with more than ordinary uttractions. The harbor there is decribed ns one of the fluest in the world and equal to tho three of the leading harbors on tho Pacific coast. That it is des tined for a shipping point seems to he assured and that it has not de veloped more rapidly than it has is merely accidental nnd tho lack of a railroad undoubtedly. Oregon’s opportunities have not been utilized in the past as they certainly will be in the future. The kindly hqud of Nature, has been lavish and the state lacks hut two things to placo her in the front rank— population and capital. Railroad connection at Salt Lake with one the great transcontinental system as the Great Central will be, will make of Marsh field, Myrtle Point, Empire, Oo- quillc and Bangor, the latter tho town site of this company and the terminal grounds of the road, flourishing cities whose backbone will be manufacturing industries of various kiuds. The prospect of a railroad through the timber belts and the rich agricultural lands of the Ump qua Valley has already produced tho needed stimulus. Forming a junction with tho ¡Southern Pacific at Roseburg, a prosperous oity, about 70 miles from the coast, the Great Central will give that much needed outlet to all parts of the country. Headquarters buildings for the Salt Lake-Coos Bay com pany are in course of erection nnd will soon bo completed at Roseburg. As soon ns this is done the entire office and engineering force of the company will be removed to that city while the purchasing ngeuev will probably remain in Portland. The reason for establishing head quarters near tho scene of actual operations which will be begun in the spring eastward through a pass of the mountains from Roseburg is to enable the work to bo pushed with more facility. Notwithstand ing tho incloment weather every means is to further the surveying work from the Oregon end of the line toward the Salt Lake basin and grading on the right-of-way will shortly follow and will proceed as tho weather will allow. The Great Central has secured it is reported, most advantageous sta tion grounds and land holdings in the very edge of ttoseburg. The company has bought up a thousand acres of laud, it is understood, and on this ground camp headquarters will be established for construction crows. Major L. D. Kinney, chief en gineer of the Great Central, is one tho greatest optimists concerning this country when railroads gridiron the now untouched sections of land. There is scarcely a question raised that the projected Great Central will bring increared prosperity to this country. Tho Great Central is to further a scheme of colonization nnd while primarily its interest« lie in .Southern Crcgon, whatever bene fits are brought to the country will bo that much of a benefit to Port land. All questions relating to climate, resources and business o p portunities for Easterners along the line of the ♦treat C ntral will bo taken care of bv the bureau of im- inigiution and colonization whieli : h being conducted by the Or< d Cen tral. The address of the bureau is room 2<1, Ainsworth Block, Port- laud, and all inquiries will lie care fully answered. Coos Bay is the port of < ntry for Southern Oregon, with the custom house at Empire City. From the harbor entrance to the head of navigation for ocean-going craft is about 15 miles; over the first five miles from the entrance tho controlling depth is 20 feet at low tide. Vessels loaded to 17 feet pass from tho mills at tho upper end of tho bay 17 miles to sea, on one tide, with no difficulty or delay. At the entrance of Coos Bay there has been constructed by Jjihe Gov ernment undor the direction of the Engineering Corps, a jetty. It is situated on the north shoro, which is a low sand spit. The jetty,which was built to the intended length, has been a remarkable success, con trolling the currents and scouring a channel to a greater depth than was anticipated. This channel has lx>en maintained for five years at a depth o f from 18 to 22 feet at low water, with but a single interruption of about three months, when it shoaled to a depth of 15 feet at low water. This was at a tiino when tho outer end of tho jetty was considerably beaten down and upon rebuilding of the wall the usual depth was again secured and has since increased to a depth of 24 feat at low water. Sixty-ono sound ings made on Coos Bay bar, at low tide, show an average of 34.05 feet. Four soundiugS approximating 300 feet iu distance showed a depth of 25.07 feet. Miscellaneous 85 We have au era of prosperity. J I. LAMB, Pres. Now we must digest it. L. HARL0G..ER, Vice-Pres. G W WHTE, Cashier T otal..................................... 30,727 The Boers are volunteering for Number of vessels crossing for British services against tbe the bar during the past Mad Mnllah. That’s sensible. 12 months: - - . 5 0 . 0 0 0 Inbound............................. Tbe elections are over aud the Outbound............................. 33 country is safe but congress is C C ^ IJ IL L E , O EEG-OIT about to convene. Total................................. 192 The speakership contest promises Does a general banking business. Has money to loan on approved There are four canneries in the to make tbe short session one of personal and real estate security, buys county, town and school distrio county, one at Empire City, on Coos nnasual interest. warrants, draws notes, mortgages, deeds and all kinds of legal instru Bay; one at Marshfield on Coos Bay; After fifty years of patient wait ments—Notarial work. one at Bandon, on the Coquille Issues fire insurance at lowest rates in following companies: river, and another at Parkersburg, ing the world now has the first on the Coquille river. The only two volumes of the catalogue of Aitna, Springfield, Connecticut, Orient and Magdeburg. S O - A . IS 3 D O P 1 D U e E C T O I S S . two in operation this year wero the Vatican library. ISAIAH HACKER J. J LAMB the Coos Bay Packing Company, at The speakership contest will A. J. SHERWOOD, L. HARLOCKEB, and G W.WHITE. Marshfield, and Timmon’s at Ban- prove almost as good for Congees don. The pack of these two enn- as a constitutional question would oericH of the Southern Oregon Oout- tor the Baprcme Ovart. pany were not ojiorated on account Booth T'arkington has been of the low price of eauDed safmon elected to thb legislature of his in the market. state. Tbe advance sheets of his A correspondent closes au en new novel on political life are ex G e n e ra l In s u r a n c e Office. - - - R o b in s o n B u ild in g , thusiastic letter from Coos county pected by Christmas. with the following comprehensive C o q u ille , Orego n The University o f Pennsylvania summary of its advantages, which is here presented a» being clear com has on its rolls a father and a sod , Bennett Medoff, age 44, nnd plete and truthfut: Joseph Medoff, age 25. Both will P S ep reeen tecL . "Coos county, with 13,000,000,000 graduate at tbe same time. H ome I nsurance C ompany , N. Y . - - - - - - - - $14,406,450.33 feet of merchantable standing tim Tho Czar is suffering from a S t . P aul F. & M. I nsurance C ompany , M inn . . . . . $ 2,855,012.00 ber, in solid bodies, growing over $ 2,435,571.29 five or six feet of lignite coal; agri nervous complaint. I f he had the T raders ’ I nsurance C ompany , C h i o a u o ............................- $ 1,037.715.39 culture that sows little and reaps nerve to get rid of some ot his H ome F. A M. I nsurance C om pany , S an F rancisco . . . $ 6,340,250.98 much; a climate which stands first bureaucrats who irritate his people F ire A bsooiation I nsurance C ompany , P hiladelphia . . . for oveness of temperature; a har the occasion for his netrvous com E q u itab le L ife I nsurance C ompany , N. Y . - - - - - $304,598,063.40 I have had over T h irty Y ears ’ experience in Local and General agen- bor with the deepest entrance be plaint would be largely removed. COMMERCE OE BAY. cy work in Insurance matters, and all business entrusted to me will re tween San Francisco and Puget On the Pacific coast, about 30 Three shipyard are iu operations Sound—offers great inducement to miles couth of the mouth of the ceive prompt attention. Policies issued at this office for all tho above on Coos Bay, in which at this time E. G. D. HOLDEN, the homeseekers. One half the area Columbia river, are known ns the Fire Insurance Companies. two three-masters, ono four-masted General Insurance Agent of the county is a forest of fir, cedar “ beeswax’’ miuos. It is not settled brigantine and a steamer are on the spruce, and hemlock. whether the substance mined there ways in course of construction. “ The coal in many respects is su is true wax or a natural pAratline. These yards turn out on average 11 vessels per annum, of about 600 perior in quality and quatitv to any London is goiug to have the found on the Pacific coast. The names of its streets simplified and tons each. deposits are nearly continuous in reduced. At present there are Alias G. W. Webber, late o f Grand Valley, Colorado. Coos Bay timber is especially The valleys 397 streets named after “ Saints,” adapted to shipbuilding, the famous their linear courses. Oregon whito cedar of which the and river bottoms are fertile to a 105 Church streets, 56 Chapel high degree. Potatoes yield as streets’ 66 King streets, and 100 most valuable tract remains in Coos, Curry, Douglas and Josephine high as 500 bushels to the acre. Queen streets. counties, being impregnable to the Fruit of every kind grows well, and Kaiser Wilhelm is a great Nim Whose address is Arugo, has located with us, and is ready to- there is no better region for l>ee inroads of the teredo and rot. Ves rod, in thirty vears he has answer calls at any time His 15 years’ of experience puts himin a culture and dairying. sels 30 years old are found to be as taken the harmless lives of 47,443 position to do you good service. Terms: 1 per cent on all budis over sound as on the day they were “Coos county's isolation from the sane birds and animals. Truly *500. *5.00 for less amounts. Orders left at HERALD office. launched. But the white cedar is developed sections of Oregon; its he ought to be proud of this re valuable for many domestic con dependence on the stage coach and cord. This includes 19,508 wild veniences, being by reason of its ocean carriage for communication boars. strong ordor— by no means un with the rest of the world, have re Egypt, one of the first homes pleasant— a sure protection against tarded its progress, but a brighter of civilization, is being re-civilized moths, cockroaches and all those in day is already dawning for it. from without, aud tbe result is sects that invade the home and make showing in an increased products life a l>u -den to the honsokeoper. Mouth of The -Coquilk. lovamis a n d a dfloieast' in illiteracy It is a valuable wood for all inside Book and Commercial Woi k in the neatest and latest styles— and corrupt judicial decisions. finishing, as m<^>-boards, windows Call a t the HERAL D office Our prices are right. The jetty work has closed up the Thievos broke into tbe house of and door frames, etc., since it takes dangerous old channel at the a New York lawyer and stole $8,- a fine polish, mouth of the river and opened up C00 worth of jewelry. The law Coos county covers an area of a new channel straight out to sea, yer’s namo is Emanuel Jacobus, if 1,011,000 teres, and according the with the depth on the bar ranging it were Brown or Jones the thieves 12th census, possesses a population from 4 to 10 feet at mean low would not have made suoh of 10,324 souls. tide. good haul. The following is a statement of Tbe maximum draft that could LOCATED A7 The Stewart will case is up the commerce of Ceos Bay and Co be carried June 30, 1902, at mean quille river during the year 1901, low tide in new channel at the again. New York is neyer satis viz: mouth was about 9 feet. The aver fied in legal matters until they C O Q U IL iL E OTT"5T. O E E G O IT. have been tried and retried and Itoceipts. Tons. age daily raDge cf the tide on the then oyer and over again. - __ __ How * 12,333 Coquille bar is 42 feet. Miscellaneous freight........ ever, we suppose the lawyers Shipments. The amount expended on the ex must live, though wo don’t kunw N E W ORGANIZATION. 70,000 isting project up to the close of the why. C oal...................................... NEWiMANAGEMENT, Lumber (47,500,000 feet fiscal year ending June 30, 1902, is COMPETENT FACULTY. It is again repotted that J. P. board measure).............. 39,886 $97,016,88 was for maintenance of 'COURSES IN Morgan has bought the manu 1,450 L a th s.................................... improvement. ENGLISH. MUSIC, 979 Matchwood.......................... The expenditures on this im script of Raskin’s “Seven Lamps MATHEMATICS, Arohiteclures” for $25,000 4,676 provement to date have resalted of Piles, poles nnd spars........ ELOCUTION, SCIENCE 1,268 in the construction of the sub Well that is not a large prico to Apples and potatoes.......... ___ _________ Bntter nnd cheese.............. 555 merged jetty near Fossil Point, un pay for what you wish if you have 94 der tbe orignal project, and in com seven figures of dollars. Hides aud loather.............. Tuition per term o f 12 weeks, if paid iu advance, *4.50, for grades 1,.2, 273 pleting the 9600-foot north jetty, Cattle and h ogs.................. 3 aud 4. For grades 5, 6, and 7, *6 per term. 8th and 9th grades, $7 A bill is to be introduced intro 393 running out to sea from the south Fish....................................... per term, duced into the French chamber of Woolen g ood s.................... 138 ern end of the north sand spit, os 2,629 provided for in the present project. deputies requiring that parties M iscellaneous.................... Pall term opens 1st Monday in October. For particulars seeking marriage shall first pass Sinco the completion of the a medical examination. The bill a ll on or address Total___ north jetty a straight channel will probably be pigenholed but it Number of .vessels crossing k. H- M ULKEY, Superintendent. through the ocean bar has been is a move in the right direction. bar during the past 12 maintained having ordinarly a least Tbe Chicago Teachers Feder months; depth of from 18 to 22 feet at mean ation Has voted to join the ranks 284 low tide. Inbound .............................. of organized labor and has asked 278 Outbound............................. ----------- »-# » ---------------- admission to the Americau Feder Rev. Irl R- Hicks 1903 Almanac. ation o f labor, tbe leading rep Total................................. 562 resentative o f union labor iu that Tho value of the exports To say that this splendid work of city. Mi»s Jane Adams was tho from Coos county for science and art is finer and better prime mover in this departure. 1902 is as follows: than ever, is stating it mildly. The Farm produce, consisting PARK AND WASHINGTON, PORTLAND, SRCOON In Vienna it is propsedfo estab demand for it is far beyond all pre of wheat, oats,barley,corn vious years. To say that such re lish a newspaper for nervous The school where thorough work is done; where the reason is peas, rye, potatoes, hay, sults, reaching through thirty years people. All events of a startling beets, carrots, beans, always given; where confidence is developed; where liookkeeping are not based upon sound sense character are to be treated in a onions, honey, grass seed, soothing way, reports of calamities is taught exactly as books ara kept in business ; where shorthand is and usefulness, is an insult to the hops and tobacco....$300,000 intelligence of the millions. Prof. slumps in tbe market and disasters made easy ; where penmanship is at its b est; where hundreds of Fruits.......................... 20,000 Hicks, through this great Almanac are to be euphemised to such an ex Sheep and w ool......... 15,000 tent that excitable people can bookkeepers and stenographers have been educated for success in Hogs, bacon and lard....... 23,000 and bis famous family and scientific read them without disaster to life; where thousands more will be. Open all the year. Catalogue free. journal, Words and Works, is doing Poultry and eggs....... 15,000 their composure. What a lovely a work for tbe whole people not ap Butter, cheese and milk. . . 140,000 A . P. A R M S T R O N G , LL. P R IN C IP A L proached by any other man or pub scheme! Such a paper would cert Value of cattlo exported lication. A fair test will prove this ainly not be yellow; wonlden’t it and consumed......... 70,000 to any reasonable person. Added be ultra-violet out of sight9 Lumber, 50,000,000 feet at to tho most luminous course in Every age 1ms its Henry Watter- an average of $11 per M. 550,000 astronomy for 1903, forecast» of son, for the simple reason flmt Co«^7( 1,000 Urns at $3_ 230,000 storms and weather are given, as «very age needs his type. In iiis Canned salmon, 13,000 never before, for every day in tbe latest philippic the gist of his | cases at $2 50......... 32,500 year, all charmingly illustrated with i quarrel with our sms is apparent Cranberries, 1,150 boxes nearly two hundred engraving». I they are not the sins of the elder at $2 50.................. 2,875 The price of a singlo Almanac, in generation which he, in common ; cluding postage and mailing, is with most southerners. Idealizes j T otal...................... *1,383,375 thirty cents. Word and Works and reyeres. To his eyes the , ONE-THIRD EASIER- coquille river . with the A lm a n a c is $1.00 a year pntriciau» o f 84) years ago appear 1 r)NE-TH!R0 PASTER. Receipts— Tons. Write to Word and Works Publish 1 never without their halos, Ho 1 ,• , General Merchandise. 1,814 ing Co., 2201 Locust Street, St. it; but while we gi' ear to Mr. IV oed............................. inenih- r flirt Tlu* o n ly IS hwi g Machi U£ t hat 30 Louis, Mo., and prove to yourself i Watterson let us * 44 | their great value. Hay........ ...................... lour grandparents were men and 0 ph not fai 1 in my point. »•»♦* » - ----- iglitest run- Shipments — R O TAR Y MOTION AND B ALL B E A R IN G S ' thHt we are not altogether base. The German cartoonists are ! We have faults enough, aod it is uiug machine in the world. Logs nnd lum ber.. . . . R A P ID — saves about day iu three 24,685 iug machine C oal.............................. 1,150 attacking the Kaiser and Morgan. well for ua to have a Watterson to sowing that much faster than any vibrating shuttl The Kaiser chastise us, but our grandchildren More time is saved, more m ney earned M a t c h w o o d ....................... 1,904 That's all right. Broom bandies............ Quiet anddurable. The rotary motion does away with noise an 821 madn a fortune in Northern Paoific will point to our qualities with Salmon......................... 160 stock throogh Mr. Morgan aud pride, and perhaps one of them wear caused by the forward aud backward movement of the shuttle. General office for the Pacit ; < ‘oast at 933 Market yt., flan Francisoo, Hides......................... 2 they will be in othef deals if they will Wattersonize the people of Agricultural products. his day. 32 liye long enough. COQUILLE VALLEY B0NK. E. G . D . H O L D E N ’S Over Tires M r e ! M idi Dollars lisoraote Capita B IG r G E O R G E , T h e A u c tio n e e r For all kinds of Job Printinq COOS COUMTY ACADEMY. Three Times the Value of Aijy Qtl)er..„