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COQUILLE CITY, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1902.
I D E I n T T I S T
J. Curtis Snook, D. D. S.
Methods of Land Fraud-
The department in'the General
Office ever Johnson, Dean As Co’s
Land Office at Washington is be
market. Coquille, Oregon.
ginning to take cognizance of the
many systems of fraud which have
been practiced these many years hv
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parties taking up public land, par-
L a w y e r .
ticulnrilv timber lnnds. The opin
Justice of the Peace,
City Recorder. ion is common in this section that
many claims have been tnken up on
X J. Q . O o m m t s s i o n e r
this const under conditions entirely
General Insurance Agent
contrary to the law, but that no
Notary Public.
movo has evor been made to check
Office in Kobinson linilding.
such proceedings. Following are
C o q u ille , O keoon .
excerpts from a letter receivod by
Commissioner Hormnn from Secre
tary of Interior Hitchcock:
L’he department lias bcou advised
that the method of procedure pur
Attorney - a1 - Law,
sued in many cases by corporations,
uquille C it y , Co*» CdtiNTY, O regon .
individuals or associations in whose
Notary tublio.
interests timber or stone entries are
made in tho Pacific Coast states, is,
in substance, os follows:
“ A number ol locators form a
Ak.tt 0 m .e 3 r . a t - L.a'w , company; ono becomes solicitor,
another a cruiser, while another
M ARSHFIELD, OREGON.
masquerades in the guiso of a cap
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italist, and tells in a confidential
Dernier in R km . E stai » o f all kinds.
manner that he represents an East
«HAD HUDSON, .'
: J. E. HAYNES. ern mill coucern. The solicitor and
capitalist travel together, but their
social divergence precludes the pro
priety of their being seen much in
yfining and Real Estate Agents company. The mill operators give
tho ‘glad hand’ to the solicitors and
Eckley, Curry County, Oregon.
AVE valuable Mines, Farms, Stock recommend them to their friends
Ranches and Timber Lands for sale. and employes. Glowing stories are
House and 4» acres o f land well improved told tho locators of quick fortunes
Wilbur, Douglas county, Or., for sale, in Oregon and Washington timber
exchange for property in Myrtle roin t lands and a stampede ensues.
Arrived in the timber district
they are shown a belt of timber and
told that the whole country is like
it, and that when they have seen
GENERAL
one quarter section they bnve seen a
thousand. Without going witbiu
miles of any vacant land, they ore
bundled off to the nearest officer,
Horseshooiug a Specialty.
who railroads their sworn state
N. W. Cor. Second and Hall Sts , ments through his shop, tho de
C oquille City, Oregon.
__ scriptions indicating such lands ns
his clients, tho mill operators, have
had carefully cruised and know to
be desirable.
“ When the time comes for final
Issued WeeKy,
proof a proposition is made by the
capitalist to lonn the necessary
money, provided a power of attor
ney is given to sell the land, and
Editor and Publisher,
niter paying all expenses, to"ulvide
tho net proceeds between the entry-
T erms — H erald and C ommoner — man and himself. This is not ob
P ayable in A dvance .
was first understood when those
One Y ear...................................*2.00 parties first met, and the entryinnu
Six Months................................ 1 -J*” may, and frequently does, demur.
Three Months...........................
Very woll, he is told that ho can ro
ad vertise and have 60 days more in
T H E
which to secure the money from
some other source. This involves
more expense, but he does it. At
tho end of the time, having failed to
get tho money he comes to the
terms of tho capitalist and signs the
necessary papers rather than lose
Wm. Gather, Proprietor,
his right to enter lands.
HAHDWfUlE.
“There is no public record of this
transaction, and as no one not vest
JAGflTE W 0HE
ed with judicial authority can com
pel the attendance of witnesses, the
QUEENS W 0HE.
Government is unable to act in this
matter.
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TIN WflUE
While it is a fact that these
Cnll and txnmine Roods and inveattiite
prices.
a swindles are a dean open and shut
cinch, and that the lands are in tho
coos bay
hands of these timber speculators
who were a party to the swindle,
would it not l)« a good time for nn
invostgation and have those patents
C. W. PATERSON, Prop.
cancelled beforo these lands go into
Manufao;urer o f Marble Monuments. Hea 1- the hands of innocent purchasers.
stones. Tablets, etc.
It is rather late in tho day to simply
cemetery lots enclosed with stone coping discover that frauds are and have
or curbing. Iron railings furnished to o r
der. Correspondence solicited from parties been perpetrated unless something
iving in the country or other towns who can be done in regard to those al
may wish anything in my lino o f business
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O r e o ready patent'd, ns nearly nil the tim
ber lands have already been taken.
I1 G. D. Holden,
A.
J. Sherwood,
John F.
H all,
Hudson & Haynes,
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3 - H. M c^A D A M
BlacKsmim t Wapii work
THE COMMONER
am . 1 . Bryan,
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HARDWARE* STORE,
Marine aafl Slone Works
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In the Redwood Country.
Dr. Gibbon
There is so much of speculative
rumor in the air concerning railroad
projection and negotiation of large
deals of both timber lands, mills
eligible city business property that
it is difficult to segregate the im
probable from reasonable report.
Comfirnmtory rumors come of pro
secution of work northward on the
California k Northwestern road,
and there is also live reports of rail
road progression northward through
Del Norte and into Oregon.
One of the most important nnd
significant deals in mill property
and timber land that has been re-
I corded in Humboldt county oc
curred last week, in which a truly
gigantic transfer of lumbering in-
| teiests was effected. It consisted
I of n two-thirds interest in Pacific
; Lumber Company’s big plant at
| Scotia, together with over l ‘I ,000
»crea ni tic s ne-tr-b forests pur-
c h a s e d frott; private p a rt ie s
Tiio
pi r.-burf r w mi Hiram C. San
iv « n
1' :iu i co, snd tw
gfiitie.. I n. whose caul’
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nmt.rl, sketch or pl.oto i>l lnvrutic n for f
a p j e.ir, and the de .1 'in .
1 fr.»rvporl oil mtfnubllUy. For fre« hook,
II„w«i»s«nir*TD/inC I I AD if O writ* ; a million dollars. Tho deni iue.udes
i .i.., , , .<] I nAUC-IHAnKo to
1 the big mill at Scotia, town proper-
| tv, timber holdings, railroad and
j rolling stock. The latter extends
I from the junction of tde Eel river
nnd Eureka railroad’s track at Al
( Opposite U. S. Patent O ffice !
ton to tho town of Scotia and south-
J WASHINGTON. D. C.
1 ard up Eel river valley some nine
T his old reliable and
most euocessfr.l spec-
k ialist in San Frarcis-
I co, still continues to
kcure nil Sexnn! and
Sem inal Diseases,
|snch as Gonorrhes-
8G l e e t , S t r i c t n re,
¡¡S yphilis, in all it
fform s, Skin Diseases,
S N o r v o u s Debility,
Im potency, Seminal Weakness and Loss of
Manhood, the consequence o f solf-abuse
and exoesses producing the following sympa
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 tho limbs and back, loss
of memory, pimples on the fa ce, coughs-
oonsumi'»ion etc.
Dlt. GIBBON has practised in San Fran
oisoo over 37yearsan 3 those troubled should
not fail to consult him and receive the ben-
fit o f his great skill and experience. The
octor cures when others fa i l . Try him .
CLUES GUARANTEED. Persons cured
at home. Charges reasonable. Call or
write.
D R . J. P. GIBBON.
625 Ksaruyy^alraert.San Francisco
5
miles, while the timber holdings of
We Mutt Work If We Want Good Roads.
the company are listed at 12,500
acres purchased outside, but contig
Riverton, Oregon,
uous to the Pacific Lumber Co’»
Dec. 8 , 1902.
holdings.
Fifty thousand dollars
E ditor H erald :
of the purchase money hag been
Please allow me a small space in
paid, and the balance is to be paid
in installments in San Francisco. your paper to state the condition of
Some alteration is to be made bo as our end of the Coquille, Riverton
to greatly increase the mills after and Lampa creek road. We will
which it is to be oporatod continu have to allow Mr. Flanders and the
ously night and day. Mr, Smith is people of the upper end a great deal
to have tho entire management of of credit for they have their road in
the new purchase iu his hands, and good shape. Here we are, over a
comes to tho charge with ripe ex half dozen farmers between River
perience. He is known wherover ton and Lampa creek, shut in with
lumbering is carried on in the west .1 not even a horse trail and hardly a
For many years be was a member of decent foot path to get out, and we
the big lumbering firm of Moore & have a county road ordered, run
Smith, with headquarters at San ning through our farms and we aie
Francisco. Mr. Smith ro tired in Dot trying to open it. For my part,
1893, and went to Mexico, where he my conscience ie hurting me to
purchased 1,700,000 acres of -iraber. Ibink that I expeoted such big
Ho has since sold 1,200,000 acres of damages from the county and those
that purchase, retaining 500,000. enterprising people that subscribed
In returning to California he has for the road, and that when it is
turned his attention to tho rtdwoods opened it will be worth several
of Humboldt, but it is certain that hundred dollars to the value of my
his operations are not to be confined farm and th ' .-set of my neighbors
to the above-named deal of tho the same in proportion. Now I
Scotia deal.
Although not yet don’t think it is right for us to ac
formally announced, yet it is cur cept something for nothing. My
rent that he has also purchased the conscience will never rest easy till I
mill, timber lands nnd railroad of give back that money in helping to
the Humboldt Mill A Lumber Com open up this groat Coquille, River
pany at Korbel, Or., and that the ton and Lampa creek road which is
transfer will be made soon as the worth thousands of dollars to the
abstracts can be made. This prop farmers and the public in general.
erty embraces the mill, 7,000 acres Now neighbors, we have the winter
of timber land and about 26 miles before us, the busy season with tho
of railroad and its rolling stock. It rush of work is over. In winter we
is certain also that fifty thousand have lots of idle time. There will
dollars fsrfoit has been put up on be plenty of good days and now let
another deal on nn important mill us show our appreciation by getting
nnd timber property, but which I out and working the road and not
am not as yet at liberty to mention. wait till tho supervisor comes and
According to the opinion of those drives us out to work. Even if we
best posted, this movement will not work a few hours each day or be
cease with the properties mentioned, tween Bhowers, and before we know
but that there will bo a general it wo will have a road through our
merging os tho mill and lumbering farms. Now neighbors, if we want
plants of the county. It iB certain this road opened we will have to
that the near future is pregnant volunteer work, so let us get in and
with important events in the lumber do all we can. We will be sur
world of Humboldt.—Timberman. prised at how soon we can open the
road.
A F armer .
Experiments Successful.
Halifax, N. 8 ., Doc. 21.— After
eight experiments conducted with
the greatest secrecy, Marconi an-
rmrivt.-rT» Mint Yiw V»-w» -v»i—»5 Via«
problem of wireless trans-oceanic
communication, and has successfully
transmitted wireless messages from
the shores of Canada to the coast
of EnglTind. The formal announce
ment of this achievement was made
by the inventor himself today, when
he stated that wireleBB messages
had been successfully transmitted
nnd forwarded from the Governor-
General of Canada to King Edward
VII of Great Britain and to the
King of Italy. Dr. George R. Park
in, principal of Upper Canada Col
lege, trustee of the Rhodes scholar
ships, was present when one of the
successful tests -was made.
Prior to December, 1901, the
greatest distance covered by wire
less telegraph scarcely exceeded
100 miles. Early in that year Mar
coni visited Newfoundland, nnd
from Signal Hill commenced ex
periments with Cornwall, nnd on
December 12 and 13 of that year
faint signals of the letter “ S,” re
peated novernl times, were caught
by car only by the aid of telephones.
Later on Marconi, on the steam
ship Philadelphia,
bound
for
America, succeocod in establish
ing communication with Cornwall,
a distance of 2100 miles.
Trans
oceanic messages also were re
ceived on board the Italian warship
Cario Alberto, while the vessel lny
at anchor in Sydney harbor, on
October, 31, and since then Mar
coni has been perfecting tho ap
paratus at Table Head.
He met
with innumerable difficulties there,
but at last, has succeeded in send
ing a transoceanic wireless message
from Canada to Cornwall, a dis
tance of 2300 miles.
The Carlo Alberto some days ago
was ordered to proceed to Venez
uela, bnt, as her immediate de
parture would seriously delay Mar
coni’s operations, the order was
modified, and she was held at Syd
ney until trans-Atlantic communica
tion was successfully accomplished.
She has snilod for Venezuela to take
part in the blockade operations.
The following message was sent
by Marconi this evening:
I.osl Boys Come Home In The Morning.
Peter Scott, Willie Curtis, Albert
Campbell and Georgo Manning, the
four boys for whom searching parties
UfAV«
viva r» pp fchik
TiwaoJay
night, came in about 9 o’ clock yes
terday morning, wet, hungry, tired
and bruised but not seriously the
worse for their night in the woods.
It seems that they started out
yesterday forenoon with the inten
tion of gettii 3 back about 1 o ’clock.
The four boys started home to
gether before twelve. They had
traveled a round-about way and
concluded to take a short cut home.
Just where they went is not alto
gether clear, but they were still on
their home when darkness overtook
them.
The night was web windy
and dark nnd any material progress
was impossible even if they had
known which way to go.
At one time they heard the guns
and saw the lights of the searching
party, but could not get to them.
So they worried through the night
as best they could without shelter,
food or fire, their matches being
wet, and resumed the search for
homo at daylight.
Probably fifty men were out
about half of the night in search of
the boys, and quite n number took
up tho search again in the morn
ing. So the boys wero not the only
ones who suffered discomfort from
the affair.— Mail.
Marshfield Ban.
Thomas Blaine and wife were
given a warm welcome on their
arrival at Allegany from the East
last week, by a host of friends. The
reception was qaito an elaborate
affair.
John Blomquist has secured the
coutract to build three gasoline
launches. They will be for J. B.
Devis, E. J. Coffelt and Stephen
Rogers. The length o f the bonts
will range between 27 and 30 feet
and the beam between 6 nnd 8 feet.
The cold storage ship Elihu
Thompson reached here Tuesday
from Tacoma aod is now dooked at
the railroad wharf. Fish is being
received at the ice plaut at the rate
of a ton a day, bnt the amount it
is expected will be increased. The
Thompson can carry 300 tons of
frozen goods.
J. Warren Quick, Maishfield’s
“ Glace Bay, C. B , Deo. 21, 1902. popular athlete mid football play
— Hon. \V. S. Fiolding, Minister of er, met with an accident RtQI’ay
Finance, Ottawa: Regrot you wero City last week that came near end
unable to visit station here.
Gov- ing Inn career on the gridirau. He
ernor-Generrl sent me message for waa in aome manner atrnck by a
His Majesty, King Edward, which I large timber on the head that came
have already been able to transmit near fractoring tlm skull. War
to England by mein: of wireless ren s head was ton tough for the
telegraphy with complete success. board.
Should lie glad to send a short mes-
F. M. Friedtx ig contemplates a
sngi from Cai adn to govi rnmeiit i grent change in h 1 a electiio light
if do- ired. I h ave here very shortly ! plant here. He lias ordered a new
for my Cape Cod station."
dynamo which will give better light
M abcoki .
and more power thao the old one.
L. J. Simpson has purchased the
one formerly in use, and will age
T o C u r e a U iM In O n e O n r.
it iu lighting up bis new enterprises
Take Laxative Bromo (Quiatue Tablets
«11 druggists refund tho money if it fsilsto od the lower hsy. Friedberg’s new
core E .W Grove’ s signalai-’ i l o » uech dynamo arrived today on the Alli-
pseksge
anoe.
A Great Forward Movement.
Rev. Francis E. Clark, the found
er of the Christian Endeavor move
ment, is sending oirculnrs to the
state officers asking them to take
part in a groat forward movement
for 1903.
An effort is to be made
to increai, the number of societies
in tho state by ten per cent., nnd to
add ten per oent to the roll of each
society.
The state making tho re
quired increas will be presented
with a banner at the International
Convention in Denver, nnd tho
successful societies will be -placed
on the roll of honor.
There are no restrictions: Mem
bers may be aotive, associate or hon
orary; and the gnch *>s, senior, in
termediate or junior.
Each dis
trict will be assigned its share of tho
work.
The plan, as announced, is to
make the last week of January "In-
creas Week,” when the strongest
effort is to be made. The first Sun
day in February,
“Endeavor’s
Birthday,” will be “ Decision Day”
a day for adding now members.
With a definite object, a ten per
cent, increase, and a definite time,
from January first to the Denver
Convention in June, Oregon will
doubtless claim a banner for state
work, and many societies be on the
roll of honor.
J. I LAMB. Pres.
NO 25
L. HARL0CKER, Vice.Pres.
G .W
YVH TE, C a s h ie r
COQUILLE VALLEY B0NK.
CAPITAL
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C O Q U IL L E ,
50,000
O EEQ O U
Does a general bunking business.
Has money to loan on approved
personal and real estate security, buys county, town end school distric
warrants, draws notes, mortgages, deeds and all kinds of legal instru
raentu—Notarial work.
Issues fire insurance at lowest rates in following companies:
.Etna, Springfield, Connecticut, Orient and Magdeburg.
O P 1 D I R E C T O R S .
A. J. SHERWOOD,
ISAIAH HACKER
L. HARLOOKEB, and G W.WHITE.
J. T LAMB
E. G. D. HOLDEN’S
G eneral In suran ce O ffice. - - - R ob in son
C o q u ille ,
B u ild in g
O reg o n
Ovfif Tim HIM Miilioi Dollars term Capua
R epresented.
Hour I nsurance C omrany , N. Y. - - - - -
S t . P aul F. k M. I nsurance C ompany , M inn .
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$14,106,450.33
$ 2,355,012.00
T raders ’ I nsurance C ompany , C hicauo - - - -
$ 2,435,571.29
H ome F. k M. I nsurance C ompany , S an F rancisco
- - $ 1,037.715.39
F ire A ssociation I nsurance C ompany , P hiladelphia
- - $ 6,340,250.98
E quitable L ife I nsurance C ompany , N. Y. - - -
- $301,598,063.40
I have had over T hirty Y ears ’ experience in Local and General agen.
cy work in Insurance matters, and all business entrusted to me will re
Koovevelt Urged To Decline Honor-
ceive prompt attention. Policies issued at this office for all the above
Fire Insurance Companies.
E. G. D. IIOLDEN,
Washington, Dec. 23.—The for
Goueral Insurance Age
mal proposals o f Great Britain nnd
Germany that President Roose
velt arbitrate the Venezuelan dis
pute did not arrive here over night
nor were they at hand when the
Cabinet met, bnt it is expected
Alias G. IN. Webber, late o f Grand Valley, Colorado.
that they will reach Washington in
a day or two.
Strong pressure is
being brought to bear upon the
President to decline the invitations
to act as an arbitrator. Thia pres
Whose address is Arago, bus located with ns, and is ready to
sure come from the newspapers, answer calls at aDy time
His 15 years’ of experience puts himin a
from public meu and from Senators position to do you good service.
Terms: 1 per cent on ail sums over
and Representatives in Washing $500 85.00 for less amounts. Orders left at HERALD office.
ton. Senator Gallons called at the
State Department today with a
boodle o f telegrams, all entering
protests agaiust the embarkation
of the President npou this arbi
tration scheme.
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GEORGE,
TTie Auctioneer
For all kinds of
Gravel Ford Items.
Job Printing
Book and Commercial Work in the neatest and latest styles-
Call at the HERALD office
Our prices are right.
L A. Lawhorn drove about 500
logs to the boom at the Bennett
Grove. He failed to get them to
the mill on account of the drift.
The J. Warren made a trip to
Myrtle Point this week. Sho run
on a log and bent her propeller
LOCATED A1
shaft, but Capt. Bright came
through just the same.
COQTTI^-tULL] C I T Y , OIEYBGrOLT
The entertainment given by tho
pupilB of the Gravel Ford academy
was a grand success and well at
tended. The program was as fol N E W O R G A N IZ A T IO N .
lows:
N E W : M ANAGEM ENT.
Recitation............... Jas, Horyey, Jr. C O M P E T E N T F A C U L T Y .
C O U R S E S IN
Recitation.............. . Lowell Bunch
E N G L IS H , M USIC.
Tableau.............. “ Tho Three Fates"
M A T H E M A T IC S .
S on g........................ “ Old Black Joe”
E L O C U T IO N , SCIENCE-
Reading................................. Gordon Shepherd
“ Burdock’s Music Box.”
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Recitation................Winnie Weekly
Tuition
per
term
of
12
weeks,
if
paid
in
advance, 84.50, for grades 1,.2,
“ Tho Old Gray Hoss.”
3 and 4. For grades 5, 6 , and 7, 86 per term.
8 th bd J 9th grades, $7
Recitation.................................... Carl Hollenbeck
Dialogue........ “ A Short Courtship” per term,
S o n g ....................................................
Winter term opens 1st Monday in January. For particulars
Recitation............... Wm Coleman
Call on or address
"Tim’s Daisies.”
Dialogue..........................“ Rejected. ”
A. H MULK Y, Superintendent.
A Moving Sermon... .Taylor Bunch
t »„« g
f Prof. F. S. Bunch
.....................1 Mrs. Sofa Marcen
Dialogue........... The Professor’s
ip iÉ
Morning Walk.
Lecture on Patent Medicine..
....................................F. Hervoy
S on g............................................
Recitation.............Raymond Bunch
y
Reading................ Prof F. S. Bunch
Recitation........................... Joe Fish
Instrumental Duet.....................
This was followed by a debate on
the question, “ Resolved that the
men of thought have been more
beneficial to the world than the men
of action.”
Fay Hervey, Alex Culberson,
John Bright, nnd Taylor Bunch
were on the affirmative. Frank
Fish, Mack Baker, Jas. Hervey, Jr.
and Albert Fish were on the nega
tive. The judges, Cliae. Holt, O. S.
Coleman and Wm. Weekly gave the
decision in favor of the negative.
COOS COUNTY ACADEMY.
FURS
; HIDES
PELTS
WOOL
TAÜ. 0 W
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A C'ttlri W n i f .
l'ho forocastof sudden changes in
the weather serves notice ttmt a
hoarse voice and a heavy cough may
invndethe sanctity of health in your
own home.
Cautious people l.ave
s bottle of One Minute Cough Cun
always at hand
F II Wi . Mad
ison On., writes: I am indcbti d to
One, Minute Oou h Cure for my
present good health, nnd probably
my life”.
It cures coughs, colds,
lagrippo, bronchitis, pneumonia nnd
all throat and lung troubles.
One
Minute’ Cough Cure cuts the phlegm
draws ont the inflammation, heals
ands oothes the mucous membranes
and strengthens the lungs.
H. S.
KnowltoD.
Three Times the
Value of Ärjy
Otijer....
--TH'RO iA 'ilE R -
or c.-THH;0 FASTER.
The uily Sewing Machine
d oes not fail in
point.
R O T A R Y MOTION AND HALL ;B E A R IN G S.
The lighted run
ning machine in the world.
R A P ID —snves about one doy in three
sewing that much faster than any vibrating chnttle sewing machine
More timo is saved, mor.’ ur ney earned.
Qnict anddnrable. The rotary motion doe away with noise aDd
wear caused by tho forward and back ware movement of the shuttle.
Gonoral offico for the Pacific Coast at 933 Market S t , San Franoisoo,
California.