SEMI-WEEKLY HERALD. V o l . 22: No. 54 COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY, OREGON, JANUARY 17, 1905. Our Minos. NOTE A N D C O M M E N T Recall, blanks and letter heads for clerk and sheriff 18 60 The immigration figures show a W. T. Estberg, president of the (Continued from last issue.) In re selecting official papers for falling off of forty per cent in the L P Crouch......................... . 8 00 printing schedule of court proceed­ Mides Mining and Milling Company, and his wife are stopping at the arrivals at tho port of Baltimore, Walter Culin, M. D. D II Lewis......... ................. 3 00 ings: Guerin Hotel in this city, having during the year just closed. These W H Myers... ......................... 3 00 P h y sic ia n a n d S crokon North Bend Citizen and Semi- lately spent several days at the would be encouraging figures if the Webb Mast............................... 3 00 Weekly H erald being the only CoqtHLLa C ity , O kk . mines. Mr Estberg iB also presi­ decrease were not made up at Now Noris Jensen........................ 6 00 papers filing certified statements I Kroneuborg B ids. dent of the Commander Mines on York to which port the great re­ T eleph on e 3, E L C Farrin........................... 6 00 and making application for said I N ext Door to P. O. duction in steamer aites brought C H Marsb............................... 0 00 printing, the contract was awarded South Sixes river and at each of about a greatly increased number these mines he has caused to be ex. C L Pennock .......................... 6 00 to them for the year 1905, at the of immigrants. pended many thousands of dollars E C Campbell........................... 6 00 rate of not to exceed 50 cents per Stanley & Burns, during the last year putting these C R Golden............................ 6 00 square of ten lines, brevier type. Attorney s -a t-L aw , Bargains are to be had in radium. mines in working order. At the Keel Estate, Collections. Walter Beunett....................... 3 00 In re contract for printing notices Since May first the price has fallen Specialties—Criminal and U. S. Land Mides on Poverty gulch a five-stamp K H Hansen........................... 3 00 other than a schedule of court pro­ Cases, Notaries Public. mill running night and day reduc- $1,006,000 a pound. I T Weekly............................... 3 00 ceedings and tax sales: C oqu illh , - O regon . ore that has been raised from C E H u lin g .......................... fi 00 Ordered that the Recall be award­ A young woman apparently of considerable depth at the old Divil- Uuy R ose................................ 6 00 ed the contract, he being the lowest good constitution sat down in a biss claims and brought to the mill T D Guerin .............................. 6 00 bidder for same. New York park, and remaining by a new and improved tramway, Geo. Russell, M. D., M J McDonald......................... 3 00 Ordered that the following bills there all night was frozen to death. and tho oro improves as the miner P hysician and S urgeon , I Wilson........... ...................... 3 00 incurred on account of the county On all four sides of the park there goes down to lower depths, and the Office in RUSSELL PHARMACY. S J Sleep................................... 3 00 infirmary, bo paid as follows: were doubtless people advertising assey lately made proves beyond Calls promptly Answered day or night, R 8 Tyrrell............................... 3 00 Steamer Welcome, freight on for servants. doubt that this mine is one of the J B Lamb................................. 3 00 lumber and brick.............$ 2 75 Phone, main 136. best in southwest Oregon. The The Kaiser proposes that we ex­ J H McCloskcy...................... 3 00 Dr Geo Russell, treating Company has a large group of change lecturers for the purpose of E A Keane............................... G 00 C oqu ille, : : : Oregon. Mrs Hatcher, fumigating claims along Poverty gulch extend­ establishing a better understanding Alfred Felter......................... G 00 residence..... ....................... 11 00 ing over a mile above the .mill between tbe countries. This is the A H Ebert............................. G 00 Russell Pharmacy, drugs, etc 9 50 I where tramways have been built so chance to get a few scolds out of E E Oakes............................... 3 00 Isaac Nichols, labor on Poor that a cheap method is provided to the Senate and promote peace in A. J. Sherwood, T J Perkius.......................... 3 00 Farm ................................... 52 50 J A Russell............. ............. 3 00 Alfred Johnson, lumber...... 7 17 bring ore from Big Joe and Little our own country. A ttorney - at -L a w , Mary, two promising claims at the Wm Hanson........................... 3 00 N otary P ublic , In re report of superintendent of The great outcry at Panama upper end of thh property, at which Cash Goodman...................... 3 00 Poor Farm; report approved and C oqu ille, : : Oregon against the tolerable treatment of place very rich ore was found in F W Barker......................... 3 00 following bills ordered paid: earlier years and about two thous­ the employes by tho officers should \ O A Kelly................................. 3 00 P E Drane, groceries and Men and dollars was extracted from be taken with modifications. T P Hanly.............................. 3 00 meats................................. $203 19 Walter Sinclair, away from home, in a strange coun­ quartz with a hand morter in less W L H o o d ............................... 3 00 Coquilie Furniture Co, furni A t io b n e y - a t - L a w , than a w eek. Besides the stamp try and climate are apt to have at­ Col Gant................................... 3 00 tore, etc............................... 126 85 N otary P u b l ic , mill and 1 itest improved concentra­ tacks of homesickness that make all Calcin Gant............................. 3 00 Dean A Morgan, meats......... 6 34 C oquille, Oregon. tor at this place a sawmill has ooen conditions look intolerable. T Nichols................................. 3 00 W H Hersey, groceries......... 2 90 erected and is running all the time, T I J 8 Wasson............................... 3 00 Medley A Rozelle, smithing.. 7 05 It has been a matter of curiosity furnishing lumber for the buildings Guy C Lattin........................... 3 00 J A Lamb A Co, hardware... 48 00 to many people what agricultur­ Hacher, Fred Cavanaugh..................... 3 00 Geo A Robinson, mdse....... 10 80 and othor exstensive improvements alists would have to complain about A bstrakter of T itles . now in contemplation. Indeed the F E Wilson............................... 3 00 C M Skeels, groceries and if there should by any chance be a C oquille C ity , O re Andrew Olson................................. 3 00 mdse ................................... 3 60 place now presents a picture of a growing season that offered no J D M a G e e ............................... 3 00 T H Mehl A Co, hardware... 26 00 little village, with tramways flumes, ground for complaint. The answer water piping and machinery closely Ordered that the following per­ R S Knowlton, drugs, etc..... 56 00 is given now in the cotton belt situated between two large moun­ Hall & Hall, Geo A Russell, drugs, etc..... 5 00 sons be paid the amounts opposite wbere an ideal season and crop sur­ tains by the side of a rushing A tto bn b ys - a t - L a w , their respective names as expenses N Lorenz, mdse A grocericsl26 20 passing auything ever .known are stream of sparkling water, whore in­ Dealer iu K bal E statr o f all kind». for bringing the election returns to J C Fry, 1 buck sheop........... 5 00 8ucci eded by recrimination and dustry in all its mining phases is M arshfield, Oregon. the office of the county clerk, as C E McCurdy, 7 pigs........... 10 50 malediction of an intensity never evident so the visitor. W T Kerr A Co, mdse.......... 123 80 follows: heard after the worst failures. I _________ _ I These mines are about 30 miles Robt Walker, Baudou.......,.$ 5 20 E A Franklin, salary as su­ south of Myrtle Point and is reach­ Communications to the Governor perintendent....................... 191 66 W B Beebe, Coaledo............... 1 40 J. Curtis Snooh, D. 0. S. ed by a wagon road which termi­ of Colorado should be made by In re superintending poor farm E J Coffelt, Coos River......... 5 40 D entist , Colorado nates at Deer Park, leading six miles title and not by name. N E Bigelow, Doer Park....... 7 00 and infirmary-: Office two doors south Odd Fellow’ s Hall of trail, but President Estberg in­ voters and votesses are famously Wm Turpen, Empire City..... 5 GO Contract awarded to Frank B. fickle. Will make Bandon a professional visit C T Blumenrother, Four Mile 7 60 Odburt for the sum of $45.00 per forms us that the wagon road will be extended to the mines in the early the first Monday in each quarter. J V Shuck, L ee....................... 2 40 month. Notwithstanding a drizzling rain spring. The road will pass the fa­ C A Metlin, 8 Marshfield... 3 80 C oqu ilie, Oregon. Contract for caring for the indi­ that fell for tbe greater part of the L W Deyoe, Myrtle Point... 1 80 gent sick who are unable to be mous Salmon Mountain mine where day, seyen thousand people formed I J DCiintou, Norway............... 1 20 cared for at the county poor farm, there is much work being done, in line about the White House and T J Perkius, Parkersburg..... 4 00 awarded to Dr Wm Horsfall for the h e n c e the road will be of great ben­ were rec’d by the President on Ne\y E . D . Sperry. W . C . Chase. W Rohm, Riverton............... 1 80 sum of $2 25 per day, for medicines efit, as it will accommodate the Years day. So far no deaths have SPERRY & CHASE, Thus Nichols, South Slough.. G 80 and attention, furnished each indi­ Nugget Patch and Johnson Creek been reported and the President in general. The Commauder mine Oliver Landreth, Tenmile..... 5 GO gent. had so far recovered that ho was Attorneys-at-Law. on South Sixes is on a straight line James Wall, Coos City......... 3 20 Ordered that the following bills about six miles southwest of the able to go to the theatre in the even­ Ortica in Robinson Bailding, C E Edwards, N Coos River 7 40 ing. in aid of indigent persons outside Mides property. Here very exten-1 J O Stemler, Dora................. 4 00 C oqu ille, - - - O regon. of the county poor farm bo paid as sive improvements have been going Professor Ferris of Michigan A O Hooton, Enchanted....... 4 40 follows: on for a year or more. Two dams says no woman should marry until G W Sanford. Lake............... 8 00 Simpson Lumbor Co, sup have boon built—ono 40 feet across she is able to support a husband. J R Lightner, N Marshfield.. 3 80 E. G. D. Holden, plies for Doc Ramsford... 14 50 Sixes river, this was to obtain pres­ Prof. Ferris got his idea from titled J D Bennett, Gravel Ford... 3 20 L aw yer , C M Skeels, supplies for sure for hydraulic operations, and foreigners. Geo Chard, Newport............. 4 40 Jity Recorder, U. S. Commissioner, Gen Mrs Hatcher, 4 m os.......... 61 65 one dam 20 feet high to obtain Chas Eckhoff, North Bend... 5 00 R W Bullard, supplies for eral Insurance Agent, and Notary At an Oregon public meeting power for mining. A sawmill is A Barrows, Prosper............. 4 60 Mary and Polly (Indians,) 5 60 run daily and lumber in abundanco Secretary Hay was accused of being Public. Office in Robin- C C Carter, Rowland............. 4 80 Pioneer Grocery Co, supplies ,son Building. will soon be on hand. The “ giants" influenced by money to approve J W Catching, Sumner......... 2 00 for Josh N elson................. 1 05 are at work with ample pressure, another session of the Hague peace C oqu ille, Oregon. Ordered that the following bills Coquilie Mill and Tug Co, and bed rock has begun to show tribunal. Oregon is feeling sensi­ for stationery, printing, and miscel­ I supplies for Lavin family. 20 74 shining metal and it is belived that tive about the high honor of states­ T laneous supplies for the various Wm Jenkins A Sons, sup­ a “ clean up” will soon appear satis­ man. offices of the county be paid as fol­ A. F. Kirshman, plies for Hoyt $48; for factory. The flume, 3x4, is being lows: The Czar has extended the liberty Clark $24............................ 72 00 built over a mile long to bring wa­ D bntist . J B Dulley, stamps, etc, for of tbe press in Russia and hereafter Jos Ferry, supplies for F F ter to the rich placer grounds. The Office nt ltesidence, one blook east of treasurer’s office...............$ 10 60 Winter.................. 11 25 company has very promising quartz crop and weather reports will not Stephen Gallier, stamps for Tnttlo Hotel. be subject to censorship. Guerrin Bros, supplies for holdings at various places in this sheriff’s office..................... 16 46 C oqu ille . - . Oregon. C lark.................................... 30 00 [ section cropping out of the hills The weather bulletins of the James Watson, stamps, etc, Southern Oregon Co, sup­ on each side of the river. They United States report the heaviest clerk's office....................... 25 00 plies for Doo Ramsford..... 5 40 have purchased the farm known as fall of snow up to January 1st that COQUILLE RIVER STEAMBOAT GO. T J Thrift, stamps, etc, for Manley Barklow, keeping the Avery place situated near the has ever been known in twenty assessor’s office................... 3 50 S tr . D I S P A T C H Elizabeth Iteel ' 2 \ months 20 00 mines so their supplies for men and years. This may account for the Blake, McFall & Co, blanks Tom White, Master, P E Drane, supplies for teams will be at hand. The outlook ! disappearance of Esopus and Indian- Leaves I Arrives for sheriff........................... 15 98 Rachel Wilson, 4 months.. 20 00 for the mining industry in Coos and ; ola, Miss. B andon ........ 7 a - m . j Coquille ------ 10 a - m . C oquille ....... 1 P*M. I Bandon ------ 4 p - m . Coos Bay News, printing for North Bend Furniture Co, Curry counties is more favorable Connects at Coquille with train for Marshfield assessor's office................... 90 00 coffin and burial Mrs and steamer Ejho for Myrtle Point. than the majority of the varied in- 1 The patient and God-fearing in­ Bandon Furniture Co, trac­ Dungan................................ 20 00 dustries of this favored region, as ! habitants of the North Carolina S tr. F A V O R I T E ing paper for surveyor’s C A Johnson, coffin and other operations will soon be inauj pine hills are petitioning to have J. P-M. supt's office......................... 13 04 Mrs H W Sanford, caring for The large cities Coquilie river.— Myrtle Point En­ of the district. J S Dollinger & Co, 2 deed S tr . R E T A are pleading to have the automo­ Mrs Dungan........................ 15 65 terprise. Alva I*ee, Master, records, clerk’s office......... 37 50 J T Nosier, conveying jury biles kept off the streets. I f the Leaves J Arrives Clarence Dryden, blanks for pine hill towns don’t send in any Coquille __ 1 p - m . I Bandon . . . . 5 p - m . and Harden to poor farm 5 00 Apropos of the complaints of the j B andon....... 7 a - m . | Coquille — 11 A-M. all offices............................. 25 UO M O Stemler, M D, fumigat­ objections now it may be that we Carrying passengers an«l mail. barbarous and uncivilized conditions ' Glass A Prudhomme, blanks have reached a solution of our ing Luttiell residence....... 15 0 0 1 in Panama we read in the Lnatige^ for assessor and clerk....... 20 90 W Culin, exam insane, ser­ Coquille River Transportation Co. juggernaut question Blatter of Germany that the foreign ! Universal Accountant Ma­ vices at jail, and indigent Str. L I B E R T Y visitors at St. Louis found “ price chine Co, ribbons............... 2 00 Any school district in need of an sick ....................................... 30 50 W. R. Panter, Master. exorbitant, food scarce and badly | experienced teacher can be put in Payott, TTpham A O ', sup­ E Mingus, indigent sick $617, Leaves | Arrives cooked and the streets so muddy communication with one by en­ Bandon........ 7 A-M. | Coquille. ...10 a - m . | plies for clerk’s office....... 16 83 insane $10; burying cow Coquille...... 1 p - m . i Bandon . . . . 4 p m . J that travel on them was almost im­ quiring at this office. Bancroft A Whitney Co, vol Makes connection with train at Coquille $10........................................642 50 possible.” Any place that is not and up-river boats. 43 Ogn reports..................... 3 75 Claim of Mary Bazzell for nurs- T. W. PAN TKR, Managing Owner. home is to untraveled people a s e c-1 Cattle for S h e e p . D F Dean, printing court ing John Pierce, not allowed. Ordered that petition of citizens tion of the infernal regions. proceedings and notices... 36 73 S tr . E C H O Will trade a fine lot of cows and of Gravel Ford for increase of al­ T. W M d 'l .k e j . Monter, North Bend Citizen, printing several bead of young stock for Leaves | Arrives court proceeding............... 28 55 j lowance increase to $12.00 per A piano for sale on easy terms. Will Myrtle P oin t.. .7 a - m . | Coquille C’y 9:30 a - m . sheep. Inquire of J. D. Myers, on month, Coos Bay News, notices and take part in trade. Enquire at this oquille C ity ... I p - m . | Myrtle P*t. .4:00 p - m . i Rinck «reek. Address Coquilie. letterheads..... .................... 13 001 (Continued next iaeue, i office. Daily except Sunday. J E ntered »8 second-class m atter July 8, 1904, at the poatottico at C oquille, Ore- Kon, under act o f Congress o f M arch 3, 1870. $2.00 P e r Y ear C ounty Court P roceed in g s nowlton’s Drug Store Besides a complete stock oi Drugs and Druggist’s Sun­ dries carries Kodaks and Sup­ plies, Phyrography outfits and Supplies. ZT R A M B LER S TR IB U N ES NEW , LATEST AND AND M IT C H E L L S Best Wheels Out Rare Bargains In Second-Hand W heel». W heel» to Rent. Repairing Done on Short Notice. ALBERT FISH, COQUILLE, OREGON B ast E nd ot F ron t S t . L. H. HAZARD, Cashier R. E. SHINE, Vice Pré». «. J. SHERWOOD, Pres. F IR S T N A T IO N A L B A N K O P C O Q U IliL iB , O R E G O N - T r a n s a c t s a G en eral B a n k in g B u s in e s s /. Board of Directors. Correspondent». R. (J. Dement, A. J. Sherwood, National Bank of Commerce, New York City L. Harlocker, L. H. Hazard, j Crocker Woolworth N’l Bank, San Francisco Isaiah Hacker, R .E . Shine. First Nat’l Bank of Portland, Portland, Or. ************************** ¡MRS. BERTHA PAYNE.| | COQUILLE. OREGON. ,t /!s D ea ler in Fancy and Ladies’ Furnishing Goods. ^1- . . (P plete line of Seasonable Millinery, Also a com- /K; ************************* * ROY FOX 1 GENERAL D RAYING. COQUILLE, OREGON. Meets all Boats and Trains. Goods Handled with Care and Dispatch. AGENT WOOD FOR SALE- FOR R IV E R T O N CO AL. Leave orders at T. J. Little’s Livery Stable. COQUILLE Steam Laundry PH O N E 116 NOSLER & LYONS P R O P R IE T O R S Experienced Help Best of Work Reasonable Rates Special Kate» to Fam ilies and Hotel* W e make our ow n soap and know its m yredients. No injurious chemicals used. Our baskets will lie left at all th e principal points on the river. G oods called for and delivered in C oquilie C ity. J. B. POINTER, Coquilie, Oregon. General D raying, Tran sferin g and Delivering. I O rders for Wood Prom ptly filled. Leave all orders at P. E, Drane’s Meat Market T H E Who tied the cow ’s tail to his leg in the process of milk­ ing; said she had not dragged him over two miles before be realized he had made a mistake. H o w ZtvTuicIi. P a r t n e r Must you be dragged before you realize you are making a mistake in not using Electric Lights.