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This stock, representing thousands o f dollars’ W orth o f First Class Merchan
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ISAAC IL TOWER
FOODLESS, THEY TAKE
TUQ ACROSS ATLANTIC
Let Us AH to Something to Help Feed B elgiu m ’
Million and More o f Starving Children and Do
Martin Block, Front Street
(F ro m the Coos Bay N ew s.)
W . J. W ilsey has w ritten to parties
on the B ay from C hicago statin g that
his Coes Buy proposition is being un
derw ritten.
J. W . Reid, represen tin g th e Dutton
Lum ber Co., o f Poughkeepsie, N . Y ,
a rrived here last w eek to contract fo r
aeroplane spruce. A num
dors w ere filled here previou sly fo r
the company.
Coquille, Oregon
as o f a ll em ployes w ill be advanced,
effective M arch 1st. I t is said that
the increase also affects the em polyee
o f the Sm ith-Pow ers Co. T h e 8m ith
m ills em ploy about 560 men, and the
lo g g in g camps between 800 and 700.
The notice reads that in addition *o
the advance in w ages, a bonus sys
tem , baaed on production, w ill be in
effect, in which every man connected
w ith the saw ing and handling o f lorn-
ber ctn participate.
Might T ry It Here.
The coal shortage, which in recent
weeks has threatened to brin g about
very serious conditions in m any parts
o f the country, has stim ulated a g ita
tion fo r municipal coal mines that
would supply the schools and the de
partm ents o f the local governm ents
w ith fu el, and, in some caaaa, would
sell to individuals aa w ell. According
to the M arch Popular Mechanics M ag
azine, this proposal has already been
adopted in T erre Haute, Indian», and
a mine fou r m iles from the city has
been leased from which coal is sold
fo r 12.76 p er ton. A n alderm an in
D etroit has advocated th at that city
buy or lease a m ine, contending that
by so doing the city could save |S per
ton on its fu el. A sim ilar plan has
been proposed in Cleveland. The un
dertakin g is regarded as moat feasible
fo r m unicipalities in or naar coal
bearing regions.
Trains commenced b rin gin g in logs
Fawns Easily Caught
from the Siuslaw la st weak fo r the C.
Doe
Barker, o f Fail-view , was in
A . Sm ith m ill. M oat o f the logs are
town
one
day last week. He relates
old grow th and have evid en tly been
in the w ater fo r a lon g tim e, aa barna quite a story, which w ill no doubt
interest our local sportsm en. W hile
cles a r t much in evidence.
d rivin g down the Sumner mountain, a
F. E. Skinner, o f C oquille, has pur
doer w as seen tro ttin g down the road
chased Newm an M oon’s lease o f the
in/front o f the machine. Doc at once
Blanco hotel, and took charge Satur
ja v e chase and soon overhauled the.
day. M r. M oon, who is a mem ber o f
a n im a l.^ It proved to be a last year's
the- firm o f Moon A G idloy, contrac
fa w n and urns alm eat starved to death
tors, w ill ram aia in M arohfiaid
which no doubt was due to the snow
N ew s was reeaived hers Thursday
which has covered the ground fo r
th at B oy J. Rhoades had bean nom i
Did Nairn Smith Sink?
some tim e past, m aking it hard pick
nated fo r poetm astsr a t Pow ers, to. fill
A ccordin g to a rep ort brought here
ings fo r the U ttle fello w . Dec says
the vacancy caused by the death o f Q.
the deer eats candy, bread and but by members o f the crew o f the A d e
A . Brown. I t is amid th at th e office
ter and m ost any kind o f food it is line Sm ith, says the Coos B ay Tim es,
pays about |100 par month.
offered, and has become very tame. the Nann Smth which was sold last
Th ere is aa increasing demand fo r
The stage d river on the Sumner line summer to a Swedish firm , was re
ship kneaa, and $ e p rice is g o in g up.
caught the deer’s m ate the next day cen tly sunk in the English channel.
C aliforn ia shipbuilders have been pu r
a fte r Doc made his catch. A perm it She w as torpedoed by n German sub
chasing knees here since ea rly days,
has been applied fo r to keep the deer. m arine.
bat recen tly inquiries are com ing
N o particulars are available nor has
— H erald.
from S eattle and other northern
the rep ort beeen defin itely confirm
pointa.
ed. I t is hard to cheek up on the
N ew s waa received here M onday Many Deer Killed in Snow. Nann as no one here knows defin itely
that the gas schooner R ustler, which
W h ile w alkin g the eleven m iles be the new name that was g iv e n her by
le ft Coos B ay on Saturday fo r C urry tween W hiskey Run Camp and his the Swedish owners.
A fte r being
county ports, was ashore about a ranch, Ed. Ham lin, a couple o f days transferred a t San Francisco, the
qu arter o f a m il# north a t the mouth ago counted over 78 deer stru gglin g N t n n js u sent to C hili to load n itra
o f Rogue river. She was high end through the snow which was over tes fo r the east coast and was there
dry a t low tid e and the cargo w as be three fe e t deep. In several instances to load fo r Eurqpe. W hether she was
in g rem oved.
coyotes or w olves had pulled down bound to England w ith a w ar cargo
C attle buyers are s till busy am ong one o f the anim als and a fte r m aking it bound fo r Germ any la not known.
the ranchers in this section, and are a meal had le ft a part o f the carcase.
o fferin g tem ptin g prices fo r alm ost The deep snow prevented the deer
Items From Arago,
any kind o f stock. It is differen t from from running and they w ere easy
M r. C orbet Robison moved his fam
w hat it used to be som e years ago, victim s fo r the w olves and coyotes.—
ily into the Frank Fish home on Fish-
when ranchers had to sell th eir cattle Roeeburg New s.
| trap Monday. M r, Robison trill work
fo r w hat was offered, and w ere m igh ty
| fo r M r. M arion Clinton th is year.
glad to g e t even that.
N otice e f Can fa r BMs.
There was a la rge attendance a t
The Southern P acific bridge across
Bids fo r cream and m ilk hauling on the Cheese F actory m eeting Monday.
D avis slough, a trib u tary o f Isthmus
the low er riv e r from A p ril 1, 1917 to
M r. and M rs. Clarence Schroeder, e f
slough, is bein g rem odeled so as to
perm it o f a 40-foot w ay fo r the pass A p ril 1, 1918, w ill be opened March A rago, .are very much pleased over
age o f boats. The railroad company 10v 1917, a t the Coquille V a lley th e a rriva l o f a little bey Feb. 26.
Q uite a number o f farm ers from
intends replacin g the present wooden Cream ery. A lso bids w ill bo opened
structure w ith a steel structure la ter a t the same tim e and. fo r the same Fishtrap and A ra go attended the N or
on.
The W ar D epartm ent ordered period fo r the butterm ilk output o f w ay C ream ery m eeting Tuesday and
th at a 40-foot w ay fo r boats be pro the C ream ery. The directors reserve repfirt a very good tim e.
the rig h t to reject any and a ll bids.
A little daughter came to Hve w ith
vided.
Coquille V alley Cream ery,
M r. and M rs. R ay Lew is, o f A ra go
The C. A . Sm ith eom pnay posted
Feb. 24.
official notice Saturday th at the w ay-
London.—One o f fb e moot extraordi
nary voyages ever made acroaa the A t
lantic baa Joat been completed by tba
Vigilant, a little A m erica» t o « belong
ing to N ew Tack and boond from S t
John’a, N. F., fo r C ardiff. T w o d a y»
oat from S t John’« the V igilant expe
rienced terrific weather, and on the
fifth day ah « sent S O S calls, the cap
tain fearing she would founder. Th e
Holland-Am erican lin er Byndam pick
ed np the signals and proceeded to her
assistance.
The captain and tw elve o f the t u fa
crew w ee* taken o ff by the Byndam.
which waa bound fo r Rotterdam , hot
three men refused to leave. They w ere
the second mate. Robert Ferguson, a
Scot; tba third engineer, Thom as
W alsh, an Irishman, and an Am erican.
John Smith, a fireman.
Taking control o f the tug, tbeee three
men overcam e tremendous difficulties
and actually succeeded la bringing her
within sight o f the Irish coast, where
they were picked np by n British pa
trol vessel. Ferguson was locked 1»
the wheel house and the other tw o in
the engine room. Th e terrible weather
prevented them m oving, and they re
mained at their poets fo r fifty hours
without food, w ater or sleep. Several
parts o f the ta g w ere smashed In the
gale. Including the abaft o f the dynamo
ta the engine room. This censed the
tog to he In total darkness by night
and added to the horrors o f the situa
tion.
The taking o ff o f the craw o f the
V igilant by the Byndam was reported
by cable from Rotterdam .
I
O f the assay dancers which beset
navigators o f the tropical riv e n o l
Booth Am erica perhaps the natives
fssr the sting ray most, ft ta poison
ous and la to he found in very large
numbers when the river is low. That
Is the tim e when boatmen h are to get
In the w ater to push their canoes ever
the shallows. They are often stung by
the tall o f the ray and usually die un-
Isas medical assistance Is promptly
fifren. Th e ray cannot be seen, aa tt
Is o f the samp color as the sand on
which It co il« itself. The stab o f Ha
*h*rp kntfellke tad Is the unwary mav-
Iffstor’s first intim ation e f its presence.
- Feamoa ’s W eekly.
T o fu lly appreciate the .wonderful
w ir t requited In their construction a
historian baa rochsaed that It required
180.000 men ten rears to build the
pyram id o f Olaeh. and to build the
It
N ow .