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V ol . 22: No. 94 Entered uh Mecond-class matter May s, 1905, at th « potloA ee at Coquille, Oregon, under act of CongresH of Mardi S, 1879. Walter Culin, M. D. PllVBIC’IAN AND SU KOKON C o q u il l e C it y , O he . Kronenberg Bldg. Next Door to l*. O. Telephone 3. Stanley & Burns, Attorueys-at- Law, Heal Estate, Col lections. Specialties—Criminal and U. 8. Land Cases, Notaries Public. C o q u il l e , - - - O bk o o n . J, 0. WETMORE PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON OfHco Ht Residence of J. A. Collier. Phone 111. A. J. Sherwood, A t t o r n e y - a t - L a w , N o t a b y P u b l ic , Coquille, : : Oregon I___________________ Walter Sinclair, ATrcllNKY-AT-LAW, N o t a b y 1 ' u u l io , Coquille, : : Oregon. I /. Hacher, A ii 9 thactkr of T it l e s . C ocjuillk C it y , O re Hall & Hall, A t to r n e y s - a t - L a w . Dealer in K bal E state o f a ll kinds. Marshfield, Oregon. Ells wjrth B. Hall, Attorney-at-baw , OotiUiLLE, : : : O regon . Collections and Insurance. E. D. Sperry. W. C. Chase. SPERRY & CHASE, Attorney s-at-Law. Office in Kobinson Boilding, Coqnille, • - • Oregon. E. G. 0. Holden, L aw yer , City Heoordor, ü . S. Commissioner. Gen eral Insoranoo Agent, and Notary Pnblio. Olfloe in R obin son Building. Coqnille, Oregon. A. F. Kirshman, D e n t ist . Office two doors South of Post office. Coquille . - . Oregon. Forest is Ablaze. Grants Pass, Or., Aug. 7.— A de structive forest fire, which started from a troe that was fired by two boys in an attempt to drive out a squirrel, is raging in the pine and fir woods of Northern Josephine along Louse creek and Jump-off-Joe, of the Coast Range Mountains. More damage has already been done by this fire than the combination of all the forest fires in that part of the mountains last summer. Besides the thousands of acres of timber that has been destroyed, miles of fencos have been burned, barns and other property destroyed. Five miles of telephone and telephone line poles are burned, and the wires down. Communication by tele phone and telegraph with northern points lias been cut over the lines of wire following the Southern Pa cific Railroad, which is out of the fire. James M. Burdiok, of New Brit- ian, Conn., who lately visited the Commander mine was greatly im pressed with it. In a letter to Mr. Estberg, owner of the mine, Mr. Burdick gives a flattering account of his visit to the property. In part the letter says: “ I went from Myrtle Point to the ranch by team, and from there over the mining trail on horseback to the mine. The ride through the magnificent forest is simply delight ful. “ On your placer ground it is fairly easy to trace the course of the river bed in centuries earlier, but now filled in with great banks of gravel and earth, from which, I am told, many a prospector has washed out good returns in the yellow metal, but their equipment to work with was small and inadequate that they have scarcely made an impression The main traveled county wagon on the great deposits which you road between Grants Pass, which propose to wash down and run for 12 hours waB walled with through the sluices. “ The Commander vein crops out columns of roaring flames, is impass able because of burning trees and very strongly where the river has falling trunks across the highway. worn away the rock and is certainly The smoldering logs, limbs and well mineralized. While 1 am not trunks make the work of clearing in any sense a mining man and the road slow, and it will be several wouldn’t pretend for a moment to days before traffic can be resumed. pass on the value of these ores, Settlers and ranchers in the tim either piesent or prospective, yet I bered section traversed by the fire will say that the veins appear to be are terror-stricken, and many are well defined, and if they improve in fleeting from the approaching flames. size and value with depth, as is Men and women are working night usually the case, it would seem from and day in heroic effort to check the the assay values shown, that there fire, but the usual dryness of the could be no doubt that the develop woods, the accumulated and parch ment of the ore bodies and the in ed undergrowth, twigs and dead stallation of the proper equipment limbs burn like powder in spite of for handling same would mean all efforts to check it. Several valu success. The construction of the able farms have been badly dam flume is quite a feat of engineering aged by the fire through the destruc and must have thoroughly tested tion of fences, barns and grain fields. the energy and resources of the men Orchards grown to grass, which is who have had it in charge. “ However, it is built to stay, and parched and dry at this season, have also been damaged, as have when the water comes this fall, it been woodyards and stock corrals. will be ready to do its share in get At this time the wind, which has ting the gold out o f your placer been blowing strong from the north ground. “ In fact, the one thing that has east, and which has fanned the flames, is lowered, and the fire is especially impressed me was the confining itself to a more restricted number of buildings and sheds, the territroy on upper Jump-Off-Joe. quantity of tools and general equip While there is considerable timber ment, the well built dams and saw in that section, there are fewer mill, which taken in connection with ranches and settlements, and the the 340 foot tunnel and the 9000 danger from the destruction of im- feet of flume, to say nothing of the proveed property is not quite as new trail over the mountain, cer tainly indicates that the money put great. Because of fire a heavy pall of in by the stockholders has reached smoke has spreap over Josephine the mine and has been made to go County and is hourly growing den as far as possible. “ Your superintendent, Mr. Whit ser. ney, seems to me to have been the right man in the right place, and Boy W ill Never be a Grafter. between you difficulties have been Portland, August. 14—Secretary overcome that would have discour Henry E. Reed of the Lewis and aged the ordinary mortal.” —-Myrtle Clark Exposition has just sent an Point Enterprise. up-to-date camera, with a roll of films and other accessories, to 13- year-old F. R. Newman, of Colfax, Wash. The secretary does not send cameras to every boy who attends the exposition, but in the case of Master Newman he made an excep tion. A few days ago Secretary Reed received a letter from young New CipLlEWtR STEM BOAT CO man, containing a quarter, and e x plaining that the money was sent «tr. D IS P A T C H because the boy, at tbo suggestion Tom White, Master, leaves I Arrive. of au older person, had represented Ranrion....... 7 a - v . 1 Coqnille... .10 a - w . Conuille....... 1 F-M. | B anden 4 P-M. himself to be under 12 years of age Connects at Coquille with train for Marshfield and by this m ans had entered the and iteamer K h . for Myrtle Point. exposition gate free on the Fourth Str. F A V O R I T E of July, when children nnder 12 J. C. Moomaw. Master, were thus admitted. When the boy Leaves I Arrives Coquille......... 7 A-M. I Bandoli. .10:40 A*M. returned home his conscience smote Bandon........... 1 P-M. | Cuqnllle. 4:45 P-M. him. "I think I ought to hive paid," he wrote. The boy’s hones Str. E C H O H . Jams. Master, ty so pleased the secretary that the heaves | Arrives camera was sent in appreciation, M y r tle P o in t.. .7 A-M. | .K|niUe C 'y fi 30 A-M. Coqnille C ity. . .1 P-M. 1 M yrtle P't. .1 00 P-M. and Mr. Reed sent with it a letter D ally except Sunday. which no doubt Master Newman will treasure all his life. Str. W E L C O M E A similar incident occured in con nection with the St. Louis exposi tion. A boy mailed qo the manage ment twenty five cents, explaining that he “ went through the fence” at a place where a plank happened Sewing Machine Kepainng. David Fulton, of this city, is an expert to Ire loose. W . U . Panter, Master. Leaves I Arrives M yrtle Point 1:30 P-M. I Coqnille C y I GO p m . Coqnille City 7:00 A-M. | M yitle P't 10:00 a m . Connects with lower-river boats at Coquille City for Bandon and intermediate points. Am ple barges for handling freight. eieahcr and repairer, and anyone in need of his services wilt do well to call at liis residence or drop him a card. Our Mines. ____ ______ W anted . — 10 men in each state to travel, tack signs and distribute For Sale. samples and circulars of our goods. Salary $75.00 per month. $3.00 per A good home id this city, on day for expenses. Kuhlman Co. easy terms: Dept. Atlas Building, Chicago. Enquire at this o ffic e . Murders in Cold Blood. Louisiana, Mo., Aug. 5.— This morning while a Chicago & Alton special train was crossing the Miss issippi River bridge Marion Warner, of Secor, 111,, a passenger on the train, was shot and instantly killed by an unknown man. Warner was asleep when the unkuon man came the train, asking the people if they had guns. He awoke Warner nud asked him if he had a gun, and receiving a negative reply he shot Warner just over the right eye, killing him in stantly. He then went to another passenger, and holding the gun against his temple made him eraptr his cash. After shooting Warner he emptied his revolver at the other passengers, one woman receiving a slight wound on the arm. A boilermaker from Jacksonville volunteered to arrest the man, an in doing so knocked him senseless with his fist. The man who did the shooting was drunk, and boasted before the murder that he would kill some one. The train was held two hours wbils the testimony of the passeogers was taken The man who did the shoot ing refused to tell his name or where be lives. Notice | J. U. Wilson, moved to the Kerr all machine work Leave all orders at in the mill shop. Machinist, has mill and will do there hereafter. Kerr's Store or It is said that the commission which has been investigating the scandal in the government Printing Office has scored a distinct triumph. The report of the Commission has been prepared and is ready for the President, though it has not yet been officially communicated to the public. On very good authority, however, an outline of the commis sions report has gotten out and it is said to be one of tho neatest strad dles on record. It will remembered that the row in the printing office was over the contract for 72 type setting machines and all the trouble was caused by a rival company that makes another sort of machine, but ting in with a protest against the contract. The commission appoint ed to investigate the matter was confronted with the choice of two evils. If it approved tho contract, it would be the biggest sort of an adveetisement for the machines bought. If it did not approve it, the rival company was sure to make the most capital it could out of the fact. The commission sat for weeks and examined a great number of expert witnesses in the most deep shrouded secrecy. It raked up a good deal that was not at all to the credit of the administrative side of the office, showing that there were bickerings and jealousies among the heads, between the Public Printer and his foreman and the like. But the expert testimony on the merits of the two machines was carefully guarded and now it ap pears with fairly good reason. The report, it is stated, does not go into the relative merit of the machines at all. One may infer what one chooses as to the capacity of the rival type setters. The report deals merely with the question of whether or not there was need for so many machines in the office and concludes that there was not. This is a viotory of a sort for the Typo graphical Union which does not want to see hand labor superceded by machinery in the big government office. But it leaves the rival ma chine companies much where they were before they started the squab ble. It is one of the few times that a government commission in Wash ington has succeeded in crawling out of such a small hole and there is a good deal of quiet laughter over the way that it has left the two type setting machines up in the air. The scandal in the Depart ment of Agriculture on the other hand continues to spread and there is a general call for the resignation of the Secretary. It is safe to say however that the Secretary of Agri culture is not likely to tender his resignation and be is too much in tho confidence of the President to be summarily discharged. But the investigation of the big department has only just commenced and it is very likely that when Congress meets there will be other investiga tions of a like sort that will cover most of the dopartmen ts in Wash ington. One can wait till Congress gets together, but then it is likely that Congress will show its hand and there will be a great deal that done towards pruning the powers of the executive that have grown much beyond the wishes of Con gress in the past few years. NOTE AN D CO M M EN T . It does not appear that the anti graft crusade has yet abolished the restaurant tip. It is about time for someone to endow a home for ex-employees of the Agriculture department. It might head off some Russian critisism if the Taft party came home by way of St. Petersburg. Whichever side loses out at the Portsmouth conference had better eugago permanent quarters in Amer ica. Mr. Depew says that the Equit- uble scandal will blow over. It seems to bo blowing pretty strong up to date. Federal Officials all swear to sup port the constitution and privately decide to lift anything else they can lay hands on. The yellow fever reports from New Orleans are now taking the place of those formerly issued from the Canal Zone. It is understood that overflow meetings are going to be held at Portsmouth for the envoys from China and Korea. Secretary Wilson can give K in g Edward the laugh. He got rid of Hyde a good deal easier than Eddie is getting rid of Balfour. It has not yet been stated whether or not Mr. Morton holds a policy in the insurance company from which he draws wages. V nowlton’s Drug Store | Besides a complete stock \ oi Drugs and Druggist’s Sun-1 dries carries Kodaks and Sup- plies, Phyrography outfits and Supplies. f BUY PIANOS OF DEALERS CARRYING REGULAR STOCK 0J Standard and Established Goods, where eash Instru ment is sold according to its intrinsic value. We sell you a High Grade, Popular price or Commercial Piono, at their real value. One Price only on each Grade We carry a complete line of Pianos, Organs, Piano-Players, Talking Machines, Sheet music and Musical Merchandise. Everything Sold on Easy Payments. W. R. Haines Music Co., Successor to the Chas. Grissen and A ia g o M usic Co., That grand jury ought to meet Phone, Main 905, in the Agriculture Department. Its witnesses might prove more A. J. SHERWOOD, Prêt. communicative in that atmosphere. Garfield Annex, R. E. SHINE, Vice Pres Marshfield, Oregon. L. H. HAZARD, Cashier Secretary Bonaparte has declined to accept passes and so the rail roads are cutting rates as much as O P C O Q U I L1L1H , O R B G O p . they can from Chicago to the east. ---------------- i Mr. Haas claims that an admis T r a n s a c t s a General B a n I c i n g B u s in e s s sion that he used to be an employee of tho Agriculture Department Board of Directora. I Correspondents. might incriminate him. Possibly. ft. O. Dement, A. J. Sherwood, | National Bank of Commerce, New York City F IR S T N A T IO N A L B A N K Cardinal Gibbons talks feelingly on the loneliness of wealth. Evi dently he don’t realize how a man gains in popularity when he gets an automobile. L. Harlocker, Isaiah Hacker, L. H. Hazard, j Crocker Wool worth N ’l Bank, San Francisco R. E. Shine. I First Nat’l Bank of Portland, Portland, Or. Wizard Burbank is reported to have developed a golden plum. Nothing is said about what sort of a tree it grows on or the best method of shaking it. There seem to have been more leaks in the Agricultural Depart ment’s cotton bureau than there have been in tbo grand jury room. This should be remembered in favor of Mr. Haas. Out on the top of Mt. Wilson in southorn California they are doing some wonderful work in astronomy. The Carnegie Institution has estab- lishel a solar observatory there, with the special object of prying into the mystery of the life and death of suns. Also, Professor Successor to W H. Mansell. Barnard of the Yerkes Observatory has a small establishment on the same mountain, and he is making W IL L M E E T A L L B O A T S A N D T R A IN S . some remarkable star maps. The work of both these observatories is All orders handled with carefulness and expedience. The Western Lady. admirably described bv Garrett P. We are in receipt of the last copy Serviss in tbe August Cosmopolitan. of “ The Western Lady,” which is a The article is profusely illustrated. A g e n t fo r th e b e s t C o o s C o u n ty C o a l. - . souvenir edition of the Lewis and A UaruliiK 1« Nullirn. Clark Fair, containing almost 100 Too much care cannot be used cuts or nearly 2000 inches of illus trations regarding the Fair. It ¡ b with small children during the hot weather of tbe summer months to without doubt the finest thing we guard against bowel troubles. As have seen on the Exposition. “ The a rule it ig only necessary to give Western Lady’’ is an illustrated ma the child a dose of caster oil to gazine published at Portland, Ore., correct any disorder of the bowels. at 50 cents per year, and is every Do not use any substitute, but give the oldfasbioncd castor oil, and see thing the name implies, having short that it is fresh, as ransid oil nausi- stories, Indian traditions, pioneer ates and has a tendency to gripe. experiences, fashions, household re- If this does not check the bowels ceipcs and numerous other depart givo Ceamberlain’s Colic, Cholers ments, ably edited and all pertain and Diarrhoea Remedy and then a dose of castor oil, and the disease ing to the women. We have made may be checked in its incipiency arrangements by wh oh we will give and all danger avoided. The cas all our subscriber.: vho pay a year tor oil and this remedy should be , in advance a year’s subscription free procured at once and kept ready for instant use as soon as the first to this beautiful magazine. indication of any bowel trouble ap Telephone, Mnin 238. Norway has developed a blood pears. This is the moat successful treatment known and may be re- less revolution and it only remains lied upon with implicit confidence for some genius to invent a buzless even in cases of chplera infantum. ' DAVID FTLTON, Local Agent, Coquille, Oregon. mosquito. For sale by R. 8. Kuowlton. Claude F ox, Greneral Drayman Monuments and Headstones We guarantee better work at lower prices than can be had else where. Do not order Monumental work until you have called upon or written us for prices. COOS CO. MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS Stewart & White Props. Marshal,sore.