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V o l . 25: No.
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Entered as second-class matter May
*, 1905, at the postottice at Caquille,
Oregon, under act of Congress o l March
1, 1879.
DR. RICHMOND
PH YSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Coquille Heroik
COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1908.
Brief Analysis of Tax Exemp
tion Amendment.
Portland, Feb. 21.— To State
Press Answering requests for con
cise statement, the Oregon Tax Re
form Association submits this anal
ysis of the tnxexemption amendment.
Its general aim is to release indus
try and inprovements from the re-
pressure of taxation.
D
is c u s s
the Fairmeetings
There was an overflowing attend
ance at the Chamber of Commerce
Friday evening last, when President
McCormac called the meeting to or
der.
Two Men Killed.
Chris Rufini ard Florin Vanai
were blown up at Beaver Hill coal
mine Tuesday afternoon. In the
phraseology of the coal miner “ they
went back on the shots” before they
had explodd. Rufini and Vanai
were engaged in contract work,
driving a tunnel in No. 0 gangway.
They had put in seven shots and
presuming they had all gone off re
turned to the face of tbe tunnel.
When inspecting the work of their
blasts two remaining shots went off
sending tbe unfortunate men to
their distruction and mutilating
thier bodies almost beyond recogna
tion.
Both victims were middle aged
men and experienced coal miners.
They were natives of Italy. The
funeral occurred in this city, Tues
day, the bodies being laid at rest in
Odd Fellows’ cemetery.- -Marshfield
Sun.
ear
NOTICE FOR CONTRACTS
Notice is hereby given for Bealed bids
for tbe construction of a ferryboat to be
used la-tween Marshfield and East
Marshfield. Bide will be received for
the construction of said ferryboat com
píete and ready for n-e including mach
inerv, house and such other parts as
may be necessary for complete construc
tion of said ferrvboat, said ferryboat to
be equipped with either 20-horse power
double gas engines, double cylinders
50-horse power double or triple gas en
gines, double cylinders; 40 horse power
triple gas engines, double cylinders,
ferrvboat to be constructed according to
tbe plans and specifications prepared by
H. K. Reed ami on file in the office of
the County Clerk of Coos county. Ore
gon. Also for construction of boat com
píete without engines, placing engines
in boat and everything complete for
ready use. Also for separate bids for
engines to be delivered at Marshfield
Oregon, on or before April 15th, 1908
Boat to be completed and ready for de
livery on or before the 5th day of Mav
A. D. 1908.
All bids to be filed with the County
Clerk of Coos county, Oregon, on or
before the 5th day of March, A. D. 1908
at 10 o'clock a. m. at which time all bids
filed will be opened.
Five per cent of amount of bid to be
deposited with county clerk with bid.*
The county reserves the right to rp-
ject any and all bids or to accept a bid
not tbe lowest, if it deems it for the
best interests of the county.
Dated at the court house, city of Co
quille, C oos county, Oregon, tills 5th
day of February, A. n. 1908.
JAMES WATSON,
County Clerk.
The subject up for discussion was
the Second Southern Oregon Dis
trict Fair to be held at Marshfield
this
year. Every attendant was full
I
First— Exempts dwellings. Every of enthusiasm and eager tc hear the
new home strengthens our state. fair matter discussed.
A. F. Kirshman,
The present law encourag<s gam-
F. P. Norton, W. Howard and
D entist .
bling in home-sites until a good site Francis Clark spoke interestingly
costs as much ns a comfortable on the fair, and urged our peopie
Office two doors South of Post ofilce.
dwelling. This demand that tbe to get busy and make it a grand
.
.
,
Oregon.
savings of years be given up for the success.
Coquille
mere chance to build necessitates
The regular routine was di
postponement and congests popula
gressed from and Captain Magenn
tion.
recited his latest poem “ The Com
W. E. THRESHER
Second— Real estate agents will
ing of the Fleet,” which was recev-
find plenty to do bringing together
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
ed with such tumultuous applause,
the “ land poor” man who finds with
that his bearers could easily imagine
O r kgo n
W edderhukn
holding from use unprofitable, with
that they heard the echos of the
the homeseekeB who can and will
roaring cannon so vividly depicted
gladly pay the tax when the specu
in the lines given. As the poem is
Good For Everybody.
lative value has thus been squeezed
E. D, SPERRY
to be printed in one of San Francis
Mr. Norman It. Coulter, a prom
from the purchase price, and the
Attorney and Conncellor at Law.
co’s leading dailies on tbe ai rival of inent architect, in the Delbert
house he builds and everything in it
the fleet it was not given out for Building, San Francisco, says: “ I
Qffloe in Robinson Building
will he exempt.
fully endorse all that has been said NOTICE OF SALE OF STATE LAND
publication.
of Electric Bitters as a tonic medi
Third— Exempts farm production
Notice is hereby given that the State
President McCormac appointed cine. It is good for everybody. It
and improvements. The farmer,
Board will receive sealed bids un
the following committee to take gen corrects stomach, liver and kidney Land
til 2 o ’clock p. m. Monday, March 2,
insisting on taxing everything, al
W. C. CHASE.
eral charge of the fair: A. H. Pow disorders in a prompt and efficient 1908, for the following described land
ways pays taxes on everything of
Lot Oof Section 10,TownshipSOsouth,
a t t o r n e y - a t - l a w
ers and F. P. Norton, of Marshfield; manner and builds up the system
Range 15 W .
bis own, while the bulk of the weath
Electric
Bitters
is
the
best
spring
L. J. Simpon, of North Bend; A. J,
Each bid must lie accompanied by
Offise in’ Robinson Building, Upstairs
medicine ever sold over a drug
draiue 1 from farms to cities eludes
or postal money order for at least
Sherwood, of Coquille City; Steph gist’s counter; as a blood purifier it cash
one-fifth
of the amount offered.
the assessor. Farm belongings are
en Qallier, of Bandon; W . E. Pike, is unequaled. 50c. at R. 8. Knowl-
The right to reject any and all bids is
not of the nature to be conceal
reserved.
of Myrtle Point; and R. D. Hume, ton’s drug store.
Address the undersigned and mark
C. R. BARROW
ed. Constituting less than 25 per
the envelope “ Bid for State Land.”
of Curry county.— Marshfield Sun.
cent of the population, farmers have
CHAS. V. GALLOWAY,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Wilkesbarre, Feb. 21.— While ten
State Land Agent.
been paying more than 50 per cent
miners were descending into the
First-elass References
A Life at Slake.
Salem, Oregon, February 1, 1908.
of the state taxes, and the supreme
Stanton
mine
a
large
block
of
ice
in
Fifteen Years’ Experience
Your life may be at stake when
court has now abolished the custom you notice any sign of kidney or the shaft fell on the cage demolish
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
C oqoiu - b C ity , O rk
ary $300 exemption.
Let farmers bladder trouble as Bright’s disease ing it. Three are dead and three
Notice is hereby given that sealed
compare the assessment of vacant and diabetes start with a slight ir are not expected to live, as a result bids will be received for the improve
ment and construction of a portion of
land alongside of them with that regularity that could be quickly of the accideut.
tlie county road in Road District No. 12
Coo“ county, Oregon, according to the
J. J. STANLEY
of their improved farms which make cured by Foley’s Kidney Remedy.
Beikeley,
Calif.,
Feb'
21.—
The
specifications on file with tbe County
Commence taking it at the first
that vacant land vuluable. Com sign of danger. E. J. Slocum.
latest reports from the scone of the Clerk of Coos county, and a copy ot
LAW YER
such specifications in the hands of E.N.
pare taxes paid per ocre by laud
dynamite explosion at the Hercules Harry, Supervisor of Road District No.
Front Street
Martin Building
grants with that of improved farms.
An Accident.
Powder plant at Piuole yesterday 12 .
C'JQ'JILL«. O regon
All bids to be filed with the County
But, while dwellings and farm im
evening places tbe number of dead Clerk of Coos county, Oregon, on or be
We
take
the
following
clipping
provements are subject to taxes,
at thirty, including four white men, fore the 5th day of March, A. D. 1908,
farmers will pay, and railroads and from the Bandon Recorder, that The rest are Ceinese, six girls and at 10 o’clock a. m. when such bids will
be opened.
A. J. Sherwood,
city franchises will not. The only paper having taken it iron an Ar four men being injured but will re
Five per cent of amount of bid to be
leposited with county clerk with bid.
A ttorney - at -L a w ,
way for farmers to have anything kansas paper:
cover The damage to the plaut is
The County Court reserves the right
“ An accident which might have
N otary P ublic ,
exempt is to exempt it open and
to reject any and all bids.
ten thousand dollars.
Dated at the Court House, City of Co
terminated fatally, and which did
above hoard by law.
Coquille,
!
:
Oregon
quille, Coos county, Oregon, this 5th
result
in
the
serious
injury
of
Mr.
Fourth— Manufacturing exempt.
av of February, 1908.
No Use to Die.
T
JAMES WATSON,
Manufacturers everywhere agree and Mrs. E. L. Wheeler, visitors in
“ I have found out that there is
County Clerk.
Walter Sinclair,
that manufacturing will be stimu- this city, occuered this forenoon a no use to (lie of lung trouble as
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
long as you can get Dr. King’s New
lattd, thus creating a “ home market” few miles north of Hot Spaings.
ATrOBNBT-AT-L*W,
Department of the Interior,
Discovery,”
says
J.
P.
White,
of
“
Mr.
aud
Mrs.
Wheeler,
who
are
for
Oregon
farmers—not.Massachu
N otary P o b l ig ,
Land Office at Roseburg, Ore.
visitors here from Oregon, bad driv Rusbboro, Pa. “ I would not be
setts,
but
in
Oregon.
January 31, 1908.
Coquille,
s
!
Oregon.
alive today only for that wonder
Notice is hereby giver, that Walter R
Fifth— Workingmen's tools ex en out into the country, near the ful medieine. It loosens up a cough Smith,
of Riverton. Oregon, lias filed
empt. Increase! competition for residence of Col Fordyce, and while quicker than anything else, and notice of bis intention to make final five
ear
proof
support of his claim, viz.
workers in factory, farm and build returning the pole dropped from cures lung disease even after the lomestead in entry
Hall & Hall,
No. 12300 made Dec.
case
is
pronounced
hopeless.”
This
its
fastenings
and
frightened
the
23, 1902, for the S'.j NW \ Section 20,
ing trades will reverso the present
A tto bn r ys - a t - L a w ,
most
reliable
remedy
for
coughs
Township
28
South,
Rangs 13 W .W . M.,
order where the only competition is team, which immediatly broke away
Osala! in B«At, E stât » of all kinds.
and colds, la grippe, asthma, bron and that said proof will be made before
that of workers against each other from control and ran madly.
chitis and hoarseness, is sold under L. A. Liljeqvist, U. S. Commissioner at
Marshfield, Oregon.
“ The light rig was overturned guarantee at R. S. Knowlton’s drug Marshfield, Oregon, on Monday, April
for jobs.
6, 1908.
He names tbe following witnesses to
Sixth— Benefits merchant. Va and smashed, and Mr. wheeler and store. bPc and $1.00. Trial bottle
prove this continuons residence upon
free.
cant lots and grants buy no dry wife thrown to the side of tbe road.
and cultivation of the land, viz .
C. A. Sehlbrede,
B. F. Smith of Riverton, Oregon.
goods and groceries. With raw Mrs. Wheeler sustained a severe cut
For
Sale
E. A. Smith of Riverton, Oregon.
Attorney-at-Law,
material worked up at home, freights above tbe eye and Mr. Wheeler was
Madison Scott of Riverton, Oregon.
\A . R.’ Panter of Bandon. Oregon.
would be sayed; workers would injured painfully about the back.
Nntary Public.
Phone 761.
Stock Ranch of 280 acres, excel
BENJAMIN L. EDDY, Register.
“ Physicians were hurried to the
have more wages to spend and there
lent range, also abundant out-side
MARgnFiRi.n, O rroon .
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
would be more workers, and produc scene o f the accident and relief giv range. The place has the following
Department of the Interior,
ing farmers would take the place of en the injured couple. They were improvments: Good house of five
Land Office at Roseburg, Ore.
idle sections, reflectiug their pros tbeu returned to their present home rooms, porch 8ft in width on two
January 81, 1908.
Notice
is hereby given that Benjamin
perity in that of business in general. in city, and late reports state that sides bouse,
E. G. D. Holden
pump on kitchen
Smith, of Riverton, Oregon, has tiled
Oregon’s enterprising merchants neither have sustained internal in porch, good living water,
L awtbb ,
Barn notice of his intention to make final
juries
that
might
prove
fatal.
J ust i c i o r thr P rao »
year proof in support of his claim
will never object to so greatly stim-
40 ft by GO ft fully equipped with five
viz: Homestead entry No. 11887 made
8. Commissioner, General Insurance late production by shifting the tax
stalls,
mangers,stansions,
etc.
Large
July
31, 1902, for the NJ^ NWVa Section
The Lucky Quarter
Aient, and Notary Publie. Office
j upon public made values of fran-
wood shed, wagon shed, chicken 20, Township 28 South, Range 13 W .W .
M., and that said proof will be made be
i» Robinson Building.
Is the one you pay out for a box
| eliises and vacant lands.
of Dr. King’s New Life Pills, They hause, etc,, all in good repair. Good fore L. A. Liljeqvist, U. 8. Commis
Coquille
regon.
sioner
at Marshfield, Oregon, on Mon
Seventh—The hanker. It will
bring you the health that’s more small bearing orchard, assorted fruit,
April 0,1908.
give our bankers a chance to loan precious than jewels. Try them'for considerable timber for logs and day,
lie names tbe following witnesses to
our millions of deposits on legiti headache, biliousness, constipation some bay land cleared, considerable prove his continuous residence upon
and
cultivation of tbe land, viz :
If they disappoint
mate enterprise insted of on specu and malaria.
fencimg.
Place well
watered.
Walter Smith of Riverton, Oregon.
you
the
nrice
will
be
cheerfully
re
Madison Scott of Riverton, Oregon.
lative Bchemes discounting the
Price, $7.50 per acre, terms, En
funded at R. 8. Knowlton’s drug
W. R. Panterof Bandon, Oregon.
quire of D. P. S t r a n g , J r , owner.
S tr. D I S P A T C H
future—in short, give money to in
E. A. Smith of Riverton. Oregon.
store.
Parkersburg Oregon.
BENJAMIN L. EDDY, Register.
dustries and not to speculation.
Tom Whit«, Master
SeattleFeb 28. Nearly a thousand
Eighth—It will discourage grab
Leaves
I Arrive.
Best Healer in the World.
Bandon....... 7 a - m | Coqmlle----10 a - m . bing for boldup purposes, just persons visit tbe site of the Alaska-
C oouille....... 1 r-M. | Bandon
. 4 P-*.
Rev, F. Starbird, of East Ray
ahead of industry, of our unsur Yukon - Pacific Expoition every
Cennecte at Coqnille with train for Mamhtiebl
mond, Maine, says:
“ I have used
and steamer Echo for Myrtle Point.
passed natural resources, and make fine day to inspect the work
Bucklin’s Arnica Salve for several
which
is
rapidly
progressing
on
the
more profitable the employment of
years, on my old army wound, and
the able brains of our public aervi -e grounds and buildings. The first other obstinate sores, and find it
S tr. F A V O R I T E
J. C. Moomaw. Master,
corporations in their proper busi of the big exhibit palaces that will is the best healer in the world. I
I Arrives
be completed will bn the Manufac used it too with great success in
ness as common carriers.
C m b UU........ 7 A-M. I Bandon. .10:45 a - m .
my veteranary business.”
Price
Banden.......... 1 r-M. | C oquille. 4:45 P-M.
Ninth—Thus the amendment is turée building which has reached
25c. at R. S. Knowlton’s drug store
opposed only to his interests who the stage where the roof will be
Wanted
fences natural opportunity away placed into position next week. Al
PfiJgqSlBa: iw : -
from labor, and to such a one it ready much of tbe ornamental stnff
OtTOKa I
School District No. 58 desires ap
work for this building has been fin
opens
the
pleasing
prospect
of
get
P ro sp e r, O reg o n .
plications from teachers for a term [
ished
and
is
being
plced
in
position.
ting uown from the fence aud be
of school Beginning about first of
A gen t, for
Toe Agriculture building, a twin March.
coming a useful citizen.
the
Manufactures
O regon T ax R eform A ssociation . structure to
Buffalo Gasolene Engines
Grade and reference’s will be an !
building, is not far behind her sister importent consideration by the j
Th# beet, cheapest aud most con-
Foley’s Orino Laxative is sold in progress, as its walls are now be board. Adress W. D. Roberts, i
under a |<ositive guarantee to cure ing erected. The emergency hos J. L. Briggs or J. D. Donaldson,
yamiant power on the market,
constipation, sick headache, stom pital will have its last finishing directors Coquille, Oregon.
C arpet W ratino
Mrs. K Hol- ach trouble, or any form o f indi touches applied within the next
“Sound Ring” flour can be bought
If it fails, the manufac
1 V i rtmtdy ca« ?twayi k* dtpeaded »yea sad
verson, W ick h a m resid en ce east o f gestion.
two weeks and then a complete through any grocer.
I; disunì to take. It corualm a# opium ar
the C hristian ch u rch , d oes fine turers refund your money. What
omar h snidai dru* «ad suy be ttvea as caaft-
W asted i
A good man and wife
carpetaod rug w eavin g. Call and more can any one do. E. J. Slocum hospital corps will be installed in the
dtally to a baby ss tn in idnlb
buildings
to
lake
care
of
anyone
td
Work
on
dairy
farm,
Inqttire
at
tee samples o f h er w ork end g et
Misses and children's coats at re
Fries 24 « a u , Liga Uzt 4* cea»«.
ducsd prices at Robinson's Store,
hurl or taken sick on the grounds, Herald offica.
pH«««:
Office at Slocum’ s Drug Store.
Coquu-LK, O regon .
Phone Main 125.
$1.50 P e r Y
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Painted China,
Silverware,
Watches and
Clocks call
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E. C. BARKER & CO’S.
Successor to WILSON
JEWELRY CO.
Coquille Transfer Co.,
W. H. MANSELL, Prop.
W ILL M EET A LL BOATS AN D TR A IN S.
Parties having hauling of any kind will receive prompt attention by call-
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