Coquille Uefòlà
V ol . 26: No. 1.
Entered ns second-class matter May
>, 1905, at tbe poatolfice at Cequille,
Oreiren, under act of Uongreia of March
S . 1879.
COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1908.
Tim ber R ate Caee D e cid e d
A lien L and O w n ers
Start S a it to
R e co v e r Lands.
Washington, D. C , Sept. 3.— Iu
The foiling is copied from “ Tile
Portland, Ora., Sept. 4.—Tbe
the case of the Pacific Coast Lum Standard Book of Knowledge,” aud suit to recover lands granted tbe
ber Manufactures, tbe St. Paul and may be of use to you and of some Oregon and California railroad, now
DR. RICHMOND
Tacoma Lumber Company and nu interest to others, its title is: Own controlled by tbe Southern Pacific
merous othb. concerns against the ership of Land in America.
PH YSICIAN AND SURGEON.
and valued at over $40,000,000, was
Northern Pacific, and ninteen other
Twenty-two million acres of land begun today in behalf of the United
Office at 81ocum’ a Drug Store.
railroads, also in the case of the in the United States belong to men States government. The suit is based
CoQUILLB, OK BOON.
Southwest
Washington Lumber who owe allegiance to other govern on tbe alleged failure of the rail
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Manufactures Association against ments. Massachusetts contains 2,- road to live up to the terms of tbe
tbe Nortbwaatern, Burlington and 720,283 acres of land; thus it is that grant in disposing of tbe lands in
other roads, and the Oregon and men owing allegiance to other pow question to bona fide settlers at
A. F. Kirshman,
Washington Lumber Manufactures ers own more than enough land to $2.50 per acre.
D bntist .
Association, the Eastern and Wes make eight states of the size of
Great as is the sum involved di
tern Lumber Company and nine Massachusetts.
rectly in the Sputbern Pacific suit,
Offloe two doors Booth of Post offloe.
other lumber concerns against the
'‘The largest amount of land in a victory for the government will
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Oregon.
Coquilla
Union Pacific and Oregon Short this country owned by any one man mean similar units against the other
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Line, and eight other lines, the in or corporation is the property of a land grant companies of Oregon to
terstate Commerce Commission au company called The Holland land recover an almost similar amount.
thorized the railroads to establish Land Company. Twice as much | Iu addition to these millions of
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differentials not to exceed ten cents land is owned by aliens to the acres will be thrown open to settlers
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
per hundred above the rates on fir United States as is owned bv En and will hasten the development of
lumber between the same points. glishmen in Ireland.
Oregon it is claimed.
WlDDERBURN ...................OREGON
The authority is given with the
“ Of the large landed proprietors,
U 'lic u l.-I H i -e B e c o m e T r o u b l r s
provision that no such differentials William Scully, of London, is a
If any person suspects that their
or any differential of less than ten fair specimen. He owns 40,000
kidneys are deranged they should
E. D. SPERRY
cents existed prior to November 1, acres of good farming land in L o lake Foley’s Kidney Remedy at
last, and the differentials perscrib- gan County, Illinois, besides large once and not risk having Bright’s
Attorney and Connoellor at Law.
ed intbe case of the Dotlach Lum tracts of land in other countries. disease or diabetes. Delay gives
Offlee in Robinson Building
ber Oompaoy and others against
‘‘He rents this land for cash at a the disease a stronger foothold and
tbe Northern Pacific and other car high rate, requires his tenants, who you should uot delay taking Foley’s
Kidney Remedy. E. J. Slocum.
rier must be observed. The per- are mostly poor people, to put up
w. C. CHASE.
missiou does not sanction an en their own houses, barns and farm
Myrtle Point Enterprise.
dorsement of the establishment of buildings, makes them pay all the
ATTOBNEY-AT-LAW .
Misses Bertha and Belle Braden
higher rates for the shorter haul taxes, and recives from them $150,- who have been visiting relatives at
OBloe in Eobinaon Building, Upataira
than tbe longer haul in the same 000 annually for permission to till this place left Thursday for ElgiD,
direction when the shorter is in the soil they live on, the value of Union county, where they will
cluded within the longer.
which they have mainly made'
teach iu the city schooL
C. R. BARROW
‘ ‘He is one only of a large class
A man named Crow from Los
G rant T elep h on e Franchise
i u . r u . y and Gounaellor at Law
of foreigners who own vast tracts Angeles, California, is said to have
Firat-alaaa Baferauoea
o f land^in the United States.
offered to contribute $20,000 to
Tbe city council, Tuesday even
■'The Earl of Cleveland owns 106- ward tbe building of a good auto
Fifteen Teara’ Experience
ing, by a unamimous vote granted
650 acres; the duke of Devonshire, mobile road between Roseburg and
C oquillk C ity , O rk
a franchise to the Coos Bay Home
148,626 acres; the Duke of North Coos Bay.
Telephone Co., its successors and
umberland, 191,460 acres; Baron
Rev. H. C. Preston received the
assigns for a peroid of 21 years
Tweeddale, 1,750,000 acres; Byron
sad news this week that one of bis
J. J. STANLEY
from the date of its passage.
H. Evans, 700,000 acres; Robt.
sons had died of typhoid fever,
The Home Company of which R.
Tenant, 530,000 acres; M. Ellerhou-
LAW YER
The young man was on bis way
T. Durett is tbe head is to take over
sen, 600,000 acers: and eighteen
west to join his father, and had
Martin Building
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the present system in 60 days and
others, whose landed possessions in
stopped on the road for a few days’
CoQüiiiLa, Omioos
by the terms of the franchise is
this country aggregate about 2,000-
work when he was stricken with
given 18 months in which to com
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000 acres.” —CJ L. Smith, Salt Lake
typhoid and died.
plete certain promised improve
City, Utah.
A. J. Sherwood,
ments in the service. When the
Theodore Hillyer of Marshfield
Biloxi, Miss., Aug. 31— General and Miss Lizzie Shull, daughter of
population of Marhfield reaches 30,-
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000, the city is to receive two per A. T*. Stewart, one of the two last Mr. and Mrs. Ben Shull of this
N otaut P ublic ,
cent of the gross earnings of the surviving Lieutenant-Generals of place were united in marriage at
Coquille,
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company. The franchise fixes tbe the Confederate army, died at bis North Bend on July 19th, but man
rates to be charged for phones but home here yesterday in his 87th aged io keep the event scret until
very rocently. They are visitiog
they are greatly in excess o f the }ear.
Walter Sinclair,
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schedule now in vogue. The city
with the parents of the biide here
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Portland, Ore , Sept. 4 .—The old
also reserves the right to string wires
this week.
N otabt P u b l ic ,
salmon cannery of Elijah Smith at
for s fire-alarm system and the
D. D. Greene has received word
Coquille,
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Oregon.
Empire Citv has been leased by W.
Home Company is to cancel the
from
T. Cornelius, stating that be
E Tallant and will be operated by
franchise which it takes over from
has
mrde
a rich find in coal at Ya-
him during the fall season. He
the Pacific States Company.— Marsh
Hall & Hall,
sent down today a cannery crew and quina Bay, in Lincoln county. Mr.
field Sun.
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supplies and a thorough trail will Cornelius writes that he has un
be made to learn if enough salmon covered a 16-foot vein of coal.
Dealei ie B bal EaTATi of all kinds.
S ilk In du stry for California
can be caught there to operate it. Tbe vein lies within forty feet of
Marehfleld, Oregon.
Datika Kaukasieli of Kuties, Cau Mr. Tallant operates the big cannery the railroad and but 300 feet from
tide water that has a depth of 24
casia, is at the St. F rancis. He has at Astoria.
feet The field is a mile and a half
been
looking
for
a
suitable
spot
for
C. A. Sehlbrede,
Manila, Sept. 3 —The Territorial from the bay and is therefore easily
a silkworm (arm, and has decided
Supreme Court today decided that accessible for shipment by either
A ttorney-at-Law ,
that he will purchase property in
tbe Sultan of Dunabarra must be rail or water. It is ou railroad land,
the Sacramento valley and embark
Notary Public.
Phone 761.
hsDged for tbe part he took as but tbe railroad has offered Mr.
in the industry at once.
M AltHHPIELD, O b BGON.
leader of the raid ou Parang, Island Cornelius a half interest in his find
Kaukasieli said that the climatic
of Mindanao, in January, 1906, with ample resoures to back him in
conditions are as good in the Sacra
wherein J. W. McDonald, of that its development. He started work
mente valley as in Georgia, Caucasia
place, was killed by the raiders. on tbe 20th of July and is now
E. 0. D. Holden
the center of the silk industry of
Beside being condemned to be looking for helpers to assist in de
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the world.
hanged, the Sulten is ordered by veloping tbe prospect. It is said
JuaTicB or tub P eace
Kaukasieli is of historical nobil
the court to pay to the heirs of Mc that a vein of 16 feet will be more
[J. S. Comniaaioner, General Inaoranoe
ity of Georgia, Caucasia. His fam
Donald 1000 pesos ($500.)
Agent, and Notary Publio. Offloe
than twice as thick as any vein yet
ily has been interested in the pro
in Bobinaon Building.
Tokio, Japan, Sept. 4.— Dispatch discovered on the Pacific coast.
duction of silk for a hundred years
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Coquille
regon.
Neis P. Nelson.
Prosper, Oregon.
Agent for
Buffalo Gasolene Engines
The boat, cheapest aud most con
venient power on the market,
The Celebrated Bergmann Shoe
621 Thurman Street
P o r t l a n d , O bkgoh .
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C. HOLLOW AY, PROP.
Bread, Cake, Pies, Cookies, Gin-
gersnnps, etc.
Special attention
gifen ord.-ra for banquets, dinner,
picnics, etc.
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Every person should know that
good health is impossible if the kid
neys are deranged. Foley’ s Kidney
Remedy will cure kidney and blad
der disease in every form, and will
build up and strengthen these or
gan so they will perform their
functions properly. No dan ger of
Bright's disease if Foley’ s Kidney
Remedy is talcen in time
E. J.
Slocum.
P. E. Dran« keeps puffed rice
a delicióos dish for breakfast sod
for
fqlV,-.
L. H. HA2RAD, Csshlt
F IR S T N A T IO N A L . B A N K
I'ransQcts a General Banking Business
For Sale.
80 acre ranch.
50 acre creek bottom, large creek
plenty of water, 15 acres clear, some
fencing, orchard, small house and
barn. Close to school and in road.
Price $1800
120 acres.
10 dear, house and barn, some
fencing, one million feet saw tim
ber very easy to log. School house
on land. Price $1500
55 acres.
40 acres river bottom, balance
good bench— handy to river, wagon
road and school. House, barn and
orchard. Price $5500.
The above property on terms to
suit purchaser.
E. N. Smith, Myrtle Point, Oreg
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WATCHES! WATCHES! WATCHES
If you want a watch ..come aud
examine our stock.
tVe will sell
you one it the right price aud guar
autee every one.
We will also do you an honest
job of Watch Repairing.
PHONOGRAPHS
We have constantly on hand a
line of Columbia and Edison Phono
graphs an 1 Records.
W. H SHROEDE R
Jeweler, Opposite Hotel
Stoves of all kinds, cooking uten
sils, both new and second-hand,
Wash tubs, wash boilers, chairs,
dressers, commodes, bed-stead’s bed
springs,
mattresses
bcd-clotbes
Musical instruments, Etc. Prices
lowest yet.
Coquille
Coquille Transfer ro.,
G off & G oodman .
W . H. M ANSELL, Prop.
Corner of Front & Hall Bt.
N otice
WILL MEET ALL B O A T S AND TRAINS.
Notice is hereby given that all
persons owing bills for board and Parties having hauling of any kind will receive prompt attention by ci
lodging at Hotel Coquille are re
in Phone 11G.
quested to come forward aud settle
the same with the undersigned at
once.
M r s . M. A. T opper .
Coquille, Oregon, July 28, 1908.
F o r Bale
Ranch of 160 acres grass land.
100 acres fenced and sown to tame
grase, some good meadow. Plentj
of good running water, some fruit,
Fair bouse, other out buildings on
good road. Three miles from store
and post office, at landing on the Co
quille River.
Price $10 00 per acre. Time will
be allowed on part payment if desir
ed; or a good true teara of young
horses of not less than 1250 lb’s
each will be taken at a reasonable
price.
For further information enquire
of.
D avid P S tbano , J b .
Coquille, Oregon,
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Card rooms
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Soft Drinks
Fruits, Nuts, Candies, Cigars and
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FOR SALE.
A good dairy ranch, five miles
below Bandon. A fine chance for
anyone wishing to go into tbe dairy
business. 30 or 40 acres of good
beaver dam land; 160 acres in
all A fine stream of water running
through tbe place, plenty of fish,
being near Boak lake, plenty of fruit
and berries, also near tbe ocean and
Sunset City addition to Bandon,
good roads school bandy, com
mands fine news of the OceaD, well
broken from winds, shell fishing
handy. Old age cause of wishing to
sell.
For particulars see Ed Taylr,
on the place.
McADAMS BROS.
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A Trveltng M a n ’s Experience.
W. L. McADAMS
S.H. McADAMS
EXPERT BLACKSMITHS
and Horse Shoers
CARRIAGE AND
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“ I must tell you my experience
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oo an East bound O. R- A N. R. R.
train from Pendletcn to Le Grande,
Or.,” writes Sam A. Garber, a well
known traveling mau.
" I was in
Across the street from Hotel Coquille
tbe smoking dpartment with some
other traveling men when one of
them went out into the coach and First Class Bath Room in Connection.
Hot and Cold Wcitrr
came back and said, ‘ There is a wo
man sick unto death in tbe car.’ I
at enre got up and went out, and
found her very ill with cramp colic, A BST R A C T S
A BST R A C T S
A BST R A C T S
ABSTRAt T s
her hands and anus were drawn up
so vou could not straighten them,
and with a deathlike look >>n her
face.
Two or three ladies were
working with her and giving her
whiskey.
1 went to my s litcasc
and got rav bcttle of Chamberlain’s
Colic. Cholera and Diarrh oea Rem
edy (I never travel without it), ran
Marshfield and Coquille, Oreqon.
to the water tank, put a double dose
of the medicine in a glass, poured
We have completed a thorough, up-to-date
some water into it and stirred it
with a pencil; then I had quite a
time to get the ladies to let me give
it to her, but I succeeded. I could
We are now ready to furnish correct ABSTRACTS at short
at once see the effect and 1 worked
notice, snd orders will receive careful and prompt attention.
with her, rubbing her hands, and
in twenty minutes I ga.e her an
Marshfield office adjoins Flanagan & Bennett Bank
other dose.
By this time we w~re
Coquille
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Coquille Post Office.
almost into Le Grande,where I was
to leave the train. I gave the bot
MARSHFIELD PHONE, 143.
tle to her husband to be used in
COQUILLE PHONE, 191.
case another dose should be needed,
Phone at our expense when ordering ABSTRACTS.
but by the time the train ran i.ito
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Le Grande she was all right, and 1
J. 5. Barton, Abstractor.
H enry'Scngstacken/M anager
received thetbanksof every passen
ger in the car.” For sale by R. S.
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Knowlton.
R. E. NOSLER
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Plant.
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City BaHery,
Below we give tbe passenger list
of the steamer Fifield which sailed
from Bandon Thursday, that boat
being for this run in the place of
the Bandon, which is off for repairs.
The list follows: J. Alder, A. J.
Bradley, J. H. Burns, Mrs. Jose
phine Brown, Mies Brown, R. A.
Butler, Robert Ceusley, W. P.
Cleary and child; E. Hearne, E.
Heuckendorff, A. G. Hoyt, Mrs.
Kronenberg and son, Robert Jordan,
H. Mayer, O, L. Maxwell, Alford
Myers, Ralph Myers, Mike Nevin,
Charlie Oswill, Chris Rasmussen,
Eirmet Schofield, Mrs. O. A. Trow
bridge and son, H. H. Soult, C D.
Thomas.
R. E. SHINE, Vise Prêt
ABSTRA CTS
The Strongest snd Nearest Water
Proof shoe made for loggers, miners
prospectors and mill men.
es tell of a fire yesterday which de
stroyed four thousand houses iu the
city of Niigatain, in the Ichigo
province. Fearful scenes of desola
tion and suffering followed. The
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government is rendering assistance
M . E Church N o tice
but cannot recompense tbe citizens
As next Sunday will be my last for the great loss. A number are
day in Coquille before going to reported to have been burned alive,
conference, and I am not certain of but this has not been confirmed.
being returned to this field, I am
Winniped, Sept. 1.— Fifteen pas
anxious to see all of the members
and friends of the church at these senger trains besides all the freight
and stock trains of the Canadian
services.
My associations among you have Pacific, between Winnipeg and Fort-
been very pleasant indeed, and I William, are held up at way stations
greatly appreciate the unanimous as a result of a cloudburst which
request of the official board for me flooded the main line. It is stated
to become their stationed pastor, that it is the worst disaster of the
and hope that such arrangements kind that has ever happened in
can be made that I may accept the Western Canada. Earl Grer, the
invitation and remain among you. Governor General of Canada, and
Sunday school and Epworth Lea a party o f friends are on board the
delayed train. Tbqusands o f work
gue as usnal.
W .8 . Gordon. men are at work repairing the
lines.
Saturday is the day to get your
The Coos B»v Manumental Works
picture taken. I will make a re
duction on all pictures taker on offers their entire stock of fiist-rlans
Saturday, excepting stamps. My Marble snd Granite Mouuments at
gallery will be open on the 1st and a 25 per cent discount from present
price.i until Oct. 1, 1908.
and 3rd Sunday and closed on the
Drsne sells 10 cakes of fine toilet
2nd and 4th in each month.
and doing a large commercial busi
ness with French merchants. He
comes to America with credentials
to Washington, D. C.
J SHERWOOD Prêt.
James Donahue, New Britain,
Conn., writes: " I tried several kid
ney remedies, and was treated by
our best physciansfor diabetes, but
o p C O Q U IL 1L 1B , o p s a o p .
did uo) improve until I took Foley’s
Kidney Remedy- Atter the second
bottle 1 showed improvement, and
five bottles|cured me completely. I
have since passed a rigid examina
Board of Directors.
Correspondent«.
tion for life insurance.” Foley’s R. 0. Dement,
A. J. Sherwood,
National Bank o Commerce, New York City
Kidnev Remedy cures backache and
L. Harlocker,
L. H. Hazard,
Crocker Woolworth N ’l Bank, San Francisco
all forms of kidney
and bladder
Iftaiah Hacker,
R. E. Shine. First Nat’l Bank of Portland, Portland, Or
rouble. E J. Slocum.
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Incorporated.
Manufacturers o f
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