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About Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1905-1917 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1909)
Coquille Herald. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1909 local advertisement)) among local re.i ling five cents |>er line each ineer- t io i . Cards ol thanks 50 cents each. O bituary poetry five cents per line, lie:- .lutions ol Condolence and lodge a Ivertising live cents per line. Library Entertainm ent. Lumbermen to Come Tonight. C. A. Smith and A. H. Powers are expected in about 6 o'clock this evening from Minneapolis. Arno Mereen, general superintendent of the C. A. Smith mill, left this after noon for Sumuer iu a special boat to meet them. Mr. Powers has been east on busi ness and Mr. Smith is returning with him to witness the prepara tions fcr opening the old Ray City mill. He will probably remain here a month or more. OUR NEW OPERA HOUSE. Will be Opened October 13th by the McKenzie Merry Makers. The dance hall of I. R. Ncsler, of this city, has undergone a complete cbaDge. A roomy stage has been placed in the south end of the hall and the dressing rooms have been removed from the north end. This in no way lessens the floor space for dances and makes the building one of the best theatres in the county. A heavy canvas will be kept on the floor during theatrical perform ances to prevent any damage. A dance was given in the hall Saturday night which was well at. tended and enjoyed by all partici pating. The theatre will be opened on the 13th by the McKenzie Merry- Makers, who played to crowded houses here a short time ago. Their first bill will be "In Wyoming.” This is a four act comedy drama dealing with western life. One feature of the opening night will be the nauie- iug of the new house, which will be done by the company. No name has been given out by Bob McKen zie, but it is thought that the bouse will be named after his wife. “In Wyoming” was played in Marshfield Monday night, McKen zie’s opening night there, and he showed to over 1000 people. It was pronounced the best that has been there i d a long time. The company has been strengthened by- two new people. A new leading man has arrived from Seattle, and has made a hit at North Bend and Marshfield. He is one of the best in the business. ---------- »»■► «--- M yrtle P oin t Enterprise. it was found necessary to post, entertainment advertised fcr Friday night, on account of the BUY H EFIISK BURNER. inclement weather, but the affair General Superintendent A. Me came off the following evening with reen of the C. A. Smith Lumber a large crowd in attendance. Company, today closed a contract Hay wagons filled with jolly for r large refuse burner to be in crowds ot both young and middle stalled at the mill here to solve the aged, left the Reading Room every question of disposing of the saw few minutes, several of our kiud dust and worthless slabs. The re citizens having furnished convey fuse burner is to be built by the ances so that no delays might occur Muskegon Boiler Compauy of in reaching the Howey' grounds. Muskegon, Mich , and will be forty Upon arriving there a "warm” feet in diameter and ¡36 feet high. welcome awaited ail in the form of It will be constructed ot steel and pleasant greetings from the host iron and instead of brick will have and his estimable lady, and to say a water jacket, requiring 85,000 nothing of the numerous bonfires gallons ot water. all about the grounds which served The low ground around the mill the purpose of furnishing light also, has been filled to grade, or rather the moon being somewhat tardy ol nearly all of it, and the company appearance. was facing the problem of what to The guests all partook of the l do when the fill was complete. dainty refreshments served by the The refuse burner is to be completed ladies of the Library Association, by February 1 and will be pjaced leaving for their homes at various on a stone or brick foundation. J. hours as best suited their conven F. Callan represented the builders ience. Many of the young people here. engaged in games, "Run Sheep The only benefit that will be de Run” and the like, and lingered rived from burning the vast amount until a late hour. All preseut ol material will be to get it out of seemed well pleased with the enter the way and the slight advantage tainment furnished them, and we of furnishing hot water instead of understand that a good sum was cold for the mill boilers. realized for library purposes. GATHER CONES The Association surely has the The forestry department of the reputation of furnishing many C- A. Smith Lumber Company is novel and enjoyable entertainments now gathering coues to begin re and we hope to have more of them planting the cut over ateas. Al during the coming season. ready about two hundred sacks of * « • - < cones have been gathered. These A nother B rick for CoquiJle. Mr. and Mrs. George Uackieff will have to be dried to get the seeds out of them and theu the returned last Friday from Silver- Dr. Jas. Richmond and E. C. seeds will have to be sorted, a large dale, Washington, and will again Barker have purchased a lot directly percentage of them being worthless. take up their home in this vicinity. west of Nosler’s Hall and will erect The reforestratiou is under the Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Lundy re a brick building thereon as soon as direction of Messrs. Lafon, Lager- turned Tuesdyy from the Siuslaw practicable. They have had one strom and Conrad.—Coos Bay- country where they have been bid for the construction of the build, Times. spending a week. Mr Lundy has ing, but it being late in the season, .. ♦------------ - property interests in that section. it might be that tbo work could not S ta rt W o rk Soon. Mrs. Barton and Mr. Barton of be done to advantage until next It is announced today that Mr, Linn, Wash., mother and brother year. However, the move is a good one, as all brick and fireproof build Kuettner, one of the promoters ol of Mrs. M. O Stemmier, returned ings will be welcomed by all, and the Coos Bay and Roseburg Elec with Mrs.M.O. Stemmier from Port this will be a good locntion for the tric line, will reach here on the first land. Mrs. Barton will spend the Dr.’s office and Mr. Barker’s jewelry vessel from Portland, probably. winter in Myrtle Point. The bond and agreement between establishment. B. Bartlett left Sunday for Har the company and the citizens com risburg, where he sold his ranch mittees of Coos and Douglas counties and returned to Myrtle Point Chink W a n ts $ 5 0 0 0 have been sent to Portland via Thursday morning. He rode a Globe says: ”J . D. Steere, a Roseburg, a member of the Rose pony to Roseburg and back, travel, nephew by marriago of the late burg committee personally taking ing more than 50 miles a day. Delos Woodruff, 1ms effected a set them up. The work o d the railroad bridge tlement with Geo. Dunn,(Woodruff) Until Mr. Kuettner reaches here, over the North Fork, which was to whom the place was bequeathed few details can be given out. commenced some time ago, is rapidly by Mrs. Woodruff, and has placed Unless there is an unexpected progressing and soon the stream Willis Miller iu charge of the estate, change in the plans, the terminus will be spanned by a bridge abund- who was appointed executor of the of the road will be on the eastside j antly strong and safe for the traffic estate. The Chinaman still con of the Bay, the route to Coquille | that will pass over it. tends that be is entitled to the being along Catching Inlet and Professor Fred Schepman, princi- place by n previous will, but offers across from its head waters to Co j pal of the Myrtle Point schools, re- to release bis claim for $5.000 in quille. Between the Bay and Sum | ceived word last Sunday informing spot cash. It looks now, ns noth ner, a water level grade can be j him of the death of his mother, ing short of expensive litigation easily obtained, it is said.—Coos Mrs. Elizabeth Shopman, which oc will determine who is really entitled Bav Times. curred at her home at Gibsonberg, * *•» * to the estate.’’ Good Ranch for Bale. Ohio. She was seventy years of ---------- »•.---------- A well improved place of 26 a c r e B age. Mr. Schepman wag back to Thoroughbred Brown and White Leghorns and White Plymotb with a fine home and good build see her just before he came to Myr Cockrels for sale, $1.00 each. J ings, crop, etc., on Fisbtrap. Ap tle Point. ply to S. Edwards, on the place. C. Watson, Coquille, Oregon. Indications are said to be very favorable to the company that is prospecting on Johnson creek at llray mountain. Quite rich gold f p Y o u should u se a and silver deposits are being un on y o u r carp ets covered, and those interested in the if y o u w ant to keep vonfuie are much encouraged. —and double th eir lire August Engstrom, a miner from Montana, is supervising the work of prospecting. W. W. Endicott. H, G. Volkmar and Walter Endicott are interested with him in the ven ture. Miners who have been work ing in that district for years have ! been confident fhat there is a rich [ deposit somewhere in that vicinity, ami it may be that the new com pany has made the initial find of what will some day be a very valu able mining property. puna the W . The C. L A I R D Complete vsmzszszsm Coquille, House - œ purnisher Oregor) s s o t N O TIC E AIM m « s County warrants drawn on tIre pcneral fund and endorse! prior to February 1st, 1008, will be pni 1 oi- presentation at my office it- Coquille, Oreg. No interest will bi allowed on any "f these warrants after September 30th, 1909. Dateil this‘22nd day nf 8ept. 1909. T. M. D immick , County Treasurer. • For sale or trade for Ranch. Eight.room house and five lots, large barn, henhouse and yard, woodhonae, city water. For sale on easy terms. E. H- Kern, Co- I quille, Oregon. Brevities From Sumner. Mrs. Mary Wilson ia enjoying a visit to Marshfield. Mrs. Jas. Stock of this place is visiting friends on Catching Inlet. Mr. and Mr. J. L. Barker, J r , of Fairview, are visiting relatives at Sumner. Our farmers are busy harvesting their potato crop. The yield is said to be excellent. The dredge haviog completed its work at Sumner, is now at work on Catching Inlet. Mrs. E. J. Sherwood, who lately had the misfortune to injure her hand so severely as to require medi cal aid, is improving. The traveling show gave a very pleasing entertainment here Mon day evening, which was well attend ed. Miss Florence Lawhorn.of Marsh, field, is paying an extended visit to her grandmother, Mrs. E. M. Law- horn, of Sumner. The number of wild cats in the Sumner woods are growing steadi ly less, Jas. Stock and sons, with the assistance of their dogs, having slaiu thirty-eight within the past two years. Capt. and Mrs. L. G. Masters lately returned from a trip to the north, during which they attended the Seattle fair. They report a fine trip, but say they are glad to be at home again. More Auon, BRIQUETTING COMPANY. Local Men Form $ 2 0 ,0 0 0 Corporation—In Opera tion Soon. The Coos Bay Coal Briquetting Company has been organized here with a capital of $20,000 to carry \V. A. Theis’ plau for briquetting the lignite coal fouud in this section. The entire stock has been subscribed and at a meeting to be held this evening, the articles of incorpora tion will be adopted and officers elected. The company’s operations will be under the direction of W. A. Theis, who has been making a study of this coal with a view to briquetting it. He has plans prepared for the machinery required and believes that be will be able to briquette it without using any foreign substance as a binder. In case the latter is needed, it can be furnished for about fitly cents per ton. The briquetting of Coos Bay coal will be one of the biggest things that has happened tor this section in a long time. It will make the product ot the local mines sought everywhere as a fuel, the slacking drawback being eliminated by it. The incorporators of the new company are Hugh McLain, Frank Laise, Jas. Baines, A1 Smith, D. J . SC M N E R IT E . Rees, W. A Theis and E. G. Flana ---------- --- -« -.> » ----------------- gan. Cut R ate D ruggists W in Fight. It is expected that the machinery can be secured within a few months Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 2.—The and the plant put in operation — cut rate druggists won a victory by Coos Bay Times. a decision of Judge Hoffheimer in the local common pleas court today. W. D. Freeman, manufacturer of toilet preparations, sued R. W. Miller, one of his agents, for dam ages. Freeman alleged a contract with Miller in which the latter was bound not to sell any ot Freeman’s products to any druggist who would sell at less than the retail price specified by the manufacturer. Miller sold a quantity of the pro duct to a cut rate druggist. The judge declared the contract was in restraint of trade, against public policy and a clear violation law. What’s Better Than Cranberry Sauce? I flo r e T l i u i a I 'm u ig h I n T oo M uch. To maintain health, mature mau or woman needs just enough food to repair the waste and supply ener gy and body heat. The habitual consumption of more food than is necessary for these purposes is the prime couse of stomach troubles, rheumatism nnd disorders of the kidneys. If troubled with indiges tion, revise your diet, let reason and not appetite control and take a few doses of Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets and you will soon be all right again. For sale by R. S. Knowlton. For Sale. » - • . * ---------- J . M. Bright of Gravel Ford is offering his fine dairy farm of 187 acreR, 40 acres good bottom land, with new residence, good barn, and large, bearing orchard for sale, to gether with all the stock, farming implements, crop etc. This place is located 1 J miles from creamery, and less than i mile from two good schools. Anyone wishing such a location will find this a bargain. W rite to or call on him at that place. We have received a ship ment of nice fresh Cranber ries, and are selling them for A No. 1 Dairy Rauch of 157 act os, I B y J . W . L knkve , Coqun,t.E, O r . about 120 acres cleared, about 100 acres under plow, 40 head good 160 acre ranch, 25 acres or moie grade Jersey cow, 50 tons hay, 130; bottom land, mostly denied, good tons corn enailage, plow», wagons, j orchard, house, barn, 5 or 6 t o D s of harness, cultivators, mowers, cream bay, 5 bead cattle, o n e horse and separators, milk cans, etc. One-| 8 borse-power gasoline engine, one buggy, i mile from school. Price 10 ton per hour ensilage cutter, $ 2 , 000 . 10 or 12 bead of bogs, two good 160 acres of land, about 15 acres barns, two dwelling bouses, two bottom, balance hill. Very little orchards, all kiuds of fruit, wugon cleared; fairly good house, quarter road, railroad and river, about 200 rods of river frontage. A snap of a mile from school. Price, $900. from teu to 15 years to pay for it. 120 acres timber land—about 4 Pacific Real Estate Co. million feet of cedar and fir—j ce - — »<#►♦ dar, quarter mile from river. Per l or Rent Cheap. acre $20. Lot 50x100, Front Street, Co 100 acre ranch on Myrtle Creek, 18 miles from Myrtle Point, 7 miles quille. A bargain if sold soon. from Rrldge. 20 acres cultivated F or < M tf* r.nd fine orchard, good 5 room house and fairly good hams. 2 years Chapped skin, whether on the lease wanted. Address, Mrs. A. C. hands or face may be cured in one Kurtz, Bancroft, Oregon. night by applying Chamberlain’s Salve. It is also unequaled for sore nipples, burns nnd scalds. For N otice to Taxpayers. B a l e by R. 8 Knowlton. • «•» * The Second Installment of 1908 F ob S ale taxes will be delinquent if not paid A good young work mare, weight on or before October 4tb, 1909. 1350, aid two fine Bonaparte colts. W. W. Gage, G. O. I ow*, Norway Sheriff and Tax Collector. 2 2 2 2 ÎS SZSZSZSZS S SZSZS SZSZ Coos County’s Favorites Return | TWO NIGHTS ONLY cKenzie’s erry akers “ IH I ;>< WYOMING” !>< AND ¡<* “THE NORTH AGAINST THE gj SOUTH” >5 This Company Will Appear and Name the New U Opera House. <( TW O N IG H TS ONLY October 13 and 14 Reserved Seat» Now o n Stile tit FUHRMAN’S ¡< Fhis Company will Show at Riverton, Friday Oct. 15 “ IN WYOMING” SZSSZSZS^SZSZSZSZSS ZSZSZSZSZSZSZSZSZSZSZSi 15c per lb, 2 lbs fo r 25c 0 . WILSON & CO > o co o o < > o co c< *x The Store of Big Values and Little Prices. Wickham House MRS. G. R\ WICKHAM Proprietress * Do You Read The Herald? Board by Day, Weel; or Month Sample Roorqs Nice Batl)s Special Attention Paid to the Traveling Public. B ig B a rg a in L ist. 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Price of Preferred Stock ol the United Wireless Telegraph Company: Note the steady and rapid ad vance in the price of stock since the organization of the Company. per share February 23, 1907.... ...... ... $1000 September 1, 1907.... _............ 11.00 October 1, 1907,...... 12.50 November 10,1907.. . 14.00 January l. 1908 15.00 March 1, 1908 .. ... 16.50 June 1, 1908 . 17.50 August 1, 1908......................... 18.50 October 1, 1908.......... 20.00 December 15, 1908 22.50 February 15, 1909 25.00 May 1,1909 . 30.00 August l, 1909 35.00 Die price will remain at $35.00 for a short time only. It’s a chance of a lifetime to make a safe invest ment and large profits. O. L. Hopson, Fiscal Agent Coos and Curry Counties. Rox 323 Marshfield. Office In the "Chandler" FOR SALE F or S a l e . ...I T . .. Is the O fficial County Paper Is the Best Advertising Medium Has the Largest Circulation Does the Best o f Job Work Myers & Neathery COQUILLE, OREGON. New location first door east of W. O. W. 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