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About Western world. (Bandon, Coos County, Or.) 1912-1983 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1915)
BARGAIN STORE It doesn’t matter what you want to buy or sell, don’t forget the >00000000 ' ■ time, was begging money. Instead , of grunting his request the widow i roundly chided him for Ills Infatua tion for Vivian Marston. which coutil —— - I ’ bring about no good, she argued, < ll.lPTKIt SKVKN $lo,ooo Paid to the Peraou Writing Ç and on whom lie had .pent practi- “Tlie l*o\ anil the l*ig’* the IteM Sequel to This* Story. cl eally all of liis inheritance, Tlie widow received Hagar with anything Esther Stanley Lottie Pickford SlloWV IT THE but friendliness, and sat spellbound Arthur Stanley Irving Cummings Gil VXI> THE X l iti-: as she convince«! tier, by means of Blair Stanley William Kussel Every Tuesday tlie finger prints furnished by Blake, Vivian Marston Charlotte Burton Xlglit. of Blair's guilt of tlie murder. Hagar Eugenie Ford Hagar, alone in tlie room, while Luke Lovell George Periolat the widow went to seek her son, Marmaduke Smythe Orrai Humphry sat with her back facing the cur Quabba W. .1. Tedniarsh I tains. Suddenly u hand reached MRS. CHARLES S. WHITMAN The Diamond From the Sky OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO fortli and circled about tlie visitor's Site fought Blair as best Crashing through tlie cordon of murder occurred, corresponded ex throat. masked horsemen. Arthur suddenly actly, lie said, with finger prints she could. A blow on tlie head fii in a poker brought her Io tier kne -s. swerved Ills mount sraiglit toward found on a worthies« check Blair Another rendered her uncoil «ci .>u < the crowded grandstand, the borri had passed on a Richmond gambling TI khi tli«> desperate youth liurridly fied spectators rushing to the ti pper house proprietor. dragged her into tlie secret clu ■ t, seats as Starlight gained the lower Esther, seated on the veranda of took possession of tlie Incriminatlr ; tier. In tlie multitude t he gypsy youth discerned ills mother and Es tlie hall, heard nothing of tile con- finger prints, swung tlie niove.il in ther, their faces beaming with admi versation between Hagar and Blake, wall buck into position and liurri« I ration at his courage and auperb it being deemed best to keep her away. Some ten miles away, a negro b ly, discovery until horsemanship. With a wave of his I ignorant of the hand in their direction, which was Blair's mother had been confronted keeper of a herd < f swine, had climb Photo Uy American Press Association. quickly returned. Arthur spurred liis with tlie evidence and a plan of ac ed a giant tree in search of owl eg «. Tlit! wife of the new governor of Nrw York is shown here as she pours tea for a visitor. Esther never Stuffing Ills puny hand Into a nest, mount down tlie aisle. Starlight, Alon decided upon. But lie brought fortli Tlie Diailiond from guided by the master hand of the 'doubted Arthur's innocence. fugitive, safely accomplishing tlie I why, she argued, did lie insist in re- tlie Sky. win te il had lie« n | la« lull , it is legitimate to ask to what ex cent; Great Britain. 37 per cent: and fifteen foot leap from tlie end of tlie { maining away? Was lie attempting dropped by Quablm's monk« « I a tent the awful Increase in cost is due France, 35 per cent. grandstand to the ground. A mom to shield some one else? Sorely puz er, unmindful of the fortune lie held to tlie systematic agitating of the Our Army contained 91,416 men; ent later tlie thoroughbred, witli its zled, tlie girl directed her gaze on in Ills hand, tlie liny was amusing possibility of war by those who Navy, 52,757 men. German Army, rider, was lost in a cloud of dust. a hunchback slowly climbing the himself by dangling tlie gem before profit financially from the ever- i n- during tlie year indicated, contained Arthur drew rein as lie approach ! hill towards the hall guiding a mon tlie eyes of tlie uninterested pigs ox creasing expenditures of (lie mil 870,000 men; navy, 66.783 er which lie maintained watch. men. ed the grounds of tlie Monticello key on a leash. It was Quabba. itary brunches of our government, Japan. Army, 250,000 men; navy, Hagar reached tlie home of wid limit club, over which tlie annual snow x it nit vxii i hi vnti: PRIVATE OWNERSHIP IS V MEN In the last 30 years our popul- 51.054 men, with a reserve naval chase was then being run. Tempo ow Stanley as Blair, for tlie lentil TuiMtay, Octolier AGE TO PEACE OF TIIE ation i has increased 85 per cent, force of 114,000 men. Great Britain; rarily free from pursuit, tlie youtli EXITED STATES. our 1 wealth 185 per cent, and our Army, 254,500 men; navy, 137,500 sought rest for himself and horse men. France: Army, 720,000 men; behind a hedge, skirting the field, expenditures 400 per cent. During the 15 years prior to the navy, 60,621 men. from where lie watched the pursuit Congressman Give* Figures on Cost Spanish-American War our annual Great Britain,« revenue was great of Hie hapless fox. In tlie distance of Army ami Navy to This Coun appropriations for the Navy ranged er than ours by nearly »300,000,000, he observed a redcoated rider, ap try—Armor Plate Costs Stiltt per from »1 4,000,00 0 to$30,000,0(*0, but our expenses for war and on ac parently out-distanced, spurring liis Ton—Other Supplies in Propor and for the Army less than »25,- count of war was more than $100,- mount. Suddenly it stumbled tlirow- tion. 000,000, averaging for hot li less 000,000 greater than hers. Yet the ' iug the rider. Arthur run to his are paramount features of the twentieth een than »50,000,000. agregate of her army and navy was side, only to find that he was dead, tury grocery store. Goods that will pass the The youth dragged the dead man In 1883 our appropriation for the nearly four times as great as ours. ( From remarks by Representative most rigid pure food inspection and service that Navy was »1 1.903,559; in 1890, ap Germany's revenue exceeded ours to his hiding ; place behind the hedge Clyde il. Tavenner of Illinois, in the proximately »20,000,600: »20,000,000; in 1914, by $60,000,000, but our expendi i and quickly changed clothe»« with gives each individual customer personal atten 1 iouse of Representative the past ses- »140,000,000. Our ppropriatione for tures for war and on account of wars I the corpse. ' Then tieing Starlight to tion, coupled with lowest consistent prices, are sion 1. the Army and Navy combined for exceeds hers by more than $50.000,- a fence where lie would tie found and returned to liis owner, lie leaped in- offered you at (lie ensuing year will be in the 000. yet her army is more than eigli t The increase in the cost of our ■ to tlie saddle of the dead hunter's as large as ours. neighborhood of »240.000,000. Army and Navy in the last 20 years P hone 291 Tlie revenue of France is more horse and soon disappeared around During the year 1912 our entire is enough to stagger the imagination Quick Delivery tlie bend of tlie road. Sheriff Swain titan »233,000,000 greater than ours, I revenue, not including postal re and bewilder the aenses. The cost of our Army and navy is greater in ceipts, amounted to $702,000,000. but our expenses for war and on ac and liis posse arrived an hour later proportion to its size than that of Of tliis we expended »654.000,000, count of wars is nearly »150,000,000 and certain that (lie mutilated body r any other nation on earth. The in to defray the entire expense of the more than hers, notwithstanding her was that of the fugitive, bore it back crease in cost is absolutely abnormal Government; »444,000,000 or 67.88 army is eigiit times as large as ours to Stanley hall. "A clever gypsy trick," murmured when considered in proportion to the per cent, was paid out for war ami and her navy excelis ours by 10,000 Hagar as site penetrated tlie decep men. increase in our population, or the on account of war. .lust before the Although our revenue is nearly tion practiced by Arthur on tlie sher increase in wealth, or even consider outbreak of the present European iff. But she did not tell tlie officials Large Two Berth Outside Staterooms With Running Water ed with the increased cost of prep war Germany was spending 55 per two and one-half times that of Japan, of their mistaken identification, real aration for war in other countries cent of her revenues for war and yet her army is nearly three times as izing that each moment free from in time of peace, in tliii: connection on accouut of war; Japan 45 per large as ours with a naval force near ly four times the size of ours, yet pursuit meant additional time gained our expenses for war and on account by her fleeing son. n That night, however, friends of of wars is more than three and one- tlie dead hunter furnished a positive First Class Passenger Fare $7.50. Freight Rates$3onup Freight half times that of hers. ‘ It would require several volumes identification, further complicating to cover all the transactions deser the mystery of Arthur’s whereabouts ving publicity concerning armor. and furnishing additional topics of “Service First” means to us satisfactory Let it be sufficient to say that the conversation for the goHsipH of Fair telephone communication reaching the great government purchase of armor lias fax and Richmond. est number of people in the largest territory Detective Blake, much to tlie sur been a scandal from start to finish. RESERVATIONS:-- J. E. Norton, Coquille; Perkins’, Myrtle with the most efficiency. Since this efficiency Tlie conduct of the armor ring In prise of Hagar, visited Stanley hall depends on the intelligent manipulation of our Point; Hillyers Cigar Store, Marshfield; E. B. Thrift, Langlois dealing with the government aver-1 the following afternoon, carrying a plant by our employes, their work must l e safe large leather portfolio. Alone with ages throughout at least 80 per cent guarded. There cannot be an accident which the qypsy queen in the study of tlie E. & E. T. Kruse, ownersand managers, 24Calif. St.. San Francisco rotte.n. does not directly interfere with service and con "There have been nine official osti hall Blake convinced her beyond a tinuous good service depends on the continuous shadow of a doubt of Arthur's in- mates as to the actual ensi of the employment of experienced workers. There i nocence and Blair's guilt of Dr. Lee’s manufacture of a ton of armor plate. fore, “Safety First” becomes the important murder. Finger prints of the assas Yet since 1887 we have purchased factor in “Service First. ” Every precaution is 217,379 tons of armor, paying the sin found in the study where tlie MUNITION TRUST IS ASKING BIG PRICES Quality and Service SPARKS GROCERY S. S. ELIZABETH 8 Day Service between the Co quille River and San Francisco SERVICE FIRST Sails for San Francisco from Bandon on J. E. WALSTROM, Agent, Bandon taken for safety and we have been rewarded by a freedom from serious accidents. COOS & CURRY TELEPHONE CO ■ armor ring an average of »440.04 per ton. or a total of $95,656,240. I favors peace can support a policy of believe 1 am well within the bounds {government manufacture, because as of conservatism when I say that if i long as these hydra-headed capita all Illis armor had been nianufactur- listic cliques which thrive and fat ed in a government plant at least ten on international distrust slid sus- $35,000,000 would have been saved {picion remain in our midst we and 1 In danger, not so much from to the American taxpayers, armor is only one of the things being peoples beyond the seas as from purchased by the army and navy und war traders at home, who, if er similar conditions. initted to ply tiieir trade to its final "Take powder. We have pur analysis, will lead us to the very chased $2 5,000,000 worth of powd brink of desolation arid then, to er from the trust since 1905, paying satisfy their sordid greed of gold, for it all the way from 53 cents to ¡plunge us headlong to tlie bottomless 80 cents per pound. We are manu ! abyss of war itself.” facturing powder now in government plants for 36 cents per pound, and Preacher Was Laid ’p the officers in charge state that the Rev. C. M. Knighton, Havanna, more we manufacture the cheaper 'Fla., writes; "For three months I we can produce it. There is little suffered intense pain in the kidneys doubt but that from eight to ten and back which at times laid me up ' million dollars of the« twenty-five entirely. I used 1 1-2 hotties of Pol million dollars paid the powder trust ey Kidney Pills and all pain disap- could have been saved by govern peared. I feel as if SO years had ment manufacture. Relieves 'been added to my life.” "Experience has shown that the rheumatism, backache, wore muscles, war traders take advantage of the stiff joints. Orange Pharmacy. necessitiea of the government and For Instance, boost their prices. when the war with Spain was immi nent the armor manufacturers prac tically Issued an ultimatum to the It is reported by C. V. Ix>we that government that unless the govern sold In Bandon ment should agree to pay them »100 much Adler-i-ka is out th«'. ONE People have found a ton more than the price fixed by simple buckthorn Congress, after an investigation ae ftPOONFUL of this bark and glycerine mixture rellev« to a fair price, they would not manu facture a single piece of armor, and it is worthy of notice that their pat riotism did not prevent them from selling armor to Russia for $249 a I ton. while they wee asking tbdlr own government »«16 a ton ■ Every man who opposes war and I almost ANY CASE of constipation, sour or gassy stomach. It I.: im powerful that it Is used surce»«ni1l> in appendicitis ONE MINT IE er you take it the gasses rumble ¡•ass out. It is perfectly safe to and cannot gripe. V X The Best Allies of those who want to give their correspondence that “»table appear- _ ft ance. Good Printing for Every- body . « i Is (ßonö JJrintiiux X * T c » Cheap printing is necessarily poor à- printing; but good printing is al V ways cheap to the user, for it gives î “that personality” to hi; correspond e > ence which means dollars to him QUALITY PRINTING AT A REASONABLE PRICE," IS OUR MOTTO. Or Western Tdurlù » LETTERHEADS, ENVELOPES, DODGERS, TRICATE FORMS PRINTED TO ORDER