POWERS BRIDGE
RESH SETTLEMENT
ALLOWED *12,ooo
WITH LIMBERMEN
Public Mill Have to Pay
Prices Says E. E. Foos—
road Xeeils Great
Divorce Grant«««! W. <>. Mathews-
Gray A Gray Sue Dufort on Air
plane Spruce Riving Account
Rumor Judge Watson Will Retire
From County Court to Attend
To Private Bucine**
^i^Puzzled Shoppers
Manager E. E. Foss of the Prosper | Coquille. Ore., Dec. 6—In response
mill was here last evening en route to arguments and insistence by a big
home from Portland where he con delegation from Powers yesterday,
%
| ferred with General Disque and mem-1 the Coos county court finally agreed
bers of the special board appointed to provide $12.000 in the budget for
to adjust the government contract constructing a bridge across the river
with the mills, says the Coos Bay at Powers. The Powers bridge has
Timet The mil) owners are now been before the court for a couple of
making special reports of the amount years or longer. Once $10,000 was
of stock, logs, and all on band in appropriated, but when the bids were I
accordance with government specifi in excess to that amount, the county
cations and these reports to be in court diverted the $10,000 to another
within the next few days.
purpose.
Mr. Foss said that both the lum
Sprue«* Hearing Goes Over
The Powe’s bridge will serve about
bermen
and
General
Disque
and
his
In the suit of W. C. Gray and C. P.
150 fi *uilies across the river from
Gray versus Henry H. Dufort, Iier- . associates are endeavoring to make Powers, only a footbridge now giving
tha Dufort and R. M. Joy. partners an equitable adjustment and thinks them access to the town. In addition
for the recovery of $151.50 for the j that they will be able to reach a set to this, It will straighten the Powers-
cutting of airplane spruce for Dufort, tlement at an early date.
Myrtle Point road, reducing its length
Lumber le«inand Good
the hearing was continued.
by nearly two miles, will divert it
Mr.
Foss
said
that
there
was
a
The Gray brothers worked 20 days
from the hills to a level stretch
this summer up the Sixes for Dufort, good detnand for lumber in regular across a gravel district. It will con
cutting spruce, which they claim was 'commercial channels and a big need nect with the present main road bv
shown to them by Dufort, and as for it owing to the long halt in build means of the Powers Logging road’s
there was no government bulletin ing operations and the curtailment bridge which the company has offer
Bhowing the kind of spruce required,of shipping for private newls.
ed to the county as soon as it changes
by the government. the men cut dead . However, the lumbermen nniWT get 'its logging road.
spruce.
When ’the bulletin finally much higher («rices than prevailed
Tlie county court intimated that if
arrived It said that only live spruce prior to the war situation in order a few hundred dollars more than the
t
the
higher
wages,
higher
would be accepted, disqualifying that j to meet
$12,000 was needed to build the
| costs of equipment and upkeep as bridge the coming year, it would be I
which they had cut.
The government would not accept | well as of logs, Just how soon the provided from the general fund.
tlie timber, Dufort alleging that it I general trade and puL14c can be edu-
According to unofficial reports
was because ft was knotty and as tlie rated to this is tlie problem that con- here, James Watson is planning to
government has accepted dead spruce. fronts tlie lujnber manufacturer. Mr. retire as county Judge before the
und the Gray brothers claim that it ' Foss says that tlie situation Is one first of the year. He has talked of
was because it was dead. Tlie gov that has only two solutions—the such a move for s |ne time, claiming
ernment Inspector, Dana E. McDon public must pay the greater price or that hfs private business will not per
ald was on the stand, and Insisted (the mills will have to shut down un- mit him to continue in the office ex
that only live spruce was ever ac-'til readjusted living conditions re- cept at a considerable personal sac
Iduce the general cost of living, equip rlfice, which he cannot afford. How-
cepted.
It developed in tlie hearing that ment and labor. However, he hopes I ever, he has made no public an-
Du fort had offered the plaintiffs the latter alternative will be averted. nouncqment.
Xml Railroad Material
AB4H T COOS IS
*102 which they would not accept.
Mr. Foss said that there is a pros
Attorney Pulford of Coquille rep- I
READ IX THE TRENCHES
resents the plaintiffs and I. N. Mil- pect that demands for material for
the railroads will bridge the gap.
ler of Bandon, the defendants.
Helve Sends Clipping Emm
I
Just now many hundreds of thou- Two Million Pounds of Cheese, One
Edition of New York Herald
of
railroad
ties
are
needed,
sands
JVMPED ItILL OF
Million of Butler and Much Con
Aiutili Our Fishing
.«no is charge These are bringing good prices,
densed Milk Produced in Year
about seventy-five cents per tie on
Western World Is in receipt of a
the cars.
Heek Melden Baker, of Bandon Who board
The total production of cheese newspaper clipping from Melvin T.
Specifications
were
out
some
time
Depart<sI for Eugen««—Mrs. Nellie
handled by the Coos & Curry Coun I Solve, who is with the American
ago for a large amount of car lum
M. Iiong FII«« n Clinrgtm
ties Che«*se Ass’n for this year up to I ¡troops
troops in France. It was taken from
ber, s<Jne of which was originally Nov. 1st amounted to
1,626,7.>0
the
Paris edition of the New York
Whether
for
France,
A warrant for the arrest of Mel- Intended
pounds for which was paid $39*.-1 Herald of October 15, and shows
once
these
orders
will
be
placed
at
don Raker of Bandon lias been issued
039.57 to the dairjtnen and with the ' how news travels around the world.
on complaint of Mrs. Nellie M. Long Mr. Foss did not know.
two remaining months of the year The clipping follaws,
who conducts a boarding house at
the total production will probably “Record Catches of Chinook Salmon,
World Office Hali<licappe«l
464 Market steet, charging Baker
be brought up to $500,000.00.
| “Marshfield, Ore.—Fishermen are
with failure to pay his board bill
________ World,
______ , ________
Western
together with a
There are also three other cheese bringing In the biggest catches of
of approximately $40, says the Coos number of other business establish- factories in the two counties which I Chinook salmon recorded in this
liay Times.
I ments, will be seriously handicapped ii.iv.. il , t yet i.iin.'.i th.- association vicinity tor twenty two years, both
Baker has been staying at Mrs. j during the coming two weeks if day Their annual production amounts to from the standpoint of size and
Long’s for onetnonth, and tbin morn power Is to be shut off during that about 400,000 pounds. It is expect number. As a result fishermen are
ing departed, having bought a ticket time. The Linotype and all presses ed that they will without doubt be
for Eugene, It was learned. Chief of in the World office are operated by come members of the association
Police Carter wired Chief of Police electricity, and are not equipped to within the coming year
Christianson of Eugene to try to lo operate in any other way.
In addition to the above produc
cate Baker and return him. Baker’s
tion of dairy products there is als >
parents are said to live In Eugiene.
manufactured
about
1,000,000
A. L Mecum of Prosper arrived
pounds of butter and 40,000 cases
home Sunday from Portland where
of condensed milk annually in Coos
I Tin tiling n Necessity
he represented the Prosper L. L. L.
County.
In order to make it possible for L. nt the Convention.
He stateB
Mr. A. ( Christensen. Sect’y-Treas-
Marshfield to get the $20,000 appro that out of 900 delegates only six
priation which the Legislature made voted not to continue the organ urer of the > Association having decid-
ed to leave soon on a trip to Europe
for the erection of an armory there, ization.
Those six admitted being
and the $20,000 for the same pur-’ 1 W. W"s. They were representatives to study dairy conditions has tender-
ed ills resignation His successor will
pose that is to be put up by Coos from camps in Washington.
be elected at the annual meeting
county, a company of National Guard
sometime in January.
Is being organized It seems that the
Adjutant General's department has
Card of Thanks
Informed Marshfield that before nn I
We wish to extend our thanks to
armory can be built there, a necessity LOST Wednesday, Dec. 11. photo
graph of lady. Leave at Western the friends and comrades for their
must exist and that necessity must
World office.
Reward.
DIStfc. kindness and assistance during the
be a National Guard unit.
Illness and death of our brother,
♦ ♦ -o* ♦ ♦
IL Osborn.
MRS. M. O. STENERT
MRS. M O. STOPPI.E
Coquille—At Saturday’s session of
equity court in the W. O. Mathews
versus Vina Jane Mathews divorce
case, a decree was granted by de-
fault.
Mrs. Mathews was charged
with desertion on several occasions.
The couple ltv«»d near Bandon,
and have a number of grown child
ren, besides two boys, age 10 and
9. who were given into the custody
of their father. Mrs. Mathews is
employed as a cook at one of the
Powers camps, it is said.
BRING US YOUR
CHRISTMAS PROBLEMS
LADIES
Fur Sets, Handkerchiefs,
Collars, Bath Robes, Silk
Waists, Silk Hosiery, Toi-
let Articles, Stationery
Holiday Goods
Now Ready
CHILDREN
Furs and Handkerchiefs,
Books, Gloves, Mittens
MEN
Bath Robes, Neckwear,
Suspenders, Armbands,
Garters, Belts, Military
Hairbrushes, Hdkfs
You will help us and help yourself by doing your shopping eary
THE GOLDEN RULE
flocking here from all parts of the
country and are making unprecedent
ed money. One fisherman recently
brought in fifty salmon caught dur
ing the night, which netted him $100.
This is high boat tor the season for
a night’s catch, but many others are
averaging $50 nightly.”
Mr. Solve, who has done consider
able journalistic work, says "its good
publicity stuff.”
iation is offering a $25 cash prize
for the best brand or trade mark for
labeling all cheese manufactured
and sold by the association.
All
drawings or suggestions in describing
such a brand or trade mark must
be submitted not later than January
1 to F. C. True, selling agent,
Coquille.
These Names Were Omitttul
In publishing the list of subscribers
of the t'nited War Work campaign
last week the following names had
been inadverdently omitted:
Mrs M J McKenna $ ».00, Evelyn
Appleby 3.00, Mrs. E. J. Helinken
1.00, Mrs. H. C. Dippel 1.00, Mrs. I.
Sparlin 50c, Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Rosa
5.00, Hill Williams 5.00, Mrs. E. T.
t’ash Prize Offered
Coos and Curry Cheese assoc- Wolverton 5.00.
Card of Thanks
We wish to express our sincerest
thanks for the kindness and sym-
pathy extended to us during our
recent bereavement.
MRS. DALE HARROWS
and SON
THE VICTROLA IS
IDEAL FOR CHRISTMAS i
:
Usefe! Xmas
Elks Prepare for Xmas.
A meeting of all Elks is called for
Wednesday, December IS, to be held
at th«« Dr. R V. Leep office, at S
li tn for usual Christmas prepara
tions
Anyone knowing of persons
in circumstances where the boys
could t>e of service, are ask««d to send
word by mail to Elk’s Committee,
Box X. Bandon
Presents for the Home
She Knew Him.
“You won’t object If I gc on '<h
my knitting while we talk, will you,
Mr. Borelelgh? I always think that
one should k««ep one’s mind occupied.”
Percoators
Santa Claus Is Coming
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.1) Santa Chia» i» coming—
The lime h eery near—
Before we realite it
Otti Santa u «4l be hire.
He'll bring «« «k<f« and witgont,
And null anti tugar plum»,
And doll«. and fur», and drrnet.
And ball», and »worth, and drum*.
Casseroles
He'll come when ice are iheping,
Tuckcd •» oor beili no white,
.4n<l all thè ilari are perping
Al thi», our rhriitmai mpM.
Pyrex and
Gurnsey
He'll come with umili» and bb mingt
Along the milky way.
And it p at every dwelling
Uhirt little children »lay
Priced $1.50 to $5.50
He'll gtimuh trevi with permit
And, while the world I.« «till,
H it* gift« the children uaiid for
Hat h Hocking he will fill.
!
McNair Hardware Co
THE HOME OF ( OOP HARDWARE
<
k
I
Bui, better than all prcicntl,
He'll bang to ui again
The h-art flit CArlsfma» ir <»*r»
l>f "flood «c.ll anta mrn."
— Martha C li man Sheiman in Ckim^o
Inter Ocran.
IT IS SURE A HEARTY
Christmas morning—and
orite all year round.
I HE \ 1( I ROLA pleases everyone—
gives everybody the kind of music they like best
And there is a VICTROLA within reach of al!
Come in and see our complete line. We il
gladly play the music you wish to hear.
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SABRO BROS