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MARSHFIBIiD, OIIEGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1007.
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DAY AND ALSO WEEKLY BY
Tun .Coos Bay Times Publishing Co.
FRED PASLEY, Editor.
HEX LARGE, Business Manager.
The policy of The Coos Bay Times
will bo Kepublican in politics, with the
independence of which President Koose
velt is the leading exponent.
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Marslifisld, Oregon.
"VBUKESi
I'LIUilO lilBIJAKl'.
MARSHFIELD Is a growing city
and she needs many things.
But chief among all she must
liavo citizens. To make men and
women we will bo proud to own, we
must contribute jur share in the
making. And one of the vital essen
tials to this end i.the training of the
yqutbful mind. Every municipality
should have a public library.
The place' now assigned the public
library, by very general consent, is
that of an Integral part of our sys
tem of public and free education.
On no other theory has It sure and
lasting foundation; on no other
theory may It bo supported by gen
oral taxation; on no other theory can
it be wisely and consistently admin
istered. A public tax can be levied
for the maintenance of a public lib
rary only upon the principle which
underlies all righteous public taxa
tion; not that the taxpayer wants
something and 'will receive It in pro
portion to the amount of his con
tribution, but that the public wants
something of such general interest
and value that all property owners
may be asked and required to con
tribute towards Its cost.
In the particular case under con
sideration, that something Is the
general rise In the average Hue of
life of Intelligent and therefore effect
ive citizenry, and advance beyond
that which the public schools are able
to accomplish. The demand for this
intelligent and effective citizenship is
increasing daily, for two reasons:
First Tho problems of public life
and of public service, of communal
existence (local, state and national),
are dally becoming more complex,
more difficult of satisfactory solution.
Second Wo aro recognizing more
clearly than over before that our
present success and prestige are due
(more than to any other cause) to
tho fact that more than any other
people in the world's history have wo
succeeded in securing that active
participation and practical co-operation
of tho whole people In all public
affairs. In tho whole people aro we
finding ond are wo to find wholesome
ness and strength.
But coincident with this discovery,
this keen realization of the place and
value of all In advancing tho common
interests of all, has come tho feeling:
First That tho common public
schools must be made good enough
for all; and, Second "flint oven at
their best they are Insufficient. Tho
five school years (average) of tho
American child constitute a very nar
row portal through which to enter
upon tho privileges and duties of life,
as wo deslro llfo to bo to every child
born tinder tho (lag. There Is need
of far nioro information, instruction,
Inspiration, and uplift than can pos
sibly b0 secilrod in that limited time.
Casting about for a satisfactory
supplement and complement for tho
public schools, wo find tho public lib
rary ready to ronder exactly this ser
vice; to make It posslblo for tho adult
to continue through llfo tho growth
begun in childhood In tho public
school. Only In this way and by this
means can wo hope to continue tho
common Amorlcan peoplo as tho most
uncommon common people which tho
world has yot known.
tho establishing of coaling stations
on Coos Bay. Perhaps nobody knows
that better than Harriman himself.
But the amount of money he will
spend in thisvlclnlty for the further
ance of his business Interests will re
sult in equal proportion to Coos Bay,
for It is these big enterprises that are
slowly but surely advancing Coos Bay
Into its right fill heritage.
. It Is an inspiring sight to witness
the coming of new industries. We
know that they are coming in because
of faith In the future of C003 Bay.
But more deeply inspiring than the
establishment of new ventures is the
rehabilitating of the old ones, for
saken and buried in cobwebs of ob
scurity mementoes of the days when
prosperity smiled not so brightly.
Harriman Is contributing much to
ward the development of Coos Bay
and the dependent country in the
opening of the coal mines an ac
count of which Is given elsewhere In
tlies columns. When this railroad Is
established tho daily trend of life
around Coos Bay will take on a phase
hitherto unknown. The advance in
stead of progressing In slow, easy
stages, will go forward with a vim
and a vigor to which it will require
some adjustment to become familiar.
Ships aro grand things. They are
symbolic of tho handiwork of God.
But a railroad train and that com
plex monster, the locomotive, are
synonomous of Life, Development and
Progress. ' ?
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grave. , ,
Definite and concerted action.needs
to be taken by the cities on Coos Bay
now. It might be advisable, to ap
point a day fh the near future for a
"Coos-Douglas Day," and on that
date the subscription committees get
busy and find what amount of stock
can be subscribed for tho electric
road. By that method it will bo pos
sible to ascertain whether or not Coos
Bay will raise its share of the
$250,000.
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THE ELECTKIO KOAD.
DOUGLAS County at present 13
focusing Its concentrated at-
tention on North Bend and
Marshfleld. The cities on the bay
have gone so deep Into the Douglas
Coos electric road proposition that
something definite must of necessity
be done. The books aro open in
the Flanagan & Bennett bank await
ing the signatures of subscribers for
stock In the proposed electric road,
but as yet the pages are blank.
Somebody should take the initiative.
Although the Douglas-Coos road was
a Roseburg proposition, the repre
sentaalves who were sent to ascer
talp the position of tho cities on tho
bay were encouraged to the extent
that the other towns in Coos county
were aroused on the assumption that
Coos Bay would contribute its share
toward the electric line. Imbued
With enthusiasm founded on that as
sumption the people of Roseburg or
ganized and raised $125,000.
Still farther the electric road
proposition progressed and now the
articles of incorporation have been
drawn up. In all the negotiations
the towns in Coos and Douglas coun
ties have in a sense looked to the
cities on Coos Bay for the Initiative
in the movement. We have now ar
rived at that stage when it is neces
sary for us to demonstrate our good
faith by raising our portion of the
$250,000 necessary before the road
can be Incorporated. Twice before
has an electric road between Coos
and Douglas been begun and com
pleted on paper. Can we let it be
said of this last and third road
that it was the inaction on Coos Bay
that relegated It to an ignominious
RAILROAD BUILDING.
HEN a stop Is made to estimate
the different railroads now
talked of or in course of con
struction for Oregon, the result is
several hundred miles and covem the
State with a network of lines that Is
almost startling. Harriman is no
small factor In 'this era of railroad
building. Altogether a total of
$24,000,000 will be expended if all
the various railroads now talked Of
materialize. With that sum of
money put into commercial arteries
through the rich agricultural and
timber sections of this State we will
see a metamorphosis in the next five
years truly astounding.
Tho California-Northeastern is
slowly but surely creeping up from
Sacramento, California, to Portland
and constructive progress ha3 now
reached into Klamath county. This
Is anpther of the many links with
which Mr. Harriman will eventually
connect up the State of Oregon. Coos
Bay and Roseburg are not alone In
electric lino proposition. It is the
chief topic for papers all over the
State, and especially In Central Ore
gon. Eugene seems to have caught
tho spirit most enthusiastically, and
besides actual construction work on
a local suburban line plans are under
way for a railroad to the Siuslaw,
which will give the city a coast outlet.
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ADVANCING COOS HAY.
THE orfect of tho opening of the
threo big coal mines and tho
selection of Coos Bay by tho
Southern Pnclllc Railroad as tho coal
ing station for tho Pacific coast will
h0 felt far Inland. Wo can now
rest assured that the Southern Pacific
Railroad will In tho near futuro be
gin tho building of tracks down tho
eiuU-rn sido of tho upper bay. Tho
mining of 1,500 tons out of tho Bea
ver Hill, South Port, and Honryvlllo
inlm-9 every day Is a glgantlo task.
It meant) so many men, so many
trucks, go many dollars, and so much
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IF YOU WANT CASH
For your Real Estate or Business
I CAN GET IT
No Matter What Your Property is Worth,or in What Town, City State or Territory
it is Located
If I did not have tho ability and facilities to soil your property, I certainly could not
afford to pay for this advertisement. This "ad" (like all my other "ads") is piactically
suro to place on my list a number of new properties, and 1 am just as sure to sell hese
properties and make enough monev in commissions to pay for the cost of these ads, and
make a good profit besides. That is why I huvo so large a real estate business today.
"Why not put your property among tho number that will be Eold as a result of theso
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will not only bo oblo to sell it some time but will ho able to sell ft quic kly. I am
imoinliRt. in nuirk snips. T hnvn tho moat comnlete and un-to-datu equipment. I have
branch oilices throughout the country and a field force of men to find buyers.
I do not handle all lines usually carried by the ortlinnryie.il estate ugents. iwuoi m,u
real estate ana lota of it or go out oi imsincps. i can assure you x am nuu K"'y ""."'
business. On the contrary, I expect to find, nt the clonu of tho year, thnt 1 have bold twice
as many properties as I did tlie past vcar, but it will first be necessary for mo to list
,imr .,m..rt;..o t w-itit. in list. Yfffllts niul SKI.T. it. It dopen't matter whether you
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today, I will tell jou how and why I can quickly convert the pioperty into cash, and will
give you my complote plan
FREE OF CHARGE
nndn tdrasfo mehritl inc. Tho information I will give you will ho of great value to you,
even if you s-hould decido not to sell. You had butter wiite today before you lorget it.
If you want to buv any kind of a Farm, House or Business, in any pnit oftho country
ell mo your requirements. 1 will guaiantee to fill them promptly and satisfactorily.
David P. Taff, The Land Man, 4 1 5 Kan, Ave., Topeka, Kas.
If You Want to Sell Fiil in, Cut Out and Mai! Today.
Please send, without cost to me, a plan for finding
a cash buyer for my property which consists of
Town County State
j Following is'a brief dcsciiplion
Lowest cash price
Name .Address
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I desire to buy property corresponding approxi
mately with tho following specifications : Town or
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Price between $ andx? I will pay
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