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TOR ROSE1JUHG AM) COOS BAY.
The Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad Company is still pushing Its
Enes westward and every Indication
joints to the fact that they will he
definitely located into Boise this year.
It fs not too much to expect that by
She end of 100S the road will be in
pcratlon Into the capitr.l city of
Idaho. It has been pointed out that
Sills l,Ino to Boise Is the ono designed
3o cross the state of Oregon as nearly
aa topography will permit, in a di
rection due west to the only available
rfuep water harbor on the Pacific
coast of southwestern Oregon, thus
making tho shortest cut from Chi
cago to the ocean which any trans
continental line can claim and cut
ting down the distance between New
York and the ocean six hundred
sattes. This 13 understood to bo the
iIicy which is inspired by the de
sire of the Vanderbllt interests to
own the shortest and most direct
operating route between the two
oceans, and has been kept steadily
In mind ever since those interests
acquired the Fremont, Elkhorn and
Missouri Valley railroad through
Nebraska. In pursuance of this
policy the P., E. & M. V. has been
completed to Lauder, Wyoming.
The question which has agitated
the people of central Wyoming, has
Eroen whether the N. W. interests
would push on from Lauder in a
southerly direction through South
Pass city or whether they would
drop back to Riverton, at tho con
fluence of the Big Horn and Wind
rivers, in Wyoming,- ana build up
"Wind river to Dubois and thence
westward Into the Salmon river
country. II the former, then Coos
Bay was to bo the objective point.
If the latter, then Seattle would be
tho ohpectlve point. It now trans
pires that both points are within the
jrorthwestern's intention and that
ibe Gould and Vanderbllt interests
ore combined on tho Seattle plan.
But It Is, if the advices received are
(correct, the purpose of both Interests
that tho Boise line, which has Coos
Bay as Its ultimate destination, will
be completed before any active work
5s begun on the line up Salmon river
ta Lewlston.
It has been pointed out by the
Times that this Northwestern rail
road" projection Is really tho cause of
all the good fortune which Coos Bay
bus: been breathing into Its lungs In
Die last eighteen months. It started
lib great strategist of tho Southern
Pacific to occupying the Drain route.
Tt also stirred up that great con
structor and forceful general of
transportation J. J. Hill, to investi
gation of tho situation. It prepared
3he state of Oregon and particularly
icntral and southwestern Oregon for
a battle royal of railroad giants, and
made It certain that the greatest In
dustrial battle of modern times
would find Its center at and around
Coos Bay. It would be fortunate in
deed for this center, if the people of
Coos Bay could and would measure
up to their requirements and take
stops to meet tho Northwestern.
This could and should be done by tho
organization of a local company and
an active movement In the direction
uf constructing tho lino to Rosoburg
with a view to extending It toward
ISoiso. It is understood that If the
Coos Bay and Rosoburg peoplo, who
Save agitated for nn electric line, and
iave agreed to subscribe for stock
In an electric company, would change
their plans so as to construct a steam
road Instead, tho bonds could find a
ready market in Now York city
In circles which are expecting just
such n move. By doing this Coos
Bay and Rosoburg both may hasten
alio ndvent of tho Northwestern sys
tem in this territory.
securities which were bulging by
reason of being supplied with those
elements have lost now, they have
simply scored today what was cer
tain to reach them tomorrow. Tho
government control, through state
and Interstate commissions, of rail
roads and their securities, can not
but result in rendering Investments
In bonds and stocks safer. No rail
road company should bo permitted
to Issue fresh shares or bonds unless
it first niake3 a certificate of the pur
pose of such issue and files It wlt'i
the proper railroad commission, and
In the case of Interstate railroads,
with tho Interstate commerce com
mission. Such commission should
bo charged with tho duty of see
ing that such funds were not divert
ed but were used for tho purpos"
designated. Thl3 would make such
diversion Into tho pockets of un
scrupulous promoters Impossible.
and would devote such funds to the
betterment of the roads and Increase
tne value of the securities. Then,
too, thero should be no loss to the
business Interests, the railroads or
tho investors If such stocks and bonds
should go to a premium.
Government control, not govern
ment ownership, Is not obly neces
sary, but without the slightest doubt
meets the full approval of an over
whelming majority of the people of
the United States. The agitation of
the populist party of ten years ago,
is bearing fruit. They may have been
radical then because the time had
not arrived for action, but like the
abolition party, they paved tho way
and their sanest views are now tho
principal features of the policy of the
present administration.
IXHEIGN VIKWS OF ROOSEVELT.
Tho Loudon papers have beon mak
ing; extended editorial comment on
tho recent speeches of President
Jtoosovolt and Secretary Taft and all
of them unite In tho expressed be
lief that tho stand taken by these two
American statesmen on tho subject
of tho trusts Is both honorablo and
sound. Tho London Times rejects
tho view that tho president Is on
dangerous or unjustifiable ground In
relation to the railways and says tho
purpose which tho president proposes
to attain is that public control which
bas long been tho English policy.
It states that In England no rail
way can Issue fresh shares or bonds
wit' out parliamentary sanction. Tho
Times economic nud financial expert
agrees with Mr. Koosovelt that while
tho markets of tho world aro do
pressed, thoro is no reason to sup
oso It would have beon otherwise
iS tho president had avoided tho trust
problem.
It facoms to Americans obvious
enough that tho tlmo has arrived to
Iiuttho financial nnd stock operations
am some basis more substantial than
ami of a juggler. Tho depression of
xBo stock markot was natural when
fts distention was caused by air or
uater; and If many who Invested In
THE BANK FAILURE.
Tho Oregon Trust & Savings Bank
of Portland, which closed Its doors
on the 21st Inst with liabilities of
?2, 553, 927. 35, was merely the victim
of bad banking. It does not yet ap
pear that enough asstes will not bo
found to liquidate in full, but
whether found or not It does not
change tho conclusion stated. It is
shown that this savings Institution
had invested in Independent Tele
phone Company bonds a large sum,
aggregating about $1,300,000. In
other words, while It was held out
as a savings bank, It was In large
measure scarcely more than a hold
ing company for a telephone enter
prise. Such Investments do not con
stitute safe banking and it is not
surprising that the institution came
to grief. But It is not necessary to
take alarm, from this incident, at
the general situation. That is not
affected, and Portland and Oregon
aro still high up on the lists of pros
perity. But there Is a lesson to bo drawn
from the disaster which has come to
the Oregon Trust & Savings Bank
and Its depositors. It Is impossible
to safeguard the sacred trust of
banking too effectually. The life
earnings and savlrss of the people
are there deposited and s.ic1! earn
ings and savings should never be
jeopardized.
It Is not In harmony with the
spirit of thetLmes that savhig3 insti
tutions should be allowed to con
duct their business in secret. Pub
licity is the feature of such institu
tions which, more than anything else,
will keep them within proper limits.
They should, a3 national banks are
required to do, make periodical state
ments of their asstes and liabilities
and be subject to examination by
some commission or pabllc Investi
gator. Depositors and Investors
have a right to know what is being
done with their money. The bank
ing laws of the state of Oregon have
been revised to some extent, but, now
that the state Is entering the lists
of greatest industrial activity she
needs to adopt the strictest and best
system of banking. No part of the
United States can be regarded as a
new country. It 13 all more or less
settled, and has its local character
istics and customs. Lax laws were
once regarded by some people as
necessary for the advancement of
new sections. Whether such policy
could bo justified then or not is un
important now. It can bo tolerated
no longer. Happily this county Is
not at present concerned in such
questions, except so far as they ap
pertain to the future. Coos county
Is fortunate in having her banking
interests In tho hands of safe and
conservative men. But the future
looms up before us big with possi
bilities and other and less conserva
tive financial methods and men may
appear. Safo and sound methods
and strict government surveillance
for all such institutions aro neces
sary.
garded as very profitable yet. The
old chemical theory was that gold
and silver wero two distinct metals
without affinity. Modern sclenco
has exploded that theory. Success
discusses the output, of gold from the
Wltwntersrand In South Africa. It
shows that the conglomerates of that
district aro very low grade, carrying
only 10-pennywelght of gold to tho
ton, but so uniformly distributed,
that with present methods, machin
ery and Chinese labor, the district
add3 $100,000,000 annually to the
world's supply of gold. The Increase
of tho quantity to $200,000,000 is
only a question of labor. Since 1S9G
the dumps at old abandoned gold
mines have cleaned up vast fortunes
In America. The San Joaquin and
Sacramento valleys In California are
capable, with modern machinery,
more particularly the dredge, of pro
ducing untold millions. All that Is
required Is capital and labor and tho
profits are assured.
This flood of gold proves with Its
attendant prosperity that no effort
should be made to stop the forward
movement given to all humanity by
tho expansion of independent pri
mary money. The danger of such
a shortage comes not from the people
or from the representatives of the
people but from Wall street. Nature
Is ample enough and abundant
enough to keep the world at work
If the people do not voluntarily con
tract her bounties. There Is no
danger that the present prosperity
will ceaso until such contraction Is
forced.
THE PURITAN PRESIDENT.
The president delivered a vigorous
and effective speech at Provincetown,
Massachusetts, on the occasion of the
dedication of its monument. In that
speech ho lauded the strong char
acter of the Puritan who settled New
England and who ha3 been successful
In Impressing that character on
American institutions everywhere.
He called special attention to the dis
position of those early settlers to re
gard law as serious and to obey its
dictates lnpllcltly. From this ho
drew a lesson and applied It to cor
porations. His view Is well known
and no words of Theodore Roosevelt
tho President can ever more effec
tively express that view than do the
acts of Theodore Roosevelt the man.
Tho exceeding merit of this latest
president of the United States Is,' that
his words, though strong and bold
and in the great conte&t with cor
porate encroachment "half battles
for the free," do not measure up to
tho courage and accomplishment of
the "things done which are to his
credit.
The euloglum bestowed by him on
the character and record of the Purl
tan was not so remarkable ,for any
novelty which It contained or any lit
erary superiority which distinguished
It, as on account of tho man who
spoke It. it was a modern day re
flection of the Puritan character
through the medium of one who de
scends, not from the Puritan, but
from the Cavalier who looked upon
the Puritan witn contemnt and the1
Dutch ancestor who stolidly forebore
to persecute with the Cavalier for the
Puritanic system of devotion. Roose
velt's Dutch ancestors gave him a
name which belongs to a nation
which gave the Puritan his first asy
lum outside his native country. His
Southern ancestry, represented by
his mother's side, were of Cavalier
descent. Singularly appropriate It
Is, to find the Puritan's banner, on
wnich the motto "Obey the Law" is
emblazoned, upheld by the strong
est of modern advocates of purity in
government, the Dutch and Cavalier
President of the Greatest of Republics.
ney, It Is expected, will bo tho demo
cratic candidate, and Governor Guild
will be tho republican candidate for
re-election. Tho next legislature will
elect tho successor of Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge, President Roosevolt'3
leader in the United States Sennte,
and It Is considered a close question
whether he will retain his mastery
in tho state. Tho administration Is
deeply Interested and probably will
U3e its Influence as far as possible to
effect the defeat of Whitney.
To those unacquainted with Bay
State politics It mny seem peculiar
that Henry M. Whitney should be a
powerful factor In tho counsel of
any political party after his expos
ure by Lawson. But it must bo re
membered that Boston has never
taken Lawson serlouoly and that
Massachusetts Is more Interested to
day In Its investments than In the
standards raised by Its Puritanic
foundei'3. No families, not even tho
4 00" of New York are more bound
up with pride and covetous of money,
than the aristocracy of that state,
ihey believe that the president is dis
turbing values by insisting, on cor
porate obedience of law. So, In spite
of tho fact that tho moral sentiment
of Massachusetts is with tho presi
dent, there is danger that dollaro
cracy combining with democracy will
be able to successfully project the
Ignorant Greek, Italian, Canadian
French and foreign vpto together
with the aristocratic vote against
Lodge and the administration poli
cies and place Whitney In tho gover
nor's chair.
THE GOLDEN FLOOD.
The gold product of tho world has
beon so greatly Increased during tho
last ten years that tho prophecies
mado 1S9G of floods of gold coming
seem to have been really prophetic.
Since that tremendous year Alaska,
which was previously looked on as
scarcely more valuable than its seal
fisheries wore worth, has been pour
ing fifteen million a year into tho
world's supply. Nevada, which was
then scarcely considered, except as a
barren, sago brush plain, or moun
tain waste, has developed Tonopah,
Goldflelds, Bullfrog and a very pro
ductive district. Colorado, tho great
sliver producer has taken tho lead
as a gold producor. Tho other states
oi tho Rocky Mountain West have
been pouring gold Into tho volume of
precious metal until, all tho states
combined, with Alaska, havo swolled
that volumo Into a tldo and a flood
which Wall street can not control.
Thus it Is of comparatively Httlo Im
portance what Wall street does, for
Its decrees aro no longer absolute.
Money Is suillclontly plentiful so that
tho averngo man carries his credit in
his pocket and can cash it whenever
ho chooses.
It Is not ineroly America which Is
Increasing tho world's supply of gold
money and thus making tho individ
ual man prosperous and happy. Suc
cess Magazine had, In its last Issue,
qulto a suggestlvo artlclo on tho sub
ject of gold as an article of manu
facture. Strictly speaking, of course,
it is out of tho question to manu
facture gold, nlthough a French
chemist and Professor Emmons of
Now York have both been successful
In transmuting silver into gold. But
whilo that Is possiblo it is not re-
COOS HAY'S CLAIM.
Mr. Peter Logglo's idea that too
much can not be said to the outside
world In regard to the value of C003
Bay as a coaling station, Is one which
squares with common sense, it is
also true that every opportunity
should bo seized to present Coos
Bay's adaptability to such a use.
through delegates to conventions of
national significance. Governments,
war and navy departments and mili
tary authorities do not concern them
selves In particular localities until
they have to and It has occurred a
thousand times out of a thousand
and one that governments, depart
ments and military authorities have
awakened too late. Coos Bay has a
location on the Pacific coast which
makes It extremely Important as a
seaport, with or without coal, but In
view of the great coal resources, and
tho fact that this coal can be loaded
on ships at the mine's mouth, that
Importance Is Increased many fold.
While there Is no present probability
of hostilities thero is no security
against them. Human nature is such
that men and nations will fight, and
it happens that coal is as Important
In modern warfare as explosives.
Thero is no other coal along this
coast except nt Puget Sound and If
a hostile fleet should need fuel, Coos
Bay is accessible to ships of sufficient
size to furnish a plentiful supply to
a fleet.
Peoplo hero are not alarmed over
tho chance of war or Invasion, but
they know how vulnerable Is ' tho
coast If struck by a hostile power at
this point. It Is not claimed that the
coast could bo Invaded by such a
fleet, and yet when a railroad is com
pleted, as It soon will be, Invasion of
both tho Umpqua and Willamette
Valleys could be eaRlly enough effect
ed and Coos Bay coal, unprotected
and Ignored by tho government,
would play a very Important part In
such Invasion. Mr. Loggia has been
designated as a delegato to tho Deep
Water convoution nt Memphis, and
If tho C003 Bay cities aro at all Inter
ested In tho proposition to mako this
a coaling and naval station, his ex
penses should bo defrayed by tho
citizens.
ON WITH THE FLEET.
The discussion which has been go
ing on In regard to the new Pacific
fleet and its progress to the Pacific
has beenr It seems, settled In tho
popular mind by tho decision that It
shall sail In December. It consists
of sixteen battleships and eight de
stroyers. The movement does not
indicate war with Japan, but should
be considered as a necessary ono due
to new conditions which have arisen
In Pacific waters as well at to In
crease of population and wealth on
tne Pacific coast of tho United States.
Even if Japan had continued soml
barbarlc, or had never risen to tho
station of a naval power, or had
never fought a successful war with
Russia, or had never had a desire to
regulate and discipline tho San Fran
cisco school board, the fleet would
have bpen necessary. 'Ihl3 country
had a " .lation of about 70,000,
000 in l-'O, but in 1907 It is prob
able it 1".) nearer 90,000,000 and a
great nr.ilon like tills with nearly
3000 mile?, of sea coast on the Pa
cific, exclusive of Alaska and the
Philippine Islands, and Hawaii re
quires a fleet to look after Its In
terests. No part of the United States Is
growing in population and wealth
faster that the Pacific States. Wash
ington has more than doubled In pop
ulation In ten years. Oregon has
followed closely. Los Angeles, Oak
land, Seattle and Tacoma have treb
led and Portland has started on a
growth which is astonishing man
kind. Nor 13 there any proballllty
that this growth will be -checked.
On tho contrary It Is accelerating its
forward movement. The vast com
mercial interests, which are rising
into prominence in the Pacific and
the necessity of conserving them, are
a sufficient justification of tho ad
ministration's action in sending this
fleet. The Pacific Is the fufuro bat
tlefield, both in a naval and com
mercial sense, but the presence of
the fleet will help to keep tho light
commerc'al ic? years to come.
orchards. Oregon is ono of tho most
resourceful and productive states in
tho Union nnd there Is no excuso for
importing nuythlng which can bo
grown In tho stajc. Yet the Isolated
position of the state and of Coos Bay
also has caused tho peoplo to beconio
careless and to an extent indolent.
It Is not In tho cllmato nor in tho
nature of tho Inhabitants and wo bc
ltote tho hitter aro getting Into no
tion, now that opportunity is becom
ing apparent. It Is certainly Inex
plicable why a man who has three
hundred acres of fertile land on
which ho i3 grazing forty or fifty
cows nnd who is making good profits
and over getting rich selling tho
milk, should como to Jlarshfield and
buy all his potatoes at a price per
pound. Why does ho not raise them
himself. Worse yet tho potatoes
have been brought in, perhaps, from
Minnesota. Why, docs ho go with
out fruit in a country so productive
of apples and plums, and why arc
these fruits so scurco In tho Marsh
field market? Why aro eggs and
butter high and chickens held at
prohibitive prices? Simply because
tho C003 Bay farmer has not really
anticipated the market which has
grown up within his reach and is In
clined to doubt Its continuance be
cause ho has cultivated the habft of
doubting. All that Is needed now
Is to throw all doubts to tho winds
and go to work on the theory that
the progressive prosperity which af
fects the present day has como to
stay. It has.
alve in nearly nil Eastern"
Inn thn m.mmo.. " , r" "tatCS dn.
PRIZES FOR GHAVENSTEINS.
The Chamber of Commerco of
Marshfield is fully alive to the ad
vantage of booming tho Coos Bay
Gravenstein apple. Young Napoleon
Bonaparte was Introduced to his su
perior officers In tho army in tho fol
lowing terse words: "This young
man has merit. Advance him or ho
will advance himself." So says tho
Chamber of Commerce In regard to
tho Coos Bay Gravenstein. "Boom
It or It will boom Itself." So tho
Chamber of Commerce has offered a
prize of five dollars for tho best box
of Coos Bay Gravenstein apples, pro
duced In Coos county, and delivered
to and placed on exhibition at the
Chamber of Commerco rooms on
Front street, Marshfield. Mr. F. B.
Walte, In order to make the contest
btill more interesting has added
twenty dollars to that prize and Mr.
F. S. Dow will add to that. Other
prizes are to bo given for tho best
exhibit In other fruits and vegetables,
but tho Gravenstein is to bo the
leader. It Is expected that all or
chardists will take part In this con
tost. It means much for Coos Bay.
It means much for the expansion of
Its reputation a3 a fruit growing dis
trict. It means much for the or
chard spirit and the Interest which
will be taken In lands which aro con
sidered adapted to fruit growing.
Dr. Wlthycombo and other mem
bers of the faculty of tho Corvallis
Agricultural College and Congress
man Hawley wll be present at tho
exhibition and it 13 especially de
sirable to Impress those gentlemen
with tho greatness of Coos Bay and
Coos county In this line. Let every
orchardlst and gardener compete.
POLITICAL DOLLAROCRACY.
Tho old Bay State, Massachusetts,
Is about tho only ono which wlll-thls
fall havo a really exciting election.
Strnugo as It may seem to Western
peoplo thero Is really much dissatis
faction with President Roosevelt In
some of tho capitalistic centers of
tho East. Tho gubernatorial election
THE MAGIC CITY.
The United States Steel corpora
tion will Invest $45,000,000 In the
city of Gary. The city of Gary Is lo
cated across Lake Michigan from
Chicago in Indiana and is a creation
of the great corporation which 13
about to make the investment men
tioned. It is truly a magic city. Tho
great works to bo there operated, a
large part of which havo been al
ready erected, will employ many
thousand workmen. The city Is in
tended to accommodate a population
of 300,000 people. Work on this
great city whlclw is to spring Into
being with the wave of capital's wand
was begun two years ago. Tho arid
sand plain on which It Is founded
has been converted Into a large city.
Its principal thoroughfare, Broad
way, nas ueen suDstantiaiiy con
structed three miles long. For two
miles It is paved and has concrete
sidewalks. It Is for that distance
lined with blocks ready for the
dealers. By October 1st this year
enough houses will be completed to
shelter 50,000 people. Tho modern
accommodations aro all finished.
When the $13,000,000 are Invested
the corportlon's Investment entire
will be $120,000,000. This is the
first great city ever built In so short
a time. In tho next national census
this arid sand plain, will figure un
der tho name of tho city of Gary as
ono of tho great cities of America in
population and wealth. Think of It,
300,000 peoplo will do tho bidding
of one great corporation, live In Its
houses, work for Its upbuilding, sub
mit to Its decrees and help to make
bllllonarles of millionaires. of
course It will be a model city. Pull
man was. But we can not help
thinking that if the A. O. U. W. or
tho Independent Order of Odd Fel
lows or some other fraternal order
owned all tho stock In the corpora
tion and received all tho dividends
that it would be working up to a
very pleasing Ideal. Fraternallsm
Injected into tho business system
would mako Gary a very wonderful
and no doubt a very acceptable municipality.
QUARANTINING AGAINST1 THE
PLAGUE.
The bubonic plague wulch Id sus
pected to have been Introduced from
Asia Into San Francisco is one of tho
dread diseases which spring out of
overcrowded districts and antiquated
filth. But it conies to our shores in
spite of our sparce population and
pure atmosphere. It is said to be
infectious and always fatal. Up in
Astoria It has. been decided to take
an proper precautions to prevent thj
plague from being introduced by
shipping entering tho Columbia river
from San Francisco or tho Orient.
Therefore such ships are to be placed
In quarantine and fumigated before
passengers or goods can bo landed.
While this method Is troublesome, no
doubt it 13 necessary. People do not
UiO but onco and when dead, we do
not understand that they have any
further interest in the upbuilding
and Improvement of town3. So, In
order to keep their Interest In the
welfare of the city, it Is necessary to
take precautions to keep them alive.
All seaports should protect them
selves against plagues, epidemics and
pests, as best they can and, If As
toria is in danger from the shipping
of San Francisco and tho Orient Coos
Bay, should also take the same meas
ures of self-protection.
havo died from its ofT.l nt &&
tor was the worst tim v' .r 1.
over known and the suffoTln?1, hls
cold, snow, Ice, lack of fUPi .J1"0
posuro exceeded anythinc tL . ex'
""" "J UUKUIU9 liaVO 1 In- u
forty years. v'ow& for
But at Coos Bay thero
cyclones. Thero never has , n
a storm and no dama !fe
been done by tho wind and thB V?
on tho peninsular whoro tho mm1"
stand. Electric storms aro unH ' '
There have been faint rmblfcWn;
tnundcr as tho oldest , Jg
can remember but novor aS"
storm or a stroke of lightnine T.r
temperature at Coos Bay i3 ,,' '"
hot. No man or woman ? &
sunstroke on the Bay or it3 a,i ,.
lands. Tho glass coos ., , ,l i?ce.a
sroos no seldom that few can nJiii
when it did. There Is never a "
frost or a respectable snowstorm
lao glass never goes down below
tnlrty-flvo above zero, except once or
twice In five or ten years and nobodi
can remember when losses .
scored or suffering resulted, on that
account. Roso3 bloom all tho winter
long. When tho experience of Port
land and cltle3 east In connection
with heat, is considered, Coos Bav
people feel grateful that fortune has
cast their lot for them In the best
climate In tho world. Los Angeles
and San Diego peoplo expect to bake
But tho people of this section do
not. Minnesota, Dakota, Nebraska
and Kansas peoplo live in constant
expectation of being blown Into wi.
dom como. Coos Bay poeplo con
sider that it Is a Joy to live in the
kingdom hero where such zephers
disturb not. This 13 a great climate.
THE TELEGRAPH STRIKI'ItS.
Tho telegraphers strike still con
tinues and tho situation is more In
teresting than distressing after all.
It Is true that news does not reach
us as fully and as soon as formerly
but wo manage to get it one way or
another, sooner or later, and busi
ness still goes on although with a
slower and perhaps healthier and
more sensible pace. This lightning
age of electricity has its drawbacks
and the rest the telegraphers give us
Is refreshing. According to tho Port
land papers thero are other features
of the strlko which nro far from dis
heartening. So busy is the whole
country today that if a man is thrown
out of his Job, of ono kind, he has
very little difficulty in finding an
other. The telegraph operators are
everywhere known to be an intelli
gent lot and It Is said that the
strikers havo not been hanging
around the union headquarters wait
ing anxiously for news of the battle,
but havo nearly all of then, at least
In Western cities, found other occu
pations. Some of them declaro that
tho strlko Is a Godsend to them and
that It relieves them from a very
confining work which offers no op
portunities for advancement. They
are therefore glad to havo an excuse
to try their fortunes In some other
lino. But what will become of the
Western Union if they can't get oper
ators? It is not very seriously a
concern of the people what becomes
of tho Western Union. Many peoplo
who do not believe in government
ownership of railroads, have no ob
jection to government ownership of
telegraph lines. Possibly operators
would bo better satisflea to work In
tho postolllco department for the
government.
in Massauchusetts comes, overy year
and tho administration nollcles are
very much In Issue. Henry M. Whit- been paid to the proper care of tho
A TIMELY ROAST.
That was In some ways a well
merited criticism which tho applo
king, White, mado on tho dairy,
fruit and agricultural spirit of tho
peoplo of Oregon, According to
nearly nil tho old residents of Coos
Bay tho criticism applies to this dis
trict as well. Ho pointed out the
absurdity that butter nnd eggs wero
so high, when thero ought to bo
plenty of both and It costs so little
to produce them in this state. Ho
paid his respects also to tho fruit
growers and regarded it as very un
fortunate that so Uttlo attention had
NOT A STRANGER COUNTRY.
Districts which are or havo been
long Isolated" cultivate habits which
are not always cordial and adopt ex
pressions which do not always seem
to be inviting. Thero aro many such
regions In tho remote portions of
Kentucky and Tennessee, of Arkan
sas and Mississippi. These districts
aro sometimes called the "Stranger
Country." One of tho reasons why
they recelvo this peculiar name Is be
cause they do not welcome new com
ers. All such are looked upon as In
terlopers. They aro called "strang
er.-" and treated as such. Tlwlr
names uio not readily caught and
they are addressed directly by tho
tltlo "Stranger" and no other.
One of tho things about Coos Bay
which attracts, Is, that although the
district has been Isolated for many
years, the people who arrive are not
treated or called by tho namo
"Stranger." They are received as If
they belonged to the country. They
are not introduced ns strangers, hut
as probable citizens. In fact one
year has wrought a great change In
this respect and tho Bay cities havo
not only taken a cosmopolitan char
acter, but havo developed a Coos Bay
Spirit. A man Is not asked, as form
erly, bow long he Is going to stay on
Coos Bay, but It Is assumed that ho
could not be so unwlso as to leavo It.
So It Is no longer iv "Stranger Coun
try" and the true Cooslnn will blot
the word "stranger" out of his vo
cabulary and substitute "visitor" or
"now comer" In Its place.
STANDARD'S CONDESCENSION.
The directors of the Standard Oil
Company havo sent to the Times
their rescript prepared for their em
ployes and stockholders wherein they
seek to Justlly thcmselve3 .and be
little tho judiciary as represented by
Judge Landis. It Is not surprising
that this company, which does not
care a mill for the opinion of the
American peoplo or for their laws or
Institutions, and which ton years ago
was foremost In denouncing those
who dared to take Issue with the
courts, should now change Its tone
and denounce tho courts roundly.
Whether it is Jekyll or Hide depends
on what the occasion demands. The
pamphlet sent out to the newspaper
press to Inform them of the "facts"
as to the Chicago & Alton railroad
case, Is merely a compilation of edi
torial comments made by the Pluto
cratic Press of the country. It would
be strange, Indeed If the Standard
Oil Company could not find friends
among tho newspapers when Its po
licy has been to own and control
such newspapers everywhere. In
deed, It Is very probable that Mr.
Rockefeller and his associates will
again seek to "educate the people.
They have attempted that heretofore,
Indirectly, and they may feel tho
necessity of doing it in the open.
This is the first tlmo the Octopus has
condescended to mako a defense be
fore tho people.
THE CLIMATE OF COOS.
Thero was a terrible cyclono In
Minnesota a few days ago which de
stroyed much property In St. Paul
and Minneapolis. Thero havo beon
furious and damaging electric storms
in various parts of tho country In
August, Tho heat has been oppres-
IMMIGRATION COMING.
It is stated, on the highest author
ity that during the months of March
and April this year, while the set
tlers excursion rates were in effect,
ono railroad company, the O. R. & N.,
brought 14,000 settlers into Oregon.
It Is oxpected that many more will
take advantage of the samo rates
in Soptomber nnd October. Thero
will, no doubt, bo a great rush this
fall. All indications' point to tho
greatest westward movement that
has over yet been experienced, and
Coos Bav neonle should seo to It that
homeseokors aro not only Induced to
come hero but are enabled to see
and learn tho country after they get
here.
Tho peoplo who take advantage of
these low rates aro largely farmers
In search of better land or better
conditions. They are an Intelligent
class of farmers, too, and they aro
not anxious to got town lots, but
farms. They know how to appre
ciate good soil and they are the sort
of people who can bo depended on
to Improve tho country. They havo
money, too, and aro good citizens.
Railroads aro not nearly so cheer
ful in obeying a law that establishes
a two-cent fare as they "are one that
abolishes passes.
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