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iM krfsrw1KVT w WSk-'ssw1 i wsjjjjsjgggjj MP" tjTW S. ,. -, i ii rnrirri 11 "'' THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1908. yjjgMiaftflWiiiiiijft 1 1 ' wmwa jgBm&m-f"-Y -',WMMBlMMMlMYiWM OTrfffl rn K COOS, BAY TIMES AN INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, AND WEEKLY BY THE COOS BAY' TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY. Entered at the postoffl.ee at Marsh field, Oregon, for transmission through the malls as second class m all matter. m m fw M. C. M ALONE Y Editor and Publisher. DAN E. M ALONEY News Editor. n I III I ! I I II II ! Willi Mil Bill ! HI1IMIIIHI I I III Hi Ml W IlllWilllWI IIIW Ml PRESIDENT ELIOT ON "MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT THE TIMES Is an ardent believer In publicity. Particularly Is this true of all mattor3 pertaining to local city government. It Is pleased to know that so eminent an authority as President Charles William Eliot of Harvard university, is an earnest advocate of tho same principle. President Eliot visited Dayton, Ohio, recently and delivered an Interesting talk to the people of that city. "Municipal Government" was the theme of President Eliot's address, and for nearly two hours he held tho close attention of his audience. He took up the subject of municipal reform and dwelt upon the progress made in that direction in recent years. Tho new charter of Galveston was taken up and Its workings explain ed at somo length. Tho radical reform features of that charter were strongly commended. Dr. Ivllot insists (hat entire publicity is tho greatest guarantee of official honesty. Ho believes that the .smallest acts of the public ollicial should be open to examination by every citi.cn. 'Tho initiative and referendum features of the now Iowa code were heartily commended. He took up the case of St. Louis and dwelt upon the great reforms that had been accomplished In the school system. On this subject Dr. Eliot said: "I had known that the school board of that city was an extraordinarily Incompetent body. Suddenly, while the city government of St. Louis was abominally corrupt, as subsequent investigation proved, a new act was adopted by tho Missouri legislature, at the request of a few citizens of St. Louis, which established a new school board for tho city. It has a peculiar constitution; tho whole board was elected at large no ward election about it. "Tho members wero elected in groups of four to serve through three elections, three periods; each period being two years, the term of mem bership was six years for each member a long tenure and they went out In groups of four. Tho committee, therefore, numbered twelve. This was a peculiar constitution, at that time, of a school board. It was created in a very adverse condition of school management In St. Louis. "Moreover, the legislature gave the school board an independent In come, namely, six mills on tho dollar of valuation, and this It expended without any dependence on any other municipal authority so much was its to use. "No sooner had this new act constituting this new and novel commit tee boon passed than a total revolution occurred In tho composition of this committee. Tho whole body of voters immediately elected twelve excellent men to constitute that committee. Tke members, having a long tonuro and being thus composed, proceeded to give tho city a lirst-rate school administration. "They had foresight, good judgment; they elected a body of experts to do tho executive business of the schools; they had an expert to super intend the schools; they had another for the erection of school buildings, etc. "They did no executive work themselves, neither in tho whole commit tee nor In sub committee none. The result? During tho last eleven years the result has boon unquestionably and unremittingly good. Tho admin istration has boon sound, successful, economical; never has St. Louis had such buildings erected for school purposes. Never have tho schools them selves been so pfTlciont and so promptly ready to receive the children in the growing districts of tho city. President Eliot commends the small school board, elected at largo. The experience of Boston in this matter was cited as an example as follows: "Now, this was the observation which led mo to consider Outlier other donarttnents of municipal government. "I should ndd that this sort of small school committee, elected at largo, has been repeatedly Imitated, with vtfrlnt ons In other American cities, nolnblv In Indianapolis, where tho committee only numbered five and v.'ao fleeted at large, and In Rochester, N. Y., whoro a similar eonunlttoo hn"'b"on in snrico, and, finally, and most Interebtlng for mo, tho city of Boston, by n spncinl act of the legislature, obtained n school commltteo of live, elected at largo. "Now Boston is a Democratic e'ty whenever Its voto is fully got out; it Is nlso a Roman Catholic city, beyond a question strnngo to say this of Puritan Boston, but It Is a simple fact; wo have threo Roman Catholic races thoro In largo numbers, tho Irish, the French-Cinndlan and tho Ita lian: bh Boston Is a Roman Catholic city. We hnvo now had threo elec tions at which raombers of tho new school cpnunlttco of five have boon chosen. How was that commltteo mnde up at tho start? In tho first place, independently of party management; secondly, It was composed of two Catholics, two Protostants and ono Jow and tho Jew hold tho balance of power. Now, 1b not that an encouraging composition under such circum stances, of a Hchool committee In a Catholic and Democratic city? We have lind llvo good men In that board over since the board was constituted, and tho distribution among religious Ut nominations, has been that which I hnvo described. Now thia Is the best school committee that Boston has ovor had. "Wo had beroro a school comnilttoo of 21, which immediately divided IlEolf Into sub-committees with executive functions, ' t iiosju functions wero very imperfectly discharged, as thoy must al w ays bo; whenever you soo anybody, supposed to detonnino policies, re solve itbelf into committees with executive powers, you may bo very suro Hint mischief will bo browed, that that form of government will prove it self Incompetent, and it will bo fortunate if it does not also prove itsolf, on occasion, positively dishonest. "Now, I hae alluded to these school commltteo reorganizations nt this longlh because they seemed to mo to contain tho key to the whole subject. They nro small boards; they nre elected at large; they exerciso no execu tive functions, they appoint exports for thoso functions. "As wo look abroad among the city charters of our country, do wo find any tueh bodies or boards as these school committees? Dr. Elliot does not believe In petty homo rule, but In tho lnrgor sway of municipalities. On this subject ho says: "Our local Interests have become positively Insignificant compared with tin se ::riiit, broad, continental, ocean-wide interests. These are tho rea sons why wo ought nlways to distrust local representation, particularly In bor"'-' tnt have executive functions. "These are tho reasons why wo should distrust completely ward elec tions of any sort, anywhere, They stand for a petty, small Interest which Is utterly insignificant compared with the real Interests of the total pop ulation. Moreover, In many of our cities it Is fair and right that tho state should exercise an active supervision over tho cities within Its borders. "Wo have been in tho habit of thinking that Is Is an intrusion on tho part of the mine if it did anything directly about the powers which sixty yours ago or ono hundred years ago wero exercised by a single city or a mJjv.;1q town; but has a commonwealth no rights over the mode of llfoand Irtin mivernlnis of three-quarters of Its population, n in Massachusetts? In Hint state tiiitv-qiiurtera of tho entire iiwsa are living in cities. Has a com monwealth like Ohio ho right to uni how the grent cities within Its bor lr should be Koverned? Has It uo ilht to bay that they shall have a W-nre, honorable, just, olttclent administration? "l bolieve wo nil of us need to revise our conception of the duty and tho linwora of thy atao In roforenoo to Uio oltlou within its borders; more over, In our country, always the slate has creatod tho city charter," With the Toast and Tea ' GOOD KVKXIXG. X DON'T LOOK BACK. TAltD well the days that hurry by, Nor bnclcwnid look with heavy .. J&. All wus'od n'p the tears that fall. rvo 1:1 spent hour can tney recall. Mnrrh onward with a steady tread, Keep witch upon the road ahead. Let bygones He where they have dropped. Your steady swlns must not bo stopped. March onward with a fearless mind And leave tho shadows far behind. Anonymous. ROY LAWHORXHS JOKE. DOESN'T PAN OUT. Wo keep forgetting all the while About this leap year game Since not one strange, suspicious thing Kemlnds us of the s.ime. For all the ladles that we know Pursue on down the line The oven tenor of their way And never make a blgn. Wo didn't think the girls would come And grab us by the mitt Tho very llrst day of the year And say. "Old man, you're It," But after wultlng several weeks Wo hoped perhaps they mlcht Make bold to got their courage up To seize their pens and write. We'd heard so much abou tho tlmo When girls would take tho lead And give the world a chance to see How well thoy could succeed; How. when the gentlemen held back The question, they would press Or gently mention with their eyes Somo things words can't express. We used to think so, but no more For us are dreams llko that. And on our chances from that source Wo wouldn't bet a hat. At least they haven't come around Till we have cried "Enough!" And it Is our opinion now That leap year is a bluff. at so up "What are you laughing roarlously?" "I heard a joke yesterday and I just now saw the point of It." "Tor goodness' sake don't tell it to me. I have to go to a funeial tomorrow." AAAA-:-A4-A'fA'J-A-:'A-J-A4-AA'A:-'l-A4'A'AA-IA'J'N-:AA4' Our Line of Sporting Goods is Complete and Prices Right A NEW ASSORTMENT OF WINCHESTER GOODS, INCLUD ING THE 1908 MODELS. HASE-IJALLS. in SHAO'lO DXIXOJI Agents for the celebrated "MONARCH" Coaster lircnk Ulcycle. The best bargain on earth. Pioneer Hardware Co, (Inc.) Dealers in Hardware and Plumbing Goods vvvvwvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv HEARD AT THE MILLICOMA. It Is n good thing both to be able to work and to bo able to keep from being worked. Even truth Itself becomes intolerable when it is promulgated tyrannically and pressed home dogmatically. It takes a two faced Individual to be two things at the same time. There Is nothing that keeps lent like an umbrella. The only way n man over dis covers the truth is to first spffer from the lack of it. The evil that men do gets aft er tlieui and often chases them so far that they nev er ag.iln make connection with their good deeds. A man may not himself ami still bo bo very polished able to polish off another to a lino finish. .Some of us are not wanting In the ex perience of sun lug our friends with all our he:irtn and then of seeing them serve others with all their pocketboolcs. It is safe to presume that those peo ple who are always talking of the R" of giving are well established with the slaves of the lamp or some other gen ius who joyously furnishes the wherewithal. 6 Sj One Place. "I am not in the least bit su perstltlous." "Y o u don't dread to meet a black eat?" "No, except In tne 1 orm ot n sausage." The Head Citizen. A small community in New York hnftj$ just re-elec: l the village blacksmith .$ mayor. It tried him once and liked the brand well enough to use him ng.iin. Tersons who have enncted the role of if' meny vill.i;:rr in real llle will not lie .;' a bit surpils (1 If there Is one KirKj Oracle In the village It Is the black smith. What he doesn't l.novv about politics, literature and curing sick hens Isn't worth knowing. Ills Intellect usually towers nbove the thinking machinery of the village lawyer as much as his arm outmeas urcs the biceps of the legal limb. When he isn't mayor he usuully tells the mnyor what to do as a side line, his time In a quiet community not be ing all taken up In shoeing horses. Doubtless the sagacious members or tho community had noticed these things and thought he might as well bo draw ing the salary. vv-ywv'vW Their Main Duty. "We ought to elect some good old farmer to congress from this district." "You bet. We have had lavv jcrs enough." "Sure we have. What does a lawyer .now about garden seeds anway?" But She Wasn't Pretty. "She Is very modest." "Has to be." "Why?" "Anybody would to carry that face around." Wanted to Be Right. "You begun this letter 'Dear,' though It is to one unknown." "Yes. Should I bealu it 'Goat''' " I o . Merely because o-u-s spells "us" and r-y-e spells "ri" and q-u-e-u-e spells "cu" is no reason why q-u-e-u-e-r-j-e-o-ti-s should spell "curious," is it? Astoria Leader. Curious, isn't it? fe'OK ". n Pulse Beats. Tho opal tinted water lies Beneath tho blue of sapphlro skies. Tho sea gull in the azure flies And. dropping, as 'twere, water-wise, Salutes tho limpid lake. The llttlo crinkling wavelets play Beneath the glowing God of day. They never stop. They never stay. They go and yet are hero alway, Tho sun god's thirst to slake. As wovo tho waves upon tho lake, So do tho tides of feeling make My full heart swell and all but break, So much have love and life at stake, So strong the throb and ache. mj uratest At die Orphcmn Theater Handsome Gold Chain and Locket Grand Prize now on display at Tow er's jewelry store. All babies up to 2 years of age reading in this city or North Bond may enter. Contest closes Saturday, May 23d. Each ticket purchased at tho box oillco entitles holder to ono vote. l'ollovvjnj; is (ijt. Standing of tho Contestants: Ruth Bovvran 3 Margaret Canieno 2 Cniiin Campbell IG Haby Dean 1 Emory Dwire 2 1 Jack Gabbert 27 Haby Healming 1 Alice Kolan 2 Hazel Masales 2 Slblo McGann 11 R, R. Montgomery, Jr 2 Curtis Naglo 2 Katherine Toyo 8 Taylor Wright G Katherine Yoakum 13 Are you getting the best for your money? Be Sure Look at out line first Exclusively CiotJhing, Hats, Shoes, Furnishings, in facL, every thing pertaining to proper Clothing for men x:vv''x The 1908 Feiro Gasoline Eogisie 661"'?, a Hummer On Display at uraa Isaac R. Tovvc 99 rt-r-AA'fA'T'A'JA'JAC'At'AAC'AASA'JAAOAAA'M'fAAAAA: y A Gas Range is the cleanest easiest to xaaiidtfe and the most economical stove an poor Superfluous. "no wnnts to have a plank demand ing old age pensions for men in the platform this year." "Hut why this discrimination? Would not tho women need It as badly V" "Yes, they might need It. but they would never grow old enough to be entitled to It, so what's the ueV" Explained, Tlinuuli lio dipped Into business, All he could do was fall. Up only was nn liomst man. Thut tolls tho simple tale. Sure Sign, "Do you thiuk he will marry Jack?' "Suro to." "How can you tell?" 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