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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1908)
-TPrinKm$fpwpim v cwwiiiiiinr ggHroffT'fj3Hytflyffg .wyWf.VJSyi&VBf'iig-Bg . Va:tfJWJwaWHMuii THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD. OREGCk SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1908. PRES. ROOSEVELT'S GOlilSSION INVESTIGATES AMERICAN FAPi LIFE I .......... m m m , m 0. A A - f - . A . A . A . A- A . I t I JiN INDIANA FARM HAND WRI TES AX INTERESTING LETTER TELLING OP MAX! DISCOM FORTS AXI) IXCOXVEXIEXCES mi AT MAY HE REMEDIED by SYSTEMATIC METHODS. WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. An In 3Jana farmhand has written a letter tto President Roosevelt about ho trorfc which the Country Life Com mission is carrying on. The Prpsl dent has turned the letter over to the Country Life Commission and lh. commission has asked the farmhand x write some more. "I have been a farmhand just long enough," says the President's correspondent, "to learn the cause of 550 many sons and daughters and -well-meaning, reliable farmhands leaving the beautiful farm and coun try and going to the city. A lack of order and system on the farm and Coo long hours for a day is what is driving the best minds from the Carm to the city and shop. What can we expect of a hand, or the farm er's wife and her posterity, in the -sway of intellectual development -when they get out of their beds at 3:30 in the morning and work from -that time until S or 9 p. m.? And 330 attention paid to the sanitary con ditions of the home, and necessary conveniences on the farm for doing Che Tarm work with the least labor and time." This man has given the Country JLife Commission some very interest ing first-hand Information about ru ral conditions and recommendations based on a long experience in farm -work and farm life. He has worked Sfor nil kinds of farmers, good and Tbad, he says, and he has always had Tils eyes open to detect the causes of their success or failure. He has drawn his own conclusions and sets the'm forth in down-right, straight forward fashion. Education pays in Harming, he says. The farmer who plans out his work and carries it through in a systematic, business Bike manner, just as the city man does, will ho able to shorten the Sours of labor. "So many farmers aneasure everything on the farm from tho standpoint of muscle," he con tinues, "and are extreme In some things and slack in others. I decided several years ago that life is too short to work for Peter Tumbledown Cnrmers." , "Now, Mr. President," he writes, ""you can take tills for what it is worth. I have not given you half of my experience." The Country Xlfe Commission has written him that liis suggestions aro so useful that they hope he will send more. "Compel the farmer to be a busi ness man," he says "Go into the Somes of some of the farmers and the so-called farmers and ascertain Tiow thoy live, and learn of their methods of doing the business in which they aro engaged. And you xwlJI ho surprised what a variety you will And. Ascertain what they read, and what stress they put on the literature that conies into their Sinmcs (If any conies) bearing on the 'Jbusiniess thoy aro engaged In. See what per cent study their business. "Give mo the educated farmer as : boss and the educated farmhand as a hand. When 1 come In contact -with -a hand or fanner that studies "shls muhIiicss I find him advancing, ainrt it is a pleasure to work for UBticli Tiien. "The majority of the farmers nro -alghl-hnur men, that Is, eight hours Hn the forenoon and eight in tho aft ernoon. Eight or ten hours on the tfarm cannot well bo adopted In all cancs, but It need not ho from four 'Seen to slxteon hours. If tho family airlso ovory morning at 5 o'clock ainil tho wifo and daughters attend to -fiho household duties, and tho farm lands and sons attend to tho chores and go to tho field at 7 o'clock and vvork until 11 or 11:30 and go to t&ho Hold again at 1 and keep at it nuntll 6 o'clock, and go to tho house smfl-ent tho supper and then do tho wYonlng chores, thoy liavo dono a ffarm day's work. Regular hours for work, -and regular hours for meals, amd regular hours for sleep, and reg ular hours for rest and recreation, "with plonty of standard papers and ooks, Including the best agricultural papers and hooks, and a full faith In Goil, and good grub Is wanted. "Tho family should rlso at 5 o'clock on Sunday morning as well as on week days, and do tho neces sary Sunday morning chores, and 4hon go to church and show tho '.business man In tho city that Sun ndny on tho farm does not consist In uslmnglng tho stock from one field to another, or salting it, or unloading a load of hay that was brought in on Saturday evening. "Coming to the meals at the meal hour makes it easy on the wife so she can arrange her household duties in order, as can also the husband his farm work. "Men of worth and standing in the shop and city tell me that if order and system were used on tho farm they would go back to the farm. If the farmer wants to keep his sons and daughters on the farm he must not lengthen the hours for a day's work at both ends. Limit the hours of work on the farm to twelve or thirteen with pay for overtime, and freedom to the hired man on Sun day." The Country Life, Commission wel comes letters like this, because as Professor L. H. Bailey, chairman of the commission, recently pointed out, o?e of the objects of the investiga tions of the commission will be to obtain, as -fully as possible, the opinions of both farmers and of their hands concerning the question of farm labor and the condition of hired help. It is likely that when the Country Life Commission reaches In diana in the tour of the country which it will make early next month it will endeavor to get into per sonal touch with this letter writer. MUCH INTEREST MANIFESTED IN THE PHORLEM OF PROVID ING MORE COMFORTS AND MAKING LIFE .MORE ATTRACT IVE IN THE RURAL COMMUNI TIES. WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. Presi dent Roosevelt's mail is stacked high these days with letters concern ing the commission on country life, which he recently created, and the number of communications on the subject is growing greater daily. A rather strange feature of this corres pondence, considering the far-reaching significance of the commission, is that so far It has contained no word of adverse comment from any quar ter. 'The suggestions are all con structive, and many of them will prove of great help to the commis-1 1' Of Coos Bay Manufacturing fik JL -sA X7r"in1p3a1p T-Tnitspc! Tlio way to bullil a city Is to stand together. Coos Uny factories nnd Jobbing houses innko nnd linvc for sale many things thnt Coos County people buy 111 Portland nnd Snn Francisco. Keep tho money nt home. It helps prosperity. Tho following Is n list or rcllnblo nnd up-to-dnto cotnblishinents thnt nre worthy nnd deserve your patronage. PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY North Bend Iron Works southTesd, ore ron nnd bronze castings. All kinds of repair work and logging toolsTa specialtj . FOUNDERS and MACHINISTS. J. L. KOONTZ Machine and Repair Shops GENERAL MACHINIST Steam and Gas Engine AVork On IlroftJwny. near m...iis.i i Holland Bottthoiisc Marshfield, Ore Nelson Iron Works, (inc.) Manufacturers of Machinery and Supplies for Mills, Mines, Railroads and Loggintr Companies. We are pioneers in the manufacturing and repairing of G;is Knuim'S. Don't forget our Gas Engine Supplies. Foundry and Machine Shop - Mnrshllehl Ore. Rugs, UubtM, Klk. Deer, Henr nnd roimar Pelts Mounted J. E. GRAHAM Taxidermist Formerly with A. Helming A Co. Cnll or write for terms North Fiont Street Mnrnliflcld, Ore. sion when it formulates Its plans of LUX GOES TO OREGON ASYLUM. Contention Mnde That Relatives Are Trying to Get His Property. PORTLAND, Oct. 30. Upon the statement of Attorney John F. Logan that Lewis A. Lux owns $15,000 worth of property in California, and that his relatives are doing their ut most to take it from him, Judge Cantenbeln, in the circuit court or dered Lux committed to the Oregon State Asylum for the Insane at Salem Attorney Logan said that Lux' wife, Mary Allen Lux, with their two children, lives at Berkeley. Lux, he said, is endeavoring, for personal reasons, to reach New York. Mr. Logan also remarked that Governor Chamberlain, who was in the court room several days ago when the Lux case came up, has said In con versing with Logan that it was strange the California asylum at Napa should make such a strenuous effort to locate Lux. Mr. Logan re plied that he believed others than the California authorities were be hind the effort to take his client south, and that the state was not hearing the expense. When the court announced that Lux would be taken to Salem, Mr. Logan, jubilant over his victory, said no appeal to the Supreme Court would bo taken. When Mr. Logan contended yes terday that the record upon which Lux was to he returned to California was not complete, Judge Cantenbeln placed upon the stand John Mc Laughlin, the attendant who came from Napa to take charge of Lux. McLaughlin testified that Lux was twice a patient of the Napa institu" tlon, the first time in 1905. Be sides Mr. Logan, John II. Stevenson appeared as attorney for Lux. Johnson examined the man and re ported to the court that Lux is fit to bo at largo if he Is cared for by friends. The physician said the man is ill and unable to work. Lux recently escaped from the Napa asylum, where he had been in carcerated because ho Imagined that ho was Jesus Christ. He was under arrest in Curry county for a time and tamo to Portland via Coos Bay. TO MARSHFIELD VOTERS. Tho platform adopted by tho Marshlleld Citizens League, which asks all desiring a better city to join it and aid In carry- ing out its alms is as follows: "WE PLEDGE OUR CANDI- DATES TO AX HONEST, STRAIGHT FORWARD, ECO- NOM1CAL HUS1NESS ADMIX- ISTHATIOX, AXD TO REDUCE THE DEHT OF THE CITY IX ALL LEGITIMATE MEAXS POSSIBLE." . campaign. Many of the letters to the Presi-i dent are from men whose names are. I known everywhere, but the bulk of j them are from the men who are most vitally interested the farmers them selves. The general tenor of the farmers' letters shows that not only are they deeply concerned in the work of the commission, but that they have clear-headed ideas of tho President's purpose in starting the inquiry and of what the outcome may be. The writers get down to the business and set forth their ideas with a hard-headed logic and clear ness of statement that makes it seem j a little doubtful if the belief of some persons that rural schools ought to be Improved is well-founded. The farmers themselves, however, agree that the educational facilities in the country districts ought to he made over so as to fit country conditions and needs more closely. A number of writers urge the need of introduc ing some sort of elementary agricul ture Into the schools. Not all are of this opinion, however. Some maintain that there is a danger of trying to make agricultural instruc tion too academic. The one point In which all the farmers without exception agree with the President is that the greatest trouble with agricultural life is its isolation. Tho remedy for this that is most frequently proposed is bet ter roads. Another solution that 1 advocated by a large proportion of the writers is that a means be sought to prevent the holding of large farms by persons or corpora tions who do not work them them selves. The argument is advanced that such action would attract set tlers to the country and that the wide spaces between farms would be broken up, and that further if the big tracts which are now worked by absentee owners or held for specu lation were split up among indepen dent owners, there would be greater opportunity for small farmers to come in and gain profitable liveli hoods. A number of the President's cor respondents urge a revival In some sort of the old lyceum which provid ed a social center for rural com munities. Several writers tell of ex cellent results that have been ob tained in their own neighborhoods by literary societies, not so much in their educational capacity as in pro viding a community bond. Many .suggestions are made con cerning tho post-office service. All these letters aro being filed and tho gist of their contents will bo brought before the commission for Its consideration. fThe Modern Company Wholesale CANDY, CRACKhRS Marshfield, Oregon I North Bend Manufacturing Co, t If you aro a Coos Bay Booster you must drink Coos Bay Beer CIGARS, PIPES, ETC, J Phone 1271 for a dozen NORTH BEND, ORE Manufacturers of SASH, DOORS, MOULDINGS f All kinds of Millwork, Special Furniture and Myrtle JNoveities North Beiut- -Oreffon Coos Bay Monumental Works F. M. STEWART, Prop. Corner 3d nnd 'D' Sts. Marshfield, Or., Phono Main 1731 Pettijohn, Nicols & Co. WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS Cor. Broadway nnd Queen Sts. Phono Private Ex 1021 l r1- -::-::-::--a-H--::--::--8T n s i i ;: i a i a i H a :: says: The Hot Drinks Will be on tap Saturday night and regularly hereafter. If you have been longing for one of our famous :: i Hot Chocolates Hot Coffee ? Hot Bouillions JL You will be delighted with this V news when you remember V what a popular place our Soda V Fountain is for ladies especial 9 lv. ---------::--::-- PAY CASH nnd save money on your meat bills at the Sanitary Market. MASQUERADE HALL, XOUTIT 1IEXD, November 14, at Eckhoff Hall Do not forget that DeW'ltt'b Little Early Risers aro the best pills made. .Thoy are pleasant little pills that aro easy 10 iuku uuu hid juuuiyi. uu gontlo. We sell and recommend them. Sold by LOCIOIART A FAR-SONS. You Can Raise a House CASH system Is the new way. It will be all cash at Sanitary Market after November 1. HOT TAMALES, fresh today at Corthell's delicatessen. Use Tho Coos Bay Times Want Ads The plumbing on tho new Hotel Chandlor Is being done by J. B. RUST Tho specifications call for class "A" material and work manship throughout. Esti mates given on plumbing, heating and gas fitting. 'C Street, Opposite Hotel Chandler PHONE 801. Hft of your own if you go tho right woy about it. Tell us the kind you want, and about the amount you want to pay; and we will put you in tho way of getting a veritable bargain on vary easy terms. Wo have houses in town and country to suit all needs, and wo buy, sell and exchange all kinds of real estate. Mortgages and Loans and Insurance. Title Guarantee & Abstract Co. HENRY SEXGSTACKEN, Manager. DO NOT TAKE THE RISK. Whon you have a bad cough or cold do not let It drag along until it becomQs chronic, but give It atten tion and get rid of it. Take Cham berlain's Cough Remedy and you are suro of prompt relief. For sale by JOHN PREUSS. ---- TH0MAS0N & HANSON t -DEALERS IN- 'Hay Grain and Feed Free Delivery Phone 1751 Saw Mill. Proposition MILTj 2-Story 32x48, with addition for planer 24x5G, and EN GINE ROOM 20x40, filing room 10x12, 3 tramways and slab con veyor 120 feet long, 35 barrels, water tank and 20-ft. tower. MACHINERY Atlas engine, 12x18, boiler 48x16, steam pump 125 ft. hose, Maine saws 2-50 in, 32 ft. carriage with 3 head blocks, log haul cant gear, 4 saw edger, 2 saw trimmer, cut off saw, 2 wheel trucks and 2-4 wheel trucks. PLANER 6x24 S4S, 30 in, blowers, swing cut oft saw, emery knife grinder and grind stono. FARM 195 acres with 5000 ft. stumpage left and 1,000,000 ft. piling, 35 acres under cultivation, house 16x30, 2-story and addi tion 16x28, 5 rooms first floor, 4 rooms second floor. BARN 50x50 stalls, 6 head of horses, 10 cows and largo storage rooms for hay and grain. Wood shed 16x24, chicken houso. Extra houses for mill hands cts. COOK house 24x32m. 2-story with sleeping rooms for tho em ployes. 5 rooms on second floor, Michigan range cooking uten sils and dishes. I, 16x36 one story D, 2 rooms I, 14x16 one story D, 1 room I, 16x26 onestory D, 3 rooms" I, 16x36 one story D, 3 rooms I, 16x24 one story D, 2 rooms Large dam in Elk creek not yet completed. Dam in BIdwell creek 60 ft. long 10 ft. high; also 2-floor dams In Bidwell Creek. BLACKSMITH SHOP 14x10, with forge, anvil, bench, vice, die press, pipe vice, stock and dies, pipe cutter, 4 augurs brace and two sets of bits, 8 crosscut saws, 8 axes, 2 cant hooks, 8 peaves, 5 shovels, 2 picks, 2 mattocks, 3 sledges, 4 wedges, 2 largo and 1 smalljack, 1 automatic Jack. Donkey engine, Ledgerwood 9x10, with V-8 In, main cable 3,200 ft. in back haule, line, 150 ft. 5-8 in yarding line, 2-20 ft. chokers, 4 return blocks and one Tomy moon But chain, 1 lead block. TWO nORSES 1 set heavy and 1 set light harness, 1 heavy wagon, 1 harrow, 1 plow. STUMPAGE 500,000 ft. not paid, 75 cents per m. 400,000 ft. $400 paid and If more than this amount of stumpage, balance at 1.00D, per M, 1,000,000 stumpage ?700 pnrd, balance when logged at 75 cents per M. TOTAL STUMPAGE 4,900,000 ft. LUMBER ON YARD 1,000,000 ft. LOGS 50,000 ft cut piled and on the creek banks. For further information call on or write STUTSMAN & CO. -------- ------ --r GO TO YOUR DEALER nnd nk for any of tho following cigars: Deep Sea, Porto de Oro, Staylit Chums . White Crow Luxo Havana Specials Oregonian Refunds Little Teddy Maryland Club Clear Huvnnns, Domestics and Nickel Goods. If they don't suit yon, toll us what is tho matter with them nnd wo will then tell you what is tho trouble with you. Western Oregon Grocery Co. WHOLESALERS. NORTn BEND, COOS BAY, OREGON. - i I t daj-vv-iii ""'