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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1908)
,"fVt w"; THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1908. POLITICAL ADVERTISING. POLITICAL ADVERTISING. s-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-aa-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-u-a-a-a-a-a-7 I ill i i n i tt i :t n r :: u i :t 8 I XX it V tt I a i I 8 I 8 I 8 I 8 I 8 I 8 I St. ISSUES OF TUESDAY'S ELE Editor of The Times: of Codding, who received $90.00 per The issues before the voters of month when he worked, and had very We have among our citizens, enelneers more able and thoronch. The Citizen's League was organized ' who would uke the Mine po8lUon Ior for the purpose of brining publlo ,ess salar. and g,re a beUer servJce this city are such at this time that I they call for careful consideration. matters before the public. We are organized for that purpose, and fur ther, for nominating candidates for office who are progressive and who will advance the best interests of the city. Nearly every member of the League owns his own home, and therefore is a fixed citizen, and must in future meet the obligations con tracted for today. The faith and credit of the city Is directly with its Citizens. Centralization of capi tal and labor make a City, and capi tal without labor can do nothing, and labor without capital cannot exist. Hence, the "Faith and Credit of a city rests in keeping the labor em ployed and paying them therefor." Has the preesnt administration done this? The Citizens' League started out by showing the management of the City's affairs that no man could get a "toquare Deal" before the City Council unless he "stood in." This Is not American principal. We claim to lead in the present campaign, and Challenge for the right. The City is running behind from $500 to $1,400 a month. The pres ent administration calls for bonds to pay its bills, yet no effort is made to put the City on a business basis, where the income will meet its ex penses. Listen: If the bond issue carried, wouldn't they still run be hind? And wouldn't it be a short time until we would be in the same box we are now in? Why has it required two night watchmen, until the Citizens' League started? Why should not the Milllcoma Club pay a liquor license, the same as any other place where liquor is sold and drunk over the bar? For the office of City Recorder our nominee, John Butler, is willing to do all the work; that of the recorder and Clerk, for 75.00 PER MONTH. The Fire Department Is willing to look after the City's Are apparatus for $300.00 a year and have it under control of the Chief of the Fire De partment. Wouldn't that be better than the present system, even with out the saving in money? Now let us see what the three above items will do. First, $600.00 a year as llense from the Milllcoma Club will pay 6 per cent Interest on $10,000.00 of the City's debt. Second, If you elect John Butler as recorder the city saves $900 a year, and this is 6 per cent on $15, 000 of the City's debt. Third, if the City places the Fire apparatue in charge of the Fire De partment and pays them $300 a year, the City saves $900 a ear, which Is also 6 per cent on $15,000 of the City's debt. Now, then, without going any fur ther, by the above items the City will save and honestly earn, more tbanit does now, $2,400 per annum, or C per cent on $40,000, the amount of the City's debt. Therefore It is not necessary to vote for bonilb no'ther is it necessary to vote to in crease the limit of indebtedness. It Is only necessary to carry out the above economies. What good is the present City Engineer, with his helpless corps of assistants? Where has he made a betterment In the grades or streets? Yet this man and his office are cost ing the City from $800 to $500 per TOontb. Look at Flanagan Street, Cedar Street, Prohpect Avenue, Chestnut Street to Nasburg's Addi tion, or Sixth Street South Marsh Held, and in your conscience will ask, why do they keep this man in office. Compare his work with the work whose homes are in Marshfield ana whose earnings are invested here, lhe local merchant berates the mail order house, yet when we had plenty of able engineers at home, an engin eer is ordered by mail from Baker City. Now business men, is this jus tice -to those who trade with you? Some people may think that the Citizens' League is opposed to the Mlllicoma Club. This is an error, for we only claim they handle liquor and should pay license to the City. In politics sometimes articles are published with a view of distracting attention from the facts at issue; therefore. Citizens of Marshfield, look well before you vote. The nom lneess of the Citizens' League ex press themselves through this paper. Read what they say, weigh this mat ter carefully, and see how the Citi zen's League stands to guard your interests in Marshfield, and those of your home. Read the "Campaigner" of last election, and see If the pres ent administration told the truth. If they misrepresented at that time. why won't they now? Who printed the Campaigner anyhow? Did you ever find out? The Citizens' League ticket is Thomas Coke and Carl Albrecht for Councelmen, and John Butler (own er of the Butler Block) for Recorder; and vote NO on the bonds, and NO on the increasing of the limit of in debtedness. The League has always made its business public, has done nothing in the dark, is afraid of no one, stands for an honest business administration in the hands of the City's friends, and asks the hearty support of all the Citizens of Marshfield at the election Tuesday. F. M. FRIEDBERG. M W IS ON PROGRESS STATEMENT OF J. W. SNOVER. The office of Recorder Is largely Judicial. It also deals in the city's finances to some extent. In a village it is not important whether the Re corder is an expert or not, but if the municipal corporation claims to be a city it should employ an expert for such an office. The Recorder should be a trained lawyer, for many ques tions for a .legal mind to solve will come before him as judge. This was the view I took when I accepted the candidacy for the office. As a law yer, an accountant, one who has had experience as mayor of another city and as a business man, I felt that it would be a position whose importance would increase rapidly in the next few years. I am in full sympathy with the policy of economy, and progress and I shall, if elected, be impartial and attentive to business. I shall give my whole time to the duties of the office. One thing the citizens may be sure of that I am independent. No clique, nor inter est and no party can Influence me to betray the trust reposed In me. I neither work for a corporation nor am I under obligation to one. Yet I will treat eery corporation fairly and keep within the spirit of the law. I hae felt that this statement was due In my pwn justification and for the information of the voters. Yours Resp., J. W. SNOVER On Saturday, Dec. 5, will be held the Iteflntf-ii'b Annual .Masquerade Hall. The merchants of Marshfield will furnish the prizes. Watch for the prize list and displa of prizes. LAI)M? COATS, tailor suits and furs at LADIES' EMPORIUM SALE beginning Saturday. November 2S tx-a-a-a--a-j--n-::-tj--::-M-t:-a--a-a-Kn--r:---K- a i Heating loves If you are not well prepared for the cold of winter step into our store and examine a line of HEATERS that will answer every requirement of the climate CORRECT PRICE IS OUR HOBBY M i a i a i a a t a i a i a i a i a a t a i a i ner's Hardware! A -n-n--a-a-8-arj-8---::-8-B--w-tt-n-a-8"-8-8--a-a-8 EXPRESSES HOPE THAT POLICY OF ADVAXCIXG CITY WILL BE ENDORSED AT TUESDAY'S ELECTION'. To the Citizens of Marshfield, In view of the approaching city election and the policy that will be involved it seems some defense of the administration has become necessary. The administration has been assailed, in my mind, unjustly In most in stances. Any public official is likely to err when matters of the Impor tance which have marked the pro gress and growth of Marshfield dur ing the past two years are put before him for a decision. The history of the improvement of Marshfield is identical with that encountered in every other city at some period of its existence. There comes a time for every city which takes on prodigi ous growth, which must prove its claims to importance and "show" those who would invest, build and take an active part in commercial life, when such a city must look some distance Into the future and provide for the Increase in population by opening new streets, derranding fire limit restrictions, enlarging and bet tering fire protection, establishing uniform grades that property hold ers may conform to them when build ing and save themselves unnecessary future expense. Whenever such an era Is introduced it meets with im mediate and determined opposition. This is invariably true, in Oregon, as well as elsewhere. In Oregon, the tide of improvement and substantial progress has been rising with won derful rapidity and nowhere has the opposition been strong enough to stem it. Witness the "new" cities of Pendleton, Klamath Falls, Eugene, Medford, Baker. Those have expand ed and Improved because of civic pride and through fear of falling be hind the procession if modern things were not adopted. In Eugene where paving was taken up less than two years ago, the matter was fought bitterly. Today there are sixty blocks of paving in Eugene and prop erty holders outside the paved dis trict are clamoring for paved streets. There is no dissatisfaction there over the era of progress, and on the other hand, citizens feel their enterprise has placed the city in a position where her future is assured. The sentiment of Eugene is being reflect ed in Marshfield and will become more pronounced every day as the necessity for what has been done is realized and petty thoughts are given no place In our wide-awake citizens' deliberations. It is plain that some hardships have been wrought property owners since the Marshfield era of improvement was launched, but It was Inevitable. The city was about to undergo a de cided building boom by reason of a steady stream of new population. This was evident two years ago when the policy of improvement was adopted by the city council. The council saw that, in order to accom modate the increased demand for homes, the city would expand and more homes could not be built, in the residence district which was then congested. Naturally, the residence district would spread over West Marshfield and Railroad Addition on the low and on the high land, even to the district south of Coal Bank Inlet. This has proven true, Marsh field would not haye grown as it has had It not been that newcomers saw that the spirit of expansion was being recognized by the city council and they could accordingly expect con siderate treatment if they were forc ed to the outskirts of the city to find suitable sites for homes. This ex pansion meant new and.. Improved streets, new walks and expense it other lines. The council met the emergency as every fair-minded per son can see was absolutely impera tive. In fact, the city was at a point where hesitancy in starting a policy of push would have resulted in un told injury Investors and business men wno have become residents of this city during the past two years have been free to say that their deciding to locate in Marshfield was largely due to the attitude of the ad ministration towards new enterprises and civic growth, It has been more than two years -jince i recognized the necessity of such street improvements as hae been made, (n ordor for Marshfield to maintain hor position as one of the coming cities of Orogon. This neces clty was so evident to me that I made a trip to Eureka to observe what ef fect permanent street improvement had had in a city similarly situated and with the same Isolated position as Marshfield. My convictions as to the necessity for permanent street Improvements were greatly strength- 1 inie NOW Is the TO BUY YOUR HEATER! SSK5rK?5i25a3?5!iV ''dlflHKBHH- S, i a a i a i a I - t i I i I I tt i i i 8 I We Have the Famous, Original Coles' Hot Blast I Heaters, Advance Oaks, Alaska, Steel Box and Others XWE SELL THE BEST AT THE SAME PRICE AS? OTHERS CHARGE FOR INFERIOR GOODS I I GOING & HARVEY CO. i a i I $ COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHERS f u ..-... -- a a aa a a a aa a a-a a a-a a a a a a a a a a a a a ened by this investigation. Later on, to satisfy myself as to the best ma terial for hard-surface pavement, suitable for our streets, I made a special trip to Portland for that pur pose and made a thorough investiga tion of the subject. Both of these trips were made at my own expense. My report to the council resulted In the adoption ot bituminous paving and bringing the Eureka Paving Company to Marshfield to execute the work. We now have ten and a half blocks of hard-surface pavement and if (he council continues the present progressive policy there wil. be many more laid next year. Wrhat part I have taken in this policy has been. In my mind, for the best Interests of Marshfield and every effort on my part has been made with that end in view. There has been criticism suggesting extra vagance in expenditures, but I be lieve with the city council that such improvements as have been made were necessary and urgent and were therefore justified. In my estimation any attempt to thwart such a policy will b,e. regretted by .the citizens of Marshfield, If It proves successful The growth of Marshfield has been so rapid In the past two jears, that it has been impossible for the council to provide, in advance, means I r for,! meeting the expenses which have In creased accordingly. As a result, the city now has an outstanding warrant Indebtedness of J42.00Q which iiiist be paid. This may be adjusted either by Issuance of ten to twenty years bonds, or it may be met by direct taxation within the next twj'.ve months. The council has very wisely allowed the citizens the privilege of deciding which method they care to employ, though it had the power to make the necessary levy without con: suiting citizens. An amendment to the city charter, authorizing such bonds will be submitted to the vnt- ers at next Tuesday's election. Thej ! result Is Immaterial to the admlnls- T tratlon. The question is nut hpfnro , t the voters for a decision and there is , t no disposition to influence that deci-,f sion either one way or another. It has beon said that If certain re- j 1 suits are not forthcoming In Tues-' ' day's election that I will resign. This T is not true In any particular. I am not a quitter and shall continue In office until ray term expires and will serve the city to thQ best of my ability. Very respectfully, I E. E. STRAW, Mayor. board of health warnings Should be issued in all towns and cities warning people to heed even the slightest cough or cold which if not acted on in time usually develop into serious cases of Bronchitis, Influenza, La Grippe, etc. If all Coughs and Colds were acted upon prompt ly and treated with Nyal's White Pine Cough Jteinedy it would aid much in fighting diseases. It is your duty particularly during tlie change of the season that the following simple rules be fol lowed so preventing the numerous cases of Heavy Colds, Persistent Coughs, Bronchitis, Influenza. La T Ixrippe and particularly Pneumonia. Any of these T if necrlected mav rpsult. hi rvnt!iiivmirm Observe These Simple Rules (a) Always keep a "bottle of Nyal's White Pine Cough Remedy on hand whether you stay at home or travel. (b) When ever you feel a cough or cold coming on, take a dose. (c) Never give even the slightest symptom a chance to develop. (d) Protect yourself from wet and cold as much as possible when talcing Nyal's Wliite Pine Cough R'emedy. (e) Do not take any other medicines with aSTyal 's White Pine Cough Remedy, unless, however the bowels are constipated, then take one or two doses of Nyal's Little Liver Pills. (i) Observe these warnings and you need never fear serious Couehs. Colds, Influenza, Bron . chitis or Pneumonia the coldest or wettest day that comes. Nyal's White Pine, Cough Remedy SOLD C&LY BY i t L0CKHART 8c PARSONS I DRUG COMPANY f fihz Busy Corner" w.-x.w..., vi.4W4.uiij v.viiijjuuuuirut ---. .U- ii I'- r i ftl i.