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"-- - - TrilCOOS BAY TIMES MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1909-EVENING EDITION tW fc COOS BAY TIMES t- . M. C. MALONEY Editor' and Publisher. PAN E, MALONEY , .,, News Editor. AN INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, AND WEEKLY BY THE COOS BAY TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY. Entered at the postofflce at Marsh field, Oregon, through the malls as second class mall matter. for transmission y SUBSCRIPT IO.V RATES. CJ In Ad vnnee. tok.. ' DAILY. (, - ' ,1 One year J5.00 Six months ............. $2.60 Less than 6 months per month 60 WEE KLY. One year $1.60 I WITH THE J : TOAST AND TEA : OFFICIAL PAPER OF COOS COUNTY". v ' , Let Us Talk It Over had"by unworthy action disqualified himself he should not be i solely on that ground. According to Mr. Coke the reason they THERE IS AN OLD proverb which says: "Good Intentions will not help a man on his way If ho takes the Wrong road." I am strongly reminded of this by the action of the Marshfleld city council Tues day evening In refusing to ratify Mayor Straw's appointees, G. W. Car leton and W. R. Haines, to fill the vacancies on the town board. The Times does not hesitate to say that this action all things considered, was reprehensible and unwarranted either by precedent or politics. What ever of justification Councilman Coke and his confreres may have had la their objection to and rejection of W. R. Haines because of his al leged pernicious activity in the late municipal campaign, to place the seal of disapproval on G. W. Carleton because Mr. Coke as he stated, did not know him, was a gratuitous and uncalled for insult' to a gentle man who has done as much for advancing the interests of the city of Marshfleld during his residence here as any man within the municipal confines. Mr. Coke as a city official should be more familiar with the men who are helping to build the city. Mr. Carleton contributed $500 to the dredger fund when it was sorely needed to secure and hold that Important improvement for Coos Bay and the work of which has added value to every dollars worth of property on Coos Bay including Mr. Cpke'a. It was evident from the concerted action, and Mr. Coke's im promptu talk that the council was not so much concerned with the fit ness or the unfitness ef the appointees as it was with administering a rebuko to Mayor Straw. - - - Now, it is known of all men on Coos Bay who' kno enough to know that the city has a mayor that The Times is not a personal or political friend of Mayor Straw. It has criticised him freely, and unreservedly at all times when it deemed-his public actions made criticism neces sary. "To err Is human." Mayor Straw Is human, very human. He has made errors of Judgment and I think he will not- deny It. But be cause a man may have made mistakes is no reason that he should be pilloried and pounded and the city made to suffer for deeds that have passed into history. In the present Instance Mayor" Straw has made an honest and honorable effort to serve the city fairly. He chose two woll-lraowa and prominent business men to act in the capacity of coun cilinen. The Times is not a companion or a champion of either of these men' but It believes they had the q-ialifications to serve the city faith fully and efficiently. In any event more substantial reasons should have been, advanced for their rejection than those given by Mr. Coke. As previously tated, Mr. Haines attitude In the late campaign might have been such that the Citizens' League could not endorse him but until he rejected turned down Mr. Carleton was because they did not know him and the reason for rejecting Haines was that they did know him. It was a clear case of damned If you do and damned If you don't. Mr. Coke's claim that "Mayor Straw did not consider the candidates, that he (Coke) urged for appointment, has nothing to do with the case. Mayor Straw acted within his rights when he made the appointments without consulting anyone. Even then the evidence tends to show that the mayor was not discourteous, but having previoubl y tendered tho positions to Messrs. Carletoa and Haines, he could not well withdraw them until they an nounced their decision. Tho Important fact In the whole unfortunate controversy Is tho evil ef fect that the council's action will ha've on the present complicated situa tion. To place tho matter plainly beforo the people The Times would like to ask Mr. Coke a hypothetical question. If on his way home to night Mr. Coke should happen upon an unfortunate man, who because of over-indulgence In liquor and his own carelessness had fallen and broken an arm, would Mr. Coke cal; for assistance and send the man to a hospital or would he give him a lecture on the evils -of intemperance while the poor man groaued In pain on the roadway? The Times has too much confidence In Mr. Coke's sympathy and humanltarlanlsm to give hut one answer to that question. Even if tho man got his liquor at tho Mlllicoma Club Tho Times thinks Mr. Coke would first assist the man and talk to him later. Now Marshfleld has a fractured financial leg and la going on crutches. The first thing to be done Is to try to heal the injury and not permit the city to He and languish while the physicians quurrol about tho methods by which the injury Is to bo treated. It does not concern the property owners and taxpayers of Coos Bay a tiny tink ers damn whether a councilman belongs to the Citizens League, the Presbyterian church, -the Democratic party or the Evergreen Whist Club, just so long as ho holps straighten out municipal affairs and will earnestly endoavor to aid In giving the city an economical and progressive ad ministration. It is not economy to stop every sort of public and street improvement but on tho contrary Is tho worst form of extravagance. Tho progressive and wide-awake citizens of Marshfleld Including the Cltlions League, will uot endorse and do not want a "do-nothing" po licy adopted under the falso and fictitious form of retrenchment and re form. There uever was a tlmo whon harmony nnd concerted action was so needed as at present. It is n t necessary to sacrifice any prin ciples. We are all alike Interested In tho progross and development of Marsufledd. Nothing, however, can over be accomplished If tho men who should be tho leaders of tho progressive movement sit down and refuse to let the gumo go on because they cannot choose tho players on both side. The Times is not pleading for Mayor Straw, it is pleading for Marhfleld, the city of which wo all are or should bo proud; plead ing for it progress; pleading for Its prosperity. Gentlemen of tho city council a grave responsibility rests upon you as well as upon tho mayor In this crisis. Petty personal mutters should not be considered. Tho politics or organisations or lodges to which a man may belong have no more to do with his fitness and ability to servo the city than tho color of his hair. Haven't we had about enough of boy's playl Now, let's get down to business. GOOD EVENING. No man can live a life when he has genuinely learned that It Is half a life; the other half, the higher life, must haunt him. - ANON. REAL GOOD LUCK. I bought a little god one day; They called hint Bllllkin. While he Is In the house, they say, Misfortune can't come In. I was a scoffer for a while, But now I'm wonderstruck. He has a horseshoe left a mile At warding off bad luck. FINANCIAL bonds and I've had no slump in stocks I have not had the gout, I've lost by flames no brownstone block, No tires have blown out. No office I've been beaten for; I've paid no rebate fine, I've not been made a senator, Nor bought a western mine. No touch .of mal de mer I've had; No duels I have fought; I have not felt T. Roosevelt's gad Nor with the goods been caught. Thus has the grinning Idol slaved For me like any brother And when the money I have saved I mean to get another. ANON. Otto Frankforter was arrested In San Francisco for passing bogus checks. In the chain of evidence against him, we understand not a link was missing. "A man can be a liar without knowing It," declares an eastern col lege professor. No doubt. But he has to be a smooth one on Coos Bay to keep his friends from knowing it. PAY YOUR TAXES THROUGH THE First Trust and Savings Bank OF COOS BAY Without Expense To You Give us the data and we will attend to the payments DIRECTORS. JNO F. HALL, W. S. CHANDLBR, DR. C. W. TOWER, DORSEY KREITZER, JOHN S. COKB STEPHEN C. ROGERS, HENRY BENGSTACKEN, M. C. HORTON, WILLIAM GRIMES, OFFICERS. , JNO. S. COKE. President. DORSEY KREITZER, Cashier. M. C. HORTON, Vice President and Manager. HOHfr-frOVVfrfr-HM-"::' ! "! !' Flanagan & Bennett Bank MARSHFIELD. OREGON. Paid Up Capital and Undivided Profits $75,000 J Assets Over Half Million Dollars. Does a general banking business and draws on the Bank of Call- $ fornla, San Francisco, Cal., First National Bank, Portland, Ore., First National Bank, Roseburg Ore., Hanover National Bank, New J York, N. M. Rothchild & Son, London, England. f Also sell exchange on nearly all the principal cities of Europe. Accounts kept subject to check, safe deposit lock boxes for rent T at 60 cents a month or $6 a year. J INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS I PROFESSIONAL CARDBv DB. J. W. INGRAM Physician nnd Surgeon. Office 208-209 Coos Building Phones Office 1621; Residence 1623 D R. A. L. HOUSEWORTH Physician nnd Snrgcon Offices second floor of Flanagan & Bennett Bank Building. Office hours 2 to 4 p. m.; 7 to 8 p. m. Phone: Office. 1431; Residence. 1433 DR. R. E. GOLDEN Physician nnd Surgeon 202-03 Coos Building. Office hours: 10 to 12 m. 2 to 6 and 7 to 8 p. m. Phones: Office 1051 Residence 105. DR. A. C. BURROUGHS Homeopathic Physician Chronic Diseases c. Specialty. Residence and Ofllce, corner 'C nnd Second Sts., Marshfleld. Phono 1004 DR. 6l Knockers. Since summer In the winter time has come to stay with us, we hear the knockers fuss and fume and tear their hair and cuss. Despite the balmy April air that wafts Its fra grant breeze and tempts the tiny buds to burst upon the apple trees, despite the fact that coal Is high and fires are running low, the growl ing knocker gets the floor and howls, "I told you so!" He says we need a lot of sun; that things are damp and wet, and "all the bulbs I sowed last fall will 'freeze and die, I'll bet." "What will the farmers do?" he cries, "when everything Is dead? And all f us will starve to death if none of us are fed?" "I know the churchyards will grow fat. I see the danger sign of having sum mer all the fall and in the winter time!" Ah, thus he rails from morn till night all up and down the town. I wish, for one, that he would go away back and sit down'" ? THE FIR.ST NATIONAL BANK OF COOS BAY STRICTLY A CODIERCIAL BANK Wells Fargo Nevada National Rank, San Francisco, Cal. The United States National Bank, Portland, Ore. Tho National Park Bank, New York, N. Y. The Corn Exchange National Bank, Chicago, 111. The Bank of Scotland, London, England. The Credit Lyonnnls, Paris, France. In addition we draw drafts on all principal banking centers In Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia. China, Japan, North, Central and South America. Personal and commercial accounts kept subject to check. Certificates of Deposit issued. Safe Deposit Boxes for rent. Draws Drafts on STEAMERS Portland & Coos Bay S. S. Line S. S. BREAKWATER 1 Sails from Ainsworth DockPortland, Wednesdays at 8 p.m S Sails from Coos Bay Saturdays at Service of Tide. g S. S. CZARINA I SAILING BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO AND COOS BAY, CAR- g RYING FREIGHT AND COMBUSTIBLES ONLY. S W.'F.'MOIer, Agt,. Phone Main 233 1 gj 2SH5HSSS?52Sa5HSHSE5H5HESSHSHSasa5P2S51casasa5a5HS2SH52S2iJa5S525H5H5H5 GEORGE W. LESLIE Osteopathic Physician Graduate of American School of Osteopathy, Kirksville, Mo. Office hours: 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Other hours by appointment. Olflce over First National Rank Phone 1611. Marshfleld, Ore. DR. GEO. E. DIX Physician and Surgeon New Flanagan & Bennett Bank Bldg. Phone 16S1 Residence Phone 1655 LAWYERS Francis H. Clarke Jacob M. Blake Lawrence A. Llljeqvist CLARKE, BLAKE & LILJEQVIST Attorneys-At-Law United States Commissioner's Office Trust Building. Marshfleld, Ore. Jc W. BENNETT, Office over Flanagan & Bennett Bank. Marshfleld, Oregon. JOHN D. GOSS Attorney at Law. Marshfleld, Oregon. MISCELLANEOUS MRS. NETTIE AVERY Formerly Nettle Hovel In house adjoining Catholic Church. Obstetrical Nursing. C." MERCHANT, ELECTRICIAN Wiring Done and Guaranteed at Reasonable Rates. Shop: South Marshfleld, Phone 1031 Unanswered Questions. Why is it That Frank Parsons eats Rich foods and all of that The starchy things, the fatty meats And still does not grow fat. While I, who fletcherlze my fare, And live on crusts and tea, Possess a hundredweight to spare, And can't be thin as he? D. Y. STAFFORD. Why is It That Charlie Howard can smoke Fifteen cigars a day, And call tobacco-heart a joke For foolish folks' dismay. While I am warned by wise M. D.'s (Who charge a lordly fee) Unless in Charon's boat I'd squeeze. To let tobacco be? R. E. F. Why is it- Doc Straw can jest With everyone he meets And make them laugh with hearty zest At fresh things he repeats, While If I use familiar ways And say familiar things, A snub that leaves me in a haze Is all such effort brings? DICKS. Why Is it That when lots go down I have just made a "buy," And when Boosters in sorrow frown I cannot heave a sigh? Why is It. too, that he and you Are just tho same as I, And of each thing you cannot do You ask the self-same "Why?" P525HSZSHS2SaSZ52STS2S2SSH5H5HSHS5S2SHSHSaHE2SHS?2SESHSSSESE5ZS2SHS? THE K Steomer M. F. Plant 1 SAILS FROM COOS BAY FOR SAN FRANCISCO EVERY TUESDAY. No reservation held after the arrival of the ship unless ticket I bought. F. S. DOW, Agent, MARSHFIELD, OREGON ESa5HSHSSSESH5aSHS2SS55S2SEnnSH5a2S2SHS2SHSH5Z5HSZSDSE5Z5SSHSHS2S3H; t v uaiiii-OK.iA ojmj vkcuvx tv.iar Mitiijuuir uuitaax. Steamer Alliance E. D. PARSONS, Master. COOS BAY AND PORTLAND SAILS FROM PORTLAND SATURDAYS, 8 P. M. SAILS FROM COOS BAY TUESDAY S, AT SERVICE OF TIDE. l F. P. Baumgartner, Agt H. Wv Skinner, Agt, Couch St. Dock, Portland. Or. Marshfleld, Ore., Phone 441 -i4rtit- w. . TURPEN Architect City Building inspector Over Chamber of Commerce MARSHFIELD, ORE. TWTARSHFIELD TURKISH BATHS 1V1 210-213 Coos Building Hours: Ladies, 10 a. m. to 6 p. m., except Saturday Gents, 7 p. m. to 1 a. m.. except Friday. Phone 2141 TURKISH BATH, $1.00. L. BLIVEN, Prop. T. ILVXSON. V. S, Veterinarian. Phone 1201. Office at Heisner & Miller Co. HOTELS The LATTIN Hotel Guy C. Latin. New nnd modern throughout. Rates $1 per day, $0 per week. Free baths, newly furnished. Phone 2005. Next to cor Sheridan and Queen Ato. Marshfleld, Ore. -- -!' l---4-----b--I-l----- -I .j..ii. .. 1 . Steamer Wilhelmina LUDVIG CHRISTENSRN, Master. Safling for Bandon every Monday. For full tatouoatlon, apply Chaj Thom owner, or H. W. Sklnaer, agent. -- --- - - - ! - - -4 -! -! -.i -.1. -! -.. -- ! - ,, -!- . ALUMINUM ware at MILNER'S. In ?25S5S3e5Z5arT5aSE529P"a STEAMER FAVORITE Ywo trips dally bewn Baatfoa aid Cwullle connecting w'ta all llarsaleld traln. Lmtm Bandon . . .0:45n.m. Heart Hantlon ...1:20 p. w. g Leaves Coqullle. ..0:15 a.m. ft LeaTos Coquille ...4:00p.m. jj TraTeler leaving UarthlleUia the 3 morning reach tUndonamoon People 50 on Cooullle river can ipend orer three in hours in MarshfleM m.i Nihhnm.fk. ru jQ came day, Q S COQUILLE RIVER TRANS- S KJ PORTATION CO. H g5l5?Tt;;,a5Z5?'-35c5??'5Jr''ri& Masters and McLain General Contractor's Building Material and Beaver Hill Coal Office: Broadway & Queen St Phones 2(U1 - 826 SouthMarshfield I t Coal$5.00 per Ton t We solicit your trade. All orders filled promptly. COOS BAY FUEL COMPANY J. C. DOANE SON, Props. Phone 531- or Loavo Orders at I. S. KAUFMAN A CO. - 0-0 e . a . n -a- I HIGH GRADE MFATS The of e0011 wattlf however th- iMntr . i . Wtag, can onlv be suggestive of the debcioui taste and flavor that goes with every piece of nJu w tell. j-.. .... ...v.. am iuo uuu'ceti to can produce. k. n. Noble TEe CITY MARKET; C ad Froat, StresU, Mankfield Oregon :Phoe 1941 T Hi Coos Bay Liquor Co. Makes a specialty a ? of family orders' at h I wholesale prices. Try a case of i EXPORT BEER $ XX QUARTS $2,00 Phone 4S1 --- i a 1 Erte Belircfj a t ,-rrvrKSa9fV,I M"W tr? jzn rr-rmnmzmaasrsr.