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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1911)
rmiwi V- Of p JESSS J rl l23EB&2SuS rrr'TTii' 7j x &Jk, 2M&&3aUUfeJ3i ;' THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1911-1 i t I I ;fl: j i M NT ' 1 J ' n vt V COOS BAYSTIMES Entered nt tho postoftlco at Marsh Hold, Oregon, for transmission through tho mails os second clast mall matter. M. C. MALOXEY DAX K. MALOXEY Editor and Pub. Xcws lid I tor An Indopendcnt Republican news paper published overy evening except Bunday, and Weekly by Xho Coos liny Times Publishing Co. Dedicated to tho service of tho yoople, that no good causo shall lack a. champion, and that evil shall not thrlvo unopposed. Tho Coos Day Times represents a consolidation of the Dally Coast Mall and Tho Coos Day Advertiser. Tho Coast Mall was tho first dally estab lished on Coos Day and Tho Coon Day Times Is its immediate suc cessor. SUHSCHIITIOX hates. DAILY. Ono year JC.Ou Per month 60 When paid strictly In advance the subscription prlco of tho Coos Day Times Is 15.00 per year or $2.50 for olx months. WEEKLY. Ono year $1.50 Official Paper of Coos County. oi-ticiaij papeh or tim: cm or makshfield. Addrros nil communications to COOS HAY DAILY TIMES, Mnndifleld :: :: :: :: Oregon A KHIEXDLY IIIXT. HE honor conferred In a popular election to public post mid re sponsibility pro-supposes a de A termination, on tho part of tho mnii t so distinctly esteemed, to do for the community something more, In his particular orbit of olllclnl. action, than tins over been done by his pre- decossors. This Is entirely roaHon "inblo and wholly oxliected. Election, nnd re-election, cnllB for betterment nf ihn milltln Uftwvtnn nt fli.t linmla nf .. ' V, . , jiiu now iiiiiii nau mo oiu; it ih one Ot tho constituent Ideas of progress 'to which tho people hold with tenac- 'Ity, and In which they nro sorely disappointed If It bo not forth-com ing. Therefore wo very respectfully f gout that tho newly Installed "111 1 'M of tho city and county study out 1' lr share of this new nrress to the c Hclal Integrity and utility of the jijillo sorvlce. Thoro nro hundrods of ways In which this mny ho done, not tho least or which Is the niluilfyliig or the liiiHlnexH processes of the various of llcos; the bringing down to simple nnd understandable rule and base or nil tho minutiae or public transac tion nnd engagement and the clarify ing of nil nmhlguuua nud red-tape forms nuil features, and tho reduc tion or tho public font nro, nud the reduction or the public business to levol of honso nnd sanity ho nppro clablo In the commoner walks of life. Every olllcer hereabout has some mnttor of Importance to dispone of wltloh he has Inherited with the of 1lco: Homo gravo concern to adjust nud eomploto; nnd It Is up to him to give thouiiht to the happiest solu tion of those big thing, In order that ho may take hold or them with VrooUlou and, practical understanding nud dispatch them to hi, aud the coiumuiiltj's credit. It will do him good aud bin success will ho nppro vlntod everywhere oiKhIiIh his olllco: ovory new davlro tor the saving or t'mo and labor and money to the VUhllc Is Just hb nppllcnble In public lidmlnlfltratlon as In private align ment nud he who achieve those Im provements It tint only a good ser vant but n public benefactor In the liest sense ot the term. WO.MAMUH'SKKKKPKU I'Olt THE HISTTim.MK.VT OK AMKItU'A.V CITIES. THE work that was Instituted In Maraunold by the A. X. W. club lu IU famous nnmml Clean I'm Day has boon, duplicated on a larger and more ctitttniiou scale by Mrs. C'urollue llm-tlett Craue. of Kaluuiaion. Michigan. jtfrs. Crane hold that much In the ovcruint of r'ty Is mere house keeping on a big pale. She thluks fiat the loaaon ny this port of v(c activities la badly done is that tn do not know how to keep house, v'omen have hoped that since dirty -eU, through which they muat , i to their huiuea, are part of men's norld. meu would learn to i nt thorn eleau: but tho light of i". lio,i ii us railed. So woman, In the person of Mrs. Crnno, committed assault and battery on tho dirt of Knlnmazoo. Mrs. Crane resigned her pastorate, organized a women's league of civic luipiovetncnt and took charge of tho street cleaning. As sho was "on to her job" nnd also saved tho city $3.39 on each unit of work, Kala mazoo speedily applied her plan to the entire fclty. Then she and her lenguo clonncd up dnlrlos, markets and slnughtcr houses, Inspected nil public Institu tions nnd compelled the authorities to right nil bad conditions. Tho fame of tho thing spread abroad. Outside cities by tho scoro sought out the maker of "Spotless Town" nnd had her mnko them into model cities In respect of cleanli ness. Then tho St. Paul Conserva tion congress hnd her tell of her methods and results. The upshot wns that Minnesota hired her to in spect Its 12 largest towns, nnd that she Is giving them tho house-cleaning of their lives. Mrs. Crnno's activities almost al ways end In lasting betterment of tho public conditions of health. This would Indicate what mny bo done by continuous effort. It sug gests thnt the scope of tho A. X. W. club bo onlnrgod and broadened by being expanded Into n womnn's longuo of civic Improvement whoso work would not bo spasmodic but continuous for tho betterment and beauty of Marshflcld. at tim: last axalysis tiik VOTEH. R EVIEWIXG tho increasing popu larity of tho Inltlntivo and re ferendum, tho recnll nnd np- proxlmnte devices In popular govern ment, Tho Xow Dcdford (Mnss.) Standard enmmonts thnt these ap pliances will not, nlono and unaided, -uitomntlcaMy Insuro elllclency ofnd .nlulBtrutlon, or such n "millennium" as their advocates fancy. This Is true. Tho devices mentioned nro simply tho mechnnicnl nlils Invoked togot government closer to tho people, nnd to Insuro thnt tho public will shall be exerted upon governmental poli cies. Hut tlioro Is no substitute for In- dlvldunl Intelligence nnd conscience nt the ballot box. It Is concolvnble thnt oven with tho Initiative and lorerendum, the recall nud other menim of direct pop ular vote, a state or n nntlon or n city could bo nflllctod by Inferior government. As long us tho domngngiio Inhabits human llceli mid blood and exerts a ertnln away over voters, mid ns long ns ninny peoplo profor to have tholr mlltlcul thought pro-digested, so to sponk, not nil tho devices ror direct government In existence can Insure Immunity from error nnd excess. The solution lieu in 'tho Individual voter viewing his civic obligations with Boinowhnt of tho seriousness ho nttnehos to his private obligations. W'lion thnt practice becomes univer sal, wo shall hnvo made tor progress 'oward uniform elllclency In govern ment. a quiet tip. (Mra. Yoaknin appointed Dairy Item.) has again boon Inspector News To Inspect only dnlry milk I little short ot blindness: For tho moat adulterated sort Is the milk of huiium kindness. QUESTION' OK THE DAY. llae ,ou kept your New Year's renilvo jet? A King's Hobby. Th" late Mug of .Slmn bad an extntor 'Unary hobby-that of collecting empty iiiatehboxcs of all milieus, in this connection an liitenMlng story Is re hired. During one of his visits to Eng. land the king while pacing down Hond street one afternoon, aceonipnnled by two members of his suit, espied an empty matchbox which had been dls carded by Its owner mid thrown away Into the middle of the thoroughfare. Without n moineut's thought the inon arih dnalicd Into the middle of the crowded truffle, grasped the much cov et, d treasure ami was nearly tun over by ti (Hissing cab. The fact, however, tint ho was able to add a new specl iron to hU collectUm iTMtberwl undar audi clrvuniKtiiiut more than com- Ik'uxfltcd hlui fur tho rUk which he hnd I run. Umdou .News. Proving His Contention. "Jones Is nn uptliiit. even In the most discouraging ilivuuistauces, Un't ner "Whj", no. Ills mothcr-in-lHw is fcllguily indisposed, ami he thinks (here's ii-i hope for her recovery." "Well, what did 1 tell youV'-Cleve. laud Leader. Get your HPXTEIPS nud AXG- LEU'S LICEXSE at .MILXEH'S. THE ELECTROSCOPE. Instrument by Which tho Presence of Electricity Is Detected. The electroscope Is mi Instrument for the detection of ulectilclty. It depends for its netlon on the principle that bodies charged with like electricity re pel, while those charged with unlike electricity attract each other. The ordi nary pith ball suspended on a Mlk thread Is tho simplest form of the in- Ftruincnt. The most common typo of electro scope Is thnt devised by Dennett In 17S7 and known ns the gold lenf elec troscope. It consists of two strips of gold leaf or thin aluminium foil sus pended from tho lower extremity of n conductor within n glass bottle or Jar. The upper end of the conductor ter minates in a bail or a plate In case the Instrument Is to be used ns n condens ing electroscope. If n body charged with positive electricity Is brought near the knob of the electroscopo the nega tive electricity will bo nttracted to the knob and the positive repelled to tho leaves, which diverge. If now tho fin ger Is touched to tho knob tho posltivo electricity Is drawn off and tho leaves collapse, while tho negative electricity Is held bound. Itemovlng tho charged body, the leaves will dlvergo again, charged with negative electricity. In this case the Instrument can be used to determine the nature of n chnrge of a body brought near It. as with u posi tive charge the leaves will collapse and with n negative charge spread farther apart. Exchange. A STUDY IN FIGURES. Calculations Necessary to Produce the Nautical Almanac. It may safely be said that no ono outsldo the publishing olllco hns read tho entire Xautlcal Almanac from be ginning to end, but each figure of tho printed nlmnnac Is In the olllco ex amined twice nnd rend three times. The total number of figures exceeds n million: but. grent as that number Is. It Is trilling compared with tho num ber of figures employed In the calcula tions, ns the almanac figures repre sent "bare" results only. The moon, for Instance, requires for Its calcu lation more than a million and a half of figures, mid similarly with other branches of the work, such ns tho sun. the planets, etc. Contrary to the general opinion, practically every fig ure In the book Is fresh from year to year. The tables from which nenrly nil the work Is cnleulutcd have been original ly constructed from the labors of the astronomical observer and to u largo extent from the observations of the sun, moon nud planets made at tho Itoyal observatory, Greenwich. Tele scopes nnd other nstroiiomlcnl appli ances nro conspicuously absent, ns the work of the stuff Is purely ninthemntl cnl mid not observational. London Telegraph. A Legend of Mount Oml. Mount Oml. on the border between western China mid Tibet, has the long est staircase In the world. On top of the mountain there stands u Huddhlst temple, around which gather some of the holiest traditions of that religion and which Is made a Mecca to the Chinese. To facilitate the ascent of Its slippery sides some 20,000 steps have been cut In the mountain, form ing u single lllght, up which tho pil grim tolls. Hecause of Its Inaccessi bility few Europeans have ever visited the spot, but a number of travelers have ascended the stairway mid are positive that It Is no legendary myth. There Is u legend that lu earlier times the pilgrim was forced to nsccud tho mountain without artificial nlds until the monks conceived the plan of ro- Hilrlng every pilgrim who would gain especial beeellt of his Journey to cut ii single step. Some Consolation. He wns a frugal Scot and when tho collection plate came round dropped hi a tlorlu hi mistake for the humble copper. Speedily discovering his mis take, however, he stepped softly down the aisle and retpioMed the oof gath erer to give him buck the coin, which request was politely but firmly re fused. A shade of disappointment lilt led over the northerner's face us ho wnlkcd slowly back to his pew. "Aw eel." he said, "It's u loss, but there's some stun" cousolntlon lu re (lectin' It's u bad oue. It might hnvo got me Into trouble anywhere else." Uuulou Telegraph. Dickens and His Wife. Commenting on the unhappy rela tions between Dickens and his wire, Goldwln Smith wrote lu one or his last papers: "It was a common ease. Dick ens had married at a low level, and his wife had uot rlcen with him: otherwise there was no fault on her side. Tho matrimonial history of writers of works of Imagination has often been unhappy. Their imagination turns the woman Into mi angel, nnd then they tltiil that she Is a woman." Two Is Company, "Have you ever le.ed Iwfore?" asked the coy maid. "Yea." jawned the worldly young niau. "uut-uever Ik ore a chaperon, two small brothers nud u m bulldog." Ami theu she suggested a trip down the old road to see the stars.-Chlcugo News. A Sugar Coated Pill. "How did you ierunde your daugh ter to learn kitchen work?" "lly calling It domestic solonee." IMttsburg Pct. Tho way of the world Is to make laws, but follow customs.-Moutulgno. i Ladies Coats, Suits mi Dresses Go at Less Than Half Price During the coming week nil our Winter Slocks of High Class Women's Itcmly-to-Wcm-iiblcs will go regardless of cost. Our large Mock of Suits, Coat.f, etc., makes of this sale one of more limit usual Importance. Doens of bargains as groat as the ones quoted below. You cannot nlTortl not to investigate. The following prices speak for themselves. Come early. $35.00 Ladles Tailored Suits. $27.50 Ladles Tailored Suits... $1G.50 Ladles Tailored Suits... $35.00 Ladles Droadcloth Conts. $30.00 Ladles Droadcloth Coats. coos huildixg A TURBULENT VOLCANO. the Boiling Hot Pools of Toal, In the Philippines. The central or main crater of Tnal Is nearly round. Its diameter on nn ulr line north nud south Is 0.'J3.'I feet nnd the cnst-west diameter 7,51(1 feet. The edge of this crater Is somewhat Irreg ular, but Is nowhere broken through, us highest point standing nt only 1,050 teet above sea level and Its lowest nt 42(1 feet. Wlthlti the rim nro two hot pools, Known respectively ns the yellow mid he green lake, mid u little active conu nbovo fifty feet In height from which escape steam and sulphurous gas in varying quantities. In .the smaller lako every fow min utes the water lu the center Is blown up like nn Imiueuso bubble, which, ris ing above the surface, llnnlly bursts, re icallng n black orifice mid causing the tolling nud very turbulent water to as Mime all Imaginable colors. Tho aque wh vapor escaping Is siilllclent to form a broait, sinokellke column which Is clslhlo especially during the night nnd !:i the early morning. At some distance and boforo reach ing the edge 'of the crater, where n "lew of the bottom can bo obtained, the rumbling sound produced by the sscnplng vapor, under the Inlluonee of the mysterious HUbterrnnemi forces, can be heard like that of mi Immense boiling kettle. The greatest eruption of Tnnl took placo in 1731. The eruption began on Mny Hi and did not end till Dec. 1. During this dreadful time the Intensity and aspect of the eruption were con tinually changing, mid tho four princi pal towns of the lagiiua of Uoniboii dis appeared viz. Sala, I.lpa, Tamilian nud Tnnl, with tho numerous villages around them. Manila Times. Pasteur's Revenge. In Yallery-Itadofs "Lire or Pasteur" we read the story or his inlserj. It Is tJilUB to say that the war nearly l,rolJl "I heart. Hut It broke neither ins iiiiiii nor too Hiruigui lino or ills work. Only a sort of rage possessed him to redeem nnd cousolo Krance by working ror her. "Henceforth," he bald, "every one of my books shall have written on It these words, 'lie venge, revenge, revenge.' " And this was his revenge, to set the namo of franco In the honors list of scleuco higher than ever, to give tho rest of his life to her service and to wear him self out for her sake. , After a Fashion. Heportcr Senator, ir I mlstako not, votrr name has been mentioned onco or twice In connection with the president-. Senator I.otsmun Why, j-esj a Lon don Journal, I believe, once remarked that U the olllee or presldeut or the I'nlted States wns ror sale I would probably buy It.-Chleago Tribune. Well Guarded. "Wuz yew guarded in yoro conduct wlille yew wjz lu teown, son?" nsked V'.' old man. "Shore thing, dad." replied the boy. "I wuz guarded by two perllcomon most uv th' tlnio."-Chlengo Xows. Chorus Cowed the Cow. "I thought I would Introduco n real flw into my eomli opera." "How did It work?" "Didn't wotk at ull. The milkmaids frightened the cow."-Plttsburg Post. Wuteh ror opportunities. Things nro best douo in scsuuji. XOTICE Ou January l, 1911. the business conduoted by Chas. Stauff was suo esoded by Stauff Grocery Co. All parsons knowing themselves indebt ed to tho former firm will pjoaso call and settle. CHAS. STAUFF. . . $19.85 $14.50 $9.50 $23.00 $19.50 MYERS Qothlo Architecture Gothic architecture began about the ninth century ufter Christ mid soon began to Hprc.id nil over Europe. Its great feature Is the pointed inch, nud it was nt first called the "pointed style." Most of the glorious old world cathedrals nre lu the Gothic, mid It la generally conceded thnt for religious purposes no other style of architecture is so perfectly suited. It has been said that the first Idea of tho Gothic was suggested by the Interlacing boughs nud trunks of the great woods In which Germnn Christianity was formed: hence the name Gothic Xew Vork American. Still More Painful. The Young Polltlclau I can assure you there Is nothing more painful than having to make erer one's first speech In public Young Politician's Wife Oh, yes. there Is. dear! Young Politician (dlspleasedi-Then what Is It, pray? Young Politician's Wife (sweutly) Having to listen to It. my dear. He Was Considerate. She I should like tlint lovely pearl necklace. Look wlmt beauties they nre. He It's better not to have such largo pearls, my dear. Ptstple always think they me raise. .Journal Amusaut. Mnrrlage. "Marriage." said the serious man Is an education lu Itself." "Yes," commented old Grouch, "It teaches you what uot to do ufter you have done It." Boston Transcript. Lovo of our neighbor Is tho only door out of the dungeon or self. Mac Douald. Chess In Ancient Cevlon. I In ancient Ceylon the game of chess was played with local variations pe - ctillur enough to note. The king may not castle, but ho Is permitted to Jump llko n knight till checked. The pawns nre exchangeable on the Inst row for tho pieces on whoso row they stand, . Though the world may owe overy man n living, only tho persisted col- lector gets it. Tnko your Sl'XDAY DIXXEU nt The CHAXDLEU. Special menu ItESEUYE tables for P.vitTir i- PIIOXE. Week's - be p your Red Cross Phone 122J $18.00 Ladles Coats DIack nnd tg Cf Colors PTOV) iSM ".".". :.:.:::::: :::::::.. $2.50 $2.50 American Lndy Corsets, a q medium nnd short TrO $1-1.00 Wool Dresses (DO Cfi MAHSIIKIKLD, OHK. DISLIKES INN0VAT.0NS. Hence tho Rhino Ollndly Attacks Any thing Now to Him. Sir Frederick Tieves. the distinguish' cd lliitlsh surgeon. In his book "Ugnn-I da For a Holiday" has a word or two ' to say about the rhinoceros. "The rhinoceros Is the embodiment i of blind comorvntlsin," he writes. "Its ' hide Is Impenetrable, Its vision Is wenk, I while Its Intellect is weaker. It hns, however, two marked qualities com- j lmtlvencss mid n sense or smell. It Is nroiMed to Its maximum energy by the' presence or anything that Is now. This object need uot bo n thing thnt Is ag gressive or Inconvenient. Its offensive uess depends upon the fact thnt It Is unfamiliar, mid the more unfamiliar the object Is the worso tho rhinoceros nets. "When a rhinoceros smells n man he will charge him with maniacal vio lence, although tho man may be mere ly sitting on n stool rending Milton. The massive beast will dash nt him like ii torpedo or a runaway locomo tive simply because tho smell of him Is novel, Actuated by this Insane hate of whatever savors or nn Innovation, the rhinoceros has charged mi Iron wa ter tank on the outskirts of n camp mid has crumpled It up as n blacksmith would mi empty meat tin. "A conservutlvo rhinoceros with a senile dislike or nnythlng new onco charged u train mi the Uganda railway, but with no more serious results than the tearing nwny or tho rootbonrd of n carriage. As regards tho rhinoceros In thls(case. It appeared surprised thnt a thing composed, ns It had Imagined, ot llesh nud blood could bo so hard. It went off with nn additional grlevnnco mill nfl ttinr.inan.l ui,nllln. t tt.n I, Anil ' Sensitive, j "Miss Pnssay Is furious with thnt loclety reporter." J "Why so?" ' "Ho published the announcement of ,up "PProuehlng wedding under tho i col,in" headed 'Late Engagements. " Life. , Getting Serious, "Flubdub says he Is thinking serious j- nbo-it marriage." I "Why. 1 thought ho was married tu' or tlim months ago." "s" ll0 w,,s' m,t lu u Jus beglnulug .'.' "mu wnoiwiy about lt."-Town 'Poll!,, IMABJMEV Ri!l;Di!iii.S HOW'S THAT COUGH ? JO. m Wo have all tho usual cough medi cines but we particularly recommend our German Cough Cure 23e mid 30c BreaU - up - a - Cold" cold, too. Tablets Dru g Store M h v: PLUMHIXG at MILXEH'S. mmm wi, i gj gj '"2?PSZz: SLfe3ESg,--B mfrt