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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1911)
-J . THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1911 EVENING EDITION. ?m COOS BAY TIMES Kntorod at tho postoftlco at Marsh flold, Oregon, for transmission through the malls ns bccoihI class otj,r8 Rtlll farther from tts and tho 'space between Is filled with worlds of ttetch out Into the quadrillions en you havo written them, nro tlu not almost Impossible of truo comprehension? And beyond this cuoJ-mously distant slur there nro ttall matter. i - VI. C. MAI.OXKV AX K. MAI.OXKV Ivilltor ami I'uli. News Kdltoi Jlllclnl Paper of Coot County. OlWICIAIi I'AI'KIt OK TIIK CITV OK MAItSIIKIKM). whlclt no man has even dreamed. In 1'ontrant with nil this, our whole planetary system, the sun with nil iu iittondlni? worlds, becomes IiihIriiIII emit, tho onrth Itself becomes as al most luthlng and nion upon tho enrth, vrean wo who somotlmos feel THE SCARLET THREAD ill i in Address nit communications to COOS 11AV IJAIIjV timks, Mai-MilleM :: :: :: :: Oi-ikh WOUKIXO I'oit a I'l'm: KLTPIiV. watku the henvetiH In the days when knew little of their Immensity: "When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy IliiBorH, tho moon and 'the stars, wh.'cli Thou hnst ordnluod; 1 What Is limn, tfint Thou art nilnd 1 fill of him; nud the sou of man, tint Thou vlsltest Iilm? THIS neco8slty of the effort which The Times has been making la bohalf of a puro wntor supply was siiown in tne analysis 01 me ure- . 4 Stnto Hoard of Health printed OHSIMVATIOXS. ' gon In last ovonlng'H pnper. The facts there pro&onted will crystallize public eentlmont lij favor of this Important municipal measure. A newspnper, whon it can touch the public cons cience, Is (ill powerful, as It molds public opinion, creates unity of pur pose and bands together nil the etrong elomojits of socloty. Tho pub lic weal Is tho one tiling to bo sought if success Ih' to crown newspnpor work. This splondld result of nroimlng public of Inlorost comes from tho city council coni'mlttco of North Bond which Is worlrlng In connection with n similar committee of the Mnrs'i llold council, planning ways and moans looking toward the great end to bo doslrod. It mny toko n little time to dccldo idollnltoly on tho prop er courso to Ins pursued Hut tho ef forts of theso Joint committees nnd tho mayors of North Horn! nnd Marsli flold should salvo tho problem of furnishing Coos liny u water supply second to none lor purity to bo found In tho Btnto. f.ot tho public wait a reasonable time, mid then II success lsn matter of doubt they could como forward as a community and assist those engaged In tho goo.d work. old watchdog of the city trensury, ex-Cuiincllmnn Nelson wns doing when that first bill wart presented and allowed for Nelson wns then n member of tho city council. Its Insistent recurrence shows Its Imperfect solution. To say, "Thou sha't not," nnd then bind tho phylacteries of our own virtue upon our fore heads and cover our eyes with the fnco veil of our own mock modesty, does nothing to cure the evil. Legislation never could nnd nover can make halo-encircled saints out of everydny men. Man In his native state knew no sex restrictions save fear of greater strength. In fact, all society, wo are told, Is founded upon tho wants nnd fears of Indlvldunls, nnd In tho progress of civilization each one has learned to sacrifice n pnrt of his natural liberty, that political liberty may bo tho more nhsured. Civilization traveled far down tho centuries before monogamy became n virtue. It. traveled much further boforc open concuninngo became n forbidden prnctlco. It was not until the fourth century that mnrrlne became n church rite. Notwithstanding this, socloty today Is a unit In declaring polygiimy an evil nud prostitution nn nbnmlnntlon bath calcu lated to undermine the homo nnddegrndo mankind In body, mind nud soul. I Hut nil ndvnncoH In science, In nirrnls or religion havo not made men and women nuo whit less male nnd female than were Adam nnd Hvo In their mnrrlagoloss honeymoon In the Garden of Kdon. Neither Is the mntter of sex any less dhlnely ordained today than then. It Is In Its other faculty In n mnnner not If you- ennnot oit the ocenn Sail among the swiftest Hoot, Itocklug on the hfghest billows, I.nughlng ut tho storms you meet, You can stand milling tho sailors Anchored yet with In tho buy You cnu lend u hand- to help them As tlfey lnitndi thejr boats nway. THAT was nn Intcrostlng nnd valu able discovery nindo, by Fire Chlot Trnver that tho Coos Uny Homo Telephone was charging the city f 5 per month for tolephono ser vice In violation of Its franchise agreement. The qiiestlni now Is, "Will tho Telephone comrinny refund whut has already been paid and- If not why not?" Hy tho wny, I wonder vhnt that prostitution, as tho prostitution of any With germs In tho water, meat un der suspicion, paving full of blow holes nud the hnrem skirt, I wonder want the world Is coming to. wiikx wis 2KT iurri:i n. Intended by tho Creator, wherein II- b tho wrong. Klbcrt Hubbard, with nil his fealcss battling down of the 8cnsoleis superstitions which havo grown up about the great and beautiful wall of truth, in a recent Issue of his mngazlno made tho mlstnko of pleading for the setting aside of all legal mnrrlngo ceremony, because It inter feres with men'H nnturnl liberty. To advocate such a doctrine U to court government suicide. It is imprnctlciblo: It Ih illogical. The matter of property rights, as woll us Innumerable questions of parental duty to educnto and support their offspring, ralpo Insurmountable barriers to any departure from tho present Inw. That history abounds with fnmm's nlllnltles whose relations wcic 0 Mary Lnulso McArth'tr vns prob ably ono of tho happiest llttlo girls orowncd with tho highest of Idealism arc exceptions that prove the rule. In Miirshlleld this week. Her Joy Conventionality mny riot bo necessary for great souls, but like a beaten resulted from receiving n beautiful trail through a now country, besot with wild beasts nud dangerous plt- :ialr of hiiow whlto carrier pigeons falls. It Is best for all to follow, bo'h strong nnd weak. Mnrnnge mo- duly puffed up nbout our own &ant wr )y ,, frlaml from Sacrnmon- nngnn,y Is absolutely nccessnry If governments nro to live and man not pnrticuiar importance nnu our to. California. 12. D. brushed nn IiIh deconornto to tho bruto from whonco lie camo. The ntavlo predilection CCASIONALV.Y, when wo got un- iichlevemo'uts, It does us good to got out of doors beneath tho stnr-Htudded heavens on u clojr night and there ponder a bit upon the marvelous big ness of things thl'.t are outside of nnd boyoud oiimeHes and this earth. AstronomerH have recently given us new llgures on tw immensity or tho universe to ovivsiwo us. Prof. Simon Nowcniub In his Intent work tolls us that modern telocop(8 have detected out tlier li the skltM, tr inendoiiHly far beyond what, wo ea:i comprehend as hyord, stars or plan ets ho remote Hint St taken not low than 1,000 yen is for ray of Unlit to travel the distance to thU Mirth. Now roeull from your Bqhi.l days thU fact, notice koiiio of tho Wlllnmotto thut light travels at' tho enormoim Vullvy' papers brag nbout the fcpoed of lSd.OOO in IV os nor seeond. Mench trees of tluU suction oomliiK In Can you owtlnittto hov: many miles to bloom nud lutli'nnt that the vnl nwuy those recently found stunt tire? ley will produce nn abundant crop of You must multiply 3,l0 seconds psr ponehoi this suiumor. Why, dear hour by 21 hours per day by aOM't boys that Isn't nnythliuc to hrng diiyn per yer by 1,000 iihn by ISi?,- nbout: Coo Hay has 'em tho year 000 miles to get the dls Vnco, und you .around, nud they're soma peaches, must unite the result lirjlltsuivs that J too. ' L M 1 knowledge of architecture and con- Is vory strong under tho greatest decree of Intellectual dovolopmcnt It structed a cote for them. As currier Is nothing short of nlnrmlug In tho lower, planes of civilization. There pigeons nro exemplars of tho Iloose- mny bo legal regulations ndequnto ti control such nn nbolltlon of "ethlc volt theory on nice sulcldo 12. I). ox- ul restraint," as Mine Negri recently 'advocated, but they hnv.) not yet poets to have several pair of thesq been discovered or suggestod. Hut these pleas for freedom, coming as pretty birds before tho season Is over, they do from grent Intellect!,, can but glvo a hint of those tendencies which actuate the lena responsible, despite nil legnl restraints nud restric tions. I Hero nro tho cold, ugly facts. Thero Is not n city In the United Stntos spas- modlc reform like tho Portland raids, though actuated by the highest motives, servos but to stir up tho evil, sending the poison Into every high- ....... ....! 1.......... ... ....... ...... .. iif li nll.'a llfrt saloon ' """ ,' '"; " " o inw. !! r .;-wra?rvr .r H. HIiV'1H9 - r f. , ;; ' -r? ll'l3WftaIaZ ,,lrf TBI SF "' m Ay r J, Bl - My. how tho times do chnnge! Tu coma recently voted at a special elec- flflll tfl lllfllfit II in, nff.itiu.i tt iiul; n friend to have a drink nnd carried It. I w"h0l,t ,u ,,0,,B08 of m-fnmo moro. or 1,,HS "on,y " too, nnd It's only beon n fow yonrs since It was as much ns your life wns worth to go Into a Tacomn mil cull for a drink without liivU-i Woll-inonnlng (roforniors periodically demand that "tho laws be oil ing overybody In tho houso to Join forced" ns to tho social evil. It iiikes courago, moral and political, for you, nny executive to admit that there nro lusiirmountnhlo barriers nnd that segregation Is-tho only solution. Kxecutlvos lacking this courage are soon Impelled by -cries of "temporizing with sin," "trnllloklng In vice," "pal llntlng wrong" to hasten to promise reform, woll knowing its futility. The physician called In to .treat n case of systemic blood polbonlng, re sulting from n pin scratch, kutvws that If ho can localize tho poison 'a ml keep It from the patient's limrt, the bnttlo Is half won; for t litre he can wutch, treat, nnd ultimately eradicnto It. The comparison Is obvious. The plan suggested of having n restricted district Is not n compromise, but n rtmohlng out for n practical nud offeotlvo handling of tho greatest evil of modern tlmos. Mnrshneld'H abolishment of tho 'ost rioted district has not orndlcuted the evil. It Is true the former district wns too public and too prominent. It should bo so locnlod that Its vice cannot be Haunted nnd that prop erty ownors cannot complain of depreciated valuos. Thero, hcusog may be occupied nnd pollco surveillance nud medical inspection bo of the strictest nud most compiiiuory nature. In addition, it would he woll that llqimr selling bo absolutely prohibit ed in this dtctrlct under pounlty of Immediate revocation of llionse, I.3t tho liiniutoa be known for what they are, but let the protecting ami of the law be the scarlet thread which shall stand betweou them and blood money. Let the district bo known .is e'lioh, so that those who frequent the locality must nsaumo the penalty of publicity. Lot that penalty be tho absolute social ostracism of the uaod women of the city who, aside from questions of morality, do not care to welcome to tholr homes men who havo not risen high enough in their uiontnl and othloal dovolop inent to be masters of thenisolvos. As for tho Inmates, what can be said? Whethor It bo notural tenden cy, loose moral Ideals, oarly environment, brokon vows or bitter, sordid necessity that brings them to these depths, tho result is pitifully the snino. Socloty has spoken the thumbs are down the law of tho Medes and Persians was not more Inexorable. The remedy suggostod nay be practicable, It may bo the flml solution: b-it as for the unfortunate women Oid help them. m 3vte:.tSa- - " CfyljJ&J-lSTX? ytr-9 ' Se" & JOSHUA'S spies in answer to n request for protection from Itnhab, tho harlot, with whom they had taken refugo and from whose iibodo they had beon let down by her so na to escape their pursuers, replied: "Heboid, when we come into the land, thou shnlt bind this lino of Bcarlet thread In the window, which thou iltiUt let us down b:" Thus did tho scarlet thread become tho s'gn by which thoy should know her, but It also became her proMctlou. The problem of the scnrlet woninn Is ns o"lh ns civilization. Krom the 'punVd up nnd Important, as less thiin standpoint of n municipality It Ib not n question of morality but of social nothing. It U no wonder that tho economy. No studied evasion, hypocritical modesty or fanatical Phnrl psalmist wrote ns he contemplntod i snlsm will make It any lets real ordangerous. he GET A KODAK NOW TIIK.V YOU AVI Mi IIAVK A (JOOl) l.OXO SUMMKK OV KX.IOY JIUXT. KODAKS KKOM $! OU TO 03.00. K KKKP ALL FILMS AND SUPPMKS. Red Cross Drug Store Has Scarlet Fever, The Vnsey home on South Fifth street, near Hall ovenue, was quarantined fdny, their little son bolug HI of scarlet fever. HOW IS YOUR MILK SUPPLY? Miirshlleld for somo time hns abandoned the roitrlctod district and ns sumed a virtue It did not possess. The result hns been that the evil hns spread Into many pnrts of tho city. Today a Binnll segmont movos from South Hroadway. Vhore7 To North Hroadway. This Is only temporl. Ing with the ovll. This removal was absolutoly essential and necessno and wns delayed too long. Tho Times hns no npology to make far hnndllng tho question boldly. Thorc Is no moro reason foi npproachlng tho subject with ambiguous aaa Alinigungo than thero Is for speaking soflly In the prosenco of the dead. Fine Silk Taffeta Petticoats Regular$5 Grade, Only$3.95 lust take a look at these Petticoats In 1 1 nur show window. We know von urill say this is the best silk petticoat value you ever saw. We have only two doz en of them and they are offered; for Monday Tuesday and Wednesday at the specially low price of $3.95. Colors are Black; Navy, Tan, Green and Gray, 12 Dozen Pretty Lingerie Shirt Waists, $2.25 Values Special, Only $1.50 These Shirtwaists come from one of the best shirtwaist makers in the coun try from Philadelphia. Each waist is made of splendid material some are plain white lawns, trimmed daintily with pretty laces and embroderies; some are of the popular crossbarred lawn, while others are of pretty printed materials with Paul Poisette collars. Here is an extraordinary shirtwaist buy. American Lady Corsets Now Here These Popular Corsets Priced $1 to $5 If you have been waiting for an Am erican Lady, or if ycu want the very newest and best model in a corset, we can now supply you. There is no cor set "just as good-" as the American Lady. It stands out and above all oth er American and Foreign made corsets. The American Lady has won a firm ' and fixed place in the hearts of Ameri can women in fact it is the one corset that never fails to give gracer charm and comfort to the wearer. American Lady models, Only $1.00 to $5.00. M Agents for Ladies Home Jouriul Patterns iri7PC? Coos Building, fi 1 iLaAL? Mai-elifiVM Exclusive Things for Women COOS BAY-ROSEBURG STAGE LINt Dally stage between Hos.cburg anil Mnrblifleld. Stage leaves dally nnd Sundays at T p. in. Fare, $0.00. i..??.nU5TTE"' MmX' C V" "AKXA1H1. 1-0 MAHIvOT AY., Mai.hiUdd. Agent, HOSEIU'RO, Ore, I'HO.NE U to be clean, fresh, pure and I !ln Sedentary habits, lack of outdoor exorcise, Insutllclont mastication ot food, constipation, a torpid live-, worry and naxloty, aro the moiit common cnusos of stomneh trouble. Correct your habits nnd tnko Chnm borlaln's Stomach and Liver Tnblotn and you will soon bo woll again. For sale by all dealers. Try Tho Times Want Ads Hotter Havo Snechl nnil Madden Furnish You With Tin, Clean juhI iflch Milk nnil Civnm Where do you get your milk and crenm? Is It clean, puro and rich? If It Isn't, you had bottor try Sac- They guirantoo their chl & Madden. milk rich. v eei meir uiupiy from the noted Price dairy at Sumner. This1 dairy has beeu noted for its hhth ' grail cows and the cleanliness of the place. Mr. Price 1 .m- .. tor 6veral liumiii ,ii worth of additional equipment to still further improve the dairy The milk Is shipped down twice a day in sealed bottles, Insuring It against contamination. Beglnnlnir todnv. m, .. and gladden win 1,"" ' m "u ,croam to the sumuw sched ule of prices. If you want the best milk and cream and reliable deliver- Berv,co better leave or phone yo,,; or," ?J SaCChi Sr XfnJ x . . "! DlOl at once. m S Brocorr . EO. N. BOW, - - Btanager. Front Street, Marshfleld. Easter Greetings TO OUIl M.' FHIKXDS: 1 Wo are better prepared than ever !to serve you with I Faster Cards. . . . 5, 10, 20 and 25c KnMer Rabbits. . .5, 10 and 25e Xntimil Chicks and Ducks. . . .l5c Cotton Rabbits 2c up and all kinds of novelties. Tho stock is all fresh nnd new, bet tor supply .your wants. Now we will save you money. POOS BAY ASH STORE Tho Storo That Saves You Money. iVtii bittfabb