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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1912)
THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, EVENING EDITION- MM,MMMi lltll"M M. . WMllt- 111, -; MARS V t I t . 1.11 I, u tin1 'largest city ,iiid In'Coos coun- tiiro that Is rosy i'ii glow of prom- i 1 1 If in tho length i in' wholo United i. lie found another an interesting and i .ih that of Marshlleld, ..'. 4 t inutilclpulltlis .i . it I1011L railroad conim t- OlltHl.ll WOl'ld. ilbnilt t'i beliellt of mien n iwi- M.'iralillt l ha ,"'' " ' into lier own the c t - . In IHfil and a rnlln ! .ivt-tetl for "Hit! last I" i nil things i'onn to Hi" i and work while llifj v course of two joars, h nil plain at prosuit k.io ,ji- ti.i.ns from the traiifc . i ini will lie t'lituuiiK .Mn 11 l(i - r AIISII M ; W I1 I lee " nnd i cli b. OD II' i 1 i f Il J HF1ELD, A METROPOLIS IN TH .ITTMS CITIES fX TUB l-N-ITBIl STATES-HAS ALL , THJS COMPOKTS A'iJiUKCT ' S CIAS. ELECTRICITY AND PAVED STREETS I.UJIITBD WITH CLl'SlhU hUhl I II" I-'"" HAIMVAY WILL SOON HE IN COl'KSE OF CONSTHl C1I0.N ONB OP TUB 1. V'tlBST 1 METROPOLIS HAS E M AKIN a i mo mo UN - ...rrs, iflHtei '. i1BrTilBBlB?ll3BWrffTffTTigf i "Jl jbtf Ti KJibtKtnt 'J. r' 'I ' ' "r 'iOflH ' -1? KJwbwkw I jy BWBlBi!llBslB"li A " (liiWiWl.Bl3s3iJcJBMfml! iBBHHibu flBBM.. liPcclfltViitinzfllhhlnMiHMHihVBihfffHSfJitfctf il A VIEW OF TJIE KESIDENCE SECTION OFMA'TSURTELD OYERLOOKIXCI THE TPPER KAY. nil I a tin Iv Mnrshllrld hni been waiting for a long period. During the mamr por tion of thin period no pm ilrulnr ef fort wn iniitlo tit sectue ru Iroatl connections, although these have been greatly desired, hut neverthe less the cltlzciiM have been gradually building up one of the niost sub- - " . stnntlnl cities In the United Stales, tries. In any event transportation north, the Southern Pacific from Eu- Hint Coos county possesses the cream graduates to enter aliuost nny coi- This lias counted In the Inst few by water has Insured connection with g.no and the electric lino and tho of the timber belt. iogo n the I'nlted States. The gram- yoars for In the efforts which the tho centers nil along tho const. Coos Hay & Oregon Southern cast to The prcsenco of the crudo mater-' .i,,wll ,iiirtiiiint la onunlly residents of the municipality hnva However, never has the railroad Roscbtirg with connections there to lal that enters Into the manufacture ir BU100' "l""""u" ' mndo to Interest railroad olllclals In Hltiiatlon been so bright as It Is now nil poln's In the United States, could of most of the world's merchandise. the proposition to close 'the gap Tor the reason that the road Is as- anyone doubt the prospects of Coos and that, too, In abundant quantity botween Coos Day nnd the steel high- si. red this t me nut! not merely pro- liny? and superior quality, can have but wnyn of tho country, the asset of a posed as It has alwnys been In the Forgetting the railroads for a mo- one couclus on when transportation modem, up-to-date city w lb many past. People In the years that aro tnent It Is well to remember Hint makes them nvallable, they will bo nnd vnrlcd Interests, lias never rnii"ii gi nc Pnvo rxper'cnccd cue ra'so In Coos liny Is now n port of call for appropriated to mnko good. In the Inst your or railroad hope follow another only to largo steamship lines operated by tho CENTUUIB. iltscoven t'tiuld noi but nn clvlllzn world bei'iiiiit ll wuh found women to inn (Mission of siii. fine, mill It w ccrtcd net Ion oil more iiml wiry. TIiiih i guiil.nllotis m gloiiu, Home I that purpiiH' plllpUHO. Hence, clul. civilized conn nnd have Im Of PIII'IIOSCH ulinii. Mais i piilltau pupii midst person incut mid ed city where c i Therefore i ' political, utlili i In MiwhIiIL'IiI active. The Mllllcon. c'ult of the el' tors mimpttinii provided with r. h,.. i u in a n vital to the r'S "'tor HrJ" absolutely Kind .r:1" Mill III. '- flint ... . u"c I f I ''lieynrcij,, 1 " the ,, lllr.l l. .,. .:.::' "" 't- with mi liatiR ImMiig j.iit Mis iilturt' m ,.. j "' ' natjv' "re loiniiT lltcrnrt . '"e In HvjA 1 "0 strong t, "ie Icadlniiw. "is -Jcautllai u, 1 furnished i "lllIK rnomt i ' I rnnintl. niril rm.. . . I...i. . . .' l ', - uiiufi ana n-u lug room mill . ill comtiar i... with the mure pretention nbly 0 wont sthi:i:t .m.hsiiiii:i,i i.oouim; noutii. ClifSTBU STHBBT IiKJIITS. NB OF the ways In which the progressive spirit that ru'os llin nltv nf lnrallllilil Itf ulinvvil i In (' e manner In whlc'i ornnnnnitnl street lighting wns tnken nrKhy'tho public spirited mid far-sighted prop-1 crty owners In the Ii.ii:Iiio3s district, i When the propcsltlou of lustullliig n system of ornamental Ftreet lights was first put before the business men of the city they took It up with u zest mid encouraged It. their spirit In the matter clearly Indicative of tho husliicmi sagacity which holds , sway In San Diego. T o property owners rcnlircd what mi Important , part Htnet lighting had In the mak ing of it "city beaiitlfu'." I This H,ste:n of ornmnenlnl stie-l lighting has spread throughout the business district of Marrhllcld and will also extend to the residence parts of the city. The streth of the city wheie ornamental lighting Ins not been accompllHlied yet are well lighted with arcs, mid .Mnrshlleid Is known to her Itihuli'tmits nnd to her many visitors as one of the b?it lighted cities in the west. EWnES,liiil'lll A SIXTIO.V OK Till: .MAItSIIIMHI.I) WATBIIIHONX organizations of t'i'tl tnipiilltr.n chunicler. The t-M'in Snc'ety." In III Cdl Hive ir iieiir-iiffeuslve RCDfodul exist In MurHhlk'ht I.llt.e l:;l GOOD SCHOOLS two or threo, tho people here have he dashed l.i the end as tho bronkors North l'acillc Stoamshln Comnany put forth tliolr best enilenvorH to "I'ou the beach. Hut this tlmo thero nnii ,y tho Intor-Occnn Trnnsporta induco tho railroad Interests to -!hJ,,;n!j;Srnk;,p,,;j0J;a!i!ol5f " Company and tho Portland-Coos' tend their line, mid as a result oflUc!ded that Coos Hay shall bo con-.nn' Steamship Company. Thcso' mm wuris witiie Jim wmi (iiuii-. iiecteu ny rail with .the Southern companies send n Hoot of four or a s MAnauuim n i., ,. -i... .. palgu, It Ih promised Hint Marshlleld Paclllc at Biigeno mid work Is In' live ships Into tho port of Coos Day1 A churches so Is h v f mtsz TJrswX? on l,,rt, ",,ea t0 1"18 hnr-uray wuek rr' o! S A ?K i? r"nt -- ndequato menus ,?nrnpor!ilon In! li has bee,, said that It novor rnln. 80l,,h' fford,K oxcolIot Boa Bor.' "ro a city of culturo and rcn.ie.uoni. superior. The course has been wise ly arranged throughout, and Is taught by thu best of touchers. In school buildings the city is nlso very fortunate. Tho high school building recently elected compared ravoriibly mile as to "fniully" or "taH with any other high t-chool In tho nntus"; but niuc.i stress IiUJcj state nun is very conveniently ur ranged for tho various purposes of study. i.vi:i ktui-:i:ts "congeniality." As In nil t L:i ties coteries aro orKnnltcd ui Hioso whoso tustes ami balljii most ul I la. Those who arc m i"1 Inclined prefer the roiiiiiany of c A good start toward paved streets , clmis, those who are expert itt' has been mndo In Murshlleld. All lliul ttmo to meet ono anotLfi tN buiiliiesi tectloti Is unveil with I the card tahU); tliofe who Im "mi lesldeticu section asphalt mid Hie with plank. The total value of public school structures on Coos Hay Is In excess of JL'OO.UOO. tho railroad line. I but It nours. Sometimes tint rest. vice, la addition thoro Is a well do- Tho opportunities which Investors' dents of Coos Hny nro Inclined to voloped tralllc iu lumber by moans will llni cm Coos Hay at Hie present believe that saying when they think or many steam schoonors which como tlmo will not be found siirnassed iiiiv- of tho dampness of a particularly and ko as soon as cargoes can bo whore In the coun'rv. The oUy nt ' 'nolst winter week. Hut thoro are oth- sccuitd or (lischargod. i present Is the metroiiolis of !lu er drugs which prove the say ng as! For advantages of position as n grentcHt undeveloped ceal mid tlni-' well, mid It would seem that rnH-jeoiunioro.ni poit mid city, Coos Hay bor resouiccK n this country, s't- roaiU of one kind or anothor arojls among tho Mrst on tho const, and tinted on n benulirul nnd linnortvit miiong Hie things on tho list. .the eonlormntlon of tho shore lino landlocked bnrlior niu of the best There nro now three other com- makes pons. bio only six promlnout on the Paclllc const, w'tb s-ich cilir pnnVs actively at work on railway coiuiuerc al seaport cities ulong tho liuslness Hues repres.'nteil as di give projects, one direct from Portland, coast, as against 35 cities for tho every mini n o'iiii to try his own on the north nnd two others enst to same latitude of coast lino ou tho IinrtliMilnr hand. ' Hose burg nuil Holso. Ono of tliesol Atlantic shore. With such n bay nud' invored by lirnllnn. cllmnte and a is electric nud the other one that i harbor, tho most easily accessible to' tniiltlpllc ty of resources In n rVh Is to mnko u transcontinental con- Hie great commercial hlghwny of all fiurroiindlng rnmiirv. Marsbllelil c-m. neefnn east of Holso. 'nations, the Pac lie ocean, surround- not well help being n tn-isure hmic Th's railroad proposition for n llno'ed by crude wealth of oury form, fully stored for llic who come to oust I'.ke that of the Southern Paclllc the conclusion must como to every "" i'iv.muigi iii i hot oiinnros ror coiriect'on tuts lind n history. Mor i tlilnKIng mind that tho future of,1 liunrineinent nnd ndvniicMiieiit. hao eunie ami men have gone but .Marshlleld Is destined to bo that of a TIlO CltlxcilR of Hi s rich lorrlloi-v H'e lirolect of h rnllroml mini rninnlna ureut roinninrrvnl i.llv lmvl,i.r .nr..n It is not Slirtirislni; that her iltlzni'i linvo not lost lime wio hwiIHiik the to pretHMii men of Coos Hay as ever, trado mid communication with nil should demand a puh.lc school svs- HHpHHHBJBJBJBBJJHSBJHBHIr' nrrlvnl of the ..ii.-cni e'lgtniHi frn Several Huns promoters hao started , the countries toward tho sotting sun li V J, iu'i-i-.H..i iiiiiveiiieniM inr cue coiistriictinn on .Marsnueiu nns noon called n "mln- tho dirrorent remiiiiv.... ns l.es tbov the eastern lino, nnd on each of those Inturo c ty." For Marshlleld Is a could, but nt bt tbev have but occasion the plans hue gone to unlquo niunlcliiallty from more than torn n llttlo above the nvorage. Such has boon demanded, mid iu u rtMiu'.t tho city has a syhtem above the htnn- ! dard, Instructors more etllclont inn one point of view, and the tltlo of, those gonorally found Iu n eltv the be ng one of tho lnrgost cities in the sizo of MnrshlleM. school building country w'thnut a rnllrnail Is not Unit nro mnitoiK nf nil timt iu ......i...... and efficient nnd sanitary mid Fafe.new .MAKSIIFIICU) .S fias. Sewerage. Electricity. Paved htKKits. I'.ee mull ileMvery. Postul savings bmik. Fine lire doiinrtnmnt. Com-tiiictlnn will cominenco on n H i!l WIMI. Mlts: III). LDOMMi 1ST. 1 I I r (i t I il .! .1. ,1 i i . I .i ' I 11.' o Im . li i. 1. I llM.I.I lb I t ll .. 11 U 111 ht'tlll' It ill , II I 'I llil 'a a tin lllullll 10 ii w II i . iltiiul) i'jp mill i turns tu their liivnt good .ul piojeet have been so nil- - a the past that Coos Hsyites i'i t eunie to thluk (In u im pi.ti of haimliiess. een if thv ni ,nd- wih mic'i i-Milent likell- I .in 1 ,. sii mi, tint repuited f.lll- ii 'o- li.ivo the inure Inured the peo p'e u ih. ir eiiv'ronnient. Still there I as never b.en a lack of Iuteret n-Huifest wl'onevor nnyone has o?m ed to talk business. Viiil If these were the onlv lines omI. ....!.. .1.... r ii... i... . .. . . " ' i-r.uuBij iiuii v ihik llll llllllls vol v unnrllv in ao.i tl.. i.., . - ..x . . . dterml.iiiig their en- secure, tley would bo nulla onoiiz . nl n , i-.n "nnn R "' ."pui rcaclK - !! fAU.l nt !.... .... .. .. - ' lVl mi-ill. silly uno, would UO For Tnriis rinv llel' lllllv cltlllll In illullnr-t'n.i Mnrali- S,". " sua-, jkJi ;:;::i xsx sj;-."i.aussaa ' " latlon. but although a great portion, of the town Is rathor spread out,' tee Ims'iiers section Is a compact nnd vve'l bu it according to size nud clr c iies'miceg us nny c'.ty In tho Unltod Sums Every Institution found In' (i-e larger centers Is to bo found in x,i' sMl'Id. perhnps not ns many of i'mmii but nil represented Just tho .cue The streots nro all well rued and kept clean, tho buildings attractive and well built. Tho ' s are smaller but patterned i ' i'U after those of larger cities. ( s llnv has boon the center of ' ' ' m.inufacture nnd shipment of ( - .nmiv since tho flrnt limn ' 'i of the Industrv In IS.'il Tt i .1 t.itu of tho evolution nnd -' i! of the lumbor'ng Industrv nl tins iiom In Coos Countv would '"i-r i h tnrv too voluminous for H'o llmi's of th's article, nut tho sine r UtoiikIi which it passed from the tim.. of the ovteam. wooden tu,li n -id niiiloy saw to tho present dav :ii,i present annl'nnces of donkey en-jino. stentn locomotives, logging railroads electric communication, bull dec keys and double action band saws, u a most interesting one lllirlllK this period of develnnmont while dn'rvlng bns made great strides vet lumbering has nnd does hold tho move" Iu the Mieieiy of jooj ronr, those who love lltersto'cn more nt homo with book rwpV they would ho In an nsfemt'j; ' iinrHinin whoso ciinvcrsatlOB II i rnniinnrrn nil it trmlei deVOtCf 'I outdoor sports are not uiu ii most rniiL'onlnl ('(iliinnnlonS ol '! ivlin flml rut mill nnlot Illfl! "3 tho five-o'clock leu Yd lhi no hard-anil-fiist Hues bctn '- groups, mid the nodal life of u Hay inlng'es nnd Intcrminsifi " I L'roiiter fncllllv nail with l I tlcin. probably, tliim In any otbt3 ion the Paclllc coast neru talnly less envious craulstlM Mnrrhflold limn auywhero et.wj geutilne good fellowslilp and Kor liii.nn.illy of tho real wn. I Among the cluln of the city J bo mentioned: Coos Hny Mote Heat -! rVinit Hmv Him ( lllb. The urtlstlc Nc llevvork clU orated with the O Hon of Women's clvln liuprovonict .TJio Progress tho Or?gou Stuti men e'.ubs. Lit Tho Bridge c ' Tho Challng H Tho Cordlnllt i'Iio Mliinlo-M Tho 1.1111108 At with Ho Oregon ;im State rJ . I ?Aul..l!l IIU8. SJt"'- it. federated 'J1 .'deratloB o( ry ub, iinii club. federt'Jj ,t0 Kederstl'! I woiiiri: u:w of mahshfikm, !!- ll ' v. Ui'wr latltHl (() UdOUIllt Hhllia at onmitrli t.i Incnr.v i,A .n..i.i .1. ,...,!.. 1 .. . o e .iivs,,,, WhleU every fresh pro- me,,, of the Th? foV that matter but d.flp.i IISX?1 i..i Kiveu uirin to And they they nro not For some tlmo past It center of the liimborlnc h "ne ahead In the niirsiilt of lms henn nunnrn,i Mm i i inn ....,., ...'.,'.'. "inuering I... ... .1.. i ..."....... ":.:.. v." ' ". " iii " nun i-imi inining. ner nos tion , """"h .isiu'niiiire (.uiu ng uown tue coast from Port- sured bv rerson of her lUlP d 11 Ilil'll'Ml-- , til- lllllllS 1.1 till Willi tllll rnnihrn l -... .1... ?"...- . J.30" J "er v " """ i,,v iiaruor 01 (.cos uay, nnd tho II.. .!.. ..... and Coos county. '"""' " , "oiewo The sir.te feature ""i,"","iri inuuc insiructlon Ac i, tiiiiiiiiiiiieiKed uoos unv cnimniu Industry "'"k ine uest in uregon. Is ns. - "IB" sciiooi oners n ennrso coramandlnct, tl,nt ls vqual to anything of its kind si:i:itAiT SYSTK.M. An excellent sewnrm-n cv0, , n".Sf0iheclS"l'd C0Verl"B nU S0Ct,0n8 factp" the state. The course fits Ornameiit.il ini i ...,. . . the lights. "I.WIC sireei Women's clubs. S wins club, and t' m ntott'- m. . , 1 rlllU. I- tiio (jnniiiiiiuu" -- ,tfv . ..if.tionoi l with the National i w men's Clubs, chorus. Musical, with vol'5'