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THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 27, 1912-EVENING EDITION. COOS BAY TIMES AJ C MAl.ONKV Kdltor nntl Pub. L H. MAl.ONKV News Editor Dedicated to tho sorvlco of the people, tlmt no good cause Bhall lack a champion, and that ovll shall not thrlvo unopposod. :. BU11SCRIPTION ItATICS. DAILY. Ono oar 6. 0 Pr month BO WKEKLY. Ono year $1.00 When paid strictly In advanco tho subscription prlco of tho Coos Bar Times la $6.00 per yoar or $2.50 for six monthfl. An Independent Republican nowfl papor published ovory ovonlng oxcopt Sunday, and Weokly by Tho Coon liny TIihob Publishing Q. IUGVOLK RETURNING TO FAVOR. THE return of tho blcyclo Is ono of tho sporting and social fea tures of this year of grace Tho nlo of bicycles In Mnrahftold this early In tho season has been the larg est In many. Ono causo of this has boon Bomo splondld advertising; an other nioro good roads, and n third rcnBon tho lower prices at which tho b,ost makes may bo purchased. Tho price of standard makes is do ctored to have dropjiod to nbout i fourth of what it used to bo. So It scorns not unlikely that tho wheel will eventually regain Its normal do ferco of uso for hoalthy exorclso and uuslnoss convonlonco, though It prob ably will not return to tho holghtB of universal popularity that It onco possessed. . Thero la a dlfforonco now In fnvor of tho blcyclo. Tho automobllo has bolpod to bring nbout tho making of flood roads, nnd thoso nro more nu inoroua in every uorthorn stnto than la tho hcydoy of cycling. Tho come ((own In tho cyclo'a prlco from $10o to. f 2G la a financial factor that should Increase tho uso of It again. . VAIN YKAltNINGS. f push tho mower o'er the lawn, I puBh It to and fro, and sigh for hap py days long gnno whou I could Btibvol,Buow. I strain llko Dobbin In Ills tugs along tho mowor's track, and dlvors kinds of ants nnd bugB nro crawling up my back. Tho chlggors mi my legs hnvo fed until thono logs nro wrecked; tho Blip boitH down upon my bond and fries my lntolloct. Ah, lamentations loud I ralso ns o'or tBo lawn I go, nnd woop for happy yaiilBhod dnys, when I could shovol imowl O wlntor Is tho joyous time! Tlioro'ri nothing 'half so swoot'I To lmvo your fnco InrnHod In rlmo, your Whlskorn full of Hlcct! No woods to pull, no grnnH to mow, no bugs to nttng or bite, but Just to gambol In tho hiiow and thaw your feet at night! I mow along In Rim nun Hhndo, tho cogwhcols rcioocIi nnd hum, and bits of wlro get in tho lilndo and knock It out of plumb, t bow the tall and luscious grass and groan and ohrlelc and cuss, and say. "Things ronch a pretty pass when mnn must labor thus! I'll file ob jections novor moro when wintry blizzards blow; nnd novor will in bond be soro whon I must ahorol imowl" .deadly practical joker In mnlclng n list of the- people that tho world could well get along with out, tho practical Jokor should b given a place well up toward tho top. It Is Haiti Unit It Ih an ill wind that blown no good, but that tho practical joker doos Is bo luflult ealmnl that no ono In thin busy world can devote tho tlmo ncoessniy to finding out what it Is. A few of thosu deadly Individuals turned tho full force of tholr humor ous powers loose upon a poor, Ignor ant Itussliiu In a lumber ramp over In Idaho n few days ago. Knowing thnt ho wiib uunblo to read, thoy conceived tho Idea that It would bo npllttlugly funny to mnko him be lieve lliut tho papera wore printing monstrous stories about him. Thy showed him tho headlines in tl.o Spokuno Chronicle, and told hint thnt the whole front page was de voted to n huge llo about him. Thty (aid tlat the stoiy was aa big as tho Titanic and tho Cnrpnthln, and thowod him tho pictured of the ve kcIb lo prove It. Doing unaccustomed to thnt type of funny man thnt seoa humor In telling a colossal and lop-sided fnlso hood ami then Inducing some Igno. nut person to bellovo It, ho took their word ror whnt thoy wero telling hint, ills uncouth anil untutored instincts told nun thnt such an Insult could only Ito wnshed out in blood. There fore, bo went to Spokane ntid shot down City Kdltor Rothrock of the Chronicle As a result of thoso humorists' ef forts, a good man has gone to his grave, Ufa life snuffed out lit the midst of his usefulness, and a mis gulded peasant who came to America because he thought it was the lapa of enlightenment, faces the gallows or the gray mid dreary walla of a cell. The jokestors who framed up tho iitoiy aio not laughing about it as they QxiiCtited to. They ore telling everyone they meet that they did not MEMORIAL DAY It not bo a good Idea for our Mo morlal Day Bpcakors, In their nu. j dresses, tho ministers from their pul-, pits, especially on Memorial Sunday, to mnko Bpeclal effort In this mnttor? Hut tho most Important part of this work Ilea with tho toachors In our, public Bchools, thousands of tho pu ulln lmvlnc reached tho receptive period to becomo interested in pntrl-l otic tending. The tenciiors mignt. irrnvns nf tlm union dend of tho Civil Bet onart n special tlmo for Interest- War, nnd holding Bpeclal mcniorlnf- lug ttolr pupils In tho patriotic duties Kdltor Times: All nations and frntornnl organiza tions lmvo set apart a spoclnl day for memorial sorvlccs In honor of their noblo dead. In tho yenr 18CS, don. John A. Logan, commnndor In chief of tho grand army of tho Republic, Issued nn address, requesting that tho 30th day of May bo set apart to deco rate, with nowors nnd nags, mo ( sorvlccs to honor their memory. Tho decoration ccromony may lmvo found tt basis for tho misapplied designa tion of tho day. It is not, in any sense, "Dccorntion Day," ns tho ma jority of our pooplo mistakenly call It, but "Memorial Day" tho Q. A. It. lmvo their patriotic Instructions, whoso duties woro to load tho public mind moro fully in tho obsorvnnco, particularly, of momorlnl day, but tholr earnest Inbors hnvo not boon ns far reaching na thoy dcalro; they need nsslstnnco In their work, would for this ono dny. Lot tho grnvo of, every American soldlor of ovory war, without regard to color, creed, or uni form, bo remomhorod on this dny; thoy gavo up their lives that thla na tion might llvo both tho "Uluo" and! tho Qniy" each striving for tho ' right ns thoy bolloved. And may wo not hopo. In tho nenr future, by thoso combined efforts to eliminate tho namo of "Decoration Dny" nnd mnko the dny ns it should bo "Memprtnl Day?" OLD SOLDIKH. HEARD ON ItheF (STREETS 'Parents of Marshflold "whb wish to teach thrift and ocon Those. omy to tholr boys nnd tint-den girls should hnvo them on Contests tor tho contests Inaugurat ed by tho Marshflold Im provement Club mid tnko out garden plots for tholr children," said a mom bor of tho club today. "Paronts should oncourngo tholr children, es pecially tho boya, to take up gnrdow lng. Children need assistance nnd on couragomont, but thoy should bo giv en tho Improsslon that tho garden Is tholr own In order to make them tiiko n irenninf Intnrnaf In Mm wntIr During tho Btimmor montliB, tho boys anywhere Mint It will do anything o( naturally will take moro Interest in th. B0,rt- Then why ouumo thnt tlm swimming nnd playing hall. . When 'W to i0 wl" ?oprlvo n,"y h,.n,ca THE PEOPLE'S FORUM Tho Times will bo ploased to pub lish lottcrs from its readers on all questions of public Interest. Each lottcr muBt bo signed by tho writer, and so far ns posslblo bo limited to 200 words. In' publishing theso lot tcrs It must bo understood that Tho Times docs not Indorse the vlows ex pressed therein; it Is simply affording a means for tho voicing of dlffcront opinions on all questions affecting tho public welfare WOMAN SUFFRAGE Editor Tlmos: , Tho opponents of women suffrngo nny, tho place for n woman Is tho homo. Suro! Nobody disputes thnt claim. Nobody donlos It. Hut will tho franchlso nccossnrly doprlvo nny homo of any womnn? Not a bit of It. Thero Is not n particle of ovldcnco Intercut In gardonlng Ings, tile par outs should holp out by taking caro of tho gardens and turning them over to tho children ngnln whon tho boys and girls feel moro llko working. In this mnnnor, tho children will tnko pride In their gardens nud may bo taught many vnluablo points con cerning naturo and economy." J WITH THE . X toastandtea: TIIK OPTIMIST. Is your lot in life n hard one do you toll for othor'a gain? Enso and luxury denied you feeling all privation's pain? Shall I thoroforo whine and hiiIHIo rago In blttorncsa of mind? Nny, my frlond, with courngo lofty, I shall strive to bo roslgnod. Knowing Poverty's a blessing, Fnto Is kind whon sho donloa, I can bravely, almost cheerfully do voto you To tho llfo of sacrifice Has tho girl you loved to mndncss on you turned bor chilly frown? Una sho scornod your liumblo wooing or, in plain word, turned you down? I will not In wonk dojoctlon pine nbout your broken heart, Hut with philosophic calmness vlow tills matter for my part. And I cheor myself by thinking nnd my courngo thus ronow With tho sano rational rotloctlon Who was not tho girl for you. I am not a saint or hero, nor on hnrd- ships do I doto, In this world of toll and trouble thoro nro things thnt got my goat. Thoro nro times I kick and grumble; oftentlmoa I fool quite peoved, When of boiiio donr hopo or projoct most unkindly I'm boronvod. Hut I think nmong my ilrttiea this I Hiifoly may include: 1 bonr the other fellow's troublos With most Christian fortitude Till: ISACIIKI.OH GIRL SAYS: Apollo used, n lyro In his love making, but most men don't neod any such nrtlllclal adjuncts now. Eggs nr.o only llvo conts n dozen In China. Hut wo hnvo novor yet booh it china egg that wo wuutod to eat. A Los Angoles Church Is reportod to bo contemplating tho establish ment of a froo lunch. It seems crowds In thnt city aro not to bo attracted by tho announcement that Hiuvntion alono la free. of tho mothers, wives or daughters. Is It nny more of n task to cast a ballot thnn It Is to go to church? An tho laws ,aro now, no ono Ifl obliged. to voto, nlthotigh thoy should bo. - It is not necessary to require women to do jury duty unless they dcfllro, Thnt mnttor should bo oni tlonal with them, ns It Is nt present with lawyers, doctors, ministers, priests, mombora of tho legislature toachors, ferrymen, millers and fire mon. However, oxporlonco has tnught that thoy aro nblo to porform those duties ns conscientiously nnd Intelligently as men. Tho franchise, Instond of taking women nut of tho homo will neces sarily add pno moro homo duty, tho duty of teaching horsolf nnd her chil dren tho sclenco of government, I can't undorstnnd how nny mnn can look his mother, his wife or IiIh daughter In tho fnco, who refuses to allow them to hnvo any any nt nil In tho ennctmont nnd execution of laws vhleh thoy miiBt oboy nnd to which thoy must conform tholr lives. I don't undorstnnd It. GEO. WATKINS. PASSING OF SPRING Tho goutlc. season goes Its gait, and soon will vanish from our ken; then summer, with Kb head on straight, will broil tho panting Bona of mon. Tho lent will soak us day nnd night, nnd man will cubs It uh ho riles; nnd all tho doctors will unite to tell us how to swat tho files. I try to bo n cheerful Jay, hut I con fess, with downcast face, I hnto to boo tho spring go 'wny, nnd sizzling1 fltimtnor tnko Its placo. I always multiply my sins ucttcnth tho bin lug summer skies, wlon health d pnriment bulletins Inform iib bow Oood Cars, Cnroful Drivers and o rwnt tho files. I try to bo an op- reasonable crnrgos. Our motto: t'mlst, but oven cheerful hoarts grow "Will go nnywhero nt any tlmo." uro; last yenr f slew a "cleiitlst who' Stnnds Dlanco llntol and Ulanco Perham Park The Only Restricted Building District on Coos Bay The entire 80 Acres has been platted into lots and is now on the market. The property lies in the center of, Marshficld, five to ten-minutes' walk from the busiucss part of the city. Remember each lot is large enough for a first-class home. Prices From $400 to On Easy Tenns $600 E. G. PERHAM Lockhart Bldg., 2nd floor, opposite Postoffice. j llilf The Sign of I Good Candy. Always You Auto Call Pootc PIIOXE M l-J NIQ11T AND WAV Stand front of Lloyd Hotol, . TWO NEW OAItS Aftor 11 P. M. Phono 5-J Roaldonco Fhono 28-J Will make trlpi to Cooulllc. Z City Auto Service rilhl QUIRT OltSEUVKH BAYS: , Of CQiirsq thoso white buck- jikln bIioos do not make n girl's foot any largor. Thoy merely attract attention to what has always been, 4 menu tt thnt way, and that if they ! had thought tho poor fool would AS IT HAPPKX8 ACCOKDIXO take It so sorlously, they would nev er In tho woild hnvo told him Mich a , thing Tlptt Is tho wny with the practical Joker lluccno Ottnrd. NKW KAH.KOAD SUItVKY Tho Pugeno lleglstor says: Engi neer 11 W Llbby and crew of aur veyoiii totttrned from Uoseburg yeii tmday Thpy havo beon at work for noma time between Kugeuo nud Hose burg ;tiid it Is hiild were doing work for Portland parties. Mr. Llbby wan alibolutoly noncommittal as to the nittiite of his worki but U is conjec tured that it s a coiitlnuutlon of the, Hue mirvoyeri from ugiio to Cies woll Rome tlmo ago and that the l, K d K Is back of it. TO IKWK, Is every man a tromopdous egotist, nnd porfec(Iy honest In thlnklug him self hotter than othors? There Is llttlo onthuslnsm that will not cool In presence of real danger, left a pnmphlot at my door explain lng thnt I nm to blame whou'er n human being dies because I aliiiu tho swatting game nnd don't extormlunte tho files. A hard can tnko his lyto nnd Blng with emphnslH nnd fiery zest, concerning harmonies of spring, tho babbling brooks nnd nil tho resv: but poets novor tnko their hnrps to slug thnt tlmo nf brnzen skies, when nil tho sclonttflc sharps nro tolling i'ow to swat tho files. WALT MA SON. TIIK MKX WHO WKNT DOWN Peasant and merchant and million nlro. Soldlor nnd scholar and man of tho sea, Mourned by the world thoy nre rest ing whoro No towering monument over muy bo; Hut tho waves that go rolling above them there, Whoro tho pitiless fogs hover ov er tho tldo, Shall never efface and shall never Impair The glory thoy gained whon thoy manruuy died. With only nn hour in which to pray, Whoro death had found them and would not wait, They sent the young nnd the wonk away, Intrusting thorn to tho whims of Fntoj Robbed of hope they had strength to stay, Whllo tho helpless ones and tho women wont, And tho dnrk sen rolling till Judg ment Day Is tholr ever-enduring monument. S. H. KISHIt. Clgnr Store. Day Phones 78 nnd 4C Night Phono 40. HAUKIvIt ii GOODALK, proprietors, Lynn Lambeth Fred Nomle Cadillac Auto Service Good Cars Reasonable Rntcs All Night Servlco Careful driving assured. Phono Hlnnro Pool Room. 231-R until II P. M. Aftor 11 P. M. phono f-J. Palace Restaurant. WANTED ! ! ! C'ARPKTS UPHOLSTERING AND PIANOS TO CLKAN, by tho Pncu. miitlc Cleaning Company. Orders for mirk tnken at GOINa A HARVEY PHONE 100 Have That Roof Fixed scow See CORTHELL Phone 811 neop,rrt,,hrobal,,th,n8,,,ko rzztFVizhr s: peoplo most becnu80,thoy do uot eat vast 20 years has used Foley'a Hone ?li f.nd,8hes' which are easier aud Tar Compound with the best of raised than anything which grow on a, jcbuUb. Ho tells us: "I think Foley's Honey nud Tar Compound Is the best, cough medicine In the world for I have used It for the nast 201 years and can recommend It to any- ueeaing a cough medicine," farm. Patent medicine ndvertisoments are attractive reading for women be cause they havo a great doal to say ono about women who suffer in silence, For sale by Red Cross Drug Co, TO AND FROM Sweden, Norway, Finland And any other part of Europe. Now Is the time to buy your ticket from AUG. FIUZEEN. Real Estate and Insurance. 68 Central Avenue. Mnrshfbjld The June Bride Dreams Of a Well Regulated Household Her friends can help her make such a home by the gift of labor saving, pleasure making, electric appliances. ELECTRIC WEDDING GIFTS enable her to dispatch houseVifcly duties quickly. Electric appliances arc practical, Different from - -Sti?? usual run of presents. Delight the bride with one. She'll appreciate the conveniences more a- I cry day. SeetlTcm'in our display room Percolators, tout- crs, irons and chafing dishes. Other appliances to fit any pocketbook. OREGON- POWER CO. Telephone 178 Barnard & Langvvorthy Klcctilcal Contractors and Suntillna. Contractors and Supplies. PIIONH I Lit. 170 So, llronduuy, next door l'tiinn Meat Market. to IIFMi?Swrilha.l5t.vi?i?l5?.,n.ventJn''ity ' CONDENSED STATEMENT Of The First National Bank of Coos At tho close of business April J8 10, mmutiiviio. tit' Loans and discounts. ,,...., jjilH Bonds, warrants and securities. t0 U. S, bonds to secure circulation ujil Real estate, furniture and fixtures jjjlit Cash and sight exchange. . " 'i , LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid In Surplus and undivided profits Circulation, outstanding ? " ueposlts. , t 9 f ...4' Total. '"2 In addition to Ca ers Is $100,000.00. ..' stoti'jn pltal Stock the, Individual IteMM "' I ; -.'.. ,. .m dVlNGSDErw""- W. S, CHANDL.ER, President. M. C, HOPTQN, Y6- bpRSEY.ifRHITZBR, CosbleR