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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1913)
THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1913 EVENING EDITION. HOW TO MAKE Some Suggestions For 1913 That Are: Worth Reading YOUR SAVING First Addition To Marshfield A portion of yonr monthly income investe'd in jMnrghi'ield real estate will show better returns than a savings account. At the present prices no belter investment can bo made limn a lot in this city, the future of which cannot be overestimated. Buy Marshfield real estate, it's all good, but buy the best. See "First Addition, where for ijtfOO you can se cure a 50x120 foot lot in a sightly location and fac ing on an improved street. Buy it on your own tonus; a small initial cash payment and the bal ance in monthly installments to suit your income. The Addition is in the right location; on the "South Side" where the many new homes are being built, streets being graded and the direction the city is rapidly growing. Call at our office for a plat and make your selec tion now while the choice may be had at our low prices and easy terms. Reynolds Development Co. Coke Building Owners. Telephone 16C-J To Better Serve The People The fiist rule of a modern utility organization is that customers must bo pleased, Towards realizing this ambition the Oregon Power Co, established its new Business Department, The purpose of this department is to study the needs of customers in order to better sorve them, Expert assistance lias been secured to help make tho New Business Department value to patrons of the Oregon Power Co, Our representatives will respond to all requests for ad vice on illuminating and power questions, A telephone call from a cottage is honored as readily as a call from a large factory, OUR AGE Some Interesting Thoughts On Present Conditions IN THIS villi y of llfo, on each hIiIo of which nro tlio moun tains of eternity, resolve to walk onwnnl, inking tho sunshine nnd tho rnin In good spirit, helping nnyono whom you will moot on tho way. Suppose your llfo Is In tho homo. Kcsolvo to nmko that homo brighter anil hotter for your presence. Do not spoil tho happiness of llfo that is every human being's hcrltngo. Rnth or nihl to tho Joy of the hearth, so that when you go, never to pass this way again, n loving thought will bo your meet. Have you children? Then remem ber that once you woro young. He kind to them. Never let it be said thnt you needlessly turned a child's laughtor to tears. If you havo gossiped either over tho back fence or over tho tea cups, here Is your opportunity to niako n change- for tho better. Of course, you cannot recall tho unkind word that has gono on tho snowball proclivit ies growing to unrecognlznblo propor tions. Unt you can resolve to gunrd your tongue nnd to think twlco be fore you speak once. Each day read ono beautiful thought, do ono beautiful deed. It mny bo Just n phrnso of your fnvor Ito author. The sunset or a sun beam or a child's golden curls will glvo you a picture If you arc looking for It. And as for doing something that's easy. Don't polish tho wnltl.ng bench with "hard luck" stories. Stir your self. Hard luck never cnught up with a hustler. This is true of any kind of work. Hesolve to light your bnttlo minus weak excuses. Look at your face. Do the lines curvo down or up? It's never too lato to smile. A frowncr is nn un welcome companion. If persons niako nn effort to miss you, clinngo the lines, Bo honest! Even with yoursolf. Somo beings can bollevo their own lies. Don't enroll your nnmo on tho self deceivers' list. There Is no hop for you If you do so. IIne you been a little bit shaky toward any Ideal of conduct thnt yoo have formed? Surely you havo a conduct standard! Well, what'B ttwi use If you have Ignored It7 Make It a potent factor In tho coming year. And may tho standard be tho bent evert Whatever your work, lot It b done better thnt It has been dono bo fore. In this world each ono Is Ai ling a plnce. If you haven't nny special work, make It. Don't bo a parasite. If you havo cheated nny human being of his right, he ashamed and he penitent. And don't stop there Resolve to mnke restorations of thnt which you have stolen. This may Uo a word of praise; it may bo a dollar and it mny be ninny tilings. Who nro you in tills grent schema that you should withhold that which la duo? Don't be n doormat. Tho homely rug on which people wlpo their dir ty shoes hns n place; but you aro a human being with n splno and a heart and a soul. Doormats must not bo on your cnlcndnr. Doing n humnn being, you hnva tho nblllty to grow In nil ways to wnrd the superhuman, tho ldcnlt It you grit your tooth and hold back ns n recalcitrant, Ignorant child, yon arc shining. You cannot stand still; you cither move forward or backr ward. That question of lovo how nr you going to answer It UiIb yonr? If you havo closed tho 1I001 of your heart against It, bo merclfu to yourself, If to uo ono olso. La love for somo humnn being entu our door. It is tho greatest fori In tho world. Let It como Into your life! Whntover hns fallen beforo you in tho pnst, rcnicmhor thnt there 1 another dny, and with it another chance. Mnko tho present yonr the best of your life. 6SC NG OF THE A PARODY ABSENT 99 Telephone 178. Oregon Power Co. Who Wants a Home? Here's One to Be Sacrificed 50x100 with a good six-room house nil furnished, wady to live in. Close in. Lot alone is worth price we are asking for house, lot aud furniture. Tins place must he sold in next 10 days. Owner leaving town. Price, $2,650.00 with terms if you want them. FRENCH REALTY CO. 315 :-2 Sorth Front St. Marshfield. Ore. GET Y0UH J0B PRINTING DONE AT THE TIMES' OFFICE. (Written for Tho Times) Our ago Is intensely practical. Kv erythlng serves to remind us of this. Only thnt which distantly cnrrlcs tho earmarks of practical utility re ceives any considerable attention. And this rulo Is mudo to apply not merely to men, but also to animals nnd ImplomontH as well. Whntovor It may bo that wishes to gain recog nition in tho chnuco nnd chnngo of human nfflnrs Is forced, moro or less, to mako this appeal on tho basis of practical usefulness. This nluno scorns to constitute tho magic power which swings open tho gates of op portunity, advancement nnd success In life. Under such circumstances, It stands to reason that tho unpractical will bo accordod scant attention, costly lodging nnd poor rations by tho energetic people of today. Xono hut tho unpractical class of people, thoso gonornlly known ns Iho "old tlmors," old-fashioned," "tho dolts," of civilization will hnvo anything to do with It. Tills class Is considered unfortunate In not being nblo to fol low tlmo In Its rapid forwnrd Btrldes nnd thus of necessity forced to cling to thnt which by common consent has becomo unpractical nnd antique. Af ter nil, they mny bo tho most fortu nate Tho majority of men, howovor, realizes thnt tho prcssuro of tho times domnndH thnt everything nnd every body furnish tho greatest possiblo ro tums, or bo thrust on tho rubbish pllo of tho has-beens. Tlio situation reminds ono rather forcibly of tho homestead boots. that our forefathers used In tho ploncor days of American sottlonient. Tlieso sorved tho purpo'o without fall In tholr day, but no ono could today bo Inducod to wonr thorn. Times havo changed, customs like wise, and tho pnst has evidently beon forced to relinquish to n conslder- nblo oxtent Its hold upon tho present Konorntlon. Tho present dny calls for dlfforont men nnd dlfforont nchlovomonts. It Is prnctlcnl nnd on llsts only men of practical utility to carry out is designs. Only that which Is readily seen to oo of prnctlcnl uso, or olso without nny difficulty can bo rondorod uso ful, retains its full vnluo on tho ninr kot today. Especially that which mny bo turnod Into dollars and cents. This Is, no doubt, a most sorlous do fect In tho trumpoted advance of our modern era which greatly liampors Us general ofllciency, ns It is produc tive of all sorts of dissatisfaction and dlsordor. Indirectly it gives to tho covetous nnd greedy nfter wealth too much territory for solf-aggrand-lzoment. And not only tho Good nook, but also tho experiences of times past nnd present, pronounce nvarlco to bo tho root of nil evil. Moro restlessness, dlsordors and crlmo aro to bo traced to these prac tical demands of tho day than most men would Incline to bollovo. It may pass under different terms, but It is nevertheless tlio characteristics of an ago whoso domands for utility Is alroady evidently beginning to de feat Its own purpose At present It seoms as if this vigilant senrch for, and the ondenvor to monopolize, thnt which passes as practical on tho market would oventunlly nrray against each other Individual, classes nnd organizations In grim determina tion to solve, with whatever moans there nro at hand, tho over multiply ing problems of nn Increasingly pro gressive ago. Perhaps, it Is to como to tho question of tho survival of tho fittest; tho more huuinno princi ple of llvo nnd let llvo Is obviously losing ground. Hut this trend of n flairs Is mnklng sad havoc of thoso higher enjoyments in llfo which, nfter nil, nro designed O, It's back again to Coos liny where my heart It fain would beP There whero countless peaks on peaks arise; Great grim giants ovor In n far stretched cloudy sea, f ll MltnftfftA ft ft I It nlu ltnlll Aflllffl Mil .. !.. ..1.1 una for entering Inrgoly Into tho wnrplr. .... ...i. ..... ', i ... ,i ., .. ' and woof of existence. Tho unsyiii-T u" ".? ... .r,T . ',"""!" .?"'"' ,,w"" Still I sco tho mountain shrouded In the m'lst so gray, In my Coos liny home. pathetic criterion of prnctlcnl worth docs not consider tho finer sensibil ities nnd aspirations thnt glvo tone, Impulse and slgnlflcnnco to tho on- i denvors of man. In consequence mnn no longer very much Inclines , townrd Intellectual conceptions of excellence, beauty nnd nobility of soul-life, nor endeavor to follow thoso In ordinary vocations nnd to embody them In his personal life. I Tho Incessant demands of this i olectrlc ngo, whero everything Is pusher or pushed, loud to rob tho In dividual of his Individuality, mnko him u soulless automaton, or n heart less despot, nnd, In either enso, to doprlvo him of tho enjoyment hlghor Ideals would furnish. As n result ant wo nro becoming wide-nwako, aetlvo and nggresslvo in our respec 1 tlvo Holds of activity, but nt tho , samo tlmo nlso prono to forgot thnt , thoro Is something nobler lu nn oc 1 cupntlou than living-getting, or mon ' oy getting, nnd, that n man mny ' amass millions and still ho a failure. Tho maxims of low prudence nro dnl- ; ly dinned In our ears until wo begin to repress tlio longings for tho pleas ures of a hlghor llfo aud forget that tho hand enn not safoly reach high er llfo than does tho heart. It is n mooted question whether tho ndvontnges offorcd by a monoy crnzed nnd luxury-loving ngo Increase tho contentment nnd happiness of moil, or vice-versa. A considerable number of philosophic ns well as untutored minds would tell us thnt tho pcoplo of today do not enjoy so full n incnsuro of satisfaction as did tho nborlglnees of this country fol lowing tholr Idonls. Our pcoplo en joy superior advantages, nro highly ondowed In various ways, but not withstanding, to ofton pursuing with flcklo nrdor tho cloudy countenance of n dlstortod Idealism. Tho multi tudes gonernlly dlscovor tho Idealis tic, or rather what is loft of it, in tho unattractive garb of mntorlal Inter est nnd gain. Provalllng Ideas, senti ments and nlms obviously corrobor ate this stato of affairs. A cheorlosB eompneoncy sottllng over tho general pursuits of men, n disheartening sense of tho omptlness of earthly pleasures and glory, and n deop-rooted and widespread dis satisfaction at tho trend of affairs constitute the silent, but not less elo quent, disapprobation with which nearly nil classes of mon greet tho increasing demands of an ago too one-sidedly practical. And tlmo has fow constructive nionsures of a cheering nature to of fer, It seems. But then, reconstruc tion must inevitably bo preceded by moro or less destructive forerunnors. Tho ground must bo cleared for tho erection of tho moro magnificent ed ifice of tho future. And it may be that our ago stands beforo tho port nls, of an ora of reconstruction tho llk'o of which tho annals of history hitherto have not had occasion to record. If so, then this intensely practical ago, under tho tributes of which wo nil in n measure groan, will stand forth but ns a brilliant link In that mighty chain of events which encircles humanity on Its march from the cradlo to tho grave. JOHN B. OSLUND. (Written for Tho Times) Ily tho cold blue waters of Coos liny, with tho frowning crags o'crhung, Whero the rocky cliffs nro steep along the shoro; Whero tho stnlwnrt pines, thnt firmly to tho rocky ledgo havo clung; Willi tho years nro bonding downward, moro nnd moro; Whero tho waves nro gently Inpplng nt the foot of mountains grim, And tho curicnt, over running, sweeps along; ' Whero tho mountain streams como dashing from tho peaks so far and dim, And lu eager haste scorn bursting into song. And along tho vnlloy, whoro tho mlat Is floating low, When tho mountain sides nro dark with rain Thro' tho misty curtains dlstnnt hills nro enpped with snow (lore tho lingering autumn would remain. Golden streaks nro showing on tho hills that lato woro green,. Whero tho spruce and aider strip hesldo the pine; And ono fools tho good of living In tho air so crisp ami keen, When old winter creeps ndowu the steep Incline. Uncle again to Coos liny thoro my heart Is turning now, " Xow I breathe again tho mountnln air, Now I drink lu nntiiro as my heart romombors how Aud nnon to mo tho world Is fair. Lot them sing of other lands thnt nro to others blest, Hut altlio' lu distant pnrts I rot m, Still my heart goos backward to the mountains of tho Wost, In my Coos Hay homo. Where tho old Coos RIvor swoops along to Join tho ocean's tldo, Edging llttlo clearings hoio and thoro; Narrowing 'uenth tho mountains to ngnlu ho spiondlng wide, Whoro tho vnlloy opens broad and fnlr; By tho sedgy marshes wltn tho wild duck lu tho roods, lly myrtlowoods, with roots beneath tho stream, Ily tho boauteoiiB meadow whoro tho deer at ovonlng foods Tiiero it is thnt nature roigus supremo, Backward, over backwaid, O, It's thero my heart would bo, What altho' I wander far nwny, Still tho call of nnturo bios my heart bo hounding free, So tho cities cannot mnko mo stay. v Lot mo seo tho torront nnd my honrt Is satisfied, Whoro golden falls go rushing Into foniu, And lot mo seo tho mountains toworlug upward in tholr pride, In my Coos Bay home. M. 13. II., Mnrshflold. The Family Maim BOB STAXLEY. Ho's goodnatiircd follow with clothes old nnd yellow nnd hat that's mlsshapon nnd worn. Ho finds nil his pleasuro in drinking a measure of good tilings In books that aro torn, and marked with tho fingers of small boy who lingers In oestney ovor each pago whoro pictures art printed in Ink thnt is tinted, nttmctlvo to youth aud to ago. Ha saves at his money to buy milk and honoy for wlfoy, nnd daughters; and boys, and no'or sponds a dollar for shirt or for collar, nor glances at world and Its Joys. Ills cont Is all sticky from hands that aro tricky In senrchlng his pockets for sweots. Ho onco was a dresbor, but no husky pressor now hands him a bill on tho streets. His frlonds In tho city look on him with pity this man who was onco beau Ideal and whlsrlo that sonnet with whiskers upon It, about wedding bolls, ovor renl. nut, theBO do not mattor. It's all Idlo chat ter to pity the poor family man. Ho's happy as ovor. Chango this llfo? Oh! never. Just beat his Homo llfo If you can. FRAXK WAITE'S VIEWS. Headed Suva Moro Railroads Aro Towards Coos Bay. Tho Roseburg Review says: "Frank B. Wnlto of Suthorlln, loft hero Inst evening for Snn Francisco where ho was called on urgent busi ness. LIko nil residents of Douglas county, Mr. Wnlto believes that tho Orogon Electric Is hoadod for Rose burg and that construction work on tho lino will commenca somo tlmo during tho present year. Mr. Walto also belloves that a branch lino will be constructed from Suthorlln to tho Const. Although not definitely stnted, It Is believed that pcoplo In terested In Suthorlln hnvo offorcd tho Hill Interests terminal grounds nnd $100,000 in cash In tho event they will build their extension to tho I Const from that place instead from Rosoburg. Whether this offer Is being considered by tho Hill In terests at this tlmo Is not known." A FIIESII SUPPLY of FRESH OIjYMPIA OYSTERS JUST RE CEIVED. Free Delivery. PHOXE your ORDER to lMIOXE 73-J. 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