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THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1913 EVENING EDITION. Ifii-'L :.'"" ra I .S.'S if Vi ("i it, ?.J .' mi y-ifl Fk lf, What: Woold You Do With a Million Dollars AH Your Owe ? (Continued teom Pngo Three.) I would build a railroad from Coos liny to Uosobun;. l)y tloItiB for telephone system; $25,000 for reading rooms; $r..00 for new fire 124.006 to i tell the peo do Mnrsh- ?? ' i much good In Hold Is the beat pmro on the Const Moro would loliow. Sue Aliirsii- Hold grow. It- Mr. C. II. nuiiKiin. T AVOUM) DO MAXVJ'IIIMiS I would huvo u beautiful homo, an nutomobllo. and I would want to Klvo n sreat deal to charity and mis sionary work. 1 would like to build a now church, a railroad to Cooh Hay. electric Htreot car line between North Dcnd and Marshllold, take people to l'nnaina Imposition, send boys and islrls to collect, help "Woman's Suf frage" build new houses for the In coming rUBh of people ami rent them nt a low price, add to lire depart ment and do a great many moro things. Sincerely, Mary Immel, ion South Second street. the world as could he done. 1 would avo horso flesh, save sea sickness, save newspaper ctlltorH a lot of trouble business men tlmu nnd trouble, save tho public tlmo of reading that which Is not so. and eo many moro things It would savo that 1 have not time to tell. Hut 1 feel sure it would bo well apent, don't you? J would have a good Income tho rest of my life nlso. How Is that? .Mrs. Frank lllnck. i" oiii) "imT(7imTi"'s"iio.mi" I I would establish a home for "Old Pooplo," who wore mistreated or homeless. We know tho young will bo cared fori but dear old fa thers and mothers, who have bourno tho heat and burden of the day, hav ing Bpent their IIvoh working for their children and In return, many parents are neglected, mistreated, abused and made to feel that they arc a burden and in the way. Some parents aro even In tho "poor house" whose children are able to caro for them. I would cBtabllsh a beautiful, com fortable "home," with kind atten dants and caro to make them happy In their declining years. "woFmmiivi"to"tiik mmTiT , If I had a million dollars I would send it to a mission or a .Missionary to help to preach the Hlble to tho poor and needy, or If 1 did not want to do that 1 would put It In the bank or save It and build a mission of my own with It or something of that kind, or mnyho 1 would buy an auto and run In on the street and have a preacher nnd preach as we go along. Pearl Price. Allegany, Oregon. I A CIIHUISIIUD AMIUTIOX. I I If I suddenly becamo possesses of $1,000,000 I would enrry out an Idea which would In my estimation, make this a bettor world. I would finance a commission, whoso work It sliould bo to doviso a plan to lessen tho tears, tho early gray hairs, tho disappointments, tho sorrows anil tho sufferings of mothers, caused by wayward, vi cious, ungrateful children. Tho Doy Scout movement Is my idea of what might' ho doveloped into n "school for making dutiful sons," good citizens, honorable men of our boys. Thus making inothorH all over the Inud happier, in tho knowledge that tho buoyant spirits of their boys wero not being crush ed or misdirected, but being train ed In the right direction. K. IJnndol. i woru 7t)o7r"fm"i'ovx"" I Why, I would take every cent of It nnd invest In property right hero In denr old .Marshfleld. 1 know that It would bo an Impos sibility to lose a cent of it that way, and If I am not very badly mistaken, in yearB to comu I would bo able to triple It. If I had a million dololars. I would nut every cent of It In Marshfleld, to help build It up, and 1 would continue my dally work us Mr. Dennett says be will do. Watch dear old Marshfleld boom. Uvolyn Lewis. IMTIIKItIM s coxTitinrTiox XX I would buy sumo laud and I'd buy a hoiiso on my laud and If thero would bo anything left over I would buy a Htove. I would buy a set of dishes for myself. I'd buy a telephone for myself. I'd buy a sink for myself and then I'd pay up my bills. I'd buy some einlrs. I won'Jt buy nothing else. CATHKItlNH STl'MP. (Aged C years.) i 7fi"M "T7iT: iiomkijKsq. "i 1 would tlnd nil tho poor and homeless children, would mako good homes for them and send them to good schools. Then I would scok for tho poor working girls, who work for star vation wages, and in Bomowny would establish homes with labor whore they could earn nn honest, virtuous nnd comfortnblo living. Then I would spend the remain der In the lescue of tho wluto Blnves In the United Stntes, and In providing reading rooms with harm less aniuseniontn for young men and boys, to keep tnem nway from an loons and other places of ovll-rc sort. .lrs. J. S. llakor. :: it :: j IXVKST IT OX COOS IIAV I "Wlmt would you do with a mil lion dollars" All havo been waiting and longing, nnd many have been Idly dreaming Just what they would do with a mil lion, like .lames Dennett got (not long ago) the other day. You would bo planning and thinking, and many IdosiB would bo yours. You would plan a hotel at Sunset and build you a fine Hiiminur home, People would come to Coos Day and buy them a nice little Hat. Hut If I had a mil lion I would Invest It hero on tho Day. People would stop their cubhiu, and smile once again, and Hay, Wntch Coos Day booming, things nro coming our way at last. Miss lUhyl Van XI lit North Dcnd, Ore. i w r77"sTA ht"a rro"i7ix"i"" i: If I had a million dollars I would got an auto, a horn, a HteaniHhlp and a crow (o go around tho world. Tho auto to cross the continent, go down tho coast and back, to run from North llend to Mnrsliflcld. CoQiiille, Myrtle Point and back ngaln. When I got through 1 would tnko a trip to Florida and back to Coos Day. I'd go to col lego and boo what I could learn. Then I'd turn business man and run an auto to North Demi and have my faro if. tents a round trip. Uazen Price. Allegany, Ore. 33 ,'OUM ItUII.I) A UAI1.WAV 1 If I bad a million dollars, you sny: Why IM build a railroad through Coos Day; 1 would sell sumo stock and with money more, Across tho mountains you would hoar mo roar. Over tho meadows bright nnd green, My towering smoke would auro bo seen, While tho busy farme- Is raking Ids hay, Ily tho meadow brook, you would hoar him say, Thero goes tho makiiiK or Coos Day. Ily tho spreading mnple and stal wart plno, Motlilnka this timber would soon bo in I no To haul across the continent fair, And tho .Myrtlo wood of beauty rare, I'd place on exhibition there. Along the water so cold and blue, I soo tho llshormen working too; Thoro aro bass and salmon; O? how they shine, I'll carry them off to anothor clime Upon this Iron stood of mlno. Hut then tho mill mines I must not Ignoro, Kor whero thoro nro such mlnos ns nro scnttorod o'or TJiIb conBt of Coos Day, I know It would pay, To havo a railroad pass through this way, A. II. B. " 1 1 1 il , i .whiT-HIs" " : I would like to have a million dollars for ouo year so 1 could gather up nil the tired, nervous, overworked mothers of large famil ies, who needs work all day and lay awake nt night planning how t") intike ends meet next day, who do not hnvo a Sundny or holiday during the year, and who aro not thought of at all In times of recre ation; I would like to take 'them and tho family nnd set them down In n place like tho Yosonilto Val ley for a month's rest where nil expected of them would be to follow a guide and enjoy tho com panionship of the children the day long and be ho happy mid tired nt night that not to sleep would ho Impossible. Thou, If u knowl edge of such a treat coining yearly tho burdens and cares would seem lighter nil tho rest of tho yenr, and ou tho Inst Thursday of each No vember she could really feet thnnk ful without thinking she must wait till she dies to have Homethlng to bo thankful for. I). S. Dyorly. I IXVKST IX HKAI KSTATK, . If I had a million dollars, the first thing I would do wotiid bo to see that my parents wore provldod for. Then I would Invest Homo of It In good real estate nnd government bonds. Then I would donnto $100,000 to charitable Institutions. I would build myself a home uowu in Moutuern uniiiornin. After thnt I would go to collego nnd learn a profession. Then I would go to Huropo and visit all tho couutrloH thoro. Then nfter I returned homo, I would buy myself nn automobile, ontor Into tho sweet Joys of matri mony, tnko up my profession, sottlo down and live happily for over af terward. Ivan Pillion. ""TxvkstIx dka7.kstatk "" The 111 Ht thing would do if I had a million dollars would be to Invest n portion or It In .Marshfleld real estate and build houses there ou for rout. And I would like to build n nice home lor my rather and mother and our family and havo It coinrortably and convenient ly furnished. Xoxt, I would buy my rather a Cadillac automobile as ho has al ways wanted one and this would bo ouo or my greatest pleasures to ho able to glvo It to him as a pres ent. I would nlso have built a man ual training school for the boys mid girls of Coos county, whose parents nro unable to send them away to such a school, wherein they could thoroughly lea in n good trade to enable them to earn nil honest and respectable living. I would like tx travel In Kuropo for a year when I am older and would also like to take In the Pan ama Imposition in l!Ur. The balance I would put out on Interest with goon security, thereby having an Income to keep me. All this 1 would do If I only had n million dollars, Mary Holland. :: I K PKUPiyiTAIj MOTIOX. -tt I -;: should to ir perchnnco a million coino my way, I'd Bottlo down, right hero Btay. And all tho bills or friends of mine I'd pay in full, right up to time. Then, nH my namo would grow In fame, Many friondB I'd win, who'd llko my gniuo. Poor widows nnd orpnnns would moot, And Bhower tho blesBlngB nt their root That untight but gold can give, To cheer their heartH while thoy live. I'd reservo a tenth, to keep on hand To Invest In Coos liny land. This, my million would soon restoro To repeat the same plan o'or. Charles Stauff. tt jl- - - . i woi'Mi ci.kax Tin: city. xx If 1 became the possehsor of a mil lion I would tlrst havo n splen did homo, then travel, and teseivo enough to maintain mo comforta bly through life. I would help the worthy poor, nlso tho unwor thy falling from grace, organize n hiiinano society, assist homos for cripples, friendless and the old, also rhurchos, libraries, and wo man suffrage, clean up Mnrshtlold morallj and otherwise, glvo tho people a pure water supply, and a city void of saloons, nnd so lite that when tho leaes of my judg ment book unfold, tbev will 'oil the sun--, of a life and a million well spoilt. Mrs. Hotta loters, I Au7777fcOOS 11AY f Put In $1100.000 towards a good wator system for Coos Day towns $300,000 for a hard surface road rrom Coos Day to Umpqua Valley. $300,000 ror Improvement of Coos Day hnrbor and havo tho other $100, 000 for enjoying the rest of my life on Coob Day, S. D. Cathcart. I HlHIill IIUTt A I'AIIM First. I would not' build n lnrgo monument to fltnnd in somo pnrk or Btroet. Nor would I build a church bb thero aro ninny unnttended now. Neither would I send missionaries to foreign lands, when I could spend this sum In my own country to help my own nation. Ib it not onsy to guess how? Tho answer Is. Dy building nn inimonso house in tho country with tho nocesBnry lnnd, animals nnd im plements to comploto a modern fnrm. Then gnthor all tho street urchins, take thorn thero nnd under compe tent teachers have them taught to bo good honest cltlzoiiB, of which our nation would havo causo to bo proud. Hazol McNear, Myrtle Point, Oro. Age 15. i i7i:i,i tin: oupiiaxs W -- XX I would buy a rami on Coos Day; closo to a good school, and build n rami homo ror tho orphan boya un dor 111 yonrs or ngo or Coos County. Tho glrlB are nearly nlwnya looked tint ror. Put oh! tho poor boys. Whero thoy would bo woll schooled, tralnod to do honest work nnd bo off tho streot; where they would not be a stato chargo; or county chargo; and bo freo, honest citizens or Coos County. Mrs. Cora Maralea, Empire, Ore. 1 l7KUj"KljrK"lM7il7T.MKXT'"i: If I had a million dollars I would buy n largo piano nnd noxt I would holp build Mnrshflold Into a beautiful city, as ninny of tho custom states havo. And I would help to build n much largor firo barn, with moro engines nnd horses, as so many fires occur in this small' city I think h fine barn Is as niiuh neoded nn ninny other things nro, Until Andorson. Now Then, to Make the Million Maybe your not so ambitious, but at least you want a competence If you have one it will bear strengthening. Its a safe assertion more of todays letters endorse Coos Bay investments than any other single thing. No safer surer means of getting ahead than judicious investments in real estate. Its clean money too ask any successful man. Whether its a $100,000,00 business property. Whether its a $50,000,00 ranch Whether its a $200,00 residence lot Or anything between. We have made it our painstaking business to study and list the best buys, that we may present them with intelligence and confidence Our advice to you if you want it. Its at your service, but its not compulsory. Get anybody's advice, so its dependable. But it had better be that of a good real estate agent. He specializes. The other fellow specializes in some other line. We can be found in an emergency at M Front St. I.S. KAUFMAN & CO. Use Electric Roof Signs Thoy will be seen for miles and afford the widest and most attractive advertising obtainable for lit tle expense. New York's sky line is ablaze after night with electric roof signs, -which aro scon by millions of people in tho streot in tho har boron the elevated on incoming and oulging trains. That electric signs aro profitable to tho advertis er is evidenced by tho number already installed in Mavslit'ield. Thero is room for many more. AVc can hoi) you secure tho location and' our experts will bo glad to design an effective instal lation for you. The cost of operation is surpris ingly little. , For particulars telephone 178 and ask for tho New Business Department. OregonlPower Co. 2nd and Central Iv iii price, high in qaalliT. Electric Irons Wo havo a few sccoatMuml Irons in good untiring conJMoi nt $1.75. Now Irons, $:)..10 up. Coos Bay Wiring Co, 1C3 N. DroiaJ Phono 237-J First ClassWeaving promptly done nt Gardiner's Rag Carpet. Factory rvn. iininn nmi Montana Street. Phono 131. North BwlOj You Auto Call fa ...., . . . . vimiT AND DiT Stand front of IMnnco Irtunl TWO NKW WA'w M . Aft. n p. M. rhMi Kesltlcnte Phone frf .... t( ....... ,,.,... ' M4IILI1 "' Get in lino, lie measured M by n..tmr nnd Tall"' expert i.uv ,,(( no i.., ct unstnlrs. SUIU !, MlO i'lUIH MV. .'I -UUM-ui-i "CvTi l' S jr ' SAFE ANDlWyjr 4f r r 'SC I .H'ST tiiixk ok this "f Tho Qntor Club of Mnrshilold. hav ing tho wolfaro of tho community nt heart, hereby contributes what we would do with a million dollars. Buy tho Coos Day Times. Blun. The Dast has oroven that lnveetmnntn in nn . t . . .'Lnf 1L "10. .Poet's . coroner because I cities aro the most profitable. Tho C. D. R. fl. has sucb. to offer Ohas f cm Btv.mexim. ,,.,,,,,.,,,, I " COOS BAY REALTY SYNDICATE. DEALERS jm, AGENTS COAL COimiZATWN. J)AIB. ram rwrr, miwmi, TIMBER LAKD5. 0R6AN1ZIH6 Of INDUSTRIAL C0HPAWES A SPUWTYsO'' Pictures &Fra Walker Studio Do You Leave Yor nnc i Tnlockeor v rooi,i not do that, o"3 Riimiiri no moro bo wltHO" -. 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