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THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL V 1913 EVENING EDITION. nn- CALIFORNIA TO SPEND BIG SUM FOR GOOD ROADS BIG POCKETS FOR WOMEN: BANDON BY THE, SEA MARSHFIELD. NORTH Bil m Rond Issue Amounts to $1H,00(),0()0 2700 Miles of Main Hall way Ilclnn Constructed. (Uy W. P. Ilochestor) Tho state of California Is now expending the proceeds of an $1S, 000,000 bond Issue In building good roads. This money Is being ex londod under tho supervision of n board of three commissioners ap pointed by tho governor and con sists of Messrs. H. A. Towns, rhnlr man, of Lodl; Charles I). nancy of aacramento nnu isewen u. uaning ton of Los Angeles, The commission, while giving their personal attention to this work have as their executive engineer Austin II. Fletcher, who enmo west as tho highway engineer for San Diego county, California, and was chosen for this billet l Honorable Logan Waller Page, the chief of tho roads department of the t'nlt ed States Agricultural Durcnu. Tnoiily.Hcicn Hundred Miles. The contemplated propaganda of itin fvimrnluulnn nnlla fni nlinnl 9 TOO miles of main highways to bo mine tnrougiiout tne state, and or tills Mr. Fleming has announced that fully 1800 miles of this will be built of a permanent- naturo with Portland cement, concrolu base. Tho remaining mlleago will bo of var ious typos of road of a more or less temporary nature. Tho bonds ns voted were straight they could not bo sold nt less than they could out bo sold at less than par and that botn principal and In terest should be payable In California. JSvljlently tho controllers of the nionoy strings of the Kast did not llko to encourage this kind of a precedent, and In consequence of a semi-boycott 1ms been established against the bonds. HiinkH Underwrite Ilonus. The commission has demonstrat ed Its resourcefulness as well as their standing with tho public, by nrrnnglng with tho banks of tho state to underwrite the bonds as fast us tho money Is needed to complete the roads through the re spective counties. It Is expected In this way that over lOoO miles of road per year can be built for the next two years, ana that with what they now have under way, piactlcally the entire system can be completed by the early part of 1UIG. Paved ill IYot Wide. One section paved Is 21 feet wide, and represents n .! miles stretch leading from South San Francisco via Uncle loin's Cabin, through Mlllbrao to Hurllngamc, and will make one of the most plc iiiresnue strctrhes of hlghwny In California. This road was let under contract nt .tl.OflW. imp Hmniril vnril. lint tlin contractor "went broke" and It In now ueing completed uy tno iiouus men. The prevailing bids at the opening were botwen $1.1 ft and $1.30 er square yard. Of tho 250 miles already let-, Homethlgn like 200 miles liavo bcon lot for a 4-Inch 1-214-ft concrete base with a wearing surface of as phaltlc oil and crushed rock screen ings, and at prices considerably bo- iow tne "iiuriinganio section. j experience. Ily Jcssio Hammond One ship turns cast and another west With the soir-samo winds thnt blow; 'Tls the set of the sails and nor thr galea Which tell us tho way to go. Llko tho wlndB of the sea are thi waya of fate As wo voyage along through life Tls tho set of tho soul which do cldes the goal And not the calm or tho Btrlfe. ENCOURAGE TDK IlIItDS Do you recall tho lines of Coler idge regarding oxperlenco? "Ti most men oxperlenco Is llko tin atcrn lights or a ship which Ilium inato only tho track It has passed.' Unfortunately, this is trim o' most or ub. Tho lights on tin stem of our slilp of destiny nro no bright enough to east a fllckorlnr beam on tho unknown waste o waters which lie ahead. H wo cannot make use of on past exporlenco In our dally task wo are lacking In wisdom and goot' Judgment. As pain Ih a warnlir to use or some disturbance In ou bodily iiiechnnlsni, so our pusf ex Iiorionco nnd failures should war' ub to take a different path and s' avoid tho rocks and shoals. 'f wo cannot steer by tho light n exporlenco, then lot us "maki haBto Blowly." for tho light oi op portunlty which gleanm nhead o ub all must needs bo followed wltl wisdom for as llncon says, "A wis, man will mako more opportunltlei than ho riuilB." Howovor, If we cannot profit b our own eperlonces, then perhap'1 we may do bo by tho experiences o othors. For It Is so much easier ti discern wherein our brother fullec than It Is tt percelvo tho poln where wo lost our bearings. Kneli day'a eventB havo an Infli euro upon our rutiiro. Our Wo l like a pleeo or tapestry. Wo xveavi a pattern each day hero a goldei thread of opportunity, there a dnrl thread of some bitter oxperlenco And when tho day Is dono and tin pattern completed, we look will aching oyoa on tho Ill-shaped thins nnd bco whoroln wo might havi in mi 0 ii more ueautirtii, Yet "Ho who docs tho best bh circumstances allow, does well acta nobly, angels can do no inoro.' Ho If wo feel that wo havo done our best, lot ub not mourn ovei our failures, but profit by tho ox porlenco and so make tho noxt pat torn In tho tapestry of life more nearly perfect. uoaii to crescent citv. Ornntn Pass Men Ijtiiiuli Project for "Xvn Line. HALEM, Ore., March ai. Articles of Incorporation for tho Urania Pass nnd Crescent City Itallroad company, which places Ub capital stock nt $,r., 000,000, were Uled hero. Tho incor porators are J. F. Heddy, II. L. ail key and W W. Harmon. The ar ticles sot forth that tho company in tends to build a main Hue railroad irom uraniB i'nt,s, in Joseplilno coun ty, to Crescent City. CaK, and in nddl Hon n number of branch lines. Times' Want Ada bring results. Mankind, In grasping for the dol lar, has lost track of tho various Insect-destroying birds that for cen turies havo inhabited tho land. Tho forests are being removed, and tho JlrdB that once had happy homes vhero thp Insects also lived and sup )lled the birds with food, havo had o simply do tho best they could nd so many species aro almost ex tinct, while others nro becoming nore scarce each year. Tho Insects have gone to tho orchards and vlne nrdB, nnd to the Holds, where they ire not bo exposed to tho birds, and hey are Increasing bo rapidly that nan lias to devise plaiiB by which hrough spraying and other methods 'ho crops aro protected nnd hiBcctH 'topt In check, writes nn Ohio man. All birds should bo protected, and .noro trees should be planted. All birds that romo to our gardens and orchards should receive every en ouragemeiit from those who deslro "o hnvo flucpessfiil crops In tho fu uro. During severe winter weather luall should bo given a little grain, i nd crumbs and other morsels of food should bo provided for the .vrens nml other birds that remain ill the year. lllrd houses should bo erected for 'llOSO blnlH thnt will nr In anMi jlaces, llluoblrdB, martins, wrens ind other Insect-destroying birds onio eocli year and In tlmo great -uitimos or mriis would no had, and 'hose will do wonders toward keep ing down Insect pests. All sorts of houses can be con Unified, from n little one-room af falr iiiado out of u box, to a mam moth bird castlo, such ns I have erec ted at my homo In Ohio. I am spending much Ulnio nnd nonoy In protecting tho birds, nnd In providing homes for tho martins nnd othor Insect-destroyers. " This bird Iioubo I speak or has 102 rooms, and s n mlnlaturo hotel, whoro the birds ecu io no norrectiv linrmv a ..i-i Miro of It was printed In tho August 1 number or Farm and Homo. Any boy can build some kind of a bird liouso, nnd erect it on a polo out of reach of tho cats. Why not do It now, and havo It ready to wel come the birds this spring? FIX lU'M OF FIGHT. lluil Anderson and llrmvu Matched Again for April 15. LOS ANHF.LRS, Cal., March 31. Tho return match between "Knock out" Drown, tho Now York light weight, and Dud Anderson of Van couver, Washington, will occur tho night of April IS. They will box -ii rounds nt Vernon nrena. NEW YORK, March 31. Pockets ror women have coino at last, lr not votes for women. And perhaps one step toward mas culine emancipation will help the' women In taking tho othor. Of course, women did have pockets 1ft I years or more ago, or rather a pock to hidden like bo mo Bhamcful secret between sldo pleats. Then thoro' came the era of coat pockets, a fool-1 lsii iiuio one nign up on the icit-. hand side. And then n famous French design- ' or had an idea. The realization of that Idea Is now in New York, It Is I an afternoon frock with pockets two of them exactly resembling In size and position tho sldo pockets of a man's trousers. They will easily carry handkerchiefs, shopping list, pocketbook and vanity box. Ono can even put ono's hands In them nml. lennlnir linnlr. Tnlm ritill.wlan. I proudly survey the world. It is bus-, peered mat tne policewomen who tuny shortly bo hero will find such : iiuckcih nuricciiv invniv lor --cnn toting." Do 'not miss seeing tho busiest town on tho coast, from Portland to San Francisco; tho town that doubled Us popu lation in three years of conservative growth. BANDON BY THE SEA Rcasonablbo prlccB in busluoss nnnd residence lots, forming and ranch lands -within tho reach of nil. Donald MacKinto'sh REAL ESTATE nnd INSURANCE. HOSEHUHG CKIiKDKATIOXS ItOSKDUItO, Or., March 31. Tho committee on tho coming Strawberry and Itoso Carnlvnl propose to clinngo iiio carnival dntes from May 21-24, to June 1G-19, the latter being the week or the Stato Bunkers' 'conven lon here. MANV EGGS IX STORAGE TUB fnruior will possibly make ns muclL monoy by selling eggs this year as last, when prices woro very high, as tho winter has been open In moBt parts of tho Uni ted StnteB, nnd production of eggs relatively heavy. Dnt tho specula tor havo not fared so well. Moro cggB than usual were puut Into cold storage during tho season of last spring nnd oarly summer nt high prices, ranging In April ns high as 22 cents a dozen. Theso same eggs have been taken out of coolers re cently nt 18 to .2 1 cents. This means a substantial loss for tho specula tor. Prices ou alt grades of eggs hnvo upon low the past fortnight or more, and the total number In storage U moro than nt a llko period In 1912. According to tho American ware housemen's nssoclntlon, the total stocks In 39 qold storago houses on Janunry 1, 1913, wero 853,000 cases, of 30 dozens each, compared with D08.000 cusea one year earlier. The reduction during December, 1912, however, was heavy, duo largely to tho activity of tho women'H clubs, which took up tho mnttor on dis tribution. On December 1, 1912, thn report of the wnrohouBcmon's as sociation claimed thoro wore 1,070, 000 cases ou hand. Llbby COAL. Tno Kind VOU have 1IAVAYB USED. Thono 72, IacL'" uivery nnn Tranwfnr OomniinT. Don't Blame Your Over Worked Stomach When your stomach will not dlgert food, the worst thing you can do U to take a lot of dlgettlra medicine. True, Uy Rive temoorary rallaf. imt n. stomach U tfca ., v.u -m petlto. Indigestion, dypapaU and heaE various remedies taken to iSlm tSSa conditions result to rntnlng the Keaach and preventng It from iflgettlairfood in a natural war. If you want your itomach to do lu Tak8 jam doieg regulaxly, pwferaoly before meali. in uttS fitai ii itojaach will again do lta owl wSik and you wiu eat heartl& kupiu and enjoy living. Jayne'i Vonlc Venal. !? f llftW to ltialf, bnMt iS2f "P the stomach aad lniaiunea. 5?7.i.?2B I1 tt nntrlaentnd trength from the food yon oat. Manv forma n mn.... j-.. . for which Jayno'i Tonlo VanaUnm S TUB ntmoBphoro of n bank should bo as democratic as thnt of tho street feel frco to conio In nt nny time, oven It It Is only to got change. Some tlmo you mny wish to deposit or borrow, buy a draft or rent a safety deposit box. We Invite you make this bank your bank, and let your wnntH be known we shall bo pleased. to servo you. . Thi First National Bank Of Coos Bay FLANAGAN & BENNETT BANK Capital and Surplus $100,000 FAKE OllO Wnv is. Hound iriftjj dttj --. ,c, TiUU , .0a!'s lcw J lnini,l j H .".iwxroml i" "I., niter 7 , wylmlfhour,1 U'uvefrom -iiotci. oohstaJ A'rops. PROFESSIONAL I PKNMAMIN OBIuja Oininltln, ftrs, Archliett Plioiio 103.1, t,1rl T M. WIlIGirr. J co.vnucrorn Plans and spcclficaUoci "-" "UB 1I1-R, n IdVIA EDMA-i. fflAllB. . Scientific Swedirt u." ivt i, v:. " w -'"ivii npanmtiiu TOKIi OSTLlJiD. J PUnn Tnnu ..a w - -iaV luurr nnn 41b S. Sixth StrttL pJ Oldest Bank in Coos County. Interest Paid on Time deposits. Taxes can be Paid at this Bank. C. A. Smith Lumber & Mfg. Co. RETAIL DKPAIITMENX pKIWi IlILEY DAUnd Iteaidonco-Btudlo, So.1 ioni ii-L Vjff 0. CHANDLER, Room 801 nd 302, ( MartnrieM. ( rn. w. bioiuiow, Dcotlitl 171 Crimea Dalldlac Tlieater. Offirel W II. 8. TUIU'EI, Ancnnrn Maribfleld, On LUMI1ER, LATH, 8IIINOLKS, MOULDINGS, 8A8II AND DOOItS. nOOFINQ PATKIt, ETC. OUT THE FUEL I1ILL IN TWO I1V USING OUIl WOOD. phone loo. 18a sotrxn droadway r, a. J. HE.nnii -' Modern Dntil I Wo are equipped to do I work on short sotlti i lowest prices. Ennisj Lady atteDdant Ccti I Chamllnr Hn'l. (Vnil urna no other. Millions hare unto ma eignty years. ftyn 'raised It for -.- .u. uoiguij years, sola by dnur. Abstracts, Real Estate, Fire and Marine Insurance . Title Guarantee and Abstract Co. HENRY SBNGSTAOKKN, Mjrr. Coqulllo Office Phono 191 Platting Lnndn a apocialty. Farrna Tirobep Coal and Marahfleld Office 14-J. General Agenta "EASTSIDE." FOR QUICK WORK, FOR PROMPT q FOR GOOD Telephone the oldf Coos Bay Steam I We always deliver i Phonc57-J -J I Coos Bay i Col T.i,i,noi,in Arltlf llUUnnvvy.uo -J manahlp. Spelling, q i.aw, iiusuitw Shorthand, and Tw Ing. Positions waltinf to I .lOSSEIA'.V WIU, QUIT POUTLAXn, Or.. March 31.n. S. JoB8olyn, president of the Port land Hallway, Llht & Power Com pany, resinned, effective July l.aft r kIx years' of aervlco. It Ih ru mored that tho Kast Sldo will back him for .Mnyor. DRINK HABIT ItKMAWiH HOME TREATMENT Thousand of wives, mothers and Blstcra nro enthusiastic in tholr nralso of OltltlNi-;. iwpmun i ima cured tholr loved ones of tho "Drink Habit" nud thereby brought happluosa to tholr homes, Can bo given socrotly. OHUINE costs on ly 11.00 per bor. Ask for freo booklet. Owl Prescription Pharma cy, Front St.. Phono 74-J. Noto that word presrlitlon. TllOrO IB HO eniTn nn rnnnr,!" 7Tfi; j'oiiKh, cold or la Krlppo developlnR Into bronchitis, pneumonia or con sumption nf(tr Fnlnv'tt limine n.,.l uir Compound has heen tnken. Tho Konulno Is In a yellow package, lte fuso substitutes. For sale by Lock-hiirt-ParsoiiB Drug Co., "Tho llusy v. Ullll'l, Hnvo your Job printing dono at Tho Times offlce. You Can Get West Marshfield Lots for $350.00 12 minutes walk from post ofllce Hltlilii 00 ft. of lots selling for $ 1 ,000.00 Wo have but two left. I. S. Kaufman (& Co. Union Storage Company i . W A Hcart, Mgr. hxport Packers. Carpets Cleaned. Furniture Packed, Shipped, , nea ana uopnirod. 382 Front St. Phone 196. Leave orders nt Going & Harvey. Fisher Auto Service Win. Fisher, Proprietor. Phone orders to Hlllyer'a Cltar Stand. Phono 18-J. After 11 p. . phono G-J. Night phone 181-R. Marahfleld, Oregon. THE ItBCOItD PHOTOGRAPHING AU9TRAOX COJDPANY Have photographic copies of all records of Cooa County to date, abstracts of titles, present owners, or nny other Information relating to real estate furnished on short notice. I1USINESS OFFICE: 117 Nerth Front St., Marshfield. Phono 151J W, J. RUST, Manager Unique Pantatoritiml Parker & Leaton Save That Bundle for Me A square deal nnd a, clean Bhlrt. BOll BARTER, Twin City Laundry THE MODERN DYERS. CLEANERS, rmxatiuj jja UAX msNOVATORS Agent for Rornud II. BtraaM A Co., Fine Tailoring. Let vm make Tonr Bcxt anil. gaaOENTRAIi. PIiobbIBO-X White Duck Button Shoes for Chlldrea. AlSO new Patent I.onthar Onltn. Shoes for Ladles' nnd Misses', at The Electric Shoe Shop Real Estate, Rentals und Insurance jjocKiiart liunmnx, Over lluu cioin- ing Store, Marshfield, Or. Tf?B Star Tf and Storage U prepared to do in J on unori ;" ,,w ,nd boats and wa ,ty,!.'5n"'u;oi. guarnuicv v - L. H. Heisne PhoneiiiS- Phono 203-0 I'll CnU. Pictures &Framing Walker Studio First ClassWeaving promptly dan at Gardiner's Rag fcret. Factory Cor. Union nnd Montana Street. Phone 131. North Band. Or Twin Citv Laundry GOOD WORK GOOD SERVICE Not Ih uny Combine. 8 hours work for women. Our Agents call anywhere. Phone 203-J. WREN TOU WANT A MESSEN GER ROY Sonetblng Mat for or delivered PHOKB 120-T, and we'll do It. Cbargea reason CHAS GRAVRY. You Auto Call Foote PHONE 144-J NIGHT A&D BAT Stand front of RUnco Billiard Parlor TWO NEW OARS After 11 P. M. Phone 200-L Reeldejiee Phone 8-J. Careful Drivers -i- Good Cars --- JUST l'"tcH Glass Si our !l Call nnd see our i ware, we '" ,, latest, desfn. ta if 1 rrom i .' " imim In eiectricui -" JHBL. The Sign of Good Candy Always r.i.. AntO Good Cars, , car , reasonable '- , , Will .wr'Sal Stands '"-' pjme niimr Store. Pr" Night Phone 4j McDonalsA to Hunker m ,2 Hourly trip- J1 M !? S?dth? dVS-I aito - t0 iiik i Phono oru-- . i