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f I 2 THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1913--VEWIMG EDITION. COOS BAY TIMES M. c7mALONKV I2tlItor anil rub. PAN K. aiAI.OXHr News lulitor Offlclnl Paper of Coos County. officiaij I'Ai'hii oi' tiih cm- OF MAHSIIKIKI.O. Entered at tlio postoffice at Marsh Hold, Oregon, for transmission 'through the malls as second clasi malt, matter. . SUBSCRIPTION KATK3. DAILY. One year '. Per month .. . 0nWhcnrpiil'(l 'strictly In 'advance the subscription price ot the Coos Bay Times Is 5.00 per year or J2.B0 for six months. Dedicated to tho sorvlco of the people, that no good cause staalUack a champion, and that ovll shalt un. thrlvo unopp seil. Address all communlcatlona i to COOS HAY DAIIjY TIMKS. Mwwliflchl '' '' " 0rcg0' "siN(!i,r iiorsK i.iJisi..m'itK. OVIJHNOR IIODOKS. of Kansas, who served clsht years as a - memlicr of tho Senate of his prate, Is nn ardent supporter of n ninglc linus" Legislature. He has ail vucnted tho plan to tho legislature and r.uggents that a single legislative hotly Be created composed of two members from each legislative district. Ho would have the Governor serve as mi ex-offlclo member anil as prosta tas; officer. He would have the As uem'bly meet ns often us tho exigen cies or tho public business demand. In his message recommending the iiew iilnti. Governor Hodges said: "In common with a large and grow ing number of thoughtful people. I am persuaded that the Jiistrumoiitul IUch for legislation provided for In out Hate constitution have become anlldtmted and Inefficient. Our sys tern Is fashioned after the Kngl'sb Parliament, with Its two houses b; ed upon the dlsllnclluii between the . .... 1 J... ...... ,.1.1 t I ll lrolMlliy ano um cumin"" i-"i'"-. house rcpres"iitlng the diverse Inter ctn of these classes. No reason ex fabi in this state for ti dual leg sla tfvo system, and even in England at tbc present time tho dual system has been practically ubundoned nnd tho upper house shorn ot Its Impor tam.v. and I hullo vo that wo Hliould jmjw concern ourselves In devising fc, system for legislating that will give us more efficiency and quicker ro nponse. to tho demandH of our eco nomic and toclal problems and to the will of the' people." Governor. Hodges' plan would pro vldu fewer legislators upon whom re sponsibility .would ho directly center ed. They would have moro work to do thnn hnvo Individual legislators now, hut they yould bo entitled to ranro pay. Moirt of tho argumonta for commission government for cities ayply to tho state as well. "Give mo solitude." pleads 12ltoit Hubbard In his magazine. So far as wo nro concerned, tlicy can clap ICI bert Into the dungeon any old tlmo they nre ready. TIIU MOON ANI ItAINIWIilj. A-dnnclng. a-danclng. the little rivers run Down to tho great, wide ocean, a-sparkllng In tho sun. IVy many a devious channel nnd barrier perplexed, By wheels and foaming rapids their onward way Is vexed. The larger rivers snatch them to swell tholr stronger tide, Hut every llttlo drop moves on to find the ocean wide. O dancing llttlo rivers, how fair you make tho land! Along vour liunkB the happy klne kneo deep In grasses stand; The great trees bending over hide from tho sun each pool Where llttlo minnows dart and play beneath the waters cool; Down to your crystal shallows the songbirds dip nnd drink, The ferns uncurl their fronds and bond to reach your curtained brink, Along your llttlo valleys the crowded gardens grow And fruit peers out beneath Its leaves in crimson row on row; The dashing, sparkling wnters which feed your current clear Come from tho gushing springs that flow from out the hillside near; Ueauty you take from nil and give; O river, cool and clear, Because of you earth is more bright and life has grown more dear. N. M. Lawnter. WITH THE TOAST AND THE coon HVKNINU To ho 70 years young Is I sometimes far more cheerful 1 and hopeful than to bo forty I years old. Oliver Wendell I Holmes. Willi. H U h TEA t flUUII HiniL !U I LiMUM HI HPRF linilULLU IILIIL I i i There Is less fun In gambling If you can afford to lose. If you would pose as a cynic, all von have to do Is to put tlte lid on your sentiment and mill it down. Some man Is usually at tho bot tom of two women's dislike for each other. STORY OK Till: DAY ANBW Instance of tho supposed connection of tho moon with rainfall claims the support of highly Bclentlllc authority. Heavy rainfalls have oi'vurrcd In America aX' Intervals of nineteen years ami UiIh period coincides with tho lunar cyily of maximum mirth and south declinations. K, Novllle. late direc tor of the Natal observatory. Hints in explanation In Mm moon's atirac ttXm The theory Is that a permanent elouJ belt Is drawn along by the moon, nnd that as the moon Hours St. farthest point north the mass of clouds Is made to'.' Impinge on tho mountain in Natal, giving excessive iralufnll. ... ; ' Motion Pictures, TI IIC irno for motion pictures Is becoming pheuomoual as a re port of thu business end of the enterprise HiiKKetUx. In America iJonc the yearly renin) Is 3"oo.oou, U00 In uilmUslon to picture Iioukos. und ;:o.Oin miles of aim produced. if the talking moving pU-iures are liorfeclcd so as to be more entirely satisfactory it Is probable that tblx will menu an enormous Imruixe In the business I Just I As Easy y - i - The curate of a large and lash lonable church was enodavoilng to teach tho significance of white to a Sunday school class. "Why." said he. "does a bride Invariably desire to be clothed in white at her marriage?" As no one answered ho explained. "White." said he. "stands for Joy; nnd the wedding day Is the moat Joy ous occasion of a woman's life." A small boy qucrl-d, "Why do the men all wear black?" i Tin: i,n tu: iiov's iiahy i I PRAYKR. I Tho recent receipt of n birth an nouncement from my friend Frank TIchenor. containing a cartoon In which tho twin girls with hniumers concealed behind tholr hacks were waiting for tho nurse prepared to do their worst If the now arrival was not a boy reminds mo of a llttlo poem, entitled "The Utile Boy'B Baby Prayer." and which goes as follows: Dear God. I need you awful bnd; I don't know what to do; My papa's cross, my mninmn's sick; I hain't no fron' but you. Thorn koerloss angels went nn' lining 'Slid of thu boy I ast. A weenchy. teenchy. baby girl. I don't see how they dnst! Say. God. I wlsh't you'd take her back, She's just as good as now: Won't no one know she's serond hand, But '(optlu' mo an' you. An' pick a boy. dear God. yourself. The nicest In your fold: But picas don't choose him quite so young. I'd like him live years old. Less During April Than March Owing to One Less Day in Month Kinds and Weight About 1.000 pounds less mall wiib Handled In the .Mnrshlleld postolllce during the month of April than was handled during the month of March. I Deputy Postmaster Frank Sumner , ..as Just completed the report on I Inst mouth's mall, the postolllce be ing required to weigh all mail Handled during tho months or March nnd April for fixing the pay of the star routo carriers. Marsh Mold 1 andles llvo routes. Cooston. lOastslde, Allegany, Umpire nnd South Inlet, and also tho Incoming mall for North Bend hns to be weighed through this olllce. The teal weight of the mnll han dled during tho mouth of April was 41.211 pounds. In the Incoming mall were -'.-ITI pounds of letters, liO.r.ir. pounds of second clnss or papers, and ."Oil pounds of parcel post mat ter. The outgoing mull totalled T.I1 pounds against 7.el,o paumlu dur ing the mouth of March. Ot this, DIM! pounds were lotters, 72!! pounds parcel post matter and 1CS0 pounds newspapers. April had one day less than March mid this accounts for the slight decrease In the amount of mall handled. Then, too, March had some Holdover mall which was delayed on tho roads by tho storms, We have what you want and You have what u want, so If U You want what wo have and I W3 want what you have "Let's Trade" THE FIXUP TWO STOHIS. Marshfield North Bend "This world Is but n dismal place, a desert sad and droary." So Croaker says, with long drawn face, nnd Cronkor niakos mo wonry. I've hung around this good old sphere for two M'oru years and twenty, and found that things nro ploasaut here, and there Is Joy aplenty. Although Brer Croaker tears his robe and talks like some soured prophet, ho will not leave tho gay old globe until we push him on It. I've noticed that tho cbaps who roast this world wherein we're dwelling, and sigh to Join the shining host where anthems ayo are swelling, when called away, put up a roar, and naught their grief can soften: they hate to leave this punk old shore that they've abused so often. I like to think that when we die to Aldenn we'll be wending, and slug beneath a cloudless sky. In happiness unending. However glorious tho land for which 1 1 hope) wo're headed, wo shouldn't knock this mundane, strand where wo are now homestended. I hopo to hnvo a harp that's pearled, and keop Mint harp abuinmlng, but while I lonf around this world I have no kick a-coming. Walt Mason. When It comes to work, in the spring almost anybody Is willing to poso ns a total abstainer. I NORTH BEND NOTES. ! Tho regular meeting of tho North Bend library committee will bo held In their rooms In tho Myers building Friday afternoon nt L'lIiO. The regular biul::e-s will bo taken t;; and all Interested In the work are Invited to attend. With riches some mcki Imagine Mint they can gild a lot of vices until they look llko virtues. A woman seldom knows what alio wants until after sho discovers that the can't get it. m "iii'imui: fob coos bay." Hurrah' Hurrah! for Coos Bay, I With her woods and valleys green. I Hurrah1 for her good old harbor, I Where tho ships each day are seon, l.ood ships bo on her waters, ' Good friends upon hor shores; Right royally wo nro singing To all nations make It known That we love tho land of Coos Bay, Within hor gates sho turns down no one. If from wrong wo should abstain, And truo honor is our aim. "To all true ami honest people. She, her welcome does proclaim." M. B. H. The (loose That Lays Several Kggs. Tho Tillies is In receipt of a parcel post package from Allegany, contain ing four goose eggs weighing 21 ounces, an average of r Vi ounces, and each mensuro 716 Inches by Sit Inches. The following solf-oxplana-tory unto accompanied tho eggs: "Allegany. Or., May 5. IMItor Times: "1 am sending n sample of my goose eggs. "1 suit to Indiana for a soflns; of ogs In February of last year and In April I received them In good con dition. Ono hen hovered over thorn u week and desorted the noxt; anoth er hen kept thorn warm u fow days whon sho left the nost. I took out flvo spoiled nnd tried anotlior which left tho nest in about threo days. Tho ono good egg was given to an other blddlo who was mother of ono lono gooso which grow rapidly and seems contentod with a flock of ducks. "About Christmas sho bognn lay lug, giving us about Tit! eggs and Is still laying, with no Indications of stopping. She Is of tho Gray African species. "MBS. J. II. PRICK." .osF.s ins laiiou. Slnslmv Itauchcr Loses Homestead After Long Residence. FI.ORNNCK, Ore.. May S. After spending olght years In lonoly toll on a homestead on Upper Rig Creek, Rett Frohnindor has received notico from tho land olllce that his claim had boon rejected. Frohnindor was a mouther or tho socond Oregon vol untoors and fought fourteen months In the Philippines, which tlmo, It allowed as usual, would extend tho legal period of his resldonco on the homestead to 10 years, lacking n few mouths. Ho sottled on tho placo in 1905, it was surveyed In 1909, and ho hied In May 1910. In 1905 ho built a cabin and barn and did his first clearing. In 1911 ho built a bungalow out of dressed cedar, with largo windows, panol door, nnd cov ered with shaved shingles. Tho samo year ho added threo sheds to his barn to accommodate Ills In creasing herd of cattle. Ho now has nn orchard of twenty trees, somo bearing, ono and one-half acres in gardon nnd fourteen acres seeded to grass, all Inclosed with substantial fences, Ho raises hay enough for his stock nnd will have hay left over this year. Ho has always raised produco enough for his own needs. On the government side of tho ledger In tho way of natural re sources, there are a few patches of IS GE ,L TELLS STORY Wife of Alleged Swindler Is Anxious to Get Babies Away to Home. Tho Portland Oregonlan prints the following story which will bo of In terest here, ns .1. C. LaFrnnco was arrested In Coqiillle a week ago for tho $15,000 iiisuranco swindle t Portland: , , , "I would wait for my husband, should ho bo sent away, until tho resurrection, ir necessary," said Mrs. Kmollno LiiFranco, yesterday after noon, wifo of .1. C. LaFrnnco, charg ed with obtaining $15,000 liiBiirance through pnlnilng off a dead body as his own. "I would wait for him be cause ho Is tho father of my dear babies." "Mrs. LnFranco caressed her youngest born, Vendora. who cuddled In hor lap. as sho spoke, while Grace, three years of ago, stood holding to her mother's right arm. " 'They nro such denr children, continued the mother, 'and wo nre In such a plight. I suppose they will send my husband away, but 1 hope not. And If they do nil I nsk Ih that I bo allowed to leave here nnd get a little home somewhere so I can lake care of my babies. 'You don't think they will do anything to me. do you? How can they? I meant no wrong. No Jury would convict me of u crime when they boo these little children. All ThoiiKlit Corpse La Franco's. " 'When I got tho money $2500 from tho Artlsnns everybody thought the corpse found In tho rlvor was that of my husband. 1 believed It was and mourned him as dead. And when he came to hco us for tho first time It was like the dead coming to life. I could hnrdly realize It wan he. I was glad and yet I thought of the money. " i gave hint the money nnd he told me to collect the rest. . He dominated me. I did not refuse. I collected the money und gave It to him. It did me no good. Most or It ho Invested In a sawmill at Baudoii and In timber land In Coos County. I think the property can bo sold for enough to pay all bnck. " 'I nover asked him where be got tho body that was thought to have been his. I waa so worried over the money that I dli tnt vn. tc learn uuy more. I Just did as ho said and worried inysoir almost to death.' "Mrs. LaFrnnco Is .12 years of age. hut looks several years younger. She Is comely nnd woll educated. Hor in minors and conversation Indicate that sho camo from n refined family. Tho children resemble their mother and both nro beautiful. WRe Does Not Look Her Age. "When It wns suggested to Mrs. LaFranro that sho looked to be younger than 112, sho said: " 'Woll, I am not as young look ing now as I was boforo this terrible thing happened. I hnvo nged years In npponranro tho Innt six months. You know not the torrllilo strain I h.tvo b en under and It m'-ws vr' nil the tlmo. Whon will tho trial ho. nnd will they try mo? I wnnt It all over with as soon as possible. I wish tho trial con 1 1 bo hold to morrow.' "Mrs. LaFranro Is In custody at tho Detention Homo ns a principal In tho nllogcd swindle on a charge Of obtaining money under false pre tenses. Sho nnd hor children hnvo a comfortablo room end nro glvon tho best of attention. She sr.ld If alio ami her husband got out of tho trou bio thoy would go away nnd begin llfo nnow." no ni:ws of iionv. Lal-'raiiie Kvhlcmo Sought by the Authorities, Tho Orogpnlan says: "To oonror with District Attorney Kvnus regard ing tho body round on tho upper reaches or tho Clacknmns River and palmed off ns that of J. C. LaFranco, Insurance swindler now in the Coun ty .Inll, Sheriff Mnns nnd Coroner Wilson, of Clacknmns County camo to Portland from Oregon City. Thoy wished to nscertnlu R Mr. Kvnns bnd any ovldenco on which to luise nn nsRiimptlnn Mint a murder had beon committed, but he said that there wns llttlo conjecture to sustain such n theory. "Tho Clackamas County officials suggested, ns hns been previously suggostod by others. Unit tho body might bo that of Lloyd Williams, County Recordor of Clackamas Coun ty, who disappeared last spring. It Is not believed, however, that Wil liams la doad, ns sovoral havo ro portod having seon him nllvo on the Btroots or San Francisco. Sovoral former Oregon City peoplo havo writ ton hack from San Francisco to this effect. "District Attorney Evans is no nearer a solution than ho wa8 nt first of tho mystery of tho body substitut ed for that or LaFranco. Ho has had Frank Ready, Investigator ror his oN rico, checking up on various loads but so rar no clow or any real valuo has developed, La Franco's state ments on tho subject are evasive and contradjctory. young aiders, a great many dead cedar spikes and not ono green tree big enough tor a saw log. Frohmodor's patlont offorts to so euro a homo thus meeting disap pointment has widely aroused the Indignation of tho settlers In tho Sluslaw forest, who aro preparing a petition moro concrete and vigorous in Its Indictments than any appeals formerly sent out rrom this forest. Proposing by mall is as unsatls factory as kissing a girl through a knot-hole In a board fonco. RAM) DANCI3 SAT., MAY 10. BIG IN ON NQTI TUNNEL Does Work of Three Men, Eats 18 Eons for Break fast, Drinks Six Quarts. Tho Kugone Guard prints tho fal lowing! "Gus OtiBtnson, moro gen erally known nB the "Big Swede," who dumps caw on Notl tunnel on tho new Coos Buy railroad, .'10 miles west or Kugono, 1b a man or hiicIi huge size and strength ns easily to Justify thu appellation of giant. He Is almost Boven foot high, nearly threo feet across tho shoulders and has a most phenomenal morning ap petite Dally, Tor his hrenkfiist", 18 eggs nre used, but though it dozen unit n hair eggs with ordinary con comltunts of tonst nnd butter, moke anything but a cheap meal, thu com pany Mint feeds him bus nover ut tered n word of protest, for Gus Gub tasoii bus proved that ho Ih an en gine worthy of his fuel. Dump cms ordinarily requiring two und three men to bundle he dumps by himself. In swinging a sledge ho Ih another John Rhld; In using n bur In crump ed quarters whoro two or threo men could work with difficulty, bin con centrated strength comes In handy: In lining rocks, In pluclug timbers. In a hundred ways In the course or tho day ho pays Tor tho costly al bumen or bis breakfast and tho equally costly properties of his din ner und Hiipper. "Ills capacity for potables Is quite as grout ns Mint of solids, his acquain tances proudly attesting that he can drink "ulx quarts" in tho course of a day "without batting u lush." But oven -when ho goes beyond his "six quarts" and does "bat a lush" r.s oc casionally happens, lie does not grow foul, abusive or dangerous, but thou ns nt nil times lives consistently to the good nature giants havo tra ditionally possessed. "He wears his hair cropped short, disproving the connection that wns anciently supposed to exist between liulr nnd strength." : : : L I Along the Waterfront. I ioltT PORT il A Portland paper says: '"United States Inspectors IMwurds and Ful ler begun mi Investigation this morn ing Into the accident of th.u gasoline schooner Anvil, which wont ashore at tho mouth or the Sluslaw April II. After taking testimony of Cap tain Snyder, tho master, the Inves tigation was postponed until other witnesses will bo In a position to come to Portland. Chinese Cannery Crew's r ChmjimonPaisg;'" . Taken From Here South I!?hJafcjiftt mi hiiio inp o Port nrfV, j : ,r" lo tho rin hi their n!rd' hiS I'rce Boss tVhm ' orW' ilerliurti Trading com., n '. e W,i" on Rogue River Th ,'""? men were "swell kiivr" n7 .u Jr l.eliiK inken'' to fftWM from where they will wrt 0rH 't. , nn. , a, o;; going down by th0 i".'00"", ;2Mr " 5 Mr. Bone brake says thst an i nieiiso number of rallro-, i .i a ln being talu-n out from ffi fi'V" "I'ndrcds of hem n 1;,t1; he tad and a lnrKo 1 teanm an-enmloyc , hm MAY API'IIAI, CAS; .Mr. ,, Ji, Ktcwnil tyii. tu MrH. Jfiuilo M. Stewart, ot B. gor. Is i-oiiBlderlnBanappeiUorw uty 1'rosecutli.K Attorney Mimta" as n result of tho trouble hffi owed he trip of Acting Co ,ut .aines'ttaud.:.ll.Joehnklo home lu Ranger tho other d' Charges of trespass may hc pref' She has consulted n lawyer abontlt Mrs. Stewart says that no gun pointed nt the men. She rlalmi tkit prior to their vlnlt. ie reM telephone messngo from C. E.JUrbM asking about tin, cjottel not. mortgage, saying there a$ ioa mlxup about it. she refuted to n down uml then .Tochnk and Win (nine to her home She mm thit .loehnk said ho had the mono; tt pay the claim ns booh as he stralzbt ened It out. She (Save Mm Ike do incuts nnd ho handed them to Witt, saying they were attached. "Ijsm not," declared Mrs, Stewart nd lie grabbed them bnck from Watt. Ttn Mr. Stewart nppenred on the icttt ami then there wng a lunle, Mr, Stewr.rt not knotting that kli fi hud recovered tho note and mort gage When he discovered ike hi, ho picked up nn unloaded shot rai uml the men left. She declare! tit', she was not told that Mr. Watt tu an officer and anyway sayi Jwhk hud no business there. Sheuritte claim Mint Joohnk Is trjrlng to col lect rrom them was paid longaco. To tine Public:' Shows of a first class cliaractci', other f hail moving piHiiro shows, have boon so rare in Mai'siifield thai rnc public icvl tiiat ilicy arc from Missouri and need to bo shown. At the present time, the Masonjo Lodge, through their opera house commit tee, have secured what we can coiiscionti ouslv sav, after two night's trial, is the hest show troupe that has been in us town for years. They are now playing at the opera house at popular prices, 2.n 33c and o0c. f. s. :nov, 13. A. ANM3USON, MA I' II DANO. Opera House Committee. - i PRICES Queen Quality Shoes for Worn on, i",0, $3.73, 900jndJJ Flohrlch Fox Hllkor Shoes for Men, welts, gl.OUnndg'-' Iruster Drown Bluo Ribbon Shoes for Children, $1.50 to S Men's Suits $7.50 $11.00, $12.50, $14.00, $16.50 and Up Wo aro sure wo can save you from 93.30 to 3.00 on you buy hero. Try us. ens Hats for one-third les3 than you havo been paying. Try us. Boy's Suits, ijil.no, 91.83, $2.23 und up to $0.50. Boys' Capatrajrf s&rswE .. n.V. . ... ISC 1!' - ' Women's " -, o0 33c, 30c and V-w- Prices such as those and a thousand others lta tft en Rule what It is, the largest of its Kinu m - TTe Golden Rule First National nank Building. n. a. cw1(