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.ttlPS?lPISB?8j! ! '!& I? utti mAM.Ifl ulamette -Pacific Motor Car ,i &? 5 ,w" ' THR 0001 MY TIMn, HAIdHFIBLD. ORBBONi 1Pr "'"' Mill TMiir iimjm.,i.,im!iwniii!HMi jniinimiwMi,i MONDAY, MARQH 23i 1914 EVENING BDITIQN, Wl ,- ,1 m. m. m. ra. .to a. b) 00 m' :(0 a. ra ;00 a. "i. 60 a. m. 30 a. m. S:fl0 a. b. 30 a. m. a. w P. 1:30 p. :0I P :J0 p. 1:00 P :30 p. " jeo p. m. 30 p. m. 00 p. b. 1:30 p. :00 P. w- 1:30 P. w- 1:10 p. in. :30 p. m 1:01 P :00 p. ra Etordarii on'' 00 p. o. 1:00 m 7:16 a, m. S:1G a. m 9:15 a. m. 10:1C a. m, 10:4G a. ra. 11:16 a. m. 11MG a. m. 12:46 p. m. 1:15 p. m. 1:45 p. n. 2:15 p. m. 2:45 p. n. 3.16 p. m. 3:45 p. m. 4:15 p. m. 4:46 p. m. 6:15 p. m. 6:45 p. m. C:15 p. ra. C:45 p. m. 7:16. p. m. 7:45 p. m. 8:15 p. m 9:15 p. m. 10:15 p. tn. Saturdays only 11:16 p. ju. 12:15 a. m. AUTO AND TAXI SERVICE i new taxlcab has boon addod tc L ...n service. Caroful drivers Ejil jo inywboro at any tlmo. 8tand nco ClMr Store, way pnoue, to jht phono 139-X. IOM roODALE, Proprietor. I In onr now location, wo are es- dally preparou 10 camr iu iujhj it, Iloguiar biuib ur uuu "Open day and night. MERCHANTS CAFE. Jjr and Commercial rAMHUx PIHWHiim MO. end Your Laundry to Us By Parcel Post FURNISH A BAQ AND WILL PAY THK POSTAGE ON ITS RETURN. eos Bay Steam Laundry hone 57-J MarshfieW tores & Framing I WaHfpr Shiri n J. SOAIFE Jtt A. II. HODQIN8 larshfield 'JSSL.HS. . ULIUUAIIHU IV. KfitimatM Furnished. bone ilOU-J. Martihflcld, Oregon. HITE GLOVES CLEANED Full Dress Suits to Rent UNIQUE PANTATORIUM AY DOYLE & 0. O. DAGGETT Central Ave. I'hone 2S0-X Commutation Qfl Tickets $2.00 Li arshfleld-Nortu Ilend Auto, Line. tTvry ten minutes from 0 a. in to 12:50 p. m. GOItST & KING, Props. EDISON'S LATEST v. . o r iiorage battery that continual our charging Will not harm. i ,t)OES NOT dOtlRODE AT CONTAINS NO ACID. VUJ not lose Its charge while M GUARANTEED FIVE YEARS ' Coos Bqy Wiring Co. loa Broadway. , eni for Tort of Coos Bay. winu.ataHnwifiifnJirfini South Coos River Boats V Express leaves Marshfleld for Bead of rlvsr at 8 a. at., re turning jtt evening. steamer Rainbow leaves ad of river at 7 a. m. and turning leave's Marshfleld at ! P. m. ROGERS & SMTH. LET US MAKE YOUR ABSTRACTS Ntle s- rtruBt Co Abatrmctt wougl,y dependable. Im mediate service, prompt atten un to all Interests of our "lent. Minimum cost. k S. Kaufman ! Co. Ta Times want oi ni what bt1 80 fter, We Still Have Some Seed Potatoes of the EAltLY Mil) itddii and BtiAUTY OF ltfiuilOX varieties, so If you are In need of any, come In nnd sco us. Coos Bay Tea, Coffee & Spice House 180 North Broadway. Phone n04-,T. We also jiayo a lln of garde seedi. Call In nnd cot our prices an seed grain. mnnwn t MiwriisiWwifmiminiiniiHiiMBi rnA limuiitkivAaimtm rinj-Tifcm7.r;i:i. tn,tr,,,sixuum. KINDLY REMEMBER AND GIVE US A TRIAL EVERYTHING IN THE BAKERY LINE MARSHPIELD BAKING COMPANY Jan NORTH SECOND ST., NEAR.GENTRAL AVENUE. I'HONE 428. C. A. Smith Lumber & Mfg. Co. XETAIL DEPARTMENT LUMBER, LATH, BHIN.GLKS, MOULDINGS, BABH AND DOORS, ROOFING PAPER, ETC. OUT TH FUKIj BILL IN TWO BY USING OUR WOOD. PBONB 1ft. IBS SOUTH BROADWAY Abstracts, Real Estate, , , Firejand Marine Insurance tTITtSiUAttANTEEI&2ABSTRACT CO., Inc. HENRY BENGSTACKBN, Manager FARM, COAL, TIMBER AND. PLATTING LANDS A SPECIALTY. GENERAL AGENTS EASTSIDE MARSUF1ELD OFFICE, PHONE ti-J. 60QUILLK CITY OFFICE PHONE 401. TC ssc TYPEWRITERS All standard makes, sold on easy pay ments, new and rebuilt. Fox, Underwood, Remington, Royal, Oliver, L. C. Smith, and Smith Premier, for rent or exghanfle. Cleaning, repairing r new platens; uork Rtiarantcod. ' Rlhbous nnd carbon 'inper delivered. Phono us your order. Phono -It. Alllnnco office. TYPEWRITER EXCHANGE AMD SUPPLY CO. Stop Here for Bargains in grnnitewnre, glassware, chinawnro, nlum- iinnn ware nnd notions. Our Millinery Department is wortli your inspection Smith's Variety Store NORTH BEND A Check Account With this bankwill add System to your business affairs Aid sysUm means lacroasod business, decreasod expense, In creased efficiency, self confidence and reliance. Your retura checks, cancelled by the bank whan paid, aro a com plete record of your money disbursements. This bank Invites your account. The First National Bank Of Coos Bay FLANAGAN & BENNETT BANK OLDEST BANK IN COOS CONTY. Established 1880. Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $115,000 Interest Paid on Time Deposit Officers: J. W. Bennett, President. J. II. Flanagan, ..Vice-President. R. F. Williams, Cashier. Geo. F. Winchester, Asst. Cashier. Wfea Pub! k M&tk&i Has De T- - 11 i i i i Tho Follow lug Ih n PniR'r Read Recently Ilefotv the i'l-ourcKi Club of Mnrshfleld hy Mrs. .t. S. HnttMui nnd Will lh or Much liiln-ct Here, As It Is EtcctoU That a Public Market Will Re launched by tho Fnrinei-s' Unloli At n Meeting This Week. Tlio Public Market, as wo nil know, Is a plnco where the producer nnd conBumer meet. So high hns tho cost of living become that It comes near to occupying all our thoughts. Allen L, Denson, writing in Pearson's, tolls us "tho earth Is llko u big bomb shell; tho high coat of living tho tUBc; tho fuso lias burned nearly to the shell; something Is about to happen. Either tho fire will be put out and all will be well, or tho flro will not bo put out and all will bo . The French revolution wns caused by tho high cost of living, and a wooful woman walking tho streets, boating a drum and crying "bread" wns tho spnrk that set off tho shell. No ono wants an explosion In this country, but I shall venture to say thnt wo are taking no great pains to prevent one. Tho first food investigation com mlttco In the country was appointed at tho beginning of 1913 by Now York Stnte, to be followed by Phila delphia, Ualtimoro and Chicago, as well as New York City with Its mar ket commission. As n result of all this Investigation thoro hns bcon re vealed nn almost uubcllovnblo slnto of chaos and confusion In our mar keting facilities. Whatever sharo in tho coat of living may ho duo to TJrusts anil Tariffs, It has been clcar lv shown that In Now York City (nnd tho situation 1b said to bo much tho Bnmo in other eastern cities) about cino-hnlf of tho consumer's dollar Is oaten up by unnecessary handling fiul transportation. It wns n mem ber of tho hoiiBUWlves lcaguo who tiiscoVcrcd thnt tho retailer from Whom sho bought hor vogotables and tho farmer who produced thorn wcro In tho habit of taking tho samo boat to Manhattan, whoro ono bought tho produce of tho other, took it hack to Stntcn Island nnd sold It to tho ob server and others at prices sufficient to covor its trnvollng expenses to gothor with his own and that of tho farmer. It seems natural to blame tho far mer for tho high cost of food sup plies. It also scorns natural to those who think a little further to blame thomlddloman. Rut, neither tho far mer nor tho middleman In tho singu lar Is to hlamo. It scorns cvon tho much abused railroads got only eight cents of tho dollnr abovo referredi to. Hoata got $3.00 a ton nnd for perlsh ahlo $4.00, on Mnrshtlold freight, the general avorage being 4c nnd Bo on V, What thoro Is loft Is divided among so mnny middlemen thnt thoro spoms to ho no room for nny consid erable rnkeoff by any of them. As tho report says stuff Is carted from tho railway and steamboat ter minals to tho various nnd numerous places of te commission men, then s61d to whnlcsnlo jobbers,' speculators and atorngo men nnd carted to their respcctlvo places. It Is often Bold' to other Jobbers, speculators and stor ngo mon nnd ngaln enrted. Finally It ,1s sold to tho consumer nnd do-' ltvorcd, AH theso dealers mnko prof Its, or charges agaltiBt tho goods, which mnko up from forty to sovonty per cent of tho amount finally paid hy ho conBumor. Tho cost of tho Inst hnndllng, It has boon ascertain ed, Is tho greatest or all, amounting to nearly one-half or tho retailor's operating expenses and In tho enso or perlshablo products tho quality de teriorates as tho prico climbs, Tho Now York Investigating com mltteo rocommondod' that a stato de partment of markots bo created, tho board olthor to bo appointed by tho Governor or olectod by tho pooplo, to assist cities In getting markots es tablished. Ono member of tho com njUteo suggested thnt thoro should also ho at least ono manufacturing establishment to plcklo nnd presorvn products that would otherwise go to Waste. This would savo from fifty to ono hundred millions a year In Now York stato. All over tho coun try great quantities of food rot on tlio ground becauso tho producor can find! no m,arkpt for it. At tho same time, wo consumers aro paying exor bitant prices tor thla samo produce Thoro Is, or could bo, plontv or rood raised around Marshllold, but tho rnrmorB havo no way or soiling It to tho pooplo unless thoy peddlo it from door to door und wo people havo no wny or buying It from tho farmers, What wo need is a puouc muntui. Send word to the fnrmers to como In and soil their produco nnd thoy will nnd' that all kinds and conditions of women' will nntronlzo thorn. Got a largo' building and put in uootus aim stalls whoro not only farmers, but dealers In meats, fish and bakery products aro brought Into direct con tact with tho consumers. Oklahoma City, which has tried thb public markot, shows within a ve ir a decreaso ranging from twenty llvo to fifty per cent from tho ori ginal retail cost. Nor Is this tho on ly ibonoflt tho city haa obtained from tho establishment of tho market, for the facilities for the sale of farm and garden produco has stimulated agri cultural settlement In tho vicinity. Families will take up small tracts for truck gardening. V, a truck growers of Oklahoma City havo organized a co-operative shipping association and ths. with a Produco Shippers' As sociation organized by Oklahoma City The Times Does Job Printing STADDEN ALL KINDS of PHOTOGRAPHIO WORK, Bromide Enlarging and Kodak Finishing. commission merchants, will enable tho surplus produco not absorbed by tho locnl market to bo sent to other consuming points at tho minimum of expense. As 1 havo said, most writers (not one) on tho subject hlnmo tho mid dlemen, I quote nn Instance of two cities in tho state of Iowa, and differ ences In prices. Dubuque, with a population of 38,500 had a public market. lies Moines, with n popula tion of 80,400, had none. They are about 200 miles apart. Dos Moines consumers paid $3.00 a bushel for potatoes at tho samo t,lmo thoy wore selling, In Dubuquo fqr $1.50. Cu cumbors were 10c each In Des Moines and wore soiling tn Dubuquo for 20c a dozen, otc. Tho middlemen gnvc tho farmer so little for his produco thnt In some cases It did not pay to harvest It. That helped to mnko prices higher for tho consumer hy lessening tho supply. Tho man who planted tho seed, who nurtured It, who tolled nnd sweat to bring It to fruition, got what proportion of tho soiling prlco? How much do you think? Former Secretary Wilson of tho U. S. Dopnrtmont .of Agriculture, has supplied tho answor. Ills coun-try-wldo Investigation shows that on tho nvcrago tho farmer In this coun try gets only ono-thlrd or tho Belling price; tho other two-thirds go to tho middlemen. Dos Moines wanted a markot, but tho middlemen blocked It for thrco yenrs. Finally James It. llanna was elected ;ayor and ho promised to secure n market. It was protty hard work as n 'grent many middlemen clubbed together und fought tho plan Mayor Hannn won tho business men over by Bhowlng thorn that high prlc.es meant thnt thoy must pay high wages; that nigh prices kept away prospective citizens and hindered the growth of tho city nnd that tho best thing for nil con cerned wns low prices such as would be afforded by an o?n market. In tho ond tho city council iinsaed tho long desired ordlnunco providing for a municipal market. Thoy had no place to put It, but that didn't worry, tho mayor, llo oponed It In tho city ihall park. A few days before tho uarkot opened farmers rccolvcd 40c a dozen for cabbages and consumo.rs bought thorn for lOo n pound. Farmers rccolvcd 9c per dozen for corn nnd houso wives paid 20c por dozen for thorn. When tho now markot opened thoro wna a different talo. Now potatoes sold In tho market for $1,50 per bushel; tho storos asked $2.50. Cook ing apples Hold In tho mnrkot for 40c to 00c por bushel; tho stores asked $1. Eggs wore soiling In tho mnr kot for 10c a dozen; tho storeB nsked 20c. Tho nvcrago drop In prices was lorty to fifty por cent. Both tho far mers nnd tho 1ioubowvos wont homo with monoy In their pockets. Tho termors had gotten nioro for their products than ovor boforo and tho housewives lind received more for tholr monoy; both had profited, To sntogunrd Its markot rrom tho mid dlemen, Des Moines nut u clnuso In Its market ordlnnnco prohibiting tho purchnso and resalo by hucksters. That erfectually bars out tho middle men, for only producers aro allowed to soil. Another Instance was thnt or Mnyor Shank or Indianapolis. Investiga tion disclosed that tho middlemen had tho city so tight in their grip thnt tho producers woro afraid to Boll pioducts dlroct to tu,o consumors In Indianapolis; that much fruit nnd vegetables raised wltjiln two miles of tho city woro shipped to St. Louis bo cauBo tho prices paid hy tho Indian- spoils commission men were so iow, and thnt prices to consumers on Com mission Row wore higher than In any other city to which homo growers shipped their products, potatoes uau been selling In some of tho commis sion houses at $1.20 por bushel, re tail prlco $1.00. Tlip mayor sent nn agent to Michigan and Minnesota to buy potatoos. Ho got all ho wanted for 50o por bushol. Freight chnrges mado tho potatoes cost 09c por bush ol dollvorcd In Indjnnnpolls. Thl) mayor bought a carload and Hold, thorn for 7Cc por bushel. Thoy sold llko hot cakes. What Is moro to the point was that tho commission mon reduced tholr price rronv $1.20 to $1 por bushel, then to 90c and then In an effort to put the mayor out of business, made savage cuta In prices, but tho people had had their eyes oponed and bought tho mayor's po tatoes. It mado them think, why not enjoy such prices all tho tlmo nnd thoy got tholr marjeot. In tho summer of 1911, whllo liv ing In Spokano, I thought It a great treat to get a basket nnd go to mar kot. Everything thore was lovely and' frcBh and clean, but I soon found out thnt prices were practically tho samo as uptown and that things could bo bought cheaper at your back door from street peddlers. An Instanco that camo to my notice in connection with thp markot thore wub a quarrel between tho retail merchants and tho markot ooaiors over tno price oi po tatoes, each ono trying to outdo tlio other, with tho result that potatoos dropped from In tho neighborhood of $1 por bushel t,o thirty or forty cents, but this breach was soon heal ed and prices assumed tholr natural level again, To come right homo to Marshllold, Last spring two farmers.whoso names I could not learn, tried to rent a building. In town In, ordor to got n markot plnco stnfttd, but being un hblo to make any satisfactory ar rangement along this line the deal' wns temporarily dropped. In Day City, across tho Hay, every TucBday last summer and fall was a sort of markot day. A Mr. Hen drlekson from Isthmus Inlet camo there with his boat loaded with vege tables of all kinds nnd apples, docked nt tho wharf ami tho women of tho town enmo down nnd picked; out what thoy wanted. Ills prices, ranging with locnl market prices, woro about as follows: Eastsldo Marshfleld Cabbages lc lb. 3c. lb Tomatoes Pickle .... T5c crato $1.25 crato Select $1 crato Apples, 00c to $1 crato $1.25-$1.50 Potatoes lc lb. 2c-3c lb. Squash, etc fie ca. 15c ca. Salmon 5c lb. lfic lb. Mrs. J. M. Culloy of Catching In let Is nt tho head or tho Farmers' Union nnd I wrote to her nsklng for hor views on n public market In Marshfleld. Sho being III, I received a brlof noto from Mr. Culloy, who snld: "As yet tho Farmers' Union has taken no steps to establish a pub lic mnrkot, but will tako tho matter up Inter on. As to our vlow of a public market, 1 think Marshfleld Ib badly tn need or bouio plnco to bring tho consumer closor to tho producer. That Is the object of tho Farmers' Union." So tho Blgus nro encouraging for n market place for Marshllold In tho near future. TEST SUIT STARTED Legal Wnr Between Federal nnd National league Opouctl GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., March 21. Tho first logal Bhot of tho bnsoball war of 1914 wns fired hero today by the Federal Lcaguo In riling n petition with tho United Stutes DlHtrlct Court Tor tho West ern District or Michigan, nsklng for nn Injunction to restrain William J. KlUtfcr, Jr., Tormorly cntchor of tho Philadelphia Nationals, from playing baseball with any club oth er than tho Chicago Fedorals. Kllllfer algncd a threo-ycar con tract for $17,500 with tho Chicago Federals, but aftorward was per suaded thnt tho reserve clauso In hla old contract with tho Philadel phia club hold him legally to Phil adelphia and joined his former team. Tho HUlt Involves tho logal ity of tho rcsorvo clnuso, long re garded nn ono of tho bulwarks of organized bnsoball. Tlio suit wan brought In tho Western Michigan district bcenuso Kllllfer Ib n resident of Paw Paw, Michigan. I Political Announcements I ANNOUNCEMENT. I desire to announce to tho Ropub llcnn voters of Coos county that I am a candldnto for tho nomination nt the primaries to bo hold May 1G, tor tho oftlco of county commissioner. I advocate lowor taxation, good roads und' a buslnessllko administra tion of county nffnlrs. I favor no particular locality, and if olected will work for tho best In terests of tho wholo county. THOMAS B. JAMES. ANNOUNCEMENT. I hereby nnnounco mysolf as a candldnto for County Commissioner on tho Democratic tlckot at tho com ing primary election. O. J. SEELEY. FOR SHERIFF I horoby nnnounco mysolf as a candldnto for tho nomination of Sheriff, on tho Democratic tlckot at tho primary election. It elected I promlso to conduct tho offlco In an economical manner, with tho assur nnco that nil Intorosts and Individ uals will bo accorded fair treatment, TAYLOR 8IGLIN. FOR COUNTY CLKRIC As n Republican. I horoby place mysolf oc a candldnta for tho nom ination nt tho prlmnrloB to be held May 15 for the offlco of County Clerk. If I am nominated and olected, I will, during my term of offlco, per form nil Its requirements and du, ties promptly, expeditiously, without projudlco and as economically as Is consistent with good sorvlco. Be lieving that I can snvo monoy for the tax payor and mnko Bomo for ray self, I want your voto. F. E. ALLEN. DRY WOOD 1 AT CAMPBELL'S W00DYARD North Front Street, Phone J80-J, ONE RUB IN TIJfE SAVES NINE Don't wnlt until jour hair Is gone b t keop all you have If possible. We recommend Merjtol Har Tonic as a reliable preparation for keep ing tho scalp clean and healthy con dition and promoting hair growth. It la a preparation of genuine merit, one wo aro pleased to guarantco to you. Owl Proscription Pharmacy. Frank D. Cohan. Opposlto Chandlor Hotel. Phone 4. Central Avenue Drug Store, local agency, Prices 50c nd $1.00. 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