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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1915)
V)'l THB1 The Central Avenue Booster n 7 VOL. 1. CENTRAL AVENUE, FRIDAY, FERRUAltY 'JO, 11) in No. OOl THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHRELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1915 -EVENING EDITION. "TAKE A KODAK WITH YOU" $6.00 to $67.50 THE OWL THE CENTRAL AVENUE DRUG STORE. The New Long Sleeve Waists Are Here And ninny other now ntul dainty things for tho lad leu. Wo lmvo jiiBt received a largo shlpniont of I). .M. C. Xo. ii t t.'o In I). M. ('. Skeins wlilti', for ."(; s. H, IU nml U. In colors mid while; I). M. C. Skolim white, i! for tie; colors, Be ouch. Now Crochet yarns and colored Coronation Uruld. MARY ELIZABETH'S SHOP RUSSELL HU1LUIXG UliU CENTRAL avenue PARTICULAR HOUSEWIVES know they cim buy (lio purest, finest mid host tit our Htoio with our giinruuteo buck of It. Wo nro not iiorfect, liu t wo nro careful. Wo real io how iiiuch your Initio niciiim. Wo menu to keep It, That's why wo boII only nhitolutoly rollnhlo hrands of woll- cHtalillshed roputntlon; foudti of quullty ami purity. They hutld IiiihIiiurs for us. Wo gladly pay n little uioro lo glvo you mora (juullty for your monoy. Ollivaiit & Weaver PURE l-'OOI) GROCERS. TltY A"X ORDER OK IIIEN.' MINCE MEAT. I'liono 101), Corner Cent ml Avonuo anil 'J'hlrtl 6icot. As Long As You Wear Clothes YOU SHOULD HAVE THEM CLEANED TO GET YOUR MOX EY'S WORTH J. DOYLE "Let Doyle Do It." 1W(I Central Avenue. Phono 2B0.X Will Call Any Where Any Time. PIONEER GROCERY CO. Phone 84 :: :: :: :: :: 81 Central Avenue ORANGES wero nover cheaper or hweeter. Wo hnvo them IBc to -lOc iier dozen, EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN,; new crop heeds In packages and In hulk; fertilisers for various purpose. Wo cany CHASE 'Ai SAXHORN'S SEAL RRAXR COFFEE and CAXXISTER TEAS; these goods hnvo heen htnndnrtl for wr fifty yearn. Just See Got Wiedlows Art niitl Crafts JUXGLK .TAHRIXIEHHES ami HAXGIXG HAS. KETS (ho latest and most attractive out. CALOIj LIQUID GLOSS dusts cleans and brighteiiN nt tho samo time. Put u Ilttlo on tho mop or tho dust cloth mid m-o tho result, u cleans, polishes and disinfects nml Is good for highly finished hardwood, soft woods nml for automobile ImhIIch. Marshfield Hardware Co. i TDK CENTRAL AVENUE "ROOSTER . 1 Published Every Friday In the Inter-, osIh of Coos Hay In General nml Central Avenue In particular. I Subscription Price Your good will, and membership In tho Iloostor Club OUR PLATFORM. One Street, One Flag, Ono Couutry, .. ..nnd Ono Wlfo nt a tlmo OUU RELIGION. To Do Good. OUU POLITICS. Moro DiiBlnees. Entered nt tho l'ostofflco as strictly First-Class matter; thoro Is nothing Second-CInss about Central Avonuo. BS E BULL SEASON OUlt STAFF. Managing Editor. "Xntlonnlly Ad vertised" Frank D. Cohan. Itccrcntloit Editor J. T. Hurrlgan. .'Musical Editor L. I. Thomas. PJoneer Editor Geo. E. Cook. Household Department. Harry Mc Keown. Clilldreii's Department "Candy Kid" Stafford, Editor. Dairy Editor Ivy Coudron. i Financial Editor. Dorsey Krcltzcr. (iirtieu i-.tiitor liny Olllvant. KVEIt STOP TO THINK That tlicro Is no thirty days clauso In the marriage contract? That Central Avonuo landlords can rnlso tho rent enslor than you enn? That you can buy night caps In a dry goods store or olsowhero? Thnt most Central Avenue men buy 'em elsowhoro. That when tho cat's away tho mlco will piny? That wo don't enro If tlioy do so long( as they don't play the troinbono? Thnt If slio stumblos slta won't think Its much of u Joke It you Hiiy: "Did you onjoy your trip?" Thnt wo don't think Its much a Joko ourselves? MOON ORSEHVES LENT STAYS SORER Tho moon Is on tho wnt- or wngon this month. 4' Yeah! Uh, Huh. It won't bo full this month. Why? UocnuBO It was full twlco In Janunry mid h'aa not had tlmo this month to repent tho performance Its old. friends, tho natron- omers nnd others who know 4 all about moonshluo (not 4. the Kentucky variety pro- 4 diet "that Mr. Moon will bo 4 full two tlmos In March. 4 Ain't It awful, Mnbol? 4 Incldontnlly, this Is tho 4 first month bIiico February, 4 1SIC thnt tho moon has boon 4 so staid and sobor. 4 All of which goos to show 4 that mulct law or no mulct 4 law, tho moon has Its own 4 way nnd gots lull when It 4 wants to. 4 ET L V 8 EXGSTA C K I :.V WA It LO 1 1 1). Thoro may bo war lu Europo, And thoro may bo war In Mox. Tho slogo guns shoot tho poor up And tho bombs tho Germans vox nut wnr and dynamiting To Ilonry's nothing now; For months ho has been fighting, And has fought n good fight, too. He's fought tho Gorninns' -buttle, Ho know tho wny to win; Not Ilko dumb, driven cattlo lias Honry ovor been. When correspondents vox us With a story that's untrue Sonieono sonks thorn In the ploxus And that Is Henry, too. How about that new piano? We have a fine line of instruments to select from. Terms can be arranged to suit your convenience. Wnley B. Allem C0 Ii. L. THOMAS, Mgr. CENTRAL AVENUE. RUSSELL BLK. SPENDING Ho spout his youth and mlddlo ago Accumulating woulth, And thon ho spent his Inst red cent Accumulntlih; health. --H. W. Painter. E. Marino 'Auto I. CHANDLER Insurance Accident Plate Glass Burglary COKE BUILDING Marshfield '. ' . .' Oregon Before Parting With Your Money IX UUYIXG ItEAL ESTATE SECUItE A COMPLETE AHSTHACT FROM THE Title Guarantee and Abstract Co. Which Is propared to turn out First Class Work. This will save you an noyance and expense afterwards. Wo also look after assessments and pay ment of taxes. Marshfield office In Coke Building op(o&ito Chandler Hotel. Phono H-J. Coquillo Offlco adjoining Farm ers' Dunk Illock. Phono 101. Ituiidoii Office, McXalr UuIIdlng. Phono -182. Henry Sengstacken Muiuigcr. H. J. McKeown Elected Team Manager and Some Ex cellent Talent Secured Our follow strectmnn Hnrry Jnck son McKeown has boon elected ninn agor of tho Central Avonuo baseball team for this year. Hnrry expects to put on a grand hall April Fools Days, or boiiio other prominent holiday soon. Ilo has selected Geo. Scellg nnd Mary Elizabeth to lead tho grnud mnrch. Jim Kelloud and Mel Duncan will sell red lemonade whllo Davo Stafford assisted by Cnrrlq llrooiuhnudlo will dish out Ico crenm to the guests. Hnrry hiniBolf will mnko tho address of wolcomo, which will bo followed by a pathetic Ilttlo ditty entitled "Mother Got tho Hammer, Thoro's n Fly on Unby's Head." by Ike Chandler. Fred Weaver will reclto n now and original composition com posed by hlmsolf entitled ''Mary's Llttlo Auto Is Hotter Than n Cow" whllo Harry HuggliiB will render "Ton Nights lu a Dnrrooni." Frank Cuban will descrlbo the sensation of stealing second with tho hnscs full and W. J. Conrad will sing "Lost In tho Tnll Timber." 'Gono Crosthwalto will glvo n Juggling performance for tho benefit of tho fans and A. E. Noff will concludo tho entertainment by reciting 'U Am Lonely Now 8lnco Jolinny'H Gono Awny," whllo Hoy Miller ac companies him on First bass. PEItSOXAL MENTION'. LEW F. PUICE, tho well-known Sumner dairy raiichor, wns seen on Central Avonuo yesterday and was stopping nt the Chandler. WILL GOODIlUM'b girl doesn't want him to go hunting becauso she says ho Is such u dear that somebody might take a shot at him. THAYER GRIMES, 'wlio has gono to work an a rancher, was back at his old haunts on Central Avenue the first of tho wook. It Is nllogod that ho worked so hard hist week that ho sweat. Tho al legation is vigorously denied. CHET HULINO, tho Dean Immunol of Myrtlo Point, wns on Contrnl Avonuo Thursday-gotting point ers on tho lntest Idons In nuto mobllo togs and Easter bonnets. Chot says maybo somo fellows can dress or 11005 n year, but they can't wear very good clothes. MILO M. PIEItSON, of Lakeside, was scon on Central Avonuo Wednosdny. Mllo says this in going to bo tho most prosperous yenr Lnkosldo has ovor known. Mllo will bo inndo an honorary liionibor of tho Contrnl Avonuo Roosters' Lcnguo, Como often, Mllo. FRANK PAIGE, tho iuliiiltnblo and Irrepressible, arrived from Port land tho other dny. Ho has not been feeling well, suffering from a soro throat and othor ailments, Frnnk Is afraid to go to a doc tor for fear ho might call It ap pendicitis nml send him to tho hospltnl. M tho woll known and popular t r a v o 1 Ing man Is hero from Portlnnd to call on tho Coos Hay trade. Frod especially requested that his namo bo sot In largo typo, so hero you are, Fred. CENTRAL AYEXUE JOTTINGS. Lost Ilk Goat Clinrllo Van Duvii. I keeper of tho Elks' bucking bron- I co. lest his goat recently nnd spent I nil night trying to find It. Who's got Charlie's goat? A Xow Deal. Central avonuo has n now mnn and a now namo for Its new theater. Robert Marsden, Jr., came over from Front street nnd purchased tho Lemnnskl which will bo named tho New Grand. Tho old Grand will bo closed. Welcome, Dob, wo know you'll llko tho chnngo. Ahoenl-.MIniled Archie. Speaking of nbsout-mliidcdncss, Archie John ston lias them nil beaten. Archie was plnylng a gumo or baseball at the Smokeliouso tho othor ovcnlng nnd so absorbed was ho with thoughts of his North Rend girl that ho walked up to his room lu tho Chandler with his cue In his baud nnd didn't notice the differ ence until ho tried to unlock tho door with It. Order from Arl.ouu, Did you no tice that Hem In our estcomed con temp. Tho Times, thnt tho "Marsh fluid llordwaro Co. received an or der all tho way from Arizona? Con trnl Avonuo Is tho greatest Ilttlo trado center this nldo of Wall street nnd you can bet that when they wnnt a double-barreled nxo Al Noff Is tho boy to furnish It. Al says ho uses tho nxo to cut prices nml some times flros both bnrrels ut once. Along tho Waterfront. D. Y. Stafford dropped Into tho Rooster office tho other dny nnd wanted to know if wo lind hoard thnt tho Hreiikwator and Elder and Nnnn Smith nnd tho schooner Patsy wero soon to stop coming Into Coos Way? Wo told hi m wo had heard no such report, whereupon ho said that ho had boon told down, on tho water front that it would soon bo "too dry for oven to got a schoonor across the bar." Davo always was a pessimistic cuss anyway. Contrnl Avi'iiuo Association. we are glad to nnnounco this week thnt the Contrnl Avonuo Ruslness Moil's A&BocIntlon Iuib been reorganized on a solid foundation. Frank Don Cohan has been elected as III Mogul and Low Thomas as Chlof Scribbler. Thus It can bo scon that the organ ization Is on a strong basis and the Chief Scribbler Is qulto snngulno ever tho future John Ferguson, who knows how to opornto tho add ing machliio In tho First National Dn'ik, was olected Chief Statistician. Ills work will consist chiefly of got tlii;; stntlstlcks for tho benefit or Central Avenue. Ray Olllvant says the best placo to get ticks Is off tho clocks at tho Jowolry storo r.t tho present status and Fred Woavor snya tho morchnnts nro 'figuring on a ensh basis and no ono can get tick any moro. Tho next mooting will bo hold nt Councilman Cook's Grocery a week from somo Frldny evening. HERE'S A TAXGLE. That Dorsoy Kroltzor Is recovering wns demonstrated tho othor day when William camo In and leaned ngalnst his father's knee and Inno cently asked: "Daddy, Is today tomorrow?" "No, my son, of course today Isn't tomorrow," answered Dorsoy. "Rut you said It was," continued William. "Whon did I over say today was tomorrow?" "Ycstordny," answered William. "Woll, It wns; today wns tomor row yesterday, but today Is today, Just as yostorday was today yester day but Is yesterday today, nnd to morrow will bo today tomorrow, which makes today yesterday and to morrow nil nt onco. Now run nlong and play," and Dorsoy collapsed Into his chair with a sigh and snld somo things wore worso than tho rheumatism. Complications A Rritlsh ship flying tho Amer ican flng on tho Irish Soa and manned by a numbor of Norweg ian sailors while It Is dodging Gor man submarines makes things a little complicated. It Is Perfectly Plain to ovorybody, howover, that HAINES soils tho Rest Flour in town at the most reasonable prlco. Hay and feed also at prices that keep 'om all guess ing. Call at his place on the water front and see about It. HAM'S Central Avenue. Experience Two 111611 got pretty excited In tho Smokohouso tho other eve ning In talking about tho now rnllwny bridge across Coos Ray. Finally ono of thoni said; MNo, Jim, you .simply don't know, you novor built a brldgo." "Huh," retorted Jim, "and I nover laid nn egg, hut I nm n better Judgo of an omolotto than any hen lu Coos County." You don't havo to know how to play baseball to play and on Joy. Baseball AT THE Smokehouse A good cigar while you play .Meet your friends hero. Chandler Aiiuov, Central Avenue A MUSICAL REVIVAL I 4 Scottish thrift Is proverbial, but a group of Central Avonultcs nro convinced thnt Coos Uny Is entitled to serious consideration when tho uwnrds are for that economic final ity nro next made. Tho story Is told of a Coos Ray musical lady who Is soinowhat not ed for her economical tendencies, who recently visited ono of the city's well-known music teachers. Slio snld thnt sho hnd been neglect ing her music of Into years, but there wns such n miiBlcal revival on tho Ray that sho proposed to re sume her studies. "How much do you chnrgo for n lesson?" slio asked tho tcnehor. "Ono dollar un hour," was the response MWell," snld tho lady enthusiast, "I would not want moro thnn n ruarter of an hour. Thnt would be n ipiartcr, I suppose." APARTMENT IRONS Ono of tho young matrons fro Myrtlo Arms dropped Into ti Marshfield Hardware store yests day to buy a few kitchen utcnslN After ordering a few, sho seetnu to hesitate, or should I say tang nnd ns n suggestion A. E. Neft ri marked: "Flat Irons, madam?" 'iNo" tho young matron replied "show me somo nparttnont lron$ wo llvo In a suite at tho Myrtl Arms, you know." PERSISTENT SHOPPER. My wlfo Is fond of shopping; Sho very seldom stops. t When days aro fine bIio's right I lino Cavorting through tho shops. And whon the days aro rnlny And she Is all nlono, The "nds" sho reads and then pro cceds To shop by tolophono. FRANK D. COHAN SPECIAL CANDT SALE Fresh French Bonbons, Regular Price 60c Saturday and Sunday Only 40c Per Pound STAFFORD'S Push nlong on Qoiitrnl Avenue Xolo tho sweet ut fd, H. McndoV At the Knotty nok and you'll think Thnt your Nwoet Tooth really iuhhIh ' Komelhliig that In Rich and pleasing To the taste; And you will feel Just ovnctly' Mko n Nabob Who has eaten A square meal; And MIm i1m Jcvy likely, You'll want nil JTvery day cigar, Or pei haps Matlvldnd, ' They nro way Hp above pur. At the KANDYNOOIC fl. ir. MEADE. ' I . -' ' I ! I' NPEOIAIiSTItAWRERRY PRESERVES, 1!( CENTS POUND JAK See Our Window. it Also n complete lino of ORAXOE .MARMALADE, PEACH JAM, QUINCE JAM, ORA.NIIEERY SAUCE, LOGAN RERRY PRESERVES, RLACKREHRY JAM, PRESERVED FI GS, GOOSERERRY , PR ESEHYES LROMPT COOK'S n GROCERY T Phono 1HI). OPULAR ROGRESSEVE Coos Bay Stationery Co. Oil CENTRAL AVE.t'HOXE l!IO Sole Agents Carters Ideal Typewriter Ribbons and Carbon Papers. If it's Carters Ideal it's a good deal. The Momey Youi Deposit with us does not remain Idle lu tho bunk, hut It Is used for tho development of homo industry. Most individuals, firms and cor poratioim need to borrow money at times to curry on their busi ness, mid it is largely your monoy that they Imiitow for this pur pose. Money deposited Jit hanks nwny from homo doe thin com. miiuity no good. Therefore, It Is to your best intcresta to de posit your money vliero It will not only benefit you, but will aid homo industry also, Wo welcome all dcposltorti, largo or small, and take hlncere Interest in their welfare. Open ii chocking or havings accounta In this bank. . First National Bank Central Avenue OIF Coos Bay Marshfield, Oregon PLAN TO TAKE SUNDAY DINNER AT THE ChaoJbir Hotel The Bulf of a Good Menu Central Avenue Wi .'