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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1915)
' u THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHRELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1 915 EVENING EDITION.' ? SEVEN I LONDON FOOD PRICES HAVE BEEN RAISING TAKING UP SPANISH l UNITED STATES LEADS INSTEAD OF GERMAN' IN PANAMA BUSINESS HEWS OF WORLD'S GREATEST MB DOT BY Off m. m. . . Low Prices HV FIRST JDDIIIQN TO SHFIELD Easy terms and modern improvements in the way of graded streets, city water, telephone, electric lights, jit-' ncy service, are some of the attractions that have made this tract the host selling property on the Bay; have added to its attractiveness as the popular home-building section of the "South Side." To see these sightly and sheltered 50x120 foot lots for only $300 each on your own terms is to buy. Have you made YOUR selection? We have some .particularly choice ones on Oregon avenue. Get a plat at our office. Remember, all improvements are in and paid for. Reynolds Development Co. (OWNER) 17S CeiMal Ave. . -i. ussKg iM OW MANY dollars will you i tjbl I wast e on fuel this wint Probably yon don't kiow,do you? Why not think it over now; figure out how many dollars you can save on fuel and how much work in firing and removing ashes you can avoid by installing one of our famous HOT BLAST HEATERS? :: :: :: :: In addition to the saving, you have the joys of a properly regulated fire and heat. :: :: :: We think it will pay you to consult us about it. A1V. VI ! AT tm 'Xl jjPf' Going Harvey h Co. mm , M wiiimi iiiiiiwhhi'iiif - MMiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiimi "" ' i iiwujim wiwiiii mi ' . ;i WBHKKIBBKSBtBEKtBBBBBR Thcio Hits itecti n d'eneml liirrcu tf Thltty-flvo Per Cent Slnco Wnr Stinted t nj- AmocIMcI rrt-ji to Coot Uir Timet. LONDON, Nov. 13. London food prices have to dnto oliown n general Increase or thlrty-flvo per cent slnco the beginning of tlio war. Except for u panic rlso nt the very beginning of tho wnr. prices hnvo mounted with n disquieting nnd tin rolnxlng BteudlncBS nt tho into of n llttlo inoro thnn two por cent n month slnco tlio wnr began. Tho largest rise took plnco last May, mainly on account of a sudden jump In tho price of meat. It Is thought that tho now tnxes on Imported articles will rnlso this percentage, of Increase Present prlcos hnvo never been equal led In England with tho exception ot the period from 1873-1877, which was n tlmo of penco and prosperity. Thoro was at that tlmo no Interfer ence with trado, and tho high prices which extended to all commodities wero duo not to short supply but to extraordinary domnnd. Most luxuries nro comparatively cheap. Tho price of caviar Is tho same as It was two years ago. Orouso can bo bought nt scventy-flvo cents a braco, bares at thlrty-soven cer.ts, largo pineapples at thirty-seven cents nnd hothouse grapes nt olghtcon cents a potUd. ISLE OF MAN HAS SUFFEREDJROM WAR Now Oh Verge of HuiiKiuptcy and Petplo Want to Prcicrvo Their Home Itulo f1 Amvtttisl I"r. lo Coot n7 TIdik.) LONDON, Nov. 13 No part of tho United Kingdom has been ho hard hit by tho wur as tho Islo or .Man, which Is now on tho vorgo of bankruptcy becauso tho Imperial Treasury luidsts on tho wiping out of tho deficit ot $120,000 beforo It will Rnnetlon tho rollof of distress. Whoro the money Ih to conio from Is n prohlom, ns tho proposed remedy of higher duties and tnxes will fall short of requirements. The Island might swallow Us prldo mid uunox Itself to tho neighboring county nt Lancaster, but tradition and sentiment revolt at tho Idea. Al though Man Is only 32 by 12 miles, Its political constitution Is said to bo tho oldest In Europe, its language, a (Jacllo dialect, Is peculiar to tho Is laud nnd homo rule bus been tho pri vilege of the Manxman through tho ngCB. When tho wnr came, tho henvy tourist nnd holiday trsdo was cut off. Tho uwlf t packet boats wero tnlcon ov er by tho Admiralty and tho sub marine mouaco made travel unpopu lar, Man then became n concentra tion camp of alien onomlcs, who now number 20,000 or loss than three times Its total native population. These ramps helped to fiuvo tho sltlia tion for tho island farmors, although a poor substitute for the t'ltirlsts who used to come, It Is now proposed that the government use tho hotels and lodging houses, whoso owners are In great distress, as hos pitals for convalescent soldiers. One of the rollof measures proposed by tho Manx parliament whloh tho Im perial Treasury refuses to endorse, is a grant or $250,000 to dlstrosned boarding house hoopers. London Schools Ale Putting: It Ahead As .Most niioitant Idtugiiugo of Two LONDON, Nov. 1 1. Tho educa tional authorities In London tiro con sidering tho substitution of Spanish for German ns a Bocond lnnguago In schools mid public examinations. The ndvnntngo of Spanish over the Oor mnn nro thus stated by one ot tho ml vocates of tho change: "Wo do not want aorninn trnde, but wo do want South America trado. Tho, Germans have mado progress thoro, but tho war has halted thorn for tho tlmo being, so that the fluid l-. open to Groat lhitnln If wo can speak tho language "Spanish Is easier to learn thnn Gorman. It can ho taught very quickly to n students of French, which Is the first langungo In all Eng lish schools. "German is of llttlo uso outside ot Qormnuy, whereas Spanish In spoken over a very considerable part of tho world. "Tho teaching ot Spnulsh Is being encouraged In tho United States with n vlow tothat country capturing Ger many's trade. Grcnt Hrltnln, too, wants a sharo In thnt trade." CHILDREN IN GERMANY' TAUGHT TO BE SAVING Instructed How to Hnvo XutN Usually Wasted In Order to Preservo Tho Oil Dr AniotUlo.1 rrcu ti Coot lit? Tlmrt. 11EULIN, Nov. 13. In furtherance ot tho suggestion thnt school children assist In conserving the national re sources by u systematic collection of acorns, horse chestnuts and other nuts that ordinarily go to wasto, for tho sako of tho oils they contain, tho Piusslau minister of ngrlculturo has Just Issued n long and mtnuto list of Instructions and adlco. This Includes a detailed account of tho methods to be employed In pre serving (ho nuts until a marketable aupply has been collected. The uses to which each variety ot nut can bo put ns a food for animals: tho per centage of albuminous and oily con tents ot each variety: and, finally, tho market for tho nuts nnd oil that rulo In It, This market Is the newly formed "War, Commission for Plant mid Ani mal Oils mid Fats," located In llerlln. Providing one works assiduously enough In collecting nuts thoro Is a tidy bit of pocket money In tlio labor, for tho commission offers -ir marks ($10.30) for 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of beacliuutH, fiR marks for 100 kilograms of dried beechnuts, and 1 10 marks for as many bads nut seeds. Dried acorns bring IS) marks per 100 kilograms: crushed ncorus 32 marks: dried and shelled acorns: dried horuo choitnutii in marks: and crushed horse chostnuts 2S marks. Sends Owe SK Million Dollars Worth of (i'immIm Annually (o that Locallly Illr Amorlmxl I'm In t'owi llnr TlttlM.) PANAMA, Nov. 13. Latln-Amerl-can trade propagandists In the Unit ed States need have no concern re garding the business with the Repub lic of Panama, according to Import stutlBtlcs Just mad o public by tho Bu reau of Statistics for tho joar 10n. Tho United stales loads all nations In export business to Pnnnmn with ti grand total of $6,380, 270 which wan nearly four times tho exports of Groat Hrltnln and about thirteen times those of Germany for the samo period. Great Britain's exports wero $1,788,004. Practically from tho beginning of work on tho l'annina Canal by tho United States In 1001 Panama lias been a largo buyer of American goods. Slnco then tho business lias grown rapidly until tho northern re public bociimo tho laigcst exporter to Panama. Tho Imports Into Panama from tho United States do not tuko into consideration tho thousands of dollars worth of goods that annually aio Bout to tho Canal one. Pana ma received but very llttlo duty on stiolt Importation. Othor largo exporters to Panama wero: Germany $100,459; Belgium $300,838; Franco t$211,72l; China $llO,UOIi and Citbn $8fi,rl8. Tho total Importations tor 11)1-1 wero worth $0,885,177. Importations from all countries during 1915 will show n material falling off duo to tho European War and general business depression in the republic ltsolf. 'uget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co. is. Bridges, Buildings. General Construction CflMPI ETC di amtc cno UAPnnR A7DRK Coos Bay office has available for Oregon Coast work the i Dredge "Seattle" B!t powerful, best .-quipped timl most thoroughly wcxler tity.nci lijdniiillo dredge Ir. Pacific Miner P.Bay office, Main office, "larsntield, Oregon. Seattle, Washington, mo THRIFTLESS By Walt .Mason pNAUTO LINErtU'"- -T EMPIRE AND SOUTH SLOUGH lUue Iln-,. n - f v umur, Marshfield Leave Empire. 10 00 a. m. " 8:10 a. m. 2 00 p ,n, ( 12:00 noon fi 15 p. ra. ' 4:10 p. m. L,,. AJwa'ys on Tlmo. r1 ?uono 298. " ' Empiro Phono C013 T. VEItZON, Prnprlelor. re tflein 'GRAVEL1 no Prepared to furnish GRAVEL In any luantltlei 'We our yard or in carload lots, at following prices: n ground, $2.?5 per yard. canoad lots, taken from cars, $2.00 per yard. Retail Depart mit. Smith Lumber & Mfg. Co. WMjfflrs, riione iuo. VARNING To tho Trado and to Consumors of Children's Outor Garmonts. You nro horoby notlflod that .7. C. Pennoy Co., of Marahflold, la tlio Cow Ulxy Times, Wednesday,, -August 11 th. ID IB. advertised Covorulla, gond heavy denim, 75c value, our prloe 40c. . You ure adVlBd that "KOMElt? Al.hH" Is u trado nume adontQil by u for our wllkiiown ono)iilupQ play-suit, and that no other person, Hrm or corporation has n right to uiq said namo, nn(j that wo havq bocn protected in our ownartlitp thereof by docroea of tho Courtu of tho State of California. Tho public and consumnrB pro f ur thor ndvlsod that J. C. I'oniigy Qg, has never purchased from us any of our "KOVERALLS" and that wo have In our possoaslon arUfilfis maiQ In ImltfttlQii of our 'UCOVEUjU.UT which wero sold by J. 0. .Pqnngy Co, for and as our "KOVERALLS." TJio publlo aro wruq,i aQrtyng lililly- LEVI STRAUSS & CO., Mfrs. IlaMory anil PJno .Ss., San l'raiichco, C'l. It's woll to bo sunny and frisky mid gay, If uuo 1ms some money In biltio put away; If wo havu tho plunder whoro thluvojj uuuuot steal; it's surely no wonder If chipper wu fool. Hut somo folks don't borro an ounce wolght of oaro, they hoed not tomorrow, when shelves may bo bare. And, not a thought giving to what may bufull, "We'll llvo while wo'ro living," they chaorlly tall; oat, drink, and bo morry, tomorrow wo die, and donth with his whorry will soon paddlo by." And then when tomoirow coinos trailing alonir, .all loaded with sorrow and' things soIiib wrong, tho royajorors grum ble and murmur nnd yoln, and send out a humble naUtlon for help. "Oh, cjino, como, a-f lying" you'vo heard tholr old tunos "our child 1 ron aro orylng for codfish nnd pruno! Ho good to us, neighbors, wo need food and coal, and you, by your labors, hnvo piled up a roll! With hunger wo slckon, wo languish land die! Oh bring us fried ohlokon and pretzels and plo!" Each win ter tho thriftless send up tho old wall, the heedless, the shiftloss, tlio follows who fail." Walt Mason. 1 RSHSHsaszszssKHZszsasasaszsasaHK S Coos Bay Fish Market K 110 FRONT STREET. AMj 7IXI)S op deep sea risir wiie.v i.v tiii: mar. Kin' VIIEKII OYSTERS. CIiAMH A XI) CRAUH. jfl m J'hono M M S W. Ii. IUjAKK, Prop. (j OLDEST FRENCH PAPER SUSPENDSPUBLICATI0N lias Keen t'omtiig Out for TluiKf Hundred Ycais mid llopct lo RcMiiuo After tho Wnr, (Ilf Au-Kltlwi ff to iwi D; TIbim.) PARIH, Nov. 1,3. Tho oldost novvspnpor In Franco, the tluzotte do Krauco, bus suspended publication nftor appearing for nearly 300 years. The publishers hope to revive the paper nftor tho wur. H was found ed lu 1031 by Thoophnisto Reuaiidot. The publishers nuiiouuuod tholr decision lu n brier odltorlnl para graph In the final Issue: "It Is a duty, and n pleasant one, to thank the numerous friends of tho Onzotto for the uffoutlouate, touching and cucoiiragiiii; lottern mey have sent uh regnrdlng tlio temporary suspen sion of the oldost French newspaper, whloh bus boon appearing now for nearly 300 years. To our publlo anil our frlonds, who roprusont old and younK Franco lu tholr noblor elements, wo say not 'Adlou,' but 'An Rovolr,' confident that wo shall soon begin again to dofeud with them tlio great causes that tiro dear to us lu a renascent and victorious Franco." JAPANESE WANT MONEY FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL I'liUds Sought to Pay for Expenses of Conference Ut Jlc- At Tohlo (nr AiaocliM Itrn 10 om IUr TlmM.J TOICIO, Nov. l.'l. -Proiulor Count Okiiinn proaldoi at n meeting of over SO prominent business men of Toklo nnd Yokohama who caino togothor, primarily to raise funds tor tho iu tti national Sunday-school Confer ence to ho hold In Toklo in October, 1010. Count Oktimn explained that the lodging of tho largo number of delegates expected from nil over tho world nnd Whor expenses would ro qulro about $32,000. Ot this am ount $a,G00 would bo needed to en largo the promises of Iho Younp Men's Christian Association nt Toklo where tho convention will be held, Huron Bhlbusawn and other busi ness moil present offered to raise tho required amount uml further-moro to place houses or villas in tholr po ECeslon at tho disposal ot tho guests. Tills has greatly pleased tho organ izers of the convention as tho ques tion of accomodation has been tho must difficult of nil on account of tho absence of sufficient hotels. An executive committee ot nine has been appointed to push on t,ho arrange ments. Among the delegates expect ed nro Sir Robort Lnldlaw, president of tho World's, Sunday Kuhool Union o! (Iroat Rrltaln ns welt ns a largo number of umluout religious workers and delegated from tho United States, Croat Hrltnln, France, Russia, India, Australia and China. LAUNDRY BILLS ARE HIGHERIN LONDON Ten Per Cent Has llocn Added to tho Cliartfo for AVashliiK lu tho English Capital I lie AwarUlM l'r" to Cm IUr Tint 1 LONDON, Nov. 13. Tho latost Industrial combination to forco up Its prices Is the Lauiidorora' Asso. elation, which adds 10 por cent to laundry blls becauso tho Hrltish public Is nllogod to woar 12,000,000 fewer collars slnco tho wnr than boforo tho war. This snvlnff In col lars Is based, says tho socretary, on tho assumption that the It. 000. 000 men now in tho army and nnv used to send an uverago of four collar? a week to bo washed. PEAT NOW USED TO FURTHERPLANT GROWTH English PiifoMir Kinds .Vow Method of Serin Ini; I'iiiikiiuI Propa gation of Vegetation llljr A)Willl I'm lu Uh IUr Tlint. LONDON, England, Novombor la. Juek'u uoluhratod beanstalk Is like ly to be riwiled by Prof. W. H. Hot tomloy who bus astonished agri culturists hero with plants grown In punt troated with bauturla. lie bo llovos that the same process can bo applied to wheat growing ns well. Prof. Hottomley, or King's Col lego In the Btruud, n) been eon duotliiK his oxporlmti. ,n the roof ot his cqHoho building lu tho very heart or London, The method by whloh ho doubles and trebles the uixi: of plants and tholr fruit was the result or n long Uuo of oxperl mouts. He startod Inoculating the soil with a culture of bacteria ob tained from tho root ot leguminous plants. Roll so troatod, It was round, K'Witly Increased the nitrogenous mutter lu tho earth and produced moro nodules on tho roots. Peat was round to bo tho best inodliim for tho bacteria. From 18 plants red on thojbnc terlnllzed peoj, Prof. Hottomley (jut 72 encumbers' .weighing a pound each nftor n 20 day's growth. Six teen pounds of tomatoes wero ta ken from one vino. "Thqro aro thousands of acres ot pont In Iroland whloh could by baq torfal treatment bo convortod Into a rich manure nnd at least double tho productiveness of tho soil," said the piorossor. "incidentally, It would glvo Ireland a nw Industry, ror Us prnotlcal lnexhaustlblo sup plies of pent would provide all that ;ls required ror the xost of tho United Kingdom " The government has mad a f?rnt for continuing the experiments, i -I