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' m'jfi JMoWmsuikral'if -ami- k icAmv frj.. jMwortiA,'Ut I) -ti t jf -W ". V -' THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELb, OREGON. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1 915 EVENING EDITION. FOUR 7 . tHn" 4 V COOS BAY TIMES M. O. MALONEV, Editor nnd Pub. DAN E. MALONEY, News Editor Officlnl rnpcr of Official .rnpcr City Coos County of Afarsliflold. Address all communications to COOS BAY DAILY T13IEB. Entered at tho Postoff lco at Marsh flold, Oregon, for transmission through tho malls bi second-class mall matter. t WITH THE TOAST X t AND THE TEA t $$ $ t EUROPEAN WAR ONE t YEAR AGO TODAY X $ NOV. 27, U)l I GOOD KVKXING It Is announced that tho British war loan of $1,750,000 has boon greatly oversubscribed. Tho ustrlans repulse tho Hus sions In Western Qallcla. Tho dorninns continue a fierce bombardment oT Itolnis, and Sols soiib Is Btlll being bombarded. Tho Germans prepare a concen trated attack to plerco tho lines of tho Allies in Flanders. Tho president of Franco confers upon General Joseph Joffro tho highest honors than can bo given a French soldlor. Our strength often In creases In proportion to tho obstacles Imposed upon It. It Is thus we enter upon tho most perilous shame of fall ing in more simple ones. Itnpin. A Song of Thanksgiving By MINNA IRVINQ oooooooooooooooooooooooooo TIIK ONIA' BOOKS WK IIAVK BIGHT TO MIKTIU UK OPTI- Oh, take away these books that toll The hideous so-called truth of things, Thcso llttlo documonts of boll Bring us tho book that dreams and sings And whlspors "All Is well!" Tho beautiful Is Just as true, And truer, perhaps, when nil Is told, Than all tills dross and dirt that you . With llttlo maggot eyes bohold Arc thcro not roses, too? Dull pedants of tho seamy side Of earth's fair robe of 'stars and flowers, Llfo is a stream where glories ride Twlxt singing banks a-gold with towers, Truinpcnts uml petitioned pride. (live us tho books that flowers and flames With lovo and youth and noblo tears, Great llfo with all Its laureled games; Give us again tho "Musketeers" And keep your Henry James. Richard Lo Galllenno. Copyright, 191S, by Amcrlo-in Press Association. Ti THAT two billions of dollars worth of machinery will be purchased In this country within a few years after tho closo of tho European war, Is tho estlmato mu do by commercial leaders who aro already conferring with foreign bunkers and manufacturers on this feature of tho eventual upbuilding abroad. And with this great domand for machinery will como tho demand ror other building materials In which Pacific Coast lumber will play a con spicuous part. To replace tho do mollshed industrial plants of Franco and Germany and to genorally sup ply tho sinews of renowed pcaco ac tivities across tho ocean many bil lions of Amorlcan products will bo bought from the day that hostilities cense. Though monoy exports have shown n tondoncy to bo nervous You will sometimes dlscovor that about tho collupso of credits nnd tho i your distant relations aro too closo. adjustment of financial balances following tho great strugglo, bus!- A Coos Hay woman always fools ncsB men nro becoming moro and j ,0rry for her husband when sho more encouraged over tho outlook rcalizon imw Tho old-fashioned woman who used to bako all her own bread and biscuits now has n married daughter who thinks that dough is what her husband cams and alio spends. A Coos Day man soldom thinks sorlously of marrlago until nftor ho Is married and Is compelled to. for tho future And wb of tho Pacific northwest liavo every right to tako our placo In tho ranks of tho most optimistic. Astorliin. liACKLVU IMUCK.MK.Tti If ho man. had mlsorablo he would bo married soino other wo- HANKSGIVING to the Lord of Hosts, Who rules the moun tain and the wave, Who cools the cannon's burn ing lips And leads to victory the brave. From lofty peak to level plain, From forest land to rolling sea, In fields our willing hands have tilled, Today we bend the grateful knee. Thanksgiving for the boun teous gifts That crown the happy har vest year, The wheat all silver on the stalk, The corn all golden in the ear. Thanksgiving for the count less herds That on the sunset hills in crease, And thank thee most of all, 0 Lord, For all the blessed arts of peace! oooooooooooooooooooooooooo AMERICA'S THANKS. "NVo thank him who has made and preserved us a nation. Wlio liia tills continent from tho eyes of tho world until tho thno for Its revelation had coma. Who summoned hither faithful men, believing In Qod nnd In men as tho children of God. Who preserved tho bravo colo nists from famine, pcstllcnco and sword; from Internal dissensions nnd from foreign foes. Who united the hcnits nnd minds of tho various peoples In their de mand for liberty nnd their dcclam Hon of Independence. Who mndo wlso tho counsels of their counselors and strong tho nrm of their defenders nnd gnvo victory to thp weak battailous. Who paclllcd tha strifes nnd van quished tho Jealousies which sep arated tho soveral states and Join ed them In ono Indlssolublo union. Who suffored not tho evils of slav ery to end In tho nation's death, but raised up prophets of Illicit y to awaken tho consciences of tho peo ple Who has brought to our shores tho oppressed of other lands nnd made It n refuge, a school, n homo for tho needy nnd tho aspiring of all nntlons. Who ban given us wisdom In tho past to provldo a frco school nnd freo churches for a frco people. Who Inspires In our own day clear sighted, bravo hearted men to bat tlo without truco or rotrcat against open vlolcnco nnd Insidious corrup tion, ngalnst tho perils of popular Ignorance and tho porlls of concen trated wealth. Who Inspires other clear sighted, bravo hearted men to toll In peace ful vocations without stint for pub lic education nnd public virtue Who hns given to us tin open Bible, n living church and n com mon faith In n righteous nnd a re deeming God. Oh, tlint men would pralso tho Lord for his goodness nnd his won derful works to tho children of men I Outlonk. The Old Time Spirit of Thanksgiving r 1.- . . - o w ii . I Meet a Winner! . 10 PIEDMONTS promise you the same cool, Sf''f m? mellow taste that they're giving thousands P& H of other men. LVfcvL C Mr. Smoker PIEDMONTS ! Go to 'era ! SP i I - Quality 20 Ww vci7?aite of QtzGLlim Some Punch to the Coupon, too! w Thank Offering" Box During tho first threo wcoks of married llfo a Coos Day man tolls' his wlfo everything bo knows. Hut it Is different later on. A woman who hns faith In Provl deuce keeps what sho calls her "thnnl: offering" box. Into this goes through tho year, from ono Thanksgiving lo tho I middle of tho following November, 'a sum of money for every accident that Is escaped, calamity averted or special The old tltno spirit of Thanksgiving "Ah, those were good old days!" This1 . ; wiui reminiscent silliness, il mcrowiis not a lurking sentiment for tile splen dor of good fellowship, for tho chnrm of simplicity nnd the pence that comes from the contented heart that marked tho old tlmo Thanksgiving, there would bo no regret for tho good old days that nro gone. Hut why can't they bu con jured back again that wo might cher ish tho generous spirit of that house hold festival? It Is tho character of the day that ' we would have hack ugaln-the nftor- I math of tho harvest, with Its spirit of I Joyousncss, (ho bounteous feast gath ering together the family, making sa cred tho beauty of home tics. In old New Kiiglnnd u hustle of prep' illation begun long before the appoint ed day. The turkey, strutting lu haughty disregard of his fute, was watched with eager eyes nnd fed with liberal cure. The pumpkins were gath ered and lay with faces upturned to the sun. Vegetables, fruits, nuts, nil inrrm-m i n - Also Packed 20 for 10c msr inni ! MS jiMRte Koiv: :Hiif :i HHkKwp f j 1M. -r'jriJ&' -- - feV-r-AtoZ ftKZrXXS-PJkrfXJL-C&JbiiJUX LCMJJXlEIJPf sB5bePeopbWm Poem of Gratitude of Long Ago WI1IM-3 on a vacation I was much Interested in mooting an agent for a magazine, tuiys n Kansas editor. "Just watch mu got this womnn to subscribe," said the. agent as wo appronchod a farm houso. Ho said to her; "Ma dam, you'd hotter subscribe for this niagazliio; costs you only 10 cents a year, and ovory now subscriber gets u llfo Insuranco policy, n blcyclo, a mushroom hat, a bottle of Klnnlgau'n Oil of Joy nnd a popular novel.'' "Not mo," said tho woman, "I'vo Just mibscribed for mothor mugaziiia nnd it gavo mo a Clod bloss your homo motto, a kitchen rnugo, somo fly pa per, n rainy day skirt, un ico-plck, a plcturo of Kdward Irak crossing tho Dolawaro in n gilt frnmo, nhd sent mo to California for tho winter. No young niun, you'll have to offer hot ter Inducements If you expect to do business hero." Luck and women aro tho most changoubio things In tho world. 4 TODAY'S ADVICK Looho chatter you should always shun, You'll find this is a fact; Tho less you havo to say, my son, Tho loss you neod retract. CAPTAIN OK .It'DITII DIMS Skipper of Hiiikentluo Saved by Cup- tain ItetMl Kiucuinlis Had Uulf Interest lu tho Vessel Captain Joso Dardl, skipper of tho Poruvlan barkontluo Judith that was rescued in tho breakers south of tho Columbia rlvor by Captain Itood and his tug boat Wallula, Is doud In Portland. n0 succumbed to nn nttnek of la grlppo, aggravat ed by worry ovor tho troublo to hist Bhlp. llo was C8 years of ago and owned n half Intorcst in tho vessel. Tho Judith wns formerly tho Arn go and wus built on uoos nay and belonged for a long tlmo to tho Simpson Lumber Company. Tho ship wus bound from Grays Harbor when sho got Into troublo because of a heavy fog. Sho was brought In to Astorlu lu u waterlogged condi tion and with much of her deck load gone. thing about Now York Is tho brldgo oor I loll date. As tho truvolor ap proaches tho city from Long Island Sound tho brldgo, although not com plotod, dominates tho view. It Is tho 'gi cutest work undorttikon by man In ni least ton different foaturos. Its arch of 1,017 feet will bo tho long-.j est steel arch In tho world. It will bo tho heaviest brldgo over built, containing four times as inucli steel as tho Wool worth Tower. It has four of tho largest pieces of steel over mndo, ouch weighing 200 tons. Tho ends of tho brldgo rost upon tour of tho heaviest castings over inudo, oach weighing C00, 000 pounds, Tho Jacks used lu lifting thoso onor onous masses Into placo aro tho most powerful ovor made, and tho rivets that fasten them together uro tho largest ever used. Tho engineering problems Involv Joy. These offerings nro not confined to sins and citron were heaped In Plenty her own escapes, but each tlmo some ' upon the pantry shelf. And within member or her rnmlly bobs up from ' somu threatened woe Into tho box goes ' tho money offering of thanks to Provi dence. Not tho sumo amount Is given each tlmo and rarely largo sums, for tho woman is not rich, but u nko llttlo sum Is realized. n.i.l.. i.. .in..i i ... .., j. ma i.-j IIUVUll-ll iu HIYIIJK HUino UIIU II I happy Thanksgiving day. It docs not , always go Into regular channels. As ' tho woman says, tho poor and hos pitals nro usuully well cured for In holiday seasons. sometimes a uomesicu girl In a i Htrungo city is given car faro for tho ' Thanksgiving gathering sho would oth erwise miss; once u music lover wns ( given a season ticket to tho symphony , concerts; again u doctor's bill that had worried n young stenographer avIio hud I her mother to support was qulotly paid. In speaking of her pretty custom tho owner of tho thank ottering box snld, "Never hud I known what thankful ness really meant until I started my box and saw tho Joy my thankfulness brings to others." Such u box, bosldcs cultivating one's bump of gratitude nnd making others equally grateful, affords great pleasure and Interest In tho spending. It Illus trates as fow other things do tho truth of tho saying that It Is moro blessed to give than to receive. , An Old Time Thanksgiving Sentiment. ti. . . t. a . ano uay, mu joy mi uay, recommend ed bv tho illustrious Washington has dawned which Invited united America I religiously to colobruto tho goodness ! of ttod tho happy fruits and effects of ono of tho most memorable rovolu-. iielvino. jiothiui with tub thanksoit- ! ttnni. ..kMl...l I.. ..II I.!.....-.. .. ...I.. ' IV(1 UTWI'll uuiia ji-iuuii'ii in mi jiiaiui, u ruvuui- -" A. s'ZfTTl I rts. X 1 frfpfl I&8 I . VtSJifN if ! - I . 1 ! 71 iTi I jiia-ajgiFi I III 1 1 1 1 LI II I 1 1 1 1 1 fCHiti 1 1 LU-LLI vM 1 1 a vutui Casx" - T , 3 I tORD, thou hast fliven me a A cell Wherein to dwell, A little house whose humble roof Is weather proof, Under the sparres of which I He I Both soft and drlc, Where thou, mij chamber for to ward. Hast set a nuard Of harmless thouohts to watch and keep Me while I sleep. Low is my porch, as is my fate, Both void of state, And yet the threshold of my doore Is wornc by the poore, ; Who thither come and freely get ; Good words or meat. Robert Herrlck. Electrical Gifts Combine Cfearm aad Utilil ELECTRIC CLEANERS Qn pleasure to jhe ri.:t :,. unnn,,on fni unars InGV WW Wm 1IUIbUllclS IIIUIIHIiy UUUOlioc iui ;-" - r.MU.ifjA household burdens and promote household healing ...i it i ..-.. .. . ' . . ". .. . "" "r" lU0 ,uosl "cim over solved, i tion, consitiered m its rise, progress 10 ,louao wns ,ou. , Jo..ful nnllc,, fl till t II i 9t ll,lnilAll,. A . 1 I llllll I.HA.lllll nm.lll.i.lln.. ... 11. A.. A. -. I ...... ..u tuiiuutiuuiia wero uio most. icvuj iijuiuiuiiuii whiiuul it pntlou of tho coming guests a true difficult to make safo; tho concroto Proccdeut, nt once exhibiting such u Hospitality, not so elaborato as It was TIIU liATUST AVO.NDKU Wondors nro so common In these duys thut they nttruet llttlo atten tion. The Sovon Wonders of the an cient world, If locuted lu Now York City, would find thomsolves out classed. Kow people know that thoro aro two ontorprlsos being carried for ward In Now York each of which equals tho Panama Canal in magni tude nnd estimated cost. These aro tho aqueduct to bring water from tho Catskll! Mountains to supply the city, and'ir como hiyay. 1 fed by midnight, sneclaculur nowi retaining walls nro tho highest ovor jibullt, and the ton mile railway, of "wen mo nruigo is u part, is tho most costly of any Uno in tho world. Tho wholo cost In point of construction Is estimated ut 30, 000,000, or threo million dollars a Innlle. of which siL'.OOo.nnn i in,. l:ast of tho brldgo ovor Hoi! gato. The road and tho brldgo, It Is ox pectod, will bo roady for uso in July, 1917. Snlem Capital Journal. 0 phenomenon lu tho political world us has attracted tho eyes of all civilized nations nnd attended with such a so rles of providential interpositions as might well astonish disinterested spec tators, confound the lutldel and on rapturo tho saint; a revolution lu favor of civic and religious liberty which lu Its principles has given a fatal shock to tyranny nnd oppression In general, a glorious rovolutlou which spako Into political existence our national repub lic, now rising -with rapid progress to meridian glory. llenjiimln Wndsworth at Danvers, Muss., 1703. SHOP DURING ELECTRICAL PROSPERITY WEj NOVEMBER 29-Ututmwn r ALL ELECTRICAL INTERESTS HAVE JOINED iu MAKE THIS EVENT PROHiAdw -- I SUllSCIUHKRS NOTICH j. Tho Times cnrrlor boys aro instructed to put tho papors on tho porch. If tho carrier does j not do this, mlssos you, or no- I gleets getting tho papor to you I on ume, Kindly phono tho clr- j dilation manager, as this Is tho j only way wo can dotermlno whothor or uot tho carriers aro j following Instructions. Phono I I 133. 1 bountiful and uot bo luxurious as healthful, but replete with rare kind liness and grace. And when the feast was over nnd the long afternoon of sport and games was spent and the shadows of evening closed round the great assemblage j crowded about tho huge fireplace how guyly tho popcorn spluttered, how clear was the elder passed around! Hearts overflowing with jollity and gratltudo burst Into song Ah, on Thanksgiving day, when from east and from west. From north ana from south, come the I pimrlm niul guest; (XTIia tlia lintxn.l KTn... V..l .1 eclpa ror Pumpkin Pie. SPM lmimi his boani This pumpkin plo reclpo has been The olu broken links of nffoctlon restored; IBHilhgiw Oregon. P JiL' mmmm.1 mm iiiiiiiinmiii.iMmwi.Mrmnl 1 X . r 'V The True Intent. Irnto Patient (after tho agony) What do you mean by proclaiming on your sign, "Teeth extracted without' pain?" Suavo Dentist-Exactly what 1 say. l nssuro you tho operation doesn't distress mo ut nil. Ono dollar, please. Itlchmoud Tliues-Dlsputch. tested and found good by many house wives: Mix two-thirds of n cupful of brown sugar, ono teaspoouful of cinnamon, one-half teaspoouful of ginger and ono half teaspoouful of salt, and add one and one-half cupfuls of steamed and strained pumpkin, two eggs, slightly When the enre wearied man seeks his mother once, moio And tho worn matron smiles whero tho Kill smiled before! This was tho Thanksgiving. spirit of old tlmo What Happened. "What is tho cause of tho rumpus iver thero?" "A promising young playwright held tho mirror up to Nature. Nature took ono look and fell lu u fit." Judge. An Old Punishment. David I.eyes, a Scotchman, for strlk lug his father was senteuccd In lo4 to appear "balrheddlt uml balrfuttlt" Iu church with an apologetic placard at tached to his cranium. ower G Tolophono editorial No. 11. Own Up. A man should uever be nshnmed to own he has been lu tho wrong, which is hut suylug, in other words, that lie ft) SERVICE FIRST - &-rjsrs?s f " ....., not w ' l"'ru' .....ttl ' were "-ouUU''1!' Tho storm which Bflvnrn mill pnHtlV.. rMoSt of OUr morn or loss intorruptod". Our plant iHl'r' and Into with tho rosult that nil our Hnei early Friday. wns rostorod ovor our usual. Tho first telograph service to linos, 'flint was service first Wl, COOS AND CURRY TELEPHONE COMPAQ oceaOeach auto line OaP1"' Somo Coos Bay men find It hard lieaten, ono nnd one-half cupfuls of to llvo within their wnces and ntimrc I l3 wiser today than ho was yesterduv. milk and ono-hnlf Viinfnl nf irrm fi...i n i .. .. ..... ... Pouo. . ; ; -.mm u iiuruur Biui 10 uvo wiinout. --- flti. "rr" .. . Ooort lejisona.puist, of coui-se. give . .'. Tkxa nt, T.oiiv Mni'vliflflil nt 7 n. ill., null ' K n in. r..ivn Im-shfleld ut 11 u-"1 Slough ivt 1 P. in. Lcavo Maislifleld at lenvo South Slough nt O p. in. .-...., e- lilnir. """ " .....Inrt -...mllllff IW""" ICt i Ul " . .lrt'f ' !J nml rei"---', n., k n. ! from j v and r-" -. :", I,