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THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON. FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1916 EVENING EDITION. THREE The Central Avenue Booster CENTRAL AVENUE, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 11)10. No. 1A s?5 ..,- Vou Z' ' I BhAN i.B.woninloratnn1 and 'voullcutalotoMca hIiIii.cs ... it k vt t T. Sl'Wiiv- iii,Wiiim-- wT:....., n timtlor how Wcicn D Thoro is a young lady named Lizzie hviioso work at the Bwltchbourd h h mzzy, Slio culls Hi) lior beau And for throe hours or so Every lino on tlio systom Is "biiBy." 4 JOHN FERGUSON. SMI LE-A-WH I LE : r . ....... (lirnW III Willi II Mines .w 1J "Y .or It Isn't oiioiibIi wtCS.ll.lWVIHM ... roos'W woman would., t bo-".rtS-Vman (old her before .e hero wowUl bo mlBl'ty-rovv rlise' ' , ,.,rn wouldn't l.o any 35 b.1 too" would JLsMlHM.WIIII.1 old Fricim An of YOUNO LADIES' DEPARTMENT THE CENTRAL AVENUE IIOOSTKR WAIL OK THE TIIIHKTY l t. TJ11 Moyors "How nicr. . ",'" .,0nT" tlio tl rrloml Srdl." -aw Al, "I'm l 1mIk any radium." toLlllilW-WIIII.K """ . VI. MMIlE Puro water Is tlio best of Bins, Which tun., to innu can brim;. hmit who urn J that I Bhould havo The best of everything! 'Lot preachers revel at tlio immp Proms with tha pond inuko free. lluL whlBkoy, Kin. or oven beer It good enough for mo. now nuiAM. t SM I liI'MA-WII I LE jlllltlVS OXK MOHK another thlns'8 certain. Slid my friend. Joo, S torn bn Hie e"1' li north two on the too. " -JOB WII.WA.MS. . SMIUM-WIIILE Tiintn ahi: otiikks Ike hea falds "I'vo "'" V my mind To lay this, and I'll say It: Mr l " thai I never find Ablamo thing micro i 'r '" SURE. Ills cxpenso nccount I saw him scan Iknew his heart must ache hlni. Said ho, "Clothes may not niako tlio man 'liut laundry hills may break him." Hut not In Marshflold. A trayol Ing man tit tlio Chandler hotel yes terday remarked that ho got hotter laundry work at tlio most reason able prlco from tho Coos IViy Steam I Laundry than at nny othor town In his territory. Quick and satisfactory Borvlco nnd high grade work win tho traveling man's praise. Published Eieiy Friday In tho Inter c&M of Coos ny In Gonornl nnd Central Avcnuo lu pnrtlculMr. Entered at the Postofflce as strictly Hrst-Class matter; there Is nothing occond-ClnsR nliniit. nmitr-ni .,.. Subscription Price. Your good will,' and membership In tho Booster Club THE JITNEY ORDINANCE '- CITY REAUTIFUL NOTES Wo noto with plcasuro nctur.l re sults this week from tho Booster's city beautiful campaign, as follows: Den Chandler, of tho First Nation al Hank, has got btisy making a reg ular beauty spot of tho grounds of his South Marshflold home. Tlio Uoostcr shudders to think what Den's placo would havo looked llko If wo hadn't started this campaign. THU jltnoy ordlnanco Is "up" ngalu, after having taken tho mum. .jubl wny u is bo dif ferent from other ordinances in this respect, wo don't know. Most or dinances aro prepared by the City At torney, thoroughly discussed by tho Council, and then filed away for fu- Mrs. Frledburg Is entirely romov- turo reference, whero they stay quiet, ing tho wooden bulkhead In front of Content Just to bo lot alono, Onco'ono of hor Central Avonuo houses, Ralph Williams Is working nil his taparo tlmo raking tho moss off his lawn on Central Avonuo. With luck torn! good weather, ho will have tho flown In good sliapo for another crop of greon moss noxt winter. CENTRAL AVENUE SAYINGS . Win- Nofc. J. Leo nrown says all these pcoplo who want tho Iron cross lean havo It. Ho'll nt.iy at homo, and 'bo satisfied with tlio Red Cross. SMI LK- A- WI 1 1 LE FACT 'My son, you cannot fool tho fates And niako them hand out polf, But all things como to him who waits When ho waits on hlmsolf. HOY LAWJIORNE. SMILE-A-WIIILE l Vr Note. Jack Ilanigan an nounces that hereafter ho will not keep lu stock any article mado of iGermnn silver, and Harry Winkler declares ho'll let all tho'"Irlsh Moss trade go to Jits competitors rather tlian carry tlio stuff In stock. SM ILK- A- WHILE LEW THOMAS is over his grip but is still ailing. ' sMnja-u-wiiiLT AL NEFF mot with an accident ttid fore part of tho weak breaking hla silence. BMILE-tA-WIHLE - REMARKS OF THE WATER FRONT PHILOSOPHER In a whllo, however, an ordlnanco gots right up lu Its coffin nnd refuses itho strcot which will bo a i'j do iiunca, iiko tills ono. The Booster Is In favor of this or dliianco, mobile, and Is making a terraced slops to big Im provement. Evory llttlo bolps; it's Alio trimming up of the edges that Mlssliig Oppoi'tuulty. Tho Booster Subninrlno editor arises to inquire wnuro is it. ,i. aimpsoiiY witn a 'Gorman raldor roported In tho Pa cific, ho cannot understand why tho bnttlo of Shore Acres cannot be du plicated, ecllpsod or submerged. SMILE-A-WHILE Judgln' from tho powerful Bcrmon . bur parson preached last Sunday agin' (wrongdoln' in gonoral, an' bootloggln' tin partlc'lar. 1 gather that thoro's ,nioro Joy in Heaven over ono sinner that Is sentonccd than ovor an hun dred Just men that don't need no sentence. o do not own nn nuto-iuts "finish" on a placo. Speed tho but Wo trust tlio earning .'bulkhead, wolcomo tho urcen tcrraco. Alio town over. Frank Cohan has boon so busy boiling Bwcct pea seeds that wo have n't noticed hint planting any In bis Central Avcnuo yard, but mnybo wo aro mistaken, wo can't bolievo ho J? "Cleaiwip Time public will not be mean enough to think that wo would not bo In fa vor of tho ordlnanco If wo did, for wo Intend to, as soon as nil back ,Hoostcr subscriptions aro paid up. Of courso, tlioro nro two sides to It. If thoro wore not, tlio Booster would not need to wasto tlmo In ox-'twould neglect It entirely hdnlnlng the right ono. Wo should I not ho too stubborn about hanging Dr. Toyo lino sprinkled his lawn on to old fashioned notions of fren.wlth Bpots of whltp lime, umlovlug Jinil open competition In all lines. CenVim artistic effect as of the sun shin- rV 4 lri1 nritit fil n t nvnlitulfiti ef lit tn tv 1 4 it if 111 i utr It nut iti ( wrtna tin anrn ni vuiihui unit u.vi naiuii ui uiiiuii o iiiiuurin iiitiiu iviv,.tJ uu oj u coinpotltlon, which divides profit too Miowovor, that It's good for tho graBS uiucli, are tlio modern ideas. Wo must protect those who (fft iliat ..1.1 iiinrllrr nil llionniKlily iJwmwl, udjusto.l peifoctly, olid ami iwlWiwI nmUo II. W m-'W HiiifliliM-- Put on n now Ihtrn Uiu old mm l Imnl MH '" irk. Hw mo nt oiiiij. Mn very in.sonnbl... "PRIDE W OWNERSHIP" will never ljoura uiih'sM ).mi Koi'ji your properly In Up 1 MnH'o. riipnc ssiw L. W. JACOBS H!I Cflitrnl Avi'imo Coos liny .lust Ncnlt'il a Hint. Harry Kim ball (to Al Mendel.) "Al, do you now tho shortest verso In tho Hlblo?" Al "Why I used to, but I don't think of It now." II. K. "Why, you oughtn't to forget that, It's Bhort, only two words." A. M. "Oh, yes, I know, 'Money TalkE.' " SM I LE-A-WII I LE FiiInu Aliirm AUTOISTS DON'T MISS THIS Wo lmo Just put Inn Murk or tho famous MiGrmv TIich, nindo br the Inicml unto llio ami lulio fiictui-y In tlio world. VALUES, MIUIAdi: AND SIIHVK'E IS (3UARANTEED Y THE MAKEItS AND I'S. We will iiinko juIJii-Imh'iiIm on lu npol. Como in nml Irt us slimv ).iu, Marshtield Hardware Co. Tho best In tlio llnrdwnro lino. ftrdadwar nnd Central Avenue. Phono .'II protect tlioso wlio linvo por uianeut InvestmontB, bo thoy can pay their taxes, nnd so wo can depend Tupou tlioui not to quit tholr Jobs some tratny night when we aro lato to din- Lner. 1 Still, wo cannot help entertaining a phantom, heretical notion that It 'would bo a fluu thing It tliero woroi juii.ugii couipciiiioii no wo coiiiu i;ui n seat lu a Jitney now and then In stead of being arranged In a cur like rtrin.iur's cold tongue. Maybo IU u good thing, n man might not bo so glad to got homo, and spend tho 'ovenlug thoro, if he could rldo back Juud forth comfortably. J Take a rush tlmo, though, like six o'clock, or tho awful Jam of pcoplo from North Bond when Murohflel.l and will bring It up bo thick that It will havo to bo cut with n prun ing knlfo. . SM ILE-A-WH I LE UTTLE .REAUTY SPiyrS OF MARSHFIELD no night this wook Officer Brockmiiollcr heard Avion! sounds proceeding from tho 'Russell building nnd put In a call for holj). Tlio force hast.ly assomhlod, excopt Officer Donno who could not l.o found, and hud to bo waited for. Finally, after souio delay in Bccur- Jug nu automobile to bring tlio of ficers from tho City Hull, they ar rived, and fearlessly entering tho room from which tha sounds appeared ho come, found Art Roll f eld enjoying ti llttlo prnct.co on Ills violin. SM I LK-AW II I LE THE FILM Flicker, flicker, little reoll . You exert a wldo appeal, As you run on schedule tlmo Evory evening for a dime. Robort Marsden, Jr. , SM1LEJA-WH I LE Some Coos Bay men aro afraid other mon will Btcnl tholr wives. And others aro afraid thoy won't. (Especially written by the Ash man) " 0.MI3 years ago, Just heforo prices began to docjjiip, tlicClty pur-1 "" clianud a purcol or ground on LFouith strcot, near Curtis, eventually to bo used us a site- for an Imposing City Hall. Thoy trlcl to Impose snld hall on tho public laut election (thoy trlod It "to beat tho band" sumo said) but tho pcoplo voted "not yot." As the site and surroundings wcro most unpleasant appearance, tho city nt oiicq took stops to bcnutlfy Some Grocery Specials Owing In tlio Maimer service being n llttlo off schedule, wo will not IhsiiIiIo to give jou iis.Jargo u selection of fresh vegetable for JiaUmUy iw usual, but wo Imvn miiiio cliolcu stuff. try oi'u uirrrci-NicE nio, crisp, tender heads, IIIISII FUO.M AUGUST CARLSON'S: HOTHOUSE on Coos River. In jhc mnit line, don't roig.'t that weWi-ry tlio rnmoiiH Beechnut. Ixm in tlio lingo iiiiftlk'tMl sides, nnd also Ariiioiir'K nnd SwIft'H ll'uw mul Huron. rk r M'lrtM iiilnred Tiiiiii In largo run? nt ten rents, our elmleo t,1- nd our iitl.I iMdliMlfliunifsolyitJIlio piobleni r u hurry-up 1 or lumli. " ..'.-;"- Welwroii romptti Iliu r Uiu D. M. Kerry needs Mr flower and iWluMo gunlens. n Tin: bust in the grocery line trade at the Sanitary Food Store wioxij aja SERVICE FIRST (Formerly Nushurg'H Grocory.) SECOND AND CENTRAL hind It might not hurt tlio pooplo's 'feelings to liavo'a llttlo competition or. hand so that a passongor might 'occasionally occupy a sitting posi tion, nnd tho cars wouldn't look so much' lllto a molasses cako In a coun try whero thoy havo fllos. Nevertheless, It Is stated by tho Jltnoy oporntors thut If this Hcoiibo is not Imposed, It will pormlt outside Ijcoiepotltlon to como In hero nt rush limes, skim tho cream orr tlio titisi incBs, nnd then cut out for homo with tho guto receipts, and quit damaging Hbo' stroots. This Is probably correct. '"aibo thoso who do not pay ussoss- 'them, so thoy would be on a par with holds a celebration, (or vice vorHa),tlio parks, und othor property owned by tho public. Thoy constructed a building, tlio design of which all tho local archi tects modestly disclaim, which was completed all except tho lusldo, and a coat of paint on tho outside In stead of covering tho wholo alto with tho building, thoy tnatoftilly loft a wldo margin of grounds, which thoy adorned with various oruamonts us jthoy became available Odds and ends or tiinuor, barrel uoops, on cuiib ami "other objects of lovollneBs wcro scat tered about In profusion, not plloJ up in rows, as ino ummagiuaiivc) Cheer Up ! ur not iHiiia P4SlM ,,, u, M.rV Kr,'ouondi.,fuly fair, ,n(l Uhfi, fwnpleto tost not u rent, iy no t.Ui, ,, I11( cury owning j'.m roiild como down to "'"'l then The Smokehouse M eni Nctoi 1RU,M0 ,,r WHInril-, o! heirS,e',jJ,ak0'vUrra.ly; te Crostl, "Wait F"d McClee: Urn Kellond' JOIN OUR FICTION CIRCULAT ING LIBRARY rent! nil tho nowost as it Is published. i and f let ion For full lufoYinutloii regnrd Ini; Any Book old or now, cull, wrllo or phono MARSHFIELD NEWS CO. C8 CENTRAL AVE. (Formerly Frlccii'n) Wa deliver nny inagulno nny or perliMlical on Iksuo : : : ? duto of luonts for street Improvements dl rcctly Bhould bear tholr Bliaro of tho fcost of Improvement If thoy use tho streets roughly. Someday wo shall fget far enough advanced to tax hob 'giallod boots, rollor skates' and pa rades. Emll linnuoi rorgoi, iiiaovuri lAmtly, to montlon bicycles, (which ho Intended to do.) Livestock, iinnt tuchod to vohlcles, might also bo ttoxod, but ns thoy seem to prefer tho nlco greon sod of lawns to tho hard surfacing of streets, tho damage tthoy lo'ls negligible. Also, Jack "Cartor 1ms got some strong clues us to who theso unmannerly boasts aro, and ns soon r.s ho can ptoco tho evidence togouior, mo rougu u.u ou.u Itand of Justlco will fall on thorn In tho propor quarter. It Is too much to hopo thnt this ordlnanco will bo passed In tlmo to Includo tho logging trucks now op erating on the stroots, but wo do not wish to suggest anything that would take up too muoh of tho councllmen's tlmo, as somo of thorn do not Hko to stay up lato at night. . SM I LE. A-WI 1 1 LE COLUMBUS AND THE PHONE Hero's one that Frank Cohan con tributed this week: Teacher I'm surprised nt you, Sammy Wick, that you cannot tell mo when Christopher Columbus dis covered America! wnai noes mo chapter betiding of tho weok'B lesson read? Sammy Columbus 1492. f Teaoher Woll, Isn't that plain 'n.mi.irli? Did von nover seo it before? Sammy Yos'ni, yos'm; but I al ways Btipposod It was his telephono number. SMILE.A-AVJIIM'. A MATTER OF PUNCTUATION incross a sign reading as follows- Revival Borvlces tonigiu. . . Subject, "Hell, everybody welcome," You Nover Can 1T1I. L. W. Ja cobs, our popular and hard working typewrltor 'mugnnto, wont to Myr tle Point yesterday and sold a type writer or rather tho typewrltor Bold ikolf. Ho says ho worked hard all day thoro without landing nny IuibI- Iicrb and went to tho depot without oven a good prospect. Just as tho train camo around tho bond, a strung or en ino up und Inquired If ho sold thorn things, pointing to tho machine. Lloyd admitted that ho tried und was ulmost rendered spoochletui whon tho questioner told him ho wanted ono. Tho deal was closod without Lloyd ovon getting nn opportunity "to ro- hoarso his lengthy remarks on the fine points of tho machine SMILE-A-WIULE School Suggestion Dorscy Kroit- fror, who has takon quite nn interest In educational matters sluco h'.s son, Wllllum, began to stump him by bringing homo his arithmetic prob lems, Bays whon ho was a hoy ho wont to country school lu tho Biimmortlmo, nnd for a long tlmo stood nt tho head of his class. Ho says thoro was n knot holo In tho floor right wlloro ho otood, und that by sticking his Lnlg too through tho knot holo ho in I Pd would havo ordorcd, but dls-',could solve tho toughest problems. tributed with a sort of studied negli gence which Is tho no plus ultra of mrt. As a rosiilt, what was onco a barren vanto now teoms with ovldonccs of development and utility, as woll ns lovollnesB. r Tho South Marshflold Jltnoy driv ers wU bo glad to point out this boaiity spot to Btrungors not yot fa miliar onough with tho local char acteristics of city proporty to distin guish It teadtly. SMI LE-A-W 1 1 1 LE Ono night, ono of tho other boys ,vho was Jealous, stole Into tho room fond plugged up tho knot holo, nnd nftor thnt ho lost his placo In tlio class. Tlio board or education Iiob tak'en up tho proposition with a vlow of providing augur holes lu tho school room floors wherever It 1b found ahoy mny bo usoful. THE SMOKEHOUSE MINSTRELS End .Man (C. F. McKnlght.) Fun ny thing happened the othor day, you won't boll'evo It. ' Interlocutor (Fred McCloes.) ".Quito likely, Mr. Knight, but what was It? End why Jess Torrol cut a man's hair and nover Bald a word to him all tho while. It. That's funny, I thought they (didn't employ barbers to shavo dead men any more. unucrmaurs iu tMIUippe l lur mui, iuuuo. End But this wasn't a dead mnn. It. Oh, I boo, tho follow was stone deaf. ' End. No, ho wasn't, either. If Vou'll wait till I got through I'll toll you about it. It was Al GloBaopa hair that ho cut, und and Al got In tho first word und "ran out" before Terrel got a shot. aB thoy say bore nt Gene's placo, SM I LE-A-Wl 1 1 LE STATE-D IN PUN Arkansaw Idaho In the garden. I lieard Alaska fellow how about the ropo used about tho hunter of polo- Tado, and ho said old man Connecti cut It from a clothes lino belonging to .., cnv l.o was ovor iMIsBisslppl. Whoro has Oregon? to Coqulllo tho othor day, and ran .'That I. .easy- .heard W tall Kan jis I was passing by thnt ho 1s tryng to find out who Rhode Island In tho (Steeplechase, Whenever jou want uny thing lu the lino of Drugs uiiytlilug curried by nn up-to-dato drug store Just remember Hint you get tlio REST vnluo nnd seivho nt "The Owl" Frank D. Cohan THE CENTRAL AVE NUE DRUG STORE. Tho closer you wnlch Owl Viiumy nun ''! nemos, tlio iiioro rertnlu you nro of becoming u permanent Owl customer. DR. V. A. TOYE, DENTIST Hours 9 to 12; 1 to 5, Room iiOl, Irving llldg. Central Avenue, Murshflelil 3 mpmfvw'' DEW DROP INN i i Why do you say the town is dry? Don't you know our fountain still is running, : Just give our soda water a try And you'll never feel your head a-humming; ' ,. ALL FLAVORS IN SODA WATERS ,' ' FRESH CANDIES DAILY. BEST TH' MARKET AFFORDS. DEW DROP INN at SARTER'S , . Central Avcnuo nnd Front Street. , i.-'t ', J DON'T FORGET OUR LIGHT LUNCHES. Here We Are .-w Ready to boost and be boosted. We feel rinht at home among the Central avenue boosters we boost' every "fl thing on Coos Bay except prices. Come In and see us in our new location. ... .-; BERTRAM'S JEWELRY STORE. 78 Central Avenue ' i ' v ' ,J Given Away FREE'.)' Heuutlful jtIIq Wno.l CheM. In our window will bo almolHJr given uwuy FREE to ono of our riiNtouioi-N. With ovry fjw'cif worth of picture post ranis-, wo will glvo a itunilicr entitling. e holder to our chance on this beautiful client, Only IflO nunibepf IshiumI. You may bo tho lucky one. p Sco the Client In our window. t- Rehfelds 220 Centra! Avenue t Marshfield You Want Good Insurance Thfat's the kind I write. Prompt adjustments, of all losses. Fire, Life, Accident and Casualty. E. I. Chandler Coko Uulldlng Mai-nhfUM Prosperity is jthoH: a chairmed word It simply means the result of financial .success. Prosperity will come to you as you embrace your opportunities. ' The opportunity to make a good investment will surely come. l Will you be ready for it? Save your money and keep it in the bank ready for that moment. The First: National Eaimk OF coos bay Safety Plus Service B E PREPARED to bhow PROSPERITY A JOYOUS RECEPTION nml CONTINUOUS WELCOME. You cun't outertala prosper ity, anybody, or enjoy life properly yourself unless you Iiuve muslo in tho homo. . SEE US AT ONCE. Thomas Music Compaay ConKoHdntlou of Wiley It. Allen and W. R. Haines Music Stocks , 0!t Central Avenue. PLAN TO TAKE mn A OOOD MENU inner AT THE Chandler Hotel ; The HtA of (Central AvjanH Vilrin I iaiK i Jl M U'