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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1916)
""FifTT"r'-'""V"wyfTyHTyf,iy "" THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHrTIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 191 6. -EVENING EDITION FOUR COOS BAY TIMES . O. MALOXUV, Kditor ad Puu. DAN K. MALONK1T, Nowb Editor Official Paper of Coo County OfflrUJ Paper City of Mnrshflold. Entored at the Postofflco at Marsh Hold, 'Oregon, for transmission through tho malls sccond-clais mall matter. subscription hates Odo your 16.00 Per month GO An Independent Republican news paper, publlshod ovory ovonlng ex copt Sunday, and weekly, by Tho Oooi Hny Tlmen Publishing Co. MEMORIAL IIAV lU'TV IT HAS como to Tho Times thnt some parties are planning n big program of sports for Memorial Day. Tho Times tnuts thnt this Is not true. Memorial Day Is n day sot anart to honor tho memory of tho nation's horo dead. It should bo observed with tho solemnity and sacrodncss that such an 'occasion dc3orves and demands. Sports nro as much out of placo on such a day as a foot race at a funeral. It Is llttlo enough that tho na tion docs In setting apart ono day In tho year to honor tho memory of tho nun who gavo their lives for their country and wo to. whom they liavo bequeathed a groat and frco nation should hold tho horltago sacred for at least n slnglo day to tho honor of theso horoo.i. Thoy that do for u good cause are rodcomed from death. Tlioir names aro gathered and garnered. Their memory Is precious. Each placo grows proud for them who woro born there. Thoy nro not dead, that gonoroiiB host,, that airy army of Invisible heroes! They hover as a cloud of vvltncBacH abovo tho nation. Aro thoy dead who speak louder than wo tan speak and a nioro universal language? Aro they dead that yet movo upon society and Inspire tho pooplo with nobler motives and mora heroic patriotism? Gladness Hhattld niluglo with our toars on Memorial Day but it should bo tho Joy of triumph that tho lives of tho bravo boys who are gone woro not given In vain. They died thnt tho nation might live. Let us honor their memory nobly. Coos Hay should obscrvu mem orial day fittingly. There should bo no fiold sports or rncc3 on such an occasion. loses thnt much-thing. -and he gains no- It is surprising how many really good peoplo there nro on Coos Hny If wo can only tuko their word for It. (SI ITS IX .MAY Along my rood tho violets Hloom thick and as a rule I take them home for n surprlso To inothor, after school. And though my linnd gets very hot So that I drop n few, I'm always glad when mother saya, "For me? How sweet of youl" . . AXON THE CANDIDATE Fl.v mo up dome campaign bat Thnt will mnko tho voter chat Says tho merry candldnlc- I'or the day la fast approaching Every Coos Hay man Is capable of doing his best and ho sliouhl always do It. LOVE L'XDVIXtl J WITH THE TEA t AND THE TOAST t COOl) KVKXIXH Hopo against hope, nud nsk till yo receive. Mont- gomery. XOCTUHXIJ Tho rim of the moon Is over tho corn; Tho beetle's drono Is above tho thorn. Gruy days como soon And 1 nm ulouo; Can you hear my moan Whoro you rest, moon? Tho deep lilno cherry, In mighty deep hall Our love kissed merry. Hut you come no mom When tho wild tree boro Where the woodland.) call, And tho gray dnH fall On iny grluf, nsthoru. Selected Wo know there are some Marsh field busInesK men who will nppro rlato this iiowh Item from a Chicago papor. "When a Chicago busluoHa man i found, yesterday, thnt ho hud ovor-l drawn Ills bank balance $ 1 If ho. fainted. A doctor was summoned, J nud that set him back $.1 more., Whoreupon ho Instructed IiIh stonog i to look up his balance the next ' time he fainted, and, If It wna found overdrawn, not to call tho doctor." Xo Coos Hay man Is Interested In another man's troubhw unlttbu ho Is it lawyer. 1'lty Is nkln to love, hut u Coos Hay girl Is never willing to accept It i3 a substitute. You may Just as well toll your wlfo tho truth She'll find It out anyway. Coos Hay w union me tuipponod to bo vain but no Coos Hay man Is as huudsomo as he thinks lie U. If ovory body agreed with you on ovorythlng it would bo evidence of u very wise old world, but you would not have the satisfaction of fueling your superiority. Everybody would bo smait. .'Taken from tho story of an old limn who has always been truo to the memory) I.nra O'Hara sat dreaming on a 31111 ny summer day; Dreaming of homo 'and kindred in tho land so far away. Up tho sunlit path camo n maiden, hnppy, bright and gay; Sho called, Oh, Lara O'Hora; we're going for a run today. Lara aroused from his drcnmlngs, rnu quickly to tho door Glad to see tho dainty girl and hear her volco onco moro. Ho led her through tho garden; tho maiden, so dear, so fair, Ho picked a roso Kalarncy, and laid It In her hair. Says oho to tho hnppy lover, wo'ro going for a run today, I'll rnco with you ncross country, If you'll lot mo rldo tho Gray, Tho oyes vf tho bright youth cloud-, cd, "Oh, plcaso don't ask that, May" 1'leaso rldo tho Chestnut darling, 1 fearfor you on tho Gray." At Instdhoy nil wore started, n party bright and gay; Lara wns riding the Chestnut and tho laughing maid the Gray. Thoy flaw tho 'storm clouds gather o'er tho mountains far away. Tho horses grow uneasy as tho lightning began to play; A great flash struck light "car them, and tho wild excited Grny Tossed IiIh head In mad conriuioii and wildly dashed away. In pur.ni It flow ralthful Lara, but l ho girl began to sway; Ho (Hod In a wild voice Hilly. Shoot the Gray Hill, shoot tho Gray; IM.lllug, lifting nt tho saddle, try ing to release fair Mtiy. Her foot crushed bunoatli tho saddle, she hogln to faint away; And 'twas Gay Hill who caught hoi as tho weight was rolled away. Lara then turned to help her. Tho storm had cleared uwny; Ho met the oyes of Hilly; know ho'd lost his darling May 'Tho the days have passed before him; many years have passed away; Laru treasures lovo undying, enn't foiget the Gray and May; Tho her love sho gavo to Hilly Lara O'lluru Ik null today, Thinking of tho love ho unvo her nud tho day he rode tho Gray. Maude I'.ulee Stroiur. t NEWS OF OREGON t ROSEHl'llO The resldonco or Sum Whltsett on Dodsou .Mountain together with its contents wii3 des troyed by fire and tho loss Is es timated at ?:'.5(H). When he needs no coaching- Friday will be Just a day too late Paint me us a saint, not aliinor- lf It's mo thoy, chooso And don't forget to tnttlo- Thero will bo 111010 household chattel Miller's the Man For District Attorney And war otcruat on tho demon booze- l For to sco my iiuinbor- 1 11 roar ran 1(3 slumber Would give mo pain and blues - Tell them I'll roturn a winner From tho bnttlo of the voto Whisper I can savo the nation Coos county and nil creation And thnt all tho rest have lo3t tholr goat Ilomlud them that u Jingle In their palms will always tin If thoy fix It so I cannot lose Say I'll swing an nx On nil forms of tax And the money hnt I've spout Would valise a deep lament I If I read It lti the news They tied to mo 11 can And labeled mo 1111 "Also Hun"- So Just tell them nice and easy y That I'm strong not wheezy Hless their voting souls All their money, they can hot Not u chnnco for keen regret If they pick 1110 Friday iit tho P0II3. "Tw Kb" And & On DUFlMt A contract was award ed for tho building of a school house at a coat of ?ll,l'ti7. UOSKHPUC! Tho South ITmpcjua Shippers I'nlon has been formed for the hottonnoiit of gonoml shipping dltlona lu the locality. El'C.EXE Hubert !:. Cninpboll. : continuous resident of Lnnu county for tifi years, died at his homo near Eugene, at the njio of SO years. Thoro ai 0 tlmos whon a Ho would look better In print than tho facts but facta alwajs wear longer. It a Coos Hay woman has a roally good husband the neighbor's nearly always sny ho Ir henpecked When a Coos H.n wife rlvcs her husband u piece of her mind she I CLATSKAXIE llabhl .lohn Wlsa of Portland will speak at tho com niencomont esorclsics of tho high school. OK1CGOX CITY Services wore conducted In memory of tho late Kail Slddoiis who was drowned in tho Willamette river mid whoso body has not boon found. IIOOH RIVEH - The Applo Grow ers' Association of Hood Kiver hns doclded it will not Join in tho Fruit Growers' Agency. HOSHHFKG - Tho band of xyp-' sles numbering 1 50 who are traveling through the state, celebrated thtir hundredth anucrsmy of the on an! zntlon or tho tribe at t'icir iaiiii near the clt. AX EDITORIAL In n -western United Stntes contemporary n few days ago wont Into nn In teresting discussion of tho many things that might bo dono with "two hits." To tho average easterner, mid, In fact, to ninny southerners and westerners the term 'two bits' would bo .without mcnnlng yet strange to say, In sovoral of tho largor states of the Union, and notablo In Missouri and California, people think or small values In "bits" and so express them selves. The Mlssourlnns brought tho "bit" with thorn to Cnlltorn'a In IS 10, and thero It took root mid thero it remains to this day, first to puzzlo mid afterward to tuko a flrn: grip upon tho nowcomor. Quito llkoly tho onrly English colonist on tho Atlantic seaboard continued to npply tho term "bit" to fractional sliver plpces, but. If thoy did, It was always followed by "penny," as. ror Instance, "threoponny bit," "sixpenny bit" etc.; but It was only upon tho conjunction or races In tho lower Mississippi that tho "bit," which stands ror lUj cents, camo Into uso us n measuro or rixed value. Tho Spanish milled dollar bocamo tho unit or money In tho United State.? In 17SS. At that time thoro happened to bo coined under Spanish authority a pleco or silver ror Mexico representing tho eighth part or n dollar. That becamo tho "bit" or tho mixed Southwestornor. who had nl roady adopted tho picayune, mid in course or tlmo all tho wny rrom Now Orloans to Ft. Hontoii on the uppor Missouri tho "bit," which had no ex istence save lu thought, was In more frequent uso as n moasiiro of valuo than nny other. A thing was worth two bits, four, bits, or six bits, that Is, 23. 30. or 73 cents. Dimes wero unknown. NIcKles had not been In vented. Silver It and 3 cent ploros wore curiosities, soiuetliuos to be usod as ornaments In tho form of senrr or onrrlnic pondnnts or as spnnglos, but too contemptible to be employed In trade ns mediums ot exchange. Just ns tho torm "shilling" hns sur vived all changes In othor parts or tho country, tho "bit" has hold on tenaciously In Missouri mid Callfor ula. It is amazing how some or tho newly nrilved rail Into tho ht.blt ot using It. lu the finest shops of St. Louis and Snn Francisco tho finest lady accepts a stateniont thnt a rubric Is worth "two hits" or "six bits" a ynrd, or wnltu Tor hor "four bits" In chnngo when sho hns Invested "four hits" In n piircliaso. Pooplo use the term "two bits" and "six bits" these boing tho more familiar de nominations as unconscious of do ing nnythlng out of tho ordinary as people lu other parts of tho country talk of dimos and dollars. Tho flrat American nionoy or which there Is any record was dried eodfUh. Hofore metal came Into uso dried codfish was regarded as tho most convenient and safest kind of currency. For small elimigo a hliiKle fUh answered the purpose udmliMblv it represent. d mi Idea. It stood ror a stand to, onH a quired in labor, easily preserved and trairportid nt nil times useful to tribes nwuy from tho sonshoro, and exchnngenblo for what thoy had which tho flcashoro Indians had not, It becamo an oxchmigo medium or constant and stablo value. In time, naturally somo had many codfish, so many that thoy became, ns gold KomotlmcH becomes lu our time, con siderable of a burden to tho capi talist and banker. Then a currency bnsed upon them wiu Issued In the rorm or shells, mid gradually ar rowhoads mid fitra enmo Into em ployment In tho naturo or stocks and bonds. An inflated codfish cur rency made It an easy matter ror tho early -settlers to rioat glius heads, mid tho Spanlnrds, having moro met al coin than nny othor peoplo at tho tlmo, gradually Introduced lu lieu or bonds, copper, hrnnzo and "sTiTor pieces which a contury hns not whol ly clLipInced. In rnet. although long out or circulation tho names or thoso Spanish plccos continue to express values In some parts or tho United Stutes down to our day. Tho different ntntos or Now Eng land had tholr dirroreut mediums or exchange, mid llko some or their western sljtors thoy still stick to monoy terms thnt liavo no repre sentatives In actual coin. Four or flvo dirroront values attach to tho term "shilling" on tho Atlantic on board. In Now F.nglund and Vir ginia when ono ppcaks or a shilling, a sixth or a dollar 13 mount; In New York and North Carolina a shilling Is equnl to the .Missouri and Califor nia bit; In sonio parts or tho United States what Is meant by a shilling Is two rirtoenth of a dollar. During tho Civil War period when metal wou ijcarco and gold mid sil ver (011111101111011 promluins, paper fractional currency, familiarly nils Bomotlmos afreetlonntoly known as "shlnplastois". was lu gonoral cir culation In denominations or .'I, 3. 10. 23 and 30 conts. In plnc0 or coppers, poitRKo Mumps mid "tok ens" servoil n usomi purpose. Tho hair-cent piece, discontinued In 1S3? was called a picayune lu tho South, and since then ;t cent nickels and 2 rout bronzes have come, onjoyod tholr day and disappeared. Thero never was n coin in tho Unlton Stnt03 that could proporly bo called a "bit", yet go to Missouri or to any of the "mountain statos" and obseno how quickly you will got into the hnhlt of asking for two hltV worth of this or sl bits' woith of t'uit at the grocery or drygoocU otoro. Christian Sc'emo Monitor. PORTLAND Ip.oDciS STR. BREAKWATER SAILS MAY 20 North Pacific Steamship Co. Smith Terminal Dock. L. (I. CUNIIIXG, Aneitt '"''el wiling 0 rn,.,.. I'HAxnsco. stw7 "ia, 1.0s m, AX lll;;(), ANG F- A. KILBURN MAY 20 INTER-OCEAN TRANSPORTATION CO. S. S. Adeline Smith Passengers Only SAILS FOR SAN FRANCISCO BAY Every FIVE DAYS, from SMITH MILL DOCK PHONE 44, SMITH TERMINAL DOCK C. F. McGEORGE Passenger and Freighl Agent I. X. MILLIIlt PLATI'OIIM SMct euroi cement of the ciiuiliial laws. Minimum penalty foe boot-leggers. Collection of delinquent taes. Suppression of Juvenile nev ciIiucm. Peiilteutlmy for iiiocutcr.. Protection of Innocent us well us prosecution of utility. Xo railroading of men to penitentiary (o make 11 record. Highest efficiency coinmensurato Willi lowest, cost. Wutcli foe Ids name on Official Hullot lu Will HelClected (Paid Adv.l OCEAN BEACH AUTO LINE Gorst ."i KIiik. Ino Mnndiflcld, nt 7 n. 111., and returning leaving from Emn n 11. in. uriisu .iiiiiniiutm in ji n.iii. una rciurning leate Son! Slongli at i t. 111. Leave Multifield nt p. m. and rttnnj.. leave Koiilli Sloiigli nt (I p. to. Ktcrnb Abstracts For rellnblo Abstracts of Title ta Information about COOS HAY ItLU. JISTATF, mhj Title Guarantee & Abstract Company Marshflold nud Coqulllo City, Oregon. OJencrnl Agents UnNtstcIo nml SeiiKslnckcnV Addition. Special attention paid to iiMsosMiicntH and pajuicnt of tain, UICMtV SUXOSTACKKX, Slansger. QUATERMAS STUDIO QUALITY PHOTOS Opposite Blanco Hotel. Phono 10CL. I I MAHSIirilCLI), OHKOO 1 4 WILLAMETTE-PACIFIC TIME SCHEDULE BETWEEN Marshfielcl and Portland (Now Effective) Train Xo. 1. Trnln Xo. 2. Leaves Stations Arrives 1:110 u. m. Portland 10:ir. p. in. C:10a. 111. Ar. Ktigeno Lv. &:S p.m. 7:20 a.m. Lv. Kuroiio Ar. r. : 1 r p. m. S:ICn. in. Xotl I: ID p.m. 10:00 a. 111. Maplotou 2:33 p. 111. 10.10 a. in. Cuahmnu (IMor- ouco) 2: 10 p.m. Ada l:2Sp. in. (urdlnor 1:00 p.m. HeodHporl 11:20 a.m. GRAVEL' We ro now prepared to furnish OHAVEL In inj toutlt'u from pllo In our yard or In carload loti, at followloi prlcei: From pllo on ground, J2.V6 per yard. Carload Iota, taken from can, J2.C0 ptr firl ltttall Dcpartniut. C. A. Smith Lumber & Mfg. Co, Opposite FosOfflco. rtoil lti 11:17 n. in. lli'.Oa. m. 1:30 p. m. 2:10 p.m. 3: in a. m. 3:30 p. in. Xorth Lake 10:31 u. m. North Houd D:10u. m. Marshflold 9:20 a.m. SAVE MONEY by uitlerlnn (ho fiiinoiia HENRYVILLE COAL Nut coal, ton $1.00 Lump coal, (on SjS.l.ftO Or half ton of hotli..$l.7B 1). MUSSOX, Prop. Phono 18-.I or lenvo orders at llllljcr'H Clpir Store Tike First jg OF COOS BAY .MI1ltKlt OK l'i:iH:it.L IHISL'HVi: SVSTDI - UXDUl (SOVKKXMHNT .SI'PHUVLSIOX OI'KICKHS W. S. CIIAXDLIMI, Pre". noitsnv iiti:iri:i:, cubiiier W. I!. HUTLKIt, AsM. Cnsliier Hi:X It. t'llAXDLI.'lt, Ahst. Cnsliier DlltlXTOllS W, S. CIIAMIMUt joiix s. com: W.M. (Jltl.MlIS ,W. t DOUfiLAS noitsLV Ki:iri:n joiix p. n.i.ii ,s. v. 11001:11s n.XKix.i:iTini:xrv 1 SOUTH COOS KIVUK HOAT SKIIV1CH LAUXcii i:.piti:s.s leaves Mnrslifielil every day H a.m. Leaves bend of river nt :t:il( p. 111. STKA.MF.It ItAIXItOW leaves head flf rler Oally nt 7 n.in. Leaves Mixn liflolcl nt " p.m. For charter apply on board. IMHiKltS SMITH, Propi. ZZL - - "1 EXPERT WELDING of METALS Steel, brass, cast, iron and aluminum castings ins like new ' J DEMONSTRATIONS DAILY. Koontz Garage minnn ion.. North Front Street I IIUIIw yJJ J GET NEW MUSIC Como In and play tho latest letor records on our machine and select the ones you device 6,ouo to Choose From Wo will order special Xumbers forj you BLANCO The Public Service Hotel lias Just been tlmroui'lily renovat ed, mid opened to the public March let, 101(1. Sonio of tho features of this old hostelry uro. free em ployment burMii, fteo .sewing room, Information htilloifn and kind treat ment. Tho pntionngo of tliu publli Is HOllclted. I1LAXCO IIOTK74 22; Xorth Front street Phone 1 1 l-L. Mnrslifielil, Oiejron FAItR TKX C'HXTS City Limits Xorth Hend, f5o Of) COMMUTATION' Qfl LU tickcts, $i.t.t . Murshfield-Xortli IJend Auto Lino Cars every ten minutes from C a, ni to 12 midnight; to South Slough onco a day, leaving at 11 a. m.; to Em pire throo trips a day, OOItST tf.KINfl, Props. I I I IIUIIU HJVJ. --, !T. .1. scaifi: A. 11. HODOIXS L. L. Thomas Music Co. jMarshfield "j co Ml I r.,..Mllied l& Oldest Hunk In Coos County -. r Flanagan Bennett Baiw Ian,lifleld, Coos County, Oregon. qqq Capital, Surplus and Undivided tsj INTKUKHT PAID OX TISIE AX S flAS WJ Officers J. W. HKXX12TT, President; JA8. wlNClIESlEB. President ; K. P. WILLIAMS, Cashier; U. r. Assistant Cashlor. . " Flanagan & Bennebt Bank OF BIVRTLK TOIXT $25, Capital ' pUNA0AN. Officers J. W. DEXXETT, President; JAS- ' EyENT, Mm President; L. M. SUPLEE, Cashier; u. 0 V Cashier. 73 Central Aveuuo l'tlmtes FurnUhed Phoe 14H.lt. MMsuileld, Ortsjoa Bennett, Trust Companj; Capital, Surplus and Undivided Proflt.NBTr, jij Offlcers-J. W. BENNETT. President; TOM T. tftS' President; ARTHUR M'KEOWN, Secretary, TON, Treasurer. ,(,e 0f rort1 " Tho Only Trust Company In tho State, Out ni7o,i Under the ew Iw.