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JPfZommKLAi. OREGON. TUESDAY, JULY iW07
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rnni.niiED eveiiv day excepting Mon
day AND ALSO WEEKLY BY
Tiia Cooa Bay Times I'onLisni.so Co.
FflED PASLEY, Ren or.
REX LAllGE, Business Manaokh.
Tho policy of The Cooa Bay Times
vill bo Republican In politics, with the
independence of which President Roose
velt ia tho leading exponent.
Etitcieil nt tho poatofllce at MnrahflcM, Ore
gon, Jor transmission through the malls an
TeJ tlnss mall.ir.attcr.
Vti
merce let outsiders vote on resolu
tions than would the North Bend
body, no matter to what those reso
lutions referred. rtf?
Tho commercial bodIes(j3f'coos
Bay have a rIglUtoygree on any
questlonSnave the papers. And
soJfttfcltlzens. Tho Chambers of
Commerce on Coos Bay nro composed
practically all of tho
In tho
will
10fhYrlgh"t-of.way
'isf&H from l'uget Sound
i estate men
man
uget Sound and
navel southward along the most
beautiful country in tho world, the
Pacific coast, he will flhd numerous
Chamber of Commerce bodies In the
thriving little cities that arc spring
ing up. Ho will also find real es-
of men who are interested In the up- tate men.
building and development of this If ne tarries long onough in each
country. Somo are real estate men, city to become acquainted with the
some are merchants, some are crafts- personnel of tho commercial bodies
men. Tho personnel of both are ?, win nni hnf imcn onmo mnl
SUBSCRIPTION IIATB-
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tha, daily, - - $1 23
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Weekly, per year - - $1 00
with a single purpose. As the North
Bend Chamber of Commerce Is con
scientious In Its officially voiced posi
tion regarding tho bridge, so Is tho
sister organization in Marshfleld.
The Times from Its acquaintance with
llrt (TfinMnMinM nnmnnpl nrr l-i X'nvit 1
.. bw ...... u..ub u. """-"American real
uonu iinmuer oi commerce neneves
estate men belong.
We are glad to see that ylsltors to
the bay observe the fact that we are
expanding. Whenever a city begins
to reach out for additional territory
that is a sign of expansion. Tho
estate man Is the
find there the merchants, bankers,1 great configuration, with Its attend-
and retired citizens, whom apparently ant loss of life and millions of dol
he Intended to make conspicuously jlars in property, is possible in every
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Address all communications to
COOS DAY TIMES
MarsLficld. Oregon.
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found found their way Into print do exponBon by securlng thc agency for
not In any way express the existing h B nat.
riyg;
sentiment of that body regarding the
attitude of tho Marshfleld Chamber
of Commerce.
As stated before, let us have har
mony. The commercial bodies on
Coos Bay have a greater mission than
similar organizations throughout Ore
gon Dr the United States. Many
questions will come up in tho future
and theso bodies representing ns they
TICK IlKOKXT nitlDOi: QUESTION
TTAItMONY should ho tho keynoto do tho citizens of Coos Bay will have
for the relations existing bc
twtlen tho North Bond and Marshfleld
Chamber of Commerce bodies. Let
inference bo gathered Miat this
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ing mem.
no
; sentiment Is expressed because there
has been any past misunderstanding.
Among the citizens of the two cities
on Coos Bay tiiero exists) relations ce
mented by Indissoluble ties of friend-
tt amp and regard. Tho proposition
j to brldgo Coos Bay, while meeting
I opposition among Marshfleld citizens,
tho commercial body representing tho
' city, and the Coos Bay Times should
not bo used as an Issue wherein to
Inclto factional strlfo. While it Is
true that the bridging of Coos Ba
i is a hip Her eutlroly optional with tho
War Dnnrtmont, upon the approval
Mil. XI EH OX COOS BAY.
QUOTING from tho Oregonlan:
"Tho fountain head of tho op
position to tho bridging of Coos Bay
by tho Oregon Western Railway
Company is in tho Marshfleld Cham
ber of Commerce, a body made up
from my observation of certain real
estato men engaged in promoting out
sldo townsito schemes, and an attor
ney in their employ. Among the
mombcrs at tho meetings of the
Chamber of Commerce which I at
tended there was not ono person who
had anything at stake on the rail
road project whntover." Thus
ural growth of the city will absorb.
Wo don't know how many real estato
men there aro on Coos Bay. We
believe there are a good many. Wo
would like to believe thero are many
more. A real estate man doesn't
generally Invest in cemetery lots. He
goes where there fre prospects and
he generally figures right, for he Is a
master In tho game of cause and ef
fect. That Is why there aro so many
real estate men on Coos Bay, or, as
Mr. NIer explained it, in Marshfleld.
Stop a moment and ask yourself
the question: Why am I here? You
are hero because you have more faith
in Coos Bay than in some other Pa
cific coast vent. If you are a live
Yankee and Yankees were never yet
accused of being dead you would bo
In Portland, San Francisco, or the
Philippines, If you thought the op
portunities wore there
Drain correspondent. Mr. Mer cans
us "knockers." Continuing, he says
tho railroad has surveyed such a
course that the knockers cannot In
terfere. Tho Times is sorry to contradict
this statement. But the recent ac
tion of tho Southern Pacific, In mak
ing a marine and railroad coaling
station of this port; the action in
establishing n steamship line exclu
sively between Coos Bay and Port-
and; the buying up of the coal mines
Mr. Humphrey ftays In his report
that tho defects or construction so
strongly condemned in San Fran
cisco "are no worse than those gen
erally practiced throughout the Unit
ed States." Tho cause of this, ac
cording to reports, is thc short-sightedness
of builders, who, seeking n
large immcdlato return on invest
ment, refuse to pny for good con
struction. Fire statistics In this
country it Is pointed out, show tho
false economy in cheap construction.
and the official declaration that the lf individuals will not cease to put
company would mine from 1,000 toiUp unUurnablo buildings, say the ex
1,500 tons of coal on the start en-'1)ertg( jt lg tho duty 0 communities
tirely refute Mr. Nier's statements. ' do so by aVi.
Thc, Times bogs to venture tho sug
gestlon that the Southern Pacific, so
far as slighting Coos Bay, is only too
glad to "get in." Talk as Its agents
will of tho roads indisposition to
wards Coos Bay we who live here
and have seen, know that Coos Bay,
with Its coal, its timber, its agricul
tural resources, all in virgin wealth,
is a prizo that any railroad man may
well covet.
FIRE PROTECTIOX.
SINCE the great conflagration at
San Francisco a number of en
gineers Have become engaged in a
movement thnt approaches a crusade
against lax building methods. In
vestigations and tests have shown
that fireproof buildings aro very rare,
and that many which aro labelled
fire-proof, In large letters, are not so
at all. Tho consen&us of expert opin
ion seems to be that the remedy lies
In strict and strictly enforced build
ing laws. In other words: Do not
But we nrctnls'- 1'utting out fire, but remove
in hi3 report Captain John Steph
en Sewell says: "A conflagration
never yields comparative results, but
from such results ns are available I
think there Is no question that the
best fire-resisting material at tho
present time Is the right kind of
burned clay."
This view is shared, apparently,
by tho foremost building experts.
Tho steel frames of tho largest anil
highest structures under way in Now
York nnd other cities aro being pro
tected by hollow terra cottn blocks,
burned clay products which keep tho
heat nway from tho Bteel columns
nnd girders which they surround.
Thc general conclusions of tho
throe experts may -oo summed up In
Mr. Humphrey's words: "Tho only
bulldln oynrdens.' g bz bz bz bz bz
sure way to remedy grave defects of
this character Is to enact strict build
ing laws which will compel an ob-servance-of
the essentials for flro
proof construction."
Panlatoilmn Kiilnt'Ki's. Clifford
Bayless, proprietor of the Unlquo
Pantnrorium, yesterday sold a half
interest in the business to R?y A.
Mercer, who has had twelve 'cars'
experience In San Francisco. Tho
now firm hopes to be prepared to
block nnd clean all kinds of hats
within a month, it will also inako a
specialty of ladies' work at a tailor
ing establishment to ho started soon
for that purpose.
IJOPEN FOR f
of the plans by Colonel S. W. Roo3s- seaks J. N. Nler, right-of-way man
lor, of Portland, it is a public mics-lor Ul Oregon Western Railroad In
tlou, tho disposal of which will affect lan interview dated at Drain, Oregon.
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tho future of tho bay. The morlts of
tha brldgo havo been dteenssed ex
haustively by tho press of Coos Bay
anil, through Its columns, by tho pub
lic. Action by tho commercial bodies
hu been taken. Any dissertations
aro superfluous at this time. Tho
Slarshllold Chamber of Commeice,
however, has been Impugned with
motives for which no foundation ex
ists nnd which places that body as
woll as certain citizens of Marshfleld
in a falso light.
Tho Times rogrets to stnto that
thedo falso roports havo been allowed
tto got Into tho columns of outside
'papers. In Justice to the honor of
tho gentlemen renresentlntr tho
1 Marshfleld Chambor of Coiumorco
and to tho city of Marshfleld tho
Times wishes to rofuto theso roports.
- In taking a stand against tho brldg-
ing of Coos Bay this paper was actu-
atod becauso It seomed tho future In
terests of tho peninsula could best
bo consorved without a brldgo. It
has been stated that tho Marshfleld
opposition to tho brldgo was backed
wholly by men lntorosted in prop
erty on tho east sldo of tho uppor
bay. Equally so could thoso In fa
vor of tho brldgo bo accused. But
ns tho Times knows that among the
Opposition to tho bridging of Coos
tBay nro Marshflold mon who not only
do not own proporty on tho mainland,
jbu,t aro proporty holders In North
-ond, iind ulso thnt among those
Javoiing tho brldgo In North Bend
aro mon Interested In Marshfleld
proporty, it bollovos tho majority of
thoso participating In tho brldgo cou
'IdSuay uro actuated only by honest
Motives, slncoro In their oxprosslons
-ml tho brldgo will work a dutrlment
itho harbor of Coos Bay ond ro
Inl nnd limit its growth,
jjtatomonts from various sources
yo ueon printed that tho called
Wfting of tho Marshflold Chambor
(jgommorco, hold rocently, was mis-
Jpresontod; Hint tho Impression was
Jm out that a mass mooting was
jbo hold in which cltlzons would bo
' twved to voto on tho resolutions to
Hfarwnrded to the War Uopurtmont.
lcalls Issued for tho meeting were
Jnted in tho columns of this paper,
ftf them stated that tho Marsh
JW Chambor of Commerce would
( W. an open mooting for the pur
tea ot hearing tho cltlzona voico
' loir milnlmiH. Tlmt Mm M.i..oi,n.,i.i
VtHbor of Commorco, as a body,
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,..,..u iu ,v,t kiutuiia iiui uiuuiuers
Ijn tho resolutions to bo forward
XvMrar Department there was
, anrfttontloii.
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,.w.. u. iu tuns puuusiioa nt
accni imios in tins papor elvo
ut that impression. The Chamber
t Commorco wanted to hear tho dlt
wlt argunionts for and against tho
lilKo, For an organization to allow
tsldors to voto on resolutions
ttfu for tho purpose of expressing
IjStmtiuiont of that organization
pld be a sonsoloss proceeding. It
tJiou8 that non-niombois can no
rd voto on mattora portnlning to
bimerclal organization than can
vrjo citizens voto on questions
nrng boforo tho ioglslnturo. No
!ro would tho Chambor of Com-V
Mr. Nelr also obsorved that at the
meetings which (ho) attended, ac
cording to (his) mind the personnel
of tho Mnrbh field Chamber of Com
merce was not representative of local
business Interests.
Tho Times has not a list of the
members of the Marshflold Chamber
of Commerce, nnd is thus unable to
publish the membership of that body.
Mr. Nelr Is correct, nowever, In somo
respects. Thoro aro numbered In
nil here on Coos Bay tho real es
tate men, newspaper men, merchants,
bankers, laborers, clerks. If Mr.
Nler comes to visit us ten years
later he will find us still hcie. He
will also And thoso same "townsito
real estato agents." The only differ
ence will bo that the real estate
agents will be soiling townsites about
ton miles further out than at pres
ent. We advise Mr. Nler to buy
some of the lots offered now. Ho
will realize several dollars if he holds
on to them for a few months.
Mr. Nler says several other things
which are, to say the least, unkind
and unwarranted. Wo wish to state
that tho gentleman will find on the
membership roll of tho Marshfleld
Chamber of Commerco the repre
sentative men of this city. If he will
glanco at tho recent subscription list
tho Marshflold Chamber of Commerce raised for tho publicity fund ho will
tho possibility.
Tho United States Geological Sur
vey has received repot ts fiom three
eminent engineers who made an ex
haustive study of the condition of
buildings after the fire in San Fran
cisco. These engineers are Prof.
Frank Soule, Dean of the College of
Civil Engineering In the University
of California; Captain John Stephen
Sewell, of the Corps of Engineers,
United States Army; and Mr. Richard
L. Humphrey, expert in charge of tho
Structural Materials Division of the
Technical Branch of the Geological
Survey and Secretary of the National
Advisory Board on Fuels and Struc
tural Materials. "They reach the
conclusion," remarks tho Engineer
ing Record, "that the lessons from
the Chicago and Baltimore fires have
not yet been learned, and that a
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