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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1907)
2r. 'T MrfitjnffciMainMwM m THE DAILY COOS BAYTIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1907. .kWuu2U k- tT m nn mi m Coos Bay Times an iNDRrKNnusT repc? w t",8,.apkr ruiiLiiiinn evkiiv day exckpti.vg mo.v- DAV AND ALSO WKEKI.Y BY Tni. Cons Uy TuiKs PtAiisiuxo Co. FRED PASLEY, Editor. REX LARGE, IU'sinkss Manaskk. Tho policy ofThe Coos Bay Times vill be Republican in politics, with the Independence of which President Koose volt is the leading cxonent. JJutercU ift the postoflice at Marshfleld, Ore gon, tor trniismlssion through the mails as tecum! class malt.mutter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES- Binglo copy, daily, 6 cents Per month, daily, 50 cents Three months, daily, - $1 25 Bis months, daily - $2 50 One year, daily, - - $5 00 Weekly, per year - ?1 00 Address all communications to COOS BAY TIMES MarshfkM, Oregon. FIRE LIMITS. The people of Marshfleld are build ing a city. They will be engaged In that occupation for many years to como and it behooves them to build' the foundations right. The world has awakened to the fact that a largo city will be necessary where hitherto there has been a quiet little village. On all sides buildings are going up and the sound of the ham mer Is heard everywhere. Excava tions are being made for permanent and sightly office and store buildings and It Is plain, that tho day of little tbing3 is passing. The streets crowded with strangers and dlver3l-.-.:ed by a variety of sights and sounds, suggest a metropolis. The quick building of a city Is the prob lem which confronts tho people, nnd it is not strange that questions and problems of metropolitan character should press up on us In numbers. Of all these questions that of de fining a fire district Is a very Inport ant one. There are those who will object to this and who will base their objection on a claim that to provide lire limits in a city of this size will be a restriction which will keep people from building. The contrary is true. So long as any man who owns a lot or can rent one, Is permitted to put up any kind of a shack which stilt3 him, all the sub stantial structures will be in danger of destruction. Men Who propose to build structures which tho city needs and which will lmprovo the city and add to Its value, want to know whether they can get reasonable rates of Insurance and whether they aro to ho protected from fire. Tho man who ohjcc'3 to a flro cmtrlct being established now can not expect to have much at stake in Marshfleld But some may contend that the only available material for the con struction of buildings is lumber, and that brick and cement are too high priced. That does not seem to be borne out by the facts either. Brick has nover been made here because lumber was too easy to get and too cheap. Cement has not been made for tho same reason. Now, the case Is different. It can bo stated posi tively that brick clays of tho best kind exist in tho Immediate vicinity of Marshfleld and can bo produced cheaper than in Weston or Portland. Tito abundance of cheap fuel hero Is a vory fortunnto elrcumstane, when Its absence at tho places mentioned has pureed tho manufacturers to stop work. As for cement, It is reason ably certain that abundance of ce mont rock occurs within a short dist ance of tho bay. Til IX WATHH. "Tho Coos nay Times sees that In tho ovont of wnr with Japan, Mnrshllcld and the towns ubout tho bay would bo tho llrst to fall into hands of tho Invad ers. For Coos Bay Is tho only place on tho Amerlcnn coast lino of tho Paclllc where coal In abundance can ho had for an Invading lleot. With Coos Bay as a coaling station, tho Times thinks tho reduction of other cities a matter of only a fow weeks. But how about tho thin water on tho Coos Bay bar?" Tho Western Oregon of Cottage Grove, Oregon, has tho abovo editor ial comment In a recent Issue. Of courso It supposes its remark about thin water on tho Coos Bay bar to bo final on tho question of Japan's chance to coal up nt Coos Bay. Wo don't know any inoro about "thin water" on Coos Bay bar than tho editor of that papor knows about "thin water" on Cottage Grovo bars. Wo nover heard of It. if ho refers to tho depth of wator on this bar at tho mouth of Coos Bay, then ho is laboring under u mistake. There is no thin wutor thore. Tho recont government report Bays that at low tide there Is twonty-two feet of water on the bar at tho mouth of tho har bor. That Is twenty-eight feet at high tide nearly ns much as Phila delphia has and more than New York had up to 1SS4. The troublo with somo of our contemporaries, as well ns somo of our own townspeople, Is that they think that a big thing In Oregon which Is bigger than a big thing In tho effete east, can't be any thing but small because It Is Oregpn. The harbor of C003 Bay Is capable of receiving all the ships of the United States or tho Japanese navy which draw twenty feet of water or les3 and there are a whole lot of very powerful ships of that size In both of those navies. And they carry coal. AUTISTIC AXI) MECHANICAL- DRA tiag&s&; Cards Designed n General work fo VOV E. LAWHOKN mm I'lA-rQ I rpprifl V1 JlJ or Heads. net Ion. hone J.ll Terms WanLatf f r ?! grading dffTMvmark m m Street, plan Jr. m TRY A TI WANT A MES iUP ww&Mwim I to Ihe ramily Circle If complete, as a rule, only at even tide when the artificial light Is necessary in order to see by. For this reason isn't it really Important that the light in your hoie should be the most healthful, tbje brightest, the most rjini mfnTpthJL safest, the cleanest and the most convenient you can proi What Is th You know it Why not have it? Don't say "candles are cheaper." You wouldn't live In a wigwam. That's cheaper than'a bouse. Is your house wired? That's the question. Come and settle It with us, LIGHT, Electric Co Marshfield and North Bend Gas $l I a a? VAXTED Men to work In sawmln, wages ?2 per day and upward. Simpson Lumber Co. S-241tf NOTICE TEACHEIIS WANTED. Application will bo recolved by tho clerk of school district No. 6, Emplro City, Oregon, for tho posi tions of principal and assistant; references must accompany appli cation. FDR SALE Gasoline launch, 22 feet, oak 8nlshed,cushion scats, soven horse lower Oushman engine. Speed 12 n lies pur hour. Inquire of F. J. H lyes, larshfleld, or D. Chambers, 120 th St., Portland. S-l-lt LOST July 12,on Front street or near Alert banding, small, plain, gold watch, no Initials or ongrav lngs; open faced. Suitable reward offered. Leave at Times office, or address, Mrs. S. A. Yoakam, Marshfleld, Oregon. WANTED By Mrs. J. A. Goodwill, a few summer boarders or parties wishing a day on South Coos river can get dinner. Launch Tioga leaves Marshfleld at 8 a. m. daily. J. A. Goodwill. Try a Times' Want Ad. WANTED To rent two or thrco furnished rooms. Address OGI, caro Times. WANTED Six men to do road work. ?2 per day and hoard. Oakley & Arnold. WANTED Servant girl Mrs. H. II. McPhcrson LOST Pair of glasses In bin letters, "See buque, la. 1 taurant and gold-bowj lek case njy and J abturn Jo 'ceiv . inquire pd rimmed case marked witn 'Oaks," Dti- Palaco Ites- reward. 7-2414t FOR SALE A Team of horses, wagon, harness, otc. Albort Mat son, corner Second and D streets. WANTED Two heavy teams to haul piling for Plat B wharf, on con tract or six dollars per day. L. D. Kinney. WANTED Ten men to clear land on Plat B, by tho acre. L. D. Kinney. WANTED Day laborers, npply nt office or to foreman of gas works at Porter. Tho Coos Hay Gas & Electric Co. It Denver Ticket. i.arty ws. to buy ticket to Denver, Colorado via either San Francisco or Portland' Address X. A., Coos Bay Times. ' FOR SAL13-mnttress. -Folding-mantel bed and Phono 1223. by JVoiinir oung Btcno- Refer- waiM'ku inside work Io nian. Bookkeeping or graphic work iflefcrred ences. Caro Taucs, W FOR SALE Ho! incnt. Addres Times. FOR RENT Two furnished rooms, close In, good furniture; cheap, Coos Bay Auction Co., 2nd St. between B & C. Telephone 874. Iiestciffl rellnnnioi.. 1R5 .C , caro The WANTED Good man or woman to rent my mill hotel. Twenty-five boarders guaranteed. Tho house is largo and well finished. L. D. Kinney. FOR SALE Tho best small busl ness on tho bay. ProvIouB experi ence not nocessary. Amount re quired about ?800. Can double your monoy In noxt six months. r Address Business, caro Times Office. Oakley & Arnold CIVIL VN EN fl MECIAra Yj CAL North Bend, Ore. Phonel210 Office in Myers Bldg. 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