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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1907.
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Nothing New Under the Sun
Modern civilized man Is clover, of
course. But so were others before
him.
AVhether It Is bone collar studs or
milk bottles, safety pins or magnify
ing glasses, rubber stamps, sun sig
nals, or bacilli, orchestras, or chess,
somebody know about them, some
body had used them hundreds or
thousands of thousands of years ago,
as the case may be. But alwavs be
fore they were rediscovered, remade,
and reused in the bouncing, big,
boasting world of the west today.
It was ancient Egypt that had bone
collar studs and babies' milk bot
tles. It was the Moors that had rub
ber stamps and sun signals as they
aro used today in the British armies.
It wa3 Pompeii that had safety pins;
it was Nlnovah that had magnifying
glasses; It was India that had knowl
clge of the bacilli; It was Timbuc
too that had orchestras and chess,
as well as fine libraries and surgeons
that operated upon at least one Euro
pean for n successful disposition of
cataract in the year 1618.
Were words ever wiser than "there
is nothing new under the sun?"
Either nothing is new or everything
is new. Every day is a fresh begin
ning. Every day Is the world made
new. Every day means new made
hope, now made life, new discovery,
now achievement. Things may be
old to Egypt and Nlnovah, but they
are now to America, to England, to
the twentieth century, to every one
that lives until he has discovered
them, until he has achieved them.
Suspension llridges Not New.
Perhaps we got the idea of our sus
pension bridge of steel and Iron from
the bamboo suspension bridge which
orientals have been accustomed to
build for centuries. Wo have histo
rical memoranda of a suspension
bridge built across the Imjln river in
Coroa in the year 1592. At that time
there was a war in progress between
the Chinese and Coreans one one side
and tho Japanese on the other. Tho
Japanese were defeated and with
drew across the river. Then the Co
reans built tho suspension bridge
out of groat cables twisted from a
native vino called chlk, so us to en
able the Chineso soldiers to follow.
'j.o bridge was 150 yards long, but
so well built'that an army of 120,000
men crossed over safely.
The Dyaks built an amazing sus
pension brldgo out of bamboo. Tho
natives of Now Guinea are exports In
suspension brldgo building, although
they are reputed in the wlso western
world to bo degraded savages.
When Plzarro marched through Pe
ru ho found terrific mountain gorges
spanned by stout suspension bridges
made of twisted lianas and capable
of sustaining great weight.
No scienco is more modern than
medicine; at least, not among civil
ized races. Only comparatively re
oontly havo wo been willing to re
linquish tho horrible practices of tho
middle ages. But tho savages of two
and threo conturles ago understood
innoculatlon for fevers. There are in
stances recorded of Europeans hav
ing been cured by this process when
all white men's mediclno failed ut
terly of their object.
Tho Indian pelmans or medicine
men of South America understand
and uso curative herbs, vervain, hen
wede, and many others, and have
cured fevers by tho aid of mediclno
of their own composition. Tho peo
ple living along tho borders of tho
gulf of Mexico nre proof against ser
pents' bites. Their immunity was
brought by innoculatlon with a mix
ture of snake venom and tho juice of
tho mano del sapo or "toad's band."
vaccination by Kast Africans.
Tho Gallas of British East Africa
nro bolloved to havo employed vnccl
nntlon to secure Immunity from
small-pox long before Jennor's dis
covery among the civilized folks.
Thoy lnnoculatod in tho nose. In
days when an unfortunate patient
was packed tight in a hot beu In a
stuffy room secluded from every
breath of fresh air tho Zulus carried
their wounded to high mountains,
well awaro that puro hill top air Is
tho best of nature's antiseptics.
Nearly nil our carpenter's tools
como from tho savages. Tho sources
of tho knife and hammer nro lost in
tho dimmest distances and havo been
found in ono form or another in tho
possession of oven tho lowest savage
tribes. But aboriginal races nro ro
sponslblo for far moro complicated
implements than these, tho cross-cut
saw, for example. Moro than ono
trlbo has evolved a saw.
Tho Polynesian Islanders mndo an
ingenious and fairly usoful Instru
ment by inserting sharks' tooth into
u handle of wood. Other savages uso
a thin strip of wood or bono In con
nection with moistened sand and thus
nro enabled to cut through stono or
other hard substances. Many dark
skinned tribes were found to havo
drills. Tho shaft usuolly Is of wood,
tho point Intensely hard stono such
as jade. By means of drills tho Sa
moan nntlvcs can boro holes in tho
shanks of their beautifully fashioned
pearl shell hooks.
Wild ltuccs Huvo Inventions.
Tools of ono sort and another woro
ovolvcd simultaneously, it appears,
in different parts of tho world. So
wo cannot say that wo got our car
penter's tools from savagedom di
rect. But thoy, novortholoss, nro on
a par with us with many of tholr
common inventions. Tho Eskimos
nro a Uttlo peoplo whoso Hfo has
meant a long and hard strife against
tho bitter cold and wild storms of
tho arctic climate. And thoy hnvo
developed n marvolous Ingonulty.
Tho sledgo was known In Europe bo
foio tho Europeans found tho Eski
mos, but It wns not known In tho
handsomo form that travolors sen
in Greonlnnd. Tho proof Is that the
white Inhabitants of Canada and tho
northwest, us well ns all arctic and
nntnrctlo explorers, havo adopted tho
Eskimo slod, and In Alaska and olso
whoro employ dogs to pull thorn, with
harness of tho Eskimo pattern.
Snowshoes of ovory sort como di
rect from savages. Tho long Nor
wegian ski probably aro creations of
tho Lapps. Tho Canadian Bnowshoo
has a framo of tough wood support
ing a wob of rawhldo. This practi
cally Is identical with tho shoo tho
-first settlors found tho Indians wear
ing. And it is liko tho shoes of the
modern Eskimos.
Whence came our motor car gog
gles?. Aro they the lineal descend
ants of the Eskimo snow spectacles?
Tho Eskimo protect their eyes from
tho glare by lltle cups of wood with
narrow slits cut across the bottom
and inverted across the eyes.
Aro potted meats tho descendants
of tho Indians pemmlcan? The
early fur traders of tho northwest
found pemmlcan in universal use as
a winter food nmong tho Indian
tribes. They Introduced It Into the
British navy for tho purpose of sup
plying arctic expeditions with a por
table, easily preserved, and nutritious
food. There seems no doubt that this
savago concoction is tho forerunner
of all tinned foods.
l'ron Faster than Our Boats.
Perhaps our boats do not come
from tho savages, but tho Pacific
savages have a boat that will beat
the American flvo masted schooner
and the Australian clipper. It is
the flying proa. This marvelous lit
tle boat can outsail not only any
thing else that moves by wind power,
but also can beat most steamers.
Twenty knots an hour Is the speed
with which most of them aro cred
ited. Wo have borrowed from tho
native races the idea of the double
hull. One of the most popular sorts
of river craft Is the canoe. This is
a purely savage invention, a rea
Indian patent which civilization can
not improve. There Is no other craft
which weighs so little and still car
ries so large a cargo, is propelled so
easlly.is so elastic and so seaworthy
as tho true birch canoe of the North
American Indian.
The paddle Is the usual implement
tho savages use f propeling their
boats. But the oar is not a civil
ized tool. For conturles unnum
bered tho Eskimo has moved his
umiak, or heavy boat, by means of
gonulne oars. His rowlocks aro In
gonlous cpntrlvances of loops of raw
hide linked together.
Panama Huts Mndo by Indians,
Even some of our finest fashions
come from tho lowly savages. The
finest, coolest, and most costly head
coverings In the world were Invented
and aro today made by little brown
men. They came from Ecuador and
they aro mysteriously called Panama
hats. M. Jean do Rcszko Is credit
ed with having paid about $500 for
one of these noble head gear, while
King Edward is said to havo given
about $400 for his In the summer of
1902. Tho fiber for these hats is got
from a grass which grows in Ecua
dor and also from palm leaves. It
takes a Ufoof training to become an
adept In tho weaving of a Pannma;
perhaps none but a native would
havo tho requisite patience needed
to split the fiber to the thinness of
sewing cotton and to spend weeks,
even months, in tho delicate plaiting.
In making the finer kinds of hats
the weaving has to be done un
der water so as to prevent tho
fiber from becoming too brlttlo for
use. No product of the machinery
can vie with these specimens of semi
savago handiwork. Tho perfect Pan
ama is light as a feather, can be
folded up like a silk handkerchief
and even if run over by a loaded van
can bo straightened out, washed, and
thon looks like new.
Tho Zunl Indians of Now Mexico
doservo to rank among the world's
best handicraftsmen. Their blankets
aro so beautlfuly woven that some of
tho best of theso hnndwovon tissues
actually nro almost as waterproof as
oilskin. No other fabric known is
at once so light and so wnrm. Tho
patorns nro geometrically precise
and tho dyes thoy uso nro their own
Somo of tho most handsome of mod-
orn dyes como from savagery. The
cochineal, for example, was cultivat
ed In Mexico long ore tho Spaniards
found It in Mexico.
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Economy Is the Road to Wealth Saving Money is Making Money
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Buy Your
of the BAYSIDE PAINT CO., is Saving Money
Bayside Paints and Imperial .Varnishes Are the Best and
Made for Everything
AVAVVWVW
Everything in the Paint Line from Pints to Barrels, Pounds
to Tons
There's Nothing Like Flexo Ready Roofing to Wear and Keep
Out the Rain
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Uxt Sanitary Felt for Lining to Paper Over Better than
Cloth, Costs No More
Deliveries made everywhere 'on tho Bay. Send for samples and
get our prices before buying. WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY
F. E. Monroe, Manager North Bend j
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MfcM- " . i. mm iwniiiiii imiiiiwiini i Mil hum i i ,tm"t t ii i iimiii 7TT iwnnw iiiibmihj
from tho Pacific Coast mills to tho j that was what the creamery charged
Mississippi river and intermediate f0r making two hundred pounds.
territory. It puts tho case up to the
highest authority on Interstate
freight rates and makes a direct is
sue. This action promises far bet
ter results than could ho arrived at
In any other way.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion is not now in session, and will
not resume hearings until the last
of September. When it comes to
gether again thero will bo a mass of
affairs to be taken up, and on this
account it is likely to be some time
before tho complaint of the lumber
men could reach a hearing. It Is
thereforo, lumbermen argue, highly
essential that the inauguration of the
rate be postponed until the Investi
gation is concluded. Irreparable
damage would be caused to the busi
ness Interests of the Pacific coast if
the higher rate wero allowed to be
come effective pending a later investigation.
This shows that it cost 57 i mds
of strictly first-class cre.imar: udtter
to keep our cows. Now the entire
herd averaged within a small frac
tion of 400 pounds per cow. Call it
400 pounds. This leaves alone 243
pounds as gain over cost of food, or
profit of $50.75 par cow, not count
ing the skim milk.
Now take the man whoso cows
averaged 200 pounds, and thousands
of them don't average that. It cost
him 157 pounds of butter to keep
his cows, and If It didn't cost him
that he got less butter. Subtract
157 from 200 and we have 43
pounds of butter left for profit, or
110.75.
Now, what is the difference?
Stated In round numbers, the 400
pound cow earned nearly COO per
cent more.net profit than did the 200
pound cow. It would make a tre
mendous difference with two men
getting rich if one loaned money at a
net profit of 600 per cent over the
other. Yet SG0.75 Is nearly GOO per
cent greater than $10.75. The ef
fect on a man's progress In the in-
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JOH WORK.
Mr. Gus. Kramer has taken
charge of the Times' job de-
imrtincnt nnd will figure on
your job printing. You get creased net profit of the 400 pound
Winter is now coming on and everybody will
be wanting somo of the following things, and wo
have them for sale at prices reasonable:
Fall and Winter Clothing, Gents'
ne Furnishing Goods, Warm g
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Blankets and Comforts, Shoes H
Hats of the Best Kind
P good work when Kramer does
it. Better see him.
OHKGOX COW HAS GREAT
POSSUSITjITIKS.
Precedents for tho nctlon prayed
for nre said to bo sufficiently numer
ous to justify tho Interstate Com
merce Commission in proceeding in
lino with tho petition. When an
Industry so largo, with so many men
omployod and such largo capital In
vested In dovoloplng it Is threatened,
it has boon held of vital importance
to delay tho threatened danger to it
until a searching investigation can be
had and tho Justice of tho proposed
change established.
Oregon to Ask Co-oiKM-ntlnn.
Tho Oregon Commission will ask
tho Stato Commissioners of Montana,
Idnho, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming
to tako llko nctlon and Impress upon
tho lntcrstato Commerco Commission
tho Importnnco to tho ontlro Norh
west of avoiding nn advance In lum
bor rates ICast. Tho Stato Commis
sion of Washington has already
taken this action. It Is bolloved
such widespread representations to
tho luterstnto Commerco Commission
will impress that body with tho grav
ity of tho danger that threatens tho
lumber Industry, and favorable ac
tion on tho petition is hoped for.
This action is tho most decisive In
tho fight of tho lumbermen against
tho proposed Increase in lumbor rates
Hoard's Dairyman has a very pertl-'
nent article on tho profits that aro
possible, by the proper management
of dairy cattle. Theso facts aro gath
ered from tho experience of Mr. Gur-
ler, an Illinois dairyman, of National
reputation. Ho says:
A great host of men keep cows,
but few however, seem to have
learned tho principle of securing a
good profit from their cows. Some
thing Is lacking, for when we send
a census taker among them and he
commences to dig down Into the
facts, which strango to say, they
never had done, ho finds that either
they havo the wrong kind of cows
cow over tho 200 pound cow, is a3
Mr. Gurler says, enormous. We
wonder often if farmers have figured
It out. It Is well to remember al
ways that tho only true profit Is tho
net profit. Now this 000 per cent of
Increased profit Is u promising field
to enter. Here a man will find his
reward for the expense of a better
sire, breeding from a registered oae
rather than a grade or scrub, spend
ing a Uttlo more money every year
to Inform himself on the principles
of better management all around.
Tho stumbling block to every man is
tho poor cow, and tho poor cow U
the result of poor ideas of dairy
farming. j
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AGENOV.
W. H. Davis, Manager.
or they do not feed enough, or they I .j,
feed with the wrong ideas and judg-j
ment, or thoy do not keop their cows '
in good health, vigor and comfort. I?
Something Is tho matter some- .j,
where to cut down their profits. One
man was frank and honest enough
to tell us onco that tho difficulty 'T
with him for 20 years was that ho
did not know enough about tho busl- 4
ness of keeping cows. "I thought it
wns so slmplo a thing," ho said,
"that any man could do it. Dut tho
moment I commenced to read and
study I saw I was way off In my
notions. Now I am making somo
money on my cows."
Mr. Gurler's favorlto way Is to
show tho enormous dlfferonco In
profit between tho cow that yields
400 pounds of butter a year and tho
ono that yields 200 pounds. Well,
Will take up any kind of de
tective work entrusted to
mo by those desiring first
class work. All correspond
ence confidential and prompt
ly attended to. My work
always satisfactory and terms
right. Correspondence so
licited. Addross all matters
to
W. H. DAVIS,
Murcliflcld, - - - Oregon.
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A. HELMING
The Fur Merchant,
Is now ready to receive orders for all kinds of Fur Garments.
Fur Rugs mndo to order. Our Taxidermist Is prepared to do
your work under gunrantco. Prices reasonable. Give us a trial.
Cold Storage Dock, Front St. Marshfield, Ore,
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Flanagan & Bennett Bank I
MARSHFIELD, OREGON. j
Capital Subscribed 190,000
Capltnl 1'ald Up 140,000
Undivided Prollls JJ3.000 I
noes a general banking business nnd draws
ou the Hank ot California, San Francisco
CnllL, First .National Hank Portland Or., Flrtt
National Hank, Kosebu'rg, Or., Hanover Na.
J tlonal Dank, New York, N. M. Kutbchild &
i bin f.mir1mi. Vnrlnni1
tho dlfferonco Is enormous. Let us AUo ..ellel.ai.se on nearly all tho principal
llguro on tt a moment. Last year It cities, of Europe
nnat r!ir ,, pmv. tr. 1-r.r.n thn AivounU kept subject to check, safe deposit
cost 5J.J.-.I pel cow to Keep the lockboxes for rem at 5 cents a month or
Hoard's Dairyman herd. Wo will is. a year.
take a herd wo know something ( INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
nuout. caning tne avernge prico or
butter for tho year 25 conts, It would
require 133 pounds of butter to pay
tho cost of keep. If It cost $33.25 ,
to keep theso cows they would give
less for wo keep our cowg at the low
est possible cost and still keep up
their production. Thon in addition i
wo must add six dollars' worth of .
butter, 24 pounds to tho amount, for!
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ANNOUNCEMENT
Bank of Oregon
Capital Stock fully paid up
$50,000
Transacts a General Banking
Business
North Bend, Oregon
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Tho Coos Hay Redding & Upholstering Co. wishes to notify tho pub
lic that they aro now prepared to tako orders, directly from their
factory for all kinds of custom work. With their force of competent
and skilled workmen they can, and will, give better work and for
lower prices than any other place In Coos County or than can be
shipped in. If you cannot buy they invito you to ho a visitor.
CALL AND SEE THEM MAKE MATTRESSES
PHONE 1993.
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