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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHF1ELP, OREGON. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1907., 1 Ty. MVMMMNrtl Are You Thinking of Furniture? i HARVEY FURNITURE CO. THE GOING & See Us Before Pur- I : II M & " WLMMLW U Ok BH IU Xt- 71 j' yWC''.n r Ill) . THE LAR.GEST STOCK pp f21l 3 ' Cha8"lg' i OF BEDROOM FURNI- te ,. ,. TURE SINCE THE BE- SfPllWWffiBJ ' , , W "in I lM mM&MW We Always Save GINNING OF THEIR fWSS48SflT U P S y . - y ii4oney. j BUSINESS. mrirmnn-in- i i Coos Bay Tiroes AN INDEPENDENT ItKPUBI.ICAN NEttSI'AFER rUB ISIIED EVE11Y DAY EXCUTINO MONDAY AND ALSO WEBKLY BY The Coos Bay Times ruiiusmxa Co. The policy of The Coos Bay Times will be Kepublicun in politics, with the independence of which President Koose volt is tlio leading exponent. Entered atthe postolllco nt Marslillclil, Ore gon, for transmission through the malls as second class mall matter. SUBSCRIPTION KATES. In Advance. DAILY. O no year $5.00 Six months ?2.B0 Less than C months, per month .50 WEEKLY. One year $1.50 Local readers, 10c per line. Aduiiess Am. Communications to COOS BAY DAILY TIMES HarsMieid - - - Oregon A BUSINESS 1JASIS. At the Commercial Club Friday evening so conservative and genuine a man as Rev. Father Donnelly ad vised the people of Marshfleld of his opinion; hased on substantial facts, that this city would within almost twelvo months have Its population increased by approximately ten thousand people. Father Donnelly is not tho only one who has proof of the facts on which his judgment was based. Railroad or no railroad, tho future to that extent Is an open book. But what condition Is Marshfleld, as a municipality, In, to receive and as Blmllato such a population? What probability exists that it can bo reg ulated under an Inelastic charter and by tho same old customs and prac tices which have been in voguo for twenty years? Its financial system, its official laxity, Its peculiar theory that tho city pays a police officer to use a club Instead of a cool head, do not suggest much security for tho in habitants, whether they have lived in tho city twenty years or twenty days. Unless tho people of Marshfleld get flown to real business, they will get down and out of business In short order, if tho signs of growth and prosperity do not fail. It is not a question of churches or saloons. Neither of these institutions is in politics, tho former because they have or should have better business and tho latter because no business inter est as such should seek to influence political selections. It is a business proposition solely. It ,happons to bo very serious business, too. Tho first thing to bo done is to take tho city hall and charter out of their "twenty years' rut," modernizo them, get a set of books, publish tho ordinances, find out how much tho city owes, doviso n way to keep tho peoplo informed and tako tho people into partnership. Tho flro depart ment should bo liberally encouraged and tho pollco forco should bo trained and rules mado to guldo them in tho use of clubs, billies and guns. If ovon half tho peoplo expected horo next year shall arrive, what a specta c!o would tho city mako with tho same mothods and practices which dovolopcd in vlllago conditions. Tho issue in tho present munici pal campaign is one of mothods and not of mon. If five thousand people arrive next year most of tho people nvlll bo strangers to one another and If they find a few jovial men recall ing and citing tho usages of twenty years in Marshfleld, they will look at such usages derisively and ask some very pertinent and ugly ques tions. The people of Marshfleld have Invited them to come hero and be citizens. They will have a right to ask questions. They will ask abov.t theso ordinances. ' Will they bo amused when they find that one must run all over town to find them? Will they be surprised when they And that hardly one of them has ever been published in any paper except the fire ordinance? Will they be in structed when they ask to look at the city books so they can study out the city indebtedness? Nobody ques tions the skill and honesty of each official in his own line of private business, but when It comes to put ting this city in a state of preparation for the iear future and for anticipat ed growth, it will tako a business man to do It. Who's afraid of busi ness methods? Men who have ac cepted the methods of twenty years of quiet Isolation on the theoiy that matters were so Insignificant that they would run themselves, and who admit that they do not know how pise to run them, should feel ap palled when they realize what a chaos will overtake them, If tne city doesn't scramble to the dry land of system and business methods. It 13 in full recognition of the fact that JIarshfleld's day of trial is at hand and that Mr. Ira S. Smith has been urged to enter the race for mayor by j business men who are anxious to have the city put on a business basis. All classes are or should be inter ested in that result. All forms of business which are legitimate, need the protection of a competent busi ness system applied to the munici pality. Live and let live, deconcy aud liberality, breadth and exactness, will characterize Mr. Smith's admin istration and he will not be a prude or a martinet In dealing with tho problems of human frailty. msazi --- UttIM - ,0 -o ' REBELLION . Oklahoma is a state which has just been admitted Into tho Union as number forty-six. That it is a won derful commonwealth and has mado the most remarkable record of any state in many ways Is an undeniablo historical fact. But like many new states which have outstripped all their competitors, Oklahoma has an inclination to do a little speculating in tho economic field. One of tho ob jections which the staid old states men of tho ancient states found against admitting her into tho Union was that sho had adopted tho initia tive and referendum ns one of Its constitutional provisions. It is also charged that tho now state has some socialistic features in its constitu tion. Now Oklahoma, having been ad mitted, is said to bo plotting another form of treason. Sho Is not sub missive as sho should bo to Wall Street. Sho Is actually going so closo to an overt act as to propose to build and oporato a railroad on her own hook. Sho will build It, own it and oporato It. It will go through Okla homa down toward tho Texas line. What follows shows how necessary It Is always to check treason la its incoptlon, for It Is invariably con tagious. As Oklahoma proposes to build a stato road to tho Texas lino, that Stato which has been In rebel lion against Standard Oil and tho Trusts for somo years, will build, own and operate a lino from tho end of tho Oklahoma's tracks straight to Galveston and tho sea. How un American! How pro-British! How like New South Wales and Now Zea land! Here are two states which will bo so reckless aa to provldo for their Inspect tlie New Arrivals in Our Shoe Section FOR LADIES Scores of new styles are here, Original models, many of them shown for the first time this season, The Blucher and Button seem to have the call and the popular leathers promise to be gun metal, patent-colt and vici kid, Some smart models in the classic shoe in Button and Blucher; the new college shape well represented, All widths and sizes, FOR GENTS- Our usual high standard of serviceable shoes has been maintained, The new styles are here in profusion we can supply you with just what you want for the kind of wear you intend to give your shoe, High cuts and heavy goods a specialty with We are showing a greater variety of Styles this season than ever be fore the noted Kenreign Craven ettes, the Stein-Bloch and Kirsch baum Models in Overcoats at a range of prices trom $10 to $30 us, )--" Waterproof Goods I For heavy wear and rough usage we have a class of goods that can not be duplicated on the Bay nor excelled anywhere Popular Prices for Standard Goods T '''" mHHMUKKrcni TuMKV-Mmmamiu own wants notwithstanding the fact that they have many miles of rail road. Now Oregon needs railroads. Sho Is not rebellious. Sho prefers to get down on her knees and pray loud lv across tho mountains, and prairies and valleys until her voice is heard in far away New York and her good Harrlman answers her supplication. Oregon knows sho can't do anything herself. What a pity Oklahoma and Texas do not know as much as Ore gon on tho subject of railroads. HALT IN SURVEY WORIC AT KLAMATH. tfigynwftMMMMnft FIGHT TO SECURE LAND FOR SETTLERS. T. S. Minot, of San Francisco, loft last night for Washington, D. O., to represent certain claimants for lands formerly belonging to the C003 Bay Wagon Road company, now held by the Southern Oregon company. Thoro are about 110 applications who are asking 160 acres, at J2.60 por acre under the net of congress ap propriating theso lands to construct a military wagon road from Rose burs to Cooa Bay. Klamath Falls, Ore., Nov 23 Teams and wagons used on tho Ore gon Eastern to tho north have been brought here and turned over to Assistant Engineer J. D. Church, of the California Northeastern, sta tioned at this point. Mr. Church has also received and stored for futuro use a largo quantity of supplies, turned over to him by Engineer D. D. Griffiths, who has been recalled from location work on tho Oregon Eastern. Tho feeling here is that this lull in railroad activity is only for the winter and that spring will bring a largo forco and moro extensive work. See Geo. Goodrum for your toegery. Lunches served at Corthell's Delicatessen. V Safty razors' at MHner's. IF YOU HAVE NO. 69 Call and Get $10 in Gold and bear in mind you always get the Best and Most Up-to-date Toggery I : If You Buy of : GE0.G00DRUM Gents' Furnisher C & Broadway 7 W'AJli IfclBI