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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1907)
i Coos Bay Tiroes AN INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER PUD 18IIED EVERY DAY EXCEPTING MONDAY AND ALSO WBRKLY BYJ jThk Coos Bay Times 1'tjnusm.va Co. The policy of The Cnna llnv TJtnoc Will he Republican in nnlit.W witl, tin. Indcpciidcnccof which President Roose velt is tlio lending exponent. Entered at the postonico nt MimhflnM. nm. Ron, (or trnnsmlsilnn tlirmicrii tin. ,ii wcond class infill waiter. SUBSCRIPTION KATES. In Advance. DAILY. Dne year ?5 00 Six months ?2.50 Less than G months, per month .50 i WEEKLY. Ono ar ?150 Us vaunted moral (?) courago In try ing to hide behind him. Nobody In Marshfleld has one word of criticism of the Integrity and efficiency of Judge Hall. No doubt his books are open for Inspection. No doubt ho does his duty and makes reports. and when he makes them the city government should order them pub lished just as it Is done everywhere else. The neonlo rin nnt nrnminn m,o books. The Straw commltton m their Information from Judge Hall's uooks In part and made their partial report therefrom. The neonlo nil looked over that report as a curiosity ana a very unusual one in Marshfleld. But it required the records nf Mm Recorder as well as those nf tim treasurer to make that report, for the treasurer has no means of know ing what warrants are outstanding THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES. MARSHFIELD. 0BEG0M, SUNDAY. DECEMBER 1. 1907. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxixxxxxxxxxxxxxxxixixxxxxxxxxxxxx 1 Local readers, 10c per line. Addhess All Communications to COOS BAY DAILY TIMPS jfanWicid . . . n VICVU BUSINESS IS BUSINESS After an is said and done Mia vitni ssuo of this campaign in city politics wnetner the city shall m,if , broless, clumsy, incomplete, crude jmd inefficient system of doing city vuoiuess wnicil has liPPn nnoH.t Marshfleld during its n,.0 ,. Jollttlomont and adont a svstpm Wiich is business like and in, in rit No man's honesty is imnnn-nnri i,f ,1 foes bring up very prominently each .as experience and acquaintance run ousiness methods as applied to auairs. One of the reasnns TOi, he late caucus was so unnnnniri,. w L i- l . "HO pat It did not smack of hnsW Borne of its manipulators thought it juhu una to nil the world outside of larshfleld it was a joke. But the sit- v.u mis cuanged since the city auncil or the patent political caucus merely a social affair. Thlnn-s ave got serious. Tho citv nf it,.,i, geld is no longer a joke but a fact i real evils have to ln mot ,i , g ...wu H..U mui ftriously. iy Is not business to conduct the Nobody ever charged Judso Hull with speculating in town lots for the city's $$ account especially when such lots were not needed. He has never been ' charged with blindly vacating thej New Bedford addition and rpr-Pivtnrr and accepting a squeezed lemon from iur. bnine which completely shut tim City Off from nrllnlnlnn. n,uitl (See the west end of Second street TT for example.) Judea Unll fo r,nt' charged with the extraordinary change in the grades 6t the city streets by which nronertv hnirioro have been comnelled tn limr m.i- m. - WJ .UC11 property over again In street assess ments, and, to put it mildly, Without the property being Improved there by. In fact it is Commnnlv ronnrto that if Judge Hall's advice had been asked about these transacting hn would have nromntlv cot ,1,, them. I A good deal has been said about the amount of the property owners' money which has been snpnf i,n,i. ing streets. Are the nrnnprtv nw satisfied with the manner in which tnese expenditures were conducted? Were the work superintended and uio expenses guarded as a good busi ness man would have done? "Were the specifications lived up to buy the contractors or were thn nnntrnnta dished out to a favored f wimi lenient and slack overseer in charge? These are mutters timt Di.n..ij i. a. . - 6 - t. . " w-r rviv-' rvvi wiviHYjIM jnr . m i, iiiiinw w r. iumiim m w ". - '"" -J -r-r i ., , . . . " CITY & COUNTRY PROPERTY, and--'. COAL' LAND. PO'fiffGQN; Sans1S,0tS?nim 5dd- $1500-00- Corner 125x140 on Burnett and st $5000.00 Broadway, close in $1260.00. Business lot and good residence on First if Jmf want tyn in(HfoVI;e klnd of ProP?rty you want. We have all kinds of city property on our list, r you want to invest your money safely invest on Coos Bay. United0SStateUs y y0U Wi" find Sme f the most ferti,e soil and some of the best fruit and dry lands in the If you want a ranch see us before buying. Stutsman & Cn ttttttttmtuuutuntsuuttuuutuutttttttttitttttttfmft policy of annexation is undoubtedly a good one. The safest thlntr fnr tho VOter to do is to give his Vote In fnvnr or a good policy and this is one. FINANCIAL KINGS When the financial kings are men tioned in these columns nobody on Coos Bay is Intended at ures-n Tf the financial kings lived in this prosperous metropolis, th.it. fnr-t would be in some measure, siifflomf.f to render them immune from local as sault. But they live on the other side of the continent and are p-pnor. ally held responsible for the. present panic. Even Tom Lawson is out in a letter In which he charts "h.p system" with complicity Utttttttttutttitttnutuuxtttttttttttuttttttttt considered by the voters when voting scheme which tumbled the castle of On DPPPtnllPl Qwl ,,! il.i . . I AmnMnn . ii j uuaiiiuss -unuer a bushel." It not business to hold council nwt. gss without giving the public notice. is not business to enact an nrdin. co and file it away in an ninnvn Id yet hold tlio nm,,,. jowledgo of its contents. " it i f siness to have no ordlnnnnpn n,,u. bed or to take twn venm f - em published and then snmn it on December 3rd. and their imnnrt tance can not be cloaked by the absurd action of the Campaigner in trying to drag Judse Hall Intn ti,0 conflict. of population and CWAKTEK AMENDMENTS. When the polls onpn Tuoorin-T morning the people of Marshfleld will proceed to decide the most im portant election which has npmirmd in ics history. When the polls have ciuseu it win be seen whether Marsh fleld realizes her duty to place her not business to be without n fiir . IaI alfalrs on a ""siness basis d comnleto svtn,,, ,. ..,.., u,m l)rearo for the great iirosnerltv ikkenninn-n,i it i .. ,....... . anu t110 Increase !-... ...... ,,, la uvL uusjness to o no financial statements until oied out and compelled to do so tuo exigencies of a political cam- gn. It is not business to assume it because a ritani.r1ni.lir 1,. . ited in a very improper place that I ant as the selection of men. and thpv will infiuenco very largely the future ueveiopment of the city The first and most imnortant nm. posed amendment gives the city coun- Bmust be normittnri tn stm. , ill the city government can find Plher place for It. The city cov- Qent has no right to concern tt. with finding places for niprmi titutlons to exist. It is not linsl. to fine notorious violators nf law once a year, when it is plain ugn that they should bo fined as ?n as the polico discover them. It aot business to havo a useloss roller and to fill up the nrln- 11 streets with useless rock on a tense of paving. the people of Marshfleld havo a that the future of this citv is treat as they havo repeatedly as- led, they will realize at once if methods referred to are contin- thoy will bo mixed up and con- d in the next two years to such fextent that nobody will dare to ertako their extrication. It is necessary to say that any can- $ for ofllco ,s cither dishonest or TyKltrlotlc. llllt. It Is npppaannr tn AiSwbetlier tho peoplo want a busl tB '"an with business methods to tho progression of progress ns mayor, or shnll tho old timo tiods, which havo been outgrown, lontlnued. Smith represents not PROGRESS, but orderly, sys- jtlc and scientific progress and Is iintlcally thebusiness man's ness candidate. American prosperity over at one fell swoop. It was great to see Messrs. Rockefeller and Morgan shovelling money into tho banks In New Ynrk to show their confidence in tho sit uation and dolnc it to insniro r.nn. fidence in tho peoplo so thev would take their money out of their stock ings and let Messrs. Morgan and Rockefeller have it. Although much nas been said about the money be ing hidden in stockings, yet it Is strongly suspected that Morgan and uoclcefeller know where the biggest stockings are and when they think they have whipped tho government into line it is possible they will brlnrr ,out those big stockings again. One tning is plain. That panic came so The Taylor Piano House is W Afc, OSms Outi the En tire Stock wealth which her assuied industries and lier commanding position, dp mnnifo oi, i, , , . , ' i'ii. xmii, iiiuuc camo so !aUi' Sh, sh0llld not' however, in suddenly that it did not give much the diSCUSSion Of mnthnrla nn ,. . .... b u "lUWl j ""i' i- I tney aia Wliat no mllHnn nvor rllrl OO O o t A 6 --OF WHICH CONSISTS OF 12 OR 15 PIANOS AND ORGANS har7!!?s'e fS0dl?lb9S0,d at prices never befre heard of in Marshfleld, Among this lot arQ Webers, H, M, Cables, Clarendons, Baileys and other high-grade The object of this sale is to clear myself of this incumbrance as I have made arrangements for other .TAYLOR K2Z3EIEJ3S3 SnsSSSiS!SfJiS3rmawniit.M wffm BROADWAY tttttttttttuuttiuuttuttnttmuttttttttttitttX ! i " i iiiuj' una not oven lost c , I r.aa lncurrln -hen the banks all closed ; V i $, Q 1IEIIIN1) JUDGE HALL m After all tho city council and tmnyor have no duty to perform living tho public information on Subject of munlclnal finances nc- Bng to tho Campaigner, when tho Surer flies quarterly reports, all nayor and council havo to do Is vo these quarterly reports from 3 Hall and fllo them away iu tho alcovo where ho hoops tho ances. Thoro they remain and a tempestuous political cam- for the people to unearth thom a statomont. Now Judgo is a man who Is not in any way fed in this camnaicn and the laignor is not showing much of municipal indebtedness is concerned. ine Marshfleld charter was proba bly framed some years ago to meet the peculiar needs of a small town. For such uses it was no doubt aufflni. ent except In some very ridiculous icatures. Ono of these ridiculous ieatures was tho Gag Rule Caucus which was so badly abused recently in Odd Fellows' Hall. Probably its doom is sealed forever by being sup erceded through tho increase of Marshfleld's population. In any event tho peoplo will never stand for a repetition of tho action which that feature of tho charter was madn tn justify. Dut another feature of the charter was that it limited tho In debtedness which this city can incur to $25,000. This was abused. It was a straight jacket. Now It is pro posed to havo tho charter amended SO that tho HRlinl Hlllitntlnn i,.l.ll. - ..... ...... v.vvr m ...w.l occurs In up-to-dato charters that is to say to allow this city to incur indebtedness of fivo per of tho assessed valuation of all real and per sonal property within Its territnrv. This amendment is absolutely neces- oiu-y to enable tho city to provldo for its futuro and oven its presont needs and nt the same time is a salutary cnecK on any possiblo extravagance. Jivery voter should voto YES. Tho second proposed amendment onlarges tho territory of tho citv. There- may bo soino pertinent legal questions as to tho method of ac quiring now territory, but theso questions aro not necessary to bo con- siuoreu at tnis tlmo. There nro nor before. The two Johns of New York City could conspire and could use their stockings, for they knew what was coming. The million didn't. They had not even lost confidence tlchter than a clam and have not allowed any stocking competition since. The financiers aro entitled to great cred it. They knocked us Into the water and pulled us out with hooks In our flesh. Wo thank them for savlnir nn but what shell wo do with tho scoundrels who knocked us Into the water? Don't fall to get Mllner's nrlces on Shot Guns and Ammunition. IRRIGATION RECLAIMS A VAST EMPIRE Chicago, Nov. 1C. Nearly a mil lion acres of land, an emniro of opportunity for tho farmer, ho fruit grower, and tho cattlo raiser, is being reclaimed by irrigation alone tho lines of tho Southern Pacific railroad in tho West and Southwest. In tho neighborhood of Yuma on partly in Arizona and partly in Cali fornia, will bo served by tho canals tho Colorado River, innrmn . on which rapid progress is being made. Profltablo cultivation of this soil has herotoforo been impossible owing to tho destructive floods of tho Gila River. Now this section is lin ing mndo ready for tho settler by a dam across tho Colorado abovo Yuma by canals undor the Gila nnd a sys tom of levees which will protect tho territory from overflow. In this soral-tropic cllmato nnd d.uu.uu ui iuis nine, riiero aro por- """ oranges, lemons, dates nnd tlons of tho territory proposed to boprapes lead tho products of a soil annexed whlnli nlitont tn ,. i Iwliini. iiii ..j... i . .. . annoxed which object to coming in nnd others which aro aminna in como in. Possibly tho attempt to tako in tho former without their con sent will not stand the test of n legal contest, but tho legal advisers of the city have adfloed this actios and th which will produce almost nnvthlnir In tho same neighborhood tho lnnds saved from destruction by tho South ern Pacific's success In closing tho breach in tho Colorado nre yielding phenomenal crops. Yuma has about 3,000 residents, with schoolB.church- es, hotels, and is the centre of trade of a large area. The Southern Paci fic railway runs through the town and all of the newly Irrigated area is in direct touch wlth this main transcontinental avenue of trafflc. With Phoenix as a centre, anoth er vast Irrigation work, covering 200,000 acres is being carried out. Here also is the cllmato of oranges and other fruits of many kinds, all served by the lines or Santa Fo from the north and -Southern Pacifln nn tho south. To this territory, tho Government is simply supplying a larger and more regular water Supply than existed before, and the far sighted settlers who are taking up and Goldfield. Cereals, nlfalfn. vp. organized and highly developed community. On tho Truckee-Carson project In Nevada, tho Government is spending $0,000,000 on tho reclamation of 350,000 acres. This Is on tho Ogden route of tho Southern Pacific, from which a branch line between Hnzpn and Fallon has been built diatrnnnni. ly across the newly irrlcated nron The principal markets of this reirlnn aro tho mining towns of Tonopah councillors aro now under arrest, tables and many fruits nro supppss fully raised hero on tho lands that formerly were tho bed of a nrebfo toric lake. Further north, on tho lmrrinr iino botweon California nnd Oregon, Is tho Klamath project, through which tno bouthern Pacific' is building tho lino which will eventually run frnn, Weed, California, to Natron. Ornirnn and become tho main lino of the rnnri in this territory In place of tho pres ent Shnstn route. Nearly 250. (inn acres of a fortilo soil will bo affected by tho Irrigation work now well un der way hero. Settlors upon theso frrlpntinn lands havo what amounts to a Gov ernment guarantee of the mmiitv nf tho soil nnd tho permanence of an adequate water supply. The prox imity of tho railroad is a further guarantee that markets can bo rone. cd and anDDllea ohtninori " " . L 1 I I I . , . N GEO.G WHO IS? OODRUM The Gent's Furnisher If you do not know him It will bo to your advantage to get nc qunlnted, for ho always has n swell Ibao of NIFTY TOGGERY ns well as STAPLES. Something new In NIFTY HATS, TIES, COAT SWEETERS, UMBRELLAS, BATH ROBES, PAJAMA SUITS, HOSIERY AND SUSPENDERS for tho HOLIDAY TRADE just arrived. ASK FOR WHAT YOU. DO NOT SEE BIACKSMITHING HORSE SHOEING A SPECIALTY Machine shop and cabinet maker in connection, ALL WORK .PROMPTLY AND PRACTICALLY DONE COLGAN Foot of Queen Ave. Near Rock Crusher St AX 1 VWM( ia. r m "J1 ylguujjyi .jJ0iA&&Z jjb -jMH ,, im- fM-mt 29Mk