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THE COOS BAY WEEKLY TIMES, MARSHFIELDr OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1907.
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GOOD TIMES COMING.
The evidences seem to multiply
that the panic which surprised the
nation into a holiday period, is not
only over but that the country Is
likely to enter upon a season of pros
perity even more gratifying than that
of the last seven years. It Is con
ceded that tho panic was unneces
sary; that it was precipitated by tho
edict of a few magnates; that It had
the effect of drawing money out of
.circulation when money was less
.needed than food and that In order
ihat the hoarder of cash may eat he
aust bring out his cash and exchange
1 for greater necessaries. The vast
-real holdings of the Northwestern
.armers must "bo moved" and a dol
ar seems as necessary to its trans
portation as a car. Neither car nor
.dollars can be hidden much longer if
eastern and alien people who need
the wheat wish to live.
The magnates are now as earnest
ly engaged In fostering good times
as they were formerly engaged In dis
couraging the people. Perhaps their
objects have been attained. At all
events some of them like Mr. Mor
gan have come out of the panic
many millions richer than ever be
fore. It may be that by squeezing
the water out of the stocks they
have been able to acquire both the
stocks and also the money which was
originally paid for the stocks. One
thing is plain people who have nlb
"bled at railroad stocks on the theory
Z.",t they were good investments will
deal In lands which, in this country,
are sure to reach the value and are
always good as long as they are Im
proved and made to produce. It Is
safe to say that material industries
which are based directly on the land
und its products will be as prosper
ous as ever and that the railroads
will have a good market for bonds If
tho purpose be legitimate.
determine out of what sail greatness
and intellect of the next generation
Is coming.
It Is eaBy to proro that a calf
will show Its parentage. But gen
ius, Intellect and oven moral earn
estness aro only incldentary here
Idltary. A stunted calf will make
a small adult. But tho weakling
of tho human family may be a
giant. Carlyle declared Webster the
most commanding man ho ever saw,
and ho was a sickly child. If the
human race is different from all
others In this physical independence
of heredity, to what extent Is com
parison In mental or moral attrl
butes worth while.
Nobody knows out of what min
er's hut tho Booker T. Washington
of the next generation will come, or
in what humble cabin another Lln
llght. All we know is that it will
light. All we know Is that is will
be some miner's homo and some
humble cabin. For there is no aris
tocracy of talent and no determin
ing heredity of goodness. The geni
us of the next century may be a
Pillplnc, a Sioux Indian, a subject
of the mikado.
The first tendency which all peo
ple who get up In tho world Is to
magnify their ancestry. They for
get that the colonial dames and their
consorts were shipped out of Eur
ope as good riddance. Having thus
established a family treo they be
gin to project the royal stream of
Intellect and goodness into the fu
ture andto imagine that all the
world neejds is the elimination of
some other family strains just at
Iflfrtt An? (boon lag's fegfa?
The Times Requests All Residents of This Section to Tell What
They Think It Most Pressing Reuirement Some Views
Expressed
The Times wants the representa
tive business men of Marshfleld to
say what, In their opinion, is Coos
Bay's greatest need. Coos Bay has
many need3 but Tho Times wants to
know which Is tho most pressing of
them all and it is taken for grant
ed that a railroad and a better mail
service are the greatest needs at
present. What Is the next most
pressing need of all? Drop a lino to
Tho Times telling what you think.
Hero are some of the views ox-pressed:
the time not so worldly well circum
stanced. But Providence, fortunately
Is not directed along lines of descent.
And in tho future, as in the past,
genius will create its own heredity.
It is the beauty of this world that
there Is no prescriptive rights to the
great gifts of life. There is not a
boy on 'Coos Bay who may not look
to tho career of Garfield with as
surance, or the career of Roosevelt.
The men who rule the world are
not the boys of the men who ruled
It yesterday. In the lands where
they havo attempted to contravert
the stern impartiality of nature they
have made a sorry fizzle of It. The
hopeless Imbecility of royalty Is its
own condemnation.
There is no royal one-third in the
United States. The future president
of Stanford university may be a boy
whose parents would be today se
lected as encumbrances to the earth.
Nature has her own method of man
ufacturing greatness and goodness.
Let nature alone.
HON. JOHN S. COKE "My opin
ion of Coos Bay's first greatest need
is the improvement of the harbor to
fnnlltfnfrt ahtrmtnc liv tha nnncfrlin-
tion of proper jellies at tho bar and delil'. o . s which 1ms been so
the dredging of tho inner harbor,
need is permanently improved
streets. There are many other
things needed which nro too num
erous to mention in detail."
POSTMASTER WILLIAM B. CUR
TIS "One thing we need on Coos
Bay at present more than anything
elso Is a better mail service. I do not
see exactly how we aro going to get
It, but if the Chamber of Commerco
takes tho matter up I believe It could
assist greatly toward an improve
ment. People who have traveled
over the Roseburg road say that con
ditions aro no different from formor
years when the mail was delayed but
seldom. There Is no excuse for tho
NO ROYAL ONE-THIRD
Charles Bradlaugh was the first
child of a worthy clerk married to a
housemaid. Ills father never earned
more than two guineas a week. All
his parents ever did for their son
was to supply him with physical life
and teach him by antithesis. No
trace can be found that ho In any
mental characteristic resembled
either. Parents aro evidently peo
ple who aro used for a purpose uy
a Something Hubbard's little jour
neys to tho Homes of Great Reform
ers. David Starr Jordan has advanced
again tho self complacent proposi
tion that tho world would bo better
If two-thirds of tho population were
killed off "and great ca'ro taken to
see that tho best third, mentally,
morally and physically wero pro
served." This Is a convenient theory
for thoso who assumo that they
would bo tho reserved ono-third.
But tho niomont wo think of it
wo come up to tho bumping post of
tho pnrontngo of Charles Bradlaugh.
To tako tho instance at hand, Brad
laugh's parents would havo been in
cluded in tho two-thirds sure enough.
So would Abraham Lincoln's. So,
too, would Booker T. Washington's.
And what would it profit tho world
to havo ollmlimtpd Bradlaugh, or
Lincoln or Washington, to save up
moro room for David Starr Jordan?
Thoro Is Goorgo Washington's
plain and homekeeplng mothor, two
thirds would almost tako hor. And
Thomas Carlylo's hardworking old
Scotch farmor of a father. And so
on down tho list of paronts of tho
men who havo inado tho world as
wo havo It. Two-thirds would tako
In most of tho paronts nnd greatness
and leadership. All of which dem
onstrates that David Starr Jordan
has no divining rod by which ho can
THE FASHION GROWS.
The proposition to consolidate the
cities around San Francisco Bay is
very Interesting to the people who
live around Coos Bay, because in a
smaller and less difficult form we
have the same problem here. It Is
not known whether the Consolidation
Committee of the chambers of com
merce of North Bend and Marshfleld
are making perceptible headway in
tho matter, but It is 'believed that
tho controlling influences are not
now favorable to the proposition
here. It is not possible to flud out
why, because to tho simple minded
citizen who does not understand what
is working below tho surfaco, It
would seem that the only way to pro
tect and Improve tho harbor is to
consolidate on tho borough plan re
cently suggested. Bo that as it may,
it will come at last when the city of
Notchet wll change Its name to
Duwitnow.
Tho people of San Francisco Bay
are all proud of the fact that like St.
Paul, they "come from no mean
city" whether they are citizens of
San Francisco, Oakland, Alameda,
Berkley or any of the rest of them.
They aro active to get together arfd
tho other day they held a banquet at
which tho motto was In scriptural;
"Go to; let us build a city and let us
make us a name." The noticeable
thing about tho speeches was that
nearly all of them and, Indeed, all
but one approved tho borough plan
for consolidation, about which Coos
Bay peoplo havo heard so much of
late. When that plan was llrst pro
posed to the Mavsnilold Chamber of
Commerce it was qulto now to the
people here, but It had been success
fully used In New York, and was be
ing also considered by other locali
ties. So It Is ono which may be
worth Coos Bay's further consid
eration. At the San Francisco ban
quet tho example of New York was
used by all the speakers. "Our own
American city of New York! Do we
not all feel a thrill of pride in this
municipality that grew to be the
giant, through tho proeoss of con
solidation?" "Tho tendoucy lu the
last hundred yoart," said Henry
Mores Stophens, "has been toward
centralization and also ducentrallzu
tlon 'flio strength of con
solidation lies In considering the
things that bolong to the central gov
ernment and loavlng tho rest to resi
dential communities. In tho
Secondly, tho completion of the Coos
Bay ami Drain railroad to furnish
communication with tho Southern
Pacific railroad. I havo faith that
this railroad will be built In a shorter
time than is generally expected, and
that the real construction' of the line
will commence next spring. Regard
ing Marshfleld's local requirements
we need a now and modern system of
streets. The city has now grown and
developed to such an extent that we
should Improve the business streets
of Marshfleld with bltulithlc, or wood
blocks treated with creosote or as
phaltum. My preference would be
the bltulithlc pavement in view of
the fact that we have an even climate
and a great deal of moisture. Ap
plying to Coos County I believe the
dairy and fruit business should be
developed to the extent of their great
resources, as the local market Is
growing to such proportions that it
is extremely desirable."
bad during the lfast month, except
that we are getting bad service on
the stage route."
MAYOR E. E. STRAW "I do not
believe it is my place to make any
suggestions outside the city of Marsh
fleld. The most important needs of
WALTER S. LYONS "Wo need
the harbor improved so that Coos
Bay should attain her real position
Marshfleld in my opinion are that as one of the finest deep water har-
REV. EDWARD DONNELLY
"My opinion is that Coos Bays great
est need Is the deepening of tho harb
or, which I consider one of our
chief factors; the encouraging of our
lumber industries; tho development
of our coal mines and advancement
of our dairy and fruit interests. A
decided improvement in our mall
service is a crying need. With
a deepened harbor we will have the
means of handling our enormous
lumber output which is now In sight,
and wo will surely have In the near
future, railroad transportation which
is imperatively needed for both pas
senger and freight traffic. We need
also an Intelligent manifestation of
public confidence and civic pride
among our people. All these things
occurring will, I am sure, produce
on Coos Bay a city of 40,000 people
within five years."
the city charter should be thorough
ly revised to meet conditions at pres
ent and for any that may arise In tho
future meaning a modern city
charter. Prospects of future devel
opment should be taken into consid
eration and many .of the provisions
bors on the west coast. We need a
railroad connecting with other rail
road", either at Drain or connecting
with the Northern Pacific at Seaside.
We need a better mail service and
more malls. We need all the manu
facturing plants we can get, In order
of the present .charter altered for to Increase the populaion of the city
their betterment. A board of com- i and Its business grovth. We need
missioners should be appointed to more people in Marshfleld and In tho
revise the charter and all ordinances
bo based upon that charter, in order
to have the citizens of the city pro
vided with the best municipal com
forts and protection. This is within
our reach and can be attained If
properly carried out. Our greatest
county, more dairy cows to furnish
food for the Increasing population,
and moro poultry for the same pur
pose. In fact we need the people
and the manufacturing plants to put
to use the Immense resources of Coos
County."
the boroughs should havo absolute
control."
One of the remarkable things
about Coos Bay people Is that they
do not always act as If they believed
in the statement of great resources
and a great destiny which they make.
Yet the plain, material facts bear
them out In their statements and
cause visitors to wonder why men
who can say such things truthfully
do not act up to their opportunities.
It Is surprising to hear of men belit
tling the importance of Coos Bay
when by acting together they could
make it boom big and enable them to
declare as St. Paul did, "I came from
no mean city."
THE GOVERNOR'S JOKE.
The people of Oregon have become
habituated to the continuous procla
mation of holidays. They havo had
nearly six weeks of financial ab
stinence and fasting and, from cur
rent newspaper reports supposed
that there would be no Intermission
until tho 1-lth of December. But
one day Governor Chamberlain for
got or neglected to proclaim a holi
day and it now transpires that last
Friday and last Saturday wero not
holidays at all. The banks wero
theoretically open for business even
if thoir doors were closed. Legal
obligations matured and could bo
collected by law. The courts wero
legally bound to be open and legally
bound to do buslnoss.
holiday and save his claim by put
ting It, Into judgment. Of course the
creditor would bo negligent to let
the six years so nearly expire with
out action and would deserve very
little consideration, but the govern
or's joke reaches him nevertheless.
Attorneys, bankers, business men,
farmers, and people of all descrip
tions will find that the Governor has
Implicated an already complicated
situation by injecting this jocular
feature into the situation, and It
may not, In the end, appear so plain
as the Governor thinks that "what
people don't know won't hurt them."
Tho holiday proposition was not a
very pretty and pleasant feature to
Inject Into the situation at any stage,
but it was tolerated and endured
mostly because of grim necessity. It
never was a thing to play with and If
the Governor really Intended to
joke it was as much out of place as
a clown at a funeral. How many
rights of appeal, rights of action, and
property rights .have been lost by
this joke remains to be seen.
THE MESSAGE IN
TABLOID FORM
President's Thirty Thousand Words
Boiled Down for Readers of tho
Times.
It is the height of fobllshncBS to
hoard money.
War against successful dishonesty
must bo vigorously prosecuted.
Federal governments must abso
lutely control Interstate commorco.
Railway securities should npt bo
issued without permission of tho In
terstate commerco commission.
A national Incorporation law
should bo passed.
Combinations that do no Injustice
cuted.
to tho public should not ho prohib
ited. Combinations against public policy
should bo prevented from engaging
in interstate commerce.
Provisions should bo made for
complete publicity for all corpora
tions. Trust companies should bo brought
under tho samo supervision as na
tional hanks.
Central bank of Is3iio Is needed.
An emergency currency Is abso
lutely necessary.
Income nnd Inheritance tax mea
sures should bo passed.
Federal Inspection of railways and
equipment to protect public and em
ployes required.
General introduction of eight-hour
day should be provided for.
Tariff reform is needed, but should
not bo attempted until after tho next
presidential election.
Abuse of the Injunction In labor
disputes should be curbed.
Compulsory investigation and ad
judication of Industrial disputes.
1 Deep waterways from lakes to gulf.
Legislation to protect honest set
tler against land thieves.
Prosecution of all laud thieves,
grazing, timber and mineral.
Coal lands retained and and work
ed under lease for tho boneflt of the
whole people.
Postal savings banks and parcel
post should be provided for.
Inexpensive and ample form of self
government for Alaska.
Citizenship should ho conferred
upon tho people of Porto Rico.
The nation should pay expenses of
presidential campaign.
Increase in personnel of army and
naval officers required.
became dishonored could bo pro
tested. Notices 'had to be served in
cases which Involved important ques
tions aud large property Interests.
Was the Governor's joke a practical
oue and belug practical is it not pos
sible that somebody Is hurt?
Legal rights were supposed to be
in suspense during the holidays. For
instance e. claim might be six years
old lacking a day and that day Sun
day or Christmas or a holiday. Tho
six years provided for the out law
Ing of the claim would not be com
plete until the day after the holiday.
The claimant or creditor could com-
mattor of schools, parks and tho llko monco an action tho day after tho
VALUE OF A NEWSPAPER.
"I never took a newspaper that
did not pay mo more than I paid for
It. Ono time an old friend of mine
started a newspaper 'way down south
and sent a cop. to me, and I sub
scribed just to encourage Jilm, and
after a while it published an order
Drafts which to sell a lot at public auction. So t
Inquired about the lot and told a
friend to run It to $50. He bid tho
lot off at $3S, and It sold In less than
a month for $300, so I made $2G2
clear by taking that paper. My
father told me whou ho was a young
mnn ho saw a notice in tho paper
tljat a school teac7-;j- was wanted
away off In some dlscant country, and
ho went and got tho situation and a
little girl was sent to him, and after
a whllo sho grew up sweet and
beautiful and ho married her. Now,
If ho hadnt taken that paper, what
do you suppose would have become of
mo? I would have been some other
fellow." Bill Arp.
A WORD TO YOUNG MEN.
"So you havo repented and aro go
ing to turn over a new leaf, have you
young man? Well, it Is a mighty
good idea. There are several things
you want to do at tho outstart, how
ever, to make people think you are
sincere. There aro numerous little
debts you owe around town. You
can't become a full-fledged penitent
until you step around 'and tell tho
fellows who have been holding the
sack for you that you aro ready to
mako good. If you can't pay them
all of it, pay part. Or set a time to
square up. Then you havo been us
ing too much bad language and miss
ing the whole trufh a whole lot of
times. You also want to cut out all
such things. The people may be a
little slow to accept your reform talk,
but they will eventually do it if you
aro In earnest. The restaurant keep
ers and tho clothing storo man may
not rush out and grab you tho flr3t
time they see you, and want you to
come In and stand them off for a lot of
stuff, but If you mako good you will
have no trouble about credit In time.
You might also help the folks at
homo a little. There aro numerous
little things you can do to help your
mother, and the old man would find
life lots easier if you would help oc
casionally. You can't repent and
still stand around on the street and
cuss and smoke and loaf throughout
the day. The first thing for a re
formed boy to do Is to go to work.
Keep at' It, and tho rest will come
easy.
A GENTLK ,.
Ho was as mild a man ,.. f
As In this world oCrs )
So gentle he that in the ZJ,H'
Ho would not oven strike a iiL
When It was coll and chill at1,
lie would not put the candle Z J
So truthful he could not I . ; ,
To He, oven when ho Went to Z'
To hang a picture hero or there
Was something ho could never L
And oft the beating of the rain '"
Ho know must giro the windows.
Ho said It always gave him som! !
Regret to havo a weok day come
And as tho seasons passed alone'
He hoped they would become Lit.
strong. u"
Lest It become completely broke
Ho would not even crack a Joke
Or drlvo a nail, because, he' mm
'Twas better if tho nail were led
To shoo a horse ho heard might 'g
It pain, and ho so sensitive
No matter what was his excuse
Could uover bear to shoo a goose.
To break tho nows he'd not ne0
No matter what tho news might he'
Lest he should glvo It needless pain
Or .could not mako It whole again
When from Its high and lofty tower'
He heard the town clock strike tho
hour
Ho shut his ears, so great his woe,
To think 'twould hurt tho hour so.
New York Times,
KEEP THE HIUGHT SIDE OUT.
Business men of Coos Day will be
serving their own interests as well
as thoso of tho community by doing
their best at all times to boost their
respective cities.
There aro a great many ways ot
doing it. One of them Is by talk
ing Coos Bay, Its advantages, what
it has dono under adverse circum
stances, what it hopes to do, its In
dustrles, its growth, to all strangers.
Another Is by refraining from com
plaining about things that do not
lt, and checking that habit in oth-
b. Every statement of the "knock-
" should bo met with an antidote
.' something good about tho place.
Although a policy of never saying
,jy thing about conditions that need
remedying is not a good one, and
ono that will lead to disaster, a clear
distinction needs to bo made between
suggesting something that will bet
ter things and just plain, unnecessary,
peevish "knocking."
Wo need to keep our faces toward
the bright side of things, and make
that side prominent to ourselves and
others.
MY SHIP IS COMING
My ship la built of crystal:
Tho sails are cloth of gold,
And all the masts aro silver
With Jewels In tho hold.
There's "love" upon the pennant,
And rubles down below.
And diamonds and emeralds,
With pearls as white as snow.
Tho conterboard has flagons
Of sparkling, heady wine,
And food so rich nnd tempting
And all of this is mine!
Dan Cupid is the captain,
And Commonsonso tho mate;
Tho sailors aro my heart's desires
Who joyously await.
But sometimes In tho gloaming,
When I am tired and sad,
I fear my ship" has foundered:
Until again I'm glad.
For yonder at tho meoting
Of crested sea and sky,
I know my ship is sailing,
I seo tho ponnant fly!
And on some happy morning,
r 1 11 waken with a bound
To find my ship in harbor,
At anchor, safe and sound.
Adelaido Keen In tho Nautilus.
AMUSING CONUNDRUMS
What is It that Is full of holes and
yet holds water? A sponge.
When is clock on the stair danger
ous? When it runs down and strikes
one.
When does a farmer bend his sheep
without hurting them? When he
folds them.
What Is that of which the commoa
sort is the best? Sense.
What animal would you llko to
be on a cold day? A little 'otter.
Why are hay and straw like spec
tacles? Because they aro for age.
When is a ship like a tailor? When
sheering off.
What burns to keep a secret? Seal
ingwax. Woman's National Daily.
LARGEST CANNON BALL
What is said to bo tho biggest can
non bail over made weighed 2,600
pounds and was manufactured at the
Krupp Works, Essen, for the govern
ment of tho Czar. Tho gun from
which this projectile was fired is
placed In tho fortlcatlon of Cron
stadt. This gun has a range of twelve
miles and It has been estimated that
each shot costs $1,500.
Tho Buffalo Times refers to the
Speaker as "Uncle Joe Cannot," but
"Undo Joe" has proven that ho can.
A MONUMENT
Here's n Suggestive Monument tot
Coos Bay. ,
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Grit
Vim
Push
Boost
Energy
Schools
Morality
Churches
Harmony
Cordiality
Advertising
Talk about It
Writo about it
Speak well of it
Healthy location
Help to Improve It
Good country tributary
Advertising In Its papers J
Honest competition in prices
Faith exhibited in good works
Fire all croakers, loafers and deaa-
beats. Lot your object bo the welfare
growth and promotion of your town
nnd Ita nonnln Bnnnlr well Ol
public spirited men, and also bo one
of them yourself. Be honest wta.
your fellow men.
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