The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957, December 30, 1907, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextJ5?3!ikTTTa. ., n. x w . tl. t.tt . A.,...-.. r THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD. OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1907.,, SEE Coos Bay Times - AN INDErKNBRKT nr.rutn.i3AN KcwsrArr.R PVB USIIED EVERT ITKN1.NQ EXCErTINCUNDAT, AND WEEKLY BY TnE Coos Bat Times Publishing) Co. The policy of the Coos Bay Times will be Republican in politics, with the independence of which President Roosevelt Is the leading exponent. Entered nt the postoffice at Marshfleld, Oregon, for transmission through the malls as second class mall matter. SUBSCRIPTION KATES. In Advance. DAILY. One year $5 00 Qix months $2.50 Less than 6 months, per month .50 WEKKJjW One year $1.50 Local readers, 10c per line. tha other Oriental nation, sometimes called the sleeping ginnt, will havo awakened and glowering across the Pacific, put the pestiferous little fel low to its east in Its pocket, and stride forth to meet' any naval or military force any nation may offer for combat. And China may see that a base established nt Coos Bay, and n plentiful supply of Coos Bay coal, would make It possible to send an In vading enemy into the Willamette Valley by way of Drain, and thence into Portland's unprotected back door. Coos Bay's coal on the shores of Coos Bay's unprotected harbor, Is the greatest danger the Pacific coast has. With the Toast and Tea HE KEEPS THEM GUESSING. Annul:' Am, Communications to COOS BAY DAILY TIMES HarshfieH - - Oregon MAYOR LAXIC'S DISCOVERY. Tire mayor of Portland has trans mitted to the Washington govern ment information which he has re ceived that the Japanese have ob- "SEXSATIOXAL NEWS." Colonel Charles Taylor, proprietor of the Boston Globe, says: "We hear a great deal about sensational nowp In the newspapers, but did you ever stop to consider who the sensational ists reallv are? Who starts the F One year $1.50 H-nrlPK nnd whn nnlnrcres on the oric- inal version? The people themselves. Who stops the stories? The news papers. They tell the truth, for what's the use of lying when you know you will be found out in a day or two? The trouble is that no two people see a happening In the same light." This is worth thinking of a little by people who are prone to censure the newspapers for publishing "sen sational" stories, and the facts about tained through spies, who have been J occurrences that, while they are to operating in the vicinity of Portland, be regretted, are at the same time of lull maps of the city and Its sur-1 prime interest to most of the people, roundlngs and specifications of all Except for the newspapers, where and roads leading into that city. The dls- when would the sensational and mag-, covery which the mayor has made is nlfied and Invented rumor end? fcaid to be well authenticated and It There would be no stop or check to, is probable that the Washington gov-, Dame Rumor's salacious career. eminent will make some investiga- The great majority of the people tions in connection with It. It Is believe the worst they hear, and a even possiblo that if the Investiga- good many of them imagine some lion should prove the mayor's sus-1 thing worse still, &o that if the news plelons to bo correct a note of inquiry papers kept pace with Dame Rumor will be sent to the Japanese govern- there would be the mischief to pay mer.t. all around, says the Journal. But It is now two year since the people they take hold of the Incidents, find of this coast began to realize that the ont and publish the exact facts, tell Japanese were presuming to aspiro the plain' truth, scarcely ever more, to be masters of the Pacific seas, though often somewhat less, for the They hf.ve sent their merchant mar-1 public good, and so curiosity is al ine to all parts of the western world layed and scandalous tongues sil Interfering In some slight respects enced, and the matter occasions far wuli tho seal and cod fisheries of ieS trouble than if the newspapers Alaska and overrunning the islands kept entirely silent about it, as if it which the United States have claimed were something too terrible to be as tholr "insular possessions." The spoken of. A reputable nevspaper military authorities, the world over, ' does not exaggerate sensational epl li.ive boldly, and without reserve as-jEodes, but by publishing the facts s;r:ed that a war between the United ' cools the ardor with which ears wait Slates and Japan was sooner or later Dame Rumor's malicious gossip. .-iiiro to occur. These iws and the fact that well dressed Japanese have been seen and others who are not so weil diossed but who show intelli gpnee above their assumed statians, iiave fjom time to time appeared a'l jilonu tl" Anif rlrnn pnnr li.ivf mndn I the American people suspicious ?$d$Sa&6ln I. &QCG&&$Q$$&&G&tG&&G)&K&$OOGi$$ Start the New Year Right AVhcn making your Now Year's Resolutions, let this ono head Oi "Ml. Resolved that I'll buy my Toggery of Geo. Good- rum, xne uems r-urnisner. The Store Representing Style and Quality Corner C Street nml Brondvvny $S$$$$?S$$$SOOS$OS$$$-SW $$$$oe$$$s$$$ rSBfJM.JMK!l I'XIJSC -De Mar in Philadelphia Record. GOOD EVENING An irate citizen says that hereaf ter he wants the editor to mind his own business, remarks an exchange. Did ho ever reflect in his contem- 9 fao little while, so little while, plative moments, when the moon is This world doth last for us; 0 beaming, when the whlpoorwill sings There is no way to keep it, dear, O j in the trees, when the hired man But just to spend it thus. j snores in tho loft, the jollow dog is There is no hand may stop the asleep on the step and the mosquito the sand . ! (rota in hia work did hn reflect in IN NEW ZEALAND A postal savings bank system was established in New Zealand 40 years ago, and now, to serve a population about as numerous as that of the Dut state of Washington, there are 540 there is notwithstanding no fear on ' i'""-""'"" i' '"' "s uw.ua...D, the part of the American people tlintS wlth 298'74G acconts- "d total de-wu-li a war will occur. They have'l'oslts of nenrly $-19,000,000, equal to scul their gianc fleet to the Pacific, ?r,G for cvery miin- woman and chlld however, as a precautionary warning, I in tho country or an average of ?S7 not to Japan, but to any power which ' for e!,ch doposltor. The rate of in uiay feel that America is not pre-terest aid on deposits is 3 1-3 per imred to defend her right j, whether cent on sums up to 51,500, and 3 per insular or continental, in the Va.lilc cent on larger amounts, and the mon or anywhere else. It would not bo ' s loaned by the government at a su-ribing or unusual if Japan should hlBller Percent to settlers on farms selr m nlirnln -full nn.l nnmiil.t.n in- a" Milage lots formation in regard to our Pacific coast exactly the same way that other -svAuntrles do of the condition of a nation with which tluiy may become involved. It is believed that they not only know what the situation ii .it Portland, hut they luvo examined and understand the spf rial condtt'on i of other parts of tha (oast. With all duo respect to Portland, Cooi liny Uils that he Japunc-bo nre unit hyiUh-mi d hi this locality than In lha' spu'iulidly jirotected harbor and city. Mut Port land is one hundred miie uj) the r and no hostile fleet is likely id in i rate to that distance past ' j lie 'Stary and naval forco and forilti" Ions by which tho govern ment will protect the Columbia river. is lit? I ;; no coal and hostile fleets AVould uover u.'iusider It foaslblo to go so far from a coal supply. Hut Coos Buy li'-s vast measures of coal which Jiave furnished the power for many InrKt " going shliis und nro still do ing no. The largest ships of a mod u fleet could not now enter Vooh "' iy harbor, but it would send its Pol"or3 Into tho harbor and send also ! large numbur of formidable I':. t ' lips, torpedo boats and do fltro , transports and other vessels, and culd load tholr colliers at tho t i noutli and land any needed f-i men. Theso colliers could t.-ibi' .ipply large battleships which vould .' sustained In a continuation vif ti'ptr voyngos of destruction. Port-, land's- dangor, San Francisco's dan ger, a' d oven tho dangor of Soattle, wMl lvit bo found nnywhoro greater or "'mo serious than In tho unpro ifc1 ' ondltion of Cooa Day, whoso rosiuii of coal an onemy may w-oll nr-i. ul use ngaliut tho places jneiti. ed. In truth, however, It Is not 'i i Japan that tho cities of tho t-.oast V vo much to fonr, Nor powors are 11 .ited, hut hy the time tho I'auuma ciiual is opened to navigation The benefits therefore are circu latory; the postal banks encourage thrift In the population, and the set tlement and improvement of vacant lands, and thereby prevent the con centration of largo populations into cities as in Australia. The percent age of loss to tho government in its loans is negligible, and nobody thinks of abandoning either feature of the system. Wo could not in this couutry carry out tho New Zealand plan or loaning money to settlers on vacant land, or at least such a scheme Is probably at present unconstitutional, hut we can and should establish tho postal sav ings banks, for they would benefit tho people In two ways, by encourag ing them to save more, without wor rying about their savings, and by strengthening tho country's financial systom so as to render a money panic loss llablo to occur. Oregon Journal. o From tlowing fast away, $- But his who turns the whole glass down $ And dreams 'tis all today. John Bennett. O O IJARY AVKNT TO DOYLAN1) He sat on my knee at evening, The boy who is "half-pastHhree," And the clear blue eyes from his sun browned face Smiled happily up to me. I held him close as the twilight fell, And called him "my dear little son," Then I said: "I have wondered for many days , Where it is that my baby's gone! "I'd a baby once, in a long white gown, Whom I rocked just as I do you. such times upon the idea that a pa per contf ".'ig only accounts of an editor's own private business would bo apt to prove monotonous to th general public? They might stand for it for a while but in tho end it would bo a thorn in the side and a weariness to the flesh and all that sort of thing. No! The true editor's business is to make everybody's busi ness his business. That's business. So there's no useMn making the kick alluded to. Beaver HiSl Coal jKjTKTEarjHJi MASTERS McLAIN Sole Agents The Best Coal on Coos Bay ( i I; ' " $5.00 PER TOW AT THE YARD $6.00 PER TOW DELIVERED u COLUMBIA MACHINE WORKS Cavanagh, Chapman (S Co. General Repair Work and Woodlurning. Launches a Specialty Foot of Queen Avenws, Marskiield Business Directory BLIWD TELEPHONE GIRLS IW DEMAND Surprising Statistics of What Sight less Are Doing in New York. I A blind stenographer playing on PKCUMAK AND l'KHTIXKX T. Germany sends $20,000,000 a year to England for military purposes. The Alpine air in Switzerland is freo from microbes at an elevation of 2000 feet. Franco Imports about 170 tons of human hair ovory year, and about 100 tons of it comes from China. Tho Chineso flrecrncker Industry continues to grow despite tho fact that firecrackers are made in great quantities In other countries. City Treasurer's Notice. All warrants ondorsod by tho city treasurer of tho city of Marshfleld prior to Aug. 1, 1005, will bo paid on indentation at my offlco. No lntor ot allowed after Jan. 1, 100S. JOHN F. HALL, City Treasurer. Dated Marshfleld Dec. 2, 1907. rnlrwl l.-r.vc InnV ilmcn .ti.ltli lnrd.lli His hair was as soft as yellow silk, ,,,, , , ,, , ,,, ,,., . , , . ,,, , , . , , precision the appeal which Miss Wln- And his .-yes were like violets bin", ,, , TI lt , ,, .,,, ,, ..... , . ,. , ' nifred Holt made recently from the And his little hands were Hue pink- ,f, , r. . ,,., , ., . ,. platform of tho Society of Political tipped flowers . , , ,,,,., , , , a t , , Study for public interest and help See yours are so strong and brown, fm. the B, htleM- He has slipped away and is lost, I, M,M Holt wh(j ig thfl Becretapy q -. , , , , , the New York Association for the Do you know where my baby s gone?" , , , , , Blind, which has tound so warm a r,, . , , . .. , . .. friend in Mark Twain, based her plea Did my voice half break as the ., e . .. . ., ' . , , 41 . . , , on tho fact that the blind can work thoughts would come . , , ,, nr ti, .f o-i o,,. i i and want to-work. The need of train- Oi the sweet and sacred days , ,, , , ri ., , ,, ,, . . ing, as well as the supplying of a mar" When motherhood's first joys wore , . . ,. , ,,,, . mlne, ket, is the Immediate needs of funds. wo i,j f t , o ' "We must ston being fact blind," Was a shade of regret on my face? . , ... ,. m ; i , , , said Miss Holt. "The blind say that For close round my neck creeps a ,. , . .. . ' . sturdy arm ' nearly everything that we a. i i, i .' i' , ... i. .. , ., 'W,H ,et them but paint pictures, and And the boy who is "half past three" . ' "i"o ucui iiiuju uiu, vu iiuu a pupil Doctors. D It. GKOKG1C W. LKSIilK Osteopathic Physician Ciradttntc of Amurk'nn Soliool of Osloopnlliy, KirkHvIll.', Mo. Oilli-e Hours:!) u. in. to I p in. Olliur Hours by AiiiiDiuiinulit. Oillcu ill Nrtxbiiif; lllook Phone 1C11. Marshfleld, Ore. D"- J. W. INGRAM Pliyslciau und Surgeon. Office over Sengstacken's Drug Store. Phones Office 1G21; Residence 7S3. DH. A. h. IIOUSKWOKTII I'hysicluii and Surgeon. Office over First National Bank. Residence, two blocks north of Crystal Theater. Office Phone 1431. Residence Phone 105G. Said, "The baby he went to Boy land, And don't you know? he's me!" North American. eight months ago who could neither read nor write. His sudden blindness 'had driven him and his young wife 'to despair and poverty. Ho now is typing from tho phonograph for a "Did you get anything for Christ- company which is so well pleased mas?" ono Marshfleld man asked an- with him that it takes him to and other. Yes, I got loft?" replied his from his work In a motor, friend as he looked after tho North I "Whon I asked tile head of our tele Bend boat just disappearing iu the phone company to give a switchboard distance. j for blind people to practice on ho thought I was crazy. That was a year Wonder whnt offect the Increaso of ago. I had the pleasure of writing prices by tho barbers of Marshfleld him tho other day asking for tho iu- will havo on the bankers who shave notes. Whon a man Is found guilty of violating the law Judge Hall fines him. A new grammar rule will have to bo found for this first found then fined. "What did you glvo your wlfo for Christmas?" ono North Bond man asked tho other at tho Commercial Club. "Oh! I gave her the slip" he replied as he ordered "tho eanie." Tho tomeparture continues reign ing at forty below in Iowa and cent ral Nebraska Weather Report. On Coos Bay It continues raining nt forty above. You pay your money and tako your choice. stallation of a switchboard at our now oillce, and told him that there wero now in the city of New York five blind switchboard operators." Lawyers. C" F.ancis II. Clarke Jacob M. UluUc Ijiiiwcnce A. UljeciuUt jARKK, IILAKK & LILJICQVIST, ATTORXKYS-AT-LAW Times Building, Marshfleld, Ore. United States Commissioner's OHlce. W. 1JKXXETT, J Flanagan & Bennett Bank MAUSHKIKU). OHKGON. Capimi MiuMribud f5u,ooo L'npllBl Paid Up fio.OOO Undivided Prollts U5.000 Does n Reiicral banking business and drawl on tho Bank ot California, San Kmncisc Cnllf., KimtNnUcaal Hank Portland Or., Firtt National Hank. Hoseburg, Or., Hanover Na tional Hank, Now Yoik, N. M. Itotbchild A Son, London, Kngland. Alto tell cluuiKe on nearly all the principal cities of Europe. Accounts ke pi subject to check, safo deposit lock boxes fnr rent nt 5 cents a month or ?5. n yenr. INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS The C. C, R. & L R. R. and Navigation Co. THE C. ., II. tf K. It. It. .t N. CO. TIMK TAIHiK. Subject to change without notice. Daily, ex. I Sunday No. 1. 9:00a.m. Lv. 9:45a.m. Ar.l0:20a.m. Marsh'd Junction Coqulllo Myrtle Pt No. 2. Ar.l 2 :30p.m. Lv.ll:30a.m. Lv. 10 :45a.m. Trains to and from Beaver Hill dally. W. F. Miller. Agent. Steam Dye Works C Street. Ladies' and Gents' Garments Cleaned or Dyed Philip Brtkcr, Pnp 'xhi. Office over Flanngan &. Bonnott Bank. Marshfleld, .... Oregoi c V. McKXIGIlT, Attorney at Law. Upstairs, Bennett & Wul'w Bloci Marshfleld, - - Oregoi fT, iOKK iC- COKK, Attorneys at Law. Marshfleld, . . . '. OregoL Miscellaneous -- "It speaks for itself," romarkod W. R. Halnos as ho struck a discord and throw it out of the store. "What does?" asked tho Curious one. "Tho phonograph," he replied as ho set one iu motion. Tho geometrical survey statistics show a total production of Iron ore in tho United States In 190G of 47, 74 9, 72 S gross tons, this represent ing a gain of 12.3 per cent over tho production in 1905, which was 45, 520,133 toils. Tho total value, at mines, of tho 190G production is giv en at $100,597,106, an average a ton of J2.ll, against $1.77 Iu 1905, $1.56 in 1904, and $1.S9 in 1903. :,Iarshflold Aorlo F. O, B. No. 53S members aro requested to bo on hand at tho Installation of officers for the ensuing term on Wednesday, Jan. lsf, 190S, at S p. in., and krlug a friend. T. J. Lewis, W. P. Fresh Oybler.. Received weokly at Oem Restau rant, North Bond. Served any style and open day and night. Also every thing olso the market affords. A"' kddy architect Modern cottages a specialty. Office opposite Blanco Hotel, Over Tele phone Building. M It. ALUlUtT A15ICL, Contractor lor 1 burning of all klndi Phone 1884. PIAXO TUXIXG, Hy. J. F. O'ltlelly, Resident Tuner. Address Bov 210, Marshfleld. EJ'LMKIt A. TODD, Director d Coos Hay Academy of Music. Voice, I'lano. J'Jpt Ornun. Harmony ole., from UcluuliiK to graduation. Blhgutt ctiulitd In btlo diction mid interpretations, tor opera, oratorio or concerf work. New O'Connell Building, Marshfleld. J Pull the BELL CORD Wet Your WIiistlepThen Blow J. R. HERRON, Prop. I'ront Street, : : Marshfleld, Oregon C? Offfc J Lira-" 'HONE 923 The Launch Tioga Leaves Marshfleld at 8:30 n. m. for liond of the tide vvuter on South Coos River. Returning, leaves nt 2:3 p. m. THOMAS GOODALE mm::r.tj:::::i::::::KJJM,H T A All Tarts of the World WiLtBJ.WMlWMWMM''l',M'"1 Wc use the necessary facilities for sending money to all parts of the world, and without danger or loss. .. . FIRST NATIONAL BANK OP g COOS BAY, Marshfield, Ore. g tutminttittmtmitKiniuntnmnutmnti mi 1 V BSSS .j-L. jii.