- - r'M""TT7r fVW
fmwmmmmmmmmmm
"-flfffi'WifffvfyM
iniTPfflTnrnTirTrnwrmfii'MfT'nTTf
THE COOS
AN INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN
EVENING EXCPT SUNDAY, AND WEEKLY BY THE COOS BAY minds through hooks, and tho valua
EVENINO EXCEPT SUNDAY, AND WEEKLY BY, THE COOS BAY ' ble means of communication are in
Tho policy of tho Coos Bay Times
tho independence of which President
Entered at the postofflco at Marsh field, Oregon,
through the mails as second class mall matter.
SUBSCRIPTION HATES.
In Advance.
DAILY.
One year $5.00
Sim months $2.50
Less than 6 months, por month . . .50
WEEKLY.
One year $1.50
Local readers, 10c per line.
COOS BAY DAILY TIMES.
Marshfllld - Oregon.
Can You Afford It?
You can't afford to look as if your
hopes had oozed away,
Though failure face you every
where you turn;
"You can't afford to let the world
discover your dismay,
Though others claim tho profIt3
that you earn;
You can't afford to go about with
dismal mutter'ings,
Or mourn tho wrongs you suffer and
tho woeful stato of things;
You can't afford to show your
wounds or try to salve the stings
By tearfully complaining that they
burn.
Tho world has little sympathy for
him who shuffles past,
Proclaiming by his look that ho
has failed;
Tho world has small regard for him
whose face is overcast,
And Fortune- hates to hear herself
assailed.
Tho world Is always ready to bo-
Hove in him whose air )
Is that of one whom victory makes
proof against despair;
Tho world is ever eager to be helpful :
if Wo dare (
TO seem undaunted Where WO.
might have quailed..
You can't afford to sacrifice the-
watchful world's regard,
No matter how I your wounded
heart may ache;
You can't affordMo wall b cause the
blows fall thick and hard,
Tho fates will not bo kind for pity's
sakV.
You cau't afford to look tho part of
ono whoso hope has fled;
You can't afford to show the wounds
upon your bleeding head;
Tho world looks on tho somber man
ns ono whoso soul is dead,
And cheers men for tho hopeful
fights they make.
Chicago Record Herald.
THE FUTURE OF OREGON
Tho "Beaver Stato" is in its in
fancy In the matter of population and
Industrial development. First settled
inoro than sixty years ago, It is far
bohlnd many states more recently ad
mitted into tho union, while it ia as
far ahead of them in resources that
will mako for a great and prosperous
commonwealth.
It is sometimes profltablo as a
means of bettor understanding tho
difllcultlQ3 under which some com
munities aro compelled to struggle,
to dolvo Into tho musty pages of his
tory and boo what obstacles havo
heon overconio In tho march of pro
gress and dovolopmont.
For instance, in 1S2 1, when Prcai
dout Monroe recommended to con-
gross the establishment of a military
post at tho mouth of tho Columbia as
tho result of his promulgation of the
"Monroo doctrine," and ns n moans
of holding Russia in check, if noc-s-;
sary, a Bumiiur uuiu u jhj ub-
clared In dobato that it was tho wild-
est sort ot speculation to suppose mat j
Oregon should ovor become a stato.
Ho contended that tho union was too
largo alrcndy. All that region beyond
tho Rocky 'mountains was a vant
wilderness, a dreary and worthies
waato that was not worth, all told,
tho paper inquired upon whii-h to
write our title to it!
ilo flsuml out thnt if Oregon
should ever he admitted as a stato,
oven grautlng the possibility ot the
consummation of such a wild h illu-
clnntiou in tho lapse of contun -s to
come, a senator from that r.'tilou
would require, at the customary rat.,
of travel, twenty miles a day. 4fl&
days to come to Washington ami re-
turn homo
......v. .. ...... ..,. ..)llaR ,.,.. lvl ,m.y i.,,0i ,naKt. u .
half!
He asserted that If ho should even
hurry up nnd make thirty miles a
day It would require 350 days out of
tho year to mnko tho round trip, leav- nnd Washington. But if you do not
Ing scarcely two woeks for legiahi- understand already their elucidation
tloul la obfuscatory.
Tho country was described aa only .
fit for Indiana nnd wolves and only Thera are some Marshfleld men
mon with whoeli in tholr heads . who would ba eompelled to have
though at that time tha idea w.-w not I their resolutions spiked down if thoy
MHobo4 la tk crMtr totm .jtnton to tf thm,
THE COOS BAY
"'ifiT t,,"',",,",,j iuMnini
BAY TIMES
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED EVERY
will bo Republican In politics, with
Roosevelt is the leading exponent.
for transmission
would seriously entertain the propo
sition of undertaking to .either devel
op or defend it.
Even Daniel Webster took this
view of the great west, and but for
the foresight of Thomas II. Bsnton
at that time, together with a few
other long headed statesmen, it is
possible that the settlement of the
Pacific coast would have been retard
ed perhaps a generation.
All this now appears like the most
exaggerated fiction. Today all eyes
In tho United States are turned to
ward the Pacific coast as the future
empire of the union, and the possi
bility for industrial development and
accomplishment here far surpass
those which a century ago were found
'ii the older sections of the Atlantic.
Vhcre is no otate in the west today
that stands for a prospect of such
rapid acquisition of population as
doe Oregon. Its resources are be
cdmlng better known, its delightful
climate more generally understood,
che opportunities for profltablo inv-
.vestment more widely advertised,
iUa its immediate future Is going to
Jee a greater transformation than
nil3 been tho experience of any other
mate within the same length of time.
Thero Is not a county in Oregon,
i-rirfi ns Is tho nron. nf the state, but
ha3 it3 mountain range somewhere
from whoso sides rushes perpetual
streams of water, furnishing to the
Investor of tho future endless oppor
tunities for tho generation of electric
power the moving force that 13 des
tined to transform tho industrial
world with a greater rapidity than
has over before been known. Ex
change. TIIK NEW U. S. DISTRICT ATTOR
NEY. Chrl3 Scheubel, tho new U. S. dis
trict attorney was brought up in the
foothills near Oregon City, the son of
poor people, and has a varied career,
lie worked around the mills at Ore
gon City for several years. At ono
time he joined tho Salvation Army
and worked with the army at Astoria.
He finally studied law and has been
practicing a few years.
W. S. U'Ren
Is said to bo his backer, and his ap-
pointmont is said to bo duo to
U'Ron's manipulations. An Albany
man, who has known him for yenrs,
says ho Is a pretty, good fellow, but
intimates that there is more politics
than anything else in tho selection.
Albany Democrat.
WHAT IS A GRAFTER?
"What Is a grafter?" asks a cor
respondent, seeking for light.
Ah, If we would onl ask some
thing answerable! Who shall deflno
tho indefinite word? Who shall limit
hie limitless? It needb a Homer to
sing tho epic of graft, and catalogue
uio grafters.
uraft is a tendency, an atmosphere,
an influence, an Impulbo, un lustinct. ,
'it is a reaching out for more. It is
an evolutionary effort to survive. It
la seinsnnoss. it is egotism, it is
fraud, injustice. It is an effort to net
more than one's share. It is as old
0s tho world and as universal as sin.
'still, that does not explain,
I "What 1b a grafter?" This form of
j the question is moro concrete, hut
just as elusive. Our correspondent
knows. Wo know. Everybody
' knows. But the "body of this death"
j Is too subtle, too protean to be cof-
lined in a stick of type, or embalmed
in a spoken phrase. Tho latter day
piphets know- Ask Upton Sinclair;
a&k David Qrahnni Phllliiw: ask Lin.
1 - -, . ----- -
eolu Stoffons; ask the whole tribe of
mink rake wlelders. And yet. if you
do not know, they cuunot tell you,
says an exchange. Tho surgeons
know ask Roosevelt; ask Hughes;
r ju.wu. nit: I'uuuviliuuu KIIOW ass
in San Francisco, in St. Louis, in Chi-
cago, in Kansas, in Oregon, nnd turn
your telescope toward Philadelphia
WEEKLY TIMES. MARSHFlELD,
xmnammnn
BOOKS IX THH HOME.
Written for Tho Times.
We enjoy intercourse with superior
reach of all. In the hest books great
men talk to us, give us their most
precious thoughts, and pour their I
souls into ours; God be thanked for R ohnnlH Rnkn siirh a
books. They are tho voices of the,U00S W WU "BlSe bUCfl a
distant and the dead, and make us
heirs of tho spiritual life of pastj
ages. They give to all who will
faithfully use them, the society, the
spiritual presence of the best and
greatest of our raco. How desirable
then that everyone should have a
taste for good reading. Reading not
only stores the mind with useful In
formation, but It helps one to pass
pleasantly many hours and days when
if he did not have the reading habit
he would be idle and lonesomo and
perhaps in mischief. A tasto for
reading must be acquired in youth.
If you do not learn to enjoy reading
books and periodicals in your youth
it is doubtful if you ever will be
much of a reader. Here is a thought
for mothers about the Importance of
placing interesting reading continu
ally before their children. Care
should be taken that the llturature
put into the hands of the young
should bo of the best. If your boy is
determined to read about Harry
Tracy, let him read Frank Leslie's
Popular Monthly in place of the Tip
Top Weekly. Let him havo plain
truth. It is not enough that young
people should read. Tho reading
matter should be of the right kind.
It is just as essential that the mental
food should be nourishing as that
the food for tho body should be.
That the reading matter shall not on
ly be harmless, but that It be
strengthening and broadening as
well. Something more than mere
words. If this is not looked
after, the work of reading will be
mere waste of energy. If every fam
ily would form a reading circle under
their own home light, devoting if
only half an hour each evening to tho
reading and intelligent discussion of
some interesting page, the amount
of Information gained during tho
winter months would astonish them.
The parents' part In helping to mako
good men and women out of tho boys
and girls of today is in personal In
fluence and in constantly raising the
standard of books they place before
their children. They should never
be satisfied with books that are no
particular harm. The books must be
of some particular good. More time .
and thought should be given to the
study of what are tho best books for .
children, and more time in reading t
books to determine which are the
best suited. Every home should con-1
tain a collection of books, however
small, and they should be accumu-
lated on some definite plan, however .
limited. The privilege of using a
public library Is generally valuable,
(and there Is something radically
wrong when a town the size of On January 10th the mail from Rose
Marshfield cannot boast ono), but burg reached Dora at G a. m. At 1
some books must be owned, and be ' P- '. it was still there, awaiting the
constantly within reach, or no real arrival of a wagon from Sumner, and
satisfaction can be had from them, jthe Lord only knows how much long
There are innumerable families pr i waited. This is the regular
who never never dream of buying any order, and it causes tho mail to
book but school books. Everyone t reach Sumner, at the best, too late
who can afford anything at all be- j to come down until the next day.
yond the necessaries of life should A reliable man who is In a position
set aside a definite yearly sum for to see the entire workings of tho sys
magaalnes and should form the habit tem on which this community is de
of frequently dropping into tho book pending for its mall' says: "Tho
stores to see what there may be that route is badly managed, or rather not
will be for the eJucation or amuse- managed at all The whole
ment of the family. This is the busi-. matter can bo served up in a few
ness of tho purse bearer, and he words: An exceedingly poor class of
should remember that good reading carriers they neither care nor try
matter is a better investment than and a boss who seems powerless to
liquor or tobacco, or even cheap discharge them and get good men.
candy. j Good carriers and good stock Would
A good list of books for the homo 8've you a bettor mail service and
would be first a Bible, concordance, cost not one dollar more. Tho rn.ids
dictionary, encyclopaedias, atlas,
United States history, somo good
biographies our best poets, and
many other standard works tho purso
'will allow. fi t it
COOS BAY LOTS SELL
LIKE RED-HOT CAKES
Portland Paper Says Peoplo There
Aro Investing in Property
Here.
j
t Isjuo of tho Portland i
lad the following booster
r,
I Tel-
InotUv
" v,y lota aro now selling "llke'specior as to the reason for delay on
h"t .. ' .. hi Portland ns u result i the Robeburg-.Marshfleld route
, of the dif lopmont going on in that ' It requires something In the'naturo
Won. t Marshfleld C. A. Smith, j of battle, murder aud sudden death
;n Minneapolis lumberman has about ! to do juetico to the situation and to
- ,.,.,.. , a nawinui wita a daily i
ini'iUliy Ol i'.ill.UUU leet. THIS mill
Is to stnrt .in in February with a'mit to !, "'','""
force of 200 men. Mr. Smith has
a mill In operation over there now,
and has established n big trade by
ocean for his lumber.
W'lth rail connection with Port
land tho Coos Bay country is destin
ed to build i p rapidly, as both the
metropolis and the entire coast re
gion requirn each other in the pro
iren of trade.
OREGON, FRIDAYJ.MJUY17J908i
in mr mail
i
Howl on Rotten Mail
Service.
BE HEARD IN WASHINGTON
There is No; Cause fop Present Inex
cusable Delays but Careless In
difference und People Should
Not Submit to It.
FMItnr Tlmpa A taw dnva n crn T
heard a man strenuously defending!"' The government is amply
the mail contractor for his course in
giving us far the worst service with
which wo have been inflicted for
many years. It i3 "impossible" to do
better. This man "had been over
tho road" and he "know" that it was
impossible to get tho mail over it in
better time. It simply couldn't bo
done.
It seems that the inspector for this
district is also of the same opinion.
It has been reported that ho had an
nounced his intention of shielding tho
contractor in every way possible, as
the county ought to put the road iu
better shape.
It is possible, though not probable,
that tho contractor takes the samo
view.
With the exception of these three,
there is probably not a man in this
part of Oregon, acquainted with the
situation, who does not know better.
As nearly everyone knows, the Coos
Bay wagon road Is a bad road, as
every road that lies out of doors In
this part of the state is bound to be,
In the winter; but it is no worse now
than it has been nearly every winter
iu the past. j:t is a hard road to get
the mail over; but that is simply a
matter of dollars and cents, of men
and horses.
The people here are really not in
formed as to the real situation and
tho extent of the contractji-'s actual
culpability In the matter. The little
Information that comes through Is
far from reliable. As an instance:
your recent item, Mr. Editor, headed
"A Horse Lost," was, off in a few
particulars. First There was neith
er horse nor mail lost. S&ond It
happened about two miles east of the
station in Brewster valley. Tho trou-
"le was this: The horse took a trail
a"d walked to the river, only a fow
feet from the road. As it was dark
anl the horse stepped into tho river,
the carrier could not, nor did not, get
lllni out but left him and drove on
to the station. As soon. as it was
1'sht he went back and got the horse
and mail.
Here is an instance helping to show
why the mail is late in Marshfleld:
'are better than usual at this time
of year, and a right kind of an effort
would give you a good mail service."
Tho question is, whether tho peo
plo of Coos Bay aro going to tamely
submit to the imposition under which
they are suffering, for fear that tho
mall contractor will lose somo money,
or .whether they will break loose and
raiso a disturbance that will mako
Itself heard at headquarters. It
is true that the Chamber of Cora-
jmerco has seat a letter to Washing
ton, but the letter was so mild and
innocuous that It was well calculated
to deepen the slumber of the officials
who are apparently and naturally de
pending on tho reports of their in-
thow that a community of tho i
i ra
liurtaiinn nf tl.ic r,
rt n. til .,. ...
for outrage it is
- ,
As said above, it is simply a mattor
f do.lars and cents, of men and
horses, to get the mail over this route
u t-chedule time. Of course, we
have had one freshet which probably
' ' tie delay of a day or two una
ollnblo. No one would blnme th
a.l con'raoor for that. But it will
be remmbre tkat tt oonnoiM-
ment of delayed service was coinci
dent with the commencement of tho
first rains. As a matter of fact, as ,
soon as it became known who had se
cured the contract thoso who Were
wise knew what the result would be.
It Is said that tho present contractor
naele a bid $2000 below the ilgtiro at
' .- t 11 . 1 ........ trnil lw.n Inf.
WniCa IUU lUak lUUUiltl Utiu uciill n.1,,
whereas the increase of mail made n
higher flguro necessary, and the pre-
contractor,g bld wag about
$2000 higher than tho compensation
ho had been receiving.
Shall this community suffer be
cause someone sees fit to take tho
contract at a lower flguro than will
pay for passable service? Yet that is
tho exact situation. It takes good
strong horses, and plenty of them,
and good men at good wages
promptly paid, to get tho mall over
! tho Coos Bay wagon road on schedulo
aDie ana wining to puy wuuiuvui a
required, but of course will let the
and good men at good wages
contract to tho lowest "responsible"
bidder. Why should we submit to
such an inexcusable rotten service
simply because somo one offered to
carry the mall for a fraction of what
is was worth to give good service,
depending on the apathy of tho peo
ple and the complaisance of tho in
spector to get him out of tho scrape?
The winter is nearly over, but an
other winter is coming; and other
bidders of mail contracts aro also
coming. This community might do
well to mako an example of the pres
ent contractor, to deter future bid
ders on the contract from making a
figure too low to admit of profit on
decent service. If the present con
tractor is irresponsible, he probably
1U1B UUUUaiilUU. XL I1U UilllUUL K1TU uo
. ,
tho service, let him throw up tho job,
. , ' ,,, ,
and the Department will employ
, , .
someone else at whatever price is
necessary
I would suggest that wo all play
that we are wolves and this Is our
night to howl. Lot our commercial
bodies and others frame up some let
ters that are not calculated to havo
a soporific effect. If wo stand this
thing it will bo our own fault, and
all the satisfaction we will have will
be the consciousness that our
patience under Insufferable annoy-
,
ance and unnecessary loss of time has
onabled one man to bunko the whole
community of 10,000 people with no
unpleasant consequences to himself.
P. C. LEVAR.
Marshflejd, Ore., Jan. 12, 190S.
BREAKWATER LEAVES
AGAIN FOR PORTLAND
Steamer Carried Fair Load of Passcn-
gers and Freight. i
'
The steamer Breakwater left for
Portland yesterday afternoon withxa
good cargo of freight and quite a
number of passengers from Marsh-
field and North Bend. The following
. . ,, fa
was her passenger list
F. J. Nelson, II. C. Whlttler, C. M.
Anderson, R. Booth, G. S. Henderson,
P TT XOnl Q T.'tinrrnTiin "d Tn
. .... ..,., . nui.,uuil., V . JJluaU,
v nirl tr W W-ef.,1 Mra Tn
r,,; , " '";.'...,..'
imifcui, a. u. ruiiyjuiin, i. AOUOtt,
Emil Stack, John Haefer, E. D. Dor
ian, J. Hoffman and wife, G. Ander
son, C. M. Anderson, Frank Olson.
IDAHO'S SEAPORT
Idaho Citii-en Expresses Himself i:n.
tliusiastlcnlly About Coos Bay.
Mr. D A. Utter, of Weisor, Idaho,
returns homo after a six months
stay on Coos Bay and carries with
him a very high appreciation of the
district. In a conversation with a
representative of the Times today he
expressed himself as being fully
convinced that the state of Idaho as
well ns Central .and Southern Ore-,
gon would bo greatly benefitted by
the open
wk up oi uivgoirs deep soa-
port. Whilo Mr. Utter is an onthu
slastlc Idaho man ho Is also enthu
siastic in behalf of Coos Ray aud de
clares that it is an Idaho port in all
respects except that it is not in Ida-
I
'It is not tho Immediate resources '
of Coos Bay," said Mr. Utter, "which j
mako it a great city, although its
timber and coal will mako it a very
Important placo, but Its bay and the
relatlon which that bay bears to
-""". auiimurn anu
Central Oregon, Idaho, Utah and
even to Colorado aud. Nevada which
o.u r u,e .wry. it may teKe som0 are by Jo' i O. Sound, or Portland,
time to connect up with all these -'eh U .-. -.r.,i model and .r
states but I expect the Northwestern for a boat 80 feet long, 12. OR bam
will be down here from Boise In n and a depth of' flvo fcjet. The corn
few years. Tho greatest Impetus pany expects to make a decision non
which Coos nay will recelvo will and will bain n,n imin. f the
si.rt.in ,!. .i. 4 . -
r '.!.." . 7 re tne
i anuma canal Is opened. Then rail-
roads nnd eastern capital will rush
to the const and will find no better
location for business and investment
then Coos Bay."
Mr. Lttors many friends on the
hay will retain pleasant memories of
his presence hero and Coos Bay may '
d"nend on it that the cIMm nnd Smrl
have a friend who ..nr,,7'nT. "'""' ,TP Tn. "
sing their praise in Idaho
-pMismtrnfmmiimjUiWwwi-nmcMiurrxTt
n in ! or BSPtnl n !lJf
ii.'l-i IK
fullLiJ liHUilHlttU
Age Exposure and Grief Causes
Death of Two About 100
Years Old.
Word was received by Dr. Mlngus
last night that two old Indians had
l.een fuund dead in their cabin at th-i
.uo.ith of Larsen's Inlet, and ho visit
ed tho scene this morning to ascertain
what was tho matter. Tho Indians
proved to bo "Old Lyman," and his
wife "Susie Ann," names given to
them by white people years ago be
cause their own names wero hard to
pronounce. Tho sceno lit tho cabin
was pitiable in the extromo, ns both
the old peoplo were nearly 100 years
old and had nobody to attend to
them.
A rancher pnsslng the placo a week
ago today saw signs of llfo about tho
place, but since thnt tlmo there had
been no sign of movement. Dr. Mln
gus Ib of the opinion that the old
couplo diod last Monday, tho wlfo be
cause of exposure and tho old Indian
because of grief over tho passing of
his long life partner.
Tho body of tho woman was found
half way between tho cabin and tho
water In a undo condition, and it
was evident thnt she had been bath
ing, as was her habit, in the waters
of tho Inlet. The exposure was evi
dently too great for her and she
, , ... i tit 11
dropped dead on her way back to tho
' . ,, . . , , . . ... .
cabin. The old husband, although
. , . ... . , ., ...
crippled with paralysis, finding that
, , . , .. ... , ...
his partner, who was quite blind, did
not return, must have mado his way
to the remains after much effort.
Ho covered her body with his coat
and a sheet, and then crawled back
to his cabin and dropped dead, grief
evidently affecting his numerous
years and a weak constitution too
greatly for him to stand tho blow.
This was what had happened judging
from tlin findlnir nf tlio hnrllns nnil
.. , .. ,.. ,. T ,,
.there relative positions. Tho Indi
an's pipe was found be3lde tho ro
mains of his wife, and there was no
.sign of violence in either case.
That they had not starved wns
easily evident from tho fact that
thero was plenty of food on the prem
ises, also considerable clothing, most
of which had been furnished by the
county. Up to a short time ago tho
condition of the Indians was pitiable,
because they were without food and
wero unable to help themselves.
Mrs. Henry Sengstacken Interested
herself on behalf of tho Indians by
asking the county to look after them.
She had mado them up a bundle of
clothing and food and was to havo
, , , , , , ...
few days, as she had become iuterest-
ed in their welfare. From the condi
tion of tho cabin, however, it has de
veloped that they wore not In need
-f vfhl,.,r . Jll ifl
---"'l'.l".u.i,ul,iuU,
Very littlo is
known of tho old
couplo as thoy havo kopt to them
selves for many years. It Is claimed,
however, that thoy wero the oldest
: Indians of the Kusan trlbo iu Cooa
County, and that they wero full
j grown belore this section had ever
j been vlblled by whitomen. It was
possibly because of this feet that
'they tound it hard to become asso
ciated in finv uflv -with n rnrn wlilnh
Las deprived them of their country,
Tho IndIaiiB do not keop track ot
tholr age, and while tho deceased
Indians may havo been much moro
than a hundred years old, judging
fTOm their appearance, little is
knowu about them, their ago is
placed close to the century mark,
The remains will be laid to rest by
the county authorities, and Dr. Min-
gun dues not think it necessary ta
hold an inquest over tho remains.
NEW BOAT FOR IUVF.R
CoqulJle Transportation Company
Has PI.iRB for Torpedo Built
- Boat,
W0 have been shown plans for a
now boat which the Coqull!" PI" r
Transportation Co., is' flgurin--' on
huildinK. On. nt r,f ninn, . r ,r-
nlshod by it. M. Haddock, of N w
uocneiio, New York, and provH
torpedo built boat 80 fPft i. - I
12 foot beam, and the other -ln-n
"
"-CJ- uvtttxtwts v ..-
Uoat aa soon as " Plans arrive,
Doth nlans nrnvM fr Q,i nf
rbout M miles an hour. By another
year, with this fast passenger boat
and tho other boats already owned
by this company, they will bo in a
position. to handle the river traffic
for many years. Coqullle Sentinel,
rri,. . ....
or.
i
ko
v