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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1908)
KB b iff wr";: Coos Bay Times t-JW Entered at the potoffice at Marshfiold, Oregon, for transmission through the malls as second class mall matter. SUBSCRIPTION KATES. f In Advance. DAILY. One year ?5 00 , Blx months ?2.50 Lew than G months, per month .50 WEEKLY. One yar $1.50 Local readers, 10c per lino. '- .. : AW INUWENDEKT llErUBLMAN NEWSl'AVElt 1'1'D- UNII-jn KTRRY KVENI.VO EXCErTINQ.SUMAY, AhD WhHKIT BT Tnn Coos Bay TtMca rom.iam.vn Co. Awikksm Am, Communications to COOS BAY DAILY TIMES MaukHiM - Orejon PUBLIC LIBRARY IN SIGHT. The public library question Is again Interesting the people of MaisUfleld arid with greater and bet ter prospects of results than eor be fore. Th ' o 'r.'i".--r.ient of a Carne gie literary at this city Is one of the possibilities and a communication from the secretary of tho Carnegie Library Fund, which has been ro ceivoa by the Library Committee in Muralideld, consisting principally of .a number of questions to bo an swered, has made it plain that If Murshueld will do its part Mr. Carne gie will do as much for Marshfiold as for any city of its size. There are several reasons why Marsuileld should bestir itself at once in this matter of a public library. These same reasons should also Appeal to tho philanthropic de signs of Mr. Carnegie. The first Is that Marshfiold is dCBtined to a rapid growtn and should bo sufficiently alert and forslghted to anticipate tho needs of her Increased population. Tho increase in one year has nearly doubled that population. The re sult lias been an equal Increase In tho number of school children. More than this, it is stated by men of large capital who have Invested In enter Iirhavi which will require many work mon In Marshfleld, that at least fif teen hundred more employes must bo adda In 1908 to keep the machinery whtci has been Installed and which will fcoou bo put In oporation, em ployed. Marshfleld, which has flvo thousuad people today will have ten thousand before tho end of tho year 1008. This Is not a speculative esti mate but Is based on tho simple fact that the present mills and factories require it. Tho second and very important reanoa why a public library should bo obtabllfahed at Marshfleld is its rcmotoness from any largo town. Tho oily citv within a hundred miles of K&rshfield which can be consid ered anywhere ner its equal, leaving of course, other Coos Bay citlos which Simula be coiibidered as ono consoli dated city, is Koseburg, and Itoso bura la eighty miles distant and is nea"lj beyond roach because of 1m passt.UIo mountain roads. The great mauulacturlng and Jobbing center o Coos Bay, with Its lartfo manufac turing Interests and its extensive trilnuitry district, not only roqulres n froa library, hut must bo regarded as exlioiuely nigardly and Indifferent to lib bobt Interests and Its futuro desttuy, if it fails to movo in this matUi now. It has a most accept ably cite If It desires to uso it. It haa fclready subscribed a part of tho amount needed to got tho books. TUo olty council has power to vote subathfltlal aid and Mr. Carnegio will bo liberal and generous If tho cltlzons aro active and do their part. FOR 1JKTTKR ROADS. Thrive is unite a sentiment nmong tho paoplo of Coos County In favor oC bonding tho county for tho pur pose of building permnnont roads, but It Is sard that thoro Is a con stitutional provision In tho way of tho ii,ovenient that can only bo vo iuol by nuiundmont. It is argued that with a sufficient sum raised on UuuJm to build good roads through out Iho county the expense to tax payer through iutorost would not bo no large as under tho prosent system, and Instead of patches of road being built at dliTorent spots have ood aud permanent roadways nnd have tho uso of tho saino while Ucy a ere bem! paid for. Tho principal lack In this section Is good loads. Tho county court nnd llio load supenlsors seem to be do ing all that U pobblblo to secure good roads but are necessarily Uandh tipped by lack of funds and ecUlui.al prejudices to such an extent thy " wll bo ninny years before all tho r ids are made good aud sub- stand U dm couuty could bond tlie r Is rouM be built as fast as hut "ild do the work and material coil' is iccured. Myrtlo Point Eu tcrjir: e. , FORGIVE THESE TEAKS LOST One subscriber to the Coos Day Daily Times. No reward is offered for his return for be Is gono forever. The Times lost a subscriber yester day. Seymour H. Bell, manager of the Coos Bay Gas & Electric Co., stopped the subscription of Henry Hewitt, Jr., 417 Providence Block, Tacoma, Washington, for the Coos Bay Dally Times. Henry Hewitt Is the head of the company. The Coos Bay Gas & Electric Co. thus fires another broadside In an swer to this paper's criticism of the light and power service being fur nished Marshfleld. It scorns evident that the C003 Bay Gas & Electric company have been mistaken in their judgment of this paper. There was an opparont un derstanding on tho company's side that a newspaper would bo a "good dog" If It were thrown a few bones of patronage in the form of adver tising and subscriptions. Henry Hewitt was not much in terested in what was going on in Coos Bay except In the C003 Bay Gas and Electric Co. and Mr. Bell kept him bettor posted on this than a dally newspaper could possibly do. But just as evidence of Interest and an earnest of good intent Mr. Hewitt would subscribe for the paper. Mr. Bell did not believe it paid to advertise but to bo a "good follow" and help tho paper along, he would also advertise in it. Recent develop ments have proven that It was NOT WHAT THE PAPEK PRINTED that it was being paid for but WHAT IT DIDN'T PRINT. a Mr. Bell was not so much interest ed in what was printed in the adver tising columns as what WAS NOT PRINTED in the editorial and news, columns. Mr. Hewitt did not sit In his lux urious offices In Tacoma long past office hours waiting for the mail to bo distributed so that ho might get a copy of tho Times and read all the latest news from Marshfleld. Ho wa3 also more Interested In what the paper did not print than what It did print. Now both gentlemen feel ag grieved. Tho Coos Bay Gas & Electric Co. stops its advertising in the Times. Mr. Bell has stopped Mr. Hewitt's paper. Thero is ono less name on tho sub scription list today. Tho aching void which Henry Hewitt filled is empty. Tho Tlmo3 will bo printed, how ever, at the usual hour Monday eve ning, If tho electric poweis does not fall. It will continue to print tho news and crltlclEO public service corpora tions, regardless of the approval or disapproval of tho Coos Bay Ga3 & Electric Co. or Mr. Bell or Mr. Hew Itt. Wo have lost an advertiser, also a subscriber, but we retain tho right to print what wo please in tho col umn3 of tho Times without consult ing anybody or anything except our own conscience. What profiteth It a man if ho gain tho wholo works and loso his own self respect. Let tho merry war go on. "Lay on MacDuff, And dammnad ho Ue who first cries Hold! Enough!" GENERAL CONDITIONS UNLIKE HARD TIMES Tho news of tho day Is full of Items that contradict hard times sto ries, says the Eastern Orogonlan. In a roport from New York It Is an nounced that tho United States Steel corporation distributed $3,000,000 to Its superintendents, managers and hends of departments as Christmas presents. A dispatch from Cleveland con tains word that 250 traveling sales men of a paint company will bo put on tho road within a week, following a short lay off, and that tho Amerl can Shipbuilding company, which two months ago shut down Its shipyards along tho great lakes, has put 5,000 raon nt work In tho last few days aud reinstated 5,000 moro omployos tho first of tho year. From St. Louis comos the news that moro than 3,000 men who wore thrown out of employment In that city becauso of tho financial strin gency, have beon ordered back to work. ) It Is prodlcted that before tho ond of January nil factorlos thoro will be running full and tho offect of tho financial flurry will not be felt ex cept by tho workmen ongaged In the building trades. The bees of the United States pro duced $25,000,000 worth of honey hurt year. Get busy. A prominent New York proachor saya that Goorgo Washington could not now fill tho presidential chair. Alas, no; poor Georgo is dead. THE C0C8 BAY WEBKLY TIMES. MAR3HRELD. OREGON, FRIDAY JANUARY 24, 1908 iiWift the Toast and Tea HIGHER GOOD EVENING. O A good reputation is llko a good wife hard to get, pleas- ant to keep and jealous of dlvld- ed affection. LIFE'S SILENT WATCHES. Out of life's silent watches, Out of the gloom of night. Souls that forsee the conflict Send forth their words of might. Heroes of art and science Wrestle alone for years, I Bringing at last some trophy Worthy the whole world's cheers. Poets with brooding patients, Tolling with courage strong, Out of some lonely vigil Weave an immortal song. Not through tho whirl of pleasure, Notfrom tho din of strife, But out of the silent watches Come the great deeds of life. Success Magazine. Thero are some people on Coos Bay who are outspoken but thero are also others that cannot be out talked. Lives of turkeys all remind us Life Is fleeting at tho best, And tho greedy gobbler gets it In the neck the quickliest. Geo. Flanagan. In Its write up of the arrlvel of the new fire engine the Bendon Recorder says: "When tho stream was turned on, E. M. Furman was struck and his oyo glasses broken and his face slightly cut. The Board was well satisfied with tho result of the test." Wo should think they would be. But how about Furman? What does he think of It? Clarence Fooled the Editor. Clarence Woodward and another party from Marshfleld were In Port Orford Thursday night on their way to Euchre creek, for what purpose we sayeth not. Port Orford Tribune. $ "Avo thero any talking machines In your part of town?" romarked W. R. Haines to E. K. Jones. "Six of them," Jones replied, "four married and two single." -- THE HAPPY SPIRIT. Just a happy spirit, with tho very dust you tread A highway to tho land of golden promise just ahead! Just a happy spirit, and no matter what may arise "N Tho world shall bo all beautiful bo- foro your trusting eyes! Just a happy spirit and the rest will come a'ong On wings of love and laughter and tho ringing lips of song. Baltlmoro Sun. No doubt overyone on Coos Bay has common jgpnso but It is not al ways working with somo people. . Two Coos Bay mon were discussing the biblical reference of a camol go ing through a needle's eye and ono asked the other If he thought It pos sible "Oh, I wouldn't be surprised," replied tho other. "You know how largo my wife l." "Yes." "Well, she goes thru my pockets regularly." .4, UP. O GOOD EVENING. The man who can't work un- less he has a pipe in his mouth never produces much that is worth preserving. Only a Little. Only a little sunshine, After the welcome rain; Only a little laughter, After tears and pain. Only a little loving, After a kiss or two, Only a fotd caressing, When you're feeling blue. Only a little kindness, Given in many ways, Makes our life worth living, Makes many happy days. Only a faithful promise, Ever to be true, Is all I'm asking, Dearest love, of you! Augusta Stephan. 1 It has been found that when you attempt to make some Coos Bay men eat their words, they would rather light than eat. There are some Coos Bay men who try to carry at one time a load that would look better If taken In two trips. Somo Coos Bay people who turned over a new leaf this year have found that It blew back before the year had grown very old. O A North Bend girl drew herself up haughtily as she said "you had no business to kiss me." "But," tho Marshfleld young man said, "it wasn't business, it was pleasure." It was a little Coos Bay boy who, when callod to get washed, said: "What's the matter, halnt nobody got nothln' else to do?" Tho New Year. Although wo rhyme it Pat and straight We're apt to write It 1907. G. A. GOODRUM. Ono Coos Bay man says he has al ready made several mistakes this year. Ho has dated several letters 1907. -- A Marshfleld man recently had a serious operation performed. 'He had his daily "smile" cut out of his habits. VALUABLES LOST IN MAIL. Every year the United States post offlco department conducts a salo of articles received at the dead letter office. It Is amazing how much mall reaches tho dead letter offlco and can not be delivered to the porsons for whom It was lntonded, becauso of the carelessness or Ignoranco of tho send ers. Tho experts make every effort to idontify the addresses aud souders, so that tho lottors and packages may bo delivered to one or returned to the other; but after everything Is ,done there romalns a groat accumulation which must be disposed of In some way. Articles of any value are sold at auction and the money turnod Into tho treasury. The last year there were 7,555 parcels sold, and thoy net ted $9,7G5.95, tho largest amount In tho history of tho postofllco department. Taylor in L03 Angslos Times. NO APPLE OF DISCORD. Tuesday's Times has a very sen sible .. 0i.ment In favor of harmony amor kUa fvuK growers of tho coun ty arl Lhc elimination of petty Jeal ouslcr. I. should, however, endeavor to practice what It preaches, and no: bcllttl- the Coquille Valley Fruit Grower' association by calling It the "Myrtlo Point" association. Tho fruit growers hero will undoubtedly concede that, for a rfounty absocia tion, Coquille would be tho proper headq avtevs, but if there aro to be two associations, as has seemed prob able, Marshfleld would be the logical headquarters for the ono and Myrtlo Point :r the other. The valley, or fruit growing district, extonds from Rlvorton on the lower river to 30 miles beyond Myrtlo Point, covering nearly sixty miles of broad fertile galley, aud tho aim was to have tho headquarters as nearly central as possible. However, tho Enterprise does not assunio to speak for the fruit growers. They will undoubted ly act as seems best to them at their coming meetiag, when it is to bo hoped that the Times may have its desire and the- fruit growers organ ised with tho utmost good feeling be tween nil sections. Tho broad Mlnd'cd farmers of the Coquille will readily concede that the bay offers their hopo for a market aud would aot care to get along without It, and tho Times' praise of tho Coquille Is received W'ltU rcjipiocal feeling for tho bay country. Myrtle Point En terprise. "Wo are pleas nl that tho Enter prise accepts th T.iuea efforts for harmony so Oauously. Wo do not understand, however, its reference to belittling tho Coquille Valley Fruit Growers' Association by calling It tho 'Myrtle Point" association. Tho En terprise Is supersensitive. Thero was no thought of belittling either tlie association or Myrtle Point by such a suggestion. It was merely a slip of tho editorial pencil and tho thought which prompted it was mere ly identifying the society by tho place It was organized. Some papers have referred to the Coos Bay association as tho "Marshfleld" society and Marshfleld and tho fruit growers have both felt honored thereby. In any ovont If the Times desired to belittle tho society which thought it has nover entertained oven after the suggestion of the Enterprise it would not do so by using tho name Myrtle Point. Why such a nam1) an honor. Busy, bustling, hustling, onterprlslng Myrtlo Point. It should be proud that Its namo was so used and the fruit growers should be proud that they have such a pros perous and enterprising city In whioh to hold their meetings. Come, come brother Enterprise, we think you owo an apology both to Tho Times and to Myrtlo Point for even sug gesting It. Thore la no place on tho frm trees of olther Coquille valley or Coos bay for an apple of discord. THH DOLLAR MEASURE. All men have uso for the dollar In cho common adjustment of life, its duties, lto pleasures, Its aspirations, Its exactions; It is used, and abusod, according to the gumption, spirit, habit and necessities of the man In whoso hand It lies. It has attained to tho chief place In tho calculation of the ordtnary mortal, and it will buy anything from tho common est commodity to human life and character; tho scale of values it stands for Is found In tho standards of human cupidity, safety, ambition and prodigality. The human has bo tome doc.orallzed, Insofar as tho re lation of the two are concerned and the impossibility of separating them goes. Law, religion, social ethics, love, fratornlty, "fellow-faith, and hopo Itself, aro wrapped Into the disc and paper-leaflet of commerce, until man daro not espouse even the gen tler elements of life, without first reckoning the, reflected Influence of tho dollar is going to assert itself in tho dollar is going to assert itself to, the chain of circumstance that fol lows tho act of inspired commltal. It has cheapened existence, moral ly; and made It Intolerable in a physical ocn3e; and has become the "touch-stono" of all endeavor to the utter exclusion of the once boasted basis of Individual action and judg ment. This, of courso, outside the raro noblo uso that Is made of It, says an exchange. Bond and bargain and bale are tho slogans of money and tho want of it; and yet we go on cultivating It and forcing It into the last crovlco of our existence and put It abovo and beyond almost every virtue and grace that, makes for the fullness and sweetness of life. A Coos Bay man, when asked by the doctor to show his tongue, replied that no tongue could tell how bad he tolt. Itaugliter Born. A beautiful little leap year lady arrived at the home of Geo. Chard, at Libby last evening. Mother aud oblld doing well. ' Port of columiih. One of the most Interesting of tho several propositions which the people of Oregon will bo called upon to voto on nt tho coming election is that ono which tho people of Portland aro anxious should result In tho legal creation of tho Port of Columbia, comprising several counties along tho Columbia river, it will bo re membered that the supreme court de cided last year that tho legislative act which attempted to create such a port was unconstitutional as being special legislation. After that' de cision Coos Bay people who havo similar problems on their hands, bc canio Interested in watching Port land to see what courso she might take to make thb pet plan of n great port practical. Mot of tho observ ers believed that a general lrflv would bo formulated and submitted where by all niaritiino cities In tho state such as Astoria, Tillamook, C003 Bay and somo of the smaller places, might be organized Into ports llko the Port of Portland, by local Initia tive. But such conlldliig patriots counted without their host. Port laud and not C003 Bay people woro thinking, not of Coos Bay, but of Portland. "It was over thus." Portland was obliged, In order to Involve tho othor counties outsldo of Multnomah and nearer the mouth of tho Columbia, to have Its district, comprising all theso counties, created by force. Tho counties outside of Multnomah woro unwilling to come In and If tho dls drict could not be created except by the veto of those counties, It could not be fronted at all. So Portland, In order to force the plan proposes to ask the people of the whole state to create by general enactment this special dlstvlct and call it tho Povt of Columbia, whereby tho Columbia river traffic will bo regulated for Portland's benefit. Let is be under stood that Portland is to bo admired for taking care of itself. But Coos Bay people insist feej a llttlo cha grined at the carelessness which has let an opportunity slip to have a general law relative to the organiza tion of Ports llko the Port of Port land placed on the statute books. In order to do It now over 7000 names would have to be obtained and that within the next two weeks. Let is also bo remembered that tho next legislature, which Portland was too much concerned to wait for, may enact a general Port law, but it ia certain that Portland will not caro a copper kopek whether It does or not that Is, unless tho rather ground less suspicion that Portland Is a dog In (he manger and will oppose every wish of any other aspiring port, is true. The Times does not believe It, but it has very little patience with the motto of those who aro always crying out "Walt." THE DREDGE THAT JACK BUILD. It has been learned with regrot, that through tho misunderstanding, mistake or defection of somebody, the "dredge Intended for Coos Bay," but which the congressional act pro viding for It expressly designs for tho Oregon and Washington coasts, will bo built in Portland and not on Coos Bay. That the wooden portion of It could be constructed cheaper hero than anywhere else goes without say ing, for Messrs. Simpson and Smith wore prepared to furnish to Kruse & Banks, shipbuilders, all tho lumber required In that construction free, so that Kruse & Banks were in a posi tion to make a bid for tho construc- tltjn with which nobody could com pete. But In spite of this tho Port land Iron Works got tho contract and for some reason Kruse & Banks woro not put by the military department In a position to figure on the plans and specifications. It Is claimed by Senator Fulton that this dredgo was the result of special labors with con gress on behalf of Coos Bay and thero Is no doubt whatever that tho claim Is true. But if it Is to bo used on Coos Bay, It would seem to tho ordin ary mind that it would have been far better to havo it built on Coos Bay, rather "than Incur tho expense of bringing It down tho Wlllametto twelve miles, the Columbia ono hun dred miles and the coast two hundred miles. If tho Chambers of Commerce of Marshfleld and North Bend would take hold of this matter of tho dredge, send some competent person to Portland to see Col. Roesler, find out tho exact facts and also open cor respondence with the department at Washington, not falling to put in on application for this dredgo wheth- or It Is In order to mako tho applica tion or not, then make a full, com plete and Intelligent roport to the Chambers of Commerce and have tho report made public, no doubt tho dredge could be obtained for this bay or the people would know the reason why not. This Is too Important a matter to be overlooked. The dredgo Is now practically under construction or will be soon, aud It la very likely that Tillamook or even tho Columbia river, or perhaps Wlllapa or Gray's Harbor will put In an application for it. -J-S5
