The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957, April 25, 1908, Image 3

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Newspaper Page Texti THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY APRIL 25, 1908. ill, IDCfl iGl COOS W IB COST TO ENI DEI It TERR? Oil E HEWS "Biddy" Is Apparently the Only One Who Knows and Sho Won't Tell Editors Alow Discuss It and Receive Many Communications. None of Them Can Answer Question That is Puzzling Congressmen But Declare That There is a Profit in Raising Poultry Some of the Views. WASHINGTON, April 24. Over shadowing in importance any other feature of the lion house Inquiry is the firm refusal of Mrs. Hen to bo smoked out from behind tho dollar mark. Serenely indifferent to the searching investigation of her finan cial affairs, now being conducted by congress and tho country at largo, the sixth day of tho struggle finds her still on the job cackling contend- n. That she is master of tho situation Is admitted by those who have under taken the task of proving that she is living far beyond her means; that she is Irresponsible; that her annual output docs not warrant tho enor mous increase in the cost of keeping her and that by reason of her loose methods of bookkeeping sho is set ting a bad example for the next gen eration of liens. In the face of tills terrible Indict ment, conviction upon which means the surrendering of her proud social and business position to tho well hehaved, straight laced and econo mical Incubator, the ruler of the roost and the queen of tho quick lunchery maintains a four-ply silence that worries her friends. Editorial Advice. Up New England way the natives are choking tho letter boxes with in formation on the subject, most of uhlcb. has found its way to, this of fice. The lien editor appreciates the kindness of tho subscriber in Top Lnot, Mass., who enclosed a fresh egg in his communication as proof of tie sterling character of his feather ed employees. The fact that said egg was badly scattered when it reached the editor does not lessen the obligation ho feels, but if this ejatom is to become popular It would be well to fry the eggs before placing them in the envelope. Ana now to put New England on record: PANCAKE, Vt., April 25. "I don't know why this investigation as started at a time when every hen n the country is doing her level best to keep up with tho Easter demand," shouted Jabez Juniper. "For all I can see it is giving a whole lot of folks a chance to work off a surplus sputter. And some of them wouldn't know which end to feed a hen on, IIIIICV. Inoc, .t.i i. i x. i l , f . THE COST OF A HEN. much less what It costs to keep her. My boy Ben, who has a diploma from uusenlmry High school, figures it out 'hat each of our hens spends $2 a jear, amj 1 dont begrudge them a of it. Yes, they may bo hold . JS out, but when I get that 'spicious " stop keeping hens." JUMPiNGJACK, N. H., April 25. "- Carrying tho muck raking busi ness into the hennery is small pota oes was Lish Lundy's lament. "Of course, a hen can make both ends it on $1.25 a year. Sho can make U0tH Pnds moot wltVinuf n,r .. h I . , ...V.UV iTiklluill HllJ mnnu- viduon, tor that matter. But why -mj uei io work at starvation wages nen there Is no need for it. As be- een tho hen and tho eagle, I'll take .,.? fie,n' I know tho eagle screams, , evcr heai'd oi a scream sandwich?" I pumcI'""'1'"1' Sa's Major. Tvfi H,olman F. Day, tho Yankee I V and btOrv wrltnr. wlin Inimnr- h0 ill tho hen ln hls sawdust poem, ei eyes that each hen should be malntained in a position commen wVvlth her Producing capacity. 1, olJ16".11113 interesting discussion W, fn'. h0 sald- "tno American tho J , ie crow(ling tho stork and iue eagl0 f0r flrst I)lace rra ,bernl mnft y il?ns- and thy Ilavo tho ut most confidence ln me. Most of them " Cliuinnnil lfltl. ....1,1.,... v,l 'thl 1 ar when t,lev light from labor iSt Vva minimized their hirw a great man' wa's. sch as del vl ?, man t0 - cackle while they In MMntho ?00ds- There lsn't a hen wort i wh0 wo"ldn't be proud to to th ., mo- 1 refuse to subscribe ,10 the J1.2C standard." Wccjm I,'11 " Unions. aii Sneldn says: Bixtv hZ lnr t0 stat0 that I liavo oat fc i l buy thelr ed-corn, ter ihinckwheat- middlings and oys cost of L ?und keeI' tl,em fat at a I do Lt an 10 conts per ,nonth- or anv .iT . """ Je uaies says this ifin0tor,h,gh-toned hen man, union m U8JneM ls about Uke th0 pay lim n f Jodaj' thy want bB aad tobacco"" rk a"d Plenty of rum Note. Suburbanites will bo pleas ed to hear that the Department of Agriculture is still agitated over the yearly expense of keeping-a hen. How much it costs to keep a hen, In dollars and in cents, I do not know, but otherwise It simply is immense. She's such a busy, active thing And wrecks more garden soil In half an hour than one can fix In days and days of toil. Sho doesn't seem to bother much About her mortal needs Until tile flower-beds are done, And then she swipes the seeds. She's neighborly as sho can be, And when her larder's poor, She climbs the high dividing fence And helps herself next door. She roams around the livelong day, As cheerful as can be, And plays tho very dickens with All growing property. She seems to think she has a right to every little bit That she can see, and what she can't She goes and digs for it. Oh, say! What does a hen cost every year? To calculate Is vain, For figures cannot measure half Her ownor's mental strain. W. J. LAMPTON. The question that is now absorb ing the Interests of Congress and poultry raisers in the East "What does it cost to keep a hen a year?" is arousing considerable interest among Coos Bay people who have raised chickens, are raising chickens or who expect to raise chickens. There is a wide divergence of opin ion and each ono Insi ts that he is right and in the several discussions that started around town this morn ing, the debaters were lamenting the fact that they couldn't find some ac curate figures somp place to decide uio matter. "I have fourteen heii3 and ono rooster and they eat about 100 pounds of wheat a month," said Tom Rook, tho city hall superintendent. "What other feed they require and tho cost of lt, I don't know. How ever, I know that It pays to keep hens and then there Is the satisfac tion of having fresh eggs. One time, I keep tab on my chickens for about three years. During that time, I had from a dozen to three dozen. I allowed tho current price for okks regardless whether we ate them or sold them and also the price of each chicken -we killed. At tho end of tho three years, I found that we had $150 profit on our chickens. How ever, I don't know exactly how much lt costs to keep a hen a year." "I don't know what It costs to keep a hen a year but I know I wish that I could raise poultry and have iresh eggs when I want them," re marked City Engineer Sandberg. "I heard a man say that It costs fifty cents a month to keep a hen. However, you needn't quoto me as an authority. You can quote mo on city Improvements." "I don t know what it costs to keep a hen a year but I know lt is a lot of bother to fix them up like this," remarked Frank Parsons, tho druggist, as ho put tho finishing touches to a very pretty window dis play of a Bantam family a rooster, a hen and several chicks. "It is a lead pipe cinch that I won't keep them in that window a year to find out, olther. I suppose hens are like people, though tho cose of keeping them depends on the hen." "I don't know anythinn about the cost of keeping a hen a year," said Dr. E. E. Straw, tho mayor of Marshfield. "I don't believe that tho medical expenses would be great, though." "I haven't any idea what lt would cost to keep a hen a year," remarked Jay Mahonoy. "However, I know that you can sit down and figure that a man can become a millionaire ln a few years by raising chickens. Starting with two hens and allow ing for the natural increase in the flock, it will bo only a short time, according to your figures, until there are millions and millions of off springs of tho two hens." "I don't know what it costs to keep a lion a year even if I always have chickens," remarked Tom Hall this morning. "It all depends on the l;ind of chickens you keep, I presume. I have fourteen hens and we get more than enough eggs from them to supply my family of four. Last year, my little girl sold about $8 worth of eggs that wo couldn't use in the house. My hens are good ones, though. One day when we were only keeping twelve hens we got seventeen eggs for tho day's products of the chickens." May Have Succeeded at Home. A physician went rabbit shooting and returned, tired out and empty handed, telling his wife ho hndn't killed a thing. Thereupon she remarked: "I told you so. If you had stayed at homo and attended to your legitimate business, you might have been more successful." $ ijS .? $ ? ? ? 9 $ S $ $ $ S $ $ 9 $ 9 $ $ $ $ 9 $ V V V A Few $ $ 9 9 Cents $ $ Invested $ $ Ina 9 9 9 9 Want Ad. ? 9 9 9 Will Bring 9 $ 9 9 Yon 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 In Return. $ 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 $ 9 9 S 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 tj)Pp3$ip$$$$$$$ ESHFH5HSa5HSHSa5ZSHSHSHSHSHSH5ESZ51 EMPRE Market A Street Wharf Fresh, Salt, Smoked and canned fish; In fact all kinds of fish hi season. Wharf back of . -- , PIONEER GROCERY. ESHraSZ5ZSarEJ!ia5HSaSHS3aSH5ESHSEi5Il Flanagan & Bennett Bank MAHHHKIELU OKEQON. Capital butivcribed 150,000 Capital Paid Up MO.000 Undivided Profits J35.0M Does a eeneral banking business and drawi on the Dank oi California, Han Kraneler Calif., First Katicnal Bank 1'ohland Or., Klrst Kationai Hank lloseburg, Or., Hanover Na tional Dank, Sew York, N. M. KothtMl Son. London, England. Also fcell change on nearly all the prln... cities of Europe. Account kept subject to chock, mfe deposl losk boxes far runt at M enti a month o . a year. HMTBRltST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS e5E5ESHSES15H5HSZ5E5E525E5H5H5Z5c!Sa -- - FACTS "Dow, I would lie Kind to handle (SOIW'I) RING FIiOWl), but you M'll it to ovory ineicliant and mlii'r tlso the li'tiill price so. I can't j;ct ns much per sack us 1 do for Hour. Give nie tin ocliisio sale and I will drop all other brands." Now What Do You Think of That? This mail handles u brand of Hour that costs 10c. pel- barrel loss than Hound Hint; and other brands of Hour of equal grade and has the nerve to charge 10 cents more per Mick. REMEMBER. If you pay more than $1.10 per sack for the best grades of Washing ton Hour you aro paying too much. At $1.10 per sack there is a hand some profit for the merchant. ORDER SOUND RING You then know the QUALITY IS TIIK 1JICST and the price is tho 11EST ALSO. The Popular Flour- SOUND RING fr.;..I...I...4.fr.fr-'..H.4..I Favor Us and Yourself By buying your furniture here, This is the only fur- t -f. .... . niture store in the city where no second hand goods & are carried and our prices are right too. A fair profit is all we ask. Anything in the furniture lino to be had 3! f here, J X SOME SPECIAL PIECES ? of high grade furniture that just arrived are now on J display at this store, Come and inspect the stock t wnetner you wisn to uuy or net, C. A. JOHNSON ' X PROMT CTRPPT ' ... ' . "' IW H III IMIII IB I II ' "i i ZXft2K3:2KK253i 8 SCHOOL BO AT NORTON & HANSEN The Stationers ... Marshfielti, Ore SJmrairMfcaiiyMBa iss Business D rectory Doctors. DOCTOlt 1$. 1 11AUMBAUGH Physician and Surgeon Ciseascs of Women and ChCdron, OfTlco Rooms 209-10 C003 Bulld.ua Phono -..-.. 2141 D B. G1SORGI3 W. LESLIE Osteopathic Physician Graduate of American School of Osteopathy Klrksvllle, Mo. Offlce Hours : 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Other Hours by Appointment. OlUce ln Nasburg Mock Phono 1611. Mar-Afield, Ore. DK. QUO. K. DLX Physician and Surgeon New Flanagan & Bennett Bank Bldg. 'Phono 1G81. T U. J. W. INGRAM J-' Physician and Surgeon. Offlce over Songstacken's Drug Store, Phonos Office 1621; Residence 783. DR. A. L. IIOUSEWORTH Physician and Surgeon. OfTico second floor of Flanagan and Bennett New Bank Building. Residence, two blocks north at Crystal Theater. Office Phone 1431. Residence Phone 656. Lawyers. Vuucls II. Clarke Jacob M. Blake Luu lenro A. Llljcqulst CLARKE, BLAKE & LILJSQVIST, A.TTOKNEYS-AT-LAW TIuips Building, Marshfield, Ore. United States Commissioner's Offlcs. T. XV. BENNETT, J Offlce over Flanagan & Bonnstt Bank Marshfield, . Oregon OICE & COKE, Attorneys at Law. Marshfield, Oregon. Miscellaneous JE. CAYOU Architect Room 317 Coos Uldg Marshfield, Oregon MARSHFIELD DANCING ACADEMY Odd Fellows Ilnll. Monday and Thursday. Afternoon and Evening. Private Instruction. Prof. C. P. Smitl lt. ALBERT ABEL, WHY DO PEOPLE BUY' IN SENGSTACKEN ADDITU BECAUSE It is choice inside residence property, lots 50x100 with alleys, is well sheltered with a good bay view and prices of lots are reasonable. For particulars see TITLE GUARANTEE & ABSTRACT CO. Henry Sengstacken, Manager. Kro25c9HEJ5R7?VT "KiS ETTT rjr vxr frn "JTirr T I " HKJIi MitTi n t t 7 n f i !ikwmw7tr The STEAMER EUREKA SAILS FOR PORTLAND TOMORROW, APRIL 18th. No reservation held after the arrival of tho ship unless ticket is bought. F. S. DOW, Agent MARSnFIELD, OREGON THE Steamer Plant SAILS FOR SAN FRANCISCO SUNI) AV, APRIL lOlh. No reservation held after tho arrival of the ship unless ticket is bought. F. S. BOW, Agent, MARSHFIELD, OREGON Contractor for Teaming ot all klnda. Phone 1884. CARPENTER Call R. A. Corthell. For all kinds of carpentering, building and repair work. Show cas es and office furniture a specialty. p.""-t 561. CortheU's Delicatessen. MUSICAL MRS. GERALDINE MORRIS, Volco Cultare, Pure Italian Method, Artistic Singing Studio in Nasburg Block. PIANO TUNING, By J. F. O'RIELLY, Resident Tuner. Address Bov 210, Marshfield. ELMER A. TODD, Director Coos Bay Academy of Mnslo. Voice, I'iano I'lpe Organ. Harmony etc., from beginning to graduutlan. Ringers coached in style diction mid interpretations, for opera oratorio or concert work New O'Conni'lI Biiildius, Mnrshfleld. ptVtwMr'Li"-rrnrwriiAcxuTriirrr''rrTiu tiMl Dry W 000 Can be had at a moments notice at J. Campo California and Oregon Coast Steamship Company Steamer Alliance B. W. OLSON. Master. COOS BAY AND PORTLAND SAILS FROM PORTLAND SATURDAYS, 8 P. M. SAILS FROM COOS BAY TUESDAYS, AT SERVICE OF TIDE. F. P. Baumgartnor, Agt. L. W. Shaw. Agt. Couch St. Dock, Portland, Ore. Mnrshfleld, Ore., Phone 441. - $- ens WOOD YARD Link Smith lessee 'Phone 921 North Front St. ESZ5ESZSESESE5HSESHSiSE5ESBSHSrl5BSa DRINK WEINIIARD'S BEER BEST MADE MARSDEN'S LIQUOR HOUSE I Chas. A. Stevens Coat & Suit House, Chicago Mrs. M. R."SMITH, Agt. I Cor. Fint cd B Sti. MiriLficlJ, Ore. X QUICK DELIVERY Willi IWIIMWi MIIIBI IWW ! For convenionce of Call pa trons the Laundry offlce will be open Saturday evenings until 8 o'clock. Phoua 571 today. Our wagon will call. COOS BAY STEAM LAUNDRY Mnrshfltdd mid North Bend. t-gCEP- T?,vn?TiTjeg,n7ncii iTA and NOFTH BEND FASTEST BOATS ON THE BAY. Half Hour Schedule. Itiii ll'Mi!i Mnrxliileld xnd North Bend Made In 1LJ SUniites. Fan: One mtv, 15c; rotn'O trip, XV. J. A. O'ltl.L.'iY. I'ronrloUir. WEINIIARD'S BEER PROMOTES HEALTH MARSDEN'S LIQUOR HOUSE Orders Delivered Froe. i II m Hi' - p mil ii I I tt