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AN INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED EVERY
EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, AND WEEKLY BY THE COOS BAY'
TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Entered at the postoffl.ee at Marsh field, Oregon, for transmission
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M. C. M ALONE Y Editor and Publisher.
DAN E. M ALONEY News Editor.
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PRESIDENT ELIOT ON
"MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
THE TIMES Is an ardent believer In publicity. Particularly Is this
true of all mattor3 pertaining to local city government. It Is
pleased to know that so eminent an authority as President Charles
William Eliot of Harvard university, is an earnest advocate of tho same
principle. President Eliot visited Dayton, Ohio, recently and delivered
an Interesting talk to the people of that city.
"Municipal Government" was the theme of President Eliot's address,
and for nearly two hours he held tho close attention of his audience. He
took up the subject of municipal reform and dwelt upon the progress
made in that direction in recent years.
Tho new charter of Galveston was taken up and Its workings explain
ed at somo length. Tho radical reform features of that charter were
strongly commended.
Dr. Ivllot insists (hat entire publicity is tho greatest guarantee of
official honesty. Ho believes that the .smallest acts of the public ollicial
should be open to examination by every citi.cn.
'Tho initiative and referendum features of the now Iowa code were
heartily commended. He took up the case of St. Louis and dwelt upon
the great reforms that had been accomplished In the school system. On
this subject Dr. Eliot said:
"I had known that the school board of that city was an extraordinarily
Incompetent body. Suddenly, while the city government of St. Louis
was abominally corrupt, as subsequent investigation proved, a new act
was adopted by tho Missouri legislature, at the request of a few citizens
of St. Louis, which established a new school board for tho city. It has
a peculiar constitution; tho whole board was elected at large no ward
election about it.
"Tho members wero elected in groups of four to serve through three
elections, three periods; each period being two years, the term of mem
bership was six years for each member a long tenure and they went
out In groups of four. Tho committee, therefore, numbered twelve.
This was a peculiar constitution, at that time, of a school board. It was
created in a very adverse condition of school management In St. Louis.
"Moreover, the legislature gave the school board an independent In
come, namely, six mills on tho dollar of valuation, and this It expended
without any dependence on any other municipal authority so much was
its to use.
"No sooner had this new act constituting this new and novel commit
tee boon passed than a total revolution occurred In tho composition of
this committee. Tho whole body of voters immediately elected twelve
excellent men to constitute that committee. Tke members, having a long
tonuro and being thus composed, proceeded to give tho city a lirst-rate
school administration.
"They had foresight, good judgment; they elected a body of experts
to do tho executive business of the schools; they had an expert to super
intend the schools; they had another for the erection of school buildings,
etc.
"They did no executive work themselves, neither in tho whole commit
tee nor In sub committee none. The result? During tho last eleven years
the result has boon unquestionably and unremittingly good. Tho admin
istration has boon sound, successful, economical; never has St. Louis had
such buildings erected for school purposes. Never have tho schools them
selves been so pfTlciont and so promptly ready to receive the children in the
growing districts of tho city.
President Eliot commends the small school board, elected at largo. The
experience of Boston in this matter was cited as an example as follows:
"Now, this was the observation which led mo to consider Outlier other
donarttnents of municipal government.
"I should ndd that this sort of small school committee, elected at largo,
has been repeatedly Imitated, with vtfrlnt ons In other American cities,
nolnblv In Indianapolis, where tho committee only numbered five and
v.'ao fleeted at large, and In Rochester, N. Y., whoro a similar eonunlttoo
hn"'b"on in snrico, and, finally, and most Interebtlng for mo, tho city of
Boston, by n spncinl act of the legislature, obtained n school commltteo
of live, elected at largo.
"Now Boston is a Democratic e'ty whenever Its voto is fully got out;
it Is nlso a Roman Catholic city, beyond a question strnngo to say this of
Puritan Boston, but It Is a simple fact; wo have threo Roman Catholic
races thoro In largo numbers, tho Irish, the French-Cinndlan and tho Ita
lian: bh Boston Is a Roman Catholic city. We hnvo now had threo elec
tions at which raombers of tho new school cpnunlttco of five have boon
chosen. How was that commltteo mnde up at tho start? In tho first place,
independently of party management; secondly, It was composed of two
Catholics, two Protostants and ono Jow and tho Jew hold tho balance of
power. Now, 1b not that an encouraging composition under such circum
stances, of a Hchool committee In a Catholic and Democratic city? We have
lind llvo good men In that board over since the board was constituted, and
tho distribution among religious Ut nominations, has been that which I
hnvo described. Now thia Is the best school committee that Boston has
ovor had.
"Wo had beroro a school comnilttoo of 21, which immediately divided
IlEolf Into sub-committees with executive functions,
' t iiosju functions wero very imperfectly discharged, as thoy must al
w ays bo; whenever you soo anybody, supposed to detonnino policies, re
solve itbelf into committees with executive powers, you may bo very suro
Hint mischief will bo browed, that that form of government will prove it
self Incompetent, and it will bo fortunate if it does not also prove itsolf,
on occasion, positively dishonest.
"Now, I hae alluded to these school commltteo reorganizations nt this
longlh because they seemed to mo to contain tho key to the whole subject.
They nro small boards; they nre elected at large; they exerciso no execu
tive functions, they appoint exports for thoso functions.
"As wo look abroad among the city charters of our country, do wo find
any tueh bodies or boards as these school committees?
Dr. Elliot does not believe In petty homo rule, but In tho lnrgor sway
of municipalities. On this subject ho says:
"Our local Interests have become positively Insignificant compared with
tin se ::riiit, broad, continental, ocean-wide interests. These are tho rea
sons why wo ought nlways to distrust local representation, particularly In
bor"'-' tnt have executive functions.
"These are tho reasons why wo should distrust completely ward elec
tions of any sort, anywhere, They stand for a petty, small Interest which
Is utterly insignificant compared with the real Interests of the total pop
ulation. Moreover, In many of our cities it Is fair and right that tho state
should exercise an active supervision over tho cities within Its borders.
"Wo have been in tho habit of thinking that Is Is an intrusion on tho
part of the mine if it did anything directly about the powers which sixty
yours ago or ono hundred years ago wero exercised by a single city or a
mJjv.;1q town; but has a commonwealth no rights over the mode of llfoand
Irtin mivernlnis of three-quarters of Its population, n in Massachusetts? In
Hint state tiiitv-qiiurtera of tho entire iiwsa are living in cities. Has a com
monwealth like Ohio ho right to uni how the grent cities within Its bor
lr should be Koverned? Has It uo ilht to bay that they shall have a
W-nre, honorable, just, olttclent administration?
"l bolieve wo nil of us need to revise our conception of the duty and tho
linwora of thy atao In roforenoo to Uio oltlou within its borders; more
over, In our country, always the slate has creatod tho city charter,"
With
the
Toast and Tea
' GOOD KVKXIXG. X
DON'T LOOK BACK.
TAltD well the days that hurry by,
Nor bnclcwnid look with heavy
.. J&. All wus'od n'p the tears that fall.
rvo 1:1 spent hour can tney recall.
Mnrrh onward with a steady tread,
Keep witch upon the road ahead.
Let bygones He where they have dropped.
Your steady swlns must not bo stopped.
March onward with a fearless mind
And leave tho shadows far behind.
Anonymous.
ROY LAWHORXHS JOKE.
DOESN'T PAN OUT.
Wo keep forgetting all the while
About this leap year game
Since not one strange, suspicious thing
Kemlnds us of the s.ime.
For all the ladles that we know
Pursue on down the line
The oven tenor of their way
And never make a blgn.
Wo didn't think the girls would come
And grab us by the mitt
Tho very llrst day of the year
And say. "Old man, you're It,"
But after wultlng several weeks
Wo hoped perhaps they mlcht
Make bold to got their courage up
To seize their pens and write.
We'd heard so much abou tho tlmo
When girls would take tho lead
And give the world a chance to see
How well thoy could succeed;
How. when the gentlemen held back
The question, they would press
Or gently mention with their eyes
Somo things words can't express.
We used to think so, but no more
For us are dreams llko that.
And on our chances from that source
Wo wouldn't bet a hat.
At least they haven't come around
Till we have cried "Enough!"
And it Is our opinion now
That leap year is a bluff.
at so up
"What are you laughing
roarlously?"
"I heard a joke yesterday and I just
now saw the point of It."
"Tor goodness' sake don't tell it to
me. I have to go to a funeial tomorrow."
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HEARD AT THE MILLICOMA.
It Is n good thing both to be able to
work and to bo able to keep from being
worked.
Even truth Itself becomes intolerable
when it is promulgated tyrannically
and pressed home dogmatically.
It takes a two faced Individual to be
two things at the same time.
There Is nothing that keeps lent like
an umbrella.
The only way
n man over dis
covers the truth
is to first spffer
from the lack of
it.
The evil that
men do gets aft
er tlieui and often
chases them so
far that they nev
er ag.iln make
connection with
their good deeds.
A man may not
himself ami still bo
bo very polished
able to polish off
another to a lino finish.
.Some of us are not wanting In the ex
perience of sun lug our friends with all
our he:irtn and then of seeing them
serve others with all their pocketboolcs.
It is safe to presume that those peo
ple who are always talking of the R"
of giving are well established with the
slaves of the lamp or some other gen
ius who joyously furnishes the wherewithal.
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One Place.
"I am not in
the least bit su
perstltlous."
"Y o u don't
dread to meet a
black eat?"
"No, except In
tne 1 orm ot n
sausage."
The Head Citizen.
A small community in New York hnftj$
just re-elec: l the village blacksmith .$
mayor. It tried him once and liked the
brand well enough to use him ng.iin.
Tersons who have enncted the role of if'
meny vill.i;:rr in real llle will not lie .;'
a bit surpils (1 If there Is one KirKj
Oracle In the village It Is the black
smith. What he doesn't l.novv about
politics, literature and curing sick hens
Isn't worth knowing.
Ills Intellect usually towers nbove
the thinking machinery of the village
lawyer as much as his arm outmeas
urcs the biceps of the legal limb.
When he isn't mayor he usuully tells
the mnyor what to do as a side line,
his time In a quiet community not be
ing all taken up In shoeing horses.
Doubtless the sagacious members or
tho community had noticed these things
and thought he might as well bo draw
ing the salary.
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Their Main
Duty.
"We ought to
elect some good
old farmer to
congress from
this district."
"You bet. We
have had lavv
jcrs enough."
"Sure we have.
What does a
lawyer .now
about garden
seeds anway?"
But She Wasn't Pretty.
"She Is very modest."
"Has to be."
"Why?"
"Anybody would to carry that face
around."
Wanted to Be Right.
"You begun this letter 'Dear,' though
It is to one unknown."
"Yes. Should I bealu it 'Goat''' "
I
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Merely because o-u-s spells "us"
and r-y-e spells "ri" and q-u-e-u-e
spells "cu" is no reason why q-u-e-u-e-r-j-e-o-ti-s
should spell "curious,"
is it? Astoria Leader.
Curious, isn't it?
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Pulse Beats.
Tho opal tinted water lies
Beneath tho blue of sapphlro skies.
Tho sea gull in the azure flies
And. dropping, as 'twere, water-wise,
Salutes tho limpid lake.
The llttlo crinkling wavelets play
Beneath the glowing God of day.
They never stop. They never stay.
They go and yet are hero alway,
Tho sun god's thirst to slake.
As wovo tho waves upon tho lake,
So do tho tides of feeling make
My full heart swell and all but break,
So much have love and life at stake,
So strong the throb and ache.
mj uratest
At die Orphcmn Theater
Handsome Gold Chain and Locket
Grand Prize now on display at Tow
er's jewelry store. All babies up to 2
years of age reading in this city or
North Bond may enter.
Contest closes Saturday, May 23d.
Each ticket purchased at tho box
oillco entitles holder to ono vote.
l'ollovvjnj; is (ijt. Standing of tho
Contestants:
Ruth Bovvran 3
Margaret Canieno 2
Cniiin Campbell IG
Haby Dean 1
Emory Dwire 2 1
Jack Gabbert 27
Haby Healming 1
Alice Kolan 2
Hazel Masales 2
Slblo McGann 11
R, R. Montgomery, Jr 2
Curtis Naglo 2
Katherine Toyo 8
Taylor Wright G
Katherine Yoakum 13
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Up only was nn liomst man.
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I'mtelics Against Hoppicking.
CITY, April 2S. (Special) Rev. John M. Linden,
instituted a vigorous cru-
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pastor of tho rirst Daptist church, has
sado against tho members of his church picking hops, stating that
It is encouraging the liquor interests. In a sermon Sunday night,
beforo a crowded church, he said. "It requires n quickened con
science to crystallize action against hop-picking, which is part of
tho process of beer-making."
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What do you think of the prohibition side of the ques
tion? It's in the sermon.
In 1907 Oregon hop growers raised and marketed FOUR
MILLION DOLLARS worth of hops.
If Oregon is voted "dry" no market in
take Oregon 'iops.
If Oregon voles for prohibition, Oregon
have no use for barley or hops.
Do Oregon hop growers vant to pay FOUR MILLION
DOLLARS a year for the experiment?
Let, us stop closing business up and t,ry opening
. It up instcari.
the world will
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