THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1908.
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Marshfleld Oregon
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
For United States Senator
H. M. CAKE
of Multnomah County.
For Representative in Congress,
1st
district
WILLIS C. HAWLEY
of Marion County.
For Justice of the Supreme Court.
ROBERT S. BEAN
of Lane County.
For Oregon Dairy and Food Commis
sioner. J. W. BAILEY
of Multnomah County.
For Railroad Commissioner
T. K. CAMPBELL
of Lane County.
REPUBLICAN DISTRICT TICKET.
For Prosecuting Attorney for Third
Prosecuting Attorney District
GEO. M. BROWN
of Douglas County.
Tor Senator Eighth Senatorial Dis
trict. W. C. CHASE
of Coos County.
For Representative, Sixth Represen
tative District.
I. N. MUNCY
J
of Curry County.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.
For Representative, Fifth District.
L. D. KINNEY,
" For County Clerk
JAMES WATSON
For Sheriff
LEVI SMITH
For County Treasurer
JOHN B. DULLEY
For Assessor
N. C. MEDLEY
For School Superintendent.
W. H. BUNCH
For County Surveyor
A. N. GOULD
For County Coroner
T. J. LEWIS
For County Commissioner
W. TAYLOR DEMENT
STREET LM PKOVEMENTS
AND
REMONSTRANCES.
Tho disposition of property own
ers in Marshfleld to remonstrate
against street improvements where
tl:oy aro abutters, is probably due to
a fear that largo expenso will be In
curred and that after all the future
will not bring tho anticipated and
hoped for growth. It is a misfortune
that such a feeling should exist. No
thing could bo more effective to pre
vent development than a hesitating,
doubting and timid course on the
part or citizens. Two cities may
stand in closo proximity to each
othor. Ono may bo slow and doubt
ful In Its activities while the other
is confident, energetic, prompt and
united. The first will wonder why
tho other Is so successful and why
It does not, with better natural ad
vantages, havo equal or bettor suc
cess. But tho reason Is not far to
find. It is becnuso the nctlvo city
bellovcs in itself and its future while
tho other Is like Lot's wife constan
tly looking backward and so is
turned as Lot's wife was, into a
plllnr of salt.
It is surprising somotlmes to ob
serve tho unwillingness of owners to
Improvo the street where they hold
lots for speculation. Thoy declare
and doubtless believe that their
street will bo tho principal ono In tho
city. It may bo that tho mud is threo
feet deep. Still tho time Is not op
portune to improvo it. Walt till
sonio sucker buys It at a fancy prlco
nnd thon let It bo improved. Then
vniso the grade. Thon fill up the
mud hole, then pave It. But people
T?hu express themselves In this way
anil hold for such a purpose and ob
ject to Improvements, got loft nearly
always. It Is not big hills, which
turn tho piogreas of a city from a
jjlvon direction or away from a par
ticular street, half so much i It is
iv nuinbor of big blockheads who
won't ngree to anything nnd always
UiJnk the world Is against thorn bo-
cause they don't succeed. The best
street in Marshfleld so far as pros
pects and expectations are concerned,
is perhaps one of the worst in its
present condition. There are other
streets however, and an enterprising
spirit shown by the property owners
on one of these may well result In
that street becoming the great mar
ket thoroughfare of Marshfleld. An
enterprising and progressive people
will make a city. A community of
citizens who have no courage to back
up their belief that a large city will
grow up around them will never see
ono.
As for lots their value depends
on several things:
First Who holds them? In the
hands of a drone, a laggard or a
coward they will never Increase In
value because he will either dis
figure them or attempt no improve
ment. Second On the street which runs
by. If the street is a mud hole, im
passable or unimproved the lot has
no value. Its value depends on the
street. If the street Is crooked, Ir
regular, narrow, ungraded and un
paved the lots are valueless. Two or
three woodchucks among the abut
ting owners can ruin a street.
Third The public conveniences In
the community. If there Is no public
spirit there can be no real Increase
in the value of lots.
Marshfleld has no excuse for refus
ing to improve its streets. The city
council may have an excuse In the
unreasonable remonstrances of lot
owners, rne lot owners nave none,
especially as the law provides that
the assessments for such improve
ments may be paid by such owners
in ten equal payments, one each
year for ten years. It Is evident that
all obstacles to public Improvement
is not due to inaction on the part
of the council, but Is also In some
measure due to lack of courage
on the part of lot owners. People
who lack courage who do not be
lieve In their own loud assertions
that the city is destined to be great
whose faith is not shown but
rather believed by their works who
wait and wait for others to act and
do not act themeslves never build
cities. Fortunately In spite of the
innumerable remonstrances against
every step in the direction of pro
gress there are enough progressive
people In Marshfleld to counteract
the effect of remonstrances. It ought
to be said, however, that It will be
cheaper now both, because of the
times and cheapness of materials and
labor to make these street improve
ments than it will be in one or two
years. Street improvements should
be made now and the expense
spread over ten years.
POLITICAL ADVERTISING.
ARE SALOONS A BENEFIT TO A
TOWN FINANCIALLY?
If they are then Marshfleld with j
Its 13 saloons should be In a fine j
financial condition, with paved
streets, municipal water works and
electric lights, city parks, city docks,
modern sewer system and everything
that goes to make up a modern city,
with city warrants at a premium.
What are tho facts?
According to the report of Expert
Squires she Is In an alarming condi
tion.
With a city charter that allows an
indebtedness of but $25,000 she Is
in debt to the amount of $43,000 and
going still further In debt.
Not a bank In tho county will cash
tho Marshfleld city warrants at par.
There is not a single foot of paved
streets.
Not a single one of the above
necessary improvements.
Worso than all, the city is running
in debt to tho extent of several thou
sand dollars annually; and the city
council Is considering the advisability
of asking tho people to allow them
to Incur a bonded Indebtedness of
$50,000.
What do you thlnTc that
for a "wot" town?
Comparo the above with the city of
Eugene a dry town for two years,
which is in a most prosperous condi
tion as shown by tho statement of
Mayor Matlock.
MARSfllMELD "DRY" BY
200
COUNTY BY 300.
A careful canvass of tho list of
registered voters assures a majority
for Prohibition in Marshfleld of 200
and in tho county of 500.
Do not worry about Marshfleld.
LICENSE AND CRIME.
$1.00 to $ 11.00.
For every dollar tho state of Ore
gon receives from saloon licenses it
pays out over olevon dollars In tho
proboeutlou and punishment of
crimes caused by liquor.
Cities receive tho llccnso fee and
the count! pay tho bills.
Fnnnors whero to you get off?
What sood will Prohibition do
Cooa county, If wo elect gninblors
and Balooninon to oxecuto our laws?
Remember this whon you vote.
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All Alike.
Are you half as anxious, neighbor,
When a fellow's down and out,
To go down to him a-smlling
And to help him right about,
As you are to climb the ladder
Where some lucky fellow stands
And give him a cordial greeting
With the strength of both your
hands?
Do you, when the votes are counted
And you're purple in the face,
Even mutter a "poor devil"
For the men who lost the race?
Do you let the cheering thousands
Move along, leave you behind,
Where the loser sits a-broodlng
Till you tell him "Never mind."
For each race that's won, a loser
Falters somewhere down the way.
For each battle won the vanquished
Lie all wounded from the fray.
For each million made, a thousand
Through the byways cry for bread,
For each bay-wreath won, a million
Cease to climb, with drooping
head.
"The time has come," the Walrus
said,
"To talk of various things."
Let's size up our "Christian gar
ment," Mark its fit and how It clings.
Don't It bind and tear in places?
Wouldn't you far rather hike
To the standards of the winners?
Yes? I guess we'ro all alike!
Exchange.
If every Coos Bay man was com
pelled to vote as he prayed there are
some who would never get to the
polling places.
Some people seem to think that all
that Is necessary to build up a city
Is to get out and yell, sling red and
black paint and make funny remarks.
A man at Providence who Is 70
years old says that he has greatly
improved his health by eating four
ounces'of sand every day. That's
something that takes plenty of sand,
all right.
AVIiat tho World Owes Him.
To the man who's always gruntln'
And a grumblin' and a-kickln'
The world don't owe a llvin'
But a thunderin' big lickln.
A Seattle man Is said to have dis
located his neck trying to kiss a pret
ty girl wearing a merry widow hat.
Girls who wear these hats should be
careful and so twist themselves as
to help a fellow. Portland Journal.
Never mind, girls, you just keep
on wearing merry widows; the boys
are only joking; they will come to
see you just the same. It will take
more than that to keep them away
and a whole lot more.
"The coming of spring makes us
happy," said tho Nestor of the Mil
llcoma club, "because millions of
years ago It made happy the hairy,
gibbering creatures that men then
were. Primeval man lived In trees,
In caves and burrows. He could not
build and he had not yet discovered
fire. Hence winter, with Its sleet and
snow and Ice, was a time of terrible
suffering to the poor naked wretch.
With tho spring's coming, tho return
of tho flowers, the birds nnd tho blue
skies, with the return, above all, of
tho warm sunshine, naked man re
joiced with an intensity we can hard
ly Imagine. Ho lay on tho green
grass, the sunlight poured Its gold
floods of warmth on his reddish hide,
and ho was profoundly happy In the
thought that for five or six months
ho would bo quite comfortable. It
Is a faint, dim memory of that hap
piness which makes us today vaguely
rejoice In tho beautiful spring weath
er, vaguely hopo that something
pleasant Is going to happen to us."
P. R. DOW wants good potatoes.
Call for prices.
MISS VILL1EHS' Dancing Class
will closo Friday evening, May 29,
at I. O. O. F. Hall, with an exhibi
tion of fancy dancing. At close of
ontortnlnmont thoro will bo a social
dance. Music by Coos Bay Orches
tra. .1UST RECEIVED, a crate of white
and gold crockery. Coos Bay Cash
Store.
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Are a recognized necessity for the safe keeping of
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Absolute secrecy.
We invite your inspection of our banking room and I
particularly this department.
I First Trust and Savings Bank of Coos Bay, capital 5.
stock fully paid $100,000.00.
JOHN S. COKE President.
M. C. H0RT0N --.- Vice:pres.-manager. f
D. KREITZER Cashier, f
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STEAMERS.
Steamer Plant
SAILS FOR SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, MAY 25, 1008.
FROM MARSHFIELD.
No reservation held after tho arrival of the ship unless ticket Is
bought.
F. S. DOW, Agent,
MARSHFIELD,
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BREAKWATER
Sails from Portland Wednesday at 8 p. m.
Sails from Coos Bay Satu days at Service of Tide.
S. S.CZARJNA
Sails weekly for San Francisco, carrying freight
and combustibles only
C. F. McCollum, Agt.
Phone Main 34 - - - - A. St. Dock
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California and Oregon Coast Steamship Company
Steamer Alliance
B. W. OI-SON, Master.
COOS BAY AND PORTLAND
SAILS FROM PORTLAND SATURDAYS, 8 P. M.
SAILS FROM COOS BAY TUESDAYS, AT SERVICE OF TIDE.
P. P. Baumgartner, Agt. H. W. Skinner. Agt.
Couch St. Dock, Portland, Ore. Marahflold. Ore., Phone 441.
The
STEAMER EUREKA
SAILS FOR EUREICA SATURDAY', MAY 2nd.
No reservation held after the arrival of the ship unless
ticket Is bought.
F. S. DOW, Agent
MARSHFIELD,
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STYLES IN ALL KINDS OF TOG
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LEATHER, HIGH AND LOW CUTS
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Business D rectory
Doctors.
DOCTOR 11. P. BAUMBAUGH
Physician nnd Surgeon
Ciseasos of Women and Chlldrjn.
Office Rooms 209-10 Coos Building.
Phono - - - - - 2141
D
R. GEORGE V. LESLIE
Osteopathic Pliynician
Omduato of American School of Osteopathy
Ofllco Hours: B a. m. to4n. in! Other Itnnr. .
Appointment. OUlco in Nasburg lilock
irg lilock '
Phone 1611.
Marshfleld, Ore.
D"
GEO. U. DLX
Physician nnd Surgeon,
New Flanagan & Bennett Bank Bide
'Phono 1681.
D"
J. W. INGRAM
Physlcinn and Surgeon.
Office over Sengstacken'a D.ug Store,
Phones Ofllco 1621; Residence 783,
D"
A. L. HOUSEWORTH
Physician and Surgeon.
Ofllco second floor of Flanagan and
Bennett New Bank Building.
Rebi'dcnce, two blocks north of
Crystal Theater. Office Phonn
1431. Residence Phono 656.
Lawyers.
Francis It. Clarke Jacob M. Blake
Lawrence A. LUjequlst
CLARKE, BLAKE &
LILJEQVIST,
ATTORNEY8-AT-LAW
Tirana Building, Marshfleld. Or.
United States Commissioner's Offloa.
J
W. BENNETT,
Office over Flanagan & Bennett
Bank
Marshfleld, - Oregon
f OKE & COKE,
Attorneys at Law.
Marshfleld, Oregon.
Miscellaneous
MARSHFIELD DANCING ACADEMY
Odd Fellows Hall.
Monday and Thursday. Afternoon
and Evening.
Privuto Instruction. Prof. C. I. SinitJ
CRIBBS & MASON
Photographers.
Coos Bay Monthly Bldg.
Marshfleld, Oregon.
M
R. ALBERT ABEL,
Contractor for Teaming of all kindc
Phone 1884.
CLEARING GRADING CITY
Lots, Blowing Out Stumps.
Contracts taken. Estimates
Furnished.
PETER SCOTT, JR.,
Phono 538 Marshfleld, Ore.
MUSICAL
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RS. GERALDINE MORRIS,
Voico Culture,
Pure Italian Method, Artistic Singing
Studio hi Nasburg Block.
ELMER A. TODD, Director
Coos Bay Academy of Music.
Voice, Piano Pipe Organ. Harmony etc., from
beginning to graduation. Singers coached in
Btylo diction and Interpretations, lor opera,
oratorio or concert work
Now O'CounoU Building, Marshfleld.
TH0MAS0N & HANSON
-DEALERS IN-
T 'Hay Grain and Feed'
Free Delivery Phone 1751
Flanagan & Bennett Bank
MAR3I1FIELD OREGON.
Capital Subscribed (50,000
Capital Paid Up (40,000
Undivided Profits 135,000
Does a general banking business and draws
on the Bank ol California, Ban Kranclsc
Calif., First National Bank Portland Or., First
National Bank. Koseburg, Or., Hanover Na
tlonal Bank, New York, N. II. KothcbU A
9oa, London, England.
Also sell change on nearly all tho prlnci.
cities of Eurorje.
Accounts kept subject to check, safe deposl
lock boxes for rent at CO cents a month o
(5. a year.
INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
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MARSDEN'S LIQUOR HOUSE
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A Street Wharf K
Fresh, Salt, Smoked and re
canned fish; In fact all kinds of ft
fish In season. fO
Wharf back of . .w H
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WARDEN'S LIQUOR HOUSE.
Phono 181
Oiders Delivered Free