The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957, July 02, 1908, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Textiv4r$ y fjHvilWjiH 1 -"! I'ftt UAlLi CU0S3AY"TIMES,l.. ... IREG ON, THUR i, .,1908. pa Sund The , it X V t I bttt 1 ha, gf SHE "GINGER CLUB" FOR THAT An Improvement Scheme Started by Business Men. ITS HELP TO A KANSAS TOWN Hiawatha Prospering In Face of Evi dent Disadvantages How Public Spirit and Consistent Civic Improve ment Rescued It From Lethargy. The merchants of Hiawatha, Kan., have taken up the "ginger club" Idea started by Kansas City business men. Those in each block will form a club, and each will try to outdo the other In improvements. The clubs will work with the Civic Improvement club to beautify Hiawatha this summer. The flrst club to organize is called the Five Hundred Block Oregon Street Improve ment club. The officers are: W. O. Noble, president; II. D. Ad ams, treasurer, and P. M. Smith, secre tary. The officers form the executive com mittee, with full power to spend mon ey for necessary Improvements. This club is formed in the smallest busi ness block in town. Every business man and woman in the block Is n mem ber of the club. They have subscribed $50 monthly for improvements, says the Kansas City Star. Electric lights have been placed every twenty-five feet along tho block, and the lights are kept burning all night The buildings in the block will bo painted a uniform color. Lights will be placed in tho alleys and kept burning all night as a protection to property. The club has made a special sprin kling contract for this summer, and tho streets are swept each day. As tho streets are not paved the club has Induced the city council to put in a ce ment crossing in the middle of the block, and property owners have agreed to put cement walks In the al- 4 leys. The clubs in the other business -v blocks win rrark-cJong similar lines. A-rvlc Improvement club has been QWn" existence in Hiawatha for several years. It has done much to beautify tho town. Work for this summer has already commenced, and the residents are taking hold with new vigor. The members of the Improvement club havo adopted the slogan, "Make Hia watha a beautiful and spotless town." The members of the club plant and tend flower beds in tho city park, which faces the main business block. The park will be strung with electric lights this summer. Tho improvement club will turn a vacant lot near the center of tho town into a children's flower garden. Each year the i:lub offers prizes for I the best kept yards, churchyards ani Bchool yards, for t he best garden plant-' ed and tended by a child, for tho best garden planted npd tended by a man over sixty years nld, for tho best look ing yard kept in order by a woman ' and for the best riower gardens. Those who are too poor to buy flower needs and thero are few of them are furnished with seeds by tho club. In the fall a flower show Is held, at which the urizes are awarded. Tho business men and others pay the expenses of tho club, aud the officers give their services. Tho city council and tho board of county ommlssloners appro priate money toward the support of tho club. Tho city administration is In hearty Bympnthy with tho town improvement movement An ordinance hns been passed fixing, a fine for any person found guilty of spitting on any side walk or crossing In the city. After each rain the dirt streets tare dragged at tho city's expense, and a movement has been started to pavo tho streets in the business section. City employees cut the weeds along the street, aud when weeds ara not cut In vacant lots tho city officials promlso to seo that it la dono at the cxpeuso of tho prop erty owner. Each Wednesday evening during this summer concerts will bo given in tho - city park. Tha concerts havo been given each summer for nearly twenty years. Tho bond Is paid by tho busi ness ipnlmd othiir residents. Tbo city .icouficil contributes each year to tho support of tho band. In all tho band receives nearly ? 1,000 a year for ex penses. Tho members aro not paid sal aries. Tho money put into civic Improve ment has beon well spent. There aro no big Industries In niawatha to cm ploy a large number of men; tho town is Just dependent upon the surrounding country. A few years ago Missouri Taclllc division headquarters wero lo cated there, but were later moved to Atchisoi). Wlieu the railroad families left, many houses wero left vacant, rents wont down, and tho value of real estato decreast'd. The pessimistic suld tho town would Dover recover. Tho otbors kept quiet and worked for city Improvement. The work of beautifying tbo town hns brought results. Hiawatha has grown larger than ever. Tucro are no vacant nouses; newcomers cither havo to buy or build. A water system and sewer system ex tend over tho eutlro town. Tho city, electric light plant furnishes power for lights on street corners. City property la higher than ever before. This has all been caused by the citi zens making a united effort for town betterment. Thero Is not a Jolut or gambling hall In tbo town. SLEEP? FEELING BALLAD OF SLEEP!' BILL. In Slecpyvlllo dwelt Sleepy BUI, Who kept a sleepy store. A place was It to lounge or sit And snore find snore and snore. And sometimes come to play a cam Of checkers threo or four. But seldom there a lady fair A bargain camo to buy. For women's toss In catalogue Quito often caught the eye. So things for salo -they bought by mall At prices low or high. In town one day appeared a gay And lively youth, who quoth i "Why sit and snore and let your store Run down? Upon my oath, Lcmmo run things and make, by jlngs, A fortune for us both I" BUI said "O. K." and dozed away. But Mr. Lively sized Things up at onco lie was no dunce And went and advertised Such bargains rare (Bill had 'em there) Tho publlo was surprised. Tho buyers came young girl and dame And youth and man and child. Thero was a rush, a real crush In fact, to put It mild, All SIcepyvlllo woke up, until Tho rush was almost wild. And Dill awoke and even spoke. He said; "I'm feelln' sore. I never thought folks would have fought To patronize my store I guess them ads. Is pop'lar fads I'll advertise somo morel" T. SAP?, JR, PROTECTING SHADE TREES. Work of Commissions Appointed For That Purpose. The cities In New Jersey and Penn sylvania are by statute now enabled to appoint shnde tree commissions to take care of the shade trees on their streets. Tlioy can set out new trees and assess the cost on the property beneflted. Tliey trim trees, protect them from in jury, clean out decayed trunks and fill the holes with cement and wage war against the Insect pests. Municipal Engineering describes the methods of work of the shade tree commission of East Orange. X. J., and shows what can be done. In the trimming of trees great care is taken to cut off all limb close to and even with the trunk. All scars arc painted with a coat of thick coal tar. All trees on a street are pruned to a uniform height, nnd as far as possible that height is made ten feet, to clear all street lights. The campaign against the Insects in festing shnde trees forms one of tho chief tasks of the commission. The control of the Injurious Insects not only preserves iue foliage of the trees for the seasou, but maintains their health and vitality. What can be done by persistent work In this lino is shown by the results with the woolly maple scale (Psoudococcus accrls), which attacks the sugar maple. Other pests are tho tussock moths, attacking the American elm and linden, tho white maple nnd the horse chestnut; the cotton maple scale, attacking the white maple: the elm leaf beetle, the spring elm caterpillar, the bagworm nnd the fall webworm. The idea con- I ofnnHt llrnn l ,.,1,-wl a it Anti- 41m I ,nsoct-g , s ,""'" """. to minimize both the amount of work required In treatment and tho injury done to the trees. CLEANING UP SCHEME. How Girls Helped to Clear a Tract For New Park. If any tract of land In your town needs cleaning up. try the following method adopted by tho mayor of a Missouri town: Every schoolgirl in Alton, Mo., be came a Maud Muller tho other day, but Instead of a "meadow sweet with hay" she raked tho sixty-five acre tract, in cluding Itock Sprlug paik, donated to Alton for public purposes. Mayor Beall headed tho park raking fete. He was there with tho biggest rako of all nnd mado the greatest show of feverish Industry says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. All tho citizens of tho town were Invited to help, aud most of them responded. All tho school chil dren wero Invited, aud all of them re sponded. Free transportation was pr vided on street car Hues to tho pai and special cars wero run for the rakers. No appropriation was made by the city council for cleaning tho tract, and Mayor Beall resorted to a general call Tho results surpassed his expectations, aud rubbish and leaves disappeared as if by magic. Selling by Fraud. One of the catalogue houses, other wise mall order stores, Is selling for ?3 an electroplated watch which it repre sents as having a gold filled case, and tho house warrants the timepiece for twenty years. Precisely the same watch Is sold at a profit by many Jew elers for $3. The mall order concern which sells It for $8 makes ut least $5 by clear and unadulterated fraud. Yet many persons throughout tho countrv are buying this tliucplcco just becauso of tho twenty years' warrant aud tho gold filling claim. Naturally a man who has been "handed a lemon" will not kick back If the lemon turns out to bo sour, so tho catalogue house has very Httlo trouble from the complaints of those who find that tho nrtlclo thoy get Is not tho ono they order. FIREWORKS At Prentiss & Co.1 vjyysyvfAvHA-iyyAAK. I BUILD NOW I! :. Special Inducements Offered ' ill South Harbor For particulars, see any real 3. estate agent or 7 w. J.R.U5 1 . "I'" '" ' V wiMwifii Acnnr. VVVVVV4VSV4VVVV Chas. A. Stevens Coat & Suit House, Chicago Mrs. M. R."sMlTH, Agt. Cor. First sad B St. Marthficld, Ore. ' '. esssimszsHiSznsiiSESBSSSSsHsassasa i Dry Wood Can be had at a moments notice at Campbell's WOOD YARD Link Smith lessae 'Phono 921 North Front St. 2S3E5S5ZSH5ESH5E5H5E5E525HSZSZSa5V C. L. Richekers, Mgr. H. Barnes, Sec'y and Treas. RICHEKERS-BARNES MFG CO. Manufacturers of FINE FURNITURE Myrtle Wood Novelties Port Orford White Cedar Chests Electric Wood Fixtures nnd Modern Kitchen Cabinets Factory, Front St. 'Phone 926 MARSHFIELD, ORE. fr LODGE ROOM FOR RENT. Tho elegant new lodge and banquet room in the Finnish Templo is for rent to other lodges and societies on nlghta not al ready engaged. For particulars, apply to Janitor nt the Templo building on 'C street. MANGAN'S NEW UNDERTAK PARLORS. Just moved Into new build ing on South Broadway, two blocks south of 'C street, where a line chapel has been fitted up. A full line of caskets, cou ches, robes and funeral sup plies In general. Licensed embalmer with lady assistant. Telephones: Office 2161 Residence 2171 WEINHARD'S BEER PROMOTES nEALTH MARSDEN'S LIQUOR HOUSE Orders Delivered Free. Masters and McLain General Contractor's Building I Material and Beaver Hill Coal Office: Broadway & Queen S Phones 20U - 826 Drink Welnards's BOTTLED BEER Marden's Wholcsalo Liquor IIouso Phone 481 Orders Delivered Free DIARRHOEA There is no need of anyone suffer ing long with this disease, for to effect a quick cure it is only neces sary to take a few doses of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy In fact, in most cases one dose is sufficient. It never fails and can be relied upon in the most severe and dangerous cases. It is equally val uable for children and is the means of saving the lives of many children each year. In the world's history no medicine iicine 1 1 :cess. I ! Oil nas ever met with greater success. PRICE 25c. LARGE SIZE 50c DRINK WEINHARD'S BEER BEST MARE MARSDEN'S LIQUOR HOUSE v O 1 " Ayy FINANCIAL STRENGTH In a. bank lies, first, in tho ability and experience of Its ofilcers, "Tho men behind tho gun;" second, its board of directors who ad vise with and direct tho officers; and third, tho Capital. LIBERALIT1 In a bank is its willingness to furnish funds to depositors to assist them In carrying on their legitimate busi ness. Our motto Is: "STRONG AND LD3ERAL" Look us up and If you And us de serving, give us your business. First Trust and Savings Bank OF COOS BAY Capital Fully Paid $100,000.00 Ofilcers nnd Directors. John S. Coke, Pres. W. S. Chandler, Henry Sengstacken, Dorsey Kreitzer, cashier. M. C. Horton, TSUjE tamjtnrmnaatari: IMMEDIATE VICINITY It is the policy of this bank to comfine its business to the im mediate vicinity. In following this course, the bank" not only enhances its own stability, but promotes the highest interest of the community. PIRST NATIONAL BANK OF COOS BAY, Marshfield, Ore. O. B. Hinsdale W. S. McFarland President Cashier John Pruess R. T. Kaufman Vice Pres. Asst. Cashier txtttxxtttttiiiixixxxiiiittnminiziixiztmtitta STEA.MERS. THE Steamer M. F. Plant SAILS FOR SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JUNE U7. FROM MARSHFIELD. No reservation held after tho arrival of the ship unless ticket is bought. F. S. DOW, Agent, MARSHFIELD, California and Oregon Coast Steamship Company Steamer Alliance B. W, OLSON, Master. COOS BAY AND PORTLAND SAILS FROM PORTLAN D SATURDAYS, 8 P. M. SAILS FROM COOS BAY TUESDAYS. AT SERVICE OF TIDE. F. P. Baumgartner, Agt. Couch St. Dock. Portland, Ore. 25H5E5ESaSHSiraS25Eb3E52?SESE5H52 Portland & Coos Bay S S. Line CITY OF PANAMA Sails from Portland Wednesday at 8 p. m. Sails from Coos Bay Satu days at Service of Tide. s. s. CZARINA SAILS FOR SxVN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY NIGHT, JUNE 20, 1 008. CARRYING FREIGHT AND COMRUSTIBLES ONLY. C. F. McColIum, Agt. Phone Main 34 - - J- - A. St. Dock aS25H5T2rl5rl5Z5E5rI5HL?,5E5E5ESHS2 SUNSET BAY STAGE Leaves North Bend stables Monday, Wed nesday and Fridays at 8 a. m. Returning at 4 p. m. Fare $1.50 round trip For Seats Apply NORTH BEND STABLES - Phone 111 QUICK DELIVERY For convenience of Call pa trons the Laundry office will he open Saturday evenings until 8 o'clock. Phone 571 today. Our wagon will call. COOS BAY STEAM LAUNDRY Marshfield and North Dcnd. FOR TABLE USE TRY Weinhard's Bottled Beer MARSDEN'S LIQUOI. HOUSE Phono 481 Orders Delivered Free. A Dollar Saved IS A DOLLAR EARNED Save a Dollar by buying South Mnnhfield Coal at $5 Per Ton Delivered Phone 534 William Grimes, S. C. Rogers, Dr. C. W. Tower, Judge John F. Hall. Vice pres.-manager. Flanagan & Bennett Bank MAKSHflKLU OREGON. Capital subscribed 50,000 Capital Paid Up J40.000 Undivided Profits $35,000 line a general banking business and draw .hi Hit' Dank ol California, Han FrancUc Calif.; First National Bank Portland Or., First National Bank. Roseburg, Or., Hanover Na tional Bank, Now York, N. M. Kothcb.li A Son, London, England. Also sell change on nearly all tha prln,. cities of Europe. Accounts kept subject to check, safe depoBl lock boxes far rent at GO cents a month o 15. a year. INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS You can BUY or SELL through The Times "WANTS" with ease, dis patch and profit try them. OREGON H. W. Skinner Agt. Marsbflnid. Ore., Phone 441. The Steamer Eureka Sails from Coos Bay on the following dates: t For Eureka: 1 , J"ly B Juno 20 July It July 8 July 23 Jiy 17 August 1 July 20 No reservation of berth held after ship's arrival unless paid for. Tho right is reserved to change steamers or schedule without notice. CHAS P. DOE & San Francisco COMPANY, Agents. F. S. DOW, Agent for Coos County. A Times Want Ad you. will sell it for Business Directory Doctors. DOCTOR B. P. BAUMBAUan Physician and Surgeon Diseases of Women and Children. Offlce Rooms 209-10 Coos Building. Phone ---.. 2lfi D 11. GEORGE XV. LESLIE Osteopathic Pliysiclaa Graduate of American School of Osteopathy kirksTiile, Mo. TSJJiSV'JT" : ;" a' "'P-,n- Othorlloura by Appointrutnt; Ofllco in Nasburg Miotic Phon 1611. Marshfield, Ore. J-NR. GDO. E. DIX l7 Physician and SurgcoK New Flanagan & Bennett Bank Bldg. 'Phone 1681. T" K J W. INGRAM J--' Physician and Surgeon. Offlce oyer Sengstacken's Djug Stort. Phones Office 1621; Residence 781. DR. A. L. IIOUSEWORTH Physician and Surgeon. Office second floor of Flanagan and Bennett New Bank Building. Residence, two blocks north of Crystal Theater. Offlce Phonw 1431. Residence Phone 656. Lawyers. Francis II. Clarke Jacob M. Blake Lawrence A. Llljcquist CLARKE, BLAKE & LILJEQVIST, ATTORNEVS-AT-LAW Tlmfts Building, Marshfield, On. United States Commissioner's Offle. J . W. BENNETT, Office over Flanagan & Bennett Bank Marshfield, - . . . Oregoa -"OKE & COKE, ' Attorneys at Law. Marshfield, Oregon. Miscellaneous '"yVKLEr & ARNOLD V- Civil and Mechanical Engineers, North Bend, Oregon. Surveying. Maps. CRIBBS & MASON Photographers. Coos Bay Monthly Bldg. Marshfield, Oregon. NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT OFFICE, Room 214 Coos Bldg. Phone, Marshfield 814. Rooms and offices for rent Houses for rent. Your property cared for. whllo you are away. My commission very reasonable. Call and see me. WM. WIOKENS M R. ALBERT ABEL, Contractor for Teaming of all klnda. Phone 1884. MUSICAL w ILIIELM G. ROLL, RESIDENT TUNER Pianos tuned and repaired. AH work guaranteed. With AV. R. Haines Music Co. M, ABLE CLARE MILLI8 Vocal Instruction. Italian and German Diction. Studio, Phone 511. ELMER A. TODD, Director Coos Bay Academy of Music. Voice, Piano. Pipe Organ, Harmony etc., from beginning to graduation. Since rnnnhoH in style diction and interpretations, for opera oraiorio or concert work New O'Connoll Buildlns. Marshfield. TROF RAYMONDS STUDIO Private lessons, Violin, Mando lin and Guitar. Dancing: day hours 9 to 11; 2 to 4 Evenings 7 to 10. Room Nn,9. Strictly Private Over Magnes & JlaUon's Store FAMILY ORDERS FOR WEINHARD'S BEER By mall or Phone , Delivered Free MARSDEN'S LIQUOR HOUSE Cab Call Service at Atiy Honr Good JIeare aud Vehicles. HEISNER, 3HLLER & CO. Livery, Feed and Salo Stable. Wood for Sale. Third A A fits. Phone 1201 MarthflnM HERE'S YOUP GOOD HEALTK Weinhard's Beer KARDEN'S LIQUOR HOUSE. Phono 481 Orders Delivered Free wuick results are obtained through a Times "Want Ad." LW 3m? fw! !