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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1908.
HILL TALKS ON THE
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Transportation Magnate Says
There Should Be 75,000
Miles Built.
ALL SHOULD BE DONE
IN NEXT FIVE YEARS
Says That the Country's Pros
perity Is Bound Up In
Railways.
The following interesting Inter
view with "Jim Hill' the railway
magnate appealed In a recent Issue
of Harpers Weekly:
"How much new railroad does the
West need.?"
"There should be seventy-five
thousand miles of new road built In
the next five years, even to get
abrcaBt of current business, and un
less commerce Is to be tied up in
a hard knot that is what will have to
be done. It will mean the spending
of $1,000,000,000 a year. About
sixty-five per cent, of this, mind you,
will be for labor, and the balance for
material which Is almost entirely
labor. Almost every dollar of it will
go into circulation, back to the work
ingman, the farmer, the manufac
turer, the merchant.
"It is a soothing picture, isn't it?
Hut to do It the railroads must be al
lowed to run their business asany
other business Is run. They are the sec
ond biggest Interest In the country.
They- purchaso twenty-five per cent
of everything that Is purchased.
uney employ one way or another a
very largo proportion of the working
male population; then tell mc why
every man In the country, whether
lie bo merchant, farmer, manufactur
er .or workman, cannot see that all
prosperity, from tho ground up, is
knit Insolubly with tho prosperity
and proper maintenance and upbuild
ing of the railroads? Why ore they
all led like sheep by a lot of politi
cians who will hell thorn out at tho
drop of tho hat?
"Tho railroad 1b tho moat impor
tant factor in tho country's prosper
ity, and it makes the smallest profit.
A bank can clear thirty, titty, ovon a
hundred per cent, so long as it pays
legal interest, and tho government
has nothing to say. If a bank dops
not make money it can liquidate and
got out. So can a man In any other
business; but a railroad's , profits
must bo limited to a margin on which
necessary expansion la impossible, It
must bo run in the most expensive
way, it must st mil the loss of lean
years and make a minimum in the
good ones when every other business
is coining money.
"Hut how long do you think peo
ple are going to invest their money
in a business that in nailed to the
cross In this fashion? And when thoy
won't Invest .toll me what is to be
come of tho coniinoreo of the coun
try. Tho true nieiiBtiro of prospoilty,
plainly enough, Is the ability to inovo
products and merchandise prompt
ly." "Where, Mr. Hill," I asked him,
"does tho euro lie?"
"Tho cure lies in an ncccss of
common Intelligence among all clas
ses," ho answered quickly; "and it
will have to bo applied promptly.
Ignorance and nialico and graft havo
controlled public Hentlinent too long
already. Men havo got to realize
what railroads mean to them. They
havo got to realize how absolutely
"superior American roads are to thoso
of any other country in their relation
to tho masses.
"Amorlcan railroads servo tho
peoplo better and cheapor than any
other in tho world, nevertheless they
havo boon pilloried as criminals, and
tho American ncoplo, whoso mainstay
thoy aro, havo stood by and applaud
ed. It Is tho greatest absurdity in
history.
It la timo for tho wholo
'country to sit down soberly and ad
just this matter on n basis of com
mon senso. Tho development west
of tho Mississippi In fifty years has
been enormous, but it Is nothing com
pared with what will follow if a
sano attitude is taken toward tho
railroads. They have oponod tho
west In a way so that peoplo can llvo
thoro, but thoy cannot llvo thoro tin
loss thoy can mtiko money. That Is
Euro. Tho ossontlal thing to that
oml ia that tho railroads shall In
crease so that mora torrltory can
send Us products to mnrkot, and sup-
build, and yet put them In a position
where building is impossible. How
can they build and why should they
build? Why should a railroad man
jeopardize his property and its al
ready meagre earnings when the
very people who live by it allow a
railroad to be treated as If it had
no rights that anybody was bound
to respect? Let them build their
branches themselves and see if they
can run them at a profit.
"No, sir," he said, rising and stalk
ing up and down the room; "you .ask
we where the cure Is. The public,
the business public, the producing
public, and the earning public must
change Its attitude. It Is cutting off
its own nose all tho time by join
ing in the political clamor against
the railroads, and being too blind to
see it. To a thinking man it is per
fectly plain that the public foots the
bill every time.
Perhaps business men will
see now that their prosperity de
pends on the prosperity of the rail
roads, and that it is utterly impos
sible for one to thrive and the other
not. Perhaps, too, when the farmer
begins to feel the tooth of depriva
tion, when he has starved his soil so
it will work for him no more, and
when there Is no longer any virgin
land for him to take up and harass,
he will get some sonse, and begin to
treat his acres decently. Education,
Intelligence. These if they bear fruits
in action are all we need."
"Mr. Hill," I said, "would the pro
posed ten per cent, or approximately
ton per cent, Increase in freight rates
relieve tho railroads from their pres
ent straits?"
It was a long, long time before he
answered, and there was made mani
fest tho other sldo of James J. Hill,
the cautious and judicial side, the
side that weighs a proposition In the
scales of a balance sheet, the side
that has enabled him to handlo pro
jects of titanic magnitude, and bring
thorn through all difficulties to the
safe ground of success. He pulled
down from his desk a railroad ma
nual and, consulting the index again
and again, turned and studied the
fiscal statements of many railroads,
their gross earnings, their bonds,
stocks, and operating expenses, mak-
ng calcination, nail aioutt, now on
block of paper, now In his heud.
t last ho closed tho book, laid It
oil tne desk, and said:
"Yes, ten per cent, would do it.
An advance of that nature at the
present, time would be the best and
in fact the first real step that we
could make toward restoration. It
would relievo tho tension that at
this minute is forcing several rall
toad Into very uncomfortable and
very serious situations. It would
start tho wheels of business to mov
ing, and the shippers and everybody
else would profit by It. Follow this
ui with a rational, calm, and busi-ness-llko
administration of public af-
falis, and we would be brought back
within a shoit space of time to such
general conditions of business acti
ity and health as every one needs
and longs for. The development of
tho West, which is so vitally impor
tant In tho face of our growing ne
cessities, would then proceed at a
t apid rate and upon a sound footing.
"I bellevo tho people are at the
present timo In a receptive state of
mind, and that things can perhaps
bo accomplished now in the way of
regeneration that would not have
been possible some yoars ago.
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A What a sense of security in i
' an old book which time has i
ri criticised for us. H
X LOWELL. X
A Week's Experience.
The year had gloomily begun
For Willie Weeks, a poor man's
SUN.
He was beset with bill and dun,
And he had very little
MON.
"This cash," said he, "won't pay my
dues,
I've nothing here but ones and
TUES.
A bright thought struck him, and he
said,
"The rich Miss Goldrocks I will
AVE!).
But when hepald his court to her,
She lisped, but firmly said, "No,
THUR.
"Alas," said he, "then I must die!"
His soul went where they say souls
FRI.
They found his gloves and coat and
hat,
And the coroner then upon them
SAT.
Success.
FORECAST FOR OCTOBER.
Now, Taft was enjoying
An aeroplane flight,
And skimming around
Like the man-swallow Wright,
When who should appear,
Holding fast to his hat
And sailing the sky,
But the man from the Platte.
Said fat Bill to Platte Bill,
"Now, isn't this great?"
Said Bryan, "You bet
Is my rudder on straight?"
And the wind coming up
With a slight show of bluster,
They both skidded off
Through the air belly buster.
And while they wore flying
About a mile high,
The Itoosevelt entry
Emitted a cry;
And Bryan, supposing
He'd dropped from the race,
Slowed up with a horrified
Look in his face.
The hunter will unto the woods
To live the life of Crusoe
And the quail will balance on a rail
And whistle like Caruso.
The poor hay fever patient will re
turn from his retreat, and every time
his nose goes off and honks upon the
street, we'll scramble for the nearest
curb as fast as he can dart, believ
ing that his lusty sneeze is some
sklddoodle cart.
The candidate will press his suit
and tell his little jokes while he Is
handing out cigars they name for
famous folks; and notwithstanding
all the harm this sort of smoke has
done us, we'll all waltz up again and
try his deadly Mrs. Gunness.
After the 2Gth October will be
under the Influence of the zodiacal
sign Scorpio the crustacean. Per
sons born In Scorpio are lobsters, and
are mostly actors and baseball play
ers. They have remarkable fore
sight. Among other things, they can
tell when the hired girl is going to
quit, and always give her notice first.
The armoured football player will
cavort In padded pants and butt to
beat a billy goat while frenzied thou
sands dance. He'll cut the foe with
glass hid in his Paderewskfmop, and
when they pile on sacks he'll do a
war dance on the top. The high school
boys will all get up and yell like
Kingdom Come, the high school girls j
will swallow six or seven gobs of J
gum, the autumn sun will be obscur
ed by colors, horns and hats, the ca-1
tapulting end will cave the other
fellow's slats, tho giant centers will
collide like two excursion trntnsi ttin
guards will paw the earth and i M
scramble one another's brains; and
when the ambulance drives up, with
great vociferation the howling mob
will give three cheers for higher education.
ILES CO.
Friday and Saturday, Oct. 2 and 3
4 Act Comedy Drama
"The Counterfeiters"
Reserved Seats on Sale at Lockliart & Parson's Drug Store
NEXT WEEK
"TtTe GR.EAT STRIKE"
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COOS BAY
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-FACULTY--Piano
Mr. Elmer A. Todd
Miss Lucy Sherwood Horton
Voice
Miss Mable Clare Millis
Violin
(To be announced later.)
Musical Kindergarten
Miss Lucy Sherwood Horton
Classes in Harmony, Counterpoint, etc. Vocal Sight Reading and
ensemble. Apply for catalogue or information to the Director, New
O'Connell Building, A and Second Streets. 'Phono 1955
ELMER A. TODD, Director
Get Your Suit Pressed
While you wait, batho, sleep
or whllo you tat at WAS
SON'S SHOP, on 'A' street.
If you have not a suit, let
mo mako you one for $!J5 or
$10. If that Is too much for
your pocket book, let mo tako
your measuro nnd havo tho
Royal Tailors mnko you one
much cheaper with an Extra
Pair of Pants FREE.
As I am ablo to give a cor
rect dosrclptlon of just what
you want, I will gunrantoo you
a good fit. PHONE 2211.
FINE- t
. TAILORING 'J ?
Do not forgot that DoWltfh Little
Early Rlsors aro the best pills mado,
port a largo population, which In turn 'Thoy nro ploasant llttlo pills that are
will consume the produots of othor
mnrkots,
"Peoplo want tho railroads to
onsy to take and nro prompt and
gontlo. Wo soil and recommend
But Taft was just floating
"My motor's gone out!
Now, hand me a match
When you next come about!"
But Bryan just laughed,
And he said, "My dear speeder,
Remember that I
Am the great matchless leader."
October Is from the latin octo,
meaning eight. It was the eighth
month of tho old Roman calendar.
This brought oysters in at the end
of August, when they had to be
candled like eggs, and the Oyster
Trust always cornered the supply in,
cold storage. But Rome, like every
other nation, had a reformer not
too often, for reasonable profits in
btihlness, and n', u .Numa Poniplllus
eamo into power in 713 B.C. he
made October the tenth month and
busted the Oyster Trust. He was
Idolized by a grateful populace, and I
was only relinquished to private life
In his later days that he might grati
fy his desire to hunt big game In
Africa.
The presidential race will reach
Three quarters of a mllo,
And both the Bills will hit it up
In good old fashioned style.
The Platto will shako his big brpgans
And put up dust and dirt,
Tho giant Taft will grunt and sweat
And rip his undershirt,
Tho plaudits of tho multitude
Will riso in mighty peals,
And tho watchful Teddy Bear will nip
At William Howard's heols
Tho pink mudguards of Sunny Jim
will catch the frost descending, and
turn a flno nutumual red, with the
burning, suniac blending; the frost
will thin, out Mr. Kern's elaborate
chin thicket, nnd each of theso hair
bearing tails will go somo on his
ticket.
Tho frost will paint tho sassafrass
a deep and glowing red, and the
farm hnnd will resume his howl for
blankets on his bed. Tho plant ox
uded phosphorus will gossamer the
air, and Dorsey Kreltzer will put on
his wind-proof underwear, tho south
ward moving ducks will quack upon
the reeded Inkos, and man will lino
himself lnsido with buttered flannel
cakes.
Tho women will parado beneath
tho big sky-scraper hats, and ' guy
linos strung to steady thorn will
anchor In tholr rats; and every time
tne want uiows brisk, with many
The first frost ripened hickory nuts
Will rattle to the ground,
And local option will put on
The blower all around.
The hunter's moon will sail the sky,
The bee will duck the clover,
And the other Wright in France will
knock
The Eiffel Tower over.
The flower for October is the hop.
This signifies that the fate3 are
against prohibition in one' mouth of
the year, anyway.
Our gad-abounding fleet will throw
a scare into Japan, and shell the Chi
nese coast until they tell the ago of
An! and old John Rockefeller will
observe October nine, with a big
barn dance at' Forest Hill and un
fermented wine, the third month
since lie's had to make a paynu i
on that fine.
And then November 3rd will come,
When all of us shall vote,
And one of these two Bills will have
To be the Billy goat.
GANDERBONE.
O -!
HERE'S ONE THAT IS TOO O
UTTERLY TOO, TWO, TO, 2 O
Hero is a puzzle almost as
good in an orthographic way as
tho question, "How old is
Ann?" was in mathematics. A
learned gentleman writing a
work on English grammar is
dictating to his stenographer.
Ho dictates as follows: "In the
English .language there are
three ways of spelling 2." How
should the stenographer spell
out tho sentence?
IOBXBEUrj
aw Mill Proposition
MILL 2-Story 32x48, with addition for planer 24x5G, and EN
GINE ROOM 20x40, filing room 10x12, 3 tramways and slab con
veyor 120 feet long, 35 barrels, water tank and 20-ft. tower.
MACHINERY Atlas engine, 12x18, boiler 48xlG, steam pump 125
ft. hose, Maine saws 2-50 In, 32 ft. carriage with 3 head blocks,
log haul cant gear, 4 saw edger, 2 saw trimmer, cut off saw, 2
wheel trucks and 2-4 wheel trucks.
PLANER Gx24 S4S, 30 in, blowers, swing cut off saw, emery
knife grinder and grind stono.
FARM 195 acres with 5000 ft. stumpago left and 1,000,000 ft.
piling, 35 acres under cultivation, house 16x30, 2-story and addi
tion 16x28, 5 rooms first floor, 4 rooms second floor.
BARN 50x50 stalls, G head of horses, 10 cows and largo storage
rooms for hay and grain. Wood shed 1Gx24, chicken house. Extra
houses for mill hands cts.
COOK house 24x32m. 2-story with sleeping rooms for the em
ployes. 5 rooms on second floor, Michigan range cooking uten
sils and dishes.
I, 1Gx3G one story D, 2 rooms
I, 14xlG one story D, 1 room
I, I Gx2G one story D, 3 room?
I, lGx3G one story D, 3 rooms"
I, lGx24 ono story D, 2 rooms
Large dam inElk creek not yet completed. Dam In Bidwell
creek CO ft. long 10 ft. high; also 2-floor Iams in Bidwell Creek.
HL.lCliSMITII SHOP 14xlG, with forgo, anvil, bench, vice, die &3
press, plpo vice, stock and dies, pipe cutter, 4 augurs brace and
two sets of bits, S crosscut saws, 8 axes', 2 cant hooks, 8 'peaves,
5 shovels, 2 pick3, 2 mattocks, 3 sledges, 4 wedges, 2 large and 1
smalljack, 1 automatic jack.
Donkey onglno, Ledgerwood 9x10, with V-S in, main cable 3,200
ft. in back haule, line, 150 ft. 5-S in yarding line, 2-20 ft.
chokers, 4 return blocks and one Tomy moon But chain, 1 lead
block.
TWO HORSES 1 set heavy and 1 set light harness, 1 heavy
wagon, 1 harrow, 1 plow.
STUMPAGE 500,000 ft. not paid, 75 cento per m. 400,000 ft.
?400 paid and if more than this amount of stumpago, balance at
1.00D, per M, 1,000,000 stumpago ?700 pd, balance when logged
at 75 cents per M.
TOTAL STUMPAGE 4,900,000 ft.
LUMBER ON YARD 1,000,000 ft.
LOGS DO. 000 ft cut piled and on tho creek banks.
For further information call on or write
STUTSMAN & CO.
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Quality
and
Prices
PARKSIDE POULTRY RANCH
Empire, Oregon,
JOHN ICING, Prop.
Eggs from thoroughbred Buff $
Orpington chickens for sale
$l.5() to $5.00 for setting of 15.
thorn. Sold by LOCKHART & PAH- screams and squeals, they'll all turn
Are the twin foundation stones on which our growing business
is built?
FIRST The best meat that can bo produced:
SECOND The lowest prices at which It can be sold.
HERE ARE A FEW FIGURES:
A CURE FOR RHEUMATISM.
Each recurring attack of rheuma
tism makes tho disease harder to
control, but tho fact that it Is not
in Itself dangerous causes people to J
neglect It, awaiting a change or a I
settled condition of tho weather for
relief. It Is often only after the dts
easo has .become so serious as to in
terfere with business that tho suf
ferer will seok more than temporary
relief. Chamberlain's Liniment Is a
remody for rheumatism which any
ono can apply. It not only gives
prompt rolief from pain, but In a
largo majority of cases it brings
about permanent results. Tho first
application will surprise and delight
you as immodlato relief is almost
suro to follow. For sale by JOHN
PREUSS.
Heef, per lb 8 to 15c
Mutton, per lb. 10, 12 ana 15c.
Veal, per lb ..10, 12 and 15c.
Corned beef, per lb. . . . 8 to 10c.
Pork, per lb . ...12 and 15c.
Pork sausage, per lb 10c
Hamburger, per lb 10c
Good Hams and Bacon, per
pound 18 to 20c.
5 Pounds pnll best lard, .... 05c.
The CSTY MARKET
R. H. NOBLE
Phone
1941
FRONT AND 'C STREETS, MARSHFIELD, OREGON.
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