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sjr-w' CJ THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1908. COOS BAY TIMES Jil. C. MALON'EY Editor and Publisher. DAN E. MALONEY News Editor. Entered at the postofflco at Marsh field, Oregon, for transmission -through the mails as second class mail matter. MaaM . aiaia.MMa.ia.a. , SATURDAY EVENING THOUGHTS j 3, THE GKEAT CITY. "What makes a city great and strong? Not architecture's graceful strength, Not factories' extended length, But men who see the civic wrong And give their lives to make it right, And turn its darkness Into light. 'What makes a city full of power? Not wealth's display nor titled fame, Not fashion's loudly boasted claim, But women, rich in virtue's dower, Whose homes, though humble, still are great Because of service to the state. t What makes a city men can love? Not things that charm the outward sense, Not gross display of opulence, But right, that wrong cannot remove, And truth, that faces civic fraud And smites it in the name of God. This is a city that shall stand, A light upon a nation's hill, A voice that evil cannot still, A source of blessing to the land; Its strength not brick, nor stone, nor wood. But justice, love and brotherhood. ANON. A GREEK STATESMAN, when asked at a feast to play on a lute, re plied that he could not fiddle, but he could make a small town a great city. "The "writer visited a town a year ago In which he had lived for a few years, a half score or more years ago. Ho found this community de pleted in population and its general appearance less attractive than in former times. This notwithstanding the fact that It occupies a superior location, had profited by the presence of flourishing and varied Industries, and neighboring towns had made steady progress. The causes of this deterioration were at hand: The men who controlled municipal affairs and moulded the policies of that town were good fld dlers, but wanting in statesmanship and generalship. They were clever politicians and could promote successfully small Interests of a personal l;lnd; but they never swept the horizon of possibility with percipient eye, nor rose to the dignity of unselfish service. One may read all this on the streets and public buildings, In the commercial and educational and moral life of their town. In .every considerable community there are men of the temper and ' energy of Themlstocles, who, though they cannot fiddle, know how to make a small town Into, a city. Such men are characterized by large unselfishness, courage, generosity and fellow feeling. Bo they rich, or poor, they always count public service personal trust and not a private snap. They have the courage to add another mill to the tax list for the sake of more light, enlarged educational facilities, public parks, or purer water; to oppose the continuance in ofllce of incompetent men for tho sake of peace or popularity; to accept hazards for high and faireacli ing ends. Our city numbers among its citizens not a few men of this class. Since these men, like tho commonality of our follow townsmen, are mak iliiK n beginning In private enterprises, they may suppose themselves too ibufy and meager in personal resource to Invest their energies for tho julili,c weal. We must compel the city-builder Into service, and then. Jqynlly fcecond Ills labors towaid the creation of tho great city. Along this lino of thought Frank Parsons, at ono time professor in tho Kansas agricultural college, at-auother time lecturer In the Boston uni versity law school, and at piesent a public contributor of many important nrtielOH on current questions, lias the following to say on tho ideal city government; ""Tho llrst and fundamental purpose of the ideal city government in a free rountry is to establish real government by the people, with ef fective 'safeguards against boss rule, or muchiuo government, or any other sort of despotism masquerading under the forms of democracy. "The second purposo of tho ideal city government is to securo efll- dent management of public affairs.lt la not enough to get honest ad ministration In tho public Intorest. Wo must have efllclcnt administra tion In tho Interest of tho public. "To accomplish these two objects fully the government should be suah as: "L To awaken civic Interest among the people and give it tho means of effective expression and control of affairs. "II. To attract men of high character and ability into public life. "III. To prevent the control of nominations and elections by party .."politicians, rings or bosses. "IV. To securo for administrative and judicial departments tho ser vices of permanent exports and a personnel selected for merit, and party not reasons. "V. To fix responsibility clearly. "VI. To concentrate executive authority for efficiency, nnd diffuso legislative authority In order to securo full discussions and fair repro Keulntion on behalf of all classes, Interests and sections of tho com munity. "VII. To cllminato as far as possible the sources of corruption and .bad management. "VIII. To simplify tho machinery of government and reduce tho cost to tho lowest point consistent with efllclcnt service, popular sovorr elgnty and tho public welfare." Our presont form of municipal government Is and always has been, a Balljire. It wns wrongly conceived in tho first place and tho people havo 7jevfr had tho courago to niter it. 'Jtt la a fnlluro hecauso It does not awakon tho right sort of civic In toreit. among the peoplo. It 3s n failure because tho government is too eomplox. Thoro nro too many peoplo who hnvo a part in it, and nono of thorn draw a suffi cient snlnry to pay thorn for tholr tlmo. Is indlfforouco any wondor? Is it any wondor that mou of high character nnd nblllty avoid tho ad ministration of city affairs? Would It not bo bottor to roduco tho num ber of administrator!, flv their responsibilities clearly and pay them a lust remuneration for their service? Finally, It Is a failure because too often one set or class of citizens, representing perhaps not the host element of oitUenship, gain control of Mffalrs and iim their powor to corrupt the administration nnd mlsap propriute the public funds, . "What Is 'ueoded uow ii n form of city government thnt will right those nausea of failure. A form bulldou upon the principle suggested by Prof, Parsons would Hkoly do It, The grant nmss of tho American peo ple anxiously await tho hullin'g of that day when it shall come. t AT THE CHURCHES t ' ii EPISCOPAL CHURCH. V Rev. W. HORSFALL, Rector. Bishop Scadding will hold services in Emmanuel Church, Sunday, at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. In the after noon, he will preach at North Bend. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. Services will be held in the Ma sonic Temple, Sunday, at 11 a. m. Subject, "Unreality." A cordial in vitation is extended to all. Xi' aaaaaaa-aa'a.'a yJ3?J''&0?i THE LUTHERAN CHURCH. ii Rev. B. F. Bengtson, Pastor, ii Lutheran Church, October 4th. Sunday school will be held at 9:30 a. m., sermon at 10:30. Evening service at 7:30. Special music. ii CHURCH OF CHRIST HIS- ii CIPLES. ii ii J. J. PORTER, Minister. ii ent. Topic, "Our Vows and their Ful filment." Ps. 11C, leader, Miss Mc Nell. The people of the. Baptist church are cordially Invited to unite with us at the morning service. Strangers are always welcomed among us. ! mjl.'ttllVTP'UIAV P'ltlTTir'lT if. r- . .a -..-. .a. -a aaaaaa a. aaa a w .a a va a. ii NORTH 1JENI). ii ii J. E. BURKHART, Pastor. A. A'''Ay -.- a S v a. aaT-aTaa Morning worship at 11 o'clock. Subject of sermon, "Mighty With God." Evening worship at 7:30 o'clock. Subject of sermon, "Stoning Jesus." The Bible School meets at 10 a. m. Junior C. E. at 4 p. m. Y. P. S. C. E. at 6:30 p. m. You will find a cordial welcome at all of our services. Come and bring a friend. ii UNITED BRETHREN OF ii i vniwiT npvn i ii R. G. SUMMERLIN, Pastor. ii a .a .a .a. -. -a ...a...a .a- v. . - a aaa"",. aaaTa'aa'a. a' r r r r vy- rr -r yysssssssssssxsx Vl . aX aN J, a. a a- -r r vJ -r- Oi Meets in the Lutheran Hall (rear of the Lutheran church). Preaching First and Third Lord's Days of each month, at 11 a. m., and 7:30 p. m. Sunday School, 10 a. m.; Bible Class, Thursday, 7:30 p. m. Everybody is cordially invited to all of these ser vices. ii FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, ii aSfOfSSOw0 Regular morning service at 11 a. m. Pulpit will be occupied by Rev. W. A. Smith. Sunday School at 10 a. m. as usual. Young People's meeting at 7 p. m., and Union Ser vices at 8 p. m., with discourse by Rev. H. H. Brown. Special music solos, duets, chorus and congrega tional singing, with a welcome for every comer. ,i METHODIST EPISCOPAL ii ii CHURCH OF NORTH IJE.VD ii ,i Rev. WALLACE ROSS. ii a'aa'a'a'a'a'aa...'aya.a..aaVV Sunday School at 10 o'clock. 11 a. m., preaching service followed by Class meeting. C:30 p. m., Epworth Leaguo service. 7:30 p. m. evening service. We are pleased to have with us our new pastor, who will preach for us both morning and evening. Morning subject: "The Increase of the Kingdom of Christ." Evening subject, "Seek the Lost." XsiOiy Preaching services Sunday 11 a.m. subject, "The Calling of the New Apostles." Evening services 7:30 p. m., subject, "The Home Life." Sun day School 10 a. m. Y. M. C. E. 7:30 p. m. Prayer meeting, Thurs day 7:30 p. m. Strangers and the poor especially Invited to all of these services. NORTH BEND NEWS ii FIRST PRESBYTERIAN. H. H. BROWN, Pastor. VKa-aaal.'.a. Morning worship is held at 11 o'clock, conducted by tho pastor. Subject of the sermon, "The Trans formers of God's Voice." For the evening service will meet at the Baptist church, the two congrega tions uniting, and the pastor of this church preaching the sermon. The Sunday School meets promptly at 10 a. m. for Bible study. Classes for all ages, J. D. McNeil, superintend ent. The Christian Endeavor So ciety holds Its service every Sunday evening at G:30 o'clock. Tomorrow night is the Consecration meeting and every member is expected to be pres- Mlss Hattie Ferri and Mrs. W. Dungan of Marshfleld, were shopping in North Bend yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olson of North Bend, left this afternoon for Haines Inlet to spend a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Schefflle. Mr. and Mrs. Eric Erickson of Portland, and Mr. Erickson of Marsh field, were guests yesterday of Mrs. Adolph Johnson of North Bend. Wm. Relchert was accidentally gored by one of L. J. Simpson's cat tle this morning. A slight scalp wound was inflicted. No serious re sults are looked for. One of Mr. and Mrs. C. Kindig's children has been seriously ill the past few days, it was thought for a time that the child had diphtheria, but.it now improving. A number of North Bend people friends of Miss Laura Anderson gave her a farewell surprise party in the Simpson pavilion Thursday night. Refreshments were served, all report a very pleasant evening. Miss Ander son left on the Breakwater -today for Portland. AFTER THEATRE. Tonight at Odd Fellows Hall the Margaret lies Company will play "The Counterfeiters." This is an A No. 1 comedy drama and. it was certainly appreciated by the audi ence last night. It is a laugh from start to finish, besides having a beau tiful story running through It. Seats are on sale at Lockhart-Parsons Drug Store, where they can he had for to night and any Friday and Saturday night in tho future. 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