The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957, December 05, 1908, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text"-- - - -- - - ... - - . ?'- - "-" - -" - --- .jftt-ti. -i.i I. ,,-, .. - .- -.-. ji r -:. , r . rfrt,- - . . m THH DAILY COOS BAY TIM " ES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBERS, 1903. rnns ray times':-- i irfh.iT'iVJMiAWriiT.: v. : . . ... fin independent itcpuuncan news- pfc-ii.-r puii..ctitrt ever evening except Bnmiaj, and Weekly by 37ie Cow liny Timr I'tibll-hlug Co. Entered at the postofliie at Marsh fwW, Oregon, for tr nsraisslon Sbrough the mails as second class uikII niattpr tl. C. MALOXEY. . .Kditor pad Pnb. 1V K. MALOXEY. . .Srxfa Editor 8VBSCIIUTIOX KATES. In Advunce. DAILY. Dae year 6.00 BJst Months $2.50 Lea than 6 mnn'hs per month. .50 WIHJKIA. One Tear $1.50 Address All C immunisations' to COOS HAY DAILY TIMES MnraliAeld - Oregon The policy of tue Coos nay Tl -n--s wCl h. Republican In politics, with tie Independence of 'vhlch Presiient Bcosevelt is the leading exponent. CHRISTMAS SHOWING. At this moment there is no indi cation that Christmas will be cele brated in 190S w.:h less lavlshnes asd generosity than in lormer years. Confidence has been restored, alter the slight business depression, with capital letters. Reports from all over the country confirm earlier ru mors of great commercial activity, and hold the promise of a future prosperity which will be almost un precedented. The nation breathes in tho spirit of thankfulness and con tentment and hopefulness. With the revival of general sa.isfaction, the instinct of disinteroated giving as sumes new vitality. The coming Christmas will be a festival of gener osity and unselfishness, participatsd in by an entire nation which ap proves of itself and its condition of felicity. That the holiday receipts of the itores this year wiil exceed those of last is a foregone conclusion. The merchants have devlned a concerted Blackening in the economics which tho citizens have felt the need of practicing for the last year or so, and are, accordingly, carrying heav ier stocks than usual. There will be more to select from this year, and the average Christmas shopper, being assured of a sufficient income for come time to come, will desire to make more selections to visit even the more remotely prospective re cipients with tokens of good will. There are a few human pleasures vhich approach In degree the pleas ure of anticipating and arranging for the happiness of others. There Is no Joy quite so rare as that of rum aiaging through lavishly stocked Ktorcs in the annual search of gifts which will be peculiarly appropriate lor Christmastlde bestowal upon the iriends for whom one cares. The coming week prdmiscs to be one of manifold pleasures for almost everyone except tho clerks In the. shops. For them the approaching aoliday means extra and especially iatigulng hours behind tho counter. It is only In keeping with the spirit of tho time to urge that the public spare the clerks In every possible extent the nerve racking rash at tue last moment. To paraphrase a re cently popular business motto, Do jour shopping now. But a'le from uny humane feel ing towards the clerks, there are Eood and salient reasons why Christ mas shopping sholud be delayed no Jonger than necessary. The stores which, at this time of the year, are not much more than normally busy, Segin to 1111 up with the linlf frantic crowds of people towards tho end of December, who have postponed their shopping expeditions too long, and who creato only confusion In tholr mad rush to repair their negligence. Then, of course, the stocks of inor rhauts do not ronmln intact long aftor Christmas shoppers invade tho itores. For your own poaco of mind, and tho convenience of tho merchants and clerks, bo yoursolf unions the C-T5t of tho shoppers. PANAMA AND PESSIMISTS. Bo you recall tho days when the Panama canal was n physical impos sibility? They really aren't so far awny, says an exchange. Every thing was in tho way, from ocean carronts to earthquakes, from tho shoveling capacity of tho Jamnlclan Bor.roos to tho effect of tho climate pou white northerners. Tho croak ers disappeared for n tlrao, but they xs& back again. Until an enterprise w actually In running order It Is un natural to expect tho pessimists to Ale. The new obstnelo to tho canal is aot that It can't bo built. It Is ad mitted now that it can and will bo. TCi jwreaent trouble concerns Itsolf nrtili the years following tho com vrotfon of tho waterway. It will bo found then that It can't bo mado to jay. So say tho hopeless ones, Whethor tho canal will pay must, ?.... n ... .. IVrSTlVi ?t!7 K iJJ,J VV14J r it $ iji t t Continued from Page 2.) last at the home of Mrs. W. B. Cur tis. The election of omcers for the ensuing year took place. The offi cers elected were: Pres. Mrs. Cowan. Vice Pres. Mrs. Tuttle. Sec. Mrs. McCullock. Treas. Mrs. Lang. At the close of the afternoon a delicious luncheon was served by the hostess. Mrs. B. C. Bradbury will entertain the club on next Friday afternoon at her home in Ferndale. Mascot Lodge, Degree of Honor, this week elected the following offi cers for the ensuing year: Chief of Honor Lillian Bralnard. Lady of Honor Jennie Kasmu3 sen. Chief of Ceremonies Anna Hol land. Recorder Fannie Hazard. Financier D. L. Rood. Receiver Dora Cathcart. Usher Lizzie White. Inner Watch J. D. Johnson. Outer Watch Cora Bowron. The Swastika club dance Wednes day evening was one of the most pleasant dancing parties of the week, inere was a large attendance, an unusual feature being that more girls than boys were It. attendance. An effort will be made to prevent this next time even though il did not de tract from last Wednesday night's event. The annual ball of the Mara.. Fre Department to be given at the I. O. O. F. hall Christmas night, December 25, Is oue of the big social events of the future. It is proposed to have it eclipse anything of the kind ever given in Marshfleld. Mrs. E. "K. Jones entertained last Tue'sday afternoon In honor of her sister, Miss Stella O'Connell, the day being the latter's birthday. The Jones home was prettily decorated, chrysanthemums predominating in the decoration scheme. The after noon was spent at Bridge, Mrs. E. Mingus winning first prize and Mrs. Otto Schetter second. Refreshments were served. Among the guests were Mrs. Arthur McKeown, Mrs. Otto Schetter, Mrs. John Preuss, Mrs. E. Mingus ,and Mrs. J. W. Fla nagan of the Biographic club and Mrs. H. S. Tower, Mrs. Minot, Miss Mary Mlnot and Miss Stella O'Con nell. The first of the "Ladles Nights" at the North Bend Commercial club Wednesday evening, proved one of the most delightful social events of the season in North Bend. The at- tendance was not quite as large as was anticipated and the meeting of the Chaminado club in Marshfleld slightly Interfered with the program but every one present had more than a good time. The Commercial club quarters were beautifully decor ated for the occasion, huckleberry and cedar predominating. The ef fectlvenes of the decorations was greatly admired by everyone present. The program consisted of numbers by Mandenburg's orchestra, a recita tion by Miss Pearl Hockett, a vocal bo considered not entirely as regards dollars and cents. Tho saving of dis tance to the world's commerce, the ease with which American warships can bo transferred from tho Atlantic coast to the Pacific and back again, the shunting of a large amount of the truffle which has been going through tho Suez short-cut, tho position Am erica will command among tho pow ers, surely theso aro things that will pay. Tho single item that tho canal is expected to oncourage the building of American morchant vessols is a tremendous one and ouo which will pay. As for tho Income from tho canal thoro is no reason to bollevo that it will not bo large. Tho Suez canal draws an immense profit and tho dividends aro large. It may bo said to have paid from tho start. With the completion of tho Darlen channel tho route around tho Horn will ceaso to bo used by almost all tho lines now sending tholr vessels that way. It Is a dangerous way, a tedious one and, evon for sailing vessols with slow cargoes, probably moro costly thnn would bo tho towlug charges and tho tolls through tho Panama. As tho way will bo shorter for Europ oan warships bound for their eastern stntlons tho canal will bo constantly In uso by thorn. It is hard to see, at this distance, why tho Panama water course should not pay and should not, In tho courso of tlnv, give a full return of tho investment. Aftor tho canal is found to bo all that wns prophesied for it, what will tho throwers of wet blankets say then? cr . .- r cs.-v . 70nrT?Tl VVTFll 1 VV4r -r' 14-V selec.Ion by Miss Mable C'.nre Millls and a short address by Captain A. M. Simpson. Refreshments were served. The committees In charge were as follows: . Decorations Mesdames Burmls ter, Wlnsor and Simpson and Miss Anne Flanagan. Reception Mesdames Simpson, j Wlnsor, Rennie and James. Refreshments Mesdames Fal kensteln, Byler, Burmlster and James. It Is planned to make the "Ladles I Nights" a regular feature during the (winter months at least, the North Bend Commercial Club turning over Its club rooms to the auxiliary for , the first and third Wednesday nights of each month. . . . The Evergreen Whist Club was pleasantly entertained by Mrs. J. W. Butler at her home last Saturday aft ernoon and this afternoon Is being entertained by Mrs. G. A. Bennett. Last Saturday, Mrs. A. T. Haines carried off the first honors, having the highest score ever made in the club. Mrs. R. M. Noble received the consolation prize. A wedding of unusual Interest to Marshfleld people will take place In Portland today, the bride being Miss Edna Bralnard and the groom Fay Dempsey. Miss Bralnard spent most of her life on Coos Bay and was for some time identified with the Pion eer Hardware company as book keeper. Mr. Dempsey is slightly known here through visits at the home of his aunt, Mrs. Lyman Noble. The many friends of the young cou ple here unite with The Times In wishing them a long and happy fu ture. MILLIONS FOR BARRELS. The farmer with his potatoes and his apples, the miller with his flour and meal, the hardware man with his nails, tho cement manufacturer, and the army of other users of the faith ful slack barrel, that combination ot staves, hops and heading, which Is not intended to hold water or some thing stronger In fined form, used forest products last year having the enormous value of $15,800,253. The average man would little sus pect that the humble barrel plays so Important a part in the expense accounts of the American farmer and manufacturer, yet figures compiled by the Census in co-operation with the United States Forest Service dej velop this startling truth. Moreover, statistics taken directly from reports irom 950 cooperage mills In all parts of the United States show an in crease of $1,5G9,GSS, or 11 per cent, in the value of last year's product over that of the previous year. In distinct contrast to tight coop erage stock, which in the. main re- I quires oak timber .or Its raw mater- ial, slack coperage stock, particularly I staves and heading, utilized in great er or less degree, most of the com mercially important trees in the country, and for this reason its man ufacture was far more widely dis tributed than is the case wit hthat of ugnt coperage stocic. .twenty-one species of wood contributed to the total slack stvae production last year. Nearly two-thirds of the out-put, however, was manufactured from the four species, red gum, pine, elm, nnd beech, in the order named. The figures disclose an interesting movement .in the industry In the sub stitutiin of less expensive woods for those which for many years were drawn upon most heavily for slack stave material, but which, owing to growing scarcity nnd advnacing cost, are rapidly being displaced. In 190G elm staves were manufactured in larger quantities than those from any other wood, and constituted nearly one-fourth of tho total production for that year, with pine and red gum occupying second and third places, respectively. Last year gum jumped to first place, pine to second, while elm, with a falling off of 36 per cent In production, dropped to third place. Beech, maple, spruce, chestnut, and ash followed in the order named. While slack stave and heading pro duction was reported last year from practicality all the states engaged in the manufacture of lumber, a con siderable percentage of the stock, in fact, being turned out ns a by-pro-"duct of lumber, tho Industry was to an extent localized, tho flvo states of Pennsylvania, Missouri, Michigan, Arkansas, and Virginia, in tho order named, contributing 56.8 per cent of tho total production. Tho distribu tion of tho industry of hoop manufac ture 13 much moro limited than that of staves and heading, and it duo primarily to the fact that this com modity Is made chiefly from elm tim bor. Ohio led in tho quantity of hoops manufactured, closely fol lowed by Indiana, the output ot theso two states forming 67,3 per cent of the total production. W iimi I wish to extend to the ladies a special invitation to visit my store to inspect my Holiday line .of Togs Do not wait but get first choice I have made trade, so do not . SUGGESTIONS CIA'ETT SHIRTS, KE'S'R CRAVATS, INITIAL HANDKERCHIEFS, FL'LLDRESSML'FFLERS FULL DRESS GLOVES, FULL DRESS TIES, BATH ROBES, SMOKING JACKETS, PAJAMAS, AM) NUMEROUS yji. '"& f&:hsM XSO By Mrs. HUMPHRY ohekjh,t ;s now 0tcn saicj 3i- tp I who have no real sympathy with the suffrage move ment, who believe, indeed, that its results if success ful would bo disastrous, that its success is none the less "inevitable." People arc apt to think that when in a democratic country a claim of this kind has been ft HHHMHMMgHSMS, asserted sufficiently long and with sufficient vehemence mere clamor and insistence wear down opposition and the claim must ultimately be granted. THE SUCCESS OF THE MOVEMENT, HOWEVER, IS XOT "INEVITABLE" AT ALL, in spite of the increased parlia mentary vote or tho skillful organization of a Hyde park meeting. Let me quote tho example of America.' After sixty years' agitation for tho movement generally is dated in America from the meeting held in New York in July, 1848 THE WOMAN SUFFRAGE DEMAND IS NOW IN PROCESS OF DEFEAT AND EX TINCTION, AND THAT NOT AT THE HANDS OF MEN, BUT AT THE HANDS OF WOMEN THEMSELVES.- SINCE 1896, INDEED, IN FIVE STATES THE SUFFRAGE CON STITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN DEFEATED AT THE POLLS, AND IN 1903 THE LEGISLATURES OF THIRTEEN STATES REJECTED .WOMAN SUFFRAGE BILLS OF ONE TYPE OR ANOTHER. SCHOOL SUFFRAGE HAS BEEN SECURED FOR WOMEN IN TWENTY-FIVE STATES, BUT THE STRIKING THING IS THAT THE SUF FRAGE AGITATION AND THE "UNWISE PRESSURE BROUGHT TO BEAR ON LEGISLATURES AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS" HAVE HINDERED THE NATURAL PROGRESS OF WOMEN IN THIS' FIELD OF WORK SO WELL SUITED TO THEM. We in England, however, aro safe, thanks to tho concession of the local government vote to women and to the act of last year enabling them to sit on local government bodies, from any similar reaction, AND THERE CAN BE LITTLE DOUBT TnAT AMERICAN WOMEN, NOW THAT THE ANTISUFFRAGE MOVEMENT HAS PRACTICALLY ATTAINED ITS END, WILL SOON FIND MEANS AND CHANNELS BY WHICH THEIR LE GITIMATE PUBLIC INFLUENCE IN MATTERS OF EDUCA TIONAL AND SOCIAL REFORM SHALL BE MORF FULLY BROUGHT TO BEAR. THE IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO NOTICE IS THAT THE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT HAS BEEN CHECKED AND WILL BE Ul -TII""!V """TED BY WOMEN THEMSELVES. Man's Nature Makes It Necessary to Be By Premier A5QUITH H S lone as man's nature continues what it is it will bo neces sary for prudent statesmen to provide for war. National security must always havo first place in tho thoughts nnd plans of tho government of any country. K H BUT, ADMITTING THAT ALL, THE PLAIN FACT REMAINS THAT THERE IS NO ENTERPRISE MORE WORTHY OF THE EFFORTS OF GOOD MEN THAN TO DEVISE PRACTICABLE MEANS NOT ONLY FOR MINIMIZING THE RISKS OF INTERNATIONAL QUARRELS, BUT FOR PROVIDING A RATIONAL SUBSTITUTE FOR THE SETTLE MENT OF DISPUTES BY WARFARE. Among tho various means of progress in this direction tho first is tho growth of international agreements. I uso tho word agreoments because alliances sometimes havo tho contrary effect. Tho second is the SUBSTITUTION OF INTER NATIONAL LITIGATION FOR THE BAKBAROUS METH ODS OF SLAUGHTER. Tho translation of theso principles into practice is beset with difficulty, though not, in my opinion, insurmount able difficulty. Of courso there is a delicate sphere of international relations. Tho main thing is that the nations should get to know and understand one ; another. IT 111 Ki -w kJ tJ , special preparations for the Holiday I fail to see what I OTHERS. m ?3ragMgzsz5Ska&KiaEr&j Women Them selves Defeating Suffrage Movement WARD. English Author nnd Suffraflrtte. even by many of tllogo jn ?ngianc Ready For War. of Greit Britain. J T W 1 Now is the time you get the selection have in stock fllARSHKIELD, ORE. Head io Head Talks. By EDWIN A. NYE. Copyright, IMS. by Edwin A. Nye. OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE. So you arc tweut-oBel And you stand up clear tyed to look the world in the face a -mn. Did you ever think, son, how much It cost to make a man of you? It cost a lot of money, but that isn't all. You have cost father a lot of hard knocks and short dinners and gray streaks in his hair. And your raothei boy, you will never know. You hnve cost her anxious days and nights, and wrinkles in the dear face. Sure, it has been expensive to grow you. But If you are what we think you are, you aro worth all you cost us, and more. Be sure of this: Father doesn't say much but "Ilello, son!" but deep down In his tough, stanch heart ho thinks, you are the finest ever. And the little mother simply cannot keep her love and pride for you out of her eyes. Sonny, if you were to do anything low or mean It would Just about kill your mother. You are a man now. Some time you must step in your father's shoes. Don't call hlui "old man." lie doesn't like to know you call him that; but, just the rame, he Is not as young as he used to be. You see, he has been working pretty hard for twenty-one years to help you up. And your mother begins already to I lean on you. Dnenn't that sober you twenty-one? Your father bns done fairly well In the world, but he experts you to do bettor. And so do you expect you will, do liMtor. lie has given you a better! chain p than he had. You begin al I most whore he leaves off. All tut1 same, young man. If you do even as well as your sire and keep your soul clean you will havo done pretty well, Don't flinch, boy. j The world will try you out. It will strain every fiber that' is In you, But i you arc made of pood stuff. Hold to j your mother's teachings nnd shame tho j devil. Once tho load of life Is fairly strapped on your young shoulders you will carry tho burden nnd scared? feel it If only there is n cheerful mind. All hall YOU. on the threshold! It li high time you were beginning to pay the freight. And there are your back debts to father and mother. You will pay them, won't you, boy? Not in money. No. You can't pay those debts Jn money. How shall you pay thosa sacred debts? There Is Just one way by being al ways nnd everywhere a man! . - "Ho belongs to ono of our flno old families." "Oh, does he? Then that iccounts for it" "For what?" "His being always busted." Even Lower. "Johnson doesn't appear to be th brightest person in tho world." "Ho hasn't got horse sense." "Bad as that?" "Worse. He couldn't learn to nm an automobile." The Caucus Youth. What's so trying aa a day in June? Then for certain come reckless days, When Cob tries his voice that Is out ol tune And tho silence all about him flays. Undoubtedly. "Money isn't everything." "No, but nearly everything counts Is money." that ST I'V.i, jj,I If U.I.I V.lfiU : V u -3SL.auS6u- , . .' rli M"