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THh" DAILY COOS BAY TIM ES. MARSHHELD, OREGON, TtftffiSOAV, DE3EMBEJ? 17, T908.
COOS BAY TIMES
An independent Republican news
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'Sunday, and Weekly by
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Kntered at the postofflje at Mursh
'Eeld, Oregon, for tr nsmlsslon
StfarouKh the malls as second class
mall matter.
Let s take this world as some
U. O. MALONEY. . .Editor and Pub. ' wide scene
in k. maiajney. . . .News Editor rnrougn wnicn, in irau out
X buoyant boat, '
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Address All Communications to ' And away we speed' away
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"fcrarehileld - . . Orfgon THOMAS MOORE.
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jOVVVSS.O'KSOOSSC do your Christmas shopping early
this year. Heard this before, haven't
you?
SUBSCRIPTION KATES.
In Advance.
DAILY.
One year 5.00
Six months $2.50
Eksco than C nionMis per month. .50
WEEKLY.
Oa Year $1.50
There Is many a hitch
teamster's buslnesr.
la the
It takes a sharp man to carve out
a big fortune.
We might enjoy work", more- If we
didn't have to do It.
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O BA1TLE CRKEK, Mich.,
tiDec. 18. "Willie was Always
O a studsiTns boy," said" Mrs", J. C.
Stevenspn of Cincinnati. And
she referred to President-elect
William Howard Taft.
"I've always called hmv Wll-
He, but I suppose I'll havo to
change It now," she itd'd'etf,
"but I tnuglit the lad In T8'66
in tho sixteenth district scltool,
Cincinnati. WllUe was 14
years old, got his 100 marira
regularly, was prompt In at-
tendance and never tardy. No,
he was not a 'sissy' boy. He
It's safe to judge a man by the
object for which he strives.
Tho policy of tue Coos Bay Tl-ius
swill be Republican In politics, with
he independence of vhlch Tresldont
Soofcovelt is the leading exponent.
UNLUCKY FRIDAY.
If you would be a leader ot urea
wvw, you must ue boou iimureui
Cure For Cnrc
Don't you trouble trouble
Till trouble troubles you.
Don't you look for trouble;
Let trouble look for you.
Don't you borrow sorrow;
You'll surely have your shaOT
He who dreams of sorrow
Will find that sorrow's there.
Don't you hurry worry
By worrying lest it come.
To flurry is to worry;
'Twill miss you if you're mum..
If care you've got to carry,
Wait till it's at the door;
For he who runs to meet It
Takes up tho load before.
If minding will not mend It,
Then better not to mind;
On Friday, August 21, 1492,
Christopher Columbus sailed on his
sreat voyage of discovery. On Frl
olay. October 12. 1492 ,he first dis
covered land. On Friday, January 4,
3.433, lie sailed on his return to
Spain, which, if he had not reached
in safety, tho happy result would
jnerer have been known which led to
.the settlement of this vast continent.
On Friday, March 15, 1493, he ar
rived at Palos In safety. On Friday,
"November 22, 1493, he arrived at
"'.Hlapanola, on his second voyage to
America. On Friday, June 13, 1493,
Be, though unknown to himself, dls
sovered the continent of America.
On Friday, March 5, 149G, Honry , , .. . . ..
Xmi of England gave to John Cabot Jugt ,eave ,t aH beh,nd
JUs commission, which led to tho dis
covery of North America. This Is who feareth hath forgak
lw Tirst American state paper in The Heavenly Fatherg slde;
-England. On Friday, September 7, w,mt he hath undertaken
JWB, Melendez founded St. Angus- He BUre,y vm provIdo
(tine, the oldest town in the United ,
States by more than forty years. On
"Friday, November 10, 1C20, the
Mayflower, with the Pilgrims, made
Alio .harbor- of Provlncetown, and on
tCho same day they signed that august
compact, the forerunner of our pres
ont glorious Constitution. On Fri
(tdnv, December 22, 1G20, the Pil-
. -grims made their final landing at
tJPlyinouth Rock.
'On Friday, February 22, George
"Washington, the father of American
iJroedom, was born. On Friday,
Jfuno 1G. Bunker Hl.l was seized and
sfortlfled. On Friday, October 17, j
No one ever courts the company ot
a man with a grouch.
Tho Indian seldom laughs,
who wants to be an Indian?
Even a self-made man will
admit that ho see3 his finish.
Blit
not
was mischievous' and' somewhat $
of an athlete, but'nlways a gen-
tlemnn.' " "
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21 TISIES A FATHER,
ROSEBURG, Dee. 17.
When President Roosevelt de-
plored what he termed "roce
siilcfde" in this con'rv. Ms r-
How the Poor
Fail to Get
Justice.
Bjr WILLfAM H. TAFT. J J Jt J" j.
HhCMHE 4NEQUAUTY THAT EXISTS IN OUR PRr,,T
Z ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AND THAT SOONER
UK uticn in bCHinin iv niuc aimu i 1-iOUDLE UX
AND TO CALL FOR POPULAR CONDEMNATION A.3
REFORM 13 IN THE UNEQUAL DURDEN VHICH
THE DELA.Y3 AND EXPENSE OF LITIGATION UV
DER OUR SYSTEM IMPOSE ON THE POOR LITIGANT,
ONE REMEDY MUST DE REFOR-M IN OUR JUDICIAL FTiO
CEDURE, WHICH' IS NOW TOO CUMBERSOME. ANOTHER WOULD1
BE MORE EXPEDITION ON THE PART OF JUDGES IN RENDERl,o
THEIR OPINIONS. DELAY ALWAYS WORKED TO THE DETFh CT
OF THE POOR AND THE BENEFIT OF" THE WEALTHY LITIGANT.
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The teeth of the gale demonstrate
that cold winds bite, but never bark.
It doesn't do to take the thought
for the deed in a real, estate trans
action. The man who jumps at conclusions
doesn't always get there with both
Bfeet.
Many a man fails (o get ahead bp-
-2 1-cs.use be has tho backward-glance
I.tmhlt
The average man's word is con-
fsidpred as good as his bond by a
stranger.
One rn Fvry .13 f fi -.795,780
Tnlinbltnnfs Is n T Micr.
ECTNTJON, Dec. 17. Rather " In
teresting- are the statistics on "What i
Is London?" which the county coun-
svtl linn 1linl T1 11 I a Vl Orl TXTVinf (a n11
A woman likes to have some one
coax her to do something she wants ed ' "adYntefetrattre London" Is corn
to d0i j posed of 74,816 acres of land and
J . I water. On the land live 4,795,789
As to appeals, "tho- court of first, instance" and tho intermediate'
appellate court should, bo for tho purposo of finally disposing in a jut
and prompt way of contontioirs between litigants.
THE APPELLANT JURISDICTION. OF THE COURT OF LAST RE
SORT SHOULD DE LIMITED TO THOSE CASES WHICH ARE TYP
ICAL AND WHICH GIVE' TO IT (N IT3 JUDGMENT AN OPPORTUN
ITY TO COVER THE WHOLE. FIELD OF THE LAW.
K K P.
T believe that a irreat reform misht bo effected, certainly in the
fn i 0(ara' courts, mid 1 think, too, in tho state courts, by a mandatory
I 1 L- 4.1. a ... J. An.M .wl 4nn "TVi i pillnni At i 1 1 " nrmvf iV!n..
' by Ms present wife, and he had reuuciiou qi vno cuurt waio uuu . j. . - wuk u.uwjih
first should, be fixed and should bo paid out of tho treasury of tho county,
state or national government, as tho case may be, and foos should be
reduced to cs low a figuro n possible.
rOXTTON- IS RICTTVST CITY. I ' THINK ANOTHER STEP IN THE DIRECTION OF THE DI3-
' PATCH OF LITIGATION WOULD BE THE REQUIREMENT OF HIGH
ER QUALIFICATIONS FOR THOSE JUDGE8 WHCT SIT IN THE CASES
INVOLVING A SMALL PECUNIARY AMOUNT.
marks were evident')' not aind A
at such citizens as Levi White,
a we1l known resldo of West
Roseburg-, whose w'f" gave .
birth to a, son Sunday, Hpc. a
13, 1908. This event makes
Mr. White a father for
21st time. It Is the tenth child
his
eleven children by
wife.
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It's usually the thlng3 you haven't
that would seem to make life worth
living.
Then don't you trouble trouble
Till trouble troubles you;
You'll only double trouble,
And trouble others, too.
The Observer..
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In France they are talking of. pass'
ing a law exempting wives front!
obeying their husbands. Nothing Rival undertakers In Newark, N.
like that necessary in this country.' J"-, are said to be slashing prices In a
scandalous manner. In time they
i may have the price of a decent
funeral down to where the average
the
A certain kind of woman can be
glnd she married a man so as to be
able to tell him she Is sorry she did.
A New York actress has attracted
attention by complaining that a mil
lionaire beat her up and stole ?S
-1777, the surrender of Saratoga was all she had. Most of the excitement.
rmnile, whicli had such power and ln--fluenco
in inducing France to declare
-or our cause. On Friday, Septem
ber 22, 1780 ,the treason of Arnold
rwaa laid bare.
On Friday, October 19, 17S1, the
-surrender at Yorktown, the crowning
of course, was created by her con
fession that she had only ?S.
Newark resident can't resist
temptation to secure a bargain.
John D, Rockefeller's advice to
young men who want to get rich Is
to "borrow $4,000 and sail in." Na
turally, if there is any spiling to be
When it is too late you will prob
ably remember that you resolved to done it Is important first to raise tho
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success to that individual. I sup- j
glory of the American arms, occur-1 pose the money king, who has hoard- I "This stove," said Wm. Ekblad to
ired. On Friday, July 7, 177G, the ed his millions and become the dom- his Irish customer, "is the best stove
amotion in Congress was made by Inatlng sp'rit In his sphere, thinks in the house. It is the stove-of eco
John Adams, seconded by Richard he has won success and that tho nomy. It saves half the coal bill."
Henry Lee, that the United States , politician who has stepped by leaps "Give mo two of thlm," replied'
colonles were, and of right ought to
8iq free and independent.
.WHAT IS SUCCESS?
Success is difficult to define. Sen
ator Robert S. Taylor, in his Fiddle
and tho Bow, said in substance:
""The master draws his bow over the toward none; to have a kindly feel
and bounds into places of honor and the Irishman, "I'll save all."
trust and there gathered around him '
a following ho can wield to his Ilk-' One reason why the loan- shark
lng, thus controlling the policies of has so few friends is not because he
states and nations, believes he has is always lending money, but be
reached success. The writer's per- cause he insists on getting it back,
sonal opinion is, that when he shall And to make matters worse, he
have schooled his heart to be bitter generally succeeds in getting it back,
and then some.
Instrument and all the demons of
liell scream out In the sound. Again
She draws It, nnd all the beautiful
fnnrmoules of heaven are heard."
I conclude It depends on the tem
Tperament of tho one who hears as to
tlio definition of the sounds; so In
ing for all; to earnestly seek to ele-
vato friendship, love and truth, to A scientist figures that "99 per
banish selfishness, and everything cent of the worry and strife In this
that stands In the way of the hap- world Is without cause other than
human beings; In the suburbs
around them another 3,000,000
make their homes.
Londbir Is put down as probably
the wealthiest city In the world. Its
property fs Insured against fire for
l,040,,0"5r,S46. Nevertheless "one
person in every 33 fs a pauper; 20
DTSons in every 100 die in a workhouse-
or- a workhonse Infirmary."
Rut the city annually distributes
through Its charities 10,0GG,043.
In one year Londoners consumed
419',0T3T tons of dead meat, 58,735
live cattle, 3T5.950 live sheep, 174.
332 tons of fish, S0,82G,330 gallons
of milk and 82.iG2,249,000 gallons
of" water for drinking and other
purposes, for "which water they paid
T,y32,7T2. There are in London
2S',2G5 factories and workshops, in
wftich 558",i41 men, women and
children find employment every year.
Tn addition to the onen air past
tfmes to be found in the parks and
other open spaces in London, there
are 53 theaters, 49 music halls, 2G1
concert halts and 11 museums.
There are also- S8 public libraries
open to the people.
In one year Londoners wrote 737',
100,000 letters and 1G7.800.00O
postal cards, in addition to which
they sent 28.2G0.000 telegrams and
enjoyed 145,205,633 chats over the
telephone.
An automobile that swallows Its
own' dust Is described" in Popular
Mechanics. Pipes suck up the dust
from the rear wheels and draw It
piness of those with whom ho comes sore nerves and a congested liver.' jnt0 a D0X rom -which It Is ftgaln
In oontncv, In short, when ho has Which again shows how little Impor-1 deposlte d on the road' in granulated
done all he can to nlako the world tanco a scientist attaches to a fiat fnrm
America Deprives Foreigners
of IMuch of Their Happiness,,
By IDA M. TARBELL. CelebrntcdjAutbor.
NE of tho first disappointing realizations of tho immigrant' to.
tho United States must bo that ho has como to a country
practically without fete days. Accustomed to a succession of
religious and national holidays, all lively in color and move
ment; to local fairs running, over days, evon weeks sometimes; to
street shows and games and merrymaking a land where not more
than six or eight' legal hoildays-aro knowni and whero tho church is.
contented with an annual Sunday school picnic foe tho children, must
seem poverty stricken indeed in gaycty, whatever' its opportunity for
money making.
THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT THAT THE VARIETY AND NUM
BFp OF FETE DAYS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES GO A GREAT' WAY
TO MAKING UP TO THE LABORING CLASS FOR'
MATERIAL HARDSHIPS. HERE THERE IS NO SUCH
COMPENSATION FOR NEW AND OFTEN. VASTLY
MORE PERPLEXING HARDSHIPS.
Even those among us who have appreciated' the
difficulties of tho immigrant's transplanting and have
tried tp smooth them away ltavo given little-thought
10 una bide of the matter. Tho tendency, indeed, has been to frown
in the newcomer's effortstn introduce his own frolics and festivals as
im-American and to impress upon him lhat it is work and not play
finch counts in tho new land.
WE HAVE BEEN WILLING TOi IMPROVE HIM, BUT UNWILLING;
TO AMUSE HIM, EVEN TO LET HIM AMUSE HIMSELF. THE RE
SULT HA3 DEN THAT HE HAS DROPPED HIS MERRYMAKINGS.
AND EVEN COME TO DESPISE THEM AND HAS SUBSTITUTED FAR
LESS ATTRACTIVE AMD TOO OFTEN FAR LESS' INNOCENT AMUSE'
MENTS. THE 3ARRQOM AND THE DANCE HALL ARE; POOR SUB
STITUTES, INDEED. FOR THE OPEN' AIR CAFE AND THE VIL-,
LAGE FAIR.
Wo Americans lose no less than tJbo foreigner loses by this. One
of the most precious things ho brings vla, iudeed, is his capacity for
gayety, expressed) m' picturesque dances and customs. Wo are always
willing enough to travel far in Europe to study these expressions.
Indeed', tho popular fete is one of tho things the- tourist remembers
longest, yot we- have dono almost nothing to encourage the preserva
tion! aero, of anv of its. features.
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success, It depends on the standard around him better because he lives, pocketbook and a determined lnoth
ot life onosets as to what would bo ho will have attained success. er-ln-lnw.
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Now is the time to buy your Holiday Goods andJToys. The past few days
have seen the heaviest drainon our thousands of dollars worth of goods in the
history of our business. Buy before the selection is gone. . ' Buy early and
Toys for the larger
little ones,
we guarantee prompt delivery. Toys for the
ones, Holiday Goods for everyone.
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