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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1908)
??y3ffwFypa - J n.t 'rswji J - W aMMMMM ""iwwi rMfi y-."" ?tfV THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1908. I 'J . COOS BAY TIMES M. C. MALONEY Editor and Publisher. DAN E. MALONEY News Editor. AN INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, AND WEEKLY BY THE COOS BAY TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY. Entered at the postofflce at Marsh field, Oregon, through the mails as second olass mail matter. for transmission SUBSCRIPTION RATES. In Ad ranee. BAIIiY. One jour $5.00 Six months $2.50 Less than 8 months per month 50 WEEKLY. One year . $1.50 THE COOS BAY RAILWAY PROBLEM. THE RAILWAY problem is an always interesting topic for discussion on Coos Bay. The Times does not agree jwlth those pessimistic peo ple who seem to think the railway Is absolutely essential to our -very existence. With our magniflcent harbor and waterhlghwajs leading to all ports of the world, Coos Bay is much better situated than many less favored sections. As a result of the present mode of transportation, a population of ten thousand peoplehave found work and happy homes on the shores of a bay destined at some time to be one of the Important seaports of the Pacific coast, if not the world. This is abundant evidence of the fact that nature has destined this place at some time to be a great commercial center. While not absolutely essential to our exist ence, however, there is no denial of the railway needs of this section. The coming of the great steel highway will make possible more prompt and effective development of our resources and our commerce. The news of Mr. Harriman's plans and purposes in reference to the Tallway situation in Oregon as printed in The Times yesterday, was in teresting reading. If as stated, this article was really Inspired by the representatives, lieutenants and aids of the great railway magnate, and there is little cause to doubt it, it is important as well as interesting. It indicates that the great railway man is as alert to the present railway situation of Oregon as the people are earnest. While the Coos Bay line was not specifically mentioned no plan of railway building in Oregon can be developed that eliminates this section from consideration. A statement in this article giving color to its authoritative source Is that Harriman desires to go down into history as a great railway builder. vThis is a new ambition of this really remarkable man. Heretofore, he has devoted himself to the rehabilitation of railways already built. He has won his laurels as an executive. As a railway operator he stands su preme and alone in his field. Having demonstrated his genius in this branch, it is natural that he should turn his attention to the other equally important branch of transportation and try and seize the laurels now worn by his rivnls. Never before did mortal man have more golden opportunity for the realization of his ambitions. Oregon alone offers suf ficient field for the realization of his dreams. Here the field Is white unto the harvest. It Is peculiarly and particularly a field for his ex ploitation. Lying between the two steel prongs of the Harriman high ways, the Oregon Short Line and the Southern and Union Pacific is a vast empire richer in natural resources than any other section of equal area in the United States, waiting the touch of the wand of transporta tion to be developed into a prosperous and populous commonwealth. This development cannot come by cheap and niggardly methods. The con struction of a few spur feeders to branch lines will not make for this de velopment. It must come thru a transcontinental line. An east and west line thru Oregon connecting wfth the Oregon Short Line near Boise, Idaho, giving direct connection with the Union Pacific would solve the railway problem for this section. Anything less will be inadequate. Coos Bay has special and particular call on the Harriman projects at this time. In addition to the fact that the Coos Bay-Drain line has been started and partially constructed is the matter of the cordial encourage ment and assurance of support guaranteed the Harriman line by the peo ple of Coos Bay. Several months ago Mr. Harriman's personal repre sentative visited Coos Bay and made an Investigation of its Resources and commerce. The splendid showing made in facts and figures was a surprise to the people here as well as to the Harriman Investigator. It was such that there was every reason to expect an early and favorable decision. The repoit was taken to Now York personally but since then thero has been no announcement. There are those doubting Thomases who assert that the starting of the Drain line was merely a Harriman trick a bluff to keep other railways out. This is not generally accept ed howover. We want to believe that Mr. Harriman was serious in his intentions and not merely flirting with Coos Bay to keep rivals away. Thero must be something substantial soon or the doubt of his sincerity will Increase in size and scope. There must bo an early announcement. Harriman is now familiar with the situation and has the figures as well. Ho must know whether his purpose is to build now or delay to what ho may consider a moro fortuitous time. He should let Coos Bay know his decision. We have treated him fairly and frankly. He should be equal ly square Coos Bay has evinced Its earnestness and loyalty to Mr. Har riman by steadily refusing to enter or make effort to enter any other ne gotiations while the Harriman project was under consideration. This, too, when opportunity was presented to take the matter up with another of tho country's great railway magnates. All wo ask now is the square deal. If Mr. Harriman is not favorably impressed, Coos Bay will seek a solution of its railway problem in other quarters but there must bo no charges of bad faith from Mr. Harriman. Coos Bay, like charity has suffered long and been kind. Now, wo aro at a point where patience has exhausted Its vlrtuo. "Hope deferred maketh tho heart sick." Coos Bay will have a railway and have it soon. Wo hope Mr. Harriman may build It but if not Mr. Harriman some one else. It will be built. Tho Coos Bay spirit will manifest itself and Its embodiment will be a rail way. Solah! I WITH THE I t TOAST AND TEA ? GOOD EVENING. s My first wish Is to see the 1 whole world in peace and the H inhabitants of it one band of brothers. GEO. WASHINGTON. FINANCIAL s;t wwrrrTi Fir auk Otto's Auto. 'Tls, passing strange how fashions change In things that men ad mire; Our muse that sang the tireless steed now sings the steedlcss tire. Friend Otto got an auto, so as not to seem antique. But the thing was autocratic just as much as automatic, And that auto wouldn't auto as It ought to, so to speak. He sought au auto operator who should make it work; A circus man at first he tried, and then he tried a Turk. For he knew the circus man drove fifty horses with success, "And if a man bo shifty," reasoned "he, to manage fifty, 'Tls manifest that he's tho man to manage one horse-less! "The Turk, p'raps," pondered Otto, "being born an Ottoman, Ought to awe this awkward auto, on the Oriental plan." Twas all in vain. So off he went to Alabama, merely That he might say, "I'm Otto of Mo bile, and my motto 'A Mobile Otto's sure to tame an automobile, clearly.' " There Otto wrought to auto on that auto as he ought to; But the auto sought to auto as Otto never thought to. And Otto fought the auto, and the auto It fought Otto, Till the naughty auto got too hot to "aut" or to be taught to, And while the air was fraught with 'Otto's oaths (not voce sotto). The auto shot to heaven with a haughty sort of snort, oh! Where Otto steers his auto now, an austere aeronauto. Tit Bits. USI and daVlMS $100,000 Capital, Fully Paid STANDS FOR CONSERVATIVE BANKING Pays Interest on Time and Savings Deposits The ofneers and tho entire directorate are citizens of Marshfleld and vieinlty who own and eontrol the capital stock Whoso very Interest and success mean tho succpss of this community. We solleit your business and accounts. DIRECTORS. JOHN S. COKE STEPHEN C. ROGERS, HENRY 8ENGSTACKEN, M. C. HORTON, WILLIAM GRIMES, JNO. F. HALL, W. S. CHANDLER, DR. C. W. TOWER, DORSEY KREITZBR, Business Directory Doctors. Pn' ' E' GOLDEN LS Physlcjnn and Surgco 202-03 Coos building. Offlce hours: 10 to 12 m. 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 p.m. Phonea: Ofllco 1 OBI Residence 105. T-v R. A. O. BURROUGHS LJ Homeopathic r-jMclan Chroni. Disease. Specialty. ReaHenc. d offlca, corner 'O and v . ,trcctB, Marslineld. OFTICERS. JNO. S. COKE, President. DORSEY KREITZER, Cashier. M. C. HORTON, YIco President and Manager. It Jsn't easy to get along on a short allowance. A man learns to live when he be gins to live and learn. Beauty is only skin deep sometimes equally shallow. -and There's a fall In store for the man who is above his work. An old bachelor is a man that no woman has wanted to marry. Some Coos Bay people take things as they come and knock them as they go. t' frfrO 0-4' ' Fbmsgan Hk Bennett Sank r MARSHFIELD, OREGON. . t Paid Up Cnpit.il nnd Undivided Profits $75,000 t Assets Over Half Million Dollars. & Does a general banking business and draws on the Bank of Cali- T fornia, San Francisco, Cal., First National Bank, Portland, Ore., First National Bank, Roseburg Ore., Hanover National Bank, New York, N. M. Rothehild & Son, London, England. Also sell exchange on nearly all the principal cities of Europe. Accounts kept subject to check, safe deposit lock boxes for rent at 50 cents a month or ?5 a year. INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS 4 O0 T-nR. GBORGI W. LESLIE LJ Oatepathk Physician Office noun: m to 4n iS n.t. . .....niu, urf pvR. GKO. E. DIX Physician and HnrKeon Now FlanaganBennott Dank BM Residence Phone 1665. T . J. W. INGRAM " " L- Physician nnd SnrRoo,, Offlce 208-200 Coos Building Phones-Ofllce 1621: Residence 1623 t DH. A. L. HOUHEWORTII Phjsiclnn mill Siir,,. UutKllrUt Ofllces second floor of Flanagan & Bennett Bank Building. ' Ofllco hours 2 to 4 p. m.; 7 to 8 p. m. Phone: Ofllco, 1431; Residence, H3J THE FIR-ST NATIONAL BANK ? OF COOS BAY Stricll a Commercial Bank Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank, San Francisco, Cal The United States National Bank, Portland, Ore. The National Park Bank, New York, N. Y. The Corn Exchango National Bank, Chicago, 111. The Bank of Scotland, London, England. The Credit Lyonnals, Paris, France, Draws Draiig on P" In addition we draw drafts on all principal banking centers in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia. China, Japan, North, Contral and South America. Personal and commercial accounts kept subject- to check Certi ficates of Deposits Issued. Safe and Deposit Boxes for rent. m: RS. NETTIE HOVEL Midwife Obstetrical Nursing With E. W. Kammerer Phone Hf4 Lawyers. Francis H. Clarke j 1C0b ,It tUk, Lawrence A Llljequut CLARICE, BLAKE & LILJEQVie.f, ATTORNE Y8-A T-LA W tt United States Commissioners Offlca tt Trust Buildlnsr. Mnrsbfiairf nr. . "" U T. W. BENNETT, STEAMERS J -frfr'fr3'Efrfrg"M-'?i uu:e over Flanagan & Bennett T Bank CALIFORNIA AND OREGON COAS T STEAMSHIP COMPANY. Steamer Alliance ' Marshfleld, 2 "" KE & COKE. Ort:n B. W. OLSON, Master. CT " Attorneys at Law. Marshfleld. Oregon. 5 SAILS FROM PORTLAND SATURDAYS, 8 P. M. SAILS FROM COOS BAY TUESDAYS, AT SERVICE OF TIDE. F. P. Baumgartner, Agt. H. W. Skinner, Agt, Couch St. Dock, Portland. Oio. Marshfleld, Ore., Phone 441 SHSHSH5a515H5H5SSHHE5HS2SBSZ5HS2SHlSZ5H52SH5aSZ5BSSE5HSH5a5HSH.ra5HSSS? Portland & Coos Bay S S. Line S. S. BREAKWATER B Miscellaneous c:v- MERCHANT, Electrician Wiring Guaranteed and Done at Reasonable Rates. Shop: South Marshfleld, Phone 1033 ,W. Our Idea of a frenzied financier Is a man who buys a pocketbook on credit. Many a Coos Bay man forgets what he ought to know and knows what he ought to forget. It is self-evident that the lawyer who questions a witness doesn't know it all. Girls with pretty necks dislike high collars. 'a Sails from AinsworthDockPortland, Wednesdays at 8 p.m Sails from Coos Bay Saturdays at Service of Tide. S. S.CZARJNA SAILING BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO AND COOS BAY, CAR RYING FREIGHT AND COMBUSTIBLES ONLY. Whisky by any other name would tangle men's feet just the same. A silly woman tries to drive a man; a wise one leads him. You can't always judge the show by the price of admission. You'll do the right thing if you stop growling about an Imaginary wrong. A Coos Bay woman's idea of faith is to believe a thing because she be lieves it. HEATHER SAILOR MISSING. but fioes Abhoro to liny Presents, Fails to Return. ASTORIA, Oro., Dec. 30. On last Wednesdny evening, Androw Hol gren, n sailor on tho lighthouso ten der Heather, went ashore to purchaso Bomo Christmas presents and has not beon seen slnco. He is known to have bought some presents and loft them at the storo to be called for on tho following evening. It Is supposed ho fell overboard whllo returning to tho vessel and wns drowned. Tho deceased was a native of Finland, 35 years of age nnd unmarried. When a man begins to tell a story, and introduces it by asking if we have heard It, wo can get away. " k. W. Shaw, Agt. Phone Main 233 1 - - - A. St. Dock 5SaSH5H5?raSHSH5HSHSHSH5E5HSaSBSS5K5H5L52!ni55SBSSSE52S?.KSl!5?SH5rlSZ5a rnE , cj I Steamer M. F. Plant Bi SAILS FROM COOS BAY FOR SAN FRANCISCO EVERY TUESDAY. No reservation held after tho arrival of the ship mflesa ticket la bought. F. S. DOW, Agent MARSHFIELD, i5a525H525H5E5B525H5E5Z5ES2525Z5E5a g""l"'u'i . ili -,, . . .i. -.. -. ..$. , -.i.-. -! -!-- - - ---.-.... S. TURPEN Architect. ". ; Ovor Chamber of Commerce MARSHFIELD, ORE. MARSHFIELD TURKISH BAIHS 210-213 Coos Building. Hours: Ladles, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m, except Saturday Gents, 7 p.m. to 1 a. m., except Friday. Phone 2141. TURKISH BATH $1.00. C. L. BUTTERFIELD. Prop. c Steamer Wilhelmma LUDTIG OimiSTENSRK, llaatw. Sailing for Bandon arery Monday. For fal Mtrwafrrgja., mfcr Chai Thorn owner, or II. Tf. Skinner, agent. l-4,-4..,i.-.i.-.t..-.1.-,i...,...--..i,-.i.-4,. ORHQON QJ rtl m iff m BIBBS & MASON Photographers. Coos Bay Monthly Bidg. Telephone No. 917, Marshfleld, Oregon. HOTELS The LATTIN Hotel Gny O. Lattin. ( New arfl modern throughout. nats ?l per Oay. $fl per rreck. Free baths, newly fnrnlahed. Phono 2005. Next te cor Sheridan and Queen Aye. Marshfleld, Ore. --- Land Opening. There is going to bo a land open ing at Roseburg, Ore., January 20, 1909. For lists, blue print maps with vacant lands marked thereon and full Information regarding fil ings, etc., send $2.00 to ROSEBURG ABSTRACT COMPANY, Roseburg, Ore. Steamer Flyer LAWHORN & Mcculloch, Owners. Jive. Marshfleld t.vo. North Bend Stoamor BREAKWATER sails from Coos Bay for Portland SAT URDAY, 7 A. M. EASTSIDE IS A WINNER. Steamer BREAKM'ATER from Coos Bay for Portland URDAY, 7 A. M. sails SAT- GRAND BALL at Finnish hall, Thursday evening, December 31. 7:00 A. M. 8:45 " 10:45 " 1:00 P. M. 2:30 " 4:00 M 7:45 A. M. 10:05 11:15 1:45 p. m. 3:15 " 6:00 " --t-y. .., I.. . y2H5ESE5E5lSH5ES5Be5M'-52a55Sr,l STEAMER FAVORITE Twotrlpi dally betwttn Bitlon aid CooullU connecting with all Uankield trains. Leuvca Bandon . t.i4Sa.na. Leavea Baadoa . . .1 M . . ... F. . T.avia fViaMlTiA !. In Leaves CoqailU ...4: 60 p. m. i Traveler levlnir Uanblleld la th r si morning reacu uanaonat Boon, reople ft IS on Cooullle rlrercan inend orer three If pi hourt in Marshfleld and reach home tke ft g COQUILLH RIVHR TRANB- ( HJ PORTATION CO. ft e5zs3?sas"dia5a5HFBTaiiSr!snsHsi? uir,u rninr rirn , . . . I IIUII UlfAUL MCAL neouorot good roat boef fcowovsr i iiii . iL , appetlxing, can onlv be bi liven! ,. the delicious taste and flavor that goes with every piete of wtat Yti)B. All orr meats are the choicest we can produce. , O.Noblf$-a&CITYMAIUffi C and Front. Street. MairfUMM Oregon , , , fJ n anting, fiihing, camping, bathing the year around. Beautiful Ten Mile Lakes, ta sportsmen's paradise, "rfhaa yat tome to Ven Mile Tttt the Ten Kile eafe, cot- tenta, boats, complete a enafta far rant at rfe- onnbla rates. In connection wit the cafe. Any lire party taken eare of. Call and see ui or phone your engagement. Phone local or long distance. V TT VYVIHn T An LAKESIDE, 'ORE. H Open for Chnrter Nights and Snndny The Flyof Always Leavea on Time. Temple (Sb Wilson UNDERTAKING PARLORS. Funeral supplies In general. Licensed embalmer with lady assistant. South Broadway. Telephones: OFFICE 8161. RESIDENCE 210S. IIV" 'l . rom -ca ?! .Till' LJUaaftSr!atfB
