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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1908.
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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
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BAIIiY.
One jour $5.00
Six months $2.50
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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 $2.00 to
ROSEBURG ABSTRACT COMPANY,
Roseburg, Ore.
Steamer Flyer
LAWHORN & Mcculloch,
Owners.
Jive. Marshfleld t.vo. North Bend
Stoamor BREAKWATER sails
from Coos Bay for Portland SAT
URDAY, 7 A. M.
EASTSIDE IS A WINNER.
Steamer BREAKM'ATER
from Coos Bay for Portland
URDAY, 7 A. M.
sails
SAT-
GRAND BALL at Finnish hall,
Thursday evening, December 31.
7:00 A. M.
8:45 "
10:45 "
1:00 P. M.
2:30 "
4:00 M
7:45 A. M.
10:05
11:15
1:45 p. m.
3:15 "
6:00 "
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STEAMER FAVORITE
Twotrlpi dally betwttn Bitlon aid
CooullU connecting with all Uankield
trains.
Leuvca Bandon . t.i4Sa.na.
Leavea Baadoa . . .1 M . .
... F. .
T.avia fViaMlTiA !. In
Leaves CoqailU ...4: 60 p. m. i
Traveler levlnir Uanblleld la th r
si morning reacu uanaonat Boon, reople ft
IS on Cooullle rlrercan inend orer three If
pi hourt in Marshfleld and reach home tke ft
g COQUILLH RIVHR TRANB- (
HJ PORTATION CO. ft
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uir,u rninr rirn , . . .
I IIUII UlfAUL MCAL neouorot good roat boef fcowovsr
i iiii . iL , appetlxing, can onlv be bi liven! ,.
the delicious taste and flavor that goes with every piete of wtat Yti)B.
All orr meats are the choicest we can produce. ,
O.Noblf$-a&CITYMAIUffi
C and Front. Street. MairfUMM Oregon , , ,
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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.
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