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2 THE COOS BAY TIMES MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 7, 1909 EVENING EDITION
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GOOD EVENING.
The greatest fault, I should
say, Is to he conscious of none
but other people's. Carlyle.
GOOD ROADS AS ASSETS.
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OES IT PAY A COUNTY to as
sumes a large indebtedness In
order to obtain good roads?
Paulding county Ohio, answers yes
and with enthusiasm.
Since 1882 Paulding has been Is
suing bonds to ralso money with
which to Improve the highways. It
warj not, however, until 1898 that
the campaign for good roads really
Btartcd In the county. The people
wearied of the half-hearted and al
most futile attempts to make a road
out of soil that had once been the
bod of a swamp. There were
months when the roads could not
ba complained of and (Jther months
when tho cautious farmer hesitated
between wagon and boat when ho
bad to go to market. Today tho
county has nearly 500 miles of ex
cellent maendam In exchange for a
million dollar debt. Land In 18S0
could be bought for ?G an acre. It
climbed to $15 by 1899. Now it sells
around $50 . Choice land which In
1898 brought $50 per aero com
mands $150 at this time. The tax
duplicate shows a valuation of $7,
348,000, admittedly far smaller than
the actual values. Population has
been Increasing. Crop returns have
Improved tromondously. There Is a
demand for farming property.
Facilities for transportation are ex
cellent and are improving.
Tho counties seoking population
and prosperity In competition with
ono anothor will, as In the case of
cltlea, havo to offer fixed attractions.
Prbmisoa will not do. What could
pedva a stronger magnet than well
laid" highways?
THE TRACK ROUTE.
THAT MAN IS INDEED desperate
who, seeking tho oblivion of
dfuth, takes tho track routo, as
did tlio poor dovil In Portland on
ono day Inst week, lying down by a
railway, placing his neck over tho
harsh Iron and waiting tho end as
, It wib to bo found beneath tho
wheal of a Hying train, says nn ex
change Thoro aie so many milder,
easier, more refined, ways of doing
this act that ono Is compelled to
wondei tit a choice so brutal and
harsh and unusual.
There- Is something vory pitiful in
tho misery of a mind so blinded by
despatt and grief that It takes no
thought of the "way out," but slezes
tho first horrid suggestion that pre
sents itself nnd plunges through the
mortal ngony that reflection and a
little more- time might havo spared
It. Suicide, of itself, is ono of tho
awful manirostntlons of human woo
and always leaves its taint of added
Borrow In tho lives of others in
touch with tho deed; nnd whllo to u
great extent, it Is tho outcome of
montal derangemont, It Is far too
often tho sano and simplo expedient
ot thoso who havo weighed Hfo In
the Bides of experience, and with
tho clullod reasoning of changeless
doteat and misconception, and ro
fusa longer to submit; and wo who
havo uever boon brought to the
mark, or havo had ways of clrcum
vontlus and relloving tho cilsls, hao
but llttlo right tc Judgo tho poor
ac-ula who havo resorted to It. Wo
cannot measure tho misery they
boro; nnd to judgo them from any
other l i.uio than that on which they
stood at tho Inst hour, Is unfair and
gratuitous. In the flush of our hap
piness and success and buoyant hope,
wq aro 111 prepared to say anything
of the heart-breaking motives that
prompted tho deed In othora. Tho
ioast wfl can do la to pity them nnd
try to make things brighter and
easier and slinplur for the others.
RONDEAU REDOUBLE.
I hate a dun. It makes mo fairly
sick,
Thli letter asking mo to "please
remit."
If I could pay I'd do It mighty quick,
I can't, however, so I wish they'd
q.ilt.
They will not, though, let up a little
bit, ,
Bu' threaten suit a very shabby
trick,
Considering the suit was poor in fit.
I hate a dun. It fairly makes me
sick.
That is tho worst of getting things
on tick.
I wish that I had waited for my
kit.
This curt reminder makes my con
science prick i
This letter asking me to "please
remit."
Credit is an invention of the pit,
A thing devised for torment by
Old Nick.
I can't grow caloused. 1 am tired of
It.
If i could pay I'd do it mighty
quick.
When I am broke, that is the time
they pick
To pester me, to threaten with
a writ.
To satisfy them I'd at nothing stick;
I can't .however, so I wish they'd
quit.
It seems as if they had but little wit.
One can't get blood from turnip,
stone or brick.
Well, with the statement I my pipe
have lit.
That ends it. I shall simply let
'em kick.
I hate a dun.
Selected.
Y paper devotes Just six lines to
"The Joy of Living." If he lived on
Coos Bay It would require that many
columns for the same subject.
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The policy of tho Coos Bay Times
will be Republican In politics, with
tke 'independence of which President
Roosevelt is the lending exponent.
Official Paper of Coos County.
We know Kermlt Roosevelt Is
going to be vexed if, after taking a
number of snapshots of his father in
the act of slaying a ferocious Hon",
he finds that he didn't have a film
In his camera.
The easiest way for a woman Is to
do a thing and then find the reason
for It afterward.
It Isn't so much tho size of our
Incomo as the size of our expense ac
count that keeps us hard up.
All the fun of staying out lato
at night is lost when there's nobody
at homo to carry on about it.
Possibly spring has been frighten
ed off by some of tho styles in hats
that have been awaiting her.
When Coos Bay parents don't
know how to niako anything else out
of a boy they call him artistic.
A convenient thing nbout a wom
an's llfuro is how she can make it
look l'ke one when sho hasn't any.
At a recent "shower," the daugh
ter of Oklahoma's governor received
fifty-four pairs of stockings. They
ought to enable her to make a very
good showing when compelled to be
out in other showers.
Queen Victoria, who kept a diary
from tho time she was 13, is said to
have written enough stuff to fill 100
printed volumes But we under
stand Ella Wheeler Wilcox can beat
that record, although she hasn't
been keeping a diary.
SPRING REMEDY.
If you've got that tired feelin'
That conies on about this season,
Why, of course .there's no denying
That there's hound to be a reason.
Big Easter Opening I
H Everything New for Spring. Do not
miss this Chance.
Everybody to Goodrum's
But there Is a way to shake It
From your system, bone
muscle;
Don't ret down an' sozzle bitters,
Git up early, folks, an' hustle!
an'
"What Is spring gardening,
papa?" asks Wm. Kreitzer of his
fond parents.
"Spring gardening, my son," an
swers the Indulgent father, looking
up from the seed catalogues, "Is
something that is done by a man
who cares nothing about it, under
the helpful Instruction of a grand
father who knows nothing about it."
AT THE TABLE.
Ho who eats In a hurry repents in
an office.
One cannot always eat and he
merry; ;the food won't allow it.
Good cheer Is necessary around
the board, but the system needs
something for dessert.
Washing down food is a quick
way to get through a meal; also
under tho doctor's care.
All Is not gold that glitters In the
butter dish; sometimes It may be a
black one or a gray.
"Look not upon the wine when It
is red " but, of course, if you are
color blind your responsibility
ceases.
HERE'S HOW TO SEE SOUL
MATE BY NAKED EYE
Sousa's declaration that "rag
timo is dead" has given musical
critics a new excuse for chewing the
rag.
Somo Coos Bay men waste most
of their money bocauso there aro so
many sensible things to do with It
they can't choose which.
Col. Grimes' suggests that a mule
shoo instead of a horseshoo should
bo nailed over the doors of the Coos
Bay kickers as an emblem of good
luck.
The St. Louis man who has slept
with Ills eyes open for twenty-flve
years ought to be awarded tho belt
for the most suspicious disposition
on earth.
I nover seo a man who Is grouchy
and unkind to his children but that
I feol sorry for them. It Is a suro
sign that ho had an unhappy child
hood hlmsolf.
Polico Commissioner Bingham
says "Now York Is tho dirtiest placo
on tho footstool." Well, can't care
loss New Yorkers ho compelled to
wnsh their feet or keep thorn off tho
stool?
That Pottstown, Pn., woman who,
at the ago of SI has a record of at
tending 4,007 fuuorals, may now bo
nhlo to look forward to her own
without flinching
"The editor of a Rochester, N.
Bostoncse Club to Teach the Science
of Pit-king True Affinities unci
Symmetrical Forms.
BOSTON, Mas?.. April 7. The
promise of a perfectly symmetrical
figure and of ability to regain youth
is held out to every man and woman
by the founder of a new society
which has Its hendquarters In Au-
burndale, ono of Boston's suburbs.
The process Is simple, according to
Edward Chase Merrill, founder and
teacher of tho organization known
as "The Good Idea Club." All that
13 really needed after the necessary
physical exercises are duly Indulged.,
is that desire for a symmetrical form
permeate the mind of a given in
dividual. The mind, growing con
stantly In perfection, the body then
Is moulded by the superior force of
mind over matter.
"Marriages will become truly per
fect matches, for our university will
teach how to see soul mates instant
ly, nnd divorce will disappear com
pletely," ho sayfa.
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Outline Specials
English Knockabout Hats $1.5
Kota Knockabout Hats-all colors- $ ! .00
. Kingsbury Dress Hat all colors $3.00
The Keenest Line of 25c ti$b 50c Neckwear to be had
'H How about a Silk Pongee Shirt I have all shades and prices
Let me see the color of
your eye at
Broadway & Central Ave
MARSnFIELD, ORE.
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THIS MAN HIS OWN DENTIST.
BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio, April 7.
Tho man who can shavo himself
Is common and a man who can cut
his own hair Is a novelty, but a man
who has no knowledge of dentistry
but enn mako Ms own teeth and
place them in his hend is a genius.
Car! Mabbey of Forest lost ono of
his front teeth Ho cut a piece from
tho handle of a toothbrush and with
tho aid of a file fashioned a molar,
loavliw a prong on tho end which ho
pushed up Into the gum. Ho says he
Is satisfied with the Job.
O. O. LUND is still at tho same
old stand MAKING SHOES for tho
right foot free of charge.
EASTER CARDS ONE CENT and
thousands of others from that price
up to 75 conts at A. M. Prentiss
& Company.
Read Tho Times want ads.
EXPOSES BIG
EGG SECRET
NEW YORK, April 7. That a
New Jersey hen would lay a different-shaped
egg If It I was taken to
Missouri was an assertion made In an
unusual suit heard before Judge
Helsley and a jury In the Circuit
Court at Newark recently.
Paul Mandevllle of Chicago,
brought suit against tho firm of II.
Kock & Co. of Newark to recover
$332, the value of a car load of Mis
souri eggs consigned to that firm.
Tho verdict was given In favor of
tho defendant after a deliberation of
two hours. The defense wa3 that
Iowa eggs had been ordered instead
of the Missouri product.
Testimony was given by experts
as to tho age of eggs and In Just
what state they originated. It was
declared by John Bain for the de
fense that he handled eggs for years,
that ho was able to ascertain tho
thickness of a shell and nt a glance
to tell correctly tho number of spots
on an egg.
When asked how ho could tell a
Missouri egg from an Iowa one, one
expert said the Missouri eggs were
big and brown and tho Iowa variety
a peculiar white and of an old shape
not discernible to the ordinary mortal.
"Can you tell an egg from Central
Missouri?"
"Yes; it is very dark brown."
"What kind of an egg comes from
Southern Missouri?"
"Slightly larger, spotted and light
er In color."
Iowa eggs were smaller than tho
hen product of Missouri, which Koch
received.
"Why are the eggs from Iowa
smaller?"
"Well, you see, In that part of
Iowa." the witness answered, "the
farmers havo a scheme whereby hens
aro made to lay two eggs a day.
They fool tho hens that Is, they
turn on electric lights In the chicken
coops nbout 2 o'clock in tho morn
ing. Tho hens think the sun Is up
and get busy. After they lay the
lights aro turned out. Then, of
course, when daylight does arrive
they lay another. On this account the
eggs aio necessarily of small size."
"Now. I have some hens at home,"
said Judgo Helsley, In the course of
Maudevllle's testimony. "Do you
menn to tell me that It I hriug one
of my Now Jersey hens to Missouri
that hen will lay a different egg to
what it did hero?"
"Exactly," was the answer.
LITTLE EXPENSE TO
CLEARING OPE LAND
"Oregon is not settled at all yet,
and civilization has yet to spread
over hundreds of square miles of
fertile territory where now no use
whatever is being made of the land,"
said Pinley Morrison, well-known
timber land operator recently. Ho
has thousands of acres of land him
self, i . the wooded regions of the
coast, which will be available for
farms and dalrle as soon as the
timber has been taken off.
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"Thf cleared lands of Oregon will
become the most productive in the
country, when once subdued for
farming," he says, "and those log-
ged-off lands now being used only as
public pasture will command big
prices within the next few years.
"The new process of removing
s'tumps from logged-off lands will
revolutionize the clearing of these
rich acres, as the cost of getting rid
of even the biggest fir stumps Is only
nominal. Ono man can attend to the
removal of several hundred stumps
at once, and the outlay will be al
most ? othlng.
"The new process of ridding tho
land of stumps consists of starting n
fire around each stump, by tho aid
of dry limbs and then keeping the
fire covered up with earth until the
whole stump, roots and all, have
been turned Into charcoal. As the
fire keeps burning, earth must be
used In keeping air holes stopped
until the whole mass becomes living
coals. Then tun, on tho draft and
the blaze will do the rest.
"We have already cleared a good
many acres on the logged-off hills
west of the Willamette Valley In thla
way, and no longer dread tho labor
and expense of the removal of tho
stumps. The old way, by means of
giant powder, was not only danger
ous but expensive, but from now on
tho cost per acre of clearing stumps
by the charcoal method will bo com
parathely nothing."
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Was created at the "BUSY CORNER" today by a largo
window display ot old shoes of all kinds, and shoes in all states
of decreptltude.' Mayor Stiaw noticed it and thought that Frank
Parsons was filling prescriptions for sick and wounded footwear
and ho ordered City Marshal, Jack Carter to collect a license
but when Jack arrived he found all tho clerks busy serving
anxious customers with
Ny all's Corn Cure
A sure cure for corn and bunions. The old shoes were Joy
ful offerings by satisfied customers who Immediately discarded
old shoes and bought new ones when they tried this famous
cure. Remember it Is guaranteed to cure corns, bunions, warts,
no matter how long standing, It costs only 25 CENTS.
L0CKHART & PARSONS
DRUG COMPANY
"The Busy Comer" f
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General Contractor
Wholesale and Retail Dealer
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Imported Cement, Crushed Rock Sand, Brlcl. Lime, Wood
and Hair Fiber Plaster, Stono and Concrete Pedestal Blocks.
Estimates furnished on nil classes of contract work.