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THE COOS BAY TIMES MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1909 EVENING EDITION
COOS BAY TIMES
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GOOD EVENING.
The world goes up and the
world goes down;
And the sunshine follows the
rain;
And yesterday's sneer and yes-
terday's frown
Can never come again.
4. Good Works.
records of today will show that a
good many white men In California
are still imitating those Indians.
The policy of the Coos Bay Times
will be Republican In politics, with
the independence of which President
Roosevelt is the leading exponent.
Oilicial Paper of Coos County.
THAT IXTERl'RBAX' ROADWAY.
LAST YEAR THE MATTER was
agitated by the people of both
North Dend and Marshfield
which, if it had been carried out,
would have resulted In opening up
closer relations between the two
towns and Increasing their activity
greater. We refer to the waterfront
highway between North Bend and
Marshfield and In doing so think we
are recalling the most practical mat
ter which the two cities can take up
nnd consider. There is no highway
between the two cities at present
which is worth mentioning. The
time may come when Sherman ave
nue will be put through and wo will
have a straight and wide avenue,
but that is in the distance. The
waterfront road is within the pos
Kibilities of the Immediate present If
the people will get busy and Insist
upon its being built.
Marshfield has constructed her
elevated road as far as its boundary
line. There are about two thousand
feet between the boundary of the
two cities which belongs to the coun
ty and is not In either city. The
county court last year made provi
sion for a county road over that strip
but provided that it would have to
be built at the expense of those who
might be Interested In having it
done. The fair estimate of construc
tion of such a read is stated by
those who know to be approximately
six dollars a running foot and we
presume It would not be an under
estimate to say that the cost of
building over the portion controlled
by the county would be about twelve
thousand dollars. This, no doubt
could be cut down very much If the
dredge Oregon could be enlisted In
the' work of filling up the low places
where it Is practicable. Probably
the lumber could be obtained quite
cheaply also for so useful an enter
prise. It being evident that this road
would not only shorten the distance
between the two cities but enable
the freight between tho two points to
go on water levo' grades.
This road Is tho most Important
of tho minor enterprises which Coos
Bay, can take up at this timo. It
ought to bo pushed through. There
Is no oxcuse for dolay. Even If an
electric lino cannot be built to- nc
conunodate tho tralllc between tho
1 two cities, an automobile lino can bo
Installed and tho two cities made
ono In business and social affairs.
Tho morchnnts of both cities would
do woll to consldor this proposition.
Its accomplishment would mean
thousands of dollars worth of add
ed business. It would furnish n
great attraction to oussiders
who would thon bo made to realize
how closo the two cities nre to each
other. Tho social relations which
nre indulged when tho work of tho
dny Is ovor would bring tho people
nearer together nnd make them
realize tho oneness of their Intorests.
If tho Chnmbers of Commorco are
fltlll unoxhaustod lot thorn tako tho
innttor up. If thoy aro worn out
nnd wearied with woll doing let tho
buslnoss mon take it up. It Is
fraught with more meaning to tho
business men than any ono thing
thoy can coiibWo" now.
THE BAIT OP SPRING.
I want to go fishing; to splash
through the brook,
To feel the warm sun, to sit In the
shade,
To get a boy's fun In arbor and
glade,
To eat my noon lunch in some cosy
nook.
I want to go fishing; to tramp
through the fields,
To fall over rocks, get scratches
and knocks;
To jump on the bogs, to startle
the frogs,
And feel other things that trout fish
ing yields.
I want to go fishing; to feel on ray
hook
A glorious bite that draws the line
tight,
That makes the blood quicker as
I see the fish flicker
And go dashing down the swift
brook.
I want to go fishing in garb that's
grotesque,
To get my clothes wet, to be In a
sweat;
Perhaps to be mired, to be Just
dog tired:
To know I'm not tied to this desk.
I want to go fishing; the cobwebs
brush out.
To get some clean air, for I know
It Is there;
To feel nature's charm now
where Is the harm
If I quit and go fishing for trout.
An afternoon nap is good for a
man If he Is really asleep and does
n't hear what his woman folks are
saying about him
A C003 Bay man could save his
neighbors a lot of suspense If he
would explain eery time he buys a
hat or tie how he can afford It.
A
CORD
That rapt, far-away look seen on
the fact of a newly engaged girl Is
never seen there again until her
daughter Is old enough to play the
piano.
"Isn't It about time to forget that
Edgar Allan Poe drank? asks an ex- :portant dollar-and-cents meaning
UNITED STATES FORESTRY BU
REAU' 'ISSUES INTERESTING
BULLETIN ON WOOD MEAS
UREMENTS. WASHINGTON. D. C, May 21.
When Is a cord not a cord?
To the farmer harvesting his
(small woodlot and to the man laying
In logs for the large fireplace of his
country or seaside home; to the
paper manufacturer buying pulp
wood and to the proprietor of the
ordinary city woodyard, to all of
these men this question has an Im-
change. Yes, and it's about time for
a lot of men to remember that they
ought to quit drinking.
Thousands of Christians have been
slaughtered In Asia Minor and thou
sands more are in danger. The
country, It would seem, has been
pretty thoroughly Christianized.
Queer to say, and contrary to the
belief of most people, there are many
times when a cord is les3 than a cord,
and many conditions when it is more.
School arithmetics say that a cord
of wood is 128 cubic feet, or the
contents of a p'.le eight feet long,
four feet high and four feet wide.
Wood Is marketed on this basis. A
' I pile whose length, breadth, and
The London dqctor who says that height multlpHed t0gether gives this
we should sleep in hammocks as beds number cublc feet nlls th,3 requI.
rement, no matter whether the sticks
round sticks. The finer tho wood Is
split, the more it makes. Hence
wood dealers nre often willing to
sell kindlings, all sawed and split,
for the same price per cord as un
split wood. They get back' the cost
of labor In the Increased bulk.
A cord (128 cubic feet), of 4
foot hardwood usually contains
about S3 cubic feet of solid wood;
a cord of 3-foot wood averages
S3 14 cubic feet; of 2-foot wood, S4
feet, and of 1-foot wood 85 feet. The
conifers, softwoods, contain 90 to
9G cubic feet. Thus the purchaser
received on an average about two
hlrds of a cord of real wood and
one-third of a cord of spaces.
In some countries wood is bought
by weight, and the buyer comes
more nearly getting what he bar
gains for; but even then he may
miss it if he receives green wood
when he wants dry. According to
timber testing engineers of United
States Forest Seivice, wood may
lose half or more Its green weight in
seasoning. Cedar for lead pencils
is-bought by weight In this country.
The pieces are so small and of such
Irregular size that they cannot con
veniently be stacked and measured
as cordwood.
The bulk of nearly all woods de
creases ns KPnunnlnt- -
" hUCS on. .
hundred cords green will make l
S9 to 93 cords when dry xn, '
a factor of no small Importance
dealers who handle largo quantiu
Woodlot owners and farmerg i.
have small forest tracts from fthl 1
they expect to sell cordwood r
less Interested than contractors rt
Imv nnd sell lnr n ,n.,u, '
.. 'uiuiiies. 5
win biuuu mem in nana to kno
whether wood Is cut long or short
w.v,,.,,n -. -.., nueiner tin
sticks are round or split, vhu
large or small, and whether the
measurements are to De made hil
tne wooa is green or after It
seasoned.
Wheh a man has "respect" for ,
woman he keeps his secrets from her
ns much as possible, but her tnfln.
pnee does not cause him to reform.
'f he happens to meet hnr suddealt
on the street, he may swallow hlij
chewing tobacco, If ho knows tit
dislikes the tobacco habit, but he
does not quit tobacco.
NOTICE to our IW1ROXS and the
public: South Marshfield C0AI
S !.."() per ton. ,1. C. DOAXE.
The worst
years of age.
babies are over
20
Nothing Is more pitiful than to
see the wife of a dead beat go Into
a store and want credit.
If you have a little sense, In heav
en's name use It. Very few people
have even a little sense.
Even In "Darkest Africa" Colonel
Roosevelt finds It an easy matter to
let daylight through the animals.
Every man who is unmarried Is
not looking for a wife. The girls
should get this notion out of their
heads.
If a boy at tho ago of 17, Isn't
thinking seriously of earning his liv
ing there Is trouble ahead for his
father.
If a man thinks he has any rights
about his home, let him disapprove
of tho young man his daughter has
dragged In.
are dangerous should be patient.
The beds will be less dangerous after
the spring housecleanlng Is over.
As Senator Tillman appears con
vinced that we now have a gentle
man In the White House we may
hope that he will keep his pitch
fork In the barn where it belongs.
are long or short, straight or
'crooked, round or split, unless there
Is an understanding to the contrary.
Nevertheless, a cord, thrush It comes
iup to legal measurements, Is an un
' certain quantity, even when the
seller is honest and the buyer satls-ified.
I A lumberman may have a tract of
An exchange remarks that every pulpwood which he sells to a paper
dog has his day and some of them 'm at $5 a corat for as many cor(js
five or six. Yes and the days are I as lt wln make- It s jn the contract
generally 24 hours long; that is. that he shall cut and stack It. He
where the canine has a loud and fre- cutg it ln 12-foot lengths, and when
quent bark. jthe Job Is conmlcte. it measures 200
1 - .--.-.
j cords, and he receives $1,000 for It.
Carrie Nation has announced that Would he have made or lost by cut-
I
she will raise "poultry, pigeons, pigs
and peas" on her new farm. If that
will keep her' too busy to raise her
voice several thousand people will
wish her success.
The Baltimore Sun has made the
rem-' 'liable discovery that "Presl
iiint Taft eats peanuts like a plain
man cf the people." We hope The
Sun has not been expecting him to
make a noise like an elephant at
such times.
The new $1,000 government certl- 1
flcates are to be adorned with the '
portrait of Alexander Hamilton. We j
don't see how that 'Is going to help
very many of us Coos Bay folks to.for ,t f880 ngtead of
Decome neiier acquaintea wun AieX'
ander's features.
Jack Flanagan, who Is at work on
a poem celebrating the Institution of
a B. P. O. E. lodge on Coos Bay be
wails the fact that there Is no rhyme
for Elks. Which again shows that
people who want to worry about
something can find it if they search
long enough.
When an angry woman begins to
brush dandruff off her husband's
coat collar It is a sign she Is ready
to make up.
"An old Spanish record," com
ments the Los Angeles Times, "says
tho early Indians of California did
not work." Humph! No doubt the
WOMEX CANNOT FISH.
I
'T HAS BEEN ASCERTAINED by
thoso nenrest tho subject nnd
whoso deductions are worth nt-
tontlon. that worn on may not fish In
Oregon, owing to tho structuro of tho
prosont statutes. But wo fall to see
tho oxpodloncy for all this study and
announcement; It sooms superfluous!
to us, when wo renllze with all men
who know anything of tho subject,
that she cannot fish nnd never
could, and wouldn't, anyway. Wo
men aro so constituted as to unfit
them for the sport. Primarily, they
aro rigged out with such an abun
dance of wavy, noisy, shadow-making
skirts, that no fish with any game
about him will stay within n mile of
her; she is foreign-born to the
supremo faculty of sllenco so essen
tial to tho sport she simply will
talk, fish or no fish, nnd tho fish
does not sharo our delight ln her
chatter, and finds his doepest hole
or rerugo tho Instant ho hears her;
rhe Is too dainty for tho woods and
the brambles, thorns, barriers, and
other arduous things that abound on
tho fishing tour; ono has to bo help
ed, and buoyed and encouraged and
potted In her broachlngs with all
these coarse things; and she'd rather
bo potted than fish any old dny.
No, woman can not fish, no matter
tho structuro or the construction of
the law. But Its nice to have her
along to keep the camp ln habitable
shapo for those who can and do fish.
A New York scientist thinks he
could communicate with Mars if he
had ten million dollars with which
to construct mirrors with which to
flash signals. We know plenty of
men right here on Coos Bay who
could make a big flash with less than
ten millions.
From the easy and satisfactory
manner In which Texas collected that
one million dollar fine from the
Waters Pierce Oil Co., lt would seem
to suggest that Uncle Sam might d'o
well to gat some of those Texas fel
lows to collect the twenty-nine mil
lion duo from Rockefeller.
SPECIAL FOR FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY ONLY
Choice any suit In the window val
ues to $15 for only $8.65. See what
cash will do. Hub Clothing and
Shoe Company.
NOTICE
The Old Reliable
:: LIBBY COAL
Ik
I $4.50 PER TON
ting' 4-foot lengths instead of 12?
He would have lost in the first
place from the additional labor re
quired to cut 4-foot wood, but his
principal loss would have resulted
from a greatly- diminished number
of cubic feet, due to the fact that
short sticks He closer together than
large.
Measurements and experimental
tests have been made to ascertain ex
actly how much actual wood is In
cords of different lengths, sizes,
shapes, and species.
Had the 200 cords of 12-foot wood
been cut In 4-foot lengths, there
1 would have been only 176 cords,
and the owner would have received
$1,000. It
was, therefore, clearly to his ad
vantage to cut 12-foot lengths, but
lt would have been to the buyer's
advantage to have It cut ln 4-foot
lengths He would have received
the same actual quantity of wood for
$120 less.
It also makes considerable differ
ence to the seller whether wood Is
chopped or sawed. If chopped, the
chips are lost. Where the logs are
large this loss amounts to no small
total. In a cord of 4-foot wood, with
sticks 6 inches ln diameter, the chip
loss Is from six to eight per cent;
and of course, the shorter the sticks
nre cut the greater the loss. If the
wood is sawed, the sawdust loss is
scarcely tho half of one per cent.
The difference due to spaces be
tween the sticks of course depends
very much on the shape and size of
the sticks. Straight, smooth sticks
He close together, and a cord con
tains more wood and less air. For
given lengths, sticks of softwoods are
usually straighten and smoother, and
when stacked He closer together. But
whatever the kind, cords of long
sticks are pretty sure to contain
more empty space than cords made
of short pieces. Likewise, cords of
split wood contain less than cords of
Did You Ever Slop t. Think that
QOODRUM
can Supply You with Togs from Cap
to Shoes
Marshfield - - Oregon
SYNOPSIS OF THE ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE
AETNA LIFE INSURANCE CO.
of Hartford, Connecticut, on the 31st day of December, 1908, made to
the 'nsurance Commissioner of the Statu of Oregon, pursuant to law:
Capital.
Amount of capital paid up $2,000,000.00
Income.
Premiums received during the year.. . . f 15,452.927.83
Interest) dividends and rents received during .
year 3,693,469.9a
Income from other sources received during
year . .. 133,242.58
$19,279,640.10
3,724,324.34
300,000.00
1 in ton lots, when shovel
ed orr wagons
Phone 721
LEWIS & CHANCE
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"You See, No Person
has a license to eat hard-boiled
eggs, except in the United
States. You can get them in
England if you take a chair
and beat the idea into the
roduced nobleman who hates
to serve you, but does."
Samuel Blythe conducts "A
Search for a Hard-Boiled Egg"
and you know him. Get the
JUNE EVERYBODY'S
liuy a Copy
ut
NORTON HANSEN'S
"THE SMOKE-HOUSE"
Disbursements.
Paid to policy holders during the year .. .
Dividends paid during the year on capital
.stock ,
Commissions and salaries paid during the
year 2,799,139.20
Taxes, licenses and fees paid during the
year 457,925.09
Amount of all other expenditures. 2,972,791.92
Total expenditures
Assets.
Market value of real estate owned.. . .
Market value of stocks and bonds owned
Loans on mortgages and collateral, etc. .
-$15,254,180.55
615,132.63
, 30,381,252.37
44,570,483.74
Premium notes and policy loans 7,298,023.73
Cash In banks' and on hand 6,223,961.87
Net uncollected and deferred premiums . . 1,439,160.09
Other assets (net) 1,596,010.27
$92,124,624.70
Less special deposits $388,866.80
Total admitted assets , $91,735,757.80
Liabilities.
Net reserve $81,773,715.93
Total policy claims 484.645.19
All other liabilities 2,097,062.54
? 84,355,423.66
Less liabilities secured by special deposits 388,866.80
Total liabilities ,. ...$83,966,556.86
Total Insurance In force December 31, 1908 $549,04S,724.00
Business In Oregon for tho Year.
Total risks written during the year J2.692.450.00
Gross premiums received during the year 100,873.19
Premiums returned during tho year 5,030,91
Losses paid during the year 33,313.10
Losses Incurred during the year, , . . . , ... 33,912.33
total amount of risks outstanding In Oregon December
31,1908 2,710,929.00
Aetna Life Insurance Co.
By J. L. ENGLISH, Vice-President.
Statutory resident general agent and attorney In fact:
' C. A. McCARGAR, Portland, Oregon-"
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