J COOS BAY TIMES Entored at tho postofflco at Marsh field, Oregon, for transmission through tho mulls as Bocond class mall matter. Addross all communications to COOS MAI" DAILY TIMES, Mnrshfleld :: :: :: :: Oregon Editor and Pub. News Editor M. C. MALOXKV DAX K. MALOXKY An Independent Republican news paper published every ovonlug oxcopt Sunday, and Weekly by Tho Coos Hay Times Publishing Co. Dedicated to tho Bervico ot tho peoplo, that no good causo shall lack a champion, and that evil shall not thrive unopposed. Tho Coos Bay Times represents a consolidation of tho Dally Coast Mnll and Tho Coos Day Advertiser. 'Tho Coast Mnll was tho first dally estab lished on C003 l)ny and Tho Coos Bay Times Is Its lmmcdtuto successor. A s opinions and should cry out v v n publ.c wrongs arc committed. If will havo to be so beforo our civi lization will bo tin where near per fect. Tho fathors gave us this govern ment In Its purity; gave us tho montia to preserve It In Its purity, and so much ns wo fall In thnt, so much aro we unworthy of tho priceless Inheri tance. And the work should bo done first In the homo, next In tho township, then in tho county; then In tho state, and when perfected In nil tho states, thou would this great empire of ours "give tho law to the rest df tho world." SUIISCIUITIOX 1JATKS. DAILY. Ono year JG.OO Per month 50 When pnld strictly In ndvanco tho subscription prlco of tho Coos Bay Times Is J5.00 per year, or $2.50 for six months. WEEKLY. Ono year $1.30 Official Paper of Coos County. OFFICIAL- PAPEIt OF THE CITV OF MAKSHFIELD. Till: PEOPLE'S DUTY. IN Durnnby's Travels, a work pub lished sonio ono hundred and for ty years ago, occurs this para graph; "An Idea, strange as It Is vlslon nry, Iiob entered Into tho minds of tho generality of mankind thnt om plro Is traveling westward; and every ono Is looking forwnrd with eager and Impatient expectation to that destined moment when America Is to glvo tho law totho rost of tho world." That was beroro any Ilcpubllc was dronmed of on tlilw continent. But It Ih truo thnt omplro hns travelol westward over slnco It started on Its march from contra! Asia. Persl-i, Assyria, Greece, Rome, wostorn Eu rope, with only ono shift stop to Egypt (and thnt civilization mny hnvo como from tho wost) and tho United Stntos to and beyond the onBtorn shoro of tho Pacific; tho na tural courso has boon ns steady as tho roll of tho stnrx. And though tho United States la a Ropuhllc, It might, eventually, dic tate tho laws to all tho world If hor pcop'o woro great enough. But much will hnvo to ho dono boforo that can ho. Thoro will hnvo to bo a now rovoronco for law and Btrlct obedl onco to tho Inws. Thoro will hnvo to ho an honest levy and collection of taxes. Thoro will havo to bo perfect cultivation of tho ho'I. There will havo to bo exact JiiBtlco niotod out to tho poor. There must bo onunl opportunities oponod to poor and rich allko. Evory ono must bo edu cated to perform hoiijo usoful thing through which a livelihood can bo secured. Thoro must bo moro chnr tictor In tho peoplo, moro dovotlon to country and a hlghor patriotism, and bettor preparations for dofonse, to command poaco. Thoro nro ninny other esHontlnls. And tho Individual states should oach In Its place, begin this preparation for a hlghor llfo. Think of It! If ovory township In every stato, was placed upon an ab solutely Just plnno, why tho untlon would bo porfoct. Wo must not look to see tho goiioral government bring thlH around; It should bo boguu In even tnwuihln. It shou'd ho begun In the llttlo white church; and tho lo. i' school houstt. Wf subMrlbB money to send m1 Blonarleu to the heathen. This is all rtelif, hut the rich man who drawn his check for his pro rata of tho Cf-t. might not to rost with that. Ill next door no'Blibor may noad th. money more thuu the 4Jilnlyclud citizen In tho suburb of Tltubuctoo. Ho may need something moro thnn monoy; ho may nood good advice and kind wordB, something to kindle his flagging hopos and his shattored self respoct. Tho Belflsh man gets rich and hns a flue monument placed over him whon ho dlos; hut savo for the monumont bo would swiftly bo for gotten, and with all his monoy he llvod a barren life. Why should he bo romombored? But thoro are othor duties as high as the duty to tho poor. Tho stnto claims not only our passive, hut our active, earnest fealty. In pursuance ot this duty every man should in a way be a politician; he should havo SHOUT WORDS. NE OF the most convincing lec tures against the use of big words by nmntcur writers Is contained In a recent Issue of Llfo and tho average render, after labor ously perusing tho nrtlclc, whether or not ho Is Intelligent enough to understand tho dissertation, will without .lotibt bo Impressed with the ndvnntr.g3 In using short words. The sermonotto follows: "Literary aspirants should rol'gl- ously eschew pol syllable orthog raphy. Tho philosophical and philo logical sub-structuro of this prlnclplo Is Ineluctnblo. Excessively attenuat ed verbal symbols lnovltnbly lnduco unnecessary complexity nnd consu aucntly exaggerate tho obfiiBcatlon of tho mentnllty of tho porusor. Con versely, expressions which nro reduc ed to tho farthermost minimum of simplification and compactness, be sides contributing rcnllstlc verisimi litude, constitute n much les onerous hnndlcnp to tho render's perspicacity. Observe, for Instance, tho unmla- tnknblo and incscnpnblo expressive ness of onomntopootlc, Intcrjoctlonnl, monosyllabic utterances, especially whon motivated under strenuous em otional circumstances. How much moro appealing Is their euphonious pulchritude than tho preposterous mid pretentious pomposity of oblig ated verbiage of tho old polling booth, and Into the reg ens where vllo tobacco stnoku nnd bndly dressed politicians now prevail can bring, sweotness, Joy and light. SEMI-AXXCAL PROMOTION' PLAN OF ADVAXCIXO PUPILS IX MAltSHPIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS. :mmmt msmm: mmmmm'mmmmtjmmmmmtwtttttjt . -ca. A .- T Holiday Cash Clean-Up j BRIXO SWEETXKSS AXD LIGHT 1XTO POLLIXO PLACES. H AVING grnntcd tho ballot to wo men, tho Stnto of Washington proposos to hand over tho suf frage with all tho trimmings.. The first stop to reform tho rudo moil who hnvo been selfishly doing nil tho voting Is to abolish Binolilng at tho polling places. Whon tho "No Smok- I tils' hIuiih nro tnrltml im ivllli )' ,. .CT..., ... . ......... ,-, -- groat sent of tho stnto attached, It will .bo duo not'eo to thoio who havo cumborod tho election stands to move out, and not to sit on tho front stops olthor. Frlonds.of reform ar Inspired by tho hope thnt Washing ton will sot nu example to hor nlsto? states. Tho cut-glass ballot box, resting on Its onyx pedestal, would call for silver tongs by which the bal lots might bo gently lifted nnd d posited in tlio recoptnelo with cue and grnco. Tho party that tlos up Its tickets with dainty ribbons In the fnshlonnblo colors will hnvo n great advantngo over crudor opponontn. Tho wlso cnndldnto will open toi rooms In convculont plnccs and sorvo bonbons nnd chocolnto drops all dur ing olectlon day. It may tako time to bring reform to Its full fruition, hut by milted action tho women of Washington enn abolish tho horror Editor Times: I wish, through tho columns of your paper, to- sny a word with re ference to tho matter of'soml-annunl promotions. Thoro seems to bo somo misunderstanding of tho plan and Its workings by both teachers and parents. Tho matter has boon explained to our tenchors at somo of our meetings so that we tindersfnnd tho plan, I believe, and also how mattora stand In our own schools. I ask tho uso of tho columns of your pnpor that tho samo explanation may bo made to tho parents of our pupils In order that wo mny nil understand It. In the first plnco tho soml-nnnual promotion plan Is not now nor radi cal; It Ib as old as tho yearly promo tion plnn. All larger public bcIiooIb hao this plan of promotion or sonio thlng similar Just ns soon ns their teaching forco Is largo enough to permit it, and this condition Is reach ed as soon as tho school has ono or moro teachers In ovory grade. In tho second plnco, tho scml-nnnunl promotion docs not mean thai pu pils aro to pass their grades In half n yenr. In this sonso tho word Boml-nnuunl" Is, a misnomer. There are promotions twlco ench yenr but ns far as each Individual pupil Is concerned, ho Is promoted but once. In othor words there nro two annu al systems running sldo by side ono consisting ot pupils who bognn their school work in first grndo In September nnd tho other of pupils wno uugan inuir worn in iuuruary crnttc.a. l'upns who ciuureu mo nrsi grnuo in Soptomber, If they mako their grados regularly, will bo promoted In Juno regularly, whllo pupils who entored a decided advantngo In our city be causo bo many pupils are constantly coming to us from outside cites whoro tho semi-annual promotion plnn or something similar to It Is In uso; theso pupils sometimes lose a half year because It Is not possible to enter thorn .satisfactorily in our fifth, It would enable us to articulate better with tho Feo- ruary and June Stato Examinations. Tho scml-nnnunl promotion plan la fnnalliln fni- nnr gphnnla. Willi first grado In February, if they nukoK oxc0tloaSf 0,ory teacher In our vr O One-Fourth Off on All Broken Lines of Clothing P n 8 Opposite Breakwater $8.50 SUITS $(.:K5 $10.00 SUITS $7.50 $12.00 SUITS $9.00 $1(1.00 SUITS ..'.'...$12.00 18.00 SUITS $13.50 $20.00 SUITS $15.00 $25.00 SUITS $18.75 FIXUP :: P 1 I 8 P :; I N orth Front ! ,ooo e Street H ttmmmmmtmmmmmmtmmmmfflmmmiitf their grades rogularly will bo pro moted in February rogularly. Of course, pupils may drop behind nnd so change tho tlmo of their promo tions, or ngaln, pupils may at times bo set ahead If In tho Judgmont of tho proper tenchors' conimlttco and tho child's parents, It bccius advis able But If pupils advanco rogular ly they will bo promoted In Juno or in February according to the tlmo they entored school. When the system Is working natu rally, thore nro two divisions In ovo ry room nn "A" division and n "B" dlvls'on, tho "A" division being foul' and oue-hnlf months ahead of the "B." Tho Beml-nnnunl promotion plnn has several things to recommend It: In tho first plnco It comes about naturally from our custom of admit ting now pupils Into tho first grndo In Soptemhor and In Fobrunry ns tar as possible; In tho second plnco, Itj facilitates promotion, In thnt a pu'p'.l mny often bo ndvancod a hnlf-yoar c08gIty of cnnn IIUII IIU CMIIIU IlUk JIUBaiUI) UU llll vanced an eutlro yenr; In tho third placo, It helps tho pupil who falls to ' pass his grado by sotting him back system has tho pupils ot tho samo grade; that Is, there nro not pupils of two or more grades In the samo room. Thoro can be, theroforo, two divisions In evory room. The two exceptions mentioned nbnvo nro rooins2nnduIn the South Mnrshfleld school, the former containing pupils ot tho fourth nnd fifth grades and the latter pupils of tho sixth nnd bovc ith grados. Hero Ib an appa rent difficulty "or It 13 Impractical for one teaser to hnvo four divi sions In hor rcom ns would bo the cuso wore each grade dlvded. Tho difficulty Ib only Apprreut ho"vi., for If these two rooms aro '." for "B" division pup'.ls only tl"rp h no (lilllculty. In thnt cars the "A" Pul sion pupils of grades four, five. fI . and sovon will bo at the Ccntrrl school nnd If th'a bo very Inr-jo, Bjnie "B" division pupils living near tho South Mnrshfleld schc.1 who now nttondlng tho Ca.itral ?kh o' mny occasionally bo undor the ne- ;lng sc!:co'.3. q .! llttlo transferring of pupils from one building to tho other may bo neces- sary at times, at tho bog'nnlng of a somestor or halfyear, hut not many a half year Instead of n whole year: ,,,, wll, bo nffected nnd( nywn:( fourthly, It facilitates closer grading and enables us to placo pupils, who como to us from outside cities, moro nonrly whoro thoy bolong. This Is Ten Days MORE IN WHICH TO DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. YOU'LL FIND APPROPRIATE GIFTS HERE FOR EVERY MEM BER OF THE FAMILY. For Men .Shaving Sets from $l,no to !?.-.()() Shaving Mirrors from 25c to $(1.00 ltaor I'i-oiu. ,$1.00 to $0.50 Military Sets from $2.00 to $l().i)() Collm- niul CulV Bunco. Colgate's Combined Comforts. Books, Silver N'm el ties. Mi For Ladies Perfumes from 25c to .$7.50 Hleger'h Flower Drops, $1,50 lVifumo Atomler.s from $1.00 t 10 (tt() Toilet Waters from 23c to $1.50 Hand Bags from $2.50 to $10.00 Toilet Sets from $1.50 to s $20.00 Manicure Sets from $1.25 to $12.(M Art Calendars from 25c to $1.00 Stationery lu Holiday Bonos, JI5c to $2.50 Xnins Cuwls, Seals nnd Tags. BROWN DRUG CO. GRADUATE CHEMISTS 'TILE QUALITV STORE' AGENCY, for WHIT MAX'S CHOCOLATES AND CONFECTIONS FAMOUS SINCE 1842. tho probability Is that In every short tlmo our schools will bo largo enough to necessitate separato rooms for all grades and then tho dllllcul ty will bo ontlrely removed. It Is Bomotlmes objpeted thnt pu pils finishing eighth grado In Fob runry cannot ontor high school unMl tho following Soptomhor and so lose a half year. This difficulty will not appear for wo shall start somo now clnssos In February In the High School and pupils enn begin enrnlng credits ns soon as they finish olghth grade. Thoro are now In our schools somo fifty pupils, who hnvlng been pro moted Inst February aro expecting j promotion this coming February. There aro some others who having 1! failed their grades aro In somo cases icapablo of doing ndvancod division I work. The proper conitnlttoo will tnnliln Miner rtocao Ono th'ng should bo definitely un derstood by us nil; It Is this, tint pupils of ono division will not bo porniltted to tako tho examination of anothor division oxcept on recom mendation of the proper committee. This Is the host wny to keop things straight. At present, pupils do not understand this. In order to get tho plan started two yenrs ago somo pu pils made their grades In half a year' by passing a certain examination, but now that tho plan is underway, tnat practlco Is discontinued. Par ents will need to placo this much confidence In tho teachers' commlt teo, which will consist ot the pupil's teacher, tho principal of his depart ment, and the superintendent of schools. In tho schools of Portland, If I understand their system, a pupil Is w HY not Community Silver for a Christm&S Gift? No -woman can have too much of it. The new Sheraton desiVn rivals sterling silver in distinction, and harmonizes with the richest of table settings. Plated heavier than triple, wears a lifetime. Pioner Hardware Co. to his ability nnd whothor ho shnll ulntlon would approximate 070, tut be In ono division that Is covering Un summing up, Mr. Mast finds tha threo parts of work lu tho time that it falls n llttlo short of that figure othors aro covering four parts, Is do-! tho exact number being 649, M pondont upon tho Judgment or tho tonchors, 'jased, of course, on his this Is n substantial Increase over last year whon It was 5S9, makinj work as shown in clnss and tosts. It an lncrenso of CO, or about i lr must bo bo In our schools. Tho com-'cent for tho district. Figuring on mltteo of tenchers must bo trusted tho usual basis of C peoplo for every to work for the host Interests of tho pupil. Pupils will not, thorofpre, bo permitted to wiito on examinations oxcopt those for their own division unloss, In tho Judgmont of tho prop- or conimlttco, tho pupil Is qualified to take, such examination. Questions thnt may niiso nbout the mnttor o' promotion or nbout thoso Interested In other mnttors will be willingly nnsworod If will cnll up tho High School by hours 5:30-0:00, 3:30-4:30. F. A. TIEDGEN. Superintendent. NEWS OF IUXDOX. Briefs of Clty-By-the-Sen As ny Tho Recorder. Told Bandon-by-the-sea still continues to forge ahead In a good steady man ner, as la Indicated by the school census Just completed by Clerk J. W. Mast. It WAR Annnnn,Ai1 In rn..AH placed In certain divisions according day's Recorder that tho school pop- J t school child this would Indicate a population for tho school dUtrici 3,245, then again deducting 20 Pf cent from this figure for pupil ' lug in tho district, but outside W corporate limits of Bandon, wM " allowing a good margin for ooW pupils, wo would havo 2,596 pwpto living within tho corporate limits'" the city. A Houso In the Air. , i- ten n l...ll.,.m of 201X000 CUblC feet capacity was constructed at P It was named tho Giaut and w Intended to show the great V of the air. The car ancbl l conWg of a Binnll two story house, fitted every modern comfort, lavatories, ing room, bedroom, kitchen, parlor, ,w Thirteen passengers made tw" cent, but tho Journey was of W ' hours' duration. The last ascent J for seventeen hours and was i sow ' terminated by a high JJJ when the balloon descended, w tho little house bumng ""t ot ground. Tho remains Pf -rMhJted tbo air, was for a long time WMMa in tho Crystal palace in London. .. 4- I rwssw; srtAA.vm'm.-i m amm rraM.MftMe.