THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHRELfy 'OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1911 EVENING EDITION.
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rirvAQ t A V TIMFQ 'jtnncoorbad judgment oh the part of .thing llko n number of other brands
KsKJVJD OJ I I llViCUllh0 ro,inci. ni money bylnws rclnt- f WITH TUP " 'of prophols.
Kntorcd nt tho postolllcc nt Marsh
field, Oregon, for transmission
through the mnlls as second class
Din.ll mnttor.
J TOAST A'NDTEA l
fc. C. MALONKV Editor nnd Pub.
MX IC. MALONKY News I'aHUjv
V- t -
An Independent Republican news
paper published every evening ex
ccpt Sunday,, and Weekly by
Tlio Coos liny Times Publishing Co.
4
GOOD KVKXIXG.
Dedicated to tlio service of tho
people, that no good cauBc shall lack
n champion, and that evil shall not
thrlvo unopposed.
Tho Coos Day Tlmos represents u
consolidation of tho Dally Coast Mnll
and Tho Coos Bay Advortlser. The
Coast iMall was tho first dolly estaJ
llshcd on Coos Uay nnd Tho Coos
Hay Times Is It Itnmcdlato ouc-ccssor.
tho council, all money bylaws rclat- J W I T H THE
Ing to public utilities and local impro
vements, before being Anally passed
by the council, must be submitted to
tho rate payers, of whom a two-thirds
majority Is necessary.
The, city council of Calgary, under
authority that Is granted to cities
there, has adopted a rule by which
real estate Is assessed at 80 per cent
of Its full value, while Improvements
nnd, other property arc assessed at
but BO per cent of their full value.
This Is n most remarkable thing
to have happen In a new country
whoro ensy land holding Is usually
held out as an Inducement to Immi
gration. The tendency to a land tax
Is strong In all English provinces
much stronger than In tho United , Whpn (oII8 C0Hla cnrn a Ulgller mo
States. Tho English nro everywhere! 0f nnVi
putting the burden on real estate, And thlls lay ,, inoro for'n rnn..
' of prophets.
Dividing them Into rqunl parts for
convenience, one-half the world Is
engaged In making excuses ana tne
4 'other half In hearing themi
Whatever poet, orator or sage '
May say, uld dgo-ls still old age.
Longfellow.
'
TIIKX AMI XOW.
It makes mc laugh to hear the people
Bay
Times ain't ltko what they used to
bo at nil;
That tuny can'onslly enough recall
Thoro nro more positions too good
for the men occupying them than
there nro men occupying position
for which they are too good.
Talk to a very stout woman and
sho Is apt to say. "I was a little" bit
of a thins when I married; did not
weigh nn ounce over 90 pounds."
while with us real estate Is taxed leas
than nlmost any kind of property,
TIIK COltOXATlOX HKASO.V.
SUBSCRIPTION HATES.
DAILY.
Ono year JG.00
Per month 50
When paid strictly In ndvnnco tho
subscription prlco of the Coos Day
"1,uca la 5.00 per year or $2.50 fo.
months.
WEEKLY,
j year. . ..$1.50
N
.)fllclnl Paper of Coos County.
OFFICIAL PAPER OK Till: CITY
OP MAKKIIFIKLD.
A J dress nil communlcntlona to
COOS HAY DAILY TIMES.
Mnrohflcld :: :: t: :: Orcvu
TIIK TAX PROBLEM.
T'lH TIMES (UscusscH tho incronn
cd assessed valuation of Mnrsh
flo'.d proper' y In ntiothor column
thin evening. There Is no quettton
but tho proftont plniiH nro rru.lo nud
unsnMsfaetory nud result In much
Inequality In tho distribution of tho
bunion of tnxntlou. It may help to
solve tho problem hero If wo ntudy
tho situation nud conditions In other
localities.
Calgary, Cunndn, Is a city of 55,
000 people and linn nn area of thirty-six
Bquaro mlltM. The, total as
sessment this yoar la $50,000,000 nud
the tax rnto for nil purposes, Includ-
EW ORLEANS may have her
MnrdI Orns cnrnlvnls, San Fran
clsco her Panama expositions,
Now York her Oould weddings, Ma
drid her bullfight feats nnd Coos Hay
her railway, rumors, hut give London
her coronatfons. They come but
onco or twlco n llfo-tlme, hut when
they come they bring good cheer,
good times, good society nnd nil
manner of good things. Tito most
brilliant Bummer season London baa
ever known fa In prospect. From '
tho beginning of Mity- onward Lon
don will bo tho center of Ettropeait
Interest.
Arcordlnu to the schedule nf,
,ovontn, during tho drat fortnight In I
'stay King Oeorgo will open the "fea-j
tlvnl of omplro" nt the Crystal pnln
". On May 10 ho will unveil the
Oiuhmi Victoria memorial In tho Mnll,
nyd the ftalcor nnd kelsorln will bit
present nt tho ceremony. Tho Imi
j lmrlnl conference will ouen on Mav
23. The coronation will take nlnee
way.
The weather then comes In nnd
ECU n whnck;
"The winters that we're? having"
now, by Jo!
Ain't nothing like we had some- years
ago.
In '65" or may be further Uncle.
And there fa nothing Just the' anine,
cronfc they,
Aa onco it was fn that old bygone
day.
Hut when-1" aalc tficm If they'd" lllcu J
to sirr
Tho old' dayB here and now
look" nt mc
And shrug, nud haven't got n wonf
to airy.
History may ropo.it lUelf occasion
ally, but with about the same disre
gard for tin? text that the average
man displays when quoting poetry.
It Is the general impression thut
the mnn who substitutes "dang" for
"ditmn" doesn't f.vtl any better about
the subjected addressed than the one
who doesn't 113c tho doraturated
cuss words.
will
then
PRKSKNTTLV.
Eftsoons the modest violets
spring
And' from the south tlie birds cftelr
way will wing:
T care .not for lifrd's or vfo
lets coming does not' move me
worth n ding.
But
I Tholr
l
It
mihhixtg word contest:
liiwnvm only
for gentle'
I
on June 22. Tho royal progress
through London will ho mnili nn I
June 23. On June 211 it third royal
nrocesalon will go from
Police (o tho Outldh
The rnrnnnllon festivities will
Is the grass in yonder park" tlnrt
grows!
I I3ow T have waited
j Kutnn
, niton nun iougeu
Last night's proved n real baffler. , , f ,r,,lg to c0,"
lu'o rornlVn.l lmn.Irmr of I1Illlwl,riI.nd drlvo nwny the fog- wihd that
, .i. i. .i ,.. i i., i.-l blows.
IIUIII tllllBl- Jill UlllllKlll IL ntllllll IIVJ
i vory oasy to carry nway a prize auto
j mobile pll-furo hut only "one succeed
ed In solvlir? the brain cracker. Hur
ry McICeown of the Clinndler hotel
came iif row with the correct solii
tlou. Tile phrase uompfeto rends:
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COAL STRIKES AND COAL PRICES Avor
vy not the man who relics upon control stutiou
electric service for his power. The fenr of waste
mid extravagance in the cngin6 room disappears
when'the Electric l)rii)c- is-' installed. Expensive
boilers and engines do not have to ho maintained,
repaired and replaced. Electric motors do away
with line shafting and losses in power transmit
sion. Tn nearly every possible power application
the Electric Drive shows a big saving over otlp
forms of power. Electric power weans energy
only when you want it, and then all yon uuw.
Every year shows improvement, economics and do.
yelopinents in electric power machinery. The es
timate you had made last year is probably out of
date now. Vc employ competent experts to in.
vestigatc your power needs and you can depend
on their reports. Telephone 17S, Oregon Power
Company.
om Hunkliiglinin I I,l,f,ni
mil nnd hack. )
be
lnld within tho coronntlon octavo,
the elcht dnys which begin on Juno
and end Juno 20. They will
"The Ifiml of the minor nnd
the Hume of the hopeful."
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Untiring myatery for today:
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"SULO.MOX ry ALL HIS
C.'LOHV WAS .NOT AHICAYi:i "
4 Lncrr ; ." 4"
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fIIow glndsomely the wnrnillMj: rayn
doth fall,
jAnd froe th gTeenswnrd from Hh
wlhter thrall!
Methluka I almost hoar tile rau
eoiiH vofco
Of him who Bwcops the plate nnif
yidlM "Play hall!"
a. e: !ESS.
Ing nil school and city levies. Is eatl-,conu,rll(ei ,,e8,(k,8 Ul0 coronnUo. tll0
meted nt 13 mills on tho dollnr,
All public utilities nro owned nnd
operated by tho city. Tho wator
works, which Includes n ton mllo gra
vity system, besides paying nil operat
ing cxnonaos, pava Interest nud sink
Inr fund on $1,0(8,000 cnpltal In
vestmonL Tho electric light plant, after pro
viding for Interest nud sinking fund
on $.1(10,000 cnpltal luveatment nnd
$35,000 doprcclntlon, pnld n profit
of $4 0,000 Inst year. Tho street rnll
wny, nftor paying Interest and sink
ing fund on $510,000 cnpltal Invest
ment and allowing G per cent of groaa
rovonuo for depreciation, paid $55,
000 Into tho city's treasury lnat year.
Tho systom la being greatly extended
ynl nrnureB nnd tho Gulldhnll vis
it, n military rovtow, n nnvnl rovlow
at Siilthead, a atnte banquet, n gala
"erformnuce nt tho opera, n gain
t'eitrlpiil porfnrmnnco nnd nmbna
aadnrs' ImuquetR.
The rornnntlon season na planned
"I tie n iirilllimt ono in qvery Bense.
' A miir, nt thrt llnnil nf fiinilK uIIT
refer to "our" home nnd buggy, nml
"ury'" automobile.
Flanagan & Bennett Bank
.Established 1889
Capital, Surplus and Undivided
Profits Over $100,000
Assets Over $500,000
Interest Paid on Time Deposits
4 STOUY OF TIIK DAY. 4
Robert Morris-, n mnn eolobrntod
T'(, color effects nre to be ns vivid it.i '"' l"" l",,l '" imm " l,,r """"-
uevoitition, wits onco nsuod l)y Dr.
Uush: "Woll, Mr. Morris, how did
dveH and dyers can .mnke them,
llrlght redH nnd blues will bo very
nnuulnr with the Indies, and old gold
you llko tho sermon?
I have heard
is to ho taken back Into fnvor after ,l 'l,Rhly nx,0''-" "w'. """
buki no, "i crru not iiko it at nil. It
yenra of neglect. Uoso In mrlousi
abides will be a reigning fnvorlto.
One vivid edition nf It la known nn,
Mncchus, whllo another dtsttngulsh-
Is ton smooth nnd tamo for me."
"Mr. Morris." replied the doctor,
"whnt sort of n sermon do you llko?""
"I llko, sir," replied Mr. Morris, "that
oil for lift ilnllonrv In llin nvnpf Tmn
of the Knellsh cahbaeo rnsn. ,! Punching which drive a man u,
thla year. All theso bondH run from , ,rU ...,. nro Pom!ll . . . Into a comer of his pew and mnkea
twenty to thirty yearn nnd bear 4V4 inittko u their own for evening wonr.h,m th,nk tho dov" " 'fter Wm'"
por cont Interest. 'um-ni min.i,. i. nnnn,ni. ninin.n.,,
por
un.gary nns soiveu ,no question or popularity, whllo thoro ,a n Broon B0
political patronage In Its public utll- rminnt and rich that tho dresamnk
itlos In n largo measure by relieving or8 nro tempering It by hlnck veilings,
tho Immedlnto ndmlnlstratora of, M(,n8 c,olhoa w, 8now a aJmlnr
theso utilities of tho necessity of ,,,, to Rhtor co,or8( th01RU ,n ft
ovorlastlngly acrnmbllng to get nnd ,uotun0li degreo. or course. Instead
keep oloctod in olllce. The street 0f 8omuro Rrnyg nnd bIack8i gre0il
railway uporlntendont, for Instance, , mli nm, vlo,ot 8UtnBa wll bo Been.
Is hlrod upon recommendation of tlw(Ari,a. 80mo Btrklng lounge suits
city commission, u body of three oxo-j,mvo l)0C Hh0W, by u,o dealers,
cutlvo omclals headed by the mayor. ' nmonB tho most notable being light
woo nre mo Kouemi maungers ot Bruy striped with violet,
flin nlfv'a nnflrn hhiiMinoa lint u1ioa
' " ' """" "" " "wov covereu wun purple nna green
recommendations the people's ropre- j na,,res. light brown streaked with
nuiiumvi-n in wie cuiiucu may overrule bright red, electric blue
by a two-thirds vote. J
Tholr syBtom of
from ours In that
Although money talks, It
tolla all It knows nbout fools
whom It has been parted.
nerer
from
Our Saturday
Market I
Basket
Whon n man, or n community la
losing confidence,' in himself or Itself
it doosn't help matters much by ad
mitting It. .
Talk to a woman about being sick
and before you go sho probably will t
say: "i naven t ueen reeling very
Is wII filled with nil tho PUT!!-:
FOOU the market embraces.
.Uxat received a shipment of largo
iwen and Mnnznnelln Olives liubulk
We havo No.' 1 ojrl No. 2 Norway
mCKKUKL.
Ono barrel K IC K K Norway SALT
HERRING.
SALMON' BBLLIKS, DRIKD HER
KING, DRIBDr HALIBUT.
RICHELIEU- CODFISH, the best
on tho market.
All kinds of CANNED KISH.
JWK H.VVK TIIK KXCLVSIVK SALK
OF
II. J. 1IKIXZ PURK 11ARLKY MALT
VLNKGAIt IX nyHC FOR MARSH.
KIKMI. IT IS TIIK IIKST VIXK
OAR OX TIIK MARKET RY ThST.
IS SKVKX YE.RS OLD. WK
IIAVK IT ALSO HOTTLKl) KV
PKKSSLY FOR U.S. ,
Condensed! Statement
of tho
t
first National Bank of Coos Bay
At th? close of business, March 7th, 11)11.
RESOURCES. '
Loans and dis
counts 51C9.33S.03
light gray I '
...,. won niyseu laieiy.
monoy out of current reveauo to pay I
for pormnnont Improvomenta. Ry
their bonding system they are en
abled to bring to tholr city Inrge
sums of monoy from outside financial
centers, and at about one-third less
Interest thnn enn bo done by a city
financing within Itself. This system
la also very advantageously applied
In the Instilling of local improve
ments, tho underlying principle belli,;
that there should be a small but
steady tax paid during tho life of the
Improvomont. ,
Calgary has made what Is perhaps
a now departure In the hnudllng or
the sinking fund In that she lets It
out on first mortgages on rovouue
produclng property, and the due
dates so arranged iih to lusuro the
funds being available when required
to retire the bonds. Thus, while they
nro paying not only for public utili
ties, but nlso for local Improvements
with four and u half per cent monoy, '
tho city Is recovering six per ceut ou
Its ontlro Blnking fund.
As u safeguard against oxtrnvu-
nud dark
violet. All of which makes the out-
flnanclng differs iok a very bright oue to all classes,
they do not take .
Vaydo Ilapkudorolbt nnd Jega Pe
saslk were married In Kansas City
the other dny. Take a second look
nt those names and imagine what the
tlrat qunrrel will sound like
BIG VALUES
In Coffee, Sugar, Spices,
Canned Goods, Soap, Candies,
Fruits and
HIGH GRADE GROCERIES
Once n customer, ALWAYS
u customer I
i
Satisfaction and Fair Prlcos and Flrt (
Quality Always Hare. j
A man who becomos Infatuated
with a girl by moonlight may also ba
Included among thoso who are will
lug to risk a good deal.
If a prlio fighter hns sense enough
to, save his monoy nnd his strength,
1 (hat la about all tho world expects
of him In an lntellectunl way.
Our list of FRESH FRUIT
VEGETABLES for Saturday:
and
FRESH VEGETABLES
HEAD LETTUCE GREEN ONIONS
FRESH PEAS ASPARAGUS
FRESH CUCUMBERS. RADISHES,
OREGON RHUBARB, SPINACH
BRUSSELS SPROUTS.
FRESH TOMATOES,
PARSLEY, CELERY, CABBAGE,
CARROTS. BEETS, PARSNIPS.
RUTABAGAS, BUNCH TURNIPS.
Whllo at times he may run some-ARTICHOKES. CAULIFLOWER,
what to flabby fat In other ways, I FRESH FRUITS.
there Is never any danger of tho ! GRAPE FRUIT, ORANGES.
pugilist's vocal cords breaking tralu-ing.
Tho Kansas woman worth $3,000,
000 who committed suicide probably
wanted to go while she was sure of a
funeral that would mako tho neigh
bors Envious. '
Cook's Grocery
PI I ONE 181)
Full Lino Garden Seeds
"I novor wear a stuffod bird on
my hnt nowadays," snld a Mnrshtleld
woman yesterday. "Whllo I am not
a membor of tho Audlblo society, I
nm In full sympathy with It."
APPLES. BANANAS, LEMONS
' PINEAPPLES.
and
A political prophet rogulates his
guesses by what ho wants to happon
rather than what he expects. In
'which, It may bo added, he Is somo-
DRIKI) FRUITS.
FRESH DATES. PRESSED WHITE
FIGS. ITALIAN PRUNES, PEACHES
APRICCTS, PEARS. APPLES.
BLACK FIGS.
FOR THE REST
PHONE US YOUR ORDER.
OLLIVANT & WEAVER
PURKFOOI) GKOCKRYMKX
A Good Place to Trade.
PHOXK 275-J
Try our MISTLETOE, HAMS, BA
CON and LARD.
Overdrafts. . .
U. S. Bonds una
premiums. . .
Other bonds and
warrants. . .
Banking House,,
Furniture and
fixtures . . . ,
Cnah and duo
from banks . ,
.43'
2S.250.00
81,037.15
74,100.11
7.9S9.3I
1110,1.1(1.17
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock. .. 1100,000.00
Surplus and pro
fits. ., . . ,.
Circulation. . .
Deposits. , .
C.2S3.H
. 24,500.00
. .aon.uoo.oo
494,052.20
9194,052.20
Cash Reserve 7 Per Cent of 'Deposits
Wo Invito your attention to tho condition of this bank as shown
by tho abovo statoment.
A goneral banking business transacted.
Accounts of Individuals, corporations and firms received.
Interest pnld on tlmo and SavlngB Deposits. ,
Safo deposit boxes for rent at 3.00 nnd up per annum.
Your business solicited.
OFFICERS:
CHANDLER,- Presldont.
DORSEY KREITZER, Cashier.
M. C. HORTON, Vlco-Prealdoht.
RAY T. KAUFMAN, ABeL-Cnsbler.
DIRECTORS:
F. S. DOW, STEPHEN C. ROGERS,
WM. GRIMES, W. P. MURPHY,
JOHN F. HALL, M. C. HORTON.
W. S.
W. S. CHANDLER,
JOHN S. COKE,
W. U. DOUGLAS,
Beaver Hill Coal
MOUNT DIABLO AND JOSSOX CEMEXT.
PlasfP t T bSft, Domwt,c ad Imported branda.
Piaster, Lime, Brick and all klnda of bulldore material.
HUGH McLAIN
oma, SSHFSAL CONTRACTOR
- ". WAY. PHOXK 201.
Dally
COOS BAV-ROSEBIIRr, STAf.F I IMF
.:,"s,:irr;i;iir -' -
.w nuihiTKH, Agent,
120 MARKET AV., MarshflJd.
C. P. HARXARD,
Agent, ROSERURG. Ore.
I'HOXE 11
FOR GOOD WORK
unng your clothes to us.
pressing and repairing a
-I v.ujucnran mi. ..... .
SON, Alliance nidg. Vnat St.
Cleaning,
specialty,
PA3IILY nOTEL
THE LLOYD
MARSHFIELD'S POPULAR
Rates i educed to; Day 50c, 75o and
1.00; week J2.00 to J5.00. Hu8
keeping apartments with gas rang
P0.0O to $18.00 per month. FRBB
BATHB n. W. SULUVAN, no
I ft A
SWi
ftili .lul