THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON. MONDAY, MAY 8, 1911 -EVENING EDITION
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TIIK RECALL.
ATTOUNKY General wicKorsnnm
hns hud another relapso Into
political pessimism. He Is now
satlflflpd that tho recall Is a "npiiaino
die Intervention of popular uprising."
If tho attorney general would only j
Btop to consldor ho would o that
porlodlcal oloctlons are nlBo "spas- (
modlc IntorventloiiB of popular up-i
rising." !
"Why havo any torm at nil for pub- (
lie olIlclalH If ovcry ho often tho ieo-
nln nrn inlni tn 111) ni'OUBCd to II
chango?
Tho recall merely makes tho torm
of Borvlco lndetennlnnto Instead of
fixed, nnd In that reapoct Is copied
after tho oldest and best form of
parliamentary government wo know,
hn Rncllsh houso of commons where
n ministry may bo recalled within a'
week nftor It In elected.
It may bo admitted that tho recall
should ho Intelligently used nnd to
that ond nhould not bo mndo nvall-
nblo to tho purposes of moro mnl
contonta. It should also bo recog-j
nlr.od that tho recall contomplntes a
largo oxtonulon of authority In tho
public offlclnls who aro thus glvon in
dotormlnato Borvlco. Hut this oxton
uion of authority made and the re
call woll Kunrdod, why Is tho recall
not tho beet Invention of tho times?
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TOPICS OF Til K TIMES .
If tho rnnnmn Cnnnl can innko so
flnttorlng n showing proportionately
at tho end of 10 yenrs of operation
oh has JiiHt been made by the Suoz
B Oannl, there Is reuBon for bollovlng
that It will not no ho unproiiinniu .i ,
venturo as hns been predicted. A re
port showing tho buslnoss of tho Suez
Cnnnl for 1910 has Just been tunned.
i'.i tho 12 months tm cnuni dum
elded tho Bum of f21.000.U00. t
it Is proposed to lay n tax of n dol
lar n ton on shipping passing through
tho 1'nnnma ditch and undoubtedly
(Vhcii commorco ouco gets to Koititf
through It, It will bo a paying propc- (
Bltlon.
'Whilst tho oponlng of .the Panama
Cnnnl will not probably ntTect the
trado of tho port materially at once,
that it will do m, to a greater or om
dogrco ovontually gooa without Bay
ing, nnd we, of this harbor, should .
boo to providing facilities In tho wnj I
of dockago, aids to navigation as soon
na may bo so that wo may bo ready
for what may coino to us.
xww firm formed.
Recti, Jancllo cV Company of Gardi
ner Incorporated. I
ItOSHIlURtl, Oro., Slay S. Ar
ticles of Incorporation wore tiled with
tho county clerk by tho Rood, Janollo
& Company, of Hardlncr; capital
stock $36,000. Tho stated business
of tho company Is general nunehnu-,
dlse, ronl o&tnto, trnusportatlou nnd
irrigation. Tho Incorporators aro W.
P., and J. W. Rood nnd J. A. Janollo.
A NEW OLD HOTEL.
Old patrons of Tho Windsor Hotel,
San Francisco, will bo glad to hear
tlat this famous houso Is now opou
In a flno now bIx stgry building right
down town, New furniture, now cur
pots. Btoam heat, hot water and tole-
phone in ovory room. Cafe In con
liectUn Notice thoso rates: Hooin
with prlvato bath $1 a day, 5 awooic.
All cars pass tho door. Select family
hotel, Windsor Hotol, 23S Edtfv
utreot, San Francisco.
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The Story of the Short Ballot Cities
A Scries of Articles on the New Commission Form of
Municipal Government
By
RICHARD
II.
The Success of the
fT It no easy matter to prove con
clusively nnd In true sclontltlc
fMMUlun that one city is bettor gov
erned thnn Hiiotlior. Nevertheless,
despite the tllttlctilty of making com
IMirlKoiiH. there Is nothing mure certain
tlmii the fact that, whether the com
lulnnlon form of government Is the Ideal
form or not. It I better than the forms
of government which preceded It In tlio
vnrloiiH eltleH.
The total Hat of cities which now
have the coiiiiiiIhsIoii form of govern
ment numbers slMy-elght. Many oth
ers hnve voted in favor of it and an
waiting for legislative action. Of these
Hlxty-elght. however, many tire of very
small sine Some of Ilii'ln. in fart, are
mere village and do not present the
problems that a city doe. Adopt lux
'-Ti.lMO as a minimum imputation for 11
true city, tin list rtum as follow:
JlasHiiclniM'tts uioucHHtcr, Haver
hill. Tennessee Memphis.
town - IliirlliigKiu. Cedar Itnplds.
Dos Moines. Slniiv City.
Kansas Leavenworth. Wichita. To
peku Mlwnttrl St. .loseph.
TexiiH Atiotln. Imil-ic. Port Worth.
GulveMton. Hoiistiui, Wueo.
Of these seventeen eltles nine have
had the plan In uctuiil operation so
short n time a year or less that ac
curate comparison of the results of
the new regime as compared with the
old Is not yet possible. All reliable
testimony regarding the commlsslou
plan must therefore be based on the
remaining eight titles.
Hrlef as the trial has been, tho evi
dence nevertheless Is startling, in
every one of these cities there had
been wuste. some corruption nnd
much lnelllclency. In nil of them par
ty machines bad been In complete con
trol and had been mnlntnined In run
ning order nt the public expense
through political favoritism in the
making of appointments. How much
the "gangs" cost the cities was reveal
ed wlieti the government passed Into
the hnuds of men who. having obtain
ed olllce without tho help of tho
"gangs." could nfford to Ignore them.
Galveston's experience hns already
been described.
Gloucester Commission plan In ef
fect 11)00. The flrst year's report
showed all bills paid and a reduction
lu the city debt, of J 18.000. It Is
claimed thnt tho roads and streets
have been better kept nt $0,000 less
annual expense. The city bookkeeping
has been reformed, and tho commis
sioners point to a reduction in tho ex
pense of caring for public property.
It Is still too early to demand much In
the way of tangible results.
Haverhill Commission plan In effect
In 1000. Tho llrat year's report un
der the new plan showed a saving of
$97,000 In running expenses. When
the commission took hold tho financial
status of tho city was very bad. It
had reached both Its debt limit and
tax rato limit and was steadily fall
ing behind In Its payments. Appeals
were being made to the legislature for
an extension of tho tnx rate limit, but
this extension has now become unnec
essary, lu addition tho city has voted
no license, the revenue from tho sa
loons being no longer needed. Tho
commission hns been fighting n big
battle against tho gas and electric
light monopolies to obtain lower rates
for the city and for prlvnto consumers,
mill has obtained from tho people per
mission to resort to municipal owner
ship If necessary. There was fierce
political opposition to the commission
nt the expiration of Its first term, but
It was re-elected. Party lines tn Hav
erhill, which was formerly a Hepublle
an city, have been completely broken.
The commission consists of two Dem
ocrats, two ltcpubllcuns and a So
cialist. Cedar Itaplds, la. Commission plan
In effect in 1008. Tho commlslou has
reduced the tax rato and the debt,
whllo making certain big Improve
ments, such as the acquirement of a
big island In tho river, out of current
expenses Instead of bond Issues. Tho
Island is for municipal buildings In a
hnudsome park setting, in nccordanco
with a "city beautiful" plan devised
by nn expert. Tho police and tiro
department forces havo been enlarged
desplto tho reduced tax rate.
Dos Moines, la. Commission plnn In
effect lu 1007. In Its first year tho
commission saved $184,000 in running
expenses, ns compared with tho pre
vious year under tho old government.
It mailo better bargains for tho city in
electric light charges, obtained inter
est on city deposits for tho flrst time,
cleaned streets nnd alleys better, (tho
alleys had formerly not been cleaned at
all) and wiped out the "red light dis
trict." the effect of which has since
been shown lu reduced crime. A sys
tern of periodica! lines which were
practically licenses levied In this dls
trlet formerly brought In a huge year
ly revenue nnd the financial results
above noted were obtained desplto the
leasing of this Illegal lucerne.
Leavenworth. Kau. Commlsslou
plan lu effect In 100S. Tho commlsslou
has reduced the bonded Indebtedness
by $U,.,,0.V). whllo tbo tax rate bns ro
tualned stationary. Kansas is a proul.
bltlou state, but Leavenworth had al
S. CHILD5
Commission Plan
ways defied the law and allowed the
saloons to exist, subject to periodical
fines which brought In SWi.con it year
The commission cloned the saloon and
disposed of this Illegal revenue with
out disturbing the tux rate. Over J-).-000
was spent In special Improvement"
the first year as against 1111 uvernge of
SJO.000 In previous years lu the tint
two years under the new system mis
miles of street were puved its njniliHt
twelve miles In the preceding twenty
Ovo yenrs.
Dallas, Tex. Commission plan In ef
fect 11)07. lu Its first two years the
commission wiped out 11 deficiency of
$200,000 and established a credit lull
mice. At tln expiration of the llrt
term of tho commission, a petition sign
ed by a,70U voters wus circulated timid
much enthusiasm asking the commix
sinners all to run for re-elertlon The
cliumber of commerce advertises the
commlsslou government us u desirable
feature of tho city to attract new lu
dustrles
Houston, Tex. Commission plan lu
effect In 100.". The commission reduc
ed the tax rato 10 per cent and estab
lished a policy of so regulating expen
ditures as to further reduce tit.- iu;e It)
per cent em-h year, until tin- tax be
comes oue-hulf what It was under the
old government. A floating debt of
$100,000 was paid off and lu lint) the
cash on hand was j?00O.tK)O The elty
has bought a waterworks and made
enormous paving additions (which are
uot nssessed on property lu Houston,
has acquired new parks and deepened
the ship channel Instead of languishing
lu the hope of a federal subsidy Tin
prlco of gas has been forced down from
S1X.0 to $1 l.'i per thousand.. In mlver
Using herself to attract new Industrie.
Houston states "her elty hall Is a busi
ness house; she has mi warijs, no ward
politicians and no graft"
More remarkable than the fact tluu
every one of these cities has betterd
its financial coudltlnu-the surest
proof of elllclency-ls the fact tluu In
none of tho whole sixty-eight has there
yet been reported n single serious al
legation of graft. Any Instance of
graft, whether proved or merely nl
Icgcd. would hnve been seized upon
triumphantly by the enemies of this
typo of government nnd magnified and
exploited to the utmost, but thus fai
tho objections havo perforce been
mainly theoretical.
A type of theso theoretical objec
tlons bus been the frequent statement
thnt tho commission plan Is "tin Amer
lean." Yes. thank Hcnveti: A city
government in which grnft Is hot even
suspected is decidedly un-American
It looks like the splendidly udmliils
tcrcd cities of Europe. The sooner we
enn Amerlcnnlzo this un-American
thing tho better!
The phenomenon of the commission
plan of government which gives the
most satisfaction to many people li
the complete dlsnppcaranco from in
iluonco of the typlcnl ward politician
Tho wholo field of "peanut politics"
seems to hnve dlsnppcnred. In Gal
vestou, for example, tbo nomination
which nro recognized ns omnnutliig
from the politicians who formerly con
trolled the town, get only 20 per cent
of the votes. In nil tho cities It Is
claimed that the city service has been
put on n nonpartisan basis, with a
great increase in elllcleney. Certain It
Is thnt under the commlsslou plnn,
candldntes hnve repeatedly been elect
ed without the help of political ma
chines, whtl,o the voters are casting
their ballots without relying upon tho
guidance of tho machines cither.
Under tho typical old stylo city gov
ernment with Its multiplicity of pot
ty electlvo olllces. clnborato political
machines nro necessary. Tho govern
meat cannot go on without them.
They hnve supplied a real deficiency
In our governmental plan, filling n,gnp
between tho pcoplo and their public
servants which bad to bo filled some
how, We have no right to curse the
politicians, for they havo been highly
useful to us. Itather wo should pity
them! Tho politician has ono of tho
hardest Jobs In the world. In return
for his servlco 1 applying tho neces
sary cohesion to our ramshackle gov
ernment nnd keeping our Impractical
form of democracy from collapsing al
together, we have forced him to make
a catcb-ns-catch-can living, giving him
sranll, insecure offices iu tho govern
ment, and bouncing him without cere
mony or Justice with every change of
administration. Wo have put him In
n position where he could acquire
wealth by hnvlug an easy conscience
and could earn nothing but defeat tmd
discourtesy If he wcro honest. Con
slderlng the power ho has had to do
fvll without getting caught at It. It
Is astonishing thnt he hns served us
no worse.
Gomlby, old friend! You havo cop
trlbutod to our American life n unique
type, unknown elsewhere lu the world
genial, picturesque, humati and use
fulbut the people are beginning to
learn how to do without you, nud lu
days to come they will arrange- their
business directly with the candidates
without your friendly Intermediation)
Tho sound short ballot theory upon
which the success of tho commission
is based, in opposition to certain of our
et political superstitious, will be dealt
with in tho next paper.
HOYS PMV UAI.L
WeM Mrti-dillcM Iritis Pefenl South
Miir.linclil Temn Sntimmy.
Hy n score of 22 to 17. the t
. .Marthfleld boya team defeated the
SHtl Mrhllld team Saturday nft
tmiiMM on t!" "South Marahfleld
grounds. Clifford Ualrehilee was um
pire on ball and .lens I tauten on
bo. The Hnettpt of the two teams
weto follow:
Wot Mfd. l'o. Sn. Mfil.
Amll llttekmin c JaeX llowron
Kd. Johnson Oliver Johnson
Harold Chapman .n. Uddle Holt
iwiMUMMimnw riiijn
CONCERT
CHAMSaDE club
MI1S. WM. IIOP.hFALI., .III., PIHICCTOlt,
PIHCSPXTfXG
s. Flivi'k Heller Weinstein, Soprano
AXl)
OF POIITLAXI) AT
Masonic Opera House, May 17th
AT 8:30 P. M.
SKATS OX SAliI'. AT TIIK "Ill'SV COltXIIU". UKSKItVKI)
SKATS SUM). (SKXKKAL AWIISSIOX .10 CKXTS.
$2,000,000 , :"
FOR NEW ELECTRIC SIGNS
According to "Signs of the Times," the leading periodical of
outdoor advertising, this was the amount Invested in one year
alone 1910,
Isn't this proof sufficient to the business man that electric
advertising pays the advertiser?
Whore $2,000,000 went into new electric signs in 1910 it is
safe to say that many times this sum came out of them in
business that would have gone somewhere else,
Let our Now Business Department prepare SPECIAL DE
SIGNS for YOU,
TELEPHONE 178
OREGON POWER COMPANY
First National Bank
OF COOS BAY
Capital fully paid $100,000,00
Surplus 0,000,00
W, S, Chandler,
President,
DIRECTORS:
W, S, Chandler, John S. Coko.
W, U, Douglas,
John F, Hall,
F, S, Dow,
,
M, C, Horton,
Does, a general banking business, ,
Interest paid on time and savings deposits,
Rent a safety deposit box for your valuable papers at
$3,00 and up per year,
Flanagan & Bennett Bank
Established 1889
Capital, Surplus and Undivided
Profits Over . . . ; . $100,000
Assets Over $500,000
Interest Paid on Time Deposits
I Milton Johnson 1 b Yerl Johnson
I Jna Snieaton 2 b Norm Wilson
'I Chapman 3 b llnrold llnglund
. Xelme c f Ansel Johnson
'Monroe Ppton f Norts Knrrln
IC.laar Parley r f K Nordslrom
Farmer Increase their crops
by planting tested seeds. Mer-
chant Increase buslnos by sell-
lug quality merchandise nud ad-
vertlslng.
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Aftor tho i.how try n 'iurklsli bntb
Phono 211- J
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Mrs. De!phine Marx, Contralto
OFFICERS:
M, C, Horton, Dorsey Kreitzer,
Vice-President, Cashier,
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Am Ol-llYlnr.
uiiiiico,
S, C, Rogers,
W, P, Murphy,
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
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Osteopathic Ph)s,lu
(.raduate of the Ainu
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Osteopathy al Klrksvlli.
In Kldorndo lllk. Hour i
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Phones: Olllce HUM; ItcMd-are insi
W. HKXXKTT,
Lawyer.
Ofllco ovor PlnnnKan v
Marsh Held
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Oregon
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Physician nnd Sn
MurHhlleld. On
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Phone 10:-1
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WATCH! NOTICE!
Honior Mntizoy, otic d u( drljeri
and tho Hollcltor for in, 1 cut for
.uiindry. Wnteh him! It u llablo
to s'.op you on the street nnj explain
nil dotal 8 of Laundry tied "iL!) to be
at your nome uny time. lie khorj
Laundry husInesH from A tj z.
Marshfield Hand and
Steam Laundry
IOO 1'KAP XKSTKI) ll.lltlti:i)
PLV.MOCTH HOCKS.
Our mntttiKS have produced stand-nrd-hrcd
HpecItuciiR of exhibition
quality with records of 2I2.227.22J
eKh'B lu UG 5 days.
Ilnhy Clilt'hN nml Kjjrh for Hatching
Hook your ordorB now for spring
doilvcry. A few cockerels from
hoavy laying utock for r,,00.
Plymouth Place, Poultry Yards.
KKKD. DACHMAN', Prop.
AlHrNhllelil, Ilov -IH.;, Phono 288
Electric Portable
Lamps at Cost
Wo mual movo thoao pooda
to filvo room for changes vro
will ninko this spring. Now Is
tho tlmo to got n. bargain.
Coos Bay Wiring Co.
PIIONK 237-J.
SAFE INVK6MENTS.
For information concerning
hlKh-clnsa bond investments,
bearing 0 Interest net,
wrlto O. 13. Hlnsdalo, caro J.
II; Adams and Company, Los
Angolcs, California.
Real Estafe Bargains
For bargain In City, Bunker Hill
and Farm Property. Seo
AUG. FKIZKKX
Ronl i:tuto nnd Insurance Agent.
(IH Central Ave., Mnrshlleld, Ore.
Good Livery Service
Fancy now rigs, good homes and
enroful drlvors nro now at tho dis
posal of tho Coos Day public at
KEASOXAULB RATKS.
Itlg8 or rigs with drivors ready for
any trip nnywhoro any tlmo. Horses
boarded and rigs enrod for.
Now hearso nnd special accommo
dations provided for funeral parties.
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LIVKRV AND FEED STAI1LES
PHONE 27-J
We Work
And Advertise
To bring a customer hero tho first
time, niter Uint lio comes of W
own nccord. You know why.
REMEMBER
There is no kink, or cno that we
can't do.
"THINK IT OVER MAR."
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PHONE MAIN 57-J
FOR CSOOD 1VORK '
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pressing and repairing a specialty.
by experienced men. Satisfaction
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SOX, Alllnnco Rldg. Front St.
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