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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1911)
i "iwi'pupi" THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1 91 1-EVEHING EDITIOM. IE. I7 COOS BAY TIMES M. C. MAIiONKV Kdltor mid Pub. j DAN 13. SIALONKV News Editor Address nil cqmmunlcntlons to COOS MAY DAILY TIMKS. Marnhncld :: :: : Oregon Dedicated to tho service of the people, that no good causo shall lack a champion, aud that evil shall not thrive unopposod. OFFICIAL FAl'KK OF THE CITY OP MAIISHFIELD. Entered at tho postoffice at Marak flold, Orogon, for transmission through tho malls as second class mall matter. e An Independent Itepubllian news paper published every evening excopt Sunday, and Weekly by Xho Coos Hay Times Publishing Co. BUUSCIUPTION HATES. DAILY. Onoyear 11-00 Por mtnth B0 WEEKLY. One year f 1.50 Whon paid strictly In advance the subscription prlco of tho Coos Bay Times Is $5.00 pir year or J2.50 for six monttas. Ofllolnl Paper of Coos County THE CONVICT HIS FAMILY- LAW. GOVERNOR WEST Is to speak at tho Opera I Ion ho this evening upon tho pnrolo uyBtom which ho has Introduced In Oregon penal institutions. Thero Is no doubt that thuro U u vast Hold fur reform In tho present methods of handling our criminals. A feature of tho parolu Bystom that .commends Itself to thoughtful mon lu that It remedies a Hurlous wroug that heretoforo scorns to have escaped tho thought of those charged with tho punishment or prisoners. It Is urged that convicts must not bo kopt lillo, that thuy must earn thulr living and that tho peoplo should not bu taxed to food and clotlio an army of crimlualH. Let us hco how thin works. Tho state arrests a man who lu a drunk cm iiunrrol hau stabbed a companion, llo Is hurried away to prison. Ho Is brought Into court, tried and con victed. Ho is sent to tho tttato poul tontlury for llvo or ton yearn or for life. All tho whllu u young wife and four or llvo llltlo children aro left without their natural protector or Hiippurt. They huddle in tho corner of tliu rpurt room. Thoy hoar tho lawyer lashings or ItiKubrlous yawps. Thoy listen to tho verdict. Tho cauo Is closed. Tho young father is bundled off lu one direction lu chains. Tho young family Is turned off In another In tears. Tho state takes tho time and earnings of tho one to itsolt, leaving tho others to Ktnrvo. Tlio mother dies of despair. Tho boys grow up thieves. Tho girls grow up harlots. Tho law Is vindi cated. Tho taxpayer Is protected. Tho criminal cIiihsoh are ruplonlshod. Is it not dnmuablo? Does not tho society which tolerated such monstro nltlea deserve tho evils which It en tails upon Itsolt? The state has no right to tnko that man's labor from his wife nnd children and give thorn no equivalent. It Hhoilld punish tho guilty, not tho Innocent. Hory dol lar that la divortod In this way from tho natural needs of tho helpless to tho uses of tho publlo Ih bnso blood money that should and does carry with It tho curso of (lod. If Oovonior West can contribute anything to tho solution of this great nud grave problem which confronts Eocloty ho will havo rendered an In cstlmablo sorvlco lu promoting public welfare. It Is a hopeful sign when our public olfloluls are devoting their time and thought to tho solution of such practical problems lu tho bet terment of civilization. ulntlon nlone, whon compared wlth that of many of the other western i states at the time of admission, these' now states were entitled to their stnrs. An Interesting political Incident U recalled In connection with tho final successful appeal of Xow Mexico. In tho seventies statehood had been voted for Now Mexico In both houses of congress, when Stophen B. Elkins, nt that tlmo delegate from tho ter ritory, happened to publicly congrat ulate Julius Caosar Burrows on n bloody shirt speech, which so anger ed tho southern democrats that thoy had tho bill recalled. With tho admission of theso states tho west has now such n preponder ance of lnflucnco In tho Sonnto that leadership cannot but drift away from tho Now England group. It hns been ono of tho anomalies of our system that tho real domination of congress hns always been with tho little Now England states thnt nil to gether could bo bundled up nnd lost In cither Now Mexico or Arizona. COOS COUNTY PROSPERITY PYRAMID. Good People Good soil Best llvo stock Flno Poultry Farms Land unexcelled for fruits Oregon's best dairy ranches Only coal field In Orogon Orenteat timber resources In the ontlro United States. And a thou sand other natural resources that will mnko Its prosperity pyramid ns pormnncnt nB its etornnl hills. LEAVE THE WORRIES AT HOME. THE NEW STATICS. WITH tho admission of New Mexico and Arizona thero aro no remaining territories. Alaska Is governed differently in many respoctB, while Porto Rico, Hawaii aud tho Philippines occupy an ontlroly dlfforont relation. A tnblo has boon prepared whlcn proves their right to being accepted Into tho sisterhood of states: Ariz. New Mox. Area, squnro mllesl 13.020 122.5S0 Population 122,931 105,310 Whites U2.903 180,207 Of voting ago.... ll.OSl Gti.OG? Whlto votes 31,911 50. SM Illltorato voters., , 10,533 15.5S5 Dwellings 28,703 -H.90J Organized Fob. 24, Sept 9, 18C3 1850 It will bo seen that, leaving extont of territory and resources to be rep resented ontlroly out of account, pop- wT IS EASY to prench rest; to get 1 tho restless man to tnko It Is ono of tho hardest tasks, somotlmo?, that n mortal enn undertake. For often whon men's nrms would fnln hold a gun, nnd their hands aro quite willing to ply tho onr or wlold tho racket or thrash tho lake with a rod for trout, tholr minds rofuso to tnko tho samo vacation that tho physical frumo la enjoying. They Import their ceaseless worrlmont into tho heart. of Curry county woods, tnko It camp lug with thorn up Coos Ulver, or nl mon nablng. Some Coos Bay men nro so nfruld of losing tholr trouble they will take It with them oven on n trip to tho bench or to u clambako at tho seaside They do not want to let It out of sight or thought, lest thoy should not recover It. One uilmlres tho genius of tho man or woman who can calmly turn tho key In tho closed door on u past Incl dent, nud not let tho howling mid night banshee of deplorable bygones aHsall his or her sleep. It Is not va cation If In your grip, along with your shirts and collars, your tooth brush aud your popor novol, you pack tho little blue devils that so easily beset us If wo lot them, nnd tho small nagging annoyances that aro all tho worse because thoy aro so small, that, llko South America Insects, wo cannot got nt thorn to dislodge them. To know whnt to leave behind as well as tho things to tnko along spells the secret of going away In siimmor for n rest or of staying whoro you nro, If yon must, with an equablo mind. Thero Is no more useful baggage for n holiday than tho disposition not to weop ovor split milk, nor bo distressed about the rovorso side of tho moon nor manufacture trouble with uny tools nt hand, Instead of shaping objects of communlcntlvo dellglt,. "TIP' GAUSES ' WITH THE TOAST AND TEA : GOOD EVENING. What do wo llvo for If It Is not to make llfo less dlfflcult to each other. GEORGE ELIOT. THE MOTHER. Sometimes tho llttlo lips of him, all dowoy wot on' tender Aro laid ngalnst tho lonely breast that novor felt tholr kiss; Tho baby oyes look smllln' up In nil their Bhlnln' Bplcntlor Oh, llttlo son, my llttlo son, thnt I should mourn llko this! Sometimes I sco him coniln' through tho furze nn' purplo honthor, An' oh, tho toddlln' feet of him. that never stepped tho earth! An,' when we're settln' quiet like, Himself nnd mo together, There's dimpled hnnds thnt beckon in tho pent smoko on tho hearth! Tho happy mothers children suro thoy come nnd lean besldo mo An' their eyes so full of pity thnt my own doep tenrdrops start An Himself so kind nn watchful thnt no ovll ahnll botldo me But nnught enn ense tho wenry acho within my empty henrt. Oh, Mary up in hoavon, If my llttlo son bo wcopln (Though heaven Is grand, 'tis lo nely; nn' my bnbo Is Binull, so small). Oh, tnko him or. your Mothor-henrt, nn' soothe him Into slccptn', Lest sobbing through tho long, long night, ho hears his moth er's call. I. "" Down nt Bnndon theso lnR Inter est In lively In nvlntorH nud tholr Hy ing mnchlnos. Thoy nro rightly proud that tho first Hying to bo douo In Coos county Is to occur In tliu rtty by-tho-sen. Tho old rhymo nbjut the dnughtor going out to swim hiiH been chnnged to tho fojlowlm;: "Mother, may I go out to fly?" "Yes, but havo a rare! Bo suro and wear your nicest hoso And don't go near tho nlr." It sometimes scams ns It there ought to bo n general revival of tho llttlo story about tho man lu Kon tucky who beenmo prosperous, pop ular and happy simply by uttondlnn to his own buslnesB. Christian Sclenco Monitor. Thoro wns ono of tho samo kind of mon on Coos Bny onco. Somo Coos Bny mon's Idea of bra very Is doing somothlng their wives hnvo told them not to. niuo print nnd dotnll paper nt nt Walker'B Studio. AW ACTIDN iii ii i hi 1 1 1 1 in ic 1 1 1 "MY VIEWS" A Record of Individual Opinion THE RECALL. FATAL CLASH One Killed and Two Others In jured Following Bell Boys' Quarrel. (By Associated Press to the Coos Bay Times.) MACON, On., Aug. 26. In nn ultercntlon between two negro boll boys ns to tho division of "tips" from a depnitlug guest at tho Elder hotel at Indian Springs led to a clash be tween tho blacks and oillcors early today, during which ono deputy sher iff was killed and two othors woro Injured. Sovernl persons wore more or less hurt In minor lights. Tho shooting occurred ns tho ottlcers neared the negro quarters. At the time of the assault ono of tho otllcora had ftred. Judge Danlols has ordored tho .Jackson Rifles out and js holding them In readiness to go to tho Springs about three nillos away. DERllY Thru Its flavor won Its favor. Waterlogged Saginaw In Charge of Capt. Jas Magee Redondo Sails. Ponding Instructions from tho un derwriters, tho steam schooner Sa ginaw, which was towod In yester day by the Redondo, lies on the East side of tho channol opposite Mnrsh- fleld. Capt. Jas Mageo of Empire has been placed aboard her to as sist Capt. Koffold In taking care of her. It Is expected thnt divers will prob ably ho sont hero to try nud nscertnln tho extont of the dnmngo so that ar rangements can bo mado to tempo rarily repair tho damage to permit tho Saglnuw holng towed to Portland or San Francisco to go on dry dock. The nmonnt tho Redondo will re ceive for saving tho Saginaw will probably bo fixed by tho unedrwrltors and it is declared that It will not bo uenrly sevonty-tlvo per cout of tho vnluo which was first estimated. Tho Redondo sailed at 1 o'clock this afternoon for San Francisco. COAST LEAGUE HALL SCORES. PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 2 C Yes terday's games in tho Coast League resulted as follows: At Portland Portland Sacramento At San Francisco Los Angeles Oakland , . At Los Angeles Sau Francisco Voruon R H 4 9 1 3 R 11 0 9 1 8 R H 4 12 8 12 IT SEEMS that tho people nro for over ongnged lit working out the details of our great and growing democracy. Government is progres sive. New issues nro constantly nrls Ing, nnd many nu old problem comes back for rc-solutlon, or at least for readjustment. 'The evolving order, both social and political, forover compels us to pny tho prlco of intel ligent vlgllnnco ovor all of tho pro cesses of associated life. Onco we thought It dangerous to admit the populnco to participation In affairs political. It looked llko Inviting tho rabblo to n Jubllco of dohnuchery and shnmo nnd certain rovohitlon In tho ond. Tho old aristocracy did not take kindly to a division of respon sibilities nnd spoils, when audi divi sion could only menn disaster. At first tho oxtenslon of tho Bitffrngo wns opposed nB nn astounding lnno vntlon. Public cducntlon wns equally opposed nB n futile menns of trend ing Intolllgenco whoro It would do moro ovll than good In awakonlng discontent nnd passion nnd noblo nsplrntlon through a diffusing Bys tom of education, thnt wns Utoplnn to begin with, nnd worso than nils chlovous If nt length n pnrtlnt suc cess. But wo have oven freed and enfranchised the blnck man for his betterment, wo sincerely hoped; and public education has grown Into tho grandest nnd most nll-succorlng Htrticturo of paternalism that tho emerging world has over known. All of our splendid Institutions nro tho outcome of public education nnd In- crensed polltlcnl power, nnd demo cracy novor was so sanguine. Not that It never makes mlBtakes. I would not deny that It does. It lias long since been moro thnn half sus picious that It went too far In extend ing the suffrage) to tho llbornted Blnvcs. But our atrldont democracy corrects Its mistakes, or adjusts Itaolf to them ns wlsoly ns It mny bo. But it Is forovor on tho try, nnd will bo till tho end of tho chapter. Evils lu plenty nrlso nnd somehow thoy must bo mot. Where old reme dies seem futile, or out of tho ques tion because of Inapplicability to now conditions, popular experiment be gins, and Innovations iuovltably ap pear. Ours by law nnd growth Ih a purely roprosontntlvo government. It Is the only known effective Instru mentality through which a huge democracy can handle itself. Aud yet It Is ovorywhoro felt that that In Btrumontnllty Is seriously Impaired. A phonomonnl development nnd nu awakened greed with Its nmnzlug contingent of graft accounts for tho situation. Representative government hns lost to nn alarming extent its re sponsiveness and Its prestige; and It Is tho purpose of tho peoplo to ro storo tho old representative Idea and function to their ancient effective ness. There can bo no mlstnko about that. Domngoglsm has nothing whatever to do with tho widespread movement. Tho only quostlon Is: Is tho movomont in harmony with, or in antagonism to, tho representative function? I havo chiefly hero tho recall idoa of tho movomont in mind, Is that helpful to, or destructive of, tho rop rosontatlvo principle? Tho Initiative nnd tho referendum, which are far moro vital and about whoso purport and political scope thero Is a differ onco of Intelligent opinion, aro omit ted from consideration. Our thought Is; What Is tho charactor of tho ro call aud 1b Its extension to tho Judi ciary helpful, or especially and alarmingly dangerous? That the recall is something radlc nlly now as a polltlcnl device is not ignored, but thnt fnct nlono should not bo prejudicial, olso wo Bhould nover move forward ulong nscen- slonnl lines. Progress forovor means somothlng now. Men nro elected to office such hns been our wnyward drifting often by cliques and rings, whoso creatures they become. Their object is organized public plunder. Often corrupt political alliances aro so formidable that they are beyond easy publlo control. Conditions cov ering whole states need not be nam ed. Under circumstances so over whelming bad so reeking with political turpitude It would bo portl- nont to ask "Whnt quick and effec- tlvo remedy hns tho victimized pub lic for malfeasance and maladminis tration In office?" The old ono of Impeachment seems too often utterly out of tho question. Or at least so far off as to bo reasonably such. It Is a most difficult thing to prove cor ruption whoro It is absolutely known to exist. Call a corrupt official, whether senatorial or other, to pub lic account nnd sec. It Is not sur- ..-luimr thnt Roosovelt Justified tho recall In Cnllfornln. The wonder Isj ho did not call for Its invocation In many another state. It Is a condl-( .i .!... oMnfrnntn t.llO tltlbllc nlld i liou mm. ..... - not an academic theory. Caesar's wife should bo above sus picion nnd so should tho public olll- clal. Whether legislator or oxocu- iivn. hn Is iiresumnhly elevated to nffln. n ilo tho will of tho people. To call him down nnd out Is not lu Itself unreasonable. But moro bus- tilnlnn without tho fact of criminal evidence, nnd uninformed popular clamor, Bhould havo no place in tno statute of recall. Tho solo object of Biich a law should be tho swift deca- nltntlon of any ofllclnl who Is known to havo entered upon tho enreor of a malfeasant. If ho Is known to havo yielded to tho pressure of corrupting Infiuonces, that significant fnct should constitute his official Waterloo, oi course, ho should havo full redress for wrong Inflicted by ucccss to tho courts. No such law could bo wIbo ly administered, no matter how man nnd enroful ita restrictions ns to cri minal ofllclnl action, without pre serving recourso to legal remedies, should tho decapitated wish to avail himself of them. With tho Damnscus blndo of tho recall suspended ovor his head, it Bhould seem that the olllclal would bo n llttlo chary of his actions and solectlvo of his Influences. At least ho ought not to fall to, sco tho "Imngo of denth" In n Jackpot. It ought to be n most effectual memen to morl to ono who must move among a thousand Insistent corrupting for ces. It ought to make for better government nnd purer nnd more ex ulted public llfo. It Bhould nnd It will Invito Into public llfo n bettor class of mon, whllo it holds In check nnd minimizes tho sordid alms of tho predatory hordes, with whoso mis demeanors Boclety nnd polltlcB havo bo long been unblessed. Thus far. on the whole, I llko tho recall. GOV. WEST i - (Contlmiod from pag0 n Iltfln pIHoi T hnvn tli1t-j . '" '"ieu IQt time. During my trip, many Mlm ' les woro shown mo by the pe0pu! fliirrv eountv wlilol, r ,i... :, :.. wp,' UrKfH Good Road,, Gov. West's talk tonight n . rather Impromptu ns ho has notlu tlmo to proparo any set a4dn uunuvui, nu win nun on "(Vj Roads" and "Prison Reforms," t Buujocis in wiucu no is deeply i CBted nnd which ho Is working l to boIvo. "ThlB section sorely needs not, good roudB," remarked the gov.,.. whon tho subject was broached, "to, will need them even when yon t n railroad nnd you need thein no until you got tho railroad. l ro, got good roads, tho sconery, obm Utilities and hunting aud fishing nttract hundreds of tourhti to moist In horo. I wnnt to forward the w roads movomont an fast at poulb'i und nm cortnln of tho cooperation; tho peoplo. Tho good roads bD passed by tho last legislature n sorely dotectlvo and did not, ac tho Holutlon of tho question and tic Is why I vetoed thorn." uovornor wcsi expressed pjt pi ensure ovor tho successful trio t tho Boston to Coos Hay and pnbrf tho oillcors nnd men of tho Ortpt Naval Militia. r .1, . .-. , ... uovernor voni win iiciaKeaoiil pleasure trip down the Bnybyapird of Marshflold men tomorrow, ftl plana to leave Monday morning. OCEAN PARR, wave-washed WOODED ACRES. Don't got left. TEN CENTS a dny THRICE VEARS without Interest. TODD, CHAN DLER hotel. REMEMBER Hand's IIANDON EXCURSION LEAVES Mnrahlleld at TtilO sharp SL'NDAV morning. PROBE RANK PAILVIIK. (By Associated Press to Cooi 3tl Times.) SPOKANE, Wash.. Aug. 25.-1 grand Jury tins been called to u at Wallai.'o, Ida., September 11 While tho purpose Is not stated b the court, it is understood that tit failure of tho State Bank of C nioreo of Wallace which failed xv 12 will be investigated. LANGFOHD WANTS 11011 NEW YORK, Aug. 20 SamUM; ford will Ball from Vnncouterl Australia October 0, determined be fore his return to make Jack John "light or craw." Ills manager n.i Lnngford can make no money la til country becnuso people know bin ity nnd won't pay money to seen put out second raters. 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