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THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD. OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1912. EVENING EDITION.
COOS BAY TIMES
M. O. MALON'KY Editor and 1'uli.
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COOS HAY DAILY TIMES.
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Entered at tho postofflco at Marsh
flold, Oregon, for transmission
through tho malls as second claaj
mall matter.
I'AHUOH IMPROVEMENTS.
WHILE tho government roport
.vhlch Is inndo public today In
'lcntea that tho engineering do
partmont docs not favor an lmmodl
nto now survey and Improvomont of
tho Jotty, and while this condition of
uuiiirs is quito disappointing to tho
pooplo of Coos Day, tho fact should
not bo overlooked that tho local en
gineer In chnrgo of tho district ro
commondod tho work as Is shown In
tho roport. Whllo Coos Uay did not
gain Just what It wanted at this par
ticular tlmo, It Is at least gratify
ing to know that tho local onglncor, a
innn whoso technical knowledge- and
two years' work hero places him In a
position to Judgo, co-oporatcs with
tho community by rocommondlng tho
Improvonomts desired. Such coopor-
.....uii io uy no means n small mattor
In ovontunlly securing what Is want
ed. It should nlso bo romomborod
in n tlmo when tho community might
bo disappointed, that thoro has nl
roady been done a largo amount of
oxcollont work on tho Insldo chnnnol
which has greatly helped tho local
conditions.
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VOTE FPU GOOD UOADS.
A MONO tho numerous road moa
Hiiros submitted to tho pooplo
"lion tho bnllot for action at
io mivomoor oioctlon, Is tho ono
nubmlttcd by tho pooplo of South
ern Oregon, known as tho County
Homo Ituio bill. ThlH moasuro, as
Us namo Implies, gives to counties
tho right to build highways, If de
nlroij, upon tho consent of n ma
jority of tho votors If obtnlnod nt
n gonornl or spoclal oioctlon.
Tho hill doeH not differ mntorlul
y from tho constitutional nmend
Jnont submitted and carried two
yearn ago, oxcopt that It Is solf
enacting and rocmlroH no enabling
net and no legal entanglements or
vv'iMuiiiuiiiiH iy mu courts to
hamper notion.
No llinltntlon is placed upon tho
indebtedness, as such limitation Is
TieodlosH, for the taxpayers will not
voto Tor too largo Indebtedness in id
ir thoy did, tho bonds could not bo
Bold. Tho llinltntlon of two per
cent placed In the so-cullod Har
mony bills, will bo fatal to many
counties ns tnxpnyors will refuse-
!. ,vot0.. for nn llobtodness un.oss
It lionofltH by good roads, nil parts
Of tho rmmtv wlil,.1, .....
---.,..w, .. ...v.. KllllllJt I1U
jiono with a small nniount. Under
V'1" onsuro. tl10 amount of In
debtedness is left to tho taxpay
ers to decldo.
The measure provides that the
rounty court, in Its order of elec
tion shall "provldo every dotall
concrnluK tho form nnd innnnor
of (llsposlng r tho securities Is
sued mid ro Insure tho success of
tho election, (ho roads to bo con
ntriicted, tho mntorlals to bo used,
will also huvo to bo set forth.
The simplicity of tho nieasuro Is
Its strong point, nnd It has tho
endorsement of nil of tho leading
good roads ndvocntes, Including
Sam Hill, tho president of tho na
tional good roads association. Its
number upon tho bnllot is 3C0.
Voto YES upon this moasuro.
ltASKIIAIJ. HAS ANALOGIES
With LIKE.
We Want to Place a COLUMBIA GRAPH0N0LA in Every House in Coos Coui
and we want you to take advantage of this SPECIAL OFFER
FOR JO DAYS ONLY, we will sell a $50.00 COLUMBIA
GRAPHONOLA and 20 Double disc records, (each retails for 65
cents), your own selection, for only $59.00.
You command all the music of all the world the first day you
possess a COLUMBIA GRAPHONOLA.
We have this Message for you: "Hearing is believeing Call
at 'The Busy Corner' and let us play for you records of any class
of music you are fond of."
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'ir. busy corner. L0CKHART-PARS0 N S DRUG CO. t& rexall stop
nn
vigorously than courteously, to dis
charge him. Hut McQraw saw tho
Intent possibilities of swcot lemon
ado whon tho lomon should havo
ripened, nnd hold tight to tho sour
fruit.
Hut ono day McOraw patted Mar
quard on tho shoulder nnd snld:
"Go to it, Kubo; you can win In a
walk." And Hubo went to It with
n vengonnco nnd won ills gnmo
tho only ono of four dccldod con
tests won by his team. 4
McQraw won bocnuso ho had
fnltlf in and loyalty to Marqtiard.
.Marquard won bocauso ho had
ft mid McOraw to bo tho host frlond
In. Iiii.l nvni lin.l Afnnv "Intnntm"
of real life might become horoeo
.11 tlin trinnli nf n frlnnil'a linml
011 their shouldor at snmo critical
time of opportunity nnd responsi
bility. t WITH THE :
t toastandtea:
NO OAME was ovor dovlsod nnd
developed that contains moro
of tho factors constituting
human nnruro than baseball; none
thnt olTors closor parnllols to tho
course of human llfo. Tho com
mon characteristics manifest thorn
pelves, especially In a contest 00
tweeu tho champions of lenguos ror
tho chnmplonshlp of tho world.
Tho contest of llfo and that on
tho Hold develop heroes. Not sol
dom theso doveloped from men
from whom little was anticipated,
Thoro occur exigencies In llfo nnd
omorgoncies in ball, tho formor
called crises and the latter pinches,
thnt rovenl tho udoquncv or com
petency of tho man. Ho who then
shows thnt he can bring homo tho
winning run or supply tho sagacity
to solve n puzzling situation In im
portant nffalrs is tho man who re
nin! tho npplauso of tho spectators
celves rownrds for trustworthiness
nnseball Is not one of tho ser
ious mntters of llfo, hut It has
sorlous olomonts Mint sometimes al
most reach tragic quality. ited.
leaping blood goes to winning of
success In each: stalwart slnows.
strong minds nnd truo oyos; minut
ing courage that hopes against hope
nnd fights n seomlngly lost battle
through to victory.
Consider tho pluck nnd faith of
McOraw and Marquard. Tho lat
ter Is u pltchor who cost tho mag
nnto $11,000. Tho first season ho
was a "lomon," tho sourest of, fall-ir-os.
Ho lost game nftor game,
and tho mastor was urgod, moro
OOOII EVENING I
Since then nor Phrvclnn mar-
bio nor tho uso of purplo moro
dnzzllng thnn tho sun, nor tho
Fnlortan vino, nor tho Persian
unrd rninnnnn n Irnnlilixl inlml
wliy should I sot about n lofty
odiiiio wuu columns uiai excito
envy, and In tho modern taste?
Why should 1 oxchnngo my Sa- I
blue valo for wealth, which Is j
lattended with morn trouble? - I
I Ilornro (Smart, tr.)
CONTENTMENT.
I had my dreams nnd so I lived con
tent; A dronm beneath tho wide, kind
skies of old;
Out In tho orchard whon tho soft
winds bent
Tho swaying branches and strango
stories told
Of llfo within tho far-off town of
mon
Mad music on tho highways and
tho gleam
Of glory on llfo's firing lino and
then
I lived content becauso of such a
droam.
called to mind n quotation from
Oootho'a Wilhclm Mclstor, of which
tho following is n freo translation:
"How dcsolnto this globo would
appear If wo saw In It only oceans,
rivers and mountains. Hut to
know soino frlond horo nnd Micro
who takes an Interest In us nnd
our work, makes, this world a
beautiful garden."
E. HANDEL.
It doesn't nnv to do favors for a
man. who hns a poor memory.
A lmll tnnm can't win In n wnlk:
it must havo at lease ono run.
A woman's social rating mny bo
ba3cd on her washday clothesline.
There Is a man In Marsh field
so stingy thnt ho will not tell a
Joko at his own oxponso.
Whon n girl begins to call a
young man by his first imnio sho
probably has designs on his last.
Tf a man can't blumo nnyono
olso for his troubles, ho can nt
least drivo hlmsolf to drink.
Tho mnn who shoots at random
never hits tho tnrgot.
It's tough luck when n tailor
has to ontor a suit In ordor to got
his monoy for ono ho hns mndo.
THE EDITOH'S PH.WEK.
I would freo from tho city's rulo
nnd law from Its fashions nnd forms
c t looso nnd go whero tho strnw
borry grows on Us straw, and tho
goosoborry grows on Its gooso; whoro
tho cntnip treo Is climbed by tho cat
ns sho clutches for her prey tho
guileless and unsuspecting rat, on
tho rattan bush at nlav. I will wntoii
at oaso tho saffron cow and tho cow-
lot In tholr gleo, ns thoy peal In Joy
from bough to bough on top of a cow-
Slil) trCO! nnd list While Mm nnrtrfi!irn
drums his drum, nnd tho woodchuck
enuens ins woou, nnd tho dog dovours
tho dOKWOOd lllllm in Mm nrlmltlvn
solltudo. O, let mo drink from tho
moss grown pump thnt was hewn
from n pumpkin treo! Eat mush
and milk from n rural slnmn fmm
form nnd fashion freo new garnered
mush from tho mushroom vino and
milk from tho milkweed sweet with
luscious pineapples from tho pine!
SllCll fOOd ns tho coda mlcrht nntf
And then to tho white-washed dairy
n turn, wnero mo dairy maid haston-
Ing hies her ruddy and goldened but-
tor to churn from tho milk of her
1 butterflies; and I'll rise nt morn with
I havo my droam and so 'I llvo con-
tont
A dream within tho gray walls of
tho town,
Of old-time orchard lanes, tho fra-
crant urnnt
Of mlgonotto nnd roses fields of tho nnriiost liir.i i. t .
, - -" ., IU illU llillillll,
brown (farmyard pass, and watch whllo tho
And golden harvest tho remember- farmer turns his hord of grnsshop-
cd glow pers out to grass.
uuu o iiiov ouiiouiuu nuiuitic lu
fSTREETSl
tho cleam
Of star-lit dusk, bnck homo again,
nnd so
WILT, 1IEM POHTLANI).
WMimt II. rt cA..i. v--,. .
, ., -- x , 1,, ""vu mo ouuuiuiu i-acincs new
1 live i'uuieiu oecnuso or sucn a uno to uoos nay Is extended to
'Irenra. connect with tho Northwestern Pa-
Grantland Rico, clflc nt Eureka, Oregon may turn
" jo tnbles on California. Hitherto
Whon n Coos Ray man gets full tho CoaBt c0"Mes of Southorn Oro-
ho uses a lot of empty words. I B,on, linvo bp..n nnnexed commer-
. clally to California, but tho now
Some finns tw m m u .. !"oad wUl n0A 0y reclaim, but
:'"',,' '"-- mb? suzs23L. CM,m-
w . U UW, I .
rW.'.'.y do 'ou !AY MOIIE for
"'"m ana fkku than vou OAV
GET IT AT HAINES Km?
8EK the AIRSHIP next Saturdny
and Sunday. ' ,
No brldo cn soo herself as her
husband's mother sees her.
To my anonymous friend:
Your lines in yesterday's paper
"Oloomy wcathor puts mo on tho
blink," remarked a Front streoc
business man this
Tho rirst morning as ho gnzod
Itulny Day. out nt gray skies
nnd dripping atmos
phere, "i would rnthor swelter In
HiuiBliIno thnn bo comfortnblo In
gloom," ho continued. "It seems
to nffect everyone. It lins n ttn.
dency to chill tho most buoyant
nun cueoriui disposition. rcoplo
wh'o nro accustomed to carrying
around a smllo como In with a
long fnco nnd net as If tholr cred
itors arc after thorn. This talk
that every cloud has n golden lin
ing, or somothlng llko that, Is all
right to read, but I want to toll
you It takes sunshine to dry up
tho mud so thnt nn nuto enn mnko
tho trip from Coos Hay to tho rail
way In ono day. It take3 a smllo
to drivo nway n frown. It takes
a cheerful word to melt down tho
blues. And It requires n radiant
nnturo to put pooplo In a radiant
frajno ot mind so thnt wo will got
tllO Sllllles and thn clinnrv (nil.- I
don't menu thnt ovoryono I 'soo
wo iiuiurai iaco on n cloudy
day, but thoro Is n innir nt ,!..
cerlty in tho smiles nnd In tho Joy
tnlk you get on n gloomy day. It
looks artificial. Thoro Is an at.
mosphoro of molnncholy to It, a
mental llonresslnn Hint .oi,
think of tubo rosos, floral harps
and othor funornl trappings. Ulvo
IHn Slinslllno ami T flnn't -..- ...i..
nnyono says." " """'
''"H HAT VERSUS THE PEN
(Tim ited snv w; ''';..
fOr Wlnnlllir thn iunpl.ln .!
week's work, about ?4000 each!)
Goldsmith got ton bones, thoy sny,
--. .. iiuuu ijio ueseriou VHl
Doc Homor had to beg his way
. .v. was " reo lunch
to nlllnirn.
Hurns wns a vory seldom feeder
nm, umy ainoa won now nna
T,,.,s 5!h,?s t0.lt- eontlo render,
..u i ls migntier than tho
Pen.
NoAiiinofinyron,s 8t0ck ws Par.
Old Danto crabbed and ho had
reasons,
Ho nevor owned a touring car
Although ho led tho league for
seasons.
Shelby was broko and Keats, tho
leader
Of finished verso, often borrow
ed "Ten,"
There's nothln to It. gentle reader.
The Hat is mightier than tho
Pen,
All of us know Shakespeare's vorse
How fast he was; how keen and
shifty,
hLi-m? the larBCSt P"rSe
That . Wi'l1,,.am 8PUt waa shy
eight-fifty.
Why, oven I, though a dally
breeder
Of high-brow dope, oft beg a
yen
TnbA II ... '
.w ft. iruiu me oquovo me
reaaer
The Bat Is mightier than tho
Fon,
Grantland Rice.
WILL BIG SEA BOM I
BOY HOI NAMED 01
P. G. Jordan Wires That He
Has His Son Who Ran
Away.
P. G. Jordan of Tea Mile, who
went to Eureka, Cnl. nftor his son,
wires thnt ho got tho boy nnd will
return homo on tho steamer Alli
ance. Tho boy ran nwny from
homo lu company with a woman
who was Intro for n tlmo. A mnn
who pnsscd as tho woman's litis-
bnild nlso wont an Mm nxmn linnK
Mr. Jordan whon ho loft Intonded
to prosocuto tho mnn nnd woman
on a chnrgo of kidnapping. Ho
does not stnto In tho tologrnra as
to what ho did in tho way of pros
ecution. Tho messngQ received by
Mnrshnl Carter wns nn fnllnwti?
.Euroka, California, Oct. 20, 1912.
jacK carter,
Mnrshllold, Oregon.
I got my hoy nnd coming on
Alliance.
P. G. JORDAN.
Tho woman wns known horo ns
Mrs. Humphrey. Sho enmo from
Rnkor City, Oregon, whore sho
was known ns Mrs. Hnlo. Sho
nlso used that namo part of tho
tlmo sho was hero.
WILL MEET AT
LE
ART
Goor Roads Association to
Hold Gathering There
Tuesday Night.
Another mooting of tho good
roads association will bo hold at
Myrtle Point Tuesday night. Re
presentatives from different parts
of tho county will attend and tho
good roads matter will bo present
ed to tho peoplo of that locality.
Another meeting will bo hold
Friday night at Uandon and tho
following Tuesday at North Bond.
Theso meotlngs will glvo nn oppor
tunity to present the good roads
plan In the various communities
or the county nnd Just before elec
tion n big meotlng will bo held at
either Marshfleld or Coqulllo.
The membership of tho associa
tion lS Olio (Inllnf mill nn.1 i.n.l
is being made to secure one thous-
uiiu inpiniiAra tiia v..ns.. ,!...
raised will bo used in sending out
llteraturo to boost for tho adop
o?i? of,.,tne homo rule bill, No.
J 00, which If passed will allow
this county to bond for any sum
desired to build roads.
GREAT AIRSHIP EXHIBITION
Snturtlay nnd Sundnv. nrrrnnTn on
and 27.
If you hay anyta... to Mil, trait,
or rnt, or wast aolp, try ft Waat Ad
Try Tha Tlmw' Want A..
Tim Antnrlftn rnnhtlni tl
lllL' addltlonnl Intertstlrl
of nn event pubilihrtl
Times last Friday: I
"Thoro wns a happr
imRsniiL'ors nn thn JlflEI
land when sho docked it
lender nlcr In tills Dort
m. yesterday nnd CaptJ
nnd his olllcors and ntn
much behind them in
Inc. Min starv at the
tholr Inllv concern bell
10 o'clock on Wcdnesdij
wh In nit 1'nrt flrford. On
or const of Oregon, the
ntimn tn nil linndg that 3
was nbout to assert Itwll
and tho vessel was Insta'
Into that port In order I
slclnn s attention mum
for tho young niotner. i
word wns nont to the
of tho emergencv una
hastened down to the
whoro from tho Clin
lirnnplipa lillOV. he W1J
n diiin'a imnt awaiting
rA.un.l ntt in thn N'Orthli
IIM1VH VI. w -.' .
tho heavy Pacific ml
boforo ho got on me w
mnn wns so overcome '
mor thnt It wns amior
whether ho would t l
enro of tho case, out m
ho rallied manfully to
slonnl oxlgcncy ana
n henrty baby-uoy nw
t, tlm Inflnltn delight
Mrs. Daniel Iloone Con
nossee. ci routo to Or
Mr. Connover,wno
Intends to go into u
nnnn nu It was knOV
bnbo nnd mother ne
body broke loose D
tho spirit of thanWuta
tulatlon was sun y
tim r)iI n came Into
nnd Mrs. Hoone Conn
nnmod the baby anei
and port where ne
light, Orford Nortblal
and by way or rewi
Steward nrny starteoi
an initial banK
llttlo stranger ana i
...in. n imnk account
nmr, uTr Pnnnover
prec'latlon of the gi
tlon showed w "
self In every way
tn,rnthor there M
and happiness over
mn nnii no :
wore all carefully 1
Oregon nnd as sucni
tho good win uj -1
shall read 01 "
i i tv, state, ac
his coming will re
tho Northlands i
and begin to launch
t .. nf her VOjaj
steamer left up tor
o'clock last eveui-b
was aboard i'"
his mother were ff
mousiy, with the en
pany acting as nurs,
gers and geun . ,
Uen and jjlog H
to oe ui ": -hi
luck stay with oil
years!"
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