1 "jjj SUE- THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1913.-EVEMIHG EDITION. n 1 2 ,005 B AY TIMES w. c maloni:y . . DAN E. MALONEY .Editor ami Publisher , News Editor "ISiterctrattiio pos;?iUce ai Murshfleld. Oregon, tor transmission tlirougli Cba -jnalla as second class mail matter. OFFICIAL PAPKK OF COOS COUNTY. AtTiNDEPENDENT ItEPt'UUCAN NEWSPAPBIt PLfuMSlIED BVEIlV EVENING EXCEPT SfXPAY. AND WEEKLY DY THE COOS BAY TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY. OFFICIAL" PAPElt OF THE CITY OF MAHSHFIELD. Let Opportunity Do All of the Knocking for Coos Bay Hereafter NOT "PARCELS" HUT I "iwiii'uij" rijwr, mum I ! Ucforo you have formed any i bad habits in the matter, ilx It In your mind Hint "Parcel" not "Parcels" Post Is right. Already In the general discussion of tho new Institution In tho United Stntes mall service, It han become quite tho habit to miscall tho system "Parcels Post." It Is us remarked before: Parcel Post P-A-It-C-E-L (and Hint's tho end) Post. And you need not bother to look It up. It Is not In tho dic j tlonary and besides the reporter looked it up on tho postmaster's Ipampblet from Uncle Sam direct. AT A RECENT batuiuet In San Francisco town one of the speak ers dellered this quatrain: "Oh, you whom poots choose to call 'Serene, Indifferent of fate,' Let opportunity do all Tho knocking at tho gate." X.et ns take that for our text. "Let opportunity do nil tho knocking." Opportunity Is tho lady described by tho Into Senator Ingnlls as a fugltlvo who makes but ono tap at tho door ns Bhe pnssos. Op portunity Is reputed to have the hnlill of knocking but onco nt every anan'a door. But Bacon says: "A man must make his opportunity am oft as ho finds it." What hns been said of opportunity In her capricious relations .to man docs not apply to her relntlons with Cooa Bay. From tho -click of dawn to tho crack of doom, opportunity will be playing n 1Uloo on tho doors of Cooa Bay. How often hnH she rapped In tho past? Sho found tho virgin wlldernes! and rapped thrlco against tho mighty firs. Tho doors of tho wlldsrncss opened nnd a band of brave rsuid sturdy plonoorB entorcd, bringing tho torch of civilization to tho dark-skinned peoplo who fished and hunted nnd gathored tho fruits of .lnc forest In this paradise of tho Pacific. These first pioneers, many -to them, canio becnuso opportunity knocked with a pick ngalnst tho roclis of tho foothills nnd gold was found. Tho gold is still thero, IHwX. while not found lit such geueroun quantities as in other lands,, TLTho knows whnt the future mny hold? Then opportunity knocked ngnln, nnd coal was discovered. This -xrcat trensuro that furnishes tho furnnrea of tho Industries of tho world with energy, Is hero In abundance Suniclont to furnish forco, o turn tho wheols of the fnctoiles of half n continent; heat and en 'Tgy for a multitude. Nor was this all. Opportunity knocked again. Valleys that woro over green await ed tho arrlvnl of tho rnncliors to mnko It n pastoral land, with ensy TTciilth from Its herds nnd orchard . Rcsourcofiil opportunity wns not yet through on Coos Bay. Leav ing tho auriferous foothills nnd the initios of coal from tho dark rteptha of which como fuol Bitlllclon' for a thousand ships nnd fac tories, nnd the valleys whoro hords cropped tho spring grasses, sho went Into tho forest depths nnd b"ought forth lumber for the homes oT mon. , Then rnmo C. A. Snilth ns opportunity's representative with tho TKoldr-n key of development to un'cck the rich resources of a section r"flrflovlng with natural wealth of thousands of years. Yet pPTHlHiont oppoi (unity hn 1 another tnBk to perform for Cooa TOny. To do this sho wont far nfte'd. to tho Isthmus of Panama, nnd Thy Iter knocking forced n wny throigh n mountain nnd linked Atlan tic nnd Pacific, no Hint the rommer'o of tho onstern lialf of tho con tinent nnd of Europe could flow swiftly nnd cheaply to this port nnd t products find onttlly ncresBlblo innrkols. "Let opportunity do the knock'ng." It hns done much. Perhaps t'te indefntlgablo Ingenuity of op port unity will find otlter menus of benefitting Coos Bay, adding to tho groat gifts It Ikik placed ill tho pooplo's disposal. Perhaps It is time for the people of Cooh Bay to wold tliom wives Into n unified, purposeful holy, with n common aim of benefit ting thoniBelven by boosting their mnlcliloss reHoureoB and great sec tion nnd leaving nil the knocking, past, prosent nnd future, to oppor tunity, who Bttrelv knows her Job. A TIMELY RESOLUTION. THE discouraging thing about Now Year's ipsolutlons is tho fnct thnt thoy aro llkoly to Indo nntv with the rlnnlu of "i.hc bells nnd the fouMment whim ttLe piifwIiiK of tho old year ovn--aon. They are Inclined to b u -jjerlntlvely mornl and unlruiiiniiolv U-embrnrlng. So the) tiro nnihl oua and r-roinUliiK. but of a'.io.'t nrntiui Bui thero aro certain wiiolmloim which aro always In -ifirflor. They mny be renewed Just wu well on tbo Fourth of July or 'flufeanksglvlng or tho flint of Jan Kinry, nnd one of this soit Is tho -KTisnlutlon to write homo often, if watao 1b fortunate enough to have n Inomo and hna renched tho plnro whoro ono must ehooso botweon St nnd tho Intercuts of the worhl. '"3iy giving nn aged mother spaco 3a your paper, asking him to re turn to my pioaont address boforo W la too lato, you will obllgo n Yioor blind mother." This sontonco ifrom n letter to tho editor of n ThoiiBohold wcokly concorna a Bon nrlio left home four jenrs ago mid 3uib not been henid of Hinco, His aso may bo an oxcoptlon In its lextronio neglect, but Illustrates tho onmo sort of carelessness which too many other sons and daughters sis well might plead guilty to. "Uo oro It Ib too late," Is n patliellc wpponl coming from tho heait of n lorsaken inother. So oven If thoro la not the ex tromo need In many homes which this message Imiilles, there mny bu Just tho sanio sort of longing. Bo hind proud reserve or pitiful sub torfugoB, ninny fond pnronts ox' ciiso tho carelessness of their chil dren. Neighbors nnd friends In quire nfler tho successful or prom ising Bon, (ho happy, onorgotlc daughter, nnd Boiuotlmcs fnthor nnd mothor aro llkoly to admit that tho children aro too busy to wrlto homo very often. They aro llkoly to bo proudly Important ovor tho fnct, but tho honrtncho Is thoro Just tho Bnine. It's n good thing to romom bor this and wrlto to or visit tho homo folks bofoio "It Is too Into." And one doesn't havo to wait un til Now Year's evo to mnko tho resolution, or to renew It nftor It hns been long broken. It Is one of tho good resolutions which la always In season. LEAVE OFF THE "S". THE GOVERNMENT calls It tho "pnrcol post", and not tho "pnr- IUIO 1UJ01 , , ih MITII III mum. It costs nothing to have it cor-icct. WANTED TO KNOW. FRAUD IS WORKED Many Pay $25 and $100 for Futile Claim on Railroad Land Grant. EUGENE, Jnn. 0. Tho swindling gnmo thnt unscrupulous timber land locators havo been working upon an unsuspecting public for sovornl yenra past, filching money from tho peoplo for "locating" thorn upon tracts of land within tho Orogon nnd Cnllfornln railroad grant in western Orogon, with tho promise that as soon ns tho suit ngninBt tho rnilway company for felting theso lands to tho govorn ment Is decided thoy may fllo rog ularly upon theso landB as homo- steads, Is flourishing right now moro flagrnntly than ovor, but strong efforts nre being mndo to put n stop to It. Tho Lnno County Abstrnct Com pnny of this city is foremost among thoso endeavoring to stop this game, In which theso Innd "lo cntors" aro growing rich from tho fees paid them by Innocent peoplo This company took up tho matter last October and has succeeded In bringing tho attention of tho post olllco olllclnls to It, with fair pros pects of prosecutions for using tho malls with intent to defraud. Eiigcno people, will remember thnt four or fivo years ngo whon tho ngltntlou wns begun ngalnst tho rnllwny compnny wlieroby efforts wero started to endeavor to compel tho compnny to forfeit tho land to tho government, thore wns n scram bio on tho part of many to mako application to purehnso the lands from tho company, but It hns long slnco been seen thnt those peoplo have had no cliauco at nil to se cure tho laud and tho honest tim ber cruisers nnd brokers gave up tho proposition at onco. But thoro nro others who nre still working among tho peoplo In tho middle west nnd In Cnllfornln, compelling thorn to pny nn application feo of from 2Ii to $100 each and prom ising thorn thnt as soon na tho suit la settled they will got tho lnnd. Theso nppllcntlons havo beon pouring Into tho county clerk's of flco hero dmlng tho pnst fow months nnd they seem to bo con stantly Increasing. A pnrty canio Into the Times ofllco the other day and asked why tho Times want nds nl wnys almost Invariably found lost articles said ho had tried It on moro than ono occasion and the Httlo want ad always did tho work. It's vory slinplo when you un ,i,. rat .mil the Times circulation and thnt there nro but fow people on Coos Bay who do not rend tho Times eveiy day. A "wnnt" ml In tho Times will reach the party with whom you can do business. Try ono today. Phone 13.1. TO LOCATE IN Hub Clothing & Shoe Co. "MONEY TALKS" FECIAL FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SAN FRANCISCO Christofferson Making Great Hit There; Opens Factory and Plans Machine. ' Sllns Christofforaon, tho Times blrdmnn who mado such a hit on Coos Bay with his aoroplano and hydroplano exhibitions hero InBt fall, has practically decided to lo cate In Snn Francisco, nccordlng to n lottcr from his brother, Harry, to tho Times today Mr. Chrlutoffcr son In his lottor says: "A week ago Inat Sunday night Sllns flow ovor tho city, nbotit 2000 feot high, and tho mnchlno wns Il luminated with electric lights. Lin coln Bcachoy (tho world's groatcBt aviator) snld It was by far tho moBt spectacular aerial stunt that had been pulled off during Iho year 1912. "Sllnfl flow at tho moot hero Inst weok with Lincoln Bonchcy, Roy FrnnclB. Robert Fowler. Tom Gunn (tho Chlueso flyer), nnd Thadduus. Kerns. Next to Beachy ho was tho moBt popular flyer. Wo havo been doing a groat deal of passenger carrying slnco wo canio here. "Now Year's day wo carried about twenty paBBongora during tho nftornonn. Our machinery has beon Inolnllnil In lift fnMnri ntwl n havo tho best equipment on the Women's High Top Shoes, 14-inch tops, black, gun metal, lace,. $5.00 Shoes, (f ) r Friday and Saturday at - - - vp3OU Women's High Top Shoes, 16-button, black, gun metal or tan, $5.00 Shoes, & A M Friday and Saturday at - - )4-vU Men's 9-inch Top, tan, lace, $6.50 &A PA Shoes, Friday and Saturday at 4)nr JU Hub Clothing & Shoe Co. Marshlicld "MONEY TALKS" Banfa const for this kind of work. "Wo havo Just begun work on n now flying hont that will bo tho finest thing over built for carrying pnsscugcr8. "It will carry two paasongorB besides tho operator and thoy will rldo down in tho boat fully pro tected from all wind and spray from tho wnvca "This mnchlno will be driven by n slx-cvllndcr 7fi horsopo.vor engine nnd tho propollor will bo driven through roducod gcnrlng by chnln nnd sprockets. "I hoar thnt Gorst & King hnvo bought two hydroplanes anil nro going to uso them on Coos Bay." OPTION OIVF.N KETTI.KItS. WAHINOTON, Jnn. ) Repre tatlvo Hnwloy Introduced i amending the thrco year's liocl law so that setlers who we raw lug upon uiisiirvoycd public litlj the time tho three. year's bill I n law mny, when their lnnd U i veyod, hnvo tho option of porta1. title under tho new lnw or unto: old 11 vo yonrH' law. Ho Inter iB troduio ii bill, further nmcndlti threo yours' law, by rcdticlni amount of cultivation required, tl lattor amendment is draun Intbl lorest of homesteaders on lanikl timbered country. SOME COLD WEATHER. Southern California mid Ailona llccords Broken. POMONA, Cal., Jan. 0. Whon tho mercury dropped to 19 boforo midnight Monday, ownors of 2000 ncres of orango groves In this sec tion gavo up hopo of saving their crops. They snld their loss would amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. B. B. Shopard, manager of tho Snn Bornardlno County Fruit Ex chnngo, Issued n statement that the cold lust night had damaged the citrus fruit crops of tho county to tho oxtent of $3,000,000. During n painful dental operation, J. P. Morgan's heart was touched by a hard luck story to audi nn extont that ho sent n $10,000 check to n widow with thirteen children. Ono Is almost tempted to wish him many happy leturns of the toothnche! i ORANGES ARE CHEAP ORANGES ARE SWEET The crop is large and very low prices will prevail. Thoy will be cheaper than apples. SEE YOUR GROCERS. PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 9. Mon day night wns tho coldest in tho history of Phoenix. Tho govern ment obscrvntory recorded n temp ornturo of 17. Thermometers in tho strcota rend as low ns eight de grees nbovo zero. Tho provlous low record was 22. Cold at lloscliiirg. Monday morning was Rosoburg'a coldost morning In three yonrs, tho thorinonioter dropping to a mini mum of 17 dogreca nbovo zero be tween tho hours of 7 nnd S o'clock. 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