THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1913 EVENING EDITION. 2 COOS BAY TIMES M. C. MAMVHV Killtor unit 1'nh. DAN K. MAI.OXHV News. Keillor OFFICIAL P.UMU )!' MIK OK M.Utslll'IKU). I'lTV I Entered nt tho nostofflce at Mnru fteid, Oregon, tor transmlssloii through the mnlla as second clas mail mnttor. chhistmak shopping. TIUHK arc hut six more shopping days until Christmas. t Is too Into to shop early, hut not too lnte to shop as early as you can. FOIl .Ml'XK'llWI, OWXKHSIIIP. (From Council liltiffs, la., Nonpnrell) Advocates Interested In municipal ownership of waterworks would find it profitable to Investigate the facts in regnrd to the history nnd present situation of affairs In this Hue In Council Dluffs. This city has settled the question In favor of municipal ownership nnd tho great majority of the citizens believe It has been settled right. GOV. WKST'S WOIIK. The Dantlon Surf says: "To tho Btudont of sociology, Governor Osr vnld West iirese'its n nninltw prob lem of more than ordinary Interest. It would seem that in an over-zealous effort to rectify the existing or der of things ho Irs become engulf ed In n maze or technicalities which only n man of profound learning nnd superior intelligence nnd a keen discernment of right and wrong could reasonably be trusted to officiate In n judicial capnclty. West is none of these. He Is simply an ordinary Belf-mnde mnn such na we meet oVory day of one lives who nas risen into prominence more through tho Intervention of luck thnn through being possessed of ac tual merit. He Is neither educated nor polished, nnd possesses only an ordlnnry amount of Intelligence nnd no horso sense whatever, lie Is an old Bchool Oregonlan, thoroughly saturated with those ancient nios3- hack Ideas vhlrh hunt the state of Oregon on .the hummer for nearly two gerer lions. He possesses an orrppeoi'H and exaggerated Idea of moral ctuics and nn exa fed on In on of himself. Dr. Leach and the innl Icnnblo rights or man, but his chief Inconsistency consists In nbrldclnir other people's rights. As a moral crusader, he has pulled off more fumy stunts and mndo n bigger booh of himself than any other chief oxeruuvo living or iiend. Ho has started much agitation and accom plished less thnn nothing. Ill8 ire'li- mia are crime and violent, seldom satisfactory, nnd calculated for the grandstand. Oregon Is n great Htnto and lms the resources nnd fa cilities for becoming a greater one If her nfrnirs are properly mnnnged, hut if such Irresponsibilities as Os wald West are allowed to tinker with twentieth century conditions It will cither eventually no back to the Indians or become a "foolish J1.0"80'", Oswald, like ,,,, finite, has his limit, and whoa be plunges bend ovm. miru i,,v,,.i i, whnt are wo going to do with him?'i HACKWAItl) Gia.VCKS. When a man grows old and his leet nro cold, and IiIk heart Is much tho snine, then he ft looks back on his winding track, with something of grief and shame, "if we could ngaln, ' slgli the ancient men. "but trnvol thnt Hiinllt ground,, wo would Hluin the breaks and the dire mls hjkes which In our past lives abound." rhc old men Hit by the wall and twit thomselves wlt'i the things theVve done, hut It's to no avail, for the'v'ro tired nnd frail, ami their race is near ly run. The old men say. when the young that-way are passing In jovous throngs: "Oh. youth, beware or tho Kin nnd snare," and tho answer Is heedless songs. For the voting are hold ami tho pilgrims old are dotards, they llg'tly say; they tliem-solves must learn or the lights that burn to lend them In swamps astrav. And tho counsel sago or the man' or ago is idle as gusts or air; ho talks In vain of tho fnrera slain in the swamps or great despair. For the voiith must hrenk his own path and make his camp where le thinks It best; he must drew his weird till his silvered heard lies hoar on his withered breast. Walt Mason. v. v.'s i:vi:s. A man wrote a novel named ' Queeil." a volume most charming. Indeed; It was witty ami sweet, ami v hard one to beat. n book that all leople might read. And tho people t iey gladly uprlz. and purchased that volume or his. till the pnl Usher milled o'er I ho money they idled, and the booksellers murmured "Geo whiz!" Then the author, he said, through his hat: ' I will wrlto some thing better than Unit! A book that's profound, with- a moral mi sound It will Jar up the vile plutocrat!" So he wrote, about Vivian's i a book t.intV Hiippofced to he wl.se; but It tills me with woe. tnr I I'm dreary and hIow ami rial as our boarding hou.ie pb'H I urui'iblo and groan as nail. Hiirpriseii that the author of -Qiiited." a honk i.itti'n a pencil xhouUI roar up ami ineuc'i. when liuiuur'n the htnli 'leu w. nwil. And hero U a nan that itin make ni hiutrli till '!. Innariiii ache; hf sldotruckK I ' vi' i li rdir to drift nrouiul In the i ii. win lin ihIio, He kIioiiIiI be n M-hu i ,. rii,e, fM. wo1. t il i in. ii tiiru out u book, or u I"' l, kii '(ml,, I hM Kly olj u. I" en ' !! . i 'wI. tin iiuik 1 1) unr 1 'it' 'I M in' I'orfiie tiui' nr'K- 1 Mwln e..)ile Id mi. Mr Uiul 'i llf" "U i '.. . i n u- ' '' li' llll ' till' HIS 0,f OF REST. ' ! I li irljl lit 1 - . I.i.i ,, i "Tho Fiin," on CkuUp ov-, Festal Day In Dixie A Carnival of Cheer S' OMKIIOW there Is n charm nbout a Christmas down In Dixie pe culiarly fascinating. It savors more of the old Kngllsh holiday when the wassail bowl was tilled to the brim, when the Yule log glowed nnd the boar's head was borne Into the banquet. It was In the good old days before the war that the folks of tho south observed this Joyous season with prodigality more lavish and hospitality more extensive than were dreamed of even In theauualsof Kracebridgo Hull. Then came the true carnival of mer riment. The old manor was ablaze with lite and beauty. From the stir rounding culm try all the belles and tho beans had gathered. Morning brought a meet at daybreak for the fox hunt, and nighttime called for "Old Undo Kphrnlm.tho plantation tiddler, whoso reels were famous throughout tho whole country. Feast followed feast, and the spirit of celebration extended from the master down to the field hands, each of whom received a jug tilled with good whisky when ho called for his Christmas rations. Hut these are the days thnt have gone, and with their going departed tunny characteristics which made the Christmas time down south so distinc tive. While the fate of wtip and chang ed conditions have curtailed the prodi gality of former days, most of the an cient customs remain, nnd In many in stances Christmas In the villages and the country Is but u mild repetition of antebellum observances. A few of the large country homes still have some of the old servants who were with the family In slavery days. If these old family darkles have been away during the year they always re appear with the approach of the Christ' mas holidays and assume duties about the household The old "mr.mmy," al though Her services have been engaged elsewhere during the rest of the year, reports to make the frglt cake for Christmas dinner. She alone knows the culinary tradi tlous of the family kitchen The in gredients of this wonderful cake hnve been handed down from generation to generation, and the spice and the brandy and the citron and all such things are compounded according to the proportions laid down years and years agune. These fruit cakes bear the family mime, and some time, through the cour tesy of the season and the exchange of compliments of the day, u slice of Grant la nil cuke Is ou the same plute with a slice of Dublguon cake. Not nfretnieutly these cakes are cooked a year In advance, by which time they are fully seasoned and settled, although the cracks In the Icing and Its yellow tint mar the beauty somewhat. Its cooking can be Intrusted to no hands except those of the antebellum family cook or her descendants. Nut alone this old cook, but all branches of the service In vogue dur ing the days of slavery are usually represented about Christmas time. The son of your father's and your grand father's coachman comes, and ou rare days the old man himself bobbles to the bouse and spins out marvelous tales of the past. . These old darkles are all presented with gifts, and for each or their chil dren a present of some sort has been prepared, This feature generally comes in the southern home before the rest of the family has beeti attended to. In the meantime the children have been keeping uuger watch at the door of the room where Santa Clans lias made his visit. No one Is allowed to enter this sacred precinct until the paterfamilias gives the signal, but be fore this signal Is given every member of the household must be dressed and ready for breakfast and the morning prayers must have been said. When everything Is ready the chil dren are allowed to rush In and exam ine tlie contents of their stockings, Some of the largest children still have Implicit faith In the wonderful person ality of old Santa Clans. Forged notes from the old fellow, admonishing them to make their behavior according to the precept of their mother, arc eagerly read and compared. The Interchange or presents among the older members or the family usually takes place nt the breakfast table, but in most Instances V,y are allowed to mingle with the of old Santa Clans and are P'.uck.-.'. Jif-ui the same holly tree from which lii.i '.''..'.cuts hang. The hunt en- !he holly nnd the mis tletoe, while cn as exciting as the chase for the mm1' bend. Is Just as much a feature v) that old Ihigllah custom ami cipui.lv enjoyable. Sev era I days before Christmas eve n big wagon, tilled with straw and brimming full of pretty girls i.nd boys, too, Is driven Into the wools, where the search for the holly K curried on. It requires a most agile youngster to scale to the height where tho mistle toe grows, and he Is always sure of a L'cnorniis reward of kluscs from the trills below. Christmas day Is nlvays quiet. Sometimes the boys and girls have been laugh! carols, which they Mug at homo or in the village chapel hard by Night brings iiilrlh and youthful jollity nwiln when the darkle como once inure and slim old tiuugs or par tlclimle In outdoor giiiuiM About II all there has lienn n quaint, uU Mum llinor l-vurylxuly U happy, Mud oJ thfic In ii llngc of Hulim hImiui i till, fur Hie wiiillinni C'lirlnlimin Uw lt liul a fullil im'Iio of liny Pf el 0hrilfii. H M u 11 Utt uiiXiy 11, u iii l.U 4i Hi fMitv IuiMi I'' ' '' '! ih fl liiy bull, Iw li'iev l'l,niuy NEWS OF NORTH BEND Mrs. C. M. Hylor was a Marshlleld visitor yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hudson, of South Coos lllver, visited at the homo of Mrs. Chas. .lensen yesterday. Mrs. M. Morse, of Umpire City, and daughter, Mrs, Hoscoe Wlduer, were Marshlleld visitors yesterday. .1. V. Hodson of the Pacific groc ery was a business visitor to Marsh Held yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kern of North Head Heights wore Marshlleld visi tors yesterday. Mrs. Geo. 10. Mandigo and Mr. and Mrs. M. U. Uverltt were .Marshlleld HjojMHMjiejuuay. f-l-4-'l-'M'M'M- i Little Jack Horner I and i His Christmas Pie Z With Variations In the Style of the Poets By CALLY RYLAND -l--;t.-5-.H-- LITTLE Jack Horner tat in corner t Eating hit Christmas pl, Ht put In hit thumb and pulled out a plum And said, "What a good boy am I." K If Edgar Allan Poe Had Written It. Seo Jack Horner In Ins corner With hla pic. Whero'a tils ma? Will no ono warn her? Mo will die! With a thuniblet tliut Is doting Wlillo bo's Bloating, tdoatlm;, gloating, Ho Is tlsliliw for the Homing I'lii m, uh, my! All his boast of LiolriK Ktfod, Careful of Ills dally food, Twinkles merrily within his saucy eye, eye, cyo. W Robert Browning Might Have Dona It. Pastry's all or nothing: It Is not mere douKh rounded and pulled nnd puzzled over, lr. For whiteness or for Helitness-and this plo ' Was of tlio very stun" o' life, sir. None of your lilunilerlriK bits of work, but Inlltilti'lr eatulite Well, Horner sat there numltintliiK, 'Twus Christmas, rurnlnut- Inir time, Vou say. and ou urn rlcht, sir. Lazily t.llve nnd open mouthed ho sM, Feeling the pastry tickle at his lips. Vet scarcely knowing how to fathom It. When of u sudden oh. the fellow's keenl Occurrcd his thuinli to him, whereupon StrnlKhtwuy ho plunged It In tho sueot. "Good boy!" quoth he, and pulled out a dump plum, This Would Be Walt Whitman's Style. 1 slni; the Christmas pie. The Dour, tho lard, tho butter that com poio It: The richness of Its stuning. A divine nimbus exhales from It It attracts with fierce, undeniable attrac tion I urn drawn by Its breath no less than Jneh Horner, who holds It upon his kni-iis I nm one with the plum concealed In Hi mammoth vastnens I loosen miht'ir. p:ten freely and am at ' the door of Horner's lips, smucltlng I tu tiiiitii Its Ingredients ! Hut ho dees not know how tu get at you. I pie. I He sits Heoplly considering the pose ot his h'.'iid, his puffed out lips, betray In? bis gluttony. Presently a fine smile comes on to till fnco. Ho lunges Into the pie with II nn thumb. Its crust yields. He poshi-HHOri himself of Its richness. Oh, young men, I would not have you sit 'n a corner considering pie stulllngs. lie bold, Vou whoever you are aro al lojced the eternal purports of a pie. (I Snvod a certain Christmas plu ardently, nnd It guve mo Indigestion. Vet out of that I havo written this song.; In the Great William Shakespeare'e Style. "Sweet pastry, do not scorn me, do not Kill And froivn nt mo with crusty surliness. 1 know that In your llaky depths Is hid den A mnmfiioth plum, which, 'Ods my little llfel . I'll have- It If 1 must swing for 't." Thus Jacques, Who. thereupon, with swashing stab of the thumb, Snioto t hi cmgh the crispy lid, which erst held light. And with triumphant shout. "'Ods bodl kins. A good lad II" withdrew the sought foi Plum, t Algernon Charles Swinburne's Style. Ilivo where tho world Is quiet. Here upon Christmas day, Willi plums ami a plo for dlot. In a rome) sat Horner. N'u fens! was ever sweeter, No linger was ever llf'ter To yank a plum with glee to A mouth thnt gupes nlwuy. Salty and the Stork. "Hut, daddy. Is there really, truly SantyV" "Well, I Just guess yen-it regular corher he Is too." "Is he nicer "Is ho? Well, I should say so! Isn't lie. Mary?" "Humph! Very nice, as Santas go, hill not very iiiodoid." "Is ho handsome, daddy?" "Oh, ax haiidkoiiio n a plcluie Nimrlfllng eye, line forehead, hciiullfiil I'oiiiphuloii-vui'y liuiidboiiio. Inn'l ho. Muiy?" "Henry. II' porfoWly ilrniidful I ho way you itiunl v thai child, Ymi uiik'lit In Im iiklmiiiMl ut yoiii'M'lf Vmi'io Mill ling hlui ii lurrtwV ntuiuplo." "Ilul, iluihlf, Hliwi dwM In llvo- HHUy UlT' oUiVU1''" MHJj, i, mo. mry Cur." "Am uff wUutu I hw slolli Mtiwt" "Tim klorfe! Wlio' luiiii MIIiik Uhoul Iho nlmVr" "MMhiiuy" f hlmyo Ji'ibuuir, Mrs. L. Ross and Mrs. W. H. Illggs, of Hoss Inlet, were .Marshlleld shop pers yesterday. .Mrs. Sarah .lordtin of Kastslde Is spumllng tho week as tho guest of Mrs. Charles Levenu or Coqulllo. K, li. Illggs Is having an addition built to his residence. Mrs. Ira H. llartld of Sherman avenue was a Marshlleld shopper yes terday. Mrs. 10. It. Hudson nnd daughters, lOrma nnd Irene, or South Coos lllver, were visiting relatives here yesterday. .Mrs. Iloht. McCaun was a Marsh lleld visitor yettef.lay LOCAL OVERFLOW. i Lenvo On Adeline. Messrs, C. A. Smith, Arno Mureen and Hrennau Smith will enjoy the Christmas holi days In Horkeloy, Calif., with the members of their Tnnillles. They will 1 lenvo on the Adeline Smith toward the end of this week and will probably j remain until after the new year. .Mrs. Sncldon III. Mrs. Charles Sneddon became III shortly after mid night nt her home on South Seventh street from ptomnlnu poisoning, caus ed from cntlug some home-made pick les. Dr. Mlngits was called to attend her at a. in., and this morning sho was reported as fueling much butter. Moving lloatliousos. Tho boat houses and house boats which have been moored along the edge of the C. A. Smith property, and at the en trance of Mill Slough, are being moved this week to various points In the harbor, some being shifted over near tho C. A. Smith mill, nnd others being taken to the lower har bor or to North Bend. The prepar ation for dock building and tho rill by the dredge Sentlle are creating quite a bustle along the waterrront. MARTIN STI0CK10I., or lOastside, wen' to Coqulllo today to testify In the Lenton ense. Just Suppose Tlio nierolmnts waited until tho last tnimito beforo ordering their Christinas stocks, or suppose that tho manufacturers waited until the last week beforo beginning tho manufacture of Christmas goods. Merchant and manufacturer be gin months ahead in order to havo things ready for you. You should begin weeks ahead in order to havo things ready for Santa Claus. Mouths and months ago the presents were made that you will give to your loved ones this year. There is no reason for delaying tho purchase, and by buying early you avoid trouble and bother. Buy something today and a part of the load will be off your mind. BY doing your Christmas shop ping early you llnd complete stocks, clerks to wait on you and you are able to exactly the articles you want without being tin duly Ijttrrled or forced to encounter crowds, IT I,-Vl' ''""llGotis will V - be different. Stores wl I B I 1 be crowded, sleeks will be depleted, clerks will bo ttr-il ami shotmlnu' will lit a trial, The Royal TONIGHT KXTIItlO niAXGIO r I'llOGIt.X.M tonight is v.wih:vim,i: .wit iMcrritios. THIO HlOAD IH'NTIORS 101 HIboii, a two-reel feature. I.ITTI.IO IH'STKIt A good comedy, THIO MUI'TIO. J.O.ST IN THIO NIGHT. TOMOIIHOU' NIGHT .Ininc If, nm hen in tiho I'iiikoi;ii n. i:,M), in riw m i, AUMItirilON: Liiuor floor, I'.i lUh nny m. ' ''' 1 'i' 'i " 'u.i n Times Want Ads Bring; Rwulu BUY PERSONAL IN0TS HAY H. DIOMIONT and wife or Myrtle I'olnl uru Marshlleld visitors. C. 10. IIULING was among the was among the visitors In the city yesterday. C. 10. HUliUING was among tho visitors In (he city today from Myrtlu Point. ATTORN HY II. I.. HOY was nmnng tho pauHongurH bound for Coqulllel ou the morning train. Al.ll'lORT M10RCIIANT and wiro tiro here from Billiards to visit rela tives and do their Christmas shop ping. K. I., GIHOIONOUGll, or llandon, who1 arrived hero last evening, return ed on tho train this morning to tho Vnlley. . MARSHA!. CARTIOR returned last evening from a trip to tho coun ty seat In connection with ono of the cases ou trial. ' UOSI.IIO G. JOHNSON, or Myrtle Point, arrived bore yesturday and is spending a row days looking up business acquaintances. A. J. MI0NDI0I. Is expected homo to-' morrow from I'ortlund, where ho has been on business and pleasure for a couple of weeks. j i .1. S. GRAY, the well known Gnrdinor pioneer, is a Marshlleld business visitor and also renewing acquaint ance with his tunny friends ou tlio Hay. ,1AM rOS I. ATT IN. of IVay Park, will soon go to lOlmlru, New York, to care for an Invalid aunt, lie ex-, fleets to he gone a year hut will return to Marshrield. M. .1. SI.ATSKY. Arthur Walker. .1. S. Gray and Arthur Rosen bauiii, formed a quartet or Gar diner citizens who arrived here hist evening ror a brier stay. I .1. YV. Mll.l.lOlt, a well known young rancher from near Coquille, re turned home after taking In tlio Idles minstrel show here. Ho Is Get Your Gift for Him at WE ARE SHOWING ASSORTMENT OF Christmas Boies of Candy rnnu oc ofiito Tfl 010 011- Fine Fountain Drinks and IRVING BLOCK SPECIAL SALE no fwic Men's Suits & Overcoats $25,00 and $27,50 All will tnlloiod of tho l)f!bt iiiitlilio& and wuik inuiibliip, Yuui uliuluo $20 That's nil, Thursday, Friday mul Saturday, 3 ! I aMtim APPEAL if io mm Indianapolis Chamber nfr rco Urges Action LSS' l,lcomc Tax rM nsl 11,0 M''l"l.'l.l Cham,,, t"llanapH ciinml 1 , lh Joint nc ' ;it!,r( Commerce !!"lv 11,1 'MMic 1 t V'ter tncKiiry. or ,u' ' "'Congress i0 1'iu'lod (lf lw vea s ,h,S"0nd for that the Inconte mndo particularly obnnVM beo reasonahlo and lnlnAclll0lU, K'K'Ing deduct!, nTt 't ln rt" liicomes. The ineinorlni L, "rce ' this nietl.o.l ()t de Kn la;e!th' "lw to forelK, S Hulled Stales an Th Ztk the America,, secnrlil L, la.8tr,!lls ullzed the foreign nwkct Z i N can bonds. VKet for Amerl. The IndlanaimllB bndv i,n that a grave unuTRPncji- t i"? rnlrs of the countrv o"l t n5e a,N '" , the pro t "oVf ! law bo suspended until )C0 u hr adjusted thnniHolvPBtoiiiXlJto "I'" iippwil urges qck VcUoiT: drawing the matter to tlio attentloS of Congress. ""sniion Secretary Motley lms secured . ropy or Mm Army and Navy ia zlno, which ontalimallthenfoTl lon, Sx,t'.ow ,nw- '"''"'"'StheKS quite a rootliall ciitluislast and Ii hoping that tho Marahneld andCo qullle Independent teams will ar. range a ganic at Corpilllc chrlstraai tiny, lie says Coquille has tome good material. The Smokehouse That's where lie buys hii cigars and you will find hit favorite brand here. KlIiYKIt CIGAllKTTE CASES Mi:i:itSCIIAl'M l'll'KS CIGAR CASKS Many licatitlfiil and uwfnl things that he will appreciate, Cigars In Clirlslnias boies. The Smokehouse Central Ave. ("hiuidlor Hid;. MM9DSJ Order Your Christmas Candy from SARTER'S AN UNUSUALLY FINE Hot Tamalcs a Specially. 1 II 1 1 1 1 MWMrmu FOR THE HOLIDAYS, I WOMEN AND MISScj In different dep Beautiful Suite Coats Hats, Wnisli, Purses, l m Hosiery, Un M