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THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2B, 1914 EVENIMG EDITION.
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SESSIONAL DIRECTORY
1LDRHD ROGERS NELSON.
Tcnchrr of Pinno
of Hugo Miuiitfcldt nt San
tYMrJsco, Col. Flvo yours'
(caching cxiiericiico in ban
iTUIIClHCO
T. TOMPKINS, I). 8. T.
(Wcltmor MetUods.)
CTry Known uiscuso - irouieu
tout drugs or surgery, liooin z,
North Broadway.
IMO-L. Multifield, Or.
EO. C. MURPHY,
Rjpert PInno, Player and Organ
Tuning, Regulating and Repair
ing lies. 842 So. Uroadway.
Ordors uny bo loft at tho Wlloy
D. Allen Music Store, Central
kTcnue.
DEIj OSTLIXI).
rUno Tuner and Repairer
K Sixth street. .Phono lOtt-L.
orders nt W. It. HalucH Music
apny.
M. WRIGHT,
IlulldlUi. Contractor.
Ifbtlnuitcs furn lulled on request.
An honest Job guaranteed. Phone
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fltifffiirni nw1 Hit 111 am
Ktlnitci, drawing and spociflca-
uoui lurnisuou on roquost.
Utllfled customnr In linttm. rnf.
f irtnee tban a bank. Look any
one oi my io up and boo 11
I am reliable.
boat 3101. Mnrshflold, Or
ft H. M. SHAW
F!t Wii I VniA n n 1 fPlit ft f
PDlATTIE II. SHAW
neaf of women nnd children.
Be phone 330. Rooms 200, 201
zuz, irving mock.
House phono, 105-J.
R.A.J,HKNDRY
DENTIST
Marahdnld nrnpnn
loomi 204-206, Coke Dulldlng.
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"n phono 112-J.
119. PARRINGER,
TCflrllO- nt Plnnn
Residence Studio, No. 1096,
er commercial and Eleventh SU
Phone 880-J.
)BNJAMIN OSTLIND,
vuauiiing Engineer ul
Architect.
Offices, "0(1 Irvine Tllrw-Ir
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Marshfield, Oregon
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ARCHITECT
Mwshfleld, Oregon.
'OW Rates for
HantSKncr Trunks
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8 rates aLu u lor lno ow
Jae t5tS ' bulld"B
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Jraatfer jnd.Storaie Ce.
You want clear, cheerful nnd convenient
light. Good light makes all tho difference
in the world iu the leisure hours of the wage
earner. It promotes his comfort and saves
his eyes.
Electric light is tho clear, cheerful, conven
ient light. It is nlso the economical light.
Everyone can afford electric light.
Think of the convenience, safety and
cleanliness of electric lighting. It means
less work for the wives and daughters;
more pleasure for all.
Your home can be modernized with elec
tric light at small cost.
Telephone 378 for a cost estimate. i
Oregon Power Co.
Second and Central
Your Store Is Your
Lengthened Shadow
"An institution is but the lengthened
shadow of a man."
And that is especially true of a store
the one institution of greatest possibilities
of usefulness in modern life.
The merchant who has large vision and
no use for the tramels of convention sees
in the institution he is creatine: a limitless
opportunity for service to the people. Im
patient of results, eager for the quickest
growth that may bo had upon tho right
foundation, he sees tho intimate relation ad
vertising bears to the realization of his
plans.
Keeping him in touch with not only the
friends already won for his store, but with
those whoso interest is as yet but a slight
tiling to be won to the point of real allegi
ance he makes to his store advertising a
vital and potent thing. Ho makes it focus
upon the work ho is doing; the attention of
the people for whom tho work is being done
to whom tho store service he offers should
mean much.
Thus the merchant is revealed in the
store's advertising his "lengthened sha
dow thrown into so wide a circle of homes
that the influence crtnnot bo escaped.
The Times
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FELLOWSHIP BANQUET IS BFULLIANT
REDUCTIONS IN FREIGHT RATES WITHDRAWN
S. S. HARDY
SAILS FROM SAN FRANCISCO FOR COOS BAY
EVERY ALTERNATE FRIDAY AT 4:00 P. M.
San Francisco office, Harrison St. Dock, Pier 10.
West Coast 8. S. Line. E. J. LINDEN, Agt., Phono Doug. 2070.
Abstracts, Real Estate,
Fire and Marine Insurance
TITLE GUARANTEE & ABSTflACT CO., Inc.
HENRY 8KNGSTACKEN, Manager
FARM. COAL, TIMBER AND PLATTING LANDS A SPECIALTY.
GENERAL AGENTS EA6T8n)E
MABSITFIELD OFFICE, PnONE A4J.
COO.UILLE CITY OFFICE PHONE 101.
lfflW4red !Ff Dne ttt TU ?ime8 0WCe
present system of govornmont, tho
Mayor and Council, Ho said:
"Mr. Chairman and Qontlemon:
I want to say to you, In tho first
place, that I am tho victim of a
conspiracy. I nover Intended to do
It. I was forced into It.
"It was this way: Judgo Sohlbredo
camo to mo last Thursday and said
tho committee wanted mo to tako
part In a dobato hero this evontng
on tho question: 'Resolved, That
Mnrshflold should adopt a commis
sion form of government,' but I
Bald: 'I don't know anything about
this commission form of govern
ment. What Is it?' 'Oh,' ho says,
"no matter, wo 11 put somo follows
on tho other sldo who don't know
anything about n either, so It will
bo an oven break.'
"Well that sounded fair enough,
but I tpld him I didn't llko to try
to talk about something I know
nothing about anywny, but ho sMd
tho audience wouldn't Know any
thing about It olthor, so I could just
draw on my imagination and it
would go orf all right.
Well. I nut him off and said 1
would lot him know tho next day,
and tno noxt day I trlod to can mm
up by phono and tell him It was nil
off, and, so help mo, ho had tukon
tho phono out of his office, and tho
noxt I know my namo was prlntod
on tho program.
"As tho negro said when ho was
about to bo hung, nnd thoy asked
him It ho hud any last remarks to
mako: 'This Is certainly going to
bo a lesson to me.' So you soo, for
what you aro about to rocolvo I am
not really rcsponslblo.
"Qonorally, 1 nm Inclined to 'bear
thoso ills wo havo rather than fly
to others that wo know not of.'
"I know It Is tho fashion Just nt
present to fall down and worship
anything which is now. Thoy used
to sing, 'Tho old-tlmo religion Is
good enough for me,' hut that Is
played out now. It used to ho tho
almost universal custom to oboy tho
laws now nobody docs. Old things
nro dono away. Even tho ladles
want somothlng now ovcry day n
now bonnet, or n now husband, or
somo llttlo thing llko that. Now, I
think somo old things nro moro sat
isfactory than now. I llko old
friends and somo of my friends
tell mo that old whiskey Is tho host.
'I havo read aomowhoro that
It Is not a good plnn to put now
wine Into old bottles.
Commission government has been
very llttlo tried, and has not prov
en very satisfactory. In Portland
thoy aro finding It cxpouslvo, and
tho results nro very questionable.
I Thoy havo flvo Commissioners, each
I at tho head of a soparato depart
ment, and each pulling lnnn oppo
slto direction. Lately tnrco of tho
Commissioners scorn to hnvo ontor
od Into a gontloman's ugreemout to
! stand together against tho othor
two. This la tho old 'you tlcklo inu
land I'll tlcklo you' nrrangomont ro
sorted to by tho awful politicians,
lit has produced results but tho ro
i suits aro long and continued howla
from tho pcoplo. Tho Commissioner
In charge of tno water wonts has
forced through a monsuro requiring
wator users to instnll meters, and
thereby nonrly precipitated a riot.
Tim nnnililnnlfnn thrnn lnrnti'il tho
n.iflltnrlutn ml .fin Tt?nut Rlfln lulwirn '
uuuhuiiuiu w, ...u iuv .w, wi
lt will bo almost Inaccessible, and
started a groat protest.
"I ctto these Instances moroly
to show that Commissioners bcciu
to work In much tho snmo way as
Councllmon, I fall to see how or
whoro thoro Is any Improvement In
fact.
"Now in theory tho commission
form of govornmont Is wrong. It
Is "nolthor fUh, flesh, fowl nor good
rod herring." It Is not a dollbor
atlvo body llko u Legislature or a
Colincll, and on tho othor hand, it
has no head or rather, It lins flvo
heads. It Is really a monstrosity.
I am not going to dlsputo that good
results havo been obtained In' somo
instances under a commission form
of government, hut in thoso cases
It has always been on account of
tho men nnd not tho system, Tho
fact Is that you can't luvont any
systom that will run Hsolf, and If
you got tho right men tho results
will bo all right undor any systom
that gives thoso men power to act.
But hero Is where tho troublo lies
wo don't got tho most compotont
men for tho work. Wo will say for
a moment that tho question Is, how
enn Mnrshflold bo best govorned7
Marshfield Is a corporation and has
a largo .amount of business to trans
act. How can that business bo best
dono and at least exponso?
Now men havo been running big
concerns for many years. Big cor
porations havo managed big enter
prises successfully. Don't you
think thoy understood their busi
ness pretty well? It Is also a fact
that ovory big cQncorn Is run by
ono man, and that man Is well paid.
No big Job was over accomplished
in any othor way. Tho Panama
Canal was built by onp man. Every
big corporation Is run' by ono man.
You never heard of any successful
enterprlso that was managed by flvo
men.
If the City Council of Marsh
field had tho power to hlro a gen
eral mnnagor In placo of the Mayor,
wo would get results. Of course a
competent man would command a
good salary, but you havo "to pay
for what you got. Tho man who
works for nothing gots all ho Ib
worth, and tho man who Is worth a
big salary, costs you nothing In tho
end. The hired manager has to got
results to hold his Job. Perhaps you
will say that a Mayor would do
as well but tho dlfferenco Is this.
A Mayor Is never elected because
no knows anything about his Job,
but because ho is in favor of sa
loons or Is opposed to saloons, or Is
in favor of or opposed to this or
that particular policy or fad that
may bo agitating tho public mind
at tho tlnp; or because ho is a good
follow orf Democrat (which Is not
the samvjf ng) or for somo other
equally lr. ...evant and Inconsequen
tial reason, and never or hardly
over bocmiBo ho knows how to
mnnngo n big enterprlso.
1 sny then, that Mnrshflcld should
not ndopt a commission form of
government, becauso sho can do
bettor.
"If tho tltno has como when
AMnrshfleld ought to chango her form
of government, let us mnko a chango
that will bo nn improvement. Lot's
not grab nt everything that comes
nlong, just becnuso It Is now. An old
houso that Is wotl built, along cor
rect architectural lines, Is bettor
thnn a flimsy now structuro hastily
thrown together. Somotlmes It Is
hotter to ndd a story or build on a
wing.
This Idea of hiring a general
manager Is nothing now. It hns
boon In practice for many years,
whoro results woro considered moro
Important that "Isms." If Mnrsh
flcld Is big enough, If her business
Is Important enough, sho can better
afford to pay n competent mnn to
iiiiuuu iu mill uimiiiuoo man biiu i:mi
to hnvo nn incompetent man uo it
for nothing. Tho City Council
would then ho llko tho board of di
rectors of othor corporations. Thoy
can afford to net without compensa
tion, becauso thoy nro stockholders
and vitally Interested In tho corpora
tion nnd becnuso all they havo to
do Is adopt n few by-laws, hlro n
mnnngcr nnd go homo.
In your commission form of gov
ornmont, ns In Portland, you hnvo
flvo Commlsslonors to pay. Why
pay flvo? Why not hnvo ono?
Senator I. S. Smith then niiBWored
tho nogntlvo speaking of tho present
system of government ns n thing
fast growing obsolete, "Tho busi
ness of nny city no mnttor bow
largo or Btnnll, Bhould bo conducted
ns n business mnn would conduct
nny business," said Sonntor Smith.
"You would not think of operating
n business, especially a small busi
ness and mooting only onco in ovory
two wcoks to dlsciiRs tho business
or transactions of that business. On
tho contrary, you must bo nttcntlvo
to tlint business early and Into, and
most Important of all, you must un
derstand your business. Fow men
understand how to conduct tho af
fairs of tho municipality. Wo need
experts, men who can devote nil
tnolr tlmo, energy nnd oifloloncy
toward running tho govornmont of a
city nlong broad business lines.
while nt tno I.oglsmturo Inst bob-
slon, I Investigated tho plausibility
of n commission form of govorn
mont for tho Mate. Tho endless red
tnpo to tho conducting of tho i.cgls
laturo mako It almost IidiiobhI'Jo
for tho Inexporlonrcd statesman to
accomplish much until ho gots on
to tho workings of tho mnchlno. If
wo had a commission form of gov
ornmont tho men wo should plnco
lit these offices would know somo
thlng of tho conduct of a state's
business."
In conclusion Sonntor Smith said
that ho thought Mnrshflold would
seo this now form of govornmont bo
foro long.
'Tho closing speaker for tho nog
ntlvo sldo of tho question will de
ride this question nnd snvo tho
Council," uald II. A. Copplo, In call
ing on tho noxt speaker, City Attor
ney Gobs.
Air. (jobs spoKo In pnrt ns fol
lows: "I hcllovo this Is a nlot on tho
part of Coiinrilmou nnd city offi
cials. Hero I find myself sontod
In tholr midst to defend tholp sys
tem of govornmont. If thoy woro
not nil hero to dlsprovo what I am
about to say, It would bo dlfforont.
Hut thoy nro nil prosont. Now tho
question Is what Is tho commission
form of government. Councilman
Forguson explained to mo that ho
was put to consldornhlo Inconven
ience In getting hero this ovonlng,
saying, "If thoro Is nny commission
coming, I'm going to got mlno.'
Thoso mcotlngs of tho Followahlp
Club aro so great a success to my
mind becnuso tho speeches aro In
terposed with melody or outortnln
mont, somothlng to rollovo tho mind
and tnko tho bad tnsto out of mouth
In preparation for tho noxt spoakor.
I think that this would bo n good
plan for tho courts to adopt nnd am
going to suggest to tho court that
wo havo n llttlo vaudovlllo or other
ontortnlnmont to occupy tho minds
of tho Jurors hotwoon pleadings of
counsel. It's really n novelty nnd
I nm going to mnko tho suggestion
to Judgo Coko. Tho question that
prcBontn ItBelf this ovonlng Is not
Is tho commission form of govern
ment' good for Onlveston, Dayton, or
nny othor municipality, but ns wo
sea from tho printed announcement
"Shall Marshflold ndopt tho com
mission form of govornmont." It
has boon said that tho forms of
government, other than tho com
mission form, aro a means of lav
ish oxpondlture, graft, mls-mannge-ment
nnd n thousand othor evils
that aro charged to any systom of
govornmont undor which wo may
live. If you want to adopt tho
commission form of govornmont,'
you must ongago tho sorvlces of a
man who Is expert In tho work of
managing ant) oporating a municipal
ity and thoso mon aro hnrd to find.
Thoy nro Bcarco. Why, Just look
at poor old Dayton. After hor
flood sho scoured tho country in
Search of a man to mnnngo tho
government of hor city. I don't
think sho has found him yot. And
horo wo aro In Marshfield, whoro
ovoryono knows ovoryono else, whoro
wo meet nnd talk with tho city of
ficials, seo them in our ovoryday
life, Wo ran discuss changes aa
wo wish with the Councllmon. Why
bless your hearts, I suppose there
Is no ono horo who has not boon up
td tho City Council nnd had hlB or
her llttlo say. Whoro tho Council
has sat until tho woo small hours
listening to someone's tnlo of woo.
If we wero a big community whoro
tho dlfforont nationalities crowdod
to different corners of tho city, and
never discussed matters thoro
might bo reason for a dlfforont
form of government, hut not In a
municipality as small us Multi
field. Tho tendency of tho ago Is
to adopt something new. Hills nro
green far away. Tho peoplo want
a system of government which thoy
lmnglno will bo automatic In its
oporatlom Wo enn havo no such
system ns long as men are In charge
of our system of government. Com
mission or Council, a government
Is no stronger than tho mon whom
It comprises. Tho services rondored
by tho Councllmon Is a personal ser
vice. Undor our present systom of
government wo nro all n part of
that system. Under tho commission
system wo nil becomo Indifferent
ns to tho destiny of tho govornmont
nnd lonvo tho matters in tho hands
of a fow men either to rulo or ruin
tho municipality.'
At tho conclusion of tho nddrcss
of Attorney Gobs, tho meeting was
thrown open for popular comment.
Edward II. Jochnk mndo n snort
address In which ho stated that his
view of tho commission form as
taught by actual oxporlonco waB that
It raised tho cost of living. Mr.
Joohnk rotated an incident that
happened In tho South Sea Islands,
whoro ho landed while on a sailing
crulso. Eight natives of tho Islands,
all tho Inhabitants, comprised tho
commission,
Judgo Sohlbredo nlso mado a fow
romarks stating that tho commis
sion form of government was a ten
dency that tho pcoplo woro Inclined
toward simply becauso It Is somo
thlng now. Judgo Sohlbredo further
stntcd that until proven othcrwlso,
to his mind, tho old form Is tho best.
A. R. Peck In n short tnlk defend
ed tho commission form, stating that
n city should pay for tho manage
ment of Its affairs as would any
prlvnto corporation. Specialists in
ovory lino Is tho order of tho day,
wns pointed out by tho Bponkor.
"How long to do think Copplo
would lot nn nttornoy run his dry
goods store?" said Pock. "How
long would it bo boforo tho attor
ney would run iho dry goods storo
Into tho grouna or into his pock
et?" Attorney Goss humorously ob
jected to this romnrk by stating,
"uon't mnKo nny remarks about
tho profcsBlon."
Dr. Shnw mndo a fow humorous
romnrks In which ho commented
on tho council form of government
ns n fnlluro. Tho sponkor comment
ed on n pnrt of tho address of At
torney Goss In which ho said tho
legal department of tho city was
economically mnnngod, nnd ho de
fied nny to find graft. "I'm glnd,"
snld Dr. Shnw, "Hint tho lognl de
partment of tho city has boon so
good nnd efficiently mnnaged that
tho City Attornoy enn defy us to
find graft."
Duncan ForgtiRon, ono of tho
C'nuncllmnn, nddrcssed tho body,
saying that ho did not understand
this commission form of govornmont
nnd tlint ho enmo down to bo edu
cated. Aftor hearing tho remarks
of tho speakers, ho advocated tho
tho commission form, not for Marsh
flold hut for tho city of tho futuro
Coob Buy. Mr. Ferguson oald
tlint tho proBont system or councll
mon wns hottor; moro offlclont nnd
loss oxponslvo, thnn nny other form
tlint could bo dovlsod. Ho conclud
ed with tho romnrk. "I can answer
nny Intelligent question on tho wel
fare or Coob Bay from tho sent of
my drny, ns woll ns nny export in a
stonm-hontod offlco.
Banquet Excellent.
Tho ladles of tho advancod claBfi
of domestic Rclonco of tho Mnrsh
flold High School, proparod tho ban-
quot, which was norvod to tho mom-
norn or tho club last night. Tho
fonst was pronounced tho boat yot
offered nt n bnnquot of tho club.
A rising voto of thanks wns ton
(lorcd tho Indies of tho clnss. Toast
mastor Copplo romarkod "If I wero
a young man In search of a bottor
half, I would mako a dlvo for the
kitchen." Tho momhors of tho class
aro: Dora Brown, Adolaldo Clarko,
Hortha Davis, Cora Dye, Marjorlo
Graham, Bonn Hnglund, Edith Kal-
no, uvoiyn Lnngwortliy. ElBlo linn,
Allco Mathlson, Lucy Powers, Agnes
Snndqulst, Clnra Sorgonnt, Olgn
Shuttor, Jcsslo Trnsk, Nolllo Wnr-
wick. Luurn Watson nnd Wllda Har
rU, Miss Elizabeth M. Mooro Is In
structor.
Tho following was tho menu:
Consommo' with lomon
Olives Colery
Saltod Almonds and Ponnuts
Chicken in Aspic, Sauco Tnrtnro
Dovllod Crabs Asparagus Salad
Croamod Potatoes
Hot Rolls ( Cranborrlon
Plnonpplo Bavarian Croara
Cako
Crackers Choeso Bon Bona
Cafo' Nolr
Splendid Entcrtulnnicnt
A Bplondld ontortnlnmont was ren
dered by local favorites. Tho pro
gram was as ioiiows:
Banjo Soloctlons, Prof, Davis and
Long. Accompanist, MrB. J. W. Mot
loy. Parody on Alexander's Ragtlmo
Band. Al Bowhny.
Banjo Soloctlon. Prof. Davis and
Long.
"You Can't Do It," monologuo by
Al Bowhay,
Tho commttteo prevailed on Mr.
Bowhay to glvo his rendition of "You
Cnn't Do It" nnd it was worth tho of
fort. SOrvIco Commit too Report
Chairman JonniiiKs. of tho sor-
vlco commlttoo roported thnt through
Mr. iJorenniB 7ii mon had boon giv
en meals and threo mon glvon beds
nt on exponso of $18.76, which was
ralsod by tho committee Mr. Jen
nings explained that ho did not
want nny of tho members of tho
club to feel slighted for tho reason
that tho service commlttoo bad
ralsod this money personally, be
causo ho would call on tho members
somo othor tlmo. Tho roport of
tho commlttoo was ncceptod and a
vote of thanks tondcrcd them for tho
servlco thoy lind rendered. Mr.
Reld said that ho hoped tho work
of tho sorvlco commlttoo would
start oarller noxt year and provldo
reading room ns woll as meals for
tho unemployed.
Largo Croud Present
Tho largest assemblage thnt has
attended tho moetlngs thus far was
presont Inst night.
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