THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1915-EVENING EDITION THREE y sty toping to O0K Hjf g rMi BUY YOUR ZER.OLENE AT "111, 311 '.fc 5 Koonte Agency for OVERLAND CARS GOODYEAR TIRES EXCELSIOR ,: -MOTORCYCLES UNION GAS ENGINES Marine and Automobile Repairing a Specialty NortIT Front Street :: :: :: .. Phone 180-J .. High Quality Ci'oceries Our own prompt and particular delivery service Ef ficient clerks being out of the high rent district and :;keep"lng our prices as low as consistent with good busi ness, makes - Conner & Hoarfd W the Leading Grocers 797 South Broadway. INDEPENDENT AUTO SERVICE Miiral(flold, Xoilh llend, Empire, Tarheel, Sunset liny. Leaves Mnislillelil nt IJusy Coitnr, 7::l) u.ui., 1 1 ::tf ii.in., ll.iU) p.m. 3 p. in.; r p. in. Leaves North llend 1." minutes later. Leaves Empire 8(rf( n. in.; ll::to u, nt. ; !.: p. in.; :) p. in.; OiOO p. in. Trips nfter (heso hours may bo arranged for. Phono tItiiHy Corner. ' Night phono 1(17-15. ii i i ir i " Kwwfi- - r ' ''"i? ..s Xr'"yiei E&rx&qm mmmmm mmmiM GOODIES I W your childhood days Ijbaked the, modern way i atr". ho modem Cuts Kniie back to us the wonderful icious cake, the pio Iluil lece, biscuit light as a me, perfect bread i reals which we never eally appreciated when sters.. A Gas Range makes baking a pleasure fo longer iy it necessary to ctJax the fire until the oven is just right; no longer does baking mean a day-long modern gas range your oven is kept at just Ehe right temperature, thero is no long wait for it to heat and it does not cool oil tit the critical time. Baking fith a (las JJange-and an economical pleasure too. Twwryw va?Tg?TW GRAVEL Wo are now prepared to furnish ifremlplle In our yard or In carload fiPrpm pile on ground, ?2.?5 per yard. canoad lots, taken from cars, $2.00 per yard. Detail Department. the Exposition 9 There's only one oil to use in your car the oil you can get everywhere along the way. No bntlicr of chang ing feed or hunting for a dealer iKc Standard Ozt for tfoiot Cars- At all our agencies and service stations, and at dealers every where. Why? Because it's the oil used by the majority of Pa cific Coast motorist-.. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (lalltuiuu) Minn!! II urage Dealers in Good Groceries Phones 348-J and 326 has now brought baking of the de- called for a second leather and whole- we were young- task. AYith the is a real pleasure Power Co, - yrrwnT??wyiniipggg wwnrwi GRAVEL In nny quantities lots, at following prices: Cost to See The OUHOONIAXK CAN (il'.T AI.OXO lli:.HO.AISIiV AT KXI'OHITIOX lllfnl-lllil(iii (Jlv"tl ()ll( n( Oregon Dillhltng Contains Homo fiood I'nlnteis for Visitors (Special to Tito Times) SAX FRANCISCO, July 15. It is stated nt tlie Oregon building at tlit Exposition Hint with n little faro. Orogonluns coining to tho Imposition will find It possible to mnkc a stny hero nt no execsstvo cost. l)u-.rn In tho city Rood rooms nt nvorngo ho tels enn bo lind nt $1.00 to $2. fit) por night, and moms In hoarding houses and nt homos nt $fi to $10 per week, Ilcshiuinnl prices "nro not beyond tho usual nnd at cafeterias Rood food can be bad nt very rcaBonablc priced. At tho latter plnces, for everything ex cept meat, flvo and ten cents is tho price for tho average dish. There Is an excess of rooms and eating places, tho crowds not yet having overflow ed the city. For those who feel tho need of npuitmciits, ono and two rooms with kitchenette nnd prlvato bath tango fi am $22.50 to $50.00, nt thoroughly icspectable and up-to-date upartinonl houses within n short street car rldo of the llxp'osltlon or city. On tho Exposition grounds prices nro a lit tle more strenuous In spots, but visi tors meet this situation pretty larg ely by bringing their lunches with thcin, and the very best of people do not scorn this. Popular Killing Pliuc Tho Y. W. C. A. cnfetorln occupies a building all Its own nnd Is the nop- I iilur entlng pluco within tho gates. Hero ono can pick out a reasonably good meal for fifty cents or less, and for light lunches Is Ideal. How- ' ever. nt tho Coffco Parlor ham, eggs, bread and butter and cof fee nro obtainable nt forty cents. Waffles nnd coffee cost 25c. The Zone Is filled with eating pla ces, cabarets nnd lestnurants offer ing food nt nil prices. "Hot dog" i sandwiches nnd coffee Joints nru ev erywhere, nnd tho combination inn , ho hud for twenty cents. In the Food Products building it is possl blo to get light lunches and tea for about twenty-flvo cents, nnd tea houses serving tpa and rlco cakes at fifteen cents nro everywhere. Motel on Grounds Tlioro Is hut ono hotol on tho grouiuH, "Insldo Inn." Dooms horo without bath rango from $:) per night upward, according to location; with bath, $5.00 nnd upward. Droal:- 7'hjijjjBffiHHpEj This fact makes advertising in July interest Coos Fair Not High fust is served at 75c straight, other meals n In carte. Patrons hero must pay tho 50c dally admission to the grounds, but, itnliko all others who attend the Fair, these have a permit to leave nnd entor as they rhooe. As a matter of general Informntlon, OrogonlniiB will' be glad to know Hint hotel, room, or npnrtnient n" conimodntlons can be Rorurcc at tho Terry building, and that street enrs lending to all parts of the city nnd direct to the Exposition e:ujo in front of the Kerry building From there to tho Exposition, the ''l)" car Is the most popular. It is direct und lands lu nt tho main or Scott street entrance. At the Oregon building eery posslblo Information about the grounds Is available at tho central booth, and special effort Is nmilo to lender Orogoulnns every needed ser vice, as well ns to make the visit of ovoryono to tho building as pleasant as posslblo. t AT THE HOTELS t J Chandler ll"(cl. It, C. Wheeler nnd wife, Ilnndon; F. S. Single, Coqullle; C. II. Wllsox, North llend; E. M. (Jollier, Dnnrton; W. II. JCvorhnrd, Modford; George llnrrls, Portland; Frank L, Awnl, Honolulu; A. P. Turner, Honolulu; Mr. and Mrs. G. W. VlCrra, Honolulu; 1 1. Wolfe, San Francisco; II. Drunrd. North Ucnd; G. A. Debrow, San Francisco; Churles J. linos, Port land; C. II. Sproat, Portland; U. S. llooth, Snn Francisco. St. IjlMienco Motel Itobcrt Fox nnd wife, Unndon; C. P. Ilowlld, Chlcnbo; J. Knloul Pet erson, Honolulu; Frank Alvoll, Wnln luu; Gus Soverson, Portland; John Adams, Portland; C. P. Loyles, Hea ver Illll; W. M. Clark, Uandon; J. 1). Drown, Arlington. Llojil Hotel. Frank Dowo, Norway; J. Hnrt liian, Cachery, Wis.; Don Marseo, Gardiner; .1. A. Homo, Coos Illvcr; W. II. Jlorgnn, Danilon; Joseph llu lml, Florcnco; Ella Smith, Coos Di ver; Georgo Sugar, Portland. Dhitico Hotel J. IT. Corrlgnn, Myrtlo Point; W. 11. Smith, Portland; IT. S. Nny, Ken tuck Inlet; A. W. Stevens, Coos Di ver; Frank Llndy, Lokcslde; Georgo Fchnpors, Allegany; Tom lloynos, Eniplro; E. 11. Littleton, Powers; M. llamllton, Portland. Tlnies want ads bring results. The July Sales JULY is one of the sales months in the calendar of live mer chants It is the time the stores get ready for inventory and prepare to clear out broken lots It is the merchants time for planning Fall business And so special values are fre quently offered to the public newspaper so full of One may pick up The anytime and find that it is of fering just the things they need at prices much less than they expected to pay Bav Times PHONE 133 Letters on Talked of Topics From Readers of The Times MEEKSIVIADEREPLY COOSTOX MAX AXKWKRS STATE MHXTS OK Silt. POWIXI, In Letter to The Times Defends the Prospects of Settlement on East Side of liny Editor, Coos Day Times: In your Issue of July 10th, under the cnptlton "Wires About Lots," Is tin nrtlelo about tho property known as Crawford Point, which In parn groph two of said article, you stato: "A few weeks ago a ninn was here from a Colorado city saying that he nnd associates had iiuido first poy mciits on $1100 lots und wanted to ascertain their real valuo bctoro pay ing more." As no name Is mentioned I am un able to say as to whether or not It was tho man from "a Colorado city" who was bore some two weeks ago, representing fifteen men who luiil purchased lots at Crawford Point, hut If the saino party, wish to Btato ho told mo, In the presence of a wit ness, ho wns woll pleased with his purchase; that the property lay bet tor than ho expected to find, nnd ho woulr return and Inform his friends they hnd mndo no mlstnko in pur chasing lots at Crawford Point, nnd within ono year's tlmo ho and his friends would niovo to Coos Day and build upon tholr property. I nm not In possession of tho price list of lots on Crawford Point, nnd do not know nt what prices they arc being sold only from hearsay, nor nm I trying to uphold any "Town- slto Shnrks," ns I havo in tho past month publicly denounced what I consider shady niothoda of trying to dlsposo of property, but I bollovo In Justice to nil nnd will state I have mndo a very careful investigation of tho Portland, Eugoiic and Coos Day Land Co., owners of the nbovo men tioned property, nnd find them O. K. I nm perfectly sntlsfled tho nbovo company would not knowingly permit nny agent of tholrs to mis represent in order to sell, or would thoy contlnuo In their employ nny agent whom they know wns doing so. Mr. Powell In his answor to tho telegram rccolved asking about this properly says: "No chances for rail road through Crawford Point, i Times Proposition Is nbsolutoly wildcat scbcnio" "Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed, that ho Is grown so great?" In n conversation with Mr. Powell today I said to him: "You say 'no chances for railroad through Crawford Point.' How do ou know?" Ills answer was "It Is coming down this side." I then nsk cd him if lie meant tho Southern Pa cific or nn East and West road nnd his nnswer was "Any rond coming horo will conio on this side." I would llko to hnvo Mr. Powell In form mo at what point tho Day will bo bridged to tnko tho road to tno cast side. There will bo nn East and West or Transcontinental railroad to Coos Day sooner than many expect, and I firmly bollovo that nny fair minded mnn will ngreo with mo that Its ter minals will bo on the East side of tho Day, If not at Crawford Point, within tho City limits of tho City of Enstsldo within which limits tho Crawford Point property Is located. I nlso asked Mr. Powell how ho Know tho "Proposition is nbsolutoly wild cat scheme," and his nnswer wns "Decauso they nro asking $ai0 n lot." Mr. Powell snys In answor to his friend's message, "Do not cousldor tho tract worth oxor $200 on aero," Sir. Powell has tho right to place the valuo upon any pleco of property nround Coos Day that ho may seo fit but If ho will come over to Craw ford Point I will show him land that has sold In tho past year ot a prlco exceeding $S00 por ncre, and I will show htm land on Crawford Point Hint Is hold at a prlco exceeding $1,000 per ncre, and can not ho bought for loss, nnd the nbovo men tioned property wns ,'novor owned by tho Portland, Eiigeno nna Coo? Day Land Co. Tho enst bUIo of Coos Day has been hold hark for ycrs, but Is now beginning to conio Into Its own, nnd will contlnuo to grow regardless of all tho knocking nnyono may dc slro to do. Tho members of tho Portlnnd, Eugeno and Coos Day Hind Co. havo sold seven townsltes within tho pnst sovon years, nnd each of these townsltes nro now thriving towns, and It Is my belief Hint this firm will, whether given n holplng hand or called wildcat schomors, do more to furthor development on Coos Day than hns heon dono by nny oth er company handling towiiBlto pro perty horo In the years pnst. It has been tho belief of tho un dersigned sinco tho day ho first enmo to Coos Dny, that thero Is not a had buy in property nround tho entlro , Dny, tho prlco of soiun may seom , high hut there is no" othor part of ( tho Pacific coaBt that has as bright a future ns C003 Day, nnd fully real- ping tho "power of tho press," It Is ( also my hollof tho publishing artic les ns tno ono to wlilch Hub is an answer, Is doing more to retard and hold back development tlinn nny thlug else. I hnvo time and ngnln Btntcd I would llko to boo, nnd I hopo tho tlmo will conio whon tho ontlro ter ritory from Simpson's Pnrk, south to tho Smith mills, nnd thonco north on tho east sldo of the Day to Hay- , of one city. Wo want tho peoplo to ' come to Coos Day and It mattors not , what pnrtlcular slto thoy may chooso for a homo, whother the west or tho I east sldo of tho Day, aa hoth sldos I nro boIiib to ho built up und be pros perous cities, nnd every family lo catliih' on Its uhoroH will assist to iiiuko tho country whnt wo want It I to bo, tho best plnco In tho United States. I h. Q. MKUKS. Cooiiton, OroKon, July 13. . I WIIII.V vor WAXT KOMKTIIIXU tho most satisfactory pluco to turn for infor niatlon is to tho udvor- tlsliiK columns ot TII1J COOS IIAV fl.MIIS. Tho ndvortlsIiiK Is tho mcBsngo of men nnd womon who bollovo thoy havo anticipated your wants. Thoy bollovo thoy can mid to your pleasures by supplying them. Thoy nsk your patron- ubo und frankly toll you why becauso they can bo of servlco to you, Tho advertising Is tho mooting placo, the great exchango for supply and doniand. It Is a profltablo habit to read tho advertising In a llvo dully nowspapor llko Tlll-J COOS DAY TIMKS. T SOME FACTS DOAI) AX1 KIGUDES DUILDIXCJ ON Fled M. Chestnut Writes The Times On the Timely Topic of Itoails mill Itoad Diilldlng Kdltor, C003 Dny Times: With regard to your news Item In the lssuo of your valued pnper of July 12th, entitled "Favor l'lniik Dond," would soy that I would llko to call your attention to several points. Let us first nrrlvo at tho cost ot laying the two forms of surfacing under consideration, viz: Plank nnd hard surface. A plank road, 12 feet wldo, hav ing plank 3 Inches thick and using 4 stringers 4 Inches by C Inches In sectlton, contains 232,320 P. D. M. por mile. Kstlmntlng that this can he purchased nnd laid for $10.00 per M., wo hnvo a cost por mile of $2,323.20. A hard surfneo rond 12 foot wldo nnd composed of -1 Inches of con creto bnso topped with 1V4 Inches of Dltumlnous wearing surfneo, would cost $1.00 per square yard, und ns ono mtlo of such rond con tains 7,010 squnro yards, tho cost per mile would ho $1 1,201.00. t Tho unit prices used In tho nbovo estimates nro based on actual prices at which work In small quantities' hns gono for horo In this county nnd within tho Inst fow months. Largo contracts could probably bo lot for somewhat less. In your nrtlelo plonk rond Is es timated at $2,200 per mllo nnd hard surfaco at $10,231 per mile. The estimate of $2,200 per mile corres ponds favorably with my estimate of $2,323,20, therefore, I assunio Hint you nro estimating on tho samo width rond, viz: 12 feet; but your estimate of $10,234 per mllo Is $1,070 por mllo in excess of my estimate of $11, 204 per mllo, thoroforo, I am led to bollovo that you are olthor In er ror or Hint you nro assuming n wider road which would bo unjust It a true comparison Is to bo arrived nt. You state that It Is hotter to plank 200 miles than only hard surfneo 25 miles; hut, nccordlng to my flg uros $140,000 would hard surfaco 39 miles of rond. Your statements of tho advanta ges of plank roads, viz: (1) Small first cost, honco largo mllcngo with a given capital; (2) Tho kcoplng ot tho capital exponded in tho county; nro all woll and good, but In fairness to thoso Interested It would bo woll to cousldor tho disadvantages which I bollovo to bo as follows: 1. A plank rond is nt no tlmo dur ing its oxlstonco ns good n road to rldo on ns a hard surfneo road. 2, A plank road will roqulro re placing In from 3 to 7 years, avor ago fi years, whllo a hard surfaco rond will last nt IcaBt 20 years. Tho first statement requires lit tlo elaboration. Tho second statement is ono ot fact wlilch enn bo corroborated by numerous Incidents In tho different towns of this county, nnd It on this fnct that tho strong argument against tho uso of plank roads Is hung. The following arguments will, I think, bo convincing: Assume Hint tho County bonds It self In tho oxtont ot $110,000 and that tho money Is expended In five yonrs building 200 miles of plank road, that Is, building 40 miles of rond each year for flvo yenrs. At tho end of 5 years, wo will sny, tho first 40 miles requires roplnclng which nt $2,200 por mllo, would ro qulro $88,000, nnd the samo at tho end of tho sixth nnd sovonth yenrs, and so on. $88,000 por yoar. And whoro Is this $88,000 to como from? Hither from tho gonernl fund or by tho lssuo of now bonds. Hut can tho goneral fund stand tho oxponso? Intorest on $440,000 worth of bonds at 4.G por cent por annum Is $19, 800 and sinking fund, It Invostod nt B por cent, required to redeom thoso bonds In 20 years would bo $13, 30ri.G0 por annum or n total of $33, ion, GO por annum, add to this thu $88,000 making $121,105.00. Will tho genonil fund stund to bo depleted of $121, IOC. CO por annum? Malntnnanco charges on tho roads and bridges of tho county will not bo materially docrcasod by tho plank ing of 200 miles of rond. Tho county cannot Issue now bonds to cover this expenditure, as by law tho county can only bond Itsolf to tho cxtont of 2 por cont of the nssessed valuo, which Is $22,000,000, On the othor hand If a hard sur faco road is built it will last at least 20 years, tho life of tho bonds, lienco a roplacomont can bo mndo by tho Issue of now bonds. Vo bo concise, let us remember tho foromost rule ot good finance, that is: Monqy ralsod by tho salq of bonds should not be used In any 0 Li ! Ren sl n IM but! ov form ot construction which bald fA. Smith Lumber & Mfg. Co. construction hns a llfo less than tho life of tho bonds, PRKD II. CIIRSTNUT. BltO 1'Oi.t.OffICO. Phone 100. 1 1 I . m