THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1915-EVENING EDITION
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.. 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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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SOME
FACTS
DOAI)
AX1 KIGUDES
DUILDIXCJ
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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
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but!
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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
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