THE C0O& BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1915 EVENING EDITION
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COOS BAY TIMES
M. O. MALONEY, Editor and Pub.
DAN B. MALONEY, News JEdltor
Official Paper of
Official .Paper City
Coos Comity
of Mnrshflold.
And spend two hours arguing as to
which of thorn is tlio busiest man
in town.
Entored at tho Postoff Ico at Marsh
field, Oregon, for transmission
through tho inalla second-closa
mall matt or.
An lndopondont Republican nows
papor, published ovory evening ox
copt Sunday, and weekly, by
Tho Coos Uay Times Publishing Co.
SUBSCRIPTION RAXES
DAILY.
Ono yoar $6.00
Per month 50
WEEKLY.
Ono year $1.50
When paid Btrictly In advance the
subscilptlon -piico of tho Coos Bay
Times Is $5.00 per year or $2.50 for
six months.
Address all communications to
COOS BAY DAILY TISIES.
The old rnshloned man who was
known ns a dead beat now has a
son who proudly declares a moratorium.
When n Coos Bay man tells you
he is regular in his habits, he Is us-V
ually speaking of his bad habits.
UASI3Y JONES, THE LdGGEIt'
You may not know it, but tho
biggest favor you can do a busy
man is to let him alone.
Assurance
a liability,
is an asset; doubt is
of the greatest pitfalls on earth.
Come all you woodsmen If you want to hear
About a B. C. Logger who had no four;
Ho knew his duties, but made ono mistake
Ho chopped down trees, and shoved 'cm in tho lake.
Ho was a modest Logger, all unknown to fame;
Tho price ho got for logs' was n downright shame;
But if heroes nro rewarded as their deeds command,
Ho Is logging off timber In tho Promised Land.
nn
J EUROPEAN WAR ONE I
4 YEAR AGO TODAY t
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DECEMBER 28, 11)11
Russian forces cross tho Blala
Rfvor and tnko u 20-mllo strip of
territory south of Tuchow, soiia'itt
lng tho two Austrian armies In
Clallcla.
Germany fornially informs the
United States thai American Consuls
in Belgium must bo uccoptablo f
the Gorman authorities in charge,
Russians aro again advancing m
tho Austrian front toward Cracow.
I Vlqiont blizzards halt tho fight
ing on tho Western battlo front.
Temper Is the
trolled emotions.
result ,pf
uncoil;
I "533
PROSPECT8 BRIGHT
atfu
TriHH closo of tho year brings a
riiuch bettor fooling locally
than for many months past.
When a rovlow of tho past year is
mndo it sIiowb that much has been
dono in tho way of improvement and
tho prospects for next year arc
brighter than for a long tinio past.
Tlio lumber market lias Improved
grcntly and apparently there is a per
manent ralso In price. This is go
ing to mean thatthcro will bo far
bettor times on Coos Bay as tho mills
will run longer hours than thoy havo
boon and thoso in tho county 'which
lavo boon closed will bo opened for
operation again. Tills Improve
ment 'In tho lumber market has
brought about a much hottor fooling
aiid talcing ovorythiug Into consider
ation tho prospects for tho next year
nro. bright.
When tho whlstlo blow each morning at half-paBt four
Casoy left his wlfo at tho cook-house door,
Picked up his peavoy, Btartod down the track;
Never had a notion that ho wouldn't como back.
Tho skldroads ono dny got greasy cnble wouldn't work;
Englno got to bucking and pulling with a Jerk.
When logs began a-Jammlng, Cnsey ho JiiBt said:
"Wo'll not thorn In tho water or we'll all bo dead."
A woman's dimples may bo onaiiiumn on
Tho logs started down tho skldroad hill
Casey Jerked tho whlstlo with on awful thrill!
Wli TA0 .onglneor know by tho whistle's moans
That, tho man on tho wlro was Casoy Jones.
in iifllho .logs camo 'round the first turn of tho road
n rAnd, coming downhill, mndo n mighty heavy load, ,
i 1. 1 Thai haul-hack broko with a whirr and n hum
ru nAnd CuBey Jones departed for tho Kingdom Como.
vt t (r . :
"I'm sorry," said Casoy, Just boforo ho died,
There's a few logging camps that I haven't tried."
Tho hook-tender said. "Casoy, what haven't you scon?"
"Sure I never worked nt Belllngham, nor down at Aberdeen."
Mrs. Casoy, in tho bunk-hoiiBC, spoko with much regret
Of tho troubles she hnd hud slnco sho and Casey met.
"Go to bed now, children, ho wns ono gay deceiver.
Tho next dad you get's goln to bo n shlnglo weaver."
Exchange
In thoughts as in llfo you reap
what you sow. t,
' it,
our competitor would probably,
bo a flno fellow If ho were In some
other business.
Fenr and hate bring evil .thoughts
to tho mind.
OH. MY!
life gets much
"Though married
abuse,
It Is no Joke!" said Sater.
"Tho courtship is tho orange Juice,
Tho castor oil comes later."
'TODAY'S ADVICE
Tho thrifty army you should Join,
Resist all plcasuro's cravings;
And thou somo friend who needs tho
coin
Will borrow nil your savings.
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,1 WITH THE TOAST
X AND THE TEA X
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Tho Prlco of Prosperity Is
patloiico, porslstonco and
porsoveraiicc. '
THE FIRST TROUSERS.
They Led to Edicts Analnit Tholr Use
In Somo Gorman States,
Tho latest lnstnnco of n European
country enacting laws concerning dress
occurred at tho tlmo of tho French i
revolution, -when somo rulers of Ger
man stntcs forbade their subjects to i
THE CURIOUS BANANA TREE.
A Plant That Will Praotlcally Grow
While You Walt.
If n good sized, honlthy banana tree
is cut oft n few feet ubovo tho ground
during tlio wet season tho trco will not
die, but nine times out of tun will send
up n now shoot from tho center of the
trunk and will grow fast enough to
vlcts employed on road sweeping dress
ed In trousers so us to inspire disgust
for sans-culotto fashions.
Tho term "snns-culotto" means "with-
it's an nwful stupid Coos Bay boy out breeches," and during tho French
thnt his mother doesn't think smart- revolution tho "snns-culottcs," who de-
Wenr troilHors. (linen lining linlil tn trull
cnto revolutionary opinions. Tho olec-1 mulco up for lost time, for within forty
tor of Hcsso-Cussel, besides prohibiting J olglit hours it will roar waving green
tho obnoxious garments, had tho con-, leaves triumphantly ubovo tho Bevercd
or than his father.
NOT ALL CAPTAINS.
.
GOOD EVENING
To think wo u.ro ablo is
almost to bo so; to dotor
mlno on attainment Is fre
quently attainment Itself.
Earnest resolution has often
Boomed to havo about It al
most a savor of omnipotence-.
S. SmlleB.
ONLY A DAD.
Only a dad with a tired faco
Coming homo from tho daily race,
Bringing little, of gold or fnino
To show how well ho has playod tho
game,
But glad lu his heart that his own
rojolco
To sco him como and to hear his
voice.
Only a dad of a brood of four,
Ono of ten million men or more,
Plodding along in dally strife,
Bcurlng tho whips and acorns of
lite,
With never a whimper of pain or
hato
For tho Hiiko of thoso who at homo
await.
Only n dad, nolthor rich nor ivoud,
.Moroly ono of tho surging crowd,
Tolling, striving, from day to day.
Facing whatovor may como -lis way.
Sllont, whouover tho harsh condemn,
Jnd bearing It oil for tho iovo r.f
them.
Only a dnd, but ho gives his all
To smooth tho way for his ehlldron
small,
"Doing, with courage stem nnd yrlm
Tho deeds thnt his father did for
htm;
This Is tho lino that for him I pen;
Only a dad, but tho host of jion.
nounced ovory ono who woro breeches,
finally went beyond their opponents
nnd woro twlco us much cloth around
their legs In a word, adopted tho mod
ern trousers and mndo them tho budec
8omo Mombers of tho Small Company I of a party.
Wero Roally Privates. Napoleon woro trousers on stato oc-
An American woman -now safo In cnslons after ho had been crowned
tho States writes that whllo sho was , emperor. Ills army was tlio first that
in Mexico llvo soldiers ono day rodo i adopted trousers, nnd they kept prog
Into her remote mountain camp. They ress, step by step, with tlio march of
were very decent fellows, nnd mndo no t tlio French legions. Tho Duko of
throat. Still, lu tho absence of her ' Wellington would insist on wearing
fiusband, It seemed only wlso to give pnutnloons-or trousers, as they nro
them plonty of food nnd drink, also to ' now called when ho attended ccrtnlu
yield gracefully to the request of ouo social functions, although ho was ul-
or tho numucr, who said ho was tlio most alono in so doing. This was
captain, for tho "loan" of n ulnnket about tho year 1811, but by 1830 ttpus
Pretty soon u second warrior IntI- Crs wero worn by almost everybody.
mated that he, too, could uso n blanket Westminster Gazette.
to mlvautngo in his campaigning, add
ing that he, too, was a captain. When
a third made tho snmo request, also
Golf's Hardest Shots.
T )intn liiniil iiifitii ilftliittna na tn
announcing his rank ns that of cap-i. illiriioaf 11(i fi, ninMt oini, tn
uln, heir hostess paused In her dH-1 pIuy flay Jorono D Truvcr8i ,i,L. fll.
trbutlon of blankets. moiw f , t)u Amcrioan Slnga-
"Jell ine," sho inquired politely, "it i , .., Hhould miy tho ,inriU.st 8hol
this entire detachment composed of ( , ,",, , , .,,. ,,na ,..,.
enntnlus?" . inn8tcrs j3 ll0 fun Jron s10t to the
"Oh, no, Rcnornl" replied tho ono who ,, . ., ia c.i i i.
had first spoken. "I am tho Captain i.l ,.,. ,?,,.. .... rmmr ,.nifnr
trunk.
Tho secret lies In tlio fact that the
trunk of tho banana trco Is nut hard
nnd woody like other trees, but Is real
ly composed of undeveloped leaves
wrapped lightly together In a spiral
form. Whon tho treo grows theso
rolled up leaves push upward and
merely unroll Thus no time is lost lu
forming buds nnd growing leaves ns do
ordinary trees. When tho trunk Is cut
off It doesn't Interfere with the growth
of tho leaves, becauso they aro always
pushing up from the center of tlie
stalk. If you will roll a sheet of paper
tightly, and push ugaiust one end you
Will sco exactly how tho leave.) are
pushed up from the trunk of tho ba
nana tree, and If you cut the roll in
I two you will -mid thnt it doesn't pre
vent you from pushing out tho center
of tho roll us before.
Although tho baunna trco repairs an
Injury so rapidly and well, tho shoot
formed from tho cut stalk seldom bears
fruit or llowers. As theso shoots are
taller nnd stronger than tho original I
trees, however, they nit) much better!
adapted to withstand wind and storing
and tho natives frequently cut the bn-
nnun trees lu order to forco them to,
prodtico tho strong, fruitless growth
and to servo ns windbreaks for other
crops. A? Hyatt Vcrrlll In St. Nicholas.
Uarbadoj.
Agriculture Is tho chief pnrsult In
Barbados, and without doubt tho island
fill llflllll t A li Still I. taw
i..u1..i.uiu.,Umiuin, , ., . ,. ..,, ,, ,,, ,,.,il(,, a
Aud ot this tho admiring scnorn, no f. ' A ., t ' IlllUlnir la niIMOst
inllmr to lior mvn nimiinl. t n.,o.. ' tl10 mUt UUt "8 l,u,n ,s "OS'
purely u mental proposition It probubly
cording to her own account, nt once
gavo a .blanket to each of tho two
"high privates lu tlio rear rank"
moved by "sympathy with them for be
ing captained firstly, secondly nnd even
thirdly, and also by admlrntlon of thorn
as being such rare birds!" Youth's '
Companion.
ORIENTAL LACQUER.
varies moro with all players thuu any
other shot.
"You sco very few good sound iron
players, especially nmong tho amateurs
tu America. In England their Iron
play Is much hotter."
rlnl; tobacco is grown slightly, fruit
hardly ut all.
Man's Will Is All His Own.
True education lies In learning to
wish things to bo as they actually nre,
Severe Critics.
Alice I Jlko Tom immensely, nnd
he's very much tho gentleman, but ho
docs HUo to talk about himself! i
Grace Yes, denr, your knight hath
n thousand I's. Boston Journal.
The Result. 1
"Ills wlfo mado him."
"Sho did, und whon sho tried him '
on tho community she found ho was j
YOU KNOW HIM.
Ills weokly wage no ploasuro brings,
His llfo is filled with sorrow;
Ho goes in debt today for things
Ho can't pay for tomorrow.
Satire is often moro destructive
than tho shot of reason.
Every now and thou two Coos
Bay men will adjourn to n bar nud
Japan Got the Art From China, Then
aurpassea ner i uior. ! It lies in learning to distinguish what ' ' ,a LT, ,tr ' "T r "
Lacquer has furnished a most varied , our 0WIl from wlwt d0C8 not belong u mlaat -Dnlt,aloro American.
material for ono of tho onrllest Indus- 1 10 Si IllU (huro ,8 only oll0 tllluB I
trial arts of China, und. though tlicio i wlcl ,s rmiy our own-that is our
uro no auilicntic rccortis or its origin j wI or ,luriloso. God. acting us u good
nor of tho steps of Its .arly develop- , k uml a truo fnUler Uw vcIl u3 n
uiont, tho proc-ess is ulreudy culled nn w, wWcIl cmiuot bo rc3lrnllied cou,.
?'C'!t ?,no.11.11 W0IU, .,!llW 'rt ,n . IK.1Ii.hI or thwarted, lie has put It!
1387. In ho Hist year of tho Ming pc- vu , our . , muu cm '
rlod. which proves that the art ww foreu us',0 ftct luit our wu I
known lu ns remote an epoch ns tho ; lf ftro d ,t , b ,
Sung dynasty. The culmlna lag years , u UJ ' bo .couqucrod.-Eplcte-
pf Us development wero i cached In the . '
rolgu of the Emperor CUIen Lung (lTISO- U8, !
05), who greatly encouraged its mauu-1
fncturo and had largo quantities of '
lacquered objects mudo with which to
furnish aud decorate his palace. After
his tlentli tho art seems to havo do-
..II. ...! In lnnHl n.i.l (il.itflA !.... l..n 1 li' ti I . VfV.'
." , . :Z V ' , ZX ' ? " close tho door carefully be
in Chlncso lucquer Ima been uccojn- ' yHuu1 h
nl,suwK ''bHii6i hone- un vour hat?" '
Tho Japancso first lenniod the proc-, J.. J,,,; s '
ess from China, but havo sliico brought
It to a point of perfection which sur-l Vc wo". 'I'lion you may practice
passes the finest productions of tho ' J"our ,uuslc lsou."-PltUburgh Press.
Second Hand
Pianos & Oraans1
i
his Reward. i We have some second-hand,
"Willie," called his uiotimr from tuo i . , ,
head of the stairs, "did you wlpo your piat10S and SOHie Slightly USed
feet before you camo in :" I. , ,, , ,,, ,
V..iim ,-niillml flm vnmir. Iinnnfnl i inSTI'limnniS TIIHT WIN IIP Rfl fl
ffAV'T' .,.. ,Y-H( VCV MIWM ...M-IIIW ...I, W WWV
.k fi.n iiiiiti ..(....kriiiit. im-
at exceptionally low prices,
and terms to suit.
A Much Needed Improvement.
"Do you believe that we should have
a more elastic currency?" asked the
ninii who always talks national tlnauce.
"Not niueh!" Huorted tho mtin with
tho shiny clothes. "It's elastic enough,
now. What they ought to do Is make
It moro adhesive." Exchange. '
Chinese lu Japan, however, lacquer is
applied solely to objects of compara
tively small size, whllo In tho Chlncso
emplro It served to decorate screens
and pnuols of tremendous dimensions.
Lacquer Is divided Juto two classes
painted and carved lacquer. Both kinds
aro sometimes Inlaid with mother-of-pearl.
Ivory, Jado and various semi
precious stones. I
It wns lu tho early seventeenth con- I
tury, whon Holland nud Portugal be
gan their trado with tho remote cast
and particularly with Chlnn, that m.ir
volous empire teeming with so many
extraordinary artistic manifestation,
that Europo tlrst begun to ronllzo tho What a He Mea"J . ,
now und vast Held of decorative ole- ' "IIllve 'ou "otlcoU. my friend, how
incuts which were contained tu nnd re- ,unil' fooU ,,H!re nrtf " t'",,l''"
vealed to her artists by oriental art. "Vw. and there's always one mo.-a
ltary Colemnn May in ScribuerV. , "'an you think "-Sourlre.
L L THOMAS
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MUSIC STORE
73 Central Avenue
WEAVING All klriffs a sneo.!
u we couui reau ine mrei uisiory j 11 . iii ii Wncnn fipn '
of our eiioniles we should llud lu each '"'lY- I'S' . VV. IMaSOn, OKU,
inunV life sorrow nud suffering enough t 1 2th COUrtll, SO. PhOllC 220-Rj
to disarm all hostility, Longfellow. , ,
Other People's Qurdens.
DRY WOOD
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CAMPBELL'S W00DYARD
North Front Street
Phone S70J
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The Question
Tho money ijiicstlon it Iho
question of every iiiuii'm future.
)o not think Hint becmtho you
Imvo but llttlo money that It Is
,not worth whllo Ut start an ac
count. Tho iiccniiiit. opened now
may he the foundation ot your
fortune.
J tt Ss. j j! VswL.
First National
Bank of Coos Bay
Marshficld,
Oregon
HJHBI IIEHIT BANK
OLDEST BANK IN COOS COUNT Jf
EstabUshod 1880.
Capital, Surplus and Undivided
Profits $118,000
Interest pnhl on Tlmo
AND HAVINGS DCl'OSITB
Officers
J. W. Bonnott, President. ""n ' ji
J. n. Flanagan, Vice-President. '
It. P. Williams, Cushlor.
Geo. P. Winchester, Aust. CAshlcr.
GRAVEL'
W nro now propared to furnish GRAVEL In any . quantltlci
from pilo In our yard or In carload lots, nt following prices:
From pllo on ground, $2.Vfi per yard,
Oanoad lots, taken from cars, $2.00 por yard.
Retail Dcpnrtmuat.
C. A. Smith Lumber & Mfg. Co.
Opposite FosMMflco. ' Phone 100.
Abstracts
rOR REUAI1LH ABSTRACTS Ol" TITLE AND IWKD11MATIOJ1
AHOUX
COOS BAY REAL ESTATE, Sec
TITLE GUARANTEE & ABSTRACT CO., Inc.
MAItSHFIELD AND COQUILLE CITY, OREGON
GENXUAIi AGENTS, Ei8TSII)E AND HENGSUVCKEN'S ADDITION
AGENTS FOR CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILROAD LAND!
HENRY SENGSl'ACKEN, MANAGER
High Quality Groceries
Our own prompt and particular delivery service Ef
ficient clerks being out of the high rent district and
keeping our prices as low as consistent with good busi
ness makes
Conner & Hoagland
The Leading Grocers Dealers in Good Groceries
797 South Broadway. Phones 348-J and 326
EXPERT WELDING of METALS
Steel, brass, cast, Iron and aluminum castings made
like new
DEMONSTRATIONS DAILY. '
Koontz Garage
Phone 180-J. North Front Street
0GCAN BEACH AUTO LINE
Gorst & King.
Xcao Mnrshfleld nt 1 n. in., nnd loturnlng leavinj? from Emplro nt
8 n. m. Lenvo Mnrshfleld, nt It n.m. nnd returning leave South
Blough at 1 p. m. Lenvo Slnrshfiold at 5 p. m. nnd returning
lenvo South Slough nt O p. m.
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enlightening, ever performing their useful service of
promoting easy communication between those who
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You can cultivate no more profitable habit than that
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0:45 a.m.
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G:00 p.m.
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8:00 tn,
10:15 lb.
11:00 t.n.
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1:15 pa.
2:00 p.n
1:00 p.m.
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5:15 p.n,
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0:55 p.m. North city limit onlr
7:30 p.m. 7M5 ji0)
SAVP MOWPY
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ay oriicrinir tlio Iabmi il
HENRYVILI P nnn
Nut coal, por ton $
Lumn conl. nor ton iiju
Or half ton of both ,,I4,W
I). S1U6S0.V, Pwf.
Phono 18-3 or lcavo ordri ti
Hlllycr'd Clear 6tore.
WOOD GOOD WOOD
W. II. Lh'o has It at SIM ui
$2 cash por load, also coil, nttb
prices reasonable. Garbago rtooi
od. I'hnno 2U7-J.
SOUTH COOS HIVTIt BOAT
snuvioK
JiAUNOlI KXl'nESS
leaves Mnrahflcld orerf ai;
8 n. in. Leaves head of rlrer
nt 0:10 p. m,
STEAMKIt IUINK0W
lonvcH hond of river dally t 7
. in. Lenves Jlarshflcld t 2 p.
iii. For charter apply oo bwi.
nOQEHS & BUTH
TroprletoM
PAKK TH.V CE.VT9
City LlmlU North nend, Be.
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Murfihflcld.North Ueud Aoto
Line
Caro oery ten ndnutM tv
a a. in. to 1U p. in.? to Berth
Slough onco u dav, leavlag I
11 ii. in. J to Empire three trlf
GOKST & KINO, Trop. I
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MERCHANTS CAFE
i. lHnrn fof
Good Meals
Oor. Commercial and H'dtff'
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WESTERN LOAN WW fi
BUILDING CO. f
Assets $2340,000.00 j
Pays 8 per cent on savings t
' . S. KAUFMAN 4 CO. j
Local utwu'u' ,
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Idungan ,i1iu I
I will be L'eptOB0( I
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