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THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, DAY, 'DECEMBER 31, T9tg-ErENING dDITipN.
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The Central Avenue Booster
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CENTRAL AVENUE,
Flit DAY, DECEMHER ill, 11)13
No. 08
New. Year's Resolution:
"THAT I WILL BUY ALL MY GROCERIES IN 1916
FROM THE SANITARY FOOD STORE AND ENJOY
THE FULL MEASURE OF PROFIT AND SER-
VICE GAINED THEREBY"
We will be closed all day tomorrow, but will remain open
later this evening to serve you.
WISHING YOU ONE AND ALL A HAPPY, SUCCESSFUL
NEW YEAR.-
Sanitary Food Store
SERVICE
(Formerly Nnsbnrg's Grocery.)
SECOND AND CKNTltAIj
PHONE 213
lew Year's
That you may have tho happiest,'
muMit. hi 11)1(1. mill tlmf. vim
1 " ' '
X inako It bo, I tho sincere ivlsh of
Wilson's Jewelrj- Store
Central Avenue.
A HAPPY NEW YEAR
To You Everyone and tho
BEST NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION YOU CAN MAKE
' WILL BE
To order all your newspapers and iiii'Kalnis for 1010 from tho
Marshfield News Company
(Formerly Frizcon's Store) Central Avonuo
"Wo will deliver any iiiiih'alno or newspaper to your homo on
tho day of publication.
IN ORDER TO GET GOOD WORK YOU MUST HAVE A
GOOD PLACE. I AM PUTTING IN A NEW, MODERN
SHOP AT 246 COMMERCIAL AVENUE.
JAY DOYLE
TAILOHING CLEANING, PRESSING
Will call anywhere any time.
230 Central Avcnuo Phono 250
MAY THE COMING YEAR BE ONE OF PEAPc.
May It bring Joy and prosperity to each and everyone; and may
that festive spirit or tho season, when tho heart of tho world grows
tender pcrincnto ovcryonoj Ih our sincere iilsh and desire.
A HAPPY NEW YEAH TO ALL.
CHANDLER BARBER SHOP
J. I. Torrell, Prop.
Tho Central Avcnuo Harbor Shop.
"Wo wish all our friends an well an our enemies (If wo have any)
, n Very
Prosperous and Happy New Year
SEE OL'H
Marshfield Hardware Co.
Tho best hi tho Hardware Hue.
Broadway and Central Avenue, Phono 31
WE WISH ALIj OUK FRIENDS
A'D T11KIH FRIENDS
i
i- A VERY
i P
Happy New Year
MAY IT UK ONE OK 305 DAYS
AND NIGHTS OP SUCCESS
AND PLEASURE
The Smokehouse
Central Avenue's popular mooting
. place.
FIRST
fcd
Greetin
most successful year jou ever
will niM'iiill im In heln vim
Wo guarantee our repair ivoik.
WINDOWS.
When Jn
Want
of Fire, Life and Ma
rine insurance which
insures, see
SENSTACKEN
the
Insurance Man
THE CENTRAL AVENUE BOOSTER
Published Every Friday In the Inter
ests of Coos Hay in Gonorol and
Central Atciiiio lu particular.
Entered nt the I'ostofflco aa strictly
First-Class matter; thqro Is nothing
Second-Class nbout Central Avenue.
Subscription Price. Your good will,
and membership In tho Booster Club
A HAPPY NEW YEAH TO ALL
rr-iIIB BOOSTER tondors Its
I readers (which Is tho samo as
saying to ovorybody) Its hearty
good wishes for 191C. Thoy nro
guaranteed to bo gcnuluo, of stand
ard weight nnd fineness, and to con
tain no benzoato of soda.
Wo 'not only offor our good wish
es, but wo stand ready to back their
sincerity by working for tholr ful
fillment In ovory way possible, as wo
hnvo In tho past. Wo nro great bo
llevors in tho power of a trco
press, although wo think that In
many Instances a want ad "or a half
pago display advisable, and will al
ways bo glad to glvo our readers tho
benefit of our expert judgment ns
to which weapon Bhould bo employ
ed. Consultation froo.
To tho Mayor and City Council wo
tender our wishes for tholr success
In carrying out tholr economy pro
gram. Thoy Btnrt with a fair cumu
lus of working knowlcdgo gntnod
from past experience Thoy hnvo
learned something about tho rolatlvo
specific gravities of a two by eight
drain box and Band In solution, of
bituminous paving and tho logging
Industry. Thoy havo seen tho dtf
ferenco In valuo between a homo
broken leg nnd a shin scraped on a
public sldowalk; between a wutor
plant or n frnnchtso lu prlvnto
hands, nnd In tho light of posslblo
public ownorshlp. With theso and
many) othor demonstrated facts as a
busts or working knowlodgo, and
with a twonty mill tax coming In,
they ought, with any kind of luck,
to show n nlco surplus nt tho end of
tho year.
Wo wish tho prosecuting attorney
success In enforcing tho prohibition
law, not only bocnuso wo nro law
abiding, but also bocnuso wo aro
afraid that It tho law is not enforced
It may bo ro-lnforcod, and wo nro
natlsflod with it ns it is.
Wo wish to School Hoard, nn It Is
now or shall, u0 hereafter constitut
ed, mnlo or fomalo, success In all
mutters entrusted to It. Tho pro
posed national policy of proparcd
cdncss makes it nioro Important than
ovef that tho young Idea bo taught
khow to shoot.
Wo wish for tho Port Commission,
tho Ilnr Maids of Coos Day, continued
success In tholr efforts to got us in
to doop water. Thoy havo had tholr
"fill" of troubles during tho past
year, and wo hopo this year will bo
'bettor. Thoy havo shown tho
right spirit, in taking tho city Into
tholr confidonco In tholr difficulties,
and In not bolng too proud to lot tho
city co-opornto with thorn, undor
court sanction.
As for Central Avonuo, wo trust
what wo havo already dono for It Is
cvldonco of our furthor good lnton
Vons. Wo havo built It up from n
muddy, neglected thoroughfnro to nn
Avonuo of popularity, pop and pow
er. It supplies our community with
; pianos, hay, logs, plcturo sltowa and
othor art goods. Thero aro ,otthor
residing or having tholr places on
Contral Avonuo, threo City Council
men, two monibors of tho School
Board,- tho newly appointed City At
tomoy nnd City Health Officer. Oth
er honors aro linmliiont Wo fool a
cpeclal leaning towards Control Avo
I)R, W. A. TOYI3,
DENTIST
Hours 9 to 12; 1 to 5. .
Room 201, Irving Dldg.
Central Avenue. Mnrshfleld
WE WISH YOU THE
HAPPIEST.
MOST SUCCESSFUL
YEAR OF ALL
AND.
WE WILL DO OUR BEST
TO HELP
TO MAKE IT SO
FOR YOU
A. T. HAINES
FLOUR AND FEED DEALER
Central Ave. and Waterfront
r.i;c, becauso wo nro whero wo can
Ik op nn oyo on It from our sanctum,
and vo fcol n ccrtnln responsibility.
However, wo desire to display no
enpcclal partiality toward any of our
wnrds, and wo clnccroly Include ,
cur good wishes the whole city, col
lectlvely nnd Individually. To nil
alike wo wish health, happiness.
riches, powor, and better collections
for 191 G. It requires no excess of
good feeling to Include also our sis
ter city, North Uond. It Is quite
natural, llko spontaneous combus
tion. Lot us both, lot us nil, work
assiduously together during 191C for
tho acquisition of thoso community
MGBsIngs which can como only
through harmony and hustle Tho
Booster will do Its best, and can bo
counted on at all times. Happy New
Ycnr.
SMILE-A-WHILE
The Gospel of Good Times
llelng Chanter 1 of tho First
Epistle to tho Dead Ones
According to Saint Hoostcr.
And, thoroforo, It came to pass,
whon, tho sovon fat years had boon
fulfilled, that Micro nroso thoso
pmong tho people who cried with
ono volco: "Heboid, tho years of
famluo nnd darkness nro upon us."
And straightway they did crawl
Into dark envps, and pulled the caves
In nfter them, and did Bhut out tho
sunlight.
And they lamented with many
lamontntlous, Baying: 'Tho years of
darkness hnvo como nnd tho sun
Mdca IiIb fnco from tho children of
mon."
Then enmo others who wero wlso
1n that generation, and did bent up
on tho stones that woro rolled be
foro thoso caves wherein tho calami
ty howlers howled, and cried unto
thorn to como forth, saying: ''Do
hold tho sun still shines, and tho
fnco of Naturo Is fair to soo, and
thy crops rlpon fast unto tho har
vest, and shall andthor reap lu thy
Holds whero thou has sown?'
But tho dwellers In dnrkness
cried to got them henco, Baying:
' Know yo not that darkncBH Is upon
tho laud nnd wo cannot boo; nny,
verily, oven tho lunula beforo our
oyoB?
Hero now will wo, hide, for we
havo a llttlo provision, but onougn
only to sufflco for our own nnods
during tho dark dayH, nnd when wo
behold tho sun again, thon shall wo
como forth and till the fields, but
not yet, nor soon."
And thoso who woro without
hold council togothor, saying; "Nono
nro bo blind as thoso who will not
ceo, and whoroforo shall wo not ga
thor to oursolvoB tho rlpo grnm of
theso our flightless brethren which
lies rondy to our sickles? Thon
ehall wd havo all our own nnd two
fold more, and when theso howlers
i't tho caves nro nn hungered, lo,
wo will Jar looso from thoin many
bhokols for that which was tholr own
and thoy would not tako. And It
(hall como to pass that wo shall wax
fat and our sons shall wax strong
upon tho land."
And It was oven sol
. SMIfiE-A-WHlIiE
I CENTHAIi AVENUE SAYINGS
AQUA AND HOOZH
(A Now Year's Ditty)
Onco mora thoy sprlug
Tho foaming flagon
To mako a rhyino
For wator wagon.
Q. Q. VAN DUY.V
How would It do , , ,
To BUggost "Jag on" (
As an antonym . ., -
For wator wagon.
J. L TEUIIELI,.
Tho It may not
Be much to brag on
I never fell off
Tho water wagon,
I 'GENE CROSTHWAITB
Flnco at tho dance
Wo can not rag on
Why should wo clutch
Tho water wagou.
-JAY DOYLE
TODAY'S ADVICE
L'elmvo yoursolf, don't ba a gink,
JuHt pass tomptatlon by,
And never, novcr take a drink
Unless, of course, you're dry.
jim kellond.
the restless day
Though Sunday Is a day of rest,
It doesn't rest a man by far;
We loaf around and feel distressed,
And, oh, how restless wo all aro.
JOHN FERGUSON
STILL
A wise moonshiner Is Bill Bolso,
For though ho drlnkc his fill,
Ho novcr makes a bit of noise;
He knows how to keep atlll.
- SAM PINE
SMILE-A-WHILE
CENTHAL AVENUE SAYINGS
f . . 4
U. S. Still Abend. Jay Doylo Hays
all thoso knockoVs who say that Uor-
nany lends tho world In mnnufactur-
Ing toys ought to Inspect tho now
Ford Dollvcry Car Santa Clans fot
ched him.
SMILE-A-WHILE
Happy New Year. Whllo wo wish
ovorybody a Happy Now Year, wo
Viol somo apprehension that a good
many will bo willing to sacrifice Now
Year's day happiness for tho sako of
what Joy they may bo able to extract
from tills mcmornblo Now Year's
ovo.
SMILE-A-WHILE
Charily "Needed, At Home Whllo
wo hnvo nil been tearing ourselves up
ovor tho- needs of poverty stricken
Felglum and Poland, wo suddenly
find wo havo boon criminally negli
gent of tho homo folks. Thero Is
actually a champagno famluo In
Portland, and wo never thought
It till It was too lato to help.
SMILE-A-WHILE
Further ItdToriiiN CoiiHldcred.J -This
prohibition law Is not Intended
to nb. llsh drinking entirely, but
mcroly to lowor tho speed limit, as It
wero. If It works, wouldn't It bo n
good Idea to restrict autoniobllo own
ers to twd quarts of gnsollno n
month?
SMII,E.A-WIUIjE
A Man of Action. Captain Mac
gam Is ono of thoso who back up
tbelr words with deeds. Ho wroto
tho Bong "When Oregon Goes Dry,"
nnd thon promptly arranged, for tho
"Bronkwator" to call at California
points, for tho practical convonlcuco
of his pntrons. Wo'll bo glad to see
tho Captain back; wo havo hnrdly
been abln to think up any good
pootry fllnco hlu Influence was with
drawn. SMILE-A-WHILE
Tho Ills If. A strnngcr entcrod
.Tako Illllstrom's Sanitary Food Store
tho othor day and Inqulrod, "Can I
opon an account hero?" "Suro,"
nald Jako, "you can) opon It nil
right; but what I want to know Is If
you can closo It after you got It opon
oil." HMiriE-A-WIIIfiE
Hnvo to Ho Educated. Nick Oh
wald Bays metit la rory clcnp horo,
hut outsldors havo to bo educated to
I. Says n now customer called him
up tho othor dny nnd Bald "send mo
u dollars worth of beef; If I'm not
hero whon Its delivered, tell tho do
Uvorymnii to chuck It through tho
keyhole."
SMlLE-A-WHIhE
Supremo None. J. T. Harrlgun:
"Them Germans nro not slow about
claiming everything thero is; tho
Idea of their talking about n plnco
lu tho sun." Houry SougHtnckoi
(liiBtnutly): "Thnts nothing, thntr
nothing, tho English want to claim
ovon tho sun; I run across nn old
pooiu tho othor day that begins
'England's buii was slowly sotting."
Can't Do lb To Them Now. May
or Alton and tho two Carls havo bid
us nn official goodbye. Thoy hnvo
gono boyond "rocall." Wo hopo
tholr Biiccossors will got past It with
equal succosa. Thoy may bo ablo, all
oj thorn, howovor, to "como back".
Worries Vh Koine. Enill Dnudol
vns Boon Wednesday morning, whon
tho thormomotor was bolow freez
ing, walking towards hlu Contral
Avonuo rcBldouco lu his shirt alcoves,
Ho must havo been practising up on
kcoplug cool beforo taking up his
Couucilmanlc troubles. What wor
ries UH 1b how ho Is going to look
when tho hot weather come on,
A Good Deed, It was awfully
nice ol Doraoy Krellzer ot al to glvj
Dr. HoiiBOWorth for ChrlstmnB that
what-you-muy-calMt which romoves
tho dnngor In giving anaoathotlca. f
wo woro ono of Doc'h patients, nnd
know anything that would further
lesson tho danger from operations,
we'd ,glvo It to him too, If we could
Rfford It.
Be Good to Your Teeth
TAKE good caio of them
they aro Hie guardlaua
of yoiif health,
DOCTOHS acrco that with
clean, healthy teeth one
ran avoid iiiiiny of tho
ordinary ill".
SANTO.Y Tooth Pastco or
Ponder Is nhat jou should
use and the children
hhould he educated to Its
use.
CLEANSES and beautifies
tho teeth and makes a
healthful mouth.
"The Owl"
Tho Central Avonuo Drug
. store
What your patronage has meant to lis
Tomorrow, New Year's Day, Is the eighth birth
day of our store, and on its eve we take occasion
to renew our pledge and determniation to serve you
well the best that honest endeavor and diligence
can accomplish. '
Tho very liberal patronago you havo IcstoMcd upon iw during
the pant eight years has demonstrated that tho quality and diver
alty of our tock U appreciated n In nlso our earnest endeavor to
accord jou good service.
Tho realization that our efforts nro appreciated gives lis inoro
satisfaction than you Imagine. It buojn u up hi our determination
to accord you better nnd better service ius tho seasons nnS years
roU by.
Wo tako this opportunity to thank you for your business and
favors and to wish nil
A New Year Brimful of Success and Good Cheer
COOK'S
GROCERY
Phono
New Year's Greeting Cards and Oil Painted Local Views,
Calendars, Choice Myrtle Wood Novelties, Pictures,
Photo Supplies, Framing and Enlarging,
and Kodak Finishing ' s
REHFELDS
Special Order Work a Specialty
Phono li"fi-J. SSO Central Avenue
The First National
Baok?F0coos.BAy
WISHES TO EXTEND THE COMPMMENTH QV THE SEASON TO
ITS MANV FHIEND.H AND DEI'OSITOHS AND WISHES
THEM ONE AND Abb
pj Prosperous New Year
Greetings:-
.MAY HEAIril, HAPPINESS,
WITH YOU EVEHY DAY
1916
E. I. Chandler
Iteprescntlug
Fireman's Fund Ius. Co.
On eon Ins. Co.
Orient Ins. Co.
Imperial Ins, Co.
Milwaukee .Mechanics Ins. Co.
London & Lancashire Ins. Co,
Atlas Ins, Co.
Yorkshire Ins. Co.
To Our Friends and Patrons:-
Haling enjoyed n most successful business since lie have been on
Coos Hay, ivo tako this occasion to thank you all for the lieneroiw
support glicn us and wo deslio to extend to you the greeting of
the season a Happy New Year,
Thomas Music Company
Consolidation of Wiley II. Allen and W. It. IIlne Miwie Stocks
1)3 Central Avenue.
PLAN TO TAKE)
lew Year's Dinner
AT THE
Chandler Hotel
A GOOD .MENU
ROMPT
OPULAR
ROGRESSIVE
180.
PEACE AND PHOSPEIUTV HE
DUItlNtJ THE NEW YEAH OF
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London Underwriters Ihs. Co.
Phoenix Assurnnco Co.
Aetna Life.
Aetna Accident & Liability.
Loudon & LaucaslUre' Indem
nity Co.
Fidelity & Deposit Co.
Guardian Casualty & GnaraH
ty Co.
Tk Hub 9f
Central Avmviu
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