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TUESDAY, MAY 23, 191 6. EVENING EDITION
FOUB " THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON,
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COOS BAYTIMES ! P"" :
Sa. L MALONKk, KUllor Mud Pub.lt n TUP TnAQT li
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Official
Official
Paper of
Paper City
Coon County
of Mnrsbfleld.
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Entered nt tho PoBtotflco at Marsh-
Hold, Oregon, for transmission
through tho malla aa accond-claga
mall matter.
9UHSCKIPTION KATE8
One year J6.00
n,,. mnnth fiO
TALKS WITH Till
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Tho grout lesson of blog
rniiliy Is to show what limn
tnn be nnd do nt his best.
A noble llfo nut fnlrly on
record nets llko on Itisptfa
tlon to othoM. Samuel
Smiley.
WHY DO YOU WOltUY?
PltOSPKUOl'S MIDDLl' WFSTIIKX
Kits IHX.IX TO TUItX WICSTWAUI)
Pray
HI2HH arc a few don'ts to bo
observed In writing newspa
per advertising.
Don't glvo a list of goods that nro f8
always carried In a store of your
Kind without giving pikes, if you
nro In the dry good3 business, peo
plo know that you carry calicoes
tho price Is what Interests them.
Don't run tho anmo adv. week af
ter week, but chnngo your copy nt
least every other Isauo, or better
utlll every l.isuo of tho paper.
Don't uso twenty Inches of space
and try to put forty Inches of ad
vertising into It. One thing well
advertised Is worth more to your
business limn a dozen nrtlclcs poor
ly exploited.
Don't write your iidvortlsoinonts
liurrludly. Anything Hint is worth
doing nt nil, Is worth doing well.
Don't got the copy for your adv.
to tho nowspapor at tho last minute.
Ilavo It ready and In tho hands of
tho editor tho- day before tho
dato of publication.
Don't advertise Just now nnd
then, but keep at It nil the time.
A small space used, constantly Is
worth mora In final results than u
largo spaco used occasionally.
PAPKIt COST AXI) XI'WKPAPI'KS
IT IS not iiowh to nowspapor readers
In any part of tho world that
newsprint paper has advanced by
lonpH nnd bounds during tho last
olghtoon mouths, for have not tho
newspapers of the world with one ac
cord been telling their renders about
It with groat regularity in tho period
named? In tho United States, laud
of big nowspapors, tho udvanco Is
felt by publishers, nnd felt keenly,
oven though the times generally,
vlowod from Uio counting room a to
good. Tho cost of print paper Iuih
been rising so steadily thnt loss on
circulation has boon cutting deeply
into the profltn on advertising. It Is
not necessary that one shall bo a
newspaper publisher in order to see
that when the cost of tho raw materi
al in tho now.ipnperoxcocdH tho prlco
obtained for it from the distributor,
tho moro papers distributed tho
greater must bu tho loss. Many nows
papors pay a vory small fraction of
profit on circulation under tho host
of conditions. Sumo of these since
tho outbreak of tho war have m-oii
tho mnrgln of profit reduced to the
dlsnppoarlng point. Others see the
margin of loss wldonlng to tho dan
ger point,
llonco at tho thirteenth annual
mooting of the American Newspaper
Publishers Association, held III Now
York within tho lust Tow days, tho
subject of itdvniuing tho prlco of
nowspapcra to readers was gravely
considered. This has always been n
Btop which tho averago newspaper
publisher would prefer to avoid, lie
would rather suffer pome loss, us a
rulo, than tako It. Prldo in circu
lation ami profit in adwr
tlslng nro both opposed to lncioasln
tho street or subscription solilnK
nrlco. Nevertheless, there must bo a
limit to tho loss which the publisher
Is willing or able to carry. Tho
burden cannot all bo put upon tho
advertiser. Tho reader must assume
porno of It. How much of It tho read
er -will cheerfully nssunio Is a quos
Hon, for mules he assumes It ehoor
fullv elrciilntlnn Is affected In tho
cutting down of tho numbor of papers
taken at ono's home or purchased
nt news stands or on tho stroets
i Is not likely that an advance
in i im mice of any newspaper. If
mndo at all. will he made by a now.
paper association: that Is a matter
which will probably bo loft entirely
i iiiiiiviliial nubllshors: hut while
tho national association was ponder
ing the question in Now York editors
nnd publishers In Pennsylvania wore
adopting tho following:
Uesolvod, Hint tho publishers of
dally newspaper thioiighout till
stato publicly ivo notice that unless
there he Immediate ind Kioat mater
ial reduction In tho pronont prices
of labor, mechanical material and
white paper, tho time lias arrived to
chnngo tho price of the 1-cent news
paper lo 2 cents a copy.
A groat wivliiK mlHht, of course,
ho mado by many dully publication
through tho reduction of bulk and
the elimination of Nponaio but ap
parently unwarranted and uncalled
for features. However. Ihla la a
phaso of the subject that demand
fuller treatment than can I tslven
It here. The iiitoreetlng thin- is that
out of tho conditions that event nr
creating In those later day many
O, why do you worry und why do
you fuss?
dollais to doughnuts that
things might bo "wuss".
what In tho world are you
hoping ,to gain
When, by day and by night, you
simply complain?
A laugh Is worth moro than u
river of tears;
An ounce of bright hope thin a
ton of dark feni5:
A cheer beata a groan by a hun
dred to one,
And growllng's a capital habit to
shun,
To doiiblo your troublo and add to
your care,
Keep talking about them, yea, no
matter whero;
lint would you got rid of your
burdens of grief?
Forgot that you havo them, you'll
soon find relief.
If nobody had any troublo but you,
Do you know that l' think to you wo
would do?
We'd oncaso you In glass nnd
wrlto "Horo'a a mun
Unlike any othor hIiico mortals
began".
If wo novor had storms, no rnln-
bow's wo'd bco,
And a vory great loss that suroly
would be;
Tako heart, nnd tako hopo thou,
and seek to live so
That to other.? tho right way to live
you may show.
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't WATERFRONT NEWS J
Mltb'AICWATF.U UK
The steamship Preukwnlor in ex
pected in here either Into tomorrow
night or early Thursday morning,
depending on the time she gels away
from Portland,
I'LUKIt t'OKS vl'0 IIOSTOX
It Is snld Hint the steamship (leorge
W. Kid or, formerly plying Into Coo
liny, has left Vnlparlso. Chile, with
a cargo of nitrate for lloslon. On
her arrival there she Is to loadn
general cargo Tor Chile again .mil
thenco back to San Francisco. She
Is owned by tho North Pacific Steam
ship Company but Is under charter
to tho California South Seas Naviga
tion company.
PUTTING it i:w wjuki.kss
HOW'S THIS?
"My friends should iilwayn boar In
mind",
I hear Will Diingau sighing
"That I can't Ilvo unless they're
kind
Knough to help mo out ' 'lying."
Money Plentiful In That Section nnd
High Priced Ijind li Having
Kffect
An unusual era of prosperity In the
Middle West with money plentiful
In reported by Dan Mnloncy of Tho
Times who returned Saturday night
from pcvornl weeks stay In Iowa.
As a result of this, ho says resi
dents of that section are already be
ginning to turn westward again and
thoro Is every Indication of nn unus
ually heavy westward movement of
monoy and people to the Northwest
this year. Tho prevailing Interest
into In tho banks there now Is 5 '
per cent.
Weather llucUwnrd
Weather conditions throughout the
Middle West Iravo been backward
again this spring. It Is cold, windy
nnd rainy. Thcro has boon little nice
weather so far and some apprehen
sion wns felt In Iowa lest tho cool
wenther Interfere with llio corn crop
ngain this season. Last year, the
com crop was short nnd the quality
very poor as a result of an unusually
wet, cool summer.
UlKIt Prices Prevail
Tho unusual prosperity thoro Is
duo to tho extraordinary prices pre
vailing: for nil the products of that
section. Corn and oats nro bringing
the farmer about fifty cents, boss
$9.2ii per hundred, cattlo about tho The section gnng of tho Southern
samo, butter ubout thirty cents pen pacific was busy this morning clean
pound. Farmland prices are soaring, hng the. weeds out of the local yards
Five years ago $100 to $125 was con- 8o that they are now taking on a mot
sidcrcd a high price for tho farnii ropolllan air.
lands in Iowa nnd now tho prlco
ranges from $200 to $nr0 per ncrc.j'imiXCIXC OUT STItAWItF.KUIKS
Cash rentals havo ndvanced from Sli Cant. Monson, of the Messengor
or $i por ncro until now thoy rnngo i within tho past few days has begun
from $8 to $10 nnd in some Instancosi bringing out tho first of the najnes
ryE
you I
GOT NY EVE ON
KNOW JUST WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SAv
ywv i mem i wun inc wnt , uuriT YOU?
YOU'RE VRONG! I'M SMILING BECAUSE THIS ISA
Krnost Drews, who Is messenger
bov for tho Western Union, spondni
his spare Umo learning the telegraph
le codes nnd mnatr.rliiB electricity
Out at his homo In Kuglowooil ho Is I
now Installing a wireless plant. There
nro two poles already raised, ono lo
nnd tho other ". feet with three wire
between, llo expects bis instru-.
ments hero within a few days. With
them lnstnlled he will bo able to re
ceive messages from u dlstauco of
S00 miles nnd solid about tiiOO
miles.
CLKAXS UP YAltllS
Ll'MIIIMtMAX Di:.D
as hlgJi as $12 por acre.
I'mincrs Use Machines
Iowa fnnnors especially nro enjoy
ing tho tido of prosperity to tho ut
most nnd tho farmer who hasn't lit
own auto Is now In tho minority nnd
tho hulk of them own the more ex
pensive machines. It Is not Infre
quent to sco a lumber wagon tied to
tho rear of u slx-cj Under machine',
linking Toward WoM
Western farm lands nnd Irrigated
projects aro now especially nttract-
l lug Interest there. On the train, ho
I met u number of Illinois rnrmora who
were coming to Idaho with a view of
Men luivo more koiiso than worn-. ,..,, .. ,..,, ..., on .,. Snnlu.
en. You never saw u rod bonded
i Itlver. Thoy were from near llloom-
hns put the berries back a few days.
! Inlot strawberries, llo says there, HOQUIAM. Wash.. May 20. Hob-
will bo many bushels of berries from Crt F. Lytic, or lloqulam and Port
up there this season.' The rain so land, ono of tho host known Iiunbor
far has done no damage, though 1 1. , men of tho Pa-lflc Coast, died here
early today ot heart trouble, nriei
a month's Illness, llo camo to this
city In 1SS!I, and wns u pioneer liim-i
hermiin of the Clays Harbor country.
Ho was heavily Interested In lumber
maiiiifactiiriiiK on days Harbor and
in Orogon.
i:xciiaxti:i) iiixps iiauimiux
Delayed roturiiH from Friday's pri
mary were received from ICuehnntod
precinct today. For commissioner,
llarrlgan received II and Philip it
nnd so llarrlgan wax qulio elated thin
morning liuvlng reduced his oppon
ent's majority ,to !!. However,
llnyiies Inlot then came with liar-
rlgnn 7
diilum swung hack
yisit xoiith m:xi
U. .1. Simpson, who Is supervising
a numbor of Improvement nt hi
uud Philip IS ho tho pen- palatial .homo nt Shore Acre, and
wife woro In North llond todny.
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uuiu wuo imuKiiioii uisi im imu - IBloll wi,cro fnnil iiuuia ro now
burn hair. i . ....i,.,,. .,r.n .... ,.,.
I l.llinbei' In 1 1 It'll
According to prices nsked by the
retail lumber yards In Iowa, wostorn'
lumber prices should ho high. Shin
xlos sell nt retail In (own for $l.."0,
pur thousand and tho poorest grade j
lumber at a minimum of $110 to $:ii
por thousand. Most of tho lumber,
with tho exception of the Umbers Is
Southern pine. Tho shingles and
Inrger timbers nro usually from the,
west const.
It has Just about got so that If
mother nsked daughter to iM the
dishes daiightor would get out an
Injunction restraining mother from
being cruel nnd unusual.
AIlTlll'H M'OUU,OCIl was down i:. MOST, of the Sperry Flour
from I layiies inlot this luornlnir on company over In llandon, came
a shopping trip, over this morning on the train.
Sometimes the
for nothing cost
thoy nro worth.
tilings you got
you more than
SAMP. OI.D KPIHXtiTI.Mi:
Same old springtime, oamo old mil-
le,
Snmo old luring call and wish
Of tho untie fields of clover
And to loaf Hiimowhoro and fish.
Snmo old vUlous of tho river,
Fume old drenmlng. dreaming nvur
lloyhoods ilown In far-off plaeoa.
and tho sunburned, freckled
faces
And, oh, that same old springtime,
still a Kilt of Koldou Kiaces!
Same old sprliiKtimo with Its mes
sage Of tho wood and of the vnle;
Samo old ideas of adventures,
('(Us to break and boats to sail,
Fame old cherry blossom growing,
Sumo obi apple bloom and peach,
Samo old golden music flowing
Samo old loblu's niwt to roach;
Snmo old sprlnKtlino, yes, forevor.
In tho heart of dreams and
light,
as Hwrot. as swoot forever
tliroiiich tho ora that tako
their flight.
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MAY OPKHATK .Ml Mi
Put
Never pity n Coos May man bo
causo ho looks shabby and greasy.
Maybe his wife wears all tho good
clothe in the family.
DUALS. Ore.. May 22. Col. K. W
Page, of tho Pago Investment Co.,
wus In Drain this week on husliioss.
Mr. Page will go oast in a few days
to attend to some mutters In con
nection with his company. i
While hole Mr. Pago stated that In'
till probability their mill, three milo
west of Drain, would rosuino opera-;
(Ions this summer or full. Hither
tho Pago InvoHtiuunt Company will,
operate It, or It will he luasod to
some company. i
Tho mill litis a cutting capacity of,
about :tr.,000 foot per day, anil will'
employ about r0 men.
Col. Pago believes that the lumber
industry is on tho boom, nnd Unit ln
a short time the price of lumber will
bo higher than ever before j
Tho resumption of operation of the!
Piikx) mill will bo a considerable helpj
to Drain, ns it will furnish employ
ment to tho heads of a good many
families, j
fM&Mr g4Lrf
PORTLAND
First
150
Class B
F. A. KILBURN
SAILS MAY 29
North Pacific Steamship
Co.
Smith Terminal Dock.
h. O. rUKIIIXfJ. Agent
Direct snlllni,' to KUHI'ICA,
SAX FltAXCISCO, SANTA
HAItllAltA, LOS AXd'I'LKS,
SAX du:u.
STR. BREAKWATER
MAY 25
The First
National
Bank OF coos bay
.11 .M mill OF KI'DKItAh lll'SI'ltYl-: SVSTLM
(joyi:hxmi:xt hupkuvisio.v
UXDKR t
OFI'ICI'ltS
W. S. CHAXDLi:i, Pies.
DOItSF.Y KUi:iTi:it, Cashier
W. i:. IIUTLKIt, As-,t. Cashier
IIICX It. CHAXDLI'll, .Ahst.
Cashier
niitirruiis
AV. S UIIAMH.I'lt
.ioiix s. toiu:
W.M. (.'ltl.MllS
tW. 1". DOUCSLIH
noitsi:v Kiti:ni:it
JOIIX F. HAI.Ij
s. c. iuh'i:iis
IJAXKIXfJ.i:i'FI(li:.CY
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Oldest Haul: In Coos County
Etalllhed 1M
INTER-OCEAN TRANSPORTATION CO.
S. S. Adeline Smith
Passengers Only
SAILS FOR SAN FRANCISCO BAY
Every FIVE DAYS, from SMITH MILL DOCK
PHONE 44, SMITH TERMINAL DOCK
C. F. McGEORGE Passenger and Freight Agent
Flanagan Bennett Bank
Miirhhflold, Coos County, Oregon.
Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits $120,000
INTKIIKST PAID OX TI.MU AS RAVINGS I),-'nS'" .
Officers J. W. BENNETT, President; JAS. II. ;,Ji.
Proshlcnt; II. P. WILLIAMS, Cashier; 0. F. MNCE5iw.
Assistant Cashier.
Flanagan Sb Bennett Bank
"""""" . . $35.00.
Capital AAV viw
Officers-J. V. DENNETT President; JAS. 'JJuA
President; L. M. SUPLEE, Cashier; L. T. DLMENT, Auu
Cashier.
Bennett, Trust Company
OCEAN BEACH AUTO LiNE
Gorst A KlnK.
1h-o Murshfield nt 7 n. in., anil returning leaving .from Empire at
8 a. uu Leave Mnndiflchl at 11 n.iu. uud returning leave South
Slough at 1 p. in. Leave Marslifleld at fi p. m. and returning
leave Smith Slough nt (I p. in.
Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits $l,w
Offlcors J. UENNETT, President; TOM T. DE. . 'sffis.
President; AUTIIUU M'KEOWN, Secretary; BB
TON, Treasurer.
Tho Only' Trust Conipanj' In tho Stato, Oatsldo of 1'or
Orunnlzca fnuer mo .-
Hand, lfl
IOKXTIFY IIMIl MAX
nilALS. Oro., May '.'2. Tho body,
of tho man found dtwd along the'
vngon road near Drain whoro ho had
eauijied was that of Eldredgo Waulosii,
Baik
After all It Un't travollliiR too
fast that caiuotf tho automobile !i'-; ,f uleui
eldouta. Stopnln too ttulilonl)'. Aecordlug to statements made by
cuimiw all the trouble. ,,u, ,,,, ,. lnoXwr M M)l.aln
- tho (Uvoasod was about f0 years of
(lonorally spoahlng, tho tn0ha(jo ami had boon subject to heart "
lioa soinovliere botween your oplu-i attacks for several yours, lie was'
Ion of the matter and that of tho nulto wealthy, IuivIuk projiorty nt
man who oppoaw It. I piiooniw Ai'Uona, and at Sateni. Ore (
- ! turn, and in other stata. Mr. Wan-
lf uu object U too close to tho! loss is wild to bo survived by two
dye It cannot be seen. ThatV , aoiia, one of whom lives In Salem and
uhv wo know thai other Coos Havltha nlber in Mlnneanolls. At the
chaiigeaaroroeultluK which may have ,,,,, ,,avo f;uUg ,, ,,liU w' umo or his sudden doath. Mr. Wan
u porinnnont influence upon tho bual- mv,MV-t uy ' illB8 wa8 enroato front points In Call-j
nosa of nowspnper piiiillshlnat. The j fomla to Salem by private oonvoy-J
ono great hope Incident to the sit i:u.ry Coos Ha woman U u lit- ane Tho doad man's effe ts wiiieh
nation is that If we may not have as,u tow by about It If ber lnuhann .ro removed from the body hv the'
ninny elienp novspaprs In tbr futur. ' )u.s baUn'.s bread as as lie loroner will prohahlv be turned oer
we may. nt leat. lno l tt i oih likes hers t0 his brother at Salem 1
icanoinavian-Amencaii
WMKUE SAVIXGS MV, SAFE
WE INVITE YOU TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT AT THIS
BANK TODAY .
$1.00 STARTS THE ACCOUNT
HOUPxS 9 TO 3
SATURDAY EVE 7 TO 9
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For reliable Abstracts of Tl.1
information about COOS "AX
ESTATE, boo
istracts
TitleGuaranteec&AbstractCompany
Marahfield and Coqulllo City, Oregon,
flenernl Agents Kastsldo nml Scngstuckcn's Adiu" (MeA
Snacliil iitlmitlnn nnld In nssessineiltS allll pn- .
HKXRY
jlangtf-
EXPERT WELDING of METALS
Steel, brass, cast, Iron and aluminum castings made
like new
DEMONSTRATIONS DAILY.
Koontz Garage
Phone 180-J. North Front Street
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GRAVEL
We are now prepared to furnlah GRAVLfnIjLiDj price:
3m pile In our yard or la carload loti, at i
to V
T- f
Mis- t
from pile la our yard
Trom pile on ground, ?3.?6 per yard.
Canoad lota, taken from can,
Ratall DepartmMt.
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C. A. Smith Lumber
Oppoatto Foot-Office.
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