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Thu strainer u new, u strongly built and lilted with the latest improvements and will
Vi a regulai H day service, for passengers and height, between the Coquille river. Oregon,
[Copyright^ 1909. l>. American I ’ress Asso
ciation.)
AWAY WITH CANS AND ASHES
first-class Passenger Fare,
Frei
Rates,
Viewers, Shrubs and Lawns Will Re-
place Them In Madison County Scat.
Fair Sox Leaders In Cleaning Up
Movement, and Men Aid.
In the improvement of towns there
is much that can be done by women
as well as by men. The record estab
lished by women in this line of work
is very creditable and should act as an
Incentive to the fair sex of any town
to beautify their community, Some
idea of the kind of Improvement work
wotneu can do is shown by the plans
ORIENTAL PALACE AND MANUFACTURERS BUILDING.
of a civic league in an Illinois town.
Edwardsville, the county seat of
The Palace of Oriental Exhibits and Manufacturers Building have
Madison county. III.. Is fortunate In
frontage on Cascade Court and Geyser Basin and look across at Foreign
that its men and women residents co
Exhibits and Agricultural Palaces; Yukon Avenue separates these mag
operate. The men put down brick
nificent display buildings, and in the back ground the state buildings of
streets, granitoid sidewalks and sewer
Oregon and California are located.
systems, extend the transportation fa
Construction work on these buildings was completed last year and
clilties and enlarge the business Inter
exhibits
are being received and placed in position, The Oriental Palace
ssts, and the women, through the Hu
will house the most valuable collection of Far Eastern art that has ever
mane society and tlie Civic league, see
been sent from the Orient, and will preBent displays from Japan, China,
that the poor are fed and clothed, that
cruelty to animals is prevented, that
India, Ceylon, Straits Settlements, French Indo China, Borneo, Java and
the streets and alleys are kept clean
all the eastern countries of Asia.
and sanitary and that there is an
The Manufacturers building encloses a vast amount of exhibit space
abundance of flowers, shrubs and
and every foot of this has been engaged for display purposes by domestic
grass plots.
and foreign manufacturers. The interest manifested in this department of
The combination is a winner, and
the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition is world-wide and competitive dis
there Is general satisfaction that it ex
plays will be general and comprehensive. Exhibits are being daily re
ists. Now is the time when tlie wo
ceived and the heavy work of installation is rapidly being accomplished.
men get busy with spring town clean
Ing. They have a well organized
league, in which men are welcomed.
enough.”
The first gun of the campaign was
! “Ah, I see- a safe Ido wer
fired a few nights ago through the me
dium of a mass meeting.
One Developed.
Mrs VV. F. I,. Hadley, president of
“How many senses have you got.
the Civic league, presided and made an
pa?”
address Mayor Henry P. Ilota intro
»X SVACA5 M. SMITH
“About six.”
duced two of the speakers Professor
“Teacher says you have only- got
W. J. Stevens, principal of the Eugene
five.”
Field school, In St. Louis, and I). M.
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
“That is the number we are born
Hazlett, also of St. Ix»uis. Their talks
with, Johnny, but after awhile we
were illustrated with stereopticon
learn not to cash checks for friends.”
views, showing the evolution of a city
under the influence of new sentiment.
All He Wanted.
C. W. Terry, president of the Citizens’
“Why is it that the good things are
State and Trust bank, also made an
There are too so scarce, while we fairly riot lu the
address.
many women who I tilings we don't want?”
This was but the first of a series of
go about tliehouse
“I hadn't noticed it.”
meetings. In addition, the co-operation
looking like a left
“It is a fact, though.”
of city officials lias been secured, the
over bargain from
“Well, a man can only have one
schools have promised assistance, and
a Monday morn
mother-in-law.”
private citizens are enrolling under the
ing sale.
banner of cleanliness. All in all, there
Good Remedy.
seems to be little prospect for the tin
“I have the blues."
Poverty is said
can and ash pile In Edwardsville this
"Know a remedy."
o be a blessing,
summer.
• Is it easy?"
lint we have nev
The officers of the league are: Mrs.
"Easy to take, but hard to get.”
er heard of any
W. F. L. Hadley, president; C. Terry,
“What is it?”
one around offer
vice president; T. A. Desmond, second
“The long green.”
ing a bonus for
vice president; S. L. Lloyd, secretary;
it.
Miss Kate Evans, treasurer; D E
Which?
Burroughs, Mrs. R. S. Barnaback, Mrs
Wiien there isn't enough trouble to
W. R. Crossman and Mrs N. O. Nel
“I Just love work.”
son, executive committee.
go around, industrious busybodies are
“You do?”
The objects of the league, as epito sure to take notice.
“Yes."
mized by Mrs. Hadley, are:
“Well, I’ll bet a disappointment in
"To secure Improved cleanliness and
that love wouldn’t break your heart.”
orderliness In both public and private
grounds, especially the entrances to
Answered Specifications.
the town.
When a woman loses tier purse she
"Wh.it is Jenks in trouble about?"
“To beautify the town through en- Immediately thinks of her husband.
“He lias been fined for disorderly
couraglng the planting of trees, vines,
conduct.”
shrubbery and flowers.
A woman usually changes tier name
“Has lie been singing again?”
“To restrict unsightly signs and blll- because she wants to; a man changes
Itoards, to encourage municipal dis Ids generally because lie lias to.
Called For a Fishing Trip.
cusalon and to secure and maintain n
“What’s the matter witli you now?"
rest room for out of town friends.”
It Is hard to get an obstinate man on
••I’ve got spring fever.”
your side anti probably not worth the
“You always were In luck ”
trouble.
TOWN BOOMER
Humor and
Philosophy
Common Pe»t,
The scold with nu one
Makes a hit,
Although her words
The case may fit,
And thus her influence
Is nil,
Though as a scold
She fills the bill.
What Can Ba Accomplished by Culti
vating Public Spirit.
Spirit is the most substantial thing
In the human world. A nation is as
great as the collective spirit of its
people. Progress, industry, inventions,
improvements- all are but manifesta
tions of the spirit of an age, or of a
country, or of a city, or of an Individ
nal Take all the people out of New
York and put 4,000,(101) Zulus in their
places and grass would grow it; the
streets, elevator^ would stop, subways,
plevated roads and surface lines would
be abandoned and the city would fall
into ruins. But put the present in
habitants of New York in the middle
of Zululand and they would build an-
Other New York. For the people are
the city. It is their spirit that does all
things.
When Han Francisco was
shaken down and bunted, the real city
did not ceaae to be, but was only put
in the way of a new and greater man
ifestation. for the spirit of the people
rose higher to meet the entastrophe.
It has been so in every American dis
aster. Hers liberty, popular education,
democracy and individual Initiative
have built up a greater spirit in the
people, and this faith has become man
ifested In works. All this has a very
definite and practical application to
the building up of a town or city any
where. The only way this can lie done
is to build up the spirit of the people
of that town or city. Given that and
the material progress will follow. Seek
ye first the inner kingdom and all
these outer things shall be added. Like
most of the things taught by the Mas
ter, that is a scientific fact. It belongs
to that deeper human science which,
after all, is the greatest one we know.
A man may writhe
Beneath her lash
And hand her out
His weekly cash,
|iut. all the same,
He feels ns If
He'd rather tender
Her a "biff."
Though for awhile
She has her way
And man lias nothing
Much to say,
Bometlines she flnda.
To her concern.
That tn the end
The worm will turn.
But. even though
Th« worm may rise,
When she recovers
From surprise
That he should sgy
The things forbid
Bh« ninkes him sorry
That he did.
Philosophy is the thing that makes
you take other people’s distresses w-lth
equanimity.
Being pleased with yourself is a con
dition of mind not Intended to be put
on dress parade.
The headache that he didn’t have Is
the one man most enjoys.
Being in love is the business of some
people and the pleasure of others.
It Is as hard to lose some men as It
It to win some women.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot?
Not unless you owe him $10.
It Is good for one’s self esteem to
keep still and listen to what people
are saying—or not saying -about one
The best thing about the nonworry
Ing habit Is that no one is begging you
to break yourself of it.
The only annoy
ing habit some
people have is
the habit of ItV -
Long Winded.
Sometimes
a
"How much
soft answer
longer is he going
gives you a rep
to s|H-ak?"
utation for must
"Not over three
iness
hours.”
"What makes
Being gregarious. We always want
you so hopeful?"
"I Just heard what tlie other fellow wants for the
him say ‘in con same reason, although we may be to
clusion, breth tally Ignorant of his reason.
ren.' ”
Courage Is the ability to mislead peo
pie Into thinking that you are not the
least bit seared.
Practical Improvement Work.
In several states improvement sor|e.
ties invite the public to become mem
bers at $1 each and offer as a premium
•eeda and planta. In at least one in
stance ten plants of each of ten kinds
Long Distance Scrapper.
are given to each person becoming a
“Muggs claims to be something of a
member and paying the sum of $1.
tighter.”
This scheme is said to be one of the
“He is forever blowing about licking
most successful thus tried, and towns
some one.”
with such a live society are rapidly
“Wh.i doesn't somebody call his
becoming noted for their beauty and
bluff?"
•Cectiveaeoa in both prtrata and pub
"He doesn't let them ' get close
Ik iuipcx iomruL
t.
When a woman gives you a piece of
her mind it doesn't add to the peace
of yours.
if knowledge Is power, why not at-
inch the universities to the electric
motors ?
>f it Is necessary for some to weep
vie would like to pick the weyping list
“Goodby. Nan. I'm tired of loafing k .
around tlie daughter of a man who bil
lots of money."
"Dad’s money's mine too.
I can
manage him."
•I. L, WALSTltOM, Agent, Baudou, Oregon.
“Not much it isn't. He'll cut you off
¿E. I. Kruse, managing agent, 24 California St., San Fraocuco.
with a shilling If you marry me. He’s
very determined man.”
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And I'm u very determined girl."
What shall 1 do?"
"Go ask dad."
"I haven't tlie cheek not even fund
enough for a marriage fee.”
“I'll go with you ”
We wont to the old mail together, if
I hadn’t felt her hand on my own it
was steady as a rock- I should have |
collapsed. Hl range, too, since I got a
promotion in the Spanish war. A < ur-
rent <>f force running through my arm
into my body enabled me to say it all.
Having moved my store to the building
i “No,” growled the old man when 1
opposite
Trowbridge’s store I now have
had finished.
on hand a full line of
"I’m going to marry liiin anyway.
dud,” said Nan.
"if you do you’ll not get a cent of
my money.”
"You'll think better of
“You think so? I tell you by all
The largest assortmont of POST CARDS
that's holy If you marry that galoot
ever
brought to Bandon. Prices always
1 put my money into a hospital."
right.
He brought bis ti.-t down' on the
table witli such force as to upset a
pitcher standing on it. the pitcher
breaking on the floor
"And I tell yon, dad. you won't do
any such thing.”
With that she turned and marched
me awav. I felt like a dummy, and 1
was one. I'd simply talked like a
phonograph wound by Nan. The strug
gle was between the father and daugh
ter. I had nothing to do with it. I
was simply engaged to a girl who had
a battle to fight.
'They lived together after that, as be
fore, and J could see no evidence of
bitterness In either or any disposition
of either to yield. I felt very despond
ent about the mutter, because Nnn was
determined to force her father to con
sent to our marriage and wouldn't
marry me without that consent.
I
wanted her to give up the money or
give up me. She would do neither
When I spoke of the former she said
"What do you take me for? Dad's got
a couple of hundred thousand and no-
body to use it but me. I've got too
much common sense for that."
“Well, then, I'm going to"
“Oh, come, now, don't talk like a
fool! Be sensible. Leave it to me."
A fellow who had always looked
upon girls to be petted and cuddled
and managed wasn't likely to be
pleased with this way of putting it.
and 1 grumbled. But somehow I didn't
hale the sand to break with Nan. and
away down in my heart I knew that ;
If she was to marry me, who had net j
er laid up a cent, she was right in her
position. Of husband and wife the one
having the right way will always lend.
Nan and I weren't married, hut she
was so strong willed and practical that
there was no more
us than if we had I
years.
But 1 was a man
soldier. The time ci
R ites $1.00 to $2.00 per day. Special’rates by
ripe for mutiny. On
Nan that I wouldn't
week or month
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contemptible position
wouldn’t marry me
small salary, and she
to a breaking of our engagement. I
proposed to go to her father and tell
him that I was out of tin- squabble.
“Don’t make a fool of yourself.” sa
Nan. “He'll only laugh at you."
Paying no attention to tlie warning,
I hustled off to find the old man.
“Mr. Sprigman,” I said, “I have ar
rived at the conclusion that your
Portland and Coos bay Steamship Line
daughter is wrong and you are right
about this proposed marriage. I have
come to tell you that I don’t want her
with your fortune so long ns she won’t
marry me without it."
“Making a virtue of necessity, eh?”
he sneered
"I don't mean it that way. I mean"-—
“I told Nan she was trying to marry
■ fool.”
“I may lie a fool, blit I'll not remain
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Sails from Portland Wednesday at 8 1*. M.
“You won't have to.”
“Have to! of course I won't, I'm a
free man."
“Oh, don’t talk bosh!"
C M. SPENCER. Agent, Bandon
F. MILLER, Agent, Marshfield
“I don't understand you.”
"Young man, since Nan's crazy
enough to want yon, don't you go
through life with her balking her.
You won’t be able to balk her any
way. though you're trying to do it
now. She's the only- person I ever met
who had a stronger will than mine.
mid that's saying a good deal, consid
ering the obstlnnte women In the
world.
You think you're going to
shake her. do yon? In that event I
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attention given to finejwoolen goods.
She's worth twenty such as you, but
if she wants you she's got to have
Cleaning an I pressing .Mens' Suits ami Ladies' tine skirts given
you. I consent to the marriage. Now,
prompt attention
get away from l»er If you can."
Nan must have lieen listening, for
she opened the door, came in, went lo
her fattier and put her arms around
■a
his neck.
"Dear old dad,” she said. "I knew
you'd stand by me when the time
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came. And I knew you'd find out In
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time that Dick is a real manly sort of
fellow."
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her “You’ve done tlie business your
reasonable
Shop on Atwater Street. Bandon, Oregon.
self You «ent lilm to me knowing ft
would drive me In the opposite dlrec- •
tlon. Besides, you wanted to give me
an excuse to back down ”
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