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THQMA* SARACR JUDSON.
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Notice of School Warrant Sale
M'KEES ROCKS STRIKE.
Outlook's S*v«e* Are«,gem«at of Proal-
tart Hoffstot.
In a rtefit iuai.« vim Oitiook M.ga
Humor and
Philosophy
Estate Snaps
Notice -> hereby given that Sell« ■’ I
District No 54 <> C o- Countv
•VJVC4JV M. SMITH
Oregon will bctwei n the thirtieth
day cf lle-emlier Il, s' and the
tenth clay « t January I910 offer
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
for sale $5
worth of n< go.iable
' tug 6
J'l U • matter of regret with us *arrants ■' the district. I
1
per
cert
i
:ere--t.
warrants
when we can't pay our bills, butt
> be divided into four
kaart heart'd debtors don't take the amount
series
oi
$
1250
each running 3. 4,
least notice of our polite concern.
5 - nd 6 years respectively, each
An accomplished hired girl can break bona fide resident of the district will
<l«ii.s or hearts with equal facility.
have the right to subscribe once for
such loan, and for the entire amount,
’wfU
The majority of or any portion of the same not
mankind could less than $50 at par value, warrants i
restrain tlieir joy
by a herculean to be issued to small st subscribers ;
effort if they first one warrant to each (if within '
were to find an one series) and in case each bona |
increase in th« fide resident of the district has h id
pay envelope on opportunity to subscribe fo. such
Saturday night.
loan and the same has net all been
taken an 1 issued to such subscribers
I »ist ance lends or in case subscribers do not call
eue lia nt ment to lor same «¡thin three dax > alter
even a comet.
: time fixed for delivery, the same
' will be sold to other subscribers
II is hard to understand how any in the same manner as above pro
body can elect to be ill when he can vided and in accordance with the
get his picture in the paper by being
iaws governing the same.
cured and writing a testimonial.
Dated this 2d day of Dec. 190c.
P reston C S tephenson .
Many of the objectionable features
Chairman of the Board.
to being rich might be eliminated by
removing the poor from the face of Attest: | W. M ast , Clerk of District
the glol>e.
45 5t
•b e rvvt.es tlw strike at M &ees
IL ' ks as follows
From theas /Acts ai.d thia statement
we ttaluk it Is clear bo* the Fr.aei-d
Si««e. Car company answers tbs ele
mentary questions rahkd by the strike
flag ths workman any rights the Stu
ployer Is bound to respect? He ha-
tbe right to quit work, and that Is bls
only right In industry.
Is the public concerned in the way a
company treats its men? Not at all.
It is the public's business simply to
prote t property and enable the capi
talist to get laborers. What the capi
talist does with these laborers after
be gets them is none of the public's
business.
is the workman on a different basts
from the material on which be works?
Not essentially. Tbe only difference is
that the car company has to buy Its
««•I at the price set by tbe steel man
ufacturers, whereas it buys its labor
at its own price. This is. of course, be
cause the steel manufacturers ure or
ganized. while these laborers are not.
Is tbe workman to be treated other
wise than as a tool or a piece of ma
chinery? Certainly with no more care,
probably with less. If a piece of ma
chinery breaks down the company bus
to stand tbe loss, so it is careful of its
machinery. But if a workman is killed
some slight damages are paid out of
the workmen's fund, so the company
does not have to be careful of men.
This attitude is that of industrial
Marriage may be a failure, but when
autocracy. It is the attitude of those
who believe that the sole control of in it comes to alimony following suit it’s
If your Piano is worth
dustry belongs to tbe owner of capital. the limit.
anything
it is worth
It is an attitude that cannot be main
Rural
Joys.
tained in a democracy. Indeed, it is
To leaf around the county fair
possible only to the autocrat or the
And all the wonders see
Socialist. If the principle upheld by
That are Inclosed within the grounds
Is good enough for me,
President Hoffstot is right, then so
To marvel at the pumpkin crop
cialism is Inevitable, for the public
That proudly does its stunt.
I Any other kind will ruin it
must control industry, and if the own To pat prize porkers on the head
All my work guaranteed
er of capital is tbe sole arbiter of in
And^_listen to them grunt.
Drop a postal card and I'll call
dustry then the public must own all
See coming slowly down the way
capital, and tiiat is socialism.
And walking hand in hand
We do not believe that the owner of
The country swain and his best girl
While listening to the band.
capital is the sole arbiter of industry
They reck not of the multitude
Bandon, Oregon
Labor has a right as well as capital to
That views them with a grin
direct industrial activity and decide in
As up and down the grounds they stroll
And calmly take things tn.
dustrial questions. The public is more
and more going to concern Itself with
I
The trotting race at last is called;
the condition of laborers; it is going to
The judges are on hand;
Important as a load of hay,
see that laborers have at least as ad
They look down front the stand.
vantageous a position as pig iron and
Hot sports are scattered all about
that a human being is counted of more
And having such a time.
value than many pieces of machinery
And some are betting on the race
As much as half a dime.
Mr. Hoffstot is the relic of a past
Newly furnished large light room«-
epoch.
And In the pens the fancy stock
It was vUttnes'
,« Lod-nw sueet
Jail Naw T«k. LuOJo* etreer jaj is
• v,ry gvutla eonutsrparf ot rhe debt-
pnsoo <t the olden time its id
coatM are rh«iM Io contempt of tbe
ieherita&'e and certain other courts,
ferierat benkrupta, execution and Ju«lg
■ten 1 debtors and breach of promise
•Ad alimony men.
Jobs Decker had finisher! bls break
fast of mile, coffee and an egg—he
could have breakfaettx! more heartily
had tie been able to order from a
neighboring restaurant-and was sit
ting in the lounging room reading a
aborning paper when a card was
handed him. lie looked at it, frown»««!
and said;
“I understood when 1 was put in
here that uo prisoner was obliged to
see bis wife Tell tbe sheriff that I
claim tbe immunity promised.”
The message was delivered, and pres
ently th«> sheriff himself appeared.
“Your wife says, Mr. Decker, that
she has come with the olive branch,
and she told me to say in case you de
clined to receive her that she has your
son Johnny with her and wishes to
know if you will see him.”
The hard lines on Decker’s face re
laxed.
"Yes, if you- will bring him in here.”
The sheriff retired, and in a few
minutes a boy of six came bounding
Into the room and. springing into bis
father’s arms, covered his face with
kisses. They were returned in kind,
while a tear stisid in the man's eye.
“Mamma gave me a message for
you, papa. She says she was told that
you were hiding money.”
“Who told her that?”
“Mrs. Spitfire.”
"That Jezebel! She made all tb»
trouble.”
"And mamma says I was sick and
baby was sick, and she was turned out
of the rooms, and nothing to buy meat
or medicines, and”—
The man put his band on the boy's
mouth.
“Never mind all that, Johnny. I can't
bear it.”
“And mamma says she’s been study
Ing stenography and lias got a place.
She doesn't wish you to stay here any
longer.”
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“What does she wish me to do?”
WORLD LABOR CONGRESS.
“First to forgive her for putting you
In here ”
International Meeting to Discuse In
“What next?”
dustrial Problems Proposed.
“I wish you to come home."
An industrial congress hi which all
“Johnny, dear, I wish I could do the nations of the earth Interested in
both, but I can do neither "
lalior will be invited to take part is
“Not for me, poppy? Please do—just one of the propositions that will be
for me, you know.”
laid before the National Civic federa
“Very well: I’ll do the first for you.” tion at its annual meeting Nov. 18.
“And you’ll come home?”
Ralph M. Easley, chairman of the ex
"No; I can’t do that.”
ecutive council of the federation, who
“Oh, pop, please do!”
has been abroad, says he questioned
“There will be time enough to con many foreign government officials and
sider that in the future."
labor leaders on the idea of the con
"No, there won't. Mamma says— But press and found a general sentiment
I wasn't to tell you.”
that great good would result from such
“Tell me what?"
a gathering.
“That it’ll be too late then.”
“I am confident," he added, “that
“Oh. It will be too late! In other every foreign nation will join heartily
words, she must dictate just when a in the Idea and that it is possible to
reconciliation may take place.”
bring together the world’s most expert
“What's that?”
labor and industrial statisticians. 1
“Make |t up."
shall report my findings to the Na
“No, that isn’t it. I know why, but tlonal Civic federation and urge the
1 won't tell. Mamma says you're so federation to get behind the project
proud. That's one reason.”
and arrange the congress.”
“1 don't understand. Johnny. t»
One of the questions, It is thought
“Mamma says if 1 tell you you’ll that Justly could l>e brought before
never come home. You must come such a congress would be the sugges
home without knowing."
tion of John B utub , the English labor
The fattier studied the boy'a face leader, tiiat working hours should be
musingly for a time and at last said: internationally adjusted. Inasmuch as
“Well, Johnny. 1 could never refuse the labor of every nation is in compe
you anything. I'll forgive your moth tition with that of every other nation
er for putting me in here, and i’ll come From an educational viewpoint Easley
borne, wherever that may be. I sup believes the idea would benefit Amer
pose it’s In a dirty garret. But tell ica. Among the topics that probably
your mother that I won't permit her would lie considered he mentioned ad
to do tbe work for tbe fa: ly. i know vanced methods of conciliation and ar
where 1 can get $10 a we< k i:s porter. bitration, trade agreements, shorter
It's pretty hard to take su< h 11 place hours, employers' liability, old age pen
after having employed a bi dred men sions, employment bureaus and prob
myself, but I've learued that what lems involving women and children.
can't be cured must be endured "
“Ob, poppy!” The boy threw bls arms
Industrial Schools.
spasmodically around bis father's neck,
In his annual re[»ort James O’Con
gave him a quick bug and kiss, jumped nell. president of the International As
down and ran away to announce tbe sociation of Machinists, had the follow
success of his mission.
ing to say of industrial, ' education:
It was several days after this before
"Industrial schools ijjA kindred es
the red tape that held John Decker in tablishmeuts making cWnis of ability
prisou for not paying his wife her ali to instruct the rlslug generation in all
mony was cut aud he walked out a the details necessary to fully equip a
free man. The hour was 5 in tlie aft- practical machinist so that he can hold
ernoou. Boarding an elevated train, his own and command the average pay
be started for an address uptown that of a journeyman in less time and with
bad been given him as ttie abode of his less practice than it is done in the
wife and children. Leaving tbe train, machine shop are claiming more than
he passed down 11 cross street. Com can be accomplished. In theory their
ing to the number that had been given claims tuny work out most satisfac
him as his family abode, he concluded torily. but when It comes to a prac
there bad been a mistake. The place tical test they are of no greater value
was a hnudsouie apartment house. At than any other dilettante's dream.”
the elevator he asked tbe uniformed
boy if he knew where Mrs. Decker
LABOR BRIEFS.
lived.
"Fifth floor," replied the boy.
The Janitors' union of New York
Wonderiugly tbe ex prisoner entered
publishes
a monthly magazine, the
tbe elevator, and when it stopped John
ay a eyes were glistening through the Janitors’ Journal.
Referendum election of general offi
gratin*. I11 another moment a reunited
cers has l>een abolished by tlw Boot
family Were clinging In one embrace.
Mrs. Decker's money had been in and Shoe Workers' union.
Dr. Cook wore clothing bearing the
vested in her husband's business. One
Of the largest debtors to the flrm who label of the United Garment Workers
had contributed principally to the fail- of America on his trip to the pole.
are bed astonished Mrs Decker by
Fifteen thousand union workman
paylag her bis debt, a fortune in itself. took part In the parade of welcome to
Site wisely brought about a reconcilia President Gompers at Washington on
tion With her husband before he knew his retufti from Europe
that she was independent, knowing
Hernan Rosa of Washington, D C„
that after he was aware of it hie poet- haa been elect«««! international organ-
Mou would b«* very different.
laer of the Bakery and Confectionery
n»*tv followed a happy reuntoa dte- Worker«’ International rnioo of Atner-
tea.
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Rented by single night, week oi
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Their ribbons proudly wave
And show how cows of sentle breed
On fair days should behave.
The barkers with their merry noise
Fill up the hazy air.
And there Is color, life and joy
Around the county fair.
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I ;>tin. rly Stiw.ii l <>n S. S. Elizalx-lh
The BANDON STEAM LAUNDRY
Watching the Stars.
“What is t'bolley doing for amuse
ment now’"
“Taken up amateur astronomy, I
think."
“What makes you think that?"
“Well, he has an office with a plate
glass window tiiat looks right across
to when* the chorus ladles congregate.”
Couldn't Help Himself.
“They say he is awfully in love with
her.”
“I don't see how he can be, she is so
unattractive."
“But you forget”—
“What?”
“That she is so determined '
She Didn’t Like It.
"Papa says I'm not old enough to
marry."
“Did he? Well. I'll bet he wouldn’t
have liked it if somebody had asked
him to wait about marrying until be
was long past thirty.”
"Sir!-’
Fooled.
"I started ont this morning to look
for an honest dollar."
“Are you still looking?"
“No. 1 found a substitute that an
expert couldn't tell from the real thing
if they were side by side.”
Stretch of the Imagination.
“I suppose he fs still building cas
tles in Spain."
“No; he is getting a little closer to
home.”
"What now?”
"Rubber plantations in Mexico."
So Unreasonable.
“Jack's furious at me."
“What's tlit> trouble?"
"Because I didn't keep what I gave
him."
“How unjust! What was it?”
“My promise.”
Precaution.
In going to Niagara
To pat its lovely main
Don’t get too near the water.
Or you may miss your train.
«
He Knew.
NOTICE OF EXECUTOR,S FINAL
ACCOUNT
THE COQUILLE RIVER LINE*
Notice is hereby given, that the County Court
of Coos County, Oregon, sitting for probate
matters has appointed Monday, January IOth.
1910 at the hour of 10 o’clock a. m. said day,
at the Court house in Coquille, Oregon as the
time and place for hearing the final accounting in
the Estate of J.^F. Hamblock, deceased.
All
I ?rsons concerned will take notice, that unles*
cause be shown at said time and place why
such order should not be made, then the said
Court will make an order directing that the said
estate be closed, and that the Executors thereof
lx* dismissed.
Dated al Parkersburg, Oregon, December 7th
1909.
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JOHN V. HAMBLOCK
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