4itM SEMI-WEEKLY I heretofore expressed our firm belief In l.n ntinMinrh nf the nolltical mil BclIldOIl RCCOrdCr lonnlum when the omco shall seek the ... . , ninn ana not ino man mo oiulu. i uuusncu every j.uubuuy unu i nuuj by The Recorder Publishing Co., Inc. Entered at the I'ost Office ut Han- don, Oregon, as mail matter of the second class. iake nil' checks payable and address all communications to the company. .Subscription price, $1.50 per year, in advance. A PECULIAR LAW Oregon is sometimes called the fool ,., state of freak legislation, and occas ionally we are prone to admit tiiat it is true, but the admissions arc made not in contemplation of the laws passed either at initiative or referen dum legislation by vote of the people but in contemplation of laws passed by the legislature duly and regularly as sembled in tiio biennial session. We have in mind the recent law passed by the 11)15 legislature of Oregon which makes cities road districts in themselves, separate and apart from the country. Now the country, as one is to bo taxed to build, construct and maintain country roads, and the road money raised from city property will be returned to the cities for road pur poses within the city,, which means that less money will be available for road purposes in the future. We desire to say that the benefit of good roads is of no less importance to the cities than to the rural districts, if not more and that the tax should be distributed whore the benefit lies. That the cities are not opposed to road taxes is shown by the good will with which they, with the dominating vote at road elections, as against tbo rural community, frequently vote special 'taxes by large majorities to improve important roadways. Wo re gard this new law as politics, and nia 'chinc legislation and a stumbling block in the way of those who desire to help themselves. It is an addition al reason why wo should hedge and limit the power of the legislature and regard that body with suspicion, and which will ultimately lead to the abo lition of the state senate, a proposi tion that has been voted on at the last two elections and which will ultimate ly carry. We believe that among the best material found in southern Oregon for Con gress is Judge J. W. Hamiltton of Roseburg. So far as we know he has not expressed any Intention or desire in this particular regard which fact in itself, portends well for him. Coos county has no resident who better un derstands its needs and none within this county has more friends than he nor could begin a campaign with so little handicap. COOS COUNTY'S FINANCIAL ER- him; Tin:; Coos county has two principal sources of money from the great outside: namely the r.aie of her tim- I or products and the incoming invest-1 can securities. the consequent high taxes upon indust ries has been much discussed, but we have seen no mention of one result that seems inevitable. Wc refer to tho immigration of workmen as well as capital from Europe to America after the war. Almost every European nation col lects a very large part of revenue by taxation of incomes. The tax falls heavily upon "unfunded" as well as upon "funded" incomes, upon the small as well as on the large. Wheth er an income be from nn investment or from a wage a substantial part goes to the government. Hence the European worker as well as the Euro pean capitalist now faces a situation of the gravest economic aspect. Many financial experts have been nstonished because European, investors imve not hastened to sell their Amori- It was fear of such Editor Lcvar of the Coquille Herald thinks it an idiotic trick in n Randon party to send hm a false wedding no tice because it was a slick trick when he was young and on the turf. He fails to remember that there is nothing new under the sun and for each succeeding generation the old is new from folk lore tales to false marriage notices. Cheer up. Maybe the suggestion gave the young people the courage to make the report true. At least some giddy tilings had a lot of fun out of it. Why be grouchy because we are old. or, both of which sources are at a min imum now. The channels by which money Mows out oi Hie county are numerous and eacli oi inein large. We raise a very small portion of the things wc eat in Coos county, and nend an enormous sum each month in other cities for groceries, dry goods wet goods, cigars, furniture, hardware clothing, drugs, farming and logging implements, fire and life insurance and accident premiums, lodge dues, lianos, automobiles and moving pic tures, and others too numerous to mention, and wc wonder sometimes that there is enough money left in the ounty to carry on the ordinary bus ir.css transactions, buy bread and pay taxes. Wo must to the utmost, con serve our present supply and endeav or to open up new sources and resourc cs that will turn the financial tide from ebb to flood. OUT FOR THE PLUM North Rend is making a desperate effort to break into the United States congress. At last general election it launched a democratic possibility, which was swamped in a republican sea. It has started over again and at WILLIE THE IRREPRESJRLE President Wilson's note to the Ger man Government has been largely commented upon by the American press, and irrespective of political nf filiations this press is standing by the administraton in its present stand in what is generally regarded as the most serious crises so far facing our government. Conspicious, and almost alone in ad verse criticism the New York Ameri can, a Hearst paper. The influence f this paper is adverse to anything not to the interests of its master, whoso political ambitions have be. come soured by failures and disapoint ments. His presidential nmbitions compled with his failure in this regard is history. His energy and influence which are large arc expended in creat ing disscnlion and opinion "fornist" the administration, regardless of its political label or the principles which it represents. The reading public may well ac ...... ..l. .-i : :n i i! ' . . it . iiiu mi a i. i-ii'i'iuiii win unci- a repumi- ccpt me sane anil conservative con- can possibility. It is prepared to sacri-1 sensus of opinion of the American fico its one and only mayor in tho ef-! press and in preference to the warp fort, and commit to the uncertain 1 ed opinions of such papers. This is game of politics its one and only may or, in the effort and commit to the un- no time to create agitution, nor to rock the boat. certain game of politics its one and ! Olllv l.nllin. AfWfirilttlir in rnnnrl I. .li'LL Simpson has resigned ns mayor of, that city and announced his intention of running for Congress. HIGH EUROPEAN TAXES DRIVE MONEY AND MEN TO AMERICA The per capita debt of European nations was already irrcUer than THE MAN FOR THE PLACE J that of America before tho war. Wo are thorough evolutionists. We Europe's public debt at tho close of believe in the growth of man, of ideas the war. will be the most colossal in and better governments. Wo have the history of nations. The effect of 4 NEW BUILDINGS lliiililinp, nntt-riaU ;itc cliciprr now lli.ui llicy iar rni fur IS r;ir. I'lic inrriMxiiu ilmi.iiul fur liiiililinp iiutrri.iK a will a llir ii'i'cnl miiiti tin- Cjii.iI Tariff'., i'icmiiiii Ami-nun in.Mwint wrl ("ml I'.Hmih nll nil ilcrk liuil. of liinilirr, and Mural nilirr inquirum rratuiu, will in all piiilutulih i 4iiw imir.iM- in nnr v il Inn llir iii'il VII ilj BUILD NOW AND SAVE MONEY is the warning. Mv m-.Ii in ( iiunajii iiwiil will Mir hi friiin ini -r i ml In hllri'ii ir 1 1 ni Why lriuu' iMilt llir uuiH ft 11 MM 1,1 411.1 fckllllilll I 1H1I141 I..I. U llli IlllliUIIItt ttit 1411 In lljiull I lulu it (44,,. 4111J .lw.ljl.44l!!, liu't l.IMm lit 4ir 1 ixtii'li ir n.l Iimm iui kH. r 4itmtr unit I l.i ..it 1,1 1, 411.I iiwl'lr. Ilu-Mi 4II In liululut' W ItW UlWMat "iiiiiiii J 111 iimium .an I..4 I'J ! Itiir lull , l .MMlwItfiiitl ttHkuuJ litr n -..!..!,, I l l I(j AMWAJlJ J' H rf (,ii. if 4J 4H-I iU'iin. J iriuf KARL II, SCIIBIU, M4Mlttl nn a mvmnws oiwb "liquidation" that led the New York Stock Exchange to close its doors eight months ago, and the same fear led also to the adoption of 11 "minimum price schedule" when the exchange opened again in December. The other day the restriction as to "ininimums" was removed without causing the slightest flurry. It now seems that the fears of American stock brokers and bankers were without foundation. Instead of seeking to withdraw capital from investments in America there is reason for a flow of invest ment capital to America. The pres sure that will first cause this flow will be the greatly increasing taxes re suiting from the war. Wlierc money goes there go men but even if money does not go in ad vanco of men, still men will leave Europe in greater numbers than over before. America has always been tho promise land, the world's El Dorado When in addition to this lure, there comes before European workmen realization that the tax gatherer about to reduce their already meager wage, can it be doubted that America will look more attractive than ever? May wo not anticipate an exodus from the old countries such j)s lias never been witnessed before? Let us consider another factor that will have its influence in causing the exodus. If that shoestring of land be tweon North and South America had been broken by nature n thousand years ago instead of by man of a few months ago the Pacific Const of this continent would probably have been is densely settled ns the Atlantic sea coast now is. There are reasons for thinking tiiat Now York might have been located at the Golden Gate or on I'ugct Sound. Clinia icallv the Pacific Coast is more attractive than the Atlantic. Of natural resources there is wealth enough on the Pacific to support fiftyfold the present popu lation. The coal of the Atlantic foal oard finds its equal in the fuel oil and vaterpower of the Pacific. In fact tiic latent power in the now summits of the Sierras and the Cascades is vastly greater than that in nil the "fossil sunshine" of Pensylvtnia. An acre of bean land in Los Angeles County sells for ? 1,000, and fno price brought is only the eauitalized annunl income from several crops of beans. Citrus lands at $5,000 nn acre mare it evident that tho Golden State holds its title, not merely because of its haptismnl namo of Ml). In seeking to find snmn fault with tho natural resources of the Pacific a New Yorker remarked to It's .Seattle cousin: "Rut you have no lobster 1 indi genous fo your coast". "We have Dungeness crab?, how ever that make a taste for loliHters seem like the perverted appetite of a Digger Indian for clay.". There in a quid for every quo, mid the quids Kciiiii, on the whole, to hnvtt tht bint of the quo, in wiiuparlmf our Wratum with our Itiutorn Cm,i. Hut windier Ihln lm tin giuiitil vitnlM iiMtOi' lltilf. Tlit) faiil tlutl tlMu-rttw imrtifukr tmlUu U I ha I llu ii'UlVtt. 'wllir- aviiW iitrutfk it i. ut lit PHM itu. A Mtmum ut ItflMM will MOM,, Uy 11 Ia4 &u I REMEMRER $ I remember, I remember the house where 1 was born, the little window where the sun came peeping in at morn. You'd hardly know the old place now, for Dad is up-to-date and the farm is scientific from the back lot to the gate. Tho house and barn are lighted with bright acetyline, the engine in the laundry is run by gaso line; we have silos, we have nutos, we have dynamos and things, a telephone for gosship and a phonograph that dngs. Tho hired man has left us we miss his homely face a lot of college graduates are working in his plnco. There's an engineer and fireman, a chauffeur and a vet., 'lectrician and mechanic, Oil, the farm's run right, I bet. The little window where the sun nine peeping in at tho morn, now brightens up a bath room that cost ld a err of corn. Our milkmaid is .moumatic and. she's san'tary, too, but Dad gets fifteen cents a quart for milk Ihat once brought two. Our cattle came from Jersey and the hogs are all Duros, tho sheen are Sduthdown beauties and the chicken Plymouth Uock. To have the best of everything that is our aim and plan, for Dad not only farms it, but he's a business man. E. V. Mclntyro. ENGAGEMENT EXTRAORDINARY 00 3 & MANY YEARS AGO. (From the Recorder of May 1005 Lee Cox was laid up for repairs. He had been in a logging camp near Prosper. Frank J. Fahy had just moved to town. He was getting things in read! ness to start the Rank of Randon of which he was to be cashier. Among the outgoing passengers on the Elizabeth were Jose Loncve and daughter Sylvia. The latter was going to Snn Francisco to take treatment for spinal trouble. - EXPOSE OF THE WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC IN FIVE WONDERFUL REELS Prof. A. M. Harrison the noted Lecturer will give a Brief Talk on White Slavery. This five reel feature was shown to 100,000 people in San Francisco. SHOWN AT THE GRAND THEATRE NEXT WEDNESDAY, MAY 19 x 3: 4- I $ ADMISSION 20c Children 10c ONE NIGHT ONLY t I- J. Curtis Snook was the dentist of llandon. resident M. L. R. Edmunds, principal of the Randon schools skirted for tho Port land exposition with about a thousand small envelopes, containing collections of agates for exhibition purposes. At the primary A. D. Morse was re nominated for Recorder. Ten nnmes were placed on the ballot for trustees. Carl Danielson became landlord of tho "Tupper bouse". A .school entertainment was to be held May UOth. Roy Corson was on tlie program for an oration and Vic tor Rreuer was to give a recitation. "Lookout rock" had been tunneled and it was planned to set off seven tons of powder within it on the fourth of July. It had been determined to dispose of the rock and the explosion was to lie tho drawing card for a Fourth of July celebration. From the Recorder, May 17, 18!).r Mrs. Emma J. Ericson opened up the "Central house" and asked for patronage. Randon nnd Coquille of the Coos county base ball league were schedul ed to play a game on the following Sunday afternoon. The schooner Long brought in about forty tons of freight. Frank Rupert is -reported to have bagged 210 snipe in U'li shots. White the pugilist who Btole the Hpt'ctui'loa from Fnnberg was sou tinned to '!) day in the county jail. A. W. IClmo couverleil hit picenlo Into nn "I! lint" by the me of enil ridge Hindi mid now hit one of the IliMNit liuitruiiiunU lo bo luid. The iMMiMUMiry imu'liliwy IihiI Immw iimIhhkI for it broom hMiMllo ftifUny mI wh iimtl U bo imuly (v Imi Ijimm In i wend. Wring m JtfNMV Ml 1iMjK)iW. N. II. MmUk t ftMllwrw furry m44 UtuW'tiuJ fmuui ut mmd U Um Hhh Uxi uulu wHI lot I Uuiitui Upt t u d mmi kwi ut mm i ll RINOEN ON THE RHINE A sodlier of the legion lay dying in Algiers, There was lack of woman's nursing, there was lack of woman's tears; Rut a comrade stood beside him as tho life blood ebbed away, And bent witli pitying glances to hear what he might say: The dying soldier faltered as he look that comrad's hand And he said I never more shall see my own, my native land, "Take a message and a token to some distant friends of mine, For I was born at Ringeu, at Ringen on the Rhine." Tell my brothers and companions when they meet and crowd around To hear my mournful story in the pleasant vinyard ground, That we fought the battle bravely and ere the day was done Full many a corse lay gasping pale beneath the setting sun, And mid the dead and dying were some grown old in war, The deatli wounds of tho battle field were hid with many a scar, And some were young and suddenly beheld life's morn decline, And one had come from Ringen, from Riugen on the Rhine. "Tell my mother that her other son must comfort her old age For 1 was ere a tiuant bird that thought his homo a cage; And my father was a soldier anil oven as a child My heart le .pel up to hear him toll of struggles fierce and wild, And when he died and loft us to divide his scanty liinrd, I let them take wlmtoVr they would but kepi r, father's sword, And on th- . ...lagu wall I hung it where t'.c i'i'lit light tued to ihino Ah it nlm.. on d..ilaut lllngon, bravo Itingon o i tho Rhino. "Toll my i ..tur not to weep fur m or Ktund with biiwd hiKid When the unup.; gu umrclifiiK bum again w t'i ulud un I tr limit trwul, Hut to Ii. upon II . in proudly with n mini hi.iI utiwilfiui oy Fur her b 'Hun a wihllw, tim, um! wit nfiu'J Ut dur Am) if m i mrtU m-U hi I m in i ituuw 'I'm Mm ' i ! tiiiil) MiiliKKi c gtvi mt imiu ment that sparkled in her eye; fi. : . r . . c l r.v.. 1 IMI IIIOll'lll llll UlllJHUll , IIIU lllllll llll idle scorning, Ah, friend sometimes t lie liglitc t heart makes oftlimes hen vie t mourning, inn hit, uiu nisi lllllll- (i nil, mi ere the moon be risen be out of prison, Mii:imi i KMHifi ill's ill nnr wiu'i'i im briglit light used to shine ii. mifiwn fin HiKimii. tiinir.in. inv( 1 Riugen on the Rhine. "I saw the blue Rhine sweeping clo I heard or seemed lo hear Tho (icrman songs we used to su with chorus loud and clear, And up the pleasant river and donn Hie slanting hill Tho echoing chorus sounded in the e oiling calm and still And her glad blue eyes were on me a we passed with friendly talk Down many a path beloved of yorr and well remembered walk, And her little hand lay lightly, cuii fidiiigly in mine, We'll meet no more at Ringen, ai Ringen on the Rhino His voice grew faint and bushy, In grasp was childish weak, His eyes put on a dying look, he mi n ed and ceased to speak; His comrade bent to lift linn, but II spark of life had fled; Tho soldier of the legion in a form laud was dead, And tho round moon rose up miflly a softly she looked down On tho red Hand of the battlefield u ' bloody corse strewn i Aye, calmly on that dreadful ci u bright light neeiued to Inn' As it mIiowii on distant Riiii'in lliiitfeii on the Rhino. --('aniline K So RXKCUTOR'S ()TI( I Notice l hiiniby given II it County Couil uf the Mad of On for Cimm County, by mdir nu b Ull H'lli d,i nf Mh, I 'l ilppn Itawlbi .1 Ai! i 'in ii Hi I' ' i ltl uf llll l.i I u ill Mini Ii I II I ' liilin I.. 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