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A Feature Supreme
WILLIAM FOX
presents
Betty Nansen, the Royal Actress
stul
Edward Jose
"A Woman's Resurrection" I
Adapted from Tolstoy's Resurrection
BETrY NANSEN
Hundreds of people in the cast. Majjnificicnt Stage Settings. Sec Russian Convicts
on way to Siberia. Terrible ourages committed in Russian Prisons.
15c &
5c
Grand Theater, Friday, December 24th
Coming-Next Sunday-Marguerite Clark in "The Pretty Sister of Jose"
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Hero's to the Itandon debaters!
The list has been selected and the or
utors are going Into training. Hero's
wishing them success.
Now that the Oregon avenue in
junction lias been made permanent
, instead of spending money to carry
the case higher up, why not U'.ko the
sum this would cost and apply it to
incidentals in running the street down
the old trail?
Christmas in the trenches. Somehow
the prhaso docs not have a very at
tractive sound.
It would 1)0 n considerably moro
I tractive thine; to Ilandonians if pay
. g the tax would insure their being
0. "cuplod in their occupation, i
Parcels post and Christmas paeka
lies but no, wo won't say anythitiK
1. 'jout it. Lets forget it.
About as lino a specimen of scenery
i T we have seen for a loan tinio was
i io new rock work and the sand dunes
i tho other side of the river serving
i a back ground yesterday morning
i j the Grace Dollar comlngjn on hor
( wn power. And judging from ex-
rcssious dropped a great ninny peo.
lo in UmuIoii nro willing to agree.
.
I noss for war, preparedness for pros- "Wormwood" by Marie Corclli as
perity appears to liavo neon overiooK- prescniou ni ine viranu msi riu.ij
ed. Three of the hip; railroad com- night was a tragedy with a capital T.
litanies have already placed an embar-ISix persons who wore the main char-
go on freight because of the impossi-1 acters therein, shuuied oil the ilis
bility of getting cars' to carry it. I tasteful coil of an irksome existance
" during n short interval of time and
It really looks as if the Rood times t)10 story halted as if perforce it could
prcvnlent elsewhere were -about to I j,0 no longer, the cast of characters
dawn in Handon. Now in the glowj mvjK i,cun exhausted. All, save pos
of approaching Iiht would be a good sji,iy onC( ,iiL,,i abnormlil deaths. Two
time to resolve to give the tin horn ' committed suicide, one was murdered
a vacation, cork up the excess of hot1.,,,,! another died in a frenzied delir-
air and braggndocia, prick the bubble ;um i,L.iK haunted by a leopard
of a few inflated speculative values
and build Handon as some of her lat
est buildings have been built of hon
est material, on solid foundations.
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What better time than this glad
Christmas time to express our con
gratulations to the gentleman in the
White house and extend our felicita
tions to the new first lady of the land.
Charity is a beautiful thing for the
donnor on Christmas day or any other
day and not a few Itandon dinners will
taste better to the attendants around
the board in tho knowledge that de
serving hungry were fed the day be
fore. Hut, somehow or other, the idea of
Christmas is not associated with cha
rity. It is the honoring of those
whom we love and respect. It is pret
ty largely a homo circle affair where
the tics of fellowship are strongest.
gnawing at a bone, that dogged his
footsteps. The most curious part of it
was that the spectator saw the sum
mary and drastic disposition of the
of the people of the story with resig
nation, if not to say with relief. It
was as if any end that might be de
vised for the quietus of the moving
spirits of the plot other than the one
employed would have lacked appro
priateness. It made one positively
blood thirsty to look upon them. The
spectator could get somo inkling of
the attitude of audiences to the glad
itorial sport of ancient Rome and had
the test been applied to Miss Corelli's
master piece the reply would have
been "thumbs down" every time.
An absinth fiiend as presented by
Miss Corclli is certainly about as re
nulsive as a human being can bo.
A supposed panther has for some
time had its lair near Cox's mill and
The very idea of the birth of Christ last week Cash Coonso and Bess
does not harmonize with charity. It! Wilcox succeeded in bagging the an-
is recognized as the sacrifice of a imal. It was not a panther but the
Father to his children. There is a : people who caught glimpses of it in
generous overflow of the Christmas ! tho woods wore justified in thinking
spirit that reaches out to tho wretched i so. When the animal was displayed
In the general hustle for prepared-
and unfortunate but the fountain head
of Chrismaa is in the home
The Sanito Grocery
H. E. HORNUNG
To introduce our line of HI ELASS
GROCERIES we are giving away
Ten Big Prizes
1st prize, $5.00 worth of Groceries.
9 other prizes, including
Casserole, Percolater, etc.
One Chance with every 50 cent Purchase
Phone 57 We deliver
on First street last Wednesday night
a large crawd gathered around it and
a heated argument was hold in regard
to the spcies. Somo claimed it was n
very largo bob cat while others called
it a lynx. We only know that it was a
good specimen, one or the other. The
animal, from tho head to foot was
about five foot long. It had large feet,
a large mouth and while it had short
cars, the hair on the cars stuck up
like small plumes.
Joe Coach has purchased $2,C00
stock in n. L. Tracy & Co, Hrick and
Tilo plant at Arago which will oper
ate on a larger scale.
The Recorder s Forum
Where our leader.'. nu talk on topics
0f tiiwti.il ami uencral interest.
Mail Orders and Taxes
Topic of Timely Talk
......
NliW TKLKIMIONU DIRECTORY
Tho January issue of the Telephone directory will go to
'iress December 3 1st. Subscribers desiring changes in list
ings or advertising space should make necessary arrango
nents as early as possible.
If you aro planning lo Imvo a telephone InnUtllod, Do it
now ami gut your name In "moat uawl ami uioful book" in
i " ('tiny nm Wmuim nufUui counlUm. I5vl ra and
J 'May IMfnp two vltesiivt ndmUtUk. '
coos m) cwmv mjwiiQS&CQ&mts?
MK. EDITOR
I noticed in the Christmas number
of tho Western World in the editorial
page an articlo ontitled "Itandon's
Loss" to which I will have to tako
Mime exceptions, and must state that
I am a good deal like the stingy
preacher mentioned excepting that I
ordinarily don't patronize tho destruc
tive mail order business; but I can't
nee where it makes much, if any, dif
faruncu whether the people send their
money to mail order Iioiuoh or the
inrchunt Funds hit money out to buy
hiii morchnmliko from tho wholesaler
u fur i keeping the money in the
twwH it eoiworned.
If l) nupJe do mil uul tholr
immy iut te buy thir nmwMilitit, tht
MMtrdumt will ami iliws. Tlw umiwy
fffcNi ml )nU llttt miho whutliof It i
Uu (M tluUUlill or nailuir. miuu.
tiUrttH? m Irt m where M miut
y 4dfm at Air u Uuuu Hut
Western World if ho Is going to pa
tronize homo industry if he can save
from 25 per cent to 50 per cent by
purchasing elsewhere? Ho will evid
. try trade where he can get what 1m
eeds the cheapest, and believe that
is wHat the majority of the people
are doing that have tho cash or where
with to do it.
As to the merchants in Itandon (and
it is applicable to many other places)
I have this much to say that they
charge the cash customer as much for
cash a3 where credit is extended, and
it would seem that in order to encour
age cauh being paid, ? they would
make a distinction botveen the cash
customer and the credit customer by
allowing a discount for cash, thuy
would stimulate the cash business and
consequently encourage cash being
paid as it would mean cheaper prices,
but from observation would judge
from prices asked, they expect a cash
customer to help pay for those that
do not pay their bills. It is evident
that if a merchant encourages credit
instead of cash, it is only a question
of time that failures will ensue and
the merchant that persists in such me
thods of doing business, has only him
self to' blame. If he believes that he
is going to make the public pay his
losses, he will evidently find that the
public, (c.ish customers) will be like
him and buy where the merchandise
or necessities can be bought the cheap
est. I do not bame them, do you?
If one establishes business methods
that in time will mean failure, can any
one else be blamed but the merchant
himself?
I have heard so much, about, the
merchants howling against the mail
order houses and keep your money nt
home and patronize home industry.
Are the merchants doing this? When
a farmer comes to town with his pro
duce, do the merchants patronize
home industry? One would not think
so by noticing the farm products that
come in on the steamers from San
Francisco,. It would not be so bad
if this was done out of season; but
such is not the case. The home mer
chant ordinarily sets the price on what
he will pay you providing he buys
your farm produce, and also set the
price he is going to charge you. The
result is that he compels the custom
er to send where he can get nierchan
dise the cheapest. Any proposition
that will not work both ways is a
poor one indeed.
The public is willing to stand for a
business to make a reasonable profit
but does not want to be held up under
the excuse of legittmnto business.
Universal and indiscrimate credit
will put any business on thjo rocks, and
if a merchant does not think so, just
porsist long enough and he will soon
find out.
If the merchants want to keep the
ti ado at home and get the cash in
stead of the mail order houses getting
it, the sooner they put their business
o:i a cash basis and cheaper prices, the
aooner they will realize this fact. Do
not charge the customer that pays his
'.fills for a sum large enough to cover
losses as the merchant makes the los
ses thru poor judgment and not the
customer, consequently it should not
be charged up to him. The mail order
houses get the cash and trke no chanc
es, and why should any other business
iirm. The U. S. government will
credit no oao and if it did, it is
evident that it would soon go bankrupt
I want to say something about the
money stringency which my editor
friend lias evidently overlooked. The
sending away of our money for actual
necessities will continue whether we
have good or bad times and conditions
The fault lies in the fact that we do
not have enough produce of one kind
or another shipped to bring back
money. If there were more industries
operating such as sawmills and others
that would get back money for lumber
or other produce shipped out, then we
would get if not as much nione"y com
ing back to offset the money that is
continually being sent out. As we
are buying more than we ship conse
quently we create a money stringency.
As for an ideal plae for newcomers
wish to state that if Oregon's taxes
keep up at the rate they have the past
few years, I am afraid we will have
to catch them on the run as they will
look where living conditions are cheap"
er. I read an article recently that
Oregon is rated as the fourth highest
statu in taxation, and for every house
hold of goods being hauled into the
state, seven are leaving. THIS
MEANS SOMETHING and it is about
time to find out what is wrong and
stop whitewashing. We might make
ourselves believe that everything is
all right but when you dig into an
empty pocket ird find it empty, it is
no delusion but a fact.
As to the occupation icx, wish to
state I am hit with my proportion the
same as well as all the others, and in
order to maintain and keep up the
town's credit, probably should not
kick, but as I am a resident of the
town and considered in the same po
sition as a stockholder in a corporation
havo a right to offer my opinions.
As to the tax, I will' gladly pa
same with others but I would like tq
know where it is going to end. We
voted, I believe, bonds to tr.ke up $ 10
000 outstanding warrants on the gene
ral fund, and now the city is busy,
writing more warrants, and later oi
will evidently ask at some future dato
to vote bonds to take up these, and in
time, unless something is done, the
city will bo so fnr in debt that it can
not pay and never will be able to pay
and it might be well to see how Ore
gon City had to handle this matter.
Your city charter does not allow a
tax over a certain millage and yoit
think '.ict you have a great protection
but dear property owners and tax
payers you failed to put a limit on the
amount of wnrrants that can be issu
ed on vhe gone-al fund. You forgot
to plug up the big hole but you will
probably know it soon when you have
to hell) foot bills for expenditures and
mismanagement providing, of course,
you haven't seen it before this. You
must not forget that every time a
bond is given that your property and
mine are mortgaged to pay it at some
future time. Do we want any more
mortgages put on it than what is ab
solutely necessary? I for one certain
ly do not want any more mortgages
than I can help.
We want expenses curtailed but is
this being done? When times and
conditions get stringent, taxes invari
ably go up. Is not this ordinarily the
case? What is the city doing to
wards cutting down expenses?
Ordinarily a business concern runs
its business in accordar.ee with con
ditions and I would think that a muni
cipality would or nt least should do
likewise.
This is all that I will say at this
time and later on expect to say some
more for the reason at this time, be
lieve my articles is about as long as
the editor will stand, and hope that
somo of the good tax payers will only
get their eyes open.
At the last caucus that I attended of
the East Ward, there were only about
8 or 10 persons present which showed
how much interest is taken in your
city affairs which concern you as much
as your own private affairs, and as
you have to help pay the expenses,
should at least, concern yourself in
seeing what is being done, ns any
concern whether a corporation, firm
or individual is no better than the in
terest shown.
Respectfully submitted
JOHN NIELSON
CLOSING OUT!
Everything goes by
January 1, therefore
b
e g 1 n n 1 n g
Saturday, December 18th
We will sell all oui Wines
and Liquors at
ONE-FOURTH OFF
Beer $2.00 per Dozen Bottles
RASMUSSEN BROTHERS & TUTTLE
"No More" after January 1, Bandon, Ore,