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BATUBDAY,' : : : : FEB 14, 1003
Published Every Saturday by the
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THE NEW GHAMnGR OF COM
ME1UE. Everyone who hai tho beat Interests
ol Cooe Bay at heartjnust give unquali
fied approval to tho movement to organ
izs a comprehensive! and Jive Chamber
of Commerce.
Ba'oh an arganitation never was eo
bad needed here, nor wai the time
ever to favorable for its iaccp'.ioc
Coos "M has diopped a v. ay behind
In tbe'race. In fact the whole lUto of
Oregon hai been sloepln while Califor
nia, first, and Washington, later, have
been taking- giant itrldei to the front.
It ii Oregon' turn now, and everything
pointi to a wonderful exhilaration of dt
velopment all over the atato. Oregon 1
being advertised and the stream of im
migration ii being turned in this direc
tion. Itrexalna for Coos Bay to wake
np and take her proper i-la:i oa one of
the finest, sections of the coai: and the
one preaentins the beat opportunities
tor the investment of capital In email or
large- amounts in the development ol
natural ica o'rees.
Cooa Bay hai already been getting
an amount of advertising that will prove
ot, the greatest .valuo if it be properly
followed np, ard for thia work a Cham
ber of Commerce, en the lines proposed,
la an absolute necessity, if wo with to
aoe the best result!.
The fear that if we place the resour
ces of the country before the onteidt
World, and encourage people to come
here, it may result in a boom( is an out
crop of mossbackism with which it it
hard to have any patience. The idea
that we must hold thia country back,
discourage immigration and develop
ment, and try to revert to (be conditions
of twenty years ago, when Cooa Bay
waa a little world by itself, moat give
Way, and the sooner it glvca way the
hotter.
' "And let no one fondly imagine that
he can stop the wheels of progress.
Concerted action can retard tho for
ward movement, it is true, but can not
PROPOSED CHARTER AMMEND
MENT8 Special attention is called to the
meeting of the city" council- this efter
noon to finally determine upon the
proposed amendments to the town char
ter. These ammendmenle contemplate
no radical change. They aro mainly
corrective of tho prestnt charter, where
if ft ambiguous, or not binding1 enough.
By the preiflnt charter the right to vote
at city elections is restricted to thoeo
paying taxes on tjnfo wdrth of property
the amendment provides that the
said property must 6e eitua,t5d within
the corporate limits of Marahfield.'
If the theory of the prosentchnrtar,ls
the correct one, then the' ammend-
(E DITOR lArrT
monts can not be objected to.
If Marflhfleld wishes to assumo and
keep the attitude of a close corporation,
with an aristocratic or oligarchic form
""'bMfoverriment, the restriction of the
right to vote to UtOtfl paying taxes on
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f 100 itf tight and proper, to fat ai it goos.
But if tho payment ol taxi a on f 100
nukes a man a gcoJ c't ten and quall
flr hlro to take part in tho town govern
ment, then the payment of taxes on
1000 ought to make him ten times at
competent, and tho Mail suggests that
the lino bo drawn there,
It is probnb'y useless, to adrocato a
change of policy nt this time, jot It
would bo batter for Marsbfield, especi
ally just at thia time, to sweep away the
roslrictivo idea altogether. A man who
is qualified to vote (or tho president ot
the United Slates and members of con
gress oagbt to be qualified to vo'e for
mayor and councilmen ol the tan in
w xb I o lives, and in whose good gov
ernment he is more Itntnedlitely inter
ested. Tho idea that only property
owners con bo good citisena is nn ex
ploded theory. Futhermore the princi
ple is un-American and ought not to be
tolerated in any community.
S
i ue di 'e;t prim vr.Y law
Thebill for direct primary nomit.ulion
seems to U having a hrd timo of it in
theOrcgon Liiiala'urr, Intpitiol the
fact that both parties profescod tobe in
fnvorot it during tho etmpnfgn. This
very fact proves the need ot just such a
law, in combination with tho initiation
and referendum.
As things go now, the party bosses,
lar,e tnd small, rjn the party, xnd
and about all tho people have to do with
it it to pay the freight. Tho would-be
candidate must deal mainly with the
bosses, for if they oppose him, popular
ity with the dear people will do him
littlo zood.
Therefore It takes a man of much mor?
ban ordinary stitnina to go counter io
tho wlshei of the bosses, even when he
knows tho -ex ill of the majority of bit
coostituents, and he usually hsa to
guess at that.
The bosses and wire pullers large
tnd tmalt are mostly opposed to the
primary nomination law, fpr that would
bo a severe blow to their rower.
Make the office holder responsible
directly to the people; let him know
that his renomination will not depend
on a fa men skilled in tha art of mani
pulating a convention, but on tho
temper of tbemsssof his constituents,
and ho will bemuenmore likely to do
that which in his judgement will best
fullfill tho wishes of the body of tho
voters; and that is what we are after.
Our public servants are almost uni
versally honest, and desire to do what
Is rfjht, but under the 'present system
they are simply obliged tc cater more or
ltss to the bosses, In order to stay in
public life. It takes a man of extra
ordinaay strength, a man like Roose
velt, -for 'instance, to follow his con
victions and stay in public life; and,
unfortunately, there are not Rootevclts
onouh to go around,
This is what gives tbo party mani
pulators thttf'power. They were able
to cause the defeat of tha direct nomi
nation measure in the Oregon senate
the first timo it was ,up,, and the great
wonder is that on reconsideration the
bill nras passed.
We are sorry to note that cur senator
from Coos was among thoso who In both
instances opposed this measuro which
was advocated by all parties during the
campaign, and the passage of whloh
was demanded by every principle of
political integrity' He probably had
reasons whicfi Ceomed good to him, which
only illustrates howVtar art undoubted
ly honest man can git off his count.
NEED OF ORGANIZATION
Tho Cvqullle.llernld copies tho M.u.'
a"rt!o n tho proposed, now Chamber
of Cvm metce, and adda thoio i ertluout
remarka:
Tho above, which wo take from the
Dally Coast Mall, shows sotnowhat of
pro n-r spirit h regard to tho encourge
moutot popular sottlera and tho right
e itepiirca to causa a hcnlthly growth In
tho development of the county, A
slmlUr organization to thu ono abovo
mentioned ou this side, ready at nny
and all times to lend a hand In a for
ward move, would prove a (tood thl.ig.J
Who ill bo the first to ruaka u movo
or wise suggestion iu this matter. Hy
the timo tho psoplo bogln to arrivo in
Oregon to tako in tho Low is and Clark
exposition this county should see to it
that wo get a goodly numbor of visitors
to look this wiy. Such orgnn'xAtlont
am all that will do thia. Thoro mutt
be wurkrd up a flrstchss steamer scrvico
between Coos by nud Portlaud. and by
all means the wagon roads from Ibis
county to Roseburg pnt in better con
dition, and a sufficiency of gOvd convoy.
ancon to brine all thosn wishing to ter
Cor county by tbo nverlaml roule In a
manner that they may reach hro with
out bf coming to thoroughly dirguitol
that they refuse to look about whtn
they reach here, and get out tho tlrst
opportunity.
NORTH BEND CAPTURES
MANUFACTURING PLANT
T. W. Clark's Bandon Woolen Mills
to be Moved to the Hew
Town
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Another piece of good news for the
bay was given out yesterday, when a
dal was closed botween L. J. Simpson
and T. W. Clark, proprietor of the Ran
doo Woolen Mills, whereby the mills
will be moved to North Bend and doub-
led in capacity.
Thls deal has been under way for somo
time, but tho news was not ripe for
publication. It can now be stated as an
accomplished fact.
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Mr. Clark has beon batnperod in his
operations at Bandon by the lack of
adequate and regular shipping facilities,
and this is hie main rtason for desiring
to get over to the bay, where ho will
have no troul lo in that way. With the
business sagacity which makes Mr.
,,,,.,
Simpson a leader in tho development
oftheBay.hehasoffered.Mr.Clarkin-
dncoroenls to locate at North Bend, and
this adds one more big item to those
which go to assure a solid foundation
for our sister town down the bay. I
Mr. Clark's plans includo a plant at
v. .i t .: .i i. i ,i
North Bend of twice the capacity of the
one at Bandon. As the lattor employs
120 bands, thii means nearly 250 wage-
earners and all their dependents added
to tho population of tho new town, and
a steady payroll of many thousands ot
dollars a month. As is well known,
Mr. Clark has made a solid success of
his businots at Bandon, and has estab
lished a market or his products which
kteps orders piled up for a year ahead.
It is such industries that we need on tho
Bay. We of Marehfield would, of course,
like to see them established in this
town, but we have every reason for con
gratulation if thoy are established any
where on the Bay, and the exomplo set
(uu wit; suvwHanbuiuiou ui uui iuiu
bors can have only a good effect on tho
spirit of this town, aside from the mater
ial benefits to flow from the growth of
our sister towns.
Mr. Clark will begin work at once on
preparations for tho construction and
equipment of his new plant. The plan
is to put In a plant of the some rapacity
as the one at Bandon, running that ono
in the mean time until the new ono ie
ready, then transferring operations 'to
the new one and moving the other over,
thus making no suspension of the wcrk
of manufacturing. '
Bandon will feel keenly the lots of tb'ie
industry, but the enterprising people of
that seaside burg will undoubtedly ro-;
coup themselves In some other way.
ml .tin AiiMkaa .nfitAwail m t.w r.ffil !
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Crnfte LokIo. ,
II la fold of un Uniit luillnn Intf ntti-
scnt tfmt ho oHcotbrcvf lila MJimliicrs)
to bp nn lllvirul atnto. "How iw? llowu
wT" ho was asked by tho perturbed
oxnmluens many of them married men.
Tho atudent mulled bcntltknlty. "Mar
rfaxo," quoth he. "l n lottury, and lot
tbrlcfl urv forbidden by1 Inw."
t)etirUhlp and KnIWptlo !Mta.
A remarkable hlatorlcal fact which
ruin frequently been noticed by Aclontlf
lc vHtcra, but never nccounted for mit
Ikfacturlly, In thnt Jullun Ciusur, Wel
lington, Nnpoleon nnd thu Archduko
Charles of Austria, four of tho Kroatcst
gunerali the world baa known, wcro uli
uubject to epileptic fltn.
A stlaM Diniouttr.
TJe dletlortary to my slKht '
Dttclosro worJi nnd worJa nxnlh.
It 1 could tiut nrntngo Hum right,
I'd bo & gonlua.ullh th,irm.
WiutitJitfton fltw.
For Coos Bay's Growth
IjECESSITY OF ACTION
IN LINE OF PROGRESS
Public SplrltedCorrespondent Points
Out Some Fdcts for
Consideration,
Eiutor CoAsr Mmu
When we stop to reflect ujlon tho old
ajwflm that "Man is uhnt man makrs
of liimiflf." we can but conclude that
the nine is and mutt be true of an pg
gi option ot men or a community, n
ilUzr, city, statu or a combination of
states n natlod if you please. That
t
the United States at a nation It equal
to the ''steel ot any foe," sho has de
roonilrRtcJ tnie nd again In ovfr
wtlk of lite, whether on the field of
bittlo or in tho moro common arts of
i .
' comicorcc anu wane, uteraturo or ut-
plduiary. Tho energy, eutsrprlie and
undying efforts of its people, tho golden
'll0foriOnife, of youth and of hope will
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gain for it futuro wealth, glories and
'me' (
Tho recently adopted policy of ex-
pansidn by oun government, whether
t, me may haT0 uetn tn8 ro,ujt 0f a
nn9 cliBnc0 of Kcdent Qr ,1BVfl be0D
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brought about by the judicious and wise
rnanageixjont or forensic talent of our
statcomon, bust, by tho very nature ot
tfid caeo, bo upheld and if necessary bo
enlarged. A new era, seemingly has
Ded Hp(m our oTcn(B
and progress of the past aro but stop-
r . , u
Ping stones for nobler deede and Rreator
advances, of a young nnd proud nation
just entering upon a new area as tho
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i the heading To er" on thn fce of tho
"U lo maintain tM motl onvlnblo
noltton, ff0 ,nUll orMfy our iliorvi.
build and nud equip a navy rnpnlilo of
coping with nny loo, Whllo thlu posi
tion may bo fraught with many duugcrit
and may well tax tho nerve ol tho nation
thu exigency demand tho great unorl
tlce. Rut wn must console oiirsolven
with the knowlodgo tlmt tho nrqutil ol
thin ureal task will ctealu an activity
in our commuraial ImpnrtiitH'ti Mint wi
can not possible calculate at this atngn
ol the picciedlugs, nud whllo tho com
mercial activity nud prosporlty will
effect every part of our body politic,
it will more lintrirdbtvly effect tho
ccast districts, and moru dlreotly tho
jlloi oltho 1'aciUe. It will ho from
lime thnt thu arteritis ol comtmircn
will be supplied with tbo blood of III.'.
Old Oregon, tho most fcrtilo and pro
ductive In all-around resources ot nny
statu 'on thu 1'rt cilia const, rooinl to
have beon somoulut neuloutod commer
cially, in the past, evidently duo to thn
lethargy ot its people. In recent years,
howover, our old Oxonian hnvo tak'
en a "tumble" to thuineelvea so to speak
ami nro now, w. lth tho exception ot a
tow dorlluct black cheep' which nre dy
ing from their own nbttiio at ubborusss
ully aliva and awaVo ti tho noceutly to
got a movo onto thcmselves,aud nlKsay,
with credit, aro spinning along the rocd
ol prosperity with the speed ot a imw
tOO-volt dynamo.
Portland has retched the apox of the
new move ,and Is jutt now giving our
sitter states cards nn l spades in tho art
ot acrobatic contortlnrs.
In order to keep in 1 1 tie in tho now
march ot progress, it may bo nrcessary
(or us to tako u tew lessons from the
denlzons ot our metropolis. While they
are lavishing foOO.000 contributed by
thcmiolvcs, they are also spending ISO)
0O0 appropriated by tho Male, and it
behooves us to see that wo got a rotprct
ful aud our reftpeclivo tharo of advertis
ing to which wonroentltlcd, Asido from
this f 1,000,000 of cold ducats, It is moro
than likely that the tiational exchequer
can he tupped for us much moro. With
this amount of money Judiciously ex
pended In exploiting and advertising thu
resources ot thu IVcifiu Northwest, and
Oregon in particular, thoro Is no ques
tion but tho manifold benefits; that we
will receive will by fnr exceed the trill
ing amount expended. In fact the frco
advertising that wo liavo already receiv
ed is proving to bo n great eourco of rev
onuo to us.
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fust completed our inventorr nnd have
gool many broken' lots In our departments Those nails
and ends will be greatly reduced in price so as to clean
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marked down 'o lost than tho gtrods'cost.
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SKIRTS, MACK.rNTOSHES.
Aro protty well sold out What we lijivoJcft ovor
sold at n sacrifice eo as to inako a clean eiyoep,
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Wm. Nashurg.
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In n conversation wo had ibeontly with
a goiith'inun who had just arrived from
ono of thu Middle- Htttrr,j thia pnrly
tinted that una of the triuiaporiitlloii
uoiiipniilvn 1 ad positively insured him
that thy nlouo oxpeclul and ireromnk
onu cnKnilutluns to carry 00,000 pooplc to
Oregon thin tear. Tl eso people, of
utitirae, nto homr-teokern lit ono capacity
or uiiothir, nnd nwhlln they may not nil
stay lime, it Is a good prediction to say
that most ot t)ipn will. Thero I little
doubt In out mind but what tho populn
tluu ot Oregon can bo doubled in the
next tow years, l-'ur ruforonco wo should
kindly irfor our renders to our sister
ntatn of Washington, Look at tho num.
bur of thriving, towns, veritable throb
bing nultea ot commerce, that the en
ergetic nnd plucky people ot that state
hiio orccted, Spokane, for instance
w lint moru did she have to hack liar than
many another tngobiush towu ntong the
lino of thu .Northern liclfk7 It Is only
n lepetillonof history: God helps thole
who help th 'Hiselves "Survival ol the
tlltsst," as it woro.
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As for Coos Bay and Coos County,
what aro wu going to do In tho matter?
Aro wo L'oiug to turn a iloal ur to
Uauio Fortune whon sho knocks at our
door and smllts 'upon us? No section
or connty ot Oregon, and wo daro aay ol
tho Pacific Const, has by nature been
euduntd with moro rlchre and natural
rrenurcrs than Coos couuty. ft only re
mains for us to lot those facts ho known
to the outildo world,
Tho p:omutora of North Bond are
link I nc a movo in tho right direction,
Thoy ar6 following a "syttematlc course
of city bmldlng" tht is sure to win.
The Railroad peoplo will no doubt fall
in line in a faw months, and you may
expect n movo at Baugor In tho early
Spring.
fu tho moon timo wo ahould remom
ber thnt In unity thoro fs strength, and
tho d.ffuronl cluisctitsof Coos Ray, and
iu (act Coos County, should get together,
form a bureau of information and pub
liih a suiuhlu amount ol literature, and
let the oulnldo woild know that wo are
nliro and have resources enough to sup
ply tho wants ol 100,000 moro pooplo,
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Doctors find
A good prescription
For mankind
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occasions. Tbo (ninitv bottlo (CO cents)
contains n supply for a year, All drug
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