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COQUILLE CITY, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1887.
METTI.DI).
n a t u r i :.
Those who study Nature’s laws
and teachings and learn to conform
Physician ami Surgeon.
to them are the ones who got along
O FFIC E IN H E R A L D BUILDING.
in this world.
C o q u il l e C i t y , O r e g o n .
Thero is absolutely nothing now
S. N. A. D O W N IN G «'M- D-
in nature. All the thousands of new
Physician and Surgeon,
inventions made yearly are not the
Co«jcn.L* C i t y , O kkihi !«.
creation of any new’ principles or
CMI h —day or ni^ht—Proiuptly uttnuloil
laws; they are simply the education
J P. FASTER, M. 1).
and novel application of laws and
P h THICUN. HTTBOBON «lid OlWTETmCIA*.
forces that liavo existed ever
bp«*oial ntUutnm k'ivon to disH-anes of vom-
•a and children, und all chronic forma of
since the world began.
Not­
di*«A.-**. C’aaes of obstetrics ¡fill; teeth ox-
truottxl for50cent« < ach. Special treatment
withstanding
the number
of
for Rheumatism t t d Nt uraloia hy U m mod-
discoveries and inventions made
iaated vapor bath.
Office at residence on Cunningham creek.
in tbe past is almost beyond com­
prehension, there yet remains a
STEELE, M. D-
Dentist
much greater number for
the
Z ^ ü c L T S t if i e l d ,
C r e g 'c n ,
coming generations to pioduce.
Office in Holland Imilding, opposite
Blanco Hotel. Laughing gas and other
Our people are scarcely aware
anesthetics administered for the painleas
that fortunes lie loose around
extraction of teeth. _____________vlnl
BASIM I.Y.
them, only waiting to be brought
J M. VOLKMAR. M. D.
Ed. H e r a l d : — We are sure that forth by properly directed labor on
Physician and Surgeon.
their part. The vegetating valleys,
BAN DON.
OREGON. many of your old country readers
will be sorry to hear of the death the fern clad hills, the densely
O. E. SMITH,
of Dr. Caulfield, one of the most limbered mountains, all hold vast
^Surgeon Dentist,
eminent and certes, one of the deep­ stores of wealth, if man’s intel­
office
est searchers into arcliiiclogicul ligence were capable of solving the
M ARSH FIELD, OREGON.
profound mystery. In every prin­
___________________v ln l.____________________ and antiquarian lore which our
science there yet re­
age has produced.
He was a ciple aud
~ A. J. SHERW OOD,
steady contributor to “ Notes and mains the greater part of the field
A t t o r n e y at L aw
Queries,” editor of ‘‘The Journal to be explored. Not only lies
a m d N o t a r y P u b l ic .
there wealth, in this direction, but
Coquille, Coos County, Oregon. of the Royal Archaeological and | also in the mineral kingdom; in
Historical Association of Great
L . F . L ank .
J ohn L ane
Britain.”
His life of St. Finn our country this has only just
LANE k LANE,
Bair -one of the early Christian begun to be developed. A mine of
Attorneys ami Counselors at Law. Fathers, who flourished about the metal platinum is sure fortune
Land Cases a Speciality.
hundred years ago— to thediscoverer.and he who discov­
Office on Main Street, opposite Cosmopolitan thirteeu
Hotel.
threw more light upon the history ers an easy process of wresting
Roseburg,
Oregon. of that venerable apostle, and • the aluminium from its native state will
J .M . S iolin .
J o h n A. G uay .
remote times in which he lived, revolutionize the use of metals.
Siglin & Gray.
thaL all the writers on the same sub­ The discovery of either of these is
Attorneys ami Counselors At Law, ject who preceded him. Ho wrote worth more to its author and to the
Marshfield. Coos county, Oregon.
world than the discovery of the
O m e n —Holland building, opposite Blanco ‘•The Life of Sir Richard Cox.”
gold
mine the world
Hotel._____________ ________________ v_ul*> the eminent Irish Lord Chancellor, richest
Nor will
who lived in the eventful days of lias ever known.
W TSIN CLAIR,
Jacobus Secumlus and William man’s discoveries be confined
Attorney m at Law,
General Insurance and Real Estate Agent, the Third, und also “ The Siege of forever to this world; when the
C o q u il l e C it y , O regon .
Cork, in 1089-90.” It was he edited mother earth known to ns becomes
and gave to the world the celebrated tco densely populated, other worlds
TTG O W EN .
‘•Journal of Dean Davis,” cum j will doubtless be opened up for set­
Attorney and Counselor at Law ,
that
tnuUis alii8. His great researches tlement. It is our opinion
M absiifikld , O on.
i and valuable contributions to his­ but iittle over half of our terre>trial
S. H- HAZARD.
tory were recognized by all the globe has been explored aud made
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
men of letters throughout Europe. i known to us. When Columbus
E m ?IR« ( ’ I TT , OoK.
He was elec ¡oil a fellow of the re­ j advanced the idea that the world
J. W . BENNETT.
nowned “ Society of Antiquaiians j is round scarcely any one believed
Attorney at Law.
Loudon,” England, also of “The it, and there are skeptics ou this
Now
MxBsuriKLn, O kboom .
Society of Antiquarians of Nor­ subject even to this day.
mandy.” France, also of “The when tho idea is advanced that
D- L . W ATSON.
RoyalAcademy of History,Madrid.’ tbe earth is not only a globe, bul a
Attorney and Counselor at Law
probably
Spain, etc., etc.
He died in his hollow globe, and
E mvibk C ity , O bboon .
ou
the
iuterior,
native city—Cork—on the 3rd inhabitable
J. H. NOSLER,
believes it
of February last,
in the 64th scarcely any one
Notary Public
year of his age. We need scarcely although better reasons can be giv­
CoquiLLK C ity . ü o a .
say he left many sorrowing friends en and more data produced in sup­
behind, and many acquaintances port of this theory than Columbus
M c M il l a n b r o s .
who regret the loss of a warm­ could possibly have produced iu
F lic tc g r a p lie r s ,
Marshfield, - - - - - - -
- Oregon. hearted friend,an erudite instructor support of his theory before he
Gallery opposite Sengstucken's drugstore.
proved its verity by actual experi­
and an honest man.
v.'.nl»»
ment—Ex.
George Bennett.
M. M. M URPH Y, M D-
f . a . h .
Harry once had an ardent affection
For two loving girls—hut confeased
He was puzzled to make a selection,
Sinoe each in her turn seemed the best.
He constantly tortured hi« mind to
Determine the endless debate;
Sometimes it was Maud he inclined to
Sometimes it was Kate.
If Maud had a face like a fairy.
Yet Kate had a form like a queen;
As Maud was vivaoious and airy,
So Kate was sedate and serene;
While years passed with Maud as his wife
would
Bring happiness nothing might sate
An equally rapturous life would
Be given by Kate.
And long he remained undecided.
Which one he preferred of the two;
Between such attraction divided.
What was the jioor fellow to do?
These doubts in anxiety kept him
Until he attempted his fate
To lind—that M ind wouldn't accept hiiu
And neither would Kate.
S im m e r U iirne«!.
and
je w eler ,
San Fiancisco, March 18.—The
O o Q . u . ille O i t y , O g n .
barkentine Tropic Bird arrived last
teTW ork of a.l descriptions done at short
On
notice and extremely low prices.
vHn48 Dight from the South sea.
w atchm aker
Gen W A L L A C E CAMP. February 16th she sighted the
burning wreck of the steamer
3STO. 2 , S. C f -V.,
Meets at Coquille City every first Satur­
day after full moon each month. Members
in good standing are cordially invited.
Levi Snvder,
H. I. Clinton,
__________ Captain._______ First Sargen.t
I. O. G. T.
Morning Star Lodge
No- 464,
Meets at Coquille City every Thursday
evening. Visiting members of this order, in
good standing, are oordially invited.
O. F.
I. o. *
Coquille Lodge No.53
Meets at Coquille City every Saturday even
ing. Visiting brethren, in good standing,
oordially invited.
S. P. C. Johnson, N. G.
A. F. and A. M.
Chadwick Lodge, No-68.
Meets at Coquille City on Saturday even
ing on or before the full moon in each
month.
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Geo. McEwan,
W .M .
G. A R.
Gen- Lytle Post No- 27,
Meets at Coquille City, on every first
Wednesday.
Visting oomrads, in good
standing, oordially invited.
A. H. Wright, Commander.
Coquille City Command
3>T©. 1 , O. IR- O.,
Meets in this place every first and third
Tuesday in eaoh month.
All members in
good standing are oordially invited.
A. T. Lillie. Commander.
Rain leu, which sailed from this
port on January 27th with a mis­
cellaneous cargo for Tahiti and Sao-
inoa. She lowered a boat and ap­
proached the wreck, but saw no
signs of life. The rigging aud up-
¡>er works wero all burned away,
and most of the cargo was evi­
dently consumed. Several boats
were missing, and the passengers
and crew had evidently escaped to
the adjacent island. She carried
three passengers and a crew of
eighteen, seven being Kanakas.
Fuither news will probably be
received by the packet, City of
Papeete, due in about twenty
days.
P a t r u N G runted
The usual spring emigration
westward says tho St. Louis Globe-
Democrat has already begun. It has
set iu somewhat earlier this year
than in former years on account of
the open weatlmr and the numerous
indications of an early spring, and
as a consequence this is now
harvest of the railroads extending
throughout the west and the south
west At the the Union Depot the
overflowing waiting-rooms and
crowded platform indicate an in­
creased exodus from the rising
toward the setting sun.
Colonel C. F. Crocker, Vice
President of the Southern Pacific,
says the transfer of the Oregon &
California to the Southern Pacific
is only delayed by a few arrange­
ments that are to be completed in
New York. All the negotiations
are completed and the transfer will
probably take place about April
1st.
To citizens of the Pacific States
Californians, who are boasting
during the past week and reported of their fine fruit lands are now
expressly for the H e r a l d by C. A. eating Oregon and Michigan apples
Snow ¿c Co., pat lawyers, Opp. U. at a cost of ten cents a pound.
S. Patent Office, Washington, D. C. Immigrants in search of the fines t
G. W. Swan, San Francisco, lauds in the world should come to
Roofing material. C. M. <fc W. L. Oregon.—Ex.
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Slayback, Folsom, Cal., Header.
While the jailer was helping an
W. H. Milken, San Francisco, Cal.,
Dredge. W. H. Loomis, Almeda, inmate of the jail at Tacoma, W.
Cal., Hose patch. A. David, San ! T., clean out his cell, the culprit
Francisco, Grape & apple crusher. | stepped out and turned the key on
i the jailer. They both resigned.
G. Bergenheim, Wash lioiler.
W ashington Letter.
(From our Regular Correspondent.)
Washington, Mar. 7, 1887.
The forty-ninth congress has
joined the procession of the past
It adjourned sine die on the fourth
of March. It has become the fash­
ion to speak of the dilatoriness and
stupidity of congress. Such abuse
is cheap. It might bo explained
that it is difficult for a heteroge­
neous mass of clashing individuali­
ties and interests to act smoothly
aud simultaneously. Other peo­
ples have solved the difficulties by
divisions, frontier fortifications,
and standing armies and colossal
military budgets. We prefer to
settle wrangles iu our own house,
and we are wise even in the conceit
of our foreign neighbors.
The only way to judge the forty-
ninth congress will be by compar­
ing it with previous congresses,
and it must be said in its favor
that
more bills have
been
introduced and passed by it,
more have become laws and more
have received vetoes, than in
any of the congresses that had gone
before. Many important and useful
meusures were passed, among them
changing the Fresideutal succes­
sion to the cabinet; regulating the
Electoral Count so as to avoid dis­
putes; providing for one aud two
dollar paper currency; building a
new congressional library; recover­
ing iu forfeited railroad land
grants nearly 50,000,000 of acres
and restoring it to the public do­
main; exteuding the mail delivery
system to the towns with 10,000
population; the Inter State Com­
merce law; granting land in sever­
alty to Indians; the Canadian Re­
taliation bill; the repeal of the Te­
nure of Office act; the increase of
tied navy and prohibiting the im­
portation of foreigu contract labor.
The bad measures attempted
were numerous, but fortunately
few of them became laws. Among
them were the oleomargerine tax;
the Backbone land grant swindle;
the Mexican pension bill; aud the
Dependent Pension bill, which
was vetoed by the President The
river and Harbor bill met deser­
ved failure. The
president be­
lieving the money was not needed,
refused to sign it. The river and
liarlxu- bill which he signed Aug.
6, 1886, made au appropriation of
814,474,000 and there was then a
part of the preceding appropria­
tion unexpended. On the first of
November last the Engineer iu
Chief reported to congress that
there was on hand for the im­
provement of rivers and harbors
816,636,362. But little of this
money has bseu spent and there
was no necessity for the appropri­
ation of 810,000,000 more.
It was President
Cleveland’s
original intention to remain at the
White House during the closing
hours of Congress, but at tbe last
moment having received telegrams
from speaker Carisle and both
Senators and Representatives that
the District Appropriation bill
would fail unless he could reach
the Ci^itol in time to sign it, he
entered his carriage and reached
the President’s room at the Sen­
ate end of the Capitol only fifteen
minutes before the time that Con­
gress must expire by Constitution.
There he and his cabinet glauced
at the bills that were brought to
him by swift messengers, and such
as were proved received his signa­
ture. The intelligence that the
President was in the building
spread rapidly, there were not less
than five thousand people in the
Capitol, and he had not been in his
room three minutes before the po­
lice had to form a cordon around
the door to prevent the intrusion
of the throngs of people who
pressed forward to catch a sight of
the President. The police had a
hard time of it until Mr. Cleveland
left the Capitol a few minutes after
adjourment He had had only
three hours rest since Wednesday
night, but ho showed no signs of
fatigue, and after returning to the
White House he held the usual
daily reception of visitors in the
east room.
H orticu ltu ral.
Potash is needed in the soil to
make a healthy growth of fruit
trees. It may be supplied by
dressing with wood ashes.
If you h ive not attended to it be­
fore, do not dealy pruning. Never
prune much after the sap has start­
ed to rise in the spring. You want
good shaped trees, and so as to ad­
mit plenty of air and sunlight
amoung tho fruit.
It always pays to keep a close
watch upon
the trees that are
mulched. Mice often injure trees
of considerable size, by guawiug off
the bark. They hide and live un­
der the mulch, and unless watched
will do considerable injury before
it is discovered.
Most kinds of fruit trees thrive
best on rolling land. Hardy grapes
do well ou almost any soil with a
little care. Sandy ridges are best
adapted to their growth, but sand
and leaf mold mixed with under-
drained clay will produce large
vines and fine yield of fruit
The longer time a tree is growing,
provided it has not passed its ma­
turity and begun decay, the denser
the wood becomes.
Generally
speaking, the denser tbe wood, the
stronger it becomes. The stronger
timber is found in the lower part
of the tree.
The straighter the
grain the stronger the timber.
For the highest success, small
fruits need a very rich soil, full of
“ humus” or vegetable matter, with
abundant moisture and no weeds.
The moisture comes from a rich
soil that holds it somewhat easily,
and then is aided by frequent cul­
ture, mulchiug or irrigation.
Beginners should start with a small
plant, and particularly so when
short of capital.
All plans for spring work should
be thoroughly settled.
Whatever
trees or plants are needed should
be ordered now, so no risk will be
run of not getting what you want­
ed. Haul out whatever munui e is
necessary iu the orchard or among
the small fruit. This well save
time in the spring and the soil can
be stirred and the manure thor­
oughly incorporated when suffi­
ciently dried out.
D or« Items.
NO. 33.
Th«* LargrM jFann in the W o rld .
In tbe extreme southwest corner
of Lousiaua lies the largest produ­
cing farm in the world. It runs
100 miles north and south, and
many miles east and west, and is
owned and operated by a syndicate
oL Northern
capitalists. Their
general manager, J. B. Watkins,
gives an interesting account of this
gigantic plantation, which throws
the Dalrymple farm in Dakota into
the shade completely.
“ The 1,500,000 acres of onr
tract,” Mr Watkins said, “ was
purchased in 1883 from the State
of Lousiana and from the United
States government. At that time
it was a vast grazing land for the
cattle of the few dealers in the
neighborhood. When I took pos­
session 1 found over 30,000 head
of half-wild horses and cattle.
My work was to divide the im­
mense tract into convenient pas­
tures, establishing stations or
ranches every six miles. The
fencing alone cost in the neighbor­
hood of 850,000. The land I found
to be best adapted to rice, sugar,
corn, and cotton. All our cultiva­
ting, ditching, etc., is doDe by
steam power. We take a tract,
say half a mile wide, for instance,
and place an engine on each side.
The engines are portable, and op­
erate a cable to four plows, and un­
der this arrangement we are able
to plow thirty acres a day with on­
ly tho labor of three men. Our
harrowing, planting, and other cul­
tivation is done iD a like manner;
in fact, there is not a single
draught horse on the entire place.
We have, of course, horses for the
herders of cattle, of which we now
have 16,000 head. The Southern
Pacific railroad runs for thirty-six
miles in our farm. W e have three
steam boats operating on the waters
of our own estate, upon which
there are 300 miles of navigable
waters. We have an ice house, a
bank, a ship yard, and a rice mill.”
—S t Louis Republican.
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F ree F ummcm .
Tbe interpretation given to the
Inter-state Commerce law by Mr.
Adams, the president of the Union
Pacific railroad, seems likely to be
very generally adopted by the rail­
roads. Mr. Adams, it will be rec­
ollected, construed the act as pro­
hibiting the giving of free passes
to persons not connected with the
service of the company or travel­
ling upon business in which the
company had no interest This
view has commended itself to rail­
road managers who have suffered
from the free-pass nuisance, and
there is no doubt that the practice
will be greatly curtailed. The
railroad men are naturally glad to
be rid of the free-pass incubus,
and without doubt its removal will
be of benefit to the public. Not to
speak of the corrupt use alleged to
have been made of free passes, it
will be recollected that according
to Mr. Adam’s testimony before the
Cullom committee, in consequence
ot the issue of free passes a large
percentage has to be added to the
fare of those who pay to make up
for those who do not.—Ex.
Ed. H erad :—As “ So they Say”
has goue to the canyon to spend
tho spring aud summer months ou
the Coos bay road, “ Nuff Said”
busy getting his Winchester in or­
der (the lever seems the worst
trouble) and A. Y. A. has gone up
Salmon river prospecting, I will
give you a few ’.terns.
Miss ’Simla McClosky seems to
be the choice for teacher in dis­
trict No. 48. as she gave general
satisfaction last jear. She will
doubtless be employed.
Jeff Crosby is laid up with a sore
foot. A buck kicked you, did it
not, Jefl?
M. Ivrnntz has apples perfectly
sound that grew iu 1885. What
country can beat that?
’Rah! for the prize onion from
Maul’s seed raised iu 1887.
A reward of 810. for the person
who turned Krantz Bros, boat
loose.
Some have began plowing in
this part, as I discovered while
passing up the river.
Mr. J. Holt has rented J. Sturdi­
“ I also saw the Chinese cigarma-
vant’s and J . P. Taylor’s farms. kers bite off the cigar ends, and
Mr Holt is a rustler.
use their saliva to make the tobac­
Yours I Remain.
co adhere better,” are the words
Elk creek, March 17.
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of Commissioner Enos’ recent re­
An Oakland, Cal., dispatch says: port, and yet people, knowing that
The city council last night passed nearly all the cigars brought here
an ordinance fixing the license of are of Chinese manufacture, use
saloons at 8100 p . quarter for those them. Imagine something worse
doing a business of 81,500 or less that second hand Chinese saliva.
in a quarter and 8125 for these Pooh!
with a business exceeding 81,500.
At a bull fight at San Rafael,
The ordinance was signed by the
president and council and is ap­ Mexico, a few days ago, 5000 spec­
proved by tbe mayor and will tators attacked the managers be­
take effect June 12. The present cause they could not induce the an­
license is 825. There are 274 sa­ imal to fight Many people were
injured.
loons licensed and the revenue is
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827,400 a year. It is estimated
A book-keeper in a large house
the tax will reduce the saloons one- in New York recently skipped with
fourth and increase the revenue 8500,000.
882,200.
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