Coquille (fitti MeMà
VOL
20.
COQUILLE CITY, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1903.
D E N T I S T ^
The Diseases ot Dust'
J. Curtis Snook, D. D. S.
Tho recent experiments in thi»
Office ever Johnson, Dean ti Co's
country and Europe with the dis
market. Coquille, Oregon.
ease germs collected on gelatine
plates from the dust of city streets
|}J G. D. Holden,
demonstrate almost to a certainty
that our municipal health would he
greatly improved if there were some
L aw yer.
Justice of the Peace, City Recorder. simple method provided to keep the
dust fmm entering our homes
TJ. S . C o m m i s s i o n e r ,
and
lungs.
Tho tests
made
General Insurance Agent.
with the germs thus collected in
Notary Public.
diuate that people in large cities aro
Offiuo in Robinson Building.
practically living directly over a
C oquille , O regon ,
“ Cave of Furies,” and that all
around exist the bacteria and mi
^ J. Sherwood,
crobes of a score or more of danger
ous diseases. If this dust remained
spread over the streets of the city,
A ttorn ey - at - Law.
it would do little harm; but every
oquillk C it y , C oos O oukty , O regon . wind blows it around, and every
street cleaner sweeps up enough of
Notary tublio.
it to destroy a whole houseful of
people. There is something insid
John F. Hall,
iously dangerous in the sweeper’s
broom. Death actually lurks there
A tto r n e y . at - L a w , in far more than in the filthy cor
M AltSHFIELI), OKEOON.
ners of the streets left untouched
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by broom or wind. Sunshine de
Dealer in H kal K otat « o f all kinde.
stroys more disease germs than any
¿HAD HUDSON,
: J. E. HAYNE3. other agency of nature, and when
the direot rays of the sun can pene
trate to the heap of filth and dirt
Hudson & Haynes, the destruction is great. The street
sweeper’s work of stirring up the
lin in g and Real Estate Agents disease germs of the avenues is con
Eckley, Curry County, Oregon.
sequently partly checked in its dire
AVE valaable Mines, Farms, Stock ful results by the action of the sun's
Kanche» and Timber Lands forsn le.
rays, whioh have a better opportun
House and f» aoroaof ’ and w ell improved ity to reach the floating particles of
Wilbur, Douglas o unto, Or., for sale,
exchange for property in Myrtle Point dust than when they are covering
the streets in thick layers. But the
dust disturbed by the broom in dark
" s T h . M o A D A M
streets and alley’s is not thus pur
ified. The experts appointed by the
O E N E ltA L
Paris Medical Society to investigate
the subject of streot dust in its re
lationship to disuses and their
spread, reported recently that the
only safe way to cleanse the public
Horseshoeing a Specialty.
S . W. Cor Second and Hall St»., thoroughfares was to flush them
with water. One good hydrant,
C oquille City, Oregon.
with a fair pressure of water, would
do more toward cleaning the streets
than half a hundred sweepers. The
latter would merely collect the
coarse and more visible pieces of
Issued WeeRy,
dirt and cart them away, while the
fine, im pain bio dust which contain
ed the disease germs would be left
floating around in the air or dis
Editor and Publisher,
tributed in our open windows.
LINCOLN, • • ■ NEBRASKA. Flushing the streets with a good
T e r m s — H e r a l d an d C o m m o n e r —
force of water would carry the
R a t a b l e in A d v a n c e .
germs away through the sewers, and
One Y ear...................................12 00
in ¿he case of consumptive germs
Six M onths................................. 1.00
they would be effectually prevented
Three M onths........................... 75 from rising intu tho upper air for
the people to breath. A pile of
T H E
filth may rook with poisonous dis
ease germs, and yet if kept moist
the danger to those living noarby
may bo comparatively small. When
the dry, warm weather oomes, how
ever, the germs are separated from
Wm. Gather, Proprietor,
their environments and float in the
air.
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the ears, loss o f confidence, diffidence in
approaching strangers, palpitation o f the
heart, weakness o f the limbs and back, loss
o f memory, pimples on the fa ce , coughs*
consnm otion e tc.
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U a W A S H IN G T O N .^
could easily be carried around in
definitely.
When warm, moist, and “ muggy”
weather comes in our cities, we
speak of it as disease-breeding
weather, and this probably more
aptly describes tbe conditions then
anything else. But such disease-
breeding weather would have uo
injurious effect upon our health if
the germs of disease we: e not al
ready scattered around. Sometimes
a few days of warm dry weather,
followed by wind, will produce the
right conditions to fill the air with
tho germs. Right after a snow
storm or heavy rain the air is clar
ified, ane there ore fewer gems
breathed in than at any other time
Every one feels the toDic of such
air, and enjoys the mere breathing
of it.—Scientific American.
Mads a Serious Mistake.
Tbe Oregon Senate made a mis
take yesterday iu defeating the
direct primary bill. It was a ser
ious mistake. Although some dem
ocrats voted against tho proposed
measure, and the favorable action of
even one o f them would have se
cured its passage, the majority party
will be blamed for tbe defeat of tbe
bill. The matter will be referred to
over and over again in future cam-
The people of Oregon are struggl
ing to be free from ring rule and
boss methods. This was one of tbe
preliminaries thereto. In some wav
or other, in the course of time, they
will work themselves free. It may
take a political revolution to do it.
But they will do it Depend upon
that. These men in the Oregon
Legislation at this time who are
trampling down the rights and de
mands of tbe people are making
their last play in this state for a
long time. The halls of legislation
will not know them again until the
memory of the voters becomes poor.
There will be a new deal—and not
a new deal with tbe some old cards,
either.— Salem Statesman.
Homesteaders Won-
A question which has been in con
troversy for many yearo has at last
beeu won by a settler who has had
the nerve to stay with his place. At
the time the Northern Pacific rail
road was built through the North
west there were many settlers farm
ing little places within the limits of
the grant. Somo of them had been
there for year waiting the time that
the land should be survoyed and the
government should allow them to file
their homestead upon it When the
railroad lino was located the com
pany filed a map of general location,
claiming all that adjacent to their
road.
Tho government compelled them
to file a map of definite location cov
ering each tract claimed by them.
This they did, but in doing so many
of these little farms, of course were
covered. Some of the settlers were
scared and purchased the land from
tbe railroad, others preferred to
abandon it altogether, while still
others stayed by what they believed
were their rights and made applica
tion for patents, and claimed this
right by virtue of prior settlement.
They were on the land before the
lailroad filed its map of definite lo
cation with the government. This,
of course, caused a legal fight and
for many years test cases on this
questiou have been dragging their
way through the department and
the courts, to be finally settled in
the United States supreme court
last week in favor of tbe farmer.
This decision will lift the load from
the shoulders o f many a settler and
enable him to obtain title to bis
land, so that be can either sell it,
borrow money on it to improve it or
live in peace on bis own unincumb
ered. Tbe decision affects all land-
grant roads.
One of tire most satisfactory so
lutions to tho dust problem comes
from Germany, whore a number of
chemists have been making exton-
sivo experiments with the germs
collected from tbe dust of Berlin
and Vieanna. By sprinkling chem
icals of a powerful nature in the
streets onee a week, or once every
fortnight, all disease germs are de
stroyed. These chemicals disinfect
ant of the streets, or as they might
rnoro properly be called, insecti
cides, aro prepared for ordinary dis
ease germs that are found in the
dusts of streets, but there are other
mixtures suited to specially virulent
disease germs that may occasionally
find their way into particular streets
or cities. In this way it is sup
posed that there wonld be little
danger of the diseases spreading
further by means of the dust. There
is every reason to believe that in
many of our disease epidemics the
dust-laden wind has beeu an effec
tive agent in carrying them from
one street or town to another.
Sometimes the clouds of dust have
been blown several hundred feet
away, and small particles in the
upper air hive floated around tor
Ashore on Reel.
days before finally dropping to the
earth again. In the upper currents
Hamilton, Bermuda, Feb. 10.—
of air they might travel a hundred The Quebec Steamship Company’s
miles before descending low enough Madiana, Captain Fraser, which
to be breathed "in by poople. It sailed from New York last Saturday
has been estimated by German ex with a party of excursionists for a
perts, who have made more of a special ernise around tbe Caribbean
study of these questions than any Islands, went ashore on the reef off
other nationality, that tropical dis this island at three o ’clock this
eases have in this way been carried morning. The officers had a thrill
by the wind from the mainland to ing experience. The ship is a total
islands ten miles or more in dis loss, but all on board were rescued
tance. Heretofore it has been said and brought Bafely to land after a
that tropical disease were rao.-e or perilious trip in lifeboats from tbe
less local, and that the germs rarely- wreck to a tug a mile off.
The
reached an altitude of a few feet. mails and passengers' baggage also
But this must be modified in the were saved.
case of gonna which arc carried up
ward by means of fine dust. While
“ Mary had a little lamb," was
Dot volatile enough to float to any
grm t dj -tam-e in the air, they might written by Mrs Sarah Josephn
e.uily be carried up there by the Hale, a New Hampshire woman,
wind, and then distributed around who for 40 years was editor of
Mrs. Hale
over a wide nroa b. fore fulling. Godey’s Ladies’ Book.
Tbe gerins which are destroyed by was a very active and useful woman;
the warm mys of the sun, would, of she lived from 1788 to 1879 and
course, be killed by this exposure to her little verses written for the
the direct sunlight, but many of our school children are better known
worst disease germs are not injured today than those of many greater
m
n any way by the hot sun. They * poets.
F a Patient
Hearing.
After a patient hearing of evi
dence in the contention between
the coal miners and operators, cov
ering a period of fifty days, tbe
Coal Commission has completed
this stago of the exacting duty to
whioh it was appointed, and will
now listen for an indefinite time to
the summing up and pleadings of
the attorneys in the case. The pub.
lie followed the ovidence for a time
closely and with interest, but tbe
recital became little more than stale
repetition, and interest (not in the
case, but in th e testimony) waned,
until latterly it has been practically
lost sight, of by the masses. Now,
however, that the testimony is all iD,
a renewal of public interest may be
expected. The people from the
first gave sympathetic ear to the
grievance of the striking miners.
That tbe protest of these men
against many of the exactions and
rules of their employers waaNvell
founded was apparent to many men
who did not necessarily approve of
the methods taken ' to correct the
abuses of which complaint was
made. The stubborn stand taken
by the operators in refusing to com
promise the differences of which the
strike was tbe result increased pop
ular sympathy for the strikers, and
the efforts of the latter, through
their leaders,to suppress lawlessness
and prevent an idle host from
breaking out into violence tended
further in the same direction. Tbe
case was, indeed, practically pre
judged by the r miners up to the
time that the commission began its
sittings. The conflicting testimony
submitted has tended to confuse
rather than to clear the case, but
through it all a discerning public
has not lost sight of the fact that a
real grievance underlies tho strik
er’s plaint.
It has been shown, however, by
tho testimony of many veracious
witnesses that the miners generally
have reached the point where their
attitude toward life, xis it presents
itself to them in their vocation, is
no of bitter discontent. In this
jood their demands upon the op
erators, whose attitude is in turn
arrogant, are not made in a spirit of
reasonableness. From their stand
point, no doubt, these demands are
just, but if all that is asked were
allowed, they would still be unhap
py in tho vocation from which they
cannot escape because unfitted for
any other. If by somo process of
social alchemy—simple or myster
ious— discontent that is grounded
in the necessity of labor could be
transformed into a willingness to
labor, asking only humane treat
ment ad a wage scale commensurate
with the laborer’s earnings; and
avarice that seeks inordinate profits
upon investments could be trans
formed into a disposition to be sat
isfied with reasonable returns, the
troubles, not only in the coal nines,
but iu the industrial world general
ly, would soon reach amicable ad
justment, and that without stren
uous effort to reconcile otherwise
irreconcilable differences.
Since
this is not possible, wo can hardly
expect that the Coal Commission,
with all of its painstaking effort,
will leave the matters at issue be
tween miners and operators any
better than it found them, except as
it may be considered a gain to stifle
discontent, on tbe one hand, for a
time, and temporarily put a check
upon arrogance upon tbe other.
The strike, interrupted by the
appointment of this commission, is
practically ended, but the findings
of the commission can hardly be ex
pected to prevent a recurrence of
strikes iu the coal regions, since it
will be unoble to eliminate from tbe
situation the elements of discontent
and avarice upon which they feed.
— Oregonian.
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The impressionist school in paint
ing labors to depict nature as a
nenrsighted man sees it.
Impres
sionism has run riot for quite a
while, and while it has a place it is
usually an excuse for poor work.
In New York they are testing the
law forbidding tho sale of bird plu-
uiag?.
If wom6n would only let
their vanity take another means of
self-gratification for a few years,
our woods and fields would be more
attractive with songs and plumage
of birds.
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We hope that recent develop
ments in the Venezuelan matter
have set at rest all the silly talk
that was started a few years ago
about Germany
being a bettor
friend than England.
America’s
best friends are the United States.
After that Ehgland.
South American countries are be
ginning to have a well-founded
fear of German investors nnd Ger
man aggressors.
The exhibition
made in the Venezuelan matter by
Germany may recover a fow dollars
but will cost that country an enor
mous sum in future oommerce with
both North and South America.
Held Up The Train-
Butte, Mont., Feb. 12.— Tho
Northern Pacific train was held up
oiglit miles from here shortly after
midnight. Two me«, with lighted
lanterns gave the danger signal.
The train stopped, and the engineer
and fireman were held up and com
pelled to uncouple the mail and ex
press cars and run two miles. The
robbers exploded dynamite. No de
tails have been received from tho
scene of tho explosion. A posse
has gone in pursuit of the robbers.
Tho express car is currently be
lieved to have contain a great
amount of treasure, but the officials
aro reticent. The train was the
Burlington express running over
the Northern Pacific tracks.
A
posse from Deer Lodge with blood
hounds have gone to the scene.
Tbe Northern Pacific offers $5,000
for the arrest and conviction of the
entire gang or $1,000 for each one.
The railway men say there were
five in the gang.
There are conflicting reports as
to the amount of money in the ex
press.
The messenger says the
robbers could not have got to ex
ceed $500; other sources considered
authoritive, sny at least $5,000.
When the hold-up came the mes
senger threw one package behind a
rack. The train men showed fight
and the mail clerk was wounded.
Division Superintendent Boyle was
on the train and ran forward, but
was afraid to shoot for fear of bit
ting his own men in the darkness.
All Executions to be at Penitentiary.
J. I LAMB, Pres.
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L/HARLOGKER.'Vice.Pres.
G.Wj WHTE, Cashier
COQUILLE VflLLEY BflNR.
CAPITAL
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C O Q U IL L E ,
50.000
OZESZEO-Casr
Does a general banking business.
Has money to loan on approved
personal and real estate seourity, buys county, town and school distrio
warrants, draws notes, mortgages, deeds and all kinds of legal instrw
ments—Notarial work.
Issues fire insurance at lowest rates in following companies:
d3tna, Springfield, Connecticut, Orient and Magdeburg.
B O A .R L O F D I E E C T O E S .
A. J. SHERWOOD,
ISAIAH HACKER
J. J LAMB
L. HARLOCKER, and G W.WHITE.
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E. G. D. H O LD EN ’S
G en eral In suran ce O ffice. - - - R ob in son Building
C o q u ille , Onego n
Over Three M refl Million Rollers Insurance Gaiita
ESepresented..
H ome I nsurance C ompany , N. Y. - - -
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- - - $14,406,450.33
S t . P aul F. & M. I nsubance C ompany , M inn . - - - - $ 2,855,012.00
T raders ’ I nsurance C ompany , C hicago - - ; -
- - $ 2,435,571.29
H ome F. & M. I nsurance C ompany , S an F rancisco - - - $ 1,037.715.39
F ire A ssociation I nsurance C ompany , P hiladelphia - - - $ 6,340,250.98
E quitable L ife I nsurance C ompact , N. Y. - - - - - $304,598,063.40
I have had over T hirty Y ears ’ experience in Local aud General agen
cy work in Insurance matters, aud all business entrusted to me will re
ceive prompt attention. Policies issued at this office for all the above
Fire Insurance Companies.
E. G. D. HOLDEN,
General Insurance Age
F or all kinds of
Salem, Feb. 12.—Tbe execution
of all criminals hereafter will take
place within the enclosure at the
penitentiary. Senator Marsters’ bill
covering the subject passed the
Booh and Commercial Work in the neatest and latest styles-
House Wednesday by a practically Call at the HERALD office
Our prices are right..
unanimous vote, Having passed
the Senate, the bill now awaits tbe
signature of the governor. Since
the measuro carries no emergency
clause it will not go into effoct until
90 days after tbe approval of the
bill.
Job Printinq
COOS COUNTY ACADEMY.
King Edward gave Sousa nnd
his band a “ royal” reception at tbe
concert at Windsor recently.
The
whole court stood when the band
played “ The Star Spangled Banner,”
SouBa and bis wife wero presented
to their majesties, tire band pro
vided with an elaborate supper, and
a return engagement
made, at
the King’s request, only American
music will be played.
Thus one
King welcomes the March King.
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Great Poultry Outputs-
Tuition per term of 12 weeks, if paid in advance, $450, for grades 1,.2,
8th and 9th grades, $7
We know little in our country of 3 aud 4. For grndes 5, 6, aud 7, $6 per term.
extensive poultry rnising and feed per term,
ing as it is carried on in other lands.
Winter term opens 1st Monday In January. For particulars
The most successful and profitable
Call
on or address
poultry output in tne world is in
Normandy, France. Here chickens
A. H M ULKY, Superintendent.
are bred and fattened for the Paris
market, and choice specimens of the
Houdan and La Fleche chicken
often bring over $5 apiece dressed.
KILL THE BRUTE?
The next Inrgest poultry industry is
in three counties of England— Sur
SKIN HIM PROPERLY
rey, Sussex nnd Kent. Here the
AND SHIP HIS SKIN
chicken-raising industry has been
AND ALL OTHER
for generations handed down from
father to son, whole families being
engaged in the occupation and
TO THE SHIPMENT HOUSE
never have worked at anything else.
The fattening fowls are confined
aud two methods aro employed—
feeding by trough and cramming.
Tho last is the best and speediest
TMERES MONEY IN IT
mode nnd is done by a little machine
made for the purpose, tho fowl be
Write for C ir c u la r s .
ing held while fed. If left to d o
its own cramming at tbe trough
m*0 ¿ SAe°oFLTsE S H E E P S K IN TANNERY 3C0*
after a few days it simply refuses to
cram. By the cramming method a
three-pound bird is soon pusbed
into a seven.pound bird.— Ex.
HlRS.KIDtS.PELTS.WOOL»
CHILIAN FUR AVfOOl &
tlmaeapolis,
Mina.
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The tendency of medical science
is toward
preventive measures.
Tho best thought of the world is be
ing given to the subject.
It is
easier and better to prevent than to
cure.
It has been fully demon
strated that pneumonia, on6 of tho
most dangerous diseases that medi
cal men have to contend with, can
be prevented by the use of Cham
berlain’s Cough Remedy.
Pneu
monia always results from a cold
or from an attack of influenza(grip)
and.it has been observed that this
remedy counteracts any tendency
of those diseases toward pneumohia.
This has been fully proven in many
thousands of cases in which this
remedy has been used during the
great prevalence of colds nnd grip
in recent years, and can be relied
upon
with implicit
confidence.
Pneumonia often results from • a
slight cold when no danger is ap
prehended until it is suddenly dis
covered that there is fever and
difficulty in breathing and pains in
tbe chest, then it is announced that
tho patient has pneumonia. Be on
the safe aide and take Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy as soon as the cold
is contracted.
It always cures.
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