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About Coquille City herald. (Coquille City, Or.) 188?-1904 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1903)
quille Citu limitò VOL 20. C O Q U IL L E I — D E N T IS T A J. Curtis Snook, D. D. S. Ham blj in the Beach. B y R oiebt R oland . Office ever Johnson, Dean & Co’» From the it inly of that Bomi- “ moluscan" erefture -the star-fidi— market. Coquille, Oregon. we find next oj our ramble, juet the funniest tiling.tint ever was. We discover it in oje of the little ponds, left by the redding tide, aud near it stranded on the sand, dead and L a w y e r. Justice of the Peace, City Recorder. withering in the sun, several others X T . S . Commissioner. of the sumo family. The first I ever snw w h s floating in the salt sen wa General Insurance Agent. ter at Hampton Ronds, Virginia, Notary Publio. near Fortress Monroe, and this one Office in Robinson Building. four thousand miles away, on the C oquill *, Q bkoqn . shore of another ocean, is just like it. All the little comrades of my ramble gather curiously around and two or three of the “ girlie girls” ask in the same breath: “ What is it, Attorney - at Law-. Uncle Robert?” o q u i l l k C ity , Coos C ounty , O rbgon . Ah, ray dears; in this I ’m an ag Notary tubilo. nostic. I don’t know. It is called the “ jelly fish” in the books. It is a thing with life, aud yet you ran John F. Hall, look right through it. lu the water it ban form and motion and propels A t t o r n e y - a t - L ^ w , itself by contraction, like the sbut- MABSHFIELD, OHEOON. tiug of your hand, but when strand ------- •— --------- ed on the sand, as you see these Dealer in H eal F,* tath of all knul". poor things, it is merely a shapeless SHAD HUDSON, : : J. E. HAYNES. nothing. Iu the water, see how easily and beautifully and swiftly it hustles itself arouud and those doz ens of long tentacles—a yard long lin in g and Real Estate Agents some of them, see how they float in the water like strings, or ribbons Eckley, Curry County, Oregon. AVE ralaable M'naa, Farms, Stock from a girl’s hat, or the tail of boy’s Hunches and Timber Land« for »ale kite in the air. How they tangle, House and fi aorea of land well improved snarl, and then, how they all come Wilbur, D our I b . oountjr, Or., for aale, out straight again, and this trans exchange for property In Myrtle 1 oint parent, translucent creature does not seem to care, “ the haper of a wild caper’’ how they are. ’ Pears like they are all right anyway, and if some of them get caught on the G ENERAL rocks and half a yard torn off, the thing does not seem to mind it one bit, because for all we know it may grow out another in an hour, or Horseshoeing « Specialty. splice out the one thnt is broken N. W. Cor. Secoud and Hall Sts , and go ou rejoicing the same as be Coquille City, Oregon.__ fore j j G. D. Holden, ^ J. Sherwood, Hudson & Haynes, H $ H. M cA D A M BlacKsmUHt ffapi Wort THE COMMONER Issued WeeRy, “ Oh what a funny thing” ex claimed little Miss Frankie. “ It’s shaped just like a saucer turned up- side down.” William J. Bryan, Yes dear, and before I road about them in the books, I called them “saucer fish.” Floating in the Editor ond P u b lis h e r, water, as you see, they are very L I N C O L N , • • ■ N E B R A S K A . curious and pretty, but out of their element nlso as you see, they T erms — H erald and C ommoner - are scarce a handful of inert noth P ayable in A dvance . ing. For what purpose created, or One Y ear.................................. Six Months................................ LOU for what purpose they live, we do Three Months........................... 75 not know, and yet, the same dear God made and watches over them, T H E who cares for us, and notes the tiny sparrows, when they' fall. X I h ardw are ’ sto r e , W m . Gallier, Proprietor, HARDWARE, AG0TE W0RE QUEENS W(IRE, TIN W0RE Call nnd examine pefeda and iuveBt a prices. ft n c o o s b a y Martin aafl Stone Worts C. W. PATERSON. Prop. Manufacturer of Marble Monument«. Hen 1- stonea. Tablets, etc. cemetery lots enclosed with stone copinp or curbing. Iron railings furnished to or der. Correspondence solicited from parties iting in the country or other towns v.lio may wish anything in my line of basiness MvasHFiy^o O m o T o th e TD n io rfu .rL S L t© Dr. Gibbon This old reliable ana most successful spec- i ialist in San Fraccis- f co, still continues to i cure all Sexual and Seminal Diseases, |snch as Qonorrhes- lO lee 4 ,8 tr i o to re, ■Syphilis, in all it ■ forms, 8kin Diseases. ■ N e r v o u s Debility, Impotency, Seminal Weakness and Lose of Manhood, the consequence of self-abase and excesses producing the following sympa toms: Sallow countenance, dark spots un der the eyes, pain in the head, ringing in the ears, loss of confidence, diffidence in approaohing strangers, palpitation of the heart, weakness of the limbs and back, loss of memory, pimples on tbe face, coughs- consuraution etc. • DR. GIBBON has practised in 8an Fran oisco over 37yearsan3tbosetronbledshoald not fail to consult him and receive the bon- fit of his great skill and experience. The octor cures when others fail. Try him. CORES GUARANTEED. Persons eared at home. Charges reasonable. Call or write. DR. J . F. GIBBON. 625 K-iarnev street. S in Francisco J As I have s id, you see this curi ous “ fish” is transparent. You can look right through it. You don’t see any sign of a heart, or stomach or veins, or bones, for the very good reason, there are none; noth ing but a quivering mass of jelly, which assumes different forms as it floats about, or contracts itself and shoots away through the water like an arrow. What it feeds on, and you see nothing which looks like a mouth, or how it lives, no one knows, or if they do, they have kept very still about it, and yet this thing, a nothing on land, and so curiously alive in water, and which, as it ioabs, you can look through and >ee the sand beyond; even as old Scrooge looked through the ghost of Marley and saw the buttons on tbe back of his coat; this thing I sny, has a sort of mind or instinct, is conscious of danger and makes haste to get itself out of the way. It baa always stirred a grewsome feeling in me. It is so vapory and spirit-like, 'twere better called a “ water sprite;” a sembleuce of something you cannot grasp, which ns you see, when I seek to touch it with my cane, makes that spot vacant iD an instant and re appears somewhere else. Ah. it is no fish, except it lives only in the salt sea water, only has shape in water, nor yet a “ sprite.” It is only an interrogation point. A “ what is it?” and so it floats away. And still another queer beauty of the sea, before we close our ram ble, and retreat from the incoming tide. We find three of them in a nook, covered by the great Pacific’ s waves, during hall the hours of the day, i. e. the twenty-four, which complete the earth’s revo lution. These are the sea anemone. A plant. Ai aDitnal. A flower. Which?. For hundreds of years savants and scientists have wres tled with the question, and yet I have never learned that they know what it is, or whether it is a sort of trinity; tbrp« in one and n very reasonable trinity teo. The first on« of these wonders I ever saw was at Ocean Sprav—a summer home village not far from Boston—for when he tide was out I wandered there hr away under the aea, where great ships had sailed at inorn. I remember that this child bf the Al infic was of a delicate pink color We a o now wandering along tie shore of the far Paei fie, and thi e> animal flowers C IT Y , O R E G O N , T U E S D A Y , at our f«ot, are of just a lovely pale blue— so pale, and so blue that the color seems flashing from their thousands of folding and unfolding petals. I put my cruel foot on one of them, aud it seems discouraged and crushed for an instunt, then it flames out agaiD, and somehow puts off the sand and dirt—the con tamination of my shoe sole— and is as bright as ever. It is like a great spreading chrysunthumam, except that it has more center, and is not ns large. N otice. A P R IL 21, 1903. of 11 e % and se % of 11 w % of sec 8 tp 28 s r i2 w W M, Also all the right that C. H. Bunch has in the said 12 miners inches of water hereinbefore men tioned by virtue o f being the owner of the following described land through which said Rink ;reek flows, to wit: s e 1 of n e i sec 7 and s w of n w sec 8 t|) 28 1 r 12 w W m, Also all the right that Wm. Col vin has in and to the said t 2 triners inches of water hereinbefore men tioned by virtue of being the cwner of the following described laud through which said Rink creek flows, to wit: s w % of n e i and w ]/2 o f a e and w 15 acres off of s e o fn w i and of n e i ofs w ¿ o f sec 7 in tp 28 s r 12 w W m. Also all the right that J. P. Jacob sen has in and to the said 12 miners inch of water hereinbefore men tioned by virtue of being the owner of the following described land through which said Rink creek flows, to wit: Lot 4 of sec 12 in tp 28 s r I3 w W m, and lot 1 and s )4 of n w % and e j o f s w ^ less 15 acres off o f b e J of n w y and of n e i of s w i of sec 7 tp 28 s r 12 w W rn w That the said City Council lias set Monday the 4th day of May 1903, at the hour of ten o ’clock in the forenoon as the time, and at the office of E .G . D. Holden, in the Citv, of Coquille Coos Couuty Oregon as the place o f meeting of said viewers, for the purpose of per forming the duties hereinbefore set- forth. Published by order of the City Council for the City of Coquille in pursuance to the resolution duly made on the 15th dayot April 1903. E. G. D. HOLDEN City Recorder. J. J. LAMB, Pres. N O 41 L.'HARLOGKER, Vice.Pre*. G W WHTE. Cashier COQUILLE V 0LLE Y B0NR. Notice is hereby given that the Common Council of the City of Co quille, |in Coos County, Oregon, for CAPITAL - - - 50.000 the purpose of assessing the dam ages to accrue by reason of appro COQUILLE, OEEUOH priating that stream in Coos County Oregon, known as Rink creek for Does a general banking business. Has money to loan on approved the use of a proposed water system personal and real estate security, buys county, town and school distrio for the said city, has appointed J L. warrants, draws notes, mortgages, deeds and all kinds of legal ¡Dstru Kronenburg, E. W. Guptill and J. monts—Notarial work. Fred Scliroeder viewers and ap Each part of the sea anemone praisers. to view the propeity rights Issues fire insurance at lowest rates in following companies: seems imbued with a life of its own. hereinafter described and to assess ¿Etna, Springfield, Connecticut, Orient and Magdeburg. Cut off some of its petals and they how much less valuable said prop B O A R D O B ’ D IR E C T O R S . grow again; nor do they lose any erty premises and property rights A. J. SHERWOOD, ISAIAH HACKER J. ,T LAMB time about it. Part it:— cut it in will be rendered by reason of tbe L. HARLOCKER, and G W. WHITE. two and each part at once becomes appropriation of said stream of the the head of a family, and immediate rights of way for laying its water ly starts in business on its own ac pipe, diverting points, reservoir sites count. described as follows to wit: Wonderful? It is more than that. Eight miners inches of water Its n miricJe. It is an animnl be from that part ot Rink creek flowing General Insurance Office. - Robinson Building muse imbued with animal life. A thiough the se i of ne ^ of sec 5 t 28 plant because rooted in one spot. s of r 12 w, in Coos County, Or. A flower because it blossoms—often belonging to the Southern Oregon seen along the shore, when the tide Company togetliar with the fol is out— for all we know, it is also a lowing described rights of way and child of the deep, dark sea! Now diverting point site upon land be B Bepresexrted.. if this wonder is an animal, whence longing to the Southern Oregon H ome I nsurance C ompany , N. Y. - - - - - - »14,406,450.33 its food, which must all be brought Company to wit; - » 2,855,012.00 S t . P aul F . & M. I nsurance C ompany , M inn . - within the range of its star-rayed Being 4 feet on each side of the » 2,435,571.29 T raders ’ I nsurance C ompany , C hicago - - - - petals. If a plant, whence its sus- following line. - » 1,037.715.39 H ome F. & M. I nsurance C ompany , S an F rancisco tance, in the cold sea waves? If a - - » 6,340,250.98 Begining at head o f falls in the F ire A ssociation I nsurance C ompany , P hiladelphia flower,whence its wonderful kaleido E quitable L ife I nsurance C ompany , N. Y. - - - - - »304,598,063.40 scope beauty? Who can make ans north branch of Rink creek at a I have had over T hirty Y ears ’ experience in Local and General agen wer, for this raaraeless animal,— cedar log marked “ O ,” said log is 978 feet north and 450 feet west of cy work in Insurance matters, and all business entrusted to me will re p k D t, —flower of the great Oceans. the % sec corner between sections ceive prompt attention. Policies issued at this office for all the above 1 yive it vp. 4 and 5. t 28 s r 12 w Willamette Fire Insurance Companies. E. G. D. HOLDEN, Fastened upon some century meridian, and running thence s 9 General Insurance Agent sunken hulk—sprouting from the deg e 2oo ft s 4 ^ deg e i65 ft s 6 skull, of some long forgotten rela deg w 80 ft s 29 deg w 120 ft s 9 tive, the sea anemono, sheds its deg w 295 feet south 14o feet s 25 F o r a l l k in d s o f beauty o ’er old Neptune’s cares, radi deg w 30o feet, s 60 deg w 200 feet, ating forever, its starry luster, in tbe s 43*4 deg w 5oo feet, s 16^0 w 800 deep, cold sea. A wonder we know feet, s 6 d ege 900 feet, s 33 deg w not of, tho’ we see it. a miricle of 2x5 feet, s 71f deg w 485 feet to the dayp, when miricles are said to line between sections 5 and 8. have passed away. Book and Commercial Work in the neatest and latest styles- Thence 8 feet wide on the north Fall many a gem of purest rav serene. Call at the HERALD office Our prices are right. side of the following line viz: For Municipal Onership The darknufathoraed caves of ocean bear; Full many a rose is born to btnsh unseen, West along section line 793 feet And waste its sweetness on the desert air. to % section corner. Thence n 84 A late Chicago dispatch says: “ Who wrote that beautiful stanza deg, 52 min w along section line Mayor Harrison’s first official act to — “ Uncle Robert” — up spoke tbe 2832 feet to corner of sections 5, 6, day was to announce that he would Bessie of our troupe. “ I think its 7 aud 8. Thence 4 feet on each ask the Council tomorrow night to just lovely. side o fth e following line: s 70)4 authorize him to appoint a commis “ Aud so do I ” and I ” chimed degrees w 535 feet, n 81 deg w 221 sion of ten aldermen and as many LOCATED AJ a lot more of them. feet. Thence west 665 feet s 61)4 private citizens to go to Spring- “ That all right Uncle” —said prac deg w 27o feet s 46 deg w 4o5 feet, field as the representatives of the O Q U ri-^IL L B CITT, OEEG-OU tical Jobnny— “ but I don’t see what s 65 deg w 445 feet, n 80 deg w 78o city and urge the passage of a mu C ns got to no wini tms tiling.- and feetr n 3Tyt deg w lo o feet, n 23 nicipal ownership enabling act and n bo thrust out his foot at one of our deg w 485 feet to line between sec bill providing for the initiative and sea anemones. tions 6 and 7 a ntal distance of referendum. He also sent a tele- NEWTORGANIZATION. Perhaps nothing Johnny tho’ you 11.926 feet, gram to G o 7erner Yates asking him NEW fM ANAGEM ENT. must admit that many a rose wastes Also beginning 194 feet north of to aid Chicago in getting this en COMPETENT FACULTY. its sweetnoss, ou the desert air, and the cornor of sectiots 4, 5, 8 aud 9 abling legislation. 'COURSES IN by the same rule, this wonderful of said townshij and range, ENGLISH. MUSIC. thing, may waste its beauty, in the and The Governor of Pennsylvania running Ihence n 87 MATHEMATICS. oceans depths, and now Bessie, dear, degrees w 59 feet, w 667 feet s 83 has signed the bill passed by the ELOCUTION, SCIENCE- to answer the first question last, deg w 233 feet w 49i feet to inter Legislature now in session at Har that stanza is a quotation from section of line from North fork of risburg prohibiting the sale in that “ Gray’s Elegy,” said to have been Mat Rink creek; acotal distance of state of cigarettes or cigarette paper Tuition per term o f 12 weeks, if paid in advance, $450, for grades 1,‘ 2 written in a churchyard, tho’ as he 1449 feet. to any person under 21 years of age. 3 and 4. For grades 5, 6, and 7, $6 per term. 8th and 9th grades, »7 was seven years writing it, I have Also a »trip of load 60 feet wide A similar law in -this state has long per term, my doubts about it. You are quite on each side of the said north fork been a dead letter. Parents do not right however about it being “ love of Rink creek from the initial point take the trouble to see thnt it is en Winter term opens 1st Monday in January. For particulars ly.” Gray lived and wrote more than o f the above survey, running n 22 forced. Perhaps, being busy with Call on or address a hundred years ago, but his “ Elegy” deg e up stream for a distance of other things, they do not care any is the only poem, he is remembered 3oo feet for a resorvoir or diverting thing about it. Possibly some of A. H MULKY, Superintendent. for, and that is considered the most point site. them share the belief of their stunt elegant, finished verse in the Also 4 miners inches of water from ed, mistaken boys that smoking ci English lauguage, as in my opinion that part of Rink creek flowing garettes is n manly accomplishment. it ought to be, ns he was seven years through the s w J s |. t 28 s of r 12 At all events, no pretense is made polishing it up. w in Coos County Ore. belonging to of enforcing the law. Perhaps the “ Oh the tide! the tide!” Shouted J. D. Walker together with the fol parents of Pennsylvania will mnko Billy. “ Look at the tide! W e’d lowing described right of way and a better record in this line. Let us hope so.— Oregonian. better get out o ’ here,” and so sure diverting point site to wit: enough the tide was crowding in Being 4 feet on each side of tbe around us, and we at once scamp following line: Begin 1052 feet north Buffalo Bill Injured- ered for higher ground and after and 1262 feet east o f the corner of Manchester, Eng., Apr. 13.—W. a stiff climb were soon on the bluff sections 4, 5, 8, and 9 t. 28 s r I 2 fl over looking the scene of our late at top o f falls of south fork of Rink F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) met with an ramble, and fifty feet above the creek, and running thence s 38 deg nccident at the first perfonunneo of Thence s 56 deg w his show here today. His horse highest tide mark; whereupon we w 2o0 feet: found scats upon the grass, and fell 126o feet. Thence n 87 deg w 94 ft reared and fell on him. He wns re to tbe investigation of certain mys to line between sections 4 and 5 a moved to a hotel. terious baskets, which always go distance of 1554 feet. Also a strip EXPORTERS r I I Q C M IN N E A P O L IS T A k | M IT D V NORTH ERN I U I f O S M E l t P S J d I |S| • I M I N I X U . I A T Salt Lake City, April 11.- Brig along with such a crowd; the girls 50 feet wide on each side of tbe all talking at once, and the boys, creek beginning at the initial point ham Young, president of the Coun ZOO-212 first-A ve.N orth. M IN NEAPO LIS. M IN N ., whooping such whoops, as ouly of this survey and running thence cil of Twelve Apostles of the Mor W R IT E FOR C IR C U L A R S easterly along said creek 3Co feet mon Church, died in this city to boys can when “school’s out.” night, after a lingering illness. for a reservoir and diverting point Then we discussed our future site. plans and deciding to rest up next Topeka,April fi.— (Special Corres Also the following described right week, and that two weeks hence we pondence.)— All railroad lines run- o( way and resevoir site ou land be would tramp a mountain trail ipid ninig into the state issued an order longing to John Notley to wit: have a camp in the woods. The Begining at a point on section to the effect that hereafter the girls all said it would be fine, THE STANDARO PENS EVERYWHERE. 1 5 0 S ty le s ' ' " i r ’ o ï î e S ™ ,!"'' line between sections 6, and 7 t 28 freight on nil consignments of liq and the boys all said, they'd have Sold by All SutlontfL s r 12 w 7o3 feet west of the ^ sec. uor must be prepaid, and a guaran- E S T E R B R 00^ S T E E U P fl^0^ ^ y »h n ^ cjjj^ ro*^ their guns loaded for bear! Oh < W ot » » , Ctmdea. M. I. corner and running thence along the for the return freight if the con they are a brave merry troupe, line as now staked out, n 23 deg w signment is not claimed in ten days. these nephews and nieces of mine, 215 ft n 48 d w 50o ft n 65 d w 651 ft —Tbe New Voice. and I anticipate much pleasure go n 2of w 549 ft n 110 ft to a Chituin In view of the extended duration ing over the mountains, with such tree 12 iu. in diameter marked BM of the President’s present trip the a troupe of hustlers. on south side. Also beginning n 6 The expedition of Lewis and deg e l8 7 ft from the above described qnestion of taking along a laundry Clark will be nothing to it, and so Chitum at a cedar stump, and run cai was seriously considered, but with all we saw during our ramble ning thence n 23 deg w 155o ft to it was finally determined that the In on the beach and much more which the line between ranges 12 and 13 expense would be too great. cannot now be told, about our do w, being 4 ft on each side o f the stead the member» of the party ings on that beautiful April day, above described line. Also a piece have provided themselves with “ At Bandon by the sea,” wo all of land begining 5o ft south or the enough linen to start a haberdash came safely home again, well above named Chitum tree and run er’s store. pleased thus far—voted the time ning thence s 7o deg e 12o ft; The art of glyptics, engraving on well spent, and like little Oliver thence 11 2odeg E. 3oo feet, thence precious stones, is being revived in Twist, all wanting “some more.” ONE-THIRD EASIER- north 7o degrees west 24o feet, France. There is little liklihood Oa onr way up the river, several tlmece s 2o deg w 3oo ft; thence s that it will ever find n place in tho ONE-THIRD FASTER. of tbe larger nephews and nieces 70 deg e 12o ft to the place of be- United States, however. Even nr. came to me with a proposition to [ ginning containing 1 65-100 acres tistic stone sculpture is seldon prac The only Sewing Machine that organize “ A club.” It nearly I for resorvoir site. ticed by ’ Americans whose quick, oes not fail in any point. took my breath away. “ Why not” R O T A R Y MOTION AN D B A L L . B E A R IN G S . The lightest run Also all the right that Caroline impatient temporanients rebel at the they all-exclaimed in chorus. “ Ev RA P ID — »aves ¡about June day in three Myers has in and to the said 12 slow methods essential to success ning machine in the world. erything nowadays is done by sewing that much faster than nny vibrating tshattli'L'sewing machine miners inches of water hereinbefore in this direction. club organizations, and sure mentioned by’ virtue of being owner The trust problem is one that Moie time is saved, mnr,- money earned. enough — why not?” Qaiet anddnrable. 1 be rotary motion doe away with noise fand of tlie followiug described land confronts practically all tbe civiliz- Well mv dears, 1 11 think about through which said Rink creek i cd countries of tho world. The la- wear caused bv the forward and Imckware movement of the »buttle. it. And fo it w a s l e f t until o u r flows, 10 wit: flii-ir.il iilli) ( i : t n 1’ i i i i i 0 o » ‘. i t .) 11 JYIar U-jt S t. San Fraucisa | te-t trust in Euro|»e includes all the meeting on the meuntaiu trail. 11 >4 of n w X ; n % of n e % ; s tv gla*s manufacturers in Sweden. California \V. H, SHORT, Agent, Marshfield. E. G. D. HOLDEN’S C o q u ille , O re g o n flrtr Three M M Mion Dollars tam es Caia Job Printinq COOS COUNTY ACfIDEMY - — -- STEEL PENS THE Wheeler & Wilson Three Times the Value of Aijy Otljer....