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About Coquille City herald. (Coquille City, Or.) 188?-1904 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1913)
■, m e (üuttagp (Srmir f^ n tin rl'* re\n ^nc o r Po r^ ^ is the C()ttage G ro v e L ead er a n d the B o h e m ia N u g g e t VII COTI AGE GROVE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1913 Number 19 Live Wire Newspaper Helps Make A Live Wire City ;D UNDER SNOW Philosopher Spray Gets $5.00 Apparently Dead, Suddenly Becomes IREE.HOURS Self; An Hour Later He Eats Dinner John F. Spray wn» aurprlned I uh I week when attending the hardwar* ED a t m o m e n t w h e n convention to be awarded a prize of f.ri.no in an advertiaing contcat. Hi» hopk w a s l o s t D.tviti Gibson, Aged 80, Death Rattle in Throat, Sur- unique column in The Sentinel hn» ut trarted conalderable attention througii priaes Wife and Attendant by Unusual R e co v e ry -ji god Henry U odeM Bare- oul the atute and iiia own pccu!i«r WMy i Smothering To Death o f advertiaing gela rcHull». The ad. To tic dead several minutes and an natural self, arrange himaelf for a nap tbut won the prize who one about u j,Slide at Champion hour later cheerfully eating hia dinner, and an hour latter ariae and eat hia piece of farm machinery. Mine. i« the experience of liaviii ditmon, 352 dinner aa uaual. Mumps are Abating. Mr. dibaon ia 80 yeara o f age and South Sixth Street. Buffered a paralytic stroke nome time Or*.. Jan. » • (Sp«*-i*l to I he epidemic o f inumpa which » .1 Shortly before 11 o'clock Saturday ago. He will not allow himaelf to be Bliwl. Hurled under »rvi-ral played havoc with m-hool attendance in cow f»r three hour* *nd rencued abating and work in the achoola ia im he a.-nt word to A. Doolittle, who live» examined by a physician. ,ck of time, in the e*|ierienee of proving. The total enrollment ia 696, next door, to bring over hia electric In the evening Mra. Gibaon suffered )*», who m employed at the total day a attendance for January to battery. When Mr. Doolittle arrived, aevere pHin from a corn. Examining mine in the Hoheml* di»- the 24th, ►<655; number neither aiment Mr. dibaon had apparently paaaed it, abe found it greatly inflamed. She ;Supt. Henry Land*«*, who we* nor tardy 267 ; |>crcentagc of atten away. There waa no aign of life what had pared it a couple weeka previously t ,,ib him, *l*o h*d * n*rrow dance 92.8. High Nchool enrollment ia ever. However, Mr. Doolittle applied and thought it entirely well. The e x the battery. He then aturted to put citement o f the day had brought, on „ul but for the *lnllty o f Mr. 104. on the aocka of the auppoaed dead man. blood poisoning from a wound made to ektricMto himself, both The moving of the limha seemed to with the razor two weeks previously. hivt certainly p«rt*he«l. There realore reapiration, but the death rat Treatment soon removed the trouble, no other jH r»on* *t the mine, tle waa in hia throat and Mr. Doolittle however, and both she and husband are having ce»»ed a couple ami Mra. dibaon were dumbfounded to as cheerful as ever. Mrs. Gibson is 76 I »go and the nearert help wan a aee Mr. dibaon all at once become hia years of age. td < half «way. The accident Was Member of 1909 Class Grove High School Curiosity in Cakes Given Mayor A curiosity in cakeH ia the one pre sented to Mayor J. H. Chambers in honor o f his new position and made by Lem Jog, his Chinese logging camp oook. It is made in the form o f a tower with four terraces and is highly embellished and decorated. Around the pedestal is a candy chain railing sup|>orted by candy posts. Circling the base in candy letters appears the legend: " J . H. Chambers, Mayor Cottage Grove 1913.” Surmounting the tower iB a perfect American flag made o f candy. The cake is 20 inches in height and 12 inches in diameter and is highly prized by the owner who has it on exhibition at his home on Rail road Street. $8,000 FROM COUNTY FOR GROVE ROADS FUNDS OF TWO YEARS not have been diacovcrcd for men were at work Friday ufter- ove||ntt the »now off the build- t win nome six fret deep and bought to lie endangering the of the building. They were g it the lower edge o f the roof without warning, the avalanche ?iy and carried the men with it ground Mr. I^wia waa com- buried, but Mr. I.ande«* waa fifty feet or more out o f danger, on hi* mowihoe* end hurried to jyital mine for aaalatenre. Ed ant to his aid and the two aue- m eitnc .ting the burled man j nick of lime. He waa uncon- and ilmoil frozen to death but j I and noon fully recovered, jw ii 1H to 20 f« «-t deep in the Mid to be the deepcul ever it this time of the year. ROADS WOULD SAVE FORTUNE Million Miles of Country loids in U. S. Only 2 Per Cent Improved. r* hnve over 2,000,000 o f country in the United State«, o f which hm 2 per cent are Improved, jt ii eitimated that a general aye- of good road» would nave thin try 1600 , 000,000 per year, or * fr*d million more than the entire of the Panama Canal and add to | national wealth, approximately, »nd one quarter billion* „ f dol- United State» government billion» for every conceivable * except good road». It has t million» for road» in I’orto Hico, ka and the Philippine», but not one >" the United States.” feae were nom.- of the point* made i-,00'ittle, repreaentatlv* o f the •wnd Cement Manufacturer» Aa- ftkm in hia lecture at The Arcade rt,y "fternonn under auapirea o f commercial club. *th alidea and atnry the apeaker the progreaa of the paat and -nt to be no more rapid than the - road» movement. M OF MRS. C. 0. WILCOX SUDDEN Cottage Grove Manufacturing Com Wet Ground Made Dry While Dry pany Adds New Planer. Ground Is Wet. ^ C-0 . Wilcox, living on South *reet, expired late ycaterday , r n f r " m i'ourt failure, being " / her ,Ul,Kht.T Minnie on her j ,r°m Worl< Ju*t an the life »park an .°Ut‘ Sbe WM " n elderly -i; *(1 bec" troubled with the - .f * nufI'ber o f year» and her M™ w l W*H not une*l*ecte<i. JC0* h,<1 be«m « realdent o f frmt.,r iJ* f°r two y*nr". coming Kara,,. ()ne son >nd Bjx " ... T" ' i are Miaa *th u CT France« ’n' aml Wild« KmCr‘‘ ^ l, city c,ty. - Mra. of G«o’r The Cottagp Grove Manufacturing Co. haa inatalled iluring the paat week one of the latcat model plancra for cabinet work. It will dreaa a piece of timber anywhere within a range of 8 inuhea to onc-aixteenth of an inch. The knivea make 5.000 revolution» a minute and put on a aurface that look» like polished marble. L MISS VKHA IXK-’IIKAN. I N ISS Vera Dcata Cochran, wiioae death In Washington on Jan. U waa reported in The Sentinel laat week, waa a graduate o f the Cot tage drove High School with the I9U9 plana. Mina Cochran waa born in Cottage (¡rove, being a daughter of Mr. and Mr». J. I>. Cochran, now o f Walla Walla, Wa»h The family moved away from Cottage drove two and a half yeara ago. Mi»a Cochran was 22 year» of age at time of death and had been ailing but a year. Her death occurred on the birthday anniver»ary of her grandmother. Mra. S. K. Cochran o f thia city. Horace Cochran of thia city ia an uncle and Mra. C. A. I'erkina an aunt. W. V. DeWald, Mason for 46 Years, !■ Only Publisher of Country Week- Dies as Result of Paralytic ^ Appointed on University Stroke. Board of Visitors. NOTED EVANGELIST COMING duct Revival Meetings. MOTHER AND SON BURIED Mra. Edith Hill-Hooker, an evangel ist o f national reputation, will open a j BY SIDE OF FATHER series of union evangelistic meetings in the M. E. Church Sunday evening. With her will lie Mias Florence Fceley. ■inger and choir leader. A chorus choir ia being organized under the di rection o f II. II. Harris and all vocal- iala have been invited to meet Ht the church tomorrow evening to aaaiat in ita organization. In connection with the revival meet ings a religious census of the city ia being taken. The city haa been di vided into 1<» district« with an enumer ator for each district. DIVORCE GIVEN MARTHA WHISMAN Acquaintance of Martha J. Whiaman waa granted « divorce from J. S. Whiaman Saturday before Judge IlHrria. Cruel and in human treatment were the grounds for action. A stipulation was entered into between the parties that plaintiff give defendant the sum of $H">. in consider ation of which he waived all right and interest to any property of the plain tiff and withdrew hia cross-complaint and answer. Mr«. Whisman was given the right to use her former name. Mrs. Martha J. Kayser. The parties to the rail have been ac quaintance» aince childhood and were married about a year ago after the re turn o f Mra. Kayaer from a trip through the Eaat. They have not lived together for aome time. * 1 ? , Mr,‘ R,hel Coleman, : AU.n P .rk ., ii ’ rl<- funeral arrangc- Everything you « ■ y trill ^een m*,,e but the Pfohahly be «hipped eaat. The Sentinel. mention is in John Hull has been so successful with tiling on hia Coast Fork ranch that he will put in an additional 4,000 feet this spring. He put in over a mile last year, using his lowest ground for the purpose and found that he could plow this with ease while higher ground was too wet for work. Visiting cards—The Sentinel. LIVES BUT FEW DAYS EDITOR OF SENTINEL AFTER STROKE IS HONORED W. V. DeWald, who suffered a severe stroke of paralysis last week, died Sat urday and the funeral wh s held Sunday under the auspices of the A. F. & A. M.. of which he has been a member 46 years. Rev. T. J. Moore of the M. E. Church officiated. Interment was made in A. F. & A. M. cemetery. Mr. DeWald waa born in Washington County, Tenn., 79 years ago. He was married Dec. 26,1859. to Miss Mary Ann Ruble, who died here two years ago. The family moved to Oregon in 1888, settling first at Canyonville, moving to Cottage Grove in 1890. Six children survive. They are J. D. and W. M. of Montrose, S. 1)., L. H. o f Canyonville, Miss Tulen E. and Mrs. Sherman Mrs. Edith Hill-Booker, Speaker of C. Shortridgc of this city. National Reputation, Will Con Married Life With “«hter Returns Home to Find School Days Is Short. M°ther With Life Spark Leaving. INSTALLS MODERN MACHINERY HULL FINDS TILING SUCCESSFUL V Bodies of Mrs. S. I. Keyser and Thomas Keyser Brought Here from Idaho. Elbert Bede, editor o f the Cottage Grove Sentinel, heads the board of visitors for the journalism department of the University o f Oregon, who were appointed Friday by President Hofer of the State Editorial Association upon request o f the journalism department. He is the only member appointed from a country weekly. The complete board is as follow s: Elbert Bede, o f The Sentinel, Cottage Grove; A. R. O’ Brien, o f the Record, Marshfield; Bruce Dennis, o f the Ob server, LaGrande; John F. Carroll, of the Telegram, Portland ; E. E. Brodie, of the Enterprise, Oregon C ity; Phil Bates o f Portland. Colonel Hofer as president o f the editorial association, is an honorary member. FORMER GROVE SCHOOL GIRL BURIED HERE Mrs. Frank Cooper, nee Clara Van Riper, Dies Sunday at Seattle of Hemorrhage. The body o f Mrs. Frank Cooper, a former Cottage Grove school girl, was brought here Tuesday from Seattle, where she died Sunday from a hemor rhage. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon from the Presbyterian Church, Rev. E. Q. Hallis officiating. Interment was made in I. O. O. F. cemetery. Miss Clara Van Riper was born in Nebraska March 8, 1886, her parents being Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Van Riper. Her mother is now Mrs. J. W. Gowdy o f this city. The family moved to Cottage Grove while Miss Van Riper was a child, and she lived here until four or five years ago, when she went to Portland and went into the millinery business. She was married two years ago at Oregon City to Frank Cooper. They soon afterwards took up their residence at Seattle. Besides Grove at Junction Saturday. the husband and mother, a sister and The Cottage Grove basket ball team brother survive. They are Mrs. D. J. hH* H g.ime scheduled for Saturday Scholl and Guy Van Riper o f this city. evening with Junction City at the lat- There are no children. u r place. The boys propose to repeat W. J. Gardner Out. the drubbing given Eugene here Thurs W. J. Gardner, who suffered severe day evening. _______ injuries to his ankle two months ago Building Bungalow. when hia horse fell on him, was able to S I. Godard has started the erection be down street for the first time Mon a bungalow for J. P. Rucker at day. The first thing he did was to Saginaw. Mr. Rucker ia a recent ar come in and get a receipt for The Sen rival from Nebraska, and recently pur tinel for another year. chased the E. P. Redford ranch. What do you want, anyway? A Sen gfcop” Where Good Printing ia tinel want ad. will get it for you. Done--The Sentinel. The bodies o f Mrs. S. I. Keyser and Thomas Keyser were brought here from Idaho Tuesday and interred yes terday in Shields cemetery beside the body of the husband and father, who died here several years ago. Mrs. Keyser died Saturday at Big Mea dows, ldHho. Thomas Keyser died several years ago and the body was brought here to be luid with that o f the parents. Funeral services for Mrs. Keyser were held from Veatch's chapel, Rev. J. T. Moore officiating. The parents were pioneers o f the Grove country. Mra. Keyser was Miss Sarah Isabelle Ramsey, born near Ruaselville, Mo., Dec. 21, 1837. She married T. C. Keyser in 1854 at Salem. Ore. Six children survive. NOW AVAILABLE First Work Will Be Done on Pa cific Highway; Balance of Ap propriation on South Sixth Street. SAD DEATH FOLLOWS BIRTH OF CHILD MRS. H. K. METCALF DIES UN EXPECTEDLY Was Daughter of Prominent Linn County Pioneer; Three Small Children and Husband Survive. The saddest death in Cottage Grove for several years was that o f Mrs. H. K. Metcalf Saturday, following a few weeks after the birth o f a daughter. Cause o f death was enteric fever. The funeral was held Monday at Halsey, the family home o f Mrs. M etcalf’s parents. The services were conducted by Rev. J. L. Beatty o f this city. A beautiful floral piece was the shield given by 6th Co., C, A. C.. o f which Mr. Metcalf is commanding officer. The stores closed during the services in this city. Emma D. Gray was born at Halsey Oct. 3, 1881, and married Mr. M etcalf Sept. 17, 1900. They moved to Cottage Grove 11 years ago. Three children and husband survive. The children are Donald Gray, aged 4', Harry Dale, aged 2J, and Merrick, born four weeks age. Mrs. M etcalf’s parents were Caleb and Frances E. Gray. Mrs. Gray sur vives and is a resident o f this city. Mr. Gray and his first w ife came across the plains in 1852 taking a donation claim near Halsey. They were among the best known early settlers o f Linn County, Mr. Gray founding the Linn County Pioneers Association. Both were prominent in church work and Mr. Gray was active in politics. Mrs. Gray died in 1875 and Mr. Gray rem ar ried at Portland in 1877 to the mother o f Mrs. Metcalf. The county will spend about 18000 on roads leading to Cottage Grove during the coming season. Half o f this is the money to which Cottage Grove was en titled last year but which for various reasons was not used at that time. Commissioner Hawley has been given charge o f the work in this end o f the county and informs The S e nt i n e 1 that if nothing happens to change his mind he will first macadamize Pacific Highway from the city limits to the rock crusher and use the balance o f the money to macadamize South Sixth street, working south from the city limits until the appropriation is used up. If arrangements can be made with the city the rock for the roads may be Profit in Poultry Raising Is Merely secured from the municipal quarry. a Question of Weeding Out If such arrangements can not be made, Poor Layers. a county rock crusher will be shipped in within a few weeks. ‘ ‘ Investigation has shown that the number o f eggs laid by hens o f the Cates Goes to Coast. Lew A. Cates, former publisher o f same breed from the same stock and The Sentinel, but who has been run with the same care varies so greatly ning a ranch south of the city for the that profit in poultry has simmered past 18 months, leaves this week for down to the science o f picking out the Coquille. where he will take hold o f good layers and getting rid o f the poor ones.” This was the principal point The Sentinel of that city. made by Prof. Dryden o f the Oregon Agricultural College in his lecture on “ Better Eggs and More o f Them,1” given at The Arcade Monday under County Seat Basket Tossers Given the auspices of the commercial club. Terrible Drubbing by South “ We have flocks o f hens at the Lane Champions. college,” th e speaker continued, ‘ ‘ which with equal opportunities varied By a score o f 49 to 6 the Cottage from 6 to 259 eggs for a year. There Grove high school basket ball team seems to be no difference in breeds as walked all over a like aggregation from far as laying qualities arc concerned. Eugene. A t no time in the game did There are good and poor layer in all the county seat players have a look-in. breeds in about equal numbers.” They were simply outclassed at every The moving picture lecture was par point by the South Lane champions. ticularly interesting and amusing. In The local lineup w as: Atkinson, Cel the slide lecture views were shown o f lars, Brumbaugh, Martin, Matthews, many o f the prize-winning birds o f the Damewood. world. In a short talk at the commercial New Books for Library. club in the evening, the professor The public library received during stated that Lane County ranked fifth the past week another consignment o f in the state in egg production and that 156 books. The bulk o f them are fic poultry products ranked third in value tion for old and young and are now on in the state. the shelves ready for patrons. ALL BREEDS SAME AS TO LAYING GROVEDOWNS EUGENE HIGH LARGE TRACT OF LAND IS WANTED California Man Seeks 1000 to 4000 Acres in Oregon. The commercial club has received a request from the Southern Pacific R ail way for information regarding tract of land in Oregon o f from 1,000 to 4,000 acres sufficiently level to be put under cultivation with gas tractors and not more than 20 miles from the Southern Pacific lines. The land is wanted for a Los Altos, Calif., party. Want Port of Umpqua. LONG IDLE MILL TO RESUME FEB. 1 W. S. and W. C. Shearer Take Over Bedrock Property at Dorena. A deal was closed last week whereby the Bedrock mill and property at Do rena came into the possession o f W. S. and W. C. Shearer, well known mill men in this section o f the country, who will begin operations F eb ru a ry first. Some new equipment will be added and a general overhauling o f the mill ia now in progress. The firm will specialize in ties and timber, doing business under the firm name o f W. S. Shearer & Son Lumber Co. The mill has been idle a number o f yeara. Petitions are being circulated in the western part o f the county, including Elkton, Kellogg, Gardiner and Scotte- burg, asking the county court to order an election in these precincts favoring the creation o f the Port o f Umpqua. It is understood that Drain and all that Markets to Close Sundays. part o f the county south o f Drain will The meat marketa o f the city have be excluded. The County Court will render its decision eairly in February.— entered into an agreement not to open on Sundays hereafter. Drain Nonpareil.