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About Semi-weekly herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1904-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1904)
SEMI-WEEKLY V ol . 22: No. 49 Entered as second-class matter July 8, 1!H)4, at the postoffice at Coquille, Ore gon. under act of Congress of March 3, 1879. HERALD. COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER 9, 1904. “Good Old Times.” Not until February of 1812 did the peoplo of Kentucky know that Madison was elected President in the previous November. Iu 1834 one of the leading rail roads of the United States printed ou its time tnble: “ The locomotive will leave the depot every at 10 o ’clock, if the weather is fair.” The first typewriter was received by the public with suspicion. It seemed subversive of existing con ditions. A reporter who took one into a courtroom first proved its real worth. In England, some centuries ago, ;f ordinary worktnnn without permission, moved from one parish to another in search of work or bet ter wages, he was branded with a hot iron. When Benjamin Franklin first thought of starting a newspaper in Philadelphia many of his friends ad vised against it, because there was a paper published in Boston. Some of them doubted that the country would bo able to support two news papers. One hundred years ago the fast est land travel in the world was on the Great North road, ¡ d England, after it bad been put into its best condition. There the York mail coach tore along at the rate of ninety miles a day, and many persons con fidently predicted Divine venge ance on such unseemly haste. When Thomas Jefferson was elected President of the United Stafes, ou February 17, 1801, after one of the most exciting political cimpaigns in our history, the grati fying news did not reach the suc cessful candidate for as many days as it now takes hours to transmit the result of a Presidential election to the whole civilized world. When in 1809 Richard Trevithick uttered the following words there were many who considered him an iDsanc, dangerous person: “ The J. Curtis Snook, D. D. S. present generation will use canals, D bmtist , the next will perfer railroads with Office two doors Month Odd Fellow’ s Hall horses, but their more enlightened Will make Bandon a professional visit successors will employ steam car the first Monday in each quarter. riages on railways as the perfection of the art of conveyance.” Coquille, Oregon. When Benjamin Franklin first took the coach from Philadelphia to New York he spent four days on E. D. Sperry. W . C. Chase. the journey. He tells us that, as the old driver jogged along, he SPERRY & CHASE, spent his time knitting stockings. Attorneys-at-Law. Two stage coaches and eight horses Oflioe in Robinson Building, suflficied for all the commerce that was carried on between Boston and Coquille, - - - Oregon. Now York, and in winter the jour ney occupied a week. Napoleon, at the height of his E. G. D. Holden, power, could not command our L awyhr , every-da v conveniences, such as City Recorder, U. S. Coramissioner, Gen i s*eam heat, running water, bath and eral Insaranoe Agent, and Notary sanitary plumbing, gas, electric Publio. Office in Robin light, railroads, steamboats, the tel son Building. egraph, the telephone, the phono Coquille, Oregon. graph, daily newspapers, magazines nnd a thousand other blessings now part of the daily necessities of even manual laborers. A. F. Kirshman, When the first two tons of an D en tist . thracite coal were brought into Office at Residence, one block east of Philadelphia in 1803 the good peo ple of that city, so the records say, Tuttle Hotel. “ tried to burn the stuff, but at Coquille . - . Oregon. length, disgusted, the broke it up and made a walk of it.’’ Fourteen years later Coleuel George Shoe maker sold eight or ten wagonloads Str. D I S P A T C H of it in the same city, but warrants Tom White, Master, were soon issued for his arrest for Leaves | Arrives Bandon....... 7 A-M. [ Coquille 10 A-M. taking money under false pretenses. C oquille...... 1 P-M. | Bandon 4 p - m . Connects at Coquille with train for Marshfield — Success. Centennial Notes. Rural Population Means Wealth The Bridge of Nations at the Lewis and Clark Exposition, which connects the Government Poniasula and the mainland, is more than 2,000 feet long. In a statistical estimate of the gain in rural population that has been made in the State of Washing ton during the past year, there is a great deal that should bo gratifying to tho people of this section general ly. The figures show that in the eastern part of the state, where the country is least settled and the lands are cheapest, the gains have been most notable, which means that the wilderness is being peopled and the traditional process of bloom ing and blossoming in the desert places is going forward not only to the profit of Washington, but to that of this Northwest section as a whole. It is scarcely necessary to argue that the conditions which have pro duced a notable increase of popula tion and the marked settlement of new country in eastern Washington have accomplished like results in Oregon nnd Idaho. The cummer- cial bodies and various immigration activities of all these states, incluJ- ing the railroad systems which are equally concerned in either of thorn, have been assiduously at work for Roosevelt Avenue, which skirts the shore of the Uovernmen Penin sula at the Lewis and Clark Cen tennial is tho only road named after a living American. The shady driveways iu Centen nial Park at the Lewis and Clark Fair have been named after western states, being known as Idaho, Wyo ming and Montana Avenues. Three water towers, each sixty feet high, will supply water for emergency use at the Lewis and Clark Centennial. The towers will be covered with vines which will completely conceal the woodwork. The National Association of State Dairy and Food Departments, con sisting of about 300 delegates, will hold its next convention at Port land in June, during the Lewis and Clark Centennial. The bronze statue of Sacajawea, the Indian heroine, will be located in the center of Columbia Court, the past few years towards the very the central plaza of the Exposition. consummation that has been brought The statue will face the west. to public attention in Washington. Work on the Government build It cannot be denied that this is the ing at the Lewis and Clark Centen best possible work for the upbuild nial, is progressing rapidly, and the ing of either commonwealth. In a building will be completed by April practical way, it insures improved 1st. conditions that are basic to all In the experimental ’gardens, lo other lines of material advancement. cated in the western part of the Whenever virgin lauds are converted Lewis and Clark Exposition grounds to fertile farms there soon follows all manner of western products will the extension of transportation fa be exhibited as they actually grow. cilities; the rapid growth of the This is a new feature in expositions. smaller village, the town, and city The walls of the Forestry build with factories, stores, schoolhouses, ing at the Lewis and Clark Centen churches, libraries and all concomi nial are now in place, and workmen tants of the steadily piogressing are busy putting on the roof. The civilization of the times. a What the Washington statistician building has proved interesting be yond all expectation to early visitors has discovered relative to the com parative advance in the population at the Fair grounds. in the different sections of the state Jewelers from many western cities comprises a splendid hint as to the have pent orders for Lewis and j channel of development work in Clark souvenir gold dollars to be which increased eDergv and intelli used as Christmas gifts. The coins gent effort should be manifested. are boing mounted and used as In all the states of this Northwest tie and scarf pins, watch charms, country there should he a drive for brooches, and in many other ways. the acquisition of rural population; for in such acquisition, where it Band to Play on Lewie and means the settlement of new lands, Clark Route. there is wealth upon which the ac Portland, Dec. 7.— The state quirement of further wealth is based. band of North Dakota, 100 strong, — Telegram. is planning to follow the route of Lewis and Clark, and give daily concerts Jat the principal places, ar riving at Portland at the same time of year as the explorers. The band is under the leadership of J. H. Zimmerman, who is planning the tour. The organization will be augmented with the best material to he found in North Dakota, Ore gon, Washington, Montana and Idaho, and will be drilled for sev eral weeks before starting on the overland trip. Submarine to Cross Atlantic. ear An Enterprising County. Coos county has set a new pace for tho counties which intend to participate in the Lewis and Clark Exposition. This enterprising coun ty has completed plans for a sepa rate county building which is to he erected by the enterprising resi dents of the county, no appropria tion for that purpose having been made. Not only is Coos county going to have a building, but it is to he a big one and an attractive one, such C o q u ille , O r e g o n . as the Exposition can welt he proud of. It will be 60x50 feet and will be constructed of woods from the Coos district and beautified with grasses and ferns from Coos. The lawn surrounding the building will oc cupy a space as large as the build ing. RAMBLERS Coos county’s application and plans caused something of a stir at TRIBUNES AN D Exhibition headquarters Friday, It will be recalled that the county was MITCHELLS among the delinquents. The court offered nothing and hopes had about Rare Bargains in Second-Hand Wheels. Wheels to Rent. been given up by the State Com Repairing Done on Short Notice. mission. But it seems the county had been biding its time. Evidently the promoters of the proposition C O Q U IL L E , O R EO O N E a s t E n d of F r o n t S t . - had been waiting to see what the other counties were intending to do L. H. HAZARD, Csshier R. E. SHINE. Vice Pres. A. J. SHERWOOD, Pres. in order to “ go them one better.” But then the plans of other enter prising counties are by no means set and it is not at all improbable O F C O Q U IU LtE, O R E O O fi. this new enterprise will be met. Coos county’s application was T r a n s a c t s o G eneral B a n k in g B u s i n e s s made through the Coos County Chamber of Commerce, which is pro Correspondents. Board of Directors. moting the construction of the pa- National Bank of Commerce, New York City It. Ü. Dement, A. J. Sherwood, villion. The award of a building T a . H. Hazard, , Crocker Woolworth N ’l Bank, San Francisco 1 j . Harlocker, 11. E. Shine. ; First Nat’l Bank of Portland, Portland, Or. site will be made by the Exposition Isaiah Hacker, management at an early date. * * — Roseburg Plaindealer. Is Displaying a choice Line o f Holiday Goods ALBERT FISH, F IR S T N A T IO N A L B A N K The Wonderful Little Brown Men. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * MRS. BERTHS PAYNE. * * One reason why the Japanese go * to death so bravely, cheoerfully and * as it seems inconsiderately, is in Dealer in Fancy and Ladies’ Furnishing Goods. Also a com some measure explained in Lafcadio plete line of Seasonable Millinery. Hearn’s last book. He represents * the Japanese as not fatalists, as we have been wont to consider them, like the Tartars, nor devoid of nerves, like the Chinese, or the American Indians. According to Hearn—and no body knew the Jap anese better— their iudiffcrence to life comes neither from indifference GENERAL DRAYING. to life nor from lack of sensibility, COQUILLE, OREGON. but from a real, living, and glow ing faith, that has not been exhibit ed the world around since the days Meets all Boats and Trains. Goods Handled with Care and of the martyrs, whose blood was the Dispatch. seed of the church. A G E N T F O R R IV E R T O N C O A L . “ From tho young men summoned to the war,” wrote Hearn before bis WOOD FOR SALE- Leave orders at T. J. Little’s Livery Stable. deatb, “ one bears no expression of hope to return home with glory; the common wish uttered is only to win remembrauco at the Shokonslia, tho spirit-invoking temple where tho souls of all who die for the em peror are believed after death to gather.” , It is next to impossible to boat a H O N E 1 16 I ---------......... ■ ■ nation of such people as these. Heathens, yes; but where nnd when did Christianity make a nobler stand, or a more sublime sacrifice? PROPRIETORS Christianity is a nobler religion than Shintoism, or Mahommedanism; Reasonable Rates yet there is something in the spirit Experienced Help of the little brown men that Chris Special Kates to Families and Hotels tianity may well envy. The Japan ese go to death cheerfully, willingly, our own soap and know its ingredients. No injurious chemicals used. multitudinously, marvellously, for We make Our baskets will be left at all the principal points on the river. the faith that is in them. Do Goods called for and delivered in Coquille City. Christians? Shall wo send missionaries to Ja pan? Or import some.—Journal. ---- . Corvallis, Dec. 5.— Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hurt, Mrs. Maud Hurt-Cref- field and Mrs. O. V. Hurt arc all IN QUANTITIES SWEET CREAM home from the Salem asylum, cured of Creflioldisni. All appear as before TO SUIT MILK AND Holy Rollerism sprang up in Cor vallis, dressed neatly and feel well. Newport News, Va., Dec. 5.—The keel is being laid in a shipyard here of a new nnd larger Lake submarine boat, in which the inventor, Simon Lake, expects to make the trip across the Atlantic under its own power in un effort to demonstrate its sea worthiness. The new vessel is 83 feet long and proportionately large, will carry four torpedo tubes, 10 torpedos, and without assistance will have cruising radius of 1,000 miles. The Coquille in Distress. “ This will be the first submarine boat to attempt a trip across the The oil tank steamer Whittier ocean” said Lake, “ and there is no sighted the schooner Coquille off reason why the vessel should not the Umpqua Friday flying signals of cross the ocean in safety. Ordinary distress. torpedo boats have made the voy The Whittier ran alongside and age without inconvenience and the found that she was 22 days out from craft we are now having built will Han Francisco bound for Coquille be more seaworthy than any tor and was short of provisions and pedo boat that has ever been built.” water. Captain Dixon of the Whit I tier placed two weeks’ supply of Russia at the Exposition. provisions and water aboard the Co Portland, Dec. 7.— Russian par quille, her master refusing further ami steamer Ejho for Myrtle Point. - - ticipation in the Lewis nnd Clark aid. Gardiner Physician Drowned. Str. F A V O R I T E The schooner was slightly dam Centennial, at first despaired of on J. ( ’. Moomaw. Master, Drain, Or., Dec. 5.— The body of aged above decks but seemed to be account of the war with Japan, is Leaves I Arrives < ’«»«(iiille........ 7 A-M. | Bandon.. 10:45 A-M. i R H. Barber, superintendent and easily handled. Her roaster stated now assured, Secretary Reed of Bandon......... 1 p - m . | Coquille. 4:45 p - m . owner of the Qardiner hospital, was that for two days he had been in the Exposition has recoived a cable Str. R E T A found last night at the bottom of company with the ill-fated Quick gram from the Czar’s Councillor of Alva liee. Master, the 14-foot tank at the government step which went ashore at Yaquina Commerce, Edward Grumwaldt, Leaves I Arrives stating that the invitation sent by C o i i k I i I iiic K p c H t a n * « ’ « D m I I I. Head.— Mail. Coquille . ... 1 p - m . ! Bandon----- ft p - m . jetty works. B a n d o n ........ 7 a - m . | C oq u ille... .11 a - m . the exposition has been accepted He was a prominent surgeon and “ Harry Duckwell, aged 25 years, Carrying passengers and mail. had un urgent call to Florence, 20 “ I was much afflicted with sci and inquiring as to the allotment of chocked to death early yesterday morning at his home, in the pres He atica,” writes Ed C Nud, Iowaville, space. Coquille River Transportation Co. miles distant, Thursday night The cablegram stating that tho ence of his wife and child. He con went on horseback, and as the coun- Sedgwick Co., Kan., “ going about tracted a slight cold a few days ago Str. L I B E R T Y | try was unfamiliar, missed his way about on crutches and suffering a Russian empire would make an o f - 1 and paid but little attention to it, W . It. Panter, Master. nnd plunged into the Siuslaw river. deal of pain. I was induced to try ficia’, exhibit came ns something of Yesterday morning he was seized Leave. I Arrive. The horse swam the river, which Ballaad’s Snow Liniment, which re a surprise, because Russia made no with a fit of coughing which con Bandon........ 7 a - m I Coquille — 10 a - m . C oq u ille ....... 1 P-M. | Bandon---- 4 p m . I used three 50c bot official participation in the world's tinued for some time. His wife sent ! is half a mile wide, when the Doc lieved me. Make, connection with train at C.„iuille Japan arranged for a physician but before he could tles. It is the greatest liniment I fair at St. Louis. an.i np-river l.iat.- tor evidently started on foot to reach ; several months ago for space and arrive, another coughing spell came ever used; have recommended it to T. W . PANTl'.R, Managing Owner. a settlement, l.ut in the darkness’ on and Duckwell died from suffoca a number of persons; all express has planned an elaborate exhibit. --- fell into the tank and being numbed themselves as being benefited by it. tion.--St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Str. EC H O from exposure, drowned. Any school district in need of an Dec. 1, 1901.” Ballard's Horchound I now walk without crutches, able T. W. Mr*'hotkey. Master, - * to perform a great deal of light experienced teacher can be put in Syrup would have saved him. 25c, Leave. I Arrive. ♦800 will buy a 200-acre Stock Ranch ! Myrtle Point. 7 a - m . | CoqnllleC'y '* :t0 a - m . For sale by I{ S labor on the farm. 25c, 50c, $1 00. 3ommunication with one by en 50c and $1.00. tvjnllle City l P-M. I Myrtle P't. 4:00 P-M. i in Southern Coop, with plenty of outly I Knowlton. quiring at this office. ' in* Government land. J. J S t a m . k y . I •old by R S Knowlton. T>aily except Sunday. COQUILLE RIVER STEAMBOAT CO. $2.00 P e r Y COQUILLE, OREGON. * * ************************** FO X B R O S. | C oquille Steam Laundry NOSLER & LYONS Best o f Work Dairy Produce ICE coquille ice & Cold-Storage Co. T H E J V l-A -J S r Who tied the cow ’s tail to his leg in the process of milk ing; sa;d she had not dragged him over two miles before ho realized he had made a mistake. H o - w JvE'u.cti r a r t h e r Must you be dragged before you realize you are making a mistake in not using Electric Lights.