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,
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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
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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 .
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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.
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MRS. BERTHS PAYNE.
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One reason why the Japanese go
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to death so bravely, cheoerfully and
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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< ’«»«(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
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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
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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.
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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,
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to perform a great deal of light experienced teacher can be put in Syrup would have saved him. 25c,
Leave.
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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.
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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.