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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 19??-1917 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1917)
Telling About People Eventi in the City « County. is receiving new goods every day. A. E. Betty» «H in from Fairview this morning. Commercial Club election of officer* will occur Feb. 7. Attorney L. J. LUjeqvtot was orar here left Saturday. Attorney E. C. Roberts, of Myrtle Point, waa a caller at this office yes terday afternoon. Frank Rosa, a Cooe Hirer rancher, was a caller Wednesday is company with J. L. Smith. ~ Mrs. L. Mae Avery, of this dty, baa gone to Goldhill in this state to 2200 rolls of new and nobby Wall Paper jtlst unpacked. House Lining and Lining Tacks. Also Picture Frames with convex glass for enlarged photos j J. A. Hatcher, of Fairview, was in town bright and early yesterday morning with his Ford. County Attorney John F. Hall, A. a Hammond and I. N. Miller were ov- Assessor Beyers says ha expects to have the tax rolls for 1916 ready to turn over to the sheriff by the firs| of February. . H. M. Shaw, M. D , Eye, Ear, Noaa and Throat Specialist, will be a t Bax ter Hotel, Coquill#, on Thursday, Fab. 1st. Glasses fitted. E. D. Laman, representative ef the Washington Nursery Compony, of Toppenish, W ash, eras a business cal ler here Wednesday. th e Ladies of the Presbyterian ch&rch will hold a cooked feed sale at H. O. Anderson’s on Saturday, be ginning a t 10 o’clock. County Roadmaster R. B. Murdock proposed road legislation in the in terest of this county. C. H. Schroeder, of Norway, waa a caller yesterday morning. He says this has been the finest January wa have had for 80 years. The admirers of Mary &ckford will have a chance to see her at the Scenic Tuesday in "Hearts Adrift,” a strong drama with a tragic ending J. J. Stanley went to Marshfield Tuesday to meet his daughter, Mrs. A Alto Morrissey, of Albany, returning with her Wednesday morning. ' Wesley A. Seaman, of the Ceos County Business Men’s Association, waa over here from Marshfield on Tuesday and made the Sentinel a cell There was a collision between the Telegraph and the Dispatch at the Prosper wharf Monday in which the Dispatch was considerably damaged. - Rev, G G. Price, the new pastor of the Christian church, has ranted the Hudson residence on Coulter street, less than a block from the . ■ ■, * WUlOpAi Boutin Tract Wa learn from Commissioner Arm strong that a large aeew to building a t the Bandon shipyard for the Robert Dollar company, on which to load the seven-mile logging railroad equip ment for transportation to British Columbia where that company has ax- tensive lumbering interests. Geo. 8. Capps, of the Gasoot Print ary a t Marshfield, waa over here Tues day and chatted with us a while about old times in Kansas, whan ha Vras at work in the effioe of the Wichita Eagle, now Victor Murdock’s paper, and William Grimes, now of the First National Bank ef Ceos Bay, waa fur nishing a big grist ef newspaper copy as United States Marshal for the Indian territory. Elmer O. Hoars, who has been spending several months in Coquill«, returned to Roaaburg by Wednesday morning’s train. Mrs. Howe will rw- maip bora some time longer with her daughter, Mrs. E. D. Graham. Mr. Howe has a fruit ranch over in the Umpqua valley which is coming into good tearing. Last year from 816 tram on three acres ho sold <1,760 worth of cherries. The basement furnace, which to to heat the new court house annex, was installed not long ago and as a result the workmen have had to relay a section of the concrete floor of the first story about 16 fast square. The furnace to of sufficient capacity to heat the entire building in the coldest weather and the pipes wars in place for heating only the first floor when it was triad out at its fall capacity. The result was that a part of the floor above not yet dry was dried rather too fast and spoiled. Commissioner Armstrong, whp Waa Two Coosonian Dances. up here attending the session of the The Coosonian and the Cooeonian court says his foot got in the way are announcing two dances dur of a falling 6x6 last, which smashed Band ing the month of February. The first is to be a St. Valentine dance on C. J. Fuhrman made a business trip the 14th and the second a masquerade to the Bay Modnay, but with ths “sat on Washington’s birthday, the 22nd. isfactory daylight service” the 8. P. The dsneee will both be held in Haas- is now furnishing he could not get let Hall and W alter Oerding, Geo. Bsttey and Wm. Brown form the back until Tuesday morning. committee having the affair in charge. The Ladies’ Aid Society, of Fair- Aa prises for the masquerade ball view, are going to have a box social there bam donated by Coquille and entertainment at the school house business has men merchandise to the val Saturday evening, February 8, for the ue of $60, which will be offered teat benefit of the church. Everybody to portrayals of characters of various kinds. With the band furnishing the Judge John 8. Coke went home last music and the reputation these Cooe night but will be over again Monday onian affairs have acquired in the to attend to any matters that may bo past there to no question but that both up then in the Circuit court hero. A dances will be liberally patronised. number of local cases are being heard The masquerade especially will be one of the biggest and bout events of in Marshfield now. that kind ever attempted in Coquille, while the St. Valentine dance will af- Record Says All Is Well. The Record now gom on raeord as saying that the inmates of the County Infirmary are wail treated, quoting Commissioner Archie Philip aa fol lows^ “He consulted with u number of r- Replying to the above the Senti nel can only say that "The Thimble Club," which sent us the request we referred to a couple of weeks ago, has not yet furnished us with a list of Ha members as wa requested; but one of the bachelors tolls ns he baa learned the names of several of its members—so whoever is responsible for its existence H certainly is not the none ten brilliant of tke editor. But for our omission to name Mr. Falconer as a bachelor to commend to the tender mercies of "The Thimble Club" we can only plead in extenuation that our know ledge is limited and that we were previously unaware that our corres pondent was not n Benedict. Wrecking the Old Jail It eras a rather unusual spectaefe at the eourt house this ssorning—to saa the two inmates ef ‘the jail at w ort on the outside with sledge-ham mer and cold chisel tearing down the steal cage around the basement buQt to permit the prisoners an op portunity for open air exorcise. But that waa what Edlund and Grohs were doing and they went at the job as if they enjoyed it. Probably there have bean plenty of men th u s before who would have been glad to have a hand in such work. , Went Out to Corvallis. Those from Coos and Carry cesm- ties, who a n out a t Corvallis taklag the month's short course in cheese and butter making, are Henry Bellonl and Lawrence Rackleff, of Coquille; Gee. McDonald and W. Jarvis, of Norway; Carl Andsrsoa, of Lea; Claude Kaa- dleman, of Arago; and one of the Zumwalt boys from Danmark. Three others are there taking the short course in agriculture—Lester Mayas, of D on; Clyde Waterman, of Bridge; and Mr. Magma, of Myrtle Point. Death of James M. Vowell. A franchise waa grants! Tuesday by the County eourt to the North Bend Mill 4 Lumber Co. to build a logging road from Isthmus Slough for 4 or 5 miles up Davis Slough. The work of building this line is expected to begin immediately and E. A. BelVa has bean employed. Referring to this m atter the Cooe Bay Timm says: J H. A. Belka, who built the logging railroads a t Allegany and Lakeside for the Buahner mill, kas entered into an agreement with the North Bead Mill 4 Lumber Co^ to construct the new logging railroad and has a craw partly lined up for the vork, which is to commence next Monday. Within a weak, more than a h i n.ed man, if they are available, will have obtained work on the new project, and this in itself will add materially to the prosperity of the Bay. ~0a the new logging railroad, about one mile of trestle will have to be put in and three miles ef earth grade will be built before the railroad'can be laid down, bat with the big crew which is to be allotted to the work, it will ha rapidly completed. The road wffl tap over 100,000,000 feet of timber which the North Bend MU 4 Lumber company recently pur chased from the Boutin.interests and aa logging proceeds will render ec- coonibln tbs iiwmtnft It will be wnumbered that Mr. Wil- eay recently secured options on nil the land to be now tapped by the North Bend Mill 4 Lumber Co, and H was presumed that the syndicate which he represents would develop the coal deposits. If this to the case, the opening up e f this section by the new logging road may be ef even grantor importance to Cooe Bay than the tap ping ef a large area of timber, which in itself will assure residents of an enhanced payroll in the coming months of this year. James M. Vowell, one ef the old residents of this city, who has teen in very poor health for a year past, died at Bandon at 2:20 yesterday morning. Ha was 61 years and 20 days old, and leaves a wife and five children. The funeral service will be held at the Undertaking Parlors hare at 2 o’clock tomorrow (Saturday > after noon, and the interment will be a t the SCENIC T u esd a y JANUARY 30 Admission 5c-20c Other Pictures Who Does These Things In Y ou r Sh op? •'* ’ w T Jr ’ •’ Y ‘ • ‘7 Are you doing these things by hand or foot power— Why not save the time and energy of your men for i w occupy little space, require practically no attention and cost nothing when th e m achines are idle. G -E m otors are easily controlled and alw ays ready for in stant service. t A talk w ith our power m an w ill disclose new possibilities la your shop Phone 71 OREGON Coquille, POWER CO Oregon Norway Creamery Joins. The stockholders of the Norway Creamery held a meeting today ami voted to come into the Cooe and Cur ry county cheese association. They also oiected the foiawing officers: President, W. E. Cram F. E. CONWAY Mortgage Co. NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY If you are planning to have a telephone installed, you shold make ap plication so that your telephone may in service in time to list your name in the new directory, which will go to pram February 10, 1917. make application before February 1, if possible. T. Y. Woodruff’s Barber Shop Cor. Willard and First Sts. Shave 15c Haircut 25c C oos and C urry T elephone C ompany DOG OWNERS NOTICE Coquille owners of dogs on which the 1917 tux has not bean paid are notified to pay a t ones at the city recorder*» office. All dogs not hav ing 1917 license tags will be taken up and placed in the city pound. . 8. V. Epperson, City Marshal.
