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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 19??-1917 | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1917)
FROM BUS 320,817 H ave 1318. At the Fair Store Still Continues This stock, representing thousands o f dollars’ W orth o f First Class Merchan dise has been greatly reduced. ^ ’ ISAAC IL TOWER FOODLESS, THEY TAKE TUQ ACROSS ATLANTIC Let Us AH to Something to Help Feed B elgiu m ’ Million and More o f Starving Children and Do Martin Block, Front Street (F ro m the Coos Bay N ew s.) W . J. W ilsey has w ritten to parties on the B ay from C hicago statin g that his Coes Buy proposition is being un derw ritten. J. W . Reid, represen tin g th e Dutton Lum ber Co., o f Poughkeepsie, N . Y , a rrived here last w eek to contract fo r aeroplane spruce. A num dors w ere filled here previou sly fo r the company. Coquille, Oregon as o f a ll em ployes w ill be advanced, effective M arch 1st. I t is said that the increase also affects the em polyee o f the Sm ith-Pow ers Co. T h e 8m ith m ills em ploy about 560 men, and the lo g g in g camps between 800 and 700. The notice reads that in addition *o the advance in w ages, a bonus sys tem , baaed on production, w ill be in effect, in which every man connected w ith the saw ing and handling o f lorn- ber ctn participate. Might T ry It Here. The coal shortage, which in recent weeks has threatened to brin g about very serious conditions in m any parts o f the country, has stim ulated a g ita tion fo r municipal coal mines that would supply the schools and the de partm ents o f the local governm ents w ith fu el, and, in some caaaa, would sell to individuals aa w ell. According to the M arch Popular Mechanics M ag azine, this proposal has already been adopted in T erre Haute, Indian», and a mine fou r m iles from the city has been leased from which coal is sold fo r 12.76 p er ton. A n alderm an in D etroit has advocated th at that city buy or lease a m ine, contending that by so doing the city could save |S per ton on its fu el. A sim ilar plan has been proposed in Cleveland. The un dertakin g is regarded as moat feasible fo r m unicipalities in or naar coal bearing regions. Trains commenced b rin gin g in logs Fawns Easily Caught from the Siuslaw la st weak fo r the C. Doe Barker, o f Fail-view , was in A . Sm ith m ill. M oat o f the logs are town one day last week. He relates old grow th and have evid en tly been in the w ater fo r a lon g tim e, aa barna quite a story, which w ill no doubt interest our local sportsm en. W hile cles a r t much in evidence. d rivin g down the Sumner mountain, a F. E. Skinner, o f C oquille, has pur doer w as seen tro ttin g down the road chased Newm an M oon’s lease o f the in/front o f the machine. Doc at once Blanco hotel, and took charge Satur ja v e chase and soon overhauled the. day. M r. M oon, who is a mem ber o f a n im a l.^ It proved to be a last year's the- firm o f Moon A G idloy, contrac fa w n and urns alm eat starved to death tors, w ill ram aia in M arohfiaid which no doubt was due to the snow N ew s was reeaived hers Thursday which has covered the ground fo r th at B oy J. Rhoades had bean nom i Did Nairn Smith Sink? some tim e past, m aking it hard pick nated fo r poetm astsr a t Pow ers, to. fill A ccordin g to a rep ort brought here ings fo r the U ttle fello w . Dec says the vacancy caused by the death o f Q. the deer eats candy, bread and but by members o f the crew o f the A d e A . Brown. I t is amid th at th e office ter and m ost any kind o f food it is line Sm ith, says the Coos B ay Tim es, pays about |100 par month. offered, and has become very tame. the Nann Smth which was sold last Th ere is aa increasing demand fo r The stage d river on the Sumner line summer to a Swedish firm , was re ship kneaa, and $ e p rice is g o in g up. caught the deer’s m ate the next day cen tly sunk in the English channel. C aliforn ia shipbuilders have been pu r a fte r Doc made his catch. A perm it She w as torpedoed by n German sub chasing knees here since ea rly days, has been applied fo r to keep the deer. m arine. bat recen tly inquiries are com ing N o particulars are available nor has — H erald. from S eattle and other northern the rep ort beeen defin itely confirm pointa. ed. I t is hard to cheek up on the N ew s waa received here M onday Many Deer Killed in Snow. Nann as no one here knows defin itely that the gas schooner R ustler, which W h ile w alkin g the eleven m iles be the new name that was g iv e n her by le ft Coos B ay on Saturday fo r C urry tween W hiskey Run Camp and his the Swedish owners. A fte r being county ports, was ashore about a ranch, Ed. Ham lin, a couple o f days transferred a t San Francisco, the qu arter o f a m il# north a t the mouth ago counted over 78 deer stru gglin g N t n n js u sent to C hili to load n itra o f Rogue river. She was high end through the snow which was over tes fo r the east coast and was there dry a t low tid e and the cargo w as be three fe e t deep. In several instances to load fo r Eurqpe. W hether she was in g rem oved. coyotes or w olves had pulled down bound to England w ith a w ar cargo C attle buyers are s till busy am ong one o f the anim als and a fte r m aking it bound fo r Germ any la not known. the ranchers in this section, and are a meal had le ft a part o f the carcase. o fferin g tem ptin g prices fo r alm ost The deep snow prevented the deer Items From Arago, any kind o f stock. It is differen t from from running and they w ere easy M r. C orbet Robison moved his fam w hat it used to be som e years ago, victim s fo r the w olves and coyotes.— ily into the Frank Fish home on Fish- when ranchers had to sell th eir cattle Roeeburg New s. | trap Monday. M r, Robison trill work fo r w hat was offered, and w ere m igh ty | fo r M r. M arion Clinton th is year. glad to g e t even that. N otice e f Can fa r BMs. There was a la rge attendance a t The Southern P acific bridge across Bids fo r cream and m ilk hauling on the Cheese F actory m eeting Monday. D avis slough, a trib u tary o f Isthmus the low er riv e r from A p ril 1, 1917 to M r. and M rs. Clarence Schroeder, e f slough, is bein g rem odeled so as to perm it o f a 40-foot w ay fo r the pass A p ril 1, 1918, w ill be opened March A rago, .are very much pleased over age o f boats. The railroad company 10v 1917, a t the Coquille V a lley th e a rriva l o f a little bey Feb. 26. Q uite a number o f farm ers from intends replacin g the present wooden Cream ery. A lso bids w ill bo opened structure w ith a steel structure la ter a t the same tim e and. fo r the same Fishtrap and A ra go attended the N or on. The W ar D epartm ent ordered period fo r the butterm ilk output o f w ay C ream ery m eeting Tuesday and th at a 40-foot w ay fo r boats be pro the C ream ery. The directors reserve repfirt a very good tim e. the rig h t to reject any and a ll bids. A little daughter came to Hve w ith vided. Coquille V alley Cream ery, M r. and M rs. R ay Lew is, o f A ra go The C. A . Sm ith eom pnay posted Feb. 24. official notice Saturday th at the w ay- London.—One o f fb e moot extraordi nary voyages ever made acroaa the A t lantic baa Joat been completed by tba Vigilant, a little A m erica» t o « belong ing to N ew Tack and boond from S t John’a, N. F., fo r C ardiff. T w o d a y» oat from S t John’« the V igilant expe rienced terrific weather, and on the fifth day ah « sent S O S calls, the cap tain fearing she would founder. Th e Holland-Am erican lin er Byndam pick ed np the signals and proceeded to her assistance. The captain and tw elve o f the t u fa crew w ee* taken o ff by the Byndam. which waa bound fo r Rotterdam , hot three men refused to leave. They w ere the second mate. Robert Ferguson, a Scot; tba third engineer, Thom as W alsh, an Irishman, and an Am erican. John Smith, a fireman. Taking control o f the tug, tbeee three men overcam e tremendous difficulties and actually succeeded la bringing her within sight o f the Irish coast, where they were picked np by n British pa trol vessel. Ferguson was locked 1» the wheel house and the other tw o in the engine room. Th e terrible weather prevented them m oving, and they re mained at their poets fo r fifty hours without food, w ater or sleep. Several parts o f the ta g w ere smashed In the gale. Including the abaft o f the dynamo ta the engine room. This censed the tog to he In total darkness by night and added to the horrors o f the situa tion. The taking o ff o f the craw o f the V igilant by the Byndam was reported by cable from Rotterdam . I O f the assay dancers which beset navigators o f the tropical riv e n o l Booth Am erica perhaps the natives fssr the sting ray most, ft ta poison ous and la to he found in very large numbers when the river is low. That Is the tim e when boatmen h are to get In the w ater to push their canoes ever the shallows. They are often stung by the tall o f the ray and usually die un- Isas medical assistance Is promptly fifren. Th e ray cannot be seen, aa tt Is o f the samp color as the sand on which It co il« itself. The stab o f Ha *h*rp kntfellke tad Is the unwary mav- Iffstor’s first intim ation e f its presence. - Feamoa ’s W eekly. T o fu lly appreciate the .wonderful w ir t requited In their construction a historian baa rochsaed that It required 180.000 men ten rears to build the pyram id o f Olaeh. and to build the It N ow .