Potatoes All Twisted Up.
County Agent J . L. Smith «homed
ea o m day this merit a bunch of po­
tatoes from one of the inlets over
north of O m Bay th at mere effected
by the “«el moan,“ which to without
doubt aae of the w e n t poets by which
Milk Condensary To l
Product o f 3,000 Cows
May Be Secured.
ram amber, about three years ago
there waa talk af quarantining this
state against California potatoes on
account of the prevalence of th at dis-
That somewhere in Coos coun­
ty
th e . new Buttercup Dairy
Products company ia going to
locate and build a condensary plant
with sufficient capacity to use the
milk from tfiOO cows is definitely
settled. What is not determined is
where th at condensary will be located.
And right now Coquilla stands aa
igs relating to the ■•«to to
this alto by the district moot-
ho ovante which followed and
quotes the claim of the plaintiffs in
their complaint th at no part of the
REPAIRS A T
JOHNSON MILL
The work of wracking the old por­
tion of the Johnson mill, including
th at which was partially burned a
couple of weeks ago, was began Mon­
day. The work Is being rushed and it
is expected to be able to begin the
erection of the now building a t the
west end of the plant in a abort time.
The Court them gees on to say:
Tb* rebuilt section will conform to
“The reading of the reverd through- the newer portion of the mill nt which
point the firs was halted, the roof
aligining with th at and being on one
sten t The side next the railroad will
be a surfaced wall, whitewashed, and
afford batter protection from sparks
f F O B t B n i o i n a r A iu r f l i A M
RoofinflT P B D P T
which can be kept fireproof, will be
the covering used.
the defendant a t fka doe* of all the
testimony moved the court to instruct
the jury to render n verdict for 4he
defendant.' One reason ad 'ance 1 fer
th u direction was th at it is net aver­
m i in the complain; th at the daith
for the money alleged Jo m duo on
the. contract sot up in the complaint
ana ever p rrstn te l to the board of di­
rectors for allowance or rejection.”
A fter quoting the law In regard to
the duties of school boards in audit­
ing elahaa and referring to various
“The only language of the com­
plaint which might indicate a presen­
tation of the elelm ia this: ‘This de­
fendant after a demand therefor bow
refugee to p a / the same.’ This is not
an allegation of presentation for au­
d it It ia so- even stated of whom
the desasad was aaa W. For this rea­
son alone, the verdict ought to have
bean directed for the defendant and
this all the mors because the general
dem urrer raised the same question.
Besides all this tbo plaintiffs ara hare
nil they were entitled to In any event
under the proposition adopted by the
school meeting waa aa-interest-bear­
ing time w arrant. Wa are mindful
th at under section 961, L. 0 . 1«, where
Judgment ia given for the recovery of
mdfaey against a school district the
same ia satisfied by an order on the
treasurer for the amount of the judg­
m ent ia fjpver of the party for whom
th e same Waa given. The w arrant
«here contemplated is the ordinary de­
roof, will be torn doom and a little
Inter replaced with a new root tor the
protection of stored finished lumber.
Aa im portant and economical
change is to be effected in the opera­
tion of the resaw machine, boxsaw
and planer. Where heretofore it re­
quired a great number of pulleys and
12-inch baits, costing hundreds of dol­
lars, a gear core will be installed un­
der the floor for operating these ma­
chines. In many ways this improve­
ment will be beneficial, not the least
of which is the safety for workman,
who were continually in danger fame
the rapidly moving belts.
The appearance of the mill will 1«
vastly improved and, while Chat.
Schroeder says it will not be a thing
of bounty, it will be more convenient
and look better. Mr. Schroeder waa
Marshfield Road Closed.
The Marshfield to Coquilla county
highway is closed to traffic for the
next week or 10 days, owing to the
necessity of tearing away the old
bridge at Davis slough for new con­
struction. The North Bend Mill and
Lumbar company aant a pile driver
to the locality Tuesday to sta rt the
job of driving piles for the new struc­
ture which was occasioned by the new
logging read, the government requir­
ing a 40-foot open specs for the pas-
sage at launches. The bridge ia ready
for installation, the tim ben having
-bean fitted and delivered to the spot
Three Weeks of Storm.
for the moot part stormy and wintry,
notwithstanding which, early planted
gardens are coming up and the bright
sunshine and quiet airs this morning
indicate that spring has a t last ar­
rived. The wooden walks, however,
For th e Belgian Children.
The Sentinel has received the fal­
lowing contributions to the Belgian
Children’s fond during the past weak:
Previously reported................ $167.60
A m other.................................
6.00
John and Everett Seele y .. . . . . .1.50
ston Co. Wins—Other
iness hi County Court
Here This Term.
Train Will Then Come Over
- Here W ithout Delay
at the Bay.
eeurt this morning was to open the
is and let the contract fo r the con­
do walks and driveways about the wide variety and superior excellence.
■rt house annex. These include a They are members of n musical fam i­
ilk from the front door of the annex ly, mother and taro daughters, and
thcir work is marked by a finish which
am the same door around the south cornea only from long association.
de of the new building to the north Their program consists of violin, clar­
itranee of the court house; and also ionet, trombone, piano and vocal so­
driveway from Third street on the los, piano trios, musical talking
nfh down the east side of the annex sketches and readings; also orchestra
iarly to the court house and then ^elections. They are now dosing their
tat to the eld gravel drive on the fourth kuccessful year of platform
-ouads so aa to enable vehicles to work during which time they have ap­
ake a circuit ia and out. The bids peared ia twentwpix different states
of the union. • Admission prices' foi
sre as follows:
’. L Sinclair A C e .,............. $660.00
mgston Construction Co....... 448.50
oon A Gidley......................... 608.67
-min A McQuillam.............. 466.00
Time mas considered im portant by
• court but Mr. Longs ton assured
am th at ha had practically all the
sterial on hand and with good wea-
But the way to get it ia not to sit
bock at our aaee and say, “it’s bound
to come boro anyway.” Indeed that
is exactly the way to fail to land I t %
What our people and what every
reader of this article will want to
know first is, by whom this project
which will mean the investment of
$100,000 of capital a t the start, sad
_' Ti ' Inquiry developed the fact th
which in a /__
few _-_
years ___i
may __
become
much greater than th a t 1» being pro-
A. Smith Timber Co. had n
motod and wknt asseurances wa can ecceptsd the franchise granted
have th at the
r
wlu
* °ud * railroad on the Co
fulfilled,
’
I Marshfield county road.»
The man a t the bet is F. K. Con-
In the Parksrsburg-Prospor
way, president of the F. E. Conwsy ty road along the river bottoms,
Mortgage company, the man who built « ns first petitioned for about
the M yrtle Arms a t Marshfield whan ysera ago and over which more <
everyone was calling the project “bet friction has existed ever since <
air” and declaring it would never in « " » t of the excessive prices
b u ilt He is a man who radiates an-
right of way, aa order was
road. Compromises have
I, greatly reducing the
(family demanded,
oad project randy to nd>
tbs áoudon to eounty line mad, on
which there yet remains seven miles
of right of way to be cleared. Some
of tilia baa borni cleared Tor 90 feet
but none to the full sixty feet width.
It was agreed to make an allowance
to Mrs. Peter Johnson for taking care
of her four grandchildren, their moth­
er, Mrs. Nasburg, being now an in­
mate of the insane hospital at Salem.
The court made an order authoris­
ing aa application to bo made to the
War departm ent a t Washington for
permisison to build bridges over th-s
navigable waters of Isthmus Slough
at Cooa City, and also over North In­
let, Haynes’ Slough ^ n d Larson’s
Slough north of Coos Bay.
The building at the first bridge ia
PLANNING FOR
THE BRIDGE.
fudge Watson is in receipt qf *
State Highway Commission n t Salem,
enclosing a map of the Goqpilte water
front' and adjacent territory showing
the proposed locations of the river
bridge to bo built boro, the depth of
the river and the maximum height
above low w ater mark it reaches her-.
The two alternative locations given
for the bridge are a t C street (now
W illard) and near Ferry street. For
the latter the inclined road on the
north side of Front street past 1. A.
Collier’s residence is shown as well
as the one to the Lnmb grove to the
The new time table which gees in­
to effect next Sunday is aa follows:
Tbs Coos Aay Limited, which leaves
Portland a t 8 o'clock in the morning
and ia the only train bringing pas­
sengers in from the outside, arrives
a t Marshfield a t 6:88 in the evening.
The new train hare ia a passenger and
mail train tearing Marshfield a t 4:40
p. m. immediately after the arrival of
the Portland train, so that people earn­
ing to this valley will no longer be
held aL night a t Marshfield.
This train arrives a t Coquilla a t
7:40 and a t M yrtle Point a t 8:10. In
the morning it leaves Myrtle P rint at
6:40, arrives a t Coquilla a t 6:19 and
at Marshfield a t 7:10, in ample time
to connect with the outgoing Cooa
Boy Limited a t 7:96.
The same train thsu make* another
round trip from M anhfteld to Myrtle
Point during the day, leaving P-o bay
city again a t 8:00 o’clock in tbo morn­
ing and arriving a t Coqurte a t 0:00
and a t M yrtle Point a t 0:80. In the
afternoon it starts back a t 9:46,
Mr. Lewis says th at the commission
can do nothing further towards draw­
ing plans until they ard informed
of the river above low w ater are 2&2
in 1996 and 22.6 on amt occasion sines.
The commission is asked to state
whether 67 feat above tekr w ater or
about $2 foot above- extreme high
w ater would fulfill tbs requirements
of a high level bridge without a draw.
This information was asked in a let­
ter at the same date addressed to
Mr. Norton of the P ort Commission
here. A copy of which waa sent with
the letter to Judge Watson.
The commission has made prelimin­
ary surveys of the two sitos menti -
ed and expresses a preference for the
C S t site, saying th at from the stand­
point of dockage end navigation the
Ferry, street site “does not appear to
bo favorably located.”
Until the commission is informed
ns to whether a draw wfll be required
it is stated th at nothing farther can
bo done towards preparing the plans.
Evan to see th at so much aa this
drawing from preliminary surveys
the Coos Bay Port commission but
there is to bo a mooting a t Marshfield
,*t aa early day to road the riot act
to them if they persist hi their re­
fusal to consent to the construction
of this bridge.
The court adjourned this afternoon
until Tuesday.
Judge Watson and
Commissioners Armstrong and Philio
took the train this afternoon for Eu­
Senate Will Untie Itself.
gene to attend the Road Rally for
The United States senate is going
Southwestern Oregon to bo hold there
to
untie itself and adopt rules that
a t 8 p. m. tomorrow and look after
will permit it to do business—a t least
Cooa county’s interests there.
when two-thirds of the members want
to. This course has been agreed to
Marshfield's New Bank. unanimously by the democratic cau­
Chas. Hall, J. E. Montgomery and cus and with only two dissenting in
J. D. Goss, of Marshfield, filed articles the republican caucus, so th at the
of incorporation a t Salem Wednesday adoption of a rule for closing debate
for the now “Bank of. Southwestern in that body appears'to be well as­
Oregon,” which has purchased the sured. In view of this it is reported
business of the Flanagan A Bennett th at President Wilson ia, going to call
Bank a t Marshfield and wfll take it Congress to meet in extra session the
over a t once. The capital stock of the first of April.
new bank is $100,000. Charles Hall,
heretofore bast known as the presi­ Cheese Association Meeting
dent of the Coos-Curry Telephone
The directors of the Cooa A Carry
company and of the Cooa County
Association held a isectldg
Good Roads Association will be the
here
last
Monday morning. Those
president of the new bank and its
present
were
J . D. Carl, president; A*
largest stockholder.
W. Cope, vice president; A. Christen­
sen, secretary-treasurer, J. IL McClos­
key, Norman McDonald, L. M. Strong
and F. T. McMullen.
The amended constitution and by­
laws ware adopted. These provide
for seven directors instead of five and
Messrs. McCloskey and McMullen
were accordingly added to the direc­
torate.
and reaches Myftie Point a t 7^ C o ­
quille at 9:00 (where It meets the
passenger) and Marshfield a t 10:90.
Returning H loaves Marshfield at
12:80 and arrives a t Coquille a t 2:20,
at Myrtle Point a t 9:16 and Powers
a t 4:20 in the afternoon.
. Powers is the only pines th at loom
by the change as the two passenger
trains ran no further than Myrtle
Point.
Certainly the people of Coquille and
all the rest of the valley are to bo con­
gratulated on a change which will
give them so much better railroad fa­
cilities than we had any reason to as­
pect ; and wa also feel like congratu­
lating the Southern Pacific officials
in m anifesting the spirit of accom­
modation they have. Their readiness
to do all they could to eomply with
oar wishes as soon as wa made them
known will long be remembered to
their credit.
Probably with such a service as be­
gins next Sunday the railroad will
carry a much larger percentage of
passengers between the Coquille val­
ley and Marahfltld during the summer
season than it baa for a couple of
y ean past.
Organize Farm Loan Ass’n.
Farm ers and others are again re­
minded of the meeting called to BMOt
a t the city hall in Coquilla tomorrow,
Saturday, the 10th, to taka the pre­
liminary steps for the organisation