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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 19??-1917 | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1917)
Russian Grand Dnckes M arries In to R oyal Fam ily to P la y the Spy. The fo llo w in g story o f the w ay Rus sia “ put one o v e r" on Sweden a fe w years before the w ar w e find in the Cortland O regonian. It ie an in ter, eating revelation o f the sort o f piota and intrigu es that p reva il in countries where princes rath er than people rule, and shows to w hat lengths even grandducheeaes w ill g o to help th eir governm ents. And It w ill be o f es pecial in terest to our Scandinavian W hat was oae o f th e choice b its o f royal scandal fou r or five years a g e has risen again to fftague the p a trio t ism o f the Swedish colony o f Portland with the a rriv a l from . Sweden o f lata letters th at have trick led through the blockade. has Just been je in tly com pleted by D. Iron W orks, and Edwin ElUngsen, o f Co- qu ills. The device has been patented. The invention is a ship clam p, to be need in dam pin g down the heavy Um bers w h ile m aking the curves, etc., in the construction o f wooden ships. By using the device o f the local inventors a t laast 26 per cent in labor costs m ay be elim inated in certain operations connected w ith ship construction. Th e clam p consists o f a rachet-op erated jackscrew w ith e specially form ed dam p, se that it m ay be dam ped readily to a tim ber or pole, a£S the grea ter the pressure applied, the harder the device w ill grip . In g iv in g it a tryou t at the Bandon Iron W orks this week, M r. H aw orth placed the fo o t o f the screw again st a 4x10 inch tim ber, and the clam p in place on a heavy beam sim ilar to a ship’s tim ber. When the pressure was applied by means o f the rachet the 4x10 was easily broken In tw o. o f the greatest developm ent in the history o f U m country in wooden ship construction, Messrs. H aw orth and E l- Kngson consider th eir invention o f ex ceptional value. Th ey ju dge that thousands o f the devisee m ay be read- which Sweden's essential state secrets were w rested from her. The Grand Duchess, in th e eyes o f the Swedish people, has proved h erself one o f Rus sia’s m ost b rillia n t spins, and carted o ff to S t Petersbu rg as valuable a lo t o f photographs and first-hand in fo r m ation as ever a spy tucked aw ay or unfolded b efore a ru ler. Charles Steinm etz has ju st rucsivsd letters from M s a ctiv e land, te llin g o f the apprehension caused in Stockholm by the la test European w a r develop ments. Officiate o f sta te have lo t R be known th at Russia is ih poes— i on o f defensive secrete o f Sweden, through the unhappy alliance o f IM S . T h e Grand Duchess, as a Swedish Princess a fte r her m arriage t o 'W il helm, had access to the "K a y to Sw ed en,’’ and was allow ed to take number less photographs o f fo rtifica tion s and otherw ise gath er valuable inform ation o f arm am ents and defense. The facta are said to be these: The Russian governm ent w as agg r essive in arran gin g the m arriage between the Grand Duchess M aria Pavlovna o f Russia and P rin ce W ilhelm o f Sweden. IM s was in 1MB. W ithin a yea r and a h a lf from that tim e a son, Prin ce Lennart, had been barn and soon a f terw ards the Princess, preceded a fe w hours by the Russian M in ister to Sweden, M. Sassenoff, fled to S t P et- ersburg, goin g by w ay o f France. Just as she was lea vin g she was rsqnse td l to return certain photographs she w as known to have taken. She replied th ey w ere sa fely in S t Petersbu rg and fig - u ratively snapped her fin gers in the United. “ Our people a t home now fa d cer tain that when the princes» fled ju st befors the w a r in 1SI4 she carried m any o f oar defen sive aeem ta," said Mr. Steinm eta. “ Russia knows that Sweden knows hor secrets have been stolen, which accounts fo r Sweden’s particular effo rts to rstaain out o f the war. Recant letters th at have reached us from the old home ta il o f the popu la r unrest when this know ledge be came w idely known. M ost at the Swedish people in Portland a re A m er icana now. 1 am an Am erican, but pride in our n ative land prom pts us to feel disturbed over the actual disclos ures at facta lon g since suspected. “ The Russian Grand Duchess sim ply became a b rillia n t spy fo r Russia. The m arriage was sim ply a step In Russia’s espionage program . Those facta w ill make it a little m ore appar ent to Am erican people fa) Just what attitu de Sweden stands. W e— th at ia our relatives back bourn f eel th a t Russia w ill use these secrets when the tim e comes and Finland w ill becom e a m atter o f contr overs y again. A t the tim e o f the Princess’ fligh t, Sas senoff, the M in ister from Russia, took 'French leave’ on tha Finnish steam er Chihonna and. aa an these things a re gradu ally bein g learned by the com mon people at home, the apprehension ia rea lly g re a t." M r. Steinm eta aaye th ere a re m ore than 25,000 8wedqa in O regon who h r* w atching the turn at even ts abroad w ith much JtosaOr in terest than m ight he expected. Sweden ia much m ore disturbed than ia indicated, ha says. mence m anufacturing the clam p at the local plant in a short w h ile fo r the trade. W ithou t a doubt the invention, i f developed on the scale anticipated, w ill prove (h e establishm ent o f a th rivin g industry hare in its manu factu re. Th e use e f the device w ill not necessarily be confined to the ship building Industry, but w ith adjust ments m ay be need in hundreds o f w ays w here a reliable clam p o f its na tio n la desired. i f this plan is follow ed at an enor mous expense. The communication gave no fu rth er inform ation except that this plan is being considered and that it w ill probably ba adopted in case o f eventualities. satisfactory method o f sending out m ilita ry m essages as they can be spread broadcast w ithin a very few momenta o f tim e. Orders have al ready been issued to find out what phones are to be used fo r m ilitary purposes and to g iv e precedence to all m ilita ry orders. The long distance telephone lines extend to a ll parts o f the country and I f patrolled in order to prevent breaks w ill form an excel lent means o f carryin g on maneuvers and keeping in touch w ith the situa tion in a ll p u ts o f the country. Spruce F o r Aeroplanes. this bank more frequently and give us the opportunity to learn your requirements as w ell as to show you how practical our assit- ance ih banking matters? THE OLDEST N A T IO N J L B J N K I N COOS COUNTS N O T IC E O F F IN A L A C C O U N T N otice is hereby given that the un dersigned, executor o f the last w ill and testam ent o f 8. M. K ir kpatrick, deceased, has filed his final account as such executor and the County Court o f the State o f Oregon, fo r Coos County has fixed Monday, the 2nd day o f A p ril, 1917, a t the county court room In the county court house in the C ity o f Coquille, Coos County, Oregon, as the tim e and place fo r hearing o f objections to said final ac count and the settlem ent thereof. Dated and first published March 2nd, 1817. M. 0 . Hooton, QUICK’S Second Hand STORE First ' Changes in Game Laws. N otice is hereby given that the un- , dersigned has, by order o f the Coun- Deputy Game W arden Thoaua ha 4 y Court o f Coos County, Oregon, been duly appointed adm inistrator o f the estate o f M argaret A . Hudson, de ceased; and th at a ll persons having claim s against said estate are hereby into effect M ay 21, the price o f gam e notified that they are required to licenses w ill be ipereaoed from the present same, duly verified, and with present ra t* o f 1 1 each fo r the hunt- the proper vouchers th erefor, to the in g and fishing licenses to $1.60 fo r undersigned a t the office o f A . J. each. Provision is made that both Sherwood in Coquille, Coos County, women and men shall out the li- O regon, w ithin six months from the data o f th is notice. censes. Dated this 26th day o f February, The deer law was amended to - » » v » says the P ort O rford Tribune, that has tasted higher Tor butter fa t than any cow that has y et boon beard from in that section. A ccording to M r. Jamieson, the official tester o f north era Curry, the m ilk from this cow testa eigh t and four-tenths per eent butter fa t. I t is an exceptionally good cow that teats six par oent and in one that goes nearly tw o and a h a lf per cent higher than this P o rt O rford believes it has found s record holder, fo r the county a t le a s t I f w s can’t produce the bigest hen eggs, or show the youngest eigth grade graduate, we are goin g a fte r the cow record, and w ill claim it until someone shows » 17 . C. D. Hudson, Adm inistrator o f the E state o f M argaret A . Hudson, deceased. 7t6 J. A . R IC H M O N D • S ♦ P H Y S IC IA N and SU RG EO N. Richmond Barker Building. C oquille, Ore. Phones, Office 626, Rea. 214. * . Henry Streets K IT C H E N sad D IN IN G T A B L E S STO V E 8 BED S P R IN G S , N ow and OM H O R 8E C O L L A R 8 B E D STE A D S j ' H ARNESS CREAM SE PA R A TO R S S A D D LE S CHURNS B A B B Y BU G G IES G REEN BONE CU TTERS G O -C AR TS S H E E P S H E A R IN G M A C H IN E COM M ODES G A R D E N TO O LS ' . STAND S C A R P E N T E R TO O LS - a - J ----- and m an y o th er N ew and Second Hand Qoods Will exchange Guns, Phonographs, and Kodaks fa r oth er season- able goods. A im ambe sp ecial aim S C R E E N DOORS and W IN - DOW S. Call and See These Bargains A W O R D to the W IS E When you need neat, new and nifty Letterheads, Envelopes, Circulars or other advertising matter, The Coquille Valley Sentinel is ready to fill the bill W e also Professioiial Cards ; and D R E S8E R 8 N O TIC E T O C R E D ITO R S Captain H arold M. M artinson, tom - p ora rily m aster o f the steam er Brook- lyn, as she was approaching the en- trance to the local port enroute from San Francisco last svening. The cache, which was valued s t several hundred doUars, was found in the stew ard’s quarters by Captain M artinson a fte r am U ag a thorough oaan b o f the chip, l i t unlawful to uss a d og to hunt, ptfr tbs search com m encing when about o ff sue, or k ill any gam e * n i i « i in the Cape Blanco. Between eigh t and ten sta te,'a n d it is also unlaw ful to al- eases o f "b ottled in bond" goods, low any free running dog at la rg e in abeut the same number o f eases o f territo ry inhabited by deer, or to be , beer, a dozen or m ore gunny sacks, found follow in g the track o f any ( sash having botwean 40 and 60 bottles gam e anim al in the state. Th e deer , at beer and a number o f other con- season in gam e district No. 1, which , taiaors’ made up the haul, and a ll a f Includes Coos county, is from Au- ( this was buried in Urn deep, piece by gust 16 to October 16, and the lim it piece, between the Cape and Bandon. o f the bag ia two, instead o f three C a p t M artinson to a W orld report- as heretofore, er stated that he had beforehand in- The open season on a ll m igratory quhnsd o f the crew i f there was any birds sxtends from October 1 to Jan- booae aboard but being inform ed th at nary 16. thara was n o t, he decided to head that The bag lim it on trou t has been good old slogan “ s a fe ty first,” and changed throughout the state from started out to ses fo r him self. H e 76 to 60 trout, or 86 pounds, in any stated th at as len g as he is m aster o f one day. tha «h ip, the Brooklyn w ill be as dry Game breeders’ perm its w ill here- ae the Sahara desert. a fte r cost $2 instead o f being issued Richard C. Jones, who represents the VanArsdale H arris Lum ber com pany, o f San Francisco, was a t Baa- don the first o f tha weak and con tracted w ith the M oore and Prosper m ills fo r a lo t o f sprues and w hite cedar and then went over to the Bay to find man. Her expects to contract fa r 600,000 fo o t o f them high priced woods. . -L.. H o says th at tha prico paid fo r spruce has m ore than doubled in the past five months because o f the de em ed fa r this m aterial in the con struction o f aeroplanes. Form erly it ' was sellin g a t about $86 a thousand and H has now roadbed $70 and even and the better we know you, the more busi ness we can do together, to our mutual ad- -- - vantage. t * » ■ T h at the Pacific Telephone 4 T e le graph company is m aking prepara tions to transm it governm ent orders in the case o f eventualities is e v i denced by a communication received here. The company is preparing an estim ate o f the number o f men needed and the amount o f money necessary to organise * patrol system to keep the lines in constant w orking order. The plan is to astablish stations a t a distan t* apart which w ill enable Our offer o f fou r in terestin g m ag- linem en to reach any point w ithin 80 szine* fo r a year fo r only 2-bits ex m iflutee from the tim e that communi cation ceases, and w ithin th at tim e tra in connection w ith a Sentinel sub have a ll repairs made and the line scription s till holds good. again in w orking order. I t w ill be C allin g cants 76e per 100 here. necessary to establish m any hundreds Brooklyn Goes Bone Dry. H ow the Brooklyn went "bone d ry " is told in the follo w in g story wMch urn clip from the Bandon W orld : A bou t a thousand pounds o f boos* — whiskey, wine, beer, etc.— put up in bottles, ju gs, dem ijohns and other ru- The Better Y ou Know Us a rt U erc«r, s till retins the first ftinger o f his le ft hand. W hils cu tting wood Saturday the u i which he was using slipped sad com pletely severed the firs t Joint o f tbs d ig it fin ger on his le ft hand. Rem em bering instructions he had received some tim e ago, the boy secured several matches and, plac in g the and o f his fin ger in position, u tilized the matches as splints, and had his fin ger bound up, afterw ards carefu lly draw ing the tw o edges o f the severed fin ger jo in t together. He then came over to N orth Bend where Dr. K eiser assured him that there was bo danger o f septic poisoning and told the boy that his first-aid treatm ent had undoubtedly saved the finger. C. H aw orth, o f the Randan GEO. E. R IC H A R D S have a large stock of Business Cards, Fine P a pers and Envelopes, plain or linen finish, and can give you something neat for your office stationery SEN TINEL PRINTING THE ONE INDUSTRY IN COQUILLE Onteopathic Physician Graduate o f the Am erican School o f (M teopathy o f KirkeviU e, Mo. Office in Eldorado Block. Marshfield Oregon * O R. C. W . B N D IC O T T « ♦ » DENTIST ’ ♦ First N’t 'l Bank B’ ld 'g ? M ais 11, Ooq o lile , Dregon. ♦ Phone « * J.-J. S T A N L E Y A . J. S H E R W O O D factorin g plants, as rush shipments must be made via express. IW M o o r e M ill A Lumber com pany thip/wmk re ceived a piece o f m achinery tram Chi cago which, ow ing to tha fre ig h t da- lays, had to bo shipped b y a x p f e B T brin gin g the shipping east .up to $120. — Bandon W orld. D r. F . G. B U N C H that has operated continuously since its establiehm m t seam fsmrt years ago has boon your Laundry. Rain or shine, good tim e# and bad. It has been on tha Job. W e have a number o f custom ers th at have pat r anim d H osutfnu from the beginning. W e are g ra te fu l fo r this spprsristtsn off service. Our aim is to im p rove tha service tat every w uy poari W o wash ever y thing washable. C O Q U ILLE L A U N D R Y * IC E C O M P A N Y ♦ E. & E. T. 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