T h at the m w D airy Product* Co.
and the F . E . Conway M ortgage
Co are deeply im pressed w ith the
d airy pooaibUitiee o f the Coquille
▼alley, waa made absolutely certain
la «t Wednesday when M r. Conway
end D. P erozzi came over here and
offered the d irector* o f the Coquille
V a lley C ream ery com pany $7,000 spot
dash fo r the plan t and enough m ore
to pay fo r the tu ppliee on hand,
am ounting to poaaibly $600. I t w aa
im poesible fo r the d irector* to cloee
the deal, as thé proposition m ust be
accepted by the ateckohldera, but
notice* w ere sent out the asms even
in g to a ll the stockholder* n o tify in g
them o f a Cream ery m eetin g to be
nel. The selection o f teachers fo r
the eom iag school year was the busi
ness fo r which the m eeting was held.
The board voted to retain Chao. A.
H ow ard as superintendent fo r tlw
school year 1017-10 a t the earns sal
ary a t last' year, $1.600.
T h e other teacher* re-em ployed
ware. M iss A d a M ay N ew ell a t <8$
per m onth; J . L . G ary a t $80 par
m onth; M iss Rena Anderson a t $76
per m onth; Mias W in ifred Spencer e t
$62.60 per m onth;
M ies Catherine
Dun gey e t $6160 per m onth; M ies
Emma Kennedy a t $70 par month
held at the Cream ery week a fte r next and $6 extra fo r draw in g; M iss M ay
on Wednesday, A p ril IS, at 10 a A llen e t $67.60; M rs. In s* Chess fo r
m. It is urged that every ow ner o f $80 per month as principal o f the
Academ y and prim ary teacher; Miss
Mabel B ey a t $86. A ll these teachers
who w ere receivin g less than the m ax
imum salary fo r the positions they
It is anticipated th at the $7,000 w ill
not only pay par fo r the 180 shares
o f stock outstanding, w ipe out the
$2300 m ortgage and pay an y other
a State of War
tion Declaring
W ith G
1,000,000VO LUNTEERS CALLED FOR
President’s M nngr to the C onfess Which Is Pronounced
One of the Greatest Documents of All History.
—War for Civilization and Democracy.
solemnity that the Am erican p *
The court has under advisem ent the
purchase o f some registered dairy
stock fo r the county farm .
received here about 11
M r*. A lm a R atk leff, the very e f
ficien t and ob ligin g stenographer -in
Judge W atson’s office has resigned
her position and finishes her w ork
there this afternoon. She expects te
leave by Sunday or M onday's train
to Join her husband a t Coalanga,
w ar w ith Germ any.
A l- Cal., in the Bakersfield section w here
e it is w ith a feeling o f deep he has a position in a toggery. M rs.
R ackieff w ill stop a t Florence en
» w ill receive this news, route fo r a v is it w ith her husband’s
W hat the future has in store fa r
no m ortal can tell.
The follow ing press dispi
o’clock this morning.
Portland, A p ril « — P . C.
today— Pacific N ew * Service.
So the die is cast and we are
though no other course w as posi
A ll we
can do is to uphold the president
O IL STATIO N
FOR COQUILLE
'I v e a hospital ships and ships car-
d a g re lie f to the sorely bereaved
|d stricken people Of Belgium ,
■u gh the la tte r w are provided w ith
Its conduct through the proscribed
mas by the German governm ent it
ili, and w ere distinguished by un-
istakabie marks o f identity, have
point fo r th eir products in the Co-
quille va lley seems te be p retty w ell
assured. Although w e have no p osi
tiv e assurance from the officials hav
in g the establishm ent in hand, from
what wa h ern there is little doubt
that e $7,000 to $10,000 plant w ill be
located on the D ollar p roperty ju st
w est o f the Cream ery between the
riv e r and the railroad.
FOR M ILITA R Y
TRAIN IN G HERE
t i « i o f D r. Low , have had quite a lit
tle d rift ia m arching form ations and
the idee is te form a local d rill com
pany o f a ll who fool it a p atriotic
duty to participate.
I t ia not intended ev present to or
ganize a m ilitia company or a home
guard, nor in any w ay obligate the
members b y a ffilia tin g w ith the State
m ilitia, but i f the em ergency a r e »
they would be the nucleus . around
which could be gathered e m ilita ry
company fo r patrol duty or w ar duty.
A s waa said in a recent w eekly na
tional publication, a w ar w ith G er
m any w ill not be a young ladles’ sem
inary pillow figh t, and the highest ex
pression o f our patriotism w ill II* in
our w illingness to answer the call
when needed.
rder to discuss the m atter o f
tin g such a d rill company here,
Norton, as president o f the
sreiai Club, has cattsd a m eet-
r 8 o’clock this evening o f a ll
n In the city who desire to g e t
instructions in m ilita ry d rill
I t is not expected te change the
nemo o f the cream ery a t once, but
to b egin the , m anufartnra o f cheese
under the C oqu ill* V a lley C ream ery
com pany brand.
said proposed road and represent and
declare th at the said road would be
built w ithin the ensuing 12 or 18
N or is this a ll that C oqu ill* and the
adjacent country can count on. M r.
Conway is a liv e w ire through aad
through, end in addition to the capi-
ta l o f the Conway M ortgage Co., has
connections and frien d ly relations
w ith monied m m who n r* seeking
sa fe investm ents. When he says the
people o f C oqu ill* w ill find them sag-
e r te aid in the developm ent o f the
C oqu ill* v a lley in m any w ays beside
th e d a iry products Has, wa believe he
maahs w hat he says, and th at t* e ir
advent in this section w ill be produc-
U v* o f g rea ter developm ent in a ll
H m * than wo new im agine.
T h er* ia another man who has don*
much in b rin gin g about this pw ebake
o f the crm m sr y and be is a mem ber
Yesterday road business was a t the
fron t. There is no action to be taken
on the Coos City-8um ner road, how
ever, as the court considers th at m at
ter settled. Ia connection w ith the
fe e t that the Sm ith-Pow ers company
has b e « opposing the road to Sumner
via C o m C ity and fa vo rin g on* down
Catching Slough to R setsld e the fo l
low in g petition to the court from par
ties to whom that com pany recently
•old considerable tracts o f land be
tween C o m £ it y and Sumner la o f
interest.
field to the number o f a hundred are
to be over here at tw o o’ clock this a f-
tem oon to call upon the County court
to urge an appropriation o f $20,000
fo r the M arshfield A rm ory.
There
being no funds available fo r th at pur-
pose now the court is being asked te
issue warranto to be p*h* $6,000 each
Sumner, O regon, Feb. 8. 1917.
year fo r fou r years, which the M em b
Know a ll men by these presents:
field banks have agreed to
end
Th at w e, the undersigned, who per
ca rry until the w arranto are paid
sonally or through our agents, pur
year by year.
chased from the C. A . Sm ith Tim ber
The County court this afternoon com pany land ly in g contiguous to the
decided to draw a w arrant o f $20,000 C o m Ctty-Sum nar w agon road desire
, » the general fund o f th * county to to make known,
aid in the construction o f the Mamh-
th a t, during the negotiation lead
field arm ory. County A ttorn ey H all ___
the C. A .
and A ttorn ey L tijo q vist said it would ' Sm ith
be lega l.
did ex
. .
Th e tw o principal potato o f the d e-'
cision are, first, th at the claim en
which the attorn ey fo r the property
ownera began this suit is baselees.
The claim was that the w hole pro
ceedings in the m atter o f this im
provem ent w ere void fo r Irregu lari
ties and that th erefore the pr ope rty
never had owned the c ity anything,
although some o f them had paid the
aasessmeato in fu ll. And, o f ooume,
those who had taken advantage o f
the bonding act in d oin g so w aived all.
claim s th ey m ight have had by reason
o f any such irregu larities. Th is waa
the main point in the case, and on
this the c ity wins.
Urn second point was th at the w ar
rants issued $o E llingsen A B ergen
in excess o f the amount o f th eir lump
sum bid and oth er additional item s
properly chargeable to the c ity w ere
absolutely void. O f the w a rra n ts in
controversy, $1J00 are la the hands
o f L eo J . C ary, one o f them fa r $1,000
and the- other fo r $600; $860 in the
»p a s s io n , or principle,
n s fo r a little w hile unable to
re, th at such things would, in
b * don* by any governm ent that
hitherto subscribed to th e hu-
► practices o f civilised nations,
national law had ita origin In
^tem pt to set up sem e law which
t b e respected and observed u p »
la te ly con vert the cream ery in to a
cheese fa cto ry from which wtU ho
turned out not only the staple lines o f
cheese such as a re already made in
the county, but m any fan cy brands
not h eretofore m anufactured ‘in tide
section o f the state. -
> -
When M r. P erosxi gras in San Fran
been secured from the D ollar com
cisco last week he sold $200,000 w orth
pany, which owns the low er m ill end
sB the land hstw sm the i i — m j
and the m ill, end bids h ave b e » ask
ed fo r the erection o f the necessary
building*, barn, etc. Local contrac
to r* who have subm itted bide w ere
inform ed that th eir figures w ar* sat
isfactory, although no contract has
y et b e » signed.
Th at the Standard O il Co. intends
to put Coos county on th eir official
map in good shape is certain from the
character o f the plant they are p re
paring to in stall on Coos Bay, It
is th eir intention to make th at place
the distribu ting point fo r the State
o f Oregon, shipping m e o il In there
by tank steam er*. W ith the loca
$10,000, w ere not filed a t the county
tion o f, a distribu tin g plant here and
clerk ’* office here, the tra n sfer o f
it* attendant p ayroll, another fa ctor
stock w ill be m ad* to M r. Conway
is • added te CoquiUe’ s brigh ten in g
personally and ha w ill tran sfer it to
prospects end the outlook fo r 1917 be-
the D airy Products Co. when the le
g a l entanglem ents have been straigh -
J. C ary and J. P.‘ Beyers, holders o f
the $1,760.00 w arrants issued by the
c ity to the contractor* in axcass o f
th eir lump sum bid.
S ta n mad S t r ip « fo r the City.
. I t lathe opinion o f our p atriotic cit
izen* that the c ity o f C oquill* should
own an Am erican fla g aad erect a
fla g pole on the ro o f o f the c ity hall
to sw ing it to the breezes. The Sen
tin el is fu lly agreed th at such a m ani
festation o f p atriotic sp irit as would
be indicated by raisin g “ Old G lory”
a lo ft ought to be m anifested a t the
earliest poesible moment.
which they w ere en titled on th eir bid
was $8376 and the additional extras
above referred to. These w ere $811
fo r overhaul en force account, as R la
term ed, and $828.64 fo r the expense
o f sewers and catch basins on the
street. Th is makes e total o f 61.0U.68.