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FRID AY, A PR IL IK 1917.
reception
ot W . O. W . kail last Sat­
ining and tha follow ing
About
Eventa in the City and
County.
solo— Mauds Toa tea.
Dairy Pr
Mrs. T . J . T hrift visited friends at
Sunday.
tost bevo offered
tha Bay
Owen Knowl-
serrieea to the
Piano duet— Maymie Delong, Mildred
Norton.
A fter the program games o f vari­
ous kinds were endulged In, the moat
popular being an indoor track m oot
About 11:30 refreshm ents consisting
o i ice cream , cake, coffee and mints
lira . Was. Grow has ju st returned
to her home a t Coaledo after spending
the winter at Kingi an, A risons, for
the benefit o f her health. She visited
her aon, Wm. A . Grow, at Alameda,
California, on the way.
He ie now
Bttperintaiidftlit o f Mu Spreckles sugar
refinery at Crocket Point. M rs. Grow
•ays the weather was fine all the way
up on the railroad until aha crossed
W . E. Cleghorn starts tom orrow
the Oregon line and then it began to
morning on his return trip to C alifor­
rain within an hour. .
nia, being apprised that his w ife,
The decoration were o f gold, green
and white, bring a combination o f the
colors o f the tw o classes. Crepe pa­
per o f theee colors waa used fo r
stream ers, lampshades, ate.
The
place cards also carried out the color
scheme, bearing a basket o f cream
roses, tb s senior class flower. Evan
ths cakes were white and gold, and
gold and green.
It was during the luncheon that
M ist Ada Downs, o f the Seniors, pre­
sented to Miss Catherine H ersey, o f
the Juniors, the Senior cane which is
handed down to the succeeding senior
class every year.
One enjoyable event and to the hon­
ored one a com plete surprise, was the
presenting o f a large birthday cake
with lighted candles to Miss M yrtle
Nealy, Doris Tyrrell m aking the pre­
sentation.
A ltogether H waa an event long to
be remembered by the members o f the
He want down there w ith her in De­
cember on account o f her health.
ROADS INCREASE VALUES.
One County In Michigan Sees Werth i
J. W. Nob let, o f the teaching force
at the city schools was enrolled in
Money spent In road Improvement
Colonel Roosevelt's proposed division o f the right kind is making a profit of
before com ing here last fa ll and m ay 125 per cent a year In W ayne county,
be a member o f the first m ilitary Mich. The county spent $££ 00,000 on
construction and maintenance during
force thia nation sands to Europe.
tee eight years from 1000 to 1014, In­
Sheriff Gage says Geo. Bryant’s clusive, and In this period the assessed
FOrd la a great car. In going out to valuation o f property In the county,
the Hoffman bridge yesterday they outside o f the city o f Detroit, Increased
climbed seemingly im possible grades from $02.707.000 to $114448.120. or 82.0
and plowed through mud ju st like a par cant.
O f this Increase 30 par cant. Or $22,-
snow plow works on the railroad.
000400, Is credited to rood Improve­
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Before you plant your grain or potatoes
give them a good soaking in thia Formalde­
hyde Solution. It will improve the quality
as well as prevent smut and rust.
Squirrel Poison
Now is the time to put out poison for the
“ peaky critter»” aa they are more hungry
now than later and consequently a greater
number will be destroyed.
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Veterinary Vaseline
A~very necessary article to keep the
in shape through the muddy sea»
Seed
We have a very complete line of all seeds
—field and garden—and the finest Onion
Sets. Prices consistent with quality.
K now lton’s ¡D ru g Store
The war which began last weak ap­
pears to be stim ulating the demand
fo r m arriage licenses in this county.
There have been ten issued by County
Clark Oddy since our last report, and
that is the largest number we have
ever recorded bore fo r a single weak.
Spectacles and eye g lasses skilful­
ly repaired. Broken lenses duplicated
while you w a it V. R. W ilson.
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Mr. and M rs. R. A . Jeub expect to
•tart next Monday or Tuesday fa r
M inneapolis, Minn., where Mr. J .’a
people reside, to remain fo r an indef­
inite period. Ho will be missed es­
pecially at the court house where he
The meeting o f the Woman’s Study
has 1mm one o f the moet efficient
Club last Friday afternoon waa up to helpers.
the du b standard in interest. A t the
next meting, A pril 20, the annual
Roy M. A very w ill this week sever
dection o f officers will be held.
his connection with the Herald here
to accept a position in the office o f the
^ b > y Burns and Marten Tyrrell Coos Bay Times at Marshfield. Mr.
csB s home last Sunday from Oregon Avery has dona good work on the
U niversity fo r the E aster vacation
Herald during the past year, and wa
and after a week at homo will return
the first o f the weak to Eugene.
it his first duty this m orning to ex­
amine the insane man, Brunner, who
has been in ja il since Saturday. Ha
waa ordered committed \/S the hospital
at Salem and the attendants called
up in tins# to so n s down hero far
him today.
The low lands o f the river bottom
were all flooded again last Sunday,
and the downpour last Tuesday morn­
ing didn’t help any in drying them off.
Tha weather is still cloudy, damp
and cool, and though the gardens
planted in January a n up and grow ­
ing, about nine-tenths o f us a n still
waiting fo r the ground to become fit
to stir.
W ord has bean received by the par­
ents o f the tw o young men ♦»»«♦ Ear!
Leslie and Reuben Meat Jr. took the
examination at Vancouver last weak
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medical corps, w e n accepted
and im m ediately ordered to duty.
They had expected to be heme fo r the
Easter vacation Aram the University
noueure
A fter this refreshm ents, consisting
o f frappe and nabiacoa, were served.
Those present w ere: Fraulien Lean-
na and A lice Curry, Marion Schroed-
ar, Vera K elly, Gwendolyn Endicott,
Edna Hariockar, A da Downs, M yrtle
and Sylvia N eeley, Clara Lund, M il­
dred Norton, Maude T oe tee, Mias
Hoffman, Zalina Strang, Edna Robin­
son and Miss Ada Mae Newell.
Die H erren: Leslie Schroeder, Jack
Leach, A rthur H ooton, E ric BUp, M s
Hoiigm sn, and Mr. Nobtet.
Mr. and Mrs. Newell from M ellette,
South Dakota, visited the dub.
for the purpose o f securing speedy ac­
tion on the appropriation fo r the con­
struction o f ths road from M yrtle
Point to the Douglas county lino.
S. A . Griswold and S. R. R oy, who
have been em ployed at Camp 1 at
Sumner, went to Portland yesterday
to enlist in the United States army,
tie d Pika, o f M yrtle Point, also passed
through hare en route to Portland
where he expects to join the navy.
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Formaldehyde
“ D aylo,” the new name o f the E v- ment because the assessed valuation
er-ready flashlight, 1« an expansive o f Detroit Increased only 47.7 per cen t
The increase In county valuation above
cognomen.
The B rer-ready people
the rate o f Increase In the d ty waa
offered $3,000 fo r the boat name sug­
gested and as fou r woman suggested
the same title, each one waa presented
with a check fo r $3,000.
Nearly every m erchant in the city
has signed the early d osin g agree­
ment and it is expected to make this
move unanimous very soon. There is
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articles for this
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•bout the dry, cold weather there thia
spring.
The w riter said he had
planted no garden yet and didn't ex­
pect to be able to fo r tw o weeks. We
hope to do batter than that here,
though the alm oet continuous rains
thia month have made planting later
than ever before. • - - - .
Jas. T. Jenkins, at Parkersburg,
there is a deficiency in thia Use they
waa in town Tuesday.
will probably be ordered to report fo r
B. S. Knowlton waa a visitor over examination soon.
on tha Bay yaatortoft
The grand ju ry wfl convene fo r the
J. R. ffrahfiim was' in from tha Fair- A pril term o f court next Monday with
view country Tuesday.
apparently few casco to engage its
The A pril term o f the
Mrs. J. A . Lamb returned la ri Sun­ attention.
circuit
court
w ill begin on Monday,
day from a abort visit over at tha Bay
A pril 28rd, a week later.
M rs. T. H. Downs, who bos boaa
Dr. G. Earl Low went np to P ort­
very ill, is reported to bo sltrgjy im-
land W ednesday m orning to take the
frfm fn fftion fo r AppointQMBt to til®
medical corpe. His application was
fo r arm y o r navy, where the author­
ities needed doctors meat.
seasonable
w ant
Miss Phillips Surprised.
More than 126 milpa o f concrete road
bava besa put down by tbs Wayne
county com m isriooers since the county
System was adopted In 1908, and the
roads built with the $2,000,000 bond Is­
sue are etili In good condition and giva
•very -promise o f more than outliving
tbs bonde. The commissioners state m
their alntb annual'report for last year
that they never bava had to taka np
and replace a single twenty-0 ve foot
section since they have been develop­
ing this type o f road, although aoms o f
tbs roads bave been down more than
t
Every mile o durable ruadg laid la
cutting down the cost o f upkeep. Last
year the commissioner* had forty-six
miles more roadway to care for than
the yaar before, yet they spent f& im
mas for maintenance, notwithstanding
they have supervision over 1,246 nil leg
o f other types o f road, such as m ao
•dam and gravel, outride o f Incorporat­
ed cities and villages.
It Is estimated that 90 per cent o f
the traffic In the county la canted on
90 per cent o f the road mileage and
that concrete construction should bo
continued until there are about 800
miles o f such roads.
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The commissioners hope to see this
road system carried to a point w h en
no cltisen In the county will lira mom
than three miles from a good road.
Brisk Reads.
Tha experience o f the last few yean,
la which the ch an cter o f tn ffic on the
P u b lic highways has changed ae re­
markably and so rapidly, proves that
b.tck Ia the beet paving material now
known for country roada, says the
Columbus (O.) Journal Brick roads
more to build than macadam or
concrete, but they but so much lo n g «
that they most be cheaper la a term o f
yaera. A brick read surface properly
laid at the right season o f the year re.
quires almost no attention and la prac­
tically Indestructible.
Macadam, on the other
baa
proved Its unsuitability for p i nan it day
tn ffic .. Some e f the fine macadam roads
In tbit country built duly tan or three
yoara ago a n worn out already. They
“ >“ ♦ be w aited
on almoet
the
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B B W all PN
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to keep them tree from holes and ruts.
They sim ply cannot stand up under tits
atn ln put upon them by automobiles.
Concrete aa a country road pavement
Is still more ae less In the experimental
stage. It Is cheaper than brick, but It
does not seem able to wit bet and tha
titering and 'thawing o f spring and
Call, and a cracked and sism sil concrete
reed ta a miserable thing and danger-
mas la the light o f pramat knowledge
brick la by ah odds tha meat aaOatitc
coot
W ednesday evening Mias A llis Phil­
ips enjoyed a vary pleasant surprise
when the ladies o f the teaching force
in our d ty schools dropped 10*00 bar
with baskets and the layout fo r an
appetising repast, tne occasion being
the attainment o f another m ilestone
in life ’s journey.
M iss Phillips was
presented a beautiful cut glasa vase
by her guests.
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Those present w ere: Mesdamee
Chase, Dungay, Minard, and Howard
and Misses Kennedy, A llen, Spencer,
Newell, Bay, Faw cett and Anderson.
Entertained in California.
$ 1 . 7 5 M Your Ordir Bifora Y m Forptlt j - i ,7 5
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Str. Elizabeth
Bandon to San Francisco
J, E. W ALSTROM .Agoat.Baadoo.Ora.
____Ei tJELU Kruae. Mgr*., 24 CaUf.5tf A F.
Closing a vary happy season of
cards
the members o f the Arrowhead
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600 du b were entertained a t an elab­
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i orate luncheon at the M ission Inn in
Riverside, says a southern California
paper.
A ll o f the members were
FOR SALE QUICK.
present and M rs. Oamundson, o f Co­
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quille, Oregon, jras the spacial guest.
One o f the finest dwellings and lo­
The members o f the club are Mes­ cations in town at bargain term s.
dames Bert Spinner, Charles Trask, See T. A . W alker.
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C. H. Shaffner, Allan Voorheaa, W.
Boyd Gatewood, G. L. Burt, R. J.
F or rent 20 acres o f w ell im proved
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Ochs,
Eugene W ickham.
farm land with barn and orchard, no
house, $300.00 or secured note, near
The delegates from the Epworth Coquille City. Inquire o f M. H. Her­
League her* to the County convention sey.
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at North Band today, tom orrow, and
Sunday a rt: Bov. T. H. Downs, d r.
and M rs. J. A . Richmond, M i« Ada
Newell. Mrs. Laura Brandon, Misaes
Clara Lund, Ada Downs, Paulina and
Genevieve Chase and Bay and Leland
Peart. They .want over on tha a fter­
noon train today!
J* E. Norton, Agent, Coquille, Ore.
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Willard Starasi Battery
RIVER TIM E C A R O COQUILLE.
Bast« Deport.
(A ll I oave ‘fo r Bandon and
landings except the M yrtle.)
T e l e g r a p h . .1*30 p.
Charm ....9 :1 3 a. m. and 4:16 p. m.
Norma (m all and express) .6 4 0 p. m.
Dispatch week day*.......... 1:00 p.
Dispatch S u n d a y s............. 1:80 p.
R elief ...................................7:00 a. m.
M yrtle fo r M yrtle Point ..1 :0 0 p. m.
Rente A rrive.
Telegraph - . > . , ^ . , . . . . 1 0 * 1
C h a rm ___ 9:00 a. m. and 4 * 9 p. m.
Norma (m ail and express) .5:00 p. m.
Dispatch, weak days ....1 0 :3 0 a.
Diapatch, Sundays . . . . . . 1 1 * 0 a.
Relief , « » * , * , . i , . , . . , # . . 1 * 0 p.
Myrtle, from Myrtle Petek .liN s. &|
Service Station
AT
COQU ILLE
POSTOFFICE.
M ails Depart.
Marshfield and Eastern
6A0 a. m.
M yrtle P oint '8 :8 0 a. m .; 7:25 p. m.
Power*
2.00 p. m.
Marahfield
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8.56 p. m.
Band on
U 0 a. m .; 4:00 p. m.
A rago (b y boat)
1:00 p. m.
Malia A rriva.
M yrtle P oint
0:13 a. m .; 4:1$ p . m.
Powers
9 4 0 a. m.
Marshfield
9:00 a. m .; 7:40 p. m.
Bandon
4:00 p. m.
M y r tle P o s t , O r e .
to be aa
•t any A rri
I'pay
Coquille to
M yrtle Peint and return fe r re-
Prices fo r Overhauling and
la g on application. P r « advice.
STORAGE BATTERY SERVICE
Dr. H. P. BLOXHAH
OSTEOPATHIC PH Y SICIA N ami
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SUBGBON
has opened
in » v .
K L. LEW ELLEN RESIDENCE
, M yrtle Petek
» to l l j t to • and by np-
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A. B. TAYLOR, Prop.
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