The Coquille Valley sentinel., April 20, 1917, Image 1

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H erbert-N nna, th e new S tate H igh ­
w ay Engineer, whose appointm ent w e
mentioned last w eek, spent some tim e
in Coquille today in consultation w ith
Roadm aster Murdock.
W h ile he
Meadow Lark b the Name.
Th e name Buttercup hevtnf*~1mea
so frequ en tly appropriated in the
dairy business, the D airy Products’
com pany which has in itiated work
in the Coquille v a lley by purchasing
the plant at the Coquille V a lley Crea­
m ery, has gone a little fa rth er afield
and chosen “ M eadow L a rk " as its
cognomen. Th at nam e is certain to
become a household word on the Co-
MAY CLOSE
, ROAD TO BAY
D ay Clerks— M rs. J. A . Lam b, F . C.
# The County court has been con­
True and M ri. F . G. L eslie.
sidering the n u tte r at d osin g the Co­
N ig h t Judges— L ee Goodman and
quille-M arshfield road during the
A. L. Nosier.
com ing summer season but the n u t­
Night Clerks— W alter O erdihg, T .
ter w ill not bo decided until th e M ay
J. T h rift and H . A . Young.
term tw o weeks hence. It w ill bo
The council then took up the m atter
necessary to close it fo r a portion at
o f the exchange at real estate be­
the tim e w M le the rood from Coalodo
tween the c ity and th e Coquille V al­
to Coder Poin t is being rebuilt, but
ley M ercantile C o- w nereby the c ity
fo r Just bow lon g is not y et settled.
was to acquire the Patterson G rove
N orth o f Coalodo it is expected that
tract and the M ercantile com pany the
C ontractor Perham w ill push his oon-
eld c ity hall property. G . C . Sanford
tract to a speedy com pletion and that
recited the details o f the proposition,
fo r moat o f the aeason it w ill bo d e a r
ending w ith the inform ation th at the
interest on the |2810 held by Leo J. ■ailin g there.
C ary to date was 6208.44.
This brought M. O. Hawkins to Ms
“ I say, no,” said M r. HawUna.
“ A ad I say, yea,” replied M r. San­
ford.
I t waa then pointed out th at i f the
deal waa made Feb. 28 the rent from
/the old city h all would « a to the now
owners from that date, and would
p ractically balance the in terest from
Fob. 28 to A p ril 16r M r. H sw kins in­
sisted that the deal waa made Feb.
28 end made a m otion to that effect,
which w ee defeated 4 to L M r. San­
fo rd then moved that tha exchange bo
considered as mad# th at day and Me
m otion w a « adopted 4 to 1.
The necessary ordinance to author­
ise the exchange waa presented end
received e 4 to 1 vote, M r. Hawkins
votin g in the negative. A a the votes
at three-fourths o f a ll the council, or
five members, are n ic ie s ary to adopt
an ordinance containing an em ergen­
cy danse, the whole plan o f exchange
o f p roperty appeared to bo killed, but
M r. Hawkins, a fte r statin g that ho
voted as ho did aa a m atter at prin­
ciple and because ha believed him self
to bo in the righ t, moved a reconsid­
eration o f the ordinance. A s ho voted
in the n egative it was (teclded that he
efiuld not make such a m otion, under
standard rules o f order, and Council­
man Gardner started the m achinery
again by m oving to reconsider. The
ordinance was then
unanimously
adopted and the c ity attorn ey instruc-
n ext day.
A s the m atter now atonda the park
haa cost the c ity 62,884.29. O f th b
6740.29 waa fo r in tercet on the notes
held successively by M r. Sherwood
end M r. C ary; 684.00 fo r taxes; 610
fo r an abstract; and 62,100 fo r the
origin al price o f the tract. W ith a
valuation o f 62,600 on the old c ity
hall the actual cash outlay to the c ity
b 6884.29. »
in this county, and made some v e ry
g ra tify in g statem ents o f w hat would
probably be done here, w e reg ret that
we cannot quote him d irectly, as he
states that his opinions are subject
to revision as he becomes m ore fu lly
inform ed as to the local situation.
H e inform s us th at M r. Cecils, a U .
8. engineer a t Portland, is reeom -
mending the appropriation o f 656,000
fo r the construction o f a coast m ili­
ta ry highw ay in Corn county, and a
sim ilar amount in C urry county. The
plan finding most fa v o r w ith the gov­
ernm ent engineers, is fo r the con­
struction o f this road from Vancouver
barracks and Portland down the W il­
lam ette va lley to Eugene, thence
down the Siuslaw to the coast at
Florence, and from there follow in g
the coast line to C aliforn ia.
— It w e* certain ly reassurin g to learn
that Coos county is now the only'
county in the state in which the State
H igh w ay
Commission is actually
engaged in road building and financ­
in g a pay roll, though it is probable
surveying under the commission wiH
soon be in progress in U m atilla.
A s to the M arshfield-Coquille-Roee-
burg highw ay, the survey o f the
east end o f which w ill next week he
com pleted b y the state engineering
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who creates or cultivates a garden
help* g rea tly to solve the problem o f
the feed in g o f the N ation s; and th at
every housew ife who practices strict
The Sleeting ot the stockholders at economy pots h erself in the ranks o f
» C oquille V a lley Cream ery held those who serve the N ation. This is
Ku a t 11 o'clock W ednesday m om - the tim e fo r Am erica to correct her
g ratified the action o f the direc- unpardonable fa u lt erf w astefulness
and extravagance.
L e t every nun
and every Woman assume the duty e f
careful, provident use and expendi­
tu re as a public duty, as a dictate o f
patriotism which no one can now ex­
pect ever to be excused or fo rgiven
fo r ign orin g."
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Recraitia* Officer Here Today.
Postm aster Leneve received notice
the first o f the week that e recru itin g
officer would bo here on F rid a y end
S etu rÿey o f this week to enroll those
who wish to en ter the service o f their
country. E a rlier in the week Post­
m aster Leneve him self had received
the enlistm ents o f E ric P b p p , W . J.
Longeton, R . C. Cook end E arl Iaen-
see, o f th b place. M r. Longston ap­
plies fo r a position ee musician. A ll
enlístam ete now Jn sim ply fo r the
duration o f the w ar, which m ay moan
only throe months, or again a fa ll
uty state highw ay engineer.
M r. Murdock says that he expects
to have the road through h ow from
M arshfield to M y rtle Poin t on lino
end grade before the end at tile pres­
ent year. Then i f $ e bend ia s u e b
approved in June tide project w ill be
in lino to secure its part at the m illion
dollars to bo spent this ysar by the
commission, Just aa soon as the bonds
New Standard Oil Buildings.
H. E. Shelley received word from
the Standard O il Co. last weak that
th ff bid at him self end Edwin E llin g-
een fo r construction o f the several
buildings required fo r the distribution
station that com pany is goin g to es­
tablish hare, had boon accepted. H b
instructions w ere to proceed w ith the
work aa soon aa title to the land waa
straightened up and a deed secured
by the oil company.
_ The tract purchased fo r the distri­
buting station contains about two-
thirds being located across the crook
from the cream ery. S everal buildings
are included in the contract and the
price to bo paid b in the neighbor­
hood o f 67,000. Add to th b the price
paid fo r the land, the equipment, etc.,
and the total investm ent w ill proba­
b ly run over the 610,000, w e men­
tioned a couple o f weeks ago.
P ractically a ll o f th b money w ill
be spent in C oquille and the direct
benefit# w ill bo fr it im m ediately; be­
sides which there b the prestige ac­
cruing from C oqfiille’s recognition ee
e distributing p o in t W ith the large
investm ents already
assured
and
others not yet reed y to be made pub­
lic, it becomes d a ily m ote certain that
th b b to be a banner year fo r the
Coquille valley.
The Germans appear to be leavin g
the Hindenburg line behind * them ;
w hile the E nglish and Canadians are
returning the shells the Huns w ere
in too much o f a hurry to take w ith
them. The la tter must h ave' had a
sudden call towards home to leave
their guns in position and the shells
ready fo r the hands o f the enem y to
fire a fte r them.
GRANDJURY
The grand ju ry w u
throe days th b w i ■ek, adjourning
W ednesday. They rp<tfrned seven in-
dirim ente, one a g d b iit Ralph d’A m -
brosios, an IJAllan, fo r attacking A n -
drew D rests, a Greek, w ith a pocket
It was voted to request D r. L ow to
k n ife ht one o f the lum ber campa g iv e instruction in firs t aid w erk.
Misa l í adine Schow, Mias Ednq Har-
not boon made public, though, wa un­ locker and Mias A llie PhUlipe were
derstand soma o f them arsi# from the appointed a com m ittee to g e t up a
bootloggin g business, i f net d irectly benefit entertainm ent o f o o n f-k ia d to
duo to th at offense. One indictm ent secure fúnda fo r the treasury.
was fo r non-support, another fo r as­
sault, and soma fo r gam e law o ff anses.
Old billa again st Tom Madden, o f
M arshfield, and J. W . Condi, o f Ban-
don, w are dlsmieaad by D istrict A t­
torney H a ll on account at the rem oval
o f thy parties from the Jurisdiction at
W hether this road is dosed fo r a
grea ter or lees p art o f the season the
altern ative route w ill he v ia F air-
view and Sumner, staking the trip be­
tw een here and the B ey 28 m iles in-
fo r the see son n n igh t crew w ill be
put on the Easteide fe rry g iv in g a
sixteen hour service there.* S till the
road down Catching Slough from
Sumner Is not in good condition and
travellers usually p refer to take the
heat there.
O w ing to owners o f lota in Coaledo
having asked prohibitive prices fo r e
ton fo o t strip needed to widen the
highw ay to six ty fe e t through there,
the court has decided to lea ve the
road only fifty fo o t wide. Some o f
the lo t owners wanted 670 apiece fa r
■ ten fo o t strip o ff the end o f their
lota.
When the new rand w ork is com­
pleted throe grad# crossings o f the
Southern Pacific w ill be elim inated—
tw o at M yrtle P oin t and one a t Coal­
edo— which w ill obviate the danger
o f accident as those are the only
grade crossings between the b ey end
M yrtle P o in t
Com m issioner P h ilip has been in­
structed b y th e C ounty court to g o to
Ten m ile end see i f the new lo ggin g
road o f the Boehner Lum ber To., to
E el lake in terferes w ith the highw ay.
A com plaint has coma to the County
court from there.
E ngineer Hind-
marsh acid that the loggin g road w ee
not y et connected up w ith the ra il­
w ay. H o was under the im pression
that the lo g g in g road only crossed the
travelled highw ay near E el lake and
th b b not the road aa surveyed aad
laid out and consequently the Bueh-
nar Co. has a p erfect righ t to it.
Behind Hindenburg L b «.'
Th e m eeting o f the young women
o f C oquille a t the C ity H a ll Tuesday
nigh t to organise a local branch o f
the G irls’ N ational Honor Guard was
w ell attended, harmonious and enthu­
siastic, forty-sivan g irls between) 16
and SO being enrolled as members.
The follo w in g is the lis t:
A u drey M .
Staninger,
Pauline
Chase, Ada L . Downs, N adine F .
Schow, Maude L . Toates, E tta Mc­
Leod, Catherine H eresy, OUve Rich­
ards, M ay W ilson, Jeffie, Beckham,
N ellie Johnson, N ellie M cQuillan,
M arvel Sheets, G enevieve Chase, Sel­
ma C. Strang, Gwendolen H. Endicott,
Edna M. Olson, Emma M cQuillan,
Ruby MacDonald, M ary Pike, K atie
Price, G eorgia M ulvihill, W innie Cqr-
ry, Kathleen M u lvihill, Ines F . Bunch,
Cecelia Hoffm an, Beulah Price, Ruth
Stanley, June W iUey, Edith W illey,
A lice Curry, Bonnie W alker, Pauline
Custer, D ella Lund, H ester H olver-
stott, F lossie Lund, M ildred N eely,
Ida Oerding, D ella Strang, S y lv ia
pie cap itai; "but because w e see in this
change the fron rise end potency o f
greeter things fo r Coquille. W h ile the
purchase o f the cream ery by no monne
assurée jthe location bora o f the b ig
condenaary the M eadow L a rk -co m ­
pany proposes to build in this valley,
it certain ly ren den it m o n probable
that w e shell secure the location. Pos­
session is said to bo “ nine points o f
the law ,” and i n fo r i that the fa c t
that the new company begins business
hors much m ore probable. F o r m any
reasons Coquille b (h e logica l point to
build such an institution, and as tim e
goes on and the new company and its
m anagers coma to know this valley
and its dairy resources bettor, wo fo r i
sure that this fe e t w ill be impressed
upon thorn m ore end m ore stron gly.
The cow b bound fo r a ll tim e to come,
as w e sae it, to be the prim e agricu l­
tural fa cto r o f our valley,' and aa it
b through the condensary th at dairy
products yield tb * Jfeiggest. financial
returns, everyth in g seems now to con­
spire to make Coquille the seat o f
such an industry, as it b now the hub
o f the most extensive area o f dairy
land on the Pacific coast. T o secure
an extensive condensary here does not
m ean spectacular grow th or boom con­
ditions fo r Coquille, but (h o steady,
solid grow th th at b characteristic at
Judge Coke spoke in a very earn
plim entary manner o f the speedy end
efficient w ay 1n which tile grand Jury
had discharged its duties and contin­
ued it fo r another year.
This ju ry consists o f the follo w in g
m em bers: W . C. Rose, Coquille, fo re ­
man; W illiam W ise, Pow ers; Preston
Stephenson, Band on; Judge L . H ar-
locker, C oquille; R. T . W hitty, E ast-
side; and M ilo Sumner and W illiam
Ekbled, o f Marahfield.
The on ly crim inal case set fo r tria l
next M onday la th at against A rnold
M cLay, o f B eaver H ill, fo r seduction,
was tried once before, when he fe lle d
o f conviction.^
Today was’ naturalization day in
the C ircu it court and the cases o f
nineteen o f our foreign citizens, whose
names w e published le s t week, came
up fo r hearing as w all aa three or
Totrr
S TTTtim r cas-es t r o t n w
oe«*i c o n -
regulations o f The Codbtitution and
By-law s o f Th e G irls’ N ationàl Honor
Guard. T o uphold our N ation al hon­
or from criticism , the Am erican F la g
from daeecration, and tha Govern­
ment o f the United States and these
who represent it from personal dis-
2. I solem nly pledge loya lty and
good fellow sh ip tow ard a ll members
o f The G irls’ N ational Honor Guard
regardless o f their creed o r station,
and I w ill fa ith fu lly stand by each
member, g iv in g w hatever aid and en­
couragem ent within m y power in
8. I fu lly realise that th b O rgan­
isation dosa not allow in any form
w hatsoever slander, m alicious or un-
ju et criticism , hypoccrby, d isloyalty
or pretentiousness; that any word or
action detrim ental to the principles at
the Honor Guard shall bo conbdered
a grave offense, aftff b y doing1 T fo rfe it
m y Honor Guard Badge, end a t the
earns tim e acknowledge the righ tfu l
authority o f the Officers o f the Guard
to suspend me from any duties until
m y appeal b decided upon by the N a ­
tional Headquarters.
tinued.
On Monday, besides disposing o f a
la rge number o f motions and dem urr­
ers, Judge Coke granted a decree o f
divorce in the case o f M ary Ph illips
vs. D. H . Phillips, o f Bandon.
The follo w in g esses w ere dismissed
4. Furtherm ore, I solem nly pledge
from the docket:
to
show respect to The- Star-Spangled
H erbert
Lockhart
vs.
Charles
Sm ith; Application o f M rs. C. A . R o­ Banner, the Nationar A ir, and w ill
8o w e end th b article as w e began,
dins and M rs. K ate Rodina, o f A lle - m em orise each v e rs e .' I w ill in no
with congratulations to the people o f
w ay allow the Am erican F la g to bo
our c ity on our brightening prospects.
desecrated in m y presence without
L . Kronen burg vs. Bandon Construc­
protest. I realise it must never touch
tion C o.; Coos B ay Tim ber Co. and
Coad actor's Foot Crashed.
the groud, never rem ain fly in g a fte r
Sm ith Pow ers L o ggin g Co. vs. M ary
Conductor A lb ert A bbott, at the L. M erchant and others; J. H. G iles ) un-down» never bo raised stars dow n­
Sm ith-Pow ers loggin g train, suffered vs. C ity o f Bandon fo r injunction; ward unies as a signal o f d b tesrt,
e very serious accident about 2:46 Julia L . S. Leap and others against never be raised half-m ast unless indi­
yesterday afternodon between Beaver Frank Fish and w ife, fo r ejectm ent; cative o f N ational mourning.
H llW unction end Coaledo. H e slip ­ Opal L. B arker va. Clyde A . B arker
6. I fu rth er realise th at The G irb ’
ped slid fe ll under the cars and h b fo r divorce; The W oolen M ills Store, N ational Honor Guard stands fa r
fo o t waa run over and crushed do an assumed names o f J. L . Bowman, high ideals, a principle o f loyal pa­
that it w ee necessary to am putate it v a
F e lix Varxon; Frederick
H. triotism , a trust given into the hands
o f Am erican g ir b , and I earnestly
W heeler vs. Leigh ten v. P la tt
Ho was taken a t once 'to M ercy
Judgm ent in d efau lt was rendered prom ise w ith all understanding o f the
H ospital a t N orth Bond w here the op­ in the cases o f J. Machado vs. J. J. seriousness o f th b covenant to ob­
eration was perf or ated.
Burns and M ary B. Bums and C. 8. serve the obligations and duties o f
M r. A bbott has resided e t Pow ers Murphy va, O. E. H ill.
The G irb ’ N ational H onor Guard aa
Since the above was w ritten , M r.
S terlin g unforma oa th at M r. Abbott
g o t h b fo o t crushed under the wheels
w hile m aking a coupling at O verland;
but that whoa it came to an operation
it was found not to bo necessary to
m otto, “ Our Tru st W e G uard."
W hat the G irb ’ N ational Honor
Guard proposes to do aew b Indicated
by tha fo llo w in g statem ent made by
Theodora Booth, President o f the N a-