The Coquille Valley sentinel., May 18, 1917, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2

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reservoirs and painted them.
D. & Brode was in town Saturday.
He saps ho is Urine in the chicken
hoase since Us dwelling burned—till
he builds a new one.
Jesse Clinton, o I Norway was in
town recently. We are always pleas­
ed to see him as he always reports
progress. His ranch shows it and he
is a "good roads’* man. •
Charlie Dye killed another bloc rac­
er this week. We may go op there to
see something to remind os of Iowa
and Kansas
Mrs. Jim Brady, of Powers, is here
thi# week, the gooot of Mrs. W. E.
Lundy.
Martin Caster, of North Bond, is
over from the Bay for a short visit
with old friends.
Morris Bay and famUy have moved
to town and occupy the LeweUen
hones on Seventh street. He will be
with his father in the dray business.
Harvey Johnson, of South Fork,
n w ridw In a
lnt# noM* sold
by the only agent here, John D. Bark-
Our supply of CAN COFFEE is extra good and is very com
'
plete, but we give you special values in bulk.
Below are a few items at old prices Which
we call to your attention
These are
Gallon Peaches, White Mountain brand, per can, 45c
Gallon Catsup, Del Monte brand, per can —.......75c
Green Pumpkin, Del Monte brand, per can..........40c
Fancy Maine Corn, Paris brand, per can
15c
Mothers' Wheat Hearts, per package
20c
Wheat Eats, per package.........................................20c
Hominy, No. 3 cans, per can .................................15c
Table Peaches, No. 2 X, fancy fruit, good syrup, 20c
That Pickled Pork is the cheapest thing in the m*mt Une today
At 25 cento per pound it is way below the market.
VISIT OUR STORE---ASK THE PRICE
Satisfy yourself that we offer food bargains
seldom obtained these days
Busy Comer Grocery
The Mortgage
Coquille, Oregon
Phones 691 and 541
Aki electric motor can
lift anything. Let us tell you how
Motors
are lifting mortgages offhundreds
of farms throughout the country.
OREGON POWER COMPANY
"The supreme test of the nation has come
we must all speak» act and work together.’
P resident W ilson
Have your Car giv
en a thorough over
hauling
Our Repair Department ia now thorough­
ly equipped to do first class work. We
have secured the services of
AN EXPERIENCED AUTOMOBILE MECHANIC
and
TWO ASSISTANTS
which enables us to turn out first class
work without any delay.
Batteries Repaired and Recharged
We carry Ford Parts
Yours to please
Gardner & Larsen's
Need Changing?
We are receiving notices of the com­
ing of the Ellison-White Chautauqua
in July. They assure us that better
talent than ever before is engaged.
A number of persona have seen
booaara cachsing boose in good hiding
places between Norway and Myrtle
Point and also have seen others gat
to it later. -
Mr. and Mrs. Warren J. Hammond,
of East Myrtle Point, lost their baby
of two weeks Monday night.
' A bubbling fountain is being put on
the L. H. Pearce corner.
The crossings which the Barnes'
biggest wild animal circus in tha
world tors up have all bean replaced.
Forest Green, a young man who
grew up here, graduated from the
high school and lately has been work­
ing in a mill at North Band, haa en­
listed In the Coast Guards.
J. Grant Scott, a tie hacker and
contractor of Bridge, was dawn last
Saturday after checking up with the
buyer for several 1,000 tins.
A. A. Miller is now decorating with
paint the ceiling of the McCloekey
building which the Bell-Schroeder
Furniture to . will occupy.
Sterling Wagner, a South Fork boy
whom we all know, will leave June
let, for Modesto in San Joaquin val­
ley, California, where he has rela­
tives. Ha believes he would rather
pull grapes than milk.
Guy Devault and Lelah Schriefer,
one of the girls of the Telephone
force, were married sometime late
laaj weak. They ware not married
by an officer at Coquille but in
Marshfield but they were properly
reaaembered on their return.
Dr. Pemberton reports a baby In
the L. C. Strong family on Middle
Fork, a girl and 9 pounds.
The old on pain ted building on the
Oddfellows property on the corner of
Sixth and Maple streets is being re-
Somebody made the fear fifteen and
one thirty checks good. No authen­
tic word is had of the gsaker of the
no-fund checks. He was a “nice” man.
Alexander Andrews, the Powers
tailor, haa wound up his business in
that town and will with Mrs. Andrews
neaday from Powara with her bsblaa
for a waak’a viait with her pdrents.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlia Butler.
Mrs. Bart Davenport laavos this
weak to saa her mother, Mrs.
Goble, who is very ill, In Humboldt
county, Cal. She will laave by steam­
er from Marshfield. Mrs. Mary Lun­
dy will take ears of her kiddiee dur­
ing her abeence and Bertie wdl keep
Webb Mast came in Wednesday
not in bis auto but his buggy, whose
belly, he says, dragged in the mud. He
brought down 100 dosen 32V4 cent
eggs.
Mr. Duncan who took Sargt. Green
up to Sumner in his Ford reports
the roeds "not above suspicion,”
broken planks and plenty of mud
holes. The U. S. officer accepted 6
enlistments on the trip.
N. W. Perkins (Olas) ia doing fine­
ly In the Cholame valley, Monterey
county, California, where he is with
his uncle in the cattle businees. Ha
had his 20th birthday last week and
bis father sent him a fine new saddle
ae a gift for the anniversary.
E. A. Dodge leaves Thursday
morning by train for Portland where
he goee on personal business,
William Norton and family are in
the strawberry businees for the sea­
son. Bill lives in tbs valley that
produces the beet fruit, the "Middle
Fork.” “BUl’s Bully Berries.”
Chaa. Harriot, who has had a long
hard fight for life is again abed. He
has many sympathisers who would
help him if they could.
Dr. Grundy has a flock of 40 milk
goats on his ranch across the river.
People who have use for special mUk
and can’t keep a cow may get a
nanny goat and keep it most any­
where. Doc’s goats look like white
spots way up on the hill.
Alva Huntley, 11 year old son of
Alva ibed, North Fork, has a severe
attack of rheumatism. Dr. Clark waa
Mis» Lettie Pratt, who has.had s
clara nf piano pupils for tha past fsw
years, closed her work Saturday, May
6th, with a recital by tha pupils at tha
Presbyterian church. Tha Pratt fam­
ily who remove to their old home in
Albany, Ora., will ba very much miss­
ed by the people of MyVtie Point The
Indira of the church gave them a re­
ception Wednesday afternoon at tha
Manaa and it was with regret that
their many friends Md them “goodby.”
two more cars are sold tentatively for
cash. The output of the nine cream­
eries within the radius at Myrtle
Point is 1% cars every 4 days.
A merry crowd of young people
crossed the river last Tuesday night
to charivari Mr. and Mrs. Devault
(nee Schriefer), who are staying for
a short time at the Schriefer home.
After the attacking party had made
enough noise to overthrow the walls
of Jericho, they were admitted to the
house, and welcomed by the newly
married couple. Music, a little infor­
mal dancfpg, and a plentiful supply
of cake, bananas and oranges lent a
festal air to the occasion and the
Whole company before they departed
wished the Devaults “many happy re­
turns of the day.”
Mias Katharine Trevette, the reci-
tiat and impersonater, of Chicago,
gave some of bar best readings in the
assembly room of the Myrtle Point
high school last Thursday night, the
seventeenth of May. Her technique
as a reader was admirable; and her
selections so well chosen, and thor­
oughly American in spirit, that her
audience could only with difficalty be
persuaded to rest content without
“one more encore, one more encore.”
An auto with a trailer passed
through hare this week. The driver
and wifs remained is town long
enough to eat a good cooked dinner.
They had in the trailer a bed, a bird
and a cat. They came from Port­
land. We did not ask about roads.
We'know they believe in “good.”
Gua Metgua, of Gold Beach, is a
young able bodied man here a f|ew
daya. -Ha will go up to the Smith-
Powers logging camps, where there is
plenty of work and good food.
H. B. Steward, the new pool room
man, will add a reading room and en-
deavor to make hie place a desirable
resting place for the beet of us.
A. M. Meyers has just returned
from a trip to Siskiyou county, Ca. He
visited the Sheets valley and says the
alfalfa ia now 24 inches high. If he
invests it will ba in improved land.
Ha also visited Yreka which has a
population of 1600 and has 15 sa­
loons selling fluid extract of barley,
rye and wheat. Glenada ia the new
town in Shasta valley has. 250 people.
It is 6 miles from Montague.,
Mrs. Sarah Randleman came up
from her home in Bendon for a visit
with her good mother, "Aunt Annie