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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 19??-1917 | View Entire Issue (July 6, 1917)
cent they are drawing now. This is the shrewd phut of the- W aite attorneys to got out from un der the burden o f that 16 sper cent interest and fix themselves for an other long wait for bettor times for Council Discussed Some o f Them the sale o f the property. ' L is t Monday Evening at Mr. Liljaqvist, in view o f Judge Regular Meeting. Skipworth’s statement that he did not While it did not preve an entirely safe one to n couple o f the excursion ists the Dispatch carried down the river to the B n n d on W eh W ednesday, the Fourth they enjoyed was cer- a few firecrackers railed ths piaqjd surface o f the stream no firewater was seen on the boat. The holiday crowd began to gather at the w harf before seven In the morning and when the last whistle blew h alf an hour inter, every seat on the boat was filled. W ith the River ton contingent o f 26 people also on board the capacity lim it ad 240 pas sengers was reached and the watch ful waiters at the wharves below had to look out fo r some other boat to Arrived nt Banden the th ron g« e f excursionist*, found plenty o f autos waiting to carry them down to the bench or over the wonderful ocean drive with its glim pses o f ths surf and sea and the pinnacled and ponder ous rock masses that make this coast unique among *H we have ever’ vls- shades o f ths dwarfed groves on the cliff the first thsy thought o f was the picnic dinner, fo r sUper-early break fasts slid the fa it sea air bath coa spired to whet every one’» appetite, and over scores « f camp fires quickly kindled fragrant coffee w e« soon steam ing. % A fterw ard— well it is always a de light and an exhilaration to see and bear the restless sea roll its waves agaipst the resisting land, dashing them into salt »prayv The CequiUe crowd monopolized the bench and made ft seem more like home than usqpl. ' The sea fo g brooded fo r awhile and the nearer reck maaaaa $50)006 have, not been paid. The injunction was asked because the rejnOYpl o f the age old crop o f tim ber from these land« was reducing their vnlqe end diminishing the se curity oh which the county relies for the collection o f these taxes. The Conlogue camp, the new camp o f the North Bend Mill A Lumber Co., on Davis Slough, and the Aasen camp are operating on land belonging to this company, but they will not have to shut down, since the Boutin company has given s bond o f $26,000 to cover the taxes on that portion af the tr ic t which is now being logged off. * : „■ , - stance ns having dependant relw tion. In one precinct the regist) had listed 110 men ns. enrolled i sent only 112 sards filled out. T o check these all over took a k tim e but the tally was perfect *4 they got through. Then it took fr A big agricultural fa ir is to be held 1:20 Tuesdny to 6 o’clock en the ( at Corvallis this fall and County for the clerks to lypou i fta the list There are now 1867 names m Agent J. L. Smith is already planning having a separate number from 1 to make Coos county’s exhibit there ene o f the beet. T o do that, how ever, he must have the co-operation o f the farm ers all through ths har- GET READY FOR THE FAIR to be securing grasses and vegetables. This county ip very prolific in all kinds o f grass and the display is this lina should be large. * Potatoes .and corn are to be the big fe a tu re at the fair, but fruits and vefceUMss will alto receive at- Mr. Smith says that every Coast county, .with the possible exception o f Curry, w ill have aa exhibit and each one o f them is guaranteed a minimum e f $100 in priaea, (he winners to re ceive a larger amount. He would like to have the farm ers begin to plan their exhibits now and get them in to kirn In good season as he eaaaot wait until the last minute cu t It was scene shifting on a m ag Prof. R. R. Graves, Dr. B. T. nificent scale. J. L. Smith and Lloyd Coleman went Some o f the visitors simply strolled j out to Brewster last Friday and by on the beach, others wet their feet in Saturday evening had caught 176 the water and a few donned bathing fish. Coleman sighted a big brown suits and breasted ths surf despite bear eating salmon berries and mads the low tem perature which makes the a record run to camp—to get Smith’s first plunge dreaded. gun ha says. But when the gun ar Sometimes one had the very com rived the beer had com pletely disap mon experience when playing in the peared. surf o f being caught by a bigger com ber than was anticipated, being al Price Up to $8 • Quart. most bowled over and thoroughly A t Marshfield on the Fourth the drenched— as happened to our friend men who couldn’t celebrate without Cary when he had to pick one o f his boose are reported to nave bqen quite little daughters, out o f the spray indignant because they were held up which hadtknocksd her off her fe e t for $8 a quart fo r rad liquor, and Probably the Sentinel scribe is ready to peach on the sellers and give warranted in claim ing to have been the testim ony-that will land them be- Che oldest person U> shoot the ebetss hid the bare. Some got the stuff for at the Camp Fire G irls’ slid# on the $6 early in the day, but there were beach, though whether he succeeded some in the illicit business who meant in dem ontsrating that it was a safe te get all the traffic yould beer. ■port J ot a septuagenarian, is open to This story gives satisfactory indi- question. The sensations during the, . cations that the bone-dry lew is get brief moments o f the glide were, o f ting a tighter and ever tighter grip eourse, entirely pleasant except that over at the Bay, where importations they were slightly tinged w ith .fea r are easier than at any other point in as to what m ight happen when that the state. With the federal law aw iftly accelerating flight cams to against shipments into dry territory a sudden stop at ths bottom . That now re-enforring the state law, the is the trouble with too many pleas drouth ought to become more pro ures. It’s whet is com ing after that nounced. When whiskey commands one fear« when taking risky dhjoy-* $16 a quart at Marshfield ft will be evident that the prohibition law is However, we g ot off without mis pretty well enforced. Let us try hap, except that the tendency e f the having a sober nation for a few years vertebrae to get closer together and see if anybody wants to return when our feet hit the sands «res a “ like a dog to his vom it." little too pronounced. A t any tnto we were thankful to get off without Court Stops the Gravelling. a sprained ankle. The county court made an order Buy your season tickets now for stepping ths gravelling o f s county the Chautauqua. July 16 to 22. Price roed out from Myrtle Point fo r a mile and a half, where the work had been $2.60 for adulta. ■ ------ ----- -- done fo r half a mile srithout author $33,950 W anted in Loans. ity and yesterday P. W. Laird, Russell Owing to tha fa ct that the papers Dement, Ed Hoffman and Tom John fe t the Federal Loan organisation son came down to petition that it bo continued. Lack o f funde waa the Coquille harbor improvement to give 12 and 12 foot depths from the mouth o f the river at Bandon all tha way up to Coquille; the river improvement costing $128,000, with $10.000 main tenance. The Pert o f Banden la to foot half the billa. now, has determined-in case the Judge refuses to make such an order to at once appeal the card to the Supreme court, and the oounty court has al ready authorised him to do so. The people o f Coos county want these taxes collected. The specula tors, who expected to make big money on them, now that they are pinched want further time— after years o f court delays^ Which are going to "There’s something mighty funny win, is the question now. about this case. It’s got to be a The Iojrest* tid«m o f the year oc knock down and drag out fight.” And than he sat down nt the type curred yesterday and this morning— w riter and made out the follow ing one and seven tenths feet below mean form fo r a notice to the attorneys in low water. that case which County Clerk Oldy proceeded to sign: Former D istrict Attorney Liljeqvist who was in charge o f the litigation for the collection o f the ten years’ back taxes on the Kinney and other big tracts in Coo« county came over here this morning with his fighting clothes on. r !':. Referring to tip Kinney tax. case whose decision by Judge Skipworth, we noted last week, Mr. Liljeqvist, ¿n et Saturday the draft board Coes county, consisting o f 8 b Gage, County Clerk Oddy and Do Richmond, health officer, received structions to proceed to number men regbtered in this county as tween 21 and SO years o f age a ax ago. They «ren t to work at J J . m Monday and kept nt ft «toadily « 10 p- m. on Tuesday. Their work rendered tedious by the feet 1 many of the registrars had rspo I Mr. A. 8. Hammond, Dear Sir: I Pursuant to the order o f Judge Skip- i worth stated to me by L. A. L iljeqvist at the Judge's request you are noti- | fled that said Judge Skipworth has » set the 18th day o f July, 1917, at 9:80 I ociock a. m. as the time and the court • room in the-county court house nt I Coquille, Oregon, as the place to ap pear and show cause why an order o f I sale should not be entered with the t decree to be entered in the case o f t Coos county vs. J. A. Aleen et nl. be- > lag case No. 8080, and property sold l to satisfy. A s attorney o f lycord in the case o f Isaacs and Hollister vs. • L. D. Kinney et nl, and being the ease I No. 8778, in which Virgil W etter« I was appointed receiver, you are re- quested to take notice of* this order accordingly. and govern youself Very truly yours, L. W. Oddy, Coun ty Clerk. Power Co. Han Now Liae Man. When J. P. Michels leaves here about ths ,26th to join the colors, ha will be succeeded hare by Jack Ham mond, who recently arrived at tha Bay, and who will have charge o f the construction work, on the new power line bufldlhg from h are to Marshfield. • Judge Coke is expecting to go to Eugene on the 16th to hold court for Judge Skipworth. Meanwhile it is hardly probable ha will have time to have a special ju ry called to try the cases o f the men in Jail, as there waa talk o f his during. , » In compliance with instructions from ths council ths water superin tendent and assistant last week fin ished giving the north reservoir on the hill a coating o f impervious “ A quatite," an asphaltic paint. Be fore applying the paint, the reservoir waa thoroughly cleaned out and all cracks AHed with cement. This should increase the water supply this sum mer, as « considerable seepage has oc curred In the past through the cracks. WENT DOWN INTO CANYON L. W . Jacobs, ths Marshfield Type writer man, in an auto and Mr. Kirk- endahl, a Camas valley farm er with a four horse wagon, got mixed up whan, m eeting-in the Rock creek canyon „on the Fourth. Kirkendahl made a com plaint against Jacobs in Justice Dodge’s court at M yrtls Point "for as sault and battery with intent to do greet bodily harm. The case was tried there yesterday afternoon, Dis trict Attorney Hall appearing fo r the state and J. O. Stemmier fo r Jacobs. A fter a these hours’ hearing Jacobs was fined $40 and costs. A s one o f Kirkendahl’s horses was killed end three others seriously 'bruised and scratched in rolling down the canyon sida, it is probable that a civil suit fo r damages w ill follow . In ths same care the county court The story o f ths accident is told in made out and issued the follow ing or this way by the Timas: der: , Mr. Jacobs sms driving from Rose- burg to MarehAeld and while com ing !> In ths mattar o f tint T*x Foreclo sure case o f Coos County, vs J. A. Creek, met a four-korse rig. The Allen, et al-, No. 3680. driver turned to the' outside e f the The above entitled matter com ing read and Mr. Jacobs to the inside. in fo r consideration, it is hereby or Just as the’ car waa passing, Mr. Ja dered and directed that L. A. L ilje cobs says, one o f the lead horses qvist, special counsel for Coos County jumped and his hind fast went over in said Tax Foreclosure ca se,‘be and the cliff. He could net get back and he is hereby ordered end directed to pulled the other three and the wagon take such proceedings in reference to over the precipice, dropping between sn appeal o f the above entitled cause, 100 and 160 fast. and to appeal said case to the Su Mr. Jacobs said that he stopped preme Court o f the State o f Oregon, and talked with Kirkendahl, who then in the event the decree to be entered expressed the view that it was purely by the court in the above entitled accidental. He requested that Ja cause shall be a decree without cobs arrange for someone to come out order o f sale o f all o f the property from Bridge with a block and tackle mentioned in the application on fll« to try to get the animals out. herein and not heretofore ordered or Kirkendahl was accompanied by his adjudged to be sold. Dated this 6th two seos, one o f w h om h ad his lag day o f July, 1917. James W atson, slightly scratched while attempting to County Judge; G. J. Arm strong, hold the horses which ware scared o f County Commissioner; Archie Philip, The follow ing is Mr. Kirkendahl’s story as told by the Record: Mr. K. owns a farm at Camas val ley, and was going to do his haying, having bean engaged on the county road work with E. G. Parham. He had four horses. Where the accident occurred, Lloyd Jacobs passing from Roseburg to Myrtle Point and Marsh field, came rushing along in the nar row canyon, and without waiting for Kirkendahl to straighten out his teams and g rt safely at tha roadside, brushed through and frightened a leader which crowded the outside This caused horses over the brink, the two wheel horses to follow ovsr ths precipice. The statement o f K ir kendahl is that Mr. Jacobs dashed on .without stopping to holp the man save what was left o f the wreck or giving his name, or in any «ray assisting. The telephone mes sages were behind Jacobs all the «ray linqoant taxes are drawing 16 per to M:.rshfleid and he waa not arrested cent interest yearly from the county, until he came across the Marshfleld- which must be paid when the taxes Eastside ferry, by Police Chief J. W. Carter. Tha only description was o f a man wearing a white hat. This action on the part o f the court and its attorney came aa a result o f what happened at Eugene last week when Mr. Liljeqvist went out there at Judge Skipworth’s request to aid him in drawing up the decree in the Kinney case. The decision which the Judge filed here last week in that case contains an order that the property be sold to satisfy tha judg ment he gave in favor o f the county. . But when Mr. Liljaqvist appeared, the ^ u d ge said he did not mean te make an order o f sale; and on Mr. Liljeqvist’« insistence that it should be mads in accordance with the decision rendered last week, the Judge set F ri day o f next week, July 18, fo r a full hearing from both parties In relation to the ease before deriding what he wquld do. The regular m eeting o f the council war held Monday evening with all member« except M iller present, and The reports o f the treasurer and re corder were approved and ordered filed, and the bills 0 .‘ K .’d by the fi nance comm ittee were ottered paid. Some disucegion arose as to the bills presented fo r labor on Clean-up Day, which aggregated $46. Some o f the councilmen thought Coo much labor had been employed, but n com pari son with last year’s bill fo r $82, and the fact that wages are about 60 per cent higher this year, soon convinced them that the bills were not sxorbi- tftnt. City Treasurer Sanford presented a written report o f the delinquents in improvement bond payments, very sim ilar to that published in the Sen tinel two or three weeks ago The city attorney was instructed to' take the necessary steps towards their collec tion ns provided by the charter, the final step o f which is to soil ths prop erty to pay‘the costa. Mr. Sanford also recommended that improvement bonds should be peid out o f any improvement funds on hand in order o f their fallin g due. The city is now out in the neighbor hood o f $1100 or $1200 in interest, Mr. Sanford said, due to allowing a bond to run over a year when it could be paid in eleven months. For instance there is $187 In a cer tain improvement fund and a $200 bond falls due. That particular fund being $18 shy o f enough to settle the bond, it cannot then be taken up for a year, and draws $12 interest fo r the unnecessary yew . MF. Sanford’s contention was that the treasurer should be empowered. pay off the $200 bond by drawing from some other improvement fund which could not uae the Si dney far several months. Marshfield pursues that policy and thereby saves a con siderable amount in interest annually. The city attorney will report on the possibility o f handling thane funds in this manner at the next meeting. The bonds o f the police officers were approved aa fellow s: S. V. Epperson, $600, with J. F. Beyers as surety; C. D. Hudson, $260, with P. K. Drane as surety; J ; A . Jackson, $260, with J. B. 8west and P. K. Drane aa sureties. Chaa. Gardner presented to the council fo r consideration the prices on wood pipe submitted by the Pacific Pipe A Tank Co. For 4-inch pipe the price quoted waa $87.09 per 100 fet and for 2-inch, $82.20, F. O. B„ Coquille. W ith this small difference he argued that Coquille could not a f- ford to lay .any two-inch pipe and he wanted the council to authorize the water comm ittee to purchase enough pipe to lay tip block on Schroeder street north from Spurgeon, to run down to the cream ery and also for the north end o f town. A* far aa the cream ery line la con cerned it was reported that no agree ment had yet been reached for a right o f ' way, but Mr. Hawkins reported that there was a deed o f record in the county files which geve the city the required right o f way and if he as certains that such dead salats tha ctiy can go ahead with that necessary wa- A fter figuring on the condition o f the water fund, a motion was carried that the city purchase 1600 feet o f 260 foot head 4-inch wood pipe from the Pacific Pipe and Tank Co., to extend the mains in the three sections o f the city mentioned. The council voted to permit J. A. Collier to withdraw the option ten • W e Need Two Fountains. dered to the city fo r a bridge rite a The idea frequently heard that Ca- month or eo age, and which had bean quille should install a public drinking filed in the d ty records. fountain is on« that ought to be given It being after ten o’clock when the consideration by the council. Aa a First street ease «res mentioned it matter o f fact, tw o would be better than an a.. I f one was placed on Front street and another In the neighbor hood e f the poetoAee, they would prove a grant convenience to the pub-