The Coquille Valley sentinel., April 22, 1921, Page 3, Image 3

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W . F. Brown, chief o f the horticul-
department at O. A . C., made a
The public is at present perfectly
I talk on berry cultora in Coas county
at M yrtle Point laat Friday which content to take the wild berries and
•vary rancher and aepacially every cultivate them, as tho cultivated ber­
oaa cultivating upland in Coot coun­ ries are the same strain. The speak-
ty ought to have hoard. The roaaoo or says it is the European blackberry
why wa make thia statement so unre­ and may develop a better strain with
servedly is that P rof. Brown spoke cultivation.
The loganberries were next dis­
from the standpoint o f a scientist and
an horticultural expert solely and not cussed and instruction given how to
in any way as a prom oter or a boost­ raise and train them. But it was ad-
er, or even as one at all partial to any | vised that it would be a good deal bet­
ter business to grow a berry that is
particular sort o f fruit.
1 W hat ha gave was an impartial under produced, like the evergreen,
| opinion as to what crops and indus­ for which the demand exceeds the
tries should have the precedence in supply, and to go slow on a berry,
[ thia county and what varieties should which is now oversupplied.
Referring to the statement he had
have the precedence com m ercially, be­
cause they promise the greatest re-1 seen that the evergreen blackberry
turns. F or these reasons, it seems I had proved the most profitable fruit
to us, that we can do our farm er in western W ashington, com m ercial­
readers no greater service than to I ly, Mr. Puliord asked P rof. Brown
give the outline o f his address, for I what he thought about its cultivation
which S. D. Puliord h i* Kindly fur­ here.
He answered first that conditions
nished us the notes, tithough, owing
to the nearly killing l low ho received here were very sim ilar to what they
Tuesday, he did not ic e l exactly like were in western W ashington.
Next that W. H. Paulhamus, head
w riting them out.
i County Agent Farr presided at the I o f the Puyallup and Sumner Fruit
m asting; while Mr. Chase, o f the Growers’ Association, had shown him
I Chase-Holt Cannery, who was largely I the books o f that company, and these
I instrumental in inducing the college I books bore out the statement that the
I to sand P rof. Brown down here, had I every green, was the most profitable
I taken the latter out over the neigh- I o f any crop in western W ashington,
boring sections to see the actual I and there was no reason to question
I tural
MONDAY aad TUESDAY, APRIL 25th aad 2*0»
WilHnm S. Hart la
TH E TOLL GATE"
A Paraaioaat Picture
A Stonr of the Weat and a typical "Bill Hart” picture. The
Star, n.msrif, has styled this his “finest effort to date.”
Sap him as Black Deering, bandit, hold up a train—escape
from his captors— leap 60 feet from a cliff—burn out a nest
of m i foes—rout a band of Mexican raiders—fight his be­
ta * !^ to death—fling away his freedom to save his enemy’s
You will see scenic shots of an undergi iund river in North-
em California in which Bill and his Pi ito nearly lost their
lines in making this picture.
And
A1 St. John la
"CLEANING UP
A Paramount Comedy
riders that is worth the price of the show. The climax is
one of the most sensational stunt spectacles ever screened.
Mix, mounted on his favorite horse, gallops up three flights
of stairs, landing on the roof of the house. The roof gives
way under the great waight, and rider and horse crash
through three successive floors into the basement, where
a terrible fight ensues with Mix finishing first If you like
something of the unusual, this is yovlr chance.
And
“IN ROOM 202"
Fancy Hominy, 2 1-2 lb cans . . .
Campbell’s Soups____________
Fancy Black Figs _ .
Dried Apples .
___ . . .
___
Dried Prunes_______________
Codfish, 1 tb brick 20c;
Fine and Coarse Graham, small sa ck ----- per ak. 55c
Fancy Cookies at __ __
— -l._2 5 c to 40c lb
Small aad Large Tapioca .
California small white beans,
Fancy California Jap rice
___
Have you tried some of thorn 2 1-2 lb cans o f apricots
at 15c per can. They are buying them by the c a s e .
We are sure our prices and quality of goods will please
you. Come in and see us.
NOSLER’S
CASH STORE
I conditions before the lecture.
The speaker's first plea was for I On the other hand the w orst he
m ors diversified horticulture fo r com- I could say about the evergreen was
SAVE MONEY BY PAYING CASH
mercial purposes. Every rancher and I that it was thorny atod that it was d if­
m ost people who have no more than I ficult to got rid o f.
a garden spot in town try to get as I Black cap raspberries he recom ­
great a variety o f fru its, distributed I mended highly fo r commercial pur­
over' as long a season as possible. In 1 poses; and thought that we m ight do
Lamb for Park Commission
other words, beginning with strawbsr-1 well to stress them here as they did
The
Commercial Club held a short
I rise in May the aim w ill be to have I n the east.
meeting W ednesday evening at which
Further
he
was
o
f
the
opinion
thi
other kinds o f small fruits ripening I
tim e 0 . C. Sanford reported that the
fo r several months after that, wind-1 i .h n market by rail we ought to fin
council had adopted the Park Com­
t
profitable
to
grow
apples
hers
foi
mg up with apples that will keep until I
mission ordinance and that Mayor BABY
CHICKS — Thoroughbred
A pril, so as to round out the year. I shipment.
Hamilton was ready to receive rec­
“
Barred
Plymouth Rock” fo r sale
Then
he
touched
cn
broccoli,
gave
The cultivator provides fo r his own I
ommendations fo r appointment to
after A pril 26th by M. H. Heresy,
table in that way and he should do the I detailed instructions as to its culture
that board. J. A . Lamb was aunni-
near old school house on Third
same in planting on a commercial I and recommended it as a profitable
mously chosen by the club fo r recom ­
street. A lso eggs fo r hatching.
V a le , rather than put all his eggs in I crop.
mendation aa one member o f the com -
in one basket by planting only strawt I
LOST—on Spurgeon Hill bridge, a
miaalon.
Teachers to Pledge Loyalty
berries, only raspberries or only lo I
gold baby pin. Finder please re­
The club also went on record as fa ­
gaoberries fo r market.
Probably we will never again see voring the appointment o f J. L. Smith
turn to J. H. Dalen, near Sitka Mill.
This argument was enforced by I inch lack o f patriotism am ong the
14tl*
as the member from the Corn Show
tolling o f the case o f a largo fru fcl teachers in our public schools, not to
organisation. This latter association
mention the continual teaching o f has not yet been organised but steps W A N TEp— Brush cutters, contract
work. Norton à Campbell. Phone
disloyalty, as prevailed daring the late will be taken looking to the form ing
plants, so that there were none to war. A s an illustration o f the stand o f such an association after the High­
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■ell and it proved to be mighty hard now being taken in regard to these
way Celebration is a thing o f the
sledding fo r several yean .
matters,
Superintendent
Mulkey past. It will include not only all cit­ FOR SALE— Two 16-inch Breaker
bottoms fo r tractor plow. Norton
'N ot only that but where all the en­ hands us the nsw form o f teachers’ izens o f Coquille who are interested
A Campbell. Phone 98x3.
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ergies o f a section are devoted to contract in which it provided, and but also all farm ers and dairyman
one berry crop, all the work o f the every tacher agrees at the tim e o f o f the Coquille valley who m a/Scare
FOR SALE— Team o f Horses, t and
year Is condensed into a few stren­
or her engagement that the fid- to join.
6 years old. Good, true workers.
uous week«, instead o f steady occupa­ lowing oath shall be subscribed by
The report o f the 1820-21 Lyceum
D. F. Thompson, Coquille, one-half
tion being furnished through the en­ (he teacher as a part o f tho contract committee was read showing that the
m ile south o f town.
tire growing season at least.
of employment:
receipts fo r the year were $666.46,
Naturally in a county like this, said
and expenses amounted to $618.71, W ANTED to purchase— 12 or 16
P rof. Brown, tha chief industry is
“ I solem nly swear, or affirm, that leaving a balance on hand o f $62.78.
good, dairy cows. Phone 887 or
dairying; next to this should be ber­ I will support the constitation o f the It was voted that this sum be turned
address B. F. W yatt, CoquilUj Ore.
ry culture. Coos county ranks high State o f Oregon and the laws en­ over to the Commercial Club«
in dairying, but doesn’t rank as it acted thereunder, and that I will
should in horticulture, fundamental teach, bp precept and example, re­
M arriiii Licenses.
conditions considered. For this is one spect fo r the flags o f the United
April 16— Cecil Dugger, o f Co­
o f the the best counties in the state States and o f the State o f Oregon)
for berries. Indeed, he would also in­ reverence fo r la i / and order and un­ quille, and Opal Krants, o f Band on. FOR SALE— About 50" pounds o f
Reed’s Canary grass seed.
W ill
clude apples as a horticultural pro­ divided allegiance to the government They were married the follow ing day
■oil any quantiy desired. A ddress
duct fo r which the county is es­ o f our country, the United States o f by Rev. J. T. Anderson St *Marsh-
field.
F. E. Arm strong, Gaston, Ore.
pecially well adapted.
America.”
A pril 16— Maurice W . Ray, o f M yr­
12tS*
The beet soil fo r berries hero is
tle Point, and Jessie E. Norton, o f
found on hill and bench land— where
Shall We Hare Ball T«ua
Marshfield. They were married the FOR SALE—« -r o s a cottage, wood­
w rter drainage is good. It must not
Is Coquille going to have a base same day by Rex Dallas, at the resi­
shed and garage, tw o lota, fo o d lo ­
be forgotten, either that air drainage
cation; $1600. Phone SM.
8M
is no lees needed, though tluu is not ball team this summer f The other dence o f H. V. Holverstott.
A pril 16— Tom J. Smith, o f Brook­
■o generally thought of. O f course, s towns in the county are all organising
large proportion o f our bottom lands clubs and the local fans are begin­ lyn, N. Y , and Mary Noah, o f Co- FOR SALE— W hite Leghorn
quille. They were married the same
hatching. $2.00 fo r 16. W
lack both sorts o f drainage. Free­ ning to get quite restless. There are
day by Jutsice Stanley at his office.
ardson. Coquille, Oregon.
several
reasons
why
a
town
should
dom from frost is essential and that
April 18—John A . Dye and Edith
also is to be looked fo r on hill and have one. It is a good advsrtisement,
A. Duncan, both o f Marshfield. They
bench land to a greater extent.
| it tends to develop a wholesome in­
were married the same day by Rev.
As to the kiqd o f berries to plant terest ip the national sport in the ris­
A . B. Pendleton at the Methodist par­
ing
generation,
and
it
provides
pleas­
the professor ranked them in the fo l-
lowing order, to provide fo r fruit all ure and enjoyment and recreation for sonage here.
. There are 168 people now licensed
the season: strawberries, currants both spectators and players.
to kMp poultry in Marshfield. A li­
Coquille
used
to
always
be
depend­
and gooseberries, loganberries, red
cense is not yet required to keep cats
raspberries and black caps, evergreen I ed on to have a first class team in
j there, however.
any
county
league
form
ed,
and
she
blackberries.
He also discussed a
new and interesting candidate fo r can have pne again if a little support
popular favor in the shape o f a cross and Interest Is shown. Several o f
between red and black cap raspber-1 the old players era hers as well as a
Mrs. Bonnie Walker's Millery Store is open with a large
rise, known as the “ Purple Cane,” number o f new men and the young
which he recommended fo r fam ily fellow s who have grown up since the
stock of
By all means Coquille
use. The K itts tiny, one o f the old I old days.
favorites, and a standup blackberry, I chould have a baseball team and a
was recommended fo r Its flavor bat baseball park.
not* com m ercially.
[
That the strawberry plant was sub­
ject to so many diseases, none o f his
hearers had ever even known until I
they heard the speaker enumerate
them. In contrast Uf that was the
every green blackberry with practical I
ly no diseases. A s it grow s wild,
however, it Is very inferior In flavor
to the earns fru it properly grown.
New Ladies’ Hats
Children’s Hats
New Blouses
The ladies of the Coquille Valley are cordially invited to
call and see our display of the latest styles in Spring and
Summer Millinery.
Mrs. Bonnie W alker’s
MILLINERY STORE