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LETTER FROM HOM E
VOL. XVI1L N a I«.
JAY, MAY 8A 188L
ÜLLENCÛLUEê
Is TUs Coarse Wasted?
BONDS OPPOSED
Thera is ju st one chance le ft fa r
C oqu ill« to add the agricultural
tim e to the m anagement o f his pro­
course to our high school curriculum
perties here, ene o f his le s t acts in
In co-operation w ith the state and
H m ti Awaj at Marty Hôpital that cemnsetion being the sale e f th e
fed
eral governm ents. Under the pro­ The McKinley Grange
lote w h en the garage la now building.
visions
o f the law there are eigh t or
Resolution
Th# t a t M rs. C ollier died Oct. t .
nine schools in the state where h alf
IM S . She was the m other e f one
The Proposition
the salary o f the teacher is paid by
child. D e vid A . C ollier, who died July
the. tw o co-operating departments and
Joseph A llan C ollier, one o f th * 81, 1907.
The annual m eeting and banquet
It seems a little strange’ to find
a ll but one have been chosen. Th.
early settlers and m oat prom inent
In Jenim ry, 1*07, M r. C ollier m ar­
e f the Coos A C urry Bus insea Men's
talary is $1800, which Would male « in this issue o f the Sentinel the Me-
«itisen e o f Coquille, died a t M atey ried V io ls Sugg, who survives him.
Asocimtion held in the Coquille Club
the expense to D istrict No. 8, |900. K inley Grange P. o f H . resolvin g to
H ospital, N orth Band, Tuesda y m em
O f th is onion wes bora ene child,
(bom s Inst night was n splendid suc­
To this must be added $300 or $400 oppose the proposed $800,000 road
tag. aad waa buried h er* yesterday. A lice, new eleven yeers o f age. M rs.
cess from th# opening strains o f the
[fo
r
equipment, The directors h a v e ' bond issue on the ground that the
H e w ee 78 years, • months aad nine I n C urrie is e stepdaughter.
orchestre to the Anal talk by Tom T .
not i*U like adding this amount to people o f M cK inley are not gettin g
days « f ago, aad had enjoyed robust
M r. C ollier was the third child in
Bennett, not the least featu re beiag
the budget this year but have decided anything fo r roade, and then turn to
health until a fe w weeks ago when a
n fa
fo n
ly e f ten, o f whom Uve are s till
m d ily
the very appetising and satisfyin g
to
submit the m atter to an inform al the M cKinley notes in another column
n carbuncle developed, whoa* a fte r e f­ livin g, tw o brother, B. P . and H. J.
dinner served by the Episcopal Ladies'
vote o f th * citizens a t the annual and find that the first item reeds as
fect# proved fa ta l. Indeed, when w e having died in the past eigh t years. [in the culverts in th * N orth end im­ Onild.
school m eetng next month, and it is follow s:
saw him a f w ork last fa ll, day a fte r
The survivors are G eorge and provement, 111,740. F or the entire
Upwards o f a hundred w ere pres­
hoped the m atter w ill he thoroughly
clearin g and bunting trash ea Charles and M rs. Sarah W alk ef, o f I w ork »o f grading, curbing, concrete
ent from the Bay, fifteen or tw enty o f
Fred M eat had business in Coquille.
th * lets w here the ga ra ge is ta w this c ity ; M rs. Jane Paxton, o f Ash­ I roadway, concrete sidewalks and them being ladies, w hile o f the fo rty discussed before that tim e, so that
the voters m ay know w hat they want He made his first trip home b y the
building, and layin g a cement side­ land, Ore., and M rs. Dora Frans, e f | crosswalks, on H enry street beween
or fifty Coquille citixens about a
N orw ay and Lee road.
The road
to do.
w alk beside them, he seemed aa A berdeen, W ash. Clyde C ollier, James I Second and Third $8,984. F or the
dosen w ere ladies. Plates were laid
An agricultural course o f th * kind crew is at work up aa fa r aa Lee and
stron g and vigorous aa a man ta m id­ C ollier and A . B. C ollier, o f this city, | same work on H all from the city hall
fo r 140 and every seat was occupied.
proposed in the local high school I the road is in fa irly good condition as
dle Ufa aad scarcely anyone would are am ong his nephews.
| to the Chase barn and on Third from
When the doors w ere thrown open I
would be a good thing i f sufficient [fa r through aa M cKinley.
have im ag ined that he had paaaedj
the court house to the highway, to the banquet hall everyone was
pupils would take an interest in it, I
three w ore.
116,766.
(“eedy to do ju stice to the spread. The I
end it did not in terfere w ith the es-
And then to turn to Judge W ado’a
T h * funeral service was held yes­
M. W . Payne, o f , M arshfield, was menu consisted o f:
i
tablshment o f a . manual trsn in g summary o f road projects on which
terd ay afternoon a t th e Odd F ello w *'
[aw arded th * north end w ork, his bid Oyster Cocktail
Loganberry Juice
course next year.
the county is at work now, and find
«am atory, being in charge e f Chad­
I being the low est end only $267 higher
Salad end W afers
this:
w ick Lodge N o. 18, A . F . A A . M. C.
than th * engineer’s estim ate.
Chicken in patties
Meshed Potatoes
A . Howard, o f Marshfield. rond the
P eart Bros., o f -Coquille, were
Rolls and Jelly
I
The m arket road from N orw ay to
im pressive Masonic service sad th *
swarded the contracts on th * other
Pumpkin P ie and whipped cream
M cKinley is under w ay w ith approxi­
fu ll honors o f th# ardor w ore paid as
tw o jobs, th eir bids being under th*
* Coffee, cracker* end cheese
m ately $16,000 special ta x money
a last tribu te to th * on* who had been
engineer's estim ates— $180 low er oa
D aring the Intermission between
now on hand to add to the available
Third and H all streets, aad $808 low- courses th# banqueters w ere enter­
Rem em bering the heroes o f the six­ market road funds.
sr on H enry street.
tained with vocal solos by little Ger­
euwsMMSMa*
ties, who fo r fou r long years faced
There was a grea t discrepancy in aldine Lloyd, Mise C lera M yren and I
That much fo r th* claim that M c­
death in so many form s and breasted
the unit prices bid on the various Mrs. Guy C. N oble, w ith M r*. L. L.
■hot and shell that th * union m ight bo K in ley's needs in the w ay a f reads
itsm s o f w ork, the grading bida rang­ Thomas at the piano. A ll wore re­
preserved and the nation s till live, o f ore being neglected.
ing from 68 to 76 cents per yard, and quired to respond to hearty encores
N ow as to th at $$00,000 bond issue.
whom so few y et remain among us;
the concrete street from $8.17 1-2 to ind they, graciously responded.
The State H ighw ay commission has
and
rem
em
bering
alao
the
gallan
t
I2 J6 per square yard.
A fte r the serving o f the lest course,
sacrifices o f the soldiers and sailors decided upon Hie road from Boaeburg
The only bid fo r the planldug in (and righ t her* it should be added
o f th * Spanish-Am ericau w ar and .hrough Camas V alley and down the
th* north end im provem ent was
J u t th * ladies mad* a fine record fo r
taka this w ork on a 60-60 basis. The o f A . B. G idley fo r $80 per thousand themselves in point o f servin g), M r. :he w orld war, in which fou r m illions Coquille V a lley to Bandon aad thence
e f our countryman w ar* called to to the C aliforn ia lino, as tha next
State gives the county credit fo r the board fa st in place.
The council Curl Evcrteen, president c f the asso­
gradin g o f this street, a t a cost e f thought this excessive and voted to ciation, introduced Jno. C. Kendall as arms and tens o f thousands made th * great state rood to bo built, now that
sligh tly lem than $7,000. T h * ex­ readvertise fo r bids on that w ork, th * toastmaster. The latter, in his usual mprem e sacrifice, it is proper end fit­ the Pacific and Columbia highways
practically , com pleted.
Aa
peas* o f pavin g is estim ated a t about uuao to bo opened a t the regu lar felicitous manner, filled that position tin g that a ll our citizens should turn are
•t
stands
now
the
commission
$8,000. The total soffi e f these three m asting, Monday, Juno 6.
srith honor to him self and kept the
promises
to
spend
$600,000
blecke her* wUl thus be $18,000. H a lf
Th e bidders on th * north end worfc .alk goin g with m any humorous quips
more on th at read i f th * county
o f this would ho $8,000, so that g ivin g were M. W . Payne, and A< B. G idley, ind sallies as w ell as interestin g in-
» ill raise $800,000 fo r it, g iv in g the
the county credit 1er th * $7,000 el-
,-ounty credit fo r th* w ork it has s t­
ready spent, its s lu r* e f the work
A . 1 Sherwood was celled upon to
eady done. Th is is an exceptionally
S0B b * only $1,000.
M t u b a li rollin g. H e m id th at this
sa* t ie t a t tim e he had been invited
who wants to see good roads ta
fore w ith flowers.
o attend the Business Men’s m eet­
Now therefore, I, V. L. Ham ilton. his county, should be h eartily ta fa -
to nttnals Bud next to la w s, where
ings and had naked, when invited,
or o f m ooting the state commission's
the subject o f this sketch was boro,
F o r the other tw * jo t* the bidders vhat was th * purpose o f the banquet. M ayer e f the C ity «if Coquille, by v ir ­
arms. I f wa are so short-sighted aa
tue
o
f
the
authority
vested
in
mo,
do
l i f e fin ally haeams too tarn « fo r him
I were M. W . Payne, A . B. G idley end 3 * was told that it was the custom e f
« turn this o ffer down, such action
there and ha erase ad the M issouri, a t
I Dean A Brown, o f Coos Bay, and he association to g et together a t rag­ hereby declare Monday, M ay 80th,
known as Decoration Day, a public nigh t coot Coo# county h a lf a m illion
he had the M ississippi and m ad* h it
| Peart Bros., o f Coquille.
lia r intervals to discos# the credit
tollars, fo r i f w * do not do o «r part
heme ta Nebraska. But th * w est still
i B efore m oving to accept any of -eliabllhy o f all Coos county citisene, holiday on which a ll o f our citizens
.o help the state build it, they w ill
kept callin g on and ta th * late fifties
I he bids, Councilman M ansell said he ind also to establish closer relations are requested to refra in from their
irobably quit Ih disgust and spend
ha took tha lon g tra il acrom the
I »an ted to inform a ll contractors that >etween the business men o f the usual vocations and join with one
accord in the commemoration exor­ he state money elsewhere. And ro-
mountains and deserts to C aliforn ia Masonic cem etery extrem ely difficult. | heretofore some successful bidder*
unquet. i This banquet he learned
nember that w e are contributing ta
b y ok tu rn
A ll this trouble w ill soon he over, I for street work had seemed to think wes to establish closer relationship cize* o f the dAy.
hat state fund whether it is to ba
V . L. Ham ilton, M ayor.
Young A lta i, a lad o f IS , waa than however, and It w ill not bo necessary -hey owned the town a fte r being between the Association and their in-
pent here or on the road from the
old enough to ride a pony in t ho cara­ to longer use Hu antiquated and un­ awarded a contract, and that they ligent debteors; and a show o f hands
Jalles to Klam ath Falls.
Ball
Season
Opens
June
5
van, and, no doubt, found the trip tha sigh tly, i f not unaafo, T bridge in ould prolong the work indefinitely.
proved that about h a lf the crowd be­
Aa to people who do not pay taxes
greatest event o f U s Ufa thus t a . travelin g between here and Marsh­ But this tim e, as fa r as he was con­ longed in the la tter class, as they
The baseball season w ill open in
taving a voice in a bond election, that
They toon cam * north to Oregon and field.
cerned, K would have to be a m ighty were not in the association.
CoquiU# on Sunday, June 6, with
s the law , and no resolutions w ill a f-
tarried awhile in Jackson county
The county would have liked to got rood reason, which would cause him
Mr. Sherwood had asked Mr. Sea­ M yitis Point as the opposing team.
during the days when th* gold excite­ the city to take over the Lon g bridge o vote any extension to the tim e set man, secretary, w hy the association The same day Marshfield w ill play in ect it any way.
W o hope our M cKinley frien d * w ill
ment was ffi its height.
north at the court house end provide for th * com pletion' o f a contract.
came to Coquille fo r th eir banquet North Bend w ith the club there. The
et see the lig h t and be w illin g to do
In August, 1806, tha fa m ily cam * to fo r its upkeep and that o f the F air-
Several other m atters o f street ind was inform ed that th e Bay mem­ schedule calls fo r a gam e each Sun­
Coo* county by w ay o f th * Middle view rood out there in exchange fa r work w ere given attention. T h * first bers wanted some excuse to give their day, each team having eigh t home ’or others aa w ell aa fo r others to do
.’ or them. The only w ay to got any-
Fork on pack horses, as there was no th* adoption o f the portion o f the was th * establishing o f the grades on wives, so as to be able to go home games end eight visitin g gam e*.
•here in this w orld is by helping each
road, only a tra il. They settled In M arshfield road w ithin the d ty lim ­ H olly, Spring and Bush streets; and
A letter received by 1 . H. Creagar
.last Delm ar a fter dark. It required
atta r.
this va lley near th * present site o f its by th* county, end the building >n W ednesday night the council in­
to diagram to tell th * crowd what yesterday from Spike L eslie conveys
Coquille, before there waa any sign o f a gravelled road by th * county structed the engineer to prepare
dte inform ation that he expocta to be
be meant.
Bridge W ork Started
e f a town hare.
across from the F alrview road to the plans, specifications and estim ates fo r
Col. J. W . Hughes, o f W ashington | in Coquille this summer and would
The elder C ollier invested la rg ely paved highway a t th * new high school the im provem ent w ith plank o f H olly
ounty, when called upon, referred to like to play ball on th* side. H e win
Under the supervision o f Engineer
In lands bar«, his first eureka»# com­ building. But the city had newer re- street from Smith to Bush and thence i remark by M r. Sherwood that in a ll slso bring tw o good players with
1 rchibald the preparations fo r the
prising a tract running from th * pres­ garded this as a fa ir exchange, and asst on Bush street 88 feet.
lie years e f te llin g purebred cattle him if they can e ll secure good Jobe j construction o f th * river bridge here
ent location o f the Johnson m ill up having advertised fo r the im prove­
The council alao established th* it auction, he had never had a failu re fo r th* summer. On* o f them is e have been goin g forw ard th * past
to th* 0 . K . Cream ery and embrac­ ment o f a croas road at th# school grade on Third street between T a y ­ jn til yesterday, by etatin g that the [ pitcher end the other an outfielder
week. Th* fe rry slip on this side o f
in g what is now th * east eigh ty o f house, th* turning over o f the road to lor end Moulton streets and g a ve no­ ocal attorney called it a failu re be- and both are strong with the stick,
he river has been moved about tw en­
K U iott’s Addition. They then built a tha city now would hâve resulted tice o f th eir intention to establish cause he had failed to sell the la tter’ s
Coquille is gettin g a strong team ty fe e t oast o f it* form er location,
lo g cabin near the site o f the old in a good deal o f confusion. 8o th* the grades o f streets on Sherwood purebred Jersey herd o f— one cow. I lined up end i f th* rains w ill only |
ut that on the other side is unchang­
barn on the L a fferty place ju st south­ county court gracefu ily w aived that Heights. The streets up there had rhe colonel also said that in a ll his «top fo r a season so that the boys
ed as the new structure w ill be just
east o f the d ty on the M yrtle Point «natter and took th * step that insures been surrendered by the county court year* o f travel up and down the coast I -an get a little practice w# w ill have j
below it over there.
tha im m édiats eom pietion o f the Co­ to the c ity on Monday and the council
road.
he had never before visited a | s teem her* to be proud of.
The dredging o f send w ith a steam
Sept. 80, 1876, th * subject o f this quille end o f th * great highway— the that evening adopted an ordinance ac­ county where there seemed to be bet­
shovel where the piles ere to be d riv­
sketch was unitel in m arriage to firs t ever built in Southwestern Ore­ cepting them. The engineer was also ter spirit o f co-operation between th * | Memorial Services May 2 9 th
en has been goin g on this week on
Am elia E. Robinson, an aunt to Goo. gon.
instructed to prepare plans, specifi­ srioue towns then in Coos.
| The M em orial eervicet w ill be held I tha opposite bank and th * pH* driver
A . Robinson, o f this d ty .
cations and estim ates fo r an appro­
M. C. M aloney in the course o f his
the Lib erty Theatre M ay SOth at I end p ilin g are at hand fo r that part
Mr. C ollier was a fin# carpenter
priate im provem ent up there, con­
o f the work. Mr. Archibald does not
form ing to th * wishes o f th * property .ween Coos Bay and the Coquille V a l­
ns wore his brothers, and attained
expect the brid ge to be finished much
great sk ill at the trade, wU ch ha piek-
ley,” elicited a hearty laugh when he
before the first o f the year.
ad up, without serving any regular
itated that he had fo r months been
apprenticeship. H e was one o f the
First Skirmish Fought
tryin g to convince Tom Bennett that
Jno. GnlU Released
workmen on oui' old high school build­
The first round in the $19,000 suit co-operation should be th * big id eel
John
G alli, tha moonshiner, from
in g when it was erected.
of form er Governor Oswald W est in business w hile Tom insisted that
th*
Bay,
who was doing tim e in ja il
In his first w ife he found a business
> gainst Ceos county aa commission on competition was the life o f trade.
here at th * tim e o f the highw ay cele­
Wm.
Arthur
mad*
an
interesting
woman o f rare qualifications and in
the h alf a m illion Southern Oregon
bration, and who was given hi* lib ­
1888 and 1881 they started a ganarffi
taxes paid from the United States talk on “ Patronising Home Industry,”
erty during th * parade to appear ta
and
Jaa.
E.
M
ontgom
ery
talked
on
store on F ron t street, where the ex-
treasury, w e* fought hero Tuesday in
th * float representing a moonshine
prase office is now located. L a ter they
the d istrict court, when the motion taxes, boosted good roods end the
outfit, m aking th * exhibit *o much
bond
election
to
be
held
next
month.
bought a hardware »tore, Just w est o f
to require th * governor to elect
truer to life than it would otherwise
Know lton’s drug «tore, which was
whether he would stand on an express , L. L. Thomas made a lengthy talk
Begin to Cut Over Soon
have been, was released from ja il on
o
f
grea
t
interest
to
th
*
members
o
f
contract or an im plied on* waa a r­
E arl W . Gates, o f the telephone the expiration o f Ms sentence on the
gued by County A ttorn ey Ban Fisher th* association, outlining th * plans company, tells ne that the installing
follow in g Friday.
for the state and the p lain tiff’s a ttor­ and aims o f the State Association o f o f the new plant in the office building
ney. It was not decided, however, R etail Dealers, in which they hoped northeast o f the Sentinel office is
To Build Another
Judge C ox* w ishing to take tim e to soon, to combine a ll the state organi­ nearly com pleted, end that they ex­
consider th * points raised. The indi­ zations o f different m ercantile lines.
H enry Sengstacken has sold a lo t
pect to make th* cut over a week
Tom T . Bennett, Coo* county repre­ from tom orrow night. Three crews in
cations are that this w ill be a long
Park Mock to G. F. Burr, who
arduous case, in which every inch e f sentative in the legislatu re) dosed the o f tw o men sack w ill then start on w ill build a residence there. H e has
evening’ * talk -feet.
ground w ill be contested.
the installation o f the new telephone rented it in advance at building fo r
A ltogeth er it was one at the most instruments, which K m ay take ten three years a $20 a month. C equ ilk
successful m eetings ewer held by the days to cdtaplete.*
is goin g to see more building this
association.
year than it has in any three y e a n
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