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* -m . » THE P A P E R T H A T ’S N a Ym . 48. L IE E A C O Q U ILLE , COOS C O U N T Y , O R B G O N . ÍHS ÜBE FIVE . . - _ - __ • / , Exhibits Made By Coquille $ Men at Corn Show Last Week aide o f " the first booth w a s o LE T T E R FROM HO j S> F R ID A Y . N O V E M B E R 25. th e Snowbound Trains Snow three feet deep and then coat ed with sleet played hob with the triln s along the Columbia valley be tween the Dalles and Portland the first o f the week. A t least five pas senger trains were marooned from Saturday night until last Tuesday night, with glides to the front and slides to the rear. In one way or an- •t the w est other the passenger j were all fed} but oR ^ trmjn at MaltnomssK Falls right Lum ber Co. flan on 1 'gfcby bunches o f sh }n g os !kh a silo model in the center f/model cottage surrou. led by THE SEVENTH A BIG SUCCESS • ■ ■1 More Corn Exhibits—Apples in Great Va riety—Everything Indicates Fall Corn Show Will Become a Permanency OLD MAIDS MADE YOUNG O. W alk er and P. T. Ramsey. Love philters, nursing and advertis- ng, were all discussed as possible l Holley and H aw th orn berries, did means o f catching the much desired work fo r that organization man, but all else was forgotten when Irtceived $36 in m em bership dur- C R. Barrow, as Prof. Pinkerton, ap 1 Iks two days o f the a ffa ir— also peared on the scene with his elixir of i s severe cold. life, and a machine capable o f trans- Partners ft M erchants Bank — . ____ forming the most hideous, toothless Mtrite s display w ith corn, corn streamers and pumpkins, the old hag into a vision o f «beauty, grace It emphasized the advice to joor pennies and open a Sav- and accomplishments. M any o f the sisters passed through this wonder -faeount.” T he tw o ja r s filled working machine, each coming out a P«Bies w as another attraction renovated woman— even the poor dog, I»Pt everybody guessing. Fido, returning as a string o f bologna Mountain States P o w e r Com - Once too much brunette elixir produced s colored lady, Mrs. Frank Schram, ~w«r wiwi coo King u e i.iu u .w -- . but that error w as quickly rectified by W their dem onstrator, M rs. G a l- a fe w more drops o f elixir. . .The performeis who emerged trans h*d a batch o f biscuit on “ ---------- *” '* formed were L y ls Holloway, o f M yr •D the time. T h e decorations tle Point, who gave a fine exhibition o f i yellow and green crepe paper. dancing; Mrs. E ula Perrott, who ren > ft Johnson had a corner booth dered a couple o f selections on the 9 framework in fro n t in the piano, Mrs. F. C. M cNelly and Irma • *f » mammoth ru b b e r tire. In- who sang delightfully; and ,e * ' re8 si»nply a bran d n ew and Wilson, who ssng aeiiKuuuii/, — . «U debaker. T h e booth w as D ens Ellingsen, who surprised anden- ’ — tertained the large audience with an exhibition o f contortion. She was ss 'W e s . fairy and yet strong " Son cam e to th e fron t graceful as a U - 1 5 * r i c M Redhrtor Com»- enough to enable Miss Holloway to »hat 8rlor ^ rc°T *j which fu r - walk across her body as she lay sus- 18 Practically a. furnace pended with her head on one chair and practically her feet on another. ’ room in the house. T h e ceil- The last act was one which broke up 'their booth w a s the Star the show when Mrs. Brandon demand- banner. to be changed into a man. Nothing Coquille Hardware company emerged from the machine following • walls o f th eir double booth her entrance but a lot o f fem ale wear- * large platform fillin g ita B apparel. » c e lined and covered with a So great was the demand that the ««•p íe te line o f W inchester epenter’s tools, fish ing j show be repeated that the members o f and the csst were summond late Saturday •Bd pocket cutlery. evening and another performance pro *®*nPerson Coal rv»,,. to the throng which the month ! Company I 1 W e o f hi th eir coal » i n e «ented at 7 : 3 0 --------- ack diam onds, show - I pocked Gould s’ H all again that n igh t 1 IBslity o f 1 Wound it. i their product acat- ft Gould had a booth draped I Clean-op Squad Tuesday The Clean up Squad fo r all claims ciated that the home talent play, First prise, Beal Seal, Coquille; “ Deacon Djubbs,” o f which the Sentin second, J. D. Breuer, M yrtle Point; el told last week, ran fo r three nights, third, W m . Richardson, Coquille. the house being packed again Friday Lot 18 W inter Transparent night, as it would also have been Sat F irst prise, Bert Seal, Coquille. urday hut foi-^the failure o f the elec Lot 17 Rubicon trie lights that evening. Despite that F irst prise, B ert Seal, Coquille; handicap the Old Maids Convention Lot 18 Fell Beauty was also repeated that evening, to the Second prise, L. A . Law hom , M c delight of a large audience. Kinley. With so successful a show as was L et 18 W agners staged here last week, the time for Second prise, L. A . L aw h om , M c talk about a permanent building for Kinley. the Corn Show has passed and the ~ L e t 88 time for action has arrived. W e feel Second prize, J. L. Laird, Bridge. -sure we shall have to tell during the oming year things that have been accomplished in this line tether then give space to pipe dreams, THE PREMIUM LIST C O R N — D IV IS IO N A Lot 1 10 Ears Yellow Dent First prize, L. J. Roberts, Bridge; second, Arthur Brown, McKinley ; third, Em ery Robbins, Broadbent. Lot 2 10 E ars W hite Dent First prize, J. T. Everaden, Bridge; second, L. M. A asen,. H a ll’* Creek; third, T. F. Lane, Coquille. Lot 3 10 E ars Flint First prize, T. M. Stover, Myrtle Point. Lot 4 10 E ars Pop First prize, Loise Marcy, McKinley; second, S. K. Hatcher,' Fairview; third, Gene Robbins. Lot 5 10 E ars Sweet First prize, Peterson Bros, A rago; second, J. C. W iley; third, W alter Burgess. ' Lot 8 100 E ars Yelolw Dent First prize, Arthur Brown, McKin Lot 21 F irst prise, H ard y Mast, Lee. h ot 22 Delicious F irst prise, S. D. Pulford, Coquille. Lot 14 Unknown Second prize, C. C. Hatcher, F air- view; second, C. W . Hohnatrom, M c C 3 S r f • ,ne° t LAST NIGHT OF CORN SHOW lander and E. D . W eb b w aa good, the clog dancing by M r. M cAllister w as exsellent and the banjo w ork o f Tom Sumerlin, Herbert Lukens and John M artin w as very enjoyable. The- U t ter pUyed a duet all by himself, using the banjo, and harmonica fo r instru nejgs, and although the impression prevails that one o f the other banjo artiste assisted him, he waa playing both instruments at on* and the asm * . SPORT FEATURES Interesting bren ts of the Corn Carnival Here Are Detailed .In Full v ‘ Ml ~ Am ong the »porta here last Satur day afternoon the team palling con test aroused by fa r the greatest inter est and kept a b ig crowd at M yrtle Grove, The following were the owners o f the ten teams entered fo r the test: N ile Miller, J. L . Stevens, O. C. H arry , W ill»'Peart, Campbell ft N o r ton, A . N . Ames, J. A . Jackson, John Hickham, Frank Zelio and A1 Martin. The weight to be pulled w as a stout sled ton or twelve feet long loaded with scrap iron, an immense cog wheel and enough more to make a pretty stiff pull. In addition to this ten or I - a dozen men climbed on and then~if. - the team got away with that sort o f a handicap there were more men at hand to make all the w eight wanted, jm The ground was soft from the re cent rains and in some plaqes muddy, but not a team flinched. E very on* pulled fo r every pound it was worth f * _ men mote and I'll bet 826 they pull It." The live weight load w as aasily v ar ied to proportion it to the weight and muscle of the teams, and so great w m the interest thst the bystanders crowded around in a small circle and it waa with difficulty a space w m kept Those in the rear ranks were all the while lamenting their inability to aeq, and regretting the lack o f a grand time. stand— one that la felt here every Coquille has no need to import com year, and often between while. edians or tragedians, with such The winning teem w m N ile M iller’s arra y o f local talent as appeared at roan anfi black and the second prise the three entertainments last week. went to J. L. Stephens’ bays, M H will be noted from the table below • The corn husking contests last Sat giving the weight and load and load B P p a r schedule, [p er pound o f the four beet teems: with net as many contestants as usual. Owner o f Teem W t. Load Load E rnie Folsom w on first prise In the in lbs. per ft men’s event, and a man from K a n N ile M iller 2280 7917 8.472 sas, whose name w e have not learned, J. L. Stephen* 2920 10048 8441 waa second. H e said he has Just Norton ft Campbell 8118 9186 2460 finished husking 1900 bushels back A. N . Ames 8880 7474 2421 there. It w ill he observed that the differ- In the ladies’ ence in (a id par pound pullad b y fftb Schroeder wea first, and Mrs. John first two teams w m only .081 or thir Epperson, of Riverton, second. ty-one thousandths o f a pound, or 1* m The husking bee w a s not up to ad than h alf an ounce. It might looh m vertised specifications, soms ona hav If the first and second prises o f |50 ing m ad* aw ay with the sack o f red and 110 ought to have been pooled end ear*, and it was not until after the divided between these teams; bat the dance had begun that they were locat winning team pulled its load more ed a t the foot o f the stairs at Goulds’ easily showing that H could readily Hall. have done considerably more. W e ore The old-fashioned barn dance w as Informed that both these team* devel very keenly enjoyed b y a great many oped their marvelous pulling power o f tb * elder revelers and it w m not by exercise In the cedar lumber camp till after midnight that the fldT* up thu river on the other side. hushed end the hall deeerteri; N o one eai) over that thie contest w tsn ’? a dean and sportsmanlike one. M ’l Log Sawing Con tost ley; second, Edward Casey, Bridge; third, L . J. Roberts, M yrtle Point. Lot 7 108 Ears W hite Dent Ripe Straw berries; First prise, J. T. Everaden. Bridge; A ra g o , second, L. M. Aasen, H a ll’s Creek; 8chroeder, Ripe Raspberries; third, T. F. Lane, Caquflle. L et 8 Smoky D e a l ye a r it 17118*1 B flW lblr to make Old M aids’ Convention laat Baturday a start with a straight pull a sidswise night w as a dandy. Jack Lam b per- one proved effective. W h an ana team easily walked a w a y ormed the duties o f intertocutor in a yery creditable manner, the singing o f with its four ton load, the owner en J a y Smith, Russel M organ, A r t Se- thusiastically exclaimed: “ Put on five Before the teem pulling contest wm nearly done, the woodsmen began to tackle the b ig fir le g about tw o feet ■ diameter that had been provided fo r the sew in g contest. W illiam M a r tin made the first cut in three minutes Kinley; second, C. W . Holmstrom, M c two anJ two tenths seconds; John Kinley. H ughes tried next and went through it in three m inute« and thirty-seven B E E T S A N D C A B B O T 8 D IY . D hundredths seconds; than O. W . M c L e t 2 W hite Carrots G ill went into action and surprised F irst prize, M rs. Tom 'Drane, P ark ersburg; second, Clausen Bros., Co the timekeepers by doing his bit in 2 minutes, thlrty-nino and one-hun quille. • — dredth seconds. L et 4 M angel Beets N o one seemed ambitious to try to Second prize, T. P. Hanly, Coquille. low er that record, more especially m F o r L argest Yield per Square Red R. H . Christensen, Bandon, carrots, they w ere w orking down the lo g and It looked m if every cut waa e little 877 lbs. per sq. rod. Tw o C. M. Conner, North Bend, carrots, b ig g e r than the one before. ms o f two men each entered for 871 lb s per sq. rod. John Carl, A ra g o , carrots, 822 lbs. the double prise. T h t first team eon •isted o f Charlaa W igan t and John C. M. Conner, mangel yield, 821 lbs. Stone; the tecond o f A lb ert Gulstrom per sq. rod. and - ■ - - Charlton. The latter went M IS C E L L A N E O U S D IV IS IO N through in one minute and 14 seconds N o Frizes Given T . H. Hanly, Tomatoes; M rs. Tom T h e Stock Up Kid Drane, Ground*Cherries; L. A . L ew - U eually a man ia more stuck up be horn, Quince; J. 8. Stem «cypher, C ab bage; 8. K. Hatcher, Onions; C. A . fore he is married than after. The Pettingill, Chestnuts; Gas Schroeder, reverse seems to b e the ease with Bill Tuesday m orning he w m Gu» Zinner. Fred daubing paste on the Liberty theatre V a s t , Pumpkins ft Squaeh; P. A . L ax , bill board in front o f the Variety Shop Pum pkins ft Squash; Geo. C l inker- in the rain, when suddenly his feat shot heard. Pum pkin» ft 8quash; T . F . oat from under him an the slippery First prize, R. Chrstensun, Parkers which ex-service men have against the Lone, Pumpkins ft Squash; W . W . government will be in Cdquilie next burg. SflTldêffe ' Let 9 18« E ars Smoky D rat own Tuesday, Nov. 29, and all such claims F irst prize, R. Christensen, P ark {C O R N C O O K E D F O O D P R O D U C T S Variety Stm*. , should be presented to them a t the 1st, Ken tuck Inlet, M rs. A . W hite, ersburg. *- T N are, n o , j ! i ° W®? “ mpIe* city lu ll. They will lie there all day North Bend; 2nd, Coquille W om en’s P O T A T O E S — D IV IS IO N B Chib, M rs. T . B. Carrie, Coquille; interest the F irst prise, L ot 9, Pride o f Multno The night train between Portland * the ■; morning a ft e r Santa mah, C. A . Pettingill, Coquille; — and^Marshfield has been discontmued P M »-) « and. Lot S, Netted Gem , “ account of weather conditions. m third >•) w as a v e r * * « Lam ps alone 1 Two Guessing Contests The two glass jars, sealed together and fu ll o f pennies, in the Farm ers ft Merchants Bank booth at the C ora — Show w as the object o f considerable speculation and some wild flights o f imagination. A $5 prise w as offered fo r the one guessing the nearest to the actual number contained. /There were 682 guesses registered, and they ranged from 600 to 10,000,000. W hen the pennies were counted Mon day it w a s found the jars contained H. V. Holverstott w as the Bros, B ridge; third, Lot 3, F ill B as 4427. closest with a guess o f 4444, and Su ket, L. Aasen, A rago. sie Halladay, o f Bandon, w as next A P P L E S — D IV IS IO N C with 4469 guessed. Lot 1. Summer Rose In' the booth o f the City Cleaners F irst prise, J. D. Benham, Fair- ft Tailors, a cylindrical glass ja r view; second, Mrs. M ary F. Hartley, filled with kernels o f corn, likewise Broadbent; third, Em ery Robbins, drew several hundred guesses, ra n g Broadbent. ing up to-12,000. There w ere b y ac Lot 2 Rhode la land Greenings tual Count 1966 kernels. W . S. G ra F irst prise, J. E . Breuer, M yrtle Point; second, C. C. Hatcher, Fair- ham guessed the closest a t 1961; V . N . Call, second, 1967; Z. C. Strang, view; third, W . O. M atthew*, Fair» third, 1976. They won prises o f 6 view. months, three months and one month L o t 6 Spitsenbergs cleaning and pressing service free. F irst prise» S. D. Pulford, Coquille; second, L. A . L a whom , McKinley; third, S. D. Breuer, M yrtle Point. Lot 4 Rome Beauties First Prize, H. L. Hansen, M cKin ley; second, E. E. W eekly, B ridge; >n tj,e wood8 with fuel plenty on all gj(jes t^ e flreg were allowed to go out .t , - - tit 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon, and The Corn Show this year housed th e. passengers went to bed as night in Graham A Sons concrete garage— ¿ ¿ w in g « « " b o r in * back* fell to keep w a r m .' , - • or the new west half of it— had thia i« f firs * t the re ar. . „ ... year a good deal more of an aspect o f A t B ridal Veil half a mile of pipe 1 w as th at o f the Coquille £>,— fe i t a r in g the M on- line w as laid to furnish water for the permanency than it did a year ago engine so that the steam fo r the radi- when the leaky tent in which it w as Keileeble range. Linoleum on alorg couid he kept up and toe little located gave one the impression that t a Z w d checkerboard Unoleum store furnished at least crackers and it was about “ the last run o f shad.” ( gidee gave this, booth a very , heege an<j co(fee to allay the pangs It was not only in the building which (ifpsrance. o f hunger. gave the display so fine a setting, Hudson D ru g store showed Three days in the snow banks with however,'but in the largely increased drug store items with in an hour's ride of Portland was cer entries o f corn and other products of holly running around the tainly a remarkable experience and and the bigger prizes offered as well i vhh a very p leasin g effect. me that those who experienced it will as the psychology of this “seventh an k*> Groceteria featured a nual” event that the feeling arose ------ ----------------- " vet be detailing to their grandchild- a t the bottom o f _ ■ mb in a pen that the show had gone over the top, ren. I moth and samples o f groceries and there need be no further queation The bear proved a steady at- as to its future being assured. ' • here. . . The entries of corn numbering 46 n’s “R ex a ir, d ru g store were banked two feet in width on the | "Pureteet” products In white sloping sides of a table fifty feet in. third. E. E. Weekly, Bridge, that emphasized the pur- length, and on the high level between L ot 5 Baldwins Epsom salts occupied the them were plates of apples represent First prise, J. W . Laird, Coquille; A s quaint, old-fashioned and true to of honor with boric acid, cas ing nearly all the varities grown in I, etc.— all cleansing p rep ara- life a bunch o f old maids as ever as the county. Below the corn on each second. H ardy M ast, L ee; third. A. Lawhom , McKinley. HoHy border w a s in evidence sembled anywhere was the one at side in troughs a foot wide and six Lot 4 Northern Spy Goulds’ H all last Friday evening, inches.deep were the vegetable dis First prise, Roes Kistner, Coquille; when the Old Maids’ Convention was 1 ^ F o lso m had a very prettily plays, while at the front end a number second, Fred M ast, M cKinley; third, I booth featu rin g shoes, with staged. The makeup of each separate o f show cases were filled with thq^ J. M. W egner, Broadbent. paper stream ers above and spinster w as a scream and the faith cooked food and corn producta exhi L ot 9 Jonathai ful portrayal of some old maid char M i decorations below, bits, testifying very impressively to First prise, E. E . Weekly, Bridge. t C leaners ft T a ilo rs made acteristic made the show a most inter the culinary skill o f Coos county’s ■ L ot 8 V irg in s Beauty Clothes their principal appeal esting one throughout. housewives. The large variety o f Second prize, Fred Mast, McKinley; The first part of the program was a ilsd cornfed can ary birds in a dessert viands here shown looked Lot 12 Bine Pearm ain li but so fa r from the g la s s j a r of business session o f the old maids’ club mighty appetising to any one w ith a First prize, W . manarms expressed « mast ardent another part o f the "hxB H t normal appetite. second, G. W . Halter. qr couldn’t get together with- lesire to catch a man— with a single A t the opposite end there was a b ig Lot IS Gravensteins rxcption. This was Mrs. Frank Dun- showing of cicken corn; and the corn istance. ~— ( Second prise, L . A . L aw horn. fey, who had become a man hater, and Walker featured an almost exhibits overflowed into the troughs Lot 7 Bell Flow er -e. The vegetable entriep included i baby in s cradle and the mod- would “not marry at «11, at all,” much First prise, L . A . Law hom , M cKin- o the disgust o f her fellow members, jmpkins, cabbage, squash, sweet po- fsitsamboat w ith some m illinery . . . . ley; second, J. M. W agner, Broadbent; who ostracized her as a consequence. rthar goods. tatoes, onions, carrots, and beets, t h « | third, W m . Richardson, CoquUla. The membership roll included the two latter species in stock feeding I . Schroeder ft Sons showed L ot 18 Roxbury Russets on s revovling stand, clock hairman, Mrs. Rose Newman, whose samples of mammoth proportion. First prise, Fred Mast, M cKinley; . The growing interest in poutlry was a manicure set, ate., ju st s •triking beauty should have attracted iond, H ard y M ast, L o t; third, L . M. tome attention from the men to whom | manifest in the space given, to i s jew elry store. A rago. -Busy C om er -w ent stron g on 'he*sang so pointedly; Mrs. C. A. Boy- department at the front o f the build L ot 11 K in g is, secretary; Mrs. Susie Folsom ing, where there were 26 coops of I what is m ade o f It— a full First prise, C. H . W illoughby, Re birds and much could be learned about mote; second, L . J. Cary, Coquill*; the contents o f another in a Measurer; and Mesdames Jas. Rich the w ay to make them moet profitable, third, W . O. Matthews, Fairviow. shite heap on th e flour, and mond, A . N . Gould, Abbie Kelley, El wood, Harvey, Viola Collier, E va Cur The carnival, entertainment and i of broad, Lot 14 Cooo River Beauties ie, A , T . Morrison, W . C. Chase, Chas sports features o f the show are treat booth o f the Independence "■'F irst prise, C. C. Hatchet, Fair- f, which came next is the sub- Crouch, Frank Dungey, Wilson, Hal ed elsewhere, and it speaks strongly view. Tiers«, W . G. Brandon, Ed. Lorenz, A {-of 4 b « way in which, they were appre . Ma K. Owen a t the Red Cross , s very artistic affair, decorated Sentinel T he sports at the Cora Show last week attracted a groat deal o f atten tion end the larger purses hung up for each event brought out a goodly number o f contestants. F rid ay afternoon the corn fodder race fo r farm ers was Won by W . P. W oodward, o f M yrtle Ponit, with E l mer N eely second, out o f an entrance o f ten. W oodward a lio won the free fo r ell hundred yard dash, against four others In 12 seconds. Ennis W eekly ran second. * Miss Alete Ahlson won the Needle and Thread race fo r school teachers and its |3 prise in 21 second*. Mrs. R. E. McCormick w as sseond. Both teach in the Coquille schools. Jimmy Auguatino won the 76 yard fo r boys under 12 years, with E a rl Hamilton second. Eight men eraaysd to climb the 86-foot rope dropped from the top of the Farm ers ft Merchants beak building, but only one, A rt Selander, made a go of It. He touched the beam at the top in 26 seconds frooi sitting « t a r t He came back to •urth like a shot and burned one at his finger« quite badly in the des cent. jD th e r* who tried K were W i l bur Alter, who climbed over 20 feet, Gene Nbklcr, Ray Long, Elm er M e- Cue, W P. Woodward, L. J. Smith and walk, the paste pet he held in his hand Ernest Hatcher. The novelty boxing contort prize started skyward and than came down snftgly and protectingfy over W il w m split between Ray L on g and | Che». Oerding. Seated on a lo g six liam ’s head, from which bis bat bad feet above the ground, the contest fallen. Jampirtg to his feet the “«tuck-up-ldd* m ade e wild dash fo r ants in this event the seclasion and privacy o f e nearby •«. oozing paete a t every jaasp. (Continued on third yoga.) Ï ‘' X *r t