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VOL. XVI1L
NO. 63.
COQUILLE. COOS COUNTT. OREGON. FRIDAY. JANUARY IR l i l t
COIL 8 COKE CO.
Its
Here Sold
U n d er
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I be organised aad ethrn purchasers
1 found who would develop it, if Mr.
Paulson himself did not care to’ do
1 it most be remembered t
is abundance of iron ore in
mountains a few mites south e f here The TR* Levies For the Çooaty Jury List
e available at no great
aad Its Diatricta*To Be
trict
why not
Farmers ft
¡'THE 1921 LEVIES III COUNTT COURTÜ
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The annual stockholders’ meeting of
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A Merchante Ban
held yesterday afternoon, the
Drawn-Road
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t ìt e Ì 5 ? 5 ^ S x
J. W. Min«, j : E. Norton, J. E.
| and L. L. Turner.
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The directors
Several years ago the Coquille Coal
l «lection of the
Wonderful Weather Here
The following figures for the
and Coke Company was organised in
■ "•jf® [conducted the bonk’d affairs for the
The weather this week has bean to be paid for the coming year in£oos vne «t ie r part. oi last week and the
twelve months: J. E. Norton,
this state and secured a place on the
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wonderful, a An* sample of Coos county are furnished the Sentinel by for.-part of this. «R rn d i-f to W|V president, C. J. Fuhrman and L. L.
ground by the purchase and lease of
county's hast brand. There have been Assessor Beyers. They are the imy routine matters, allowing bills « ^ | T u n »«, vice presidents and J. E.
lands in this county. W e published I
| some ice of baaed on the county budget, which
M. H (| C ,« ranch«-, who m u a
the fact and wsr« waiting for d «e lo p -1
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toRh the ground about as was adopted by the county court Disc.
quart«- section there. Magill told
ihent work to begin out north of the
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stiff as It « « goto. But the days II, and art for the running expans«
county farm and six miles northeast
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P*"*1* wlU •»• pleased with the gratifying showing him that three yuan ago a couple of
leva bean superb, almost cloudless o f the county, cities apd districts for
l couga.-s and panthers.
which the bank has mad * tha past men were in that suction and w ant«!
of this city in o r d « to writa. it up.
and so warm o f afternoons that wraps the* year, 192*, which are bases' on the
Dr. E. Mingus, of Marshfield, was \
the » ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ L
t S J S , to make a contract with Urn to fnr- tT-Tr
We wanted to tell what it was doing
have been unnecessary aad doors have 1921 assessment, the levy- being cal Aid rc appointed county health offiror for L „ j the deposits being practically the
nieh him a bunch of cattle to paatuiw,
aad how its success would contribute
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men occasionally Opened. Conditions the 1991 tax levy.
days, there being six or I »am« as last spring, in spite of the the avails to be split into three parts,
to the growth and prosperity o f Co
In the w eeth « line contrast strohgiy
levies
are
as
fdBows;
ex
of which Magill was to have a third
quille but never got an opportunity.
with those a year ago when a clear day
in mills, which is the sam as I his
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and. each of the other men a third.
None of the incorporators, so far
was a rarity aad tksre was rain or
dollars- for each $1,000
be.should stay on the job until throe
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ccnMction m - -
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as we knew were Coquille men, aad
near rain every day.
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tlon:
cnees were disposed of.
I Frank 8. B r«m w sli,M H
the object of its organisation * -
|kiai which MagiU signed and. then
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• ' mills
The court re-established the same | ¡ntondeni of Banks,__ 1__ the official«
suggested that each of them
quently appeared net to haw
H ardening V ery S low ly
State and county levy
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to have a copy and they drew up
to open a coal mips and mine'and sell
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O f this bank feel much gratified when
The feast stretch of concrete paving High School levy t . i ................ 2J
in effect last year, which are: he congratulate» them on the excell
I what purported to be copies, each of
fuel, but ealy to sell stock to Ptert-‘
Port of Bandon levy ,
$7-00 on wildcats; IA00 o n r o U ^ ^
tlwy maka w h «i ro many which Magill signed without reading
land people. In o th « words it was, to be laid between Marshfield ai
Port
of Coquille Wrar
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North
Bend
is.
hardening
so
slowly
Ml $9 on female coyote; and P
broiks have found it hard to them and without question. 7 T '
to all intents aad purposes a blue sky
4A|od cougar aad panther*.
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, ome have cone on
As no cattle w en ever sent to him
or hot air proposition, w h ic h «« you that it cannot be used before Feb. 1st,1 Port of Coos B a y ....... ..
The special city And school
According to tho M&rshflrid city on*
A dance hall p«m tt for on. y ^ L . r o S T i t . compliment, the man- to grass, Magill thought it was about
cLoose to term it
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levies for the various cities o f
gra ted the Fellowship-Club-1 agroaent on their eOckncy and time to have the contract cancelled
T h e « seems to be ao doubt that the
county
are as follows in mills:
at PUwus».
tham for their courtesy.
and asked Mr. Barrow to see if he
ptomqtera of this s e k f s were quite
could have it set aside when he came
successful in selling its stock and we
have heard the amount they pulled
In examining the roeords at the
down- before letting loose,
d m r y in g
urt house Mr. Barrow found ao such
at from $40,000 to $60,000; but R assy
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be very much less « considerably
G R A N T E D I COBtr* ct on ®,«> but he did find two
documents which caused him no little
more than that These original in
Referring to the story w* recently
surprise.
corporators, however, are new all out published about a Danish dairyman,
The parties with whom Magill made
of the company and we have heard who worked eu a dairy ranch at the
the cattle contract wen W. D. DeVar-
- nothing to the discredit of Its present say last yeu in order to spy out the
ney, of Portland, who himself is said
oAcinis and shareholders— rather
J. N. ffacobeen, who used to run
to own a quarter section in the Edea '
contrary, that they are honest, a milk route in this city, tells us
Bldg* section.
The o th « boro the
omething of the early history of
name of E. A. Zimmerman and when
A sjory we have heard but which lairying oa this coat. He is a Dana
last heard from was in New York
we have not been able to trace to Re rad his fatiter once fought
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souroe, Is that at the time the Beaver Germany. He afterwards
O f the two papers filed at the court
Hill coal company was organised and limsetf because he did not like O «-
house here, one Was a deed duly si|n-
purehaaed the coal minee there new nan rule and would not swear alte-
in legal form by Magill conveying a
owned by the Souths« Paefiic Rail (ianee to that county when it appro
one-third interest in his ranch in fee
way Company, they had un (tor in
>riatod the Danish province ef
Ample to DeVarney, and the o th « a
tigatlon as the proposed seat e f their Ichiro wig, of which he tons e native
deed of exactly the same tenure con
operation both the Brover Hill i
Several of the family seme to Califor
veying another third to Zimmerman.
lands and the property afterwards nia looking fdr a dairy section, and
The result of this discovery appears
purchased by the Coquille (toa! A Coke ,fter arriving at San Pranutpco, his
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Sentinel«
Co. According to this tale, they con unde went up to Humboldt aad his
re C. R. Barrow, si attorney for
sidered throe properties of equal
~ ether same to Cobh county to see
t f Asking to hnve the
slrwbility and it was a matter
what the prospects were in that Hue
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R. A. Annin, o f Myrtle N a t,, mas
above mentioned cop tract and deeds
nothing more important than
if busiaero. ' Because this section was tCk is In the Lakeside district. No. M,
cement of Coos Bay and I arraigned in Circuit court hers Tues-
declared null end void, and to have
flip of a coin that one eras taken and boa so isolated and his ancle return which stands for a special levy of
slough, Oregon, at an eeU- {day oa the charge of larceny by bailee
ate
mins.
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Mr. Magill declared the sole ow n «
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the other le ft
ed to .San Francisco fret, and not
Mt of $$,$10,000, was rocom- while la a bank at Myrtle Point. He
There are only seven school districts
of the lards described in the deeds.
The tract north of the county farm ^cause anything better was found
today
by
anay
engineers,
pleaded
not
guilty
and
kis
trial
will
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in which there is ne special school
' We don’t know how old n man Ma
appears to have had not much m
in Humboldt county,
associated press dispatch dat- come up at the session of the circuit
levy.
gill to; hut it looks as if this proeious -
than a superficial investigation; but
day.
Major-General
Beach,
court
next
month,
in computing this year's taxis and
pair of scamps were gambling on his
the report is that from the outcrop
the army engineering eerpe,
Merritt T. Hill, who was brought
adding together the county and state
death, in which event there would be
pings of coal on the section indicated,
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unication
forwarded
to
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back
here
from
Portland
a
coOpie
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taxes aad the appropriate city, school
no oite who could dispute the validity
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there were not toss than two millions
Gillette, said it was advisa- weeks ago on a blind indictment is-
district, road district and port dis
it the deeds they hold. It seems lit- ,
tons of coal there, even if ao deep
trict levies H is found neeoseafy by
tie more than an accident that Mr.
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Barrow mode the diedbvery he did, and
we are wondering how many o th «
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ranchers may have made similar deeds
o f the Willamette meridian. J. E.
to Do Varney and Zimmerman without
Paulson sold it to the Coal aad Coke fulT the calf was allowed its turn at
suspecting it.
company—the northwest quarter in he adder.
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fee ein. pie and all the mineral rights
Many Swiss aad Portugese came
Jodffc W ade Parwiea Them
in the ether throe quarters. The price lute Humboldt about that tiam gad
to he paid was $*0,000; and e f this tired ont to work on dairy fam e,
In juvenile court here last week
ISO,000 had been paid; bpt when the rot they aerer remained for a sec
Judge Wade bound Earl Smith and
r. maining $10,000 and interest came ond season. Instead of continuing
George Hall, the boys who wore ac-
due last November,' and payment was te em ploye« they invariably rented
•used of breaking into the Harlocker
in default, Mr. Paulson lost ao time tenches and went into business on
Pharmacy at Myrtle Point, over to
in instituting torocleeun proceed
the grand jury. They confessed net
ings. Last Saturday Sheriff Elling-
mly to the burgarly of which they
Use sold the property to Mr. Paulson
were accused but also to robbing the
for the amount of his claim, includ
Coquille Service* Station her». The
ing a $760 fee for his attorney. It
order holding them to the grand jury
was, however „ suspended by the
/udge pending good behavior. They
*ere paroled tn charge o f their par
Paid Th is Y ear
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PIONEER
the company will redeem R
the year, ae they »rill have the right
to do. b ow er« well he would >
plowed to keep R.
The Cool end Coke company origin
ally incorporated— not hi Coos county
but probably in Multnomah—for song
$100,000 « $160,000, but there has
bean a reorganisation since that timi
and the present capitalisation to $100,
■ 000. I
A Portland capitalist by the nate
of -------- Quigley was down hen
during the holidays to investigate the
present outlook for the company and
took back 1600 pound* of the coal
for analysis and investigation. It is
understood that if the report to fa
vorable he to ready to Invest $76,000
in the stock of the company.
According to the reports
this company can develop a coal mine
on Its properties hero equal to any
tn the state, end what this Wuold
mean for our cRy in the
rosily be Imagined. With an
anas o f fuel so rosily
* both water and rail
available there ought to b* no ques
tion of mefiy new industries being lo-
Fwrik
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And even if this company
fall to redeem Rs
north of town there need be
Annual Meeting
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TW O DIVORCES
quills High Schoel basket b
played with North Bend last
t0 601
The First National Bank stoekhold- have
.era’ meeting was held In the hank here I to els
a doubtful or fictitious ce
last Tuesday.
The same director« count
due him; aad further to ad-
were elected as served the bunk the I verti*
ss without campen-
pact year—Dorsey A rsita «, R. C. D e-1 action
pensa, «te have to
lunication. Almost
ment. Ci T. Sheets, L. H. Hasard, O. I decline his
CK Sanford and A. J. Sherwood The I without exec
we have found that
beard has not met y »t to elect the of- a person wh<
Acaro fur the ensuing year, the organ- j p rop « condì
ication meeting being delayed until I ways declares the published rocoofit
ell the directors would be present.
of the affair to be untrue.
^ o e a tffi N orth Bend
I expect* them to put up a good hard
A t the meeting e f the Coos County I * • * •
Bar Association here Tuesday R was
Toni« * t
Itonhfield nt
decided to hold »heir annual banquet °**
* * * • • • " ■ » »**•* ptoye
at North Bend in the spring. At the I North * * * °®
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• a im meetinff G. Russel] Morgan And I
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Arthur Berg, of CoquiDe, and H. 8.
Warren Bras. Ce„ who have the eeu-
Murphy, of MarsMeld. wees elected tra ctto r the highway work tttwem
members of the association.
Myrtle Point and Bridge have cctab-
In discussing where the annual ban-1 Halted one esaap five miles above Myr-
qurt should be heM, President Ckrod He Noint, which will care f ir 100 man,
Giiea suggested that a special car be »«1 will open two mors.
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chartered to take the attorneys up to
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Vancouver, B. C , aad that the mem-
It wasn't a newepap« man who
» 8 » play tiddW-de-wtnks on the jour-1 christened the Southwest« Oregon
nay north, and polur on the return Daily N ew » I f R had b e * the name
if
ska
The apprqpch ef the bridge here on
his side of the river is nearly finish
'd- The end e f the approach is $0
fedt from the railroad tracks and R
is the intention to till in with earth
for that distance Tbs false work for
the, construction o f the wings from
die middle p i « is in
will be little more
In starting
the steel, construction.
Raymond
Archibald, supervising en gin e« o f the
Stats Highway Commission, says that
-he'bridge should be finished by the -*i. T
Irak « the middle of April.
-«ported.
As Coquille’s entry for
lowest in the county, F. O. Leslie is
•ee the Liberty Theatre pa
ge three tor a line-up of
The piling for the |
bridge was received yesterday by
sel« and Ehrood and by Monday the
work o f driving thorn will bo in full
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