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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1922)
Valley •TM SECTION T W O « PA C E S TO 12 COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, J U N I SS, Ì I R Buys 480 A ero Timber Plan to Prevent Nearly H alf the Deaths in . , Coos County City District Elects H. A Holds Up Merchants Cafe Young Director—O. C. and Patrons Sunday '* . Sanford Clerk N ight important question wbether to as* the needed increase of more than f par cent over the previous year’s expenditures fo r our city school and that issue won by barely one voto. Evidently one lesson of that kind was enough and though bo budget increase was under considera tion now, last Monday evening saw forty or fifty cars parked around the new high school building, the seats in the gymnasium all filled, with a large number in the galleries and many men occupying "standing room only" The Sentinel is reliably infonned th at the Prosper Mill Company has Just purchased of the Menasha Wood- enware Company twelve forties (480 acres) of fine fir timber across the valley on the hills south of F at Elk Creek, adjoining that company's pres ent logging- camp. This will be food Jury Gives Him Verdict for $19,645 Against Cops . ■ County I thorite The total of 289 deaths in this county is only 10 for each thousand, or one for each hundred of our popula tion of 24,000, and is a very >ow av erage of mortality. Deducting the 114 prevetable deaths, though, if they were really prevented, would leave only ltd , or about five per hundred. This would be lower than any rata we' ever' heard of anywhere in the world. Let’s all Join the League for PROGRAM when the government took back the lands of the Coos Bay Wagon Road grant in this county four years ago, was decided in favor of West in a trial oefore Judge Beit in the Lane county Highway Commission there Wednes- Circuit court a t Eugene Tuesday. The day. I t Is possible soma sort of an I k«rdiet of the jury was unanimous. I agreement to start work on the Co-1 Th® principal witneeses for West I quil.'e-Bandon highway will be reach-1 'vere himself and Judge Watson; for I ed a t this meeting. . I Coos cqpnty: Judge Marsters, of ~ Boeeburg; Judge Wade, of this coun- WAS A FINE Arch" » O | i / \ i I rrirj Witness W a toon stated on the stand Oil V S W L K **»* the agreement for four per cent — --------- « “ made with West at CoquiUe, when A delightful social event occurred I ’VaUon «B ed Judge A. C. Marsters, I fuesday evening a t the residence ol I K o s e b u r g , and in a telephone con- Mrs. Dell M. Belloni, when a goodly ’ *p“ tion that each county number of the friends of Mrs. Roy I should pay Mr. West four per cent on I Ellsworth Nichols, nee Ada Witte-1 whatever amount* were realised lor man, met to give her a poet nuptial 00,, • nd counties. *hower. I Judge Marsters, who was out of of- The affair was arranged b y ' Mrs. l0# when county setUod the Bertha J. Smith and Mias Geneva jiU for four P«r cent, said that be had Robinson and was so complete a sur- m^ * ,uck “ •*» « ■ •« * with prise to Mrs. Nichols that she re- Watson. *ponded when Mias Robinson went Th* Jury evidently believed the tas- uown and asked her to answer a tale-1 ‘-imony Mr. Wataon gave, inasmuch as phone call a t Belloni’s, she started I returned * verdict for the full right out in her house dress. The call -*mount whkeh the ex-governor asked, came from J. W. Laird’s residence, in in,tn,cting the Jury, Judge Belt and the question was whether M re .|“old t W l 0 -1 tk*3r «®*F ®*w of LAird w u there (at Belloni'».) Mr». I wWO c^olc#* And f 1,000 which Wiehol» had lived ae a t Belloni’. Oooe county offered Mr. West in set ‘No” without a tlement, the correct amount due him, I moment’s hesitation or investigation, x else give him a verdict for the full i'he answer was that Mrs. Laird was amount, if they believed an agree- supposed to be there, and Mrs. Nich nerit had been made for four per ols began to suspect something was ■ent. There was no middle ground, up, a suspicion in which she was con tbo Judge said. Archie Philip, who wee county com- firmed whan she stepped into the lighted hall and could sea under the niisioner a t the time the agreeasent curtains in the quiet and darkened waa reached with Mr. West, would parlor a good many more feet than tot sign (he agreement, he said yee- usual. She immediately hastened .erday on the stand. Mr. Philip waa register apparently to pay. Instead noma to don her "glad rags" and on with Watson and West a t the time he pulled a .38 mutomatie and level returning, after greeting the guests :he telephone conversation took place ing it a t Mr. Foster told him to hand assembled in her honor, she was taken between Watson and Judge Marsters, over the money in the register. This •»to the music room where the shower >ut, of course, heard only what W at son said. was not noticed by the other two cus and materialised. West was represented in the trial tomers who were still talking. The The gifts consisted of a ISO gold fellow walked back and told Guyton piece from her fejlgw workers in the >y Day, Hampeon and Nelson, of Port to hand over what he had and leveled j he riff’s office, and lots of linen, sil end, while District Attorney Fisher the revolver. The action was as un verware and other housekeeping lux ind John D. Goss represented Coos expected that a liaa of argument uriea and utilitiee—among which The following Lane county people was attempted but the robber did not seem Inclined to discuss tbs details on the jury: Clinton Hurd, Mathias Emmerich, Aba B. Chambers, of tbs m atter and with a Jab of the revolver suggested there be no time Hattie S. Grose, John H. Daniel, John wasted: Mr. Guyton explained that Maaon, Minnie McMahon, Abbie F. Wheaton, Jos. Fleck, Henry W. Stew- a very poor victim had bean selected hut the robber said he wanted what ening spent in social converse and irt, John E. Edwards end Frank W. Seobert. w»s available. nilarity ware also pink and whits. We suppose there la little doubt A little pile of silver was laid on Those present were Mrs. Frank ths counter. Brief discussion fol Witteman, of Norway, another of the hat this ease will be appealed to the lowed. It was mildly suggested that oride, Meedames Charles Bigelow, J. Supreme court, though we are not it waa rather tough to leyve a man T. Nosier, Fred Belloni, H. W. Young, anguine of the result. As soon as To Lay Cornerstone broke. C. H. Crouch, Geo. A. Robinson, Ber- vs looked a t the Coos county records A large delegration from the Bey, "I know K,’ ’said the rubber. "I that J. Smith, E n u i Pierce, C. o. ind saw what action had been taken from Bandon and from Myrtle Point hate to do this but I have got te." Evland, J. W. Laird, Bonnie Walker, 7 the Coos county court f<4)owtng is expected hare toasonrew far the ■ Ths holdup man waa a rather good Edwin Ellingsen, Sarah Jsyes, Lillian :ha agreement made with ex-Govern- ceremony of laying the corners ton« sport at that. Ths appeal seemed to Toaier, R. L. Medley; Misses Connie >r West by Judge Watoon of thia for the new temple Chadwick x*odge touch him ae he took $2-50 end left Willoughby, Bees Maury, Marian •ounty, agreeing to pay him four per No. fit, A. F. A A. M. is building this Mr. Guyton 10 cents on ths counter, Young, Geneva Robinson, Margaret -ent commission on the amount col Eelty, Inst F. Bunch, and Sarah Mar-j lected from the United States by Coos automatic rather nervously handled garet Nye. -ounty on account of these lands, we Have never expected any other result rather aloes to the ribs. Stepping back, the robber pointed that the county would have to North Bend to Celebrate than the gun directly a t Policeman Par iey the West claim. North Bend is going to hava the rott end told him to hand out whet he It seem» exhArbltant now, all had. Mr. Parrott reached down and oaly Fourth of July celebration in right, but if, when Judge Watson handed out two or three dollars which the eounty this year, and with such made the contract with Gov. West, It the robber reached out and took. a highway aa we now hare over to the [ had been submitted to Hie voters of The robber showed good manners in oay lota of people from this valloy [Coos county, we have no doubt H that Mrs. Footer was not molested are sure to go over there on that day. would have been approved. With though aha was pretty badly scared. The committees a r t all hard a t work half a million dollars In the balance Keeping ths group of men well and as about $2,000 has bean raised any shrewd business man would have to provide entertainment, there ought been willing to have given four cento to be many things well worth while. on the dollar for services that might Water sports and logging contests are cinch the thing. to bo among the leading features ofl Douglas eounty paid Its share of the celebration. See the big adver West’s commission, which was only tisement on another page of this is- about one-tenth of the whole amount, long ago; aad the unanimous verdict in favor of West by a Equable Temperature la n e county Jury isn’t very < The fellow did not handle bis auto-1 The temperature Tiers in Cequille | ing for success In carrying the case matic as though he waa used to a L * six o’clock in the H a fto If the county dose finally win it likely was new a t the to be as steady as the clock now— will be against tremendous odds. He had the drop on every- , t M degrees. That ts Judges, even Supreme court ones, are, easily hava searched our climate is so agreeabls, ws never I after all lawyers, and their habits of his v ic tim as they had More Money suffer from hot nights; nor from hot mind end professional prejudices will • in their pockets, but he eesMed satto-jdays either, the sea brass, attending lead th a n to see things fro M the law- with what was handed to Mm. th a t | vers’ standpoint. Why he ant In to let Me face bscoM» fa-1 A Feet and Soldier battle far level Loved by two k loyal to he held up was a | iB "I ACCUSE" a t the Liberty T h e -|" I ACCUSE" a t the Liberty j A Joyous Eve of Fun and Frolic Maids O' Dundee I t took two days and a half In the MONDAY. JULY I I Circuit Court here this week to try the case of W. E. Burrows »ffsbiatl Comedy and Drama J . L. Knight for damages for person-1 Maurice Drsw Players al injuries. Burrows claimed th at he Travelogue—"Through India With waa riding a hors# and leading others Me" Solomon Ramalingan Knight ran into him with the he waa driving with the reeu ltjAn All-Star Cast Playing "Cappy Ricks" and injured. He als« , alleged that TUR8DAY, JULY 11 Knight was driving very eareleosly Aft i ru s sa and w u intoxica tod e t the time. The Musical Extravaganza - Loeaff’s Jury Wednesday evening returned a * Russian Orchaatra Quartette verdict for the defendant, sxonerat- Evening—Jay Night Concert de Laxe LoeetPs Russian Orchestra l Quartette Decides for K nifht Quickly Dene" C. L. Burgderfer J •4
