A
A aOOO
P A P C R ’ tN A
H. W. YOUNG,
the next generation from the miserias
Ot drinking to excess. Thera is little
drinking hen today compared to what
there used to be. Today if you want
liquor yon have to go and find It.
R m u r i,
It
«a m »
In a t r i n a
fa r
m il"
last Thursday, they w e n getting
pretty near the limit o f our P oneas
experience._________________
Wonder what the Republicans o f
Oregon think by this tim e , o f their
junior United States senator.
H*
doesn’t even live in Oregon any mere
and hasn’t seen the inside o f the sen
ate chamber since A pril 1.— Polk
County Itemisar.
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Gov. Olcott takea the Position that
a recount in a pari o f th* voting pro-
einet* on governor in th* reeaat pri-
mary eiection w ill b* unfair ualem all
ara raeountod. But he aays he taa*t
*We to pay fo r a recount o f thoaa
Hall doesn’t propese to recount
Lynn Frasier, former Noa-Parttsan
League governor o f North Dakota,
who was recalled late fa ll but
who recently defeated Senator Mc-
Cumber in the Republican primarias
fo r tha l>. 8. sanate, w ill visit Ore
gon in August and make four speech
es In the stato.
City Grappler Brady says mote o f
th* 300 people he has taken from the
water drowned wore overcome by
cramp which in nearly every iaetaneo
was earned by going to th* w ater too
soon after sating. Graoo fru it and
cramp in water pair frequently as
cause and affect.— Portland Journal.
many weighing 30 pounds each. Can-
narks are to be established there seen
and clams and crabs will be put on th*
market. A great deal o f the crab
meat now being sold in cans in this
country is imported from Japan and
adorned with American labels.
hibition question,4 that is, how many
o f teem want the present Volstead
l*w enforced, how many would modify
It to perm it the sal* o f beverages
with more than on* h alf per cent o f
alcohol, and how many want to got
rid o f tha eighteenth amendment en
tirely.
Only a hundred thousand replias
hav*,boen received from the ten mil
lion people to whom voting cards
have been sent; that is, only one voter
out o f a hundred has been heard from,
and it is very improbable that those
first heard from express the average
sentiment o f the country. Se wo shall
hot attempt to draw a n } conclusions
from the preponderance o f moist
sentiment (not wet by any means) in
the poll so far.
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Put it is worth while to note how
much money the Digest is spending in
tasking' this poll. F or to send out
ton million unsealed circulars enclos
ing with each a postal card tor reply,
necessitates the expenditure o f two
hundred thousand dollars tor postage
stamps and postal cards alone, and
the coat o f the printing, stationery
and slsrteal work involved can hardly
fall short o f another $100,000, and
NEEDED
W A R N IN G
Secretary o f State Koaer request*
ua to direct at attaation ot all driver*
to the need of extraordinary car* fat
driving thi* season. He aays: •
“ In view o f the fast that during
the month* o f July and Auguat travel
*a the highway* o f Oregon i* the
heaviest, and, a* a consequence, li
ability o f accident from the operation
o f motor vehicle* is greatly increased,
I deem it an opportune time to direct
attention to this condition and earn
estly urge upon ear drivers in your
locality greater ear* in the operation
o f their cars. Caution on their part
in this respect w ill help in a large
measure in making the highways rea-
sonably safe fo r travel, and contin
ued attention to a fe w simple rules
“There is no time in the year when
careful driving la not imperative.
During the Summer month* conges
tion o f traffic, which is greatly aug
mented by thousand* o f tourist c a n
estf attention ,Ao tha observance o f
road laws, while winter months de
mand, in addition, extreme caution
on the part o f drivers on account at
slippery pavements, obscured vision,
etc. A little thought an the part o f
operator* will minimise the danger
and reduce the number o f accidents,
o f which it is said the greater per
centage is due to carelessness.”
GOOD IN
beauty teat cannot ho excelled any-
whom.
Another thing teat will
please tourist* Is the fate that tha eli-
in the United 8tatos, engaged in pub
lic health work under federal, state,
municipal or county auspices.
are ideal, th* atmosphere in the sum
mer months being cool, invigorating
th en ie no snow to stop travel. II
w ill be a summer sad wtatar highway.
Crater Lake Booklet
Charles Hall has demanded a re
count on a part of the prectat* at
Oregon, claiming that he received the
Republican nomination for governor.
“ What will the nault bet” is now
the question that follows, "W het Will
Hall d*T"
' I f ws had only two guesses and
There is peac*-of-m indJn knowing
that you can consult any officer o f this
bank whenever occasion requires—-that
they are alw ays readily aecesslbla-Haj-
ways able and willing to confer with
you in the safe conduct o f your banking
affairs.
W e do not believe in red tape. Our
idea of a bank’s function is SE R V IC E ,
given cheerfully and freely at all times.
Drop in some tíme and have u . teH you
Farmers & Merchants
o f Coquille, Oregon
50 N A T IO N S
A two-cent stamp is a little thing
but it carries a long way. I t not only
takes your letter to Marshfield, Ban-
don or M yrtle Point, but it performs
exactly the same service i f you are
writing to the Barbados, Brasil or
Bolivia. It ’s all the same if it is go
ing to Iceland, N ew Zaland or Shang
hai. ' Indeed, the countrie* to which
the little stamp that looks like only
two cents will carry your letter, are
fifty in number, a t fo llo w i:
Alaska, Anguilla, Antigua, A rgen
tina, Bahama Islands, Bprbuda, Bar
bados, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bon A yr*,
Brasil, British Guiana, British Hon-
duras, British V irgin Islands, Canada,
Canal »one, Colombia, Costa Ricn,
Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican
Republic, Dutch W est Indies, Ecua
dor, England, Granada, th* Grena-
duras, Ireland, Jamaciea, Leeward Is
lands, Martinque, Mexico, Montserrat,
Nevis,
Newfoundland,
Nicaragua,
Naw Zealand, Panama, Peru, Philip
pines,
Porto
Rico,
Redonda, BA
Kitts, Shanghai, China, St. Vincent,
St.'Lucia, Scotland, Tobaga, Tatuila,
Samoa, Trinidad, V irgin Islands o f
the United States, Western Samoa,
W indward. Islanda.
feet deep shutting out tha ligh t frees
the lodge and M g fires burning in
huge fireplace* at each and.
The
,
REM EM BER H E R R IN
eastern mid western bankers wspr*
T h e nation demands that our pub
having a big siioWhaRfaig eontobt
lic authorities stop pussy-footing and
there early this wash. W * hope our
■weltering readers in other sections exhibit courage. Truly, ofilec holding
doth make •cowards o f them all.’
Boston Herald.
That was written under the cap
tion “ Cowards,” and directly referred
to th* silence o f public men in th*
highest places o f leadership concern
ing th* Herrin mas*sera.
On* o f tee speakers pt the cen
tenary celebration at Marion, O., on
the Fourth, did anything but puasy-
Vote. Gen. Joba J. Pershing was tha
auteor o f these linea:
“ W her* arbola communities openly
sympethise with the ruthlase morder
o f inofensiva peopl* in the exerda*
o f their right to asm a lhrelihood, and
wbera Wholesale murder gees unpun-
ishedt it la imperativa that public
opinión shoqld demand that th*
strang a r a o f th* law, under foerless
ofiU isls. taha ‘ positivo action
Ser SUMMER A N D W IN T E R RO AD
vante o f th* peopl* on whom i* impos
Wa find this in an exchange un cred
t e th* obiigmtioa o f law enforcemañt ited, but there ean bo no question that
whoever said it, made no mistake In
his conclusions:
Oregon is endeavoring to capital-
iza its scenic splendors and the Roose
velt highway will be classed as on*
o f th* bast in the state, surpassing
the Columbia river highway.
Th*
building o f the Rooeevelt highway is
more important to Oregon than th*
holding o f th* exposition in 1M5, al
though that enterprise w ill greatly
benefit all sections o f tee state. Tha
Roosevelt highway whan constructed,
We are 'com ing at last " t o realix*
tea t it la fu lly as worth while to keep
human beings well as cattle and hogs.
Rockefeller
Dr. Vincent, at the
Foundation, whoee work w ill soon ha
under way in Coe* county, says “ than
The co-operation o f a strong bank
is a m ighty fine asset fo r any rising
young man or firm.
W ith An Electric Sign
Something Better
“CREAM o’ COOS”
Ice Cream
Contains 14 per cent B U T T E R F A T or over. Most
others contain only 8 per cent That is why they
a il like it the best Buy your Ice Cream from Con
fectioners with the “C R E A M O’ COOS” sign-board.
A t the same time you are patronizing a 'lo c a l
industry.
“ Oregon
Out o f Door*— Grata*
Lake” is tee title o f an 124 page
pocket size booklet just issued by the
Ms sum a d u b , a mountain climbing
organisation at Portland, Oregon.
The booklet contains many autheri-
tative articles pertaining to Crater
Lake National Park, its seanid won
ders, trails, road system and adminis
tration. The history! discorvsry and
formation o f Crater Lake, the wild
Lump Coal $6.75 Delivered
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Phone your order ta
V. McGuffin
Phone 5021
Henderson Coal Co.