xSBtebt* - ■ ^ A u dit V O L. X IX . NO . 81. C O Q U ILLE . COOS C O U N TY , F R ID A Y . A U G U S T 19, »2 6 . sssrs PAULSON 1 IT m in tha m «1 a t o f Mr. and evi- doutly thought Ms way, and Ms mind had become so depressed that he could b eer the load ¡h « had Beside the fa ct th at ho was peeved because S h eriff EUingeen could not g iv e him pokes protection, there was also the fea r, continually thrown up to Mm, that ho had a w hite elephant on h b hands which would never pay out and he probably thought tho $9,- 000 inaurance would be b etter than nothing. But aside from m aking the application necessary to eoHect the insurance he had dene n a th in ff^ M wards hurrying its paym ent.. ' The suggestion that ho m ight be a little o ff b pooh-poohed by M alabo rn and W elk er who say that he thinks stra igh t end d e a rly ss aver and that the secret o f Ms gu ilt was m ore an he could boar alone. The penalty fo r incendiarism, even though it b one’s own buihiing, b from three to five years in the peni­ ten tiary fo r a fire in tho day tim e, and from five to ten years s t n ig h t Ths case cannot be presented to the grand ju ry until the third Mon­ day in October, but Paulson has w aiv­ ed a hearing by h b confession, and be rrtsaeed on bonds whenever the request b m ate. The question ss to who set fire to ths Paulson dance h ail a t Coale« the 19th o f July has boon settled Y esterd ay afternoon O la Paulson walked into the sheriff's office etated th at he did it bim self. A why, by Deputy S h eriff M alahora, he stated that ha was afraid some else m ight be accused o f the act, and triad fa r it, and he didn’t want any­ one else to su ffer fa r Ms sins. T b e confection came ss e distinct shock to M alabo rn end, as soon as ft became nobed about the streets, to a ll \pb friends end acquaintances, who cannot understand why he did it, having done it, w hy he confessed. Y esterday m orning Paulson walked back and fo rth around the court house and a fte r dinner w ent down to C. R. B arrow 's office aad told tho la tter what be wanted to do. The attorney w ent w ith Mm and told Deputy A r ­ chie W alker th at O b had som ething he wanted to ta il. M r. M ai shorn end the three ' in to the sh eriff’s private office where Paulson’s first words wars, “ I ’m tho man you’re looking fo r.” Asked what be meant, he etated te s t be burned M s dance halt. “ D id you coDert the insurance?” “ No, aad I don’t want it, I ’m broke end I w ant to g it through w ith th b as soon aa I can.1 H e then want on end told how I had sat th e fire and a ll details to con­ nection with it. M r. M abborn m ediately telephoned to D istrict A t­ torn ey Ben Fished to come eve.-1 th e Bay and g e t M e statem ent, which the totter did and Paulson signed R. M r. Fish er having takan ths manu­ script back w ith Mm to M arshfield, the Sentinel cannot give n verim tbn report, but the follo w in g b the sub­ to lopvo yesterday w ithout him. stance o f what the l onfte stan stated. A fte r being sworn he told how he had Started construction o f tk m '" “ s t Coaiedo an the lfith o f last Fel h a lf o f the $4600 he had in cash to a ry ; that he had spent $6,600 to cash, hie form er w ife, end also gave her a besides Ms owa labor M its const valuable property in Bellingham . Hu­ tion T h at he had taken out $2000 n t’s attorn ey appealed to the Su- hi insurance w ith B ert Fotoom, an other $2,900 w ith N ed C. K elley ami upon tho le tte r's frequent suggestions he had taken out »»o th e r $2.000 p olicy, m aking $ 9,000 fa» aH. T h at whan bo found the sh eitff not goin g to give Mm police pro tion K med# him so mad and i that ha decided to burn the hall. Whan the Dokkies gave th eir ball there on the evening o f July 16 be told them they Would have to furnish th eir own protection, and ha was than figu rin g on burning it. TRYING TO COLLECT $2250 On Saturday afternoon, July 16, he w en t to M arshfield sqd ordered w dance posters fo r tho follow in g Sat­ urday night (w h ich he has n ever ta b an from the Gaaoot office) and earn« other things and returned to OoaloAo that evening. Sunday noon he w ent Into the toilet in the men’s drsating room , sp l" o il and axeeh ior aH over the floor, set three candles in the m iddle o f the muse, lighted them end started fo r Co«|uifle where he attended the 1 gam e end waa sound asleep at home o f Ms sister, Mrs. Hans G is- hoR, when Ms brother, John, t phoned th at the dimes Kail was firs. TM s was between 10:60 sad 11 o’clock. W hat kind o f eandloa they th .t wnnld I—* ten hours be­ Ron Over by Traffic Officer Hom er H elverstott h id a narrow escape Saturday night whan a ear, driven by Traffic Officer W illiam s, hit him aad knocked him down. M r H olverrtott was crossing fro m ths n ea t m arket to ths /hospital corner on Fron t street end as the ear swung around ths corner he thought he had tim e to g e t out o f th# way, bat W il­ liam s swung in d oss to the curb and fo re burning down M r. Paul eon did hit him before he could jum p. W heth­ er the car ran over Mm or aot Mr. Hoi vs rstott doesn’t know, uut he was badly shaken up aad bruised and has had to use a cans since. Mr. W il­ liam s says he didn’t see M r. Hohrer- stott until his car struck him and didn’t knew there wns anyone to the street. T h at alw ays has bean a dark Rttobori Road la Better Shape G eorge B rya n t m anager o f tho Coast Auto Lines, says ths Koeeburg road is in so much b etter condition now than earlier ia the season that it has been possible to reduce the tim e o f the stages, aad that the bus leavin g Rushnrg s t sevsn in ths m orning and Marsh- roaches C oquille at Sheriff Nelson o f Clatsop county was raeaBad F riday la st and H . J. Slasher was elected to te a t office by a m ajority o f about 400. Nolson was accuaad only o f drunk senses, neglect Carthy was given a ten day pea to transport a donkey engine fr o m 1 Coquille to F a irrivw . T . M. D ever- j eux, J. G. Hesa and E rvin Shu ware granted perm its on (h e Tw o | MUe Coed, P ert P eteieo ii on «m e-half I Arthur ElUaffson to Start Con- straetion Soon of Mod- era Structure — v - fr The county court r a in n h I o i J. C. Savage returned Wednesday Arthur EUingson b e t Monday be­ from , a tw o weeks’ v is it a t the Inman »»re >Mt Wednesday with all three gan tearin g down and burning the old Mines in the Sixes R iver in Curry f**»bers present. Coneidereble busi- team s building ju st north o f the Farm ­ county and is very enthusiastic over * • » wai «Reposed of before they final* ers A Merchants Bank building and thg work «lone by that company and Tuesday 6 . C. H arry began excavat- their prospects fo r b ig returns in the having 1800 square fea t o f floor space. | b ig fo r tho basement and foundation near future. , » o f the concrete structure. Mr. R l- A fte r several months’ preparation Htutors to Take Radio Outfit |tiagson b planning to build there. U m company began actual m ining op­ The new building w ill have e fron tage erations in the canyon o f the South both Front and T a ylo r streets, 'Fork ju st before M r. Savage le ft fo r the sums paid m onthly fo r the re lie f north o f the bank. I t is home, so he has as yet no idea o f the o f indigent soldiers in th eir respec­ probable that the Coquille H ardware tive 0 . A . R. poets w ere approved. Co. and Hudson’s D rug Store w ill On recommendation o f S h eriff K l- _____ have quarters on the ground floor o f Uagsen and D istrict A ttorn ey rich er, the sheriff’ s office was authorised to Low wiN have s suite o f rooms on ths «• p lo y a deputy sh eriff fo r one month wcond floor. st a salary o f $160 to collect delin- Mr. ElHngson having gone to Curry fittent taxes, o f which a# g rea t many county on s hunting trip , R was im ­ appear on the tax collection records. possible to ascertain ju st when build­ A resolution was adopted addressed ing operations w ill begin. When the dem olition o f tho fram e United States engineer fo r the o f Oregon, requesting that the building began one old resident told M r. ElMngson that he had s lo t o f rn Pacific crossing over B eever money invested in R which he would like to g e t out before the building was destroyed. T h b old landmark was form erly occupied by a saloon whan tt was abutt ed where the F . 4k Joe A lbin i, o f Sltkum, w as cer­ M. bank now Wands, and had m ors tainly a happy maa, when he called recently been occupied by H enry at the Sentinel office Monday a fte r­ s abstract office. noon on hie w a y home from N orth Bend. He had w ith him ia his car Days of 1872—50 Year* Ago his little daughter, Crams, eleven The various com m ittees o f Co- years o f age, whe had been under treatm ent by the Doctors K aiser at quille’s Golden Jubilee to bo celebrat­ North Bend f o r the past tw o months ed August 80th a rt so busy m aking She suffered from a congenital de- preparation and arrangem ents fe r one I form ity, both her fe e t being doubled grand and glorious day o f happiness under backward aad w rong side ap, tad fun and one to be remembered fo r and had never walked a step when roars to corns that they w ill not take to toll the publicity com m ittee he took her there. In a month her ything. foot had baasi restored to th eir nat­ But w e A n assure you that nothing ural position and shq was w alking goin g to be overlooked or neglected around barefooted and g o in g up and down stairs Hundreds | f people la to make you glad you cams. I X h fln w ill be a basket lunch ia tha E HER FEET ARE STRAIGHTENED uid cream w ill be fam ished free. There b goin g to be e genuine old tim e dance in Goulds' H all in the ev- to “ Turkey in the S traw " the lig h t fantastic to tho very test o f jess. Gather w ith us around the b ig amp Are in the evening. \ This b goin g to bo the day o f "A u ld L a n g S yn e" when old aetjuaintanees w ill meat and experience o f long ago b ill be lived again. Come, one, come alll. W e are try ­ in g to get invitations to every pioneer in the county but i f you know o f any- >ne net receiving an invitation take thb as authority to invito them. Com m ittee. Jenkfns stated thin th eir offer to the court was that the county ghrs them shout 8 acres o f land, to or ad­ join in g their ranch, a t good as what was deeired fo r the highw ay, or that tm p Bridge Open to Traffic the county pay them the esseeeed wjth sand doHars. value at th eir etump land, d e a r an The bridge across the riv e r here b M r. Savage states that tbs company S acre tract and put it In as good con- . i wing ing fre e ly end easily under the is very optim istic over the outtook dttion as Is the part needed fo r the power o f tha Ford engine now, and and expacta favorable reporte from highway. Engineer Archibald says he expects the operations in ths near future. Inasmuch ss the new highw ay w ill to open it to travel th b week, pro be­ ^ lly today. The bridge craw yester­ Glad the Recount Was Made put th em ,righ t on the state road, so day w ere cleaning the debris o ff the that they w ill not have to pass over tcxt W h ile so little w as found to ju stify their neighbor’s land, as at proaent, m« n1 leek, gettin g the few rem aining tim ­ a recount on the republican vote fo r to gat to tho Bandon road, and consid- ^ e r s on the approaches in pises aad governor in the state prim ary, the «rin g that the com ity's o ffer was fa b , tlon putting on the last touches. Only Sentinel is glad it was demanded. the county court refused to accept M r. '¡n ill' , . « I f o f the earth fill has been put tn Had it not been, a very la rge per­ Jenkins’ offer and have paasad the then , three o f which, at b a st, are o f p i*** th b end e f the approach, but centage o f the people o f the state m atter up to tho highw ay commission I ™ 7 g n a t im portance W s re fe r to j M *><„, M the fe rry b discarded that would alw ays have believed th at Ben which w ill sta rt condemnation p ro-1the 1 A few care w ere per- W . O lcott was not the choice o f the c codings. „ ] « * m ltted to cross yesterday afternoon. voters end that illega l means had E veryth in g in connection w ith the Th e roadsnastsr was instructed to bean used to giva him s m ajority. operating machinery is w orking prepare plane end specifications fo r , A s it is now evoryon# must be satis­ im oothly and M r. Archibald exports tho grading o f 2*60 fo o t op tho M yrtle J* fied that the election, except in one to be able to turn it ovsr to ths re g ­ Bob t-Lam pa Creek M arket road from htrh Portland precinct, as fa r ss the re­ ular operator In a fe w days. Ths the and o f h a r t Brae, con tra ct It I count went, w se free from fraud or also called fo r bids fo r tho grad in g * glarin g irregu larities. Singularly pointed b y ths county eaurt as y e t and gravellin g o f a m ile o f tho N o r-1 ,n , enough the beneficiary o f the frauds may-Me d e la y M arket road, between tn that lone precinct was M r. H all tbe fo e t o f the h ill a t the Clark place |