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PAGE FOLB
The S en tin el
a 3 0 0 0 Panca
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H. W . YOUNG»
Grounds fo r divorce e— Us
adultery physical and mental
•OOO T O S » ^ abandonment or failure to pro- jocting tho Lea
fide for a year or mo—, incurable in- we have got to
sanity, and commission of felony.
The bill provides thst application
On* Year .......... ........................... » 2 for marriage must be made two
week* before issuance o f license :
Six Month* ............ ••••*........... 'j j “
Three Months ...• •
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Both parties muet submit health
No suUcrtpuon U km unlaaa paid
for in advance. This rule la
tive.
THE ACID TEST
When it comm to Counting up
newspaper subscriptions in a wny to
make the lists conform , to tho re
quirements of the state law in Mgard
to county official paper*, it make*
lota o f difference.
Th# Coo« Bay
Time«, which has boon claiming a
circulation from 2,800 to 1,000, only
find* 1676 names on its list that will
stand th* required test. The Sentin
Office Cara—
el which has a circulation o f 026 only
ilnds 626 to conform to the condi
tions; while thd Daily New» couldn’t
And names enough in its 1024 to out
Gov. Pinehot, o f Pennsylvania, weigh the Sentinel’s 626.
•tarts out well as e tax —da*—. ^ * •. While war regulations were in
law provides a salary o f $18.000 for force the Seqtinel put its house In
hi* office and he will accept only order by going to a cash basis, and
its best judgment is that every news
$10,000 oi
paper will profit by doing the same.
“ Believe me,”
said
Gladstone, We did net, however, in making a
“when I tell you that thrift o f time list o f subscribers confirming to the
will repay you in after y—a* pith a state law include those sold by the
profit beyond your moot sanguine
dreams, pad that waste o f time w ill
-.1 » . yon dwindle alike fn intellects TO ABOLISH VOTERS PAMPHLET
There is a biU in the senate at
el end mo—1 statu.-* beyond your
Salem that provide* for th* abolition
darkest reckoning.”
o f the voters’ pamphlet and the sub
Not a solitary dyed-ln-tha-wool stitution o f newspaper announementa
fisherman or lover o f th* outdoor* as a vehicle o f public ty for „ the
is ever found behind, prison bars, ac measures and argum ent. the pamphlet
cording to the Rev. Pr—ton Bradley, carries. It Is claimed f ast the news
pastor o f the P—ple’a pulpit to Chi paper advertising can ba done at leas
cago. “ Bad man have no lov# for expense and will reach as many peo
the oat-of-doors!" he atatnd. “ Tbay ple aa the pamphlet does. If coarse,
can’t stand it to be alone with theirf- it has become evident that a large
selves. Statistics will show th # l.ot percentage o f the voters pay no at
on* o f the m ajor criminals* o f today tention to the pamphlet, but whethe*
liked to fish or loved a dog."*
they would pay any more attention to
th* same matter in the newspapers
In deciding as to th* validity o f tha appears to us by no means certain.
proceedings in calling fo r an elecli
O f course, if the publication will
on the question e f a consolidated coat no more—and it is obvious that
school in the Bandon section. A ttor th* postage would be automatically
ney General Van W inkle aay* that ag dispensed with—we should favor the
legal vote— a— to b# counted in the
requirements for petitioners fer a net claim to be disinterested.
special election. Also that any legal
It is said that C. E. Spence, master
voter can sign such a petition al o f the state grange, is opposing the
though he a—y not be able to vote In bill; aad that if it beouaes a law the
tha special school election under the referendum will be invoked against
property or tax requirement.
it. When th* Initiative aad Beferen
The Bay people a— rejoicing over
the adoption by the house o f repre
sentatives at Washington of an
amendment to th* river and harbor
bill raising th* aaaount appropriated
for this year to $66,060,000. Tha
is one mo— river to cross ia this case,
though. If tha senate adopts th*
amendment th* beginning o f work
this year on tha big Coos Bay jetty
project and a g n a t boost f — the twin
cities at th* bay, may be exp—ted.
Hon. 8. P. P ein e, th* — presents-
tive from the Coo*-Curry district in
th* legislature, has introduced a hill
perpetually barring any person who
wounds or kills another whom he mis
takes for a deer or other
from receiving a hunter’s
That looks like a mighty smell pen
alty. When carelessness is plainly
apparent, however, this license bar
wouldn’t be — y her to the recovery
o f heavy damages by th* relatives o i
th* man killed. And it is almost al
ways a killing aad never a mere
wound when a man is shot for a
dum law waa being formulated the
asm* proposition fo r newspaper pub
licity was advaceted but met defeat
at the hands o f Ha chief sponsors,
U’Ren and Eddy.
The newspaper men have been
working fo r this bill end have bean
asking fo r statistic* as to the cir
culation o f tke papers o f th* state,
so we suppose as to be prepared to
show that to publish the sseaauree
and arguments in all the papers o f
the state will cost no more than th*
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traffic and th* number o f accidents
is going up steadily as th* density of
A GOOD NAME THE BEST AS
suitor traffic increases. , California
lands the natimi with an aaausl mo SET:— A good name m rather to be
tor death rate s f 24.4 per 100,000 chosen then great riches, and loving
population; in« California, Lee ' A * - favor rather than silver and gold.—
e f 27 par 160,000. OwmecMcut and
NSW York State, «he next highest,
follow with only 16.6 and 16.4, re-
specthrely. O f'special eignificance to
automobile manufacturera and deal-
ers ia the fset thst in the lsrge Cal
ifornia cantera the high ueeident and
death rute ia beginniug to sffect and
mtard the sal* o f automobile*.
If
ib* aaotor car basinese ia to grww at
1U prsssa t ruta, atreeta aad roada
■ u st be made leas uaeaf* not only
fer pedestriaus, hut fer aseteriaU aa
tencee on all reckless 'drivers and
speed Aends. Los Angeles judges in
one’ week sent nearly two hundred
speeders to jaiL Instead o f th* us
ual long Ust o f dead aad injured, not
on* fatal accident occurred during
the follow ing week-end.
The courts are beginning to frown
on the speeder everywhere in the Far
W est. It is now up to th e legisla
tures to keep the epileptic, insane, the
deaf and the irresponsible out of
tbs driver’s seat— February Sunset.
INDIANS IN SHIPPING BUSINESS
Visions o f a rev »rifted American
merchant marine have never included
in their scop* the possibility o f a
part to be played in the rebuilding
the North American Indian.
Yet
that unthought o f possibility may be-
tied, capitalized at 2 million dollars,
which wfl operate steamship# in * 4
Gulf, North and South Atlantic and
West India* route*. Th* enterprise
ia wholly in the hands o f mamba— o f
seven Indian tribes.
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Tho seven tribes which have a part
in this new enterprise are the Oaages,
Cherokee*, Creeks, Choctaws, Kaws;
Seminoles aad Chickasaw*. Th* com
pany’s heed quarters era to ha at Tul
sa, Oklahoma.
It is a long jum p from th* birch
bark canoe to tho steal plates o f a
modern freighter. There is nothing
in what wa know o f tho Indian’s U s
SIN SEPARATES:— Your iniqui-
tiee have separated between you and
your God, sad your sins have hid hie
face from you, that, he will not hour.
— Isaiah 69:2.
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Tuesday. Jan. 90 . w
GREATEST IN THE KINGDOM:
W hosoever therefor snail humble
him self as this little child, the same
is greatest in the kingdom o f heav
en.—Matthew 18:4.
Wednesday, Jsn. SI
BOAD TO SUCCESS:—Commit
thy way unto the Lord; trust also in
him; and he shall bring It to pass.
. . . Beet in the Lord, and emit
patiently for him.— Peslm 37:6, 7. ‘ .
Thursday, Feb. 1
RULES FOR RIGHT LIVIN G:—
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is
good; and what doth tne Lord require
o f thee, but to do justly, and to lews
mercy, and to walk humbly with thy
God— Micsh 6: 8.
Friday. Feb. t
GOD’S WONDERFUL LOVEs—
For God so loved the world, that he
gave his only begotten Son, that who
soever belleveth in him should npt
perish, but have everlasting life.—
John I ; 16.
economic conditions contributed to
their downfall. E gypt waa a fertile
land. It might easily enough have
sustained in security’* and ease a
greater population than it bail. The
oversow ing Nile and the H r, ly sun
and soil solved annually thq funda
mental problem* o f existence. 'In *v
ery material senae Egypt in the time
e f Tutankhamen was rich.
It is as convenient a surmise as
any that this Ane old civilisation
Which once gave impetus to every art
and science, which fostered le a n -
ing, which contained th intellectual
center o f th* world, perished because
It became too well satisfic'd with whet
it bad accomplished.
Loot in con
templation o f its own grandeur, ab
sorbed in its collective egotism , re
yarding the present only and taking
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MONEY in this bank drawing com
pound interest is Earning Money.
A
sure way to have money in the bank is
to save and deposit a portion o f your
salary or income.
One dollar or mòre starts a BANK AC
COUNT.
Farmers & Merchants Bank
of Coquille, Oregon
J. E. NORTON— President
C. J. FUHBMAN— Vic* President
JNO. E. ROBS—Cashier
J. W. 'M ILLER—D irector
Gardner’s Garage
W h e r e y o u c a n g e t a ll
k in d s o f M a c h in e W o r k .
A u t o m o b ile re p a ir in g a s 'w e ll
P h on e 4 6 J
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C o q u ille
200 TONS OF HAY
Now Is the Time to Buy
I have fourteen carloads o f
ON DANGEROUS GROUND
That France ia playing with A— in
bar invasion of the Ruhr district and
attempt to take forcible control o f
th* coal o f that region seemi t> he
th* general opinion o f outsiders. It
will, o f course, give Germany a new
grievance, which her people will
nurse until they become whit* hot.
Judge Ben R. Lindsey, head o f tke
Th* provocation o f France waa
Juvenile Court o f Denver, —ye: “ Mr| great,
greet, it must be admitted, but
experience, study aad investigation whether It will secure the results
of juvsnils lif* has convinced me intended in forcing Germany to pqy
that parents need to be taught th* more on reparation account assy well
fundamentals o f child rearing,
be doubted. Aad if it throws Ger-
firmly believe that not mo— th— 30
* per cent of parents a— relatively, and
com ps—tively competent to n
children.” The judge ia directly and
indirectly responsible fo r the enact
ment e f 62 Colorado laws for the pro
tection e f women and child—n, not
on* o f which has beta —pealed and sign the treaty o f Versailles. And
42 o f which ha— been espied ia other Germany has deliberately depreciated
PROPOSED FEDERAL LAW
We should have te give the pro
posed marriage sad divorce amsi
ment to the national constitution,
sponsored by our friend Senator Cap-
par, o f Kansas, a good deal m o -
thought th— we have, before we
would be willing to line up in its fa
vor. Uniform marriage and divorce
laws a— much to be desired in the
United States, but when it comes to
putting a whole statute about m a tte -
now under state jurisdiction tato the
form o f the XXth amendment to our
national charter, we would advi— ex
treme caution.
The dispatches —y that the Sena
tor has introduced a new national
marriage and divorce law with —
enacting —solution proposing a cop-
stitutional amendment. It Ax— the
Money Earning Money
her cur— SKy until a paper mark sella
It about 20,000 fe r a dollar, ia order
to beggar be—elf sad render it im
possible fo r ber to pay anything.
Of course, th* trouble waa due to
fallu— to decide at on— the amount
she waa to pay the allies. That n u t
ter should ha— been quickly settled
instead o f jockeying with it. A t th*
asma Mm* Gann say’s evident dataa-
mination ta ovada all payments as
long aad aa fa r aa aha possibly could,
is ell e f a pie— with her mothovk
during th e war.
But ia working fo r such a —suit
she seems — tin ly willing to play th*
part o f Samson aad drap down Eu
ropean civili— Mon with bar. Had not
Harding bom — easy-going a presi
dent ha weald ha— lad ia blocking
Willamette Valley Hay
The Herald doesn’t attempt to ex
plain how “ La, the poor Indian” be
came a-capitalist with means to cap
Cut and stored before and rain
italize a two-m illion dollar steamahlp
corporation. But it la easy enough to
Clover, Cheat, Oat
Vetch mixed
understand whan ws learn that some
Indians have been gutting as much of th* Southwest ia the Indian T er
Come and See it if you want Hay -
— a thousand dollars a day royal- ritory long bofo— it became the state
o f Oklahoma, was talking to some o f
W ill sell in any quantity from
her colleagues in the house. She told
them ah* ia glad aow that ah* was
defeated for re-election last Novem
FORGOT TOMORROW
ber, and that she is going home when
Portland Oregonian
her term expires March 4.
This is the biggest and best shipment
aaaa who poaaeesee the .ligh t
“ Look at this old hat o f mine,” the
o f Hay ever brought to Coos County.
ens# o f th* continuity e f hu- said to Representative John N. Gar
existance can —ad without a ner, o f Texaa, dem ocrat
“ It has
th* news accounts e f th* dls- been sat upon by colleagues. They
f o f the tomb o f Tutankha- have been ju st splendid, to ms b a n ,
the Pharaoh who may have but I cannot go into th* Republican
Phone Sitka Mill No. 17
cloakroom , where they a— lounging,
COQUILLE
t OREGON
and hang up my hat and coa t I must
thruw them ea a chair or a —at In
th* corridor, and then they a— aasd
aa cushions. Thor* is not even a
place her* fo r me to wash my hands.
slapping you on the shoulder.”
The house waa not built fo r women.
"W all,” «aid this silver haired,
“ I am not complaining o f the way
motherly woman, with a twinkle in
I have been treated by the men in
her aye, “ that hat been dona.”
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ONE BALE UP TO 200 TONS
E. DRANE
P.
tionally kind and thoughtful, *but
somehow or other I just feel as
though a woman do— not bokmg horn.
I noticed it so ju st after election.
T).#— was a —ma—darle among all
th* men that impressed me. They
»lapped each other on th* boek and
ahooted: ‘How a— you. old m a n f
PACIFIC FARM
JERSEYS
Olga Lad. SC Maw—
HILL RANCH
For Sale
L NORDSTROM
M yrtle Pefart, Ore.
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