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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1923)
H ig h w a y E a rly in M ay When C. W. Parker was at Portland last weak ha s. red penniaaion from the Highway Commission to have the lOx-4 feet hand sign pointing out the rond te Cooe county, erected In the Y formed by the Pacifti Highway and the two branches of tha Coos Bay Highway as it splits seven miles south o f Rosoburg to Join the Pacific High way in both direction«.' - Mr. Parker kad sample pictures of the three art'signs to bo ms in tain ed by Cooe and Curry county commercial organisations at the Good Roads As sociation mooting Wednesday even ing. They were approved by the as sociation and bill posting company is to have the 60x10 feet signa built and painted by May 16. Tha ana to be next month to be changed to a daily; and although it w ill not rwn through to CoquUto valley poinU it w ill make fa ir connections with traina to «ad from Coquille that leave hare in the evening and arrive h eft in the morn ing. it has always been a sort of a puzzle to remember which days night trains ran and which not, with trains running only every other night; but the night trains have at last got naturalis ed qn the Coos Bay run, and we can soon give up figuring which nre “ eff” days and which are "on” fo r night runs to and from Portland. This is something which all travellers w ill certainly appreciate, even If we do Professor Alfred G. Luna, hand o f The annual meeting o f the Cooi the Poultry Department, O. A . C-,1 County Good Bonds Association in thi will deliver three lectures in Coos I Court House here Wednesday even county next week on Poultry Breed-1 ing brought forth n erolW from ai lag. His schedule is as follows: lover the county, delegations be ini Myrtle Point, Wednesday, May 2,1 present from Myrtle Point, Bandon at 7:30 p. m. ¡Marshfield, North Bond, Coquille Heard A Holland’s Sunny H ill Pool-1 north of the bay and from other sec- try Ranch, (opposite Lam ps), Thurs-1 tlona. day. May 3, at 1:00 p. m. i In one way it was a sort o f love “ Cackleton,” Fairdew, Friday, May I feast for, as Claud Giles expressed it, 3, at 1 p. m. | D m association sad its delegates to These lectures should he largely aU| the highway commission meetings tended. The magnitude of the Peul-jhad accomplished much fo r Coos eoun- try industry la little understood b y lty roads the past year, the average person. It is greater | . Rising votes o f thanks were extend- than any single agricultural product, ed to the retiring president, Vera C- We have been having a foretaste of except Cattle and Dairying only, and Gorst, the retiring aeeretsry, a W. between Cattle and Poultry the raorf Parker, who has labored earnestly al summer weather this week. is nip and tuck. In 1323 the product! and effctively the past year in getting of cattle was only 3 per cent greater jCooe county advertised all over the DEMONSTRA TION MAY 5 A very important demonstration of large stump bpraing w ill be held at Faurview Saturday, May A It w ill be conducted by Mr. Georgs W. Kn ote, O. A. C. Extension Specialist, who aas had terga experience in this line MS’i r s ~ be wiped out. As members o f the executive com mittee, with the president and aoera- tary, the following were announced from the several cities. Marahfield— E. W. Gates. Bandon—O. L. Zentnor. North Bend—J. G. Mullen. M yrtle Point— A. C. Chase. Coquille—O. C. Sanford. North of the Bay— A. O. Michell. This committee met Immediately a f ter the other meeting adjourned and selected J. E. Norton and C. W. Pack er as delegates to attend commission M illin gs, with C. R. Wade and V. C. Gorat as alternate respectively. TURN PETI TION DOWN ***• * Other busineaa transacted last night S a tu r a te * * »n t. L h‘ l r r tte L hend A" * ttend* BC* thirti <* mor* '® "u ' Jr. U "• »*«* preeent fo r the purpose of was the naming o f June 8 for open ^ taraing «ftiB ****»» « II7S. hearing the board’s action on a peti- ing the season— Marshfield at Coquille in t h e r e t o - * !***•. H « « •i* n*d by *PPpo* imately 860 pa- and Bandon at North Bend. A rat o f ■ i * ot ro*d trona asking that Mrs. Laura C. Bran by-laws and regulations was adaptad 2 f eoto* °AAPiCtafT i| V boUl lobW— (lo° rainateted In tha district1» and tha pay o f umpire«— 310 a game oli up ond down th« Pod fie Highway; I eorM, —was fixed. fo r ^ ^ t e ? ^ H A fter hearing the petition raad the As a mattar of fairness it must be Co<,ai,U 2 * »>■»< by > vote o f two to one, de- stated that the Coquille management J T t .* !£ !£ * ? ? • « * * poetpone further con.ldere- has expended a great das) moca money sna Bandon and tha further promise tioc indefinitely Messrs Morrison «„d of graveU'ng when the grading w a ll young voted afilnnatively and Mr. spring fat getting the local grounds in I Kistner in th$ negative. shape, anticipating that there would tK)Th* mil* °Lr77 ^ y ^ * p#int The explanation o f their action was he no attempt to keep this city oaf this way, and .tha section from the that the board was to handle should it desire to play. Jteynorth to tho Por t a e county M bs . Urn affairs of the district snd that the ^,The Coquille Commercial Club llke- ms pointed out as the principal objee-1 petition praetteaRy s moon tad to an A meeting w ill bo hold at tho school house in the forenoon at 11:00 o’clock when M. Ruble w ill give a tecture il lustrated by lantern- slides describ ing the process in full. In the after noon the rani demonstration w ill be given on the farm ed Ed Teton». Here the work that has been previously des cribed at tha lecture w ill he shown ac tually, and the result o f five or six days burning o f five and six foot stumps and their roots w ill be clearly visible. Visitors ate requested to the totter the high wayeonwuieskmete | vote. It was stated that Mrs. Bran- oronmed to go aver that when they doit was a highly estimable lady, but •ra down bare next week and make that the board desired to haws a oo- A t tha meeting o f the Coquille •rrangm n.au to match what theLperating. harmonious coran a f in- Commereiai Gob here Wednesday ev- coiuty has spent, in work there. Ltructora for the next year and that w in . tho following resolution «ras He stated that the county court had « . . . teacher* had not been re cm unanimously adopted: W HEREAS, It is the opinion e f tho pictures, which many additional ho- that tha vntara tha A u t r i , » w -x . citizens o f CòquOle, that we should have an adequate hasebqfl team with which to represent Coquille, in the Cese County Baseball League fo r the »braid have been followed. Allusion was also made to tbs slanderous W HEREAS, there has hern organ campaign which had marked tha two ¡zed by various dtisana o f Coquille, a weeks’ mlteftetion for signer» to the first class basebsll team, with tha ex petition. pectation that said team w ill repre sent the City o f Coquille hi the Cooe County Baseball League, during said “liT’•? £• *»•*• 11 — The annual banquet of the Marsh field Chamber ed Commerce, to be held m the Arm ory there next Tuesday ev ening, is a county affair to which «11 citizens all invited The Coquille Com mercial Club has received • special .nvitation for aa many of its mam hers as possible to be present. Gov. W alter N. Pierce and the mem te n o f tha State Highway Commis sion have prmnteod to attend and w ill oe that« without doubt A twenty piece orchestra w ill furnish music and tha Indies of tha Marshfield Amer ican Legion Auxiliary will prepare To B*Ud Wood W orking PUnt Contractor R W. Oraag has pur — League, with Bandon, Marshfield and North Band. Bandon and North Band were still hostile Inst night but after giving vent to their ill temper they agreed with Marshfield that Coquille should be re tained in the league. Before that the Coquille representa tives, Dr. G. Earl Low and E. J. Page had mads satisfactory arrangements with Reeds port, which town had spent quite a little sum already getting their grounds in shape. The resolution passed by the Cham ber o f Commerce On Tuesday declared In favor o f retaining Coquille in the league and threatened a lack of rap port on the part of their business men should Coquille be dropped. That ac tion is all that caused Coquille to be nanmi Inat—rt of Roods port the fans thank the Marshfield bool- 253 Dmtthn in Cransty la 1922 Dr. H. W. Irwin, our county health officer reports that then wore 26» deaths In Cpos county in 1323—one per cant of tha population. These included 2$ violent deaths and two suicides. Deaths under one year were 21» or nearly ten per sent of the whole. The caraef fqs the larger number of deaths were: influensa, 13; pneumonia, 10; tuberculosis 11{ can ear and other malignant growth, 33; cerebral hemorrhages, 13; organic di seases of tho haart, 34; pregnancy, congenital debility and malformation, 23. Than« enuees userai t fo r «bout three-fifths ed the deaths hi the eons e*«-. « k chased of Geo. Robinson the irregular outlook very promising, although there te considerable e m n p ^ q there- Judge Géhe, e brother it J. 8 Coke, end form er Judge o f the supreme court fo r the Islande, te secretary of the new company. Beeidet he ia prac tising tew and doing Up. U trd ray« that J. C Savage, form erly o f Coquille, te employed on street bridge end the Johnson m ill al ley, and between tha railroad and Front street The lot iacee on Front street for 131 fe e t He intand| f t •*** *5? W4 « I tfiis let at m m a sheet tew building to be used aa a wood-working plant Tha ma chinery fo r this plant is on tha way and expected at any ttiq«, Th f «M i hull e l tie iot, fronting on Hail street is one o f the beat loca tions left in Coquille for | w qyif- ■ rath. Commission o f and w ill leave f«p there the "first o f the week to eater apon hie new work. “ Arehte” a graduate o f 0. A. fL. has made good on f t . *w k he has done in Ore- goa, and wa regret to MS him leave the Northwest. Ho has. howqvw, the beet wishes o f a host e l friends In this «ratten, for success in his a ra field, . _____ pm * (ns U m CUmmff mountain \ 1« travel, wiU he held y, thp 29th Inst, unless m ia« between now and ita W »tpon» metit again, rg dip iewory anxious to hero | sad Bny are still fo rty-<■»!■ caravan, bring- dm-naafcr The Fart Commission met at neon- day luncheon yesterday at the M et, chants C a ll and organised and laid out a plan of work to be aeeempliahed. F. G. Leslie was «lotted présidert and L. Q. Newman secretary-treararer. They looked over the auto camp ground and w ill start til« «m b « 3 1 »»- ting it in shqpq immediately They have set next Tuesday after- noon ns Clean Up Day fo r the Park, htff o f Its quota fin it rara i t and tha pr*c® P*r »ticker erne made 13-60, Yktek toalndm membership. U Marshfield each member e f the C h *»ber o f Commerce automatically b*col,te» » member o f the good raada *“ ocUtion- Coquille, where Corn- "«r e te l Gob dues are «mail, those ttiek*n wiU be seM fw the $SA0 prtç« «grssd an. The secretary was tn» true ted to procura such stickers at mm «■ **» m * ¡nations fo r president o f tha assoeia- 4toa fo r the year 1318. Claud Giles nominated J. E. Nortea aa the nun who very likely would k a rt meek to do with Oregon highways the cum- ing year, with the added reeommenda- tien that his aelectitn aa president o f • grad tends association could not hart his chances for appointment ra the highway comminatesi Mr. Norton was unanimously slsrtsd and in ae- Following the annonneement that Coqeille would be a part of the league this summer, a w in was seat to Carl King at Eugene to proceed to sign up the players he had come to torma with. There a n seven of the outside players who w ill represent CoquiUe this summer to be signed. N orth Bank Rond Contract Tha county court, in eeasion here Tuesday, swarded G. A . Perkins A Bon the contract fo r completing, the clearing and grading o f the North Bank road to n point opposite Lamps, snd set their bond at $8,000 for the completion o f the Job. There Were four bidden, as follows: G. A. Perkins A Son, »16,377.7«. H. J. Berry. $lRf71.17. Wm. Peart end J. C. Lett, 317JM6J2 Was. Hagquist, $19,360.30. For the same road the court enter ed into on agreement with Mrs. Bor- gem for the uae o f a strip e f land to connect the North Bank raad with the Lamps ferry white it te being need