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PACE POUR
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YÜUNG,
bat not very important b o caM «ven
before the war France had ceaaud to
compete with Germany a t eea and
had allowed itself to fall into the aee-
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When accumulated and directed into the
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and Taylor
Entered at the Coquille Postoffiee aa themselves in the treaty of Versailles,
though in most countries little pro
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Second Class Mail Matter
gresa has been made in th at direction.
I t ia open to the British geteern-
Automobiles in Canada now num
ment, therefore, in case Franca should
ber 616,807, a r one car to every 1«
persons. Ontario owns the greatest propose present strength as a stand
ard, to make the counterproposal that
number of cars, having 238,600. Que
the standard taken should be tho air
bec is second with 69,324, end Sas
forces of the several allied powers a t
katchewan third, 41,888 and Alberta
the time of the armistice. But it is
with; 40,968. British Columbia occu
tolerably cartela th at this basis
pies next place jrith 33,880 can.
would not be accepted by Franco. It
is difficult, therefore, to see any way
ing on the Mexican side a t w a ruo to break the deadlock, or to avert a
Grand# to be smuggled into the Unit new competition in armaments, the
ed States, according to immigration forecast of which is already causing
inspectors of Federal D istrict No. 22. apprehension ia Europe. The situa
Organised bends of smugglers put tion Is one which a ^ u ld spur our own
‘the foreigners over the Bne for ten government to do its utmost to con
pesos ( |6 ) a parson. The inspector tinue sad complete the beneficent
stationed at Laredo estimates that work begun by the Washington con
300 foreigners a t Nuevo Laredo are ference. The value of the splendid
awaiting transportation across the work done there will be greatly sup
plemented by corresponding agree
border.
ments to avert competition for pre
Thousands of aliens k#ve entered dominance in the aiT.—Springfield
the United States since Sunday, when Republican.
new quotas under the immigration
HOW TO USB VACATION
law want into effect.
Twenty-four
Tho ehief business of tbs child for
steamships, carrying eleven thousand
foreigners lured to “the land at prom the first twelve or fourteen years of
ise,” arrived early off New York City, bis life should be to grow strong
waiting the hour when they could physically. During the school term
dash into quarantine with their loads, of eight or nine months he is usually
th e immigrants earns from 42 coun living in a mors or lass unnatural
tries. About two thousand a d a y are way, sitting still for longer periods
being passed by government inspec than he should, following out pro
tor». Quotas of some nations will be cesses of logically arranged thought,
exceeded and many «rill have to ta-_ and much too often doing things in
turn home.
, which he has little real interest. His
natural growth, physical and in many
The United State« Navy wfl’ esse» mental, ia mors or less Inter
sot accept men for enlistment who fered with.
are given the option of joining the
Vacation time gives n good ehaaos
navy or going to jail ns punishment to overcome some of the drawbacks
fur commission at crime, says Lteu- of our schools. Thraoi shontha of long
tenant Commander Daniel E. Barbey, hours ia the fresh air and sunshine,
recruiting officer for the Portland dis tramping, swimming, hunting, fish
trict. A recent case of this nature ing and playing, a moderate amount
came up when Judge Barnard of Eu at physical labor for which tho child
gene sentenced Ernest Eller of Co ia held responsible, plenty of plain
burg to the reformatory school far wholesome food, sleeping out of
pessiag bad checks us less he would doors, ^ d he will return to Us school
anltet in tho navy. Lieutenant Com
mander Barbey wrote Judge Barqaid
calling his attention to the undesir
ability of having such man in the
navy and stated he had refused to
allow Eller to enlist.
President Harding says: “The na
tion had deliberately, attar many
y e a n at consideration, adopted the
present policy, which 1s written into
the Eighteenth Amendment. It te the
law of the land and of every state
within the Union. So long aa it r e
mains the national policy there can
be only one course for the National
Government to pursue—that te to use
•very means to make effective tk l
law passed in com pi lane* with this
constituí! nel menda;#, To do thi„
will be the unquestioning policy of
the present administration, and I may
add that I am firmly convinced that
it must ba the policy of other admin-
Utrations th at shall com« after me."
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LIMITING AIR FORCES
Prime Minister Baldwin’s proposal
of an agreement fa r the Hmitation
of air forces meets already tha fore
seen obstacles. Parte receives tha
proposal vary well,, but assumes that
it means an agreement te maintain
the existing ratio of strength te the
air, which te certainly not a t «11 what
the British prime minister intended;
indeed, to alter the existing ratio te
the explicit purpose of the new pro
gram announced by the British gov
ernment.
For the French interpretation
there te some w arrant in tha Wash-
ington naval treaty4 which Franca has
not yet ratified, and to which ground
th at by taking present strength as a
standard it consigns Franco perma
nently to the position of a second-
class naval power. If G n a t Britain
were willing, which it quite certainly
te net, to bind itself by treaty te the
permanent status of a second-class
air power, the naval treaty could
probably ba ratified in ! • minute#.
T h a n te, however, an obvious dif
ference between the two canes, Tha
French urge, and with some justice,
that tha relative naval position of
their country a t tha time of t$e Wash
ing to the concentration of effort up
on «rinning the war on the w eatan
Health NoUa
1.—What dees the average be by
weigh at birth ! '
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Seven pound«. ' ’■ * I
i.—Bow fast s ho old he g ain !
During the first few days, nothing.
He generally loaee a few ounces . Af
ter that he should gain six ounces
a week, soma weeks a iittle more,
soma weeks a little less, so that at
the and of six months ha weighs 14
pounds, or has doubled his weight,
whatever it waa. After that he gains
a little more slowly, three or four
ounces a week. At a year, he should
weigh three times aa much aa at
birth. If ha does not show this gain
a physician should be consulted. A
thin baby may seam healthy, but ha
ia n o t A normally healthy baby
should be fat, not heavy or lumpy
but moderately fat.
I.—How shall I weigh my baby!
On the regulation baby aeales with
a platform and basket The ordinary
dial or spring scale offered for weigh
ing babies ia useless. The best sub-
4.—Does weight indicate good
health!
Not noeaaaarily, but if a baby does
not grow be is not noraaal.
At a
toonth, the average baby measures
about 20V4 inches; a t 3 months, 22
inches; a t six months, 24 inches, at
1 year, 27 inches. This is the aver
age height for the baby who starts
life weighing 7 pounds.
A—My baby’s head is rather large.
Will he have trouble ia teething!
A large head sometimes indicates
certain conditions which become mors
active or pronoun cad under teething
or any other special strain. The head
of a child, 6 months old, weighing
about 17 or 18 pounds, end measur
ing 88 or 27 inches in height, Should
measure ia circumference 17V4- The
chest should bo the same sise and the
abdomen just a trills smafier. At 9
months, the weight should be about
20 pounds, the height about 28 and
the head measurement about 18. The
baby should bo looked over by a phy-
him in bad.
7. —When should tkb fontanelle
close T
Not later than M months.
8. —Whan should a baby no ties what
goes on around him !
A t about throe swaths.
Before
that he does little except sleep. At
three months he notices his hands
sad responds to slight noises er gen
tle pats. A t fo u r months,, ha tries
te hold up his head; at six ha can sit
up- with a pillbw against his back,
and cries when taken from his moth
er or nurap. A t nine months he can
sit alone on the floor, and usually
tries to creep and -piny.
9. —When should a baby w alk!
The age varies with the family
traits and health of the baby. He
should never be urged to walk. One
year is early enough. If he is not
walking a t 18 months, a physician
should he consulted. ' HeaVy, bungle-
some diapers interfere with walking.
See that your baby learns to stand
straig h t Hava any tendency to bow
legs treated a t once.
10. —How early does a baby begin
to 'ta lk !
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He makes unintelligible sounds like
“geo" at three or four months. At
nine months, if he has no speech de
fect, he makes an effort to say “mam
ma,” and at a year he can call both
father and mother, or r.urse or favo
rite sister. At two years, he should
join simple words. From the very
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You can start a Savings Account with a
dollar or more.
Farmers & Merchants Bank
o f Coquille, Orearon
11.—My baby 1a subject to colds
end catarrh. What te the c u ra t
His condition te probably due to
one of two things—-lack bf ventlla-
tion or adenoids, A room which te
not ventilated sad te full of germs
causes a baby to taka cold frequent
ly, white plenty at pure, cool air
wards off cold germs. It the diffi-
muat be removed as soon as your
family physician consider« the baby
old enough and strong enough. If
he breathes through Jiis mouth, ha
bitually, he probably has adenoids.
Since physicians have been removing
adenoids, catarrh has become less
application for homes, and applica
tions coming In every day.
Thera are unquestionably five hun
dred children in the state in pitiful
need and double that number who
should be cared for. It can be read
ily seen that the work of providing
far dependent children te only be
gun sad that every one who has a
heart of flash should at once lift
a p a rt a t the burden even to the ex
tent at sacrifice.
Four other cot
tages should > e begun this vary
month and will if money comes in to
pay contractors. As an illustration
of some a t the children making ap
plications, ana, a girl of about eleven
with a partially paralysed father, her
sola caretaker being e grandmother
of ninety-two years with almost no
income. Another a boy of eight
years, mother deserted by her hue-
bend with fear children to cere far,
temporary homes found for two,
mother struggling to ears for the ba-
accountant'!b* whlle «««*>8 her own living end
are adopted.
One case of typhoid fever has been
The greatest business
reported at Norway. This sickness living, and ita greatest
has developed in spite at vaccination
one year ago, and it must ba explained
on the ground that either a very mas
sive inf action occurred or else the pa
tient te one of the few who da net eliminated. Tha birthday
develop complete protection by vac
cination- This te the tenth known
case of typhoid fever to ooeer along
upper Coquills river and its tributa
ries within a year. Everyone Bring
along the river would be wise to inks
advantage of typhoid vaccination with
¿ . “ ¡7 ths~exptrt
out delay.
ta M y J T r l T Z the
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Three rases at scarier fever hove de
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in— .K -th -rl* h s can take thi* boy back aram.
veloped a t Myrtle Point; also s very
light case of scarlatina a t Myrtls
Creak. Careful, isolation of the pa
Successful Bring, like successful
tients for e t least thirty days will bishisss, te not duo te luck but de
•top all further' spread a t the lever. mands intelligent consideration.
Avoid coots of whooping cough ua-
Tha birthday should remind you
tfT tho whoop and rad ays lids have that it te time for a health inventory
entirely subsided. Whooping cough, before proceeding on another year of
contrary to general opinion, hi no uncertainty.
longer considered harmless but ia now
A careful study of human book
known to leave after effects.
keeping reveals the fact that many
A very severe case of pink ays man are operating ovary year at a
with much redness sad discharge is tremendous less end it te only a ques
reported. Sush an infection Is spread tion of time when they will become
by the purulent secretion from tha
bankrupts. As ft plftin boii*
aye and whatever K coan a in contact nees proposition you need n yearly
with,, such aa fends, towels, jrash physical examination. Let your birth
cloths, door knobf, eta. Those affect day ba your health inventory day.—
ed should secure treatm ent at once Stole Beard at Health.
and should ba careful to avoid fur
ther spread of tha infection by grout
care of hands, towels, handkerchiefs,
on Iris birthday by going to his family
physician and asking for a complete
physical inspection. You «rill he glad
to know H if you are physically Bound
and v m should know it if vou are n o t
Henry W. Irwin.
field of investment becomes Capital and pos
sesses the power to reproduce itself and to
multiply the energy and productiveness of
its possessor. Te save a part of your earn
ings is a sure way to have money.
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The ease ia .quite different with air
power, which waa ao new S thiac in
1914 that ho country could ba said to
hare an established primacy. France
and Germany had a long load aa com
pared with England, but it waa met of
a character pointing to permanence.
Before the war ended Great Britain
had practically overtaken Franca and
could perfectly well have maintained
its 1818 position. Instead, it gat it
self a t once to reduce its military
forces, including the air service, an
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W here you can get all
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Automobile repairing as well »
Phone 46J
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Coquille
Ride the Trains and
Profit by Reduced Fares
Low Round Trip Tickets will be on sale all summer long
from CoquiDe
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$46.75 to San Francisco, “The City Loved Around the World”
$69.60 To Los Angeles “Cosmopolitan and Ideal Touirst City"
EXCURSION TICKETS also on sale to many other places.
Ask about them !
For further particular* ask agents or w rit«
JOHN M. SCOTT
wul Paaaeager Ag
Portland, Oregon
l U K I t i f
u n i nunc red paris of ground corn,
ta hundred parta of ground esta,
ie hundred parts of middling» and
lirty paria ef Unkage, to be fed
Ith »U tha milk the blrds will drink.
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like aa unruly |prisoner.
A good ration for tbs broody hen
and one which «rorks well in getting
the young pullet■ in shops for laying
next w inter i» n « em en d ed by H. A.
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* ~ 115.00 and $12^0 to Portland ‘T he City of Boat»
court today and paid a fine of |1 °
Mr. Philpott said th a t Haughan failed
to dim tys lights and this blinded
Philpott. Haughan «res fined several
days ago in connection «rith the affair,
but the charge «ras fo r not having «
driver’# license.—News.
Aecording to Philip PkÜpott, of
Don’t worry abort your battery
■ospar, he was not te blâme fer a
ltliion on the paved highway near when you can t a k e lt te an expert at
Coquille Servies Station and have |
illington, when bis car and that of th»
if inspected.
T. Haugkan came together, but ha
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