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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 3, 1923)
à * » ¡ i * wmf a PAGE FOUR s '*** The Sentinel A 0090 P **««• * * 9000 TOOT** H. W. YOUNG, M i tor H. ALLEN YOUNG, tha Coquille I Glaña Mail NOTES ON TH E A LA SK A T R IP O F 8E N T 1 N C L P E O PL E M • «I t-rfLJ*"g «< Mg houses the csrlusds «< cord woyd wo u w on the rood wero mostly of smaller timber. Daria« tha two hour» or more it took to finish our day’* ride the sue wai low ia the wootorn *kjr And seemed extremely ■Uw in Mttinc; but the weather waa so want that throu«h the open win, down «T oar copch «root swarms oi mosquitoea drifted ia to «a t a Uxte of tourist* front the (U toi. Bings- larly enough wo found oursel*es im mune to their bitoe, though, having probably reached the age limit ao that our blood ceaoed to respond aa it oaco did to the attack« of those pests. Though it waa about 9 o'clock when wo arrived at the and of our journey and found quarter» at tho "Alaska,” the oaa did not aooa diapoood to re tire, although it waa low in the «mat and ita light waa rather weird. Some of our fellow paasengara stayed up aa ueual for it to get dark bafore re tiring, hut were fooled a trip ae they found whoa it began to grow lighter again after midnight' There wae ao difiealty at any -time during the atar- leaa night ia reading In# print with face, right hoaide a field of tea thoua anda of aero* in extent, w* .wore ready to admit that tho w ri* up, which told ua it waa thraa and a h*M miles long' and where tha le* hme breaking off ton. at a ttam to f.H into the sea before use K foraaed a precipice 850 feet high, might ho en HARDING’S ILLNESS tirely correct. How many tona of toe in evidence here where the 4tuff The newa Monday that Preaidaat presented the face of * proeipto* <n Harding waa aerioual; ill id San that length end breadth, ahov* the Fraucieco followed by etatemeata water, and no on* tetowa jnat hoar about hia haring heretofore exper mcheatmeotr ___ r much below tbs surface, and ienced aymptoau that wore threaten- "Haven’t !" Tomlin»’ tone wee dole starts 25 or 80 miles back, w* will lag in eharaetor, recalled the time ful- "Rhode began and finished with leave it for some o f our me long ago. I remain a shattered students to figure out* U would with- of him for several mlnutea in the vm- out question bo enough to keep a Whale of the Waohingtoa church great many thousand* of people cool which he attends and of which wa un for a very long time. derstand he is a member. Wa ware oaly ” '«Th is view of on iceberg at eloee three or fear feet from him et that rang* gar* us the first and the only time and M m moot striking impression occasion wo eared to w o « the hoary we got from this view waa the ex winter overcoat wu had packed all treme aallownoee of hie complexion. tha way from Coqulllo. Besides it We did not then think of this a* an afforded ua an opportunity to apeeu- Indication of ill neat, though we can tate how long on. could keep cool by wall aaa now that it indicated aa aa- tho mo of the too hors in evidence. wholeeome condition of tho circula After turning our back* on this tion. So we weren’t ao much aur- biggest bunch of to* w* need ever oe expect to see,.** made a call at Val- das which wo hava long remembered as tbs plane in which our old friend, John W. Loedy, who was the sooond popuiist governor af Kestsas seme- and that he will be able to make twenty odd years ago. buried hisseaU other race for president next y when hie term wa* over. Back of Otherwise a condition o f extreme < this place is another big glnelor not fusion ia bound to preran in tha 1 quite comparable wtth tho one wu had ( just earn but which certainly would) f'kpva furnished a cool enough beck- Oregon's Increase In Antoo ground for a town several times as This year’s motor vahiclo registra large. Mens, salsa and gaina in Washington, W* called et several more place* In Oregon, Utah and Idaho hire open.-.! ’ Prince William 8ountd before the fo l the eyt lowing night wa* over end began to to the realities and possi load with boxes end bands of her bilities of the grant northwest. They ring and satin or., but by Saturday backbone. A t Summit the elevation are beginning to realice tho bosineaa morning wu wore out on tho open sea waa 8887 feet or eoneiderably more opportunities end the scenic attrac again, hooded for Reeurraction Bay, than double the height reached near tion* the northern section of the where wu arrived Saturday morn- the coast the previous day. A t M*t- greet Pacific region offen to Bettler« lag, a few hours mac* then a wuek anuaka the previous afternoon wu had after our departure from Seattle, at been practically at the tidewater lev What has already been accomplish the end of our voyage, at tha wharf el at M feet elevation, and at Curry ad by the motor car industry in the et Seward, on* of tha few Alaska when we spent the night only 544 tale of automobiles in this promising V coast to w - that hm H « t f of ground feet above that point; but we rose section of the PaciSc coast region te spread out on, although lefty rapidly during the morning, before certainly gives grant encouragement mountains te the west forme Re noon passing the summit end took background end in only on* direction the down grads where the waters Sow is then opportunity te build a w ad-- toward the Yokes, and began to re directly to tho north. Aa far aa It alise we were ia the far north. About goo* this road parallels the rufcuad. twelve o’clock we halted at Windy but when we came to rido over tho where a dinner had been hastily pro- latter are were ae dubious as aoeso of tha people there about how long • time would alapM before tha read would bo built te Anchorage a hun dred miles north. Not only do the mountains furnish an obstacle but h S T fo r ty the stem, earn bug the coast R will prove mew duncuri than R did up at Mapleton tofind a able te got up so appetising a dinner place to build a wagon road beside It oa aa bear’s notice was a surprise to. W* hod plenty of Mm* during the us, bat wa had gañera— portions and Aro days wo .pent at Seward te fam a good meal 411,565 84AO? 22.7 The next two hours wore thrilling iliarise ouraalve* with this Al**±*r\ Tha figuns quoted are from a re city, end Ra business bouses. Th»» ones, as wa ran most of the time town o f probably tea* thm a thoM- along a precipitous cliff beeid* the port piade by John Perrin, to tbo Fed eral Rese/ve Bank of San Francisco. and people * < * *»2 W F P -* • * 5 Tan an a river and from M to ISO foot! newspaper, for metropolttan 'AeeU do above it Tho read proved «afe ’ Balm figures are not available ex the whit* of her gown beneath the not roach hara tha day they ■ " enough end there Is asid te have nev cept far Oregoa and Utah and they tree, where they bad sat together. Ia only for the first four months of tho er been aa accident here, Yor all the printed and there 1* no other e y his blur of pels ho forgot that ha with or without a printing o®e* wlth^ blood curdling ww experienced as we year. ' ThU record for this period would bo vtalbie in tho tight from tho from e percentage standpoint far out gasad down tho at timos nearly per In a hundred m il-, H ew er«, ” gates. Rhoda come swiftly running. pendicular precipice* to the water be strips California, whose gain in now "O f course," her happy rotes sang. "Daily Gateway," her* is passenger ear sales during the first "It's not really you, but a part of my some o f tho Alaska paper*, supported low. The letter part of the afternoon half of the year was 71 per eeot as draamlag. Why don’t you spank to wta humdrum again after we bad* compared with 1*7 per cent increase prove yourself true. Barry T" «ri~ l. « 1 1 “ Barry —ok* tonalemly. "I heard ■tending on its own merits • “» ke*i> farewell to tho canyon and casso out for Oregon and 154 per cent for Utah yen talking to Denver*. I was ea Tom ing the proprietor, Mr. Hal B ^ *1* * ’ on level ground, though tho high, hi.the first four months of 1828, if lins’ veranda; yea were asking him to snow-covered hills were never out of such a comparison be permissible, the and moat of hie family pretty However, ha teok time ou Sunda, to sight By tho time wu ranched No give tha Sentinel people * rida.out on nane and «topped for lunch, it was the highwny for ten miles north of lots later in the day than N mamad; ' that city, up th* vuttey, 9h« e we mw but wu crossed tho river there on „m e suburban pleem that furnished what ia said to be the second long fresh vegetable* for th# team people. est bridge span in tha world, which L ju s t th# same as in th* etetee. Monday morning we boanW the semi-weekly traia with tW »te * « Fairbanks its northern terminus, aad su th.' way. This tra * started out well with a «j » mid u bouffat lunch ear for aridrt the extra c h a ff- —to* __ STO P to consider the money you have wasted and LO O K back and see where you have made your mistake— you should L IS T E N to the wise men o f our country and save a P A R T o f your satary . , ........ O N E P O L L A R or more ST A R T S A S A V IN G S A C C O U N T S * Farmers & Merchants Bank o f Coquille, Oregon Gardner’s Garage Where you can get all kinds of Machine Work. Automobile repairing as well Phone 46J - - CoquiUe Comfort — When You Travel mm | i< u ;i4 il p * V E R Y provision is made fo r your C o m f* i i r t onH IN tn iH in U n a A .— ^ comfort and convenient« on Southern Pacific Trains. You have plenty o f leg-room ; you can play a game of cards; you can read or enjoy the scenery. Sm oking cars and other facilities are provided. This Service is yours. JEnjoy its safety as well ae comfort. Profit by its dependability. Low Round Trip Tickets Now on Sale Portbud San Francisco $40.75 l i s Alíeles $69.00 Excursion tickets on sale to many other placca. Ask abopt them! For further particulars ask agente or write JOHN M. SCOTT Asa’t Passenger Traite Mgr., Portland, Ore. Pacific Lines BVtaoonton people a»W now able te talk to thom tu 8*R Iak * City. Utata, L100 mil#* away, as a raanlt nf sat- lefactory phone ennnortlnu eataMlshed betwean fh* Albertn governmont tale ga en» eyetem and fh* Mountaln States telvphone ayote—, whlch mi m eem* of the western States. R le new pne- stble to talk Ven« distanc* <m a l.nmv mOe cfrcntt from Alberto. Th* new romMPtlan wa* mad* et Omrtte a fiew daya ate. and a con vera* ti oe held bu-