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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1923)
COQUILLE. ÖRHGON. FRIDAY, COQUILLB Y ALLEY PACK FOUR ____ RUNAWAY Notable Earthquakes o f History The S e n tin e l Oh. I’d like tq be asjgeod As a model housewife should: In tha kitchen I would stay. All the warm, rich summer day, U I could. v . . . 16,000 1«28^-Naptae.......................... IASS—Calabria ............... 1«S7—Sctuunaki (lastsd thres IH » P»“ *« tow am o s e e - l«9fi—Sicily, W M 9 V citiM and Jsptn w e - — I t l l .CsririM 1822 Aleppo ............... \ i . . . 1861—Amalfi, IUly .......... 1867—Kingdom of Naples . » » - Q u i t o ........................ IMS' Manila ..................... ENGLISH PEOPLE POOR Lothrop Stoddard, author of "Rising Tido of Color,” has just revisiting England for tho lin t in ton jesar* and in tho following tones# tolls haw tho world war a to havs ehaagsd that «*untay: ihe lin t general impreasioa which is borne in upon the consciousness of the newly leaded visitor is that hen is a people Which, while getting sloagand preserving appearances, is msatfastly “hand ep.” In the towns and cities one seldom mss new clothes. Even in the fashionable quartan of Lea- don the number of smartly dressed men and women is only s tithe of that visible before the War. And when eae motors through the country one peueeives a striking lack of pieoaurs traffle ovan on the main roads. Sel dom do yon most s lordly limousine or luxurious touring car; on tho con trary, than is s vaAsty of diminutive models, very strange to American eyes, and obviously designed to rqp on a minimum *of “petrol”—which ooeie several . ns much as it does the hnmble bicycle, which with us 4s almost as extinct as the dodo, flourishes exceedingly in B «g land, tho thrifty Briton guarding hie lean pocket-book by n liberal use of Isgpow er. “These random impressions are for tified and confirmed by evfa^nco of p v» orywhere one feels a contraction, of those easy living stendnrds of tbs British upper and middle classes be fore the war. Servants are fewer, food is plainer, while clothing and furnishings are. alike apt to show signs of wear.” PAPER MADE FROM GRASS Some people have wondered how long it would bo before the newspa pers of this country would have to liadt their sise on account of the in- creaelng cost and diminishing supply of wood for pulp making, but down in Florida they have already solved that problem by utilising a mar grass that grows ia great abundance there. A special machine has been laves ted to cut this grace, as H grow* on marsh land that ia often over flowed. Then, too, the graas is so bulky tka( 11 can be manufactured in to paper where' it grows much mare cheaply then shipped away in bulk to eoteide mills. It makes a paper much stronger than ordinary newspaper, and we shall watch the prngreee of the industry with interest. Then may be a grant deal of land in the latitude of Florida, on which it can be grown; and as the product has al ready been found suitable for news paper Work, we shall be Interested in learning more about H. HOW TO GET ROADS CHRAP General T. Coleman DuPont, who both and presented to the State of Deleware n magnificent concrete boul- a. evard, says that the fandamantal principles of read building are: First, “the orly thing which can possibly be permanent about’ a road is the lo cation.” Therefore, urges the dUtin- ’ guished road builder, “ get the loca tion right, remembering that n straight line ia the shortest distance . . . »,0 0 0 ... 46,000 Thousands . . . . »,00 0 ,... 14,000 r... 10,000 ,... 6,000 ...l 1,000 .... 26,000 not lau gh at the «low-moving tortoise. Hi« program seem« like killing time, but just the same he usually *uccoeds 1** reaching hi« dco tination without undue waste o f energy or vitality. . Loving buttons more Hating cobwebs more than Or, to sit and knit, or tot— What could nicer be than that. If fancy lendst 1 . ■ ■ But, Oh, I go on a sinner's feet: It’s naught to them If there’s pie to o e t .^ ' It’s naught to them if the good man goes With beetles' socks and sockles toss; Such careless feet! , r saving» may b« small, but you will get there just the same if you «tick to It. Start a Savings Account with a dollar or more. Farmers & Merchants Bank o f C o q u ille , O re g o n Conscience may point to the dusty stairs, _ But my feat are slaves to no binding cares, A house is wall as a man-made place, But it's God who dwells in the out door spec*. , And we go there. 1880— Illapsl, Chilo .................. ................................................... - 18Sl^Scio (Chios) in Aegean s e a .................................................. 1888— Island of Ischia, Itelyj island of Erakatoa, off Java . . . .The 1884—Andalusia, sad other parts of 8psin ................................... 1886— Province of Granada, Spala .............................................. 1886— Charleston, & C. .................................................................... 1887— Rivisra and southern Europe ......... ........... 1891—Japan .......................... ......................................................... 1902—Martinique and city of St. Pierre, by eruption of Pelee 40,000 2,600 lOOS-^v.ja, Colombia .......................... 1904— Severe shocks in Abrussi, Italy; vi Peru; Wellington, Now Zealand 1906—North India ......... ........... 1906—Calabria, Italy ............................... 1906— Scutari, Albania ........................ 190«—Region about Vesuvius ................... 190«— Formosa ............................................ 190«—Ban Francisco earthquake and Are 190«—Santiago, Chilo 1907— Southern Italy 1907—Jsmsics 1907 Siasela, off Sumatra ........................ 1907—Kingston, Jamaica .......................... 199«—Chang, China, earth opened and « 1905— Luriatan in Persia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1909— Sumatra ........................................... 1910— Coste Rise ...................................... 1911— Mexico City ................................ 1912— Turkey, along the San o f Marmora 1917— Ialahd of Bai ....... ...7 1 ............ 1918— Porto Rise ........... .................... 1918—Amoy, Chins ................................... 1920—Southern Mexico ............... s i . . . . . . Faithfully to scrub and bake, Make nice pie and frosted cakp. Counting mended toes and knees More than light that from the trees Their shadows shake Holding pots and pans that shine, K And white clothes upon the line, More than birds that call to sm From the swaying tip o f the true. HouMwtfe fine! * 721— Fokin ............ V .. 17««—Lima and Callao 17M—Lisboa . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] 76V— Baal bee, Syria ......... 17*7—Cusco, Quito and o U m , 10Ó „ * J. R. NORTON—President C. J. FUHR2IAN—Ties JNO. R. BOSS Cush 1er J. W. MILLER—Dimeter Out where the bloom clouds and sky clouds meet, Where the pulses of spring through the warm clouds beat. Out where I’m only a fly-speck pearled In the opal sphere of a blue, green world, So I bless my feet. Frances Hohnatrom. ■ Mr. Farmer! MAY SUPPLANT MORSE CODE American, Army Officer Said ts Have Devised New Alphabet Su- .......... ......... 2,000 660 160 \ .................. 10,000 A Fdkd B or fa going to b»«oU for $4«. ' wants it? Who i,ooo governi hundreds by the sight of that flag. Other flags means a glorious past, this flag a glorious future. It is uot so-much the flag of our fathers as it U the flag of our children, and of all children's children yet unborn. It Is tho flag o f tomorrow. It is the signal of the "Good Time Coming.’ It is not the flag of your king—it is dred foot strips o f land along the the flag of% ou rsd f and of all your most expensive street hi the world » iff the private pockets o f the owners Don't bo ashamed when your threat of the land. chokes and the tears come, s i you sue All roads are Broadway in embryo. h flying from the masts of. our ships The country lane of todnymay be the on uO the sous of floating from every busy city street o f n hundred or « flagstaff o f the Republic. You will newer have n worthier emotion. Rev eronfe it m you wpold reverence the side of it has value, end brings signature of the Deity. intel to some one. When that Listen, sent The band is playing ■ one" ia the road building staty. tha national anthem—“Use Star Spangled Banner!” They have lete loose Old Glory yonder. Stand up end others will stand with you. - RESPECT THE FLAG This tribute to the flag is offered to When you aoe tha Stars and 8 tripes the country in appeal to all men and displayed, eon, stead up and taka off women of all races, colors and ton your hat. Somebody may titter. It gues, that they may come to under is fas the blood of some to doride ell stand that our flag is the symbol of expression of noble sentiment. You liberty, and learn to love it—ALVIN may blaspheme In the street and stagger drunken te publie pincée, and the by-standen will not pay much attention to you; but if you should DO IT WITH A CLUB got down off your buses and pray to Whether it is a baseball club, a Almighty God or If you should stead corn, calf, or canning club, a pig, bareheaded while a company of old potato or poultry elnb, the boys and soldiers marches by with flags to the girls are learning bow easy It is brease, some people will think you to do things through clubs. They are looming early the value 'of organ isation. Is this not a prffmfse that tbs next generation o f farmers will know how to organise for success T One of the first activities of the new school year win be the formation of clubs in thonsartds of country schools. The wiM teacher will encourage the there and dent he ashamed af k, mewses eat knowing H to-be a meeps either! of promoting regular attendance and For o f all the signs and symbols increasing the intereet in school work. sines tbs world bagan there Is none In addition to one or two o f the clubs other so full of meaning aa tha flag mentioned every school should have a of this country. That piece ef red, School Improvement Club hi which white aste blue bunting menas flvs thousand years o f struggle upward. It ia the full-grown flower e f ages of fighting for liberty. It is the cen- The principle upen which the new al phabet la.baked Is that the dots and dashes occupy equal lengths te time end so consecutive signals are of tbs same sign, and tbs limit of legibility tlcally uniform. General 8qtiler's other lines of re search have developed results of pro found Importance In a technical, non- spectacular wny, and other Dations have reqpgnlsed his adaariflc eminence with a bundle af honors and decora tions. Ha Is a fellow of tho Physical Society of London and a member of the Royal Institute of Great Britain, a Knight Comma Oder of tha Order of St. Michael and S t George, and, at homo, a member of the Rational Acad emy of Sciences, a Distinguished Serv ice medalist and a frequent winner of the Franklin modal.—Mow Tor* Herald. Gardner Phone 46J EMBROIDERY IS ANCIENT ART Coquille The beat English la spoken In Ola» gow, or at least Jbhn Masefield says sa Mr. Masefield has given English man a shock with this statement Whoa the Scots have eeaatstently a» gued for decades past that the beet Stagliati ta to be found la Scotland, and sms clan y la Edinburgh, it n» ■Steed for Masefield, himself an Bng Itshman, not only to aeeord tho high est honors to Scotland *but to hang thorn SB Glasgow. English members of parliament, however, are net win teg to accord any such distinction to tha manaban te the Scottish labor P*rty. aa tha latter are frequently hard to understand In debate Mase field. who recently was judge at a Glasgow moste festival, declared that Eie quality of speech te Glasgow ehtl tesa cams as a iwrstatkm. and added that the children promised to be the te English. Ha even id sold he tended there might be a time whea the Scota would ha the hast ringers te the musical The United States geological rur- Washington boasts one te the ffiwctaHy darignad by experts of the riwvey burean, and is nkad tor repro- • Mta« «napa te which thousands te «Wtae are required. It weighs three “ « a half toas, being made almost wholly te stool to tesura rigidity The fo « l length of Its loos Is 42 techos, way. You you cnav* ho