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COQUILLE. COOS COUNTY, ORRGO: «, FRIDAY, JULY 17, 11»
Coquille Chosen for Southwest­
ern Oregon—Site Has
Been Purchased
TREET WORK
IS IN PROGRESS
AXTELL HAS A
LUMBER MINE
Port Orford to cover the theatre field.
Licenses were granted to the fol
building be buMt last winter. That
ll/bwintp ifcnjtl Wmll iwinTafjira- —-, » *
is probcHy the Moat solidly built rrwwim puvi mm opwrawrw«
Wm. A. Zosel, with C. A. Gage and
frame building in Oregon. The side
walls Were constructed out of 8x8 F. G .Bunch as sureties on Ms bond.
J. L. Holycrosa, with Jas. Rich­
timbers, laid flat, which ho secured
from a vessel which went ashore mond and Paul Walker as suretiea
H. D. Jones, with A N. Gould and
there, «nd it made an absolutely
Jas. Richmond as sureties .
sound proof theatre.
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When* fcr. Axtell gets through I Two members of the Lions Club-—
shipping out his purchases from Bea­ Dr. F. G. Bunch and 8. M. Noslar--
ver HiH there west be mAh left of j were present to advocate the pur­
that city but the incorporation and chase by the efty of Athletic Park.
the city authorities may ask the stat* Councilman Chaney advanced a coun­
to abolish that. There are still four ter proposition: that of buying it by
or five families making their home oopular subscription.
Dvery city should have an athletic
there, but most of the 45 or 50 houses
park, but Coquille will lose Ha pres-
are untenanted.
-,nt park unless the city can see its
way-to purchase the six acres. Just
U m Clay for Base
Judge R. H. Mast, Commissioner M I low a subcription or donation pro-
ooekien wood not got to first base,
H. Klockars and Roadmaator W. A I
Gilbert went over to Lakeside Tues-1 tftd the signers of the note will not
day to inspect the road from that I kqld the property past the maturity
point to the Mghway—leas than al late of the note.
mile. The court had expected to use I Tt is to be hoped that the city will
plank, discarded by the state, for a I >e able to finance the purchase.
coming
athletic
About Bond Election
On the fifth page of thio issue will
be found a reproduction of the conn
ty clerk’s notices sent out for the
special election, July 80. From that
it can be ascertained where every
dollar Of the proposed 8700,000 bend
issue would be . »pent. It is to be
hoped that every voter will carefully
consider the merits of the various
projects before deciding whether to
vote for against that iteue.
As to the 8380,000 issue, it shoud
be made practically unanimous, for
the state will be paid in any event— j
bonds er no bonds.
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City Hall Needs New Furnace
J. S. Lawrente called to the coun­
cil’s attention Monday evening the
fact that the furnace in the city hall,
which never was large enough to
¿properly host the building, is crock­
ed and that a new furnace or stoves
and lues will have to be provided be­
fore winter.
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The chairman of the Water commit-1
tea. C. L. Willey, waa asked to as­
certain the cost of a new furnace,
large enough to heat the. building,
and report to the council os soon as]
surface tor the short stretch this I
28 Forest Fire Fighters
year, but after talking to the con I
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Twenty-eight
men are employed by
tractor found that it would cost at I
much to lay the plank as it would U I .he Coos County Fire Patrol associa-
lay a clay blanket . The day would I I tion according to the announcement
not ony provide a fair driving surface I of the 1825 force made by the fire
for the present but would act as a I patrol headquarters in Marshfield.
base for gravel. It will cost |10OC I The Cooa patrol ‘ includes all forest,
or 81100 to lay it The highway de I in the county and northern part of
partment to using day on the sectior I Curry county. The fire patrol in
of the Roosevelt Highway through I hia county is well equipped for the
the sand, and finds it will serve the I prevention and fighting of fires. The
purpose.
Judge Mast says he be I office hare is equipped with a hygro-
lieves the court will order the day I thermograph, which records the hu-
midfty and the temperature. Several
laid rather than the plank.
of the patrolmen are also equipped
with sling psychrometers which re­
What Name for New School
cord the humidity wherever placed.
The . school board is seeking s I
name for the new grade building tc I
be erected on east Second street I
this fall, and the directors are ask- I
ing for suggestions from the school I
patrons. The names of president? I
are most frequently used for such I
purposes, so why not be among the I1
first to have a “Coolidge School?" I