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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1928)
Something New!, that children like! No more fighting to give your children castor oil! Fuhrman’s Pharmacy, Inc STATIONERS DRUGGISTS Chadwick Lodge No. 68 A. F. & A. M. Stated Communication Jan. 19, 7:30 p. m. Wishing for you the J. S. ERWIN’S OFFICE On Highway Small Crowd for Legion Card - The Christmas tree entertainment in the Pioneer Hall last Friday even ing was largely attended and the pro gram of tableaux, reading, music, etc., furnished a fine evening’s entertain ment. The children who took part presented several scenes prior to and following the birth of Christ, with Mrs. Jas. Richmond reading the scrip ture passages which they represented. Christmas music furnished entertain ment between the tableau scenes. Gifts for the children were distributed from a large and beautifully decorated tree. * The smallest crowd yet to witness a Legion boxing -card here was pres ent in the Community Building last Saturday evening, when Bobby Ver non succumbed to Joe Blackwell’s punches in the fifth round and was counted out. Vernon was not in Blackwell’s class that night, however he may be when right. He had a bad cold. Bud Bryant knocked Don McGee out in the third round, after the latter had made a snappy start at the open ing of the first and had floored Bud with a right to the jaw. Bill Woodruff, of Langlois, did not show up for his match with Mike Mesi, and the latter was awarded the decision. Royce Richmond had Young King, of North Bend, listening to the birdies «"few seconds before the end of their four-round mix, and Jack Schermer Origin of Handshaking Programs in Each School Room Every room in the Coquille grades Chas. H. Henry, charged with pos session of liquor by the sheriff’s force, pleaded not guilty in Justice Stan ley’s court Christmas evening and was released on $36 bail. HM case will come to trial Jan. 3. Coquille Pioneer Church Christmas Tree M. M. Young, former Coquille resi dent, is now an inmate of the Masonic House at Forest Grove, he having been admitted to the home from the Bandon lodge on Tuesday of last The cantata, "The Salvation of Is rael,” presented at the Pioneer church last Sunday evening was listened to by an audience which greatly enjoyed the music furnished by the partici pants. . at and all classes of the high school held Christmas programs last Thursday or Friday afternoons, and the ex change of presents, determined by drawing lota, took place in every roonf Friday, just before school was dismissed. Teachers at Portland for OST A Many Coquille teachers are in Port land this week for the meeting of the Oregon State Teachers Association. Wade Arstill, principal of the Lincoln school, is the Coquille representative, and 0. K. Beals, 8mith-Hughes in structor, is* • Coos county delegate. Probate Court items The will of Carrie A. Benson, who died December 1», was admitted to Probate Monday. Mabel A. Roberta, of Ashland, Ore., is executrix, and E. C. Roberta, W. E. Lewellen and Karl Kaufman were the appraisers of the estate which was found to consist of, $3515 in real property and $4,099.91 in personal. Geo. T. Hermann and Henry G. Her mann were on Monday appointed ex ecutors of the estate of T. M. Her mann who died at Broadbent last Thursday. The estate is estimated to be worth $15,200. Shaking hands is almost entirely an American custom, but like so many other American customs, has a Eu ropean origin. It developed aa an extension of the custom of Freemasons to give their bands in comradeship when they meet Prey on Mosquito Larvae Goldfish, minnows and ol lien of their tribe are said to devour enormous quantities of mosquito larvae. S<l ent lets are urging the placing and propagation of these fish in waters that remain stagnant. For Pocketbook Only "Woman arraigned for giving reduc tion treatment without having a phy sidan’s license." Maybe her excuse will be that the reduction was applied to the pocketbook only I—New Orleans Times-Picayune. SIX CYLINDER____ _ SENTENCES By DR. JOHN W. HOLLAND oo won a technical knockout over Kid McNair, of North Ber.d, when the lat ter’s second threw in the towel in the second. Coos county boxen have always drawn a crowd in Coquille,' but the fans do not seem to care for a main bout in which both the participants are strangers. Oregon Dairymen Arrange Meet for Medford Early in January The problem of making Oregon a great dairy state, which is now much before the public, will engage the attention of the Oregon Dairymen's association at its thirty-sixth annual convention at Med ford, January 9 and 10. More of a state-wide program than usual has been arranged, as shown *by the detailed program just announced by P. M. Brandt, secretary, and head of the department of dairy husband ry at Oregon State college. This is the first time in many years that the annual convention has been held in the southern part of the state. J. R. McCracken of Ashland is president of the association, S. G. Simon, Tangent, vice president, and John Gaffney, Oregon City, second vice president. The program follows: Wednesday, January 9 Opening session. Committee assignments by President McCracken. ( "European Dairying as I Saw It," J. D. Mickle, state dairy and food commissioner. Afternoon Presentation of achievement awards to members of herd Improvement associations with 300 lb. herd records. "Successful Dairying on Irrigated Land,” Ray Brewster, Redmond. “Practices Helping Our Success,” Alton Kay, Riverton. "Cutting the Feed Bill by Farming," C, H. Brown, Shedd. Health,” B. T.