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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 5, 1930)
"J V » / • ♦ B . % I ET . .. -!■»<*■»■■■ a ».»»» »» nil I ■ -rir- - ~ t -TT-' ........... 5 Telling About People Events in the City and County - Guests at tbe Wm. H. Mansell borne on Coulter street over th* last week end and holiday were Mr. and Mee. Miss Avis Hartaon returned Sunday W. A. Wall, Mrs. Wm. Brink and from a month's visit in San Francisco. Dan Baker, sll of Portland. I '• s — t the loop trip over the holidays, going down the coast Saturday to Crescent • Plums for Sale-Petite and Italian. City, thence to the caves, Medford, Come and get them a| 2 cents a pound. Klamath Falls, Crater Lake and home Chris Terras on Marshfield Highway. Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Laird have Courtesy, Price, and Friendly Ser moved to their ranch at Brewster vice combine to make Hart’s House of Valley. Mr. Laird plans to continue, Service a pleasant, profitable and pro- his work here. greesi' e place to trade. Come and see. and pleasure trip to Eugene. Are your knives and scusors dull Don’t swear—bring them to Hart’s House of Service. We sharpen, tight en, repair or trade. 4 Mrs. Jean Sadler returned Tuesday evening from a five week’s visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fanson, of Auburn, Washington. J Miss Marion King, county health nurse, is enjoying a visit from her mother, Mrs. Bert King, of Hilt, Calif., who eame up here last week. The Coquille Woman's Club will meet Tuesday afternoon, September 2th, at the Guild Hell. The meeting will begin promptly at 2 p. m. It will pay you to look over our Bargain Counter? for many l’ttlo ar ticles neoded in the home and on the farm. Hart’s House of Service. Manager Fortier asks us to state that anyone having a claim against the Coquille Loggers should present it at once, or he may be out of luck. • U Mias summer Coquille home in V I Edith Scott, who spent the at Areata, Calif., returned to last week and is making her the Mrs. Ines Chase home. . Mrs. Annie J. Robinson, who had been visiting the Capt. Levi Snyder family at Portland for the past month, returned home Wednesday evening. Mrs. Grace -Baxter, Eugene, a former Coquille resident, waa here last Sunday, visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs. Birdie Skeela, and other friends. I Miss Helen Jeanette Pook senger at the continuing her High. ■4. Bolloni has succeeded as telegraph mea- depot. The latter is studies in Coquille Safety First! Use Cow Bell Dairy's Pasteurised Milk and protect your health. fifi Mrs. R. H. Mast was taken ill last Friday and was unable to attend the Leabo family reunion in Portland. She is somewhat improved but still unable to be up. ■■ J. E. Quick and his sieter, Mm. Flora Dunne, drove down to Eureka last Friday to visit their sister, Mrs. Chas. Levine, and family. They re turned Tuesday. - A card to the Sentinel from Mrs.. Birdie Skeels, written at Dunsmuir, Calif., and received thia morning says that their trip south has been d-Qight- ful, but rather warm. ■ r- . When you send FI.OWER orders to BERGEN’S, you have that feeling of safety. .If the Flowers are from BER GEN’S. they are always BETTER BLOSSOMS. * M :rl. -SAVE T — SA Here’s the place to get brushes that last a life time. They’re tailored and good-looking . <>. gen uine bristles set fast in attractively shaped handles . . . they represent the highest quality and yet they cost so little. •» 4 KLENZO BRUSHES All Kinds, Styles and Prices < Sold only at Rexall Stores = * Fuhrman’s Pharmacy, Inc t DRUGGISTS STATIONERS ♦ bay team and a new wagon with the top box on. The wagon was piled full ___ of meat, and hides. They told us it was a coupta of big elk' they had killed. Th^r seemed very friendly and eltered to hLp in any wly they could. water, and some seventeen ------ - miles east - Man Trapped on Porch Roof I When the fire boy» left the scene of Vancouver. It was there father an hour or so later the lower part of A man’s voice calling out in loud and hia fri*nda w*nt in 0< land> and fearful tone, in the early hours bu«din« w“ but <*• oveT fro” C,ark into Sh of Tuesday morning aroused many do"b*‘n< b?ken' dama«* T“ maria wh** •“ three located Myrtle Pointers from their slumbere, coniil*d * “PP« but After a brief talk it was agreed that homeeteads. K _ and looking out, they uw that a bad «*. buildm< _* comP^ mother and we children, four in num- 1 Again it was move. Father bought fire was raging in the residential eeo- ™cl‘' ¿‘J* by i“«uranc*— bor, were to go on with their team, *** ,“raber * buiW' a an,an boua* at tionon the hill near the head of Spruce Myrtla Polnt Herald- while one of the mon would stay and ona of tb* m‘,la tbe street. Later it was found to bo the i __ tf help.father to bring the wagon in. 1 b*a team and wagon aboard, wMA the George Rogers house that was on fire.' Notice Hasel Knapp’s School of Dancing is It was well toward evening, late in 'UBlber> started for the homoeteed The smoke had aroused Mr. Rogers There will be a meeting of the Fat held weekly in Graham’s Hall, but August, when _ ,:we reached __ __ Looking whicb ^as to be our home for many from his sleep, and, not being able to Elk Cuck Club in Coquille,Oregon, beginning tomorrow, Sept. 4, th*. sought a placa to camp, y**™- evening, Sept. 8, at 8 get down the stairway, he had retreated , Monday “ "* * ° ‘ o’clock, ckaaaa* will be conducted on Saturday Mother tanked the man for his kind- The boat at ‘•T,n tb* roorn' of each week, at 2 p. m. Anyone in-1 . ug and . ired ing and I can remember that trip a* (to the roof of a high porch, from which , at the store of A. N. Gould. All mem he was giving the alarm of fine and | bers are requested to be present. tereated is requested to see her to-1 woui<j Mn some of the ""eat for 'r’vid'y ai if tt were.last week. It was Alton Grimes, President. morrow' . M*<it sure looked good and the long’day Ia contin“al »>•<* “d forth calling to neighbors to bring a ladder. Goo. T. Moulton, Secy. Several fhinutes elapsed between Mr. Mr. and Mr». Harry A. Slack are' in the open had given us a tremendous ‘ acT“s tb* river, stopping at mud i Rogers' first alarm and the sounding enjoying a visit from his mother, Mrs.' appetite. He replied that he would ‘*’“1“*’’ to »et off feed, groceriee, etc. Boy Scout Troop 14 of the siren, and, tn the meantime, L. Slack, of Delavan, Ills., who ar-' sell and when she inquired the price On oe<-*«ion the boat tooted to nearly all of Myrtle Point had been "Boy Scout Troop No. 14 will begin rived test week. She will bo here of round steak he said, “6 cents a land and1J* oba«rt>d a mon on the I aroused, so clearly did Mr. Rogers’ meetings on Monday night, Sept several weeks. This is the first time pound.” I can remember yet the look "^»h^^eiting. As the boat drew near voice resound over Myrtle Point from ' their iWj at 7:80. As usual the meetings 16, she has seen her grnndeon, who is' of surprise and gladness that mother , the shore one of the dock hands tossed his high and perilous position on the will be held in the community build now about a year old. gave him. She called for a dollar’s a small package ashore to the man. roof of his front porch. . iug. It was a sack needle to sew potato However, the neighbors’ assistance Rev. M. B. Woodsworth. of HUls- worth, and he weighed out 20 Bs. ' sacks with. We immediately built a campfire aad did -not arrive before the flames had Bring your handle trouble» to boro, formerly of this community, It was about 2:80, seven and a half mother proceeded to fry a lot of steak forced Mr. Rogers to jump, and in this Hart** House of Service. We aell, and -}>as been visiting here the part week. hours from starting, that we reached Mr. Woodworth reports that his and get supper ready. Father and the end of our 36 mile journey. Fath he suffered a slight injury to one limb fix them for you if you wish. Prices reasonable. tf daughter, Elaine, ta married to an the other man came up just as every* er had arranged with a farmer who and shoulder. aviator of San Francisco, whom she thing was ready. I was hungry as a would be one of our nearest neighbors, boar. I have oaten many good things met shortly after she left here.' in my life, but that elk steak stands two miles away, to meet us with his We Born—To Mr. and Mrs. K. E. Med out as the best meat I ever tasted. My team and help move us out. ford, at Pinkston Maternity Hospital, but it was good—and the way the big passed through a heavy belt of fir tim Wednesday morning, a nine pound plate fall mother had fried did disap ber where the town of Washougal now is, and I remember how the girl, Dr. J. B. Gillis officiating. Mr. pearl Merford is manager of MacMarr’s We laid over at Looking Glass and wagon hubs often bumped against store hero, and is already figuring on father cq| an oak tree, and with the trees or stumps while the wheels a bookkeeper assistant in a few years. few tools he had, began to whittle out bumped over roots and rocks. For a material for a wagon wheel. He hod long distance there wasn’t even a Ts it insured T” ’ Inspect Our Quality Merchandise y to make a new hub and several spokes. farm bouse. Where Camas and the —Then Help Yourself and Sate 6 Mr. and Mrs. Fred Slagle, after big paper mill now stands was a wil 11 am not sure but some feller», too. crowding all the visiting with all derness, broken here and there by a It took him a couple of days to get the friends possible into six days, left wheel in good shape and re-set the clearing and farm buildings. Endicott-Johnaon (Not in the Trust) Wednesday morning for Medford on Father and the men built the house tire, but when it was done it would SHOES for ALL the FAMILY . their way to Los Angeles. At Med while we lived in a small building on carry the load. ,57 These handy shopping stores specialize in Standard Brands and ford they will visit the H. N. Butler the ranch of the man who moved us There were many things of interest SELL for LES8 family and greet Miss Gertrude But to me but moot of them would have out, and we moved onto the homestead ler on her return from Europe Sun Hosiery on Christmas Eve, but that is another Wash Frocks Men’s Furnishings little interest for the reader, so I re day. Misa Butler is a C. H. S. grad Lingerie Notions Men’s Work Clothing frain. We passed Drain and went story and since It is in another state, uate who ie now a teacher in the pub over the summit to the headwaters of perhaps not of much interest to your Coquille Marshfield Bandon lic schools. the West fork of the Willamette, and readers. The early steamboat traffic on the Columbia would be of more in Among the holiday visitors from i camped where the stream ..was just a terest, as the writer was thoroughly this section who went to Crater Lake little creek. I remember father say were Mr. and Mn. J. J. Stanley, their j ing we were now on the Willamette familiar with conditions and has often ridden on most of the famous river daurhter and her husband. Mr. and river and would be in the famous Mn. Hans Jensen, Mr. and Mn. Robt. Willamette Valley tbe next day. Mrth- craft. M. Bennett, Mr. and Mn. Wm. Netaoa. They went in two can and while they were not traveling together eaeh party covered practically the same ground, stopping at the Lake, Klamath Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Cox, of Empire, Ashsland Lithia Park and the Jackson visited at the home of Mr. and 'Mrs. hot springs. A. O. Culbertson. Mr. Culbertson’s Mr. and Mra. J. H. Datan, of Ban mother accompanied them home for a don, were business visitors in Co week’s visit. quille yesterday. Mr. Dalen who has Pullets for sale. White Leghorns a battery separator plant in the old and Australorps. Also some one-year condensery building which he pur old, Leghorn laying H om . S. B. chased recently, stated that the sep Loeper, on Highway, at Cunningham arator business was improving and railroad crossing. tf that he expects to go east next week to check up on the market. They Miss Julia Hamblock, of the county agent’s office, and Miss Mary Greiner, have shipped several carloads recent of the county elerkh office, returned ly and era installing some hew ma to duty Tuesday morning after a two chinery to take care of the future business. weeks’ vacation. i - - Bristles that Stay Tight— Brushes that Brush Right! the readers of the Sentinel the story•.hundred dollars, The east side was timber aad farms. of Portland as we found it in the fall' _' The famous Ladd farm was the best of 1877. I As I previously stated, father known. Albina had not been platted, bought a team and old wagon and we and the whole of the lower peninsula started out ovor the old Coos Bay district was a wilderness, interspersed Mrs. C. E. Painter, her daughter, road which had been built, I believe, here and there with clearings and Call Farr A Elwood for transfer Mae, and sons, Roy and Dean, return some two or three years previous to farm buildings. and fuel. there while ed to their home in Corvallis, after that time. I remember coming up i Wa •P®nt «•*•**! Jack Wilson, of Marshfield, was a spending the week-end with her from Sumner ob*r the mountain and lather went by boat up the Columbia visitor at the Welter Laird home Bua- daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. passing through Fairview, and though ■■ •capeh of the homestead of his «fay. . it was nearly forty years before I dreams. With him were a couple of Harlan Buckingham. saw that country again, it looked fa- m*n *hom he had become ac For the finest floral arrangement, Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Sickela were quainted, who also were looking for call Bergen’s Better Blossoms. Phone among the Coquille people who made miliar. «4. _ « a trip to Crater Dake over the two- ’ The early part of the journey wa» homesteads. Several incidents stand out in my memory of the weeks wo Wm. Wann and Pat Collier drove day holiday. They returned by way without much of inetrest. We camped spent there, but I think the one that out to Roseburg yesterday morning on of The Dulles-California Highway, wherever night overtook us. I think it was the second day out, or it may will interest the reader moot is of Mackenzie Paas and Eugene. business. have been the third, we reached the the big fish father got, and the price Mr. and Mrs. Archie Walker loft Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing »unftnit of the range. The load was he paid. He was not a large man and this morning on a business trip to is a specialty with the City Cleaners pretty heavy for the horses were not when mother and I looked out and saw and Tailors. Just phone 103-L and large, and I had to walk. It seemed a him staggering home with half of a Portland. they will do th* rest. — - long way up that mountain to me and monster fish on his back we wondered NOSLER A WALKER. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hulse, of th* Im I was tired and hungry. We camped what it all meant. The Cops County Library Associa 1 perial Valley, California, arrived here for dinner before we reached the top, | It was a large sturgeon and he had tion wHl meet in Bandon on Saturday, secured ft, a hundred pounds for one Wednesday, stopping to visit with and started on immediately. It was dollar, at one of the markets. Now | September 18. '< ack Thompson and their cousin, Mry4ack Thotr------------ J ' about two o’clock and we had just Mrs. R. F. Miller and Mrs. H- W.. it would cost perhaps thirty time« -family. They dye planning r to go to nicely reached the summit when a Pierce are spending a few days camp Canada before returning ho toward. I wheel broke down. Father was “Jack that to buy it in the market, but the ing at Sunset. of all trades,” and usually little things big fish were plentiful in those days. Joe Clapshaw paid a fine of *26 The steamboat was the only means ‘ like that did not trouble him, but here Mrs. Mattie McGuffin and daughter, I in dunice ,, Justice oianiwy Stanley’ ■ s uuurv court Tuesday iui for of travel in most places, though I be Margery, and Mre. G. Beers drove to lieve Portland had some railways. The- Roseburg Sunday. 0. R. 4 N. was built several years lat- C. C. Archibald, former manager o< _______ _ ___ ____ - er and father lost Ms life in the build the Mt. States Power Co. here, came pole under the axle so he could drop ■'nK Severel steamers plied up again. in from Roseburg this noon. the wagon on to Looking Glass, which and down the Columbia, making Port- '^’^•team- Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Leach and Mr. was the nearest little station, a couple Mr. ond Mrs. Guy Kelley returned \ , made * ,7 the . ran * up the river Monday evening franca short business and Mrs. Jack Leach and family made of men earns up behind us with a nice er, Caliope, I L„ -------- 3 j 1 Mr. and Ms*. Bert Floyd, who had J. A. Hart U rites F urther were these. The eensim of 1870 gave ♦ ' been visiting the varies menai era of - qj Early Orezoa Times Lefrwoen 11,000 and 12,000, ...... * while the census u.' 1880 gave it under ! the Wateoit family in Coos county and in Portland left for their home in Rod By J. A. Hart ' 20,000. The estimated population was Since my- ___ last ______________ effort escaped __ the , 117-000 at that time. Choice lota were lands, Calif., Wednesday. __ _ Insure your car with Ned C. Kefiqy. w*»te basket I ehall endeavor to give i near where ere lived for five Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Nosier and daughter and Geo. T. Moulton drove over to Crater Lake last Saturday and returned via Bend and Eugene on Monday. As does nearly every one who travels the tanssoms, uninhabited rtrotchea of The Daflee-California Highway, Mr. Nosier was wondering why that highway WM finished yearn before the coast highway, whan he re turned. There are but two small towns, Lapina and Crescent, between Klamath FMte and Bend. j«r *»«nt down to the creek to get some ' water while father was busy about | the camp, and when she eame back "he said, "That little hit of a creek 'the Willamette River? Why, I always ' thought the Willamette was a big river.” I never forgot father’s reply, “There is more water there than you could drink in a thousand years.” We travelled for days, past Cot tage Grove, Eugene, Albany, Salem. The stream kept getting bigger and bigger and soon mother was not dis appointed in its site. . It was indeed, a beautiful river. Early in September , ; 1 Hiland Theatre! Starts Small Office Building MYRTLE POINT Chris Miller started yesterday lay ing the tile for the small office of the i Southwestern Motor Co. on their imed car lot next to the new L O. O. F. I building. It is constructed of terra cotta tile and will be about 10 feet square. Sunday, Monday, Sept. 7 and 8 Men battling the last frontier! At the very bottom of the world! where no woman has ever been. Scenes of des perate daring. Rare humor inspired by high courage. Amazing beauty. Nerve-tingling drama with a mighty punch. Filmed as it was lived, 2,800 miles beyond civiliza tion ! You actually fight and fly__ Change in Myrtle Grange Date Myrtle Grange Will meet at Myrtle Point on Friday evening, Sept. 12, in- stead of their regular meeting night. State Grange Master C. C. Hulet . will . - - ” present, AH patrons are welcome, WITH BYRD AT THE SOUTH POLE Tuesday, Wednesday, September 9 and 10 two J we reached the city, having been weeka on the journey. . • We crossed over on a ferry to the west side and father secured a house near First and Clay, which was then in the edge of town, not fsr from the I old Smith A Watson foundry. There was a sawmill just across the river, and I can remember the tall fir trees, with an occasional little house among them. There was no business on the east side, no bridges, no electric lights, or street cam. The street cam were drawn by horses and three ferries fur nished means of crossing the river. Gas lights lit the streets. Washington and Morrison streets had a number of the larger budnww places and Third was alsh one of the lending business streets. The princi pal hotels were on Front and First and the commission and wholesale houses 1 r Jack Mulhall in THE FALL GUY Smacks a Roaring Load of Laughs Against Your Funny Bone Thursday. Friday, September 11 and 12 r* Great Genius of the Stage Speaks from the Screen I George Arliss in THE GREEN GODDESS i For Fire, Ante or Accident . Insurance I Your Spine Will Tingle and Your Senses Thrill as This Superb Actor Portrays Purring Villainy. Call M Saturday, September 13 Gary Cooper jn \ •ft • • 4 A MAN FROM WYOMING A he-man and a she-woman in nobody’s land aosrs^orM ADMISSIONS ADULTS 54e CHILDREN 10c R. C. A. PHOTOPHONE & * ,w r •r ? ■> V « ’ ■ ’a 1 I ■ ■¿& t b -w.iw ■ t I
