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THE PAPER THAPS LIKE, A L'ETTER from home
COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER », IMS.
Nealy 65,000 Subscribed
Exhibits and Entertainment
Myrtle Point Surpass All
- Previous Records
The committee which has been
soliciting stock subscriptions for the
Pat Elk Oil A Cas Co., on the pro-
. position that the fundi should be paid
M In if 820,000 to raised, had nearly
completed their canvaas, in Coquille
i yesterday with 240 names on the list
I at 820 each, or nearly 85,000 as some
have pledged more than the 820
All roads lead to Myrtle Point this jflrura. The committee had set 85,000
week where the Coos ‘ A
County
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Fair got going under full steam yes­ began canvassing the rest of the
terday, and this afternoon Coquille is county, and their expectations will be
as quiet as the Fourth of July or any realised.
other holiday. Yesterday was Ceos
With the encouragement offered by
Bay day at the fair, but the streets this support, the directors of the
here were more quiet than usual, company have continued drilling, with
with business off.
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one shift only, and the hole to now
True to forecasts, the fair is larg- down more than 1500 feet, well be­
er than ever before, and the exhibits low the «,„0^ <rf the chamber
ar« better prepared and arranged.
| where M much trouble waa encoun-
The community booth pavilion is tered.
devoted exclusively to exhibits of
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that character this year, there being Name Supreme Court Candidate
a dozen communities represented by
Jas. Watson, republican state com-
the finest of agricultural, fruit, in­
, mitteeman from Coos county, leaves
dustrial, sewing and canned goods
this evening for Portland where the
display.
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One which attracts a lot of atten-
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FRANCHISE
j City Tax to Remain the Same
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JJ.O« THE YEAR
PEIRIS 6EI BOTH
The budget committee for the eity
I, of Coquille met in the city hall T um -
! day evening and decided upon most of j
the figures which will be used in next _
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Corporation year’s budget, but adjourned without 7 ontracta for Bridge and Sewer
H. S. Boys Do Well With Given Natural Gas
Three Projects in Open
of Oregon by City Coun­
Class at Fair ;
cil Monday
formally adopting it, till the middle
Awarded—Tom Wimer Re­
of October, by which time A. O. Walk-
signs as Councilman
ei to expected to be home.
There was some suggestion that
; L. J. Rust, of Klamath Falls, repre- salaries should be raised, but this was
Pearl Broa., of this city,
I tentative of the Natural Gas Corpor- objected to by the majority, and in | »warded both the Beach street bridge
Mion of Oregon, which was granted a the main the expense items were left} •nd U*» Willard street sewer contracts
franchise by the council Monday ev- as nearly the same as this year’s
8he city council Monday evening,
j their bid being the lowest in each case. ,
; suing to lay mains and furnish gas to figures as possible.
¡•Very house and building in Coquille,
There were but two bids for the out­
Wilh the increased valuation this 1
I tf it is de>tred, told the Sent'nel Tues- year, and the six per cent increase al­ let sewer job. Peart Bros, offered to
lay morning something of the process lowed by law, the tax rate will be do it for 31628, and Anderson A Mat-
by which they wiM, operate.
son for >1990. The engineer’» esti­
practically the same as last year.
£ Contrary to a report heard that it
There is one item of 14700 for re­ mate including surveying, inspection,
only the peculiar product of the tirement of outstanding warranto in etc., was 81,746.99, and by adding 5%,
eman wells in California whieh the list, which indicates that the bud­ or 881.40 to that 81628, a total coot of
•as capable of transportation in tank get for next year’s expenses will be 81709.40, is reached, which is 827.54
qirs, Mr. Rust says that any natural less than for this year.
below the estimate.
produced anywhere, can be used.
There were five bidders on the
The flow from, the well la treated
Knowlton Heights bridge job whose
More Pheasants Released
heat and compression and can be
bids on the white cedar type ranged
Deputy Game Warden C, A- Hear­
RUSSELL MARTINDALE
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separated into its five compon-
from over 314,000 down to 811,638.23.
ing this week released four cratea of
gaseous parts. There are really
and His Bine Ribbon Dorset Ram
For the fir and cedar construction,
Chinese pheasants, about 45 birds, on
, but the sixth is more like gaso-
the
kind decided upon by the council.
Coquille High School Smith-Hughes
the north bank of the river, hut not
Reart Bros, bid 89,155.90; Anderson
of
the
aupr.Mne
cou?t
to
succeed
the
students
captured
a
lot
of
firet
prim».
the
„
on
any
hunting
preserve.
Nearly
one
I which has a miniature well drilling
and Matson <9.296.05; H. A. Harris
ht> Thos McBride, the position now in the open classes when stock was
hundred birds were released by Dep­
outfit in operation, with derrick, mo-
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to turned into a liquid and is then
89,476; Tom Lillebo, ‘ of Reedsport,
ur. ..a.
01.
,S'JSiTZ judged this morning, according to a
uties
Frank
Osmond
and
Fred
Watson,
placed in tank ears for transportation.
810 560; «ni J. W. and J. R. HiMstrom
of Gov. Nobblad.
Judxe Kelly has wire received here at ten o’clock.
near Myrtle Point a few days before
bubbling up from below m the pump
Upon arrival at its destination it is
810,664.82.
mad? a good record as circuit judge,
Russell Martindale, with his two
thpt. These last shipments were of
keeps
up
its
steady
operation.
pressure
again
given
the
heat
and
Five per cent for engineering, etc.,
K^Z*Xl’a^’nd^triAr«diiMta '
Bnd »
!*"• <* Dorwt sheep . buck and
birds more than half grown, which
treatment which restores it to its
will
bring the frtal eost of the bridge
in the other pavilion are strictly hitfl nrsing is he is nominated for the of- three ewea in one and five spring
will be in prime condition by the time
gaseous state, and released into the
up to 89,613. The engineer’s estimate
flee.
lambs
in
the
other,
received
six
first
1
the
season
opens,
Oct.
15.
clam and suffer nothing in comparison
Iteains.
was 810,363.50.
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prises and two seconds.
with previous year.
location
Mr. Rust stated that the__
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Two claims for damages were filed
Fays
Holverstott,
whose
specialty
.
The 8mith-Hughes and 4-H
against the eity, 4nd both were re­
is pigs, received two first prises, and
displays really make the fair this
ferred to City Attorney Corby for in- ,
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Herman
Ellingsen,
with
his
calf,
from
year.
There are calves, heifer«,
triant. and that building operations
vMtigation and report.
a
field
of
60
entrants,
won
third
prise.
«beep, hogs, and pigs, by the scores,
and the laying of mains would begin
That of Weighill Bro«., who operate ■
It should be understood that this
three barns being needed to accommo­
*ery soon and be completed ae quick-
a dairy on the Kiitner ranch, waa for
competition
was
not
among
Smith-
Thursday and Friday, Oct. 2nd and
date the boys’ exhibits of what they
Unusual as is a golden wedding an­ 8250. Mr. Weighin'« claim waa that
Iv as possible. He confirmed the pre­
have accomplished the past year. It 3rd, the big collegiate comedy, “Aunt Hughes students, but in the open di­ vious report that from 875,000 to niversary, there are couples jvho reach the open £rench across their field, '
is truly remarkable what the young Lucia." will be staged in the com- vision in which ferment, Smith- >100,000 would be spent here ia in­ the sixtieth anniversary of wedded where Knapp A Goes were construct­
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have done, and that_ depart- munity club building. . The play la be­ Hughes boys and 4-H dub boys, were stallation, and expected that Myrtle > life. An event of this kind was ob­ ing the North Outlet ne wer to the '■
rnent alone («'worth a day at the fair, ing put on under the auspices of ^a entered. In the Smith-Hughes sec­ Point and Bandon would also be piped served in Coquille last Monday when
river, had so interfered with the feed­
Auxiliary.
The tion they stand good chances to win for gas this fall.
The poultry section is larger than American Legion
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Folsom passed ing and watering of their cattie that ’’ ’
more
ribbons.
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heretofore and many bird, which will show ia distinctly collegiate in evqry
r^Whrth r the gas can be furnished the flOth milestone.
the flow of milk had been very materi­
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well nigh perfect are- on dis- way and is a story of the homecoming
It was in Lake Crystal, Minn., that ally reduced, and that it waa not pro-
at a price which-will permit it to
Kernin Refuses City Offer - largely replaca wood and coal in Co- Mr. Folsom and Ella C. Fischer were bable the cattle would get back to
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of Buia Bula College. All who have
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1- seen it claim that no one can afford
The j judging
The water committee of the city ffuille remains to be seen It is doubt­ united in marriage, Sept. 15, 1870.
norma] this year.
judging, club work judging and the to nffis it
Prior to that time he had been an
council—C. L. Willey, A. O. Walker tul that it can ba sold as cheaply, for
Walter Paulsen claimed 8150 dam­
awarding of ribbons fot the thousands 1 ~
Tbe whok school is anxiously and Ray Jeub—met with R. F. Kernin
amount of heat units, but Indian scout, but with the respenoi- age« for the death of a horse which
of competitive entries is going on to­ awaiting the arrival of a wealthy old and his attorney, Ray Conway, of 4be advantage of cleanlines« wffl be btifties of a family ho settled down to had died as the reault of foundering
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maid,' Luiia Wakefield, who is worth
day.
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heme life, although for 80 yeans he it»elf when it escaoed from its pasture
Roseburg, Tuesday evening in an ef- all on the side of the gas.
Better racing than that of any pre- j fifty million dollars.
They expect fort to effect a compromise on the
could not give up the pioneer habit.
one evening in July and was turned.
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a large sum of money for
vious year was demonstrated
yester
When the railroads began building Into the E. A. Wimer barn lot by the
price to be paid for the well Mr. Ker­ . 7 Service Clubs to Banquet
day, with the best attractions being the building of a football stadium. nin drilled on the E. A. Folsom place a
in Minnesota he moved his family to city marshal. The horse found Mr.
A meeting of representatives of the Nebraska, later to Oklahoma, and
scheduled for today and tomorrow. Jerry WaUon, one of the college boys, couple of years ago, for the eity. No
Wimer’s stock feed sunplv in the
seven service clubs in the county was when the Cherokee Strip waa opened
There were 45 running horses in the with the help of his room-mates. compromise was reached.
barn and ate itself to death.
held here Tuesday evening, at which there (they were living on the line
titables yesterday noon, with several George and Dick, dresses himself as
A couple of years ago the city made
The protest of Bert Folsom against
owners who had never been at the an old lady for the entertainment of a deal with Mr. Kernin to furnish a time it was decided to hold a get-to­ between the Strip and .Oklahoma) and the keeping of foxes st the J. W. Par­
gether banquet in the Hotel Coquille, the railroads were bringing in settle^
Myrtle Point track before, and addi­ his fellow fraternity brothers.
ry place was referred to Deputy Mar­
sufficient amount of good, potable wa­
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tional stalls had been prepared to
While dressed in the outfit he is ter
~ to supply the city's needs, at the on Monday, October 8, at 7 p. m.
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the thousands, , he
desired another shal Brown.
The objections voiced
AH
the
clubs
are
enthusiastically
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B
tlar
and
f
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e
Oregon,
mistaken for the real Lucia Wakefield. ayl>ed7£i' o'f
take care of the stables’ overflow.
were that the odor from the fox cor­
for the banquet and it was hoped to
An hour’s visit at the fair grounds He finds himself in a pickle while
•For thirty years, off and on, he and ral was objectionable and that the
Mr. Kernin drilled the well, struck
yesterday noon did not give the Sen­ playing the part of the old lady but a flow of water of sufficient volume havs the ladies as well, but with 200 Mrs. Folsom have been residents of yelping was a constant annoyance.
Lions. Rotarians, and Kiwanians ex­ Coquille, and for the last three years
tinel reporter time to note in detail he enjoys the proposals of ths men.
to supply the city, but it was con­
Permission was asked by the Co­
pected, and accommodations in the continuously at their home on Henry
the scores of interesting and unusal He makes loves to the girls and adds
demned by the state health depart­
quille Lumber Co. to lay steam pipe
banquet hall for only that number it. street.
things to be seen there, but in addi­ to the comedy of the evening.
ment as not fit for human consump­
lines under' end across Front, Taylor
was decided to have a beach gather­
tion to the entertainment features
The east consists of fourteen char­ tion—or potable.
Of the eight children born to them
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ing at a later date when the ladies will the three oldest are gone, two sons and First streets to several business
there is an educational value to such acters who keep the audience in an
However, when the Rink creek sup­
haildings. The council indicated that
a splendid fair as the Coos A Curry uproar from the time the curtain goes ply ran short last year, the health also be invited and make this first and a daughter. The living are Bert,
permission would be given, but de-
seseien s stsg affair only.
has arranged this year that far trans­ up until it drops on ths third act
Ernie and Roy, of Coquille; Louis, of
department permitted the city to use
A prominent state speaker will be McMinnville, and Fred, of Portland. ' layed granting it until an agreement
cends the mere
pleasure-producing
Big special features of the show the water from the well, although still
Was signed which would insure the ,
are, first, the “Business Men's Flap- claiming that it was not pure, and the secured for the occasion, but the com­
features.
Mr. Folsom Is now 88 years of age,
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' per Chorus,” made up of 28 Coquille eity did use the well water until the mittee is not ready yet to make an an­ and is still active and interested in
condition.
nouncement
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the
everyday
happenings,
making
one
Miss McCurdy Got Deer Early business men, dressed to represent winter rains began.
Grades on First and Elliott street«,
characters such as Clara Bow, Teach­
or two trips down town each day. In
By reason of the city’s use of the
To Miss Phyllis itcCurdy undoubt-
youn|ter days he was a tinner and to conform to the fill on First street,
er’s Pet, Baby Face, etc. Second, a water Mr. Kernin claim« that he to day President Ferguson announced
erly belongs the credit for being the men’s glee club whieh sing old-time
that
the
Coquille
den
would turned to farming when he moved to which is practically completed, were
entitled to the amount primarily
i established by the council.
first Coquille lady to kill a deer after songs, give college yell* »nd add a
acta at host« for the evening, with ev- Nebraska.
agreed upon, 85000.
the season opened. She and Earl great deal of pep. The Glee Club ia
ery m< yher on the reception commit- ,
Mr, FoIgom> who fc M years
The franchise asked for by the
This the city refuses to pay, al­
Hamilton were out back of the Mc­ made up of 18 buaine« men. Third,
toe. H, W. Covalt was appointed to
h Jn UBUguany
health, Natural G«s Corporation of Oregon
though last year it did offer to settle
Curdy place hunting when two bucks the business and high school girls’
have charge of the ticket arrange- gnd continuw her household duties as was granted by a S^to 1 vote, Coun- '
with him for 82600.
This amount
jumped oat. Earl waa carrying the costume choruses, and another the
meats; D. E. Rackieff. program «“»j£- tirelessly as a woman lees than half cilman Wimer voting in the negative.
ride and shot one. He then handed it unique Baby Pageant made up of lit­ was the difference between the 85000 man; Ralph Noah, stunts; and C. W.
<fe <nd
w TOt a ,maI1 fami.
A payment of 8100 was authorized
and what was paid Mr. Kemin for
to her and she brought down the other tle folks, ages 4 to 9 years.
Girdntr. parking.
,jy
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for a right-of-way for the Spurgeon
drilling a second well, that one on
at «0 yaid . distance. These were the
The Kiwanians will have charge <if,
joins with their many hill sewer through the Child’s proper­
Watch next week’s paper for the the hill east of the C. L. Willey home.
first deer killed by Coquille hunters adv. giving all local people taking-
for the evening,
and each friend< ,B extending congratulations ty-
He refused that offer .nd Tuesday the ringing lor
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h .. 82000
rnw which th.
Monday so far as reported.
part.
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evening refused the
the cluh ,rfll Present some stunt or speed! and wishing them many more happy
Ja»t before adjourning H. T. Wimer
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Casey ’Jones brought in two this
1 program feature.
returns of their anniversary date.
prerented hto resignation as council­
water committee had agreed upon as
week, but Ralph Stephens told the
African Missionary Here
| a compromise offer. Neither did he
man and asked that it.be accepted at
Sentinel.man yesterday, “You can say
Register by October 4
• once. He did not state at the time
Miss
Gertrude Shoemaker, whose state a figure for which he would set- - Water Off 3 Hours Sunday
. there aren’t any deer in the country."
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tie his claim.
why he was unwilling to finish the
Be failed to find them, for there are home is in Salem, but who ia a mis­
October 4th ie the last date for
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Several leaks showed up in the
The
conference
Tuesday
evening
three
months of his term of office, but
sionary
of
the
Christian
church,
home
a number not ten miles from Co­
j new pipe lino last Saturday when the registering for this fall’s election and
has since said that his ideas on city
on furlough from Bolenga, Africa, ¡was without rancor, but Mr. Conway
if
your
name
is
not
on
the
county
quille. •
full head of water was turned into
government were not in harmony
was a Coquille visitor Tuesday, ac­ indicated that their next „step would
, the pipe and these have been repaired , clerk's records by that time you will
with those of the rest of the council
companied by M n . Day, state mission­ be the filing of a suit to collect.
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this
week.
It
appears
that
the
ves-
j
not
be
given
a
ballot
on
Nov.
4.
It
Road from Heights Nbw Open ary director of the Christian Church
The-eouncilmen feel that the city’s
member« and he felt that he should
•el which brought the pipe from the : you have voted in the past two years
Work was finished this week on the of Eugene. They attended and spoke offer was 12000 better than Mr. Ker­ eastern coast passed through a severe and have not moved from one pre­ resign.
nin
can-collect
in
court,
on
his
eon-
grading and graveling of Riverton at a meeting of the church that even­
storm and many of the pipe lengths e’net to another you are still eligible.
Ave. in Coquille Heights Addition and ing. They left for their homes Wed- tract. He drilled the well, but the 1 were cracked and were reconditioned i
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Johnny Jones Again in Toils
on through Pleasant View.
This needay and on Saturday Miss Shoe-. water was net approved as pure, at the Bay. Evidendy a few of the wild Turkeys Come Tomorrow'
Alvin Witske, alias Johnny Jones,
street intersects with Hoover street maker will leave for New York where either by state authorities or chem- injured sectione were not discovered
A truckload of wild turkeys, the ,nd
8t*lla Frye,
arrested
and gives a right of way through to she will study for a few months before' 1st» to whom Mr. Kernin sent samples j prior to laying and it to these which
number not yet known here, will ar- at *** i»Mer’s home on the highway,
’ j for analysis.
the Myrtle Point highway at the returning to her work in Africa.
have been leaking. It is expected to
rive here tomorrow from the state
beyond
Norway, Wednesday
Smith Wood-Products Co. plant. This
have all leeks stopped this week.
will give the people on Knowlton Dr. Wheeler Takes Over Practice Three Candidates to Be Heard i Next Sunday, Sept. 81, the Wats’ gam»xfarm, amf w«3 be released on ni<ht, by Officers Hedges and Hunt,
upper Catching creek, above Myrtle ^or possession of liquor. The officers
Height and Coquille Heights an out­
Dr. Jas. W. Whe. ler, who took over
Bd Bai]ey> democratic candidate will be turned off between 2 u
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and
5 Point, by Deputy Game Warden C.' fou"d J* bottles of beer, 14 pints of
let while, the Beach str set bridge is
the practice of Dr. G. Earl Low here f„. govtmor fa to speak at the fair p. m., while the maater meter to be-
J moonshine and half a ration of win«
A. Hearing and A. H. Grimes.
being constructed.
Monday. cams up from Gold Beach , jn Myrtle Point this afternoon, and ing installed at the reservoir,
| in the house. They followed Jones’
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aurau from
Fwnwa the house, thinking
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republican candidate,
There is still an abundant supply in -
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Deserved
Praise
for
Coffee
Shop
Hotel Men Coming Sept. 27
gres« in becoming acquainted with will be there tomorrow afternoon.
the Rink creek storage, the water I
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A .
going for Mquor, but failed to got
Julius L. Meier, independent can­ ing only ton feet below the top of the
Late Compton, of the Hotel Co­ the people of Coquille and vicinity.
L. L. Graham, district deputy pas- h>m with any on his person.
Re­
quille. is expecting an attendance of His family, consisting ef his wife and didate, addressed a very fair crowd dam at a time when a new supply is renger agent of the Southern Pacific, turning to the house they found the
sixty here next Saturday, Sept, tj, six children, will not join him here there yesterday afternoon, and later daily expected.
who was in Coquille Wednesday, and stuff which they believe was taken in
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called on many of the merchants and
for a sneeting of the Southwest Ore­ until about the first of the year.
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by Witake.
business houses ia Coquille, being in­
gon Hotel Men’s Association. He will
When taken before Justice Dodge
ComPton s Coffee Shop
Coquille Grangg Next Friday troduced by John E. Rosa, of the Dance and Fashion Show—26th **"•
ertertain the visitors in the elegant
here is the finest eating houee in the yesterday, Johnny’s .bail was set at
new Banquet Hail of the hotel and ia
Coquille Grange meets next Friday, Ferners A Merchants Bank.
The Coquille Woman’s Club dar.e« state- -and be bars none.
8500. Because she had firearms with
planning a program different from Sept. 26. After the meeting there
the boose, Mrs. Frye’s bail was set
the ueual.
will be an entertainment and a roll
Safety First!
Use Cow Bell
at 81000 on one count and 8500 on the
call. All members urged to be pres­ Dairy’s Pasteurised Mik aad protect
other. Both were still In jail this
ent
your health.
Calling carda 100 for 3L50.
“AUNTLUCIA”
OCTOBER 2
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60th WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY