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COQUILLE. COOS COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 17, 1989.
Coquille People Meet in N. Y. ]
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In a tetter to her parents, Mr. and ¡
Mrs. k
rt. Mast,
mast, mra
r<ari c,.
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Mrs.
R. . H.
Mrs. Earl
E. Leslie
writes that they received the surprise
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custody of her 1-year-old ehild, born
whiU ‘tUn4in‘
a show house in New York city, to At Edge of Town Last Evening Panned Away at Her Home Here out of wedlock fn>i. H.rry Hat*n
have Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Walker come
This Morning—Lived in Co- , its father, whom she say» brought it
—Car Off Grade Sunday-
in and sit down beside them. And it I
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quiUe Over 40 Years
lrom
eou^ ~-
No One Hurt
Job Wednesday Ev- of th,ir llv-
ening—Reports Indicate a
Fine 2-Day Event
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was a coincidence that both
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to bo attending the same m<
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I The other writ Waa asked by Henry
' A three-car wreck occurred just in-
Corn Show pep and enthusiasm ture house when there are
Mrs. Wm. Brown, a resident of Co- A. Fabian, who chargee that hie form
displayed at the Chamber of Com ot them in the country’s metropolis. !,ide the
Mmite on the highway to quille for more than 40 years, died at er wife, from whom he was divorced
Sho writes also that besides study- H**1« Point ■» *i3[
*“» ev*“- Ifer home on Front atret at 7:40 this at Lewiston, Mont., Oct. 7, took their
merce forum
meeting
Wednesday
Morning.
evening indicates that the show this ing physical education at Columbia
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two children, George Henry and Pa
Mrs. Brown had suffered from rheu tricia Ann, and bought them to Marsh
H.
E.
Read,
of
this
city,
was
coming
year
will
not
suffer
in
comparison
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University, and coaching a ftxffbail
with other years.
•quad at Montclair, N. J., six days a t into Coquille in his Nash coach, and matism for more than 30 year«, being field. to her parents, Mr. and Mm.
Nearly a doxen community chair week, Mr. Leslie ha* a job on the seeing that he was going to strike the SO badly crippled that the only way Geo. F. Beggs, after the Montana
men from outside Coquille were side coaching the boy* of a fraternity car ahead of him, skidded his wheels I ne could get about wm In a wheel court had awarded them to the father.
for 43 steps, as measured by Sheriff > 1 chair.
ekair. Her heart had also been troub- __ _______
present and reported their sections house on the seventh day.
The sheriff was instructed to take
Hees, before he turned out in the at-1 Ung her for some time and it was for charge of the children and place them
as preparing to make entries at the
tempt to pas* between the approach-this Dr. Richmond had been treating jn the care of their grandparents until
Com Show, either with community or
Hassler Demurrer Argued
ing cars and the one in front.
i ber.
individual booths. There were pres
" J the final hearing of the case.
L. A. Liljeqvist, attorney for W. E.
He didn’t quite make it but caught' A few weeks ago, with Mr. Brown, i
ent Geo. E. Hampton, Ben Moomaw,
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John D. Carl and
Mr. Burtisa, of Hassler, whose trial on two indict- I an approaching Chevrolet coupe on Its ahe went down to Floras Lake in
To Solicit Funds Wednesday
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The p-Pi* that the outdoor living would be
Arago; Coiy Carlson,
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Bear creek; ments for politics! libel and violation i left front midshipe of his car.
Ivan Laird/o? Sitkun»; Lloyd" Loath- <
J. W Laird, finance committee
Chev. belonged to Tonoy Reis, of ' Beneficial,
Ijeiieficial, but she contracied a cold
¡^an ^nd Hardy Mi^t, o?Lee?~The “P
Urm ot wurt’ “r«ued the ,
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thure and has been confined to her bed chairman for the Corn Show, an
I Tracy, Calif. Reis was driving slowly Ï i tetre
nounces that the committee
start
latter brought his good crop of al- 1 demurrer filed last June on Tuesday. (the Rickenbacher behind him was [Mac? their
ureir return,
rcvuin.
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h wo driv-n by g I 1
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The
funeral aervices ______________
will be held in n5’ft W*«inesday, Oct. K, »n its soli-
falfa along and as Henry Hess was H» wai given five days in which to movin(f faBter
thc Pioneer church, Sunday afternoon c,t,t|on for funds. With the co-oper-
McKinney, of Coquille, and al- t|e
not present it appears that the "wild” prepare a^brisd^M^^fter the
man convinced the sheriff last week attorney has had time to answer, »though he skidded his tires for 14 at 2 o’clock. Interment will bo in the atioh of those solicited they hope to
finish the drive in one day, so that the
that he was not eo wild ae the cover Judge Brand will render his decision ^p, the Rick h(t the Cbev hard Masonic cemetery.
on the demurrer. If the judge over- enourh
Utter>,
Mary Anderson was born in Lane several committees may not be ham*
ing on hie face indicated.
county, near Eugene, in 1868
Her pervd in starting their work.
The Cornfield Canaries, with J. L. rules the demurrer, the case will then bumper and bend an iron pipe,
for trial. Should be sustain; The
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left iiiniv
front v*
of vssv
the wsrcv
Chev was
bad-
parent* vassea«;
came vx/
to xzvua
Coos vuuuvj
county sstsu
and took
Smith, Aaron Wilson, O. T. and EJUs be ready
headlight, fender, radio* • claim, where Bridge is now located.
Gant, E. D. Webb, Dr. P. M. Drake, it the eases will probably be dis- ly
tor Bnd exje being broken or jammed
Mrs, Brown was twice married, her
F. G. Leslie and H. H. Hartley, en- m'ri*ed.
and the wheel set beck against the Irst husband being Weuley Nosier,
livened the evening' with the Corn
frame. The Nash was mashed on its ’ who now lives near Vancouver, Wash,
Show songs which have been so popu
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o sons were born to them, Earl and
left side.
lar for years. “Where the tall corn
ACTIVITYON CO-
QUILLEHEIGHTS
DR. G. E. LOW IN
MEXICAN PRESS
Phil Metachan, republican candidate
for governor, spent three days in Coos
county this «seek, and at North Bend,
Marshfield, Coquille, Bandon and Myr
tle Point, he addressed meetings. Ho
was at the Coquille Hotel Tuesday
noon where about 50 listened to his
characterisation of the few who
handed the republican central eomlnit-
tee so rotten a deal last week.
He paid his respects to Jas. Watson
in no uncertain terms, declaring he
had invited Mr. Wataon to be present.
Mr. Metachan is radically opposed
to state socialism, which the indepen
dent movement is "seeking to foist on
Oregon and is opposed to state and
national ownership of utilities.
Hie platform, he declared, dealt with
child welfare matters, free text books,
tax reduction, old age pensions, and
other subjects which are of greater '
importance to the people of Oregon
than the chimerical idea of cheap
po’Wer without cost. If elected he pro
mised go the limit in safe-guarding
the right* of the people, protecting
water power site* and other state no
sources.
His account of how Mrs. Metachan’s
mother, in eastern Oregon, had been
forced to seH ter farm, which had
been worth 8100 an acre, for 810 per,
after the irrigation district* were or
ganised, was illuminsting as to what
can and will happen if the power bin
is adopted Nev. 4. She had refused to
go into the irrigation scheme, but a
year or so later received her first no
tice that her land was inclurdd, in the
shape of an assessment notice.
The
land had been made part of the dis
trict without her knowledge or consent
when a notice was published In a '
paper she did not see, outlining the
boundaries of the district. She was
helpless and eventually sold the farm
which had been in the family for gen
erations at 10 per cent of its former
Nosier, both of whom live in or
No one was seriously injured.
grows,” “Coquille, the land of chit
The Sentinel on Wednesday received
ar Coquille.
a copy of the El Nacional. published in
tim and cheese,” and others of ten
In June, 1918, Mrs. Nol*r *•’ Mexico City on October 8, in which it
Miss Helen Heald and her mother,
and fifteen years ago are as much en
That Coquille Height«, the sightly Mrs. Edna F. Storm, escaped very f ignited in marriage to Wm. Brown, telb of two "Americans’’ who trav
joyed as when they were first heard.
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elled from Vancouver, B. C., to Mexico
J. E. Norton, chairman of the ex , addition to Coquille, below the Co-, fortunately from serious injuries to who also survives her.
For
yean
Mn. Brown conducted _
a City, by automobih. Of course, the
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ecutive committee, called attention to qu:lle water reservoir on the hill east themselves last Sunday morning,
teem, is destined to become one of | about 11 o’clock, when the former’s business in CoquHle, a* dry goods paper is printed in Mexican and we
the change in this year’s policy, ne- of
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ceasitated by the expensive repairs the finest residential sections of the Chevrolet coupe went off the grade on merchant, milliner, restaurant owner cannot reproduce it, for very few of
made hurt spring to the Community city is becoming more certain evary th« Norway-T^e road, about half a avid for twenty yean a confectionery, our subscribers could get the entire
I mile frem the highway. Miss Heald new located on Front street ; and story any more than the Sentinel
Building, of a 25-cent admission to week.
Nosier A Walker own a great many crowded the bank side of the road to known as The Poinsettia, at the rear force could. But a faint knowledge
boU> the Friday and Saturday even
ing entertainmenta. He also called acres
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of Spanish enabled us to learn that Dr
around the reservoir, both north allow a car to pass, and when the of which they made their home,
A woman of indomitable courage, G. "Earl Low end Jin*. Low’s uncle.
on the several chairmen for reports. and south from it but the choice lots wheels struck soft dirt she'could not
County Agent Jenkina, of the booth already platted are along Grand View pull back into the roadway. She was Mrs. Brown would not yield to the af- Geo. L. Oldhausen, had arrived there
committee, was sure the booths would 1 Terrace, Hoover and Riverton streets. driving slowly, which explains why Cctien'from which she has suffered so to start theirfiogging operations. The
all be taken, Fairview, McKinley,
R. H. Creager already has a home the accident we* not more serious, long, and which would have over- distance’ mentioned as covered by the
of a less heroic nature, and two Americans in their car was 8,000
Parkeraburg. Norway, Arago and the finished
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toward the south end of The ear rolled over once and partly eoi
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a distance
of about 26 _hs* made
Coquille Gesamunity Chib ahaady Hoo.'er street, C. D. Walker’s
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, her way eucoe*»fuily under kilometers, or 4970 miles.
having signified their intention to en residence is nearing completion near- feat and stopped against the rising physical handicaps from which she
It is our belief that. Dr. Low has
er the C. L. Willey home, and that of. rrodW^on the ether sMe of tha ravine.'Wbred.
ter booths.
I » slid cause for • suit' -tee daasages
E. D. Webb, treasurer, reported a A. 8. Bean, between th« two and
Miss Heald suffered bruises, but was 1 Outspoken and fearless in expree- against the paper, for twe pictures ap " Mr. Metachan was pleased with the
able to be out next day, whille Mrs.1 ing her convictions, and a considerate' peered with the story, purporting to
budget of 81365 for the 1929 show, of Hoover will soon be ready fo
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assunanees of support he received in
with expense« of 81309.15, and Mr. eapancy.
«Storm era* not injured.
and kindly friend to thoae who know . be a likeness of each of the men, but all sections and believes that he will
Norton Mid there would be need for
A three-acre tract, just beyond the
The Chevrolet was pulled out by her well, hers was a personality which we are inclined to believe that a phot be the next governor of Oregon.
1 south end of Hoqyer, has just been Hooker's wrecker, with a torn top, left an imprint on the village of Co ograph of some Mexican bandit, or
at least that much thia year. l .
From other source* it is learned
Mrs. W. V. Glaisyer reported for, contracted for by Dr. J. R. Bunch.' some maehed fenders and broken quille, and she took as prominent a former revolutionist was lifted from that the peak of the independent cen-
the Woman’s Club that the ladies who intends to improve it, possibly rias,, fltrange as it may seem none part in its activities, as it grew, as the paper’s morgue and Dr. Low’s iidate’i popularity passed two or
were ready to furnish all the help re-, next year, by the erection of a nice
name used.
the rlsss was broken bv the drop, her physical limitation* permitted.
three weeks ago and it will be his
home. ^1,
___ _ on the p’ace will, b«t the
' coupe wa* ’« • twisted position
quested.
A spring
| The name of the company under fight now to hold hie strength.
Mrs. J. P. Beyers, for the B. A P. provide
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the water, not cn’y for do- •’>■'1 when trailed out the windshield
* which they will carry on their logging
Asks for a Year’s I .eave
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Marion is swinging into the Meta
W. club, asked whether a parade was mestic purposes, but for an outdoor' «nd one window cracked.
Rev Hal- B Eub.nk», vicar of>Bt.
chan column, as are the other Willam
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desired for Friday afternoon, and was swimming pool, but the doctor will
James Episcopal church here since Lumber Co. Their timber is located ette counties, and in Portland Meier
told that it all depended on what the have room there for a small-sized
16 True Bilh Found
February, 1927. has requested a year’s between Monterey and San Luis bumper placards are disappearing at
Potosi,
and
when
they
interview-
club desired to do. The parade is al- country estate, with all the advan-
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The grand jury report, made to leave of atwenc« from Bishop Sumner,
ways an outstanding feature of the tag«* of the town, and a view unaur-
and
expert,
to
leave
eariy
in
Decern-
Judge Brand here Tuesday, included
I at the Hotel Rita, in Mexico City.
two days.
passed in the valley.
Failed to Walk on the Water
. 16 indictments, nine of which were ber for Cambridge, Mass, with Mrs.
■ J. L. Smith and the Canaries, who
Another home to be built there
If anyone wishes to know more
Eubanks.
He
plans
on
spending
a
The Lion* Club
yeete
was
will have charge ef all music features.^ soon will be for Adolph Ialer, propri- blind. One of the latter contained
shout what these two Americans are
two names, and bench warrants were year in study, taking a part of his sub
served with baked salmon,
t by
and the Saturday evening entertain- • etor of the Coquille Sheet Metal
doing,
the
Sentinel
will
be
glad
to
per
issued Wednesday mornig for the ar jects in Harvard University and a part
Geo. Ulett, on the Rogue, the first of
ment, said no program had yet been Works. He has purchased lots and
in the Episcopal School of Theology. mit him or her to read this copy of El ‘ha week.
rest of those indicted.
It sppsrently weighed
Nacional.
12n*,."p’ int .H WM..,“ur*? th,t 9? hM <iv*n “
t0 A- K- Job
Whether they will return to Coquille
The other seven were sganist:
ibout 20 pounds, but Ray Jeub re-
CoquHle Band would bo there with son for a home'which will cost in the
Ellis Barker, obtaining seoney un at the end of the year will depend on
bells on both days.
neighborhood of 87000.
4 Beach Lota Sold la Coquille srred to it as a pound and a half
der false pretenses when ho cashed a whether there is a vacancy here at
trout, when asking Mr. Ulett why he
The Sentinel wiH add that Mr.
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There was considerable activity in attempted to walk on the water in
820 bogus eheck with R. F. Miller on that time.
Smith, the originator of the Corn
Steam From Mill to Hotel
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beech property at Bandon the past landing it The wary fisherman of-
June 22.
Show, will arrange a very interesting
week, four Coquille families acquir fered no rebuttal for Mr. Jeub’s in-
Bridge
Party
for
Library
Lafe Compton was as happy as a
John Hartman, for threatening,
program for Saturday night.
youngster with his first pair of long bodily harm when he shouted, ”1*11 Uli I
The Library committee of the Wo ing 50-foot lota on the bluff just ■in nations.
R. L. Stewart, Legion commander,
trousers Monday evening when steam you,” to Aina Murmi on July 7.
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man’s Club is arranging for a Hallow south of the J. E. Paulson cottage.
In accepting the Corn Show ap
said that that organisation wohld take
heat from the mitt was |mt turned
H. V. Dunkel, larceny of two Jer- e’en bridge party and entertainment The 200 feet of ocean frontage was pointment to conduct the street
caro of the Saturday events, and W. V.
into the pipes connecting mill and •»y cahrra from the Russ ranch here in the banquet room of the hotel on sold to C. J. Fuhrman, J. E. Norton, sporte. President Ferguson named
Ferguson, for the Lions, accepted re
| hotel. The entire building and annex on May 29.
Thursday, Oct? 30. Score cards will Mm. J. A. Lamb and J. L. Smith, in Mr. Jeub as ballyhoo announcer, advis
sponsibility for introducing a new
I is wanned by the steam heat, 24
Ira Metcalf, sale of liquor, Aug. 17. be on sale the latter part of next week the order named, south of the Paul ing him ho could either use a mega
list of sports for both days.
, hours continuous service, and the
Blanche Ohman. transportation of at 50 cents. The proceeds will go to son property by Jack Kronenberg.
phone or equip his voice with a muf
J. P. Beyers reported if the root of
Last Sunday the purchasers began fler as ho saw fit.
chilly nights of the past week it has liquor, June 20.
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his committee wlH “functure,” as ‘ been comfortable wherever the radia
Lynn Nesmith, assault with intent to attend. The committee promises to a determined assault on the furse and
Dave Rackleff furnished the enter
Andy says, they will make the old
underbrush which covers the bluff, tainment for the luncheon with a very
tors were open.
to commit rape, at Riverton, July 2.
make it a very pleasant affair.
time dance, which clooee every corn
clearing spaces where they expect to interesting five-minute talk on the
Whether the Farmers A Merchants
Gene Mecum, driving while intoxi
show, the best yet.
erect cottages. Whether all four will drug business, bringing in many hu
Bank, Richmond and Odd Fellows’ new cated, near Bandon, July 8.
Everyone
Bring
Your
Com
F. G. Leslie promised to make the ' building are to be also heated by steam
build cabins next year is uncertain morous incidents which have come un
Not true hi lie were returned by the
Wc hear this week of another dis
masquerade feature the equal of any
from the mill has not been announced. grand jury in the following cases play that might be included in the but there is no doubt that four more der hi* notioe.
in the past.
cabins will appear on the bluff witnin
which were brought before it:
1930 Com Show, although it is hardly
Chris Nelson, possession of still and an exhibit for which much in the way ■* year or turn.
14,229 Voter« Are Registered
To Resume Drilling Soon
Teachers Institute Next Week
The progress made by the clearing
,
of prise money could be offered.
When County Clerk Watson had liquor, June 7,
A
meeting of the board of directors
squad Sunday proved that the Job
Fred
flhenherd.
on the same
On October 20th and 21st the Coun finished weeding out the duplicates on
A youngster in Marshfield, after
of directors of the Fat Elk Oil A Gas
was
not
as
hopeless
as
it
looked
be-
charges,
June
7.
ty Institute will be held in Marshfield the Coos county registration lists, and
reading that the Corn Show would
Company was held Monday, October
Oscar Olson, possession of liquor. be held Nov. 7-8, remarked to hi« fore they started.
High School. A very interesting time had checked in ail new registers, he
14th, at the company’s offices in Co
ts antiepatod as several good speakers found that the total number, eligible June 30.
mother. "Mama, you’ve got corns,
quille.
AU the directors were present
S. V. Ennerson. assault and bat- why don‘t we"f8“evar 1 19»
Rains and Frost Thia Week
have been secured. Those taking part to vote at next month’s election is
so were also Hal Baxter and 8. M.
from out of the county are as follows: 14 229, an increase of 927 over that tn terv, Aug. 8.
Early morning rains on Tuesday Nosier who are at present conducting
C. A. Howard, Dr. George Rice, Dean 1928.
Elmer Watson, charged with tale
and Wednesday thia week did not ma a 220 ,000.00 campaign for the com
Pheasants Are Scarce
J. R. Jewell, Mrs. Sara Prentiss, Miss
The division into political affiliation ing chittim bark from Clarence 1 Hat-
Chinese pheasant hunter«, out Wed- terially increase the fall precipita pany. They gave a very favorable "re
Esther Church and Mrs. Saidee Ort shows 9745 to be republicans, 3897 eheris barn at Fairview, June 8.
n-viday for the opening of the season, tion, but did wash away the frost port of the campaign* and 'dedatdfi it
Dunbqr.
Wihna U’ainer, tnan* portwt ion of
democrats. 27 prohibitionists, 86 eo-
, did not do so well in this valley, only which was very heavy at three o’clock to bo progressing most satisfactorily.
liquor, June 20.
i one mah. Luckey Bonney, having been that morning. Since the first of 8ep-
j ciaHsts, 14 progressives. 376 indepen-
The company plate to reeumedriU-
re”orted t*> bar« sreved the limit of tember the rainfall has been 8.40 ing operations as soon as a now string
Sheriff to Spill B oom k dent, and 85 have no political prefer-
Two Hsve Pleaded Guilty
four. Ned Kay rr turned last evening ¡"«hr»-
Sheriff Hess is to have a liquor ene*
of casing is obtained.
Th* flr,t fro,t
the »«*»«”> visible
T*ro men. held in the county jail, from Halrey where the ehWing was
Mr. Gault has temporarily resigned J
party aoon .nd the court houM em-
CoqalI|e ,t M p Tomorrow
ployes can enjoy a fumes jag. for the w '
waived grand jury investigations last more prolific he and a companion •< •*» »’«dock wa* this morning,
as president of the company due to a
county court has ordered
that all t
High goes to Myrtle Point week and entered their rfieM pf guilty having kitted fifteen.
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serious spinal injury which will neces
Circuit Court Nuxt Wwk
seised liquor in the basement, not ‘“"«orrow and Coach Hartley W« he before Judre Brand in Circuit court
sitate his absence for some time, how
«xpecta the boys to make a betteT Tneeday. Leonard Smith who cashed Call SI 18,000 County Warrants
needed for evidence, be destroyed.'
The October term of the Coos Cir- ever, he will still retain his office as a
showing than they did last Saturday. a bogus cheek at the Hub hi Marsh
Vv arrant* called by County Trees- euit cou£L',yrill open here next Mon- director. H. T. Wimer, of Coquille,
Myrtle Point loat to North Bend. 12-0 field. for 825. on Sept 22, waa sen urcr Chas. Steuff for today aggregate day. Judge J. T. Brand presiding, was elected by the board of directors
r last Saturday bat they are a husky
tenced to two veara in the peniten approximately »118.000, of
which,There are enough criminal and civil to fill the vacancy of Mr. Gault and
- bunch who will give the local boys all tiary, with a 80-day stay of execn- 188.000 are general fund and 830,000 case* on the docket to keep the J. 8. Barton, also of Coquille, was
! the footbaH they want. Coquille is tion ordered.
rosd fund.
The general fqpd war- court in session several weeks if the elected to fill Mr. Wimer’s chair as
> still suffering from injuries and it is
«rise*
Mvron Shannon, driving while in rants are for six jnonths, an<J up to latter are all ready for trial.
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■ doubtful that Tailant Greenough or toxicated in Bandon. June 22, ia to be Oct. L 1929; the road fund for four
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Ray DetMben ean play.
sentesreed Mov. 10.
months and up to May 1, 1988,
Calling cards IM far *1M.
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