OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER >, IN«. be sent to him. On Tuesday B. B. Watkins and Ray Watkins drove to The fire which exploded over Coos county Saturday afternoon is the first Bandon to be of what assistance they might. thing in everyone» mind this week. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Brotton and fam­ About three o’clock a slashing fire on ily drove to Coquille Monday to see the Smalley ranch broke out and was his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Brot­ driven with terific speed before the east wind. The homes of Mrs. Sarah ton, who escaped with only their lives Barklow and Mr. and Mrs. Jack from their home in Bandon. They Deardorff were immediately threat­ are sheltered at the home of another ened. Mrs. Barklow’« call for help son, Fred Brotton, in Coquille. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ellis and family, brought fire warden Huffman and others to help her. Cinders and she is a the daughter of Price Robi­ chunks of burning brush were fall- son and the relative of many in this ing in her yard, one burning the community, came out of the fire with all of their own family and an extra boards on her porch, another catch­ child whose parents cannot be lo- ing an apple tree in the yard. Back Gated. They found him on the way. fires were set and trenches dug to Mr. and Mrs. Clay Garoutte and protect the Deardorff buildings and daughter, Velma, came to the Ga­ the fire swirled through live timber on the Fredenberg place, missing the routte camp for refuge Sunday morn­ buildings where Henry Fredenberg ing only to help them move their and his son, Alvin, reside and mak­ goods to a house on the Oluf Aasen ing a clean sweep of the adjoining ranch for fear that the Hall’s creek upper Watkins ranches. It missed fire would reach them. M. E. Lillie, eighty-six iear the Robison place, swept through the ild Mrs. mother of Albert Lillie, ^vas Harris place to Beaver Pond gulch and forged on to the ridge which divides brought to the home of Mrs. Daisy Doyle Sunday. She was taken to the Kall’s creek and Catching creek watersheds. At one time it looked as Bear creek Saturday night after her 'tome was burned. Mrs. Lillie is though nothing could keep it from crippled and might have burned with following up Rich creek to Matheny her house had it not been for a neigh­ creek, through Pleasant Valley and bor who roused her son. He was to West Myrtle Point. As nightfall sleeping upstairs. She will stay with came the wind changed and died Mrs. Doyle until pl» ns are perfected down and the fire ceased its terrible for a new home for her. roar and settled to steady burning Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Garroutte Sunday morning the dense clouds of moved to Walter Farrier’s small smoke settled over all of Hall’s creek house Sunday. area. The families at the Garoutte Don Patrick is suffering from a camp moved out. Logging trucks and mastoid abscess which is keeping equipment, household goods, all him away from school. moved down the creek hoping that Mr. and Mrs. James Collins and the road would not be blocked at the son, James, have moved from their' Smalley place, heming them in. R home on Fishtrap to Nezperce in C. Parkers, J. W. Barnetts and the Idaho. Watkins ranch were so situated that No school was held at Arago Mon­ the fire was on three sides of them. day and many were absent on Tues­ There was no wind all day Sunday day. and the fire continued on its way out The Freshman initiation was held the ridge. At any time on Sunday Friday with a party at the gym in the if the wind had come up in such a manner to fire the large stand of old evening. Those initiated were Ken­ ton Myers, Everett Doyle and Bernice growth fir on the Barnett place noth­ Gillespie. ing could have saved the families on Clarence Schroeder came in Sun- Hall’s creek, but the wind did not day evening from Corvgllis with come up. Floyd Bennett, of Bandon, who Arago had its share of refugees from Bandon. Mr. and Mrs. A. Haber- moved his family to Corvallis early Sunday morning after they were ly, parents of Mrs. S.C. McAllister and burned out in Bandon. He was Mrs. Oluf Aasen, arrived about noon anxious for help in driving the return . Sunday in a state of exhaustion, their trip, so Mr. Schroeder came with, home south and east of Bandon had him. Mr. Bennett was manager of; been in the first swath at the fire and the Bandon Creamery which went so quickly that they could not was destroyed Swift and Company save even their clothes. Their live­ stock and moat of their chickens mir­ in Coquille are taking care of the aculously found shelter and safety. Bandon milk during the emergency. I Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hampton left On Tuseday morning Mr. Haberly lay morning for Portland, where returned to milk the cows and crate 1 will have charge of the Coos the chickens. Ellis Rackleff accom­ panied him. Mrs. Haberly is staying county booth at the Pacific Interna­ head of the quilt department and Mrs. tional Stock Show. with Mrs. Aasen. Tyrrell Woodward as head of mis­ Mrs. Edith Woodward left on Wed­ cellaneous sewing and the bazaar. A In the very early morning Sunday Mr.- and Mrs. Ed Wannafnaugher, of nesday for California, expecting to good deal of sewing on tea towels Bandon, arrived at the home of her visit her sister in Humboldt county, was completed after which the host­ brother, S. C. McAUister, their car then journey south to Pasadena to ess served fruit salad and whipped loaded with bits of furniture and visit two other sisters and finally to cream cake to Mesdames Art Farrier, clothes, all they had saved from their spend several months with her Earl Edgemon. David Root, Frank home. At daylight Mr. and Mrs. Leo daughter, Ruth, in Los Angeles. Burbank, S. C. McAllister, C. S. On Friday at ten-thirty a group Webb, Albert Lillie, Sam Root, J. L. Cox, another sister of Mr. McAUister, arrived with only a few clothes. They gathered at the home of Mrs. Sam Burtis, Leon Pauli, John Carl, Ernest had helped save Mr. Cox’s parents Root for the first lecture and demon­ Watkins, and Mrs. J. F. Burtis. of and could only escape with their car stration conducted by Miss Jessie Portland The meetings will be held and their lives. Mrs. Cox will remain Palmiter from the extension depart­ at the homes of the members on sec­ in Arago at the McAllister home for ment of O. S. C. In the morning there ond. third and fourth Wednesdays in a time. The Wannamaughers return­ was a very interesting and instructive the afternoon until the work and ed to Bandon Sunday to see what demonstration on the cooking of weather warrant taking the full day. strong-flavored vegetables, with Mrs. David Root will be secretary they could do. Mrs. Rheinhardt Maas received onions, cabbage and turnips being and treasurer for the coming year. Price and Lois Schroeder left on word from her parents, Mr. and Mrs. used. These were deliciously cooked Chas. Trumball that all their proper­ and at the noon hour tables were set Friday evening for their home in ty was destroyed but they were safe and sandwiches and fruit added to Corvallis, after spending the summer at the home of a daughter in North the vegetables for a nutritious lunch­ vacation at the home of Mr. and Mrs. eon. After the dishes were washed, Frank Burbank. They will register Bend. At noon on Saturday Mr. and Mrs. the ladies convened for a permanent for their sophomore year at O. 8. C. J. L. Backman, of Myrtle Point, B. B. Watkins and their guest, Mrs. organization meeting. Mrs. Sam Root Tbena Warner, left for Bandon to was elected as permanent chairman, who conducted a singing class under spend the week-end. They did not Mrs. Lawrence Rackleff, vice chair­ the WPA at Arago last winter, has see any unusual fires as they drove man, and Mrs. Earl Edgemon as sec­ announced that he will hold the class down. Mrs. Warner went to Prosper, retary, librarian and treasurer. The again this winter if there are any in­ where she was a guest of Mr. and next meeting will be held at the home terested. He has just returned from Mrs. L. Myrberg The Watkins drove of Mrs. Ernest Hamamck on the Les­ a months’ special training in the work The at Eugene. to the home of their daughter, Mrs. ter Clinton place October 30. Clarence Butler, of west Myrtle J. K. Baker at a cranberry bog south­ time will be ten-thirty with the dem­ east of Bandon, arriving about five. onstration subject, mild flavored veg- Point, spent Saturday and Sunday Soon after their arrival they heard eatdes,’ emphasizing carrots, beets, helping Mrs Sarah Barklow fight fire the fire coming and made prepara­ parsnips. There will be seven meet­ around her homo. Mr. and Mrs Alex Barklow and tions for moving her possessions as ings in all to be held on the last best they could. It seemed that they Friday of each month, at the homes Bonnie Jean have moved their things would be burned before they could of the various members of the group. from the Burbank ranch on Fishtrap get away when the wind changed There will be three demonstrations to the Price Robison ranch, where slightly and swerved away from the on vegetable cookery, two on home they will remain until the camp, Baker bog. They could not return to improvement and decoration with where Mr. Barklow is employed, is Bandon by the usual road as it was emphasis on color combination and closed. Their sons. Ellis and Lyle, blocked by the fire that swept away two lessons on home tailoring. Miss are on a ranch at Terrebonne three the Haberly home. They drove south Palmiter has a charming personality, miles north of Redmond, Ore., which to the Two Mile road and battled an abundance of enthusiasm and a they have leased. Their parents will their way back through flame on the fund of real Information for the home join them there and plan to make highway and the Bradley lake road. makers. All*ladies adjacent to the that their permanent home. The land About nine o’clock they left Mrs. meeting place are cordially invited to is irrigated land with ladino clover Baker with her daughter, Mrs. John attend. Those present Friday were, seed as the main crop. Mr. and Mrs. George Golden drove Damron, and helped another friend Mesdames Edith Woodward, Tyrrell move out ahead of the fire. In this Woodward, Oluf Aasen, Ernest Wat- up from Los Angeles last week and manner they were separated from kins, S. C. McAllister, Earl Edgemon, are making their home on Mrs Gold­ their daughter and the fire drove Orvus Miller, Ernest Hammack. Reg­ en’s (Mrs Harriette Burbank) ranch them back to Coquille, where they inald Menegat, L. A. Myers, Alex on upper Fishtrap. They visited Mr arrived about one-rthirty. They were Barklow, Price Robison. John Carl, and Mrs. Frank Burbank before mov­ not allowed to return to Bandon in i Lawrence Rackleff, S. L. Lafferty, ing to their home. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Parker have the morning. Mrs. Baker and friends David Root, Sam Root and Miss I moved from New Lake, where they searched all day Sunday for them or Jessie Palmiter. The regular monthly missionary have lived for the past two months, their bodies. Their car was unharm­ ed in Bandon. It was Sunday eve­ meeting will be held on Wednesday, and are living in an apartment in Co­ ning before word could be sent to October 7, at the home of Mrs. Ev­ quille. They moved on Saturday just Bandon of their safe arrival at their erett Lafferty with Mrs. Tyrrell ahead of the fire. Rev. F. H. Barr, of Myrtle Point, home. Mr. and Mrs. John Damron Woodward in charge of the program An enthusiastic meeting of the la­ preached the morning sermon at Ara­ were among the fortunate few who did not lose their home which is in dies aid was held at the home of Mrs. go Sunday. This will be his last ser­ B. B. Watkins last Wednesday when vice at Arago due to the change in the northeast section of the town. Ray Watkins arrived Monday eve­ organization for the year was ef­ morning program inaugurated by the Earl ning from Eureka to get word of his fected. Mr». 8am Root was elected churches in Myrtle Point. sister and family as no news could chairman with Mrs. Albert Lillie as Downing, of Coquille, will preach ARAGO Pacific International Holds Stage Oct. 3*10 1! TYie West’B great yearly exposition and entertainment feature is ready for the curtain to roll up. T Pacific International Livestock Exposition opens in Port­ land, October «3rd and continues until October 10th, inclu­ sive! Featured in this ¿6th consecutive event are 19 great shows in one—including exhibits of the world’s finest dairy and beef cattle, sheep, hogs, horses, poultry and pet stocks, dogs, land products, dairy products, fish and game, 4-H Club work, wool and niohair, industrial products, and flowers. U Wild, outlaw horses from the ranges and sleek, perfectly groomed purebreds from the show rings will both be seen in the Rodeo and Horse Show, which are packed this year with new features and thrills, including famous U. S. Army Horse Show riding and jumping team. 1i We suggest that a visit to this great show is both an education and an entertainment treat for every member of the family. Attend if you possibly can. And may we remind you that this bank always seeks to encourage those enterprises that contribute to community welfare. NATIONAL BANK of Member Federal Deposit 1 khiiuji.il IJ DR. De La RHUE Eyesight Specialist IjUrd Bldg.—Reception room Jointly with Dr. J. R. Bunch Coquille DR. RALPH F. MILNE Dentistry 1st Nall. Bank Bldg, HARRY A. SLACK Attorney -at-Law First National Bank Building Oregon Notice is hereby given that in ac­ cordance with a resolution duly adopted and entered of Record by the Board of Supervisors of Beaver Slough Drainage District of Coo» County, Oregon, on the 11th day of September, 1938, the Board of Su­ pervisors of said District will receive at the City Hall at Coquille, Coos County, Oregon, at any time before the hour of ten o’clock A. M. dn the 20th day of October, 1938, sealed pro­ posals for the purchase of »15,000.00 worth of negotiable, six per cent, semi-annual interest, coupon bonds of said Beaver Slough Drainage Dis­ trict in the following denominations and the following maturities, to-wit: Two bonds of »500.00 each, due January 1, 1938; Two bonds of »500.00 each, due January 1, 1939; Two bonds of »500.00 each, due January 1, 1940; Two bonds of »500 00 each, due January 1, 1941; Two bonds of »500 00 each, due January 1, 1942; Two bonds of »500.00 each. due January 1, 1943; Two bonds of »500 00 each, due January 1, 1944; Two bonds of »500.00 each. due January 1, 1945; Tvzo bonds of each, due January 1, 1948; Two bonds of each. due January 1, 1947; Two bonds of »500.00 each. due January 1, 1948; Two bonds of »500 00 each, due January 1, 1949; Two bonds of »500.00 each. due January 1, 1950; Two bonds of »500.00 each, due January 1, >1951; Two bonds of »500.00 each, due January 1, 1952; Said bonds to be dated July _ 1, . 1936. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. S. H. STOCKHOFF, J. E. FORD, JOHN YOAKAM, _« Board of Supervisors Dated this 17th day of September, 193« HARRY A. SLACK, First National