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About The Coquille Valley sentinel and the Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1917-1921 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1917)
• -iiw l w*r * »ro«»onBc*d a little too n u ll, so fol- «he unrevelled them end knit them Preei- alt over. M o re Aniskin« them, how Preei- over, she had gone went to O kie/and See re the e u te Bed Cross there had aeeas '■ Alio» I now frill« in its regulations, and so [las. refused to accept them. Nothin« Mr of daunted but determined to do her bit Iky to ]If it took el! Mrs. S. petient- ttend the K nights of Pythias. Ily unravelled them a second tim e and The Freshm an class organised I reknit them fo r the third time. By uesday and elected the following this tim e, however, she had got into ■cars: President, E verett Freed- th s Illinois jurisdiction, and they had eks; Vice President, Fred W imer; some other requirem ent th a t would ic re ta ix M arjorie H azard; T reesur- Lhave to be complied w ith before the , Jeffle Beckman. articles could be accepted. It is no The G irls Glee Club resumed prac- wonder she lost patience and has not bo Monday. Many new members found tim e to reluoit, and in th s w inter •re enrolled and a splendid year is th at is coming lots of beys a t the ¡ported. [fro n t will suffer for such comforts as Officers for the Sophomore class fori f those m artinets a t the head of those is year are: Pauline Chase, Preei- three state chapters refused to accept. int; Londy. Church, Vice Presidentr] — ------------------- HHem Oerdhtg, Secretary and Tree- Farewell Party Here, rer. ttoa. to the das, tel. After dom <d the M. E. choir ro- , wer* B ® ton* ey and Go*®on bearsal Thursday evening Mrs. Downs We Recommend STROIT VAPO R STOVES m A fter crossing into Mexico the Ore gon women nearly go t into“ jail, all because they persisted in w earing th eir revolvers in the eccustomed niches a t th eir sides. An a le rt |k s - lean officer spied the revolvers and made haste to read the rio t act to them , as though he were fearing arm ed invasion. In view of the fact th a t the Mexican spoke Spanish, a lan guage entirely foreign to M rs. Bowfc- er and Mrs. Purdy, the conference did not speed along as well as it aright have, but finally m atters were cleared W e have just received a shipment of Stone Jars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 gallon ;• sizes. : & H H. O. Anderson Fraederick home under the impression the choir were going for a ride. In stead they were ushered into the spacious parlors where other people were w aiting the arrival of the four teen .members of the choir. Some Ithao'w as spent in games. Refresh ments won served, a fte r which Dr. Richmond presented to M rs. Downs Holy Communion tomorrow (S atur and Miss Ada several M yrtle wood pieces from the choir ss a token of day) the F east ef St. Michael and the high esteem In which they are A ll Angels a t 9 a. m. Choir Practice tomoorw a t fi p. Ss. to r t wife in this city who has worked Sept. 80th—17th Sunday a fte r T rinity Holy Communion a t • a. as. as faithfully ss has M rs. Dogma and Sunday School a t 10 a. m. regrets are voiced on every side th at Morning Prayer and Sermon a t 11 Mr. Downs and fam ily are leaving a. m. Subject, “The Foundation of ths city. AH V irtues.” Evening prayer and Sermon a t 8 He Will Stop in California. p. m. This season will be the second D. L. Foots, who has the repute den of the course on “The Relationship ef of being the high mognl of the Boot- C hristianity to the Social Problems leggers Union a t the Bay and trim of the Day,” the subject being “M ar jumped his bond there s week or two riage and the Home." ago, was seen in San Francisco re Rev. Frederick G. Jennings, Vlcsr. cently by V irgil Wilson, of North Furniture and Hardware • For alm ost all o f th eir trip the Ore gon woman camped out along the side of the road, espee^dly on th eir trip north from Mexico. Following th s route of th eir own downward trip as fa r'a s Roaeburg, Mrs. Bowker tinned th e tru sty HupmoMle w est from th a t city to M arshfield for a tour around Coos Bay. A fter com pleting the run from M yrtle Point to CoquiUe, Sum ner, Fair-view, Marshfield, N orth Bend, Bandon and retu rn to Coquill» Mrs. Purdy received word th a t h er m other was seriously ill In Seattle. Im m ediately the two. women motor- ists Started for home, and despite the terro rs of driving over th s mountains between M yrtle Point and Roaeburg in rainy w eather they nude the crossing successfully and continued the drive to Portland w ithout stopping any w here fo r r e s t \ T hs complete trip from Coquille to the Im perial Hotel, Portland, nearly 800 miles, was made in 24 hours. W ithin an hour a fte r her a rriv a l a t the Im perial Mrs. Pur dy received a telegram announcing the death of her m other, and she dspsrtsd immediately for Seattle, leaving her trip companion, Mrs. Bowker, to ftn- torista ware finally put to the extrem ity of taking off all the spark plugs and d enning'them , e f inspecting the carburetor sad generator vary closely and going through the other pre cautions followed by the m otorist stranded on the rand. A t last a wise notion struck them and they discov ered, much to th eir hum iliation, th a t they wore merely out of gasoline. The Hupmobile was sent out on its long drive minus chains, and didn’t find need for any until during rainy w eather along the notoriously rough stretch between Redding and Duns- m uir on the return trip , Horn the em ployment of chains was so im perative to travel th a t the fem inine motorist« were compelled to camp a t th s aids of the road fo r two or three days w aiting fo r dry wenthsr to boost thorn along the way, D uring this tim e they wore forced to pick berries and catch fish, Oil, Gasoline or Distillate. FULLY GUARANTEED Bend, who has ju st returned frem Cal- Honda. Wilson understood th a t Foote was living in Oakland. As Mrs. Foots and the children have gone to Oakland it is not thought probable th a t be will The Eugene Junior High school to netmm snaat but the vacancy in the which it w as given la st w inter mads Esteemed Ruler’s chair a t the Bay has an average of 88 per cent on the probably boon filled before this Urns. ansM to s t } '- ■" V isitors to th s high school th is week were June W illey and Leslie Sshrosd- or. Leslie is planning to attend ths U nivarsity of Oregon this year. The A thletic committee m et and de cided to^ begin bucket bull practice Fiorir at Myrtle M at. FOR SALE—Pigs six weeks old. Gao. A. M ass, Riverton, Oregon. PÌANO CASED ORGAN fo r sala cheap a t the M. E . parsonage. Also fru it jara. S7tl* being made to ren t the hail and an or- Ths M yrtle Point E nterprise says: equipment te begin practice. Lust Sunday was the date of a very John Donaldson, a member of the enjoyable picnic held in the Dixon Senior class, has secured a position ia Grove in this city, in honor of Mr. Bandon and Will probably attend High •nd M rs. Charles Lindsley, Mrs. Sarah school there this w inter. * G ertrude Butler, freshm an, has also left for Bivens, recently e f Powers and Mrs. G n es Bivens and granddaugther, Mias Thao H illyer, of N orth Yakima, Wash., who havo been visiting friends and relatives her* Mrs. U ndaley and Mrs. Johnson, sisters of Robert Clin ton, of this city, and of John Clinton, of Norway, ara well remembered by many of the old-tiasea ia the Coquille valley, fo rty -e ig h t of the Clintons and relatives were present, and nil enjoyed the bontooua dinner spread «n th s long tablas beneath the trese- That Cloud Is G row ing. Wa note th a t W. F. Millar, assis tan t freight agent of the S. P. com pany, has promised the Bandon mill men a spur tra c t a t Cedar Point to facilitate the traafor of tomber from river to rail a t th a t point when it is brought up on harges from th s low- 40-acre ranch for rent, mostly clear ed. 22 aerea under plow, 8 cows, team , farm ing utensils, separator, ate. 12 tons of hay in barn fo r aalo. Good house and barn. On main road two miles north of M yrtle P o in t Cloee to cream ery, school and postoffice. In quire n t this office. completed the poems, “Golden Rod” end “Owl and Pussy O a t” This weak they are enjoying observation lessons on th s butterfly. In A rt they are tasking tittle landscapes, while in rim F irst end Second grades they are learning the different washes of w ater reason for selling. • Society. at 11 a. m. ANSCO 1 P o ck et Speedex catches swiftly moving I t t a t a ia to a c tio n FOR SALE—16 acres, all bottom, one mile from Coquille poatoffice; city w ater. Inquire John Hickam. 9tf. WANTED—CWttam Bark 1H 7 Peel. Wool A Mohair. Oso. T. Moulton. Calling cards 198 for fl.Oc All sizes Jardinieres 15c to $1.00 Pottery Hagginf Baskets $1.25 and $1.75 Fern Dishes and Bnlh Bowls 50c to $1.00 MRS. BONNIE WALKER, Prop.