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About The Coquille Valley sentinel and the Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1917-1921 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1918)
m FRIDAY, JA N U A EY , »1 8 . 4 P A O S SEVEN DEATH O F PR O M IN EN T COOS COUNTY ie Universal- Car Andrew G. Aiken, bette r know s as “ Glenn Aiken,” died a t the Soldiers’ Home at Roseburg Sunday n ig h t Ha was one o f the very eai|| m M p ji$ N il8 of t ooe county, la v in g sett led a t Empire in 1864, and having b e « fo r many years a resident o f this c ity , where he built a home la the eigh ties —the place now owned by H ark Dun ham— which waa then one o f the host in the city. His w ife- to resid in g W ith her dauKhter, M rs. O tto Scbotter, Marshfield. She had visited him few weeks a g o at Roseburg when hto condition became critical. Besides his w ife, fou r ch ildrm sur vive him. They are M rs. O tto Sc hot ter, of M arshfield; M iss F lo Aiken, who recently w ent to Francisco; James Aiken, who is w ith an engineering party near Eureka and Charles, w ho is em ployed at the Brookings mill. Mr. Aiken would have b e « 81 years on Feb. 12, h avin g b e « born in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, in 1837. A t the a g e o f 16 he lo ft with his tw o brothers, John and James, and made the trip to O regon with an ox team in 1868. A fte r short experience in m ining in W ash ington te rrito ry he cam e down to Coos Ray the next yea r and w m t to work m ining at the old N ew port shaft. . A t the outbreak o f the Indian w ar on Rogue river he « lis t e d in C s p t Harris' company and took p art in the famous B attle Sock “ * * " « w k , a couple o f o f k m on the M yrtle 1 have ear the Geo. D avie ranch and wind have done w ell. fo r M r. A l k « a n T w iU wiehed many timaa today that tide In ie m em ory aa lon^ aa ite waa Oregon instead o f Texas. plane o f rain, w e ea t d in t, the wind whipe it around; w ell w e grin and bear i t ' - v la a ll the tw en ty-five hundred m iles . * * * incom* ta x levies on heeds o f land that w e w ent across, old Coca o f fam ilies are as follow s: Income is good enough fo rm e ; itis a p a ra d is e o f «2 J M , tax to $10; incom e o f $8,- compared to this country, even with °# 0 jte x to $20; income o f $8,600, tax the mud and rain. to $80, income o f $4,000, ta x to $40; W e had some dinner today:’ tur income o f $4,600, tax to $60; income key, sw eet potatoes, g r e w peas, stu f o f $6,000, tax to $60. fin g or dressing, gra vy, cranberry Unm arried persons would pay in sauce, oranges, apples and nuts. W e this w a y: Incom e o f $1,800, tax to alw ays have w hite bread and coffee $10; income o f $2,000, tax to »20; In w ith each m eal. E verybody had all come o f $2,600, tax to $80; income o f they could hold. W e ate a t tw o o’clock, so w e w ill not g e t any supper I but w e ate enough to make up fo r the I supper we miss. W e live in tents, eigh t men to the tent, three blankets sad an iron cot w ith good springs and a tick filled I w ith straw to put on tbs springs. I Esch tea t has s stove, the sto re l i t made lik e a la rge funnel upside down | w ith a door on the side. It has no grates, it gives a p retty fa ir heat a t th a t M ost o f the men liv e in I tents. The origin al barracks are I made o f wood but they would not I take ears o f the men that are here, over ------ thousand m m are in the which was the end o f th at war. A fte r that ho tried m ining on the Sixes river in the same section, and still later spent tw o years min in g in Idaho. -• ->*' May 25th, 1874, he was united In marriage to Augusta Cunningham. He was next « g a g e d in the lum ber business on Coos B ay aa a partner of his brother, James, w here he re mained until 1876 when he made a visit to his boyhood hom e in Penn sylvania. a ter™ a t Salem fo r rob- b in gth e M yrtle Point bank o f about »10,000 in 101$. M iller was convieted « testim ony o f hto having repeatodly boasted o f having pulled o ff that stunt, but a t thè tria l clalm ed he kaew nothing about it. On thè the- On his return he received the dem ocratic nomination fo r sh eriff and was elected and tw o yoa fs la te r re elected. This le ft him a t Em pire fo r four years and about 1881 he became a citizen o f Coquille. A fte r C leve land's first e le c t !« in 1884 he waa appointed postm aster o f this city. Some tim e during the la ter The beet thing in the arm y to the Y . M. C. A .. W ithout it I don’t .know what the fello w * would do. Tonight, that to in about fifteen minutes a mo tion picture starts and some todies from San Antonio are to givo a pro gram . I am w ritin g in the " Y ” In K elley F ield No. 2. Our Y . M. C. A . to in a tent and the dust to pretty thick there as the ten t to alw ays open. M ust d ose as the program to about to start. W ith regards te the boys and wish in g you a M erry Christmas and Hap py N ew Y ear,— W alter Oerding. n o not put o ff ordering your Ford car until next spring and then expect to g e t a prom pt delivery. positing twenty-five dollars now you may reserve your car get i t „ • w ' • * - n 1 I f you wait until nei# spring you will find a great many orders ahead o f yours, which must be filled first. advance. Protect yourself against this Tby ordering ih W e want to give you your car when you want it, but this is the on ly way it can be done. Place your order today. The oqu ille V alley S en tin el for O N E Y E A R and the O regon Farm er fo r T H R E E Y E A R S , all for $1.50 E V E R Y S U B S C R IB E R paying $1.50 in advance for the Sentinel, from this date until further notice, will re ceive the coming 52 issues of the Sentinel and 156 issues of the Weekly Oregon * Farmer for that amount THIS IS THE GREATEST Club O ffer w e have ever been able to present to the farm ers o f the Coquille V alley and we believe many o f them will be glad to take advantage of it. M ail 08 the $1.50 i f you are a new Eiibeeriber or are already paid in advance, fo r the Sentinel and we will do the rest. I f you are in arrears on the Sentenei, send us enough that at the same time, and yon w ill receive both papers the time specified— the Sentinel for one year and the Oregon $ 1.50 208 PAPERS FOR ONLY $1.50; TWO FOR PRICE F0 ONE The Sentinel evtryjrntk for erne year aad The Orefea for Three ree l e n i a lia r Fi This is merely the Send All Orders to H. W. Y oung, C oquille, O r e g o n ♦ . . sí Send check or money order for $25.00 to me and tell me when you want your car. I will do the rest. i l> a. J Yours for Service, ISAAC R. TOWER A u th orized F ord Sales and S ervice M A R S H F IE L D , O R E G O N FORD- -The Universal Car Price Ford Chasis • ' ’ Runabout - ’ ’ Touring Car - Easy terms if desired. following raaolutiona 431.71 iV ia itsi.iieiu j W rite me for special term pay v 1 « Coquille Post No. *7 C.| I A . R., D eportm ent o f Oregon, at etin g Jan. 2, » 1 8 : Whereas the Grand Commander of I the universe has called Lintner H ar locker, a com rade o f our poet, Num ber 27 G. A . R. departm ent o f Oregon, | and Tapa has sounded on hto earthly irea r: •uit the testo o f every rider It to hereby resolved, that In the ighted Molar-------- * ----------- I loss o f Comrade H arlocker the poet 1er children models too—e ll at I has lost a true and loyal Comrade and the community a good neighbor |and the state n w orthy citizen. Resolved; That w hile we mourn his lose, we are consoled by the thought, | that he has b e « called and advanced | to n higher and better service in the Grand A rm y above, where the Su preme R uler o f the universe to the | Grand Commander. Reeolved; That w hile w e deeply | sym pathise and grieve, with the fam ily o f our deceased Comrade, w e hope and believe that the thought, that he now to in hotter and higher service w ill be a consolation to the fa m ily o f our deceased comrade, as w ell as to | us, his sorrow ing comrades. Resolved; That fo r th irty days the [ch arter o f the Post be draped in mourning, as a token o f respect fo r | our deceased comrade. Reeolved; Th at a copy o f these [resolutions be spread upon the m in utes o f the poet, that a copy be fu r nished to the fam ily o f the deceased comrade, and n copy be furnished the Coquille Sentinel that the same m ay | be published ifi said paper. D. F. Strang, Post Commander. Y ea a g M m Takes Father’s Piece. P rosy V acatim Jest aa Geed. (A tte s t: W alter Sinclair, Jack Kronen berg, who reached his “ Doctor, m y husband to troubled Post Adjutant. 21st birthday on the 21st o f last w ith a bussing notoe in hto ears. “ B etter have him go to the sen- month, has bom placed in charge o f all tbs business o f the estate o f hto shore fo r • m onth." “ But he can’t g e t aw ay." tote fath er, 1. L. Kronenberg. He ”T h « you g o ."— Boston Tran also has charge o f the Coquille M ill A Tu g Co. interests, end has opened script._________________________________ an office in the room form erly occu pied by hto fath er, next to the li The readers of this paper wM fee brary.— B a n d « W orld. I— plese.d to tears that there Is at Isaat o h dreaded dlsaas. that .clo n e has hem W in Spend $18,000 « Mine. P J * able bl; to erne la an Its stags* and that Is catarrh. Catarrh twins greatly Inf}u.n<-.d fey iiunetttetVinal eondutoas C. A . Peterson and M. W . M cC or-( I J J J j y constitutional reqntrm treatment. Hall’s mick have gone to Coquille to ar- Catarrh : MedMaa Is takea Internally and thru tho Blood oa the M l range fo r m achinery to be used in clearin g out the Eureka coal mine t o f c w near Hiverton. I t to estim ated that Jmutlon* about $86,000 w ill be required to put ,B1 it In operating condition, which ex- g atarrh. • ! « Reward, $1* _____J _ xa m_ - . •» (. 416.32 | In M e m o ry o f J u d g e H a rlo c k e r. The i $395.79 m ent proposition. This Is Like Finding Money V for delivery any tim é you want it next spring and you will II [F . O . B . C allin g cards 100 fo r $1.00. By de 1 1 1 . I m i________ H U fW rB fl 1 I Í 2]