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ST. VALENTINE’S DAY
F E B . 14
w ill soon be here, and w e are especially well supplied
year with sentimental and comic
this
V A L E N T I N E S
Come in and see them.
Any price from lc to 26c.
Four, three and two fo r 6c, 6c 10c, 16c» and 26c.
RACKET STORE
MRS. B O N N IE W ALK ER , Prop.
Council Met W ednesday.
Red C row Notes.
Lack o f n quorum Monday evening
A Red Ceses ( A f t e r ) Thought.
caused the postponement o f the regu I wonder what the W ill French rsfu-
lar council meeting until Wednesday
evening at which time all council-
men were present.
For the repair o f the Hall street
bridge, which the city engineer es
timates can be made perfectly safe
and good fo r three or four years fo r
leas than $800, Mr. Mansell reported
that ha had interviewed the property
and they had all agreed to Riverton thia week, and eight new
owners end
pay their pro rata q
o f the expense, members from McKinley,
city’s general fund paying
with the city's
at least one-third o f the entire coat.
The M cKinley auxiliary waa duly
cost.
The atreet
street committee is authorised , organised fo r work Jan. Slat with the
to go ahead with the repair work on follow ing officers:
the atrength
Chairman, Mrs. Frona La whom ;
strength o f the agreement.
agreeflient.
Recorder Lawrence reported that vice chairman, M il. M rytle Glenn;
own- aecretary, Mra. Sarah Forboa; treas-
ho had interviewed the property own
had urer, Mildred Most,
ers out on Cunningham and they hod
agreed to build a new walk out there
Thia auxiliary has already received
i f the city would furniah
furnish the lumber,
lumber. a ahipment o f auppliea from the local
Thia w ill bo
be done and a safe
aafe side
aide- branch and are getting buey.
This
Maaonic cemetery w
ill
N ext week we w ill have aome
walk to the Masonic
will
be the result.
resu lt
startling information to give out con-
adjustment cem ing the work done by the ladies
The committee on the adjustment!
o f F irst «street settlement tangles re- o f Roy d istrict That they are ln-
p .rted four resolutions which were ' dustrioualy “ tending to their knit-
adopted and it is thought the final ting” cannot be doubted, and they’re
chapter o f that four years’ tragedy all busy housewives, too.
“ Where
baa been written. T o pay the full there’s a w ill there’s a way,” is aure-
amount o f the contract on that Job
job Yj tha slogan at Roy.
an fixed by the court, with interest
on the shortage, a warrant was o
dared drawn fo r $840.62, which, it
waa said, w ill be paid to Lao J. Cary
as part payment o f the bonds held by
him which were declared void by the
court.
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The council also decided to pay in
terest on the rebate nude to those
who paid cosh or bonded fo r the
F irst street improvement about four
years ago.
In most instances this
interest amounts to only a dollar or
so.
The resignations o f & V. Epper
son as marshal and C. D. Hudson aa
deputy were accepted by the council.
Thia waa in line with a p re-deter
mined action by the city fathers to
separate the police and water depart
ments.
Mayor Johnson then appointed S.
V. Epperson aa water superintendent,
with police powers, and A . P. M iller
The latest way o f helping in the
a » marshal. The salary o f both o f
great world struggle is to savs can
ficer* was raised from |70 to $76 per
celed postage stamps. The Belgian
month.
conaul in N ew York states:
Mr. M iller’s bond fo r $1000 with
“ The stamps are sent with a ship
P . E. Drone, R. 8. Knowlton and Jas.
captain aa a personal package (thus
Richmond aa sureties was approved.
saving mailing expenae.) They theu
Three new garbage cans for use
are given to the queen o f Belgium.
on the streets were ordered pur
From many o f them the dye la ex
chased.
tractad and some have been sold to
The street committee was delegat
be used fo r wall paper. The money
ed to handle the repair o f Second obtained is used fo r buying milk ror
street just east o f the concrete pav
the babies and fo r hospital work at
ing at the court house. The water the fro n t Stamps printed in enve
coming down the hill to this point lopes are acceptable— color makes no
is rapidly washing out tbs fill made difference.”
there a year and a half ago aad boom
Thia work has been started in
means will have to be devised to car Portland, and it is work that the
ry thia surface water into the gulch children cold do toward helping In
to the south. A tigh t box drain was one o f the greatest o f needs— that o f
Mr. Mansell’s suggestion as to what saving the poor starving babies o f
ie needed there to preserve the con Belgium. W ill not some g rown per
crete walk on the south side o f the son take the lead-in this? W e know
street.
the children would do their part witn
Letter From Old England.
Mr. and Mra. H. W. M iller are in
receipt o f the follow ing letter from
their son. Corporal Jas. N. Miller,
who is with the American Expedi
tionary force in France:
W ell this is to let you know o f our
rato arrival back to England. You
no doubt will be surprised to find out
that w e are in Blighty once more.
Blighty is what they all call England.
W e were acrops the channel in
France but now we are detailed for
a line o f communication and I think
we will make good a t it ,too> Well,
I only wish I waa back in the States
once more as things here seem so
old fashioned and no life whatever to
anything.
Oh, say, you’d oe sur
prised to see some one pushing a
baby buggy down the street with a
young one smoking a cigarette riding
in it wouldn’t you?
Those French
children know three English *v« rd;
they are “ peony,” “ biscuit” and “ d -
help and encouragamont.
High School Wins Again.
The high school basket ball town
took another jump in the direction o f
the county championship by defeat
ing the strong North Bond team on
the latter’s floor by the score o f 18
to 18. The game was fast and rough
from start to finish, and white the
email floor prevented goad team
work, there were evidence* tost the
Coquille team is steadily improving.
W ill Oerding deserves credit tor
scoring most o f the points, mixing a
little luck with some good work. He
did especially well on shots from the
foul lino, but was counted out o f two
by the referee because he overstep
ped the line in making the shots. Pike
«aged two baskets by spectacular
shooting In the last part o f ths gam*
when the excitement was at he high-
ee pitch, and when the outcome was
decidedly in doubt.
The Coquille
team was In good shape at the dose
o f the game, and apparently were in
better condition fo r a hard contest
than their rivals. They were weak
on shooting, and had all the chances
taken been resolved into baskets the
score would have stood fully » > «
times as high. The ball was in the
hands o f the Coquille players three
fou rth ) o f the time.
It was impossible to get an out
side referee, pnd the gam * was
handled in alternative halves by Me-
Nay, o f North Bend, and Superinten
dent Almaek, o f Coquille. A large
crowd, full o f enthusiasm fo r the
home team, waa in attendance. Co
quille also had some supporters in
Elmer Neely, Pete Miller, Austin
Clinton, Otto Davis, Gordon Nelson,
Catherine Hersey, and Ben Horsey
apd w ife, o f Marshfield.
The boys
returned to Marshfield to spend the
night, and some o f them took advan
tage o f the opportunity to attend the
Junior Prom at the Marshfield high
school.
The Coquille players were: fo r
wards, Pike, Oerding; guards, Lor
ens, Oerding; center, Stanley; substi
tute,
Basket Ball Game With Marshfield.
A game will be played at Marsh
field to night, Marshfield vs. Coquille.
This is to be our second sehedulea
game with Marshfield. I t is believed
that we w ill be able to put up as good
a game as our first played with them
Jan. 18, which was a decided victory
fo r the home team, the score being
T h rift Stamp Campaign.
J. E. Norton, R. £ . Baker, C. W
Mulkey, W . J. Kistner vtrftefl the
high school Monday, Feb. 24, where
they delivered several talks in the
interest o f the T h rift Campaign.
To encourage the buying o f thrift
stamps the Farmers A Merchants
bank intend to offer a th rift stamp to
every pupil in the grades. Card with
the name o f the student w ill be hand
ed out.
Students may then call at
the bank fa r their stamps. The num
ber o f stamps necessary fo r this dis
trict will be 820
High Scbeel Service Flag.
Material fo r a service flag has been
received. The work on this flag will
be done by Londy Church and 8usie
A le il. It la to hav>. six stars repre
senting the aiumRi end student* in
to’ > ice. The t*ae when finished will
be hung in the fci..’ i school assembly
rot m
*l* r
mother< Mra.
Mary
A H ist to the Aged.
I f people post sixty years o f age
could he persuaded to go to bed as
soon as they take cold and remain, in
bed fo r one or two days, they would
recover much more quickly, especi
ally i f they take C'homUrlain’e Cough
Remedy.
There would also be lees
danger o f the cold being followed by
PAG E THREE
tU A B Y t,
central odlee at Washington as soon
as possible. The information asked
fo r refers principally to industries in
which U m registrants are qualified to
week.
Leo J. Cary, chairman o f the local
committee on th rift stamp sales, ad
dressed the high school this morn-
ing.
.
The Freshman class o f the high
school intend to give a party soon for
the honor o f the mid-Freebie#*
Mra. Morrison aad Mrs. Nosier
were visitors in Miss Fitzgerald’s
room this week.
The Fourth grade has now raised
$170.76 in Liberty bonds, baby bonds
and th rift stamps.
The Fourth and Fifth grades com
bined the opening exercises Wednes
day morning.
The Fourth grade
dramatised “ Princess Who Would not
be Silenced.” The F ifth grade dram
atised, “ T ig e r," “ Brahman,” "T h e Six
Judges,” and “ T it fo r Tat.”
Evelyn Oerding is the first student
o f the Fifth grad* to become a mem
ber at the “ Rainbow Regiment." She
has sold 266 thrift stamps.
Eugene Allen ia the second student
o f the Fifth grade, who has sold ths
most th rift stamps.
He is not a
member o f the “ Rainbow Regiment,”
however.
Ellm McCue ia a new student In
Miss Spencer's room.
Mr. Mulkay and Mr. Norton were
visitors in the Sixth grade on Mon
day.
They talked to the children about
th rift stamps and war savings cer
tificates and sneouraged the children
tc save their pennies and buy thrift
stamps.
The Sixth grade has saved enough
money to buy a card o f th rift stamps.
Miss Spencer will change this fo r a
baby bond. In 1923 the money will
be returned to the Sixth grade and
they will buy different things which
are needed in the room.
The Sixth A class is holding the
pennant fo r the best spelling in the
room.
The A class is holding the pennant
for the best spelling in the Fifth
giade.
Miss Anderson visited the Sixth
and Seventh grades this week. She
expects to leave Saturday fo r Mon
mouth.
Thursday evening the Seventh A
class, Eighth grade and Freshman
class met at Miss Treadgold’s and
surprised Mias Anderson.
L evi Wilson, a student in the
Eighth grade, had a birthday party
Friday evening.
Mias Spencer visited the Eighth
grd* Friday morning.
The Seventh grad* will have the
piano fo r the month o f February.
East Through
California
Costs But Little More
Scenic Sbasta Route, Sacred 81akiyoua, ML
Shasta, San Francisco, Loe Angeles, Southern
California.
Choice o f routes.
L et us make an Itinerary for your trip
showing train sehedulea, stopovers, etc.
Ask nearest agent or write
JOHN M. SCOTT
General Passenger Agent
Portland, Oregon
SOUTHERN
PACIFIC
in iM
im I a m a h
A A iw
crB o n
Methodist Church.
ed
bmb .
Annual Election o f Officers.
Sunday school a t 10.
Com* and
study.
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I f you are not a regular church at
tendant this church w ill welcome you.
Preaching at 11 and 7 JO b y the
pastor. Subjects: “ A Man’s Response
to the World Appeal,” and “ W het is
a Christian.”
Epworth League a t 6:80.
Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 :80.
Monthly Official Board meeting
Monday 7:80.
.
& G. Rogers, Pastor.
A t the annual meeting o f the Coos
County F ir* Patrbl Association at
Marshfield the first o f the week the
following officers were elected fo r the
ensuing year:
President—Geo. R. Sailor.
V ic* President— Geo. W. Marshal.
Secretary—Carl L. Davis.
Treasurer— John D. Goss.
Mr. Goes succeeds Mr. Armstrong
who asked to be retired. The officers
named and Mr. Armstrong constitute
the board o f directors. A levy o f two
cents per acre was mad* on the tim
ber last year fo r fir* fighting purpos
St. Jamas Episcopal Church.
es.
Secretary Davis reports that al
There will be Choir Practice to
though a considerable area was burned
morrow (Saturday) at 8 p. m.
over, recent examinations showed the
February 10th. Quinquagesima
damage to be much lees than waa fo r
H oly Coaununion at 8 a. m.
merly supposed.
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Morning Prayer and Sermon at 11
Commercial Club every Wednesday
a. m.
evening at 7 JO.
The opening service o f the Paroch
ial Mission at 7:80 p. m.
* f Ohio. Cl tr at Toledo.
Missioner— The Rsv. Jay Claud ■tat*
Lam s County, sa.
Frank J. Cheney make* oath that ha
Black, S. T. B., Rector o f Emmanuel
la Mnlor partner o f the Arm o f T. J.
Church, Marshfield. Everybody w el ebener a Co.. Ooin^ business In the CUy
come. Start right by attending the o f Toledo, County aad State
opening service.
ONE H UND RED D O LLARS for each
Under the German Heel.
and every esse of Catarrh that cannot be
February 13th:
Ash Wednesday. cured by the use of H A L L ’S C A TA R R H
The tragedy o f Belgium has awak Holy Coaununion at 6 a m. L ite r jr MEDICINE.
F R A N K 1. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and eubecrlbed In
ened the world to the full significance and Penitential Office w ill be said at
o f Pan-Germanism— that over-ambi the service fo r Women at 8 p. m.
(Seat)
Notary Public.
tious policy o f territorial ana econ
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Is taken In
There will be a daily celebration
ternally and acta through the Blood on
omic aggrandizement that reckons
o f the Holy Communion at 9 a. m. the Mucous Surfaces o f the System. Bend
not with treaty obligations and hum Service fo r Women at 8 p. m. Chil for testimonials, free.
F. J. C H EN E Y A CO.. Toledo. O.
an considerations in its accomplish dren's Service at 4:16 p. m. and a
Sold br all d n n h U . He.
Hall’s Family PlMafor constipation.
ment.
Mission Service every evening at 7.30
Belgium was the quickest highway p. m. The season of Lent is an op
to France. Therefore, Belgium must
portunity fo r all thinking Christiana
T h « Célébra tad
be sacrificed regardless o f Germany’s
to set aside as much as possible tom-
previous guarantee o f Belgian neu
I or.ilitiee and draw nearer to Christ
trality for, declared the Prussian ma,
in thought and prayer. It is a season
chine, a treaty is only “ a scrap of fo r re-vitalising the spiritual life. Let
Aw arded Gold Medal
paper” and “ necessity knows no law.”
not the opportunity pass unheeded. P. P. I. E. San Francisco, 1916
For more than four years the Uni
Rev. Frederick G. Jennings, Vicar.
ted States has been represented at
The strongest and nearest waterproof
the seat at the Belgian government
rm s r thl* rsr&Jsss'"-
Bergmann Shoe
flnwiswtaRfl
s
u rp ris e d .
The Senior clast o f the high school
are discussing at present the wearing
o f cape and gowns fo r thia year’s
Commencement exercise fo r the pci-
pose o f economy.
F y the order o f Dr. Richmond,
county health officer the high school
on Friday, Feb. 1, wss clocad and
thoroughly fun.igated on account o f
a esae o f m ess's« having developed
.in >he high teh -L There are, how-
•; or, very few ¡r the high scho-'.l who
h’.ve not had this disease so «.be dan
ger o f contagioe is slight.
The teachers o f the high school
have volunteered their services at the
court house fo r the pnrpocc o f filling
out cards containing information
from the questionnaires o f the draft
L IN E S
W rite for folder on the Apache Trail o f Arizona
by Brand Whitlock as minister. Mr.
Bible School at 10 a. m.
On Monday evening, Feb. 4, a sur Whitlock became famous in this coun
Morning Worship at 11 a. m. Sub-
prise party was given in honor of try during the four year* he served
Christian Endeavor at 6:80 p. m.
as mayor of Toledo, Ohio, when his
Evening Service at 7:80 p. m. Sub-
broad understanding o f civic prob
Prayer and Bible Study Meeting
lems was evidenced in his writings.
No more suitable man could have Wednesday at 7:80 p. m.
You are cordially invited to ^11
occupied the Belgian legation during
this critical period that Brand W hit these services.
A . J. Whiddon, Minuter.
lock and his account o f Belgian’s
tragic experience which will be pub-
Christian Science Society.
lubed serially in The Oregon Sunday
Journal beginning February 17, is
Services next Sunday at 11:00 a. m.
the biggest story that the war has
Wednesday evening meeting at 8
produced.
o’clock.
Sunday school at 9 JO a. m.
T hrift Stamps at Norw ay.
Free public reading room open ev
The T h rift Stamp campaign has ery day, except Sundays and holidays,
proved a success in tho Norway from 2 to 4 p. m.
Corner Third and Hail streets
school. Following or* the names of
U ta a
Death o f M rs. M ary Fawcett.
Miss Hazel Fawcett, who taught in
our city schools fo r several years,
writes Mrs. J. S. Lawrence from Jor
dan Valley, where she is now toach-
mt
, COQUILLE, OREGON, FRIDAY,
City School N e t « .
If a body love a body
Just as I loss you
Should a body send s body
Just s lino or two?
Yea, aad send a hurry atom
"Tie the only way to do
When s body tores sqateon*
Just aa I tore you!
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Shoe* made fo r
Loggers, Cruisers,
Miners, Sport «mea and
The Bergmann Farsene*
T * Keep Your Feet Dry U s* The
Bergmans W ater-Proof Shoo OIL
Theodore Bergm an
Shoe M anufacturing Co.
621 Thurmaa 8 L
Portland, Orogoa
Want Ads
Oat Cm! a Ward lack
W A N T E D TO B U Y — A
spring wagon.— J. N.
Phone 887, Coquill*:
one-horse
Jacobsen.
3tf
those who have purchased T h rift
Presbyterian Church.
Sum ps: Leo Marovish, Harry Moore,
Fanny Pierson, M argaret Pierson,
Teaching service from 10 to 11 a. m. FO R S A L E —Oat hay, $28 a ton; bar
Mark Pierson, M ary Schroeder, Haz
Preaching services at 11 and 7:30.
ley $26. Early seed potatoes— the
el Schroeder, Ruth Schroeder, Leona
Rev. J. A . McVeigh, pastor.
Prize Taker, the beet in America—
Kerry, Helene Karry, Itha Clinton,
Morning subject, “ The Other Fel
2 cents a pound.
d itto Terrea.
Merle Clinton, Helen Dean, Elbert low’s W ife.”
\
Phone 98x4, Coquille, Ore.
8t2
Dean, Galen Barkiow, Martha Keilen-
Evening, “ A Friend o f Mine.”
burger, A lfred Kellenburger, Hilda
FO R R E N T — Large room with fire;
Schroeder.
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C O Q U IL L E P E O P L E
bath in connection. Apply at Sen
tinel
S H O U L D E A T P IE D A IL Y
New Sawmill in C uiry County.
The Fyfe-W ilson company, o f San
Francisco, has Just begun the con
struction o f a new sawmill o f 80,000
or 40,000 daily capacity on the coast
road in northern Curry county, two
miles north o f the Sixes river. That
company recently bought the old mih
at* the dead boom city o f Lakeport
and is dismantling it to use all the
material available in the new mill
which is midway between Langiois
These moat be scat te the sad Port Orford.
Pie is wholesome, combining both FO R S A L E — Berkshire brood sow.
fruit and grain.
Those who have
W ill come in in March. By Chris
trouble digesting pie should take
Terrea, I miles down tho river.
O NE S P O O N F U L simple buckthorn
Phone 98x4.
8t2
bark, glycerine, etc., aa mixed in Ad-
ler-i-ka.
Thia flushes the E N T IR E FOR S A L E or rout— 160 acre Branch.
wel tract, removes tool matter
For particulars see Frsedrick at
which poisoned your stomach for
the Farmers’ atore.
months aad relieves A N Y CASE
stomach, gaa or constipation and pre FOR S A L E the heat and cheapest va
cant 1*4 ia the city o f Coquille.
vents appendicitis.
Loaves stomaca
8Desk auick If you want i t A t the
ia condition to digest A N Y T H IN G .
C. J.