w m m m rn m .
This Tear
— Strive for big returns.
S p ecial C a ta lo g *—
i s ill have to hunt him a cook, aa his
■ mother w on't bo with him alw ays?
Arthur Crosby was a G ravel Ford
i visitor Saturday.
Elm er Olson was also a visitor at
i G ravel Ford Saturday .from Coquille.
!
W . H. Bunch was down from Mc
K inley last wash on a business trip.
Quite a number o f people attended
the G ravel Ford church last Sunday
, in spite o f the mud and m in.
Miss Velm a B iclow was a public
school visiter last week.
Arthur Crosby went to Coquille
this week.
Mr. Wood apd fa m ily and Arthur
Crosby ware visitors a t the Iverson
home Saturday.
Clyde M cGary, o f M arshfield, is a
new student a t the academy.
The M yrtle was up ths river Sun
day a fte r a loud o f potatoes a t ths
Summerlin ranch.
Several o f the students o f the
Gravel Ford Academ y w ere visitors
at the boms o f Hr. Landreth, o f Co-
quille, Saturday and Sunday and re
ported a good tim e.
as entire absence o f taxes against im
provements whore the owners are
reaping good incomes. It is probable
the county court m ay com pile a Hat
o f such places and print them fo r the
benefit o f the real taxpayers o f the
county.
Tw o notable instances o f
this kind have already bean found in
Marshfield. Record.
members, and if it is not tea
trouble to tall John to sand
Note. The lodge r e fin e d to is
Odd Fellow s, and ths dues of
members o f that order a re reasr
while they are in scrrlsa.
by day
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LOREN KNIGHT, Coquille, Or
CURRY,
AND
D O U G LA S
C O U N T IE S
Builds m Big Dyke.
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m iles an h ou r on
ll’i a hummer i
COOS,
unmatched ¿Record
W >n ; i v r
It’s a World-Beater at the Price
S. P. Buying Tide Lunds.
Tha Southern Pacific Railroad com
pany recently filed a dead a t Co
quille fo r a la rge tract o f tide-w ater
land in A a vicin ity o f Glasgow. The
tract contains som ething over 160
o ctet and is In the im m ediate neigh
borhood o f the G lasgow tonwiste. The
property was puchased from Gay
Lom bard. I t is believed that ths com
pany has soma intention o f opening
the coal on the G lasgow property,
since there it a Southern Pacific sur
vey from a point on N orth slough, to
ontans
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R em em ber that the B U S H is not
B U S H Cars hove been In service fo r ye
Calling Cards, 100 fo r «L 0 0 .
W Sm
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m
y it t
BEE s u m ía s
FERTILIZERS
at ths prion.
About eight years ago, Jao. Clinton,
of Norw ay, on thioo secsseeiva even
ings rods his horse, "Skipper” by
name, down to the pasture and round
ed Up the cows and drove them up Is
the barn fo r ssHking.
The f ourth
e\ ening as ho started fo r the pas
ture to b rin g up ths cows, ho no
ticed "S k ip p er" at work getting ths
cattle bunched. M r. and Mrs. d in -
ton waited and watched te see what
would happen and soon, the Intelligent
horse had tha entire head at ths ham.
And not one evening since that time
has this fa ith fu l animal failed te
round up the herd et the proper time
and bring them to tbo born. He ia
quite a pet o f tha fam ily and at timos
exhibits alm ost human intelllganao
W
We can
Serve Yen
to Year
I Profit and
Satisfaction
NURSERY sto ck
POULTRY s u m isa
cor for $873. N ow here in Amorten on* j
“Skipper* Was O r the Job.
m agH r
west Guarantees that
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W /a iJt « i B H s æ n
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Peter Cowan recently cem pleteo
the dyking o f 170 acres e f his farm
o r Smith R iver. M. Cowan has «00
N O TIC E TO C O N TR AC TO R S.
acres on his place, which is located
six m iles from Gardiner by the r iv e r .,
The w ork was preform ed by the
Umpqua Developm ent company * ith
th eir dredge. The dyke is seven fast
high and 40 fa st in width at the base.
It is a m ile end a h a lf ip length and the Bandon-Curry County Section
has a m ils o f river frontage. P rtv i- o f the Const H ighw ay in ' Coos
oua to dyking tha land was a marsh County,
Oregon,
w ill
be
ye-
sad o f no value moot o f the tim e, ceived by the County Court o f said
The company was SO day* doing the j County, o t its office in the Court
work and a t «6-80 por hour the work House, Coquille, Oregon, until 10:00
coot M r. Cowan «2600. M r. Cowan o’clock A . M. March 7th, 1018.
states that ths w ork enhanced the
N o bid w ill bo considered unless ac-
value o f his land «100 par acre.— eompanied by cash, bidder's bond, or
Gardiner Index.
certified chock fo r an amount equal
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to at least 6 par ce n t o f the total
This item calls to mind the fact «m ount o f the bid.
that there are thousands o f s e n s o f
a corporate surety bond w ill bo ro-
land In Coo* county which are now quired fo r fth e fa ith fu l perform ance
absolutely uaelaes fo r any purpose be- 0{ the contract in a sum equal to one-
cause subject to tidal overflow , that h a lf the total amount o f the bid.
tien fo r bidders m ay be obtained at
ths office o f the County Clerk o f said
County, or at the office o f the Deputy
State H ighw ay Engineer, in tha Court
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Company produced a larger amount o f business during 1917 than
produced hi the Statu o f Oregon by any life insurance company in any previous year.
Ill Life Insurance
deposit o f «16.00.
Tha righ t is reserved to reject any
or all proposals or to accept the pro
posal or proposals deemed beat fo r
asir County.
C O U N T Y CO U R T O F
COOS C O U N T Y .
Jamas Watson,
Coanty Judge.