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About The Coquille Valley sentinel and the Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1917-1921 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1918)
' • — - mT g tP F R ID A Y _______ IT n . M l- FACE M X «A «4 U m COOS BIT BRUIT b are Jaat hew much truth there to lik ely to be la the wide « « ‘ • J ^ * * * * * our b oy« who have enlisted to A *h t to t th eir country aro net ' erly cared fo r by the W ar and the Governm oot, may gin to appear oa reading ju st repaired hare by M rs. J. H . Oerd- ia g from her son, W alter, whom s v e r- body in Coquille knows: Fob. 7, m fl. Dear M other: “ A paradise” w oo be a At title fo r camp and quarter« compared to our form er heme a t Kal- ley Field, Texas. W a a rt told that this camp to the beet new eae in the United States. The b a r r e ls m ad« o f wood, flttod w ith etoetrle ligh ts aad steam hast, the roeam am large and dry, the mess hall to « about ona hundred fe e t «w ays H tables fo r the men to ent on; aU the food to cooked oa to r * « raagee, *tv in , the a batter chance to maki the food mere palatable. W e w en pieced la Imre about one o’clock in the m orning. H ere’s some remarks that w ere made: «H it me w ith a brick «a d a «« i f I am a woks,” «171 bet they take ua out o f here but at any rate w e’re s till hare, fo r how long wo do not know. Our barracks are about six from Indianapolis; the faaeous _ w ay to about a block aw ay; tho Pres to L it « Co’s, fa ctory to by the edge o f the Horn; w e am in w h a tjs known as “ Speedway C ity. Tha first m oraine in M ichigan tha therm om eter registered b below sero but tho weathei The enow to m elting, mud show about noon; pools o f collect; the next «warning to froaau up again. Uncle Sam added another blanket te our collection so now w e have four W e sleep oa iron cot* w ith real mat- tram s«; aU we need to make ths bed com plete to tw o sheets and a soft feath er pillow. Tha Bed Crum chapter issued to us knitted helm ets; they are also going to g iv e us a plane, and lots o f good talent from the city to com ing out to entertain ua and las, but not least, some o f Indianapolis fa irest girls are going to come out and dance « lip u* as soon as w * g e t everything ready. I f they leave it to ua faUows 1 don’t think that the daU w ill ba very fa r e lf. George end I have been placed special duty which relieves us o f aH fatigu e and guard duty. Tha large «hope are plate aad are to be finished by the 2Sd o f this month; then wu w ill have chance to do some real work which w ill help to win this war. W s are In the best o f health and feelin g fine. H arry Oerding in France H ere to a latter ju st received from H arry Oerding by his mother. It ap pears that ha and J. P . Mtehato, went out together are s till in the same company— Sound and Flash Range Detachment— learning the work «1 the Signal Corps. Dear M other: ' I received m y first m ail yesterday but did not g et any o f the packages you told about. It a great day. AU the boys received frem six to tw elve letters. I aged to g e t ten. W ill probably got the packages in a few days. I was somewhat surprised to that the boys had enlisted, although I expected them to. I G eorge and W alter w ill g et there in the arm y and they are in a good de partm ent— the A viation Corps. You can now add tw o m ore stars to the flag I sent you and you can alw ays ba proud o f ovary star; each star to mother has a cloud o f sorrow, but the tim e w ill coma when you w ill twice fold be paid with jo y — the boys and your boy w ill be com ing horn«, the chompiona o f world democracy. A f ter a ll it to worth the price. I am not w ith Co. A at preeen probably never w ill be again. I do not know where M att or Jim are; Mike end m yself are the only Coquille boys here. W e are goin g to school gettin g a special training. 1 de not jraew how long we w ill be I was glad to hear that Stalls and her baby are gettin g along so nicely. I de not suppose I w ill know the little shaver when I see him. Last but not toast w ill say that I am feelin g fine and hope this letter finds the rest o f the Oerding* tha same. The Commercial Club Wrnppero Signs at the and hitched ahead o f ths A n t «a d the d riv er walks bauds it. It is surprising how m e h hay can ba balanced on a e u t I saw ona load t in t would do credit to an Am erican hayrack and a single horse hauled it. The coospicuoua part o f the har- m m to the collar. A tre a t extension rieaa on top that makea the horse at Brat look like a esam i or other hump ed-back anim al. W hat the idea o f the immense collar to 1 do not know. AH the French farm houses that 1 have seen a n about alike. They a n a ll old as the hills aad bu ilt o f stone. They risa d irectly from the ground in aa unbroken lia s to the roof. They resemble a stone cow stable m ore than any other Am erican building that I can think o f ju st now. In fact, the barns and houses a n built alike, and in tw o cases I have seen one end o f a building used fo r a dw elling and the rest fo r a barn or stable. I saw one house that had chickens in ona port end people in another. A ll the fow ls I have seen a n la rge birds; chickens and ducks a n the extent o f m y neigh bor's poultry possessi ons. M ost o f the farm ers w ear wooden shoes. 1 do not think they w ork very w rit in the snow. M aybe they go bet ter on d ry ground. You mention having read that the soldiers a n poorly prepared fo r «old weather. Souse people m ay think they a n poorly prepared, but I fe e l that I have about all the blankets aad cloth in g that I want to take c a n o f. Each man has fou r blankets, three olive drab and one blue, and a bed seek to AH w ith s tn w fo r a m attress. W ith a straw m attress aad fou r blankets I have no difficulty sleeping com forta bly. I w ill adm it that I did not have fou r blankets until I reached this camp but I nevertheless slept warm. T h e n w e n tim es when I slept on a board w ithout a tick under me aad w ith only tw o blankets, so that I was obliged to sleep in a ll m y clothes, but thoae tim es have bora few and fo r the How U m Soothara Oregon Act Now Stead* at U m Natioa- a! Capital. Tha follow in g from a press dis patch from the national capitol la the Portland Journal convoya a good deal o f inform ation about the present stat in o f ths biU providing fo r govern a i purchase o f the Coos Bay W ag- Road, or Southern Oregon landa that w fll Interest many e f our read- H e objeeted te thè pròvision whieh _ roteets thooe whe bave laaeed traets a i land fa r 10 yeers or U n ger by g lo rig li t*. Under saM thè seeretary, coold ternata acquire su di equittos as I sn title them k Ha a t o o __ te raqatoe thè Southern Oregon company, in g irin e a quitclaim , to convey thè landa to thè United States fis a fo n a all incumbrancas axeept thè LXM. W ith theee amendments, Seeretary U n o favon i thè bill. Ha passe« thè queetion o f d tris km o f p ro c e d i w ith thè statem ent that thto dose n oi re q u i e comment, aa it follow s thè seme line o f action ss w a* takan w ith thè O A C. land*. The public lands com m ittee o f tha house has apparently lost the per spective which governed it in the dis posal o f the lands e f the Oregon A C aliforn ia grant. It to not w illin g to allow the »1,000 acres o f the Coos B ey wagon read rant to be sold or settled on the same terms, as shown Cheaper Lim e fo r Farm er*. by the resolution has adopted, which reads: r " The Oregon Lim e Board has com “ Tha com m ittee to o f the opinion pleted plana fo r supplying the farm that the return proposed to the gov ers with agricultural lim a and w ill ernment (re fe rrin g to the Chamber - be able to send the m aterial out early lain-Sinnott b ill, which would dispose in Juno, according to present ar Of the proceeds on practically the rangements. A m eeting called by same term s as the O. A C . lands) to Dean A . B. Cordley, o f O. A . C., not sufficient to w arrant the expendi chairman o f tho board, test W ednes ture involved and unless the b ill to to day, showed that the grea ter part o f be amended providing s la rger return, the construction work has been pro no fu rther action should be taken vided for. ereon. Machinery fo r the breaking and «T h e com m ittee to e f the opinion grinding o f tho lim estone has a rriv that amendments may ba adopted ed a t the quarry near Gold H ill and m aking it very desirable from the is being installed by convict labor as standpoint o f the governm ent that provided in the state law . Tha quar action ba had at this session, end rec ry has been leased on a royalty basis ommends fu rth er hearings in fuU o f 8 cents per ton. Lumber fo r com m ittee w ith a view to such the construction o f bunkers and other nendm enti" ^ structures has bean purchased and The sub-committee which fram ed power fo r operating m achinery Has thto resolution was headed by Repre been leased. The contract fo r the sentative Tillm an, o f Arkansas, and construction o f a spur railw ay track had ju st one leading member o f the has bean tot. A n aerial tram has a l com m ittee upon it. This was Lon- so been purchased and to being put root, o f Wisconsin, who had a stellar into place. These expenses w ill total part in «holding down'” the benefits «b o o t »12,000, leavin g »8000 o f the Oregon received under the Chamber- appropriation o f »20,000 fo r fu rther lain-Ferria act. Other members o f installation and operation o f tho the sub-committee w ere Hayden, o f plant. It w ill bo possible to increase Arizona, M ays, o f Utah, and Cram- the capacity o f tha plant, now about ton, o f M ichigan. 10 tons o f m aterial par hour, w ithout The sub-committe was made up o f exceeding the origin al appropriations. *n from the states a t the greatest Tha prices at which lim e w ill be de distance from Oregon. Out o f 21 livered by the board cannot bo quoted libers ot that com m ittee, seven, a t present, but D ees C ordley expects or one third, come from the states e f to supply the farm ers w ith adequate W ashington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho amounts at reasonable rates. and C alifornia. N o t one o f theee Convict labor w ill bo qsed at the seven, however, was a member o f the plant. Tha Ann w ill ba paid a m axi sub-committee which was given -tha mum o f 60 cento per day and wiH ba job o f reportin g to the fu ll com m ittee under the direction o f a supervisor. lyin g on our cots w e could fool the what should be done w ith the bill cold air circulating beneath us and one W ith the sub-committee thus Persian Cookery. solitary blanket was very insufficient form ed, it was easUy dominated by Cookery among the w ell to do ck to keep us warm. I hare the ab ility the Lenroot school o f opinion. This in Persia to extravagant, pertly be to sleep in cold that keeps m any men view , broadly speaking, to that the cause they are lavishly hospitable, awnke, and although I awoke several land grants in Oregon offer an oppor partly because a ll bouse servoute are tim es I spent n fa irly com fortable tu n ity to the governm ent to recover a fed from tbe leavings o f the master’s night w ith aB m y clothes on. The certain number o f s e n s o f land, from table. A favorite dish to tbe follow ing: other men in m y tent w e n up a t var 8mall pieces o f tomb of tbe sise o f a which a certain sum may ba obtained walnut are skewered on a slender rod ious tim es putting on their overalls fo r tha treasury, o f Iron; tw o pieces o f lean and a piece and jum pers over th eir uniform s and FoHowing this out to its conclusion, o f tbe delicate fa t o f tbe buge tall o f even than they could not sleep. That they count as tha “ return to the gov the oriental sheep ere put on alternate was one o f the coldest nights I have ernment” only the percentage o f pro ly, a sou peon o f garlic or oulon to add spent in the arm y. Another cold night ceeds which flow into the treasury. ed, and the kebab to toasted over a was the last night I was on Long They do not count tha money, which, fierce fire and handed hot. It 1« eaten Island. W e packed our equipment with a little salt end a squeeae o f lem under the Cham bar la in-Ferris act, on.. Tin y chickens, quells, pigeons, during the evening and had our blan goes into reclam ation, or fo r roads, doves and young partridges are banded kets rolled, expecting to leave in the schools and ports. In the 0 . A C. hot on the spit Itself to each guest. night, A s it happened we did not legislation, 10 per cent goes into the leave until nearly daylight, and spent Table knives w a n first used in I national treasury, and this w ill give the night on the bare boards o f our land in 160». the governm ent a handsome p ro fit tent doors. The early part o f the It has been pointed out that i f the In 1ST» ground was first broken hy night was clear and cold, but towards same 10 per cent to allowed in the the steam plow. m orning a cold rain set in which con- case o f the wagon road grant the net Effued throughout the day. M any o f “ Good lock” results from w ell < return to the. treasury w ill ba a defi the men did not sleep at all but I got ed efforts to succeed. c it fo r i f tha governm ent gets 10 per in a good three hours o f sleep. That cent o f the »2,000,000, which to about last night stands out vivid ly in my the highest estim ate made o f pro m em ory; everything was packed, only ceed«, it w ill have only »200,000 to A child’s drees, outgrown, can m b the bare tents were le ft. A fte r we balance an expenditure o f *232,000 to times be utilised fo r aprona. bed eaten supper and the few rem ain be paid the Southern Oregon com in g cooking utsnails had been packed T h a n la no difference in food vai pany, plus »408,000 taxes, plus »25. the men collected e ll the pieces o f between w hite and yellow corninosi. 000 or more fo r classification. beards they could find and built a bon This was the com pelling argument Born« men go « t o o duty calls—but In fire. I f the wood had lasted w e with the com m ittee, which le ft Con tbe opposite direction.—Chicago Mows. should probably have stayed by the gressman Sinnott alm ost alone in op fire all night, but it was all burned be When tho beato o f tho overshoe wear poeing the decision that the “ retain fo re midnight. W hile the fire lasted out cut them In tha shape o f a sandal. the men sang songs and told stories to the governm ent” must be in E very man w he says that manta E fforts to learn ju st what nnd we had ona o f tbs pleasantest eve creased. to a success praises both bia w ife and w ill satisfy thto demand fo r nings I have had in the arm y. F avor ite songs among the soldiers a rt “ The money fo r the governm ent have not Yonks are com ing,” "Th ere to a long, been w holly successful. Apparently long tra il and I am going back to In the purpose prevailin g to to hold diana” as w ell as s number o f others. down Oregon’s share to payment o f the taxes due the counties o f Doug las and Coos. Adding to this out Kaocka Us Out of the Box. toy o f over »408,000, the government • Just as Coquille people were learn would pay the owning company »28», The first guards sod regular troops ing how fine an article o f diet mid 463 and bear the coat o f adm inistra dlings are, aad how w ell they har tion, and recoup from the sales o f the ea a standing army were formed by monised with buckwheat in m aking land and tim ber, estim ated to bring Saul In MOB B. a flapjacks, comas the news that no from *1,600,000 to »1000,000. m ore can be secured as the part o f the I t m ay be that in the end boom wheat karaal that it consisted o f w ill greeter consideration fo r tho equita go in w ith the rest o f it to make w ar 11« Interest o f Oregon m ay be seem bread. This saems unfortunate ea ed. by devoting part o f tho proceeds m iddlings was the only flour o f any to public purposes which w ill benefit sort that could he bought fo r leas the state, instead o f turning H a H o v than w hite flour. O f late years H has er to tho general governme n t A c le e a used to a considerable extent Uoa wiH be postponed long enough to fo r mUk eowe. But i f the present perm it representative, o f the state scheme w ill fam ish m ere b rea d -for and counties to appear before the com m ittee i f they so desire. The com m ittee’s action on the rea- olutien was taken apparently without w aitin g fo r the report which It MEATTÂSTES BETTER COOI ■ ■ A n d tobacco n ow tastes much better toasted. Y o u ’ll k n o w th is w h e n you smoke the famous Lucky Strike cigarette^ the real Burley cigarette. It's toasted to develop and seal in the B urley tobacco flavor. Tbts Tear carefully plan your Plant GOOD SE E D — Strive for big returns. 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