The Coquille Valley sentinel and the Coquille herald., March 15, 1918, Page PAGE FIVE, Image 5

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Fork
Mora Latten
W ho Ara F lfk U a g F ar Ua
la Fraaee Naw.
Chatty Latter Fran Fart SiL
sense extracts from a lat­
hy Benjam in A . M
to Uve la C oquille, to his
Has D ella M. Strang.
M r.
enlisted in the aviation crop«
e year ago, but ow ing to an excess
o f recruits in that corps he has been
tran sferred to the balloon company
H o is now sick w ith the moss]
F ort BUI, Oklahoma. H e m ys:
Some o f the boys in
the censor won’t lot thorn w rite shout
what interests them most have little
to M y in their letters; not so C lare J.
Minton ye,
of
the A m exforce In
France. H ere is n latter ju st reestved
from him by Frank Burkholder, which
Our w ard m aster is soom story te ll­
ia dated sim ply, “ France, Feb. 10, er. Ho was ju st tellin g about a man
1918:” ,
v iI S
who was absent minded. H e came
home late and washed his hands and
Although I ’ve not heard from you face, threw the pan and w ater in the
I ’m goin g to w rite again and thank bed and jumped out the window.
you fo r lettin g some o f m y aid school
I had a letter from sister, Laura,
mates end friends know where I w
aad also H ay, a fe w days ago, they
Yes, alw ays was, w s m ove so much think I'm a hero, g o t
fooled, ha.
that our m ail ia worn out follow in g
us around the w orld. Some o f it w*Jl
W ell I'm tw enty-fou r years old now.
never catch up until w e are back When I joined this eerriee, I didn't
home.
I must te ll you th at I g o t a think I'd liv e another year, but I ’m
few U tters from “ Sentinel” rentiers. still plu ggin g aw ay, and perhaps I
One was from a “ Jackie” Guy K elley, never w ill hear a canon fired. I'm
be was than on the A tlan tic coast o f gettin g a ll over the excitem ent o f w ar
the United Staten.
.
now, begun to thiak its a ll a Joke, but
Would you like to know som ething when anyone gets to thinking (h at
o f this historical old country?
O f they nearly alw ays g e t fooled.
course, it isn’t perm issible to map it
W ell le t the old K aiser come. I ’ll
or locate any thing.
T o start, tha tell him th at he’s the od gra y whisk­
clim ate is like that o f tha Cascade ered d evil I ’ve been looking fo r, ha,
mountains in Oregon, n little colder
than Coos, but gives it a good s i
run fo r m oisture. Th is w in ter there
was m ors snow than usual.
The
Frenchman tells us France waa a
the w ar, but the heavy figh tin g the
la st tw o w inters has caused m ere rain
and snow.
Even now w ith sprin g
opening up, a fte r a heavy bombard­
ment, a ligh t rain w ill fa lL Oh, the
soil is quite d ifferen t from Coos. A
black gumbo about fou r to aix inches
thick meats the first glance, but from
there down as fa r as I ’ve soon, is a
m ixture o f sm all s o ft rocks and be­
fo re mentioned gumbo which it is al­
m ost im possible to m ake a w all in
w ithout tim bers. N o, it isn’t a ll le v e l;
in fa c t very little o f it is, some vary
high and rocky mountains w ith lots
o f railroad tunnels, w hile In th e low -
are long leveee and canals.
Tbs people are vary d ifferent in
appearance and customs in different
localittes.
Tbs fou r "Coquills boys that w e n
together ere scattered as though a
76m shall had fa ll an and
them. “ C urly” Larson is the only
I ’ve seen. “ M att” K arrigan was sat-
ta n g ms row wrtn r a ta , out is asw in
n train in g camp. H arry O erding and
“ Slim ” M ichels a n accounted fo r and
w ere a t ------ -- w ell it isn’t on the
m ep, anyw ay they’ll te ll about their
trip afterw ards.
; I hear an aeroplane overhead. I t is
all righ t though. D id you ever watch
an eagle soar around wai
chance to swoop down upon som ething
on the ground. By the w ay. I
goin g over to the aviation field this
p. jh to see soom relics o f “ F rits ’* ”
b ig birds.
A m erica oughtn’t to any a
about w ar m aking hard tim es. They
have not begun to fe e l it end by all
th at's good and bad I hops they won’t
have to. The w ar drove d e e r to the
core righ t from the sta rt h en .
I w ill finish this now b e fo n “ h it­
tin g the kip.” M y lig h t is only about
ten minutes long tonight and that is
a ll the tim e there is le ft b e fo n ligh ts
out.
From H a r r y Oerding.
Mrs. J. H ..O erd in g is ju st in re­
ceipt o f e letter from her eon, H arry,
dated Feb. 10, from which w e a n per­
m itted to make the follow in g ex­
tracts:
I surely appreciate a le tte r a t pres­
ent m ore then ever. W henever mail
comes to camp everyth in g brightens
up to a high pitch, end the poor fe l­
low that gets le ft is pitied.
I also received e latter from L _ She
w rote it from M arshfield and told
about her v is it a t Bandon end Co­
quille, she su n thinks that HownrJ
Jr. is ju st about t t
I w ee down to mm o f th e towns to­
day (Su nday) w h en th a n a n con­
siderable Am ercian soldiers; to m * it
was in teresting to watch tha automo­
biles and Fords pass by, aad hear the
English language spoken on every
corner.
M oat o f the towns ere sm all but
they a n very d ose together. A ll toe
buildings a n mada o f stooa and a n
in some cases quite artistic. •
The streets, as a rule, a n whaling
and narrow.
A t a ll the towns when th a n a n
soldiers th * Y . M. C. A . can ba found
and w e never miss a chance to g o to
them. M ost o f them have a canteen in
connection end sell a fe w Am erican
products, such as chocolate, jam etc.,
end w e alw ays buy about a ll they
w ill g iv e us, (th a t ia to e fa ilin g o f
the Am erican soldier, he wants to eat
all the tim e.) You d e not h a w to
w orry about us fellow s not gettin g
to sal
crooking “ Th e W atch
Saeomd “Rainbow” Regimefft.
The follow in g circular to teachers
sent out by J. A . Churchill, state su­
perintendent o f public instruction,
w ill interest a ll the children who 4m ve
been sellin g th rift stam ps:
Enrollm ent in the Junior Rainbow
Regim ent was competed M arch 2.
During the past fe w days the names
o f not less than one hundred boys and
girls have been reported to U3 each
day, who have sold $60.00 worth or
m ore o f th rift stamps. W e have de­
cided, th erefore, the organise the Sec­
ond Rainbow Regim ent.
A n y boy or g irl who has purchased
or sold $60.00 w orth o f th rift stamps
and who is not enrolled in the F irst
Reg imen t, is entitled to membership
in the Second.
A n y member o f the
F ife t Regim ent m ay become a mem­
ber o f the Second Regim ent by sell­
in g or purchasing $60.00 w orth o f
stamps a fte r M arch 1, 1918. A child
m ay sell a part o f the $60.00 w orth o f
stamps, and purchase the balance. W e
shall not bo able to send achievem ent
pins to members o f the Second R egi­
ment, but w ill send to each one an a t­
tractive certificate o f memberhsip and
a souvenir roster o f the R egim en t
A s soon as a child is eligib le fo r mem­
bership, sead his name to your county
superintendent
H e w ill report the
names to this departm ent
Please announce this to your pupils,
and when doing so, urge the purchase
o f the stamps by the children them­
selves. W hile w e must help the sale
o f th rift stamps, and use the schools
to bring the im portance o f the cam­
paign to every home, our prim ary in ­
terest, as teachers, is to encourage
habits o f th rift and patriotism among
the children them selves. They should,
therefore, be encouraged to invest
their savings in th rift stamps from
now until the end o f the war.
Factory Not All Commandeered.
The Theo Bergmann Shoe M fg . Co.,
o f Portland, Ore., has been awarded
an order by the U. & Signal Corps,
Spruce D ivision, through its contrac­
tors, the W arren Spruce Co., Grant
Sm ith-Porter Bros. Co., and the A ir­
plane Spruce aad Lbr. Co., fo r ap­
proxim ately 4000 pairs o f L o g g er and
Cruiser Shoes fo r the Government
Spruce eampa.
That departm ent o f the fa ctory de­
voted to the m anufacture o f L o ggin g
Shoes has been commandeered fo r the
fillin g o f this order. The order w in
be filled practically com plete during
March and w hile it w ill delay to a
certain extent the fillin g o f orders fo r
th eir regu lar com m ercial trade, the
«M a y w ill only ha fo r tw o or three
weeks as they have Increased their
w orking fores considerably to take
care o f. th eir increased b etim es aad in
anticipation o f fu rth er Government
A t the request o f a number i f m y
trip filled w ith all to *
w ish was enjoyed by friends I hereby announce m yself ai
a candidate fo r nomination to the o f
id Baa Shields, fo r
m erly o f Bandon but now residing flee o f Repr esenta tive ia th * L egisla ­
tiv e Assem bly, from Coes County, to *
near B ancroft, M ys th * W orld. About
a month ago they, in company with F ifth Repr esenta tive, D istrict; subject
to th* decision o f the voters o f th *
sevsrni others w orking fo r Contract­
Republican P a rty a t the Prim ary
or Frank Fish o f B ancroft, started
Election, to b* bold on th * 17th day o f
w ith e railroad tie drive down the
R a y, 1918.
river to Cedar Point. The drive con­
And I hereby announce m y P lâ t­
tained between 13,000 end 16,000 ties,
rai in a few short, torse sentences
end in various rapids end shoals fa ir
that can he easily understood:
jam s w ere form ed, upon which
Stand by tha boys a t th * fro n t with
the efforts o f several men w ith peev-
every dollar and every ounce o f en­
iee and pike poles had to be em ploy­
ergy. W in th* w ar fo r L ib erty end
ed before the tim ber would move. The
Humanity. Make tha w orld safe fo r
crow follow ed th * ties in row boats,
innocent women and helpless children.
picking up stragglers end breaking
F or the S tate:— Sane business leg­
When the rapids around Sug­
islation.
Clean m oral legislation.
ar L o a f w ere reached e ll o f the crew
Keep Oregon to th * fro n t where she
w ith the exception o f John and Ben
belongs. A lw ays stand fo r tha righ t,
Shields took to the rock bank, lettin g
though you stand alona.
th eir boats down stream by meant o f
C. R. Barrow.
long ropes, and m aking long detours
over rough pitches o f th * canyon w all
on fo o t How ever, this method looked
too slow fo r the Shields boys, and
th eir c ra ft to the m iddle o f
the stream , th ey started down the
canyon. O ver fa lls, round rocks end
sw irlin g eddies the rowboat waa
N O TIC E TO C O N TR AC TO R S.
lushed by the an gry waters end
Messrs. Shields baled w ater and guid­ H ighw ay Construction, Coes County,
ed w ith a rudder oar.
About m idway o f the rapids th*
Sealed hids fo r the construction o f
c ra ft was hurled upon a flat rock in
mid stream and partly filled w ith wa The Fox B ridge over the N orth Fork
ter, the sudden stop p ilin g the occu­ o f the Coquille R iver near the lin e
pants on to th * rock also. A s luck between Sections 16 and 22, Tw p. 28
Coos
would have it, the boat was not dam S. R. 12, W.
Oregt _
aged greatly, and a fte r a b rief re it County,
to “ g e t th eir w ind," they started b i ceived by the County Court o f said
down stream . I t took fou r «lays fa r County, a t its office in the Court
the crew to 'g e t the d rive around Sug­ House, Coquille, .Oregon, until 10:00
a r L ea f. The exploit o f the Shields o’clock A . M. A p ril 4th, 1918.
N o bid w ill be considered unless ac­
brothers, which sounds lik e a b it from
the pages o f pioneer loggin g days in companied by cash, bidder’s bond, or
the Central W est, is spoken o f as one certified check fo r an amount equal
o f daring by parties who have viewed to at least 6 per cent, o f the total
the sw irlin g w aters o f the Spring amount o f the bid.
A corporate surety bond w ill be re­
.reshots rushing around too base o i
the b ig mountain in the upper reaches quired fo r the fa ith fu l perform ance
o f the Coquiile river above M yrtle o f the contract in a sum equal to one-
P o in t T h eir’s is said to have been h alf the total amount o f the bid.
Proposal blanks and fu ll inform a­
toe first rowboat trip down the can­
yon, to the knowledge o f old tim ers. tion fo r bidders m ay be obtained at
“ And next tim e,” Mid John last the office o f the County C lerk o f said
County, or a t the office o f the Road-
week, “ w a ll probably w alk.”
master, in the Court House, Coquille,
The Com m ercial Club moots every Oregon.
W ednesday evening a t 7:80.
one invited.
E very­
deposit o f $16.00.
The righ t is reserve«
or all proposals or to i
R E D E M PTIO N N O TIC E .
posai or proposals tie
AU Coos C«|paty Road warrants m û County.
drawn on Road D istricts, $-4-6-6, wiH C O U N TY C Q U R T O F
itation a t m y office in
be paid on
COOS C O U N TY .
Coquille, Oregon. N o interest w ill be
allowed on any o f these warrants a f­
County Judge.
ter the 16th day o f March, 1918.
Geo. J. Arm strong,
Dated this 16th day o f March, 1918.
County Commissioner.
T. M. Dimmick,
A rch ie Philip,
9t4
County Treasurer.
County Commissioner.
A ttest:
. L. W . Oddy,
N O TIC E
County Clerk.
The F airview Telephone association 6t8
Coquille,
Oregon,
March 7th, 1918.
,1s endeavoring to close up all its a f­
fa irs .
A ll persons having claims
against said company are requested
to present them fo r paym ent on or
before A p ril 1, 1918, and a ll persons
owing the company w ill ‘please rem it
the amount due to the secretary.
9 tl
R. J. H olverstott, Sec.
Redem ption N otice.
A ll Coos County W arrants drawn
on the general fund, and indorsed p ri­
or to July 1st, 1916, w ill be paid on
presentation a t m y office in Coquille,
Ore., no interest w ill be allow ed on
any o f these warrants a fte r the 22nd
o f Fob. 1918.
Dated this 21st day o f Fob. 1918.
T . M. Dimmick,
8t4
County Treasurer.
Professional Cards
J. A . R IC H M O N D
P H Y S IC IA N aad SURG EO N.
Richmond-Barker Building.
Coquille, Ore.
Phones, Oifiee 626, Res. 214.
W
ar Pavings and Thrift Qt«
tamps
ill Uystemize
I indy Ua vingt
By investing in these stamps you not
only lay a solid foundation for your future
financial independence, but are rendering
timely assistance to your country in time of
need.
Be a Patriotic Saver
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W e Sell them
First National Bank
OF COQUILLE, OREGON
STOVES STOVES STOVES
Quick’s
lias a large variety of Cook Stoves and
Ranges.
Wood and coal Heaters.
elbows and dampers.
Dishes, Granite ware.
F U R N IT U R E
Jean Beds, Spring Mattresses and Wooden
Beds.
Chairs, tables, square and ronnd,
English Breakfast, Kitchen Queen.
TELEPHONE OFFICES
Are authorized Thrift Stamp selling stations.
This profitable, simple, and safe investment,
draws four per cent interest, compounded quar­
terly, with the privilege of turning it into mon­
ey upon ten days notice.
Save for those who
are fighting for you, and do “ your bit” to
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Coos and Carry Telephone Company
Service F ir s t
THE ONE INDUSTRY IN
COQUILLE
th st he* operated continuously sine* its establishm ent some fourteen
years eg o baa been your Laundry.
Rain or shine, good tim es and bed, it has been on th * job.
W * have a number o f custom ers that have patronised it continually
from th * beginning. W * ere g ra tefu l fo r this appreciation o f our
service. Our aim is to im prove the service in every w ay possible.
W * wash e v e ry thing washable.
C O Q U IL L E L A U N D R Y *
W . C. C H A S E
IC E C O M P A N Y
A H gagM K M M W
ATTOBNBY-AT-LAW
Richmond-Barker BMg
CoqniUs________________ Oregon
DR. Q . W . L E S L IE
Str. Elizabeth
Bandon to San Francisco
Fmra, P in t daw-410. .
Satie frees Ceetral Waieheea* Cempeey
J. L W ALSTBOM. Agee*. Beedee, Ore.
D R . C. W . E N D IC O T T
E. & E. T. Kruae, M g n ., 24 Calif. S t , S. F.
J. E. Norton, Agent, Coquille, Ore.
J. J. S T A N L E Y
F or reliable A bstráete o f T itle and inform ation
aboat Coo# County R eel E steta see
ABSTRACTS
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A . J. S H E R W O O D
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t National
Cards, too tsr $L60.
Pipes,
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