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About The Coquille Valley sentinel and the Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1917-1921 | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1918)
CORV1LLK V A L U T of the in tU a val- L ast Saturday W as a B i« Down oa th e Last Saturday about 160 people as- nbled a t tha Pcrkina’ ranch on the lower Coquille about five milea above Parkersburg to attend the end enjoy the banquet on the occa sion o f the dedication of tha new barn planned and erected there by N eil A Lux, the leasees of about 160 acres of the river bottom land of thia 800 acre place. Of course, H is correct to aay that the men of th is enterprising and far-sighted firm built the barn, but the $1200 it cost w as furnished oy Mrs. Mary L. Parkins, the owner o f the place, who U the m other of Captain David L. Perkins, ao long pnd favor ably known aa a boat.captain on the river between here and Bandon. The barn U 84 feet long by 40 feet in width and 87 fedt high. It stands a little lower than the old barn on tha foot of the hill near tha eld Perkins’ residence, end is supplied w ith som e new wrinkles in the stabling o f dairy cows. On the lower floor it has stalls for 40 cowa and four horses, tha ani m als facin g the wide passage way in the center. An ingenious dsviee pro vides for locking and unlocking all the stanchions by the movement of a sin gle lever. The bottom of the feed trough is slightly V snaped the long way for each sta ll so that fed tanda to reach tha low est point right In front of tha animal. Tha building stands several fa st above tha ground and tha plentiful poeta that support it all stand on Mild concrete bases. The upper story for the storing of hay and grain ip built w ith a hip roof ao that tha space there U more than ampia. The rations th a t w ill be daily pro vided here probably for scores of w inters to come, from the twin silos ap the old barn tq^ba moved ovar to the new one, as w ell aa from the im m ense loft where the m eetings were held, seemed rather nebulous an^ m isty in tha distance, however, sita - pared w ith the bountifully laden tables below where the crowd enjoyed a cafeteria dinner, bnt of this more annon. Wa had all asan the spread before we ascended the stairw ay and took seats on the long planks for which the molds used in making the concrete foundation blocks m ads ad m irable supports. On calling the m eeting to County A gent Sm ith Joined the choir . which assembled about the organ and the audience heartily follow ed their lead in singing “America, My Coun ty." Charles H all, of Marshfield, P resi dent of tha War Stamp Drive commit tee of Coos county, President of tha Marshfield Chamber of Commerce, President of the Coos A Curry Tele phone company, President of tha Bank of Southwestern Oregon and President of the Coos County Good Bonds Association w as then intro duced. H is talk waa along patriotic lines, com pering the expens e« of our previous wars and the amount neces sary „to raise to finance them com pared with the prodigious cost of the titanic struggle in which we are now engaged and in which wa have al ready spent several tim es the cost of the Civil war. Mr. Hall was heartily applauded and the crowd then descended to tha first floor 'w here the tables were groaning under a load which would have alm ost paralysed Hoover’s food conservation soul. For although the bread was m ostly of the war varieties, and roast chicken ia alw ays allow able, the bars had been 1st down by somebody when it cam* to cakes and pies and other goodies, and tha w hits frosting wa had alm ost forgotten since war rules went into effect, were so much in evidence that wa had to rub pur eyes to make sure we were awake. However, no ene w as so ov ercome by the unusual spread as to be unable to do full justice to a meal that certainly indicates that tha hands o f the down river m atrons had lo st none of their cunning. The next act waa ta arrange tha gu ests on the eloping platform at the south end of the barn to have it self snapshotted by a Bandon photog rapher. He took four view» and Just then a boatload from Bandon was seen com ing up the walk and another picture m ust perforce bo taken to in clude them. Then came another session in the big lo ft opened by singing of “Colum bia, the Gem of the Ocean,” which sounded for *11 the world like the "Bed, W hite and Blue” we used to hear sung away hack In the war day» of the sixties by lads and lassies, moat o f whom hare sines oaasad from theta labors and “gone w ent" The principal addresses of the after noon were made by E. L. W eston, e f the dairy department a t O. A. C, and Mr. - Curry, o f M m dairy dlvtotoo of tha U . S. departm ent fg A gricul- ta tha shambles befere their tore had Breda records o f 600 to 800 lbs. o f buttarfat a year. ladead, mm detallad in which a bull had for $60 that would hare brought $60,000 after aerea of his daughter* had m ads recaída of sort. A s illustrating tha advantages of organisation am ong dairyman Mr. W estover told the story of a m agnifi cent whip a farm er had purchased. Old Mo**, his negro coachman w as a famous hand w ith the reins and tha whip waa placad in hia hands for a m anifestation o f hi* aldlL “See that fly up there,” ha w as told by his m aster indicating one high up the side of the mow on a girder, at the lim t of vision. Crack went the whip and the fly fell dead. Now ao* that spider,” pointing out one on the other side o f the barn floor equally distant. Crack went the whip again and the spider was no more. Now, ree that hornet on that nast up there,” came the suggestion. COQU1LLR. THE THIRD LOAN E verybody W ill B e Credited A c to Their These ere the plana of the United States governm ent as outlined to the Coos county executive committees by T. B. Robinson, of Portland, nt a m eeting held in the M illicoma.club at Marshfield Monday evening. A fter a local rating board has apportioned the $75,000 to be sold in the Coquille district as equitably aa possible among all those able to purchase bonds, the committee# w ill solicit each man in the district, and the women who have independent neomes. If a person buys a s much or more bonds than hia rating calls for ha w ill be listed on a blue card conspicuously posted. If he buys bonds but not as No, sah; not for M om ; dam fal much as the rating board/thinks he lows ia organised,” waa the quick re should purchase bin name w ill be sponse. placed on a red list, and if ha buys none the yellow list w ill be his location The dance in the evening w as at with tha assertion that tha color ade tended by nearly tw ice as many as quately shows his cahractor. were preeent for the d^y’s m eeting, Tha loan asked by the government young dairy- is $7,000,000,000^ of which. $60,000,003 ■ is to be Hoisted in Oregon. Tha Co eut during the day went home to milk quille district share of thia ia in the and returned for the evening’s festiv- neghborhood of $76,000. This district extends from Riverton to Fishtrsp on the river, out to Sitkum, end to the Summit on the railroad. To R od T hree S h ift« • D ay. The third Liberty Loan drive will M anager Boy W ernich, of the Sitka start on the anniversary o f the U nit Spruce C o, made an announcement ed S tates’ entrance into the war— Monday evening of the company’s in April 6—and every community is ex tentions which is splendid m w s for pected to start the drive with a pa Coquille. That is that ir. a couple of triotic parade, music and »peaking weeks the Sitka m ill w ill be running that day. An abundance of posters, two fu ll crews on eight hour sh ifts literature, etc., w ill be furnished by and a partial crew for another eight the government. hour s h ift This means an increase To help tha rating board arrive at of about 100 on the payroll at proper estim ate of what each man the m ill, or a total of 1~5. should subscriba to tha loan, a ques U rgent and im mediate need fbr the tionnaire w ill be furnished the com m ill’s production is the com pelling m ittees on which is to be shown his factor in this departure, and Mr Wer subscription to the previous loans, his nich, who has gone to San Francisco Red Cross and other relief donations, to make arrangem ents for disposing his War Stamp purchases end all o f the cheaper grades of lumber which other war activities, whether he owns the government cannot uae, sayu tha an auto, and hj*_ assessm ent. To only reason for delay in starting the avoid being listad' aa a slacker and extra crew a t once is the necessity of yallaw every man and woman w ill tfe securing a market. glad to answer the questions of team "We w ant to secure this additional workers, for the rating board w ill not help in Coquille, if possible,” said Mr. take cognisance of his statem ents un Wernich, and ha added, “Of course, wa could secure soldier m ill men, but less they coincide with their know ledge of his circum stances. we prefer be give Coquille workmen The members of the Coquille execu- the first opportunity if they can be tive committee attending the m eeting secured.” W ith a mlpumum o f 46 cents an at Marshfield were L. H. Hazard, Roy hour for an eight hour day this A. Wernich, Leo J. Cary and H. A. E. C. Roberta represented amounts to an increase of about $10,- Young. Myrtle Point. 000 in the monthly payroll in Coquille. ------ * ---------------- The installation of another resaw machine and the substitution of elec T hat L iberty D ay Parade. tricity for steam ia one of the larg Chairman L. H. Hazard has ap est factors in enabling the Sitka to pointed Frank Burkholder to heve ao greatly increase ite output as thia charge of the patriotic parade on Sat move indicates. Tha 100-horse mo urday April 6 when the third Liberty tor for the heavy work and the 20- Loan campaign begins. And accord horse for the resaw s put in by tha ing to Mesara. Hazard and Burkholder Oregon Power Co., are working very the only people entitled to view the satisfactorily. Increased storage parade from the sidewalk are crip room has been secured by tha con ples and pro-Germans. Every man, struction o f the long dock for which woman and child in Coquille, and as Ed Ellington has bean driving piles, far as possible thoM from the other from tha railroad to the river, at tha localities in this district, are expected w est end o f the plant; and it ia also to be in line. It is to be a separating reported that another department w ill of the sheep from the goats and no be provided for by the construction of loyal, red-blooded American will miss another building Just east of the main this opportunity to show his colors. entrance to the mill and adjoining it. The school children, lodgM, and cit- Tha purchase of the Dollar m ill by tisens belonging to no organisation the Sitka Spruce Co. and the coming will be in line. Mayor Johnson is to o f such far sighted business men as be asked to declare a two-hour holi B. A. Wernich and R. E. N icholai have day that morning and no open place been and are of greater commercial of business w ill be tolerated. importance to Coquille than anything Mr. Hazard hat also named a music elaa in its p u t history. committee consisting of Frank Les lie, Geo. Leach, Mrs. M. O. Hawkins, J. C. Almack, M iss Mabel Bey, Mrs. C • ontents o f S a fe Intact. jk : -, , , , , ... . >»• y Aaron W ilson and Mrs. L. P. Bran- When Geo. W. Zerr opened the Ma stetter. sonic safe la st Tuesday morning moat Mr. Burkholder has named the fol of tha contants were found in alm ost lowing com m ittees to take charge of perfect conditions. Force was used and arrange for the various features to open the outside door, but Mr. Zeer of this Liberty parade which it ia says.th e safe is as good or better than planned to make the largest by far ever since Ha baptism of fire, and ha ever seen In C om county: can reduce tha bulge of one o f the Parade—F . G. Leslie, W. H. Lyons, plates and put H In first class condi Geo. Battey, J. 8. Barton. tion. Tha papers, currency and cloth Marshals of Day—Leo. J . Cary, L. bound books ware not injured in the P . Brans tetter, W. W. Gage, R. B. sligh test but the leather bound books Rogers. were denuded o f their leather cover Liberty Float—E. H. Hnrnden, C. ing, which seemed to have melted and R. Barrow, A. T. Boldon. run off. Schools—J. W. Noblet, Mrs. W. C. The charter of- the Masonic order on sheepskin w as In a Japanned cy l Chaca, Miss Mabel Bey. R elief Corps—Mrs. Geo. Battey, inder about 18 inches long. When re moved from He ease tha charter was Mrs. W. O. Brandon, Mrs. Jas. Rich mond. in a tig h t tw ist, hard aa a board and G. A. R.—J. C. N oel, D. P . Strang had shrunk to about nina inches. How ever, a aouking o f several hours re J. 8 . McEwen. Honor Guard— Mias Ada Newell, stored its original pliancy. A photo graph w as taken o f the opened aafe M iss Edith W illey, M iss Mildred Nor ton. to soad to the A aaafacturere. L. L. L. L.—A. B. Roberta, Chas Schreeder, W. G. Brandon. ■L FRIDAY, MARCH 38, » 1 8 . PAGE T H R U T o T im e at tha State Highway a t Portland la st Friday closed with aa order to Highway En gineer Nunn to prepare plana and specficatons for five m iles o f hard surfacing of the Marsh field-Coquille Look at our stock o f high grada G ranitew ars. Many road. Archie Philip, who represented lin es and all com plete. The prices are r ig h t Coos county a t tha session, w as tha last of fly« delegations MBt to attend Puddiag P a n s ..., 10c to 3 5 c Diah P a n s .........— 55c to 70c that m eeting. He w u informed by K e ttle s ......... ____ 80c to 85c F rying Pana-----16c and 20c thmi although they were to issue $600,000 of Tea K ettles -$ 1 .0 0 and $1.75 W ash P a n a -------40c and 50c for work th is "year, they hat Coffee P o ts......................... 56c Colander......... . . . 2 0 c and 40c tracts outstanding for $1,100,000 of Cups....................................... 16c Double B oilers.............,.$ 1 .8 0 road work, and there w as no chance of getting any money out of bond sales for Coos county. D inner Pails, Oval Dish Pans, Teapots Mr. Philip waa asking for tha tire 20 m iles of hard surface guaranteed Coos county in the bill passed by tha legislature and endors ed by tha man and woman of Oregon last year, w all knowing that ha MRS. BONNIE WALKER, Prop. wouldn’t gat that much. # Commissioner Thompson, who fought thia section all tha w ay, plained bitterly of Coos county’s M ethodist Church. nerve in asking for $400,000 worth of Sunday school at 10. Coma and road work whan the governm ent had requested all road bond moneys to be study. Preaching sarriea a t 11 •• m. Sub spent on through highw ays, meaning tha Pacific and Columbia highways. ject, “How to Make God Baal in Your Mr. Philip cam# right back w ith the Church.” Preaching at 7:30 p. m. Subject, statem ent that it w as not Up to tha “Spiritual Power and How to A ttain commissioners to criticise Coos coun ty, that if tha bill had provided for the It.” Epworth League at 6:30. entire $6,000,000 to be spent in Coos Beginning Monday night there w ill ounty that tha Highway Commission be special evangelistic services at^this would have had to do i t church every eveang during the week. getting pretty warm and it looked aa though C om The pastors of the Christian church and the Presbyterian church w ill Join county would be shut o u t Philip sprung his trump chrd which was the with the pastor of this church in do threat that if Coos waa not granted ing tha preaching. Some pastor w ill A ll who can anything every contract in the state preach each evening. sing are requested to help. It is a would be tied up on injunction pro- -eedings. “W e’ll do th a t” was hia community effort and all the people are urged to lend their assistance in ultimatum. A fter an hour’s talk; Commissioner this special effort. Be sure to a t Adams suggested that the money to tend and tell others about it. Come hard surface- a few m iles in C om in your everyday clothes. Good mus m ight be secured from the auto li- ic every night. S. G. Sogers, Pastor. fund to be available April 1. He had investigated and found there would be $300,000 in that fund for S t. J u m E piscopal Church. state work. Sunday school a t 10 a. m. Tailors • Chicago From that tim e on Commissioner Benson sided with Adams and al- C hristian Science Society. bough they tried to buy Philip off with 15 m iles of macadam or 10 milea Services next Sunday a t 11:00 a. m. rf hard surface 10 feet wide w ith a Wednesday evening m eeting a t 8 three foot rock shoulder on either o’clock. tide, he stuck for the fu ll 16 fM t in Sunday school at 0:80 a. m. *Tk« TaJUriag Tea Need.” wi(Jth hard surface and was finally Free public reading room open ev rewarded with the order for five ery day, except Sundays and holidays, m iles. from 2 toy* p. m. It w ill probably be June before C onor Third and H all streets, work is started but the local officers March 16—Peter S. Ramslt, of have been requested to ascertain the P resbyterian Church. Portland, and Eva K. Hall, of Marsh rates on bitumen from California. Teaching servies from 10 to 11 a m. field. One thing Mr. Philip learned while Morning service at 11 a m. Sub March 16—Jam es W alter W illiam s out was that instead of an increase of ject, “A Gracious Invitation.” and Minnie M argaret Nickens, both 70 per cent in the number of autos Evening service at 7:80 p. m. Sub o f Marshfield. They were married licensed this year as eras figured, the ject, “A Good Men LosC A Bad Man Saturday at the residence of A. 1». actual ratio la 70 new licensee to ev Sttved." W alcott by Rev. C. Herbert Hayden. ery 90 renewals. Bev. J. A. McVeigh, pastor. < March 16—Arthur R. W ilson and Emma Johnson, both of Marshfield. S en tin el H as N arrow Escape C hristian Church. March 18—Orvai W. Kibbey and The Sentinel was on the firing line Vara M. Harris, both of Marshfield. Bible School a t 10 a m. last Sunday morning and waa nearer March 19—Thomas Johnson, of Morning Worship at 11 a. m. destruction than any of us Imagined, Christian Endeavor a t 6:30 p. m. Marshfield, and Elizabeth Barker, of rhe senior editor, who is hardly fit to Bandon. They were married the Evening service at 7:30 p. m. fight fire in any event, w as down at You are cordially invited to all sam e day by Judge Watson. Bandon at the tim e. The junior had March 20—Earnest W illard and these services. it nip and tuck for two hours on the A. J. Whiddon, M inister. Irene E lliott, both o f Empire. The roof o f his residence in the Lyons’ groom was 19 and the bride 16. The apartments, to put out the numerous written consent of their parents was From Jail to T ransport. fires starting there which came so filed to secure the license. They were Jim Anderson, the engineer from married at Marshfield by Justice Pen- near destroying it. Mark Morras, however, had been in- the Bandon, who has been doing tim e nock Wednesday evening. structed by our landlady, Mrs. J. L. and boarding out his fine at the coun March 21—Earl Goodman and Thompson, to look after the machine ty Jail here for several months past Catherina Reefenburg, both o f Marsh was discharged yesterday, on paying field. in her garage, and whan ha over here tq g et that out, he noted the $188 balance yet due on hia $600 how the burning embers and fagots fine. He is held in high regard by Call on us for Stationery. were fallin g all about and climbed to those who have become acquainted the roof and prevented them from with him. He w ill go at once to Hew setting the building on fire. A t the York to take e position aa engineer same tim e Officer Jackson, on the roof on one of the government transports of his residence with a hose area keep taking our troops over to Europe. ing the w est wall o f this building w et, One Ceai a V eri Back hearties so that between them they saved the Ne% C ases In C ircuit Court. day for the Sentinel and kept it in March 18—Esther E lliott vs. E. M. FOUND—between court house and condition to tail the story it does to Catholic church in the street last E lliott. Suit for divorce. day. Sunday morning a good fountain March 19—Arthur McKeown va. pen. F. C. Pureley. lO tl Esther Miller. M asons W ill Probably Rebuild. March 19—Chat. E llis v*. John FOR TRADE—On sm all dairy farm At the m eeting of Chadwick Lodge, Trigg. improved home in Southern C a lil, A. F . A A. M. in Odd Fellow s Hall March $0—Coos County vs. A. E. or w ill tease sm all dairy farm . B. tomorrow night the rebuilding prop Shuster, L. O. Strommen and B. Ë. C. Burnett, Coquille, Ore. lO tl osition w ill come up for consideration. Smith. Tha plan talksd of now is to raise FARM FOR SALE—1S6 acres, 20 $12,000 to $16,000 and rebuild with acres of bottom in cultivation; 60 Probate Court N otes. brick or concrete on the form er site acres hill land in grasa. 2 milaa Petition for adm inistration of tha —a Masonic tempi# above and a mov "from Coquille. George Colvin, Co ing picture house on the/ground floor. estate of Jftm W. Mullen, of Bridge, quille, Oregon. One hundred dollars a month ia ta! c- was filed March 21. Tha astato con sista o f $6,600 yrorth of real astato. ed of as about tha proper rent for the Tha asm s day a petition irne filed FOR BALE— Light wagon and har- U tter. nsse— 214 inch Mitchall and double for ik e appointm ent o f an adm inistra work harness. P. O. box 480. R. H. Among the strange things done trix for tha estate of Samuel H. Mc Langston. Adams, o f Coquille. The estate con during the big fire we note a ease iti of $260 in peradnsl proparty. where some one let hie seal outrun GRANITEWARE RACKET STORE Buy Popular Priced Tailoring A E. Anderson & Co. Imi |n m m snEiT ¡telteSTkcp Want Ads hU discreet!on by em ptying half a barrel o f rice on the floor and then climbed to a top sh elf and began to throw catsup bottles into that barrel. iliw - ___ FOR SALE OR RENT—Sm all piare near Coquille. 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