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Next Saturday Will Witi
• Greet Demonstration
Arrangements fpr the Liberty Dey
parade ere rapidly assuming definite
shape, and Chairman Prank Burk
holder has a long list o f Hre com m it­
tees which assures that no feature
tending to make this the biggest and
beet parade ever held in Coquille will
be lacking.
The perade will start at 10 o'clock,
Saturday, April 6, the first anntver-
aary o f the United States’ entrance
into the world war and the opening
day o f the ‘t y r d Liberty Loan c
paign.
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A s heretofore stated every i
woman and child o f Coquille and vi­
cinity, except the aged and cripples,
will be expected to participate and
the holding o f such a ihammoth pro­
cession with no onlookers will be novel
in the extreme. Not even pro-Hun
sympathy will be an excuse fo r not
being in line, nor fo r failure to salute
the flag.
A Liberty float, cowboys and eques
trians, the band, all the organisations
mentioned below and all other citi­
zens not included in that list, w ill rep­
resent i unanimity in determine tien
to back up the boys at the front and
defeat the Kaiser which will have a
wholesome effect on, his loyal sub­
jects in this section.
A t noon the ladies o f the Red Cross
will serve dinner in W . O. W . hall
and nearly everything fo r this has
been donated— the use o f the hall and
the provisions; The receipts w ill be
used by the local Rad Crocs in the
purchase o f needed supplies.
The comm ittee having in charge
the preparations fo r this monster pa­
rade and celebratioti under Mr. Burk­
holder’s direction are as follow s and
the first named, as chairmen, are re­
quested to meet at the city hall to­
m orrow (Saturday) evening at 7:80:
General ceom ittee-r-P . G. Leslie, J.
& Barton, W. H. Lyons, George B at.
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Marshals— Leo. J. Cary, L. P. Biim -
stetter, W . W . Gage, R. B. Rogers.
Liberty Float— E. H. Hamden, C.
R. Barrow, A . T. Boldon.
Red Cross— Mrs. J. A . Lamb, Mrs.
C. J. Fuhrmsn, Mrs. J. S. Barton.
Honor Guard— Mias Ada May New­
ell, Miss Edith W illey, Miss Mildred
Norton.
Home Guard— W illiam Brown, Jas.
Cavers, Charles Hsrlocker.
G. A. R.— J. C. Noel, D. P. Strang,
J. S. McEwen.
R elief Corpe— Mrs. George Battcy,
Mrs. W. G. Brandon, Mrs. Jaa. Rich­
mond.
Public Schools— J. W. Noblet, Mrs.
W. C. Chase, Miss Mabel Bay.
Fraternal Orders—J. S. Lawrence,
George T. Moulton, J. E. Norton.
I. O. O. P.— O. C. Sanford, C. T.
Skeels, C. P. Price.
L. O. O. M.— Aaron W ilson, W illiam
Clark, William Ferbrache.
L. L. L. L.— A. B. Robert, Chas. E.
Schroeder, W . G. Brandon.
A . F. A A. M—J . E. Norton, P.
C. True, R. H. Mast, J. A . Lamb.
K. o f P.—George T. Moulton, W.
L. Kistner, Eugene Schroeder.
W . O. W.— A. T. Morrison, J. W.
Le neve, L. P. Maury.
M. W. A .— E. H. Kern, Jerry Peart,
C. D. Hudson.
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Fire Department— H. O. Anderson,
M. O. Hawkins, H. A. Young.
Ushers— W . C. Chase, W. C. Rose,
Fred Von Pegert, A . N. Gould.
This célébration is the preliminary
to the Third Liberty Loan drive for
selling a minimum o f $8,000,000,000
o f Liberty bonds in about three weeks.
JUII4Æ HERALD
COQUILLE. COOS COUNTY, OREGON, FRID AY, MARCH 28, M IL
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LIBERTY PARADE
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* O ut Mining
M. D. Murphy* ■ member o f the
lan Ridge school beard at the south­
east com er o f the county was here on
bool business yesterday and
the Sentinel a call in company with
Superintendent Baker. M r, Murphy
Uvea in one o f tho m ost inaOoossible
sections o f tho county or per
m ight as writ say o f tho United
Sts toe. “ E den- is located U
south o f Bridge, with an outlet only
by traiL It ia 28 miles east o f Pow­
ers but only 6 or 8 miles from one o f
the Smith-Powers logging camps.
Eden Ridge is the location o f the fam ­
ous “ Squaw Basin” coal mines which
our state bureau o f Geology says con­
tain at least 60 million tons o f coal.
Mr- Murphy says that on account o f
the heavy timber covering that sec­
tion the forest reserve ofliciaie are
doing nil they can
discourage pros­
pecting or the development Of this
wonderful coni field. Mr. Murphy is
him self engaged in mining for gold
and copper on a vein o f thee# min­
erals com ing southwest from Douglas
county into the com er o f Coos on a
line running diagonally southwastord.
Here on a tributary o f Cow creek
ha has established a stamp mill and
saw m ill and ia beginning to bring to
light the underground treasures that
are still beckoning prospectors ss
they h ave, been for the past half a
THE LOSSES
ADJUSTED
Tbs insurance adjusters, who were
at work here when. We went to press
last weak finished their work on Sun­
day and In moat cases their adjust­
ment was satisfactory to the losers.
The exception is Arthur Eliingsen
who suffers from s defect in one e f
his policies by which ha receives only
tho average loss on ha hardware stock
for the $1000 worth o f machinery
stored under the Quick
1 total loos. The adjost-
with those who suffered
partial loaaea was as fallow s:
Henry Lorens, »2, I l f AO on
R. 8. Knswttofl
and $88$ on stick.
Goo. A . Robinson, $728.68 on stock.
Arthur Eliingsen, $1740 on hard­
ware stock. On the total loss o f the
Scenic and furniture store buildings
and the Oregon Rooming House, his
insurance was $$800.
On the First National Bank build-
ing, all repairs will be made under
contract and their cost paid by the
insurance company, which will proba­
bly amount to $2600.
The $1600 on Masonic Hall will be
paid in fu ll as a letter from the Liver­
pool and London and Globe Co. else­
where published indicates.
On the Lyons’ flats and contents the
adjustment figures about $76—what-
sr. is necessary to repair the dam­
age.
W. H. Lyons, $626 on stock .
L. H. Hazard, $600 total loas on tel­
ephone building.
C. A . Pendleton, $600 total loss on
Scenic theater. /
J. E. Quick, $1,000 total loss on
stock.
Mrs. Effle Tuttle, $1,000 or
nee property.
Ladies B asssr, $320 on stock.
F. B. Phillips, $1,000 on household
goods.
L I b c s
Hooked Up Moaday.
WUl Use It
His Furniture
to Go U p OB Willard
Street for An War Work
Hero. -
A deal was completed yesterday
and the papers signed last evening
by which H. O. Anderson becomes the
owner o f Hoaslet Hall and that build­
ing will again be used as a business
mse. While the purchase price is
not available fo r publication it is
stated that the terms are advantag­
eous to both Mr. Anderson and Mr.
L R. Nosier who owned the building.
Wednesday evening the deal, which
had been hanging fire fo r a weak, was
celled off but after it become evident
that the council were not favorable to
the building being used for a movie
eater, Mr. Nosier and Mr. Anderson
started in on a new proposition and
quickly came to.an agreement.
Mr. Anderson stated this morn­
ing that he did net know Just when he
would move from the Laird building
to his new quarters. There is soma
repair work to be done first but he
intends to wait a few months before
remodelling with a modem front and
putting in an incline to his show room
which will do away with steps.
To the suggestion that he might
use the upper flojr fo r the Andersen
Business College, Mr. Anderson said
he had given that use o f the upetairs
no thought as yet and nod no plans in
mind except to continue renting it
to the Home Guard fo r a drill hall.
Coquille is to i t • Liberty Tem­
ple dedicated to war purposes which
will be headquarters for all activities
o f that nature. The need o f such a
building has been insistent for some
time, the detail work fo r each cam­
paign being ae great that it inter­
fered with the private business e f the
various managers.
temple will be built on the city
W illard street at the south
north pleas and facing on
First street, fta dimensions are to
be $8x36 and according to the plans it
will be a very pretty nuflding. There
will be three rooms— an auditorium, a
small private office and a coat and
wood room.
The furnishings trill consist o f rug,
clufirs. tables, desk, stove, filing' cab-
etc. and everything about it will
be harmonious and simple.
All the material and labor fo r the
construction o f the tem ple are do­
nated.
This includes the lumber,
hardware, paint* and oils, hauling,
CMpenter work, painting, etc.
In the plaxa opposite w ill be erected
a 100-foot flag pole from which Old
Glory will bo flung to tho breese ev­
ery day. The parkings will be seeded
to grass and flowers and shubbery set
oat transform ing this bare and ugly
Ota place in the city’s center into
a beautiful spot o f which Coquille
ay bo proud.
The building is to be built for per­
manency and after the w ar may be
a library or a museum for
the relics brought hack by our boys
from Europe.
The lumber ia being hauled this s i­
moon, tom orrow the fram ing o f the
building will be done by experienced
carpenters and Sunday the army o f
volunteers will proceed with its con­
struction. It is expected to have it
mady for occupancy next Thursday.
No
M o t ím At
Heazlet.
A veritable tem pest In s teapot, as
it now turns Oui, was stirred up this
week over the application o f Mr. I.
■ ¿¿■Nosier to bp granted a permit to
remodel Heaslot H alf and fit up for
picture house. Several of
the councilman met with him Monday
and told him to prepare an estimate
e f the probable cost, but gave him to
understand that in view o f our recent
fire, they would not permit the slight­
est infringem ent o f the fire ordinance
than 80 per cent o f the value o f a
building in repairs and alterations.
A a a special meeting Wednesday
evening Mr. .N osier presented his
plans but because they were not posi­
tive and definite as to the cost o f the
remodelling the council postponed any
action toward granting the necessary
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In view o f the sale o f the building
today, it is not necessary to go into
the motives which actuated the aider-
men, but for the sake o f enlightening
those who may contemplate rebuild­
ing any portion o f the burned district
with fram e buildings it must b f said
that no permission will be granted
whch involves the slightest violation
o f the fire ordinance.
More than that, a m ajority o f the
council will never vote to grant a li­
cense to a motion picture house occu­
pying s wooden building, unless they
should change their minds. This was
made evident by their remarks Wed­
nesday evening.
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Trial Did Not Take Place.
Eben Pomeroy, o f Bandon, waa ar­
rested the first o f the week on a
charge o f having wronged a 16-year
old
daughter
o f Mrs.
Elisabeth
Bethel, who lives on a ranch
miles
south
of
Ban­
don.
Justice C. R. Wade placed
him under $360 bonds and Judge Hall
went down to Bandon Wednesday to
try the case. The mother was the
prosecuting witness and ss she had
gone to Marshfield, thinking that she
had done all that waa needed in mak­
ing the complaint, the case waa post­
poned indefinitely, with a probability
that the youn$ people will get mar­
ried. The only obstacle to this is the
opposition o f the m other; as they
claim to be engaged. The daughter
being under 18 this consent is noces-
ssix.
Poneroy has been employed on the
Bethel ranch at intervals during the
past year.
The father o f the girl died at the
Salem hospital fo r the insane sever­
al years ago.
Twenty Per Cent Better.
Tho- tax collection department of
the Sheriff’ s office is running along at
high speed now, with only a week
more le ft fo r the payment o f tho 1817
isiderable night work is
Tho taxes are com ing
In better than usual too, the collec­
tions being IS per rant greater than
they wore a year ago.
Coquille To Hare War Board.
A t • meeting o f the W ar Savings
committees fo r the Coquille district
Monday night it was definitely d
cided to organise a permanent W ar
Board fo r handling our locpl war ac­
tivities and government affairs. It
was decided to have one representa­
tive, proposed by the organisation,
from each o f the follow ing societies:
National Council o f Defense, Patriotic
League, Red Cross, Honor Guard,
Home Guard, Third Liberty Loan ex­
ecutive committee and W ar Savings
Stamps executive committee.
A fter tha^e organisations select
their representatives, the appointed
delegates will meet end organise end
to them will henceforth be referred all
drives, campaigns and war work.
Headquarters o f the work w ill be in
the new Liberty temple. *
Ed WUl Run for Sheriff.
Ed Eliingsen, o f this city, has de­
cided to become a candidate fo r the
republican nomination fo r sheriff. The
matter was first broached to him
three months ago and he refused ab­
solutely to run, but bis friends, who
ere legion, did not abandon the idea
and about a week ago he acceded to
their demands.
Fearless, cool and
straightforward, Ed vrfll make an ex­
cellent officer if he*is successful in
passing the tests on May 17 and Nov­
ember 6.
GREATEST OF
BATTLES
The world’s greatest battle is now
in its eighth day and e decision is ev­
idently no nearer than at the start,
notwithstanding varying successes at
widely separated points.
The tre­
mendous drive o f the. Germans has
steadily pressed back the British 26
to 36 miles on a north and south front
nearly sixty miles long. But there
has been no breaking o f the lines and
no victory. The Germans have lest
at least 400,000 men and the allies
100,000.
Most o f the German re­
serves have been sent to the front,
while the AUiea are said to have a
fiff
serve o f 800,006 stUI to draw on,
Biff Saving Might Be Mode.
which may do effective work later. A
How much might be saved that is drawn battle is what it looks like
now wasted in Coos county if we had now, notwithstanding the ground re­
slaughter house in Coquille big gained by the Huns.
enough to handle' all the beef con-
in the county, was suggested
The follow ing associated press bul­
to the Sentinel one day this week by letin to the Coos Bay Times received
Jap Yoakam.
He told o f a butcher at 2:36 p. m. has just been posted
who worked fo r him at one time and
here:
on wages o f $86 a month saved sev­
Paris, March 2 0 - The great battle
eral times that amount in addition by is raging on a 70-mile front. French
making the m ost that waa possible resirves are now entering the flgjit
out o f the hides, heads, horns, boofs and the German preponderance in
and innards o f the beeves. He did on numbers is offset. German reserve
s small scale just what the big pack­ divisions are being rapidly used up.
ing houses do on s large scale, mak­ The Germans are making strong en­
ing the most o f all the by products. deavors to capture Amions, an im por­
These can b4 utilised where slaugh­ tant railroad center.
Its loss would
tering is done on a considerable scale, mean inconvenience to the A llies but
it might be here, but never are would not be serious.
when only one or two animals are
“ The great German battle has been
dressed at a time.
ended and the battle o f the Allies is
Lencve Tries It Oat.
Whatever other lines o f business
may do the railroads and the poetof­
fice« have got to observe the daylight
saving law just enacted by Congress.
Recognising this fa ct Postmaster
e has begun to practise up.
Last Tuesday morning he arose at
his usual hour o f 6:16, as he read the
clock, went down to the poetoffice, put
up the outgoing mail for the east and
was ready to go home to breakfast
when, on looking at the clock he was
good deal surprised to see that it
still only 6:16 a. m. Making a
mistake the first time he “ carried on“
exactly as if the clock had already
been set an hour ahead, though un­
fortunately he didn’t get through a
minute earlier at night on account o f
speeding up in the morning.
They Like Oar Climate.
A couple o f men from Bandon
up here yesterday and our reporter
gathered the follow ing snatch^ o f
their conversation:
First Bandonian: “ Say, this is fine
weather, isn’t R T "
Second Bandonian: “ Say, this is a
fine climate up here, isn’t KT”
The Sentinel might give the names
o f those visitors, but it doesn’t want
to put them in bad at home.
How
long would one have to live in Ban­
don though to experience so genial a
day aa yesterday?
To be frank,
though, it wea the first one o f its
kind we had seen here for eon
about to begin“ is an official state­
m ent
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20,000-Mile Hunt Ends.
Jesse W illiams, alias Harry Collins,
was brought over here Wednesday by
Constable Cox, o f Marshfield, and
placed in jail in default o f $600 bail in
a ease in which he is charged with
adultery. Some months ago he left
w ife and daughter at Everett,
Wash., and fan away with Mrs. Betsy
W eils, a womon o f 40 and the mother
o f eight children, with whom he has
en living at EasUide for some
months as husband and w ife.
The
husband, John' W ells, o f Moosejaw,
Alberta, has been sending his faith­
less w ife $60 a month, while she
lived with a son at Everett. He has
travelled 20,000 miles to find her and
punish her paramour.
Oddy Will Run Again.
SOON GO TO SALE
One More More and the Kin-
aey Tract WUl Go Under
Hammer.
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The ■ famous Kinney tax, esse in­
volving the lands and Iota between
North Bend and Marshfield which Ma­
jo r Kinney, who now occupies a cell
in the Insane hospital at Salem, was
once confident would make him a m il­
lionaire, had its final innings in the
Circuit court here Monday before
Judge Skipworth, with Attorney Lil-
Jeqvist representing Coos county.
The judge first reduced the costa in
the case by about $2,000, the amount
o f the advertising fees in excess of
the 10 cents a description which h e .
had before decided was all that should
be paid in such cases. He then gave
decree for the immediate sale o f
all those properties for taxes and
costa.
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Under this decree the sheriff will
have to give only ten days’ notice be­
fore proceeding to sell the entire pro­
perty.
But the case was recently '
complicated by a petition fo r an In­
junction in the Federal Court at Port­
land by the Title Guarantee and Trust
Co., o f that city. R. 8. Howard has
been appointed receiver for that com ­
pany by the federal court, and on that
ground he is asking that Cooa county
be enjoined from selling these proper­
ties fo r taxes. This for the reason
that the Trust company bolds a first
m ortgage on the Kinney tract for
$90,000, with the condition that aa
fast as sales were made it should re­
ceive $60 each out o f the amoiihts
for which some o f the lota should be
sold, $100 each on other lota and a
certain amount on acreage.
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The application fo r a tem porary in­
junction in this case was denied by
the federal court, but the main case,
wherein a permanent inj jn ction . was
asked, still remains to be tried on
its merits. - Mr. L iljeqvist tells us
that the federal court sits every Mon­
day and he ia going to be on the steps
every time waiting for a chance to
a speedy bearing and that when it
is hdard he foels confident o f winning
it and clearing the way for the imme­
diate sale o f the entire Kinney tract
Sheriff Gage.
iy Sh«
The order o f the clatma against the
tract is as follow s:
1st, The $90,000 claims o f Coos'
eounty, the city and school district
of North Bend and Port o f Coes Bay
for the taxes, penalties and in terest ~
that have accrued since 1906.
2nd, The $3,000 or $4,000 due V ir­
gil E. W atters fo r receiver’s fees and
costa under appointment by the Cir­
cuit Court o f Coos county.
3rd, The $90,000 due the Title Guar­
antee A Trust company o f Portland
on its first mortgage on these pro­
perties.
This mortgage was given
by John K. Kollock, trustee.
4th, The $260,000 due F. B. W aite
on his junior mortgage on the proper-
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6th, Other interests represented by
John F. Hail, ss trustee, and unse­
cured claims amounting to $300,000
more.
Just how much the lands and lots
so long known as the Kinney tract
will bring at forced sale cannot be
predicted, but it will probably he more
than the $90,000 due fo r taxes and
far less additional than the $90,000
due on the first m ortgage.
This leaves considerably over half
a million o f other indebtedness in­
curred by M ajor Kinney in endeavor
to keep his immense Dooming proposi­
tion afloat, and representing God only
knows how much disappointment and
hoartarhe on the part o f those who
had put up good hard dollars for
moonshine prospects.
Cloth« for the Belgians.
Coos and Curry counties were asked
for 8,000 pounds o f second hand cloth­
ing fo r the Red Cross work in Bel­
gium and furntehed 7,622 pounds.
That is tlie way Coos does things.
Marshfield was the only city whose
total exceeded that o f Coquille, the
county’s contributions being as fo l-
In this issue o f the Sentinel Lloyd
W. Oddy, _gre«ent incumbent o f the
office o f county elerk, announces him­
self as a candidate for renomination
the democratic ticket. As county
clerk Mr. Oddy has devoted him self
strictly to business end has given the
people a faithful, efficient and econ­
om ical administration o f the office,
A rticles W eight
and been uniform ity courteous In his Marshfield ............
2390
dealings with the public. What more Coquille .................
147$
781
could be asked?
Myrtle Point . . . .
823
Powers ................
412
Every man who can wield a ham- Bandon ................
168
end saw ia requested to turn out Langlois .......... .
12o0
and assist in the erection of North Bend ........
480
Each workman Bunker Hill ........ . . . . 610
You’ll be a back number if you the Liberty Temple.
should
bring
Ms
own
tools,
especially
don’t turn your dock ahead Saturday
7622
Total ................
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Last Monday Superintendent Gates,
o f the Coos-Curry Telephone com ­
pany, succeeded in getting all the old
subscribers here who hadn’t been
burned out hooked on to the new
switch board that he had installed in
the office upetairs in the Laird build­
ing opposite the poetoffice, though
o f them carry new numbers.
Eight days without service made us
WiH CkM at 6 p. m.
all realise what a time saver the tele-
The Busy Com er, W. H. Lyons, the
one ia, which reminds us o f the
Farmers’ store and Geo. A. Robinson dictum, “ T o save time lengthens life.”
have all signed up to open their stores
at 7. a. m. and cloae them at • p.
S p e cia l T a x « B e in g P a id .
m. When the m ills went to the 8-
Notwithstandng the apparently ad­
hour day there was no need o f any
ven e decision o f the Supreme Court
store remaining open longer than the
o f this state in regard to the special
hours mentioned.
The proprietors
taxes voted in about a doaen road
and clerks will now be able to get in
districts o f this county last fall, all'
their war gardens which are as nec­
taxpayers ia those districts, includ­
essary this year as they Were last.
ing such large ones as the C. A. Smith
This new order becomes effective next
company, are paying these taxes with
Monday, April 1.
the county, state and other district
taxes, and only in on# ease so fa r has
The Holy Week Union mootings at
we b e « even a protest. The peo­
the Methodist chureh this week have ple realise that the rand work ia bad­
been well attended and vary interest- ly needed and are apparently willing
ingv
There will he special Easter to de their bit to help it
services ih all the churches Sunday—
except those at the Episcopal on Tues­
are on the
the jail
day
KEAZLET JS SOLD THE NEW TEMPLE
•IA# THE YEAR.
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