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About The Coquille Valley sentinel and the Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1917-1921 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1918)
. — W UÄT - F R ID A Y , A P R IL 8. 1918. iü-r. w 9 g val next Thuraday, F riday and Satur day. It wiB be a “ W ide Open Town’ s w ith a “ F ro * H and." Coquille, A p ril 11, 18, 13. Telling About People ai Evente in the City end County. A ttoraoy Sinclair g o t up «a rty Sun m orning to g e north on the Lim ited and g e t dawn to the depot about §1.80 sun tim e to find that the train is a good deal ahead o f him. day Timely Helps for AT COQUILLETOBEGON MouaemÊÈÈÊÈÈ lay, April from the The Honor Guard G irls a n goin g to givo an old fashioned dance a t H easlet H all this evening. Old tim e Mrs. Ed. Lorens has been quite ill uric, quadrilles, V irgin ia real, etc., the pest week with w ill be the program . N o jasx «tu ff Mra. Ida Owen returned last Thurs day from a week’s v is it in Portland. Coquille went on to the sow t il J. T . Brand, M arshfield’s d tp at rith very little friction last Sunday The procession w ill form on Second street w ith head at torney, spent the day m orning though there w ee some con W illard at 2 p. m. The order of units w ill be: fusion censed by e couple o f th< The N orw ay store is fo r a 1— M arshals o f Day. ehurche* concluding to w rit until next w ill trad* t v t «m all ra m *. 2— Coosonian Band. week to g e t in line. Johnson. 8— Liberty Float. J. E. Paulson bay Scouring Soap The Coos B ey lee end Cold S to n g e Priee company nt M arshfield has become seriously in vrivsd financially that it 60 cento. applied to the court fo r the appoint The Jess dance at B eaver H ill last ment o f a receiver and Judge Coke Saturday -night netted $16 fo r the „«marl w . J. Rust fo r the position. Red Crete. His parents here have received S till e fe w copiée o f the fire I word that Captain E arl W illey is al o f March 22 on hand i f you went ready on the w ay to Franco. He has Only 5 cents. receitly been transferred to the Quar Everybody ia expected to take pert torm astor’s departm ent end w ill be in the patriotic parade stationed a t a supply base on the Don’t be a slacker. French coast V . R. W ilson, Watchmaker, F. A . K eith, surveyor fo r the state witches end e ll grades o f Am erican highw ay commission, passed through watches sk ilfu lly repaired. 10t4 here Tuesday on hie w ay to P ort O r- Red Cross dinner tom orrow O. W . h ell, from 11:80 to 1:30- days. The Honor Guard ere goin g to g ive e “ 600” party a t the K o-K eel Klub rooms next W ednesday evening to which the general public it Invited. Score cards w ill be 86 cento end re freshm ents 16 cents, or fou r bits to A lice C ollier has lost e baby bond ta l fo r an evening’ s pleasure. It w ill between the court house end the be w ell worth the price. Academ y. Finder w ill please te ll phone 771. L . A . Roberta, form erly e promin ent attorney a t M yrtle Point, ju st been appointed city attorney at Ashland. W ill Scad W est to Washington. Jess Dance at Beaver H ill Satur Governor W ithycom be having fa il day, A p ril 8. The proceeds ere to be ed to call that conference on the Coos donated to the Red Cross. Tickets, Bay W agon Road gran t lands as re 76c, ladies free. quested by Judge W etaon, the latter Come end see the new Spring went over to Hoeeburg last Friday and spent tw o days there conferring things at Mrs. Burkholder’s. w ith the Douglas county officials Arthur Ellingsen started yesterday about the situation. morning fo r Oakland, C alifornia, where he ex poets to romain fo r the . It was agreed to make a settlem ent that would eecure the taxes fo r the com ing two months. county and as much m ore es possi A ll girls between the ages o f 14 ble. It was hardly expected, though, end 81 who wish to join the Honor that much m ore than 25 percent o f Guard please report by the 16th o f the net proceeds could be secured, and A p ril to Miss New ell. whether that would go to the counties, Lostor, the younger son o f Mr. end the state or the reclam ation fund Mrs. Aaron W ileon, has been serious would be a m atter fo r the fu tu re to ly ill this week with pneumonia but disclose. A resolution was passed to em ploy ia rapidly im proving now. form er Governor Oswald W est to rep J. T . Lew ellen says the road be resent the interests o f Coos and Doug tween here end M yrtle Point is gat las counties before he Congressional in g in good condition again, a ll dry committees which w ill pass on th' and but few rough pieces. pending bill to extinguish the title C. C. McCormick,, who w ill put on o f the Southern Oregon company to “ The Days o f ’49” fo r the Home these lands by a paym ent o f $282,000. Guard, A p ril 11, 12, end 18, was over Gov. W est said he eras w illin g to leave from Marshfield yesterday. it to the county judges o f the two what his compensation U. 8. Customs Officer, W. A . Clerk, counties was here Tuesday to take measure should be. It was agreed to advance him $600 ments o f the fe rry which is to he fo r expenses. O f this amount Coos fitted with e gasoline engine. county w ill put up $400 and Douglas A . Sacchi, o f the Sacchi ranch on county $100. This is an unequal di- the coast, w ere rock oysters end clems most abound, was in the city Tuesday ta ttlin g with Coos county fo r hie taxes. A t Powers tonight a t 9 o’clock Mr. Oscar C. Lew is end Mise Hexel Irene, daughter o f Mr. end Mrs. W . O. M at thews, w ill be united in the holy bonde o f matrimony. Mrs. Burkholder has e ll new Spring garm ents fo r Ladies. A t the F irst National Bank Bldg. Lew A . Catos, who was publishing the Sentinel five.years ego, is now lo cated at Pendleton, where he is sell ing autom obile accessories end adding to hie fortune. Lew ellen'a auto stage between M yr tle Point end Coquille started running tw o round tripe s day Wednesday end as the roads im prove end the traffic demands it the number o f tripe w ill be increased. J. N . A gee, representing the Pacific Paper company o f Portland, w ee e cellar yesterday m orning. H e was very successfu l in convincing us that the prices o f paper ere still stoedOy rising. Rad Cross dinner tom orrow In W . O. W . hall, from 11:80 to 1:80. Price 60 cento. Building That Liberty Temple. Bath Tu b Enamei CXCedar Polish % F loor Stains Cresoleum B est and sa fest D isin fectan t 4— M ayor Johnson, L. H. Hazard, R. A . W em ich and speakers o f day in auto. 6— General Parade Committee in auto. 6— Grand Arm y of the Republic. 7— W om an’s R elief Corps. 8— Home Guard Company. 9— Honor Guard Company. Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen. F loor Paints F lo o r Varnish ■ . •. ... PATHEPHONES t The Best Talking Machine 10— -Fire Department. , 11— Public Schools. 12— Boy Scouts. 13— Fraternal Orders. 14— Red Cross 15 — Concourse of all citizens not affiliated with any o f the foregoing organizations. - < P L A Y A N Y M A K E O F D ISC R ECO RD S v r ij j n ......... r i . . • . i iirug More Mownon s 'La" . -ijfr; ■ •- •» ; 'v- . ' ■ j The parade w ill end at the Liberty Temple where a short program w ill be rendered. Music by Ladies Trio. Music by Double Male Quartette. Song— “Just Before the Battle, Mother”— A . T. Boldon. ■HP Geo. Laird, o f tho low er river, an ford and w ill do survey work in Curry nounces him self ad e candidate fo r county fo r the proposed highway. The natrurtion w ork there is the heavi sheriff on the republican ticket. ■' set in the state. N ew Spring costs, suits, dw The Sentinel this week donates e and waists a t Mrs. Burkhodere. fu ll page to Uncle Sam fo r the p i ' O. C. Rice, o f Lost V alley, has ! poses o f prom oting the Third Lib erty here fo r tom e days looking a fter hie Loan campaign which opens tom or tim ber interests in this section. row. Don’t fe ll to read that page be Be in Coquille next Thursday, F ri fo re deciding how much you can uf day end Saturday. B ig «Join's at ford to loan the governm ent H eariet H all. Days o f *49 carnival. R ay B. D em ent o f M yrtle P o in t Potatoes delivered anywhere in one o f the leading cattle men o f the town on Saturdays fo r One D ollar a county, came beck Tuesday from hundred. Ed Johnson. Phone 1181. Reedsport where he purchased twen R. E. N icolai, o f the Sitka Spruce ty-th ree young anim als to bo pieced on his range. H e has about 600 heed company, went out to Portland terday m orning to be there several on hie ranch up the South oFrk. Boraxa Laquerette fo r ren ew in g sur fa ce Pow dered Borax PR O G RAM i f Furniture Polish fo r p olish in g Household Am m onia AT 2:60 P. M. [TO Vf a vi KP Patriotic Dedication of Liberty Temple and Address by a well known citizen. The ladies of the Red Cross w ill serve dinner in W . 0 . W . hall from 11:30 a. m. to 1 :30 p. m. Price 60c. Some D raft Figures. A n auction sale o f a gentle saddle horse and two-year old colt, owned by Mr. Geo. Lester, will be conducted by Col. Nick Johnson. H a lf the proceeds of the sale w ill be donated to the lo cal Red Cross by Mr. Lester. Those Days o f ’49 Recalled. A C ert F or throe evening« next week Co- I f it w u adv quille w ill enjoy the excitem ent end m M jn the woi abandon o f “ The Daya o f ’49." Un- qujile on a cat der the auspices o f the Home Guard a som ething o f i three daya’ carnival w ill be held in st the depot t H easlet H all— Thuraday, F riday and the train. Wei Saturday, A p ril 11, 12 and l k er, the preaen Home Guard "C u rren cy" in denom- which ia said ¡nations from one to one thousand the world, earn« bucks w ill be the medium o f exchange out any fuss < on a ll gam es o f chance such as faro, ied by Geo. ? stud and draw poker, twenty-one, agent from Ta roulette wheel, “ crape,” etc. court house lx A lively com petition w ill develop the first h a lf between young ladies fo r the tw o taxes fo r 1917. line prises offered in the popularity The visitors con test Saturday night this curren- J. Sherwood at cy w ill be used fo r balloting, each Weyerhi buck representing one vote, and the plainest and m< first prise w ill be a 960 L ib erty Bond, ¿ „ p it * his fins The second w ill be tw o Baby Bonds o f 1 mo8t rem»rk a i |fi m aturity value each. meets him w ill A “ 1918 Bone D ry Bar” end e jess intenM dance each evening w ill add to the the president c enjoym ent o f the carnival. corporations, a Tom orrow’s Parade. F or the Lib erty Parade a t 2 p. m. tom orrow M ayor Johnson has declar ed a legal holiday from 1:80 to 4 p. m. and every place o f busines in town is supposed to be closed. The m ills, which Jiave run * n extra hour this week, w ill shut down at noon so that a ll em ployes may participate. The general com m ittee requests that a ll business houses and resi dences be decorated. The city w ill also hang out a ll available stream ers and flags and nothing w ill be le ft un done to make this the most patriotic demonstration ever held in Cooe coun ty. The program o f the afternoon’s events w ill be found on the last page o f this issue. The Honor Guard G irls w ill g iv e an exhibition d rill a fter the parade te rm orow afternoon. Death o f Pat Rackleff. Mrs. Alm a Rackleff, who has fo r some weeks past been acting as aec- cretary o f the Third Lib erty Loan campaign com m ittee a t Marshfield, le ft Tuesday m orning fo r Florence, having received news o f the serious illness o f her husband, A . R. Rack leff. Mr. R. has resided in Coquille fo r some years and form erly hiul a position in Loren *’* dry goods store. W ork on the Lib erty Tem ple was started last Sunday m orning but de lays o f various kinds make it doubt fu l that the building w ill be finished by tom orrow afternoon. E very even ing * force o f men has turned out and under the direction o f Ed Ellingsen W ord was received from Florence have raised e structure which w ill be yesterday m orning th at Mr. Rack a tribute o f love from Coquille to the le ff died a fe w minutes before Mrs. l-oys o f this vicin ity who have entered R ackleff raaehed his bedside Wednes day afternoon. .The cause o f his That Utero is im perative need o f death was due to leakage o f the heart this tempio ju st now was ritown W ed- from which he had suffered fo r sever nesday evening wfaen L. H. H atard a l years. produced thè great quanUties o f Ut- "P a t” R ackleff eras a man whom ev erature, posterà and corre«pond enee eryone liked and his passing w ill be he has received in eo n n ectw with mourned by a large circle o f friends the Third Lib erty Loan. all over Cooe county. When the building is flnished, it w ill A fire broke out a t 8 o’clock W ed nesday night in the N o rt'i Bend con- densary, which destroyed severe! hun dred earn o f condensed m ilk and greatly damaged the plant. A sim ila r fire occurred a year ago and both are attributed to an unscreened chim- Miss E va Schroeder, clerk fo r the m ilitary board here, furnishes the Sentinel the fo llo w in g figu res: Total in Class 1 ...................... 478 T otal in Class 2 ........................ 298 T otal in Clasa 8 ......................... 117 T otal in Class 4 ............................. 888 The Loyal Order o f Moose held their annual installation last evening. The a ffa ir was public and the Ladies o f Mooseheart w ere there In force. A very enjoyable tim e was spent a fter the ceremonies. Past D ictator W . B. Clark made a talk on “ M ooseheart," a mock initiation and a H ooxerited banquet closing the evening’ s events. Mr. Clark, who has served as D ictator the past year, was presented with a diamond-studded gold Past Dicta tor’s emblem and fo r once in his life “ Happy” was speechless. The officers installed w ere: Past D ictator— W . B. Clark. D ictator— E. N . Moon. V ice-D ictator— W . J. Ferbrache. Prelate— Fred M cClellan. Secretary— A . B. C ollier. Treasurer— A . R. Kay. Sergeant-at-Arm s— Wm. Jensen. Inner Guard— G. C. M cQuigg. Outer Guard— R- L. Abell. Trustee*— Aaron W ilson and Jerry Peart. Grand T ota l ................. ,....1 8 7 0 The number examined and rejected in Class 1 was 126. In th at clasa 88 failed to appear fo r exam ination, 886 w ere found qualified fo r general m il ita ry service; 26 w ere found qualified fo r lim ited service only and one ex am ination was delayed. Th e only colored men in the total above w ere tw o in Class 4. Cary tha F irst Victim. C H A R LE S R. B AR R O W Coquille, Oregon Candidate fo r Republican nomination fo r R epresentative Ellingsen For Sheriff. I hereby announce th at I am a can didate fo r nomination to the office o f Sheriff o f Coos County, Oregon, sub ject to the decision o f the Republi can voters a t the prim ary election on M ay 17th, 1918. I do not wish to be elected to this office on pledges or prom ises, other than that I ufill perform m y duties ac cording to the law econom ically and with the same interest and discretion I would use in m y personal business. In the adm inistration o f the duties o f this office I w ill endoavor to maintain the highest standard o f law and or der, and g ive every service possible to our Governm ent in these critical Shooting Down the Stairw ay. It sounded like a Hun invasion about 6:80 W ednesday afternoon in the Laird building on the stairs lead in g up to the K o-K eel Klub. Fred Lorens had loaned his 30-80 automatic and it was returned to him loaded. He and Hub Lukens w ere com ing down the steps when suddenly there was a loud report and both boys wars kicked part w ay up the stairs. The charge blew quite a little hole in the entrance floor. Leo J. Cary is w alking heavily on a cane this week and receivin g such ap pellation* from his friends as “ R ip Van W rin kle” and “ P ot Roast No. 2.” Sunday w hile liftin g a heavy s ill tim ber at the L ib erty Tem ple, the other end w u dropped a couple o f inches before ho let go and hi* hack w u given a severe wronch. H e is «1 «« accused o f seeking to associate w ith the cripples and pro-Huns who alone can escape p articipatin g in the parade tom orrow. Tw o perm its fo r the b n o f the streets fo r garages V ers revoked at tha m u tin g o f tha M arshfield council lost Monday evening, and it ia « « u there are tw en ty m ore s till standing. O n« o f the councilmen made a grea t roar about people who couldn’t afford to own,hom ae but who boaght autos ri built g arages in tha streets. T o M y Laundry P a tre u . H aving sold the laundry port o f m y business, I wish to'th an k each one o f m y customers fo r th eir patronage during the eleven and a h a lf years that I have boon in busineee. I wish to u k you to continue your patronage with M r. D. H urley who succeeds ms in the Laundry business. I have reason to believe th at ha w ill be able to g ive m ore attention to the laundry and win be able to g iv e yon bettor u rv ic e than I have u soon u he gets acquainted w ith the people and local requirem ent*. I w ill con tinue in the Ice bueinees a t tha old stand, and plan soma im provem ent* in that line. V ery tru ly, A . T . M orrison. Those Soldiers’ Kits. 12 H E A D O P C A T T L g FO R 8 A L R . The J. G. W . ladies o f Coquille have made 64 kite fo r the boys who en listed from Coquille and vicin ity. The Honor Guard g irls filled thee* kits and they w ere sent forw ard last week to a ll the boys whose addreesos w ere known. There w ere eigh t er nine, though, which remain to be cent as soon as they learn the sddrssess from 10 4-yser old eows at ehoiee q f Buyer out o f herd o f 80. E xtra good grade Jerseys. P rice $100. II old h eifers, freshen aeon. 8 8-year old colts, 1400 and 1600 lb. * 1 J * r u y Bull, from Ed C arrey’s fam ous hard. 1 ». quire o f A . P. Sweat, Lam ps, Oregon. Eres Testet tes n u «ms. Statt