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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)
■ ■v ------------ --.-r- ------------ ....... Jf, rysm m *-y* *'■•’** * * W The ...... to tim e as the 1918, M v lr a . I * F - Madlaeslfieenta. 866,000 feet, beard are, o f tim ber to a tract o f _____ third, not * r »n »g w ithin either e f the other L a rge areas so restored are N ep oaM oa covered w ith brush or vh ryin g quan titiee e f tim ber lees than 800,000 feet, board sseasure, to the fo rty acre sub division, aad some are valuable only fo r grasing. It should be added that but a very tags o f the railroad grant in Ceos county have any agricultural value and a considerable are so rocky as to be prae tically worthless even fo r grasing. • rice , Htm m m * snot b ferm a tisn F ar Vetera. County Clerk Oddy furnishes *h e Sentinel the follow in g inform ation in regard to the R egistration o f Elec tors and the filin g o f Candidates’ pe titions. A p ril 16th, 1918, is the latest date on which any elector w ill be allowed to register before the Prim ary Elec a * C. Grant A fte r a lon g period e f w aitin g and many delays, the opening o f 800,800 a cn e o f the 0 . A C. gran t lands fo r filin g by edtrym en w ill begin nt the U . 8. lend office ia Roeeburg on Mon day, A p ril 29, 1918. The fin t o f those lands to be opened lien in Jack- son, Josephine and Curry and in a sm all trip in the part o f Douglas county. Opening o f other sections in the Roeeburg land d istrict w ill fo llo w la te r.v The first lis t o f filin gs w ffl be opened on Mon day, A p ril 29, and dose on Saturday, M ay 28. In ‘ one application is made fo r a parcel o f land a draw ing w ill be held a t the U & land offiea in Reoeburg on Turn- day, lla y 28. Dates fo r other draw ings w ill be announced later, as the lands in the various counties In tide district era opened fo r filin gs. It is expected that this ■ M g i f ‘ ■ win A p ril 17, 1018, is the latest date on o f w hich declarations o f candidacy « » I bring to Roeeburg aw ay people during the current year, front nom inating petitions and notices per« a ll over the western h alf o f the U n it taining to candidates fo r county o f ed States and Canada. fices sad district or precinct officers Douglas county contains m ore o f w ithin a county m ay be filed w ith the gran t lands than any ' County Clark. ___, in the state, and Lane There are about 160 people who is second. T h e n are also valuable 1 have been appointed as members o f tracts in Coes aad Linn counties and 1 the Election board in the various prs- some in Benton, a ll o f which are in 1 cincts o f the county who did not sign the Roeeburg land district. and return their acceptance w ithin Regarding the first opening ‘ the tw o week period as provided by Washington, D. C , press dispatch 1 law . Unless received a t once ap- says; pointmanta w ill b e caneeilad a t th is Beer story Lane today term o f Court and other appointments der opening 800,000 acres o f the O re gon A C alifornia gran t lands to set tlem ent under the Cham berlain-Ferris Simpson Makes a G reat Campaign. act. F ilin gs w ill be received a t the burg land office A p ril 29 to M ay 26, inclusive, with the final draw ing M ay 28. W here only one application is filed, the application w ill be granted, if m ere than one, then a draw ing w ill decide between them, all filin gs tween the dates named being consid ered simultaneous. The land opened- is nearly all Jackson and Josephine counties, with a narrow strip in the southern part o f Douglas county. I t lies south o f a line extending east aad west through Dothan and south to the C alifornia boundary. Commissioner Tallm aa, e f the Gen oral Land Office, expressed gratifies tioa over having reached the point o f actual opening, aad said addition a l tracts w ill be opened as soon classifications are completed. He grettod that snags encountered from tim e to tim e have thrown the opening date so late in the sea Applications must be sworn to at the Roeeburg land office or before U nited States commissioner or judge or clerk e f a court o f record ia the county Where the land Ilea. A pplies- b# accompunitri by th t fees and a sum equal to 80 cents per acre fo r the i Tw o dollars an acre additional must bo paid at the date e f Applicants must personally the land. Those who served 90 days ia the arm y or navy in the C ivil u Spanish w ar or the Philippine insur rection have the p rivilege o f filin g through aa attorney-in-fact on the groud and m aking application within six months a fter the paym ent o f th e a t the beginning, the as the other applicants. A phlet containing regulations and a description e f the lands w ill be m ailed a fte r A p ril 6 on application to the land office a t Reoeburg . A n y lands not applied fo r up to M ay 26 w ill re main subject to en try thereafter. The agricultural lands entry a t this tim e are by no an e f the agricultural lauds to A Portland dispatch o f last Mon day sayat. Th at L . J. Simpson, the Coos Bay candidate fo r governor, ia taking Eastern Oregon by storm and w ill carry that section o f the state by a substantial vote is the report o f prom inent men from east o f the mountains com ing into Portland fo r the week end. Everyw here that Simpson goes be makes votes by the hundreds, fo r that country likes a man o f Mr. Simp son’s business ab ility, standing and aggressiveness. Eastern Oregon gen era lly votes fo r the man who offers the best service and in M r. Simpson they find a potential governor o f their own type, and consequently they are goin g to g et out and work fo r him and vote fo r him, notwithstanding the general impression that the W ith y- combe machine now in the saddle in the State House has been exertin g ev ery influence to get the Eastern Ore gon vote. This vote ia probably g o in g to be the deciding factor in the governorship contest, fo r as there is no candidate from Eastern Oregon fo r governor, and that country generally goes as one man, the candidate who can annex H w ill be assured sufficient votes to g iv e him the nomination. That Simpson is the most lik ely man to do this is the word which Eastern Oregon leaders bring to Portland. she nationality . She Am erica in the year 1809, to Conrad H am arlof, o f Omaha, Nebrcska. lived fo r 8 years. They to Oregon in the year 1877, n a farm near W ilbur, Douglas county, where they lived year, earning to Coes county in e f 1878. Th e/"rattled on a G ravel Ford, where they lived Until the death o f Mr. Ham- m arlof, which occurred on August 2, 1917, when on Septem ber 14th, Mrs. Haaunariof w ent out to Oregon C ity to spend the w in ter with her daugh ter, Mrs. Ida Roland, w here she died a fte r a short illness. D uring her ill- she was very patient and good id longed to be at rest in Jesus. M rs. H am ntorlof w u the mother o f four children. Tw o diod w hile in fan ts; M ary died at the age o f four months and Conrad diod at the age ol nine months. Tw o daughters survive, Mrs. W alter Colvin, o f G ravel Ford, and M rs. K arl Rolund, o f Oregon City. Mrs. H am m arlof was a m em ber-of the United Brethren church and had lived a Christian life since a young g irl. E ver livin g a do voted Christian life , kind to a ll, o f a liv a b le disposi tion, alw ays ready to m inister to the wrnts and needs o f others, ne one was ever turned away from her door hungry. S elf was en tirely forgotten , she lived a life fo r outers. T o know her was to love her. Grandma Ham- w ill be g rea tly missed by her daughters and by her grand children who number tw elve. And she w ill be by her many friends and neighbors. v Funeral services w ere held at the United Brethren church, conducted by Brother Crom well, pastor o f -the church. The floral offerin gs were beautiful aad gave evidence o f the high esteem in which Grandma Ham- m ariof was held. She was laid to rest in a grave by the side o f her bus in the little h ill cem etery at G ravel Ford, to aw ait the L ife G iver, and w e fe e l assured that she w ill have a part in the fin t resurrection. * 4 CUPS O F W H E A T FLO U R T O TH E POUND I f each tonfly uwd 4 cups would be 22 million pounds or 112,244 barrels every weak. — u- u, h o u s e k e e p e r s can give to win the war is place of white flour bread. Hunting Up the Slackers. «CmSiSSllafctoePw*» ' *i ggySifcWS sVeStKJSUiilP«. ZSBSS&^SLSr Street, New York ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO. Dept. R . 135 FOOD WILL W IN THE W AR a ll the m eet you want. S till, if you beva passed the threescore mark the ,t you eat the to tte r fo r your A New War Song. By W . A . Pugh. Come on boys w ith old G lory! W s are m arching through the hills o f France. And when we m eet the Huns o f Gar- W e w ill m ake them figh t or dance. hen we m eet the K aiser, W e w ill make him do or die. How we a ll do ha to the m iser, W e w ill do our beat to lick him, you and L Of All the Books known to man, the savings bank book is wiU Now the Yankee boys are figh tin g, And the Huns w ill ga t up and g it And we w ill soon know who is in the righting, W e all know that our boys have got the g rit,. And when the glorious figh t is ended. And the Huns are put on the rnu, W e w ill hang the bloody K aiser Just to see the fun. But oh, beyond this shadow land, W here all is bright and fa ir, I know fu ll w ell these dear old hands W ill palms o f victory b e a r ;, W here crystal stream s through end less ^rears, Flow over golden sands, And where the old grow young agsin I ’ll clasp my m other’s hands. It is said by those in position to know that there w ere a t one tim e in the city e f M arshfield 50 houses that w ere not on the assessment rolls and on which no taxes o f any sort were being paid. The assessment board now a t work is d iggin g up all such cases and nmking a dean sweep where dep- , IS^rlLto. That the children m ight be glad; The Com m ercial Club I always weep when looking back Wednesday evening a t 7:80. Every- To childhood’s distant day, I think how those hands rested not, When mine w ere at their play. D O NT M ISTAKE THE CAUSE. Such beautiful, beautiful hands! They’re grow in g feeble now. Many CeqaiUe People H ave Kidney F or tim e and pain have le ft their Trouble aad Da N a t Kaaw It. merit Do ypu have backacheT On hands, and heart, and brow. A re ou tired and worn out? Feel dizsy, nervous and depressed? A las! alas! the nearing tim e, A re the kidney secretions irregu lar? And sad, sad day to me, H ighly colored: contain sedim ent? Likely your kidneys are a t fa u lt When ’neath the daisies, out o f sight. W eak kidneys give w arning o f dis- Th ee« hands w ill folded be. War Halves Birth Rate. to Corn M eal Bbcrnts O n« thins we have settled and that is there is no doubt about being sleepy M y M other's Hands. enough to g e to bed at the usual hour Such beautiful, beautiful hands! by the dock e+en i f it is only nine Th ey're neither w hite nor sm all; and not 10 by sun tim e. G ettin g up And you, I know, would scarcely think an hour earlier in the m orning takes That they w ere fa ir at all. I ’ ve looked on hands whoee form and hue There are now 180 firm s employed A sculptor’s dream m ight be; in Germany in the manufacture o f Y et are those wrinkled, aged hands whole wood shoes fo r new footw ear M ore beautiful to me. with an output o f 400,000 pairs week ly . Beechwood has been ch iefly used, Such beautiful, beautiful hands! Though heart were w eary and sad. but any hardwood, with the exception These patient hands kept toiling on, o f oak, will se is e equally watt. The follow in g statistics dealing with the effect o f the w ar on the birth rate in Hungary were read to the Hungarian Chamber o f Deputies: ” B efore the w ar 766,000 children a year were born in Hungary. In the first year o f the war, 1914, the num ber o f births was reduced by 18,006; in 1916 only 481,000 children were bo™— that is, 284,000 less than In tim e o f peace. In 1916 the number o f births was 888,000—a reduction o f 482.000. In 1917 the births amounted to 827,000—that is, the reduction o f 488.000. Th erefore our losses (in Save M ere Than an Hour. Hungary alone) behind the fron t Although we hadn’t thought o f it reach the number o f 1,172,866 Individ- before when we noticed yesterday at ju st what tim e by the dock the sun peace infant was due south, we w ere reminded that »«▼•n years, people on this coast have been doing the propor- their b it at dayligh t saving fo r a good m any years. Our clocks are now an hour and tw enty minutes ahead o f actual sun tim e. There are only fou r different kinds o f local tim e used in the United States. Pacific coast tim e is the tim e a f the 120th m eridian. This runs near Hepner in Eastern Oregon and the sun rises and sets there about 20 minutes earlier than (t does at Cequille. 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