The Coquille Valley sentinel and the Coquille herald., April 12, 1918, Image 1

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Sentinel
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AND THE dOQUILLE HERALD
V O L .X U L
NO . 18.
C O Q U ILLE . COOS C O U N T Y ,
F R ID A Y , A P R IL 18» 1918.
OUR CHOSEN LIST
8L66 T H E TR AM .
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Iron Went Nearly Through.
Tha county Is adding to the funds in ]
W e came very near to having to
its treasury new by the reeoipi
record another disastrous fire here
fees fo r nomination from those
' this w e e k -e n d had it broken out as
didates who p refer to put up the i
it came so near doing it would proba­
The Thirty Mem Who Wifi FIB
to g e t their naraae on tbs prim ary
b ly have remained forever inexplica­
ballot rath er than to circu late pad-
ble. Last Saturday m orning one o f
ttont.
Coquilie’s housekeepers went down
A p ril 8, F . E. W ilson , o f M arshfield,
town, taking dinner with the Red
deposited $26 to flat his name on tha
Cross ladies and rem aining through
and tw enty-three
republican ticket aa a candidate fo r
the
afternoon fo r the parade and pro­
are to be called to
gram . Later she was inclined to stay
fo r the N a­
tion al arm y w rites the adjutant
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The people o f Coquille and the ad­ • committe, and P riva te O’Rourke, o f and take supper down tow n; but fo r
jacent districts certainly did them­ ■ the Canadian forces, and A ttorn ey some reason concluded she would bet­
oral from Portland.
selves proud last Saturday afternoon. . McCourt, o f Portland, the speakers o f ter go home. A rrived there she found
T h ey w ill be inducted into the m ili­
that her hot poiat had been le ft with
ta ry service from Claes One, in the
The Lib erty day program in honor o f ’ the day.
the
current turned on and no one in
1 the first anniversary o f our entrance i
sequence o f th eir order numbers. Or­
T iro m ore autoe carried the mem-
' into freedom 's holy w ar and the be­ beta o f the G. A . R., veterans o f the the house all day to sense what it was
ders have been received from the W a f
ginning o f the Third L ib erty Loaa W ^r fo r the Union h a lf a century ago, doing. The table under it took Are
Departm ent by the A djutant General
1 subscription was carried out to the 1 u v aged members o f the W om an’s and the iron burned through and fe ll
a f O regou-that a ll Urns# men must be
to the floor, probably w ithout break­
letter, w ith a demonstration that in R dlief Corps.
entrained fo r Camp Lew ie, W ash , in
in g the connection as it went righ t on
tha fiv e day period beginning A p ril 86.
point o f numbers and enthusiasm
F ollow in g came the R elief Corps on
This quota o f 988 man is in addi­
dw arfed anything ever before seen in fo o t with their fla g proudly carried at burning and had come very near go­
in g through the floor too and fa llin g
1 this city.
tion to the d ra ft quota o f 899
the fore.
into the basement by the tim e she re­
who w ars called into service from
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W ith 8,000 people in line in a pro­
The Home Guard, net yet in uni­
Oregon on March 89.
cession ten blocks long, reaching from form but carryin g their •'rifles like turned. Had it gone through, a cur­
The 929 m e* com prise 12J o f O re­
the Sentinel office out past the H igh veterans, w ere next, closely follow ed rent o f a ir would have been created
school building on Second street, com­ by the G irls Honor Guard in their that would not only have resulted in
gon’s grass quota in the first d raft.
prising so many and such varied fe a ­ white uniforms, keeping step to the the speedy destruction o f that home
N o county ia Mm state w ill be ex
but o f several others in the same vi­
tures, Coquille overflowed with patri­ bugles’ notes. •
em pted frees furnishing its propor­
cinity.
tionate quota o f men to m eet this call.
otic spirit and enthusiasm. And she
The Loyal Legion o f L oggers A
demonstrated that so fa r as the great­ Lumbermen were represented by a
A t the same tim e it is announced by
the W ar D epartm ent th at each coon
est w ar o f a ll tim e— in its issues as considerable delegation, who walked
ty w ill receive fu l] credit on the next
w ell as in the billions o f people and proudly erect as i f realisin g that their
net d ra ft quota fo r the man sent sow.
every nation in the w orld involved vocation had been fu rth er ennobled
Though men from Churn One are to
m ore or leas d irectly— she had found now that their work had become so
ha inducted into service in the am " A fte r our report last Friday the herself and was glad and proud to do vita l a part o f the N ation’s prepara­
T h e valuation board fo r assessment
quence o f their order numbers, the County Court gave J. D. Bennett the and suffer to the utmost in our righ t­ tions fo r winning the w ar in the air.
sa ilin g o f man actively, com pletely contract fo r the construction o f the eous cause. It was a day o f days
Then the city Are departm ent with purposes is a t work at N orth Bend
and assiduously engaged in tha plant­ Fox bridge near Lee a fte r he had re­ whose incidents w ill lin ger hi the its equipment, follow in g which the now and w ill go over Eastside, Cooe-
in g and cultivation o f farm crops, by duced his bid, which was the only one, jninds o f every one who participated ■ten and women o f tom orrow, who ton, Em pire and a ll the odds and ends
direction at tha President, w ill be de­ from 86,000 to |4,<60.
while m em ory holds her seat in this w ill so soon step into our places and o f tow nsite property at the Bay be­
ferred until the end o f the new quota.
Ira G. Padrick and John Hakanson distracted globe. Some o f the school do the work their eldere are doing fo re tackling the cities in the Coquille
F ollow in g ia the official allocst
w ere given contracts fo r station work boys and school girls who constituted now, came on, grade by grade, their valley. They are expected over here
When
prepared by Captain John E. Cullison, on the Coos Bay N orth section o f the the livin g fla g o f that procession, when hearts beating high w ith hope as in early next month, however.
O. R. C , officer in charge o f the ex Coast H ighw ay, on a force account the shadows begin to lengthen fo r their ranks they took the form o f the the towns have a ll been gone over
ecution o f the selective service law in
them in life ’s afternoon and the ftqrs and stripes o f th eir country’s they w ill go up to the north end o f the
county a t Lakeside and begin on the
Oregon, showing the number o f i
Tw
entieth century is draw ing to a banner.
lilla J. Ew ing, o f Bandon, was ghr-
Gooa and C urry counties must furnish
810 a month from the indigent close m ay recount to their grandchild­
Am ong the fratern al orders repre­ ranches and acreage tracts.
by A p ril 26 to fill the call fa r 988
Assessor Beyers says he believes
ren the glories o f that ea rly A p ril day sented were the Masons, the Odd F e l­
in 1918 when they did their part ia lows, the Woodmen, the Knights o f that 76 residences have been put on
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heartening the people fo r the desper­ Pythias, the Loyal O rder o f Moose the tax rolls a t the Bay during the
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ate stru ggle that than remained be­ and Ladies o f Mooeeheart and even past tw o years which got by without
The follow in g are the th irty:
fore them.
the Independent Order o f Red Men. being assessed before.
In the business section, o f Marsh­
60— C lifford Dayne Hudson, Co-
It was sligh tly cool and the sky The la tter organisation o f a past gen­
was overcast, w hile a gentle north eration is no longer alive but the uni- field the valuations have been large­
wind waa blow ing that afternoon, but feffiM and costumes which w ere don- ly increased, the F irst National Bank
Greatest Demonstration Here Last Satur
day Afternoon Ever Witnessed in the
Coquille Valley.—Parade in Detail.
C O U N TYC O U R T
BUSINESS
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lf 4 —H a rry Harrison H olverstott,
Coquille.
188— Lars T. Lindberg, MarshflekL
188— Charles A . W illiam s, Portland.
184— Charles M attler, Eureka, C a i
186— E ligia Borgia, W eetwood, Cai.
188—
Wm. Thoasas N eil, Bandon.
189— Thomas Clyde M acy, Bandon.
144— O rvil A . Knight, M yrtle Point.
148— Andrew R oy Oeheltree, Broad-
160— G eorge M erton Carr, Marsh­
field.
166—Jam es Rowland W eidner, San
Francisco.
168—John N . Demios, Marshfield.
161—
Tong Bobbio, San Francisco.
168— Lester O liver Norton, Coquille
194— Jam ee Edward Cowan, Port-
810—John G ranville Ekblad, M fld.
817— Simon Simonson, W eed, Cal.
886— A sa W . Lew is, Monroe, Wash.
887— Seth E llis Solando?, Marsh-
240— Arthur Lanegan, Marshfield.
848— Jamee A lb ert Davis, Marsh­
field.
846— S ylvester
Hugh
N eideigb,
M yrtle Point.
861— John H arris, Marshfield.
County Court W ill Appoint.
Th e vacancy that w ill be caused in
the office o f County Superintendent o f
Schools o f Coos county when Mr. Ba­
ker resigns to take up the work in
our c ity schools w ill be filled by ap­
pointm ent b y the County C ou rt M r.
Alm aek’e term aa superintendent o f
the city schools, however, dose net end
until Septem ber, se there m ay he no
occasion fo r M r. Baker to resign aa
county superintendent before that
Fail-view’s Contributions.
if I — R h u M. Roberts, teacher o f
the F airview , school, was a Coquille
visitor Saturday.
She says that
F airview did He b it ia the Arm enian
drive. A t the Sunday School a col­
lection waa taken up fo r thoee victim s
o f Turkish barbarity am ounting to
V ALU E S GO U P
A T TH E B A Y
it was good to be a live and to be in
God’s grea t outdoors. — — —
The head o f the proceseion was on
W illa rd ’s street near the new Liberty
Tem ple while it w as form ing, and the
various sections came in from the
east on Second street, many o f them
having form ed on F irst near the post-
office and come around by the C ity
H all.
The marshals in charge o f the pa­
rade w ere Leo. J. Cary, L . P . Bran-
stetter, W . W . G age and R. B. Rogers.
A t the head marched the Cooeonian
band rendering patriotic airs, and
next came a m agnificent Lib erty
float on which Mrs. L. P. Branatetter
posed as the Goddess o f Liberty, car­
ryin g out that role the long hours
through with stately mein, becom ing­
ly gowned in a classic robe.
tim e recalled a vanished past.
The M. W . A . furnished a novel
feature also in the shape o f a strikin g
representation o f one o f the armored
tanks o f the European battle fron t.
The Roy district up {h e river turned
out in force w ith a hay wagon con­
verted into a big carryall which was
flelled with the members o f the Roy
K n ittin g Club, follow ed by the school
children o f their district on foot. One
o f the rem arkable things about this
outfit was that a ll the work o f trans­
form ing the hay wagon into a tr i­
umphal chariot fo r the knitters was
done by the women who occupied it.
The ladies o f the Red Cross rank on
rank was the last o f the organized
bodies, all bearing conspicuously on
Follow in g w ere autos, the first car­ their arms the scarlet emblem which
ryin g M ayor Johnson, L . H. Hazard,
Roy A . Wernich, o f the w ar activities
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The Drive in Outside Districts.
The L ib erty Loan com m ittee, which
has been holding m eetings in various
school districts this week, has found
a splendid sp irit everyw here they
went. N ot only have the people come
out to hear what was said, but they
m anifest an eagerness to subscribe
fo r the bonds which bodes ill fo r the
Hun hordes when the United States
shall have put its fu ll strength on
the European battle fro n t
The desire to put the Coquille dis­
t r ic t Coos couny and the state o f Ore-
gon “ over the top’ in a week is the
reason fo r an active campaign a t the
beginning o f the drive.
Ray D istrict
Last Sunday tw o auto loads went
up to the R oy district fo r a m eeting at
tw o o’clock which crowded the school-
house. A ll necessary blanks having
failed to arrive at that tim e, the
pledgee o f subscribers w ere taken, but
a t a ll other m eetings the signed ap­
plications w ere secured. Th at is the
reason we publish the Roy lis t here.
Those subscribing in the other dis­
tricts are given honorable mention In
the list elsewhere printed in this issue.
The total at Roy Sunday was 81460.
which w ill probably be Increased to
82,000 when a ll have been seen. Thoee
pledging amounts Sunday w ere:
E. A . W inter, 8400.
Geo. Lester, 8100.
M. P . Jacobsen, 8160.
Jas. N . Jacobsen, 8100.
M atilda W illard, 860.
Elda Gilman, 860.
Eldon Gilman, 860.
W alter R. Barklow, 860.
portion.
H ere is a fu rth er list o f assess­
ments in that party o f Marshfield
showing the figures fo r two years ago
and the valuations ju st fixed.
1916-1918
1916-1918
81,000 8 4,000
»2,260 8 5,270
1,000
6,700 18,000
1,700
4,160
6,860
1,000
4,600
8,000
8,400
In the case o f these ten properties,
including the bank building property,
which stood at 860,460 the valuation
has been raised to 891,080, an increase
o f 80 per cen t
On the other hand in some cases
thero have been sligh t reductions
where a ll the lots in a Mock had been
marked a t -1*« sam e figure tuid one or
m ore w ere found to be low and o f lit­
tle value.
The force in Assessor Beyers’ office
is gettin g the new val jatkm s on the
plat books as fa st as they came In,
so that as soon as the new tax re’
fo r 1918 ure received they can rush
the calculations and g et them finished
Aasen’s Camp and Riverton.
Flag Raising at the Sitka.
Monday Aasen’s Camp and R iver­
ton were the objectives and w hile it
was a nasty night the little boat be­
longing to the Johnson m ill was filled
fo r the trip down, Capt. M ilo Dun­
ham being the helmsman.
The bunch arrived too late fo r sup­
per w ith the men but w ere served
with a feast upon arrival. M any o f
the loggers expressed them selves o f
a loyal sentim ent when they said that
every cent they earned during the w ar
except that actually needed fo r livin g,
clothes, etc., was a t the disposal o f
the governm ent, i f it was necessary.
They would hold nothing back.
The subscriptions here ran to 82,-
260, w ith several men yet to hear
from . A t Riverton the bonds taken
amounted to 8700, which w ill proba­
bly be increased, m aking a total o f
82,960 fo r the evening.
A t the conclusion o f the program up
town Saturday, the Loyal Legion of
Loggers A Lumbermen, the Moose,
Honor Guard and Home Guard march­
ed down to the Sitka m ill, accompan­
ied by a goodly delegation o f citizens.
The occasion was the flag-raisin g at
the m ill which took place imm ediately.
M anager Roy A . W ernich in a few
words thanked those who had come to
witness the event and then threw the
plant open to their inspection.
Low er Fish trap.
Tuesday evening in the Sitka tug,
May, w ith Wm. Hull as captain, tha
crowd went up to Fishtrap church.
Frank W illard, o f the Roy district,
accompanied the party, and made one
o f «h e best talks o f the evening. Re
gpnre expressi on to a new thought
when he said that nurny Am ericans
Official List o f Substitutes.
There seems to be conisderable con­
fusion as to what flour substitutes are
authorized, and Food Commissioner
A y er gives the lis t again.
B arley flour, buckwheat flour, corn
flour, potatoe flour, rice flour corn-
meal cornstarch, corn grits, hominy,
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ASaal
v is a
When subscriptions fo r the Third
L ib erty Loan began here on the noon­
ing o f the banks at 9 a. m. last Sat­
urday the Mansell D rayage A D eliv­
ery company, was first ir. Hue taking
a 8600 bond. M r. Mansell «aid what
be regretted was that they wouldn’t
make it 81,000.
30 LlfifflTY LOAN
List o f Subscriber» Thus F ar in
the Coquille District— E v­
erybody Helping.
The Coquille district ia going come
through the Third Lib erty Loan w ith
flyin g colors but at the bank closing
hours this afternoon had not y e t at­
tained their quota o f 840,000, although
around the 860.000 mark.
F or the convenience o f the public
both banka w ill remain open tom orrow
(S atu rday) evening from 7 till 9
o’clock. The follow in g ia the lis t o f
subscribers in this district:
Geo. P. Falconer, 8100.
J. E. Norton, 8200.
E. A . Folsom, $50.
J. W . Noblet, 8800.
R. H. Mast, $60.
W . C. Chase, $200.
Annie A . Young, $60.
F. W . Barker, $200.
Geo. W . Zerr, $100.
E. E . Mulkey, $100.
Emma Jacobson, $100.
H. R. Lukens, $200.
C. L. Sickles. $60.
G. C. Goutkier, $60.
E. H. Scranton, $60.
M ary F. Gouthier, |60.
W. D. Newton, $60.
J. A . Newton, $100.
Geo. Newton, $60. .
Blanche Smith, 860.
A . C. Lukens, $60.
J. H. Horstman, $100.
F. G. Leslie, $60.
M. Jacobsen, $60.
A . F. Kirshman, $100.
H obt H. Craeger, $60.
John A . Grant, North Bend, $60.
Lloyd W . Oddy, $100.
M yrtle De Lang, $100.
K eith Leslie, $60.
H. N . Lorenz, $200.
Henry E llis, $60.
E. W . Camp, $260.
Wm. Doyle, $260.
Mrs. J. W . Laird, $60.
J. W . Laird , $60.
Jno. Snodgrass, 8100.
Boss Maury, 8106.
Lynn M edley, 860.
Dorothy W atson Tu ttle, 860.
Louis Simonson, 8100.
Annie Simonson, 8100.
Chas. Webb, 860.
Osuf Simonson, 8100.
N. N . Neim an, 860.
Jas. W alterm ier, 8100.
Claud W aters, 860.
A . S. Bean, 860.
Eva Sugg Currie, 8100.
Frank Carlson, 860.
F ilip Berticine, 8100.
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W. P. McKenna, 8100.
Bertha McKenna, 8100.
Chas. H oy, 860.
James McGraw, 8100.
J. T . Conlogue, 8600.
Ju4d M. F itze, 8100.
Jae. A . N ygren, 860.
Frank Pence, 8100.
Clarence Holman, 860.
Henry Devereux, |100.
Ralph Stephens, 860.
Homer Ring, $60.
Ernest A . Strong, 8100.
Leander Cox, 860.
Lloyd E ly, 8100.
Berry L. Bean, 860.
Jas. N . M ast, 860.
J. A . Larim orc, 860 .
Mansell D rayage A D elivery Co.
8600.
Wm. Candlin, 8100.
Clay Murrow M ulvihill, 860.
Maurice Sheehan, 860.
Nannie McAdams, $300.
Barbara Richmond, 8600.
Wm. W heoler, 8600.
Marian D. Young, 8100.
C. C. W illiam s, 860.
M. J. Hartaon, 860.
Edna Hartaon, 860.
H. A . Young, 860.
Coq. Lodge No. 6$, I. O. O. F., 8100.
A . B. A Bertha Campbell, 8200.
Wm. B ettys, 8600.
Glenn Shores, 860.
W elter B. N orris, 860.
L. H. Hazard, 8600.
F. W . Barker, 8100.
A . J. Whiddon. 860.
Joen F itzgerald, 860.
Mrs. C. E. M ulkey, 8100.
Lester Clinton, 860.
Mrs. Minnio Clinton, 860.
M. T. Clinton. $60.
A . J. Sherwood, 81,000.
Coq. Home Guard, 860.
8am Arnold, 860.
Ned C. K elley, 860.
C. W . Endicott, 8100.
Susie M. L eggett, 8600.
R. E. Hampton, 8100.
A . N . A B elle Gould, 8160.
(Continued on eighth j