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About The Coquille Valley sentinel and the Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1917-1921 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1918)
W H Y W E ARE A T W A R W IT H GERM ANY ANNOUNCEMENT OP JOHN D Republican Candidate For County Clerk O f Coot County, Oregon, at Primary Nominating Election to be held May 17th, 1918. CASH PRICE (Touring Car) Enjoy It A ll S u m m er- Pay for It W hile You Ride NEW TERMS TERM PRICE: $577.1*—$1« Cult ui $38 P«r Moatk No Interest to Pay M yrtle Cunningham, tha president o f tho Senior class o f 1917. Friday night, May S, tha local de- c ¡am atory con tost w ill ba hold in which there will be repraeenUtlvee from the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth gradee and high school. A baby bond will ba awarded to tho win ner in each division. Mr. Barnhart, o f M yrtle Point, w ill net aa Judge. Since Mr. Douglas’ departure it has bean learned that tbs Ordnance de partment, to which ba belonged, will not be taught in Eugene aa first ex pected but w ill be held now at Camp Hancock, Georgia. Since his absence his work has been taken up and carried on by other members o f the faculty, Miss Newell teaching the General Science class, Mr. Almack, biology, and Mr. Noblet physics. A four-m inute speaking contest is being arranged in tbs' high school and grades. The ones selected to repre sent the high school and grades will be presented w iA a certificate and For the inform ation o f those voters who may not know me personally, I subm it the follow ing facts fo r your consideration, a s l a m giving as much o f my time as possi ble to in the production o f Airplane and Ship lum ber for our Government and on that account may not get to meet you individually. ... I n i veteran of tho Spanish-Am erican W sr sad :: ' ■ r ' - i , *;■; THE GUNNERY FORD GARAGE Phone 3 0 P h on e 338J Ford Sales aad Service Front St MARSHFIELD, ORE. It’s a W orld-Beater at the Price A beautiful five-p assen ger T ou rin g Car. Standard con stru ction th rou gh ou t. C om plste equipm ent. Latent design; su p erb finish. Strong and durably. Speedy if y ou w an t s peed— bu ilt fo r tin f e d fuel e co n o m y . Y o u ca n t m ake • m istake in b u y in g th is ex cep tion a l ear for $875. N ow h ere in A m erica ca n y o u find its equal at th e price. R em em ber that Hie BUSH Is n ot an e xperim ent. BUSH Cara h ave been in serv ice for years. T h e y have p rov ed th em selves to b e all that w a say abou t them . - Y ou can th rottle th e BUSH engine d ow n to tw o m iles an h ou r on high. Its a ction is sm ooth and s w e e t it ’s a hummerl fw h for yoorscR Compels It with any otter car salting for teat (ten $1,200 and you will aay that tea BUSH te u world tester. ■ hold an honorable discharge . :**. ‘I -I from the United States A rm y ; am a member o f the Loyal Legion o f L oggers and to taka part in order to "make tha world safe for democrasg." What does tha phrase mean? The theorise sad acts o f the Oer- man military antocraay degnitaly deny the right o f tha people o f a state to rule the assai vea Tha flenn aa people, la spite of form s of go vara meat that make a ore tease o f popular coatrsi. have ne, such actual ooateel over their ■Dvnmore aa exists Is democratically organised nations. In those nations the governors can hr rem oved kg a Term Price insures car for one year against FIRE. Term Price inan ree car for one year against THEFT. Tona Price insures car for one year against Collision. TERM PRICE INCLUDES AU CHARGES • V - 'V " ! '- ’ c whole. Last. Friday night the declamatory and oratorical contest, in which all the schools o f the county were repre sented, was held at M yrtle Point. All five schools were well represented end it was with a great deal o f honor and pride that our school Won the day in the declam atory contest and carrteo home the cup, Marvel Sk^eis-winning first place. This is tha second time that Coquills has won tha cup in the Girls’ declam atory contest and it to hoped by the' present student body that next year w ill find them owners. Elmar Neely was tha school repre- sentative in tho oratorical contest. In this division tho first place was awarded to Lyla Nosier, o f Myrtle Point. Tho program was attended by about fifty people from Coquille. Tho Library order made this week amounted te 164.70. This amount represented Coquille’a share o f the state library fund and w ill bo sent in to tho County Superintendent this week. It has boon found by this late purchase that the price o f books has increased from ton te twenty-five per cent during tho last year. Whitman College, W illamette, and six other private college te tho Ore gon Conference have offered schol arships to tho graduating class of 1918. Those to receive these scolar- dhipe w ill be determined by the high school faculty. Tha value o f such JOHN D. CONNELL ernes over the masses," wrote Born- hardi; and General Voa u«—n»g just before his death, wrote a “Political Testament," since largely circulated la Germany, In which ha argued for tho rotsatloa of Belgium, teeauso, aalass K terre euueeed, tha proetigo of tha military autocracy mould receive a fatal blow A n we—are the Allies—then fight, lag te impoea upon Oermaay a dif ferent system; Is that tha ssaaaiag of "making tha world safe far democ racy?" Kllhu Root so y i 1 that Am ericas democratic Ideals Include "liberty not for themselves alone but for all who are oppressed." Lloyd George asserts that If all countries had bona demo cratically organised, this war would not have takes place; that this war win detonates not merely Interna tional relations, but will affect the — Paid Advt. LUCKY STRIKE Hows, for generations te come; that this war 1s to end te “International demoeraey,” L te liberty, equal ity. and fraternity, betw een nations, great sad small. General Smuts, for- T hrift Campaign Report. marly a soMler against Orest Britain The monthly T hrift Campaign re te Booth Africa, mys that the essence port fo r the high school this month is as follow s: Liberty Bonds owned by teach ers..« A m t invested in such bonds. .$1,000 Liberty Bonds owned by p u p ils ....20 Amt. invested in such bon ds.. .$1180 W. S. 8. owned by teachers.......... 84 Amt.-invested te such certificates $170 W. 8. 8. owned by pupils.......... ,.9 8 Amt. invested te such certificates $490 Pupils owning T hrift Stamps........ 80 A m t invested in such stamps. .$41.00 Total amount invested in all government obligations by govornmeata should ba handed aa military Blight or as “principle» of squity. Juitics, falrnate sad »quality.’’ Various writ» is ha vs depicted this war aa a taet ot democracy, to da ta rmloa whether democracy aan ad just Itself to an emeraoaey ao that by ■hear efficiency It shall at least equal tha efficiency of a military autocracy, sad assart that on this ground alone tha future government ef all the na tions of tho world Is at stake. Will Crooks, tho British labor leader, says this war "la a people’» war. We are an te It, the sean at the village pomp and la the fields, tha blacksmith, the oar peater and ieteer, the shipwright, and the man of leisure. We are standing together tecauee wa era ft gating for IT’ S TOASTED liberty LOREN KNIGHT, Coquille, Or. V COOS, CURRY, A O E N T FOB AND NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Highway Construction, Cnee County, Oregon. Sealed bids for tho construction of B Portion o f the Bandon- Curry Coun ty Lina Section o f tho Coast Highway, Green Gulch Fill in Coos County, Ore gon, will bo received by tho County Court o f said County at ha office te tha Court House, Coquille, Oregon, until 10:00 A . M., May S, 1918. No bid will bo considered unless ac companied by cash, bidder’s bend, or certified chock fo r an amount equal to at least 6 per cent, o f tho total amount o f the bid. A corporate surety bond will bo re quired for tho faithful performance o f D O U G LA S C O U N T IE S the office o f the County Clerk o f said County, or at the office o f the Road- master, in tho Court House» Coquille, Oregon. Plans and specifications and forms o f contract may bo soon at tho same place or may bo obtained upon the deposit o f $16.00. The right is reserved to reject any or all propoaals or to accept tho pro petal or proposals doosted boat for said County. COUNTY COURT OF COOS COUNTY. Jamas Watson, County Judge. G. J. Arm strong, County Commissioner. Archie Phillip, County Commissioner. Edith James has returned to school A ttest: after three weeks o f illness. L. W . Oddy, Mr. Almack talked to the Fourth 14t2 County Clerk. •nd F ifth grades Tuesday morning on Coquille, Oregon, April 19th. 1911 Yes, this war Is one te which Ideals of government, of Individual liberty, of civilisation Itself are In conflict Democracy is lined up against autoc racy. Tha war Is 1 b absolute fact n wsr of Idaala But w# are not fight ing to impose our idaala upaa aay nation. What ws are fighting for, 1a "staking tha world safa for democ racy,” te to prevent e military autoc racy from impoeing ite authority end Ite ideali upon ue. Wo ate ready to keep oa minding our own bust bobs , and to lot other nations do tho mate. ’A military autocracy that proposes to conquer the world meet bo de feated, to tho point where It renounces meddling with other nations, great or ■mall, or there te ao pane» te tho world. That te tee tesae at slake. verified with the proper vouchers thsrefor to the undersigned at the o f- fiea o f C. R. Barrow, in Coquille, Coos County, Oregon, within six months tnm the date o f this notice. Dated this 26th day o f A pril, 1918. P™ «*es V. J. McAdams, Adm inistratrix et tho astata o f ■ «n n ti H. McAdams, deceased. lfitS
