The Coquille Valley sentinel and the Coquille herald., May 31, 1918, Image 1

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Sentinel
AND THE COQUILLE HERALD
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FRIDAY, MAY SL MIS.
COQUILLE. COOS COUNTY.
SUO
YEAR.
A stori»»
DECORAI lUN Dir
Graves of M m Heroes i f the Six
Iks Strewn With Frag-
W alter Draas, Co. 1, 3rd Ken. Cav.
Jonathan Quick, Co. K . 14th Kan.
Cav.
J. L. Samson. Co. H. Sd N. Y . In ft
J. C. Varney, tad W ls. Battery.
John P. Goodman, Co. B, 114th Ills.
In ft
G. R. Wickham, Co. A, 9th Mich.
Cav.
Charles D. E lliott, Co. D, 20th Iowa
In ft
S. W . Steal, Co. H, 2d Ills. Cav.
J. D. Hudson, Co. L td Reg. Ore.
VoL
Ren hart Schwers, Co. I, 4th Io
Cav.
Jacob Croy, Co. A, 4th Minn. In ft
L. Harlocker, 47th W isconsin In ft
H. F. Tennison, Confederate.
John J. Lamb, Confederate.
M O O M I FINE PROGRAM
W ill
Bo
V is ib le
N e x t S a tu rd a y A ft e r -
The
Memorial
Exercises
Night W ere Very Im­
pressive.
Last
chorus, a bar from the “ Star Spangled
Banner” fo r the first two and the long
metre doxology fo r the last. A p
stetent encore brought the venerable
singer back to repeat the teat verse
Mrs. L. J. Cary sang the “ Star
Spangled Banner,” with Mrs. L. P.
Branstetter as accompanist, with
sweetness and fervor that won the
heartiest applause from an audience
that never failed to rise in recogni
tion o f every patriotic tune.
For the arrangement o f so interest
in^ and “ different” program for this
occasion great credit is due Mr. Sin
clair to whom that duty was delegat­
ed.
RECALL 10 COME
Taxpayers
League
Organized
How Is Determined
to A ct.
Yesterday was s gray day, cloud
The Memorial services at Ander­
Wd have been rending news stories
Without any blare o f trumpets or
shadowed in the morning and with
previous advertising, a crowd o f about
about the total eclipse o f the sun vis­ son's Hall last night brought out an
mist screens drifting across the land-
twenty taxpayers from Marshfield,
ible in the United States on Saturday, attendance more than sufilcient to fill
scops after noon, making it the
North Bend, Myrtle Ppint, Bridge,
June 8, with s good deal o f internet the scats, and the program which the
antithesis o f most o f the Decoration
The moon’s shadow w ill strike the committee had prepared proved un­
Broad bent and Coquille met at the
Days we have soon in the fifty-odd
usually interesting.
city hall here Wednesday evening for
earth at sunrise, in the Pacific
years that now lié between us and the
Again there were six veterans of
almost directly south o f Japan. In
the purpose of organisins a Coos
triumphal march o f the Grand Arm y
its sweep eastward it crosses that the Civil war seated on the platform
County Taxpayers League.
o f the Republic throught the streets
ocean and touches the United States though in one case they varied from
M. C. Maloney, of the Coos Bay
Pleasantest School Year.
o f W ashington at the close o f the Civ­
ju st to the south o f Seattle, Wash. It the group which had attended the Sun­
J. C. Almack and family will start Times, appeared to be the leader o f
il W ar.
Hors they
than eweapa in a southeasterly direc­ day morning services.
for Eugene tomorrow morning. Speak­ the movement and after he had stated
Here, outwardly there was the i
O f Woman’s R elief Corps members tion across lower W ashington, upper were: Walter Sinclair, J. B. Davis,
ing o f his work in the schools here at length the purpose of the meeting
the follow ing have found their final Oregon, Idaho, southwest W yoming J. 8. McEwen, W. A. Custer, D. P.
loving observance o f the day,
during the past year, Mir. Almack he was made temporary chairman,
some decking o f the graves o f the resting place here:
Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Strang and J. C. Noel— the latter the says that he * found our schools with Claud Giles, o f Myrtle Point, as
sleeping heroes o f the war for the
Mrs. Philoma Varney.
Arkansas, M ississippi, Alabama, and youth of the bunch, only 70 years of well organised and in excellent condi­ temporary secretary.
age
Union, as we have seen for decades,
Mrs. Elisabeth James.
In stating the reasons for calling
upper Florida.
tion, and that his yerr here has been
and it may be that we <
The band entertained the audience the pleasantest he has eVer spent in such a meeting, Mr. Maloney said
The width o f the shadow path up in
wrong in feeling that a different
Deputy 8tste Grand Master F. W. Washington is 66 miles end South with some splendid patriotic music school work.
Only two complaints there was a great deal of criticism of
Settlemier, o f the A . F. R A . M., will Bond, Montesano, Chehalis and Gold- which rolled'up sonorously from thsir
spirit was abroad. It seemed to
came from patrons during the year. the county court heard on all sides
though, that the tense anxiety with be here Friday, June 7, to visit Chad­ endale are located in the dark area station in the rear of the hall.
Mr. Almack is a thorough-going in­ and it was the intention of those pres­
which we are awaiting news o f the wick Lodge. A special meeting o f the where the sun will be entirely blan­
In opening the meeting Chairman structor and his work here has been ent to form a Coos County Taxpayers
greater conflict in which otur soldiers lodge will be hold at 8 p. m. to receive keted by the moon. In Oregon, Hood Sinclair spoke feelingly of the position such that the board would have been League, which body would request the
have begun to take part on the fields him, and all Masons are invited to at- River, Heppner and Baker City will o f the soldiers o f the Grsnd Army of
«lad to have retained him in charge of resignations of Judge James Watson
td. Mr. Settlemier comes down here be favored by the full show, the lat­ the sixties who now, unabls to take
o f France had so gripped the soul o f
and Commissioner Archie Phillip.
our schools.
our people that they did not enter as to institute a new lodge o f the order ter city being alm ost in the center o f their places in the ranks as they
Failing in this, recall proceedings
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wholeheartedly into the services of at Port Orford.
but the width o f the would bo glad to if they could, were
would be instituted. He stated that
the day as they were wont to. The
darkest shadow will be reduced there doing their bit in the only way they
there was no peisonal animus in their
thought o f the American heroes who
to 64 miles. Ths total strip w ill con­ could; and who, we will add, are as
desire to relegate these two gentle­
are dying under foreign skies today
tinue in s southeasterly course across profoundly interested in the present
man to private life along with Com­
summed crowd into the dimming
war to save the world from wreck and
the country to Orlando, Florida, w b
missioner Geo. J. Armstrong, but the
vaults M memory the* conflicts in
ruin as they were half a century ago
waste and extravagance exhibited,' not
it it only 40 miles wide. A t the sai
Six
Civil
war
veterans
occupied
a
which tiie heroes we were honoring
time the length is s great deal lass, in saving the Union.
only in the construction o f roads but in
front row o f seats at the Memorial
had fought so nobly. A year ago we
H is invocation tint pronounced by
all county affairs, was something
Talking with one o f the members o f the total observation lasting just two
services at the Methodist church last
were looking forw ard to lpsses and the County Valuation board here wo minutes on the Pacific coast and con­ Rev. W. E. Couper^J&e audience sang
which should receive the attention of
Sunday morning.
They were all
sorrow on Msmorial Day; now
such an organization as was about to
re pleased to hear that net much siderably less that one on the Atlan­ America with ths greatest terror, and
above medium height and varied but
have entered into that via crude and change is being made in the figures tic coast.
then a bunch of little misses in white
be formed, and he thought the entire
little in that respect, indeed, their uni­
are walking in its shadows aad its as heretofore given fo r residence pro­
court should be recalled.
Apparently while only thirteen sseendsd the platform and gave a flag
formity
was
especially
noticeable.
agonies.
Just os Mr. Maloney concluded his
perties in this city. The board is o f states w ill be fsovred with totality drill, keeping time to Mrs. Leslie’s Four o f them w o n beards, as thsy
isic on the piano.
The procession form ed on W illard the opinion that seen should be en­ the eclipse w ill be visible s i s i j where
first talk of several, Judge Watson en­
probably have done ever since their
street at 10:10 yesterday morning in couraged to acquire homes and not in the United States that the skies are
The three speakers o f the evening
tered the council chamber and it is en­
service in the southland.
Two of
the follow ing order. |
had been selected, Mr. 8herwood by
tirely within the truth to say that a
discouraged by excessive taxation, clear.
them have been the victims o f run­
The Coquille Band.
greater care was observed by the
A t Portland the eclipse will begin the Honor Guard, Mr. Baker by the
and so while business property is be­
away accidents—one on ths field of
The Home Guard company In
speakers from that time on.
ing valued at its actual value conser­ at 12.38 d ock time or 1:88 sun time, Home Guard, and “Mrs. Brandon by
battle at Vicksburg— that would have
form .
Nearly every one who spoke ex­
vatively estimated, residences are g iv the greatest darkness will be at 2:68 the Women’s Relief Corps.
sent any but the stoutest to their
The Girls Honor Guard in white en the benefit o f the doubt as they are sun time, and the end o f the odipee nt
A. J. Sherwood was first presented
pressed the same friendly feeling for
graves. As to age they were all in
all wearing the tricolor badge on their not income payers and in almost
4:11 sun time. Ths hours w ill bo ths and gave an interesting resume of
Judge Watson, but s t the same time
the
seventies or the eighties, standing
left sleeves..
m at Coquille only varying a fow some o f the great battles o f history,
gave him a stab by charging him with
dby case it is cheaper to rent a house
aid “ the lenghtoning shadows of
The members o f the Woman’s Re­ than to own one.
nds at the moot. But white at beginning with the brave 800 Greeks
derelictions for which ha was not re­
life’s afternoon.” They were J. S. Me
lief Corps and the Red Cross.
sponsible.
Their most persistant
The 1st on #U eh the Baxter House Portland 99-100ths o f the sun’s di­ w hf sacrificed themselves at Thor-
Ewan, D. P. Strang, B. H. Haskins,
Members o f the G. A . R. and Old
mopylae 480 years before Christ aad
fh a rg « was that ho waa no road man,
ends is valued at $4,000 aad is cen­ ameter will get behind the met
J.
C.
Noel,
W.
A.
Custer
and
Walter
Soldiers o f the sixties riding in as
and this Mr. Watson frankly admitted
tered the most valuable in the eky. down here we shall aae only 96-100ths eulogising the men o f thnt race as the
Sinclair.
Citisens in autos.
greatest warriors o f all time.
when he addressed the meeting.
Next comes the First National Bank o f the orb o f day submerged.
The union services at this church
The children o f the Public School, lot and the other lots at the same cor­
Coming down to the days of the Civ
One o f the singular things about
As to Archie Phillip, he apparently
were conducted by Rev. J. A. McVeigh
who ware to decorate the gra
had not a friend in the room and there
ner at $8860 each and the Busy Cor­ this eclipse to the layman is that il war he detailed some o f the great
of
the
Presbyterian
church
and
the
keeping step two by two.
while ths usn aad moon are both ap­ conflicts o f the days that triad men’s
was no question of the determination
ner lot at $8600.
memorial sermon was preached by
The latter representation one could
of the League to have him recalled if
A t Marshfield we learn that the parently moving west the adiped* be­ souls than, and ended with a glowing
but note was only a tithe o f the con­ four best corners—the Hub, the First gins about an hour ealier on this boast tribute to the armies which carried Rev. W. E. Couper, of the Episcopal he refused to resign. Taylor Dement,
tribu tion th e little folks made to the National Bank, and the two across the tl.an it does on the Atlantic coast. our flag to victory in the greatest con­ church. It was a scholarly, cultured of Myrtle Point, said of him that he
discourse, replete with patriotic sen­
Liberty Parade on the anniversary of street from them were fixed at $20,- This is due to the fa ct that the ap­ test our continsnt ever saw.
talked either too much or not enough,
timent, voicing the unalterable deter­
our entrance into the war, on April 6. 000 each, though their form er as- parent western motion o f the sun and
and he was blessed if lie knew which
Between the addressee came songs
mination of the American people to
Arrived at the Odd Fellows ceme­
s. He thought Phillip had amply
sment was down to about $4,000. loon is due to the real oastern mo­ by s male quartette composed o f F. G.
tery on Spurgeon Hill, a hollow Including the building the Hub corner tion o f the earth as it revolves on Leslie, C. E. McCurdy, W. J. Long- win this war for democracy and de­ demonstrated his unfitness for the of­
cency, and paying a splendid tribute
square was formed about the monu­ there is valued at $06,000, at which its axle, and that the moon is at the ston and R. E. Baker.
fice and should be recalled.
to the grand army of the republic
ment, “ T o the Unknown Dead,” with figures, after allowing fo r all ex­ same time moving east across the face
Mr. Baker’ s address dealt largely
H. G. Kefn, o f North Bend, Henry
which won that other war for human
the Home Guard on the south, the penses, it will pay seven per cent on o f the sun.
with the great conflict now apparently
Sengstacken, of Marshfield, Leo J.
liberty fifty odd years ago, and some
Honor Guard on the east and the la­ the Investment
He
Cary, of Coquille, and several others
For the facta steted in this article nearing its crisis in Europe.
o f whose soldiers still remain with us
dies o f the R elief Corps on the north
made short talks, the first two men­
The total real estate valuation at the Sentinel scribe is indsbtad to tns thought that our forces in Francs
and west, the latter giving their ritual­ the Bay has been very considerably W orld Almanac, to which we find it would, before their work was done, in­ today, full o f yoers and honored by tioned expressing dissatisfaction with
their grateful countrymen.
istic service fo r the occasion, follow ­ increased.
the entire county court.
Indeed, a single day’s necessary to refer oftener than any scribe their names as imperishsbly on
“ America” was sung with great fer­
ing which came three volleys by work there resulted in adding enough other book hi our library, barring per­ the scrolls of fame os any warriors of
Frank Burkholder, o f Coquille, of­
vor by the entire audience ; and it
a squad o f the Home Guard, and then to values to increase the tax receipts haps Webster's Unabridged Diction­ any time or clime, and Instanced the
fered a suggestion that if the commer­
seems as if its lines had acquired a
the flower bearers decorated the enough to cover the entire expense for ary and certainly the Coos County heroic stand made by that French reg­
cial bodies of all the cities in the coun­
new meaning for us since our country
graves o f the follow ing veterans o f the board fo r the whole county.
directory.
ty passed resolutions demanding his
iment on Kcmmel Hill, who voluntarily
hns
again
unsheathed
its
sword
the Civil war who repoee here:
Here in Coquille eome lots have
Our readers are warned that there permitted themselves to bo extermi­ against the mightiest hosts ever em­ resignation Mr. Phillip would save
them the trouble o f a recall and would
been doubled in value while others is grave danger o f eclipse blindness in nated there to the last man in order to
Odd Fellow’s Cemetery
battled in tyranny’s cause and faces
W. E. McDuffy, Co. H, 4th Iowa have been reduced. The largest In­ gazing directly at the sun during the hold baek ths Huns as long as possible the direst menace that has ever con­ resign. It was decided to follow this
plan after the organisation was effec­
creases, however, have been in im­ eclipse end that in all eaaas a pair as a parallel to the valor and self sac­
Inft.
fronted this “ land o f the free.”
ted.
glasses smoked in the flame o f a rifice of the immortal three hundred
A lbert Lillie, Co, H, 18Sd N. Y . proved acreage property adjacent to
Nor can we forget that service
at Thermopylae. Mr. Baker’s patriot­
the city.
candle should bo used.
Before the election of officers Judge
IafL
flag of thirty-one stars at the right of
ic
sentiments
struck
an
answering
Wataon took the floor and replied to
In this connection Assessor Beyers
W . G. W ay, Co. E, California Inft.
chord in the hearts of all his hearers, the pulpit, indicating the number who all the charges that had been made in
A. V. Nichols, Co. G, 46th Pena. says he intends to asses real estate 80
Must Cat Oat AD W heat.
while
his suggestion that “ On to Ber­ have gone out from the congregation a way that took the wind out o f the
per cent o f the amounts fixed by the
In ft
County Food Adm inistrator Lilje- lin” was the battle cry o f our Ameri­ that worships here to help hold the
sails of several of his accusers. Es­
valuation
board.
S. D. Howell, Co. H, 29th Mo. Inft.
qvist called this morning to say that can soldiers in France waa greeted western front in France and Belgium,
pecially did he utterly refute H. G.
E. S. Plaested, Co. D, 88th Ills. Inft.
where the issue of freedom or slavery,
ths sale o f wheat flour ia absolutely with rapturous applause.
Kern’s attack, when the latter charged
W en t A w a y O v er th e T o p .
O. R W illard, Co. D, 181st Ills. Cav.
o f civilization or fiendish barbarism, is
prohibited until July 1st and the ban
that a contract was let for $1.06 per
The
lest
of
the
trio
of
speakers
was
John H. Nosier.
The follow ing is the fq ll roport of may not be lifted then. The only ex­
being decided.
yard for macadamizing the Empire-
W. H. Nosier, Co. D, 2d Iowa Cav. the Red Cross subscriptions in the Co­ ception that will be mads is in the Mrs. Laura Brandon, whoso subject
South Slough road, when the lowest
was the Woman’s Relief Carps; and
S. P. C. Johnson, Confederate.
quille district during the May drive: case o f lumber camps but they can
New Opera House' Started.
bid was 87 cents. Also that the court
she treated it with such earnestness,
Edwin Swafford, Union, N. Y. regi-
Coquille C ity.................
.$2,068.16 only usa white flour on special license,
simplicity and pathos that all her
The Machon opera house, the first showed incompetency in experiment­
Sitka Spruce M ill.............
632.00 granted by Mr. Liljeqviat.
hearer«, were sorry that she spoke so new structure to be built in the burnt ing with macadam st all. Hie judge
Albert W. Kelley, Co. M, 14th Min­
Johnson M ill........................
230.84
Dealers Will be allowed to sell their briefly. Speaking o f the question why
nesota, Spanish American War.
district, is fairly started now, the base­ stated that he had opposed macadam
Cedar Point..........................
89.68 present supplies o f wholo wheat flour
should not the Relief Corps disband ment walls having been poured at all times and was outvoted by the
Dora ........................
18.00 and graham floor.
now that there were so few veterans several days ago. The slope of the other commissioners. As to the let­
Among the members o f the R elief
M cK in ley..............................
97.76
In esses where the prohibition of of ths Civil war left and homes were surface here lenda itself admirably to ting o f a contract at a higher bid, the
Corps whose remains repose here are:
F a irv ie w .............
169.60
flour sales will, for some cause, work provided for all who wished to avail opera house purposes. The entrance man bidding 87 cents had conditioned
Mrs. M argaret Hudson.
Coaledo ................................
86.60
an especial hardship, appeal can be themselves o f their privileges, she re­ on First street will be just on the side­ his bid by requiring that the county
Cunningham .........................
61.00
Mrs. J. C. Noel.
made to Mr. Liljeqviat.
ferred to Christ’s hours of agony in walk level and the seats of the main furnish them rock f. o. b.-North Bend,
Fishtrap ..............................
90.26
Bakers are requested -to quit making Gethsemans, and his reproachful words floor, beginning at that level will slope and by making other demands which
Roy
.......................................
162.60
The beautiful flowers bestowed in
when he found his disciples steeping -town towards the stage which will be would have mads their offer more ex­
Johnson MiU D istrict.......
60.00 “ Victory Broad” and au k s W ar Broad
such lavish profusion on the other
only from this on. V ictory bread is “ Could ye not watch with me one several feet lower, though still three pensive to the county than the $1.06
Fat
E
lk...............................
v
46.00
mounds that are yearly increasing in
par cent white flour and War hour 7” And “ should not we” she de- or four feet above the ground st the proposal.
Riverton ..............................
66.76
number here, in memory o f their loved
d in tones o f intense earnest-
In every other matter which he
r of the building. This gives a
A ssa rt Camp......................
441.00 bread only 60 per cent.
and lost by those whose hearts still
“ watch with these thinning asemerit o f full height and ample sis# touched upon the judge showed that
Every housekeeper is requested to
Conlogue’s Camp................
861.00
ache, was a notable feature o f the
ranks of the soldiers o f the war for at the front, but cuts it down to in­ the criticism was based on an insuffi­
S ltk u m ..................................
81.00 return all wheat flour to her grocer
day’s observances.
These blossoms
the Union for one lifetim e?”
cient knowledge o f the facts. This
significant proportions at the rear.
who
will
pay
fo
r
it.
Alt
grocers
art
Beaver HOI..........................
212.60
seemed to speak o f the resurrection
has been true to a certain extent with
Mrs.
Brandon
said
she
had
bean
a
requested
to
furnish
s
Hat
o
f
those
who
Large
stacks
o
f
the
hollow
tile
of
and the life everlasting, to the belief
member
of
the
W.
R.
C.
ever
since
she
return
wheat
flour,
to
Judge
Watson
which this building is to bo construc­ all the stories circulated since the
T otal.................. ........ 84,768.42
in which they mutely testified.
waa
sixteen
years
o
f
age,
and
we
who
will
make
a
Hat
o
f
thorn
for
an
The
total
for
the
city
school
district,
ted, are already on the ground. The North Bend bunch, behind the Kinney
A fter the services here were con­
imagine
there
have
beeo
few
more
de­
“
Honor
Roll”
to
ho
published
in
the
r.umeroue
air spaces which this ma­ matters, have been trying to oust
cluded the autos, the children aad the including the tw o mills and Cedar
voted
members.
Sentinel
and
other
papers.
terial
provides
hi the walls ; revent Judge Watson for his insistence that
Point
la
$3,020.67,
which
alone
exceeds
R elief Corps wended their way out
their
heating
up
in a fire as an ordin­ the penalties, interest and taxes on the
Another very interesting feature o f
to the Masonic cemetery to repeat our quote. The total oversubscription
ary
brick
wall
docs
and do a g n a t Kinney tracts should be paid in full.
in
the
entire
district
was
68
per
cen
t
the
exercises
waa
ths
patriotic
song
Last
week
the
Sentinel
was
made
their decorations and services, where
When H came to the election o f a
deal
towards
retarding
the progress o f
to credit the McKinley Rad Cram la­ by Comrade J. 8. McEwen to his own
the roster is as follow s:
a
fire,
the
tile
itself
being
at
the
same
accompaniment.
A
t
hie
suggestion
dies
with
furnishing
$4
gun
wipes
Butter Wrappers
(Continued oa eighth |
the audience joined unitedly In the time absolutely fin proof.
whan It should t e w said 8460.
’•>
E. W. î ÎL t Î s , 0e.f lT *h Mich. Cav. Signa at «h* Sentim i
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