The Coquille Valley sentinel and the Coquille herald., January 31, 1919, Image 1

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Biggest Condensary Firm in the
W orld Bays McMinnville
and Bandon Factories
riLLE HERALD
COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY, OREGON. FRID AY, JANUARY 81, 1918.
tended by the opening e f so i
tensive a market fo r its products; and
ms confidently expect to see more e f
our valley lands brought under in­
tensive cultivation, brush land more
rapidly cleared, more drainage sys­
tems installed and the milk product o f
our valley doubled or trebled in the
next few yeara.
'
For the preeent it looks as if Ban­
don would be the greatest beneficiary
o f the change and we certainly con­
gratulate our stater city at the mouth
o f the river, which has been playing
to hard luck for the past five years,
on her brightening outlook.
A t the same tim e it is self evident
that with the greater part o f the un
developed dairy land in this valley so
nearly contiguous to Coquille, our
city must feel the stimulus o f the new
development and grow and thrive as
it has never done before.
Schools W ill Open Monday
A t a meeting o f the Directors this
morning H was voted to reopen school
Monday m orning.. Bells will ring and
sessions begin at the accustomed time.
That Is the Amount of Money to Be Paid | J liS E S J S L r i
seems to be an impression
to Coos County toi' Back Taxes as There
ong some pupils that they will be
■o handicapped on sceount o f the long
Soon as Bill Becomes a Law.
enforced vacation, that H will not pay
VERT NEAR DEATH
Arthur Hooton and Ned C. Kel­
ley Were But a M inute
From Electrocution
J.
Monday’s Oregon Journal
Arthur Hooton had a very narrow
The Nestle Food company, the
escape from death by electrocution
to return to school until next year.
largest producers o f condensed milk
Wednesday when the order came from
About a year ago, in discussing tho question o f the disposition o f the This is a serious error.
in the world, has purchased the Mc­
F. E. McKenna to cut out tho street
Southern Oregon, or Coos Bay W agsa Road, grant lands, the Sentinel at-1 Since all are under the same handi-
Minnville and Bandon condenaaries.
lights here until the boilers at the
gued that our county officials need not worry so much about how tho e x -: cap allowance will be made for all
The sale represents one o f the largest
plant on the Bay were repaired. A r­
cess above $282,000 to bo paid fhe company, and tho taxes and other ex- alike, and every possible advantage
industrial transactions in the history
thur was standing in site back room
penses was to bo distributed.
The amount eventually to ha received from wil be given to everyone continuing
o f Oregon.
,
o f tho Power company office talking
tho timber when H was sold and tha lands when they had passed into the the work now. To remain absent now to N. C. Kelley. Reaching fo r the
The McMinnville eondensary, which
hands o f settlers would bo so long in'eom ing in, no matter what the amount, will mean to loae the credit gained handle to pull the plug which would
has a capacity e f 120,000 pounds o f
that it m ight cut little figure with flu present generation.
On tho other last fall, and to fail to continue with cut o f the street light circuit, he
fresh milk daily, form erly was oper
your class.
,
a tod by the Gtebisch A Joplin inter-
struck the forefinger o f his right hand
B y all means consult the superin­
sets, and ordinarily employs about 76
against one o f the brass pieces o f the
tendent before deciding to remain ab-
teen.
switch. Instantly he was drawn up
The Bandon eondensary was owned
T h a t Bloc C r a n
hard against the board and his mus­
Miss Cardiff, the county nurse, will
by the same company and has a ca­
cles and flesh became rigid and hard
That blue mark on your label means
pacity o f 260,000 pounds o f fresh milk that your subseription expires with figures we have heard or seen mentioned since, that amount has been put be present fo r two or three days in
a rock.
He attempted to yell
the week, and will
It transpires, new, that the sm aller amount was what the fore part
daily. The total per diem capacity of this issus and that if you wish to con­ as about $160,000.
"H elp,” but his words were inarticu­
the combined plants will be approxi­ tinue to reçoive the weekiy visita ef the county was to receive as its share—the state and county taxes which give instructions in the use o f every late. With 2800 volte o f electricity
possible precaution. I f parents will
m ately 87(0,000 pounds o f fresh milk the Sentinel an early remittance ia will go into the general fund o f the #ounty.
passing through his body ho was fast
On the other hand the additional amount that will go to the school, keep children at home who have any loring consciousness and ability to
and 8700 eases o f condensed milk.
cxpeeted.
The pey-in-advance plan
The condensaries will be managed ta one which, ha ring once undertaken, port and road districts o f tile county make enough more for the grand symptoms o f a cold or other illness, call ou t
it is probable that the school can run
by A lbert E. Boughner, who says that we see no reason to change and we total to reach $480463.26, or only about $10,000 short o f the half million.
A t the first alarm Mr. Kelley grab­
Geo. O. Loach, the cashier, and Archie W alker, the bookkeeper, at the without further interruption.
the plants represent an investment o f belleve it ta appreciated by our sub-
bed his arm to try and pull Hooton
more than $260,000 and that the Nes­ scribers who wiD not in the future be sheriff’s office have figured it out to a cent what the county and each district
loose from the contact, and was him­
tle company expects to have a total expected to pay beyond the period for and subdivision is to receive from the taxes the government will pay ac­
self drawn tight up against Hoot on’s
cording to the bill which has unanimously*passed the house o f representa­
investment in excess o f $800,000 when which they subecribed.
body. By some miracle, however, hta
tives at W ashington, and is expected to pass the senate and become a law
alterations and repairs have been
hold on Hooton broke, and he looked
before the fourth o f March.
completed. It win be at least 60 days
around for an insulating rubber mat
Net Tax Penalty A Interest
Total
before y>e plants are in fu ll operation.
to stand on. Not toeing any he rock­
$366,666.22
Clarence W. Doty, assistant secretary
State and C o u n ty ..............................$*14,786.81
$161,778.41
$866,666.2*
ed back on Ms rubber heels and gave
o f the New York office o f the Nestle
h igh School Fund ..........................
8,768.46
8,768.46
Arthur another pull which jerked
8,118.76
Port Cooe Bay ..................................
2,839.04
774.71
company, has bean appointed general
Last Tuesday Mayor Johnson re­ him loose from the switch, both men
8.690.62 ceived word from L i. Commander J. going to the floor in a heap. In a
secretary and treasurer e f the Ore­
Port Coquille River
................
6,61*44
2,187.26
8,699.62
Superintendent Mulkey, who hair Port Bandon ......................................
gon branch, which has been capitaliz­
7,706.82
2434.40
10,060.22 T. Kane, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, half minute Arthur came to aad hta
bean over at the Bay this week came City o f Coquille ................................
ed at $200,000.
766.20
872.96
1,189.16 asking him to be on the lookout for first words were, “ I’m all right,” but
6.37 Joe. A. Carter, who had overstayed hta finger ta white and burned to the
The m ost important Mature o f the home last night and bringe a very
806.21 his furlough and was classed as a de­ bone.
transaction is the market which will gratifyin g report as to the schools
Mr. Kelley was deathly elek
4.697.02 serter from the navy. Tuesday ev­ for two or three momenta: but tha
be created fo r all the milk that can there. They have reopened both at Road D istrict No. 11
2,641.70
2,066.32
' 24,147.67 ening Marshal M iller ran across Car­ vertigo soon passed, and asido from
be produced in this state fo r a consid­ Marshfield and North Bend and in Road D istrict No. 12
12,412.76
11,784.81
erable period to come. The dairymen both cities the attendance ta normal. Road D istrict No. 18
1,849.72 ter out by the Collier place and put the burn neither man appears to be
1,349.72
6.091.61 him under arrest. The latter asked any tho worse for their near acquain­
have been unfortunate in having dealt Indeed, with the exception o f the Em­ Road D istrict No. 14
6,09l'.61
*
with many concerns not financially re­ pire school, all the schools at that end Road D istrict No. 16
2481.98 fo r permission to go home and tell tance with death.
2,606.66 his w ife whom he had ju st recently
sponsible, involving huge leases to the o f the county a m again running. Road D istrict No. 16
974.88
1,680.77
dairy interests, which, it is said, have Lakeside waa perhaps hit the hardest Road D istrict No. 17
4499.70 brought from the A tlantic eoast, they
2487.79
1.971.91
Two Inmuso^Men at Once
had no little effect on retail prices o f o f any place in the county In propor­ Road D istrict No. 18
1.848.91
8,612.66 having been married at about the
1,768.74
George
Martin, better known aa
tion
to
its
population,
but
the
school
milk In Portland.
960.06 •■«ue time Carter took French leave.
Road D istrict No. . 27
“ Sharkey,” waa brought over hers
Another im portant feature w ill be with 80 pupils is again open there. Read D istrict No. 80
94*1-08 A fter putting on his putfprm, Carter
4JM9.09
44614*
Tnastaq
insane condition *****
1,680.60 was brought by M iller to the county
■ tetita
1,244.10
Read D istrict No. 81
placed in jail, where he made night
fnet all are at school again except
by the
School Districts
ja il where he «w aits the arrival o f hideous to those in that section o f
e f seers than 1,000,000 cases o f con­ the children o f one fam ily who had N a 7 Daniel’s Creek
2.404.02 Federal authorities.
689.73
1.714.29
the city by hta howling. Ho ta known
densed milk, which the Nestle com­ the disease and are still to weak to No. 8 Coquille ..........
4,778.48
1,906.27
2478.16
Mr. Carter enlisted In the navy with aa “ tho Ouija Board crank,” and was
come
out.
Ono
girl,
a
member
o
f
the
pany anticipates sending to the Orient
2,166.08 Postmaster Leneve here last spring
458.90
1,707.18
No. 10 Cunningham .
so violent that it took Officer Veatch
eighth grade, died there. In this con­
from the port o f Portland.
846.66 and saw considerable service on a
16.04
829.61
No. 12 Catching Inlet
and
an assistant to bring him over
nection
it
is
to
be
noted
that
very
The Nestle Food company exported
441.06 submarine destroyer, being a fireman
126.11
816.96
N o.. 16 B ig Creek . . .
hors from North Bend tied down.
more milk in 1917 and 1918 than any few school children in the county No. 16 Discontinued .
8.87
.
1.98
1.94
on several convoy tripe across the When he was examined here Wed­
ether corporation in the United have been among the victims.
6.67 Atlantic.
1.08
4.64
N o. 18 F lagstaff ........
nesday by Judge W steon and Health
A t M yrtle Point Mr. Mulkey quotes
State«. The company is reported to
7.47
4.01
8.46
When he enlisted it was fo r the Officer Richmond he was asked what,
No. 19 Fat Elk ........
Professor
Claude
-Noslor
as
reporting
operate more than 60 eondeaaaries in
688.19 period o f the war and after the sign­
266.76
882.44
No. 22 Riverside
..
if anything, he know about the late
this country alone, in addition to the attendance as “ alm ost normal’’
1.066.61 ing o f the armistice he made applica­
168.16
908.46
No.
28
Lee
..........
Julius Bracke, as he had claimed bg^
which there are the English, French, instead o f at the fifty per cent ratio
1.670.66 tion fo r discharge from the service.
286.37
1.286.29
No. 26 Fairview . . . . .
fore leaving North Bend that he could
Swiss and other Nestle companies op­ reported, there.
2.062.67 But he had not received it, and made
666.18
1,386.44
No.
27
McKinley
........
tell all about that case and find tho
The schools at Coquille and Ban­
erating huge condensaries all over the
200.02 the mistake o f thinking Uncle Sam
78.60
121.62
murderer if promised $1,000 reward.
don are the only city schools in the No. 28 Gravel Ford . . ,
world.
2.698.63 would forego any o f the usual routine
362.88
2,880.66
No.
SO
Sumner
............
It was promised all right, but when
county
that
remain
dosed,
and
there
46746 in dispensing with his nephews’ ser­
Attorney A. F. Flegel, o f Portland,
144.42
322.93
No* 82 Dora ......................................
he insisted on having $100 down be­
117.76 vices.
who handled the legal end o f the deal, aro only about eight rural schools not No. 86 Seaside ..................................
70.63
47.12
fore turning a wheel the stuff was
yet
running.
Those
at
Johnson’s
Mill
829.27
said another valuable addition to the
86.21
298.06
Mr. Carter has lived around here all off. He had his prim itive Ouija
N a 86 Cooe R iv e r ............................
and
Parkersburg
Mr.
Mulkey
thinks
44447 all his 1$B and bears an excellent
port tonnage will lie in the fa ct that
184.42
269.86
N a 48 Norway ................................
board with him and when Judge W at­
8.08 reputation fo r honesty and has al­
the Nestle boats on their return voy­ are among these as woll as several in N a 44 Roy .......................................
.68
2.40
son questioned him he ran the shingle
tho M yrtle Point section.
149846 ways been a hard working young
ages would call at Coos Bay and bring
629.64
N a 48 Shiloh ....................................
1,868.91
indicator on the cardboard and ev­
Altogether
the
situation
has
cleared
return shipments to Portland.
14.84 man. It is to be hoped that the court
**-*4
ery time it stopped at 0 (naught) all
up wonderfully during tho past two No. 49 EosUido ................................
617.61 which tries him will be acquainted
268.16
849.46
he said was “ Oh, Oh, Oh.”
weeks, and with only one new case of No. 60 Remote ................................
1644 with his patriotism in enlisting and
6.71
Taking a wide view o f the entrance the “fin " reported here this week No. 61 Delmar ............................ 7 .
10.68
He was taken out Wednesday morn­
164.88 will be informed o f his good standing
68.98
o f such a corporation as the Nee tie
No.
66
..........................
M
ing by a ¿uard sent him here from the
there seems to be no valid reason for
868.62 as a citizen o f Coquille.
2A06
Food company into the dairy industry keeping the Coquille schools dosed. No. 68 Johnson’s Mill .....................
380.67
Salem hospital fo r tjie insane.
10410.26
2,888.08
e f .Oregon i t is unquestionably a
N
a
66
Sitkum
.................................
7,822.18
Another man examined the earn*
Indeed at Portland where the “flu”
1,176.27
376.89
source o f congratulation. It cannot
Jumped From Car Window
790.88
day Waa R. G. Hamm, ton o f T. E.
cents back and got out o f control N a 72 Coalodo ................................
778.79
266.14
fa il to promote the development o f early in this month, not only are all No. 74 Ploaaant Hill .........................
3 1 8 -«
Because ho objected to going to Hamm, o f Bandon. The young man
949.64
88.87
that industry By furnishing a wider the schools running but Tuesday’s N a 77 Bridge ..................................
866.27
ja il for stealing autos in which to go ta 29 years o f age and it was some
68.88
18.06
market and a greater demand fo r Ha Oregonian reported that fo r the sec­ N a 82 Cooe C H y .......................................36.8*
joy riding*,. George Holmes Wednes­ years ago that he fell and struck on
products.
ond semester, which oponed last Mon­
day afternoon jumped through the tho back o f hta head. Since then he
$190,969.68
$489403.26
Totals ......................................*298498.67
O f course, from a local point o f day, the attendance broke all records.
car window at Constable Goodman has become a changed man and l)as
view we regret that F. E. Conway’s
Interest figured to March let, 1919.
waa bringing him to Coquille to put gone blind in one eye, although be­
project o f two years ago was not
Farm Loan Association
The sheet o f figures o f which this prior to 1916 go to tho form er dia­ him in the county ja il, says tho Coos fore than time he had accumulated
gone through with and the first con­
$4,000 to $6,000 in property in Mon­
ls a summary is larger than'all eight ¡trict; those fo r 1917 and 1918 go to Be) Times.
The Coquille National Farm Asso­
dor. sary in this valley established at
The train eras going at a pretty tana where they were then living. Hie
pages
o
f
tho
Sentinel
would
bo
it
tho
new
district
7.
ciation held its annual meeting last
Coquille.
J *
Old and nsw D istrict 10 cover very fair rate o f speed when young case is certainly a pitiable one, al­
Saturday and elected the follow ing were spread ou t That shows net tax, much the same territory.
r Holmes made the leap. He fell to though we are not apprised as to
A s it is, however, it is a question
directors: C. E. McCurdy, S. L. L af- interest and penalties on tho wagon
Old
District
16
was
in
the
Cunning­
tha ground but jumped up again and whether there is any possibility o f his
that remains to be answered, how fa r
ferty, Geo. S. Davis, J. M. Hodge and road grant fo r 1907 and every year ham section; new district 16 ta in the
recovery.
s
disappdarod
In the bushes.
a eondensary at the mouth o f the Co­
The school districts
M. T. Aasen. Mr. McCurily is presi­ since to 1917.
The attendant from Salem hod no
Lee neighborhood.
Since Constable Goodman had an­
quille can reach out for its supplies
have
changed
scarcely
at
all
during
dent, Mr. Davis vice president, and
Old District 17 was in. the Gravel other prisoner, Seth Lanegan, whom m isgiving oe to hta ability to take
and how the existing creameries and
R. H. Mast secretary-treasurer. Loans that time but to try to find any re­ Ford section; new district 17 runs up
the officer waa delivering to tho juve­ both these men to the institution at
iheese factories o f the upper vallyy
lation
between
tho
new
1918
road
to the amount o f $18,600 have been
this
side
o
f
the
river
from
Coquille
nile court judge fo r tho same offense, the capital single handed.
and the forks will be affected by the
made to the members o f this associa­ districts as they exist now, and the
the constable did not atop the train
entrance o f such a company as Nes­
to Noreray.
old
districts
as
they
were
before
1916
tion and applications fo r about $6,000
Old D istrict 18 waa in the Bridge for pursuit o f the runaway. When pad by two prisoners, either o f whom
tis’s into the field.
is a good deal like a Chinese puzzle.
more are pending.
might bo expected to make a break
Our forecast is that with the Ban­
A ll taxes before 1916 aro apportioned neighborhood; new district 18 ta in ho returned to tho Bay on tho 6:86
at
any time, if he m ight go to the
train,
however,
ha
began
search
for
the
Fat
Elk
and
Fish
trap
country.
don eondensary the success we are
to the eld numbered railroad districts.
Commercial Club Election
lavatory. Goodman gave hit consent
New D istrict 27 ta in the Bridge tho missing man.
bound to assume the greatest pro­
Thors waa no road levy in 1916 and
Just a little above the Standard Oil and went to the end o f the car with
Next Wednesday evening, Feb. 6, the road taxes for 1917 and 1918 are neighborhood; old 27 waa in tho Nor-
ducers o f condensed milk in the world
plant he ran into the vary one ha him. W hile waiting outside Consta­
are sure to make it, the eondensary the Coquille Commercial Club will apportioned to the new districts *» way-Arago taction.
Old District 80 ta m ostly new IS ■ought and it ta hard tailing which ble Goodman heard the click o f the
business will not remain a monopoly hold it annual election o f officers, and now numbered. So in some eases the
in their hands bat that other conden- all members, which meana every one aggregate given for a district is for and gets all the funds for tho form er o f tha two waa the more surprised. window and next taw Holmes pn the
r
-
saricc w ill be established on the upper interested hi the d ty ’e progress, are two entirely different and separate number. New 80 down the eoast be­ Constable Goodman ordered the man ground.
Holmes ta regarded aa one o f the
low Bandon ta entirely out o f tho to hold up hta hands or get shot and
river, where milk is produced and can requested to bo present There are districts.
when hta order waa «omplied with, “hard boilad” among the prisoners
always be produced in much larger also other matters o f moment to be
The follow ing is all we can do to wngon grant.
So o f 81, tho old district in tho Lee put handcuffs on hta prisoner and took which the Marshfield police have
considered.
quantities than on the lower river.
make this matter intelligible, and
handled. He hat bean in jail before,
those not interested in the distribu­ section gate all the taxes, new 81 at him to the Marshfield jail.
W ithout, however, speculating any
Holmes must have made hta way was impudent in the court room hear­
Mrs. Dimmick, the libtarian o f the tion o f tho land grant road taxes for Empire being out o f the limits.
farther as to the future H is evident
Old D istrict .11 waa in hew
the woods and then down the ing and alleged be waa being treated
that this entrance o f the Nestle com ­ city library, says she has lots o f in- the past twelve years aro advised to
trict 12; new District 11 ta just
intending to go out as an adult criminal when ha waa un­
pany into the Coquille Valley as bid­ qulries as to when the library will be skip these paragraphs.
o
f
the
north
end
o
f
new
12
in
the
train,
but hta plana der 18 yeara o f age.
ders fo r the products o f our dairies ! reopened now that the “ fie” appears j Old road district 7 lay north o f
The leap through tho window hap­
wuO.
to profoendly affect ovary , to have practically disappeared. She Sumner along the South Fork o f Cooe headwaters o f 8outh Cooe rriar. -
pened ju st south o f the Davie Inlet
was
made
from
the
Old
D
istrict
1*
ami
new
14
and ovary dairyman in aays that the library wiH 'b e opened river. New district 7 is farther north
the car lavatory. Ha had station and took place jsut aa tbs
industry as a w h ole, when the schools are, which will be and runs back from Coos Bay at Coos-
train was speeding up.
be stimulated and
next Monday.
ton. Land grant taxes hi dtatrkt 7
j
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