A LETTER FROM FRANCE
¡d en t knew why it didn’t kill him. He
dated by tte ahoek, end when te
e to his senses, talked aad jab­
bered like a
The follow ing extracta from lotterà
that Sergeant F irrt CU ms Arthur R.
Last Friday 1 went over to Dun­
Hodge, o f Fish trap, wrote to Uo fa ­
kerque on an ambulance. It’s
tter. 1. M. Hodge, and U s bratterò.
Cftpt R. V , D oth I m ii Say« H i H a* the “ Beat Pair
16 miles. She Is quite a city with all
W alter and Harley, from Franco and
o f people from everywhere. It
of Shoea in the Army,** and They Were
Bolgi— > undor Docombor and Janu­
to get into n city with
Mode in Portlmad, in 1917.
ary dates, w ill bo road with interact
big ston e, «treat ears, etc. They bdra
b y tho Sontinol fondly.
quite a port there. One thing
Thanka His Friend, Theo. Herrmann, for
was tte number o f
A bout Soptembor 8 rd wo started for
are usually found in
Used Them as a Pillow That They Mi*ht Not Be
tte front, g ot to Sarcy on Soptenobor
in this country.
Dunkerque
11 th, w tera wo wora in reserve for
Stolen—Took Receipt for Them at Hospital—
by planee a great
tte St. Mihiol drive o f Sept. 11-11.
The churches angered e
Saya “ Ton More Than Did Your Bit.**
That first night wo hoard a real bar­
deal, mere so it seemed, than other
rage fo r tho first tim e—lota o f guns baildingf.
banging away. From hero we beat
UnaolicitedTcatimoBialga toExcellence o f Bergmann Footwear
Today baa been on Oregon day,
it for tho Argonne Forest, west o f
raining herd ell day, with
Verdun, whore on S ept 26 tho 91st
« I* *• not likely that any otter shoo factory in Am erica tea boon so
wind blowing.
W o are com fortably
helped start the big drive, one o f the
highly complimented fo r tho quality o f its product as has boon tho
located
in
a
small
shack with stoves
Bergmann company, 621 Thurman street, Portland, aad aot ia a single
greatest battles the Americans ■ ever
and wood, and we have very tittle nec­
instance has the management solicited tteee strongly worded testi­
had. W o chased the Gormans nearly
essity to get out in tho weather. I'V e
monials. A groat number o f teotimosiisls have boon received by Mr.
10 kilometers that first day, about 6 been thinking how lucky we era. It
Bergmann, one o f recent date from Roger M acVoigb, eon-in-law of
miles. But the boys paid fo r it very
A L. Mills, president o f tho First National hank efP ortlan d , in which
would be awful to be out in this
the Portland-made footworn' wee spoken o f in tho moot
m oot fU
flattering
ttcring
heavily in streams o f wounded men
weather up in the Argonne in a "pu p"
terms. And hero is enothar written by Captain Richard V. Dennison,
that came back.
tent, or a dugout half full o f water.
who has bean in 4 te thickest o f the bottles, to Ms good friend, Theo­
That night before the drive wo
dore Bergmann, heed o f tho Bergmann Shoe M anufacturing com­
W t were m ighty fortunate that we
moved rigfit up behind the treneehs,
pany—and could any maker o f footw ear bo more heartily praiaod than
didn’t have to fight through this whi­
that which ia spoken o f in the follow ing enthusiastic statement:
upon a hill by some dugouts.
As
ter. That would hove been m isery to
they wore fu ll we put our blankets the nth degree.
P ark, France, Jaaaary 14, 191*.
Mr. Tho«. Bergmann, t
down out in the open—pulling somo o f
that brave stuff you know. I went
Just returA d from e seven day
621
peacefully to sloop, but in half an leave at S t Malo. a see resort In
Portland,
hour a shell landed about 40 foot from Brittany, operated by the Y. M. C. A.
Mr. Bergmann:
us with a groat bang. I awoke very I sure hod a “ beaucoup” (French for
It given mo great ptemara, even at this late date, to write aad try
■ m toll you, ia my awn way, tte greet eemf ort tte stem yen made for
suddenly. W o were debating whether big) time. There era a lot o f
me ia October, 1917, have given me daring thin war In Franca.
1
to stay there or move when “ B angl" o f historical interest to v isit
And
hove terns one o f the few , daring tteee many rainy m oatte. w te ceeld
went one ju st over our head. The ar­ the Y. M. has a fine place with lots
boast o f having dry feet, many thanka to your care ia M hH ng them
gument finished right there, we were doing. They have a b ij casino leased.
far am. They have boon tte envy o f many, I can a ssert yen ee
1 wee wounded In Oetsbsr I te d te noe ttees ee a
ready fo r a dugout and didn’t plan to Here they have movies, concerts,
•d tte base hospital, 892 at
have anyone beat us to it either. The vaudeville, dances, reading and w rit­
a receipt for
door was crowdod and wo were trying ing rooms. Something doing all the
to got in when another shell hit bo- time.
Then they had sightseeing
tureen our blankets and the door, trips to various points o f into rest
throwing dirt all over us. W e went One of the beat things was the privi­
Inside then right through everybody. lege o f sleeping between sheets in a j
A solid door wouldn't have stopped us. real bed and eating good meals at a
The only place I could find inside was real hotel, instead o f sticking your
than did your hit la starting ms off to battle with tte beet pair o f
under tt e table where I curled up like
we out in line and getting stew and
shoos In tte Arm y, aad ferw ld eh please accept my tta alm.
a dog.
And I wasn’t fooling very anting it in tho rain. The whole trip
Gratefully y e a n ,
bravo about all Shis fighting stuff. It was hard to take.
RICHARD ▼. DENNISON.
was vary cold and I nearly frose. Lat­
I was ju st talking t o t
O f eourse, w f are plopped to receive snob praise from thoee who
er I plucked up courage to sneak out works in headquarters o f the 2 nd
wear our shoos, knowing they come from men whose hearts speak
fo r my blankets. Then I curled up army corps, which is cmnpussu or the
the things they w rite, bet we hope it will te understood that the w ees
fo r tho rest o f tho n igh t
we made fo r Captain Dennison were no better than ovary pair o f tte
27, 80 and 91st divisions. H e
12,000 wo made fo r 1
About 2:80 a. m. our own barrage we wore scheduled to leave early in
even received unfavo
opened up. It sounded as if the Fohraary. I hope it ia vary early.
whit better leather than thoae
whole face o f tho earth was being This is a monotonous Ufa.
oenmereial trade, or have been i
blown off. The woods wore fu ll o f
Tsrcourt o f The Oregon Journal,
,
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our men’s drees shoes, end tea worn them constantly ever since. He
big guns and they wora all busy all
About Pig Club Work
la on the street every dny, and few men in tte city walk More miles in
tho time. Tho French had said that
a year, yet t e tea had his shoea half soled but ones. Like thousands
B y E. R. Peterson
tho hill ju st ahead o f us couldn’t b*
o f others, he swears by tte Bargmaan footwear.
That pig raising may be carried on
taken, but the Yank gu..nors deliber­
ately blew the whole top off o f H. Wo by s girt as wen as by a bey is shown
by the experience o f Miee Mary Es­
ther Johnson o f this city.
4 .Mary Esther ia accom plishing sev­
eral objecta/in the one project: she is
- W o recently had throe days very
producing a food that the world ao
621 THURMAN STREET, PORTLAND, OREGON
bad marching. W o left Denterghen,
much needs; she is doing this at a
about 20 miles from Ghent *1 and 40
profit to heraelf; she is getting real
from Brussels, last Friday. W e went
enjoyment eat o f her w ork; and she
to Routers that day whore wo ware
has learned more about pork produc­
ju st before going into battle in Bel­
m s ■ « v a
For reliable Abstracts o f Title end Information
tion during these months than all her
gium. The next day wo crossed back
about Coco County Reel B eute see
previous knowledge on the subject
over “ No Man’s Land” w h en the
combined.
I n n v I O TITLE g u a r a n t e e a a b s t r a c t c o m p a n y
Gormans and British fought it out for
Brick is the name o f her pig. From
four years. This is a stretch o f land
Special ■ «• ? * > "
a
little
fellow o f 26 pounds, Brick baa
iookiDg
after
• * none (Joquiiie onice
Phone M enhílela Onice
»bout 26 kilom eters (16 mil as) wide
grovdi to a 800 pounder. Ik te e coat
HENRY 8 ENG 8 TACKEN, Manager
191
14J
at
that
p
oin
t
It
surely
is
no
man’s
0 ■
lees than 12 cents a pound to produce
land now.
N ot a soul, except the
him, not counting Mary Esther’«
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marching troops, in all that 18 m iles;
and fun.
He is'w orth 18 cer
hardly a bird to be soon.
A ll the
About Your Income Tax
o f Milk Stunt« Boy
pound.
tree«
cut
down
or
torn
down
by
high
The follow ing circular letter just
Never was the value o f milk end
Here is Mary Esther’s own story o f
explosive. A ll the land torn up and
butter fe t In the child’s diet brought received by the Sentinel from Milton
‘B rick :" -
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pitted
by
great
shell
holm.
Old,
worn
out more forcefully than the story o f A. Miller, collector o f internal rev­
out trenches tig-saggin g back and The Story o f My Pig Division H
tte Rhoten twins as toM by tte fath­ enue for the state o f Oregon, indicates
forth every place. The only thing left
Whem the teacher told us about the
er, E. A Rhoten, daring tte recant that thorn who have not yet begun
is the road whkh has been repaired by pig club and how it wouM help the
hearing on Oleomargmrino before the figuring on their income tax returns
the troops.
W e passed numerous Government in the war, I decided to
joint legislative comm ittee appointed w ill have to hustle:
towns
and
villages
where not eran a become a member and bought the best
Urgent requests having bom made
to investigate the dairy industry.
pile o f bricks is left standing to mark pig I could find. W e put e flour seek
Mr. Rhoten, who is adrartising to this Department by taxpayers
a town site. W e crossed over Pas- around him and it would juat reach.
manager fo r the Pacific Horn set sod o f throughout the state, fo r assistance in
siondale Ridge where the Australians Hs weighed twenty-five pounds when
Salem and well known among the
had
their big fight early in the war. I bought him. W e built « nice little
stockmen and farm ers o f the state now authorised to assign income tax
I hardly see how this land can ever pen for it end fed it regular on scraps
told how their home was blessed six officers to such work. In making the
be cultivated. It will take years to and middlings and plenty o f grass, a
years ago with a pair o f twin boys, assignments, every consideration has
put it in shape.
We missed Ypres lot o f water which it enjoyed.
how it became necessary to substi­ been given in arriving at the most
(pronounced oops) on this trip.
I
My pig’s name is Brick. Do not
tute cow ’e milk fo r mother’« milk, advantageous locations with the re­
think I wrote o f passing through ft think I celled him that because be is
and the difficulty in getting one o f the sult that your district will be served
before.
I bought some poet cards a hard headed pig or hard to manage,
boys to continue the use o f milk as as fellow s:
showing scenes before and after the but on account o f Ms beautiful color.
Income Tax Officers Geo. G. Hewitt
soon as he was old enough to take
bombardment.
Even these give no He is o f Duroc Poland China stock,
and E. R. Montague w ill be stationed
other food.
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idea o f what it is like today.
For which we all know is the very best
As a result o f his refusal to drink at the Hotel Baxter at Coquille, Ore­
those were taken in 1914.
Today «nd makes him unusually good fo r
gon,
from
and
including
March
10th
milk and eat butter Rex failed' to keep
there is scarcely a complete wall left racing.
This I can prove by Avis
pec# with his brother, Ray, who was to and including March 11th, 1919,
standing in the whole city.
Hartsen, who was with me when he
at all times a glutton fo r milk and inclusive.
That night we reached Elverdinghe, took a Marathon stunt up Spurgeon
butter. Roy has grown into a rug­
W here form s have been sent out, where we detrained on first com ing to
street one bright summer dey when
ged lad while Rex shows plainly the the parties receiving same should pro­
Belgium, having made a groat circle the ran registered something
stunting effect o f the ahoence o f the duce the form s to the officer as a ref­
up through Belgium. The next day 106 degrees. A vis end I did our beet
vital element o f nutrition found only erence numbr is assigned, essential to
we came to this spot which is only a bet he did better, end decided te In­
in butter fe t, fet o f eggs end In tte the return o f such party.
mile or so from the French line. In spect Mr. Mast’s premises. W e fo l­
leafy vegetable«.
The Treasury Department has ex­ the three days we made about 70 kilo­ lowed near by but he outdistanced os
A t birth they were the same w eight tended the tim e fo r filing Income Tax
meters, or 42 miles.
This is very and net until Church’s Dairy Farm
Today, at a few day« peat six years, Returns to March 16th, 1919, and any­
good hiking with packs over these was reached did he hesitate or falter
Roy weighs 68 pounds, while Rex tips one not thoroughly-fam iliar with the
roads.
Them rough cobble stone in his dash fo r liberty. There te met
the scales at 47, or 11 pounds lees.
provisions o f the Income Tax Law and reads are aw fully hard on the feet s picket funce which proved to do
Up to the age o f 6 years tte gen­ their obligation thereunder, should at and legs.
more good at stopping him than the
eral appearance o f Rex showed plain­ ones —efce Inquiry o f the above men­
boys and girls, fo r by this time th en
ly the effects o f malnutrition
tioned officers or w rite this office direct,
we so many o f us follow ing Brick
A* a rule we were around Division
parent« no end o f grief. It as this w ill be the last opportunity to
caused the parents
Headquarters, but on the first day in we looked very much like a movie
wss then that they discovered that do so in connection with tte filing o f
tte Argonne we were right up front, picture,—Mary Esther Johnson, Ce-
Rex could be induced to set cottage
just back o f the infantry. It eras a quille, Oregon.
cheese. This was supplied and was prior to tfm due date o f filing.
warm spot, too, believe me. AH dar­
seasoned with cream which has re*
A s soon as passible after March ing tte Argonne, division headquar­
suited in a marked improvement in 16th an extensive "d rive" will be
ters was very near the front, right
the boy’s appearance and growth. ■m fa taking in the entire state aad in the center o f heavy artillery fire.
This is in exact accord with the ex­ heavy penalties w ill attach where per­ TBkt made it nearly as dangerous as
periments o f Dr. E. V. McCollum, tte sona liable to tax have failed to dis­ the front lines. A t Bpinonville one
noted scientist on nutrition.—Oregon close their liability aad make return
dny I was sitting within «6 feet of
Dairymen’s League.
ea or before March 16th, 1919^-M fl- where a Mg shell exploded in a room
ton A MiDor, OeDoetor.
where a radio outfit were operating.
I t e r e wora nine men in the room and
five o f them were soriodsly wounded.
I helped dram them. One man te d
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F a r m e r s A t t e n t io n
W « are a ita to for the
AVERY FARM TRACTOR
hi 5 Maw. Tho 5-10 horsepower is large enough for the
average farm, and is equal to 3 1600-lb. horses at 6675.00.
It weighs 2600 lbs. See os for price and terms.
Ws also handle the HEIDER FARM TRACTOR, 9-16 hp.
for Coos
Curry Counties.
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We also a n general agents for the
EMPIRE MILKING MACHINE
which has crested some stir with DAIRYMEN. We have
15 machines in stock. A n you one to get one? We install
and operate free o f charge.
' Can make terms to meet all conditions.
We are headquarters for GASOLINE DRAG SAWS with or
without clutch. Have some used ones at a bargain. Get
Busy. W rite us at once for price and terms. Will call,
no obligation.
SCHROEDER & HILDENBRAND
PHONE 77
MARSHFIELD, OREGON.
SEND
THE SENTINEL
■ TO YOUR
FRIENDS IN THE
EAST
ITS W EEKLY VISITS
ARE
. BOUND TO INTEREST THEM
IN THIS COUNTRY
<$>
Bergmann Shoe Manufacturing Company
AUSI
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SHOW THE PAPER
TO YOUR FRIENDS WHO ARE NOT
TAKING IT.
THEY WILL BECOME
INTERESTED IN IT TOO.
TH E
PAPER THAT
IS
IT IS *
DIFFERENT.
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ADDRESS
THE SENTINEL, COQUILLE, ORE.
THE COQUILLE VALLEY SENTINEL
and
THE OREGON FARMER
For one year in advance $ 1.65
Rainfall Leas at Bandon
The follow ing report of the January
rainfall by C apt O. W ired, o f the
Bandon lighthouse, shows an Inch or
tw o less than was recorded over at
the Bqy sud out at M cKinley:
The rainfall fo r tho month o f Jan­
uary, according to Capt. O. Wiren,
co-operative observer o f the Coquille
River Light station, was 10.49 inches;
days rainy, cloudy and partly cloudy,
18; days clear, 12. The rainfall for
the corresponding month o f 1918 was
8.71 inches, a difference o f L78 inches
more this year. T te total rainfall
from September 1st to February 1st
was 88.12 inches.
A m ong the attorneys who came
over here from the Bey Monday to
attend court were C. F. McKnight,
Tom T. Bennett, John D. Goes, John
C. Kendall, A . K. Peck and N. C. Me-
McCormick’s Jaxz Bepd— Dance at
Anderson’s Hall— Friday, Feb. 28.
NOTICE . OF COMPLETION
CONTRACT
OF
Notice is hereby given that Ander-
son-Klockars Company, Contractors,
have completed their contract for the
construction o f the Isthmus Slough
Bridge, in compliance wtth the Con­
tract, Plans and Specifications and
to the satisfaction o f the Engineer,
and that final estimate will be given
said contractors and presented to tte
County Court fo r payment at the
March term o f Court.
That the Road mas ter has filed his
certificate o f the completion o f said
contract, and any person, firm or
corporation having objections to file
to the acceptance o f said work, may
file the same ia (he office o f tte Coun­
ty Clerk o f Cote County, Oregon,
within two weeks from the dote o f
the first publication o f this notice, to
w it: February 21st, A. D., 1919.
L. W . Oddy,
County Clerk
By M yrtle XnowRon,
(S eel)
Deputy.