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VOL. XIV.
COQUILLE, COOB
N a t.
Mi mi m
Lare* Audience Listens to Pas­
tor G oner's Lecture Last
To hoar Pastor J. M. Comer talk
Ibou t India at the Federated church
last Tuesday evening a fine audience
assembled and practically every seat
in the auditorium was filled. To lis­
ten to his lecture was an education on
ccnditions there, but we shall not at­
tempt to summarise what he
Much o f the address was devoted to
the caste system which has had that
country in ts iron grip fo r countless
generations.
Imagine a high caste
Brahmin reduced to the position of
doorkeeper for an English family and
a newly arrived missonary trying to
fiddle his way into the good graces
o f this Brahmin. The result was that
the shadow of the gentilo from a for­
eign land fell across the Brahmin’s
breakfast as h r stsi& d to cook it,
morning after morning, and polluted
it in his eyes so that he had to throw
it away and begin oyer again, until
the thing became unbearable and he
resigned the position he had held for
years.
The story o f what th ofh who lost
oasts had to do to regain it was even
more striking, and the speaker didn’t
httempt to tell it until he had put the
question whether he should to a vote
o f the audience. Outwardly a man
could be restored by plastering him­
self from head to foot with cow dung,
but Inwardly the purification neces­
sary was a more serious matter. That
required the use o f a cupful) of a bev­
el age composed o f five or six cow pro­
ducts, included among which wero not
only milk aim lymph from the tear
ducts, but also q liberal supply o f
dung and urine.
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Per the cow is esteemed s sr.ere¿
animal as another star) Mr. Comer
told will illustrate. One dr.y coming
across a man in tlte outskirts o f the
city clad in worse than tho “ sackcloth
MSfi ashes* o f th t Beriptur so— verita­
ble filthy rags— he noticed that this
apparent beggar was str Tiding on one
foot, while with a rosary he kept
tally of hie prayers. A doner inspec­
tion showed that this ext-cmely de­
vout modicant was really a prominent,
business man of Calcutta, who:* he
knew well and who spoke perfect
English. This man, who had been
standing on one lag for four hours
already, explained that he was pray­
ing for hie mother, that in the next
incarnation she might become a
Brahmin cow Now one beginc to un­
derstand how sacred a cow is and why
her excrement is smeared' not only
over the men who have lost caste, but
also over the boskets in Which not
only vegetables but evan flour is sold
in the groceries.
Mr. Comer was high in praise of
the British ruis in India, and especial­
ly o f the new educational system by
wLich K is promised that caste shall
be destroyed. The disposition of the
people is also said to be changing
and so many parents are anxious to
have their children enter the schools
maintained by the missionaries that
for every one there is accommodation
for 600 would be glad to come.
While the British rule in India Was
so unstintedly commended by Mr.
Comer, our teind reverted to the means
by which tnat rule wha established
something lass than a hundred years
ago. Ws saw in mental vision the
helpless Hindoos chained to the mouth
o f British cannon and blown into
mangled fragments.
And one way
this was worse than anything the
Huns were guilty o f during their war
fbr worid domination. It was fright-
fulneas' raised*to the nth degree, for
those poor lAndoo* believed that when
thus mutila tad? they could paver enter
Paradise, and so tho punishment they
weta receiving reached over into the
neat life and so far as thsir beliefs
went was eternal. —
Mfcch as we admire England now
and praise her for standing with
walls o f steel to block Huh attacks
upon our own country as well as the
rest of the world, we cannot forget
what history records o f her criases
at Delhi and Lucknow. New, at what,
coat to the conquered, England has,
since the days o f Warren Hastings,
borne tho white man’s burden of “ do­
minion over p e l« and pine," It wouM
astonish everybody to learn. Tuly
she still has need to pray “ God be
with us yet, test we forget.”
THE ÇOQUIULJE HERAIyD
Com Cora Praised
H. A. Schoth, the college expert
w^o came down hare from O. A. C|
a'couple o f weeks ago to make the
awards o f prises at the Corn Show,
(«calls the Lewis A Clarke Exposition
o f 1906, where Missouri made a splen
did exhibition in that lino, but there
were only a few runty ears from all
Oregon. Times have changed since
then, though, and Coos county’s dis­
play here compered very favorably
with the Missouri layout o f 1906. In-
Mr. Schoth says ours was
good or even better than the one from
that great “ Corn Belt” state, then.
Talking on the same subject a re­
cent Salem visitor says ws had the
Marion county show distanced and
from all we have been able to hear
there has not boon another Corn Show
in Oregon this year that was up to
the Coos standard. With 500 sttos
in the county we have found few, if
any better crops for Silage man corn,
but when it comee to ear corn, it must
be admitted that it ia only with con­
siderable pains and careful kiln dry­
ing that our corn apostle, County
Agent J. L. Smith, nas succeeded in
making the Coos County Corn Show
the altogether
creditable
exhibit
about which we boast.
TOO LATE
TO SEE HER
Nows was received here last Sat­
urday that Rev. B . G. Rogers, chap­
lain in tha U. S. Army, had arrived at
Hoboken, New Jeraey, and was on his
way home. A t the same time came a
telegram telling of the death o f Mrs.
Rogers, making his home coming the
saddest possible.
Mr. Rogers was
pastor o f the M. E. Church South in
CoquiUe, until he joined the army
last summer; and both ho and Mrs.
Rogers were universally liked. When
Mr. Rogers entered the army, Mrs.
Rogers want to live with her mother,
who ia the widow o f Rev. J. W. Comp­
ton, at'M ilton , Ore.
She taught
school there during the past wniter
but fell a victim to the “ flu.”
Mrs. Rogers, who was bora in 8po-
kane in 1898, ia survived by her moth­
er. a sister, Miss Esther Compton,
and two brothers, Roberts Compton
o f the aviation corps in California,
and A. 8. Compton, o f Columbus,.
M ont
Fire at Myrtle Point
Myrtle Point suffered a $6,000 fire
just before noon Tuesday, when the
Baker A Campbell Garage, a sheet
metal building on the north side of
the main business street was des­
troyed by fire. The fire started by a
gasoline vukanizer. It took the fire­
men less than half an hour to get it
under control, but meantime the build­
ing which belonged to Tom Guerin,
was dostroysd and a good many cars
damaged.
A dozen cars in the garage at the
tine were got out unburned, but those
o f Mike Weiland and Roy Hall were
ruined. A Ford truck, a Studebaker
and a Chevrolet, whose owners were
not known were partially destroyed
end Clyde Baker’s car suffered $100
damage. There was no Insurance.
Drinking Fountains Installed
The driking fountains which tha
city council ordered installed last
summer are now being set up and con­
nected with the water lines by Water
Superintendent Goodman.
One has
been ¿laced in front of the Lamb A
Von Pegert Hardware store and an­
other at the Fuhrman Pharmacy cor­
ner. Two more are to be installed,
one at the city hall and one at the
Baxter Hotel corner. The standpipe
supporting the fourtain in each in­
stance is to be encased in concrete,
making an ornamental end useful
monument.
M E S O N . FRIDAY. MARCH 14. 1819
OUR LIVE
OISPATCH^ilNIC
Commercial
Things With a V iat-fha
Is Very Encouraging
To Be Raised Again Today—Big
Freighter Greatly Missed
on River
Another live wire meeting o f the
Commercial Club was held Wednesday
evening wth a good attendance. The
following arq row members enrolled
the past week: Chas. L Rime, Ed
Detlefsen, Frank Willard, R. E. Ba­
ker, F. G. Leslie, C. E. Mfilkey, N.
C. Kelley and Geo. T. Moulton.
The first matter to como up was the
report o f the drinking fountain com­
mittee, Mr. Morrison stating that they
had written to the Portland Chamber
o f Commerce for aid in securing plans
from which s suitable fountain could
be made.
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For the depot committee, Mr. Mor­
rison reported the following resolu­
tion which .they had requested Mr.
Sherwood to draft and which was
adopted by the club. But instead of
making ‘their request for a new de­
pot to the Public Service Commission
first, as directed by the Club, it is
their intention to file the resolutions
with the Southern Pacific Mid failing
to secure satisfaction from that cor
poration, to later appeal to the com­
mission. The resolutions adopted fol­
low:
The story o f the sinking o f the riv­
er freight boat Dispatch at Bandon
last Friday night, is thus told by the
Western World:
The river steamer Dispatch, ownsd
by the Farmers Transportation Co.,
was found submerged at the dock near
the Central Warehouse Saturday
morning. For a time it was thought
she might bo a total loses as it w
considered difficult to raise her. How­
ever she has since been raised suffi­
ciently to be towed more than half
a mile up the river to shallow water.
Tho Dispatch has oeen running on
the local rvier ever sine# she was
built. She is the largest excursion
boat on the river, carrying 600 per­
sons, and has been an important fac­
tor in bringing beach excursions dur­
ing the summer season. Her captain
is Tbos. White, who is also on« o f the
stockholders.
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It is astimatod that to bund a vas­
sal like the Dispatch at this* time
would cost not loss than $80,000. The
work of salvaging her is being done
with the aid o f tho government bucket
dredge and the two large government
Whereas, CoquiUe Station furnishes
barges. The vessel is mode fast to
more freight for the railroad company
the barges at low tide, tho latter act­
than any other station on tho lino be­
ing as pontoons. As the river rise«
tween Powers and Portland;
the vesspl is lifted.
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And whereas, in the amount of pas­
senger traffic it is second oaly to
Capt. Herman, who was hers last
Marshfield on tha Una between Ppwers
night, says it is expseted tha Dis­
and Eugene;
And whereas, the depot provided to patch will be raised today.
J. E. Norton, of the CoquiUe Mer­
accommodate the business at CoquiUe
cantile
Co., says tha loss of the Dis­
ie plainly inadequate;
,
And whereas, it frequently Happens patch is going to cripple the river
that while paaeeag eiy aiw watting tor business materially, with 86 te w of
the trains there ia not more than oae- freight due from the south on th^psxt
third enough aaatyng capacity ia the Elisabeth for their company, and a
waiting room to accommodate (he good deal for other parties ha doesn’t
think it will be possible to deliver at
waiting
gll at CoquiUe before the Eizabeth
back with another lead.
ing the depot are
to accommodate the
freight vehicles which usually meet
all trains;
And whereas, owing to tha unpaved
condition o f the grounds surrounding
the depot it is necessary for the pas­
sengers to travel s muddy road qnc a
perpetual muddy crossing during the
winter months;
And whereas, the CoquiUe Cream­
ery, Standard Oil Company, Sitka
Spruce and other industries may ba
reached only by a narrow road, so
narrow that teams cannot pass near
the depot;
And whereas, said depot conceals
said road for a long distance, making
it extremely dangerous for the auto
and team vehicle trafile in that vicin­
ity;
And whereas, the office, express and
freight aceommedations are entirely
nadequate and g j antiquated and
awkwardly arranged that it adds ma­
terially te thè labor o f the employees
o f said railroad company in perform­
ing their official duties;
Therefore, be it resolved that we,
the citisene 6f CoquiUe end vicinity
sincerely end honestly believe that
this place, considering the amount of
business that it fhrnishes to the rail­
road company, ia entitled to more
cleanly, more convenient, larger and
better accommodations for the travel­
ing end shipping public, end we re­
spectfully suggest a new depot at
this place.
A standing Bridge
committee,
whose duty it is to keep the matter
o f a bridge at CoquiUe on the move
ail the time, was appointed by the
chair, to consist o f J. E. Norton, A.
J. Sherwood and A. T. Morrison.
The greater part of the evening was
devoted to a discussion o f ways and
means for holding tho banquet decid­
Dismisses Juvenile Case
ed upon last week. As chairman of
Judge Wataon was over at the Bay
the banquet committee, Mr. Cary re­
yesterday trying a Juvenile Court
ported a long sessiofl the evening be­
fiaae.
Charles Robinson, a 14-year
fore with nothing definite decided. As
qchool boy, was accused o f cigarette
there is only ons hall in town where
smoking, truancy and ¡impudence, but
more than 100 people could be seated
tho Judge said with th4 Red Cross and
at one time, and with 90 members of
Y M. C. A. approving cigarette smok­
the club at this timé it seems to be
ing it was not to be wondered at tnat Hl"_
“
hold a get-together
boys contracted the habit, so h# set
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banquet, in which the citizens o f the
the boy free.
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CoquiUe district, both in and outside
the town, might sit down and talk
The CoquiUe high school bosket bah thing* over to tee mutual advantara
team goes to Bandon tomorrow even- 0f
ing to meet the high school team of
The Woodman Hall will — t 12$ at
that place. With the Dispatch sunk, a pinch and this seems to be the limit
and considering the lateness o f the ef attendance.
no « c u r .io n hat been plan-
M r Sherwood and Mr. Morrison ad
g t Patrick’s day comee next Mon­
day, and “ the wearing ot the green” ne6, aa usual, to taka a crowd o í fans
(Continued on eighth
wfll again ba ia m 4m .
High School Debate Tonight
The annual County debate will oc­
cur at the High ¿School this evening at
o’clock. The subject this year is,
“ Resolved that the United States
should substantially increase its per­
manent immigration
restrictions.”
Under the plan of the league, each
school is represented by two teams,
the negative visiting another school
in every case, and the affirmative re­
maining at home.
Marshfield is to be represented here
by Acie MerriflelA and Ruth An­
derson, upholding the negative con­
tention while the affirmative team
from the local school is composed of
Austin Hazard and Miss Bessie Fin-
ley«
Miss Jeffle Beckham and Miss Max­
ine McGIlvery were chosen to repre­
sent CoquiUe High at Bandon tonight,
where they will have the negative side
of the question.
A musical program by J*rofessor
Zinner and his orchestra will add to
the interest o f (he local program and
Mr. Zinner win render several violin
selections.
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Admission ia free and the public
is cordially invited to attend at tha
High School assembly room at 7:46
this evening.
$1.64 JH B YEAR.
Hitching Racks at L u t
Wednesday afternoon, on instruc­
tion e f the chairman o f the street
committee of the council, W. H. Man
sell, MaraMjjh Miller fie gen the erec­
tion o f a Bitching rack on Second
street oppoeito the city hall. The rack,
which is about 80 feet long, Is made
from a line, of posts connected with
iron pipe and will accommodate ten
or a dozen teams. This ia something
Hie city government has desired to
do for years but never before have
they been able to secure the consent
of the abutting property owners. In­
asmuch as the city now owns the
former T. A. Walker property there
was no one to forbid tho erection o f
the rack there.
Our farmer friends are notified that
aa soon as the roads and the bridge
by which they may enter the town
are completed, they will find racks
to tio their horses to —i f they’re not
ail driving ears by that time.
Rev. J. E. Conder received word
this,morning that Rev. W. H. Nelson,
editor o f the Pacific Methodist Advo­
cate, will be in CoquiUe next Monday,
the 17th inst, and will speak in the
Federated church that evening at 7:80
o’clock.
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NINETY-THREE
YEARS OLD
Mrs. Elizabeth
Leneve,
known
throughout the county as “ Grandma,”
celebrated her 93rd birthday on Wed­
nesday of this week. Mrs. W. C. Rose,
her daughter, gave a dinner in honor
of the occasion.
Grandma ia among the oldest pi­
oneers, having come to this county
in the year o f 1862. The trip was
made by ox team across the plains,
it taking nine months from Illinois.
The trip was both trying and danger­
ous. Many were the bands o f hos­
tile Indians encountered. A t one time
they were compelled to give £he Red­
skins a large quantity o f food and
clothing to keep them from attacking
cm. When she first settled here
there was only a eouple of log cabins
on our present town site. She has a
wonderful memory and can recall
many incidents which have long since
been forgotten by her children. Her
one great desire was to live to see
the finish o f <$ie great war.
She is the mother o f twelve child­
ren, seven of whom are living. She
has lived to see a great grandchild
praduate from high school; and has
lived through three wars. She is in
fine health and very proud of her eye­
sight. She can see to read without
glasses.
She also knits some very
fancy patterns, and turns out a won­
derful amount of this work each
month. Her chances for reaching a
hundred seem good.
Those present at her dinner were;
Mesdamea Geo. A. Robison, Wm. Way,
E. Lewin, Lana Leneve and the nost-
i, Mrs. W. C. Rose, and Messers
Geo. A. Robinson, Wm. Way, J. W.
Leneve, W. G. Rose and Lens Leneve.
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Road Shorter by Sumner
HIVE TO 010 IT UP
Port o f Bandon Must Raise $64,-
000 to Match Federal
Appropriation
The Port of Bandon Commission
held a short meeting here Tuesday,
the business transacted being princi­
pally of a routine character. There
was some discussion as to the expen­
diture of the $64,000 recently appro­
priated by Congress for improvements
at the mouth of the river, which the
Port arill have to duplicate. Just how
soon this monsy would be wanted, or
what was the nature of the improve-
specified by the government the Com­
mission had not been informed, but
it is supposed the removal o f the pin­
nacle rocks which obstruct the chan­
nel will be the principal, if not the
only work undertaken at ¿resent.
How the port should finance ita
part of the expense was discussed,
and the opinion was that it would be
hotter for the Port to borrow the mon­
ey as required by the government
than to issue bonds. The loan would
stand to be repaid sis the taxes come
in.
It was not believed there was any
immediate necessity for dredging the
shoels in the river, but when the gov­
ernment dredge Oregon gets down in
this section that work will probably
be looked after. For the sake of the
filling at Front and Hall streets In
this city it is hoped, she will come
soon.
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The request of tUk Coos Bay peo­
ple, who now have no tug, that they
be served by the Port tug Klihyam
when off shore sailing vessels come in
to load with timber, was' received; and
it was decided to let her go up to the
Bay when needed, as eacn trip would
be a short one, and the income de­
rived would help pay the expenses of
the tug.
County Court Items
Dean & Brown, who were the only
bidders, were awarded the contract
for the improvement of the Southwest
Boulevard in the Englewood section
of Marshfield. Their figure was $4,-
375.60, and the engineer’s estimate
was $4,130.
The county roadmaster was in­
structed to see to it that men working
on the county roads .put in a solid
eight hours for a day.
The widow’s pension of Maud Da­
vis was reduced from $25 to $17.60
per month, one o f her children having
reached the age o f sixteen.
The widow’s pension of Amanda
Vowell, o f this city, at $25 per month,
was discontinued on account o f her
having remarried.
On the Valuation B oanf for as­
sessment purposes August Frlzeen
was appointed to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of H. J.
Kimball. So the Board now consists
of Messrs. Selander, Collier and Frl-
zeen.
Basketball Tonight
The first basketball game of the
season locally will be played here this
evening between the Independents of
Myrtle Point and CoquiUe. As these
teams are to a certain extent the
ones who battled for high school hon­
ors last year, a hard-fought contest
is promised. The game will be play­
ed in Anderson’s Hall.
Admission
30c.
The Bandon people are asking the
County Court to repair tho road lead­
ing to Bullard’s ferry both in the city
and outside, which is all right, of
course. The reason they give, how­
ever, is that whila the Coquilie-Marsh-
field road is being paved, moet of to«
travel between the CoquiUe Valley
and the Bay cities will go via Bandon.
And yet drivers here and up the rivet
~ Will Rebuild the Ovi
say the road via Fairview Is much the
Electric durent in this valley % r*
Divorces Granted
shorter—indeed, that it takas no long­
depents on what is being done at
er to reach Coos City than it does to
Judge Coke granted three divorces
Marshfield, as all patrons of tho com­
go to Bandon from here.
in the Circuit Court here Monday as
pany know. It requires 180 barrels
follows:
of oil a day to keep up tea juice sup­
Mike P. Sumerlin vs. Beryl K. Sum-
$6,000 for Hard Surfacing
ply, and the oil tanker Whittier ar­
erlin,
o f Jfyrtle Point *
Neil Watson says that they expect
rived a( the Bay the first o f the week
Cora Richardson vs. R. E. Richard­
with another 10,000 barrel cargo. to have about $6,000 from the special
son, o f CoquiUe.
Manager Martin has recently been vn tax ia the Coos City-Sumner road
G. W. Harry vs. Anna Bella Harry,
conference with C. M. Brewer, the district to be used in hard surfacing
of Sitkum.
this
saason.
It
is
expected
the
dis­
general manager of the company, ana
states that the dutch ovens under the trict trill get $8,000 out o f the South­
“ Alkali Ike,” otherwise known as
boilers of the power plant at the ern Oregon company back taxes so A. J. Howard, was brought over from
Smith Mill are to be rebuilt at an ex- that they hope to get • couple of miles the Bay yesterday afternoon and plac­
pens« o f $2500 just as soon as the hard surfaced,
ed in jaU, on account of failing to pay
consent o f the receivers o f the proper- ;
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a fine o f $30 imposed in Justice
ty and the court can be obtained. A f­
Joehnk’s court for stealing a pair o f
Surrey for the Fill
ter that the work will taka six waekz’
T art Saturday City Engineer Gould shoes.
tims.
started tha survey o f the Taylor
In the Circuit Court here last Sat­
street fllT across the gulch to the
urday
tee contract for a trailer for
Harry Oerding on Way Hi
north od the Bledsoe, and th$ fore
The following is the telegram just part o f the week completed his es- the auto truck was awarded to Isaac
R. Tower, of Marshfield, at $1346. The
rec*W*d by J- H- Oesding from hit timate o f the probable eoet o f that
only other bid was $1396 byi Fred
son, Harry, who may confidently be work, which he will submit to the
Slagle.
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ra~ tin*
The Jersey sale here tomorrow,
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***** « Newport News, Monday.
wh^n about 40 thoroughbreds are to
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“ Arrived this port safe today. G o -, Why the flag on the court house be sold by Colonel Hughes, is sure to
ing to Camp Lapis, Wash. Writing should remain larger at half mast is bring h big bunch of dairymen to
l a t e r H . Oardtng.”
pusaUng • good many people.