AN D THE COQUILLE HERALD
TSZ
HINGESONBRIDGE
Many Things Dapend on Qqkk
Building of Htror Struc
turé Her*
It is onp o f the things to
in connection w ith th * CoquiU* rivsr
bridge th at it m ay h av* a
to do w ith th * route o f tha
ooast highway— i f th * la tter runs the
gauntlet o f past June’s referendum in
th * state add secures tha approval o f
th * national congress. F o r it la agn
th at whan that highway sososs to bo
built it w ill follow the route a t exist
in g highways in Coos county- On to *
north lino o f th * county a t Ton M il*
R w ill find ’* w ay prepared in
coast .h igh w ay north, which It w ill
fo llo w down to Coes Bay. That
B ay must bo crossed by a fe rry during
th * lifotim o o f tho present
a t least appears unquestionable. A
bridge there, even i f thrown
a b b fa rth er south than th
railroad bridge would coat in
neighborhood a t a m illion dollars; and
although it w ill probably bo built bo
le ro th * eloee a t th * century R is
nothing m ore than a pipe-dream
From Marshfield to B eaver H itt
Junction tha highw ay th * state ia
about to para w ill be th * route, and i f
th * C oquill* riv e r bridge hare and tho
CoquiU* highway are completed
fo r * A s boilding o f tho R oosevelt
H ighw ay begins, that w ill ho th * lino
that w ill ho used during tho construc
tion o f th * M g EoooovuK project.
Eventually, o f course, R is to bo oa-
pocted that tho cut o ff w ill bo con
structed across from Bonv or H ill
Junction down th * wont cldc o f town
Slough to th * river e t Lam ps and an
other bridge w ill ha built. B u t w R h a
bridge and a com pleted road by w ag at
CoquiU* that cut o ff am y w ell bo tho
last part o f tim lino to bo ia n c te s iio i
Then when tho charm ing view from
th * high road along tho hBMdo b e
tween CoquiU* and th * Jekn Y<
poop lo indeed a ll wha are n o t pressili
fa r tim e— wiU m ak* tha Atom* by Ga-
qu ltl* to snjoy a view o f tha va lley
whore it affords th * finest scenery.
W * arc supposing, o f course, that
th * eity wUl buy tim Lam b grove and
arrange an attractive park fo r cans
there to add to th * inducements to
coma this way. N o r need the m otive
fo r such action be en tirely altruistic.
T o h a vj tha north and south currents
o f travel up aad down the cahot flow
through CoquUlo la goin g to moan
much to us, fo r that streams w ill be
So wo any that I f th * Roosevelt
highway ia to
than a name the CoquUlo bridge w ill
b# a factor that w ill count much dur
in g and a fter ita construction. And a
first rate riv e r crossing h er* may
postpone fo r years the building at n
very expansiva bridge a t Lampa.
In esa* th * BooccvcR H ighw ay pro
je c t fa lls through, thar* ia a ll th * moi
rançon why wo should nil boost fo r n
riv e r bridge hero. W ith th * com pì
tion o f a state paved rand from noar
Rooeburg out through Camas V alley
and down th * M iddlo Fork o f th * Co
q u ill* w * shall soon hav* a first class
highw ay up th * C alifornia const tin
in g inland at Bando*. This route is
below m ow lino and th * only auto
road to C aliforn ia that ia not blocked
in tha winter. Its iconic beauties, too,
aro a t no moan order, and It w ill provo
a strong com petitor with th*
you pass, even during tho ■
months when that is not bloekod by
m ow .
Th * rout* w ill be so much
cooler in cummer as w ell aa w anner in
w in ter that it is qpora than probable
th at n m oiety e f th * tsa rist travel to
and from C aliforn ia w ill, g o through
CoquUlo. And no ooe can toil
much th * building o f a bridge h o * to
replace th * fe rry , with its possibilities
o f accidents, w ill deflect travel in this
direction.
T h * tourist
Angeles and San D iego and ia fa c t all
Southern C alifornia what they are,
and there is no reason why this
tion a t th * Oregon coast should not
prave ju st as grea t aa attraction in
the summer seseo» as anything to be
found ia our sister state to the couth.
Bo w s a ll want to renila* that ovary
year and every month th * building o f
our river bridge ia delayed menas ta
te ne.
T h * local aspect a t this struct«
must not b* forgotten , oithor. Thor*
io a large arabi* pro* oa tho opposite
old* o f tim rivsr capable o f
tw en ty tim es w hat R dooa now and o f
sustaining tan tim os w dmoo a
lotion M at pru n i
Nothing
$1.5* T H E T E A R .
Circuit Court This Week
Coos county hinges m th# building o f
that Coquill* bride*- W ithout R no
th in * els# w ill b* o f much avail. W ith
it every undertaking w ill bo stim ula«-
ad and it* results muRipltod. Boost
(o r th o''ftrid e* Think brideo and talk ;
brid e* and ita a o a bor that, as V ictor '
H u e* said. "T h or* Is nothin* lik * i
dream to croata th * (a toro.1*
The sal* o f purebred registered Jer
sey cattle at th * R ogers barn hare
last Saturday waa w all attendad ana
remarkably successful, the total re
ceipts being over $6,000.
H er* is a list e f the stock sold with
the names o f tha purchaser* and th#
pricaa paid:
Elm o’s Ease, C. D. Jarman, Bul
lards, $146.
C lovsr Blossom’s Buttercup, Jas. T.
Jenkins, Parkersburg, $126.
V irgin ia May, 8. S. Reed, M yrtle
Point, $260.
N ellie’s Maid, J. D. Carl, A rago,
In th * Circuit Court her* the first
o f the week an intereating rent case
was triad—that o f W . Panter vs. Geo.
Maas, a t Riverton. The ranch, which
Maas is cultivating, la owned by Cap
tain Panter, and he is paying $750
ta r it, thar* is no trouble about that;
¡but there ia another claua* providing
that durin* th * flv# years th * contract
covers, th * loooo* shall d e a r 16 acres
o f ground-
There is a, forfeitu re
clause in case o f non-payment o f rent,
but non* that appliss to the other con
dition, nor i* it stated whan the dear-
in * shall be don* or how much shall bo
cleared each year. Th * contract has
been runnin* three years and Panter
thinkin* th * clearing was not proceed
in g fa st enough brought suit to cancel
the contract.
Judge Coke prom ptly
decided that as thar* waa no fo rfe it
ure clause in th * leas* thar* could be
no forfeitu re on account o f d ilatori
ness in slashing the brushwoods
Hon. C. R. Bajp-ow appeared as at
torney fo r PaM rn and C. F . M eKnight,
o f Marshfield, represented Haas.
DOING BUSINESS
The City CounciT Starts the Ball
Rolling for Needed Street
W ork in CoqniHe
The city council made two move*
at the regular meeting Monday even
ing towards putting Coquille on th*
hoy w ill ha served as a p a ri o f t|s
good roads’ msp o f this section of
menu,” aanounced Proa. Cary at ttia
Coo# county. One was in regard to
w eekly m eeting o f th * dub W*dn*p-
the Taylor street improvement by
day evening. Back a t that statement
which the road from Marshfield will
at th * chairman o f th * banquot com
be brought in without the use o f the
m ittee, aro h a lf** doson m ootings ( t
time-worn T bridge. The other was
th * com m ittee which lasted till m i«-'
fo r the improvement o f Hall street
The follow in g ia tbs manu fo r th *
night and have required m ore w oik
from the city hall to Front, and First
banquet to bo given by th * Commer
and thought than dub committees ape
street from Willard to Hall streets.
cial Club neat W ednesday evening la
City Engineer Gould had submitted an
W . O. W . M il. The price is $1.00 a usually called upon to perform .
N ot the least o f th eir troubles was
approximate estimate o f $8,162.66 fo r
plate. A fin * program Is oem g ar
making the fill on Taylor street with
ranged but waa net ready fo r publica th * attem pt to arrive a t some deci
sion which would perm it the ln vitigg $ 86 .
a connection on Fourth street be
tion this m orning:
Noble A ster’s Bella, L. D etlefsen.
at a ll fan n ers and dairyman in tim
tween the Spurgeon Hill bridge and
O yster Cocktail
Coquill*, $140.
the proposed fill. The basis o f his
C elery
Olivos sectlea who m ight cara to attend tom
an affair, but a fter a thorough ca t
Barbara’s E vd yn , C. D. Jarman,
figures was 86c a yard for moving the
O yster 8mm
veasing o f the lim itations I ts posse! ■ $600.
dirt and he estimated there were 16,
The Moaey Coming Soon
Barbara’s Lad (B u ll C a lf), J. T.
Jack o f ball accommodations, it wm
939 cubic yards to fill on Taylor and
Deputy
Sheriff G age had a tale- 6,926 yards on Fourth In addition he
Jenkins,
$100.
decided that tha number o f dub mem
bers who should be perm itted to in v ili - C lover Blossom’s Princass, J. T. phono talk w ith ex-Gov. Oswald Went included $600 fo r a culvert and stock
this morning.
The tax compilations way. But those figures were arrived
a guest was .lim ited to about ,forq^ Jenkins, $460.
C lover Blossom’s Princess’ bull calf, o f th * Southern Oregon lands are al at from running a single line o f levels
and those 40 fortunate ones should bo
ready to ship tom orrow m orning, the down the-center o f the street. In or
Shull A W illard, Coquille, $180.
Noble’s Lady A stor, E. N . Shull, Co- total amount to be paid Coos county on der to arrive at a more definite figure
quille, |200.
this account being $461,801.17. Gov. aa to the probable cost, the engineer
Ingles Ida’s P eg o’ M y H eart, Clinton W est says he hopes to g e t quick ac waa instructed to prepare plans and
tion on this m atter and' secure an specifications showing cross sections
A Rackloff, N orw ay, $41$.
C lover Blossom's Cream, Jas. T. early payment by the U. S. treasury. and submit them for the council’s con-
oration at their next meeting. With
P eg o’ M y H eart’s h eifer calf, Geo.
is knowledge th* council will be in
F. Robinson, Coquille, $180.
position to declare their intention
l addie, Pride e f Coquille, C. D. Jar
to improve Taylor street from the
man, $*T6
Sentinel corner to the north side of
. Elm o’s F airy, L S. Nordstrom , Ban-
the gulch. Their next step w ill be to
don, $260.
Mason W ilcox was born at F t Stev send a committee to th* county court
Onetta’a Percy o f S. B., E. N . Shull, ens, near A storia, S ep t 26, 1892, and asking that th* county boar a portion
$ 200 .
died March 16, 1919, at tbs Portland o f the expense. As on* commissioner
C lover Blossom’s L illy , C. D. Jar Sanatorium from acute
has expressed himself in favor o f the
man, $126.
*
county paying one-third the cost of
follow in g an operation.
Elm o’s M argafht’s hull ca lf, E. E.
When a very sm all boy he moved the work, there is a good prospect that
Hampton, Fishtrap, $20.
with hi# parents to th* Em pire L ife R will be done. With th* property
Fontaine’* Flow er Boy, R. M. Bunn, ¿Saving station, where his fath er serv benefited standing one-third and th*
N orw ay, $166.
ed as Captain, retirin g to the farm goneral fund o f th* city another third,
N oble Lady A ster’s bull calf, E. M. at M cKinley when Maaon was about it dooa not appear likely that any in
o f Fishtrap, $36.
four years old. H * attended the Me ternet or property owner will oppose
’> Born’s bull oplf, Geo. Mass, K inley school until ho had finished the improvement.
ft *
The other getaway at the c ity —
the grades, afterw ards taking a
ho had bom subjected to
Besides the above which are a ll ped
the road leading to M yrtle Pom «—
rae at th* G ravel Ford acadei
when he desired to cross tho rtvor. Ho igreed and registered Jerseys a num and follow in g this with a short course will also be put in first class condi
he didn’t want to kick a ll the ber o f Grade Jerseys w ere sold, thi a t Corvallis.
tion i f the council’s plans go through.
but that he often had to w ait, highest price paid being $106 fo r the
Jan. 12, 1918, ha was m arried to I f their plans are blocked they will
fo r an hour, before he county farm . Another a t $90 and one Mias Wanda H arry, o f Brewster V al have but one alternative, and Mayor
could era## and quite often had to op at $86 w ere also bought fo r the same ley, whom he leaves with his mother Johnson told what that was when he
erate th * fe rry him self in order to farm .
two sisters and. a brother to mourn said, “ I f th* property owners don’t
reach his destination.
want Hall street improved from Front
his loss.
C. L K im * m id that th * hulk o f the
He was active in the affairs o f the to First streets there is only one
M ajority Favor Improvement
old F avorite was a nuisance where
neighborhood. Honest and upright in thing for the council to do— build a
Pow er* fo r t q ^ M t c 'ruction o f a it now roots near th * south lo rry slip,
Concerning th * proposed im prove
business, obligin g and generous with fence around th* present bridge and
bridge was appevrad and a resolution obstructing the view , and causing the ment o f F irst street, O. C .' Sanford
his neighbors, alw sys ready to help close it up.” .
o f approval autho.-isod.
to be deposited on the slip. In told th * council Monday evening that others and fo rgetfu l o f his own trou
Th# council indulged in a lengthy
Th * petition o f John Fabry and
to this A . N . Gould stated tha property owners in th* block west bles, VR waa these tra it* that mad* discussion aa to what course to pur
others fo r n gravel road hi D istrict that Ed Ellingson intended to rem ove of T aylor owed it to C. A. Machon fo r
, a wide circle o f friends who w ill sue in starting this Improvement,
his progressiveness hi erecting two
No. 24 was allowed to th* extent o f the boat aa soon aa possible.
and Mr. Lamb said he was not in
join with the fam ily in their g rief.
the (undo Available fo r that purpose.
Judge W ateoa said that the county fire-proof buildings to see that
Interm ent was made at the Dora favor o f forcing the improvement on
The read In question Use between th* court had ordered an investigation o f street waa im proved, i f fo r no other
cem etery Thursday, March 20, 1919, anybody and he would feel better If
sou thorn approach o f th * M yrtle Point condition* at th * fe rry and R was the reason they favored it. H is im prove
the property owners would petition
a t 12 « ’dock.
bridge and Catching crook— on* o f court’s intention to ramody the trau- ments on that corner o f th* block had
for R.
enhanced
th
*
value
a
t
a
ll
property
in
tho oldest roads in th * county.
«
thera so as to g iv e as little in
But it is well known that many men
Lower
Faros
fro
a
Coos
th* vicin ity. Mr. 8anford aim named
T h * petition o f E. P. McAdams and convenience to th * public as possible.
Ifho will not sign a petition wonky
over those property owners who fa
others fo r tho gravel lin g o f tho road
While th* flat increase to thro* •ikewis* refuse to sign a remonstrance
The principal event o f th * session
vored im proving F irst street, so w ell cents a mil* just made by the railroad
from Gao. McAdams home to th * rood
and where an improvement ia so vl-
was the address o f Mr. D. E. Yoran,
as those who would not oppose it, and administration at Washington whlclt
that intersects the Catching creek
A lly needed as it is here there ■ can
o f Eugene, who spoke fo r an hour on
th* list included a good b ig m ajority raises th* rat* between Portland and be little opposition to it.
road to th * B. B artlett place was al-
the aims and purposes o f th * newly
o f th* property On the street A s a San Francisco from $20 U I2..B1, goes
organised Oregon State Chamber o f
A t the same time the bridge is built
business proposition he thought th* th* statement that where th* rat* is
It is the plan to pave Hall street rrom
Co-operation ia th* key
city eould afford to delay no longer tn
A Vary Enjoyable Dane*
w in excess o f thro* cents a mile th# city hall to. First, 40 feet wide,
note o f this state body’s program . Co
paving these tw o blocks with a per it will be reduced to that figure. This
Tha M asqeorad* dance given by tho operation in support o f . tho good
with concrete base and bituminous
manent im provem ent
is o f interest to poople in Coos county covaring, the same as Front street is
Honor Guard g irls last Snturdoy night roads bills passed by tho legislature,
who have always heretofore been pay- paved. Then First 4tre*i rrom Jg*n
including th * $2,600,000 fo r the Roose
ing at the rate of four cents a mile. to Willard— from the Coquille Hospi
Soils Schools N ext W eek
v e lt H ighw ay to be matched with a
tal to the Machon Theatre— will be
like amount by th * federal govern-
P rof. C. V. Rusek, o f a A . C., is to
iL Cooperation in ad vertisin g^ ))* be in this county next week to con
done at the same time, with the same
and beautiful costumes, including
kind o f a pavement for the full width
fairies, Indian maids, clowns, hay state’s scenic attractions. Co-opera- duct schools that w ill furnish in for
in developing tha natural ra mation about soils, drainage and fe r
o f the at reset.
Concrete sidewalks
seeds, Bod Cress nurses, Scotch lassies
sa o f every section o f Oregon. tilisers, he being one o f th * college’s Jerseys seems to have been reached are o f course included where there are
and a monkey, deserve that special
at th * sal* here last Saturday when none now.
mention which wo aro unfortunately Co-operation in w orking to secure soil experts.
Barbara’s E velyn was knocked down
These four blocks will not all be put
unable to give. Mias Geneva Robison, transportation fa cilities which w ill
The school here w ill be held at the to C. D. Jarman, o f Bullards, fo r $600.
in one improvement, although the
who appeared as a colonial dams, won perm it th * placing o f tha state’s pro
city hall on Wednesday and Thursday Our old friend, J. F. Jenkins, is some
block with the bridge qtay go in a pro
tho prise o f a baby bond fo r th * prat- ducts on th * market,
o f next week, beginning at 10:S0-q^ m. plunger too, when it comes to thor
ject by itself and the other three
tiest sad boat snstaiaad costume. Mir.
f i t is often thrown o t me that this
It ia hoped that every one interested oughbred Jerseys, paying $460 fo r on*
blocks be don* aa on# project.
Donaldson also roc sired a bond fo r
Immbor is a Portland eoneara,” «aid
in these subjects w ill plan to be pres cow and buying thro* head besides av
th * funniest cootumo— r plantation Mr. Yoran, "bu t it la not. Th# direc
The city engineer was instructed to
ent.
a total coot o f $966. M r. Jarman’s revise the existing plans and specifica
darkoy stunt. T h * total not receipts torate is so arranged that no section
total purchases ’ were fou r head tions fo r these four blocks, including
o f th * state can secure control, lot
amounting to $1096.
Basket Ball Toodght
a sewer on First street. The instruc
alone a single town or city. This d ty
tions to th# engineer ‘ contemplate a
can’t grow unless the surrounding
Tho high school basket ball team
20 foot bridge at Hall and Front, In
country grow s with it. N o m ore can was handed a good trounetng at Ban-
stead o f the full width o f the street
Portland advance w ithout the support don last Saturday night where they
structure form erly planned.
mad eo-operation o f the whole state.’’ were beaten 88 to 9. Several o f their
A special meeting to consider the
And then he went on to expand hie best players t m
absent in that
plans
and specifications may be called
subject tellin g what the State Cham- game, but tonight they w ill have their
next week or they may wait for the
ie attem pting to do to advanco stars in the gam e when they meet
regular meeting April 7, but th* coun
th * Interests o f th * state o f Oregon. Marahfleid high oa the Anderson H all
cil felt that a delay o f a week or two
It w ill work fo r an abolishment o f the floor. John Stanley, last year’s cap
to give the property owners affected
canal tolls by which th * Pa tain and star, has entered school
i chance to think the matter over was
cific coast is hampered to the boneat again and w ill take part in this game.
’mttor
than to doctor* their intention
o f th * eastern coast, especially In the
Besides clothing o f aH kinds, th* to improve without any preliminary
r o f lumber. It w ill work to
follow in g articles are wanted ia the notice.
th * $9,000,000 cent out o f tha
near Bad Cross d rive: piece goods,
Nwman Moon, who laid the pave-
state fo r reclam ation work In setter
ticking, shooting, blankets and wool-
ment around th* court bouse, said that
I to this state. I t w ill
* » a rough guess R would cost 26 to
80 P#r eopt more to put in that p*v-
DOINGS OF THE
COUNTY COURT
YOUNG MAN
STRICKEN
' * « • M did when R w*. to*.