The Coquille Valley sentinel and the Coquille herald., May 02, 1919, Image 1

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Coouille Goes Over the To
This Morning With
- ThouMude to Snare
Oregon L ife las. Co., »1,000
Gao. Shelton, »100
Loan Wilkes, »200
L. Myrberg, »60
Ola Simonson, »160
rA nn a 81m on sen, »160
C. E. Mulkey, »100
Mrs. C. E. Mulkey, »100
Clarence Barton, »60
Ralph 8mith, »60
Car latón Brawn, »60
Keith Leslie, »100
R. 8. Know!ton, »600
A. R. Collier, »100
Wattman A. Ball, »60
W . D. Champion, »200
E. E. Elwood, »100
Gordon Anacom, »60
H. T. Hanson« »60
C. F. Langden, »60
8. C. McAllister,, »60
James N. Mast, »60
E. E. Olson, »60
Lsland Peart, »60
Alex Peterson, »100
Joe Peart, »100
W. H. Purdy, »60
Chas. J. Smith, »60
M. A . Stoical, » 1 »
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Frank Thrift, »60
Standard OU Co. »600
R. H. Mast, »60
Part o< Bandon, »1,000
E. E. Johnson, »600
A lfred Johnson. Jr., »60
A lfrsd Johnson, »100
Chas. Goodrich, »60
L. A . DetwUer, »60
L. Snyder, »60
Chas. Nswton, »60
Total, »67,760.00
Sine« our kut isaue enoudk «üb­
te riptiona hove boon raceivsd her« ror
U m VWtery Loan bond« t « put u
away «vo r the top, our quota o f $64,-
000 M t only having
»0,760 in addition.
tion« received thi«
■poniibl« for thi« grattfyiag roault.
Here i« th i Hat o f thoaa who havo
«ubacribed «in e« our l u t iaaua:
Total subseriptions raportad ln tha
Scntinel Friday, April 26, 1010, $40,-
460.00 •
A t Firat National
H. B. W eigar, »60
Mr. and Mra. Mi. O. Hawkina and
H a rris Hawkina, »260
Mra. Raymond E. Bakar, »60
SR . H. 8woot, »60
Mra. Thomas -Wilasa, »60
Mra. Thonua WQaon Jr. »60
Mita Farn DaLoug, »60
Mr. and Mrs. H. L.
»M
Wm. Norris, »100
Mra. R. H. Sweat, »60
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Kistner, »100
Ed Detlafsan, »400
Emma Kennedy, »100
Mr. and Mrs. J. I « Sawyer, »100
W inifred O. Speumer, »60
Mayma DeLong, »60
Mr. and Mrs. C. A . DaLong, »1,000
Agnes Whetstone, »100
Mary C. Harvey, »60
C. G. Leatherwood, »100
Geo. N. Battay, »60
Mrs. Geo. N. Battay, »60
E. G. and Dora L Kay, »600
The last number o f our Lyceum
John Yoakam, »900
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will bo given at tha Liberty
M. J. Hartaon, »100
Theatre nest Monday evening by Mr.
John Lewtas, war correspondent and
' N. E. Landreth, »100
lecturer, and hi« subject wrill be, “ The
Mark Morris, »100
W orld W ar and Tha League o f Na-
Coqulllo Honor Guard, »100
Mr. and Mrs. 0 . S. Davis, »400
L S. Robison, »100
Mr. Lewtas in tha past fifteen years
IS travail*» extensively fa Eu
W. C. Rosa, »100
Wm. Bettys, »600
aad s thoroughly eeovursaat with the
Mr. and Mrs. R. A . Easton, »60
bleats involved in this great strug­
Harry L. Aber, »60
gle. When the war broke out he felt
W. F. Aber, »100
keen interest end followed every
Fred William Barker, »260
ove in detail. Later he visited tbs
battle line aa a newspaper corres­
C. A . Boyrie, »100
pondent, collected hundreds o f pic­
Ed Boyrie, »100
tures, from which he has had lantern
E. R. Clark, »60
lea made. These he places before
Thoma« J. Curry, »60
his audience and, with n graphic des­
Howard E. Edwards, »60
cription which he gives, brings n
John T. Eide, »100
doubla masaage to his audience. Mr.
W. W. Elliott, »100
Carl Flaattan, »60
Lewtas spent the summer * on the
H. C. Gats, »100
Chautauqua platform, has lectured be­
Geo. A . Gilman, »60
fore the leading schools and in tha
Austin Hasard, »60
largest churches in tha Pacific North-
Ola Hegiie, »100
it and in Canada. N o patriot can
afford to misa this great lecture.
B. V. Huey, »100
0. B. Hughes, »100
Antons Jacobson, »60
Getting Them All N ow
A . Jenkins, »60
The valuation board fo r assessment
John Johnson, »60
purposes, which is now going over the
D. G. Keller, »100
acreage o f the county, finds n good
Leo B. McCool, »60
many tracts o f cultivated lands in
Frank McNair, »60
isolated sections where improvements
N. J. Magill, »60
have never got onto the tax rolls. Tha
Frank C. Mann, »60
owner would probably mast tha depu­
C. D. Miller, »60
ty assessment somewhere and tall him
Lee Neely »60
there had bean no change in tha
H. Nelson, »100
place or that it was “ about the same
John Newman, »60
aa last year,” and no change would
Arthur Peart, »60
bo mads in the valuation even i f Bev­
C. Peart, »60
el al thousands o f dollars had bean
August Peterson, »60
spent in improvements.
This time
John H. Purdy, »100
the valuation board is saelng every­
Roy Sackett, »60
thing and placing a figure on things
Alax Bandon, »100
as they are now.
Franc!» Sell, »60
John F. Stanley, »60
Machon Rooming House
Frank W. Theater, »80
Tomorrow
the Mâchons’ rooming
R. Thomason, »60
house will be opened to the public
C. W. Upton, »100
with the moet up-to-date accommoda­
A . E. Watson, »100
tions to be found in Coquille. Modern
Wm. H. W iggins, »60
in every respect, with handsome fu r­
Jos L. Wilday, »100
nishings, steam
heat,
electricity,
D. A. Wood, »100
baths,
hot
and
cold
water
in every
C. B. Young, »100
room, they will fill n long-felt need
S. M. and Lulu Noslor, »200
and be n foretaste o f what tha travai­
J. P. Beyers, »200
ling public may expect here whan our
Raymond A. Jeub, »100
two hotels are built and in operation.
R. N. Catton, »100
“ The Machon” will be fo r transients
Mr. and Mrs. A. 0. Walker, »200
only, or those willing to pay transient
Nannie McAdams, »60
TALK WITH
WAR PICTURES
H. W . Young, »200
Mr. and Mr«. A . B. Campbell, »H
Catherine L. MulvihiU, »60
Ed Moeller, »100
L. E. Coats, »60
W alter F. Scott, »60
C. E. Hurrel, »60
L. E. Alexander, »60
F. L. McClellan, »100
E. E. Johnson, »200
A t Farmers and
A . F. Kirschman. »1 6 «
L. W . Oddy, »60
F. G. Leslie, »100
Mia. John Bottoni, »100
K- N. Laren« 9900
T H E
C O Q U IL L E
H E R A L D
COQUILLE, COOS C O U N TY. OEBQON. F R ID A Y , M A Y X » I * .
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Valley Sentinel
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The skating rink in the basement
will be opened with a big dance in n
couple o f weeks.
F tt Elk Election
The Fat Elk Drainage District as­
sociation mat hare last Monday, and
re-elected the three directors, L. P.
Branstottor as president, E. H. H am ­
den aa soetstety and C. R. Gabel ar.
They decided to call fo r bids fo r in­
stalling tide gates and also fo r cut­
ting brush along tha ditch. Tha call
for bids is elsewhere advertised.
OH TITLE
State Game Warden Over­ It Affects 700 Business and
p
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rules Deputy— Says
Residence Lots in the
Get Squirrels
CitV of Coquille
M. Sig.in, made another quit claim
deed conveying her interest in the
property to the Title Guarantee and
Abstract Co.
! In explanation o f this doed Mr.
Sengsta-ken says the abstracters dis
covered this fiaw when about to make
a doad for property included in
WF WILL ISSISI
Western
Oregon
Voters
Will Vote For Irriga­
tion Amendment
the tract in question.
And in or-
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der^that in case o f her death it might
Mr. Thomas, county gams warden,
That there is a cloud on the title not be rendered difficult fo r others to
Two sections of Oregon that are
to be under the impression that o f most o f the real estate in Coquille,' get a curative deed instead of taking separated by a great distance geo­
the farmers are violating the state St least on over sixty blocks, or as the quit claim simply fo r the tract graphically on account of two barrier
gams law by putting out poisoned many as seven hundred lots, including jthat wns being sold at that time, It mountain ranges are figruatively join­
barley to kill digger squirrels in or sil the business p ir t of town, will be was made to cover the whole halt mile ing hands for a united drive on the
der to save their crops from being surprising nears to most o f our c it i- ' square. This left it so that the own- ballot boxes at the special State elec­
destroyed by these paste, (the dig­
It is only recently, however, | era o f any o f the 700 lots in the tract tion in June. That great stretch W
gers.)
that Mr. Machon had to secure s deed could secure a deed from the Abstract empire known as Eastern 'Oregon is
Mr. Thomas might have saved him­ from the Title Guarantee and A b­ Co., curing the defects mentioned.
enthusiastically working to give the
self and our office considerable am stract company to correct such a flaw.
Mr. Puiford, the attorney for Mrs. coast counties o f Oregon the Roose­
barrassment i f ha had conferred with 8U11 mors recently the city of oo- Sperry in the case in which the sum­ velt Highway; the seven great coast
the proper officials connected with quille had to do the same thiag in the mons is now being printed in the Sen­ counties comprising one-seventh of
this work before creating rush n dis­ ctae o f the waterfron* property it tinel, objects and sooner than do sfe the area of the state are just as en­
turbance in the newspapers on
uffia selling to Coos county. In this has chosen to make the T itle Guaran­ thusiastically working to develop the
subject.
s District Attorney Hall, in an tee and Abstract Co. a party defend­ irrigation projects o f the East Ore­
Tbs state game warden, Mr. Carl opinion on the title, advised that * ant to this suit, and ask for cosis gonians.
Schumaker, has advised US that ws quit claim be secured to cure the against them.
An apt illustration o f the friendly
are perfectly within our rights in the M e e t, end it was done.
O f course every owner o f a lot in spirit that is animating the coast
matter and that ho will
When T. T. Land s few days ago the part o f the city covered by the counties is a rally held at Gardner on
thing possible to co-operate with us Sold his place on Spurgeon Hill to Cunningham and Siglin quit claim the Umpqua river recently when set­
and all concerned in the poisoning of Fred Von Pegsrt, the consummation deeds will be interested ni the out­ tlers came by the hundreds to boost
the digger squirrels and other des­ o f the sale was held up fo r several come o f this suit.
fo r the Roosevelt Highway bond issue.
tructive rodents.
days and Mr. Land wns obliged to re­
Some o f those in attendance came
Mr. Schumaker says that be is well main here a good deal longer than he *
from poi..ts miles distant in boats.
$382.500 Taxes Paid
aware o f tha fact that the poisoned intended while the cloud was being
The amount o f 1918 taxes receipted More than a thousand gathered at
barley ws are distributing w ill not removed from the property.
for as paid prior to April 6 at the Gardner to hear President S. C. Pier,
kill gams birds, fo r it has been defin­
In the Sentinel this week Mra. Hel­ sheriff’s office here was »882,600. o f the Roosevelt Highway Association,
itely proven by experimental fending en C. Sperry appears as plaintiff ana Leaving out the Southern Oregon, the explain the wonderful possibilities
o f it to such birds that it will not the Title Guarantee and Abstract Co. Kinney and pome of the C. A. Smith that will be opened by what he de­
This is probably due to as dofandant, in a proceedin'; to clear company, where the business is in the clared will be the greatest scenic
the fact that the fowls are possess the cloud from her property.
hands o f a receiver, this is a full half boulevard in the world.
ad o f their well known gissards.
A ll these cases stand.on ail fours, o f the total taxes for last year.
The assemblage not only endorsed
This poisoned barley is vary dead­ as the lawyers say, with every other
the highway project, but it went on
ly though to digger squirrels and
e o f property in the half mile
record with a unanimous resolution
other such rodents and Has been found square reaching east and west from
favoring the passage o f the Galla­
to be the cheapest and moat effective Coulter streot, a block east o f the
gher bill whereby the stats is given
method o f destroying them by the court house, away out onto Spurgeon
authority to lend credit to irrigation
thousands. Barley has been found to Hill; and north and south from tne
projects approved by a special com­
be the boat kind o f grain fo r poison river out into the neighborhood o f the
mission consisting o f the state su­
One
o
f
our
friends
the
other
day
Butler place where the Jog occurs In
ing the diggers.
perintendent o f banks, the state en­
asked us some questions about the
W s have been preparing this pois­ the county road a block north o f the
gineer and the attorney general.
contract
fo
r
the
Coquille-Marahfield
oned grain fo r the past twp years at Henry street bridge.
Letters and telegrams endorsing
This cloud is a pretty tenuous one, highway, which w ith 'a little figuring the Gallagher bill are pouring into
cost to the farmers and shall continue
we tried to answer, and thinking other
to do so in accordance with the law something like “ the morning cloud
the headquarters o f the Roosevelt
taxpayers may also be interested in
passed at the last session o f the Ore­ and the early dew,” but it exists, nev-
Highway Association at the Imperial
gon legislature, which compels every­ ertheless, and though no one need the same m a t f ^ w e w ill give our Hotel from the chambers of commerce
readers
the
results
arrived
at.
The
one owning, tensing or having donsin- have any feats o f losing his property,
and other public-spirited organisa­
concrete roadway ia to be '16 fast
on over lands infested with such ro­ on account o f it, it is, however, pret­
tions ail over the coastr Similar en­
wide,
which
is
very
nearly
s
rad,
dents to begin at once and continue in ty certain to confront any one who
dorsements for the coast highway are
making a sale and prevent him while the thickness o f the concrete, reaching the association by the score
good faith to poison them according;
6tt inches in the cener and 5V4 at the
to instructions. I f such parties do from giving an absolutely clear title
froip the irrigation belts of eastern,
not comply with such law within thir- without getting a doed from the Title outqjde, will average 0 inches in thick­ southern and central Oregon.
ness.
The
rock
shoulder
o
f
two
feet
ty days from the date o f the official Guarantee and Abstract company,
The two bills are of kindred im­
on either side will cost s considera­
notice recently published in two Coos which owns the cloud.
portance. The Roosevelt highway i f ’
How the trouble originated cannot ble amount while the roadway will huilt will bring millions o f tourists
county papers, the County Court is
then empowered by said law to ap­ be briefly narrated, but we will try only lack six inches of being a rod hi to Oregon. These tourists will not
width.
point persons to do the poisoning, and to make it clear.
only view the unparalleled scenery
The length o f the roadway is to
The chain of title fo r the portion
the costs o f same shall be added to
offered by the highway, but they will
the taxes on the land and they of the city o f Coquille mentioned Be­ bs 14 miles or 4480 rods, and the lat­ seek opportunities to invest their
ter
figures
comes
very
near
being
the
shall serve as a lien on the property. gins with a patent issued by the
money and make their homes in Ore­
number o f square rods in the work.
W s are not doing this work for the United States June 16, 1864, to Evan
gon. The great stretches o f land In
Divide
the
contract
price
o
f
$318,781
fun o f it, but it is a county and state­ Cunningham on his homeslerd. He
the irrigation sections offer the best
wide project and so fa r we have found unfortunately died intestate and it by the number o f rods, and we find kind of chance for investments. The
all the farmers greatly in favor o f it was failure to preserve a complete the price per square rod, and also per people o f Eastern Oregon and other
and are glad to co-operate with us, for record o f all the proceedings in the linear rod to be about »71.60. TT h « sections that are looking to their fu­
is $2.87 per square yard or somewhere
they believe in protecting their crops. administration of his estate that
ture development through Irrigation
between $14 and $16 per cubic yard
caused
the
trouble.
This work is being carried on in
are only too well aware that any
The administrator, who was named for concrete. Our friend tMought this thing they do to insure the construc­
all counties o f the state and is under
the direct supervision o& the United Wycoff, advertised the real estate of was an excessive figure for that sort tion o f the coast highway will be
Evan Cunningham lor sale and sold of krork, and it is at least 60 per cent therefore greatly to their own inter­
State« Biological Department.
Signed: J. L. Smith, Coos County the tract in question to Elisabeth higher than it used to be before the est. For this reason they have been
(Grandma) Leneve, January 2, 1866. war; but that it is unreasonable at glad to get behind the highyay move­
A gen t
Thera is proof o f the service by thé the present time we should hesitate to ment.
sheriff o f this citation on J. W. Cun­ assert. And besides we have not tak­
Cars Sold Here This Year ningham, the only heir of Evan Cun­ en into the account the rock shoulders
Fred Slagle reports the following ningham, in regard to this sale, to of 2 feet on each side, or some 12,000 In Flash and Sound Division
Harry H. Oerding and P. J. Michels,
cars sold here since the firat o f Jan­ show cause why it should not be square yards o f this rock work in alL
who have recently been mustered out
uary, twenty-one in number, * the mads, but it is not said that the notice
of the army, were in the ‘‘Flash and
prices ranging from »846 to »2096:
Challenge to Debate
wns served in this county or state.
Sound” division in France and were
O. C. Jensen, Oakland.
That la one of the faint shadows of
Editor Sentinel:— The school house together most o f the time. It was
Dr. V. L. Hamilton, Buick
cloud. Another is that the records question was up for discussion at the
their work to locate as nearly as pos­
Dr. Jas. Richmond, Buiclc.
contain no proof of the publication of Commercial Club last week in a ten­
sible the position o f the German
J. 8. Sawyer, Chevrolet
the notice o f sale by Cunningham’s tative way, but the salient features o f
guns; and this was done by noting the
Milo Dunham, Chevrolet
administrator.
the matter were not discuased. And difference between the flash when they
Henry Belloni, Chevrolet
The record does show, however, an in order that the people may get a
were fired and the sound which came
M. Poland, Chevrolet
order' by the court confirming the clear understanding o f the position of
later. By getting these data from d if­
Ernest Hammock, Chevrolet
sale, which recites that an application each o f the parties to the school, the
ferent positions it was possible not
E. A. Wimer, Buick
‘o eell the real estate was made, r*
school house, and the school site con­ only to determine the distance of
John McAdams, Buick
that a proper citation to the heir was troversy: I hereby challenge Mr. A.
these guns but their exact location—
A. R. Clinton, Bufck
mads. The defect here is that the J. Sherwood to debate with me before
almost or quite to a foot. This sort
R. E. Nosier, Baby Grand Chevro­ records contain no return showing
a public audience in Coquille, the en­ of work kept the men in that division
let
that the sals was made. These are tire school, school house and school
under fire when they were on duty.
Lanson Leneve, Baby Grand Chev­
the flaws in the title, which seem to site question.— C. R. Borrow.
Mchels was gassed while at the front,
ro let
make it quant ionabls whether the dead
but says the effects are not noticeable
Theodore Clinton, Chevrolet
given by the administrator to Elisa­ Can Keen Their Uniforms
now, and, in fact, that he would have
W. C. Rose, Baby Grand Chev­
beth Leneve .was supported by the
A new order has just been issued to run a mile or two to find whether
rolet
proper proceedings. Mrs. Leneve did
by the W ar Department that soldiers his wind has been affected.
A. T. Morrison, Chovrolet
not retain the property long, however,
on being mustered out are permitted
Martin Clausen, Buick
selling tt on Oct. 9, 1866, to T. B. W il­
W alter Crook, Baby Grand Chevro­ lard. I f subsequently became a part to retain their clothing and equip­
Let’s Have Clean-Up Dav
ment.
A great many o f the boys
let
o f Elliott’s Addition to the City of
Noticing that Eugene is to have a
have not heard o f this order, and
Thomas Guerin, Buick
“ Clean Up Day” early thle month we
Coquille. ^
think
they
have
only
a
few
days
in
Ed Myers, Buick
Y e a n after that, someone became whisk to return their uniforms etc. are led to inquire why that date has
May Lund, Chevrolet
aware o f these defects and concluded But Postmaster Leneve says he has not reappeared on the Coquille cal­
The war ia over and the
that upon them might be based some orders not to receive packages of endar.
Nick Johnson Ooens Store sort o f a claim fo r J . W. Cunningham, rlotking etc from former soldier for scarcity of help is no longer so keenly
felt, so we see no reason why our city
G. H. Ingram, representing the who would be the beneficiary o f such ratal* to the W ar Department.
should not spruce up a bit. Our own
Portland Credit Man’s Association, on defects. On October 11, 1878, Cun-
Wednesday, sold to Nick Johnsotf the gingham mads a quit claim dead for
Ad illustrated lecture on the World tin cans and other debris have all
stock and fixtures o f the W. H. Lyons
Interest in this property to J. M. W ar Jind the League o f Nations at the been buried in a sewer excavation;
Siglin,
an attorney practising on the thoame next Monday evening, May 6. so it is not fo r ourselves are are
store, excepting a show counter, a ba­
It ttRhe last number on our Lyceum speaking, but we know there must
con alicer and one or tyo other items Bay.
which were sold to 8. M. Nosier. The
Then the matter lay dormant for cou nt and no one will want to miss be several years accumulations on
many places.
stock brought 80 cents on the dollar. 188 years, during which time Mr. Sig- H. ?
THE COST OF
THE PAVING
Mr. Johnson intends to open a groe- lin died.
Coûta* Cuta. 100 t v V L *
»1.50 TH E YE A R .
A pril 27, 1811, however,
wj «tere immediately at North Bead. Helen Bigttn, the wid«w aad hair uf J,
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