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TheCoquille
Sentinel
AND THE COQ VILLE HERALD
V O I» X IV .
CO Q U ILLE, COOS C O U N TY, OREGON. F R ID A Y , J U N E IS, M l*.
MO. S3
THE SCHOOL SITE
A. J. Sherwood Gives HistoFy of
the Litigatiea o f the P u t
Six
Years
Take Mote
The new County Court met Wednes­
day and took up the matter Of Gov.
West’s fee in the Southern Oregon
case with the results elsewhere re­
ported.
The only other important business
transacted was a decision to place
considerable additional insurance on
the county buildings. The insuranre
on the old court house building was
increased to $17,600 from the former
figure o f $13,600, new insurance being
placed to the amount of $6,000.
A t the new concrete building, where
no insurance had been placed hereto­
fore $20«000 was taken out, $10,000
on the building and $10,000 on the
contents. The rate on this is very low
owing to the slight risk, only $1.46
on the thousand for three years,- or
$29.20 in all.
A policy o f $6,500 was taken out on
the buildings at the County Infirmary,
where there is considerable risk,
Editor Sentinel:— I have always
been a v e r»« to airing any grievance
•bat I or my entente may have in the
newspapers, but it has been suggest-
ed to me that aa Attorney for 8SBdol
District No. * a reply ahould be made
to some o f the itatement* made by
Barrow and Strang in your last iaane.
And with the thought in view that
there may be lome voters in the
School District who are not acquaint­
ed with the facts o f the litigation be­
tween their district and Barrow and
Strang, and principally fo r their in­
formation I desire to.m ake the fo l­
lowing statement as shown by the
Couft Records regarding the litiga­
Water Superintendent Lee Goodman
tion.
was busy the first of the week serving
September 18, 1913, Barrow and rotice on property owners that they
Strang commenced what is known as must have all leaks in their water
a mandamus proceeding against the lines repaired at once. With the ad­
district to compel it to issue to Bar- vent o f the dry season it is impera
row and Strang $6,000.00 in School tive that there be no waste of water,
Warrants.
and the ordinance providing a fine for
October 27, 1913, this case was dis neglect o f leaky faucets, pipes and
missed upon their own motion an< toilets will be enforced.
at the cost o f Barrow and Strang.
November S, 1913, they filed their
Complaint in the Circuit Court
against the District wherein they ask­
ed Judgment as follows; "F o r Judg­
ment agonst the defendant (School
District No. 8) in the amount of $6,-
Mary Angeline Hillman was born
000.00 with interest at the rate o f
in W hitely county, Indiana, July 2 ,
6 par cent per annum from March
1869, and in February, 1878, married-
16, 1918."
Felix E. Hull.
You will note in this case they de­
I f r . and Mrs. Hull came to Oregon
manded a straight money judgment
in 1881, and have ever since lived at
against the District, and this case
Riverton. They have had one child,
was afterward tried in the Circuit
Harry Hull, and novj have three
Court and a verdict rendered for
grandchildren. Mrs. Hull also leaves
Borrow and Strang.
one sister, Mrs. Surrie Blakely, o f Ft*
The School District then appealed
Wayne, Indiana, and one brother,
. the case to the Supreme Court of
Frank Billman, who Hves in Kansas.
Oregon, and on the 6th day of March,
* Mrs. Hull was an earnest Christian
1917, the Supreme Court handed and her life was devoted to doing good
down its Opinion which concludes as
to others.
She was always doing
follows: "Th e conclusion is that the
nothing fo r somebody.
A ll who
judgment o f the Circuit Court must knew her are sincere mounters to­
be le versed with directions to enter day.
judgment for defendant."
In the course of its Opinion the
Cost o f the School Litigation
Supreme Court held among other
Last week in “ Another Mother’s”
t' ings: "Besides all this, the plain­
tiffs are hers demanding a money letter, owing to the copy being blurred
jrdgm ent, when all they were entitled the typesetter had it that the fee paid
to In any event under the proposition Mr. Sherwood by the school district
adopted by the School Meeting was over the Barrow A Strang litigation
was $100, instead o f $400 as it was
an interest-bearing warrant."
Now, referring again to the very writtan.
Thinking all the people of the dis­
first proceeding commenced by Bar-
row and Strang you will note that it trict might like to learn the actual
was a mandamus proceeding to com­ coat o f all the litigation in regard to
pel the district to issue the time war­ the school house site in the past six
rants, but convincing themselves be­ years, we have secured the exact fig­
fore this first case was ever tried that ures from Mr. Lawrence, the clerx or
the record made by the mooting of the board.
For the first suit brought in the
the School District was not sufficient
name
of Geo. Peoples, A. K. Peck was
to ju stify the issuance o f the time
warrant, they dismissed this case op paid a $50 fee and the costa were
$7.50. In the next suit which was
their own motion.
Later, and after the Supreme Court decided some two years ago in the
had decided the case in favor o f the Supreme court A. J. Sherwood was
School District, and on the 12th day paid a fee of $160 fo r services in the
of October, 1917, they filed their Circuit Court and one o f $300 in the
third Complaint, in which their de­ Supreme Court. The costs of the lat­
ter case paid by the district were $31.-
mand is as follows’:
"Plaintiffs pray judgment against 26, making a total of $638.75 as the
the defendant for the sum of $7,630.00 costs to ths district of this litigation
with interost thereon at 6 per cent per to date. On Oct. 16, 1917, however,
annum since the first day o f October, a contract was made with Mr. STier-
wood to appear fqr the district to rep­
1917.” .
This Complaint being again defec­ resent it in the new case o f Barrow
tive, upon the motion o f the School A Strang vs. the city school district
District the Circuit Court made the new pending fob $200.
DEATH OF MRS.
FELIX E. HULL
'follow in g order:
" I t is ordered and adjudged that
said motion be and the same is allow­
ed, and that plaintiffs make their
Complaint definite and certain by
stating whether said contract was
verbal or written, and plaintiffs arc
allowed fifteen days within which to
make such amendment."
Complying with the Court’s Order,
on the 28th day o f August, 1918, Bar-
row and Strang filed an amended
complaint wherein their demand is as
follows:
"Plaintiffs pray juogment against
the defendant for the sum o f $7960.00
\/ith interest thereon at 6 per cent
per annum since the first day o f Au­
gust, 1918."
And the case is now standing upon
a demurrer to this Complaint and the
School District’s Attorney has been
doing everything he can to get this
demurrer heard and this case, against
the District tried and settled as soon
os possible. But this case cannot ho
tried until the District has the priv­
ilege o f examining the transcript of
the case which went to the Supreme
k)
V
Four Candidates For Director
For the position o f director at the
annual school meeting next Monday
for the two places to be filled, Fred
C. True’s term expiring and H. O. A n ­
derson hiving removed from the dis­
trict, there are four candidates. Mr.
True is a candidate to succeed him­
self and the other three are Dr. C. W.
Endicott, Edwin Ellingsen and our
former mayor, A. T. Morrison. We
understand that all o f these have ex­
pressed an intention to serve if elect­
ed, which is all that any one could be
expected to do in the case o f an office,
which means more or iess work and
worry— and certainly more in caae we
are to erect a new school building, as
the women at least demand shall be
done.
A special brief but important meet­
ing o f the Woman’s CTub is called by
the president for Monday, at 2:30, at
the City Hell.
“The Women On The Index,” feat-
uriag Pauline FredencX, the greatest
o f all emotional Stars, Liberty Thea­
tre Sunday, June 15th.
TOGROWBEflRIESiWANTS $20,000
r
9I.M T H E Y E A R .
Narrow Escape From Death
10 ALL THE GIP
The following story in which Coun-
I . ty Superindent Mulkey and Mias Cow-
gill figure os the principal acton is
' reported in the Times as coming from
The Commercial Club Logan* That la The Amount Ex-Govern­ Mr. Mulkey. There were thirteen in First « —^ Construction A fte r
or Went Asks o f Coon Coun­
Th/^War
rh#Wa To Be From \
the party, and in stepping out on the
berry Missionaries—Want
sand
o
f
the
shore
o
f
a
small
lake
ty—Court Demure
Powere Southward
2,000 Acren Planted
Miss Cowgill sank to her waist in the
quicksand and Mr. Mulkey in trying
In aa interview with Judge Watson
It is reported that the first railroad
W. C. Bradley, o f Marshfield, came
to rescue her went in to his armpits:
construction undertaken after the war
over from Marshfield Wednesday and ha gives us the following facta in re­
It seems that last Sunday a party of
will be the construction o f t'.w line
that evening addressed the Commer­ gard to Ex-Governor Oswald West’s
seven went from the Bey to Besle lake
from Powers to Trinidad, Cal., which
cial Club on the subject o f loganber- connection with the Southern Oregon
where they met a Coquiile party o f aiz
will give us direct railroad communica­
riee. His proposition was that the legislation at Washington, wMch is
including Mr. Mulkey and Miss Cowgill,
tion with San Francisco, instead of
club should assist him in getting lo­ expected to result in placing about
who had gone out to the Peterson cot­
ganberry and raspberry
acreage $490,000 o f back taxes, interest and
having to go half way to Portland to
tage. The thirteen picnicked together
get started as we do now. The Sen­
signed up with the idea o f securing penalties ip the treasury of Cooe
and in the afternoon five o f the number
tinel
has never swerved from the opin­
the location of one of the two big county some time next month.
crossed tha lake to start on a hike for
juice and canning companies whioh
It was on Feb. 14, 1918, that Geo. the sand hills. Miaa Cowgill, when she ion that when this road was built the
want to build a P # > t in Coos county. Nuner, county attorney for Douglas stepped on shore, sank i..to the sand present Marshfield to Powers line
One of these will locate in Marshfield county, called Judge Watson up on Mr. Mulkey in going after her, went in would fo*-m part of the route. Indeed,
and if a sufficient acreage is guaran­ the telephone to talk to him about the too. John Ekbald,' who was in the boat, from the time the road between M yr­
teed in this territotry the other com­ Southern Oregon caae in which both got out with the oars on secure sand, tle Point and Powers was built six
pany can be secured for Coquiile. The Douglas and Coos counties were in­ next to the danger spot, and the three years ago it ought to have been evi­
contracts which are made for 5 years, terested. Nuner said the matter of o f the partv who were safe, finally pull­ dent that it was to be part o f a
guarantee a minimum o f $87.60 per the proposed sale o f these lands to ed the other two out o f the engulfing through line. It may be still a long
ton fo r loganberries and $166 per ton the government was being sidetracked sand in which they were sinking. For while to wait but some time within
for red raspberries. These prices are and would in all likelihood b$ allowed some time there was acute fear that the next ten years through trains
fixed, no matter if the market is be­ to sleep in the public lands committee, the rescuers would not be successful.
from Portland to San Francisco will
low those figures, but if it is over, the and suggested that something ought
The others in the row boat were: Mrs. be going up this valley and calling at
grower is guaranteed a bonus figur­ to be done about it. Judge Watson C. E. Mulkey o f Coquiile. and Mist Coquill*. Bandon will get a railroad
ed at the market price, less one-eighth agreed that something ought to be Gladys Howard o f North Inis'!. Others eventually, too, but it will probably
of a cent per pound. With a produc­ done and talked about getting some o f the perty o f 13 were: Mies Joan Fitz­ come from Roseburg, and be a part of
tion o f 6 tons to the acre this means representative from Cooe county to gerald o f Coquiile, E. R. Peterson, coun­ the Hil system. Meantime, there is
over $430 groes per acre".
go to Washington in ¿He interest of ty chib leader, Mias Mae Peterson of the Roosevelt highway which won’t
The club went on record Wednes­ the two counties.
North Bend, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Hill- mis* th* port at the mouth o f the Co­
day evening as agreeing to act as an
Nuner stated that Gov. West was in ■trom of Marshfield, Mieses Esther and quiile. It has but one more river to
organization to secure the necessary Washington and that he might handle Edna Asplund o f Marshfield, and J. P. cross to insure its construction and
pickers, whether the acreage is 260 the case to better advantage than any Michels o f Coquiile.
that ought to be the easiest o f all. W *
or 2000. Mr. Bradley said that one one else in behalf of thej, counties.
n*v*r expected the appropriation for
of the companies promised if 2000 When West returned from Washing­
it to be made by the legialature, and
acres were brought into berry produc­ ton he came to Roeoburg and Judge
certainly had grave doubts about
tion they would build the finest plant Watson went out there to meet him
securing the majority in th* state
in the world to take care o f the fruit and Judge Marsters and Mr. Nuner.
yot*.
And yet it proved the most
-h ere in the Coquiile valley.
popular measure on th* ticket.
The goveror stated the attitude of
There are thousands o f acres in the congress was that if they did any­
Greet enthusiasm ia being shown in
territory tributary to Coquiile which thing at all it would be to pay the tax the plans for the Booster School Pa­
The Site Ia Now Marked
are not suited for dairying but which due the counties and oliminate the rade, which will take place in Co­
Editor Sentinel:— A number o f per­
would be ideal for berry culture and provisions giving the state or coun­ quiile tomorrow evening, June 14th.
sona do not know the correct location
the returns would be much greater ties any percentage o f the receipts
The theme o f the parade with its o f th* Barrow and S trin g tract th*t
than are even being received now in (torn the sale of lands, aa was done many special and intareating features
the people voted to buy for a school
th dairy business. There is no hot­ in the California A Oregon railroad will be "Better Schools for Coquiile,”
house site. And a number o f other
ter place in the world to raise logan­ tase, when the government took back and fo r that reason it will be of es­
persons have been told and shown a
berries than the Coquiile valley. They the lands. It was suggested that the pecial interest to every man, woman
wrong tract o f ground, r.nd it seems,
have a finer flavor than the W illam­ state fees be eliminated and that some and child here.
purposely so.
ette valley berries and yield better.
of the proceeds of the sale be secured
The parade will form in the fo l­
The long way of the tract ia not
Mr. Bradley and members o f the fe ; the c-turtles.
lowing order:
^
north and south along th* Marshfield
chib are out this week signing up eon-
When H came to the question of
read, and it does not ran down the
Coquiile -Band.
tracts and Sunday it is expected that what fee Gov. West should have if
Mayor o f Coquiile and Superintend­ hill toward* Cunningham oroek, as
several cars will go out loaded with he took up the case, West said to W at­
some have said it does. On the con­
ent o f Schools.
citizens who will try to cover the son:
trary, it runs east and west on nice,
Patriotic Car
whole territory and get at least the
"You are a lawyer and Judge Mar­
high ground. Block eight is situated
High School Color Car
250 acre minimum signed up.
sters is a lawyer and I will leave it
on the Marshfield road a little north­
Gymnasium Car
Tuesday evening there will be held to you.”
east o f Mr. Burns’ barn, and block
Girls Basket Ball Car
a meeting at Fail-view at which both
That was all the agreement as to
seven lies right east at block eight and
Boys Basket Ball Car
the ranchers o f that section and Co- West’s compensation, except that the
ie fenced in. It had a crop of grain on
Girls Sewing Club Car
quille business men will be present counties would pay his expenses. And
on it this year which has just been cut.
Manual Training Car
to discuss the proposition and get sig­ that Is exactly as Judge Watson re­
People have been driving ocross
Domestic Science Car
natures to contracts.
ported to us and The Sentinel publish­
Each school grade from the eighth block eight, diagonally through the
The funeral services o f Mrs. Felix ed the agreement at the time.
Of
to the first proceeded by an auto for center o f the block from the southwest
E. Hull, of Riverton, are to occur at course,
that
left
it
so
that
the grade.
Children between tha comer near Mr. Burns’ barn, to thè
the Ellingsen Undertaking parlors if Gov. West accomplished nothing he
ages o f four and six may march with northeast comer o f the block.
here today and will be conducted py would get nothing more than his ac­
I have marked the four corners of
the primary grades.
Rev. W. S. Smith, o f Bandon, owing tual expenses.
the school site tract with white flags.
"L ittle Ones” cars
to Mr. Conder’s illness. The inter­
Recently a Portland attorney call­
Aa you walk or drive on the tract, by
Perambulators
ment will be In the Masonic cemetery. ed Judge Watson up and told him that
Mr. Burns’ place, th* southweet cor­
Woman’s Club
Mrs. Hull has been ill for the past in view o f a possible recall the new
ner ie right at hand by a tall tele­
Cartoons and Comic Features.
three or four months. She went to court would not know what to do in
From this outline it will be seen phone pole and a myrtle bush, and
the Emergency Hospital at Portland the matter if they were elected and
from this point in the road and in
a week ago Wednesday where she un­ that somthing ought to be done for that there will be an opportunity fer
every child in Coquiile to participate plain view, you can see the white flags
derwent an operation fo r cancer. She Governor West.
at all four comers o f the tract. The
died there on Tuesday.
She would
A few days after the recall West In this parade and motheri are urged
northwest comer is near a little too>
have been sixty years of age next called up the judge here and said he to see to it that every child who possi­
house bulit by the county on the
bly
can
shall
take
pert
in
it.
month.
would mail him a statement and a
Marshfield road. A small comer of
The parade will form in the street
contract for them to sign. He said he
this block drops down a little to this
before
the
Federated
church,
and
will
Bitten Off A ll They Can Chew thought he ought to have 6 per eept
tool house.
Moon A Co., of Marshfield, seem to of the money to be paid the county march west to Willard street and
I have marked those comers at the
south to Front street, east to the
be loading up with work. They have now “ but it is entirely as you Bay.”
request o f several persons who desir- ’
Judge Watson then called up Judge Farmers and Merchants bank, north
just takeiLa contract to do the street
ed to know what ground was included
and sewer work for Coquiile City at Marsters and told him that West to the Sentinel office, then south to in the school house site, and I will
over $23,000. Since then they have thought he ought to have a 6 per cent Jthe Baxter Hotel. The program will gladly show them to any person who
contracted to grade the Marshfield commission and his expenses. Mar- ’ follow immediately and is as follows: desires to look over the ground.
highway at about $14,000 r.nd to grade sters answered; “ That is too darned Song ..........................Coquille School
There are about three and one-half
and High School Yells
seven miles o f the Pacific highway much,” and added that four per cent .C l
acres in the whole tract.—C. R. Bar-
down the coast in Curry county, in­ would be a liberal fee. Judge Watson Flag Tribute, “ Star Spangled
row.
Banner” . . . . ............ Assembly
cluding the removal o f 72,000 yards o f also talked with people in this county
rock and 76,000 yards of earth as about the matter and got their opin­ Address .................. Mrs. Branstetter
Grand Jury Makes Record
Special Music .................. Mr. Draper
well' as the clearing o f 80 acrea o f ions.
The new Grand Jury met here Mon­
ground and the building o f seven
When W est, came down here last Address .......................... Miss Kalbus
day and concluded its work in the
Rev. J. E. Condor
bridge and 600 yards o f rip rap, for Friday he brought a form o f contract Address ......... ..
record time o f two days. Only two
. . ........ Assembly
the State Highway Commission. And with him that he wanted the court Song, “ America”
indictments were found.
One was
then, still asking'for more, they have to sign.
He made seven trips to
against Charles R. Flanagan, of
got a $25,000 sewer contract in North Washington, he said, in the case and
Marshfield, for assault with a dan­
Bend. Anybody wanting work is ad­ put his expenses at $400 a trip, or
C at Wrecked Last Friday
gerous weapon; and one against
vised to apply to Moon A Co.
$2800 in all. He had already been
Archie B. Arnold for issuing worth­
Austin Clinton’* car was badly
paid $600, o f which Cooe county paid
less checks for an automobile, fo r
$400 and Douglas $100. That Would smashed up on the road just south of
The “ Flu” Came Back
gasoline etc.
They were both ar­
leave $2300 yet due for hie expenses, town last Friday in a collision with W .‘
Last Monday m orning,it was re­
raigned and pleaded not guilty.
of which Coo* county’* sharo would E. Croaa’ car. Cross got away on
ported that there 21 new cases o f the
he four-flfths or $1840 and DougU*’ his own power, we suppose, but at
"flu” in town. When the epidemic
State Will Finish the Road
$460,
last accounts Austin’s car was atill in
was at its height last winter we un­
A Portland dispatch dated Wednes­
Judge
Watson
says
in
his
opinion
th«
highway-
However,
he
has
had
derstood that it was o f a kind to
day says that th* state highway com­
"come back,” but that at each recur­ credit is doe Gov. Wect fo r securing mor* important business on hand mission awarded th# contract for
for
the
counties
the
26
per
cent
oh
since
than
looking
after
an
auto,
aa
rence it would be of a milder charac­
grading the Cedar Point- Coquille por­
ter. Among thoce down with it the the sales c f the land which the bill will appear from our marriage license tion o f th* Marshfield rood to Moon
Arst of theh week were Mr. and Mrs. provides and alee that speeding np the r* cord-
à Company for $10,600. A contract
~~
“
Sum Nosier, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence S. legislation so that a quick settlement
to r removing slides on the Mamhfleld-
w
i
made
was
due
to
his
effort*.
*
M
a
m
b
«r
s
of
New
Grand
Jury
Tuttle, Hazel Gilpin o f the Busy Cor­
Cedar Point road«, was lot to Cooe
ner, M. J. Harts on and Charles Man­
Judge Watson thought four per ( The new grand jury consists o f th* county fo r $6,500.
sell. Sam Nosier and Clarence Tut­ cent would be a reasonable fee, if it following members: M. 0. Hawkins,
tle were both out again yesterday, a peered that Gov. West hod done Coquill*, foreman; F. B. Phillip*, Co-
How clever are you at match-mak-
though rather weak.
thie, and in this opinion Judge Mar- quill*; M. H. Hersey, Coquiile; John ing? Roy Stewart is a Red Headed
iter* agreed, thought he «aid he would H. Eckhoff, North Bend; Wm. O. match-maker in a Let-Her-Rip Weat-
Give the beat you have to the school
■ Ingraham, North Bend; D. C. Kay, ern Story Monday and Tuesday
nights
and the beat will come back to yea.
Bandon; and Wm. Kbhiad. Marshfield. Liberty Theatre.
Math paga)
(Continued
SATURDAY’S
BIG PARADE^
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