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L i n d r e t h <701118: to S u th e r lin }*|
Novia Landreth returned to d a y 1 ,
31
business trip to Rosoburg and | |
i discloses th a t tv »
Sutherlin.
A t the latter place on j
•* h»*« been issued
A -
Monday he took a three-year lease on
L for the same bride,
t to Run County a brick building and as soon as be L. A. Myers Held For Invohm-
Woman’s Clob Discusses Mat- H. g i
No Contract for Prot
there * u i
F a r m — Dr, G. E. L ost -
can get moved over there will jqit in
to n of Interest to the
tary Manslaughter Last
a grocery stock. Educational facili­
H
cq
ltlt
w
&
*
-
‘
Peonie
of
Coquille
- Monday
M at
ties for the Children was the motive
notwithstanding his name, was not
te, • Jgv * ^
j4n his decision to leave this section, M *¿K * ’
fleet enough of foot to cinch thp-CM,-
in sesakm U ^ Adventista having recently pur-
Among the tobjects discussed was . The County ■ Court - was
The examination pf L. A, Myers, of
_
i, tra c t St the hynMMri v r ita r before
to be allowed to charge he m
torestalled.
John Wesley the success of “Clean-up week.” The bere Wwlnesday and Thursday thta chMed the |75 000 hote, buil/ t^ n Arago, charged with involuntary man­
'during the boom times and convened slaughter on ftocouat of the death of '
Downs also ran and in the along of toe front and baric yards of most of the week, adjourning yesterday.
Dr* °v
£ ° w ,WM appointed Vjt into an advnnce ^.h l or oolle£ . . Mis. Sophia Bnikdoil, as the result of
uniform
day beat him to it. I t was evidently homo» have been greatly improved bat
Mf. and Mrs
arethekind the qVerturning of the auto Mr. Myers
thp farmer»* another case bf “the eternal triangle,” not n il. of thorn. Low over-hanging1 county health officer for the com m ,
.
^ v m g .b e e n . v . - of> ;opIc we are gorry t0 hav. lcava wes driving on the Fourth o f' July,
have received and if the w hole s to r y sh o u lJ l>« branches and -tangled vines running
in th at position for the p ^ x | Coquille, and the best wishes 1
letter from Mr. Charlea written it would probably make quite
teak place before Justiqe Stanley at
c“^ _ k-
the president of the company: m romance, even I t not a* three-volume The greatest criticism made was can-
ffl*«
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jj
res# in their new enterprise is the thp City Hall here on Monday. As
n m s Holverstott was appointed e8p,.eased desjre o7 everyone, T h e i^ e out«1»®* he was hound over to the
-
. ...
a re no­
th e re comee to my n o tk é the newa
v . Hol- W « d jury which will convene. Oct.
ticeably untidy. Those residing in .- iperintendent of the county farm in coUnty court ha, appointed
i& C 0 ef
01 N
n ,n o T
o rid ria tn
u who
r1 » n i is
e f to
n
*,i k:
_______________ ____________
L u n J i i t »___
___
Novia
Landrieth,
story in your issue of July 4th. Since
the city owning vacant lo^fr are asked p place
verstott
to
Succeed
Mr.
Landreth
a t 13, bis bail being fixed at $600.
Paid to cat down the risers and improve go in$o business i t Sutherlin, Doug­
I T**- '
th e write* conducted all th e negotia­
There* is no gpecifc law in regard
superintendent of the county farm
^
tions incident to the consolidati«« ef
the appearance of the lots. Those las county.
and he will take charge the first of to* the responsibility of automobile -
L. A. Liljeqvist was paid $1200_of August.
the Coquille Valley properties, the sion ia favor of Coos county in the In charge also ef vacant lots am ask­
drivers for accidents resultir _______
his fee jn the Kinney tax cafe and
tion 'you have reflecta Case brouM l to invalidate a special ed to attend 4g> them.
- careless driving, but the “statute de­
—
The
integrity and thus I take the rend tan in District No. ,10.
The progress of the “New School will go on with the case until it la
fines' involunthry manslaughter as the {
Almost a Quarter Million
amount involved was $6,000 and it House” was eagerly inquired about by f -lished.
' ' -'.7 -5
I
of offering
doing of an unlawful act which results
The County Clerk's July statement
was claimed th a t «he district had no those who have been out of town.
ty Treasurer Dimmick was di­
than
in death, without intending th at re-
jpl
the condition of the various funds
was
ever
entered
in-
(right
to
levy
such
a
tan
and
that
the
to
remove
his
office
to
the
Considerable amount of-tim e was
fa
ft«H, of the doing of a lawful act so
shows
an
overdraft
of
*Ui5,«87.08
in
sere
futile
because
the
room of the first floor in
ta with respect to free servies
devoted to the discussion of the Liber­ southwest
negligently or carelessly as to cause
.
i|
p
l
—
aimouneements were for Nov. Z, ty Temple, aad a rest room. Mrs.
building, which has -hereto- the general fund and an overdraft of death. .. '£?.• ■-'tH
tween Coquille and Myrtle Point,
j?
used as an abstracters’ J108.8iMl.l8 in the general road fund.
W»e there any agreement reaper , _ 1818 instead of Nov. 8, 1918. . The Brans U tter described briefly the
The
principal
reason
for
Mr.
Myora’
T his makes a total of $244,5?7.2è. ni
naia. U f e at«temcGt» wilt, be çosôbo- judge held th at a mere clerical error beautiful civic center and rest room
rosecution on this chargo ia because
__ Agginst this the county is to receive
was immaterial Rnd th at aa the dis­ with the $6000 H u t a t Powers. Would­
The office i t the bounty superinten-
ratad by thoae with whom the
f t is alegod that he was under the
trict could b u if 'and maintain roads n 't it he flao If CoquiUe «euld work snt wifl be brought down stairs an<Htk** y*ar from the U. S. Treasury, influence of liquvt while driving the
tintions were conducted. A s a
power to leyv a tax for that pur- toward something of this kind!
probably take the southwest on areoynt of the delinquent taxes, in­ Car that overturned on.
te r of fact, the »sgottaticelo
men- ,
waa
t . ,T
- v t .1 f r
which has been for some terest and penalties on the Southern tioaed at the forks A t a roini near
I
1 p U9mW ' y • j.',.
la y a d because of my
An additional W ater System was
led by the Roadmaster, who Oregon lands some . $35Q,000, which .
eny euchy agreement,
briefly torched upon to be brought
north fofk of tho Coquille
a
remove' to the office which will-put the balance over $ 100,000 t* e (Iinl^
in f th a t ' conditions
up a t a later meeting.
,
unites with the sojflh fork a mile and
other way.
^
I
lek is to_vaeate.
M b demonstrated in the last few
A very interesting report was given t .
a half below Myrtle Point on the west -i
The m atter of an increase , of the
furtherm ore, we have a Pub­
by the committee appointed to inter­
tide of the river.
' \ ■ (h-
lic gurvia*
u tU n i , whom all
county school levy hias been
view the Council concerning the en­
Thero 'was what might be called
consideration by the new coun-
forcing of the cigarette law.
The
conflicting testimony as to Mr. Myers if
aa it was by the old. The
council desire as do the Wooten's
having been under the influence of |
now fixed by law is $10, but
Market Club th at no drastie- measures will im
liquor at tyie time. The aut« ia said
the increase will be to $15
a Renda bill approved by the voters of have to be taken. I t is believed th at
(not to have been running more than
«as not yet been fully decided,
in Jane. This will
When the dealers of
Milo Dunham had an experience ten or fifteen miles an hoqr when ft
It will very probably be the lost Saturday th a t he will never far- rap off the side of the road and upset
G m levy of. a mill tax far rural officers know th at tha citizens do not
figure.
poads in this county, which will bring a ant minors to procure cigarettes d*
get and which nearly had a fatal ond- where there was a steep b;.nk six. or
jif-K. He cast 'off1 the lines
la 826,000. »The state wQl match this rectly or indirectly th at they will
ri>* el«tht feet high. One girl who was at
by aa.am ount fully pa Idkge.
The willingly and gladly co-operate.
and Barn Burned
[charm which had tied up a t Cedar k h e dance at Myrtle Ppint th a t day
first mad to be improved with this
The Women's Club meets the sec­
testified th at Myerc asked her to
The house and .one barn on the old i Po|Bt 1or * mcment *n<i i0
will probably be the C om Bay ond and fourth Tuesdays of every Figg place a t Fishtrap, now owned bv
. . ¡accountable manner the rope W ca»c dante with him and she refused he-
m ii|| he 'to was-dbuhk*
H rim riM to m Another
R ito |te girl
Ra
Wag«« road . from Sumner to the month. Come we need you ril.-C o m . J J
T. Dement, were burned a t entagled around hie feet and OA.^R
toe M
cr'nee
is jer
Douglas county Una. Thera will not
Was
jerked also a t the dance testified th at he was
8 :3Q Tuesday afternoon. W alter Rob- boa» gathered headway he w
only he the total of $50,000 referred to
Cold Weather Here Now
ison, who w as, recently married, wps off the dock and started on an ftivol- a rUnk. Witnesses for the defense
ta r this work, but the road dis-
The.weather here baa certainly been' living on the place h at no one was untnry trip toJMsndon. As a *human » ¡ d th at if he was drunk thqy didn’t
which will receive money from cool enough for anybody during tov
'
timony
in- the fire- started. It tow he seems to haye been frirty sac- (laoV i i —a
cessful
fols
he
managed
to
keep
)>ts
r> Mk
pant w e s t H was so cold
'
had ita origin
- „ V „
gftO'
day StaTw e were sore th at
frian th at source,' bo th at it is con- who could deliver such a tem perature ironing th a t merfBky and had a hot
over $100,000 can be used past of the Cascades might realize a fire. Help arrived in time to remove ' '-dred feet before some one
is | . i .
was
¡to make this line s market road. It fortune out of the scheme. But jhe the household goods.
On ef tty* -state’s witnesses W$s
The Strong ’ ' discovered
. him and
...
Is thought the amount in hand will spa shone brightly then, and most of north wind prevniling caused one barn 'pullBd P
MB iO
conridwable roll- Thomas White, a f Dan-Ion, who suf­
then be sufficient to" macadamize this the week since has given us overcast a hundred
fered very seriously in the accident.
ice l i t t b#
__
away to trice fire. The ,1n*
B*t
°Ut, °L
to the beat e f e a r ability. Very f e ^ r lino for Hs entire length.
is ca>»kmted a t $1600.
Three make sure he had survived the or- Bis left arm tfas broken in four places
skies
threatening
the
rain
th
at
has
(loss
/’
O 1 W|i, , an....... . a
deal. His father, Hark Dunham, says, aad his right shoulder was dislocated.
yours, Chaa. Hall, President.
not come. There was heavy thunder days before,^IkyWas well covered.by
Recruiting 'Here Next Week and some lightning Tuesday ev- policiee of llflflfi'on the house and "You c a n t drown a Dunham;” but Among the witnesses for the state
Mayor Johnson has roc rived notice ing, though the storm passed t6 the two barns. T. A- Walker, in one of Milo had a close calk Although an were Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Elds, son-in-
meeápt a*
...
expert sWimmer’ he had ho choaeS to law and daughter of Mrs. Barkdoll
have talked with Mr. J . W. M ist, Mr! from.,Captain C. M. Huntington, who east of us.
As usual, though, it /whose companies the pòlky was writ-
heRi himself with IR b feet bound to­ hjid* Mies Sophie Barkdoll, another
writes
from
Salem,
that
a
recruiting
“cooled the air” and on Wednesday ten, went away up the south fork ten
J . E. Norton, Mr. W. C.
p a rty will arrive here Wednesday of those of us, who hadn’t kindled fires, miles beyond Myrtle P^int on Satyr gether and the steady pull of the boat daughter. Six witnesses appeared
Mr. Geo. 8. Davie about this
for Die state and three for the -de­
h a s t week, July SO, to make a vigorous shivered through the entire morning. day to secure a renewal of the insur­ to keep him straightened out.
and they are all agreed th a t the
fense^
for recruits far the new Those who are looking forward to ance, but Mr. Dement thought
era understood th a t there should ha
Jack Jusa Goes to Portland
i. arm y. Those who enlist camping out next month will certain­ would let it ¿0 for awhile. We have
no increase ia the their pheua_ieaiaU
Ten Months at the Front
aae their own option as,to which ly be anxious for warmer weather. known m an y a man to drop bis insur-
* and no toll, chargee betw eeirhere and
Because he suffering very badly
Myrtle Point a fte r the consolidation branch of the service they prefer, and Frosta have occurred here everyjsnee a day or two too soon in just this with heart trouble, as • result of an
Dr. «nd Mrs. G. Earl Low apd
of the two Uaee affected about two there are a baker's dozen of «hem, in­ month this year, and we are ready for iway.
attack of influenza, which hq suffered daughter /«turned to Coquillo ladt
years ago. Indeed, they go farther fantry, cavalry, ordnance, aviation, them to take a vacation now.
last winter a t Gold Beech, "Jack” Saturday afternoon and are now lo-
ri»yn th a t aiuf say the farm ers would tank corps, signal corps, coast artill­
Juaa, editor of the Gold Beach Re cated in the Collier Apartments.
Boys Got the Boose
aovar have sold their stock, and con- ery. field artillery, motor transport
porter is leaving Gold Beach and may
Fir« at Tar Heel Put Out
Four boys have been' implicated
The doctor had a very complete
seated to the consolidation if they corps, engineers, quartermaster corps,
the
robbery
of
some
demijohns
of
,not
40 r*turn there again. The course in medicine and surgery in the
A lira which caused much concern
had not bhlieved the line between Co­ medical department and construction.
booze th at Attorney John D. Goes, of condition of Mr. Jusa is so perioq. he United States, much of it in the-way
quiUe and Myrtle P rin t would have Young men who'are fond‘of trhvsl and in the Tar Heel logging camp below Marshfield, hod stored in his cellar in ¡has been advised to cease all work and of lectures th at money could not nave
a free line. Mr. Davie waa adventure will And this a great op­ Empire was extinguished Tuesday af­ anticipation of the long dry spell ’arrangements ore being made to take bought, but which Uncle Sam fu r­
of the Farmer«! Ceas» portunity and a t th.e tome time will ter the McDonald A Vaughn camp coming. They w ire Mark Goodman, him to Portland where he will under-
nished te the medical men of the ser­
’ a t th a t tima and Mr. Chase, the be able to obtain a post graduate keeping half its men fighting and pre­ soneof Constable Goodman, Aubrey * ° ™«M«*1 treatm ent for sime tim e .- vice. Dr- .Lpw, who now holdi a com-
venting
sporadic
return
of
the
flames
sondneted th e negotia­ (¡ours# ia many studies. While ipfeet
Reoord.
ihission as major In the Medical Re-
to r th a t compony th a t restttaa o f the boys who have teen service m for' several days. The fire started on Neisch, Lawrence Daniels and Geo.
Corps, ‘ spent ten months In
«
20-acre
cut-over
tract-
and
spread
Van
Loo.
Goodman
has
been
held
to
in the consolidation. But they are r i ­ Europe are fed up frith trench life and
France, arriving at the front jq s |.a
the junvenile court and Daniels bound
Why Not TeU I t AH?
so all agreed th at there was nothing all it implies, there is little probabil­ to green timber belonging to the
y. They are
ter the St. Mehlel offensive by the
over to the grand jury,
The Times says th at many Marsh­
in the contract by which the farm ers ity th at there will be any more war tn Southern Oregon company on the
house.
lU,
S. troops'. His hospital unit was
one*
who
entered
the
field and North Bend people are pre­
sold their stock ia their line to the our generation, and if the League of Coos Bay peninsula.
g rushed
oh special orders to be *
being
ru
Another
section
a
mile
away,
where
paring to make their borate on tracts
Coos aad Curry company in relation Nations ii adopted we certainly have
r
~
T
”,
p
a
hand
for’th
at campaign but sventa
pa
e
Windshield
Goes
Through
the
good reason to hope that war will nev­ timber had been cut last spring, took
to those m atters.
located on the paved road
„Q qU|okly and smoothly that
firs,
but
the
blaze
did
not
spread.
The
On a fishing trip to Rock Creex xh*t doesn’t tell it all.
We ha vet
As yet conditions have, we under­ er again take place on this planet. .
McDonald A Vaughn company saved Sunday
______ Myron Varney met a senou» heard people a t the Bay say that with the need was past before they arrived.
stand, been exactly the saps« »* they
all Its . equipment
but the damage to accident. While riding lfi a car Uie ;tbe completion of thia road Coquillen He was present, however, a t the Ar-
. .
wore before the conaolidriion in re- To Keep the Crabs at Home
gonne campaign, just back of the
spoct to charges; Indeed tlm company,
Judge Colts has decided that the fallen and standing timber- amounted front wheel struck a stump, but this climate will induce many of them to
the horrors
as
a«
come
|n
to
about
$2000.
hardly
retarded
his
progress
a«
n«
coae
|
n
the
way
and
make
there
t
flr°flt.
‘ne am
.
of coupes, could not m aks any change law prohibiting the shipment of crabs
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went
on
through
the'
windshield,
being
homes
in
this
city,
where
they
will
be
[wh,ch
acc<m,pa
^
th
«
t4
M
fljM
jg
A
j j
without securing the consent of the from this county is constitutional,
P art of the time his duty was
A t the meeting of the Commercial »0 badly cut about the right eye th at onjy thirty or forty minutes' drive lMtrol >
B u te Public 8ervk* Commission. So whether provision making on excep­
| to direct the disposition of the caaual-
tion of the Empire cannery ia or not. Club Wednesday evening it waa de- it require* nine stitches td get bte , f ram the Bay.
* it has M e n 'a ease M "status quo.”
cided
to
suapeod
meetings
for
tbe
face
in
shape.
That
his
ey«
was
not
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, Ities coming bock from the , battle
, . line
.
There may not have been such a He says th at the right of the public
next
month,
until
the
vacation
season
badly
hurt
was
very
fortunate.
T
a
k
e
C
a
n
a
ry
G
n
u
s
E
v
e
rv
T
im
e
1400*01861.
Eighteen-hour
days
Ta}tt Canary Gnu» Every Time ^
meeting of miada of the stockholders to* game and fish is not inherent but
is over. The next meeting will be
of the pM Farm ers company aad Mr. is a privilege bestowed by the state,
It
is
believed
there
are
80,000
autos
An old fa'rmer, who recently ha J were common occurrences With the
Aug. 20. The only business transact
Haft representing the Cooe sad Curry subject to whatever limitations it sees
in Oregon now. which comae vlry near several days’ opportunity te see hew««rmy surgeons and on occasions they
ed
was
the
allowing
of
bills
amount­
company as «ould make the “status fit. The limitation in this* instance he
ing to $80.75 for the construction 01 being one for every ten people. At a herd of cattle would carry on when worked constantly for twenty-four
quo” binding on both parties. Indeed, deemed proper end lawful. It was
the
drinking fountain and water that \a te every other family in the clover and Canary grass were both hours or more, passing from «me op-
the Supreme Court of th e state has not a restriction on any class of citF
before them in the same pasture and ' ™tlng case to another aa though
trough
in Willard street.
^ state has a car.
decided in the Portland S treet Rail­ sens or any part or section. A fins
1
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i* '
j — it was up to them to choose which (they were minor mckneecs.
way case th a t th e cendHions of a fran­ of $25 was imposed on Norman Sav­
they would take, says th at during t h e I t was an experience which could
COUNTY CLERK’S FINANCIAL REPORT
chise aro not-binding and may bo age for shipping oub crabs.
"
•
’whole
time they staid by thp Canary (not but develop all .there waa ft) a
Jane 30th 181$. .
Attorney Liljeqvist says he will ap­
- changed by th e Public Service Com­
Treasurer's grass. It is also said th a t/is bdkween |m an and Coquille is fortunate in hav-
Outstanding
'
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V
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•
Clerk'S
mission.
Really H is th e, Supreme; peal the case to the state Supreme
Balance ’ rye grass hay and Canary grass hay 1 tng Dr. Low decide to return here to
Warrants
> * f
- (
Balance
Court th a t has mad# such agM em m u Court.
$ 61 921 90 they always take thq lhtter.
Iresume the praettee interrupted near-
$187,568.98
General Fund O v e rd ra ft....................$185.687.08
“scraps of paper,” although the
U 7L 86 !.
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*,y two yttTS **°
200.00
who conducted the « e WU1 Go On With Tax Cases Indigent Soldier F u a d .........................
9?L50
1,634.97 )* On account of the illneM of C ity,
f : 1-1,-1 '
'
'
6.63
Marshfield hearing waa nominated on
At its session this waek the Coun- Revolving Fund ...................................—
1^34.97 ¡Engineer Gould the first of the week j The annual basket picnic of the
.
91.17
War
Emergency
Fund
.........................
1,448.80
his
slogan
th
a
t
six
cents
should
not
__.
___
ty Court paid L. A. Liljeqvist's bill
11,63788 j and his consequent inability to pre- Grange and Farmers Union will be
120,528.06
be charged for a Ava cent fera, and j M epacial counsel for Cees bounty n General -Road Fund Overdraft ...........108.890.18
187.97 ¿pare the plans and specifications for held *t Norway Grove on Thursday,
184.B8
to
eonsid-
•
y
,,
^
eaMa
fia
has
had
In
hand
ever
District
Ordor
F
u
n
d
.............................
may therefore be
47,985.97
ithe improvement of M ril'and»Third Aug. 14. Among the speakers ex-
22.87
$7,963.10
th at shffiild not be linc« he ceased to be district attorney, Bond Fund ........................
/ $1,768.92
streets, the counril had nothing te do parted on th at occasion ora C. E.
lA
S
i^
l
New
Special
Road
F
u
n
d
.....................
80,287.41
roken.
and directed him te go on with those
12,845.78
a
t their regular meet!«* last Monday, Spencer, master of the state Orange,
2,415.57
Old 8 pedal Road Fund ....................... 9,980.21
Another m atter which would seem coses until, they wore concluded.
^
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Farm ers Union.
(O eatM ed m tw * i poffo.)
mtotog the Kinney tax
■«r.
: í?
Wt
Undre7h
■ .. a*
f li
€1
' ' r W
*
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MUCH MONEY
FOR THE ROAD
' i f
*
WM$ f > 1
C ’s
p; ¡
fw '1
i!
m
WAS ALMOST
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