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About The Coquille Valley sentinel and the Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1917-1921 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1919)
—— The foUowiag r »minis cences in referenoe to the ls a m Slough section of this volley o n con tributed to the Times by Mm. M ary McNamara Randlemaa, of Leneve: A Roach Road Jnh The advent of the county snveyers. The work on the higkwsy down the meandering Beaver Slough, hoe set in motion a train of memories rm rhing coast of Curry county for n distance back to the time when I waq,a sm all of six miles south of Port Orford Is progressing a t full swing. Moot of child and psddlsd around the in an ancient scow. In thorn days the this work can bo continued through- only mode of travel between Coos out the winter ns H consists largely Bay and the CoquiUe was through its of lo ggin g'an d clearing and reck shallow waters, and many are the blasting at the present stage of the tules of hardship that eould bo re work. Moon fad Company have now lated of the Journey that took two days to complete. The’ brush was SO thick on each side of tho slough that H was impos sible to got out on tho bank and A good esample of how fruit w ill walk, but every few yards homo om grow in Curry eounty can be fouad would have to got out in tho mod and on the Hobt. McPhfllamey farm eu pull tho boat over tho beaver dams. S in e . A bush of Giant Himilaya I met an old-timer on the train tho blackborries has been baariag for sev- other day, who told mo that in the oral weeks and will eontinue to bear year 1870 it took Urn a day end a up to Thnnksgiving. Phre gallons of half to go from Coelodo to the mouth borrim were picked from this bush of the slough. He and hie companion] were out all night and had nothing to le ft—Port Orford Tribuno. eat but crackers and ctisms. The old Pete Lowe place was tbs traveler’s mecca for there they could I get a square meal and a place to root I for e few hours. Bat th an m ast I have boon something in those oar-1 roundings that appealed to those etH poetic temperament, far-T remember I To mo Beever Slough was a place of beauty; tho shadows of tho w il lows in tho water, tho luxuriant ferns, tho yellow pond lilliee with their brood, green loaves, the cat tails so And leave one homo at M yrtle Cove; «ho othor, ’tie on a green hillside. Just within sound of tho murmuring tide, Where we oft fanes in our light canoe Floated down tho Beaver Slough. the eontiaaed steady and substantial ¡Sentinel by an order duly mode and entered on the 10th day of Ssytsm ber. 101», by the Hen. C. S . WadeJ County Judge of Coos County, Statel of Oregea. J . J . Stanley, Attorney for Plaintiff, Residence and poetodke address, Coquills, Coos County, Oregon. SftT -Of COQUILLE l>r THE CBCUIT COURT Off THE STATI OP ORBGON IN AND FOR THE COUNTT OP COOS V - John C. Epperson, Sr., Plaintiff, . VS. M ary D: Epperson, Defendant. M is a i To Mary D. Epperson, the above- named defendant: la the asms cf the Stato of Oregon: A TW ICE-TOLD T A L E {aio Bouvier, Mary McUod, Atexm -------- MeLaod, Etto Bollo Cos, William One af Interest te Our B u t a t . iLood, John I . MeLeod, Flora May 1 , lla r, Nollio DoEtto Slingsby, E. F. E ^ood nows beare repeatlng, and enport, Vernon J . Davenport All *n »t Ito conllrmed after s long I A.^DsVenport, Mary E. IteWÌ>ort, *• Urne, cren if wo besitated to | M. Gibaan, and ber hasbnad, C. tovo it a t flrst hearing, we foni ss- fGilman, alio a ll othor persona, or i ■sin accepting ita tratk now. Tho ties unknown claiming any right, tì lowing ex penane» of a Reeeburg ostato, lisa, or intaroet in tho reni man io cor.firmad after Avo yenrs. lu to doscribed in thè eomplaint bar 24” 1018.) On Mareh 28,101«, Mrs. Neely said: "Wo a rt never without a box of Donah Kidney P ills in the house. I haven’t found anything as rood for kidney trouble as Doan’s. Whenever I hoar anyone complaining of kidnev Many years passed aw ay, but tho picture never faded from my mem ory. The hall of the beautiful things in nature lured am bask to toy child hood homo on Beaver Slough." But tho country had developed, population increased, and the slough covered that it is a government stream and moat be kept open aad the port commission has consented to dredging it, from its mouth to n point near the Beever Hill Junction, so it can bo navigated by sm all touch es, for behold, tho dairymen hove .tak en the plade of the V appiW end where the beaver built their dams, the registered dairy hard quench their thirst. Traces of tho Indians who trapped end Ashed the waters of Beever Slough aad the CoquiUe, still remain By the tray, I remember the Indi ans called the river Ko-queU, with a i gutteral sound between the two syl lables. Of late years it seams to be n mark of distinction to say Kojceel. It shows you belong to tho elite, and is so suggestive of culture aad aflo- ence. j There is a French word meaning shell, which is pronounced ko-ke. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE STATE OP OREGON IN AND Nevertheless, tho pionoers cling to FOR THE COUNTT tho old Indian pronunciation, Co-1 OP COOS quell. Tho Indians have gone, and the beaver hove long since left «the streams where they built their dams. Pond lilliee spread their broad leavea over the surface of the quiet waters, and speckled trout leap and piny in the shadow pools. Tho old Beaver Slough Of pioneer days Has long boon abaadoaod j - For more modern w a y s,' | But peacefully winding i Thro* marshes and doll, , 1 It still And* its way ! To the river Coquette. —Mary McNamara Raadteaaaa. la the policy of the Firet Na T HAT tional B*nk in looking forward to To John W. Koon, William 8. Jen kins, Thomas Stephenson, Priscilla Fosse, and her husband, Alfred M. Feese, sometimes known ns Alfred 8w S S| XI* A • D C I*W w C r8 f Q U IC K ’S I O in 6 u O l6 B I known ns H. T. Schweeres, and his wife Joeie M. Schweers, mpsBmoe known as J-M . Schweers, C. P. Hurst, sometimes known as Chas. F. Hurst, Anna M. A. H unt, sometimes known | as Anna M. Horst, E. P. Swearengin, sometimes known as E. F. Swarehgin, and his wife Erminis 8wearengin, Ma rie K. Bouvier, snmotimm known as M arie K. Bourrier, C. F. Bouvier, Bee- Lots O t Full Liang# G naita W art Bi| Variety of Bod Spriaga tad S an itary Coach aad Davenport Wash Boilern from $1.75 to $BJ0. 1 Roller Top Dank aad Chair Part of a y bow Wood aad Coal I lampo aad Chim neys, Lanterna Kraat Catterà 7x7 Teat. 8x10 Teat new 11 2x1 4 Second Hand Teat 1 New GaU Model Camp Bed, aia J . A . RICHMOND ANNOUNCEMENT The new ratas fer m aterial reduction as follows: That Plaintiff ha wasidsred, ad dasti, and decreed to be the owner fee simple of the following de- ONE INDUSTRY IN COQUILLE A . J. 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