——
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
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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. SHBRWOOD
COQUILLE L A U ttlftn r COM PAN Y