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B 1 G E JE P 0 R T ¿ ^ I d G I I I E LIBERALLY OVER THE HILLS
A BOND ELECTION
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p ital at N orth Bend, where he died H I* " 8 e * 0° l
Others ia the Ceuty
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Just how the accident occurred w e I
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T.sshad Orar.
la re not Inform ed, but it ia reportad I
th at w hile he was fa llin g a tree a lo g
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sas and data fo r the Coquille s w w g around and struck Urn.
Ten teams w ent out last F riday
ig a required by the W ar Do-1 H e Ima a w tfs and tw e children Hv-
our city U gh school te talk to
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forw ard to the d istrict ta g at I ships, and his m e iIn s w ill *ba schools from Riverton to Dopa
engineer's offlee at Portland a couple be brought te Coquille this afternoon. I ln the interest o f the Armenians The
agu.
The papera had boon
I Th e funeral services w ill be held a t F®«“ * P *°P *« w o instructed, a fter
to the d istrict attorn ey fo r the U ndertaking pariere at 2 A 0 S u n-1 m aking talks tellin g o f the starving
and whan am ong the re- [d a y afternoon and w ill be conducted I conditions o f those people, not to at-
fouad a copy I b y R qr A . B. B arry o f the Federated I tcm p T to taka' up any collection un-
e f th e state la w authorising the een- ehulfch. The interm ent w ill be in t h e 1« * « specially requested to do so.
s f the bridge, Judge H all | Masonic cem etery.
Hence some o f the teem s have
The deem sed had bean w orkin g in | P °* r * t to make o f contributions
I, as the bridge was to he built I Ceos county fo r s e r v a l y e a n , but his rwehrad as the result o f their risk s,
at the general law old
was near u — — ■-*- in east- though these w ill no doubt come later.
at any apodal statute. But era Pennsylvania, where he has
The Riverton team consisted e f
a t Portland has brothers and sisters livin g. He wms P a lin e Chase. Irm a Price, O live T oy
Ra own ideas shout the rad taps n oe-1 born Dee. 21, 1878, and was nearly l « » ■ » * E velyn W oodward. They
•■raat of the W a
ter Works.
before the d ry m m on begins.
Tbs second ordinance provides fo r
the manner o f callin g and holding
general and special elections, nukes
the city law s conform to the state
laws on that subject, places an or
dinance on the books which makes the
charter provisions concerning elec
tions operative, which la tter slig h t or
m ight not have been b efore; and per
m its the council, i f necessary to call
m ore than one special election in a
year, providing a ll members o f the
council vote in fa vo r o f it.
The third ordinance provides fo r
the holding o f a special election on
A p ril 29 to vote on one charter
Twn Mika to Build
approval and the speedy gran tin g o f
tea perm it a t W ashington.
C. B. McCullough, bridge engineer
o f the State H ighw ay Commission,
w as doom hare W ednesday te look ar
ar the prop osed site e f the bridge at
the fe rry here. Me says the site U
w ell chosen and he ean aee no reason
w hy the perm k fo r Ra construction
nted.
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fo r
M yrtle P o i n t , i s stated in the caB fo r
which w ill be a hard surfaced road. | slsction, and noRher the
feels warranted
18 y r * ~ . is s f a pt —
de-|h* cutting the appropriation fo r any
district. T e make a pro rat
not bo dotorm iaod b y a cu rsory | tion all along the line would seem to
be the moot satisfactory w ay at die-
drill I pc sing o f that $27,000
___ j bora te g ive R a but there is no quest
trot before R is de-1 projects can stand a cut much bettor
R w ill stand up un- than others.
raffle expected.
But fo r this uncertainty as to the
fifty fo o t spaa was
amount to go to each project
r the new highway I the Sentinel would have this
nted the fu ll details o f the road
The near rniaplstlm at the Co-|pi*n to bo submitted at the coming
quills-M arshfield hard surfaced road, t®**» election, with
also brings up the qnostion at the | dories o f each project to bo provided
w ay o f G ravai Ford sad Dora to Sit-
. ten nor m ore than 20 days, and the
, change is to be made to perm it qon-
. form ity to state law.
The second measure to appear on
. the ballot is the question whether to
, vote $24,000 in w ater work bonds,
t Kf^ rin y 5 per cent intereet, optioneble
| a fte r 10 years and payable in 20
Robert W illard and Lawrence Moon
w are the N orw ay com m ittee but here
the drive had already been made and
$100 raised.
■ T h e team fo r W est N orw ay was
C rystal L a fferty. They had a strenu
ous day, m aking a tw o and a h alf
m ile hike over the k ills to the C o
logne camp where they fouad the lo g
gers a t dinner and got $90. A t a
m eeting at B eaver B ill they got $29
more, m aking $119 fo r the day.
Taking it altogether it is thought
that this high school drive w ill re
sult in putting several hundred dol
lars into the N ear East R elief fund
d irectly and indirectly.
Besides the experience in public
speaking and public work the pupils
obtained in taking charge o f this
drive w ill be o f incalculable value to
them. The m orale o f the school. P rof.
T u ttle u y s has peon vastly improved
by this undertaking.
avaOabUky o f the present Goal
Slough bridge in thesocRhera part e f I
T o M a tc h U n d « S a m
M arshfield, and the state en gin eer's! The stats board o f control a t a
' office w ill also draw plans fo r the m eeting at Salem on Saturday last
changes needed ia that structure fo r authorised the issuance and sale o f
the county court.
highw ay bonds in the sum o f $1,000,-
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1000 to HUtch federal aid fo r the con
Last Night’s Winners
struction at peat and fo rest roads .in
county was the only coon-1 Oregon. The state highway commis-
There was a large attendance and
Coos which had am, C s J * >
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*>r the U.uunce o f $2,- much interest a t the' O ratorical and
on road I f —1« within Rs 1800,000 o f tit sas bonds, but inform ed Declam atory contests a t the Federat
I R c o t only $88,000 or I the board o f control that only $1,000, ed church last night.
o f the entire amount I 00*)
that sum was necessary at
In the F ifth and Sixth grades con
the United States treasury has paid
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4 test, Annie McAdams won; in the
am the I r ifh m i Oregon taxes. On
It was reported to the board that Seventh and Eighth grades Ellen Ba
this one-tenth the Douglas county I shout $4,000,000 o f fadoral money is ker was the successful contestant.
eourt has ¡ r M Ex-G overnor Oswald I available fo r rand construction in In the H igh School contest JeAe
W est Ms claim o f $2,108.17. T h e re !0 ™ » « » . bot * e
w ill not be able Beckham won the declam atory eon-
had been paid him before $100. HU P
match m ors than $8,6000,0000 o f test and the gold medal, and E rrol
bin o f $10,888 fo r rarviem rendered that amount until s n s h . tta s m the Sloan won the oratorical contest. The
C o m county, in addition to $400 al- P™™“ * IndebtodnsM lim itation o f 2 tw o la tter w ill go to North Bend to
randy paid. ia at the same rata par P*r cent based on the assessed valua- n igh t to represent our city schools
I tion o f the stats is extended. A mess- in the county oratorical and declama
extension o f this tory contests.
I lim itation to 4 per cent w ill be sub-
m itted to the voters o f Oregon at the , Ellingsen Will R n Again
In the distribution o f the Southern .p ed a l election M ay 21.
A t the urgent request o f ‘ friends
O regon ta x fen ds th e M cK inley school
Issuance o f state highw ay bonds to
d istrict received $2,066.64. The peo- match any amount o f money appro- and supporters both here and on the
pi# there very naturally concluded I pri*ted by the governm ent fo r road Bay side, Ed Ellingqen has decided
th at w ith such a neat e g g on hand R construction in Oregon was author- to enter the race again this year fo r
w m s goad tim e to build a new school
« t the special session o f the leg- the republican nomination fo r sher
house. Bo th ey a n to hold a m asting ¡stature in January. The total bonded iff. Ed was beaten fo r the M arina,
tonight to talk over plans and decide indebtedness o f Oregon a t present is tion tw o years ago by a boat a dozen
votes and wKh the encouragement he
w h at sort at a building to erect. I $10,666,000, according to a financial
County Superintendent Mulkey is go- statem ent submitted to the board has thus fa r received, feels that he
la g out them to attend the m eeting. P ractically all o f this IndsbtsdnsM w ill be a few vqtes over this yeas, in
stead o f sh ort He is the second can
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represents road
didate to announce fo r that ofllce on
the republican tic k e t
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PE R H AM W IL L
SPEND $30,000
M UST BE CU T
$27,000.00
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City Aflfcgd to Voto $25,000 for
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F or the m arket road from Coos Bay
north to Hauser there y et rem ains to
com plete the portion fr m G lasgow
! M axine McGUvery and Fred W im er
on the bay te the 2-m ile poet, and En
went to F airview where they obtain-
gin eer McCullough, o f th e State H igh
ed $42.74.
I A lvin N eely and Ralph Colüer went
to F airview Thursday, on to M cKin-
ley Friday, where th e contributioas
reached $80; and then made the loag
hike over the b ilis toe Dora where
$19.10 was real ised.
Th e A ra go team consisted o f Hopa
N eal, Thereea WfUard and Teresa
Clinton.'
There the people had a l-
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or before tow years.
Frank Burkholder and Z. C. Strang
were named M judges, and Nad 0 .
K elley and Ben Currie as darks fo r
the election, which w ill be held in the
city hall between the hoars o f 8 a.
m. and 7 p m ., A p ril 89.
The follow in g Is a section o f the
ordinance showing fo r what purposes
e proposed $26,000 at .w ater bonds
ay be used:
here, it would sim ply be a n u tter o f
providing m ore power. How ever, such
power m ight be supplied, either b y
u tilisin g the fa ll o f the river, an or-
Crossing Wins the Day
Fred A . W illiam s, o f the Public
. Service commission, came down here
W ednesday m orning accompanied by
True, there are ranches along the Benjamin J. Forbes, the commission’!
North Fork where stock pollute t ie Stenographer, to hold a hearing on
stream te a certain extent, but run the righ t o f w ay eaM a t Johnson's
ning w ater purifies Its e lf in a couple ( M ill. The county has laid out a road
o f m iles and even in Rs natuial con there extending about a m ile up the
dition it is better than the Dutch river, which connects w ith the Co-
q u ille -lfy rtle Point road ju st w est o f
John supply w e are now using. >
From the quotations on iron pipe Johnson’S M ill. This necessitated a
which he has, M r. Lam b estim grade crossing o f the Southern Paci
ates the east o f layin g the lin e from fic, to which the railw ay company ob
the North Fork to the top o f the h ill jected. Hence the hearing a t which
at not to exceed $18,000, although A ttorn ey Paul Fsiren s appeared in
behalf o f the company, and Roadmas-
It m ight also be necessary to build ter C. S. McCulloch fo r the county.
a h a lf m ile o f flume from the point
where the river begins a .rapid fa ll to
the* point where the power machinery
wduld be installed. A s it would not
be expected to pump m ore than three
or fou r months during the summer,
the expanse o f d man te take care o f
it and keep It goin g should not ex
ceed, *at a maximum e f $180 a month,
$800.
The m eet logical th in g fo r the city
to do in this m atter o f investigation
would be fo r the council and as many
citisens as desire, to form tw o
pertfas, one to start from the Rink
croak intake, and the other from the
nearest point on the N orth Fork to
the gap in the divide, and both to as
cend the h ill and view the la y o f the
And even i f R did cost m ore than
Liljeqvist May Prosecute
a filtration plant w e should know that
A ttorn ey General Brown, who was the w ater thus secured would be in
asked to conduct the prosecution o f com parably better than the river w a
Harold H ow ell at his third tria l, ter at CoqaQle. |
which w ill occur here next' month,
said he couldn’t eom pfy with the re
quest, but would recommend his as
sistant, L . A . L iljeq vist, ear form er
A fte r a discussion o f the ease, Mrs.
Farreas withdrew his objections to
the grade crossing w ith the stipula
tions, to which the county agreed, to
secure a clearer visP u o f the highway
fro m the cabs of approaching en
gines, the grade o ( the read, or road
side should be rut aw ay, and the
brush along the roadside should be
cut fo r a considerable diiia nse.
terday postponed until boom tim e fat
June.
The strongest opposition to
the grant o f boom privileges asked is
expected to come from the Ash hatch
ery.
A ttorn ey General Brown has
asked D istrict A ttorn ey H all to look
a fte r the state’s interest in that ease.
Bonds are to be issued fo r either or
a ll o f the follow in g purposes:
a.— F ar carryin g into effect the
provisions at the charter at the cR y
o f Coquille relative to a w ater works
b. — F or acquiring by condemnation,
purchase or otherw ise,- any w ater,
stream o f w ater, w ater righ ts, rights
o f way, reservoir sites, dam sites, di
vertin g points and any and a ll other
(rights, land or property necessary or
convenient fo r a w ater works sys
tem within or without, or p artly w ith
out and p artly within, the corporate
lim its o f the city o f Coquille.
c. — F or constructing, w holly or in
part, a new w ater works system.
dv— F or relocating, changing, ex
tending or reconstructing in whole or
in part, the w ater works system o f
the eitV o f Coquille and fo r installing
and layin g new pipe lines and w ater
conduits and filters and p u rifyin g
plants fo r operating and keeping the
same in repair.
e.— T o provide and furnish the city
o f C oquille and the Inhabitants there
o f w ith an adequate, su fleient and
Wholesome supply e f w ater.
Churchill Goon to Carry
J. A . Churchill, ateto superinten
dent, WM here Wednesday on his w ay
to Curry county whore he w ill deliver
eral addromm in behalf o f the pro-
posed tw o-m ill elem entary ta x and in
vestigate an application tor the con
solidation o f the P ort O rfard and
Langlois school districts. On his re
turn trip he w il speak here and at
Probably a
On Tuesday, A p ril 27, the county
court w ill hold a special m eeting at
which E x-G overnor; W est w ill be
sent and ask fo r the paym ent o f
hie $19,886 b ill. It w il be an in ter
eating occasion, if not a memorable
, and quite a, gathering m ay bo
anticipated.
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