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About Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1905-1917 | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1907)
yCi Coquille Ucralò. C O Q U IL L E , COOS \ öl . 2 4 : No. 34. CO U N TY, OREGON, W E D N E S D A Y , M A Y T ry M unicipal O w nership There will be held in Public Li- brary in Portland on June C, 1907, O reiO B , under act of Congress of March ¿hu Francisco, May 20. San a coinpetative examination for the 3 , 187». Francisco is to have an experiment appointment of a midshipman to the in municipal ownership of publio Annapolis Naval Academy by Sena DR. RICHMOND j utilities. The city will take over tor Bourne. This examination will i the Geary-street -ailwav. This de- be conducted by Dr. D. H. Chap PHYSICIAN AND SU KO EON. | cision was arrived at today by Dis- man of the “Oregonian” staff, and Office at Slocum's Drug Store. I trict Attorney Langdou after a con will embrace a list o f applicants is C oqimllm , O k c o o s . ference with chairman Gallagher of reading, writing, spelling, punctua Phone ain 128. the board of supervisors, That tion, geography, United States his body will at once appropriate the tory, world's history, arithmetic, al sum of $400,000 for the purpose, gebra and geometry. The appli A. F. Kir8hman, and this amount will be added in cants will be required to show what the June budget to the $350,000 would constitute about 95 per cent D kntiht . already appropriated for the as grades in the grammar and high Office two doors Sooth of Poet ofiioe. sumption of the railroad. school studies embraced in this list, The beard will employ a compe and they will have to be of sound Coquille . - . Oregon. tent engineer to draw up plans for constitution, in perfect health, each the conversion of the road from a of the five senses unimpaired and cable system to an electrical con from 10 20 years of ago. Those duit system. About two years ago of 16 years shall be not less than 5ft. the franchise of the Geary street 2 inches m height and at last 105 EYE AND NERVE SPECIALIST road expired. Application for re pounds weight; and at least 5ft. 4 Next visit to COQUILLE newal was refused. But under an inches and not less than 125 pounds MAY 24, 25 and 26. At Marshfield Office, May 1 to 24 agreement that the company would weight o f 20 years old. The appli surrender its road to the city on cants will have to bear all their own demand, the Supervisors granted a expenses of both examinations in PACIFIC REAL ESTATE CO., temoprary license to operate, carry cluding railroad fares, and be pre SHANK HCKKHOLDKK, MGK. ing the proviso that during the pared to incur an additional expense life of this permit the company of about $205.00 for the required Farms, Timber and Coal Lands, should pay to the city a percentage outfit of personal effects in case the Residence and Business Property. of its gross earnings. Portland examination is passed and Mining Stock. Simultaneous wifh the expiration an appointment received. One can COQUILLE, - OREGON of the f ranchige, the quoetion wss didate and three alternates will be agitated. The result was that the certified by Dr. Chapman to the ex people voted a bond issue of $350. amination. Senator Bourne will ap 000 to take over the road. This point the highest man to the posi E. D, SPERRY was to be followed at once by mu tion of midshipman and if he shall Attorney and Counoellor at Law. nicipal control, but the Supervisors fail to pass the physical or mental Ofiioe in Robinson Building neglected to take action, anti since examination to be held at Annapolis that time the road has been opera on Jnne 18th, then the appointment T i ted under its temporary permit. will fall to the next highest man and The recent strike of the carmen, so on until one is found or all fail. IN. C. CHASE, which completely tied up the street This examination is open to every ATTORNEY-AT-LAW car systems of the city, caused the boy inOregan who can afford to take Offioe in Robinson Building, Upstairs introduction in the Board of Super it, and the first appointment will go visors of a resolution calling for tho to him whos hall prove to be equiped T surrender of the Geary-street road. physically and mentally, a position This was at the instance of labor of final distinction in the United C. R. BARROW, union leader* but the resolutions States Navy. Attorney and Counsellor at Law was not acted upon. It is to be hoped our high schools First olass References Fearing that the non-union oper and colleges may prove themselves Fifteen Years* Experience ation of the road would result in worthy of the money the trxpayers C o q u il l e C i t y , O kk absorption by the city, Secretary are spending on them by showing Harper signed an agreement with that there are numerous young Ore the Carmen’s Union to pay the gonians qualified to pass the exami union demand of $3 for an eight nations. J. J. STANLEY ^ hour day, but the board of direct Applegrowers of Hood River are LAW YER ors, instead of indorsing this con resting upon their laurels for tract, repudiated it and dismissed Martin Building, • Front Street the time being, while strawber COQUILLE, O bboon Harper. ry growers of that section are after The united change is made that new honors and the largest emolu the determination on the part of the District Attorney to cause the ments in the history o f their ludus- A. J. Sherwood, surrender of the road to tho city is trv. The year 1905 was the banner A ttorney - at - L aw , year in this industry as far us bulk a blow aiired at the United Rail N otary P ub lic , was concerned, but 1900 exceeded roads .whose officials, in addition to Coquille, : : Oregon anv preceding year iu the amouut fighting the present bitter strike, of revenue derived from the busi have on their bauds the defense of probable indictments on the charge ness. The indications are that the Walter Sinclair, of bribing the Supervisorial Board, crop this year will reach 80,000 cra ATroBNKT-AT-LAW, under which the United Railroads tes, against 50,000 last year and NoTABI PUBLtO, 108,040 in 1905. The season is full system is now being operated. Coquille, : : Oregon. of promise to tho grower, the picker, and the carrier, and of gratification, W m E lliott L o o s e s Fingers as long as bis money holds out, to H all & Hall, Last Saturday, Wm Elliott while the consuramer.—Oregonian. Entered as second-class matter May 8, 1906, at the postoffice at Coquille, Dr. Bancroft The Mayor-Hay wood case stands a fair chance of -ttracting almost as much atte> ion as that of Harry Thaw. $ 1 .5 0 P er Y e a r 29, 1907. S2ÖS 2 When Mr. Roosevelt can shoot by wire 515 miles away, there is no protection anywl.sre for a poor “ reactionary” . SUNSET CITY Chicago has a woman Justice of the Peace, and the papers are at a loss to know what to call her. Why not caliber Maud? T w o m ile s b e lo w B a n d o n . At Washington they are begin ning to suspect that the weather Bureau does mf.i^^iiessing than is allowed in .hdgatrfS. A beautiful seaside residence plat fronting on to the Pacific Ocean with lull view of the big water and the most westerly city in the U. S. The governor of 8. C., and the governor of N . C., are teetotalers. There is no public intrest in their meetings nowadays. In wearing his hair pompadour, Senator LaFolIette gets tfie best of hi* enemies because they can never tell when they have scared him. We think Senator Knox stands about the same chance to be Presi- dent tbat Mark Twain’s white dress suit would stand to stay white in Philadelphia Lots on sale by the Bandon Cooperative Realty Company Come Early and get First Choice. L ots on Sale at H a l f Price till M ay 2 5 . A new cigar has been named af ter Secretary Taft, but if he values his popularity he will never permit his name to be attached to a molly coddle cigarette. A persistent Australian has just The O ld est W o m e n in Oregon Under New Management. written 10,061 words on a post card, Forest Grove, Or., May 16.— Mrs. 7 but we are ready to bet a new straw Mary Ramsey Wood, of Hilisboro, hat they are not tne kind of words will be 120 years old next Monday. Grover Cleveland used. For the past two weeks she has If Mexico gets into a fuss with been getting weaker gradually, and and S t r ic t l y the Central American republics let it is supposed she wiil not live many us hope that no other outside pow dnys longer. F ir s t -C l a s s . She is an Oregon er will butt in while she is teaching pioneer of 1853, and was born in those quarlsome people a much- East Tennessee, Knoxville, Knox needed lesson. County, on May 20, 1787, and in 1838, with her four children, moved Opposite I. O. O. F. Hall. For years the marriage of Ameri Successor to J. T. Little to Alabama, where she remained can girls to foreign fortune-hunters i until 1849, G,en mo*—4 to Missouri. k . n l.a t .n d .J l K . . . A , bUfc W . n . r p - 1 Sfio has been a icsident of Ifiilsboro \l/ \l/ \l¿ \\¿ NJ/ N!/ \\¿ NJ/ NI/ NJ/ ^J¿ NJ/ NJ¿ NJ/ ^J¿ NI/ M/ NJ/ V / N^ NLf NJ/ M/ pean girls ore not doing any better. continuously for 54 years. She /IN /K /I\ /K /IN /K /IN /ÏN /IN /î\ /ÏN /IN /IN /IN /IN /IN /IN Æ 7^ ?K /K /K 7K 7lN 7K /IN Their latest habit seems to be elop * built the first hotel in Hilllsboro in ing with gypsy fiddlers. 1868, and boarded several of the æ * men who were-then working on the * * In Des Moiues, Iowa a law suit * has been started over a goat that West Side railroad that was being * T. H. MEHL, Proprietor. * * got upon a roof and ate some of built from Portland to St. Joe. She owned an animal named * * the Bhrngles, and then craned its neck into a window and feasted on Martha Washington, which she * rooms * Billiard * * some clothing in reach. Presuma rode across the plains in 1853. bly the charge is that the gout was Only one of her children is living, * and living too high. * Mrs. C. B. Reynolds,aged, 70 years /IN N*/ * last October, with whom her moth (¡3 Pool Tables “ If the news that Texas raise.I * er has lived for 40 vears Mrs. 105,000,000 watermelons reaches W ood’s first husband died in 1832. Fruits, Nuts, Candies, Cigars and Tobacco. the rest of the south, the race prob * Her second husband died in 1867. lem will simply shift” says the New She raised one son Isaac Lemons, City News Stand. * ark Star. If said “ news” ever who served through the war with reaches the Houstou Post, there Mexico and died 38 years ago. She will be another violent braiustorm often talks of this and is proud that thereabouts. Thu post says Texas her son was a soldier. She has has 124,000,000 watermelot) patches. been a member of the Methodist Secretary Taft has wou great vic Church for 106 years. Her mother tory in his own State; and Ohio’s died near Memphis, Tenn., at the S h oots B lack B ear action iu endorsing him, will doubt age of 110. The week she died she walked five miles and knit the whole One of the largest specimens of less be followed by other States. B. F E N T O K distance while walking. the black hear was shot by Kenneth Taft has shown himself to be a great Mrs. Wood has 20 grandchildren. Perkins ou his ranch on Two-mile statesman, and iu fact, he has been ■Saddle Horses of best quality always on hand. Good B igs in red! the fore part of this week. The cur- tho “guiding bund” tbat lias shaped New line of ladies’ belts at R ob Roosevelt’s policy, and which has ness for special trips. In fact, a general Stage and Livery business. inson’s. cass was brought to town Wednes Accommodations for Taveling men a specialty day and was viewed by half of the met with such wonderfully popular F or S ale . A nice new four room town. The fur of Bruin is in fioe approval. The race next year will cottage and lot 55x100 feet in the Leave Coquille at 6 a. tn„ arriving at Roseburg at 10 p. m. Fare $5.50 E. condition considering the season, most likely be between Bryan and north part o f towu. Inquire of W. Gregg or at the H erald office. and he was rolling in fat. In con Taft, and cither of those great and sequence of bis raid on the sheep incorruptible men, will show the E ggs F o r H atching pen on Mr, Perkins’ ranch, there are repacious corporations that this From all thoroughbred stock many juicy stakas, and bear meat is government is run for the people MRS, M. C. BOYRIE, Proprietress. 8. C. Brown Leghorn, $1 per setting something not to be sneezad at, jt and not for them. or $5 per 100. Black Menorca and took one shot in the head to do the Carnegie can’t induce Pittsburg White Plymouth Rocks, $1 per set good work and Bruin tipped the F a n c y and S t a p l e students to learn bricklaying. They ling. No hundred lots. scales something over 500 pounds. Also some young registered Jer want hem to teach ’em hew to pile sey cattle and Berckshire pigs. — Recorder. Groceries. up the “ rocks’,. J. C. W atso n . Coquille, Oreg. A Pittsburg burglar has made a B. B. Teters, theFairview farmer, new record by not only robbing was in town Thursday. F o r Sale Nuts, Candies, T o wedding guests but stealing a kiss John Shuck was down from the from the bride. North Fork on Friday. bacco and Cigars. A bargain if sold soon—Steamers Scientists who are endeavoring Fine line cf spring and summer Echo and Welcome and lrarge and to discover the color of the moon, goods just in at Kerr’s. my boat business between Myrtle seem to think that tho old man up Point and Coquille. Inquire of C. A nice line of sheet music has there isn’t as green as he looks. just been received by C- E. Birker H. James, Myrtle Point. k Co. Call early and g et the best. Despite his oft-repeated state ment that he has given up scrapping, ‘ The aafe and reliable tiw o-, We wish to call your attention to «craw John L. Sullivan now acknowledges the fact that we carry the best hams rhe New and Speedy, and bacon on the market. Every that he is to be married again. piece guaranteed, at Land & Lyons'. The Cleveland man who commit Geo. Conger, f u Livery Feed ßest of Turnouts Sale Stable \ Hay, Grail:. Feed. J A ttobn * y »- at -L aw , Dealer is Hr. at , E htatb o f a ll kinds. Marshfield, Oregon. C. A. Sehlbrede, A t t o r n e y -a t -L a w , Notary Public. Phone 761. M a k s k p ie l d , O r e g o n . E. G. D. Holden, the P eace . 8. Oommimioner. General Aaent, and Notary Pnblio. Insarinoe Office in Robinson Building. Coquille regon. COQUILLE RIVER STEAMBOAT CO S tr . D I S P A T C H -------- l.eeve* Large stock of grass Knowlton Drug Store. seed at New summer goods to arrive at O. Wilson & Co’s next week. Justice D. P. Strang, of Bandon, had business in Coquille on Friday. La w in , J ustice o r working on the cut off saw at the Prosper mill, got ''is right hand caught in the machinery in such a manner ns to necessitate the ampu tating of the two middlu lingers. The palm o f his hand was very badly mangled. Mr. Elliot is gut ting along as well an could be ex pected —Recoder. Tom White, Master I Arrives Banden...... 7 A-M. j Coquille... .10 a - m . C o q u ille ....... 1 r-H. | Bandou . . . . 4 P-M. Connect« at Coquille with train for Manhtield and «teamer K -ho for Myrtle Point. Adam Pershbaker was a passen ger from tho bay by Friday’s train. F. M. Stewart, of the Coos Bay Monumental Works, passed through to Myrtle Point Friday. Vetch and fodder corn seed at Knowlton’s. Dr. Prentis the dentist will visit Bandon June 1th. Those in need of dental work will please call ear ly “ Round Hill” Strawberries, Honey, and Peas are in the market. Mrs. G W. Cox wentjto the lower river by Friday’s Dispatch and visit- . ed her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. J. C. Moomavr. Master, *TM I Arrive« | Stillwell. ('•quille------ 7 A-M. i Bandon.. 10:45 a - m . Bandon......... 1 P-M. | Coquille. 4:45 p - m . Have you examined that fine Pan- | ama dress goods at O Wilson & I Co’s. S tr . F A V O R I T E Josh’s Place, ROSEBURG-MYRTLE POINT- STAGE LINE 2?rgP Prop North Coquille Store North Enti . . iienry Street Bridge. Str. Elizabeth ted suicide for fear he was going to C. P. Jansea. Master. be lynched, must have been under Will make regalar tripa batwean Any persons who want |excelleut the impresaion tbat lynchers gener Coquille River and San S tr. E C H O E. M. Dawes, of Gridley, Califor psture for horses and cattle should ally make an awful mesa of the job. H. .lam«. Master. Francisco. nia, is here looking about with a j cji on the undersigned. Pasture Leave, I Arrive, W. P. Fuller’s prepared paints, Ha Stop-ovar at W ay Porte. M yrtlePoiut.. .7 A-M. I oquitteCy 9 80 a - m . j view to locating in cane he can find ¡g about nine miles from Coquille. oils and varnisbea at J. A. Lamb & Electric Lighta. Everythlng in Piral CuqnfiU City. 1 r-M. I Mytl.e P 'i.,4 00 r- m . H anses B ros . Co’s. Ciáis 8tríe. a place to auit him. D u ly except Sunday. Notice McADAMS BROS. Blacksm ¡thing LOGGING WORK ë Horseshoeing CARRIAGE WORK For Bargains in Buggies and Carriages come and examine our Hna wa have the’ best that money can buy at tha lowest prices.