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About Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1905-1917 | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1911)
T he C oqüille H erald VOL. 2*- NO. '9 ro CLARKE ABOUT TRIP r i COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1911 KISIITRAP A ND NORWAY I’LAYKI) BALI, l,AHT SI Nl).\V The newly organized Fishtrap base ball team took; the wind out of Nor way’s sails Sunday by defeating them to the tune ot 8 to 2. Drainage Working!Wonders in the Coquille Valley Hull who pitched for Fishtrup al AM 1 \ TEKEKTING SUMMARY OK PER YEAR $1.50 IJTTLK CHILD ACCIDENTALLY DHOW NED ON COOS BAY Itevidee Crowell, only child of Mr and Mrs. It. H. Crowell, was acci dentally drowned on Isthmus in let at Smith-Powers camp No. 2 Sunday. March 26, 1911. Little Revidee was two years, six months and twelve days old. Mr. and Mrs. Crowell, with their little son. came from Walnut Grove Cal., in June, 1910, and were high ly esteemed by all who knew them Little Revidee was a bright, win some little fellow, loved by all who came in contact with him. Mr. and Mrs. Crowell left for Walnut Grove, Monday, to lay their darling be side his little twin sister, who had gone before. The sympathy of a host of sor rowing friends and neighbors go with them on their sad Journey to their form er home. lowed only a few scattered hits, while The year 1910 lias ended with the list, water. Each of these ditches produce four tons of hay at one OTHKK CON Clinton, o f Norway, was hammered completion of two drainage system s1 empties its contents into the Co crop. If hay is selling at $12 per | at will. DITIONS HY RAM.ROAD MAN. in t ’ * Coquille valley; both togeth-i quille river. ton, that means $48 per acre. i Any local team desiring games er di tin an area of about 6,000 The land which has been drained This same land will yield 75 to should call Geo. Hampton, (phone 7x3). j acres. These two drainage systems wap nc time considered useless 125 bushels of oats per acre. The The lineup o f the teams was as fol 'llie following interview with Fran are known as the Fat Elk drainage old did not have the means local markets for oats is nearly two els J. Clarke, president o f the Coos lows. district, which comprises about 2,- — was Uk *s, in fact, because the cents per pound, or $40 per ton. Hsy-Boise railroad, appeared in n Fishtrap Norway 500 acres and is on the west side j with which * make it of use; and The average yield of oats is about recent issue of the Times, on Mr. Bark low Carl e o f the valley, and the Beaver slough | furthermore, they did not have faith 80 bushels per acre, or nearly a C larkes return from a trip to Clinton Hull ‘ tfet, which contains an area of j enough in its richnoss to try It ton and a half. P That means the i ’ortland on railroad matters: • t 2,000 acres * R. Eachus ■» i t vrj* eemed fit only for ducks and beav- valuo of the oat crop is about $60 lb "T h e oullook for Oregon never side. To be r. All the land wrs thickly cov- per acre Dean 2b * ¡»her . was so excellent as at *tliis time, acres in the 1 -ed with willows, artrsh grass and l fit C. Eachus 3b Keller lit Portland 1 met over two hun Barley will produce about the • »•it here is as m .1 ■ ater, which combination did not Cole 8* 1 . - Xi>I. dred o f my Minnesota acquaintances Corn, raised for ensilage, ed by the drainage. lii’j i attract a very favorable notice from same. J. Schroeder r f Elwood who had come out to Oregon to slough district there are 1,700 acres j the home builders. It has one ad- which is the most valuable feed for M. Schroeder cf Hampton find new locniions and who were but that number does not include ! vantage, nevertheless: It is built the dairy herd, will produce from 15 MRS. DOLLAR ENTERTAINED Bell lg Hammock & ({alter very enthusiastic about what they all the land affected by that sys up each year by the overflow sed to 20 tons per acre. Potatoes will FRIENDS AT THIMBLE PARTY The teams hook up again' Sunday, had seen so far. . They also had >ield from 200 to 400 bushels per iment, which is composed of fine tem of ditches. r,-tends who were with them and April 9, at Norway. The main ditch in the Beaver mercial fertilizers, for its fertility is acre, which, at one cent a pound, Mrs. David H. Dollar entertained many more back in Minnesota and means from $120 to $2 40 per acre. Slough district is 36 feet wide, and renewed each winter by this silt. a number o f her friends at a thim .South Dakota awaiting reports from The higher land in the valley has A ll root crops produce immensely. its main laterals are 27 feet wide. c o u n t y s u r v e y o r h o u l i * ble party Thursday afternoon An friends from St. Paul, a man of Cabbage yields great amounts of IS B UILDING A F IN E HOME Their total length is about six miles, all been taken and made into beau- observation contest caused a great wide influence and means who had of The Fat Elk ditches are about nine ' tiful homes, but this swampy land, fine heads. • In fact, all kinds deal o f merriuieut, Mrs. J. S. Lyons come to look over the field with a which has been considered the truck gardens do fine in this soil. miles in length. being awarded first prize. Dainty Bert Gould is moving his old home view to bringing out large capital If properly managed an acre will The ditching was done by two black sheep, in lands, is coming in refreshments were served from 4 to the rear o f his lot preparatory to for development purposes, was so in good condition It is proving itself to keep a cow contracting companies. The United to its own. to 5 o ’clock. impressed witli Portland ns ho starting a fine new residence of the States Dredging company dug the be the wooliest sheep in the flock. through the year, and a good cow Those enjoying Mrs. Dollar’s hos gazed down from the heights of bungalow type, which, when com Fat Tho on such land should produce nearly pitality were: Elk ditches, and the Larson In fertility it has no equal. Council Crest, that he pronounced pleted, will be one o f the finest homes Dredging $100 worth of cream. company the Beaver lower the land the richer the soil. Mesdames Wm. Candlin, Geo. E. i; the most beautiful city in the of this class in the city. Slough ditches. It preserves its dampness through Do you think it is worth the Peoples. Bert Folsom, I). D. Pierce, world, and declared that ho had a The house will ba a story and a half, The funds, which were raised | the entire summer, and this insures price? What other investment will Fred C. True, Geraldine Morris, C. mind to go buck home and close 30x46 feet, and contains nine rooms to meet the cost of drainage, were j the maturing of the crops. produce such a high percentage of Gage, Ward Gage, Fred Slagle, Cal- out everything and make his home and a bath. The cost o f clearing this land interest? It will be modern obtained by annual assessments on \in Slagle, E. E. Johnson, Frank in Hint city. I asked him sarcas value of the land . aries, ranging from thirty to fifty throughout, except heating. J. A. the appraised O liver Sanford. Albert A ll this land needs is the MAN. Morse, tically, as I watched his somewhat In the case | Hollars per acre, ready for the plow, Yoakam, Jr., is the contractor in within the districts. Twenty acres will give him a home fionld, W. Hersey, S. Nosier, R. S. i cited enthusiasm, If ho had ever of the Fat Elk drainage district ! The present value of this land is in charge. that will keep him employed, sup Knowlton, B. Flgg, W ill Lyons, J. seen Coos Bay, and he exclaimed, there were two such assessments. ihe neighborhood of $100 per acre. port his family with plenty, and S. Laurence, M. O. Hawkins, C. J. "Good God! Does it beat this it will be pushed to completion. If The cost of drainage in this dis If one desired to make a home on help him increase his bank account Fuhrman, Geo. Robinson, Stewart for beauty?” I replied that he the people had known nothing more trict was about $13.40 per «-».ere; in the land it would cost hint «about each year. Lyons, Allen Collier, T. Dimmick, should see it for himself. One about the inception of this road the Beaver Slough district it was $150 per acre to do so. Lyons, 1’ . Maury, and Mrs. Everltt thing this man said which was quite Seeing is believing, and by see In this era o f high land values, than they knew of the H ill lines, $8.50 per acre. and Mrs. Geo. D. Mandigo. of North significant coming from one of his Both of these systems of ditches one often hears the question, is it ing is the only way to thoroughly Bend; Miss Iva Bonniksen. they would probably never suspect experience and standing. "Many that it had taken a long time to drain a very low territory, which worth the price? Is it worth $150 appreciate the wonderful value of ueople cast,” said he, 'are talking We, the people of the One could this land. HIGH SCHOOL NOTES. get ready. It is stated that the heretofore was virtually a swamp per acre in this case? Texas, more are talking Idaho, but The answer that question by answering Coquille valley, ask our friends to Hills were three years getting ready until the middle of summer. The high school and seventh and < . ,‘ rybody is talking Oregon. You W ill make us a visit and look us over. to build the Deschutes liise, but the water stood four to eight feet deep this one in the affirmative. eighth grades have been trying a have no idea how many people are over this land for a number of W e know that if they will do so, ue sufficient to pay a reasonable in- people thought H ill only had to new schedule for several days. looking on Oregon ns the land of think a few days and then the shov months each year, but in mid-win tneMaud produce a crop with a val- j henceforward we can count them as R cccbs is omitted and the thirty p. oinise." ter this year, when there was no terest on the cost? | our contented own. els went to work. The funny part minutes form erly taken for recess "in fact the streets o f Portland Any one acre of this laud will By Louis E. Eachus. freshet there was scarcely any stand- is taken oti the afternoon session, are swarming since the colonist «about capitalists is that they are usually very hard headed men and thus changing the time ot dismissal rates went into effoct witli strang insist on protecting themselves and j to 3:30 p. m. ers front tho cast. They all go to their investments all along the line. The basket ball season is over for "ortland and ate anxious for infor Coquille high school. An outside mation as to the best place to lo Things have to be lig h t beofre they court Is being prepared for the cate. Most o f them are Intending spend their money. Another thing: to stay and ninny have brought If anybody thinks that the railroad Myrtle Point-Bandon tie game to be played o ff in Coquille next dali- families. The class which is projectors should take the public Saturday at 1 p. m. if the weather now coming into Oregon is not the into their confidence, even when Impoverished kind. Most of them the public is interested, they are permits. are well to do and no better citl- m ightily mistaken. For instance, 1 The Frey oratorical cup contesa Dll. RICHMOND AND DR. HOAG HAVK MODI (It \ STORK ROOM IN H KLI) AN ENTHUSIASTIC SKSSIO . : ij ever occupied any state. They was requested to write to a promi will be held in this city, as sched ASSOCIATED IN LATEST PUB THE FIRST NATIONAL RANK MONDAY E V K M N G — W I L L uled, on April expect to do some pioneer work. 1 nent contractor on Coos Bay and 14th. Tho high wished that I could send them to ask him what he could take the school is planning to give a short LIC l:\TKRIMU8K. BUILDING. PUBLISH : tool i COPIES. Coos Hay, but 1 could find no li contract at for furnishing a cer musical program in addition to the terature for them and there was tain material necessary in railroad oration. As the four other teams no way to show them anything building «and put the same in place. Coquille will in a few weeks have a j Lyons & Jones commenced this ; The Coquille Commercial club me In the county have declined to enter which would bn of interest. It is In his answer the price of this ma general hospital, lumber already being week to move their stock of goner- in regular session Monday night, R. (his. the third nnnual contest, the a pity that Coos Bay is so poorly terial and labor was put at one- two Coquille representatives, Eva on the ground ready for the contractor. al merchandise into the new store H. Mast presiding. represented in Portland. Other lo- third higher price than it has ever Howoy and Belle Thrift, will be the room in the First National Bank ! Dr. Richmoud and Dr. Hoag are asso A fte r th.' routine business , .lilies have agents there all the been done for on the bay before. only contestants for the cup. I building. Workmen completed | diSp08ed Qf ||,e committee on ad- also said that these prices ciated in the enterprise. time. Some of the real estate of- He Quite an interest in tennis is be work of remodeling the Interior yertislng literature read their re- Tl.e building is to be built on the lo t ' fiees in Lewiston, Hood River, Med would not hold, as prices would go ing aroused among the tennis , , n , ,, and installing the counters, slielv- pOFj an<| submitted the copy for llie ford, Roseburg and other places skyward the moment it was defi just north o f Dr. R.chmond s ree.dence, | |Bg an„ flxtureg lil8t Wedneaday "sharks” of the town, and it is 1 small advertising pamphlets. On have branch offices in Portland and nitely known that the railroad was and will be 28x52 feet in dimensions. hoped to have to have grounds in This enterprisirg firm has, with- j motion the secretary was instructed commence construction. Of everybody is given pointers about to shape for tills very fascinating and Excavating is now practically com out doubt, one of the finest store [ to ask for bids for printing the every place except the strip between course if that is the attitude o f the pleted. pleasurable game within a very rooms in the county, and will com same, and report at a special meet people of this section delays may Coos Bay and the interior. Yet, short time. There will be two stories, contain pare favorably in appearance with ing Tuesday evening. it. everybody oast and west has heard continue, and I can not help Many of the high school hoys and ing 13 rooms and two baths, and will stores in the metropolitan cities of You see the capitalist who has ac E. E. Johnson, of the Transpor girls are anxious to gel a racquet o f Coos Buy and wants information the state . tation and River committee, report and learn to chop the air. which can not be easily obtained. cumulated money enough to build a be modern throughout. The building It is railroad is not what we call a ten The main room is 50 by 50 feet, ed that certain San Francisco par different from chopping wood. will be built on the bungalow style of 1 certainly think that, in a few He will not submit to be architecture, and will have two en and has an eight foot balcony on ties would take up the subject of weeks now, Coos Bay must make, derfoot. held up. His bonding list provides trances from the street. The main en the east and west sides, and a 12- Improving the Coquille river witli through its chambers o f ’ commerce, FISH T R A P. An in the government officials, provided hotter efforts to not only advertise for just so much money to do the trance will be on the southeast corner, foot balcony in the rear leads to the the different commercial bodies of hut (;> reach the thousand* of peo work on a reasonable basis and if a short flight o f steps leading to a side, easy stairway Farmers arc all getting along fine ple who come to Portland and who the prices go up beyond the esti porch runuing the full width of the balcony from near llie center of the tlie valley would write them letters with their work, some having finished relative to the same. It was the think i hat Portland and Oregon mates, the railroad has to wait till building. The north half o f this porch room. sentiment of the meeting that such planting. they come down. I hope the peo The pillars of the balcony, as well are synonymous terms. 1 am quite is to be enclosed in glass and will be as the counters, shelving, etc., are letters he written and signed by M. T- Clinton, the road supervisor, sure that new Oregon and new ple will keep this In mind and re used as a reception room and sun par- | made o f beautiful grained fir and the club. member that they can easily injure has done considerable work on. the Portland are taking a different lor. are stained and varnished dark Mr. Johnson also stated that roads the past week. view o f Coo* Bay than form erly and good prospects on the very eve of The entrance to the lower floor will brown. The Ladies Aid Society meet ut Mrs. In these mat curing .sufficient dumping grounds I think it entirely unnecessary to complete- - success. One of 111«' most modern con for. the dredge, as arrangemeiilg Low rie’s this week. look on Port! t . ! as our enemy. ters there must he co-operation un be on the northeast corner, from a veniences of the store is the two were being completed for the same. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Robinson and O ver a hundred thousand of the til the road is completed and a lo- comer porch. Hoth are trip The building will be furnace heated, j large display windows. new population of I’ortland have comotive actually makes the A letter was read from tho U. 8. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson of Coquille, come front placis like Chicago and from Coos Bay to the other destina by either hot water or hot air system, j boxed In. and one will he used for Richman company, o f Los Angeles, were out to Fishtrsp Sunday „ . , vegetables and the other for dry It would b6 unwise for me its tributary c i t i ’S and they have tion. E. A. Wimer is feeling somewhat requesting that the club furnish the For the present the upper floor will go()(]s Chicago idea of building up the I t0 maka a definite statement now, the be used for hospital purposes, and the Another modern foaturo i9 an ot|a company with a letter setting forth under the weather at present. hut I will say that while this pro whole state and making as many There will be meeting at Fishtrap nurse in charge will use a part o f the freight, elevator of 2,000 pounds ca- that the Coquille river Is navigable good cities with their capital as pos ject cannot ho hurried, it is being up to and beyond the Pike coal church Sunday« that being the date for lower floor for living apartments. , pacity. worked out physically and finan sible. properties, and that there la a pos their regular quarterly meeting. -------------------------- Messrs Lyons Jones are to be ’ As for the Coos Bay-Boise rail cially, along scientific lines.” itive market for the coal It was Well, the Fishtrap Lycium did not Change in liusiness. congratulated on the fine appear- road. I have only to say that it agreed by those present that such die last Saturday, as expected. The J. A. Mller was up from R iver J E. Norton, form erly of this city ' ance o f thclr new ‘>uarter8 »rill he built. The people o f this letter should be written. house was full last Saturday night, locality have been lend to suppose ton Wednesday, and while in town who has for several years been as- I „ The meeting adjourned to Tues- I Ir y d r n B uys Paper. and they were all so well pleased with roclated with the Pioneer F ru it timi it is only necessary to think called at the Herald office. day evening, at which time the con- about a i allroad and In a few C. O. Dryden has purchased the tfBct for pr|ntl„ thp a<Ivort|8|ng the program that they decided to have Miss Winnie Spires, o f the Home company of California, located at a literary program on the third Satur days after to commence construe- Telephone office here spent Tuesday Sacramento, haa purchased a half paper at Prairie City. Grant county. bookIet( wa| aw„ * , d ,ho Herald. interest in the wholesale and retail Oregon, and will take possession the tion. This view has made me with her parents in Myrtle Point. day in every month during the summer business conducted by S. M. Nosier. first of the month. Mr. Dean ac- want to assure them that the Coox and fall. Miss Mabel Wilson, who is teaeh- Commencing April 1st. they will companied Mr. Dryden and fam ily, Horrl-Mrt’atrheon. llav-Boise proposition Is not a mere , „1 es.nte deal and that It is a (oaledo scho° 1’ 8Pcnt Satur- (induct an exclusive wholesale bus to their new home and will become , Married, In this city, on March Dr. Wetmore, of Myrtle Point was reai railroad and will materialize day in towT> w'th her sister, Mrs. Ed iness. doing away with the retail editor o f the paper Mrs. Dean and 20. 1911, at the Judge’s office, Mr. in Coquille on business Friday. part. Mr. Norton is well Informed Miss Frankie expect to remain in James Borri and Miss N ellie as such Just as soon as all the ne- Dorenz. Mc- when Cuteheon. E O D Holden, officiat- ecssary detail work has been com- Jasper Yoakam was a Myrtle Point In the wholesale business, and wilt Newberg for another month, Pee Laird for fresh new wall pa 'ie of much value to the new firm they will leave for eastern Oregon I in* plat* 1 and whan that haa bean dona j businaaa viaitor Friday. per RAILROAD AM) HOSPITAL IS LYONS AND TO BE BUILT JONES MOVE | CLUB MEETS j & A PLEASING CONCERT GIVEN PROF. HENRY’S PUPILS RENDER SPLENDID MUSICAL PROGRAM TO PLEASED AUDIENCE. The second of the series of six concerts in the prize piano contest now being conducted by Prof. W. A. Henry for the benefit of his pu pils here and at Myrtle Point, was given last Friday night, March 2 4. The attendance was fair, cqnsidering the inclemency o f the weather, and those who failed to attend missed one o f the best musical programs so far this season. All of those taking part In llie program rendered their selections creditably, to the pleasure of both teacher and audience. The class as a whole is showing marked progress in the study of music, and the pub lic will anticipate with pleasure the remaining recitals. Following is the program: Concert March, “ Defenders of the F lag,” Orchestra. Piano duet. Sonatina, Op. 163, Miss Viola Plaisted, primo. Piano solo, “ Sweet Dreams of Home,” Miss Flossie Mansell. Violin solo, “ Evening B e lls ” Miss Bertlna Brenwald. Piano duet and strings, Marche Militaire, Op. 51, Misses Flossie Mansell and Edna McDonald, piano, Vincent Arrington, violin. Piano duH, Zwischonspiel, Op. 250a, Miss Gilkey, primo. Clarinet duet. Reverie in F, Mr. Claude Moon and Mr. Ernest Per- rott. Polonaise, “ Triomphale” , Orches tra. Contralto solo, “ Good Bye,” Mro. Ethel Mehl. Piano and strings, (a ) “ One Sweetly Solemn Thought;” (b ) “ Awake My Soul,’ Miss Gilkey, pi ano; Miss Mast, Messrs. Hockett, Gage, Arrington, Miller, Greene, vi olins; Henry, cello. Violin duet, Canzonetta in G Mi nor, Miss Mast, primo. Piano and viola, Noctourne, No. 5, Miss Gilkey .piano. Coronet solo, “ Answer,” A. H. Bender. The voting at the second prize piano concert was as follows: Edna Gilkey ................................357 Lola Greene .................................. 63 Flossie M a n s e ll............................. 51 Edna M c D o n a ld ............................. 30 Viola P la is te d .............................. 30 Josephine Peoples ..................... 28 Lola Greene received 364 votes at the first concert at Myrtle Point, which gives her a m ajority of 70 votes over Miss Gilkey up to date. Myrtle Point is beginning to take great interest in the contest «and Coquille people should bestir them selves and see that the piano goes to one of the local contestants. IS NOW HEADY TO 4 LEAH LAND Machine lluilt to Pull Stumps to Begin oil lies to li Ih'iicli. Sum McAdams has comp eted his land clearing rig and expects to be gin work with it this week on the Andrew Boston ranch, two or three miles below town/ where he has 10t» acres to clear. The outfit consists of a powerful engine, capable of developing about 75 horse power, boiler and winch, all mounted upon huge skids, or runners. The puller Is self pro pelling. the cable being made fast and then wound up on the drum. W hile being built primarily to clear up the willow swamp land, Mr. McAdams states that he has ample power in tho puller to clear stump land also. He already has sufficient work in view to keep him busy through the summer and fall. GIRL KILLED IN PORTLAND. Portland, Ore., March 28.-— The body of a well dressed, unidentified girl was found in the brush at For- ty-seventg street. In Rose City Park, this afternoon. The skull was eruhsed in. The police have not yet reached the seeno but from reports she must have been dead a day or two. The police have no record of missing girls She was about 15 years of a ge