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