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About Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1905-1917 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1911)
TIMELY BREVITIES SELECT CULLINGS NEW TALES - THAT ARE TOLD Santa Claus Took great care in selecting our this year’s stock. Our great va riety in rings and jewelry novel ties invites your inspection. The eye can rest on nothing more at tractive. Fashionls latest fancies Hash and gleam and radiate in forms conceived with art and framed with skill. A revelry of taste, a feast o f vision awaits every examiner o f our luminous assdmbly o f jewelry stars. Our prices are no barriers to purchase. 11 E. if»'' C. Barker & J Co. Coquille Bakery & Confectionery MRS. M. NOSLER, Prop. First Street, Coquille, Oregon Phone 236 Main The $15.00 doll is going to be given away. W ith every 250 purchase you get a coupon entitling you to a chance. Contest to close at 10:30 Xmas eve. W e carry all kinds of candy, Xmas boxes, nuts, fruits, to- bacco and cigars, chewing gum, bread, cakea, doughnuts, cookies, cream puffs. All count in tbe contest. Get busy and get the doll. Fancy Baskets and Boxes of Candy Attention Fishermen The Coos Bay Cold Storage Company Are Prepared to Handle Steel Head Sa1nion this Season and will Pay the Highest Market Price For Further Particulars Write to the Company at M A R S H F IE L D , OREGON J. h. OERDING g M AN U FACTU RER AND DEALER IN £ LUMBER, LATHS, SHINGLES MO ULDING, CEMENT BRICKS AND BLOCKS, SAND AND GRAVEL ............................... £ | £ | ><; C O Q U I L L E , - - OREGON | %ZSSSS^ZSZSZSZSSffiZS szszszszsszszs P E A R T ’S C O A L $4.00 Lum p Per Ton (D E L IV E R E D .) PHONE MAIN 93 CO QUILLE, ORE. OLD R E L IA B L E -E Q U IP P E D W IT H WIRELESS STEAMER BREAKWATER A L W A Y S ON TIM E Sails from Coos Bay every Saturday at service of tide. Sails from Portland every Tuesday at 8 p. in. PAUL L. STERLING, Agent Phone Main 181 I >1310 t.(i- MYRTLE POINT STAGE LINE J. L. L A IR D , Proprietor. Leaves Myrtle^Point daily at 8 o’clock p. m., carrying mail and passengers. Arrives at Roseburg following evening. Stage leaves Roseburg daily at at 6 a. m. S[xvial rigs for parties at any time. OFFICE A Laird's Livery Barn, Myrtle Point Home I elephone 461. Farmeis Telephone 156 I-’ RKD VON PEC.KRT Kirne & Von Pegert Mechanical C. I. XIMK Chicago drinks a pint of milk per A Russian Wife’s Lesson. capita dally. In Russia tbe law obliges the wife Turkey’s army, placed on a war to follow her husband wherever It footing, totala 1,000,000 meB. pleases him to establish bis residence. In thirty years the production of Formerly he had tbe right. If she dis petroleum baa Increased nineteen obeyed, to allt her uose. This bar times. 1 barous custom baa been abrogated. Experiments are being made In tend The husband now has other means to tug Australian oranges and lemons to compel obedience to bis will The Canada. Princess Xenia Galltzln bns Just bad Tbe United States Imports every proof of this. Tbe prince Inspired her year 2,000.000 or 8,000.000 pounda of with more than antipathy. She told him ao and announced that she waa camphor. This year there la a further reduc going to quit him. “ We shall see,” tion o f cultivated land In Grent Brit said tbe prince, with a smile. He went from Kharkov, where be ain of over 50,000 acres. There are now 14,000 acres under lived, to Kourgan. which Is tn the fruit cultivation In Ireland, a large heart of Siberia, and by letter lnvtted bin wife to Join him. She refused. He Increase on previous totals. Russia, tbe United States, Rouma then caused her to be arrested by nla, Austria-Hungary and Burma are tbe police and brought to him on foot with a convoy of convicts, so Le the principal Ail Helds of tbe world. Crl de Paris relates. She had to sub Britain's total expenditure In naval matters last year was nearly three mit to many Indignities, slept on tbe times that of France for the corre hard ground, waa exposed to the most inclement weather and almost perish spending period. ed with hunger. When abe at last ar British India not only supplies Japau rived she was received by the prince with raw cotton, hut In turn It pur with exquisite politeness and asked If chases Immense quantities of cheap the lesson waa sufficient. cotton underclothing Millions o f pounds of cocoanut liber Ths Changing Map ef the World. that might be made Into valuable tex We are Inclined to think that the tile fabrications are now going to world Is changing very slowly. But waste. In tbe Philippines. tbe maps tell a different story. The The material from which meer 1912 world maps will look materially aebaum pipes are made la becoming different from those of 1911, and when scarcer and tbe large pipemaking In one comes to compare tbe one of 1010 dUBtry of Europe aeema endangered with that which will mark tbe dose Industrial schools are maintained by of 1915 it will probably be found that American missionaries In Beirut, 81- the changes are marvelous. This year don, Urin, Marasb, Keasab, HadJIn, we see the Moslem, as a ruler, ex Afntab, Van, Maraovan, Salonika and pelled from north Africa as tbe Ital other places In Turkey. ian map tint covers Tripoli. France A Cleveland man who has toured and Spain now control Morocco. Egypt through the Borbary states says If he has Anally, to all practical purposes, owned Tripoli he would trade It for become ns thoroughly British “ red" a yellow dog and then feed the dog on the maps as Algiers has been toadstools. French “ blue.” Now the indications New South Wales reports an Impor are that the German “ yellow" will tant new diamond Held, In the north extend Into central equatorial Africa eastern part of tbe province. As usual, from Kamerun to tbe Belgian Kongo. the diamonds are found near tbe crater The polttlcnl map of Africa has com pletely changed In the last two years. o f an extinct volcano. Paris has jl wood block pavement The south Is now one great nation, which la used exclusively by automo United South Africa, and In nil tbe biles. A fter three years, during which continent there la left only one great time It baa never been repaired, the African state—Abyssinia.—Indianapo lis News. wood la better than ever. "'*• A new vegetable digging fork la A Stock Market Romanes. hinged and provided with a pedal so Wall street speculators boast of their that Its user can avail himself o f tbe power o f one foot Instead o f strain Imagination. The average successful speculator has Just enough imagination ing hla back to lift weights. to get himself a living. The few spec Of recent years the cinematograph ulators who grow rich have so very shows have made great strides In pub little more that one wonders what lic favor In China until now almost would happen If there ever came to every port boosts o f at least one the Wall street a speculator whose Imagi ater and many o f five or six. nation was equal to the verities. Then It Is stated by a Russian correspond years ago steel common was distrib ent that tbe peasants o f the far east uted to a crazy trading public around are being systematically trained by 50, and the big sellers sat up nights Kussln In rifle shooting. Many are signing tbeir certlflcntes for delivery, time expired soldiers with their fami every one thinking It a miracle that lies. the stuff could be sold at so absurd a A curious evolution In tbe habits of price. Three years later the stock sold wild rabbits Is being wntched by nat at 8%. Five and a half years after uralists In western Germany. Most of that It told at 04%, and recently, after these animals are giving up burrow a decline of 30 points In a very short ing aDd are nesting In sheltered spots time on the government's dissolution above ground, following the example suit, tbe stock touched the promoters' of the hares, which formerly lived In distribution price, and Wall street held Its breath to see If the Investment burrows. Thousands of reludeer are now In holders were not going to stampede. Alnska and are multiplying rapidly. And at that promoters’ price the stock The Eskimos and others who own yields the buyer 10 per cent on his them And them Indispensable for food money.—New York Post. and useful for transportation of tbeir An Aviation Institute. produce. The tneat'"bf the reindeer Is At Koutchlno, near Moscow, there la used extensively for food In the cities, and It Is said to be as’good ns the best established the most complete labora tory now In existence for the prosecu beef. Tne official estimates of tbe strength tion o f researches pertaining to avia of the French army as It was com tion. This Institution has become the posed Inst year show that there were center of much Interest within the Inst under arms 581,491 men, who could be year or two. Here Investigations are Joined at once by 800,000 from the made of all questions relating to aero flrst reserve. On mobilization another dynamics, and some remarkable results 1,400,000 would be brought up, and tile have been obtained, especially In re Inst line o f 1,700,000 makes a grand gard to what I b called the "autorota- tlon” of bodies of certain shapes when total of 4,500,000. A quaint paragraph appeared In the placed In currents o f air. It has al will of Mrs. Julie Hall o f Brighton. ready been made evident that there England At tbe rending o f the will are many phenomena of an unexpect tbe other day It was found that she ed character which, when they have had bequeathed £100 to her coachman, been thoroughly Investigated, may ma provided he Is In her service at tier terially aid Investors and engineers In death and “ If I do not die through the construction of Improved flying ma or from the effects of a carriage acci chines.— Ha rper’s. dent when he Is the driver.” Laundry Prices In Russia. To obtain the “ foot beautiful" a bevy I f John H. Snodgrass, consul gen of Chicago girls has formed a club for playing marbles with tbe toes, and It eral at Moscow, ever kicked about hla has been named the “ Mlggles club.” laundry work while living In the Urllt- They meet at the homes o f memlvers, ed States, he begs the pardon of every remove their shoes and stockings and steam cleaning establishment, every proceed to shock marbles with their slanteyed Celestial and every colored toes on the parlor floors. They are be washlady In this country. What they are doing to his collars and shirts coming ex|>ert players. It Is said Army officials at Washington have over there in the land of the ru tr 1* Just decreed that army cooks are here horrible to relate. Besides that, the after going to be restricted to cooking way they are soaking him tn the mat and will not be asked to become marks ter of price Is enough to make any men ns well. Heretofore they have dl American citizen utter loud walls of For Instance, they charge vldcd their attention between the distress. kitchen range and tbe tnrget appara a nickel to do up a collar, and "the tus. but the order baa gone forth re work la unsatisfactory, and the finish ing Is crudely done." he asserts.— llevtng them from the latter duty. A church for women only Is pro Brooklyn Eagle. posed In Philadelphia. Tbe Rev. Rus Bet and Lest. sell II. Conwell, pastor o f tbe Baptist A Kansas merchant who had Just temple nod president o f the Temple university, Is at the head o f the move paid a fine because his vegetable dis ment. The church Is Intended espe play box was not six Inches higher cially for women students who hare no than the sidewalk ventured the asser church connections tn Philadelphia. It tion that a man can’t go from morn la to tie kept open day and night as a ing till night without breaking some Kansas law. no matter how careful lie social center. A method for itemizing milk with la. A hotel man thought he could, out hearing or adding preservative* Is and a wager waa made, and the next claimed to have been effectively dem day was set for the test “ I ’ll win that bet. all right." said onstrated recently In Holland. An ap paratus has been constructed. It Is ex the hotel man. "H I stay In bed all plained. whereby the milk flows In a day tomorrow." And he did until Just before dark, thin stream along nn electric light, the ultra violet beams working on the bac when nn Inspector came along and nr- teria The result Is attributed to the rested him for not having a nine foot quality o f the ozone formed under the sheet on his bed.—Kansas City Jour Influence of tbe light nal. If you are lcoking for a coaer modern home close to Coquille Ibis Shop is It. Owner must sell. Price ia ao i Author Stookbridge’s Farm. Frank Parker Stockbildur. ttie uihku line writer, bought himself a farm not long ago. Somewhat luter, after hav ing made various Improvements, he decided to sell it. "I begun to think I'd have uo difficulty iu disusing of it,” said he. “ Farmers would come In. all over smiles and excelsior, and‘ be gin to talk farm values to me. Then I'd take ’em over the place, and the farther they went the better they liked 8 ^ Shaving Sets Cigar Cases Safety Razors Toilet Sets Manicure Sets Mirrors Hand Bags at all Prices in all Styles. The Gift for the Whole Family—a Waterman Ideal Fountain Pen. Fine Stationery for Classy Gifts Popular Fiction for the Year. “IT'S THKM EXTRAVAGANT TOOB’N.’ I DICKS Kn o w l 11:or i ’ s D r hs s t o re Of I t Then I ’d show them through the bouse, and their enthusiasm would drop to below zero. 1 couldn’t figure It out for a long time. At lust I pen- ned one old chap. “ ‘Isn’t the farm all right'/' I asked him. “ He allowed that the farm was ex cellent “ ‘Isn’t tbe house all right?' “ The house, be thought, was a right peart sort of bouse. “ 'Then what’s the matter?’ “The old chap warmed up.” said Mr. Stockbridge. "I handed him a lipful of hard elder and a Connecticut filler, and we sat down and tnlked It over “ ‘I t ’s them dum extravagant Idees of your’n,' said he. ‘that scares a feller off. That barn is flue—latest Improved stanchions and automatic feeders and unloading devices and all them things And the kitchen is good—no dum fool ishness there. But when a feller gets up In the attic and you show him your bathtub—well, when he looks up he's bound to see right through the win dow that tbe creek ain’t more'n half a mile away.’ " —Cincinnati Tlmes-Star. We Do Up Ladies’ Waists Just as they would have them. They come back to you new and dainty as they were when you first bought them. If you would know what perfect laun dry work is send us your washables. We handle the most delicate articles without injury and launder them perfectly. Try us this week and you’ll be a regular customer thereafter. NAG THAT FAILED TO LAND THE MONEY Losing Better's Vivid Story el a Horse Race. John Bright, the horse trainer, on the lookout for fancy names, came across the cast of “ Parsifal" with emotions amounting to glee. From the Wag nerian stock he Eorted out Kundry, Kllngsor and Gurnemanz. Kllngsor was, like his namesake, the magician, a creature o f obscurity who came to power, prospered and passed away. The colt was bought for $425 and after winning five or six races was held by Bright to be worth $20.000. He was offered $15.000 for him Kllngsor became a sulker, and the erentunl pur chase price that marked his downfall | was $700 The Kundry o f the opera was a no body parlayed Into a winning siren Reincarnated as a Ally, she brought j $100 and won $0,000 before Joining the forgotten majority. The closest analogy existed in the ense of Gurnemanz He was the knight who opened the tiresome opera of "rnrstfal" and did nothing but talk throughout Its weary lengths. O f all operatic characters he was the gab biest. So with the horse. He never showed because he always stopped on the back stretch to talk with the horse* that were running eighth and ninth. Bright fancied a horse In a race one day and backed him liberally. The nag did not respond. After the race a friend o f Ills balled him wifh: "W hat became o f your horse?" “ I don’t know," said Bright. “Tbe last I saw of him was at the flve- elghths pole, where they were passing him four abreast.” —Chicago Evening Rost. C o q u ille L a u n d ry & □ There are no better facilities than those offered by the Farm er’s & Merchant’s Bank. tegrity, A financial standing o f unquestioned in. liberal and just dealings with depositors has mnde it popular. The best Xmas gift for anyone is an account opened. Farmers & Merchants Bank S o m e tim e s C o u n te d Out. I \ f f N O T IC E partnership between □ Advice and put your money where it will do you the most good. A Cincinnati man who visited New York not long ago wrs presented to “ Big Tim " Sullivan nf Tammany fame. It happened Mint In the course of the conversation that ensmsl be tween the westerner ¡mil Big Tlin the former quoted the old saying. "Truth crushed to earth will rise again.'’ Big Tim smiled In a superior way. “ I suppose that’s right, my friend." he said, "but sometimes ao before the referee ha* counted len " - I.lpnlm-ott’s. The Ic e C o . TAKE SANTA CLAUS’ E . C. Van Marter, and A. T a j lor haa been ^ / w f S J IS S w J 2 dissolved and all accounts due tbe g|loe made for loggers, miners firm are payable to \V. C. Cbas prospectors and mill men. who will settle all firm bilia, Cenerai ßlacksmitliing. W agon Making, Machine W ork, Pattern Making clf>are<1 ,(,nd ‘ "d runniI>R w«t*ar in 621 Thurm an Street C o q u il l e E l e c t r i c S u p p l e s C o I MRS. P o r t l a n d . O rzoon , ami Casting Automobile W ork a Specialty j bouse, goocI sidewalk etç, Coquille, Oregon read.ng, juat call on the C oo . Ool- lection Co. and they will tell you | all about tha three acres of tine Incorporated. Manufacturers o f , . . . For The Gentlemen For The Ladies Theo. Berpan Shoe Mfg.Co. low and Oh well wbat’a the uae of; C h ris tm a s Suggestions r | The Wonderful Beacon Incandescent Lamp Wonderful because it produces a brilliant, stead/ white light of 100 candle power, excelled only by sunlight. Burns common kerosene or coal oil. COSTS ONLY ONE CENT FOR SIX HOURS The Beacon Lamp produces a light many times brighter Irl___ than ras or electriclt/ city at only one-sixth to one-tentE _____ __S the cost. The safest, best i 1 mos most econoi inomieal lamp kn known, Simple in construction. rate. i no equal as/ operate. to _____ - „ _____ __________ ___o Uae Has no equal for foi a reading, sewing or stud/ lamp. Brightens the home and makes evening reading and sewing u pleasure. Believes [ eyestrain so common when poor li/nts are used. FAYS FOB ITSELF IN SAYING OIL The Bei aeon appeals totevery person who considers e.con* a/ and d< having it. The name it on ever/ I Divide your Light Bills b j Six. Let us Show You the Beacon. HOME SUPPLY CO.. ■ ■■ ■ ■ FOE SALE BY ■ i ■ .■■■■■ CHARLES HELLER. McKINLEY, COOS COUNTY, OREGON