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About Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1905-1917 | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1912)
tJThe Herald, the old estab lished reliable newspaper of the Coquille Valley in which an “ad" always brings results. T he C oquille H erald COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1912 V O L. 29, N O . 27 COOS C O H E N in con C o q u il l e , Ore., March 6, 1912. QJob Printing—New presses new material and experienced workmen. A guarantee that Herald printing will please ACCIDENTS AMONG OUR LABORING MEN Fred Belloni, a member of the Coquille Mill company, met with a painful accident while working in the engine room of that institution last Saturday afternoon. His foot caught in a fly-wheel quite severely injuring it, so much so that it is probable it will not be in normal condition for a long time. Mr. Belloni has been in the employ of the mill company about five years, careful and painstaking and this is his first accident in all that time. While confined at home be is occu pying his time at readiug, patiently waiting for nature to heal the dam age. G A G E ’S The Best Lasts Longest To Parents, Teachers and Young People of Coos County : The boys and girls of Coos county are entitled to every advantage that modern conditions make necessary. Older and, to some extent, more favored states find that the proper employment of children during their leisure hours at borne has not only better fitted them for useful lives, but has greatly contributed to the general prosperity of the communi ty. It is claimed that the school children of Kansas have doubled The Uandon Recorder gives au the wealth of that state. We be account of a horrible accident which lieve that the boys and girls of Ore occurred to R. W. Tucker au em When Alonso Gesuer succumbed gon are just as intelligent, just as ployee of the Qeo W. Moore Lum energetic, just as susceptible of ber company at that place Thursday to heart trouble and dropsy there great achievements as the boys and last. While crowding a resaw to passed away one of Salem’s oldest girls of Kansas, or any other state its fullest capacity a sliver caught and most highly respected pioneers. In the Union. To prove that this his arm pulling it into the saw. He was a pioneer in the true sense is true, and to inject into our school splitting his right band and arm so of the word, having crossed the training an element of practical badly that it was necessary to am plains with hispareuts66 years ago. everyday home making, we are putate the arm half way to the el He reached his seventieth birthday planning for this county a contest bow. Mr. Tucker is cheerful that a few days ago. He served as a member of the legislature and on in gardening, poultry and stock nothing more serious resulted. the city couucil. He also served raising, and home work. nine years in the State Militia and Every phase of the competition is W. H. Lingo while cutting wood open to boys and girls. Each is to near Marshfield was badly injured for nearly three years of this time do the planting and cultivating of by a wedge which he was driving was captain of Company i, Second the produce and the selecting and flying from its place and striking Regiment, Oregon National Guard. packing ol the fruit he or she ex him just above the eye making a Mr. Gesner was a member of the Masonic and Woodmen lodges at hibits. serious wound. The wedge was of The Coos County Fair Associa steel and after striking the unfortu Salem. tion is planning to hold a fair in the nate man deflected and fell fifteen Frank Smith, who for many years county sometime in September and feet from where he was standing, made his home at the Knapp hotel we have requested that one day be indicating a powerful force. and who was known all along the given us for an exhibit of the best coast as one of the "landmarks’’ of the school children have raised or made. In the event that the coun thankfully received from those who Port Orford. died at that city last ty fair should not be held a special think this enterprise should be en week. The deceased was born in school fair to exhibit the enterprise couraged, and who feel that they Hamburg, Germany, and came to ol our young people, in answer to can give something to reward the the United States with his parents this request, will be held in Co young people who win in this con when six years old. In 1859 he quille about the middle of Septem test. Please send a list of your went to Port Orford, where he was ber. We believe that gardening contributions to the office of the boss of the lighters for shipping and home work in cooperation with county school superintendent as lumber from Harry Tichenor’s mill, soon as you have decided as to the which made “ Port Orford Cedar” parents will help to solve the prob assistance you can give. first known to the world. Mr. Smith lem of finding profitable work for Very respectfully yours, was 76 years of age and is survived the town boys and girls as well as R. S. K n o w lto n , by no known relatives for the country children. L F. F a l k e n s t e i n , We recommend that contestants M in n ie M c C i . o s k e y , After a brief illness Mrs. S. B. get their advice and all necessary M. C. H o t t o n , Irvine, au Oregon pioneer of 1852, assistence from the Oregon Experi W . H . B u n ch , mental station at Corvallis, who e passed away at the age of 74 years Coos County Board of Education. literature and written instructions at Corvallis, Oregon. At 15 with J. T . M c C o r m a c , will be sent to any one ftee on ap her parents she made the long trip As$t. Supt. across the plains to Oregon, jour plication. • • neying by ox team and settling Keep the fact constantly in mind finally in Linn county. With pa that quality, not quantity, will he tience and courage she endured all the standard by which awards will Most any one can be an editor. the privations and hardships inci be made; therefore limit the amount All the editor has to do is sit at a dent to pioneer life iu the West, and but strive tor the best. desk six days out of the week, tour as a wife and mother bore her part All poultry and stock entered for weeks of the month, and twelve prizes should be pure blood, but not in the building of Oregon. months of the year and “ edit” such necessarily registered. stuff as th is: At the proposed fair prizes will Mrs. Eliza Robison Stilwell, who "Mrs. Jones of Cactus Creek let a be given for the best of the follow can-opener slip last week and cut died at her home near Dayton, Ore ing: field corn, sweet corn, popcorn, gon, was born on a donation claim herself in the pantry.” musk and water melons, pumkins, "Mr. Miller’s judgment slipped south of Dayton, in 1850. She at squashes, all garden and field vege while getting candy for a customer tended Lafayette and Portland tables, (necessary to the daiiyman) the other day and injured him on academies and completed her educa corn, vetch, peas, carrots, beets, tion at Willamette university, grad the weigh.” kale, grasses and clovers, including " A mischievous lad of Piketown uating in 1871. With the exception alfalfa, common to this country; of five years she lived continuously any article manufactured from our threw a stone and struck Mr. Pike on the home farm. native timber; bread, cake, canned in the alley last Tuesday.” “ John Doe climbed on the roof fruit, jelly; mendiug, darning, sew Sylvester Casebeer, 62 years of ing, flowers, truits and berries, of his house last week looking for age, an Oregon pioneer of 1852 and a leak and fell, striking himself on chickens, ducks, turkeys, calvesj a resident of Douglas county practi pigs, sheep, goats— all ta be of this the back porch.” cally all of his life, died recently at "W hile Harold Green was es year’s growth. Roseburg. His parents came to The girls’ skill in sewing is to be corting Miss Violet Wise from the Oregon when he was one year old, shown by exhibiting each article church social last Saturday night a and in 1853 settled on a donation made. The garments may be white savage dog attacked them and bit claim on South Deer creek, east of or colored, plain or ruffled, hand or Mr. Green several times on the Roseburg. machine made. Neatness and ta.te public square.” rather than elaboration will be the "Mr. Fong, while harnessing a Miss Anna Fulton, a member of standard. No extra credit will be broncho last Saturday was kicked a pioneer family of Sherman coun given for the use of lace, embroi just south of his cornctib.” ty and a prominent member of the dery, or expensive materials. In With the opening of the great Order ot the Hestern Star in this cookery each girl may exhibit one loaf of bread, one cake, one pint or cofferdam in Havana harbor more state, died at Portland after an ill quart of fruit, one glass of jelly, or than half completed, the U. S. army ness of several weeks. Miss Fulton any, or all, of these. All work e x engineers believe that, barring mis was born in Sherman county fifty hibited must be done by the girl haps, what remains of the old battle years ago. ship Maine will be floated soon. As without help P. F. Bailey an aged resident of For this contest the children will soon as it is clear of the dam, the be divided into two classes, those hull, under convoy of the cruisers Sherwood, Oregon, died at Portland twelve years or older, and those North Carolina and Birmingham, as the resul, of a fall, when a blood under twelve years of age. Those will be towed far out into the Gulf vessel in his head was ruptured. of each class whose exhibit is ad of Mexico, and there with appropri He had Eieen a resident of Sherwood judged the best will receive prizes ate ceremonies will be consigned to for forty years, and operated a of equal value. Prizes for second the final resting place in the deep, large onion ranch. and third best of all exhibits will be Better one small cheer than a big Mrs. Charlotte Dunn, 84 years given We wish to say that suitable bowl. old, was recenty buried in Portland. There are more muscles in a rat's She had been a resident of that city prizes of stock, poultry, commodi ties, and cash contributions, will be tail than in a man’s hand. 35 years. , ANYONE CAN BE AN EDITOR COAL COAL Try R iv e r to n COAL THE PASSING OF OREGON’S PIONEERS IN S A C K S , FULL WEIGHT AND WASHED WM. MANSEL, AGENT $4.50 ANY PLACE IN CITY J ITEMS FROM A SINFUL OF WASTE PUBLIC MONEY ALL SOURCES Albany has prohibited public dances by an ordinance recently passed. The United States spends every year $11,500,000 for education in art alone. At Cottage Grove the receipts from the dog tax are to go into the library fund. A new league has been founded in France, entitled ‘‘The League Against the Lending of Books.” The McMinnville High School has perhaps the only class of high school boys in cooking in the state. Lnther Burbank, the "plant wiz ard," celebrated his sixty-third birthday March 7, at San Francisco. Riverton, Oregon, March 12. Editor Herald : There is probably no public insti tution more abused than the county roads of Coos county- I shall name the abuses as they come in order: 1st.— The allowing of the county road to become a public pasture for all stock and an exercise lot for the dairy herd. 2nd.— The unlawful width county roads are being fenced. 3rd.— The unlawful use of the county roads for a dumping ground for all kinds of rubbish. 4th.— Ths use of narrow tires es pecially in the wet season. I could add more to this list but probably the first is the worst. I have seen roads improved and grav eled at big expense and afterwards torn down by dairy herd. This is poor management and causes poor roads, and keeps more people from locating in Coos county than any thing else. I do not think there is one supervisor in the dairy districts but what it costs hundreds of dol lars to repair damage done by the dairy herd. There is a piece of road on the river bank below Coquille where the stock have traveledjup and down so often in search of grass, tramping up the sod into mud, that the freshet coming and going has formed a trough in the road causing the bank to cave into the river so bad that there are many places hardly wide enough tor a wagon to get by. The county will have to buy another strip of land ot the farmers for a road. I might add that there are a number of law abiding citizens who keep tbeir cows off the county road and are anxious that their neighbors do the same. Now these are facts that should be looked into and it is up to the officials to order notices to be put up to keep the stock off the county road and the order will be complied with as it was once before. PER YEAR $1.50 TO INOCULATE THE SOIL OF OREGON Free bacteria for the raising of leguminous crops, such as alfalfa, peas, beans aud clovers, will be fur nished to the farmers of Oregon upon a request to the department ot bacteriology at the Oregon Agricul tural College, Corvallis. The ex perimental experts have been busy preparing th's material for the in oculation of soil for some time, and will send full directions for its use with each culture. Those desiring the material should send their re quests at least two weeks in advance of the time they wish to use it stat ing what leguminous crops they de sire to raise, and how much land they intend to plant. Any one who has examined the roots of a thrifty plant of this sort of crop knows that there are found on the roots small lumps, known as nodules. Scientific study has shown these to be caused by bacteria in fecting the roots, and that unless these are present, a good stand will not be obtained, showing that the bacteria are necessary to the full growth of the plant. If the soil does not contain the bacteria, a good catch of the crop may not be expected. By using these cultures the proper bacteria may be intro duced into the soil. Where a crop has never been grown on a particu lar piece of land, as where alfalfa is being introduced, or where the stand obtained has not been satis factory and it is known that the lack was not that of sufficient lime, such cultures can be used with good effect. They will not, however, correct lime deficiency, nor will the bacteria thrive in acid soil. B’or this reason, lime should be applied where needed before the culture is used. Miss Ida Adams, a graduate of Simmons college, Boston, and a resi dent of Campton, N. H.,has taken the position ot librarian of the city of Marshfield. Harry Beard, a trusty, who es caped from the penitentiary about Business of all kinds in Coquille three months ago, has been caught will be suspended on the coming of at Bend. He was working as a St. Patrick’s day this year as it oc teamster when he escaped. curs on Sunday next. National William McCaleb of Cottage affection and pride swell ever strong Grove has what he claims is one of in the hearts of the sons and daugh the latgest calla lilies ever raised in ters of Erin, and thousands of peo that valley. It stands four feet tall ple throughout the country revere and is a healthy, sturdy specimen the day stronger than almost any of the lily family. other festal occasion. Seventy-two vessels, aggregating St. Patrick’s day, and I ’m far away 14,918 tous (gross), were construct From the isle of emerald sheen, And many a year a dear grave there ed in the United States in February Has been wearing of the green. as reported by the Department of Ah, 'tis here I am in freedom’s land— Please God I’m here to stay— Commerce and Labor, the largest But my heart and soul go home each registering 6,106 tons. year For to spend St. Patrick’s day. A Leavenworth & Western pass - - m . ----- enger train was stalled in snow That the mining business in drifts three days near Clay Center, southern Oregon is beginning to get Kansas, the crew and passengers back to its former good condition of a few years ago is evidenced by being obliged to subsist on milk the miners who are frequently re and eggs for nearly a week. turning to Grants Pass with plenty The anti-capital punishment of spare change in the shape of raw measure for Massachusetts, which gold. Charles Burkhalier exhibit ed a nugget which weighed a value might have saved the lives of three . A F arm er . of $120. doomed men, including Rev. Clar ence V. T. Richeson, was defeated in the house of representatives on been covered it will bear 52 pennies There being 1,760 yards in a mile, March 7. a total of 91,520 pennies will be Some square timbers, considera stuck to a mile of adhesive tape ble lumber, redwood shakes and when the campaign is finished. other articles of wreckage, probably Scientific Study Methods is the from the Ida McKay, which capsiz title of a course that has just been ed off the coast recently, have been washed asboie on the beaches of added to the curriculum of the cor respondence school of the Universi Port Orford. From 50,000 to 75,000 school ty of Oregon, at Eugene The pur children have been enlisted in gar pose is to guide the teachers of the den contests throughout the state. slate in the outside reading that they State Superintendent of Schools, L. are re<luired t0 do bV ,aw- in ° rder R. Alderman, is of the opinion that t0 hold ,heir «rtifieates. The course Oregon will have the greatest school j is. specially designed to be of ser- cbildren’s exhibit ever displayed in v'ce to lbe teacbers 'n lbe rural, the United States | communities where libraries arc not accessible. The plan to consolidate the north -1 . . . f T * . ru r t r A citizen of Lower Santa Clara’ west customs will soon come before I ~ ,.r . . , , . California, has started quite exten- the ways and means committee at . , . e\ . ^ . ..t . sively in the raising of fancy hogs. Washington. D. C.. and will proba-1 T . . . . , . . .. . ... , . In addition to his herd he received bly be recommended to the house r , . r ., . from an uncle in Ciermany two thor- for adoption. It piovides for one; , Angora pigs, the first of customs district in Oregon, that of 1 . . . , the kind in that section. Their Portland, with subports ot entry at I . , , . ^ . .. . , w pelts when tanned are said to make Empire City, Astoria and Newport.1 , . . . , 1 r beautiful rugs, and the hair is also To obtain one mile ot pennies to- supposed to be very valuable for ward helping l>ear the expense of making paint brushes and rats. II the construction of the new I’resby- he has good luck in raising them, terian church at \\ alia Walla, \\ ash- he will no doubt beat the cat farm ington, Is the object of the members for profiits. of that church and Sunday school. Light housekeeping makes heavy Members have been given narrow strips of adhesive plaster, one yard bread. -A T DOW’S in length. Pennies will adhere to There is a big difference between tbe tape and when one strip has a butterfly and a fly in the butter. ST. PATRICK'S DAY NEWS FROM THE WIRES (Associated Press from varied sources) Railroad King's Great Weahk The final appraisal of the estate of the late Edward H. Harriman of Arden to determine the amount of the state transfer tax was held at Goshen Msrch 12 . The present indications are the value of the es tate will be in the neighborhood of one hu-'dr.vj million dollars. Of that sum, one per cent will be turned into the state treasury. The estate is the largest ever probated in New York. Timber and Stone Entries The Supreme Court of the United States today declined to block the Secretary ot the Interior in his re fusal to accept applications for land under th« timber and stone laws when the applicants do no< swear they have seen the land. The case was that of Mary Ness of Oregon, who presented an affidavit that ehe was physically unable to inspect the land personally. Pioneer Salmon Canner Dead The death at San Francisco of George W. Hume, aged 75 years, brings to the fore the fact that he was the pioneer salmon canner of the United States. Mr. Hume came from a family of fishermen and can- ners, the scene of operations for scores of years being the Kennebec river, in Maine. He came west with the rush of goldseekers and in 1856 engaged in the industry of canning salmon. He retired from busineas in 1892 . Norwegian Flag at South Pole The claims of Captain Amundsen, the Norwegian polar explorer, of bis discovery of {the south pole, have been unqualifiedly accepted by English scientists. The pole is a broad plateau just over a range of mountains. He planted the flag of his country there and conferred the name of "K iD g Haakon VII P la teau” upon the newly discovered land. Darrow to be Tried May 14 Clarence Darrow, the Chicago at torney who defended the McNama ra brothers, will be brought to trial May 14 , on the charge of at tempting to bribe a juror in the trial of the dynamite conspirator*. Big Cougar Shot in Umatilla The first cougar to fall in the war of extermination in Umatilla coun ty was a female weighing 150 pounds and measuring seven feet from tip to tip. Seven shots from a .22 cal iber rifle were required to put an end to its harmful existence. FOR LAND’S SAKE I can sell to you, delivered at Coquille, special Lime in sacks, just what your ground needs, at $25.00 per ton. Super Phosphate at $30.00 per ton and also Nitrate of Soda at 3c per pound. No orders taken for less than l/ i ton lots. SEE F. C. TRUE WAREHOUSE-