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About Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1905-1917 | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1912)
REXALL EMULSION Purified petroliuni, emul sified with hypophos- phites of lime and soda. Tonic, stimulant, nutri tive, intestinal, a n t i se p tic , anti-tubercular. every description at T h e W hite House. FUHRMAN’S PHARMf l CY The Rexall Store DR. RICHMOND PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office io Richmond-Barker Baildini C o q u il l s , O regon . Office Phone Main 211. I i Dr. C. IV. Endlcott D e n t is t Office over First National Bank Phone Main 431. Coquille, Oregon E. D, SPERRY Attorney and Connoellor at Law. Office in Robinson Building IV. C. CHASE. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Office in llichmond-Barker Building. C. R. BARROW Attorney and Counsellor at Law C o q u il l b C it y , O r * J. J. STANLEY LAWYER Martin Building • Front Strie C o q u i l l s . OaaooN A. J. Sherwood, A t t o b h s t - a t - L a w , N otabt Coquille, : Poai.io, : Oregon W alter Sinclair, A t t o b u s i - a t - L a w . N o t a b t P u b l io , Coquille, ; : Oregon. E. G. D. Holden L J u st ic e j . avtbb , or t u b P baob 8. Commissioner, General Insaranoe Agent, and Notary Poblio. Office in Robinson Building. Coquille Oregon. DR. K. A. LEEP PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON First National Bank Building i ^ : R. B. HOAG, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Richmond-Barker Building. CoquiLLE, - - Both Phones. Phone 494 O regon . Office Hours 9:30 to 12, 2 to 5 DR. A. P. INGRAM CHIROPRACTOR Chronic Diseases a Specialty Room 2, Laird Bldg. Coquille, Ore. Children are much more likely to con tract the contagious diseases when they have colds. Whooping cough, diphtheria, scarlet fever and consumption are dis eases that are often contracted when the child has a cold. That ia why all medical authorities say beware of colds. For the quick cure of colds you will find nothing better than Chamberlain’a Cough Remedy. It can always be de pended upon and is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by all druggists. Hare you paid the printer ? Have you registered? April-fool-day next Monday. “ Vanity Fair" at the »Scenic was a great success. Plain and fancy sewing— Mrs. M. Nosier. Easter goods suitable for the occasion and reasonable in price at Folsom’s. ^ Myrtle Point elects three council men, treasurer and recorder Mon day, April i. Wanted to buy— a second-hand typewriter. Herald office for in formation New laces and embroideries of $1. the Bottle Office Phone 335 Main Residence Phone 346 Main LOCAL NEW S. Mrs. Maggie Ogren contemplates going to California soon for a so journ of two or three months The Tillamook left Portland at 5 o'clock Tuesday evening and is expected to arrive in Coquille not later than Friday morning. “ Heaven,” from a capitalistic and labor standpoint, will be the subject of a lecture at the Little Church tonight. W. Smyths Hall, the minerologist and interesting conversationalist up on topics galore, returned from San Francisco yesterday. William Candlin left the first ol the week for a business trip to Lan- glois, Port Orford, Wedderburn and Gold Beach and will probably be absent about ten days Members of the Farmers’ Union were out in full force last Saturday and among other things a substanti al, sumptuous feast prepared by the farmers’ wives was enjoyed in the W. O. W. hall. Herealter the steamer Breakwater will leave Portland on Wednesday mornings instead of Tuesdays and those ordering shipments Irom that port should govern themselves ac cordingly. A Masonic lodge will be institut ed at Langlois Saturday, March 30. This will be the first lodge of the mystic tie in Curry county, and will have members as far south as the Bogue river. A meeting of the Educational League will be held at the High School at 3:30 Friday afternoon, April 5 Miss Hopkins will deliv er an address on, “ Personality— How to Develop it.” Saturday sales will begin at T h e W hite House this week. Big silk sale next Saturday. Perry Brewer, who lives near Arago, was married March 24 at Oceanside, California, to a young woman at that place. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Brewer left lor their Oregon home. W. W. Faust, who has been ill for some time, is now able to be about although is yet quite weak. He now weighs but t45 pounds, nearly one-seventh ol his weight vanishing to unknown realms. Petitions to prohibit prize-fighting in Marshfield are being widely cir culated and scores of names are se cured thereto which, doubtless, will have the salutory effect of putting an end to these brutal seances upon the Bay. E. D. Fred, an all-round printer, is among the late arrivals in Co quille. His wife is a nurse. Mr. Fred likes our city very much and we trust opportunities will justify his making a permanent residence among us. J. S. Lawrence wrote insurance to the amount of $215,310 in the Oregon Fire Relief Association, in Coos County, for the year ending December 3t, 1911. The amount wrjtteti by all agents lor the entire county for the same period was $219.710. P. M. Hall-LewiB, chairman of the Republican county committee, fruit inspector, etc., was in the city this week looking to the proper pruning and rare of business en trusted to him. The woolly aphis on some of the politicians might need attention. Sheriff Gage met with a mishap one day this week. While splitting wood a stick returned boomerang fashion and struck him on the cheek and over the eye inflicting a pain- tul wound That no more serious resultsatciued through the accident than perhaps a small scar is a mir acle Though slightly disfigured— \ unlike Teddy’s hat— he is "still in the ring,” and the dimmeJ vision of one optic does not deter him from viewing all matters aright. MURDER AND SUICIDE BUSINESS GETTERS ] ENACTED AT BANDON Bargaioa— Fair Store. Visit the Fair Store for bargains. At an early hour this (Thursday) Choice onion sets at Knowlton’s morning we learn that Bert Mc- Duffee of Bandon shot his wife and. ®ruK Store ii'/*c lb. then turned the weapon upon him- Wanted— Woman to work in con- self with fatal results. The wife feotionery store. Inquire Herald, jit this writing is alive, although Cow for Sale— Fresh, first-dans seriously wounded. dairy cow. Inquire of K. Halvorson. j The couple had trouble extend- Large supply of garden grass and ing over a considerable period of field seed8 at K uow i,o n ’s Drug time, Mrs. McDuffee attempting to Store. get a divorce from her husband Plaiu sewing— satisfactory in price some two years ago, but finally an and work. Mas. W.H. B oylk . agreement was entered into and the For Sale— One mare coming three divorce proceedings dropped. — one gelding coming four. Apply A farm belonging to Mrs. Me -1 1 to W. A. Custer, Coquille. 2t j Duffee is located near Bandon, the Northern grown garden seeds, J husband having considerable stock thoroughly tested, 3 papers for ioe, thereon and it is thought business at Knowlton's Drug Store. differences were not mutual which All kinds of bargains »1 the Fair is largely responsible for the com Store. mission of the crime. Several chil School Teacher Wanted- -Dist. 67. dren resulted from the union. Ethan McDuffee. a brother lives Apply to Frank Miller, Arago. Buy your garden seeds in bulk— in Coquille. Mrs. Arthur Coach and Mrs. A. R. Clinton of this peas, beans, corn, onions, radishes, etc. All fresh, choice seeds at citv are sisters of Mrs. McDuffee. Knowlton’s Drug Store. The steamer Favorite which has Nice H dr of uecKwear and em been subject to many “ sinking broideries for ladies at the Fair spells” in the past, is now, with the Store. aid of many devices and consider Folsom has a flue line of Easter able labor, recovering from a recent goods on display which can he ob like affliction. The name of the tained nt reasonable figures —call boat does not seem appropriate in and see them. view of former antics. Buy your garden seeds at C. E. Kopf, editor of the Bandon Knowlton’s Drug Store. Full stock Recorder, was in the city yesterday of northern grown seeds, both bulk for the first time in two years. He and papers. notices vast improvments in Co The 5 c. 10 c and 25 c coonters at quille since that time, and he speaks with favor regarding the future the Fair Store are well worth pat prospects of the county seat. Busi ronizing. The onion sets at Knowlton’s ness is brisk at Bandon and renewed Drug Store are the finest that can activity is manifested iii all lines. Ilev. C. H. Cleaves, pastor of the be grown— 12'Ac lb. See the 5 c, 10 c and 25 c counters M. E. Church South, has in prepara at the Fair Store. tion a neatly printed program of the Easter services at his church. This is said to be the first of its kind in augurated in Coquille and it reflects credit upon the able pastor, and will be heartily appreciated by the large congregation he represents. Ned C. Kelley of the Coos Col lection Company has decided to be more neighborly with the Herald hereafter. He is fixing up a cozy office in the Letieve building in the room formerly occupied by the Farmers and Merchants bank, ad joining this office on the west. We greet him with the glad hand ol fel lowship. The Scenic Theatre has been ex ceptionally well patronized for some time past proving that the people appreciate the scenes presented at this popular photoplay house. The proprietors are in a position to se cure the best subjects, and that they avail themselves of the privilege is attested nightly, as a visit will amply demonstrate to the most ex acting critic. J. S. McEwen, for ten years edit or of the Herald, who has been vis iting relatives and friends in Co quille for some time past, returned to San Francisco by Steamer Fifield last Tuesday. Mr. McEwen will be missed by many, even to the little tots for whom he always extended a hearty greeting. His kind visage ever radiant through a luxuriant beard, which he has worn since 1861 when he shouldered a musket in the civil war, will likewise be a memo ry during his absence. Mr.McEwen will be temporarily located at 865 Eddy street His plans (or the fu ture are not fully matured but he may return to Coquille. Senator W. C. Chase took ye editorial force out to his orchard the other day, just outside the city limits, and it is certainly a magnifi cent tract of land admirably situat ed both as regards the well-being of the trees and the view obtained therefrom. The Senator is contem plating building thereon and engage extensively in the chicken busi ness. The feathered tribe would be of value in the destruction of insects as well as proving lucrative from the products made known by their cackle, a double reward resulting from their keeping. Mr. Chase could have a fine home upon this tract sufficiently near the city not to interfere with his profession, and we congratulate him, without a particle of envy, upon the fortunate conditions with which be is blessed. F or R en t — A large ranch lo cated on Fishtrap suitable for farm ing or dairying Apbly to E. A. Wimer, Arago, Oregon Phone Farmers sxx. Have you paid your subscription to The Herald ? Garden seeds, 3 papeis for roc, at Knowlton's Drug Store L a d i e s bags— latest out— Fair Store. Finest onion sets it is possible to grow— 12 } 4 c lb., at Knowlton’s Drug Store ] L A D I E S — If you wish a new My Ideal of a Car Built to Justify Men’s Faith in Me BY R. E. OLDS, DESIGNER Reo the Fifth—My Farewell Car — in Every Detail Marks the Best I Know. And I Have Spent 25 Years in this Business. If any Man can Build a Better Car, He’s a Better Man Than I. least, I have complete charge of the contracts with dealers all provide for making. advance. Many aide designers say the best So you may he sure that Reo the We announce this to avoid future in a car can’t be given for 41,055. Fifth won’t be skimped to meet a misunderstanding. price. And I almost agree with them. OUR MODEL FACTORY Reo the Fiftli was not designed to We have built up here what men PRICE NOT FIXED sell at this altruistic price. I fear regard as a model automobile plant. that this price in the long run, is Engineers from every where come impossible. It will doubtless be ad Tiie last car I designed -a car small here inspect it. vanced. er than this—Bold for 41,250. And The to labor-saving machinery is that was considered a marvelous Hut this much I assure you: largely of our invention. It was value. So long as I direct the making, built in our shops. this car will embody the best I know, The cost of materials lias fallen It gives us utter exactness. It regardless of price or profit. since then. New machinery lias cut makes like parts interchangeable. our factory cost. And it has cut lalio- cost to the We figure this new car will double minnimum. IT DECIDES MY FATE In this model factory we build the output—and it will. We also whole I have Bi#ent 25 years in winning our car, so no profits go to parts save a great deal now by building makers. my place as a designer of automo only one chassis in this enormous biles. I have designed 24 model«», plant. Our output is enormous, w-hicli and built tens of 'thousand j of cars. Bv thus paring our costs, then onr means small overhead expense. Our is perfect. Efficiency It has been a long, hard road. profits, we got the price down to here system has been worked out to the And I, like other men take pride 41,055. Ami we take pride in this in what I have accomplisheu. amazing price as evidence of our finish. Then we are not overcapitalized— Reo the Fifth marks the climax. efficiency. no bonded debt. So that factor I have spent 18 months to make this But this price is based on ideal have in cost is eliminated. car the cap sheaf of my career. conditions, and on cost for materials We ought to give more than others the lowest we have had in years. All 1 have gained in a lifetime of give for the money. We expect to, effort is at stake on this car’s per 80 this price is not fixed. Any and will. But this initial price, in formance. And for this season, at added cost must he added to it. Our my estimation is too low to iaBt. NOT FOR $ 1 ,055 REO THE FIFTH $1,055 30-35 Horsepower, Wheel Base 112 Inches, Wheels 34 Inches, Demountable Rims, Speed 45 Miles per Hour, Made with 2, 4 and 5 Passenger Bodies. Top and Windshield not Included in Price. We Equip this Car with Mohair Top, Side Curtains and Slip Cover, Windshield, Gas Tank and Speedometer—all for $100 Extra. Self-starter, if Wanted, $20 Extra. dress of silk, crepe de chine, fou lard, satin or messaline, attend the silk sale at T h e W h ite House, Saturday. For Sale— Team of work horses, weight about 3 , 000 , ages G and 7 . An iuside price on this team if tak en at once. Also one mare, weight 1 , 300 ; one ytarling Bruce-Wilkes 1 colt. For further particulars call at Lyons’ garage, or phone Farmers 203 . J. C. W allino K. Halverson has moved his tail oring establishment in the building on First street formerly occupied by Schroeder, the jeweler. He has on hand a very choice line of sam ples for gentlemen's spring and summer wear, and be invites all who ! desire to be clothed first-class at reasonable price to give him a call and satisfy themselves that he mer its their patronage. He will be in a position to do dry cleaning and pressing next week iD his usual sat isfactory manner. Mr. Halverson invites a call from all his old friends in his new quarters. Many sufferers from rheumatism have been surprised and delighted with the prompt relief afforded by applying Chamberlain’s Liniment. Not one case of rheumatism in ten requires any in-; ternal treatment whatever. This lini- j ment is for sale by all druggists. ANNOUNCEMENT Hereafter my patrons will find me in the store formerly occupied by E . C. Barker & C o .— having purchased the stock and good will of the same. 1 am now possessed with every facility found in a mod em jew elry store for watch repairing, engraving, etc., and with a stock of goods replete with everything in the jew el er’s art, your every want in my line can be gratified. Prices right, workmanship the best. A call and inspection in vited. Respectfully, W . H. S C H R O E D E R . JUDGE FOR YOURSELF If a Car Can be Built any Better hearings. There are only three ball with hair. Tiie covering is genuine bearings in this whole car, and two leather. There are cars larger and smaller are in tiie fan. The lamps are enameled, as per tiie ^ latest vogue. Even the engine than Reo the Fifth. I have built all UNUSUAL TESTS is nickel trimmed. types myself, up to six-cylinder sixties. To make utterly certain that parts Tiie wheel base is long, the ton But Reo the Fifth, in my estima are right I use very unusual tests. neau is roomy, tiie wheels are large, tion, tvplfies the car of the future. Each lot of steel is analyzed to the car is overtired. There are ven More and more experienced motor make sure it accords with my for tilators in front which open and ists are coining to this standard type. mulae. The slightest variation causes close. There are demountable rims. It is not too large nor too small, You will find no shortcomings it. too light nor too heavy. It has me It to is discard "hen the car is compared with the usual to test gears with a costliest ample power for any requirement. cars on the market. It is large enough to tie a roomy car hammer. I have built a crushing for five. machine of 50 tons’ capacity, to CLOSE TO FINALITY ' Cars overpowered and over-sized prove to exactness what each gear cost too much for up-keep. Under will stand. I regard Keo the Fifth as pretty sized cars grow to seem insufficient. close to finality. In every detail it I put magnetos to a radical test marks the best I know. And I do The popular type is the 30 to 35 which only two makes tested here not tielieve that this plant or others horse power, four-cylinder car. will ever build a much lietter car. Cars of this type are soldlall the way will stand. up to 42.500. ' Ho I adopted this type Inspection here is carried to ex Better materials are certainly im for My Farewell Car. And this fac tremes. Engines are tested again possible. Tests and inspections cannot lie carried further. Tiie tea- tory now turns out no other model. and again against unusual loads. t ures and devices are tiie best yet I don’t claim, of course, that over We use the tame clutch as $5,000 discovered, and there appears little size oars need not he more costly. cars—the same grade of springs— chance for improvement. But I know of no way, in a car of the same efficient type of brakes. this type to add one iota of value. Fashions may change m some details, hut no designer, in MARGINS OF SAFETY I ran one of these cars for ten minor my estimation, will everget more of thousand miles—night and day, at The best I have learned in 25 years top speed, on rough roads. I did real wortli in a car. is tiie need for big margins of safety. this to learn if any part of the car I have learned this by watching would fail to meet any requirement. ASK FOR OUR BOOK tens of thousands of cars, witli all Then we took the car to pieces and sorts of drivers under all road con examined every part. We could Our book shows the three styles of ditions. hardly discover in any important tiody—touring car, deini-tonneau and It ia not sufficient to have parts part the slightest evidence of wear. roadster. The roadster sells for strong enough. They must have All this is done to make sure of 41,000. several times tiie needed strength. perfection in this, My Farewell Car. It pictures all of the details, so you So my axles and driving shaft, may compare them with higher- wheels and springs are all much OUTER ATTRACTIONS priced cars. larger than necessary. So is every part where weakness ever develops. Anotiier tiling I have learned is You should know these facts, for I use Nickel Steel for axles and that men —and women—want a classy Reo tiie Fifth is the most interesting driving stiaft—Vanadium Steel for and beautiful car. connections. My differential was 80 tiie design of this car shows tiie car of the season. designed for a 45-horse power car. last touch of up-to-dateness. Tiie Write today for tiie book, and we I use roller bearings— Timken and body finish consists of 17 coats. will tell you where to see the car. Hyatt—instead of the usual ball The’upholstering is deep. It is filled Address THE STANDARD CAR J. C. W A L L I N G Agent, Coquille, Oregon New Center Control- Exclusive Feature—No Side Leavers—No Reaching Keo tiie Filtli brings out, for tiie first time, onr new i center, cane handle control. All the gear shifting is done by thin convenient lever iietween the two front seats, ft is »lone by moving this lever less than three inches in each of four direc tions. No noise, no grinding, no reaching. Just a slight, easy motion. Both brakes are operated by foot pedals, end one of the pedals also operates the clutch. 8 o there are no side levers to gut in the way. Tiie entrance in front, through either door, is a» clear a, the tonneau entrance. This arrangement permits of the left side drive, heretofore iiossililc in electric earsonly. The driver sits as lie should sit, close to the cars which he passes ami on the up side of the road. He sits where he can look hack in making a turn. Tiie operation of this car is simplicity itself—as simple as an electric. Your wives and daughters can drive it. This center control is the iiest new feature brought out in any car this year. Yet this is but one of the details wtiich reveal this car’»» up-to-dateness. When you Bee them all you will say with me that Reo tiie Fifth comes pretty close to finality.