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About Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1905-1917 | View Entire Issue (June 6, 1912)
if •¡The Herald, ihe old estab lished reliable newspaper of the Gxjuille Valley in which an “ad* always brings results. T he C oquille H erald C O Q U IL L E , COOS C O U N T Y , O R E G O N , T H U R S D A Y , J U N E 6, 1912 V O L . 3 0 , N O . 39 •JJob Printing—New presses new material and experienced workmen. A guarantee that Herald printing will please P E R Y E A R $ 1.50 FOREST FIRE PRIZE ESSAY A TRIBUTE 1« IHE BRAVE AMERI C AN SOLDIER MEMOIUL ADDRESS AT MASONIC HALL, DECORATION DAT, 1912 personality the highest type of pat honor and patriotism into the bos- paioful scars that will be a constant riotism that the world has seen. oms of bis children. What child of j reminder of the scenes of war. Ae Any nation, in a century and front a soldier father but has listened the child listens to these stones of all walks of life, might be proud to with uudimished interest to the oft . the great conflict, bis heart burns have produced three men of equal repeated rehesrsal of the soldier’s j within him and he longB to be of greatness. Yet these were the pro experiences. He has been told of some service to that natioD which it duct of one generation in this youth the heated discussion among the haH co«t so much to save. The By C A. HOWARD, ful republic. James Russell Lowell brothers as to who should be per.' magnificent response to President Coos County School Children to he Awarded that the results of his efforts have N AGED American, traveling Sayeriatewleiit Coquille Schools says of Abraham Lincoln : mitted to enlist, and to whom McKinley’s call for volunteers in been magnificent. Within a decade through the Russian Empire, Prizes for Essays on “ Protection should fall the more prosaic, though the war agaiust -Spain bears witness after the close of the war, the com ‘‘For him her old world moulds aside was arrested and brought before the of Our Forests fron Fire” because it had freed itself merce of the nation, entirely lost tio less patriotic, duty of remaiuing to the fact that these lessons of the she threw, Czar that his business might be in country from an institution on account of sweet clays from the at home to care for the aged father aoldier have not been lost. We are quired into. As he was led into which every citizen ot the nation during the conflict, bad been re And choosing breast of the unexhausted West, and mother; of the parting from sometime* inclined to think that Coquille scholars now have an the presence of the ruler of Russia’s bad long felt the sting of deep re gained; new manufacturing enter With stuff untainted shaped a hero new, family and friends, a separation these are decadent days; that real opportunity of exhibiting their lit prises had sprung up and old ones Firm, steadfast countless thousands he seemed una proach. in the strength of God, which he realized may continue un- patriotism no longer exist* among erary talents upon a subject of vital and true.” bashed by Ihe magnificent surround So, proud in the possession of an had been revived; the soil, poorly importance, and we have confidence ings, but stood erect while bis at tvn rable discharge from the grand- tended during the war, was made These soldier statesmen were of il all shall reunite in a land where the men of our nation. But let the in the ability ot our pupils to a de tendants bowed Tti 'abject »»rvllity t iny of history, and rejoicing once more to give abundant har the Lincoln type, shaped in a like wars never come; of how, as he bid* Flag be endangered and a mighty gree that they will at least be win farewell to bis wcepiug mother, he host will rush to its defense, and vests- Becoming discontented with At length a courtier approached «ir: accomplishment of his restricted surroundings in the but lesser mould pernaps, and yet tries to be brave and keep back the j foremost among them will lie the ners of some of the prizes offered. whimpered ^ C tv f he should ha successful Nothing ventured, nothing gained. he had gone forth, older states, and attracted by the distinctively American. Concerning tears, and succeeds pretty well un sons of the American soldier. betel the Vi<ae in the presence of the •he - r 'ier which | Give tbe topic a trial. their great work, volumes have been turns homeward. And If present tendencies are borne A prize essay contest to secure king. Casting a look of disdain at wo«. e the conditions which he liberal offer of homesteads in the written in deserved praise. Their til someone begins to sing: bis prompter, the American replied: fiuu» .„Business destroyed; fields ! west, the soldier found his way achievements are familiar to the Farewell, mother, you may never out, it is altogether possible that better cooperation in the preserva across the plains and wrested from smallest child. We shall not re Press me to your heart again, such a test of patriotism will never “ lu niv country every man is king." liaif of tbe forest and also to prevent tended; a mother whom he had But, oh! you’ll not forget me, mother, again be made in this country of tion This idea so forcibly expressed by left in the strength of middle age, the strong hand of nature, the ma hearse them here but shall confine Though forest fires has been inaugurated by I’m numbered with the slain.” ours. The trend of history during the Coos the stern old American, was doubt grown old from suffering greater terial for these magnificent western our attention to a more neglected, County Fire Patrol Asso less in the minds of our lathers than any soldier in the field bad been commonwealths. And it is the sol though no less important, field—the And then the pain in the throat the past few years seems to be ciation. The idea of the contest is becomes unbearable, the tears come dier element in these western states a World State, a Federation to interest the school children of when they ordained that in this upon to bear; a father with that has made them the most pro soldier in the common walks of life. in spite ol him, and he rushes away toward of all civilized for the pro the county and through the contest new nation, there should be no dis called deep chiseled by the gressive of the whole nation With An influence more prominent to forget the parting grief in the motion of mutual nations interests and for educate them along this line. tinctions, all should be equal and conntenance hand of care, a vacant chair where a courage developed on a thousand even than that of the soldier states struggle to save his country’s life. the preservation of peace. At first each should be a sovereign. But once a brother saf, a brother who battle fields, new political ideas man has been exerted by the soldier Then comes the story of the long the thought of such a federation The subject for the essays, “ Pro nature is stronger even than law and like himself the veteran at the head of a march beneath the burning south seems repungent for we thiuk of it tection of Our Forests from Fire" gone to war. have had no terror for the soldier. father, we are accustomed to give distinc These were had the family. Fortunate indeed is that ern sun, when every muscle aches as the tomb of nations, and its is not to exceed 2,000 words in conditions met tion to those who have been of spec by the soldiers of the north, but He has met them face to face and youth whose could point with and calls tor rest. But no rest is to organization as the death knell of length. The school children will ial interest to the nation. And to what of the soldiers of the south? tested them out. On intellectual pride to a clean sire record his coun be had, for our soldier is called up national patriotism. But let us rest be divided into two classes, one for none is more freely granted the Let us thank God that the time has questions the soldier vote has not try’s service. We hear in a great school and one for grade pu on for sentinel duty, and out there assured that, when the World State high highest distinction by their fellow come when, even in the north, some always been united- On such ques these days of the Boy Scouts, deal pils. The first prize in the high an alone beneath the shining stars, he is formed, neither this nation or men than the American soldier. sympathy may be offered to the tions there is room for an honest organization which has for its pur school contest will be $ 10 , second Impelled by no selfish motive, led southern soldier in his successful difference of opinion. But when the pose the development of truth, cour marches up and down longing tor any nation that may become a part prize $5 and five $ 1 prizes will be only by love of country, he stood struggle against tremendous odds, issue has been a moral one, the sol age and self-reliance among boys. the hours to pass and fearing lest, of it, will, in so doing, sacrifice a awarded to tbe next best papers. In with Washington at Yorktown, to bring again into the southland diers have stood as a unit. The A worthy organization with the in spite of himself, his eyes should single principle that is cause for tbe grades, the first prize will be and he be found by the officer honest pride. As each of the dimin $ 10 , tbe second $ 5 , tbe third $ 3 , tbe with Jackson at New Orleans, fol- the sunshine of prosperity. There great problems of government, highest purpose, but no such organ close of the guard, asleep at his post of whether they relate to matters ex states on the Atlautic seaboard fourth $2 and ten $ 1 prizes will also lowed Taylor to Buena Vista, and is none by whom that sympathy is was needed by the son of duty. But at last the watch ends utive became by unitiog with be awarded, in all a total of $ 50 . fought perserveringly with the “Si more deeply felt than by the soldier ternal or internal, are moral, not in ization American soldier. So deeply is and he is permitted to rest a few the others stronger in a federal government, Tbe essays are to be mailed to lent Solditr” at Vicksburg. In more of the north- It remained for a com tellectual. There are indeed purely the the soldier imbued with all the ele hours before the march is resumed. intellectual problems such as the bo each nation, on becoming a part W. J. Conrad secretary of the asso recent times he marched- up San of yours, Maj. William McKin question between free trade and ments of the highest manhood that, Then comes the battle, the first of the World State, will be stronger ciation, Juan Hill in the face of a terrific rade before October to urge that on Memorial Day protection, or between free silver by example as well as precept, the baptism of fire, and tbe young sol as a result of the union; stronger 1 . Dr. Marshfield, fire, winning a victory for freedom ley, McCotmac, school super son is given the severest training in the grave of every American sol over Spanish tyrrany, These sol dier, whether a wearer of the blue and a gold standard. On these the the manly virtues. Having himself dier’s only fear is that he may be because that energy which is now visor of Coos county, is cooperating dier-citizens, soldiers when duty or of the grey, lie strewn with soldier vole has naturally been di been subjected to the severest dis thought a coward. So he throws | expended in war or preparation for iu the contest which will be decid called and citizens always, are the flowers. No act has done more to vided. But these questions are not cipline. essential in an efficient army bimse.f into the conflict with tbe wai will then be employed in tbe edly beneficial to the school chil stuff of which America’s greatness unite the hearts of north and south the vital ones. “No nation ever yet the soldier is a stern father. He de vim of the veteran warrior. Not amelioration of those grave social dren. Several thousand copies of has been built. It is in honor ol than this sympathetic suggestion achieved glory or incurred destruc mands unquestioning obedience. until the battle is ended does the and economic conditions which have pamphlets entitled “ The Ambitious full horror of it come upon him. become an object of deep concern Tree” have been distributed among tion by taking one course rather the memory of these American no from a brave soldier of the than another in a matter of com And the boy who has learned to Comrades, the friends of his child to every thinking man. blemen who have given their lives coming schools to give the pup'ls an army. But to return to the merce or finance.” The crucial render such obedience to properly hood, have gone down, some giving But, to us, tbe most gratifying the in battle, or who, suffering from the Union idea of what Ihe essays should be constituted authority, has learned a southern soldier. Having failed in terrific experiences of war, have a mistaken cause, he turned sor questions are moral questions and lesson that will stand him in good their lives for their country. We thought in connection with this like. are told that “hardly for his friend prospective federation, is this, that siuce passed on to a land of ever rowfully homeward. He too tound on such the soldier vo’e has been stead through life. lasting peace, that we are met here a neglected homestead, a destitute unwavering. A generation ago And then the soldier’s experiences will a man die,’’ and yet here are our great American nation is to be when the voting population of that have been such as to give him a these men who have gladly given the moulding influence of the or today. and depleted family. In addition to j .¿ ~ largely.'made up of veter lives for a nation, prompted ganization. This World State will Nearly half a century has passed this the negroes who, as slaves, had ans, V the perspective of life. To him, to their such self-devotion by that senti have as its verr foundation, the made of Kansas a right into history since the events occur been the creators of his wealth, prohibition soldier large things look large and small ment which patriotism. American principle of federation, Ira Bray of Waldport, Oregon, is state. Thirty years red which brought to a close the war were now his greatest problem, for later with ranks depleted, but with things small. Most men are sore There are a few wo men call in this country a principle which was put into suc owner of one of the finest collec in which these members of the were free with political status the same earnestness of purpose, he afflicted with myopic vision. They of ours who, in thought, claim to cessful practice for the first lime, tion of agates on the coast. His Grand Army of the Republic took they only those things which are soar the thin air far above the com on American joioed with William Jennings Bry see soil. In this federa so valiant a part. In April, 1865 , undetermined. contains agates of all in spite of these dishearten an in the fight against the liquor near at hand and of personal con mon crowd, that define “patriotism” tion, Japan and the new republic collection two of the greatest generals of mod ing But circumstances, kinds peculiar this climate, such cern. These they mistake tor the soldier, traffic in Nebraska. In settling as “national selfishness.’’ As well of China are to bear an important as moss agates, to cloud, ern times sat face to face at Appa- north and south, faced the bravely needle, stick great issue of life. But nothing so the these several questions, let the in define as -‘family selfishness,” the part; nations which another quarter and water agates. Many matox negotiating the surrender of task of making this nation greater of them clears a man’s vision as consecra of a mother for her child, century will show to be completely contain miniature reproductions Ihe Confederate forces and making and better than it bad ever been be dividual voter emulate the example tion to a great and noble cause. The or afection of urge some selfish motive for saturated with the American spirit; scenery, trees, animals, etc., that are the terms of peace; the one, Ulysses fore. His situation is typefied by a of the soldier by voting always the I sold>er gave up every hope of the act of tenderest devotion. for it is to America that these very striking. Some of these are according to the dictates ot S. Grant, whose courtesy to a cap picture which I recall seeing many highest attainment ot personal ambition for every moral judgment and we Selfishness prompts no heroic deeds, nations look for political inspira worth mentioning. One large cloud tured enemy bespoke the true man; ago. On a high crag stood a need have n0 fear fol the perpetuity the preservation of the Union. Oon- iuspires no self-sacrifice, demands tion, and it is in the land of the agate in delicate colors is so blend the other, Robert E- Lee, who type- years young Scot, clear of eye and strong jQf our natjon, but let him persist- secralion more complete for a cause no natisn’s freedom' from tbe hand stars and stripes that their leaders ed fied the indomitable spirit which of as to produce an exact repro clad in the plaid and bon- ienlly disregaril that judgment and more noble the world has never of tyranny. Patriotism is devotion | of tomorrow are today in training. duction made possible the recovery of the net limb, of a portion of the Colum seen. How unimportant now be to a principal embodied in a nation, As he looks out upon this pleasing native land. About him south from the terrible results of the were of the his fragments bia river with Mt. Hood in the dis came to him those things which of bush and ¡ I s , one wi ... t h Ninevah ... . and , Tyre. „ ., it flourishes in self-sacrifice and prospect, as he sees the American tance. Another “ war. The last battle had been fought shrub, torn asunder contains a land ordinarily consume the energies of acts by the storm of self-devotion. It inspires a principle gaining universal accept scape in tones of green, and the vast armies were preparing the preceding night. And as he Worthy as has been the conduct men. The securing of wealth, the Von of Wikulereid a clear to bare his bosom ance and tbe influence of the Amer sky and setting sun with to disband. The soldier was to be stood, he looked toward the east of the soldier in the capacity of a acquiring of fame, even the preser above. A come a citizen. He was to turn his where the sun in all his glory j private citizen—his services to the vation of life itself, were forgotten to a thousand spears thst a path ican nation extending throughout beautiful moss agate contains a tiny energies to the shop and field, long burst through the morning clouds, nation have not ended there. There and honest, clean, unselfish man for freedom’s cohorts might be the world, the bosom of the Amer spruce tree. deserted in answer to the call to Below the picture were these words- is scarcely a state in the union that hood dedicated to a nation’s service made. Implanted in the bosom of ican citizen should swell with patri His collection is valued at over a Washington, it leads the well nigh otic pride; pride in a nation whose $ 1 , 200 , unpolished. arms. gained recognition as the grandest “A better day is dawning.” So in has not, time after time, called him And what sort of a man is this 1865 stood the American soldier, | to the highest office. He has been thing in life. As months went by banished hosts of liberty to ultimate sons have shown themselves pre For a number ot years Mr. Bray success. Enthroned in the heart of pared to fight if need be, in any lived on a beach farm a few miles soldier as be turns his footsteps happy strength of victory, or ^ a worthy representative of the re- amid those scenes where sham and a Lincoln, it gives a race its free righteous cause, and yet the first to south of the Yaehats river and there homeward? It has been pointed out drinking in the deep from the bitter cup republic at the courts of kings, and pretense dare not show a face, this dom. and gives the nation champion the cause of universal collected the larger portion of bis that war is destructive of morality, of defeat, but or sad, of good for four decades his voice has been readjustment became permanently “A shepherd of mankind indeed, peace. that he who has been long accus courage still joyous and, reunited under the very most powerful one in the fixed. The soldier emerges from the Who loved his charge, but never loved You who have been soldiers and agates. tomed to the military camp becomes one glorious flag, He is now located in Waldport looking hopeful- highest councils of the nation.— conflict a broad minded, warm to lead; know the misery and suffering that as the beast of the field in giving ly toward the dawning and ot a better Recognizing the wisdom and states- hearted, clear visioned man His One whose meek flock, the people joy are the inevitable results of war, stones. is polishing and setting the way to the lowest passion of human day. ed to be, of these heroes of a great very presence in the home has been cannot but rejoice at tbe prospect nature. This was true of the Pros Takiug his place then, as a pri. mansbip Not lured by any cheat of birth, an inspiration to a million Ameri war, a new generation has been sian soldier in the Thirty Years’ vate citizen of the nation, the sol-: content to sit silently by while, can boys. But by his clear grained human worth of its permanent cessation. Those Oregau Vital Statistics War. It has been true of the Eng dier beget] to exert himself to bring year aftei year, the presidential But in addition to this uncon And brave old wisdom of sincerity.” soldiers dead in whose memory tbe The Bulletin of the Oregon State lish soldier in India, But the cit about that better day. Looking chair has been occupied successively scious influence the soldier has tak Patriotism savors not of selfish nation haH set aside this day, would Board of Health for the months of izen soldier of America showed him backward from this second decade by soldiers : Grant, Garfield, Mc- en delight, by stories of the camp ness but is the highest sentiment of ask no greater honor at our hands January, February and March, 11)12, than that, in iheir name, we fer gives 'he following figures relative self superior to this rule. He had of the twentieth century, we can see Kinley, each bearing in his princely and field, to instill lessons of duty tbe human heart. But the soldier stops not for an [ vently pray for the early dawning to the vital statistics for the months gone to war, not as a professional analysis of the sentiments which of that day of which Alfred Tenny- named: J a n u a ry —births, males soldier, cutting loose forever from proinpts his acts as the dusk of son was dreamiDg when be wrote: 871, females 472; deaths, males 204, civil society, but as a man who evening closes over the battle field. dipped into the futurej faras hulnan females 190. F eb r 11 ary—births, would protect bis home from an im He lends such aid as is possible to j eye could see; pending danger- That danger avert males 436, females 441; deaths, the wounded, accepts a last message Saw a vision of the world and all the males 257, females 193. March— ed, he expected to return and take to the folks at home from one wonders that would be up the thread of life 'where he had births, males 454, females 425; . . injuries . . , and , as- W hen the , war drums throbbed no . longer whose are mortal, .. . - . . laid it down. Through all the long ‘ ’ and the battle nags were furled deaths, males 209, females 191. struggle, the anticipation of an ear sists in the hasty burial of those the par|iament of Man, the Federa- There were 1220 marriages dur who have answered the last call. j tion of the world.” ly return to home, to mother, to ing tbe three months. And so the story of the wai goes wife, to sweetheart, was constantly IN S A C K S , F U L L familiar faces in the o!d An Observing Youngtrr with him, combating by its gentle W E IG H T A N D W A S H E D company grow fewer and fewer, “Now, Willie,” said the superin- influence, the debasing allurements and at last a bullet comes the way tendent's little boy, addressing ihe of the crowded camp. So the Amer of our soldier, and he is sent to the | blacksmith’s little boy, wbo had ican soldier emerges from the war rear and reported to the folks at come over for a little frolic, “we’ll strengthened in character rather home as mortally wounded. But play 'Sabbath School.’ You give than debased, filled with a deeper patriotism because he bad offered somehow or other, he manages to'me a nickel every Sunday for six all he had for his country’s lile, live through it and comes home at months, and then at Christmas I'll glowing with a deeper pride in that last, alive but bearing deep and ; give you a ten-cent bag of candy.” A AGATES CONTAIN FINE COLORED SCENERY Try COAL G A G E ’ S The Best Lasts Longest Riverton COAL WM. MANSEL, AGENT $4.50 ANY PLACE IN CITY j