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About Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1905-1917 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1912)
w T he C oquille H erald ^JThe Herald, ihe old estab lished reliable newspaper of the Coquille Valley in which an ‘ ‘ad” always brings results. V O L . 30. N O . 52 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 , S E P T E M B E R 12, 1912 POINTERS COOS COUNTY MYRTLE CURRY POINT COUNTY OILU NGS STATISTICS A MYRTLE POINT POINTERS Mrs. S. S. Endicott is reported quite ill. Mr. Lew Brown aud family go down today (Thursday) to Bandon Reported to Dr. Walter Culin, County Health to live. Mrs. S. C. Eudicott and children Officer— Twenty-seven Births and are visiting in Myrtle Point this Six Deaths in Month week. BIRTHS AND DEATHS, AUGUST Dr. and Mrs. J. Masson left Wed The following are the births and deaths occurring In Coos county nesday to spend the winter in Cali during the month of August as ap fornia, he in San Francisco and she pears on the records of Dr. Walter in Fortuna with her parenls. Mr. Thomas Guerin, wife and Culin, county health officer. daughter and Mr Ira Howe left on BIRTHS Aug. 2, to the w ife of Marion L. Clin the las! steamer for Oakland, Cal., ton, Fishtrap, a son. where they may locate permanently. 2, to the w ife o f Percy Peate, Rev. Schofield bought their Eastside, a daughter. 4, to the w ife o f Carl J. West, home and will reside here in tuture. He preached his farewell sermon Eastside, a daughter. 4, to the w ife o f Ben Austlind, Sunday evening as he goes to con Marshfield, a daughter. ference this week. 4, to the w ife o f Lee J. Stone, Mrs. R. C. Dement visited Marsh Catching Inlet, a son. 5, to the w ife o f Am ity Biglow, field last week going down to see Eckley, a son. her daughter, Mrs. Chas. White 5, to the wife of James Durrand, who ¡3 in the hospital there under Wellington, a daughter. treatment, and who is progressing 5, to the wife o f Roy Lewis, Myr very slowly toward recovery. tle Point, a daughter. 6. to the w ife o f E. G. Robbins, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bridges pass Myrtle Point, a son. ed through town on their way G, to the w ife o f P. E. Larson, home from Bandon where they have Allegany, a daughter. been visiting for sometime. They 6, to the w ife o f R. B. Mason, had to camp all night in their auto Garvel Ford, a son. ft, to the wife o f Chas. L. Smith, Friday night being unable to get Marshfield, a daughter. through the mud in Camas valley. 7, to the w ife o f Thos. H. Grind- They were twelve miles from a rod, Marshfield, a son. house. 12, to the w ife of A . H. Olsen, North Inlet, a daughter. CURRY COUNTY CULL1NGS 12, to the wife of Edward Elling- sen, Coquille, a daughter. Several school districts in and 13, to the wife of John N. Carlson, near Gold Beach will join for the Eastside, a son. purpose of establishing a much 14, to the wife o f Chas. Thomas, needed high school. Marshfield, a daughter. 16, to the w ife o f Thos. J. Mc C. D. Cunningham of Cherry Flat Adams, Coquille, a daughter. has raised as nice peaches as ever 17, to the wife of Luther P. Judy, grew on Oregon soil. They are Coos River, a son. 18, t j the wife o f Robt. G. DeMer- prize winners both as regards size ritt, Marshfield, a daughter. and flavor. 19, to the w ife o f Jas. W. Scott, Boh Wagner, the Bandon butcher, Marshfield, a son. has been buying cattle in the neigh 20, to the w ife o f Geo. Snyder, borhood of Gold Beach. He pays Marshfield, a daughter. 21, to the w ife o f Chas. S. Hoff 4j£ cents per pound for cows and man, Marsfield, a daughter. S y i cents for steers, live weight. 23, to the w ife of F. Zehe,Norway, County officers are now occupy a daughter. 28, to the w ife John F. Krisch, ing the new court house at Gold Beach. Judge Bailey has made an Empire, a son. 28, to the w ife o f Victor Yakkala, order directing the sheriff to sell the Eastside, a son. old court house to the highest bid 30, to the wile of John C. Gesche, der. Marshfield, a son. The Butler mine on the Sixes DEATHS Aug. 1—E. Hamble, Coquille, aged riveT, owned by C. W. Zumwalt, has been leased to mining parties 35 years. Aug. 4—Mary Gregory, Coquille, aged in California. A bright future in 72 years. the mining industry of Curry coun Aug. 4— Frank L. Morse, Coquille, ty is predicted. aged 6 months and 8 days. The Wedderhurn Trading com Aug. 20—E. G. D. Holden, Coquille, pany are now threshing grain on aged 78 years, 6 months and 1 day. Aug. 26—Sarah Leonard, Coquille, the place formerly owned by Steve afed 79 years, 6 months and 29 days. Gardner. The field covers a large Aug. 29—Lewis Hunsucker, Coquille, area and the yield is the greatest aged 8 years and 23 days. ever known in that section. Mutton sheep to the number of three thousand bead are being gath We wish to thank those who ered up in the vicinity of Gold were so kind to us in our bereave Beach. They will be driven to Oak land, Oregon. Geo. S. Harris and ment. Mrs. J. S. M i c h a e l J. Yeisley of Chetco are furnishing M a y M ic h a e l a goodly number of sheep from their C. E. M i c h a e l ranches. Card Of Thanks G o l d ie M ic h a e l The Creswell exhibit county at the state fair awarded a $ioo prize. their first attempt at an the state fair. for Lane has been This was exhibit at He is a successful farmer who is able to raise a mortgage. E3Q Curry county has had a slower growth, as regards population than any other section ol the state. In i860 the population was 393; in 1870, 504; in 1880, 1,208; 1890, 1,709; 1900, 1,868; 1910, 2,044. Coos county in i860 had a popula tion of 445; in 1870, 1,644; 1880, 4,834; 1890, 8,874; 1890, 10,324; 1910, 17.959- JL D000C VITAGRAPH FEATURE The Lady the Lake In Three Reels—from the pen o f Sir Walter Scott SCENIC TH EA TER W ednesday Night, Sept. 2 5 In connection with the above three other splendid reels will be shown, making in all 6 0 0 0 Feet Good Motion Pictures The greatest amount o f moving pictures ever shown in Coquille in a single night ADM ISSION : s s DG G o o d Counsel. B eaten a M ile. D E 00 G f H a rd W o rk. Vlcnr_ T lie most wonderful orynn I ever saw was tlie property of n private gentleman. It had nearly a hundred stops. Sexton—t'm ! The most remarkable organ I ever heard Is my old woman's tongue. It ain't got no stops at all.— Ta tier. __________________ •‘Wealth has Its penalties,” »aid the ready made philosopher. “ Yes," replied Cumrox. "I'd rather be back at the dear old factory than learning to pronounce the nnmes of the old masters In my picture gallery.” — Waahlngton Star. T h e M a th e m atician . " I t Is queer how successful Jack Jagg 3 Is In borrowing money. But. then, everybody likes him because he has such a breezy way with him." " I suppose that Is why he Is able to raise the wind."—Exchange. T h o R esult. “ Say, that fellow out there at the high desk has a regular mathematical fnce. Your head bookkeeper. I guess?” “ Not exactly. Just one of the clerks. I think he's the one that figures out the hatting percentages for the rest of the o f f i c e . S t . I-ouis Republic. Good Suggestion. Not F o r H ie. The Barber-One of our customers ‘ had his rheumatism cured by mud 1 baths. The Customer—No good to me I ’ve stood as a candidate in two elections, and my rheumatism is as bad as ever! —London Opinion. 1.“ AND ii.” ( ENTS Sep«. 26—“ THE COMING OF COLUMBUS” P E R Y E A R $1.50 JOURNALISM TAUGHT IN UNIVERSITY OF OREGON S TH E D A Y is not lar distant [ conditions, it looks as though there the fear of successful contradiction, when every legal voter of Coos : was some lack of proper manage that with the surrounding condi county will be given the chance to ment in said office and that seem tions I do not think it possible to express, by ballot, his choice ot the ingly the deputies were iu each find a more systematically conduct persons worthy of filliug the differ j others way, and besides during ed and practically arranged office ent official positions of trust in this | these taxpaying times there are than the one superintended by our county, and in expressing that many persons who seldom, if ever, worthy county clerk, Jas. Watson. choice, it should be done in a man go to the court house at any other Then, when these are the facts, ly, patriotic manner with an eye time, and many of them want the why want a change ? Let good single to the best good of the most titles to their land looked up and enough alone, and keep Mr. Watson people of the county. No personal abstracts made, and ns the public in the position he now so ably fills. Third and last call, but not least grudge or animosity should permit have a right to search the records one to use his right of suffrage at anv time during public office by auy means— the assessor's office against certain candidates, who hours, there will otten be behind Why this seeming unrest and desire would he better prepared and qual the counter, mixed with the sher on the part of a few who seem dis ified to fill positions of trust, for the iff's deputies, four or fiv-e abstract gruntled over imaginary wrongs greater majority of the citizens of ers and to many of the taxpayers, done them by our worthy assessor. the county, than his opponent, no who do not understand this fact, I say “ imaginary wrongs” for the matter how good and loyal that op they go away with the idea that simple reason that, by a careful in ponent might be as a private citizen. there are twelve or fifteen deputies vestigation of the matter, where Today on every hand is heard in the taxcollector’s office, when, as some one is supposed to have been the cry, "let’s clean out the 'Court a matter of fact, there are not more wrongfully assessed, it will be found House Ring’ at the election this than half that number. Go through that no injustice was done either fall,’’ and it is not simply a low the counties of Oregon and you will intentionally or otherwise, but that murmur of thinking, taxpaying cit find no sheriff’s and tax collector’s the assessment rolls of today show izens, but is an almost roar of a office more ably conducted, nor a vast improvement over the work great many persons, thoughtless more economically handled, with done by Mr. T. J. Thrift’s prede and unwise in their criticisms, be the limited room space, than the cessors in years gone by. Go in the assessor’s little tucked cause they give vent to their so one presided over by uur efficient called opinions, without having and honored VV. W. Gage, a man up office, look over the numberless studied into the merits of the cause whom the people have tried many documents he and his deputies ha ve time iu the official balance and have to handle, then turn to the large of their dissatisfaction. roll books wherein every item of Take for instance the sheriff’s never once found him "wanting.” Again, take the office of county property, both leal and personal, office, a great “ bugaboo” is being passed from mouth to mouth about clerk and county recorder, the same has to be copied, note the crowded the number of people the present people, with the same criticism, and conjested condition of this little sheriff lias at work in his office would like to "oust” the present room aud say of a truth, if you during taxpaying time. Now I incumbent at .the coming election. think y o u could do it better or will venture the thought that not As a matter of fact the office of more economically, The ability to assess the property one of these loud mouthed talkers county clerk covers the work of of — too. many people — too much three distinct county offices, v iz : of Coos county legally and equitably hired help — too many deputies, Clerk of the circuit court, clerk of is not so easy to take up and per ever took into consideration the the county and probate courts, and form as one would think, at first fact that in that one little room, ex-officio couuty recorder, aud all glance— but it takes careful study hardlv large enough for a good siz done in one little room not near of the laws governing the duties of ed family dining table to be set, are large enough for the business of the assessor, with an adaptability the workers for two distinct offices, county recorder alone. Every con and applicableness that lew men viz., sheriff and tax collector. The ceivable thing that our able (?) leg have nor can many attain to pro amount of civil litigation in this islators could make up and place ficiency in it, even by hard sfndy. county, together with the criminal upon the desk of the county has But the taxpayers ol Coos county business, will take and consume the been done, without making a law are, in a majority, witnesses to the time of at least three good men, If to force the county court to give fact that under the able guidance of they do their duty well. Now dur him adequate room in which to Assessor T. J. Thrift our tax rolls have— in the last eight years— ing the year that work is covered carry on his duties efficiently. The writer of this article has been been brought out of the seemingly and accomplished by the sheriff and two deputies, save during the a resident of Coos county for the chaotic state and placed in a clear, sitting of the circuit court, when eight years last past, and being a concise, practical form, and by this special deputies are appointed as the searcher of records and abstracter later method the county has, large ly, been the gainer by it in the of titles knows whereof he speaks. court proceedings demand. Go look in that little room called amount of taxes gathered that would Now the collecting of the taxes for the county is an entirely sepa the clerk’s office and see the Hon. not have been, had the assessor con rate work from the other duties de James Watson delving in legal pa tinued in the old way. In my opinion the office of asses volving upon the sheriff and his pers up to his shoulders and a half deputies, and from the fact that dozen typewriters, with bells ring sor, as well as that of county clerk the taxpaying time does not com ing, clicking all around, above and and sheriff should never be thought mence till the first of March, for the below him—-then note half dozen or | of as a political position, but each preceding year, and but fifteen days more searchers of record running in j should be filled by able, conscien are given from the time the books and out of the little vault, wanting tious officers such as we now have are opened for the payment of taxes this book and that paper— and in Coos county, and not be changed so as to receive the rebate of three probably eight or ten lawyers (?) during good behavior and efficient per cent, a great rush is made by all inside the counter seeking infor management. Let common sense, sound judg all parties who can raise the nec mation and counsel all at the same essary cash, to the sheriff’s office to time, then you will say is it a n y ! ment and the desire to do the most pay their Saxes, and to meet this wonder that the casual visitor to good tor the most people be our rush it takes a number of expert this office goes away with the idea guide at the coming election and accountants to do the work and, as that he has too many clerks, not let us by our tight of suffrage cast the room is small and the books realizing that more than two-thirds our ballots for the present incum large, being about six feet long of those be saw inside the counter bents of the county clerk’s assessor's when open, and there are some were in no way connected with the and sheriff’s office and by so doing fourteen of them, needing about duties of said office but were there show that we desire our records eighty-four feet in length of table in the interest of their own private clear, our assessments just and our laws legally enforced. room to accommodate all the books affairs. With a hope that justice may be Now, having been in and around for one year’s assessment, as they are all used every day during the court houses most of my life, and done the county of Coos at the rush season; these books are piled having had long experience in coming election the above is re one upon another, and to the out- searching thejrecords in many, many spectfully submitted. R. H. S m it h sider who does not understand these counties for titles, I can say without A U T O SERVICE Any time, any place, phones. T . A . Walker. Both “ I'm going to bleach my hair.” "Keep It dark!” —Satire. D aftly Dona. "Hiiv© yon over seen yourself a case Inhere the less could contain the greater?** "Certainly. I ’ve seen my wife, who is a large woman, go with ease through my smallest pocket*” - Exchange. Mias Tocolo—I'm never happy unless I’ m'breaking Into song. Bright Young Man—Why don’t yon got the key and you won't hnv-e to break In T—New Orleaee Timea-Demo crat Running np and down stairs, sweep ing and bending over making beda will not make a woman healthy or beautiful. Kho mUBt get out of doors, walk a mile or two everv dav and take Chamber lain's Table’ts to improve her digestion , and regulate her bowel«. For sale by all druggist«. fljob Printing—New presses new material and experienced workmen. A guarantee that Herald printing will please Journalism, which is the catalogue word for what the newspaper men usually prefer to call “newspaper work,” will appear atnoug the sub jects taught when the University of Oregon opens its doors in Eugene September 17. The newspaper is the last of the great public institutions and pro- lessions to gain official recognition from the Universities of the country, but (acuities all over the United States have awakened to its sur passing importance in a democratic society, and the training of news papermen has become an important duty in many of the best colleges The universities were conservative about entering a new field, but the two great middle western state in stitutions ot Wisconsin aud Missouri went ahead and established schools of journalism It was not until practical editors, skeptical at first, began to admit that the training brought excellent results, that the movement spread rapidly. The work at Oregon has been placed in charge ol Eric W. Allen recently northwest editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. He was selected because he combined exper ience of both the metiopolitan and country press with adequate uni versity trainiug and a successful re cord as a teacher. He has never been far from the smell of printers’ ink since his boyhood. Mr. Allen’s idea is to keep the work in close touch with the prac tical newspaper men of the state, and he has already arranged with many of them to address his classes later in the year. Journalism is a subject on which there are as yet virtually no textbooks. The best newspapers of the country will be studied in the class room, and all the newspapers of Oregon will be in daily use. The students will get practical training on the many pub lications issued at the University, and will be encouraged to offer their work to the outside press. Worms That Eat Iron A feasible explanation of the dis ease which attacks old metal iB sug gested by the recent discovery of some Italian engineers of a microbe which feeds on irou. The discovery was made through the frequency with which railway accidents occur red in one particular portion of the railroad in a certain district. An examination of the rails was ma le and the presence of severe corrosion was revealed. A rail was taken up and broken. It was then found to he hollow; and further ex amination showed the presence of a thin, gray, threadlike worm about a third of an iDch in length. A caroful examination wan made of the habits and appearance of this worm. Upon its bead is carried two little glands filled with a corrosive secre tion which is ejected every few minutes on to the iron. The ejec tion had the property of rendering the iron soft and spongy, when the worm at once proceeds to devour it.— Chicago Tribune. Infant Narrowly Eecapes Death The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bishop of Salem narrowly escaped death one day while the races were in progress at the fair grounds. Between heats of the third race the boy was given to Chas. Yannke, one of the mounted marshals, to take lor a ride. Yannke’s horse began to pitch, and to save the lad Yannke dropped him on the track. Yannke was then thrown and the horse stamped on the boys legs, just missing his Head. The horse seem ed maddened, but before he could further injure the boy the father pulled him out of the animal’s reach. A small boy from Chicago, who was sent to the country by the United Charities and who bad nev er seen a windmill liefore, exclaim ed: "Gee, mister 1 That's some electric fan you’ve got out there cooling the hogs. Airships and tramps have no via lible means of support. O U NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK Transpiring in Oregon Boiled Down to Least Number oi Lines and Yet Make Ihe Subject Understood Grants Pass will vote on local option at the general election. Lane county this year is putting $30,000 into permaneut roads. Astoria dairymen have let a con- * tract for the buildiug of a big creamery. Dallas has decreed that all plank crosswalks must go, and cement walks put in their places. Medford’s high school enrollment has doubled in three years— a sure indication of healthy gruwth. During August 2494 visitors reg istered at the superintendent’s office at the Crater Lake National Park. R. W. Hogg of Salem exhibited Polaud China porkers at the state tair. Mr. Hogg won a prize on his hogs. Glenada voters decided to incor porate that place as a town by a vote of twenty-nine for to three against. Evan Evans of Polk county has exhibited at Dallas a prune tree branch that shows growth of six feet for the season. A radish 23J4 inches long by 13 inches in circumference was exhib ited at Baker by Henry Steven, who owns a ranch on Sutton creek. Secretary Conrad of the Coos county fire patrol has dismissed the rangers for this season. There were no fires. Twenty miles ot new trail were built which will fa cilitate future work. September 16, has been fixed as the time by the board of control for taking evidence relative to conflict ing water rights on the Rogue riv er. There are 145 contests to be adjudicated, and there are about 50 tributaries of the Rogue river in volved. The value of the mine production of gold, silver and copper in Ore- goD iu 1911, according to Charles G. Yale of the United States geo logical survey, was $669,016 against $700,676 in 1910. No out put of lead or zinc was reported in either 1910 or 1911. The proposed factory to make sugar irorn the whey of the Tilla mook cheese factories has not yet been established, a difference hav ing arisen over the price to be paid for the whey. The Rural Spirit advises dairymen to feed whey to pigs rather than accept five cents pet hundred. Calvin S. White, secretary of the Oregon state board of health, has been engaged in taking the views of the state buildings which, to gether with other views, he will display by means of moving pictures at the convention of the Internation al Hygenic Congress at Washing ton, D. C., this month. There were sixty commitments to the Oregon insane asylum dur ing the month of August, accord ing to report ot Dr. Steiner, super intendent of the institution. The report further shows that twenty- one died during the month and thirty-seven were discharged. Four eloped, and but one was recaptured. The dam across the Deschutes river and its irrigation project, known as the north canal, will be completed and ready to turn water on about 70,000 acres of eastern Oregon land in about ninety days. When completed the dam will be 35 feet high and 260 feet long, and is built of solid concrete, reinforced with steele. C. W. Chatfield of South Bottom presented to the Salem board of trade for exhibition a pumpkin measuring six feet and nine inches in circumference and weighing 115 pounds Chatfield says this pump kin was not milk fed, a trick resort ed to by some growers of prize pumpkins. It grew in enriched sandy loam, with special cultiva tion.