Q The Herald, the old estab­
lished reliable newspaper of
the Coquille Valley in which
an “ad” always brings results.
VOL. 31,
T he C oquille H erald
COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1912
NO. 7
WARNS VOTERS
NEIGHBORING MAJORITY RULE AMENDMENT Hear Y e ! Hear Ye ! Hear Ye ! WILSON AGAINST
ROORBACKS
NEWS NOTES
The People of the Coquille Valley and Adjoining
Proposed by Initiative Petition
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BRltfLY TOLD
For the amending of Section i, Ar­
New York, Oct. 24.— Hanoi able
ticle IV. of the Constitution of the
W. G McAdoo, vice chairman of
State of Oregon so as to require a
the Democratic national committee,
majority ot all electors voting at any
has received the following letter
election to
adopt constitional
from Governor Woodrow Wilson :
amendment and pass initiative meas­
‘ ‘ My Dear Mr. McAdoo: My at-
if, demand and command, the votera
T he People of the City of Bandon, Oregon, and the Lower )
tenlion has been called to the state­
Interesting Happenings and ures and a majority vote only of
Coquille Valley, ex rel
, B. S. of the City of Bandon and the en­ ment that I have become a member 1 ranspiring in Oregon Boiled
electors voting thereon to reject
Doings of Nearby Neigh­
tire lower Coquille valley, each and
JOKE
SLAMMLER,
et
a
l
)
Down to Least Number of
measures referred to the people.
of the Knights of Columbus. This
all
of them, to consider well and
bors from Correspondents
is,
of
course,
not
true.
I
have
not
And now comes one Joke Slamm-1 Third: That he, the said Sla.um- justly all and singly bis claims upon
Lines and Yet Make the
and Exchanges
ler, Independent, and for cause why ler, conceives and verily believes their unqualified gratitude, con­ been asked to join the order, either
Subject
Understood
the dear people of Bandon and the that his attitude in assisting and fidence and esteem, by reason of bis as an active or honorary member,
Vote 322 X Yes
entire lower Coquille valley should promoting the interests of ssid Tax participation iu and for the organi and am not eligible, because I am
CURRY COUNTY CULL1NGS
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N„
Captain James Blakely, Browns­
Puft of
^ not a Catholic. I must warn my
support his candidacy fur the office Dodging Aggregation, was in itself za(loD of tb(j ^
(From the Port Orford Tribune)
ville, will celebrate the tooth anni­
triends
everywhere
that
statemeuts
of
State
Senator,
respectfully
(and
The
majority
Rule
amendment,
as
a
su
fficient
proof
of
bis
h.gh
os
riT(jr>
8m,
big
palbetiCi
not
to
Miss Enith Lusk of Myrtle Point
of this kind are all campaigu inven­ versary of his birth if he lives until
is a teacher in the schools at Port shown above, is just as it will appear apprehensively) shows the Baid peo­ teem, regard, respect and sol.cttude heartrendiDg) BOiicitude for the jn.
tions. devised to serve a special pur­ November 26. 1911.,
ple
as
follows,
to
wit:
on
the
ballot.
This
is
one
of
the
most
for
the
good
people
of
the
City
of
teregtg
and
we|fare
of
the
gaid
Orford.
This particular statement
The Carnegie public library at
First: That on or about that cer­ Bandon and the entire lower Co- wortby and impecut)iuu9 owners 0, pose.
important measures the voters of
A government trail is being built
has
been
circulated
in
select
quar­
Oregon
City is expected to be fin­
Oregon will be called upon to decide tain date or dates, too well known quille valley afofesaul.
8aid vast tracts of timber lands, to
from Salai Springs to the Ranger
at the coming election.
to the said people of Bandon and
Fourth: That by reason of, and I wit. the ggM Oo08 County faT ters to create the impression that I ished and opened to the public in
station on Middle Elk.
am seeking to identify myselt polit­ about three months.
It will take from the minoritv the the lower Coquille valley to require in just return for the aforesa.d acts , DjdgiDg Aggregation afore8ftid.
J. R. Gill ii Co., of Portland have
ically with the great Catholic body.
Dr. C. J. Smith, for twenty-
much-abused power to initiate and repetition or enumeration, he the and evidences of friendship, esteem,
W herkok and W u erefos , the said
established a school book deposi­ pass laws that only a small per­ said Slammler did wilfully, energet­
respect, regard, adm.rahon and af- Joke slamm,„ri prom;8e8 and agree8 Io other quarters all sorts of state­ two years a practicing physician of
tory at Wedderburn.
centage of the people understand, ically, enthusiastically and philan- fectionate solicitude he, the satd (Sn the r f a o M poliibl, event of ments are being set afloat, to prove Pendleton, has been in attendance
A telephone line from Port Or­ and confirms the majority in its tbropically urge, assist, promote, Slammler, » eertaia. cocksure, con- hig election) tQ do_ pxecu,e ^ that I am hostile to the Catholic.
at three thousand births in Uma­
ford to Elk river bridge is being rights to rule.
"‘ It is a very petty, ridiculous tilla county during that period.
procure and obtain the organization vinced and believes, beyond a rea- perform ftny oW , bicg of him rp.
constructed. The distance is four
Has it not been the purpose of the of the Port of Coquille river, there­ sonable doubt (to him apparent) quired by or for b g faithfull 8erv. business II these fabrications could
Ten acres in Douglas county,
miles.
initiative to give the people— the by setting the said dear people, that the good people of Bandon and fld propoaeljtB and to impliciUy and be brought together they would near Riddle, are to be set to straw­
S. S. Jeffries started with his fam­ majority— the right to rule ? Surely. whom he greatly reverences and ad­ the entire lower Coquille valley, are jn a„ thiDg8_ obpy ^ Coo(j C q
make very amusing readiug. They berries which will probably be the
ily, Monday, for his homestead on How can the majority rule if 25 or mires, (and whose votes he prayer­ and ought to be, to him greatly in- t v ,
would leave a very flat taste in the largest strawberry field in that
.
the Middle Fork of the Coquille in 30 per cent of the voters are allow­ fully expects to receive) some years debted for h.s fatherly and pb.lan- tbereby agsiat ¡„ perpetually depriv. mouth, tor they would entirely neu­ county.
Coos couuty. Mrs. Jeffries and ed to enact laws ?
backward in the march of progress tbropic solicitude for their future jng t||, good people of Bindoo aud tralize one another and prove that I
Nicholas Faler of Leuts, who has
children will spend the winter on
and
development.
and perpetual welfare, and should, tbe eDtire low„ c
U|e vall
of was nothing and everything. I am been engaging in the culture of
Look at it this way and you will
the homestead, while he will return
thpjr communit ri hta a normal man, following my own mushrooms on a small scale, basons
Second; That by reason of his must and will, givo to him the said any aud
see the danger in the law which the
and conduct his barber and cobbler proposed amendment will remedy ! activity io the matter aforesaid, the Joke Slammler, their individual and
natural course of thought, playing
.1
...
which weighs a pound and a half
1 insofar as the same may conflict
shop in Port Orford. August John­
no favorites and trying to treat aud measures 27 inches iu circum­
collective
hearty,
yea,
enthusiastic
•*.
..
A
__
,
,
,
.
good
people
of
Bandon
and
the
low­
A certain clique, or certain inter­
.
_
.
with
the
purposes
and
desires
of
the
son moved them up in his "prairie ests, demand a law, or laws, passed; er Coquille valley, are themselves, support, assistance and endorse tv
every creed aud class with impar­ ference.
ty 1 •
t
a -
a ..
’
.v *T. ,
. v
r*x Dodging Aggregation, to the tiality and respect.
schooner
ment
upon
the
nfh
day
of
Novcm-
.
.
.
•,
.
they find out an army of paid can­ their heirs, successors, administra­
Luther Harrington of Newberg
r
. . .
one! that said Aggregation may per-
Very sincerely yours,
.
Attorney W. H. Meredith was in vassers to solicit names for the pe­ tors and assigns apparently forever ber next entuing, to wit: upon elec.
has a pumpkin in his garden that
_
,
petually evade aud avoid any lust
W
oodrow
W
ilso
n
.”
Port Orlord Monday night on his titions at so much per name, the pe­ absolved from levying and collect­ tiou day and mcreover and again, ♦
* 4l
he cannot lift; in lact he cannot get
. , „ . T.
.
taxation, and to the end that the
tes for
for his candi-
candi- 1 . . ,
,
. .
.
return from a visit to Coos countv, tition is filed and the measure goes ing any tax for river and harbor to wit: by their ptes
his arms around it far enough to
J
r
1 whole burden of taxation for uec-
Grave Defects in the
where be met with much encour­ on the ballot; those who have ini­ improvements, upon the properties dacy for the o:
of State Senator
raise it ofl the grouud, and it has
essary riv y and harbor improve­
agement in his aspirations for Joint tiated the measure and those who of certain worthy and impecunious as aforesaid.
Flat-Salary Law several weeks to grow yet.
ment
may
fall
and
be
borne
by
the
Representative. Undoubtedly Mr. signed the petition— a small per cent owners of vast tracts of timber lands
Fifth: That, i testimony where-
dear people of the City of Bandon
Frank O’ Neil, one of the oldest
lying, standing and otherwise being
Meredith is the right man for the of the electorate— vote for it, a few
of, the said Jol Slammler, Inde­
State printing costs much less
wiihin the boundaries of said port,
and the entire lower Coquille val­
settlers of Malheur county, recently
place, and reports from Coos are to people who know that the proposed and which said worthy and impecu­ pendent candid ;e, aforesaid, does
money in Oregon than it formerly
ley aforesaid.
returned from a trip to his old home
the efTect that he is daily growing law is aimed at the rights of the nious owners comprise and consti­ hereby reassuri importune, urge,
did
and much less, comparatively
(Sigoed)
J oke S lammler
in Ireland and says that he found
stronger. Present indications are people, vote against it; but the tna- tute the Coos County Tax Dodging implore, beg, p ;y sod beseech, and
and actually, than it does in Cali­
Oregon apples across the water and
otherwise,
and
i
allwise,
does
solic-
Aggregation.
t h a t h e w ifi c a r r y b o th r o u m i c a
(
1
‘aid
Advertisement)
J o r i t v w lio r e a d i n o n e p a p e r
fornia, where the flat salary rule
tjurains. "W-' ar'Diruiwgy 'tiw uept that they easily, excel the world in
~r
Port Orford is advertising the the law is a good one and who read
size and qual i t y.
his promises aud greatly reduced
third annual agate carnival, August in another paper that it is a bad
Mr. Marlin, who lives south of
the cost of printing to Oregon,
15 and 16. 1913, by a neatly print­ law, frankly admit that they do
Hillsboro,
has been experimenting
eliminating all graft and effecting
ed folder giving a picture of the not understand it, and refraiu from
with sweet potatoes this year and
remarkable
economies.
The
legis­
agate palace as it will appear when voting. What is the result ? The
lative printing, for instance, is done has dug 32)4 pounds from 27 hills.
completed— and it will be a beauty. people who have initiated anthwho
at approximately one-third of its One selected at random measured
Port Orford has the distinction of are deeply interested in the meas­
cost
before Mr. Duniway took 8*4 inches from tip to tip and
being the only city in the world ure— a small minority, about 25 or
charge.
He owns and runs his own weighed three quarters of a pound.
presenting features derived from the 30 per cent of the electorate— are
James J. Fryer, "the father of
plant and pays his own employees,
beautiful gems of the seashore, and counted for it, as are those who did
Eagle
Point" and one of the lead­
charging
only
a
moderate
profit.
doubtless the coming exhibition will not vote on it at all and it is declar­
^QainstGradu.ci'feci
M
ing
men
of that community, died
O
ß
K
y
M
a
Oregon
has
not
a
dollar
invested
in
attract many visitors from afar.
ed parsed
S in gle T a x
printing equipment compared to recently at his home on the land
That is what has happened in
California’s investment of $315,000 claim taken by him in 1852, the
Oregon’s Prosperity
the past and what will happen at
which means a heavy cost in inter­ year in which he crossed the plains
the coming election. That is Min­
The biennial report of the state
A g m n s t S m ^ le T a x
est and depreciation. These, and by ox team. He leaves a substan­
ority Rule, not Majority Rule.
land board shows the common
other facts, made a deep impression tial estate.
The proposed amendment will
school fund in healthy condition.
upon Salem Grange No. 17, and
At a meeting of the State A gri­
safeguard the rights of the people
This fund, which now totals $6,252-
after eight weeks of investigation cultural College held at Salem, it
and make the rule of the majority,
549, is practically all loaned out to
by its executive committee this was decided to reconstruct the
majority rule indeed, and not min­
Grange has withdrawn its endorse­ stock-judging pavilion of the insti­
farmers of the state and is playing
ority rule as at present.
an important part in development.
ment of Senate Bill No. 75, known tution, recently destroyed by fire,
Is it right that our state consti­
Duting the last two years not one
as the “ Miller Flat Salary Law,” and the state architect was instruct­
tution should work so that condi
mortgage on farm land has been
in which it has discovered grave ed to draw plans for a new build­
tions could possibly arise when less
loreclosed bv the state, and the
defects. This action was taken in ing, which is to cost $7,160. This
than a majority'of the votes cast at
state has no foreclosed farms on
spite of the lact (hat R. A. Harris, is the second state building damag­
an election could amend the Con­
hand left over from former vears.
state printing expert and sponser of ed by fire during the present ad­
stitution ?
During the last two years 32,09t
.the flat-salary law, is a member of ministration, the other being the
Is it not evident that this is the
acres of school lands have been sold.
Salem Grange. It is an obscure and asylum. The loss on the two is
weak spot in our initiative law ?
In the agricultural college fund
misleading measure, calculated to estimated at about $18,000.
Is it not trne that all are affected
the report shows $501.383, and
bring about extravagance rather
by the passage of bad laws as well
than economy, and Coquille voters
$103.635 in the university fund, and
as good laws ? Is it not true that
should help to slaughter it in No­
$10,509 in the swamp land fund.
V O T E
all must pay the cost of such legis­
vember.
During the two years G. G.
FOR
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lation ?
Brown, clerk of the board, received
Why Congressman Hawley
Is it right to say that the approv­
from principal and interest of vari­
Should Be Re-Elected
al of a minority of the total number
ous school funds and paid over to
of votes cast at an election should
the state treasurer, $574 028.47.
Because he surpasses all opposing
have the right to pass any law, or
The total applications for farm
candidates in ability, experience
amend the Constitution when all of
and qualifications for congressman.
loans during the biennial period
the people of the state are affected
Because all his interests are in
amounted to $2,176,390, of which
Oregon, where he was horn, and he
$1,934.94° were accepted and the by such legislation ?
knows her people, resources and
Is it not better to have the approv­
remainder rejected. Mortgages to
industries.
the amount $1,256,532 were dis­ al of a majority of the total number
Because he annually t r a v e l s
charged during the period.
of votes cast at any electiou than
thousands of miles over the First
to pass any law without it ?
District, learning the needs of his
Lease and Stock for Sale
If yon will carefully consider the
constituents, and has secured mill­
merits of the Majority Rule amend­
ions of dollars for their benefit, and
The record for potato production
The remark is oltcn made that so
The new dormitory of the Mon- has aided veterans, land entrymen
Forty one head ot good dairy ment you will vote so that in the
FOR
iu
Hood
River
valley
was
reported
little
of
the
vast
area
of
Oregon
is
mouth
Normal
school
will
be
built
and others.
stock, four horses, hogs, hay wag­ future the voters of Oregon will
S H E R I F F
under
cultivation.
This
should
completely
out
of
"made
in
Oregon"
take
more
interest
in
legislation,
for
recently
by
J.
R.
Steele.
When
Because
he
has
been
a
faithful
ons, buggy, harness, farming ma­
it will have a tendency to restrain
Present Incumbent
chinery— all that I own on the ranch experimenters, causing less untried digging he found the hills had run create no surprise, since older products. The Legislature appro-1 servant of all of the people and not
countries
are
undeveloped
to
a
great-
priated
$50,000
for
the
construction
a
favored
few.
and
in
national
al
together
so
that
each
row
was
one
of L. R- Woodward, at Arago, Coos and experimental measures being
COURTEOUS TREATMENT TO A U
continuous lice of solid spuds, many er extent than Oregon. Official m- of the building
county, Oregon, with seven years’ proposed, giving the voter more
ence so that Presidents Taft and
of the plants having enough on vestigations in Spain show that
Roosevelt, and his associates of all
FRIEND—
lease. Rent only $500. This place time for the consideration of impor­
them to fill a five-gallon can. Most more than halt the laud is unculti- ; When do y°u W
tant
measures.
pr.nter ?
parties, and constituents generally
I believe in efficiency and
is near a good creamery, store, post-
By voting for the Majority Rule of the spuds are a foot long and vated and that 4 500 villages are
economy in officials; in the strict
KraUeTstem, Mgr. J. G. praise him in terms similar to those
office, school house, steamer landing amendment you will correct the
enforcement of law, but not un­
some weigh four pounds each The without roads or railroads. OreRon Tanner DrUR srorc, Santa Cruz, Calif., used by Governor West, who said
and county road. Only one min­ abusive use of the initiative law, and
just prosecution.
is doing quite well, we think, and writes: "We hav. sold Foley & Corn- in an interview after a visit to the
acre yielded 700 sack
thereby preserve'it in the State Con­
ute walk to all.
In intellect, or
getting better all the time.
pany’s medicii.es for the past 30 years National Capital:
In the past I have endeavored
_
. . . ___
and have yet to hear our first complaint, atorjca! ability and devotion to the
to do unto others as I would have
If you are looking for a good stitution.
When
yon
have
a
ba<!
cold
you
want
„.
,
,
,
,
,
,
,.
or
of
a
dissatisfied
customer.
1
heir
¡nia,.,ia
nf
the
tref.Dle
Hawlev
You, Mr. Voter, are to decide
them do unto me under the same
Sick headache is caused by a disor- remedies are pure made as represented, interests Ot tne P‘ r Ple- ,la , y
dairy, do not miss this. I am sell-
best medicine obtainable so as to
this very important question, and the
.
¿ered stomach. Take ( hamberlaln s and contain r- 1 irious substances. On stands head and shoulders above
circumstances and will, if elected,
cure it with as little deiay ss possible.
ing on account of sickness.
in order to decide it right you should Here is a druggist’s opinion: "I have Tablets and correct that and the head- the contrary, < ir experience shows us the great majority ol the raemlrers
continue to do so in the future.
For information see James Berri, vote 322 X Yes on November 5.
sold Chamberlain's Cou^h Remedy for aches will disappear, ror sale by all that the coir
comnany^s aim has^ always 0f tbe National House of Represen
Your support solicited No­
fifteen years,” says Enos Lollar of druggists.
been to make health giving and health tatives.”
on the place— phone 53— or write
M AJORITY RULE LEAGUE- Saritoga, Ind., "and consider it the best
vember 5 , 1912 . W. W. GAGE.
- ■ :'TTT
i
.
maintaining remedies. ” For sale by
(Paid Adv. Cong. Com. 1 st Dist.)
to me, Bert Berri, Sierra Madre, Cal
(Paid Advertisement)
on the market." Sold by all dr uggists.
H ave you paid the printer ?
Fuh r man’s Pharmacy
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