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•¡The Herald, the o ld ettab- lished reliable newspaper of the Coquille Valley in which an "a d " always brings results. T he C oquille H erald C O Q U IL L R , C O O S C O U N T Y , O R E G O N , T H U R S D A Y , N O V E M B E R 28, 1812 VOL. 31, NO. 11 CITY DIRECTORY F ratern i and Bendbolent Orders F. A A. M.—Regular meeting o( . Chadwick Lodge No. 68 A. F. A A. M., at Masonic Halt, every Ha urday n ¡Kilt in each month on or before the full moon. E. E. J ohnson , W. M. R. H. M ast , Secretary. A 8.—Regular meetinir of Beulah O E. . Chapter No. 6. second and fourtn Friday evenings of eacli month, in Ma sonic Mall. Thanksgiving Day * ~ ~ i Among f The Lumberjacks | P REPARATIONS for the Thanks Suaia F olsom , W . M giving dinner in the lumber J ob w m nr G. F hoflks , Sec. camps of Maine begin early In November. Traps for the rab O. O. F .—Coquille Lodge No. 53,1. O. . O. F., meets every Saturday night bits, which form the principal dish, ure set In place and carefully baited. in Odd Fellow» Hall. T. J. T h rift , N. G. Men who go to the lumber camps ■ J . 8. L awiikncb , Sec. about the 1st o f October give up the hope o f having chicken or turkey or a m i e r e b e k a h l o d g e . No. 20 I. o . O. F., meets every second and goose with cranberry sauce on the Inst fourth Wednesday nights in Odd Fellows Thursday o f November. In fact, there Hall. A nnie R obinson , N. G, Is not one man In a dozen who go A nnie L awkbnc * Sec Into the woods for the winter, unless ~r 'IH jC lL L E ENCAMPMENT, No. 25 be bus a family In some small town, I. O. O. F., meets the firatand third who cares a snap for any other dish for Thanksgiving than good old fash Thursday nights in ()<hl Fel'ows Hall. ioned rabbit potple or stew. With the J. 8. B abton , C. P. J . S. L awbenck , Sec. trimmings such as only a cook In a Maine lumber camp la able to concoct, n i g h t s o f p y t h i a s .—Lycurgm- the meal la far better than some of Lodge No. 72. meets Tuesday nights the meals served tn the big hotels of in W. O. W. Hall. the cities. R. R. W atson , K R. 8. The "cookie" for the first few days O. A. M intonye , C. C. tn camp does little more than hunt out YTHIAN SISTERS—Justus Temple the hnunts o f bunny and after locating No. 35, meets first and Third Mon as many as are In reasonable walking day nights in W. O. W. Hall. distance o f the camp proceeds with his Mas. G k > koe D avis , M. E. C. M rs . F red L inegar , K. of R. I M K P MEN—Coauille Tribe No. 46, 1. R ED O. R. M., meets every Friday night in W. O. W. Hall. J. 8. B arton , 8achem. A. P. M iller , C. of R. W. A.— Regular meetings of Jtea- M • ver Camp No. 10.550 in M . W . A. Hall, Front street, first and third Sat urdays in each month. R. B. R ogers , V. C. N eu 0 . K elley , Clerk. A.— Regular meeting of Laurel R N. . Camp No. 2972 at M. W. A . Hall, Front Btreet, second and fourth Tues day nights in each month. A my A asen , Oracle. E dna K elley , Rec. O. W .—Myrtle Camp No. 197, . meets first and third Mondays at W . O. W. Hall. U. 8. K nowlton , C. C. J ohn L kneve , Sec. W N IN G T ID E CIRCLE No. 214, i 'V E meets second and fourth Monday nights in W . O. W. Hall. O ra X . M aury , G. N. M ary A. P ierce , Clerk. ERS UNION.— Regular meet F 'ARM ings second and fourth Saturdays in each month in W. O. W. Hall. W. L. K istner , President O. A. M intonye , Sec. 1 ?R A T E R N A L •T second and month at W. O. M rs . M hs . AID No. 398, meets tin fourth Thursdays each W . Hall. C has . E vland , Pres. L ora H arrington , Sec. Educational Organisations and Clubs _ OQUILLE EDUCATIONAL LEAGUE—Meets monthly at the High School Building during the school year for the purpose of discussing edu cational topics. -e- R ena A nderson , Pres. E dna M inard , S e c . ___ C O K EEL KLUB—A business men’ s K social organization. Hall in Laird’ s building, Second street. A. J. S herwood , Pres. F red S lagle , Sec. m m er c ia l c lu b — j . e . N orton C o President; J. C. S , Secretary avage 'Transportation Facilities RAINS—Leave, south bound 9:00 a. m. and 3:00 p. m. North bound » 0 :40 a. m. End 4 :40 p. m. r boats plying on the Co B OATS—Six quille river afford ample accommo dation for carrying freight and passen gers to Bandon and way points. Boats leave at 7 :30. 8 :30, 9 :20 and 9 :30 a. m. and at 1:00, 3 :30 ami 4 :45 p. m. L. La ini, proprietor. S TAGE—J. parts 5:30 p. in. for hoeeburg De via Myrtle Point, carrying the United Slates mail and pa«engers. F. Linegar. |>ost- P OSTOFFICE.—A. master. The mails close as follows : Myrtle Point 8:40 a. m. and 2:35 p. m. Marshfield 10:15 a. m. and 4:15 p. m. Bandon and way points, Norway and Arago 12:45 p. m. Eastern mail 5:15 p. m. Eastern mail arrives 7 :45 p. m. rabbit ou all fours. After that It Ls but easy work to dispatch the animal. The trap la then rebalted, and the “ cookie” continues his journey to the next snare, and so ou until he has made the rouud At the camp the rabbits are hunt; head down on the outside o f the camp, where they freeze and are kept in good condition until the day o f the feast. The Qlght before Thanksgiving the unlmals are taken down front the peg, thawed out a bit before the camp fireplace and their pelts removed. Aft er being cleaned the meat ls thrown into a big kettle with a liberal supply of onions, potatoes, carrots and other vegetables and allowed to simmer over a slow fire. The dish when served with a side dish o f dressing and a ntug o f cider with just a bit of edge on is hard to be beaten by any culinary artists. Almost as good as the rabbit stew ls the plum pudding, which the cook takes pains to have extra good on Thanksgiving day and Christmas day. Unlike the pudding of that kind, It ls made with ftesh bread, molasses and ail the plums the mixture will stand. It Is put in the oven early in the morn ing aud allowed to remain until ready | to be served as a course with the mince or apple pie, piping hot aud full o f the elixir o f life. Of course the baked beans must be served on Thanksgiving day, but they are^cooked just a little bit better than those doled out during the week. They are served-Xor breakfast. The beaus are picked over and the poor ones re moved the evening previous to Thanks giving and after being allowed to re main in salt cold water for a short time are put in a big kettle with plen ty o f pork and buried in the ground on a bed o f glowing hardtvood coals. When one rolls out of his bunk in the morning, shivering just a bit from the cold, a big dish o f the smoking baked beans is found on the table. Besides the beans, there will be brown bread such as cannot be constructed in any other part of the world, some cold cream o f tartar biscuits, molasses and dried apple sauce. Besides, there are plenty o f tea aud coffee without milk, but which Is good enough to keep out the cold until early in the afternoon, when the Thanksgiving dinner ls served. It was not very many years ago that woodsmen thought it necessary to have a haunch of venison or moose meat for the holiday’s principal meal, but that time Is past, and now it is rabbit pie, baked beans and old fashioned plum pudding.—New York World. K IN G FO R A DAY The First Thanksgiving Proclamation is a mistake to suppose that the I T annual Thanksgiving proclama tion of the president of the Uuit- ed States is always written or dictated by tbe president. As a mat ter of fact about all the president has to do with it is to sign his name to it The actual composition o f the Thanks giving proclamation ls the work of a specialist in the state department at ginning for a Thanksgiving message, so he changed it to “ When we review the calamities which afflict so many other nations, the present condition of the United States offers much matter o f consolatiou aud satisfaction." Even this sentence was changed, re written, corrected, revised, modified and altered several times by various members of tbe cabinet to whom It Thanksgiving. fyyitu. íotobcUtnl- L&i 'U/YuXtd. ftaAiw »I dvmurXo-' Now we feast. So did the pilgrims. Now we take in football. A 5 *rotta/m ato/m . Then they dodged hostile Indians. Now the hostess thinks up novelties. Then they were pleased to have plen 'V a H a &I’I wt*ttA4U Stl\l U«dbo*wu£jL4 «rfw cti <x^LcX -% Vol+n>6 PREPARATIONS RKQIN EARLY. ty of plain food. Now we revel in asparagus, arti work o f slaughter. Most o f the rab chokes. pens and celery. bits make their winter home under low Then onions, potatoes, turnips and scrub bushes o f hard wood and hunt cabbages were their vegetables. Washington. He endeavors, year after was submitted, but it was finally al for food under the dead leaves which They were thankful, devoutly so. year, to express practically Che same lowed to stand, as shown In the ac have been blown from the trees during Are we? sentiments In an entirely new way or companying reproduction of portions the fall frosts. These mounds of at least without repeating verbatim o f the original proclamation. leaves are Just the place to conceal the Tbe proclamation was issued on Jan. anything that had been said in previ Thanksgiving Day. strands of wire and horsehair to be With grateful hearts let all give thanks. ous Thanksgiving proclamations. And, 1, 1795, and set apart the following used us snares, and it is indeed a wise All lands, all stations and all ranks. as may be readily understood, this task Feb. 19 as a day for thanksgiving and rabbit who can escape the trap. And the cry comes up along the way. is becoming more difficult with each prayer. A liberal supply of whole corn and For what shall we give thanks today? Any one who desires to see all the successive annual call for a day o f re oats is used as bait for the rubbits, Thanksgiving proclamations issued by joicing and thanksgiving. For peace and plenty, busy mills, being scattered under the leaves iu “ The cattle on a thousand hills;“ The first Thanksgiving proclamation presidents o f the United States will close proximity to the snares. The For bursting barns, wherein is stored wire is run for some distance along the The golden grain, a precious hoard; Give thanks. surface of the ground and Is then at tached to the strand o f horsehair with pi/ruUtxtM. vAsctiv. tiw* ^ (¿yt/yicÿld For orchards bearing rosy fruit, a loop and running noose in the end. For yielding pod and toothsome rooc And all that God declared was good In this noose more corn or oats are In hill or dale or field or wood, placed than anywhere else, and the Give thanks. Ì ouà U xò C lwc C $t*0vvwncCU*H4 •¿mM****’ ^ rabbit invariably spends much time over a few kernels of the grain. It is For water bright and sweet and clear, vwutfcL Stektu là otante x tAx. ^ A million fountains far and near; while thus loafing over his food that he For gracious streamlets, lakes and rills dcuj tuU uà a. meets his doom. That flow from everlasting hills; After breakfast has been served In V “ Give thanks. the camp and the men have gone to For summer dews and timely frost, their work the “ cookie” commences his The sun s bright beams, not one ray lost; ever issued by a president o f the Unit flnd them preserved In red leather vol- rounds o f the snares. Never does he For willing hands to sow the seed ed States was signed more than 11G . umes in tbe state department While have far to go from the starting place And reap the harvest, great indeed; years ago by George Washington, and 1 George Washington originated the eus - Give thanks. to find one or more bunnies carefully the original document is preserved iu tom, many of his Immediate succes nosing through the leaves aud select For hearth and home, love’s altar fires; the library of the state department. sors did not follow his example, and it ing the choicest pieces of corn. So at For loving children, thoughtful sires; The first draft o f the proclamation was not until Abraham Lincoln be- For tender mothers, gentle wives, tentive is the animal In his quest for started off: “ In the calamities which | came president that the annual Who fill our hearts and bless our lives; food that he seldom notices the ap afflict so many o f the nations.” But ! Thanksgiving as a November holiday Give thanks. proach o f the hunter or any one else Attorney General Edward Randolph j became u regular institution in the unless there be a dog in the party. For heaven’s care life’s journey through. did not approve of such a gloomy be- United States. For health and strength to dare and do. And while thus eating the hunter For ears to hear, for eyes to see crouches under some tree at the far end Earth’s beauteous things on land and sea. o f the wire and at the opportune tithe Give thanks J e^UwiOVVvj W hfArtoÇ 5 tu**** tojjAdö- tfur feai pulls the “ atring” which catches the —M. A. Kidder in New York Sun. K l A \\a&0 <|| CtvwlAKXa tu it* DON’T FORGET THE PUDDING 99 A. T. Morrison J. 8. Lawrence Recorder ................... Treasurer ................... ........... R. H. Mast City Attorney ... P. M. Hall-l-ewis Engines’- C. A. Evernden Marshal John Hurley Night Marshal Water Superintendent .8. V. Epperson Fire Chief......................... Walter Cording Councilmen—D. D. Pierce. C. T. Skeels W. C. Lain!, G. O. Leach, W . H. Ly ons, Leo J. Cary. Regular meetings first and third Mondays each month. County Judge Commissioners- Armstrong Clerk .... ........... Sheriff ........... Treasurer Assessor ......... School Supt. Surveyor.......... Coroner Health Officer J. J. Stanley ..Ned C. Kelley ...................John T. Hall -W . T. Dement, Geo. J. James Watson ................ W. W. Gage .... .....T. M. Dimmick ................... T. J. Thrift W. H. Bunch .............. A. N. Gould .......... F. E. Wilaon ........... Dr. Walter Culin Societies will get the very best PRINTING at the office o f Coquille Herald —Bradley in Chicago Newt. P E R Y E A R $ 1 .5 0 THE INDIANS’ CELEBRATION OF THANKSGIVING DAY. FIE Interest In Thanksgiving day aud its observance ls Jifst ns in tense these days among the reser vation Indians as iu college towns where great football games are sched uled to occur. Especially is this true Iu the southwest, where the Indians have had an opportunity to become thoroughly civilized o f late years. The white people find no more enjoyment In this day o f universal cheer than do these same dusky redskins. It is a day of feasting, playing and gaming, with a big dance at night Such sport comes only once a year to them nowadays, when they have had to forsake the scalping knife for the plow. Their wild nature revolted at the idea of work, and It has been with much difficulty that the government agents have made farmers out o f the young braves. A day o f rest and amusement is considered good for their better nature, and thè government au thorities are willing that Thanksgiving day shall become a festal time for the reservation wards o f the nation. The Klowas and Comanche«, who not long ago were placed on allotments, will have forsakeu many o f their wild plans o f amusement this Thanksgiving, owing to the fact that they have been cut off tbe free list o f beef issues They have arranged to draw grass money on Thanksgiving, and a goodly portion o f this will be spent in pur chasing food for a grand feast. At night they will take part in a green corn dance, at which thanks will be of fered to the Great Spirit for the good crops which they have had the last sea. son. The spirit o f thankfulness per vades the Indian celebrations. The Osages hold a big feast at Paw- huska, their capital city. All mem bers o f the tribe are invited to take part in the festivities. At the begin ning and end o f each month—and there are many—the aged missionary who lives among them is invited to deliv er a short prayer, thanking the Great Spirit for the good things which the agent has sent them. The food ls cook ed by the squaws, and. while it could be prepared in a much cleaner and more tasteful manner, the cooking ls an Improvement over that o f a few years ago With this cheer they give thanks that “ by the goodness of God they were far from waut.” —New York Tribune. T O lA V a t íu WMMÍ fjgl fc I W V j & AVU Á, udd o D O flt OL/fc City and County Officers Ju-1icc of the Peace Constable ob Printing— New presses new material and experienced workmen. A guarantee that Herald printing will please Thanksgiving Favors. Decorations for the Thanksgiving dinner table arouse much Interest in the candy and pastry shops. There never was such a variety before. Three Inch turkeys constitute candy boxes. There are dolls dressed in pumpkin colored paper from hat to train. In their hands they carry little bags made out of tiny pumpkins. Little negro doll boys clap pumpkin cymbals; others guide automobiles that have pumpkin wheels. Little pumpkin conches as charming as the one that carried Cinderella to the ball stand In line with other devices. Fruit plates nre plied with red cheek ed apples, grapes, bananas, pears and lemons, eneh one o f which is a candy box Careful reproductions are seen In the mammoth peanuts and the minia ture lobsters, which also make candy boxes. T h , R e a l N a t io n a l B ird . Do you know that tbe bird ofTImnka- KiYtni; day la more o f a national bird than tbe lordly eagle? Tbe eagle la to be found u native o f Europe and Asia as well as America, but the turkey Is all our own. He was not known until a full century after Columbus. He was flrat seen in tbe Carollnas. and when specimens were carried over to Europe they were balled ns "the most beautiful present made by tbe new •world to the old." It ls n curious fact, however, that considerable error pre vailed as to the true source o f the fowl. I)r. Samuel Johnson gravely defined the turkey ns a "larger domestic fowl. Rupposed to be brought from Turkey.” Europeans bad iiencocks,venison steaks and even canary birds’ tougues, but what were any o f these as compared with the American turkey? Reflections of a Thankful Pessimist. Did you ever think, when it’s rain ing and snowing at the same time and the streets form a dainty swamp of slush and the chills are running up and down and back, how very much you have to be thankful for? On such occasions look In your empty coal bln and fold your arms In content. True, the coal bln Is dark and dank. But think bow much blacker it would be if the coal were there! It’s the little things that make or mar one’s happiness; therefore the less coal one has the happier he should be. For such is logic. A noted philosopher has said, “ The coal bin is a has-been.” Shivers are the very soul o f comfort. Filling a Want. Blghead—My folks say that if I come home for Thanksgiving they’ ll kill the fatted calf. Miss Sharpe—Yes; 1 suppose if you don’t go home they won’t have any fatted calf there. IN A S M U C H . In a s m u c h a s y o u h a v e filled T h e n eed s o f h im t h a t w illed, In th a t m e a s u re be y o u t h rille d In y o u r t h a n k s . «» In a s m u c h a s y o u h a v e g iv e n In the a id o f w h a t h a s s tr iv e n U p w a rd , so be you, too, d riv e n B y y o u r than ks. A s yo u lifted y o u m a y rise, Y o u m a y so a r b e y o n d the skie s, E v e n w it h th e t h o u g h t t h a t flies, W it h y o u r t h a n k s . — E. B a r fo d in P h ila d e lp h ia N o r th A m e ric a n . T t t V t V T T V W t V T t T t T rVTTTT ! The Pilgrims’ $***+++2 p , +++++++Ì h +♦+♦+++* i m t » * 4 .» » * » I Thanksgiving Day +*++++++•)•++++++•►+++.» r n a r r \ v < > the grand old pilgrim father William Bradford, governor of tbe original New England colo nies. belongs the honor o f being tbe first to proclaim In America a gen eral thanksgiving day which should bo a festival as well ns n day of thanks giving. The mouth of November, 1623, had been a weary one to the bitterly tried pilgrims. Their months o f toil and patient waiting for the ingathering o f the harvest seemed about to end in the deepest disappointment The earth was parched, the whole land cried out for ruin, and the crops were being ruined for lack o f moisture. It was under these depressing conditions that Pilgrim Father Bradford called together the little band of settlers and set apart a day to be devoted to fasting and prayer that the glassy skies might be come cloud covered and the windows of heaven be opened to give life to the thirst dying fields. It did not look promising for a day of thanksgiving, and yet circumstances changed the day api>ointed for fasting and prayer to one o f rejoicing, feasting and thankfulness. The pilgrims were in the very act o f praying for rain 1 THE r i L O l i i a i S ’ T H A N K S G I V IN G . when rain came. It came In such floods and It came so opportunely that the pilgrim fathers were convinced that Providence had smiled on the little band of forlorn men. women and chil dren who, driven from their own homes, had been forced to pitch their tents on the wild and inhospitable shores o f a foreign land. William Bradford in his proclama tion had called the day a feast oi‘ thanksgiving, aud the best hunters in the colony had been scouring the ad jacent woods for wild turkeys and other game to supply the wants o f the colonists and their guests. The kitchens of the pilgrims were crude and rough, but the good dames did their pest, and the result was a repast satisfying and sumptuous enough for tbe most exacting. The menu con sisted of roast turkey dressed with beechnuts, venison pasties such as the pilgrim mothers knew so well how to make, savory meat stews with dumplings of barley flour, clam chow der served in enormous bowls with ! sea biscuits floating on the surface, ; roasts o f all kinds, broiled fish, salads, | cakes and plum porridge. Lastly, ! there was a bountiful supply o f oysters, the contribution o f Massasoit | and bis ninety w’nrriors to the first Thanksgiving bill of fare. Tbe great est dinner o f the festival was given on Saturday, the last day o f the celebra- ikm. History chronicles that it was i one of the loveliest days o f the In dian summer, and so mild wfas the ! weather that the good pilgrim dames were able to set their tables in the | open air, and in the primitive forests In the wildest country, in a new and unexplored world, was celebrated the brightest and most Joyous Thanksgiv ing on record. THE SEAL OF THANKSGIVING -m w c -ja