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S W IF T & C O M PA N Y ’S Premium Hams' EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK Empire Bacon Transpiring in Oregon Boiler Down to Least Number ol: Lines and Yet Make the Subject Understood Winchester Bacon Silverleaf Lar<) Jewel Compound A SK FOR IT Nosier Sc Norton n is T iu n c T o H s C oquille, Oregon Phone H om e 1 1 1 Coquille Herald is now fully equipped with modern faces of type and accessories for the execution of J ’V ; r 31 0 0 V PRINTING 0 rc 0 in a style unexcelled and at prices equally as inviting as can be obtained from others H a tu H m f s PRINTED PROMPTLY A N D ACCURATELY ET Work entrusted to us will receive the personal supervision of a practical printer who takes pride in the proper execution of every detail H Give Us a Trial Order SEE California this Winter Its Attractive Seaside Resorts Famous Hotels, Magni ficent Scenery, Delightful Climate, Outdoor Sports of all Kinds, with Miles of Drives through Orange Groves and along Ocean Boulevards THE H A S IN E F F E C T R O U N D T R IP F A R E S $ 5 5 ,0 0 P O R T L A N D TO LO S A N G E L E S E F F E C T I V E J A N U A R Y 1 s t, 1 9 1 3 $)4.70 "’ 0.20 44. 30 42.60 41.83 Eugene Roseburg Grants Pass Medford Ashland to Los to Los to Los to Los to L os Angeles Angeles Angeles Angeles Angeles A g in t, Portland, Oregon is about to have one ol the finest natural mountain trout hatcheries in the United States. It is located in the Klamath reserva tion on Spring creek, and is a gushing spring of ice-cold water Mowing into Klamath Lake. It is an ideal place for the propogatiou of mountain trout and the matter of securing a site has been taken up with Representative Hawley. Oregon San Francisco a n d Bandon F irst-c la ss fare o n ly U p freight, per ton $7.50 3.00 a t y o u r * G r o c e r s ' WHITE RIVER FLOUR Q M akes E T T E R T H A N E V W hiter. L ig h te r E S u c h a p o o r little m id g e t th e y th o u g h t h e r T h a t r i g h t up b e tw e e n th e m th e y c a u g h t h er. T o a to y s h o p th e y w e n t. E v e r y p e n n y th e y s p e n t. A n d a lo v e ly n e w d o lly th e y b o u g h t h er. W h a t a C h r is tm a s th in g ! a n d s o Jolly, T h a t P e te r a n d P u tty a n d P o lly , A ll o u t f o r good tim e s W ith t h e ir q u a r t e r s a n d d im es. S h o u ld h a v e c h o se n to s p e n d th e m on M o lly I —S t. N ic h o la s. G a m e of O c c u p a tio n s . E ach chooses som e kind o f w ork to do, c a llin g it o u t so all can h ear. T hen th e lead er beg in s a sto ry —fo r exam ple. ‘‘I w en t o u t tod ay , b u t ju s t a s 1 cam e th ro u g h th e kitchen I sa w o u r cook**- H e re th e p la y e r w ho has chosen to he u cook ste p s fo rw a rd an d g o es th ro u g h som e cooking m otions, say in g , ‘‘W h at w as sh e d o in g ? ” If th e lead er finds o u t iu th re e g u esses th e cook goes back to h e r olace. If not sh e becom es le a d e r an d goes on w ith th e sto ry T h a t w ill, o f course, be m ad e to su it th e o ccu p atio n s an d m ay proceed so m e th in g like this: ‘‘I w en t dow n th e ste p s an d w alked to th e co rn er, w h ere th e re w as a c a rp e n te r busy a t —, und on a roof acro ss th e s tre e t a p lu m b er w a s” — A nd so on T h e b re a k s are tilled, a s prev io u s d escrib ed . M ost oc cu p a tio n s a re such th a t to p erfo rm th e ir d u tie s req u ires m any m otions T h e cook e^n be k n ead in g breud or g rin d in g coffee. F or th is reaso n th ro e g u esses a re necessary. Th e Y u le Log. T h e Yule log is a g re a t log o f wood, so m etim es th e root o f a tree, b ro u g h t Info th e house with g re a t cerem o n y on C h ristm a s eve, laid in th e fireplace an d lig h ted w ith th e b ran d o f last y e a r ’s log W hile It lasts th e re a re g r e a t sin g ing. d rin k in g and tellin g o f ta le s S om etim es it Is acco m p an ied w ith C h ristm a s candles, b u t in th e co tta g e s tlie only lig h t is from th e glow of the log. T h e Yule log is b u rn ed all the n ight, an d if it dies o u t it is co n sid ered a sign o f g r e a t ill luck T h e Yule log Is y e t b u rn ed in m any fa rm h o u s e s of E n g lan d , p articu larly in th e n o rth , and th ere are m an y su p e rstitio u s co nnected w ith It. If a sq u in tin g p erso n com es into th e house w hile i t is b u rn in g or a person barefo o ted it Is co n sid ered a bad om en. T h e b ran d re m a in in g from th e Yule log is carefu lly p u t a w a y for n e x t y e a r’s C h ristin as tire. M e a n i n g s o f F lo w e r s . H ere are som e of th e flow ers w ith th e ir m eanings: Bose, love an d Joy; ro seb u d , youth fu ln ess; poppy, co n so latio n in sic k n ess; sage, esteem : s c a rle t fu c h sia , taste ; sc a rle t n a s tu rtiu m , sp le n d o r; sn a p d ru g on, p resu m p tio n ; sn ow drop, consola tio n ; sunflow er, false rich es; stra w b e r ry. p erfe ctio n ; sw e e tb rie r, po etry ; sw eet pea, d elicate p le a s u re ; sw e e t w il liam , c ra ftin e s s; sy riu g a, m em o ry ; th is tle. su rlin e ss: tig er lily, p reten sio n ; tu lip. d eclaratio n o f love; violet, m o d esty ; w a te r Illy, p u rity ; wood an em o n e, sick n ess; w orm w ood, ab sen ce; w h ite j a s m ine. am iab len ess; w eep in g willow, m ou rn in g ; w h eat, rich es; q u in ce, te m p est; pine tree, boldness. A C h r i s t m a s Ga m e . All th e p la y e rs e x c e p t one. wTho is blindfolded, sit to a circle on th e gro u n d o r on ch a irs. T h e blindfolded one w a lk s a ro u n d o u tsid e th e circle, sin g in g : For F 1 H S T N A T IO N A L B A N K / Farmers Taylorsburg, Ohio—Abe Skiu- ner, the village pessimist, laughed himself to death from reading B IF F ! the Great American Maga zine of Fun which is nuking great er strides than any other magazine before the American public today. It is a magazine that will keep the whole family in good burner. The staff of Biff contains the greatest artists, caricaturists, critics and ed itors on the continent. It is highly illustrated and printed in many colors. It will keep the whole fain- dy cheerful the year ’ round. You can afford to spend 50c a year to do this. Seud this clipping and 50c today to the Biff I’ nblishtng Co , Da\ ton, Ohio, for one year’s sub scription. ---- C o q u ille , O re g o n Ik e hom eliet squaw h is the soft- ct longue. and Merchants Bank L ad d & T ilto n B ank, P o rtla n d N a tio n a l P a rk , N ew Y o rk “He Laughed Till He Died” | F i r s t N atio n al B an k , S an F ra n c isc o F i r s t T ru s t & S a v in g s, C oos B ay OLD RELIABLE—EQUIPPED WITH WIRELESS | STEAMER BREAKWATER | ALWAYS ON TIME From Portland 9 A. M. D e c e m b e r 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 From Coos Bay D ece m b e r 7, 14, 51, 28, PAUL L. STEHLiNG, Agent Phone Main 181 u » _ McCall’s Magazine, the leading fashion journal in America, is 50 c i year, the CoqniUe Herald 6 50 a year. For those paying in advance we will give the magazine and a 15 cent pattern of your own choice from your first copy of McCall’s together with the Herald for one year for i t 75. This offer is good >nly for a limited time. See adver tisement elsewhere in this issue Men are hung on circumstantial evidence. Light weight, over fating and false descriptions are some of the evidence against catalog engines. The Stickncy Engine will prove every assertion we make—Let us show vou. A womau’a watch doesn't run very often, and when it does run, lt runs too slow. Every man who says he is will ing to «lie, if need be, to help others, is really very anxious to live to enjoy the notoriety he is getting with liis selfish statements. Pay printer promptly, please. Magoon Guilty and Convicted Nosier & Norton Strawberry Plants T~< pkk H U N D R E D SKOOKUM |J . H. O ER D IN G RESTAURANT >5j P h o n e M a in 245 C O Q U IL L E , O R E G O N % ZSZSZS£V C. A. HARRINGTON PROPHIETOR Roseburg-Myrtle Point Auto Line Com e and See J. L. L A IR D ,'Proprietor Sam e Old P lace L e a v e s M ry tlc P o in t d aily a t 7 o 'clo ck M i s tl e t o e . T h e m istleto e is in tim a te ly co n n ected w ith m any of th e s u p e rs titio n s o f th e G e rm a n s and tlie B ritish . In th e n o rth ern m ythology B alder is said to h av e In c o rp o r a te d . been slain by a sp e a r m ade fro m a M a n u fa c tu r e r s o f b ran ch of m istletoe. T h e m istleto e is The Celebrated Uerqmann shoe still h u n g up in fa rm ho u ses a n d k itc h en s a t C h ristm a s an d th e jo u n g m en The Strongest and Nearest Water h av e th e privilege o f k issin g th e girl Proof shoe made for loggers, miners prospectors anc mill men. u n d er It, plucking each tim e a b erry from th e bush. W hen th e b e rrie s are 21 Thurman Street all p lucked the p riv ileg e ceases. P o r t l a n d , O regon . C onundrum s. W hy is it d an g ero u s to sleep ste am ca r? B ecau se th e tra in ru n s sleepers. W h a t should you do if you sp lit sid es w ith Inughtor? Bun u n til g et u stitc h iu them . P ly in g B etw een San Francisco and Bandon O F irs t-c la ss fare only $7.50 U p freig lit, p e r ton ....... 3.00 O' S u d d e n & C h ristian se n your you j A g e n ts , S a n F ra n c is c o , C a lifo rn ia Business Directory I A D D irecto ry o f e ea a ch c h C ity, Tow n a an<l nd ■ irectory V illage, g iv in g d e s c rip tiv e s k e tc h o f e a c h place, lo catio n , p o p u la tio n , te le g ra p h , sh ip p in g a n d h a n k in g p o in t; also C lass 1 D irecto ry , co m p ile d b y b u siness an d profession. ( A CO.. ftK A TTLK riv in g a t M y rtle P o in t a t 2 o ’clock. S p ecial rig s f o r p a r tie s a t an y tim e . J S t a g e R u n n i n g in C o n n e c t i o n Carrying United States Mail and Passengers’ Baggage Office at Laird’s Livery Barn, Myrtle Point H om e T ele p h o n e 461 ¡ ; ><! ^ *r% F o r R e s e rv a tio n s NOSLER & NORTON A g e n ts , C o q u ille , O re g o n |j qh ICHESTER S FILLS TIIK IMAMOM» BRANI». a 1 st. \ * f r < m < | __________ _ O N I» It It \ N 1» 1*11.1.*, for l a year* kn o w n as B est, S a fe st. A1 wey* R elia b le SOLD BY DRIGGISTS LVLRYWHL0F R. L. P O l.K A rriv e s a t R o se b u rg a t 2 o ’clock L eav es R o se b u rg d aily a t 7 a . m ., a r F a rm e rs T ele p h o n e 156 Str. B r o o k l y n in n ' over I POLK’S' T* ’ ► .• » * a. m . se a te d an d calls som e flow er n am e th re e tim es quickly. T h e one w ho hug th e n am e m u st sa y it once b efo re th e lead er has said it th re e tim es. If she falls th en she becom es lead er. W hen th e len d er say s ‘‘F lo w e r b a s k e t” th en all th e p lay ers q u ick ly c h a n g e places. 1 For the Ladies R e s e rv a tio n s NOSLER & NORTON Agents, Good mau who ia alwaya A man never complains ol bis the people must wife’s relations—if she hasn’ t any. The uews disnatches of the daily I bats to let them out of his sight : Y ou may bet on election and papers atiuouuce that there is a tre on 1 night. lose: hut het on Oregon and you’ re mendous output of sauer kraut in Wheu do you pay the printer ? sure to win. Freetpont, Ohio, which is declared to lie the center of the kraut iudus- « J . SHERWOOD P r e s . R. I.SHINE, V .-P re s . try in the Uuited States. t . H. HAZARD, C ash ie r 0. c. SANFORD, A x t. Cashier The product is the largest iu years, thousands ot tons of cabbage having been grown in that vicinity O P C O Q U I llliB , O R P G O ft, and having sold at $3 50 to $ 650 a ton, with the result that the grow T r a n s a c t s a G e n e r a l B a n k i n g H u s i n t e i h ers have made money from the land devoted to such vegetable. B»«rA ef D i r e c t o r , | CorrciponCcnl. The soil ol the Pacific Northwest R . 0 . D em ent, A . J . Sherw ood, N ation»! B ank o C om nieic». N rw Y o il C l L . H a rlo o k e r, L H . H azard, I O rooker W oolw orth N ’IB nuk, San F r a u d states is well adapted to cabbage Isaiah H acker, R .K .H h iu e. I F irnt N a t’l Bank of P o rtla n d , P o rtla n d growing, and it will not be lqng wheu the fame of the Ohio town in the above tespect will be trans R. S. K now lton , President G eo . A. R o binso n , Vice-Pres. ferred to some, particular distiict K. II. M ast , C ashier. out this way. There should he a great kraut factory--several of them —somewhere in the state of Ore gon, Washington or Idaho. It would encourage the farmers to COQUILLE. OREGON grow cabbage extensively, aud the waste stuff from this vegetable Op ned for Busmes March. 1 9 0 9 would be of benefit as suitable feed for cattle, hogs, sheep and poultry. co rrk spo n d en ts : —Pacific Homestead. W h o c a n tell w h a t I ’m lo o k in g fo r, S o m e th in g 1 w a n t to fin d ? Is it n o r th o r s o u th o r e a s t o r w e s t? P le a s e help m e, f o r I ’m b lin d . T h en th e sin g e r sto p s, an d th e one behind whom he s ta n d s m u s t a n s w e r In a concealed voice th e n am e o f som e article. T h e blin d fo ld ed p la y e r m u st g u ess w ho th e sp e a k e r is o r tr y again. If he g u esses a r ig h t t h a t p la y e r m u st ta k e his place. Tu j trying » > b e n e f it O R E G O N a n d W A S H IN G T O N R B read A n d th e n —o n th e c o rn e r s to o d M olly, T h in , r a g g e d a n d q u ite m e la n c h o ly A n d so b b in g a lo u d I n t h e h u r r y in g c ro w d . F o r s h e 'd f a lle n a n d b ro k e n h e r dolly. E. & E. T . Kruse 2 4 C a lifo rn ia S tr e e t, S a n F r a n c is c o /X c ja in P o lly a n d P a t t y s a id . C a n d y ,” W h ile P e te r , a b it o f a d a n d y . D e cid ed to b u y A d a i n ty n e c k tie T o m a k e h im s e lf look s p ic k a n d s p a n d y . William H. Farlow of Wamic, 70 years of age and for 44 years a res ident of this state, recently commit ted suicide by haugiug. Mr. Farlow telephoned a neighbor to come to him in half an hour on urgent busi ness, When the neighbor arrived Farlow was not about, but his body was later discovered by his F lo w er B ask et. wife hanging in the woodshed. No L et each p lay er choose th e n a m e of a motive is known except melaucho- flower, no tw o being alike. T h en th e ho stess s ta n d s in th e c e n te r o f th e cir- ly, due to continued ill health. le o f ch a irs on w h ich th e p la y e rs are Regular as the Clock hares apply to Cotton, P asa d en a, Riverside • Barnarlino, with corresponding Low Fares iioni Intermediate Points and stop o v e rs going or returning and long return limit Descriptive and Interesting Literature on various Attractions of the t»omcn state may he obtained from any Southern Pacefic Agent, or by writing Pass. Jacob K a m a , a veteiau steam boat man of the Columbia river and reputed to be one of the wealthiest men in the Pacific Northwest, died at his home in Portland at the age of eighty-nine years? A campaign to increase the pro duction of eggs, milk and butter in the valley is being waged by Hood River orchardists It is proposed to raise hogs and chickens in the or chards, start a dairy and inaugurate a gteater diversity of industries. The Oregon Almanac, an authen tic report ol Oregon, its resources and activities, published at the e x pense of the state for the purpose of giving prospective homeseekers re liable inlormation. will be ready for distribution in a few days. It will be the most complete book ever published in this state. Miss Eva Coolidge has just been elected president of the Coolidgg McClaine bank, Silverton, a posi tion perhaps not held by any other woman in Oiegou She is a daugh ter of one of the founders of the bank, is a progressive business wo man and much interested in the de velopment of her city. R. K. Fitzwater, near Lebanon, planted 21 acres of potatoes last May, from which he gathered 6,600 bushels. He gave $180 per acre for his land and, if he succeeds in get ting the 50c. per bushel which he hopes, he will make more than half enough to pay-tor his land the first year. Str. Elizabeth S am e a id . . John. M . Scott, <ien. Lebanon will pave twelve blocks next summer. A total of $42,259 in 19 12 was contributed to the state from the sale of timber within tlie forest re serves. The first socialist church in the United States is to begin operations in Portland, and will be called ‘ 'The Peoples church.” Hood River vally, }n proportion to the population, has a smaller amount of livestock than any other community in the state. Mrs. A. F. Holgate, a pioneer of Oregon and the second white wo man to settle at Alsea Bay, celebrat ed her 8 ist birthday at that place recently. A large consignment of Oregon apples has been shipped to Buenos Ayres via New York. The fruit will travel 10,000 miles from the or chard before reaching consumer. O n c e P e te r u n d P a t t y a n d P o lly W e n t o u t f o r a rid e on th e tro lle y . A q u a r t e r a n d d im e E a c h h u d a t th e tim e To s p e n d o n s o m e s w e e t C h r is tm a s fo lly Money in Kraut cleanliness " Is an im p ortan t factor in a G rocery B u sin ess of the first class. W e m ake a point of abso- lu te clea n lin ess in the store and in th e stock T R Y V IM F L O U R 1 D ra n e 's S to re