mountain road nearly all the
way, and enough actual bill-climb­
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corder that when it copies anything
from our “Synopsis of Many Events’
and uses it among its “ Items of
Local Interest” it is liable to get
something that is dog-goned old,
From the number of people who
have been throwing fits over a sup­
posed awful transgression of church
people, erroneously reported to the
Herald, it is evident that this paper
has n wide circulation in its borne
city.
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Readers of the Coos Bay Times
have doubtless noticed that when
ever that paper has spoken of the
case against F. B. Cameron, recent
ly convicted of bootlegging at South
inlet, Cameron has always been
spoken of as the former editor of
The Agitator. This is not because
the Times think it is any glory for
the “ profesh” that a former mem
ber is liable to go to jail, but because
the Agitator took so many hard falls
out of Mike and got under his cuti­
cle so excrutiatingly that he can’t
get it out of his mind, and he can’t
help gloating over the present situ
ation.
The much-heralded I. W. VV
strike seems to have been a not-
lamentable fizzle. From all accounts,
no camp but the Conlogue camp was
at all crippled by the “ walkout,
and that camp kept right on run­
ning. If there is any reason for a
strike in the logging camps of Coos
county the reason has not been given
to the public. The boys seen to be
pretty well satisfied with their wages
and their treatment. Further, they
are a lot of good fellows who are
willing to earn their wages and have
no deep seated grouch against their
employers merely because they are
employers. That the industrial sys­
tem is not what it should be ought
to be seen by every one, but the
remedy does not lie in the I. W. W
program.
B le e p
SUNDAY SERVICES IN
COQUILLE CHURCHES
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Services Sunday at 1 1 a . m . and
7:30 p. n>.
Sunday School at 10 a. in.
Persons who abhor democratic
Frank H. Adams, Pastor.
ideals insist upon it that “ common
folk can't be trusted.” Something
M. L Church
was done once in Libby Prison
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
which casts light on this point. In
Preaching at 1 1 a m. and 8 p. m.
November, 1864 , the prisoners de­
Prayer meeting Thursdays at
p. m . R oy L. C l a r k , Pastor.
termined to hold a Presidential
election. At the time every man in
Christian Science Society
the prison was anxious, and • more
Corner Third and Hall streets.
or less angry, at the Washington
Services at 11 a. m. next Sunday.
Government because of the break­
Subject lesson sermon “ Soul and
down in the exchange system; they Body.’’
were sick, worn out, dying by
Wednesday evening meeting 3:00.
scores. Presumably, therefore, these
poor fellows would turn Lincoln
M. L Church South
Services next Sunday as usual
down, and very hard, too. But
Sunday school at 10 . a m.
they did not. The vote was for
Epworth League at 6:45 p m.
“ old Abe,” three to one, and Lin­
You are invited to be present.
coln referred to it later as the mos
C. H . C l e a v e s , Pastor.
encouraging episode of that cam­
8T . JAM ES EPISCOPAL.
paign. This is told by a famous
Services first and third Sundays
New Yorker, George Havens Put­
Sunday school
nam, in the second edition of his of each month.
monograph, “ A Prisoner of War in every Sunday at 10 a. m.
You are heartily w tie« as«1.
Virginia.” He was only twenty
HMtohiF j * W i r . R ih iJ ti i, M r « «
years old, a First Lieutenant of the
176 th New York Volunteers, and
CHURCH OF CHRIST.
he thinks that was the most im
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
portant vote he ever cast.— The
Christian Endeavor at 0:30 p. m.
Prayer meeting, Wednesday even­
Public.
The above is interesting in view ing of each week ai 7:30.
There will be preaching at the
of the arguments that have been Christian Church, Sunday both
put forth against the recall, especi­ morning aDd evening.
ally the recall of judges. It will be
You are cordially invited to all
remembered that we were treated these services.
T. B. McDonald, Minister
not many months ago to very
learned dissertations on what would never in G od’ s world convince me
have happened at the time o f the or any saue man that low wages
Civil war if the people had been in­ have nothing to do with girls going
vested with the power to recall a wrong.
president, and we were solemnly, if
not tearfully assured that Lincoln
Telephone W o rk
would have been recalled at the
most critical period of the war
It
E. C. Drews, manager of the Home
was a good argument, had it been Telephone Co., was in the city last
true— but it wasn’ t. It is true that week on his way to Bandon where
Horace Greely and some others be would endeavor to show the peo
who were in a position to make a pie that the movement now under
good deal of noise were bitter way for an opposition telephone sys­
against Lincoln, but the great mass tem could not result in better ser­
of the American people were for vice, but quite the reverse. Con­
him first, last and all the time. The siderable work has been done on the
common sense and honesty of “ the lines in and about Bandon lately,
People” can be trusted always, and ncluding the putting in of 6000 feet
he who thinks otherwise has an­ of cable and the rebuilding of lines
other think coming.
leading out of town. When the
Itch! Itch! Itch!
C onstant Itch.
In tolera ble agrony,
ECZEM A!
A fe w d rop s o f a mild, sim ple, w ash
— Instant
re lie f— all
skin
d istre s s
GONE.
Municipal Railway Pays
HOUSE CLEANING TIME
cisco Star.
Tbe average daily
D. D. D. Prescription lor Eczema
Sounds too good to be tru e?
We
gu aran tee it.
T h e first fu ll size bottle f r e e i f D.D.D,
ca n n ot m c h you r c a m .
P ot your
c o m f o r t s sake, it Is w orth a triaL
C om e dn and let u s tell you about k .
A ls o abou t D.D.D. Soap— It help*.
W a sh in g A m m o n ia ,
$ 7 to .40 in March
Superimeli
Cashin says the Municipal Ralway
C. J. FUHRMAN, Druggist
D u s tin g C lo th s
C re so le u m ,
-
-
25c
10c
for disinfecting
F o rm a ld e h y d e ,
25c
for fumigating
B orax
penses.
The following is a list of tbe exer­
cises for tbe closing of the year’s
work in the Coquille schools. Some
of the dates have had to be changed
but no further changes will be
made. Those interested in these
exercises and planning to attend
them would do well to cut out this
list and preserve it for reference.
Friday, May 23, 1:10 p m„ Patri­
otic address to grudes at the main
building by Mrs. J. W. Rutledge.
Friday, May 23, 2:30 p. m , ex­
hibit of school work in grades of
main building.
Wednesday, May 28, 1:30 p. m,
progressive programs anil exhibit at
Academy building.
Thursday, May 29, 1:10 p. m.,
Patriotic address to pupils of Aca­
demy building by Mr. Bolden.
Thursday, May 20, 8:15 p. m.,
Annual Gold Medal Contest in Dec­
lamation at the Masonic Opera
House.
Sunday, June 1, 8:00 p rn., Bac­
calaureate sermon by Rev C. H
Cleaves at the M. E. Church South.
Wednesday, June 4, 8:15 p. in.,
Final Commencement exercises at
the Masonic Opera House.
The public is cordially invited to
attend any or all of these exercises.
All of the programs are free except
the declamatory contest to which
an admission of 25 cents will be
charged.
On Friday afternoon, May 23, the
exhibits of school work will he on
display from 2:30 tbioughout the
remainder of the afternoon Patrons
and friends of the school are invited
to call at any time after the hour
mentioned and remain as long ns
they choose. In addition to the ex­
hibit at the Academy building on
Wednesday, May 28, a program will
be given beginning at 1:30. This
program will be a progressive affair,
a part being given in each of tbe
rooms. These exhibits are the first
of the kind ever given by the Co­
quille schools and it is hoped that
the patrons of th^ schools will all
be interested enough to call at the
school and see some of the things
that have been accomplished
25c
-
W in d o w S o ap
nearly $ 5,000 for April, after mak-
Sehool Exercises For
Closing the Year’s W ork
best
50c
B oraxo
Died
HANSCOM— In Coquille, Ort
May 15, 1913, Charles AI
Ilanscom, aged 77 years, 5 months
and 1 1 days.
Tbe deceased was born in Wash­
ington county, Maine, and was one
of the old residents of Coos county
having come here about forty years
ago. For many years be followed
the vocation of an ox-teamster, be­
fore the days of the donkey engine,
and engaged in logging, on Coos
Bay. Later, ho lived with his fam-
ly at Coaledo.
At last be went to
Puget Sound, where be stayed sev­
eral years, returning about five years
ago. Since then he has lived in this
city with his sons-in law, J. B. and
T. R. Pointer. Of late years he has
been very feeble, aud his death wa s
not unexpected. The funeral was
held Friday, May 16th. Charley
Ilanscom was at one time one of the
best known men on Coos Bay and
had a host of friends. With big
passing, the old settlers will realize
that their number is still further re -
duced.
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ROUTES
CHILD WEDDINGS IN INDIA.
Candy
K e p t the B a b y P a rt n e r s Q ui at
D u r i n g the Ce re m on y .
Four hundred marriages were per­
formed simultaneously at the last wed­
ding celebration at Surat among mem­
bers of the Lewa Kunbl caste.
None of tbe brides wns more than
twelve years of age. the majority be­
ing from one to seven yeurs old, while
the bridegrooms varied from three to
nine. Most of the contracting parties
sat or Iny on the Inps of their parents
during the ceremony and were given
sweets to keep them quiet
The caste only celebrates every ten ot
twelve years.
These baby brides, of course, do not
Join their husbands when they are
married. They wait until they reach
the age of ten or eleven, when there
Is a second marriage. Should a baby
bride's husband die before she reaches
the age for the second marriage she
becomes a widow and has to remain
so all her life.
In such enses tbe
widow at once loses enste. Her orna­
ments are taken off her. and she be­
comes a sort of outcast, hardly treat­
ed, looked down upon and generally
made a household drudge.
The husband, on the other hand,
should his bnhy bride die before the
second marriage, may marry again. In
fact, he Is expected to do so within a
few months of the death of the bride.—
Bombay Cor. Philadelphia Ledger.
crew finishes tbe new line being put
LOW W AGES AN D VICE
in between Empire and South inlet,
(Coast Seaman’ s Journal)
the boys will be sent over to rebuild
The allegations of Uncle Trusty’s
tbe line from Norway to Arago.
press organs that starvation wages
To a man up a tree it would seem have nothing to do with driving
Must Brand Butter
that the Socialists are perhaps in girls to prostitution shows how little
line to receive great benefit from the imagination and understanding ot
State Food and Dairy Commis
I. W. W. movement. It is drawing human nature the average high-
from their ranks a number who are salaried editor possesses. It may sioner Mickle has formulated the
simply anarchists and agitators with be, of course, that his shortcomings following ruling for the making of
out plan or aim except to make all in that respect constitute the raison dairy made butter:
“ All dairy butter offered or ex­
CURRY COUNTY CULLINGS
the trouble they can. Heretofore d’etre for his high salary, which
posed
for sale will be considered
(From the Port Orford Tribune)
these people have allied themselves would be quite in keeping with
Mrs. A. H. Moore Sr , continues
with the Socialists on the principi Uncle Trusty’s reputation as a misbranded if it does not have
plainly marked on each roll or very low at her home in Gold Beach
shrewd business man.
of being “agin the government
But, to come back to the question square the words, ‘Dairy Butter,’ ‘16 and it is not expected that she will
without any conception of true
A Sincere Provider.
Bobble M. was visiting with a neigh­
socialist principles or any real desire at issue, ii hunger, cold, loneliness, ounces full weight,’ or ‘32 ounces recover.
full weight,’ and the name and ad­
bor while Ills mother wns In the city
to bring about a state of society in insults and contempt of the world
We are pleased to be able to re­ on a shopping trip. Bobble and two
dress
of
the
manufacturer.
Any
which every ir,ao will receive the full which poverty invariably begets,
port that Robt. McKenzie Sr. is re­ other children played at housekeeping
person oJering or exposing for sale
fruits of his labor— which means, are not enough to make the average
covering from his recent illness and In the backynrd, and In tbe course of
dairy butter not branded in com­
the housekeeping Marla believed she
also, that no man can live off the girl view the "primrose path” as
is up and around the house again. needed supplies.
pliance
with
this
ruling
will
be
fruits of another man’s labor. This the lesser evil, what then do you
"Bobble, yon go for some Ice cream
The Wood Bros, store at Harbor
prosecuted uoder the statutes pro­
and lemons at the grocery,” command­
class of agitators have cast much suppose drives so many of our girls
recently
went
into
the
hands
of
a
vided for the branding of food pro­
ed Marla, and Bobble obediently trot­
discredit on the Socialists, and the into lives of shame? You surely do
receiver, but the trouble has since ted Into the alley at the rear, as Marla
ducts.”
latter are to be congratulated tbnt not mean to insinuate that it is the
been adjusted by a settlement of believed. "Jes' playin’ he was goin' te
the grocery."
this undesirable element is slough "total depravity” with which our
50 c on the dollar.
Economy.
Ten minutes later, Mrs. S., with
ing off, leaving their organization learned friends, the theologians,
Knicker— What Is your wife's Idea
D. M. Moore is temporary post­ whom Bobbie was visiting, went ta
in a clear and healthier condition have so generously imbued human of economy? Booker—Sbo out« food to
master at Gold Beach, and it is the telephone, and the voice of hei
grocer Inquired:
nature! What then, pray, keeps save I t —New York S ub .
thought
that he will hold the place
“ I guess Bobble has lost the money
It will be seen by the article in yourself in the straight and narrow
another column that Douglas county path? Will power, eb? High ideals? Linegar Must Get Oilcloth permanently, as a strong petition for the tee cream and lemons he came
after.
1 can't find any change In hli
has been sent to Washington asking
is at last moving in the direction of Hum, I would like to see a bunch
pockets. Or did you want the things
his appointment.
charged?” —Indianapolis News.
improving a road into Coos county, ol you stroug willed idealists placed
A Washington dispatch gives the
Under the name of the Brookings
and that the Middle fork route is on a raft in the middle of the ocean accomplishments of which fourth
“Stagger” Oil.
the one cboaeu. The report of the without water and ptovisions, and class postmasters must be masters Land & Timber Company, the
From the beginning of September
Brooking
people
have
placed
a
engineer indicates that he • under watch how long you would abstain in order to come under the civil
until November a small fish called
Btands the situation in the canyonf from cannibalism! We can all ol service rules. It would seem that mortgage of $ 850,000 upon their stickleback Is caught In considerable
quantities olT the Island of Duna-
and that he has practical ideas as to philosophize clatuly on the troubles Postmaster Linegar will be safe ex- timber lands in southe{u Curry. munde, at the mouth of the Dwlna
This
money
is
to
be
used
in
de­
what is needed. Having been the of others, but before you pass judg- cept for one requirement. How can
river. In the gulf of Riga, and also
first person fool enough to try to merit on poor girls who go wrong, he measure the oilcloth o d the post veloping their holdings—building a near the Island of Semgallen, In tba
Dwlna river, near Dunaberg. Russia.
ride a bicycle in over that road, the try for a while to maintain your office floor when there aint any? big mill at Brookings, near Chetco The fishermen make an oil from this
river,
running
railroads
into
their
writer can heartily endorse the en­ body, soul and self-respect by work- The dispatch says:
fish which Is very useful In the leather
timber, etc. This is the largest I and harness Industry ns a preserve
gineer's remarks as to the present ing ten or twelve hours a day for a
Fourth class postmasters must be
tlve. The name of this fish Is "Stleh-
grade. When one leads a bicy le wage of $5 a week. Just try it; able to read, count accurately the mortgage ever placed upon Curry j llng" in German, the common name Is
county
property
alone.
up all the bills—aud down most of that’s all.
"kasernge," and In some communities j
money they receive, measure the oil
Jake White, of Langlois, and Ray j It Is called “stagger."
them because they are too steep for
Remember that it is only the ex- cloth on the floors of tbeir offices,
riding— he imbibes very clear and ceptional girl whose ideals have at and write at least a decipherable Martin, of Bandon, returned from
Wisdom and Lovs.
positive impressions us to the grade. ained those heights from where letter once in a while, in order to a trip down the coast Saturday, | How shall we help the life of the
There is no reason, however, why a suicide looks more inviting than be taken under the wiog of tbe civil where they had been to make ar­ future? Pimply by putting wisdom
rangements for an auto passenger and love Into onr own life and Into
splendid road with very easy grades prostitution. In the average healthy j service.
human affairs. All genuine virtue is
line
which, in company with E l vital nnd vitalizing. It carries In It
should not be consltucted on the girl the love of life is stronger than
In effect, they must have a reason-
Middle fork route. The lay of the any and all consideration of motals. j able understanding of “ readin,- 'rit- Henry, of Bandon, they are going the power of God to conquer evil nnd
country permits it, and Judge John The law o f self-preservation is su- in’ a n d ’ritbmetic ” This is in ac- to establish between Bandon aud establish righteousness. It is a living
seed, holding In Itself Interminable
F. Hall once informed the writer preme with her, as it is with every cordance with instructions issued Crescent City. They will put two I harvests of Its own kind. Planted In
50 h. p. seven passenger cars and human society. It will bear fruits of
that ho helped survey the route and healthy animal. And with wages by the Postoffice Department,
good grades were found.
The insufficient to keep body and sou l: Persons wh 1 take the exainina- one 40 h. p. five passenger car on welfare through the centuries.—Charlee
O. Arnes.
trouble seems to have been that in health, can you, Mr. Worldy tion must be citizens of the United the run. They will leave Bandon j
wheu the road was built the con­ Wiseman, tel! me what under our States, over 21 years of age, and rs everv day for Langlois, Port Orlord j
S to o d b y H ii T h e o r y .
Thales, the ancient philosopher, de­
tractor found it easier to go over present "Christian Civilization” is side in tbe community they asp'-s and Gold Beach, and will leave
clared that there was no difference be- |
the high points than to grade the left for a girl but to choose between to serve. No one must be era-' Gold Beach each alternate day for tween life and death. "W h y . then,”
road around them. The result is J suicide and prostitution? Until you dishonest or have been dishoD _ Crescent City to connect with the cried one of those to whom the remark
was made, "don't yon pnt an end to
that, while the road follows the | can show me that there is another ably discharged from the army r j stage line running to Eureka.
your life?" “ Because." was tbe reply,
general course of the river, it i a. and better alternative, you will navy.
"there Is no difference.”
1 Hive you paid the printer.
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