à i ROAD WORK TH È HINTS. Quit “foolin ' n with tho roads and get down to businosa. Your grandfather's ways will not hold up under present day traffic. The read question is inter* county» interstate and nation wide. Why not national highways aa well as national waterways? SKOOKUM RESTAURANT Rooms in Comietion Alexson Building Bast End First St. POOR ROADS KEEP MILLIONS FROM SCHOOL GEO. C. THERAULT Ignoranc. and Poverty Dua to Unim- proved Highways, PROPRIETOR The following la an extract from a very Interesting and important contri­ bution to Farm and Fireside: “ Out o f 25.000.000 children In the United States fewer than 18,000,000 go to school. Keek the Flies Out of "O f those 7.000,000 children who do Your House by putting not go to echool half of them Hve la the country, where bad roads—muddy in Screen Doors ana roads, rutty roads, dangerous Iteads— Windows. He makes not only prevent them from getDag to them to order and from school, but by tbelr lajwver- Isbment o f the farm prevent thO exist­ ; Also'Screen Safes, Ironing Boards, ence o f any good schools for diem to | i; Bread Boards and Step Lad­ ders of any size go to! SCREEN DOOR F AC TO R Y “ Many children are killed eatb year walking railroad tracks to school Why? J. E. Q U ICK They hare no roads to walk o d . ilany COQUILLE OREGON children each year have no ec&JOls to go to. Why? The roads are Jh bad there Is no profit In farming, no honey for schools, no progress, no grtf rib, no ambition. Hundreds of thousands o# children yearly have to do with 1 little has installed a modern Steam Pres­ schooling, a little part of a tdrtn at sing machine, and is prepared to school Why? Because father needs serve his trade better than ever. their help on the farm. He Isn't mak­ Bring me your work. ing money enough to spare hfh chil­ SPRING SAMPLES ARE READY dren’s time for school days, becanee he has to pay so much for hauling his See my display of suitings for spring and summer. New and nobby pat­ crops to market he has no pro#t left terns at lowest prices. for extra hired help! Bring your Repair Work to me. “ Isn't It your problem, ton. Mr*. Mother? Isn't It worth yonr while to K. HALVERSON agitate the qnestlon? Isn't It Worth Front Street your while to bring It np In chnrch. In school. In society. In club, in neighbor­ hood—to talk, to Inquire, to agitate, to educate those who don’t know and perhaps don’t want to know, to under­ stand that the expense of good roads Is like the expense of a new threshing machine, plow or a pair o f horses, Regular as the Clock sure to come back many fold In the course o f time?” Quick Says: K. H a lve rso n Str. Elizabeth San Francisco and Bandon ROADS RAISE PRICES. One Instance of the Advantages ef Better Highways. A contrasting picture of the effect of good roads upon farm prices Is paint­ ed by a dally newspaper o f the grain E. & E. T. Kruse belt In this manner: 24 California Street, San Francisco *‘A good farm on a bod road. Nice house. Modern Improvements. Finn team. High fertility. Seven miles from For Reservations town. Owner wants to selL Adver­ tises. Buyer comes. Has plenty of N O SLER & NORTON cash, seeking good farm, pleasantly Agents, Coquille, Oregon locnted. Roads fierce. Conversation hinges on highway. Buyer wants good road to town. Boy In school. Likes to go In to plays, lectures, church. A U C T IO N E E R Couldn't offer over $100 an acre and doesn't think he wants the farm at all. When you get one, g et one o f exper­ No sale. "Same thing; similar farm, similar ience—26 years at the business circumstances, except good, permanent E. G. C A S S ID Y BAND O N , ORE. road, good every day In the year. Own­ er thinking of selling. Same man with cash In hand looking for farm. Con­ versation hinges on price. Offers $150. Owner can’t see I t Keeps edging up $5 at a time. Sale closed at $200 per acre Everybody happy.” Not the least Important phase o f the whole highway agitation Is the effect of good roads not only upon farm com­ forts and contentment, but, upon farm prices. A farm which had never been priced above $75 an acre before the W ill Accept construction of good roads sold within a few months after their construction for $112.50 an acre, the owner admit­ ting tho ndvnnce In value was due solely to the new highways. Such In­ cidents are far from rare. The amount asked for road Improvement Is large enough at times to stagger us, but there are proofs In plenty that the re­ turns are not long In coming and that the problem Is so large as to call for an ex[ellshed and etched with chlorine wa­ ter. exhibit a crystalline structure. In the case of meteorites the line* thus exhibited on the etched surface srs called Wldnmnnstattlan figures, and their presence Is said to be one of the most Invariable characteristics of those metallic bodies that fall from the sky to the earth But It Is not meant to he Implied that gold nuggets hnve fallen from tbs sky liecause they exhibit a crystalline struc­ ture recalling that of meteorites. Tbs resemblance la apparently only super­ ficial, and the crystals of the nuggets differ In form from those o f the me­ teorites. Another curious fact Is that when a nugget Is heated In a Bunsen flame ex- ploelons take place on Its surface. Blis­ ters are formed which continue to swell until they burst with a sharp re­ port and hits o f gold are violently scat­ tered about It Is evident that the nug­ gets contain either gases or some liq­ uids or solids which are easily convert­ ed Into the guseoua form, the expan­ sion o f which produces the explosion*. -Harper's Meekly. auy wHy by which she might procure aduikjg^oti into the United States with­ out havlug uuy visible means of sup- 1 port. For some reason unknown to her Mury received no reply to this letter. I Whether John bud moved from whero be had last written or whether his letter in answer to hers hud uilscar- 1 rled she did nut know. She had A Tale o f the New York raised the money to take her, and a friend o f hers, whom we will call Emigrant Station Charlotte, was about to start for New York. She persuaded Mury to go with her, trusting to luck for some way of By S A R A H G. T R E V O R overcoming the Immigration restric­ tions. Mary, feurlug that If she re­ The town of Aberaeron, on the coast mained In Wales the money she bud for her passage would dwindle uud of Wales, looks out westward on the waters of tho Atlantic. Here lived a she could get no more, decided to take young r a n Just coming o f uge who. the chances. Wbeu the two friends reached New dissatisfied with the limited opportuui ties afforded him In a little Welsh York and were transferred with other town, purposed to emlgrute to Ameri­ immigrants to Ellis Island Mary fouuO ca. The Welsh language la reuowued that what she feared was true. Not for belug unpronounceable by any other havlug uuy meaus with which to sup­ nationality, and Welsh names resem­ port herself aud no oue to guarantee ble a lot of type knocked Into pi that she would not be a burden ou the country, she wag told that she Therefore I shall have to give tbs characters of tills story English names. would be seut buck to England. "I am strong and ready to work.” I shall call this young man John. John, despite his ambition to Im­ she said to the matron In charge of the prove Ills fortunes In new fields, was women Immigrants, "and I am sure I much attached to his beloved Wales shall find work to do.” “ I am sorry for you.” replied the His neighbors loved him, and be loved them. In the house next to his home matron, "but your case does uot come lived a family with whose younger wlthiu the law.” “ Is there no way by which it can be members be had been brought up. There were two boys, one about his brought within the law?” asked Char­ lotte. own age, another a few years older, "The only way Is for some one to and at the time this story commences marry her.” a little girl—we will call her Mary— This wns cold comfort, for there was about eleven years o f age. but one man In America Mary knew, John spent some time trying to make and she bad failed ever to reach him up his rnlud to go to America and by mall. Among n hundred million more time raising the money to take him there. Then he went about bid­ people she was not likely to find him aud If she did certainly would not pro­ ding Ills neighbors goodby, and by the pose marriage to him. time he had finished It seemed to him Mary wus given a reasonable time to that It would be Impossible for him to find a way to prove that she would be go after all. But be was a stout heart­ self supporting, aud her friend Char ed young fellow and. having made up lotte would uot leave her till she hud his mind, would not turn hack. Little dene so or bad sailed buck to Europe. Several days passed, and, no solutlou of the problem appearing. Mary was notified that she would he deported on a steamer that was to sail the next day. In the morning Mary and Char­ lotte were standing on the dock, dis consolate. waiting for the tender t< lake the former to the ship In which she was to return. “ I f you only had time," said Char­ lotte, “ I nm sure you could find a hua band. I wish I were a man. 1 would murry yon myself. I’m going to nsk the next man who comes along If he won't marry you." A young German passed, and Char­ lotte asked him in the Welsh language If be wouldn't help a poor girl to get Into the country by marrying her. “ Nlcbt versteli." replied the man. A man appeared who looked Into the face of every one he passed ns If seek­ ing some one. t hnrlotte called to him: “ A oes clsian gwrlag arnocb chwl?" (Do you want a wife?) The man In the same language re­ plied. " I ’m Io< king for a Welsh girl from Aberaeron.” "W e are from Aberaeron.” When John left Wales he was twenty years old aud was now twenty-eight He had not changed so much but that Mury could recognize him In the stranger, and she did. “ I know you,” she said. “ Y'ou are John. I um Mary. But I have grown " T O D S A X T H IN K U K B O L D ,” H K S A ID . since you saw me.” Mary was the last one to whom he bade John took her in bis arms. adieu, and when be kissed her goodby “ You may think me bold,” he said, be said: “ but your friend asked me i f I wanted "When 1 have made my fortune In a wife. I do.” America 1 will send you something Mary blushed and geutly disengaged nice for a gift.” hersel f. The child, seeing the sadness in bis “ Why did you not answer my letter?" eye, clung to him, winding her arms she asked. around his neck, loath to let him go. "Because I went west to do some “ Aren't you ever coming back?" she work and did not return till a week asked. ago. I hnve been to every steumer on “ I'm afraid not—at any rate, not till which you would have been likely to I ’ve made myself Independent.” come since then. I have been too busy The parting over, John went up to to come to try this week till now. I Liverpool, where be took steerage pas­ sent a man In my place, but he 1» a sage for New York. In due time he stupid fellow and failed to find you. landed and went to work at ills trade. Only half nu hour ago I learned from Eight years passed, during which the matron that you were here and there were great changes among the were to be deported this morning. friends John bad left In the little town And now the question before us Is, of Aberaeron. Little Mary's father and How nm 1 to get you through? I hnve mother had died and left her In pov­ looked Into several ways, but It seems erty. She wns now nineteen years old to mo thnt your friend has suggested and willing to work, but what could the simplest way.” she do In a little scaconst town In an He looked admiringly on the fresh old country where no Improvement waa young girl with cheeks of phjk and going on? She remembered the depar­ white, and she dropped her ej^ts. Char­ ture of John for America. It had been lotte sauntered away to a different quite an Important event in the quiet part of the dock. place and bad made an impression on “ Often when lonely In my new the child's mind. America had then home,” said John, "and when dream­ been so far distant that she fancied ing of my old one In Wales 1 have John would be n year or more In get­ thought of the little girl who put her ting there. She knew now that the arms around my neck nnd kissed me fastest steamer crossed the ocean In when I came away. And every year four days. The Idea of going to Amer­ I have remembered that she had grown ica. where women found opportunities a year older. Then I began to think for all kinds of work, got Into her head, that when you beenme a womau I and after many days' debate with her­ would go back to Wales nnd If you self and seeking Information from her would consent I would bring you back neighbors she determined to undertake to America for my wife.” the trip—that la. If she could get the Mary said nothing, keeping her eyes necessary funds. fixed on the panorama before her—Cas­ Among other things, she leanied tle William, on Governors Island, the fhnt paupers would not he admitted Brooklyn bridges nnd the skyscrapers Into the United States; that every emi­ of lower New York. grant would he required to prove that “ I f you'll consent to marry me here lie or she would not become a burden now It will save a lot of trouble. Say on the government. This seemed to the word nnd we'll go Inside, call a Mary to be the most Important barrier clergyman and be married.” In her way. The most money she could I f Mary had used the common hope to control wns the amount requi­ phrase of a lady receiving a proposal. site to pay her fnre across the ocean; "It's so sudden,” she would hnve made when she reached her destination she a record for telling the truth. She must rely upon getting work at once made no reply In words, but she show­ This she learned would not satisfy the ed In her face that a great relief had emigration authorities. come over her which resolved Itself In John had from time to time written tears. John took her In his arms for a to those In his native town stating moment, then, releasing her, said: thnt he was doing well and was be­ “ Come,” coming satisfied In Ills new home. He Charlotte was called and Informed had not forgotten them and If any of them ever designed coming to Ameri­ of the method adopted to get her friend Into the United States of Amer ca as he had eottie he would lie glad lea. They all went Into the station and to assist them so their arrival. Ho after a eeremony left together for Man Mary wrote him to ask If there wns hatrnn Island. “DO YOU WANT A WIFE?” Thoo. bergman Shoe Mfg.Go. Incorporated. Manufacturers of The Celebrated Berg man n 6'hoe The Strongest and Nearest Water Proof shoe made for loggers, miners prospectors and mill men. 21 Thurman Street PoHTLAND, O hboon . Have y o u p aid th e p r in t e r ? I » J. SHERWOOD Pro. The Price of a W eek’s Board F IR S T Burt ef Direttore. Cerroopoeéeeto. R. O. Dement, A . J. Sherwood, L. Harlocker, L. H. Hazard, Isaiah Hacker. R .E . Shine. National Bank o Commerce, New York Cl Crocker Woolworth N'lBank, San Franci First Nat'l Bank of Portland, Portland. R. S. 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During Ills wanderings Tom nmrrled the daughter of u settler who had come from Ohio. She wished to get buck to that state as much as her husband wanted to return to Illi­ nois. But Instead of drifting eastward they drifted farther westward, for us civilization encroached upon them the wild uulmuls. by which Tom rnude a living, became scarce, and they were obliged to find new hunting grounds. So at lust they found themselves In n gulch where game wus pleuty and neighbors were few. It was a deso- late life, especially for the woman. Tom offered to take hls w ife east, but she know he had never fitted himself for the work to he done there, and sho preferred to remain where they were rather than run the risk of starving In her former home. Oue day a mnn came trudging up the gulch nnd, stopping at the Burns cab­ in, asked Mrs. Burns If he could be accommodated for a short time. She told him that her husband would he home aoou and then she could give an answer. The stranger said be would pay well for hls board. When Tom returned It was agreed between him and hls wife thut they would take the stranger In, though there wus only one room In the cabin, nnd they were all obliged to sleep In the same room, divided Into two parts by a curtain- The mnn went out every morning prospecting for something—he didn’t say w fe t—aud every night returned to the cabin. He remained with the Burns couple a week, then said to them: “ I’m going away from here, and 1 can’t pay you any board. I have been told that an nrtlcle Is to be found iu this region that Is very valuable. Had I found It 1 could have paid you thou­ sands of dollars for my keep. As It 1» I can't pay you anything.” “ That’s all right, stranger,” said John. “ W e wouldn't have felt war­ ranted in charging you over $4 any­ way, so It doesn't matter much." " It matters more to me than to you It may be thut I've missed the deposit I've been looking for, and some day you may stumble ou It. But you won’t recognize It If you do. I ’m going to leave you some chemicals, and If you ever come across the article I refer to aud mix it with the chemicals und burn the compound It will give a green flame." He gave them some Idea of what tho substance looked like In Its crude form and. pouring the chemicals from hls stock Into bottles, left them with hip), with hls address, telling them If they ever found the article to write him aud he would make them rich. A month passed after the stranger’s departure and the Burnses would have almost forgotten bis coming had It not been for tile bottles h^bad left them that stood In the cupboard. One day John, Instead of hunting In the gulch aud the regiou thereabout, went down to Its mouth and, rounding a mountain spur, entered u valley. He encounter­ ed a trapper, who told him that noth­ ing could live there, not even animals, and there was no use for him to try to get any game there. So desolate wns the place that It was called Death valley. John hnd heard o f It and con­ cluded to have a look at It before go­ ing home. So he wundered about In It He hadn’t gone far before he saw scattered about a substance that an-^ swered the description tila boarder hnd given him. He gathered k o ic of It and took It borne with him. After supper, while hls w ife wns washing the dishes, he took a piece of the substance he bad brought from Death valley and, putting It In a tin pan, poured the chemicals over It nnd set fire to it. As be did so hls wife paused lu wiping a dish nnd watched him. As the flame hurst forth the two looked at each other with surprise aud pleasure. It burned green. The couple talked that night ovei various plans to secure what value there might be In their find to them­ selves. They thought of presenting a claim for the ground where they had found the substance, but realized that they were too poor and too ignorant of the subject to handle It themselves, so they wrote to their lodger thnt they thought they had found what be had been looking for. He came to see them, and John showed him a specimen of hls find and also that It burned green. The stranger uttered an exclamation of delight. "That Is borax," he said, “ used foi washing purposes In every household In America.” He told John thnt If he would tell him where it lay he would form a company to tnke the ground, work it nnd would give John half of all hi made out o f It himself. John accept- od Ills proposition, nnd an agreement wns written out and signed by both ac­ cording to the terms. It turned out the stranger had a large borax company behind him with us limited capital. A company wns form ed. nnd be retained 20 per cent of th* stock. O f this he assigned one-half te John, which gave him more money than he and hls w ife could spend They went hack to the east, wheal they lived In comfort for the rest eA their live*. 0. C SANFORD, A(it. Clsklsr O f) C O g U l h b l , O R B O O f t . OREGON and WASHINGTON CHICHESTER S PILLS W JC*V T U R D IA M O M I» IIR \ NI». A R. I.IHIRI, V .-l’rei. l . H. HAZARD, C i t k l t r El 1 G iv e U s a T r i a l O r d e r J