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About Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1905-1917 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1913)
I « J. SHERW000 Prat. R i.lffitt, V.-Prea. "Beneath that, eh?” muttered Willy AN EXPENSIVE ROAD. H o u n o f Retired Wives. ’ Blake, drawing a long breath. l.H. HAZARD, Csatls» 0. C S'HFGRO A «»t.C attiti One of the most interesting houses Highway Through Mountains of Nor 1 think eo,” said John proudly. we saw in Algiers wag the “ House of way 3,715 Foot Above Sea Level. “ What’s your plan now?" growled Tom. Ill some parts of the United States the Retired Wives.** It stands directly opposite the Cath “ You two slide out. while I remain the geographical conditions make the Op COQUllihb, Ok jO;1 behind. 1 can conceal myself In one building and maintenance of good olic cathpdruL which was once the pal ace of the bey; and the House o f the of tbe anterooms until dusk. Then roads almost au Impossibility. To con T r a n s a c t s a G e n e r a l Un »k . >^ B u s i n e b e you two return with tools, and I'll let struct a good highway through certain Retired Wives is now occupied by the archbishop. l ! -- o you In. We can remove tbe altar In a ,. « sections o f tbe mountains Is a stu ■•art af Olraalart. | C irro ;, When the bey wns supreme In Al ! Jiffy and have the treasure out and pendous task. But lu many sections giers, before the intervention of France, K. O. Dement, I away In no time.” A n d Its W o n d e r fu l A . J. Sherwood, j |v i ,lllu k ■ ' .ercr. N r* T o rt Oi L. liar linker, "How about tbe guard? Isn't there even short stretches of roads have been the pulace contained several hundred L . H . Hazard, I '< ’ kei W .»olv.it 'b an k , San Fran c! Secret ;; wives. And as new ones were fre Isaiah Hacker, some kind of a watchman on duty built at an enormous outlay of money. R . E . Shine. I j : ,t v .t Hat - f J ’ (Hand, Portland. I * _ < > One of the most difficult roads to quently added, old ones had to be re .i < ► here?” - tired. So as a wife became superflu “ Hardly. The priests have trouble build—one that perhaps cost us much - : By C LA R IS S A M A C K IE J » — » ********************. A le x so n Building ous or undeslred, for any reason, she enough In rounding up the sinners In as any other In tbe world—was con was sent across the street, where she ********** **************** - R. 8. K no w i . t o n , President East End F iis t 81. .V ) A Hi. i,V ice*P res. tbe daytime. No danger of tbe ras structed through the deep July snow had much more freedom than in the cals haunting the mosque at night. R . H. M a si The three young men gloated over Most of them are drinking sweet cof bey’s pulace; for there she was sup the beautiful, silky carpet from Tabriz posed to keep to her own apartments fee In some cafe until morning.” « John Fleming had spread It on the and not wander about at will. In the “ Very well, John. Pick out your hid House of the Retired Wives she could floor of hls studio, and bis two friends ing place. Tom and 1 will go now. PRO PR IE TO R move about ut will. sat cross legged In the middle of Its There, behind that carved screen In She left all jewels and valuable pres rich expanse while John pointed out the corner So long, old chap.” COQUILLE, OREGON ents which the bey hat* bestowed upon When John Fleming had dodged be Its remarkable pattern. her in the palace for her successors, "It's exactly as Billy translated from hind hls screen and tbe footsteps of but she was fed und clothed until she the old I'ershiD manuscript,” said John hls friends bad died away on the stone Opened for B u sm es M arch. 1890 died in her uew home.—National Muga- excitedly. "Here Is the body of the floor he saw a shaft of golden light aine. mosque. All these little squsres are pierce the gloom of the mosque and Keep the Flie* Out of the prayer rugs of the worshipers. Here then vanish. He knew that the door CORRESPONDENTS ' Whirlpool Suggested Silencer. I In the niche facing the east Is the altar. had opened and closed behind the Your House by putting \ l.add & Tilton Bank, Portland First National Bank, San Francisco forms o f hls friends. Mr. Maxim had been working on the This mixture of peacock tints repre in Screen Doors and National Park, New York First Trust & Savings, Coos Bay Hours passed People came and development of uutomohile engine muf „ sents the altar Itself, and beneath the flers for some time before he thought Windows. He makes altar, so the manuscript says, lie burled went, and at the hour of sunset tbe g a.' #-• <-• d a t i t i a a a a & a ; of a silencer in connection with a gun. these famous emeralds of the great place was crowded. A priest went up them to order Into tbe tower, end far below In hls In addition to this wns the luventor’B | shah.” Also’ Screen Safe«, Ironing Boards, desire to enjoy target practice without "W ho has been dust these 200 years,” place of concealment Fleming beard Bread Boards and Step Lad the whining musical chant of tbe creating a disturbance. Experiment solemnly added Billy Blake. ders o f any size OLD R E L IA B L E — EQ UIPPED W IT H W IRELESS ensued, covering a couple of years and | "Fence to hls ashes,” piously eon- muezzin call to prayer. SCREEN DOOR FACTO R Y j eluded Tom Pike "B y the way, John. After that all was quiet He was all kinds o f valves, vents, bypasses, ex entirely alone. pansion chambers, etc., but without J. E. Q U I C K When It was dark, the thick, velvety success. One morning after hls bath C O Q U ILLE OREGON blackness of an Asiatic night, be step the inventor noticed the small whirl A L W A Y S ON TIM E ped softly to tbe outer door and, open pool over the drain hole, the action Sails from Portland at 8 A. M., lng It gently, whistled softly. of which retards the egress o f the wa Sept. 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 29 A dark figure glided toward him ter. It does not silence it (as this I.ean Angers gripped hls throat and phenomenon is usually accompanied Sails from Coos Bay at Service of Tide choked him Into silence. He struggled by a more or less pronounced sucking Sept. 4, 9. 14, 19, 2.1 has installed a modern Steam Pres and tried to cry out but he was pow sound), but iu a gun the noise of tiring sing machine, and is prepared to Tickets on sale to all Eastern points and information as to routes erless In the grip of a giant is caused by the sudden egress of the serve his trade better than ever. and rateb cheerfully furnished He was borne back Into the mosque, gases, and If these could In the same Bring me your work. and far away from tbe entrance In s W. L. K0LM, Agent Phone Main 181 way be glowed down the noise would SPRING SAMPLES ARE READY tiny niche he wns set down, and hls In proportion be decreased. Acting on See my display of suitings for spring captor produced a vile smelling oil Ian this suggestion, a little tube was then and summer. New and nobby pat tern. made, constructed so as to Induce a terns at lowest prices. Then It was that Fleming saw hls whirlpool in the escaping gases from Bring your Repair Work to me. captor was a tall, fanatical looking In the gun. This, when tried, wag a suc dividual, with a wisp of dirty greeu cess.—American Machinist K. H A L V E R S O N C. I. Kime silk wound around hls disordered head. Front Street "Come to the altar!” hissed the man An Unworthy Peer. In French. "You will show me and I In "The Memoirs of William Hickey, will dig for the emeralds of the great 1749 to 1775,” we read that Lord Lit shah.” He pressed the blade of a tleton was a professed gamester and M E C H A N I C A L knife suggestively against Fleming's “ the meanest wretch lu existence.” *‘I throat and there was nothing to do was attending an appeal in the house save to obey of lords,” says the author, "when I^ord With ill grace John Fleming consent Littleton, passing through the lobby, Regular as the Clock ed and. going to the altar, directed its said to the head doorkeeper, ’Can you G e n e r a l I’.lacksmithing removal as well as the displacement lend me a cambric handkerchief? My Wagon Mailing, Machine of the great block of stone upon which rascal has neglected to put one iu my Work, Pattern Making and It stood. pocket.’ The man abruptly refused Casting, Automobile Work. Together they worked In silence, us • 1 b y U n d erw o od & U nderw ood. and added, in the strong language of ing the rough tools the man bad COQUILLE, OREGON the day, ‘I ’ll be ---- if your lord- RO AD ON D Y R E S K A U D TABS, NO RW AY. First-class fare only.............$7.50 brought with him. When the altar ship shall rob me of any more; you have V p freight, per ton_________ 3.00 had been removed from Its bed of drifts upon Dyreskuril pass, in Nor- had two already.’ Another time Lord cement they pried up the stone slab wuy. This road Is 3,715 feet ubuve the Littleton grossly abused hls coachman LE A N FINO EH S G R IP P E D H IS T H R O A T AMD C H O KED H IM IN TO blLEXC'E. beneath It and found nothing but a level of the sea, and tbe workmen were for being ten minutes late with the E. & E. T . Kruse compelled to dig through snow, soil carriage. ‘You scoundrel,’ said he. aft what Is your Idea about discovering solid bed of cement Then It was that the fanatical priest and rock In order to make it passable. er a volley of oaths, ’did 1 not order you 24 California Street, San FrancUco these emeralds? You’ve claimed that In certain sections of the United to be ut the Savoir Vivre a quarter be the purchase of this rug was only the flew madly at John Fleming and States roads have been built through fore 7?* ’Yes, my lord,’ said the man. would have killed him had he not been first step toward making the three of the mountains, but In most Instances ‘and I was not ten minutes after the Via Coquille and Myrtle Point For Rezervation» us rich. We’ve put all our available the swifter o f the two and managed to outrun hls enemy In the dark cor they are poor and impassable, espe time.’ ‘Blank — blank — blank — blank, coin Into It. What next?” NOSLER & N O R T O N ners of the mosque. Happily at this cially in severe weather. you rascal. In those ten minutes I lost “ Well, the manuscript says that this Leav* b Marshfield...... 5 a. m. The roads In the mountains of North 2,000 guineas T ** Agents, Coquille, Oregon famous rug Is u replica o f the floor of moment Billy Blnke and Tom Pike Arrives Roseburg 1 p. m. Carolina are perhaps the poorest, but appenred, and while . John Fleming the rose mosque In Tabriz. Unfor Leaves Roseburg..... 0 a. m. are being Improved. This section Is A Fine Flow of Speech. tunately, there Is much discussion as snntcbed up bis precious roll of rugs sparsely populated, and the Inhabitants Arrives Marshfield afternoon. A native lawyer was defending a to which of the modem mosques was they covered bis esenpe to the street are no longer willing to put up with Indy client in one of the Madras courts. A U C T IO N E E R built upon the old foundation and floor and followed him to the hotel. Make reservations in advance at Owl "Dished!” said Billy Blnke, disgust the poor roads anil live shut up In the The lady was accused of assault, but ing of the ancient rose mosque. Now Drug Store, M arse field. great mountains, frequently having the man of law endeavored to show edly thumping the bundle of rugs. When you get one, get one o f exper that we have the floor plan It is my every approach to the nearest town cut that she herself had been assaulted "Say anything you like; I'll take It suggestion that we take the rug to ience—20 years at the business Stages, Myrtle Point lo Roseburg, Carrying Baggage and United Stales Mail off by absolutely impassable roads. and had suffered damage on the most Tabriz with us, and when we find the nilP* groaned John, sitting on the edge o f hls lumpy bed In grim despair. conspicuous feature of her counte J. L . L A I R D , P r o p r ie to r E. G. C A S S ID Y BAND O N . ORE. mosque floor plan that matches up with Tom Pike, wbo said little, but In bis nance. INDIANA IN THE LEAD. It. why, we will find some way to Office at Laird’s Livery Barn, My rile Point, Both Phones slow and cautious way did much “ My learned friend,” he said, "with burrow down and get those Jewels. We'll have to pay something to the thinking, removed hls pipe from bis Hoosier State Haa More Miles of Im mere wind from a teapot thinks to lips and dragged out hls suit case. browbeat me from my legs. He runs proved Roads Than Any Other. government, I suppose.” 'T ’ve got Inside Information that the Rhode Island may huve fewer square amuck upon the sheet anchors of my "Suppose we fall. We will be out emeralds of the great shah will be In My poor client has been de miles than any of her sister states; case our money nud the trip we planned.” "Be a sport," said Tom disgustedly. America when we get there,” he said but, according to the Good Rouds Year prived of some of her valuable leath THE mysteriously. “ I f you want to be In at Book, she is the only state in the Un er (skin), the leather of her nose. Un " I f we wlu we can take holidays and holidays. John, I’m with you. Whan the finish come with me and catch tbe ion whose improved rouds amount to til we are told what became of my next steamer for home.” half o f her total roads. Delaware, her client’s leather nose the witness can do we sail?” It wns significant of the subdued closest rival for smallness, has only 6 not be believed. lie cannot be allow "The 22d—Prince Joachim,” said John mood of tbe two younger enthusiastic per cent o f Inr roads improved. Mas ed to raise a castle in the air by beat promptly. Will Accept "Engage my passage, too," groaned treasure seekers that they merely fol sachusetts presses her tiny neighbor in ing upon a bush.” —Londou Mail. lowed hls suggestion. this respect by making a showing of Billy. During the homeward voyage John 49 per cent of her roads improved. Highbrows. "Done," said John Fleming, rolling Flemlug did not display the same so Naturally other states try to discount Will Irwin, the magazine writer, is up the rug. "Now, you chaps, clear out is now fully equipped with modern licitous care concerning tbe Tabriz car this primacy of Rhode Island. An In credited with the invention of the I’ ve got a lot to do In the next three pet. For him It had lost Its value. faces of type and accessories diana journal accounts for it on the word “ highbrow.” It was coined to days." When they landed In New York Tom ground that the state is in reality express a blend of “ snob” and “ aea- j Fourteen days later the three friends for the execution of nothing but Providence and Newport demic.” He first used it when, as a | and the Tabriz carpet landed In the Pike showed signs of excitement “ Fellows,” he said cautiously, “ soon and their suburbs. reporter, he hod occasion to describe i Persian city and put up at a very In It then disposes o f Massachusetts by the proceedings of societies who talk different hotel. John Fleming had as we’re through the customs get a the remark that, except for some hills ed about the betterment of the drama gained for himself the reputation of tnxt and bent It to John’s studio.” Tw o hours later three excited young through which only state roads run, He thinks that the word will be assim being eccentric, for he traveled no where without a rolled and strapped men flung themselves from a taxicab that conimonwealth Is practically one ilated by the dictionaries. and dashed up the stairs to Fleming's big town. This process o f elimination steamer rug In hls hand. He even ap studio Once there, they locked the door leaves Indiana at the top in the per peared at the captain's table with It Cheerful. and opened wide the closed windows. centage o f improved roads. But the during the passage, and his plea that Professor of Chemistry—I f anything i "W ell, Tom, what Is It?” demanded Iloosier State already has honor enough he needed It for a foot rest was not should go wrong in this experiment Fleming and Blake In the same in the fact that It possesses more miles entirely acceptable to hls table com which is a particularly dangerous one. \ breath. of Improved roads than any other state, we and the laboratory with us might panions. "Unroll your precious rug,” said the although its 25.D00 miles exceed Ohio’s be blown sky high. Come closer, gen- j They did not know that carefolly supply of improved highways by only tlemen, so that you may be better able j sewed between two steamer mgs waa silent one. They obeyed, spreading the silky a few hundred miles. These two states to follow me without difficulty.—Lon- j the carpet from Tabriz. are far ahead of the rest. Next to don Telegraph. The morning after their arrival In oblong on the dusty floor. ----- O N----- "Find the peacock altar,” went on them come New York, with 15,000 the city they set forth on their search miles; Washington, with 12.000; Wis for the rose mosque, whose Identity Tom. in a style unexcelled and at prices Bad Oversight “ Here It Is,” said John, hls finger on consin and Kentucky, with 10.000 each. hn<l been lost In many a pillaging and "W hy these pouts?” equally as inviting as can be —New York Evening Post. sacking of the city by Infidels. Some the rich mass o f color. “ Look at this press notice I” stormed "Take your knife and dig there. where In the street of Sweet Incense obtained from others the actress. A New Road Material. was a rebuilt mosque whose floor John, and 1 reckon you'll find the em "Tiie critic speaks highly of your With a view of obtaining a road sur genius.” would correspond with the pattern of eralds! That's my Interpretation of the manuscript.” face which will give a better resistance the Tabriz carpet. “ And never mentions my gowns.” — Every Part of the Art of Ten minutes later three awed young to automobile traffle, experiments are Washington Herald. It was not until tbe second day that they stood In a small mosque wedged men sat bark on their heels and gazed l>eing made again in France with a In between dark gray buildings. John at a handful of large uncut emeralds roadbed material consisting of an inti Two Ways. Fleming did not unroll hls rug It was which they had released from the enre- mate mixture of "iron straw,” or iron "Be mine” is the proper form when has had Our Careful not tiecessaiy, for even to the unstud fnlly lied knots of the peacock threads In the shape of a wiry or fibrous mass. proposing to a girl because you love Fucli ns Is commonly used for cleaning her "Be my mine” Is all right if she’s ied eyes of Billy Blnke and Tom Pike j of the rug. Attention It was quite true. Beneath the skill and scraping purposes in tills country, rich, but slur the pronoun carefully.— Hie floor of the edifice was similar In arrangement to tlint of the silky rug. fully woven pattern of the altar of the together with cement mortar and sand. IjoulsvUle Courier-Journal. As lliey stood there gazing. John Flem rose mosque the great ahnh had hid- Such material Is called “ ferro-eement.” ing pointing here and there through ilen hls Jewels. It had remnlned for and It appears that tests as to Its fit Wifely Cheer. ness for road surfaces are giving good the gloom there became visible, Tom Pike to discover them It is our business, so it "I haven’t a pull with any one.” said results. But the Iron Is not the usual John Fleming arose and. lifting a through the wear of centuries and the the unsuccessful man is necessary that we use pressure of countless feet, traces of bronze laurel wreath from Its hook oa kind found in commerce, being prepar "Oh. yes. you have, dear,” said bis PRINTED PROMPTLY ed specially for the purpose by suita the wall, carefully placed It on Tom's the beautiful marble flour. The altar, wife encouragingly, “ with the fool kill the very best and latest AND ACCURATELY ble machines of appropriate design. It tow colored hair. which might once have been that fa er “ -L ife - Is claimed that the resulting material methods to turn out the "W hat next?" he naked gnyly mous gem of peacock coloring, had ” 1 want to make plans for a kurt- will not be an overexpenslve one.— been In a later day of restoration over We feel most lonely when we feel best work possible •ng trip," said Tom Pike mildly. 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