tJThe Herald, the --Id estab­ lished reliable newspaper of the Coquille Valley in which an “ ad* always I'H.ngs resultr. V O L . 32, T he C oquille H erald C O Q U IL L E , C O O S C O U N T Y , O R E G O N , T U E S D A Y , O C T O B E R 14, 1913. NO. 4 CITY DIRECTORY Fraternal and B enevolent Orders F. A A. M. - I r meeting of A • Chadwick 1/wlgn No. *S 8 A. F. A. M.. at Masonic Hull, every Sa urdav night in each month on nr Indore tin* full moon. (\ W. IlNjMooTr, VV. M. If. II. M a s t , Secretary. lti-kUi.ti meeting of Beulah O K. . Chapler^No. 0, m»con«l and fourth SYNOPSIS OF MANY EVENTS THE NEWS IN TABLOID FORM Friday evenings of each m. nth, in Ma­ Condensed for the Quick A s­ sonic Hall. E va H arrow , W . M JottKI’lll NK ti. P koim . kh , Sec. T o . o . F.—Coquille No. 58, i. <)• 1 . O. F .. inoi t» every Miturday night I, Odii Fellows Mall- similation of Busy Men and W om en — General Round- L p of a W id e Scope (i. H. C i .« avkh , N. u . J. s. i . awhhnck , Sec- Napolinn Rice was elected mayor AMIE HKHKKAH LODGE, N o . 20 of Roseburg last week I. O. O. F. i pti ew ry ancond nml Vice President Mar-.hall urges fourth VVednn»Tluy nightYinOdil Fellows that more religion be used in pol­ Unii. I. wii . y II kuhky , N. O, A nn lit I. a wkrnuk , Nto. itics. /~«OQOU.I.K ENCAMPMENT, No. t5 And now the onion industry is I. O. O. K., meets til« lirstnnd third threatened with the eel w orm ,what­ Thursday nights in UJd Fel.ows Hall. J. S. It A RTON, C. I*. ever that is. J. S. I. a tv kknck , Fee. M ig h t s ok PYTHiA-.-Lvcurgu* K n Lodge No. 72, meets Tuesday nights in W. O. W. Mali R. R. W atson , K R. H. O. A. M intontì , C. C. A strange disease has baffled the physicians ot Bellingham, W ash., and an Orient"! plague is feared School children in the copper dis­ ’ TMIAN SISTERS—Justus Tempia tricts o f M ichigan, where a great No. 35, mrrta first and Third Mon­ strike is on, are striking iu sym­ day nights in W. O. W. Hall. Mss. O k ihiik D avik , M. K. C. pathy. M ks . K hki ) L inkoak , K. of It. On and alter N ov. 4.1 h, no liquor KD MEN^Coauille Tribe No, 46, 1. will be served on the dining cars in O. R. M., meets every Friday night Ohio. Remember that when you in tV. O. W. Hall. J. S. B arton , Sachem. go East. F R Emergency Board’s A ct is Held Illegal According to sit opinion tendered by Attorney-Gener I Crawford, the Eineigeney Board txceeiled its legal authority when it orealed a deficien­ cy of $145(1.fit) fo reimburse Oover West for ruiincv personally expend­ ed by him in conducting his moral crusadts, after his having exhausted his r.egular appropriation, and the deficiency itself ia not a valid claim against the state. Incideutly, he holds that no state nfticer can legally create a deficien­ cy without the consent o f the Em- eigencv Board, and that th« claim of Itav, Puillip B iuer, for services as special ageut under the Governor »#• illegal for the reason thst he was also chaplain o f the peoitentiar.i and the conatitutiou makes it un­ lawful for any person to hold two lucrative offices at the same time. The opinion was rendered at the request of Treasurer Kay. It bus tains his position at the meeting and nustait s every contention advanced by him before the Board creating a deficiency. The County Roads Issued by P. M . Hall-Lewis, Civil Engineer, Roadmaster of Coos County, as a Private Communication for the Information of the People of C j o i County All of us.of whatever vocation in life, feed the need of and very earnestly de­ sire every facility for living, moving about, and enjoying the privileges of useful life in our community. The veins and arteries of travel be­ tween the habitations of men are a most potent influence for civilization. Compare your own emotions when trav­ eling over the narrow, tortuous, deeply rutted,and soggy unimproved road,with those when the way opens out upon a broad, straight, smooth, haid, well drained highway, and you will perceive that argument for the latter is too ob­ viously a waste o f space. 1 think it safe to say that never be­ fore in the history o f Coos county, has any public project enlisted the support of so large a percentage of the citizens as the present movement for better roads throughout the county. I do not use the term “ good roads” because there are many who hold to the argu- 000. We have in round numbers 900 miles of roads in Coos county. This means a general average of $168 per mile, or fifty cents per rod. The bur­ eau of public roads tells us that a nor­ mal maintenance cost of improved high­ ways Is from $125 to $175 per mile. This for maintenance alone; then what of the new works that have been put through. What of the worka on the Brewster grade, the new widening out and putting on permanent grade o f por­ tions of this road, the Coos Bay Wagon Road between Fairview and Sumner, the new works in the McKinley district, the Middle Fork district, the Myrtle Point district, the Coquille district, the Marshfield district,the Empire district, the Bandon district, the Hall’s Creek district on the Eckley road, the Ten Mile road, the Slough roads, the new bridge work, the operation of county ferries, etc., etc. New you know what I mean when I use the phrase shrewd Scenes Along the Siuslaw P E R Y E A R $1.5 0 Voters Advised Some More on Registering Priest W h o Killed Girl, Victim A n d Church W here He Served M R t F F C K m u S s OREGON NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD S. A Kozer, Deputy Secretary of State has issued a circular letter as a guide lor the voters to follow in registering. His letter is issued lie- cause ot the great confusion incident to registration among voters. The letter follows: Every man or womiu in this Transpiring in Oregon Boiled Down to Least Number o f state of legal age and who has re­ sided the required time within his Lines and Y e t M ake the or her precinct should register in Subject Understood. the county of his or her residence on or before April 14. 1914, in or­ A local option election will be held der to be able to vote at the general in Spriugfield, Lane county,Nov 4. elections in 1914 The books of More lumber is being dispatched registration are now open continu­ offshore From Portland than ever ously and registrations may be before. made with either the County Clerks *1 he 70-acre campus of the U ni­ or duly appointed official registrars versity ol Oregon contains 5a var­ in the several precincts of the res­ pective couuties. By performing ieties of trees. The Douglas county teachers* in­ this obligation at once, however, they will insure themselves of the stitute will be held in Roseburg privilege ol votiug at all subsequent October 22, 23 and 24. elections without further annoyance An employment agency started or ceremony, as under the "perma­ two years ago in the Portland high nent registration law” enacted by school has proved a great success. the last Legislature pursuant to Major Mclndoe bas been notified popular demand the law was amend­ of his transfer to the Philippines, ed so that the books of registration aud Portland is making a big pro­ in the several couuties shall be open test. continuously for the registration of Mrs. Lucinda Shaw , one of the voters except Tor 30 days prior to a pioneers of Laue county, having general state election and 13 days settled there in 18 5 5 , is dead at E u ­ prior to a special state election. gene. This new law also provides regis­ The public schools of Lane coun­ tration as a prerequisite to voting ty won an eighth of the total prizes at any election provided for by law, offered for school exhibits at the except school district and road state lair elections, \et stipulates that in The British ship Glenesslin, event the compulsory registration requirement may be declared inval­ which went ashore off the Nehalem id by the Supreme Court that regis­ river was sold by the British vice- consul for $ 5 5 0 . tration may be made with the Labor Commissioner Hoff has judges of electiou on election day upon the affidavit of the elector and called attention to the fact that the of six freeholders as under the old eight hour law is being violated at law. A registration made under some stale institutions at Salem. the new law continues in lorce so The dining car service of the long as the voter resides in the pre­ Northern Pacific offers to pay $ 1 0 cinct frtm which he originally a ton above the market price for registered or has not failed to vote potatoes that will run two pounds at any elec ion within the biennial or more apiece. period including a general election Exhibits are being gathered from for state officers. If the voter de­ different parts of the state to be sires to change from one political sent to the Chicago land show, and party to another he may register as usual Coos seems to be letting again by furnishing the County her opportunity slip. Clerk the necessaty iolotmation The Medford rate case, which and causing his previous registra was decided against the Medford tion to he cauceled. merchants in the Federal court at Jane Stearns, iu the Florence West, writes as follow s o f the sccDts Large numbers o f Japanese are W. A.—Regular meetings of liea- along the wagon road to EtigeDe, • ver Camp No. 10,550 in M. W. A. going back to bring out their wives fiali, Front street, first and third Sat­ and make their permanent hemes which follows tbn general line of urdays in eaeli month, the construction work on the W il­ in this country. M. O. H awkins . Consul. lamette Pacific railroad: R. It. R ookrs , V. C. Large oil and gasoline tanks of N kd O. K kllky , Clerk. The grade can be seen from the the Standard Oil Company in Sau N. A.—Regular meeting of I.aurel atiige before we reach Portola and . Camp No. 2972 at M. W. A. Hall, D iego caught fire last week and fre ru there on, it ia u low w inding Front street, second and fourth Tues­ were destroyed esker-like mound of Hand, clay or day nights In each month. M ahy K krs , Oracle. A rat with the bubonic plague broken ruck Most of the way it E dna K kllky , Ree. was found on the Seattle waterfront lies in the river fiooti plain, occa­ O \V.—Myrtle No. 197. and an active campaign against ................... Camp — sionally it is on the side of the hill . meets every Wednesday at 7 :30 rats has been resumed. p. m. at W. 0 . W. Hall. where it parallels the coutour lines Lee Currie, C. C. Hive hundred people were ren­ It is discontinued at the creeks aud J ohn I. enkvk , Sec. dered homeless in Nom e by a great rivers where the bridges are te be pVIHINGTIDS CIRCLE No. 214, > meets second and fourth Monday storm and fire that destroyed a built and on the face of the steep nights in W. O. W. Hall. large part of the town cliffs where the rocky soil is being O ka X. M aury , G. N. M ary A. P ikkck , Clerk. All along Emperor William ow ns a small b lH S le d and dug away. ARMERS UNION.— Regular meet­ restaurant near Potsdam, and rents the way oue can btar the clang of ings second and fourth Saturdays in it 011 condition that it shall serve the blacksmitli'e anvil, the sharp each month in W. O. W. Hall. metallic ring of the driven wedge, F rank B ukkiioi . dkk , Pres. the best coffee in Potsdam. O. A. M intonyk , Sec. the bung and res minting echo of The Dowieites at Zion citv are the blastiug. The memories o f the overjoyed at the discovery o f 60 r a t e r n a l a i d n o . 393 , m eets th e second and fourth Thursdays each lost phonograph records carrying roaring fire a r; quite obliterated by month at W. O. W. Hall. the oew sounds of construction. the voice o f their deceased leader. Man. C h as . E vland , Pres. The cleariug for the right-of-way M rs . L ora H arrington , Sec. Suffragists propose lo lay seige to w h s a . wide and the devastation of congress again in an effort to have Educational Organisations and Clubs the fire so oomph te in [daces, that it pass the proposed Constitutional one would scarcely recognize this as O Q U I L L E E D U C A T I O N A L amendment for universal suffrage the same valley we knew five LEAGUE—Meets monthly at the Three of the new type of three- years ago High School Building during the school Features of New Tariff year for the pur|>oBe ot discussing ela - cylinder locomotiees have been do W here a real estate man sat oo a cutional topics. h ena A kdkhson , Pies. ing good service on the Pltiladel log watching a bonfire iw o years In the opinion of its makers, the E dna M inako , Sec. phia and Reading railroad for sev­ ago, the town of Portola bas sprung Democratic Leaders of Congress,the the most important features of the O KEEL KLUB—A business men’s eral years. up. G roups of com fortable lookin g social organization. Hall in Laird’ s new tariff are: bousts are grouped near the store Francis Cutting, the pioneer Cal­ building, Second street. A reduction of nearly one-half in A. J. H hrrwood , Pies. ifornia fruit packtr left an estate ami postoffice and people are goiDg Photos by American Prees Association. F red S lagle , Se . the average tariff on foodstuffs and valued at over $ 1 , 000 , 000 , of which in aud out of the store giving the EN8ATIONAL disclosures that followed the Hudson river murder mys­ farm products. place quite a nourishing aspect. ____________ ___ OM VI EROI AL ______ (L U |-, __ .1. E. Nomos $ 100,000 is left to the Unitarian tery Interested the whole country. The torso of a young woman was The placing ol raw wool on the C President; J. C. S avaok , Secretary I Schoo, for |lle Ministty. found In the river wrapped In a pillowslip. Shortly afterward other Pigd «ro rum .ing around on the parts of her body were found. The head was mlsalng. For days the free list, and a reduction of nearly racetrack where Dilute contests STATEMENT of the ownership, man- | Postoffice inspectors are sweating police waited In ratn for an Identification. Finally a Brooklyn real estate two thirds in the tariff on woolen agement, circulation, etc. of the oveT robberies from registered mail are to take pi ice. The wagon road agent Identified the remains aa those of his sister, who, he said, was missing Coquille Herald, published weekly at m ikes a semicircle well op on the The next day he admitted the Identification wag wrong. Thrown on their met­ clothing, especially of the cheaper Coquille, Oregon, required by the Act [touches in W ashington and Mon- side of the amphitheater, giving the tle, the detectives redoubled their efforts to solve the mystery. Through the grades. of August.24, 1912. Editor, p - tana, which have aggregated $ 1 3 ,- pillowslip they discovered a flat where the crime was committed, and that A reduction of one-third(average) var, managing editor, P. C. Levar, bus- , ’ . ,, . travelers a fine view of the natural anally led to the arrest and confession of the Rev Hsns Schmidt of St Jo- iness manager, P. C. Levar, publisher, 000 within eight days. on cotton clothing' advantages of Portola as an am use­ aepb's Catholic church, New York. He admitted that he had slain and butch­ P. C. Levar, of Coquille, Oregon. Ow- - _ , , „ f ners: I lease plant and newspaper of the 1 he report of Lolonel G orgas for ment park. ered the girl In the flat which he had rented for her. His picture ts here pre­ Reduction of the sugar tariff aud sented, together with that of his victim and the church where he was stationed its ultimate abolishment in 1916. Coquille Valley Sentinel, by Lew A. 1 tj,e month 0 ( July shows an excel- The Noti tunnel opening is now Other arrests were shortly afterward made. Cates, manager, of Coquille, Oregon. _ Known bondholders, mortgagees, and lent sanitary record at Panama, as a jagged hole st the base of a steep, A reduction of one-third(average) other security holders, holding 1 per | the death rate was lower than at in the tariff on earthenware and bare bluff, so far be'ow the wagon j cent or more of total amount of bonds, . . mortgages or other securities: Know any time during the ten years that road that it io >ka like a g op h er’s ment that, compared to the pioneer management of road problems in a fore­ glassware. nothing about this. P C. LEVAR the canal has been under construc- Abolishment of all tariff on meats wagon trails, our roads are, generally going parargaph. I want the people bole. Sworn to and subscribed before me tion. this 2nd day of October. 1913. We frequently pass cement mix speaking, good. This of course is not to know the fact, and it may be inter­ fish, dairy products, flour, potatoes, W. C. CHASE, Notary Public. Thé dance ball girls thrown out era and steam shovels where the I debatable. But this argument is in re- esting to your readers to know that coal, iron ore, lumber and many (My commission expires November, while the county court and commission­ classes of farm and office machinery. 1913) o f employment by the closing o f re­ m m are working on the abuttments *litJ' dodKinK the Pre9ent i 38 ue- What we need as a community is a system ers know that I am preparing some sort General tariff reduction ou all sorts on the Barbarv Coast in San of bridges. The clearing bas ex­ of public highways which in the lan­ of argument on road matters they have important articles in general use. C ity and County O fficers Francisco refused to accept the posed nr w (eattires ot topography guage of the new road law (see Laws not collectively or inidvidually suggest­ The Free wool provision of the Mayor............................ A. T. Morrison money raised for them by the Fed 1 and undermining has caused many 1913, Chap. 142, page 254) “ will, with ed or in any way inspired any word of Recorder ...................... J. S. Lawrence eration of W om en ’ s clubs, calling it : laudslidis, some o f them bad reasonable repair thereof, at all seasons this statement. I asked for some items new law takes effect December 1, Treasurer ......................... >R. H. Mast enough to obstruct the stage for of the year be firm,smooth and conven- of information, and was referred to the 1 8 1 3 ; the free sugar provision May City Attorney...... .... L. A Liljeqvist ••Chanty." 1 , 1916 . Enginee- P. M. Mall-Lewis records of the county clerk, assessor, Before the Illuminating E ngin­ several hours until the soil can be ent for travel.” Marshal .........................C. A. Everml.n Average percentage of tariff rates We have heard, and probably will and treasurer and that is where 1 get Night Marshal...... John Hurley eering S ciety. at Pittsburg, it was removed. If two days o f rainfall can as compared to the value of all im­ continue to hear,many wild statements Water Superintendent s. V. Epperson my facta -from the public records. cause this little damage, it is quite Fire Ghie:...... WslterJ>erdir,g j bionght out that the stiength of The statement that I have been ordered ported merchandise: old law 37 per possible that the winter rains will b> enthusiastic, but misinformed and Councilmen —D. D. Pierce. C. T. Skeels tungsten fihment has been increased W. C. Laird, G. O. Leach, V\ . H. Ly- , . seriously interfere with the rapid 1 illadvised advocates of better high- to issue these arguments, grew out of cent; new law 27 per cent. ons, Leo J. Cary. Regular meeting« more than 300 per cent since 1908 ways, alleging great waste of money ! misunderstanding of my answers to first and third Mondays each month. 1 an,[ thc strength of drawn wire transit of mail. Some of the rocks in the repair,relocation and reconstruc- W ill Fix Curry Line some questions from members of the that have jogged the occupants ot . . more than 40 per cent since 1 9 1 1 . ton of county roads,alleging gross mis­ press. I have, however, been given to j ...J, J. Stanley 1 ’ 1 Justice of the Peace the stage fur many years, have been management and so forth and Boon and E C. Drews, manager of the understand that the county board is a Constable Ned C. Kelley The Qrs| c n \ a woman tnkeu from the wheel tracks and laid vehemently asserting that the cure-all business machine, striving for increas- ’ Coos Bay Home Telephone Co., , . _ „ ju ry in Seattle resulted In an acquit- along the roadside. The old cordu­ ’ for these alleged conditions is the gen­ ed efficiency all along the line. This County Judge John T. Hall . was in town Friday night on his Commissloners-W. T. Dement,Geo. J. tal lor the prisoner, w ho was ac­ roy on the bill has been replaced eral disorganization of the county gov­ I know to be true. way to Riverton on business for Armstrong cused ol grand larceny, although ernment of road matters which it has by new planks. That the funds expended upon the old the company. They have recently James Wateon , . , . , , , Clerk.................. W. W. Gage *ue evidence is said to have been Sheriff ..... _... • « • * » ------------- — taken years of experience and shrewd roads now abandoned have been wasted, completed the metallic line between Treasurer.......... T. M. Dimmick more than enough for his convic- management of road problems to per­ and that the repair of the remaining Of course it is all right t osay the T. ,L Thrift u a 1 a Assessor ............ this city and Riverton, taking the Raymond E. Baker Mon. He was young and handsome. groom led the bride to the alter, fect. old roads is waste, and that the tempor­ School Snpt. A. N. Gould ! _ , „ . , — Surveyor ........... I haven’ t space in this article for a ary surfacing of the new roads recent -1 place of the old grounded line, and F. E. Wilson Public sentiment and the fact but did you ever see a bride pulling Coroner detailed statement of the expenditure ly put through on permanent line and business is looking up in that vicin­ Health Officer ... Dr. Walter Culln , ti» r the governor o f W ashington back? Mr. Drews informs the Herald of the several road districts of this grade is waste are statements which ity was about to act have induced county for a period of several years \ must be considered from the viewpoint that be will soon take off the crew Mary bad a littie calf; Judge Humphries, at Seattle, to re­ back, but you shall have it next week, of the people who pay for and use the which is working beteen Riverton But it was white as snow; lease 37 prisoners he was bolding For the present let me give one ¡H ub - ! roads. and Bandon and put the men at She wore her skirt slashed up in jail for contempt o f court because tration of how the thing looks sifted Under the law the county court makes nork on the line from Bandon to the side they sassed him Six women were | down to the bare facts. Last year's a levy for road purposes upon all the Gold Beach, which is tn need of re­ And that is how I know. included in the hunch. road taxea totalled a trifle over $150,- i (Continued on Page 2) pairs befoie winter set in. A. P. M iller . C. of R.