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
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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.
____________
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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 <e uied l>\ 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.
<JJob Printing— New presses
new material and experienced
workmen. A guarantee that
Herald printing will please.
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK
Portland, will be appealed to the
U . S. Supreme Court.
S . E - Lowe, 68 years of age. a
widower of Glenada, Lane county,
and Mrs. Zizeua Hitchcock, 67
years of age, widow, of W alla W al
la, were married last week.
Governor West is going after
Treasurer K a y on the ground that
K ay has been interested with par
ties selling supplies such as cord
wood and clothing to the state.
One of the faculty of the State
University has gone to eastern Ore
gon to investigate the reported dta-
covery of coal near Heppner, and
the limestone quarries near Fossil.
Employees of the state printing
office raised a large roar because
other employes around the state
house were given a day under pay
to attend the slate fair on “ Salem
day.”
Wm E . Cadmus, National or
ganizer for the Progressive Nation
al committee was in Oregon last
week on a tour of the state, laying
the foundation lor organization
work.
Shipping agents are
ing contracts to bring
tana from the Atlantic
the canal.
Portland
doubtedly rather buy
than in Coos county.
already seek
coal to Port-
side through
would un
in the East
The Pacific States Telephone &
Telegraph company will make E u
gene executive headquarters for a
large section of Oregon, including
Lane,
Linn,
Lincoln,
Benton,
Douglas, Coos, C u rry, Josephine,
Jackson, Klamath and Lake coun
ties.
A n attempt to raise $100,000 bon
us by subscriptions of Portland bus
iness'men, for the establishment of
a steamship line from that city to
the Atlantic through the Panama
canal resulted in failure. Only t i
out ol 40 consulted by the solicitor»
would promise to subscribe.