T he C oquille H erald
•¡The Herald, the old estab
lished reliable newspaper of
the Coquille Valley in which
an ‘ ‘ad' always brings results.
V O L. 32,
C O Q U I L 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 , M A Y 12, 1914.
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CITYDIRKCTORY ¡FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Fraternal and Benevolent Orders
A A. M .—Regular meeting of
• Chadw ick Ixxlge N o . 68 A. F. A A.
M.. at Masonic Hall, «very Saturday
night in each month on or before tin*
I). D. I' ikkck , W . M.
full moon.
R. H. M ast , Secretary.
t'.
A
/^v E. 9.— Regular meeting of Beulah
L / . Chapter No. 8, second and foiirtn
Friday evenings of each month, in Ma
sonic Hall.
... „
M a b y A, P ibbck , w . M.
A
nna
L aw - bench S e c .,
I
O. O. F .—Coquille Lodge No. 53,1. O.
. O. F., meet» every Saturday night
n Odd Fellows Hall.
C. II. C leave », N. G.
J. 8. L awrence , Sec.
AM IF. REBEKAH LODGE, No. 20
I. o . O. F., meets every second and
fourth Wednesday nights in Odd Fellows
Hall.
E m il y H b u sk y , N. G,
A n n ie L a w r e n c e , Sec.
C o q u i l l e e n c a m p m e n t , N o . 25
V> I. O. O. F., meets the first and thiril
Thursday nights in Odd Fellows Hall.
J. S. B a h to n , C. ? .
J . S. I . a w h e n ce , Sec.
of pYTttiAs.-Lycurgus
K nights
Lodge No. 72, meets Tuesday nights
in W. O. W. Hall.
R. R. W a t s o n , K R. 8.
O . A . M in t o n y e , C. C.
n Y T t U A N SISTERS—Justus Temple
l No. 35, meets first and Third Mon
day nights in W. O. W. Hall.
Mss. G eokok D a v i s , M. E . L .
M bs . F ked L in e o a b , K. of R.
MEN—Coauille Tribe No. 46,1.
R ED
O. R- M., meets every Friday night
In W. O. W . Hall.
J. S. B a b t o n , 8achem.
A. P.
M il l e b ,
C. of R.
W. A. -R egu lar meetings of Bea-
• ver Camp No. 10.560 in M. W . A.
Hall, Front stree*, first and third feat-
urdavs in each month.
C. D. H u d so n , Consul.
L l H. I r v in e , Clerk.
M
R
N. A .— Regular meeting of Laurel
. Camp No. 2972 at M. W . A . Hall,
Front street, second and fourth Tues
day nights in each month.
M a r y K e r n , O r a c le .
E d n a K elley , R e c .
O. w.— Myrtle Camp No. 197
. meets every Wednesday at 7:30
p. m. at W. 0 . W . Hall.
Lee Currie, C. C.
W
J o h n L e n k v e , S ec
1 " VENINGTIDE CIRCLE No. 214,
r . meets second and fourth Monday
nights in W . O. W . Hall.
O b a X . M a u r y , G. N .
M a r y A. P ie r c e , Clerk.
F ARM ERS
U N IO N .— R e g u la r m e e t
in g s s e c o n d a n d fou rth S a tu rd a y s in
e a ch m o n t h in W. O, W. Hall.
F r a n k B u r k h o l d e r , Pres.
O. A. M in t o n y e , Sec.
r a t e r n a l a i d no .
31m, meets
F second and fourth Thursdays
month at W. O. W . Hall.
the
each
M r s . C h a s . E v l a n d , P res.
M r s . L o r a H a r k in o t o n , S ec.
Educational Organizations and Ctubs
QUILLE EDUCATIONAL
C O LEAGU
E— Meets monthly at the
High School Building during the school
year for the purpose oi discussing edu
cational topics.
.
R e n a A r d e r b o n , P ie » .
E d n a M in a k d , S e c.
t 7<7
K E e TT k LUB— a busineae men's
l \ social organization. Hall in Laird e
building, Second street.
A. J. S herwood . Pies.
F re d S l a l l b , 6* v .
/'aOM VIERCIAL CLUB J. E. N o rio n
O President; J. C. S a v a g e , Secretary
Transportation Facilities
r
'R A IN S —Leave, south hound !i;00 a.
m. and 3:00 p. m. North bound
,0:40 a. m. and 4:40 p. m.
_____ _ _
— Six boats plying on th* Co
B OATS
quille river afford ample arcorjm o-
dation lor carrying freight and p-,ssen
gers to Bandon and way points. Boats
leave at 7 :30, 8 :30, 9:20 and 9 :30 a. m.
» i d at 1:00, 3 :30 and 4:43 p. nr,.
L. Laird, proprietor.
S TAGE—J.
parts 5:30 p. m. for Roeeburg
De
via
Myrtle P o in t,carrving the United Slates
mail and pisengers.
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P
OSTOFFICE.— A. F. Linegar, |> 08 t-
master. The mails close as follows:
Myrtle Point 8:40 a. m. and 2:35 p. in.
Marshfield 10:15 a. m. and 4:15 p. in.
Bandon and way points, Norway and
Arago 12:45 p. in. Eastern mail 4 :45
Eastern mall arrives 10: a. m.
C ity and County O fficers
. A. T. Morrison
....... J. 8. Lawrence
............... IR. H. Mast
Treasurer.......
City Attorney
......... L. A. Liljeqvist
Engineer........................P. M. Hall-Lewis
Marshal........................... C. A. Evernden
Night Marshal......................John Hurley
Water Superintendent...^. V. Epperson
Fire Cliiet
................. Walter Oerding
Councilmen—D. D. Pierce. C. T. Skeels
W. C. Laird, G. O. Leach, W . H. Ly
ons, Leo J. Cary. Regular meetings
first and third Mondays each month.
Justice of the Peace....... J. J. Stanley
Constable .......................Ned C. Kelley
County Judge
Commissioners
Armstrong
C lerk.................
Sheriff ..............
Treasurer.........
Assessor..........
School Supt.
Surveyor.........
Coroner
Health Officer
•JJob Printing— N ew presses
new material and experienced
workmen. A guarantee that
Herald printing will please
.................. John T. Hall
-W . T. Dement, Geo. J.
............... James Watson
...................W . W. Gsge
.............T. M. Dimmick
.........
T. J. Thrift
...... Raymond E. Baker
............... A. N. Gould
F. E. Wilson
Dr. Walter Culin
Societies will get the very best
I» HINTING
at the office o f Coquille Herald
E v e n t« o f In terest R e p o r te d
F o r T h e H e r a ld
(By J. E. Jones)
m e d ia t io n
i s t h e b io e v e n t
The biggest lump of sugar in the
government teacup has been fur
nished by Argentine, Brazil and
Chili— known as the A B. C. medi
ators. The offer of these South
American countries to use their
good offices in adjusting our differ
ences with Mexico has been wel
comed by Washington. According
to the Hague convention, when
‘ ‘ mediation occurs alter the com-
mentement of hostilities, it causes
no interruption to the military op
erations in progress, unless there be
atr agreement to the contrary
Since the fact has sunk in upon
Mexico that the United States does
not propose to be trifled with any
longer, there has been a noticeable
change of front, and the official re
lations— though the direct repre
seutatives ol the countries have
been recalled from Mexico City and
Washington, have been ol a more
definite and satisfactory nature than
heretofore.
AMENDING THE "F R E E TOLLS” BILL
The free tolls controversy now
again rages in the Senate of the
United States, and it is significant
that the bill is in danger inasmuch
as some of the Administration Sen
ators have met the objections to a
change of the canal act by includ
ing the following paragraph in the
law which proposes to place the
vessels of all nations passing
through the canal on an equal loot
ing.
The proposed amendment
reads: "T h e passage of this art, or
anything therein contained, shall
not be construed as waiving, im
pairing, or affecting any rights pos
sessed by the United States, under
treaty or otherwise."
THE FIVE PER CENT INCREASE
"UPHOLDING THE PRESIDENT”
A good deal of criticism has been
visited upon Republican members
of the Senate because they sought
to frame the form of the resolution
defining "our unpleasantness with
Mexico." Editors everywhere have
been declaring that the hands of the
President must be upheld
There
is no question but what everybody
is back of the President, but some
of the men in Congress have de
dared that while they want to fol
low, that they would like to do so
with thejr eyes open After a short
experience in the Presidency, Gen
eral Harrison characterized the
White House as ‘‘a fools’ paradise.”
Nothing not inteuded tobe pleasing
is ever spoken to the occupants by
visitors. The "jolly" that is banded
out to the President is polished off
till it glitters
Uuselfish partisan
ship ol the rose colored hue, the soft
pedal, and easy speech, labeled "re-
spect”tothe office,arethings of which
the President must ever be on guard.
About the only relief the President
gets Irom days of gush and soft
soap is in the delighiful diversion
ot reading the criticisms that appear
in opposition newspapers. In Con
gress any one who disagrees with
any view of the President usually
pretaces the remarks by asserting
an unusual quantity of respect for
the occupant of the White House.
It will be recalled that when the
tariff bill was in Congress that al
though the President did not set
himself up as a tariff expert, that
the men who framed the measure
put the Piesident’s judgement above
their own, notwithstanding that
they had spent months in calculat
ing the schedules. The same was
true with the currency measure;
while it is assumed that the Presi
dent knows all about the anti trust
question. Thing are different from
what they were when Washington
told a land-owner that he should be
more respectful, and remember to
whom he was talking.
"Oh,
you never would have amounted to
anything it you had not married a
rich widow,” was the reply. The
Washington monument now stands
on land formerly owned by this
same man who thus taunted the
first President.
TOM RICHARDSON TALKS
N o te d O r e g o n B oo ster A d d r e s s e s L a r g e M e e tin g and G iv e s
M a n y P oin ters on B u ild in g u p th e C o u n try
The "booster meeting" held at
the court house on Friday eveniug
brought an attendance that taxed
the seating capacity of the circuit
court room, and that the interest iii
public questions is not confined to
the men was shown by the large
number of ladies who were present.
The purpose of the gathering was
to listen to a talk by Tom Richard
son, whose fame as booster has
been well establish-. 1 for some years
ou this coast.
Mayor Morrison presided over
the meeting, and he first introduced
Dr. James Withycomb.who is in this
section in the interest of hts candi
dacy for the Republican nomination
for governor.
Dr. Withycomb
talked briefly on the tremedous
agricultural possibilities of this part
of the state, and made the usual
predictions of a great future.
He
expressed the opinion that these
first thing he told the people was,
"Life has come too easy to you,”
and he here placed his finger on
one great fact that accounts for a
great deal of the indifference exist
ing in this county in the matter of
effort for the attraction of new pop
ulation.
He touched another
cause
for comparatively slow
growth of this section when he
said, speaking of the county as a
whole, "Y ou haven’t got together
and stayed together.”
He urged
tho necessity of cooperation between
the business man and the communi
ties ol the whole country in a move
ment for the development of the
whole "Coos Bay country.”
He
used the expression "Coos Bay
country," merely because the out
side world lias been made familiar
with this section under that desig
nation. He pointed out the fact
that, through lack of proper cooper-
Red Cross Memorial to Women
O f Civil W ar to Be Erected Soon
There is evidence that in the case
of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission granting the request of the
railroads for five per cent increase
in rates, that there will be nothing
short of an explosion in Congress,
as a number of Senators who special
ize in going after the railroads,
threaten to raise hob in case the
THE RACE ISSUE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Robert H. Terrell was appointed
finds that the railroads have "prov a justice of the peace by President
en their case "
Roosevelt, and because of excellent
UNREGULATED DISCRIMINATIONS service was promoted to be judge
The Interstate Commerce Com of the Municipal Court of the Dis
mission has come to be known as trict ol Columbia, by President
the sworn enemy of discriminations Taft. President Wilson reappointed
and inequality in transportation Mr.Terrell to this position,on Febru
rates. A peculiar instance outside ary 18,and within the past tew days
the jurisdiction ol the Interstate the appointment has been confirmed
in the Senate after a bitter fight,
commerce Commission has been
the vote on the confirmation being
LANS have been drawn for the erection o f s Red Cross building In
brought to light. It relates to ocean thirty-nine to twenty-four. The
Washington within a stone's throw o f the White House ns a memorial
traffic.
A few days ago a party of action of President Wilson was
to the women o f the civil war, both north anil south. The American
foreigners who had been thrown based upon the recommendation ot
National Red Cross society will have its headquarters there. A mu
Attorney
General
McKeynolds,
and
seum will occupy part o f the structure. The Illustration shows what the
out of employment and were dis
was approved by the Bar Associa memorial will look like. Congress has appropriated $300,000 for its erection,
gusted with the “ land of the free tion of the District of Columbia, and Individual contributions o f $400.000 more have been made. Miss Mabel
and the home of the brave,” called who declared the official record of T. Boarduinn, chairman of the executive board of the Red Cross society, and
at Washington steamship offices for Mr Terrel to be unusually good. Ernest P. Bicknell, national director, are particularly interested.
the purpose of purchasing tickets to The reason may all be found in the
Europe. Two were going to Ger fact that Terrell is a negro.
His appointment was bitterly op hills, which we now consider worth ation between the different parts of
man ports and two to England, and posed bv Senator Vardamanof Mis
less, will some day be • be homes of the county, thousands of people
being friends, they decided to travel sissippi,the mail who wears his hai
happy and properous faimers. The have come to C90S county in the
by the same steamship Going in j down bis back like an Indian doctor.
most
important point he made, past few years and have gone away
to the offices of one of the big Brit Vardaman declares that he will
however, was one which is receiv again after seeing only one part of
fight
the
appointment
ot
all
negro
ish steamship companies they found
i ppointees, and there are plenty of ing too little attention from the it. Thousands have visited Coos
that while the two men traveling to other southerners who will do like-
Liverpool would be compelled to j wise It shows the serious status residents of this valley. That is,the Bay and never found their way Jto
"tremendous waste" ol good farm the Coquille Thousands of potential
pav $40 lor third-class passage in of the race problem in Congress.
ing land which is being caused by good citizens have come and have
eluding railway fare from Washing
THE CRISIS IN GUM CHEWING;
the wash of the unprotected banks gone, finding nothing to suit them
ton, the two travelers to the German
An acute condition is likely to
of the river. He had noticed this here, all through the lack of proper
make
its
effect
known
among
glim
port, five hundred miles farther
on his trip to and from Bandon and organization and cooperation on
away, could make the same trip for chewing stenographers,ribbon clerks
and effeminate young men as it is he urged it upon the attention of the part of the different parts of the
$30, although the four would be found by the Pan-American Bureau
carried to Liverpool on the same at Washington that there are 10,- his hearers as a matter which de county.
manded attention.
Our people
He stated that no section was
vessel, where the two destined to 000,000 inveterate chewers of gum
have
become
Tamiliar
with the ever the object of more interest and
the continent would be transshipped ^ in the United States. Chicle may
sight of this dead waste of the attention on the part of the rest of
to another steamship for the last ' Greek to most of these people, but
10 make it clear it is explained that
stage of the journey, a service chicle is the sap of the sapot tree, best land in the world, but the country than is the Coos Bay
which costs the shipping line aeon technically known as sapota zapot- it struck Dr. Withycomb as some country at this time; that thousands
He
siderable sum. The explanation is , ilia, and these Spanish jaw-breaking thing calling loudly for remedy, of people want to come here.
and it is to be hoped that his re urged the necessity of an organiza
that a rate war is on among the words explain just how most of our
tion capable ot taking care of them
trans-Atlantic Steamship companies chewing gum is made. While pro- marks will not be forgotten.
; teciing the flag is important, yet
Mayor Morrison introduced Tom when they come; of showing them
and the British lines in an effort to i how atiout the sapota zapotilla? If
who what we have and of assisting them
wrest the important immigrant traf anything should happen in Mexico Richardson as the man
fic from their continental rivals, are that wonld cut off this gum supply had more to bring settlers *0 to find their places as prosperous
than any other man and useful citizens of the growing
carrying steerage passengers at a it would lead to complications quite Oregon
Mr. Richardson gave a commonwealth. He scouted the
rate which means the less of hun as far reaching as those other affairs living.
we have with the Huertaites, the I good straight business talk. He is idea that we might "grow too fast,"
dreds of thousands of dollars in the Carranza's and Villa’s.
It takes
aggregate. In this particular case 300,000.000 packages of gum an I not a "hot air artist,” and evident and pointed out the fact that the
the would be voyagers decided that nually to run the United States, ly makes no pretensions of being a growth of cities and of communities
He
He simply talks is made in a series of spurts
I all should purchase tickets to the and Mexico Has to supply practic flowery orator.
1 continent, while the two going to ally all of the sap of the sapote. practical common sense, and it is predicted that an incalcuable growth
With this in mind, the gum chew
I England wonld leave the ship at ers will wish tor the success of the evident that his great success has and development of this section
I Liverpool, thereby saving a sum mediation plan as proposed by the been achieved by working on the would take place in the next few
I lines of truth and fact.
About the 1 years and would continue for a long
' equal to one third ol their passage 1 A. B C. Powers.
P
P E R Y E A R Î 1 .5 0
lime
He gave some illustrations
Irom the experience of Portlaud in
her boosting campaign and the im
mense benefits she has received from C o u n ty S ch o o l F u n d A p p o r
it. He made a striking point in
tion m en t
this line when he said that one-fifth
of the increase in value on one cer
Dist. No.
Amount
1 Myrtle Bank....................... »256.00
tain block in Portand was sufficient
H erm ann____________
378.00
to more than cover all the expeoses
Arago ....................
438.00
of advertising, special trains and all
Lampa .......
475.50
other expenses of the boosting cam-
Twin O aks......................
862.00
SCHOOL SUPf. BAKER MAKES
** Among his practical suggestions
was one that advertising matter
should be prepared in a form not
too heavy or bulky for enclosure in
an ordinary letter without increase
in the postage requited, and that
not a letter of any -hind should go
out of Coos county without contain
ing a piece of such literature. He
said that the success of the Lewis <fe
Clark fair was due to just such work,
especially on the part of the school
children. He urged that such liter
ature be prepared, not by the differ
ent towns or parts of the count},
but covering the whole county and
telling exactly ttto.se things that an
intending settler would wish to
know, without coloring or exagger
ation
,
.
But he bore down heaviest on
the necessity of cooperation be
tween all the business men and com
munities of the county, working to
gether as a whole for the develop
ment of the whole county, and also
working with the people of adjoin
ing counties for the boosting of this
part of the state. He urged that a
central organization be formed for
this work and that no time be lost
in its inauguration, as the opportun
ity presented at this time is the best
that was ever given to any cotnmun-
"^Mr. Richardson’s talk was well
received, and its business-like toue
and practical common sense could
not but make a strong impressston
on his hearers. At its conclusion.
A. J. Sherwood was called on, and
he made a motion, which was car
ried that the chairman appoint a
committee to confer with the com
mercial bodies of the county with a
view to getting together. This was
afterward modified to leave the ap
pointment ot such a committee in
the hands of the Commercial Clnb,
which is expected to handle it at its
next meeting.
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House Fly Engine of
Destruction.
house fly eoststh» Unltod
State. *350,000,000 a year.
In other words, ha deprives
the American people annually
of 170,000,000 yaara of human
life, or 4,000,000 livoa ol tho
pieaent average length.
he
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K a t ie C o o k Still S o u n d
The durability of Port Orford
white cedar as a boat building ma
teria! has long been known, but
the best illustration ot the almost
everlasting qualities of this lumber
that has come to our notice is seen
at Kruse & Banks’ shipyard in the
hull of the ancient tug Katie Cook.
She was hauled out some weeks
ago for an overhauling prior to in
spection by prospective purchasers.
The Katie Cook was b'uilt on the
Coquille 35 years ago, and was
leaking so badly that it was impos
sible to keep her afloat. Her own
ers. Kruse & Banks, naturally
thought that they would find her
bull honeycombed with rot, but to
their amazement they found that
her stern post, which was of fir,
was the only decayed piece of tim
ber in her makeup. Her planking,
lining and frames, which are of ce
dar were found as firm and solid as
the day they entered her construc
tion. Some 15 years ago the Cook’s
deck was raised about 15 inches
and fir was used to butt onto the
old cedar cants, this late work was
entirely rotted away, but the de
cayed parts will be easily subsitu-
ted and at a very light expense.
Mr. Banks, who has been particu
larly amazed at the fine state of
preservation that he found the
Cook’s hull in after all these years
of service, will saw out a small sec
tion of one of the frames and lake
the sample with him to San Fran
cisco, for which point lie leaves
shortly, and show it to those who
are interested in shipbuilding - The
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Empire.................
384.50
Daniel’ s Creek......................267.60
Coquille .........
3773.00
Marshfield............................ 6002.60
Cunningham.......... .....
204.00
Parkersburg ..............
535.50
Catching Inlet........ ...............327.50
North Bend.................... .5218.60
Riverton . . ,.....
1166.50
Big Creek.... ......... v ___ __ .202.60
C ooston...........................
451,00
Kentuck Inlet................
603.00
Flagstaff ___
313.00
Fat E lk .............................. 306.50
Fishtrap ................................319.60
Randolph...................
606.50
Moon’ s ....................................170.00
L e e .......................................... 404.00
Pleasant Point..................... 249.50
F airview ................................386.00
Haines’ Slough..................... 287.00
McKinley .._................
508.00
Gravel Ford...........................457.50
Tw o Mile.......................
516.00
Sumner ..................................282.00
Rural ..............................
236.00
Dora
...................................209.00
Bald H ill.............................. 321.00
Catching Creek..................... 269.00
Seaside.................................... 210.60
Elk R ock .................................427.50
Sugar L o a f ............................210.50
Templeton ...............
306.50
Myrtle Grove......................... 366.50
Libby ...............
737.00
Myrtle Point................... 2708.50
Rock Creek...............
223.60
N orw a y...........................
435.00
R o y .......... ........................
418.50
A llega n y................
282.00
Neow L a k e ......................
339.00
Rowland .............................. 318.00
Shiloh...................................... 184.50
Eaatside..............
1007.00
R e m o te ...................................171.50
U t t e r .............................
210.50
Myrtle C re e k ....................... 275.50
North Slough......................... 358.50
Bandon............ _ ...................6119.50
Beaver Slough........................145.50
E sterbeck ........................
197.50
South Slough.........................222.00
241.50
Sunnyside
Hall’s Creek ...........................171.50
p r o s p e r ............ - .................. 1281.50
326.00
Bear Creek............................. 241.50
Johnson’s Mill........................347.00
Four Mile ..........................
.248.00
Sitkum__________
282.00
LakeBide ................................ 892.50
Ezcelsior............................. 223.60
Larson Slough........................248.00
Beaver Hill............................. 314.50
Eden Valley............................152.00
Buell......................................... 150.50
......................... 568.00
Coaledo
Pleasant View........................417.00
Pleasant H ill..........................204.00
Locust Grove..........................225.50
........ 196.00
...... 725.00
......... 170.00
.345.50
WeBt N orw ay............. ......... 353.60
...... 235.00
......... 313.00
......... 235.00
......... 987.50
......... 269.00
Coos River Forks
Joint 2 ......................... ........ 280.50
Total Apportionment, $52,663.50
The amount apportioned for full
terms of not less than six months,
and for institute attendance is
$9250.00. The amount distributed
pro rata is $43.4*3 5°. There are
6679 pupils on the register, so that
the amount used in the final divi
sion of the funds is $6.50 per pupil.
At the time that the state school
fund is distributed the balance left
over will be distributed, making
about two dollars per pupil to be
distributed in August.
Raymond E. Baker,
Co. Supt.
Nations Will Exhibit
Thirty-five nations have accepted
the invitation of the United States
(o participate in the Panama-Pacific
International Exposition at San
Francisco in 1915.
The nations
are as follows: Argentine Republic,
Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada,
Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark,
Dominican Republic,Ecudor,France
Guatemala, Haiti, Holland, Hon
duras, Italy, Japan, Liberia, Mex
ico, New Zealand, Nicaragua,
Norway, Panama, Persia, Peru,
Portugal, Salvador, Siam, Spain,
Sweden, Turkey, Uruguay and
Venezuela.
Trespass notices primed on cloth
and worded in keeping with law,
Inr
caln at th » H erald OffiCC.