T he C oquille H erald
VOL. 34.
COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY. OREGON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7. 1915.
NO. 11
CITY DIRECTORY William Farnum in “The Plunderer ” 1 Oregon School System
Attracts Admiration
F raterni « and B en evolen t Order
.—Regular meeting of
4 A. M Lodge
x A
\ . Cha*lwick
No. 68 A. F. & A.
M.. at Masonic Hail, every Saturday
night in each month on or before th*
full moon.
L. A. L ii . ijkqvimt , W . M.
K. H. M a st , Seer tary.
S.— Regmar meeting of Beulah
O E. • Chapter
No. 6, second and fourtn
Friday evenings of each month, in Ma­
sonic Hall.
E mma L il ijk q v is t , W. M.
A n n a L a w h e n c e sec.,
T O. O. F.— Coquille Lodge No. 53,1. O. 1
I . O. F., meets every Saturday night
n Odd Fellows Hall.
H. B. Mooas, N. G.
J. 8. L awrence , Sec.
a m i e r k b e r a h l o d g e , N o . 20
I. O. O. F., meet*) every secor.d and
fourth Wednesday nights in Odd Fellows
Hall.
PlyuiMI CuaTBB, N. 6 .
A nnie L awrence , Sec.
M
DILLE ENCAMPMENT. No. M
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O. O. F „ meets the first and third
Thursday nights in Odd Fellows Hall.
J. S. B ar ton , 0 . ? .
J . S.L awrence , Sec.
TTNi
IN Lodge No. 72, meets Tuesday nights
In W. O. W. Hall.
R. R. W atson , K R . 8.
O. A. M intonyk . 0 . C.
i j YTHIAN SISTERS—Justus Temple
1 No. 35, meets first and Third Mon­
day nights in W. O. W. Hall.
Mss. G bokgk D avis , M. E. C.
M rs . F red L ineoar , K. of R
R
ED M EN—Coquille Tribe No. 46, 1.
O. R. M., meets every Friday night
n W U. W. Hall.
J. 8. B arton , Sachem.
A. P. M iu . er , C. of R.
W. A. -R eg u la r meetings of Rea-
• ver Camp No. 10.550 in M_. W . A.
Hall, Front street, first and third Sat­
urdays in each month.
H. B. T ozier . Consul.
F. C. T ruk , Clerk.
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Fox Feature at the Scenic Tomorrow
FROM THt NATIONAL CAPITAL
Events of Interest Reported
For The Herald.
(By J. E . Jones.)
t h e g r e a t e s t t r iu m p h o f w i r e ­
less
gressive achievements of the tele­
phone interests have so impressed
the government as to strengthen
the hope among some officials that
government ownership may be ac­
hieved. On the other hand the at­
titude of President Wilson in giv­
ing honor to the great telephone in­
terests for the sole reason that he
believed it is a deserved honor; and
the further cooperation of Secretary
Daniels aud the Navy in helping
out ’ he wileless achievement with
the corporation, clearly indicates
that the great company which has
been brought to a state ol perfec­
tion by Theodore N. Vail, has won
the confidence of the people and its
highest officials in a way that no
other institution has beeo fortunate
enough 10 achieve.
Across the Potomac from Wash­
N, A .—Regular meeting of Laurel
. amp No. 2972 at M. W . A . Hall, ington on the gray hills of old Vir­
Fronti street, second and fourth Tues­ ginia, stand the great towers of A r­
day n ghtB in each month.
lington. And on the day when the
M ary K ern , Oracle.
L aura B randon , Rec. Grand At my of Peace marched
W .— Myrtle Camp No. 197, down Pennsylvania Avenue, one of
meets
eel every Wednesday at 7:30 the greatest triumphs oi modern
p. m. at W Ü. W . Hall.
times was recorded by the success­
Lee Currie, C. C.
J ohn L enkvk , Sec.
ful teat ol telephoning from A rling­
VENINGTIDE CIRCLE N o . 214, ton Station to Mare Island, Cali­
meets second and fourth Monday
fornia. Secretary of War Daniels
nights In W . O. W . Hall.
A nnie B urkholder , G .N . graceiully acknowledged that the
M ary A. P ierce , Clerk.
credit for the wireless performance
THE DEVISE OF REFORM.
'A R M E R S UNION.— Regular m eet­ belonged to the American Tele­
ings second and fourth Saturdays in
More than half of the delegates to
phone and Telegraph Company and
each month in W. O. W. Hall.
F rank B urkholder , Pres. the Western Electric Company. the next Republican National Con­
O. A. M inton ye . Sec.
vention are to come out of the di­
The transmission of'teound was per­
rect primaries, and to say that the
r a t e r n a l a i d n o . 398, meets the
second and fourth Thursdays each fect, and after the first successiul political goose-flesh of the politicaus
demonstration, conversation origin­
ontli at W. O. W . Hall.
is quivering, is stating matters
M rs . C hab . E vland , Pres.
M rs . L ora H arrington , Sec, ating in New York was transmitted mildly. The ways and results of
over the land wires to Arlington,
Educational Organizations and Clubs and there automatically connected conventions that name delegates
have long been well understood,
O M AN ’ S Study Club. —Meets 2:30 to the radio transmitter, and the
but now that the people have taken
p. n . at city library every second
human voice was carried to Cali­
and fourth Monday,
the task of political government in
H arriet A. L onoston , Pres.
fornia, where it was recognized and
their own hands, and let it be un­
F rances E. E pperson Sec.
answered. By reasou of the success
O Q U I L L E E D U C A T I O N A L ot this great achievement “ wires derstood that they must be obeyed,
LEAGU E—Meets monthly at the
there is no foreshadowing results.
High School Building during the school down” loses its terror, and John J .
year lor the purpose ol discussing edu­ Carty, chief engineer of the A. T.
ALAS, POOR LOl
cational topics.
and T., and the “ greatest wizard of
B irdie S kkels , Pies.
In the days when boys went to
E dna H aklockek . Sec.
them all,” says that "w e can pluck war and voted for Lincoln at six­
O K E E L K L C B —A businese men’ s a voice out of the air and confiue it teen, Will O’Neil qualified as a pri­
social organization. Hall in Laird’ s
to a wire just as readily as we vate soldier and did his part in
building, Second street.
L . J. C ary , Pres
launched it from a wire into space.” helping to preserve the Union.
In
W , C. E ndicott , Sec.
On January 25 of the present 1898 the cry of “ Cuba libre” un­
o m m e r c ia l c l u b —L eo j . C ary year the long distance telephone loosed the American dogs of war,
President; L. H. H azard ,Secretary
lines were operated across the con- ( and ttle Governor of Wisconsin
Transportation fa cilities
tinent for the first lime. Even then asge(] (or a company of volunteer
' RAI NS — Leave, eoutb bound 8:10 a. President Vail and Mr. Carty of tho soldiers from tue land of the “ lum-
m. and 2:40 p. m. North bound
A. T. and T. were engaged in the her jack s.”
It was a proud day in
9 :26 a. m. and 4 :26 p. m.
present wireless plans, and through the history of Washburn when,
OATS—Six boats plying on the Co­
quille river afford ample accom mo­ the cooperation of the government, ,h ree days later the full quota, with
dation lor carrying freight and pamen which lent the Arlington and Mare William O’ Neil as their newly-
gers to Bandon ami way points. Boats
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eave at 7 :30, 8 :30, 9 :20 and 9 :£0 a. m. Island Stations to their efforts, the chosen captain, started for the
and at 1 :00, 3 :30 and 4 :45 p. nr*.
great plan was brought to success. trom At 68. and as chipper as a
It is probable th .t the A. T . and boy, this gallant soldier of two
Q T A G E —J. L. Laird, proprietor. De-
O parts 5 :3 0 p. m, for t; teeburg via T . will broadeu its scope by utiliz wars, recently visited Washington
Myrtle Point, carrving the United States '
mail and pasengers
I * ing to its fullest usefullness the for (he purpose ol making reports
wireless—connecting it| and its pos- to ,he Interior Department.
In
F master. The mails close as follow s: sible operating plans, with its wire his position as Superintendent of
M yrtle Point 7 :40 a.m . 5:20, 2 :35 p.m.
Marshfield 9:06 a. m. and 4:15 p. in. service, which already covers every Logging on the Indian Reserva
Bandon, way points, 8:45 a m. Norway portion of the country.
tions, Captain O'Neil has super-
amlArago. 12:55 p.m. Eastern mail 5:20
THE t e l e p h o n e m o n o p o l y .
vised the sale of $8,500,000 worth
p. in.
Eastern mail arrives 7:30 a. m.
When the transcontinental tele- of timber during the past fourteen
C ity and County O fficers
phone lines were opened in January years
He talks entertainingly
Mayor................. ....... - ...... A - T - Morrison President Wilson congratulated the about the red men. It was in the
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Treasurer...... - ......... ■—
H. Mast American Telephone and Telegraph vicinity of Cass Lake, Minnesota,
Enginoer...................... p-
Company and its officers on their *rbere he is stationed, that the last
N ‘ghthM.rsh.i......... Oscar'WicKl, am great achievement, and the White Indian outbreak occurred, and Cap-
Water Superintendent .8. V. Epperson H o u _e w as ..s w itc h fd jn’ > on the tain O’ Netl describes old bug Neg-
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Councilmen-Jesse Byers. C. T. 'sk^ls celebration of the event. Pres,dent
c. I. Rime. Ned C.Kelley, W. H. Ly- w -.
iven exclusiVe use of
S S ^ w ' S ^ ^ b ' ^ l . h . entire system for hi. fiend,
Justice of the Peace ..........J. J. Stanley who were gathered at the executive
Constable......... .............. H. W . Dunham j mansion. And now it appears that
County Judge .................James Watson 1
Commissioners —W . T. Dement, Geo. J. j
have been working at Arlington,
Armstrong
Hobt. Watson j using the great government station.
Clerk
Alfred Johnson. Jr. !
T. M. Dimmick 1 The record ot friendliness and co-
Treasurer
T. J. Thrift !
Raymond E. Baker ¡
School Supt. ... .
C. F. McCullock
F. E. Wilson unparallelle'l in the affairs of any
........ Dr. Walter Culin
Health Officer
Societies will get the very best
PH I N T I M O
at the office of Coquille Herald
esic, who led his band of Chippewa
Indians in the Leech Lake uprising
of ,899, as "the one unwhipped In-
dtan Chief.”
It will be recalled
‘ ha! 'his hand killed Major Wilkin-
red men who were victorious, still
inhabit their old hunting grounds,
“ The condition ot the Indian has
been greatly improved,’ declared
Captain O’ Neil, who is enthusiastic
over the accomplishments with ref­
other corporation.
Of course the erence to schools under Secretary
He says
“ trust busters” have had their “ run Lane’s administration.
in” with the telephone and tele- | there are fifteen or twenty of the
graph interests, but all differences V ery best of these schools on the
have been settled out of court, and | reservations in northern Minnesota,
the indications are that the pro*!
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cational Exhibit with instructions
to copy every chart shown in order
that they may have the m .terial for
a special report to their countries
:
on our rural schools.
j
What the county and city super­
intendents of other states say of our
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work is well summarized by G E .
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Wolfing, Superintendent ot Voca­
tional Education, Gary, Indiana,
who said:
“ In Oregon, through your stand­
ard for rural schools, your Boys’
aud G irls’ Industrial Clubs, and
your Playgrounds, you are doing a
work equal to that which the Fed­
eral Governmeut is doing tor the
schools in the Philippine Islands
aud this work is attracting the at­
tention of educators in all parts of
the world,”
That the people living in rural
districts of Oregon care more tor
their schools, are working harder
to give their girls and boys a prac-
tical education, and have made a
greater advance than any other
state, is cleat ly proved by the re­
ception which has been given the
rural school exhibit at the Panama-
Pacific International Exposition.
At the request ot the National
Bureau of Education, the Oregon
State Dep rimer..• of Education
prepared for the Educational Pal­
ace an exhibit showing the strong­
est features ot the rural schools of
Oregon; namely, the standard plan,
the Boys’ and Girls d u b Work
and the Playground Movement. As
Cooperation Advised
the rules of the Educational Build­
For Better Distribution
ing would not permit children’s
work to be exhibited, the system
“ The Doctrine of Higher Use”
was shown by means of charts aud was the title of an address deliver­
photographs. In the official bulle­ ed by Mr. Phil Bates before the
tin of the Bureau of Education, students in Commerce ol the Ore­
they are mentioned as “ unusually gon Agricultural College.
This
attractive colored views illustrating was one of the most useful, as well
lural school work.”
as one of the most inspiring and en­
More than 2,000 of the leading thusiastic lectures that has been
educators representing all the states given in the course of “ Business
and many foreign countries have Men’s Lectures.”
made a careful study of the Oregon
” 1 have come here to talk about
exhibit with the purpose of adopt­ my business, aud that is the busi­
ing some part of it.
Three coun­ ness of editing a fatm magazine,”
ties of California have adopted our said he
In the course of his re­
Standard School Plan absolutely, marks he affirmed that according
and through the local press of their to population Oregon had more
counties, the educational leadess good farm papers than any stale in
have given Oregon credit for help- the Union.
iug them.
W- E . Cole, chairman
Mr. Bates said that the business
of the Educational Committee of of editing a farm paper was in near­
the Farm Bureau for Napa county, ly every case a failure, and he
California, in a letter of apprecia­ would therefore advise everyone to
tion to State Superintendent J. A. keep out of this line of the publish­
Churchill, says, after telling of a ing business.
meeting of their county educational
Mr. Bates discussed in this lec­
officials, “ A standard school was ture the pluses of both production
adopted after the Oregon plan. We and distribution. One could easily
have kept the local press informed infer from his speech that, general­
of our work.
No doubt every ly speaking, the problem of produc
county in California having a farm tion had been solved, and that the
adviser will very shortly follow our main problem of this generation
lead ." At the Annual Teachers’ everywhere is to solve the problem
Institute of Monterey county, the of effective distribution. Tnis, he
county superintendent, Mr. George said, was due to the cunning de­
Schultzburg, brought the teachers vices of the corporate interests of
to the Oregon exhibit,and in speak­ the state in thwarting the possibil­
ing to them said: ” 1 want all of ity ot better markets for the pro­
He called these specula­
you teachers to see what wonderful ducer.
.work Oregon is doing in her rural tors the Indians ot the present, who
schools.
Their Standard School held forth everywhere and had
Plan is just what we need in our things quite their own way.
He said these Indians failed to
county ”
The teachers at once
voted to adopt the Oregon plan, and adopt the "Doctrine of Higher
the Oregon standard card is now in Use.” That 55 per cent of the ap­
every rural school in Monterey ples in Oregou are thrown away
every year, is due to the fact that
county-
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Superintendent Harriett S. Lee, there is no market for them.
ot Yolo county, writes: “ I am now advised that a campaign of educa­
working to make your Standard tion be carried on among the peo­
School Plan fit Yolo county, and I ple, and that the public, especially
wish to thank you for the many e x ­ the producers, be educated to the
cellent pamphlets and cards 1 have real issues underlying economic
He
received through the medium ot production and distribution.
your delightful representative at thinks that cooperation in the form
ol cooperative enterprises is the
the P P. I. E .”
quicker
way to get at the root of
Of the club work, it is conceded
He complimented
that no other state has the work so present evils
well organized.
The local and the College for its work in research
county school fairs with the club investigation, and recommended
winners’ work shown at the State that the students upon leaving this
Fair, making a logical culmination school put forth their utmost efforts
ol the years’ work, tue organizing in spreading the gospel of the Doc­
ane directing of the work by the trine of Higher Use.
He recommended that bankers,
State School Superintendent with
the expert bulletins prepared by commercial clubs, and organiza­
the State Agricultural College for tions of that nature combine their
the children, telling them how to forces to bring about an effective
select seed and to do their work, coordination of distribution and
Through them, he
are features which are raising the production.
club work of Oregon boys and girls said, the farmer should be educated
to a high standard. The judges at up to the true state of the affairs,
the State Fair this year declared and that eventually be be led to
that the corn exhibited by the boys lend bis support to building up a
was fully one hundred percent bet- | better cooperative system
ter than last year, while the vege­
Roads In Oregon.
tables and other products were a
much higher grade than ever before.
Oregon Agricultural College,Cor-
Hundreds of teqitests have come
from all parts of the United States I vallis—Oregon has over 37,000
for the Recreation Manual, issued j miles of road presided over by 878
by the State Department of Educa- j mad supervisors, many of whom, it
tion, and every playground expert .<* (air to assume, are not trained
pronounces it to be the best one mad builders. In ten years ending
published. Every teacher in Ore­ with 1914 these men have spent
gon is furnished with a copy of this n eatly $21,500,000, or an average
manual, and the attention given o f n early $2,150,000 per year. This
this problem in Oregon during the annual expenditure has grown un­
past two years is developing a hap­ til in 19 15 it is approximately $4,-
pier, healthier lot of school child­ 000,000. The probability is that it
w ill con tin u e to increase u ntil it
ren.
Commissioners from a number of has reached a Very much larger
the foreign countries have sent sum .
There are few, if any, lines of
their secretaries to the Oregon Edu-
PER YEAR $1.50
Scene from “ Wormwood”
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Fox Feature at the Scenic, Wednesday, Dec. 15
public endeavor which call for so
great an expenditure of public
money. There can be no question
that the entire state is interested in
getting the greatest possible return
from this expenditure.
To this
end Prof G. V. Skelton, head of
the Department ot Highway Engi­
neering of the Oregon Agricultural
College, is offering during the Wip-
ter Short Courses a series of lec­
tures on the fundamental princi­
ples of road construction and main­
tenance. Among the topics cov­
ered will be earth, gravel and maca­
dam roads, drainage, the adapta­
bility of the different types to vary­
ing conditions and requirements of
traffic, methods and costs, includ­
ing some of the higher types of
roads. There will be twelve lec­
tures in the course.
There will be no fees charged for
these lectures and all who are in­
terested in better roads are urged
to be present.
STATE INDUSTRIAL REVIEW
Compiled by State Bureau of
Industries and*Statistics
Salem, December— West Linn’s
new water system will be completed
about December 1st.
C H. Lucke, of Canby, put-
chased aud shipped 26 carloads of
hogs and cattle in October.
Eugene has 37 manufacturing
plants employing 322 persons with
a payroll of $167,000 and an an­
nual output of $810,000.
Rosebutg— Work has started on
the Umpqua-Crater Lake wagon
road.
Florence sells $5,000 street im­
provement bonds to bank in Toledo
Ohio.
Douglas county farmers get $30,-
000 for [1,700 turkeys.
The Southern Pacific has declar­
ed a dividend of $ 15 0 per share on
common stock, that is at the rate of
More Splendid Ruins.
6 percent. This is welcome news
for everybody in the state ot Ore­
For mauy vears visitors to the
gon tor no industry spends money
Mesa Verde National Park have
faster than a railroad when it is
noticed a huge mound opposite the
prosperous.
Cliff Palace with trees growing
Strahorn’s railroad in eastern
upon it. It has aroused a great
Oregon
has been promised the
deal of curiosity, and many have
been the speculations concerning financial support of promiuent men
its meaning, especially when stones in Oregon.
were discovered emerging from it
that evidently had been cut by tools
in the hands ot man.
It is this
mound which the Department of
the Interior determined to explore
and under which Dr. Fewkes has
just found the most remarkable
prehistoric structure north of the
Aztec architecture in Mexico.
This splendid structure is of cut
and polished stone
The building
has the form of a capital D. The
straight elevation is 123 feet long
and the curved part 245 feet. The
outer walls are double, and between
them tfre a series of narrow rooms.
As the outer walls are unbroken,
the entrance to this building must
have been either subterranean or
by the means of ladders through
the top
Dr. Fewkes believes the ruin was
an uncompleted fortress abandoned
when the cliff dwellers disappeared
from the Uocky Mountain region.
He does not think the cliff dwel­
lers were exterminated, however,
hut believes that, about the time
they abandoned their unfinished
fortress they had liecome strong
enough to leave tbelr mountain
refuges and mingle with the tribes
of the lowlands.
Afler that, per­
haps, they became amalgamated
with the various Indian races and
lost their separate identity.
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Palmer Lumber Co. of La Grande
has awarded logging contracts to­
taling 11,000,000.
Wells Fargo Nevada National
bank see prosperity in the enlarged
buying of railroad supplies and the
resumption of improvements work
by various transportation systems.
Grants Pass—Rails are being laid
on the new railroad up to the foot
of Havshill.
Willamette-Pacific bridge across
Coos bay is finished.
St. Helens Shipbuilding Co. is
asked to bid on five 5,000 tank ves­
sels for eastern firm
Roseburg—Catholics will enlarge
church at cost of $7000.
Astoria is to have a new skating
rink.
A. Guthrie A Co. of Portland re­
ceive $1,500,000 contract near Chi­
cago.
Albany is working to secure a
paper mill.
Salem is to have a cheese factory
next spring
Nineteen fifteen returns from
Hood River valley will be over $ 1,-
000,000.
Medford—To insure a million
dollar sugar factory, the merchants
of this city have decided to raise
sugar beets to keep up the supply.
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Baker has voted $125.000 bonds
After a three year fight and agi­ for new high school.
tation for municipal plant, the city
New bridge will be built across
of Medford and the California-Ore­
the
Willamette at Salem, to coat
gon Power Co. have come to terms.
$233,000
The city concedes the legality of
the electric ftanebise and pays all
New bank opens at Oregon City
back charges for electricity amount­ j December t.
ing to several thousand dollars and
Lebanon paper mill starts with
the light company give a reduced full crew, first time in over a year.
rate on street lighting and a per­
centage of its gross earnings. This 1 The Bandon with 600,000 feet of
settlement excludes the probability lumber just left Toledo for San
of a franchise being granted a com­ ! Francisco.
peting company that has been try­
Creamery at Reedsport produced
ing to enter the field.
i 167,528 pounds of butter past year.