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T he C oquille H erald VOL. 34, NO. 21 COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1916. CITY DIRECTORY THE FORD PEACE EXPEDITION Fraternal and Benevolent Order F, & A. M.—Regular meeting of Notes Written for the Herald • Chadwick I.oilve No. 68 A. F. A A. by Member of Party M.. at Masonic Hall, every Saturday I night in each month on or before the | fall moon. L. A. L ilijeqviht , W. M. ! (By J. E. Jones.) R. H. M a s t , Secretary. I A 8.—Regmar meeting of Beulah I O E. . Chapter No. tl, second and foortn Christiania, Norway. There was something creepy F riday evenings of each month, in Ma about the war zone and when the sonic Hall. E mma L illikqyibt , W. M. sh res of Norway came in sight the A n s a L aw re nc e b e e . , I , ■ , , , ■ ,, _______ ________________________ __ i rugged coast beckoned a friendly r O. O. F.-Coqnille Lodge No. 83,1 .0 . welcome. W ithin the three mile 1. O. F., meets every batnrday night II Odd Fellows Hall. limit we knew that we were in ueu- H. B. M oore , N. G. tral waters, and alter t h e l o n g w a i t J. 8. L a w k k n c k , bee. & ---------------—-------------- — ----------- -— | in Kirkwall and (he supervision. M AL 0 E0H K ,i5 u ve r ^ e c o ml'a “ | frieud ly though it hi ay have been, fourth Wedneaday nights inOdd Fellows | of the British fleet, we were quite P C uster N. G. G. | overjoyed at the sight ol the friend- P auline aulis * O ust ««, , N. A n n i * I. aw rknck , S ec. ; ly fishing boats, the occasional and villages and the rock ribbed," pine covered coast ol /"«OQUILLE KNt ' A MI’M ENT, No. 25 ‘ ______ U I. O. O. K., /meetsThe i ‘ first " and’third J ~J lighthouses rimrsday nights in Odd Fellows Hall. J. 8 . B arton , C . ? . J . s.L awrence , 8ec. K n ig h t s | , j the mainland of the Scandinavian We forgot all about P Y T H I A S — LycurBua o r n n i i A * . - L y c u i g u o Pe • a i,,su la . of Detroit. However, this state ment is not entirely correct, since there are real mountains in this portion of Norway, while about that section ol the United States we had mentioned there are only hills. I will not engage in detailed de scription ol Christiania or any of the other cities, as that would be an interfeience with the rights of the makers of encyclopedias and guide books, and I fear would not be very interesting. Cbiistianta has its old Viking ship, rescued from former centuries, a beautiful museum and public buildings, and tbe Nobel In stitute The English language is spoken by a very large portion ol the population, and no one finds difficulty, iu »• ing about, as in quiries are always courteously ans wered. Many of the public build ings are as modern as though found in the United States, and this much can be said of the principal hotel, known as the Grand. AFTER THE BA TTLE Sing banners and cannon and roll of drum! The shouting of men and the marshaling! Lo! cannon to cannon and earth struck dumb! Oh, battle, in song, is a glorious thing! ^ Oh, glorious day £ Oh, glorious Oh, godlike man Oh, manlike riding down to the fight! battle in story and song! to die for the right! God to revenge the wrong! Yea, riding to battle, on battle day— Why a soldier is something more than a king! But after the battle? The riding away? Ah, the riding away is another thing! — Joaquin Miller. Proposed Rural Credit Lodge No. 72, meets Tuesday nights ^ the cen sorsh ip and the rem oval o f In IV. O. W. Hall. W atson k R 8. j our parcel post m ail at K irk w all -------- O. A. M in t on y b . C. C. lau d the other irritating features ot A R O Y A L ANTIQUE By Percy A. Cupper, Assistant th e p tev io u s tw o days. State Engineer. I shall cherish it as one of my P No. 35, meets first and Third Mon experiences that I was assigned to T H E CH RISTMAS COUNT RY Cheap money for the Oregon day nights in VV. O. W. HitV• Mss. G eorge D a v i s , M. E.‘ C. the Hotel Victoria. It is a palace farmer and the best method of ob- Norway is most truly the Christ M r s . F rbd L i n e o a r , K. of R . . . j . that has housed royalty and riches mas country and there are pines, in times gone by, ano the old fash pines everywhere. The first stop ioned people who are not accus- n W 0 . W. Hall. was at Christiania and someone de J. S. B arton , S ach e m . tomed to modern ways still regard scribed the scene as being like that A. P. M il l e r . C. of R. it as the one great establishment in Ayr W. A. -R egular m ee t in g s of Bea-1 of the C hristm as cards and another J Y L . ver Camp No. 10.550 in M. W. A. j sa jd , b a , ¡t “ looked lik e a toy tow n Norway’s hotel lit#. We were told Hall, Front street, first and third feat-1 . that the members of our party were u r da vs in each month. rlKeed up to be sold to rich child the first foreigners who had been H. B. T o /. ie r . Consul. ren.” Christiansand has 15,000 peo F. C. T rue , Clerk. allowed to become guests of this es ple, with characteristics all its own. without presenting N. A.—Regular meeting of Laurel It is located on a great sand plain tablishment . amp No. 2972 at M. W. A . Hall, some sort of credential or certificate Fronti street, second and fourth Tues surrounded by the fjord on two of character. In this palatial anti day nghts in each month. sides. A number ot journalists M a r y K e r n , Ora cle . que we were ushered into a small L a c r a B randon , Rec. came aboard and they were imme narrow hallway, which led off into O. W.—Myrtle Camp No. 197, diately seized by the little group of other hallways where the tempera . meets every Wednesday at 7:30 sensationalists from New York who ture was just a trifle colder than it p. m. at W. O. W. Hall. had from the beginning, tried to Lee Currie, C. C. was out ot doors. There was a ser J ohn L kn kv e , Sec. discredit our ship and the purposes vant on every step to look after VENINGTIDE CIRCLE No. 214, of the Peace Pilgrims. oue’s comfort and finally in our meets second and fourth Monday We were in the Scandinavian nights in W. O. W. Hall. A nnie B u rk h ol d e r , G .N . counlries at last, but I think few of M a ry A. P ierce , C l e rk . us realized how much we were to r r A T t M E R S U N I O N . — Regular meet- appreciate these people and their JT ings second and fourth S atu rd a ys in customs. In so many ways they each mon th in W. O. W. Hall. F rank B ur kh ol d e r , Pres. were like ourselves that one could O. A. M i nt ony k . Sec. scarcely tell the difference; but we r?RATERNAL AID No. 398, meets the were to learn that they were just as P second and fourth Thursdays each distinctly different in manv of their ontli at W. O. VV. Hall. Mas. C h a s . E v l a n d , Pres. habits as customs and piecedents M rs . L ora H arkinuton , Sec. could make them. Educational Organizations and Clubs Christiania was reached on Sun- Y E O ____ M A N ____ ’S study Club. —Meet* 2:30 day morning and we were all glad p. in. at city library every second (() j j semhark after fifteen days’ con- «n< 1 fourth Monday. finement on the over-crowded Oscar H arriet A. L ong a r o s , Pres. F rances E. E pperson Sec. II. Christiania has 250.000 [leople p O Q U I f LE E D U C A T I O N A L Jn(j lies in a broad valley on a fine L / L E A G U E — Meets m o n t h ly at the It is surrounded by moun H igh School Build in g during Hie school fjord. ye ar for t h e purpose 01 d iscu ss in g e d u tains and it w as here that we were ca ti ona l topics. to see the Norwegian people in ih e B irdie S ki - els , 1’ies. E dna H ak lockkr , Sec. enjoyment of their winter sport“ . D MEN— CoQuille Tribe No, 46, 1. F )E y O. R. M„ meets every Friday nigbt R W strictions around the expenditure of state funds and less restriction!! arol,Dd 'he expenditure of private j funds" ° r^ f°" bas a credit wor,h >>ons of dollars and it may well be used in discretion for the benefit ot taming it is engaging state wide at* . < * • the Oregon farmer and the upbuild- tention and a conlerence has been . , K called to meet in Salem during ° f thf„s,ate ,n such a manner March to consider this and other thal “ wl11 n0t cost ,he ,a3tP*yer a kindred subjects. I cent and will actually produce a revenue. I believe that it will be generally conceded that tbe farmer is entitled Pig Clubs in Oregon to borrow money at less than eight per cent. This being so, how may we best obtain this remit? TheI P'K Clubs are being organized State is now loaning the six million a,U0DR ,he boys and Sirls ot ° re' dollar school fund to Oregon farm- gon by the Extension Service of Agricnltural ers at six per cent; ,___ however, this i the Oregon • . . . _ College " in cooperation with the Bureau ot Ani fund is totally inadequate to meet the demands upon it and there is a mal Industry, U. S Department of long waiting list. This fund is be Agriculture, the State Superinten ing successfully administered for dent of Public Instruction, the six tenths of one per cent and is a county s c h o o l superintendents, boon to the few farmers who are teachers and parents. BELGIUM'S MILITARY GOVERNOR INSPECTS ART. KEEL KLIIB—A business men’s K O social organization. Hall in Laird’? building, Seconu street. L J. C a r y , Pres VV. C. E ndicott , Pec. W IN T E R SPORTS PER YEAR $1.50 bor may be produced instead of being bought. 3. To complement tbe work of the boys’ and girls’ Corn Clubs by showing them how they can profit ably sell their corn through hogs. 4. To encourage the home cur ing ol meats on the tarm. 5. To teach the hoys how to judge hogs and lo select them lor breeding or market purposes. 6. To encourage the growing of forage crops and discourage tbe use of high priced feeds. 7. To instruct the boys aad girls in a practical way in the manage ment, feeding, sanitation, and pre vention of diseases of swine, all of which information proves valuable with respect to other forms of live stock work. 8. To give the boys and git Is a means of earning money for them selves while at home. 9. To instill in tbe boys and girls while young a love of animal* which will result in their taking more iuterest in tarm life, and to furnish them at the same time some work which will, in a practical way give an insight into the business side of farm life and incite in them a desire to struggle lor and attain success. STATE INDUSTRIAL REVIEW Compiled by State Bureau of Industries and Statistics Salem, Feb. 12.— Long Fruit products company contemplates erecting $100,000 cherry preserving plant in Portland. Doernbecher Manufacturing com pany will build additional ware house in Portland. Oregon State Federation of Labor opposes Sunday closing law. Springfield Methodists will build $15,000 church. Springfield-Phil Johnson will erect plant to manufacture fertili zers, chicken feed, Neat’s foot oil, etc. P R. L. & P- Co., employed 2000 extra men keeping its tracks clear in Portland during recent snow. City of Po (land employed 1000. Union Pacific system feeds and houses paisr-ugers at The Dalles while ’ rains were stalled. State banks according to exami ner’s report, show good profit- If the same could be said of more of our industries times would be bet ter. RULES AND REGULATIONS Southern Pacific company will 1. Any boy or girl between the spend $50,000 improving its yards ages of 9 and 18 years may become at Eugene. a member. Eugene Lamb Lumber company 2. Each must secure at least lets contract for 30,000,000 feet of one pig if he becomes a member of logs. tbe club. Norway will send expedition to 3. Each member must care for bis stock in person, and keep a re Northwest in spring to get Douglas cord of the feed given and tbe pas fir seedlings to replant with in tbat ture grazed, also grow as much oi country. the feed as possible. He must re cord the weight of each pig when it came into his possession and at stated intervals, so as to determine the gains. The date ol farrowing should also be recorded. 4. Record blanks, which will be furnished, should be hlled out and certified by two disinterested per sons. 5. Each member must have owned and kept a record ot his pig for at least lour montns iu ordet to compete for a prize. 6. The members of the club must agree to study the iustructions and read tbe letters, circulars and bulletins sent to them 7. Each member must, when ever possible, show their pig at the local and county exhibit and the winners of the county exhibit must show the pigs at tbe State fair. Boys and girls who wish to enter the Pig Club work but are unable to obtain brood sows or pigs will be assisted in securing suitable stock Irom reliable breeders in tbeir county. L J ALLEN, State Pig Club Agent. Extension Service, Oregon Agri cultural College, Corvallis, Ore. Swift Packing company of Chi cago is organizing a $1,000,000 livestock corporation in eastern Oregon. Medford has population of 12,500 and 18 lactories with invested capi ta'. of $230,000. Contract lor Grants Pass’ $6oo,- 000 sugar factory has been let. During silver thaw in Portland, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company paid $500 a day hotel bill and $250 a day taxi bill for Its operators, furnished them 15 dozen tooth brushes aud 7 dozen combs in order to save them the inconven ience ol trying to get to and from distant homes. That’s going some for a soulless corporation. Astoria wants a first class whole sale grocery house. Mytlle Point i“ planning a sewer system. Harney County Tribune is a new paper at Burns. A few hours after our arrival we Eugene Fruit Growers Associa I were conveyed by an electtic line tion increases output 25 per cent during the past year. /-HIM MERCIAL CLUB— L eo .1 C a r y to Holmenkollen, where the peaks U President; L. H. H a z a r d , Secretary are about 3,000 leet high Nearly Monmouth spent about $25,000 tbe entire population ol the citv sp for new buildings in 1915. Transportation facilities Photo by American P r e s s Association. peared to be eugaged in the pleas General von Hissing, the German governor of Belgium, reupeus the famous art museum I 11 Brussels closed fee p R A lN S —Leave, south bound 8:10 a. It is estimated tbat Astoria spent over a year. The bust and work of M. Meiinler. Belgium's favorite sculptor, ure In the background. ures of coasting and skitng. From $150,000 for new buildings in 1915. 9:26 a. m. and 4:26 p. m. The Hog Market the top ot the mountain their skis The Corn Club members are rais Shipyard at Bandon may tie re O A T S — S ix boat* p ly i n g on th e Co or sleds took them seven to ten own suite we found enough furni- fortunate enough to secure loans q uille r iv e r afford am ple acc om m o from it. Why not use this as a ing profitable yields of corn where Seattle, Feb. t l . — The prediction opened employing eighty men. dation lor c a rryin g fr eig ht and passen miles down a gradual slope and the H're f°r a New \ork apartment gers to Banilon and way points. Boat* 1 physical benefits of the sport were 1 bouse. In one of the rooms Napo basis for a system of rural credits, it was (bought impossible to grow of U. S. Government officials tbat Eugene professor experimenting snTaU *’ m‘ splendidly evidenced by the vic-r, I leon 7 had made his headquarters and increase the fund through the it a few years ago, and it is hoped the hog market of the country was with machine to utilize wood waste —;------— 1 1— :—— ------- T~. pTT strength and complexion of tho-e <luringavisittoChristiaiti«;*noth- issuance and sale of state bonds? the importance of feeding crops to sure to show signs of strength at an The Monroe Leader says: “ The Hogs S rpaVtsY:30''p/m™ior <K^bO urg via engaged in the sport. The low er had been decorated by Shakletnn The loaning of the state school fund live stock on the farm may ne em early date has come true. individual or company that estab Myrtle Point,csrrving theUnited Slates hanging clouds hung over the peaks 'he English explorer. Kings and is a success and the extension of a phasized in this Pig Club work. are now bringing $7,75 in the lishes an electric light and power successfully operating plan is more matl^d^AwngOT^---------------------- which appeared in manv places queens, potentates and millionaires. Puget Sound market and it is gen- It would be well if all m tubers plant in Monroe can depend upon a master! ‘ ^T he~m a i 1 sc I ose*«s^lo 11 oTl: above the clouds. There was a had made the place famous; and I to be desired than the adoption of a of Corn Clubs would enroll in the etally conceded tbat shipments are good and growing business right Myrtle Point 7 :40 a.m. 5 : 20 , 2:35 p.m. heavy fall of hatd snow on the think it is still living on its repnta- new and untried plan State bouds Pork Production work and thus so limited tbat it will be necessary Marshfield 9:06 a. m. and 4 : 15 _ p. in. — rrur, and '¡on. In a corner of our room stood could doubtless be disposed ol at lend a hand in the endeavor to im in another forty or sixty days to from the start. B a n * oil w ay points, 8 :46 a m. Norway 8 r o u nd, the air was cr.sp andArago.l2:55 p.m. Eastern mail 5:20 snappy, the men magnificent and 3 great stove which looked more four or four and one half per cent. prove the quality ot swine in Ore begin shipping from Missouri River D. m. Eastern mail arrives 7:30 s. m. | ^ women beautiful. I do not be- like “ grandfather’s clock” than any This wonld leave a margin of 1 % gon, and at the same time learn points. Freight and shrinkage will alone, it is contended, is largely re : that I have ever seer, such an thing else I can describe. The fire or 2 per cent to cover administra- bow to make more rapid and econo- add about $1.20 to tbe ptice with sponsible for tbe high grain prices. City and County Officers array of vigorous people; and m em - box was small and was fed with tion and to insure the state against „,¡(-„1 gains in hog feeding. the result tbat it is predicted the But even Europe has stopped bny- There will be two distinct divi- price will be $g or even more by iog our wheat and is depending on J. S. Lawrence bers of onr party were anxious to j short sticks of birch and pine wood, j loss, and would doubtless yield a R. H. Mast seenre photographs ot tfie women I11 the morning the room was very profit that could be applied to the gjons of ,he pjg Uub ploj ect. Di. early spring. Tbe Government is its own crops and those that can he P. M. Hall-Lewis going to every length to induce the purchased Irom nearby countries. | cold, and as we had a desire to get state school tund. This plan »»H j vWon i, tbe care and management ......... A. 1*. Miller in their costumes, which, though Night Marshal ___ Oscar WicKham they included coats and trousers, : up before daylight— which was require the adoption ol a constitu- of # brood sow and littfr of pigs. growers to renew their activities It is an admitted fact that Russia Water Superintendent .8. V. Epperson j about nine o’clock— there was a tional amendment, and such amend Division II; the feeding and cate of and there is every indication that has so much wheat on band that Fire Chie:.......... ...........M ■ L Chase were in no way suggestive of any- ! terrific struggle each moruing to ment should be broad enough to one or more pigs from weaning they are taking kindly to the ad she does not know whit to do with Councilmen — Jesse Bvers, C. T. Skeels C. I. Kime. Ned C.Kelley, W. H. Ly Once the Allies succeed in permit of the bonds being deposited time for a period of at least four vice. Tbe Government has always it. ons, O. C. Sanford. Regular meetings coming to her rescue and releasing with the U. S- Treasury as the basis contended that it is a serious mis first and third Mondays each month. | I had my last chat with Henry J congruous that there should be months. this wheat American prices are sure for the issuance of Federal currency take (or growers to even temporar electric bells and electric lights in inaii/a ,,f the Peace .....J. J. Stanley Ford a: Holmkollen ]ust as we were OBJECTS OF THE WORK H. W. Dunham going in to lanch and I experienced 'he rooms for these were the only to the state as it is now issued to Constable ily abandon tbe raising ol bogs not to go back to normal or even below The object of forming Pig Clubs Jamee Wateon j ' a feeling ol deep concern because signs of modern hotel enterprise. A National banks. This cooperative withstanding that wheat prices were normal. Commissioners—W. T. Dement, Geo. J. among the boys and girls may be soaring and hogs were not bringing And with the close ot the war or plan ol rural credits has the en having sleek looking gentleman in uniform ! he gave every evidence of Armstrong Robt. Watson dorsement of the Granee and its briefly staled as follows: Clerk ................. tbe prices they shomd. This con even earlier, if they can get it, Eu Alfred Johnson. Jr. 1. To stimulate an interest in dition the Government contended ropean countries will be very anx It was hi“ last appear- «ft1 he in turn passed on the word only objection is common to all sys- T. M. Dimmick T. .1. Thrift There is a terns of national credits, in that we swine production and to teach tue was only temporary and that it ious to get our pork. c and when he sailed to a smaller man. who, in coujunc- School Supt............. Raymond E. Baker pork famine in Europe today and it must await the slow grinding of j boys and girls how to raise better would be only a short time when •d to tell me hut what : tion with another assistant, finally C. F. McCnllock F. E. Wilson he had acted for the best. Coroner I asked succeeded in getting tbe fire start -1 Federal legislative action before re- and cheaper hogs by the use of itn- wheat would go down in prices and will be even greater for a time, at .... Dr. Walter Culin Health Officer This predic least, after tbe war comes to a close. him if he did not think the country ' ed. The next process was the bath | ceiving any benefits. Now j* the proved blood and the growing of hogs would go up. tion is certainly coming true as to But even now, leaving European very similar to that of northern and a charming Scandinavian girl crucial time in the development of 1 forage crops. Societies will g e t the very best tbe advance Michigan, Wisconsin and Minne- looked after this part of the hotel Oregon’s agricultural and other re- 2 To increase tbe number ot in hog prices and stu demands out of consideration, tbe dents of market conditions ate sure American hog market <s getting in sota, a n d his reply was that the cli- ! enterprise. Her tub« were on the sources We need cipital, both hogs raised on the (arm in order PR IN T IN O that the wheat prices are liable to j fine shape and gmwers are assured mate and physical conditions or the floor above, but her services were state and ptivate, to carry on this tbat the meat for the home and that at the office of Coquille Herald War of fine prices lor the future. country were similar to those north i (Continued on Page 2) development and we need more re- required to feed the extra farm la- take a slump most any time. B