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Notice of Sheriff’s Sal*
Bv VIRTUE of an execution and order
nt sale duly issued by the Clerk of the
Circuit Court of the County of Coos,
! State of Oregon, dated the 14th dav of
January. 1916, in a certain action in ihe
Circuit Court for said County and State,
therein L. Strong as Plaintiff recover-
j ed judgment against W. S. Jess and
I I.ucy Jess, his wife defendants, for the
sum of One hundred forty-eight and So­
ldo Dollars, and coats and disburse­
ments taxed at Fourteen and 50-100
Dollars, on the third day of January,
191«.
Notice is hereby given that I will on
the 4th day of March, 191«, at the front
door of the County Court House in Co-
quille in said County, at 10 o’clock in
the forenoon of said day. sell at public
auction to the highest bidder, for cash,
the following described property, to-wit:
Lots « and 7, the East one-half of
the northwest quarter, (less ten acres)
of Section eighteen, township twenty-
eight, south of Range twelve we-t of
the Willamette Meridian, containing
ninety-eight acres, all in Coos County,
Oregon. Taken and levied upon as the
property of the said defendants, W. S.
Jess and I.ucy Jess,his wife,or as much
thereof as may be necessary to satisfy
the said judgment in favor of plaintiff
and against said defendants with inter­
est thereon, together with all costs and
disbursements that have or may accrue.
ALFRED JOHNSON, Jr.,
Sheriff.
Dated at Coquille, Oregon,
2-l-6t
January 28, 1916.
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I Copy right, 1915, by the McClure
N e w s p a p e r S yn d ic a t e ]
By WILLIAM CHANDLER
One morning In autumn, while taking
The Palawan Islands, In the China
si-a, are to the north of Borneo and an outing In my touring tar, I came
form a part of the I’hillpplne group. upon an auto standing In tbe road
They stretch out for a distance of 700 which had evidently broken down. A
miles and number nearly a thousand. man was attempting to find the break,
In the year 1882 I was landed on one while a woman sat In tbe car. I pull­
of the Palawans from a Singapore ed up beside tbe couple and asked If
trader to get up and run a copra there was anything I could do for
plant. 1 bad with me four Chinese, them.
•’My wife,” said the man. "was go­
and the trader landed provisions for a
ing to the railroad station at Montrose
year.
Nothing of apcclnl Interest occurred to catch a train, hut this mishap has
until I had been on the Island three delayed us. Since you are going in the
months. Then one morning us I went opposite direction from Montrose, I
down to the boat to go on a fishing conclude you will pass through Water-
trip I was amazed to find tracks of a ton."
To this 1 nodded assent.
woman s bare r-et on the wet sands.
“A train pusses through Waterton
Whoever had visited our Island In
the darkness bad come up out of the at 3 o’clock. If you would kindly car­
depths of the sea No boat or raft had ry my wife to that station she would
landed on the shore. The footprints be in lime."
“1 would be pleased to take you both.
were us plain us u plaster east, and
we wer® Immediately Interested and There Is plenty of room In my car.”
“Thank you very much, but 1 must
more or less excited. After thinking
the mntter over I decided that the reinuiu wltb my machine and secure a
Notice of Administrator's Sale
woman must have come from one of workman to fix It or get It towed to
Notice is hereby given that the un­ two Islands north and south and de­ a garage."
During this brief dialogue tbe wom­
dersigned, administrator of the estate termined to give both a search. I
of David M. Drew, deceased, under set off to the north and In the course an, who was veiled, remained in the
and by authority of an order of the of an hour made a landing This ls- car without saying a word. After my
County Court of the State of Oregon
offer the man went to her and said
in and for the County of Coos duly lnnd hud an aren of not more than something In a low tone. What it was
made and entered on the 29th day of live acres. I went over It carefully, but 1 did not hear, but she appeared to
January, 1916, authorizing and direct­ not a living thing did I find.
ing me so to do, will from and after
It was noon when I got back to my give a ready assent to It for she got
the first dav of March, 1916, proceed to own island, and after dinner 1 set out out of the cur; the man took up a suit
sell at private sale all of the real prop­ to search the other. As this one had case and put both her and tbe case In
erty of the said estate, to-wit: the more vegetation I took with me a my auto. Having shut the door and
south half of the southeast quarter and boy, who was about fifteen years of given her a pressure of tbe band, he
the south half of the southwest quarter
nodded to me to proceed, and I start­
of section thirty-four, in township age and named Whang.
It was near sunset when we put off ed on.
twenty-nine south, range fourteen west
It was sufficiently late In tbe season
of the Willamette meridian, in Coos after a vuln search, and when we
County, Oregon, to the highest and reached the reef surrounding our Is i for fur rugs, and tbe lady pulled them
best bidder; terms of sale not less than land and a half a mile out from the up to her chin. She partly removed
one half cash in hand at time of sale, leach. Hie evening breeze died out to her veil, and I saw that she was young
balance payable ffbt more than five
and quite pretty. But when she put
years from date of sale with interest a flat ruim. and we lay like a log. Be­ on a pair of dust goggles there was
fore
Inking
lo
the
oar
to
scull
us
Into
on such deferred payment, if any. at
I very little of her face exposed. We
the rate of not less than eight per cent the shore 1 sat quiet for a minute lis­ ! had not gone far before we met an
tening
to
the
whispers
of
the
sea.
per annum.
auto coining at a furious pace. In It
Dated February 1, 1916.
Whang leaned over the rail of the boat , were two men. the driver and another.
GUY DREW,
and watched tbe sharks darting to and
Administrator of the Estate of David fro and leaving trails of fire behind As they passed us they slowed down,
and one of them called out something
M Drew, Deceased.
2-l-5t
them, and things were so still that I that 1 did not bear, but tbe other, who
could hear the ticking of my watch, was driving, turned <>u full sliced, uud
when there came a strange Interrup­ they were soon lost In n cloud of dust.
Moon Sign«.
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tion. It was the voice of a woman In
We reached Waterton In half an
The moon plays an Important part In laughter, and It sounded close by. Wo hour, and what was my surprise to see
sign telling. I know several old ladies both sprang up ut the sound, won­ the lady's husband standing on tbe
who regulate all their household af­ dering if our eurs hud deceived us, and station platform. lie cast a quick
fairs, and even the conduct of life, by as we stood listening the sounds came glance at the coming Iralu. then at
this luminary. All kinds of weather again. When they had died away the my car. evidently gauging the dis­
bang upou the changes of the mono. hoy turned to me mid \vhis(>ered:
tance of each, anxious that we should
As a matter of fact, you and 1 rather
'Master, let us get ashore at oneel he in lime. I put on full speed and
like to see the new moon over the right There Is a witch of the sea close by. reached the platform Just us the train
shoulder. To be sure, we have no faith and she will drag us dowu!"
was pulling out. The man seized the
In the baneful lntluence of this sign.
I waited ten minutes, and. bcurlng suit case, which seemed to concern
Still, It Is just as well to be cautiout nothing more, I picked up the oar and him more than Ills wife, and both bur
about offending her ladyship. Farmers sculled In to the landing. There 1
j lied to the truln. climbing on when it
study the shape of the new moon to found the three Chinamen waiting for
I was in motion.
determine if the month Is to be wet or me, and they were in a state of great
| My route thenceforth led me buck a
dry. The Indians used to say that excitement
They had heard the few miles from Waterton on the road
if you could hang a powder horn upon laughter, and they believed with the
the curve of the new moon the month boy that a witch of the Rea was hang­ I bad come to a crossroad on which 1
was to change direction As I rode
would be generally pleasant. A circle ing about and meant to do us harm.
along I wondered how tbe man I had
about tho
means a storm ap­
I simnly contented myself with say­ left with the broken down auto could
proaching. The number of stars with­ ing that we would lesve some pro­
in the circle tell the number of days visions on the beach that night and see have reached the Waterton station
which will elapse before the storm be­ If they were missing in the morning ahead of me. 1 had not had time to
gins. Farmers tell about planting corn nnd with sleeping with one eye open to ask him this or what be had done with
In the old of the moon.—Margaret see that the frightened fellows did not his car.
1 had nearly reached the crossroud
Woodward In Countryside Magazine.
Nteal the boat and make off to some when I saw coming a car with tour
other lslnud.
men in It dragging unother ear. By
S erious Q uestion.
We were dowu on the beach when this time I had become a bit suspicious
‘I am not wealthy,” he said, “but If daylight came, nnd there were fresh
that there might be something wrong
fne devotion of a true and tender heart tracks again The woman had circled with the couple I had assisted and
goes for anything with you, Miss about the heap of provisions, but had that possibly I might have been help
touched nothing. The Chinese were Ing undeserving persons. Seeing the
Clara”—
absolutely knocked out with consterna­
“It goes well enough with me, Mr. tion, nnd only my promise to watch auto dragged along caused me to re­
Spoonbill,” interrupted the fair girl, the beach that night and capture or frain from letting It be known what
with a pensive look on her face, “but shoot the witch calmed them down. I I had been doing. When the men
came to a point opposite me one of
how will It go with the grocer?”-— j remained with them all that dny to them, looking hnrd at me. said:
prevent them from plotting, nnd It was
Puck.
"See here, young fellow, who was
not until midnight that I took up my
that woman you were driving toward
watch on the shore.
It was low tide at 2 o'clock. I was Waterton awhile ugo?"
I recognized him as the chauffeur of
concealed behind a heap of brush, nnd
It was a starlight night At that hour the auto I bad met after taking In the
a figure which looked like a human lady. There was nothing to do but to
being came out of the gentle surf nnd tell Ihe whole story, which was listen­
began to walk up and down the bench. ed to with eager attention. When 1
As It walked away from me I rose up had finished the man who had asked
and went forward on tiptoe nnd was the question said to me, evidently
within thirty feel of It when It enught much chagrined:
tile alarm and Ik'd back to tbe water
"You have helped a precious pair
like a shadow. 1 heard nn exclamation of thieves to get away with a big lot
of alarm nnd splashes in the water, of plunder. You have done It either
and saw the wake as the “It" swam ns a confederate or a fool.”
away. I had meant to keep cool, but
“You're the fool, Simmonds,” said
the sight of the figure excited me. and another "I wnnted you to stop ’em,
We will supply a large
Its escape when I figured on capture but you wouldn’t wait"
ndded to It. and so. hardly knowing
Government Map, pre­
“I didn't dream the woman would
what 1 did. 1 drew one of my revolv­ come back to meet us,” said the other.
pared by the Interior
ers nnd began firing ns the swimmer
“it was a mighty clever trick.” put
moved away. I fired six shots, but I In one of the others.
Department, at 50 cts.
heard no cry of pain or other sound.
“Gentlemen," 1 said, “will you oblige
I went back lo the Chinamen and me by explaining what has happened?"
each, by mail prepaid.
found them chattering In terror, and tf
This was the explanation: A butler
they had not been nfrnkl of the witch and a lady's maid had got away with
These maps are official
they would have made a rush for the $50,000 worth of Jewels. They had
bout nnd left me aloue on the Island. taken one of the nutos belonging to
1 sat watching them till daylight came, their master anil made for n station on
and then we all went down to the a railroad. Being missed, they were
l>ench. The tide was coming In. but followed by the men In the auto I had
B u rea u of Animal
| we found tracks ns before While we met Their machine had broken down,
Industry Publications were hurrying shout, arguing and dis­ and had 1 not assisted them they would
cussing. the tide brought In the naked have been captured. It was a stroke
limb and foot of a woman, a white wo­ of genius on the butler's part to send
man. It had been torn from the body the maid back to the Waterton station j
by the sharks, and it was the foot without him. Soon after I left him he
which had made the tracks In the sand. captured a machine at the point of a I
Diseases of CATTLE,
One of my shots had struck nnd killed pistol nnd made for Waterton by a cut
her as she swam away, nnd the blood off that I knew nothing about
HORSES, POULTRY,
had brought the savage sharks to the
In time the Jewels were recovered,
etc., 50 cents a volume
attack. There lay the limb before us, but the precious pair succeeded In1
with the flesh hard nnd firm, though keeping out of Jail I had some dlffl-'
postpaid. These are all
showing s bruise here and there But culty In clearing myself from a charge
no other part of the body came ashore of having been accessory to the crime,
Government documents
To whom the limb had belonged, how hut I tolil a straight story nnd furnish­
she had been cast away there, where ed proofs of my respectability This
and some are out of
she was hiding why she did not seek satisfied tbe Judge, who. after giving
print.
our protection none of these ques­ me n long lecture on the stupidity 5
tions can 1 answer. We hurled the had displayed, kimlty discharged me.
limb In the sands and heard no mere It Is easy for a Judge on the bench to
of the nymph of rhe sea.
he wise.
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L e tte r h e a d s ,
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hU. Deduct your preseut age. Two-
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"Billheads, 5
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AND
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netweea 10 and 70, though the ladles
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their expectation of life averaging two
years more than that of men.—Loudon
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