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About Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1905-1917 | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1916)
I T he C oquille H erald VOL. 34. NO. 38 COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY. OREGON. TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1916. C I T Y D I R K C T O R Y FROMTH! NATIONAL tAPITAL T H K *UGOS “ NOT C U I L T Y ” BIG DEVELOPMENT FOB COOS DAY I i ti ok rlie j ry exactly nine Fraternal and Benevolent Order niinu'es to find the 'hiee accused F. & A. M.—Regular meeting of officials of the Riggs Bank noi • Chadwick Lodge No. 68 A. F. 6c A. ' guilty of perjury, as was charged M.. ar Masonic Hall, every Sa urdav n¡¿lit'in each mouth on or before th* \ hy ihc Comptroller of the Tieasury, fui. moon. .. A. L ii . ijeqviht , W. M. W A R Z ON KS | who evidently had tile harking of . H. M ast , Secretary. There tevtr was more soMd sober Secretary McAdoo. There has 'ong ii. —Revu:ar meHing of Beulah Ihii king in Washington than vs been a feeling in Washington and A great flurry has been stirred dication, to those who know the . Cnaoter No. 6. He«*ond and fourtn £ riuay evenings of each month, in Ma- now going on among public men in banking circles throughout the up on Coos Bay by the appearance situation, that he knows what he sonic Hall. and lho«e directly interested in the country that the indictment and there ol W. J. Wilsey with proposi- is doing It comprises the cream E mma L iliikqvist , W. M. A nna L awkknck Sec., affairs of government It may be trial ol the three principal i fficials ¡ tions so large that they rather take of the laud on the bay that would He stated that be needed lor tbe carrying out ol that in some legislation pending in 1 ol the Riggs hank was due to per- away the breath. T O. I 1 . O. F., meets every Saturday night Cotigress, that there is a tendency j sonal feeling against them among he represented Eastern Ind foreign the projects he outlines, and, fur in Odd Fellows Hall. to ‘ Hollow the crowd,” or obey the high officials of the United States capitalists, and that the syndicate ther than that, it includes holdiugs H. B. Moo**, N. G. J. S. L awrence , Sec. will of political parties, or reflect ! government The result of the was ready to expend about $i 2,- which will be so valuable when the expressed desires ol Congres- trial is not, therefore, simply a vin- ooo.ooo in developments on Coos Coos Bay becomes a great seaport a mi e r e b e k a H l o d g e , No *20 I. O. O. F., meetn every seco1 '1 and sional districts. Tiles'; facts may dication of the accused, but in a Bay, provided that the property it that the price at* which they may fourth Wednesday nights in Odd Fellows account for some of the inconsist- btoader sense brings up the issue wants can be secured at reasonable now be secured will look very sm»!l H ill. P acunk C uhtkr , N. G. A nnie L awrence , Sec. encies on the part of Congress, i as to whether Uncle Sam has per- prices. According to the Bay pa when tbe development work he War mitted himself to be used in un pers, this is what Mr Wilsey wants speaks of has been accomplished. /^OQCJILLK ENCAMPMENT, No. 25 Washington is intellectual ¡justly pursuing these men. Of and wbat his backers propose todo: For it must not be supposed that w I. O. O. F„ meets the first and third zone number one. rhursday nights in Odd Fellows Hall. All the Pony Inlet tidelands,com this aggregation of capitalists have Another war zone is to be found course o n e's aP* *° think that so J. S. B arton , C. ?. J. S.L awrence , Sec. in New York, where the newspa- j fireat an organization as the United prising probably iooo acres; the it in mind to spend a dozen millions ^ SIGHTS OF PYTHIA“.—Lycnrgus pers are keeping the public in a S|a,es Government could not be KinDey property and parcels of it on Coos Bay without a larger view F Lodge ;e No. 72. 72, m eet, Tuesday nights constant state ol excitement, and , into so small a piece of business, that were, sold to Coke & Kcilock; than that with which most of our in \V. O. W. Hal! R. W atson , K R. S. where the large foreign born popu- j However, high officials are merely all the Simpson holdings on the citizens are now gifted. They are A. M intoxyk . C. C. lati 'll, so vitally affected by the human, and the public is not going peninsula, including t h e North not thinking of Coos Bay with a Bend water front and mill; 1500 possible bar depth limited to 19 t j YTHI AN SISTERS—Justus Tempie European war, is living in a state ; to ^e satisfied until there is a clearer l No. 35, meets first ami Third Mon of tense expectancy, many of them I understanding of the motives that acres at Rocky Point, 1500 acres on feet and with one little branch rail day nights in W. O. W. Hal'. road to Eugene, Oregon. Part of Mss. G e i b o k D a v i s , M. E. C. fully beli-ving that the United PromP'*d ,be Pe,secu'i° n of ,be South Slough, 600 acres on Coal the plan mentioned by Mr. Wilsey Bank inlet, 3000 acres of coal land M bs . F bbi ) L ineoab , K. of R States must soon become involved j bankers tributary to Coos Bay; 20,000 to is a railroad to Roseburg It is to j t h e co n g r essio n a l club W. A. —Regular meetings of Rea- in the struggle. • ver Camp No, 10,550 in M. W. A. Still another zone is to be found T h e wives and daughters of 40,000 acres of timber land contigu smile. A railroad to Roseburg it Hall, Front street, first and third Sat would undoubtedly be, but he who ous to Coos Bay. in Pittsburgh, Wilmington. Bridge members of CoDgress meet regu- urdays in each monili. imagines that it would stop there H. B. T ozikb .Consul. The corporation Mr Wilsey rep -■ the Congressional Club, port, and various other centers I larly at F. C. T ruk , Clerk. should furbish up his mental ma where the manufacture of war mu-. ' which is conducted by them and resents, he says, will invest about N. A.—Regular meeting of Laurel nitions concerns the welfare of the t managed entirely for their inter $12,000.000 in developments here chtnery. It means a transconti camp No. 2972 at M. W. A. Hall, nental railroad with Its terminus at Front street, second and fourth Tues entire population, and where big ests The class of entertainments within the next three to five years, Coos Bay. It means Coos Bay as The in day nights in each month. and programs arranged for their outside the railroad cost. M abel S ampson , Oracle. booms and little booms are creating social affairs are ot the highest or dustries they contemplate-may in one of the great shipping points of large and small fortunes, and an era L auba B randon , Rec. der. The day ol the dominance of clude sawmills, pulp and paper the coast. It means a deepening 197 of prosperity. O. W .—Myrtle Civmp No. zer butterfly society in Washington has mills, a hydro-electric plant, by of the entrance to the easily secured . meets the first Satin lay in every month at 7 :30 p. in. in W. C W. hall. A Congressman from the rich passed, and intelligent women who products plants, creosoting plant, 40 leet. It means the entrance agricultural regions of the middle Lee Currie, C. C. woodenware manufacturing, ship .^here of the largest ocean-going J ohn L eskve , Sec. west describes another condition: are now the social leaders of the It Capital city, devote their time and yatds, the purchase of a fleet of ves vessels coming to the coast. t t VENINGTIDE CIRCLE No. 214, “ The fields are ready for sowing, means, in fact, that Coos Bay would sels, chemical works, tannin ex l h meets second and fourth Monday the trees have put forth their green thought to the more worthy pur nights in W. O. \V. Hall. poses of life. The Congressional tract ing plant, glass works,smelters, take its proper place at last as tjie A n n i e B u r k h o l d e r , G.N. leaves, and velvety grass covers the seaport third in importance after M ary A. P i e r c e , Clerk. entire landscape. All nature seems season recently closed, and the last coal briqueting plant. San Francisco and Puget Sound. T 7 ARMERS UNION.— Regular meet- to breathe happiness, prosperity afternoon was given over to a piano They propose also to take over It means that PoMland’s worst recital by Miss Grace J. Gronna, the Coos Bay Water Company’s A ing8 second and fourth Saturdays in and expectancy. The people who lears 1 re to be realized, thank the each month in W. O. AV. Hall. F rank B urkholder , Vies. want war have a hot chance of get the talented daughter of Senator system and improve and extend it.! Lord, and that tbe rival she has and Mrs. Gronna, ofNortb Dakota. They promise through Mr. Wilsey | O. A. M intonye . Fee. ting the boys from our region of Her selections were of the highest to furnish employment to from 10,-¡ done so much to bold back will at t t RATERNAL AID N o . 398. meets the the country to shoulder tides and last forge ahead. l second and fourth Thursdays each go forth to fight Europeans. There class, and she delighted her aud 000 to 12,000 men. That this would mean incalcul month at \V. O. \V, Hall. ience, which was large notwith It will be remembered that Mr. is nothing doing!” M rs . On ah . E vi . and , Pres. able benefit to the Coquille valley standing the fact that there was a M rs . J. W. I. enbve , Sec. Wilsey was on the Bay several Another authority referred to the garden party at the White House years ago, before the project ol a need hardly be pointed out. Many record of the recruiting station in the same afternoon. The Congres railroad from Eugene had been of our people are inclined to exhibit Educational Organizations and Club a Boston, where underneath t h e sional women take a very serious broached, and that be promoted the symptoms of hydrophobia when OMAN’S Study Club.—Meets 2:30 shadow of Bunker Hill Monument view of life, and they discuss poli Coos Bay is mentioned- And when road which was to have been built p. m. at city library every second there was exactly one enlistment in tics and international affairs in a by the McArthur Perks Co.; that this valley is referred to as part of and fourth Monday. H arriet A. L onoston , Pies. a whole week. manner that leaves absolutely no the p oject was launched and went “ the Coos Bay country” they have F rances E. F. iterson Sec. a curious variety of fils; but tbe From the Pacific Coast there question as to the extent of their ahead with every appearance of a KEEL KLl B- -A business men’s come the reverberant echoes of the grasp and understanding of the big determination to put it through and day is fast coming when we will all social organization. Hall in Laird’s old Japanese controversy. In great problems jphich are commanding realize that we are almighty lucky the capital with which to do it; that budding, Second street. sections of the south, and in the in L J. C ary , Pres the thoughtful attention of the best the ¡Southern Pacific then got sud that the Coquille valley lies so close AV, C. E ndicott , Sec. terior of the country, the great war minds of the world- , denly busy, definitely abandoned to Coos Bay, and that we could not do better now than to claim aud in excitement is unknown, and busi- j COM M ERCIAL C LUB—L eo J. C ary Vv President; L. II. H azard , Secretary ness and commerce are proceeding N E W S P A P E R M A N F O R C O N G R E S S the Drain route and started active sist on our right to be classed as The National Press Club is the preparations to build in from Eu part of “ the Coos Bay country; to as tranquilly as though the world strongest organization of newspaper gene; that the bluff didn't work make that part of our advertising, Transportation Facilities were not "aflame.” men in the United States, and C’bas- worth a cent; that the McArihur and to reap some of the benefit of 'R A INS—Leave, .south hound 8:10 a. The lesson is that a republican Hart has been its secretary for sev" Perks people went right ahead with the advertising, free and paid,which form of government is a success, a. m. and 4 :28 p. in. eral years. The fact that he has its line and only ceased when an has brought Coos Bay before the since the people themselves have OATS- Six boats plying on the Co- the ptincipal say in their own held such a position among all the iron-bound understanding was ar eyes of the world. quille river afford ample accommo rived at with the S. P. whereby the It is gratifying to see that the dation lor carrying freight and paasett method ot government; and no "knockers’’ who write for the press, gers to Bandoti and way points. Boats matter how powerful may be the is pretty good evidence of his ability McArthur Perks people were given live people oflbe Bay realize what cave at 7 :30, 8 :30, 9:20 and 9:£0 a. m. the contract to build the road at Mr. Wilsey’s visit means. There and at 1:00, 3 :30 and 4 :4~> p. nr.._______ political domination of leaders or as well as his power as a politician. once. The newspaper Iraternity of Wash- might be two opinons as to the ad UOSTOFFICE.—J. W. I en-VP, post- high officials, there still remains the ington is very much interested in In view of this it would seem visability of letting him have all he l master. The mails dost as followt: Myrtle Point and Powers, 7 :56 a^ m„ 4 final check of the United States the candidacy of their fellow scribe that W. J. Wilsey is the man who asks, but tbe one prevalent among p. m .; Marshfield 7:56 a. tn., 3:56 p.m. Congress, which never has been ! who is running for Congress in his is primarily responsible for the tact our neighbors seems to be that it is B inihio, way points. 9:00 a in. and 4:00 p. m Not w ay and Arago. 1:00 p. n>. known to defy the popular will, I ! home district in the state of Wash- that we have a railroad in here to better to give capital what it asks which it represents Eastern mail 7:50 a. m Eastern mail j ington. Mr Hart perhaps knows day, and that be has been and un for the sake of the rapid develop arrives 1:30 p. m. SH A TTE R E D rRE C K D K N T S | personally more newspaper men doubtedly Is in touch with large ment that would ensue, ratbei than In lornter limes a President left than any other correspondent at capital. He made good before, and play tbe waiting game that has City and Counts Officers Washington at the conclusion of the National Capital, and it he suc- that is a good reason for believing been so enervating. Some of us A. T. Morrison bis term and he was not expected j needs in securing the nomination that be would make good again. Mayor....... old settlers would rather like to see J. S. Lawrence Recorder R. H. Mast to return or make visits to the Cap- and election his district would not The list ot property that he wants things happen here before we are Treasurer S. E. Henderson ital. Ex President Taft is a fre- only be well represented, but news, Engineer to tie up on the Bay is another in- carted away to the dump heap. ..John Hickhmnt Marshal J. A. Jackson quetit visitor to Washington, and paperdom would havt its own par- Night Marshal Water Superintendent S. V. Epperson Fire C hie:........................H .O . Anderson both he and Colonel Roosevelt were licular choice as a member of the jetty whete channel is narrow. Councilmen—Jesse Bvers. C. T. Skeels at the capital in the same week. (House. Tbis is shoaIest Place- 0 ° bar C. I. Kinle. Ne.l C.Kelley, AV. II. Ly Neither were invited to the White | PREPAREDNESS AND PEACE ons, O. C. Sanford. Regular meetings House, but Mr Taft '‘just dropped ____ | proper water seme better. April 17 first and third Mondays each month. While the preparedness bill has 1 be U. S. Branch Hydrographic dePtl> 21 feet M L L. W. Buoy in” at President and Mrs Wilson’s 1 hem marching on the way through office at Portland sends out under »drift. Feb 11, depth M. L. L- W. garden parly. Another custom the two houses ot Congress, there Justice of the Peace ........,T. J. Stanley Constable..................... II. AAr. Dunham that was in force up to a few years 1 has been a real demand upon Wash date ot June 6 the following notes 2' feet. Reports by Petterson Tug ago, made it an act of impropriety j ington , for o f M sensible n i f o e action in the in- on Pacific Coast bar soundings, Relief. Grays Harbor bar AV ash.: Feb. for an ex-Senator to visit the Sen ; terests of peace. Former President which are inteiesting l o r their showing of the comparative deptli *7 M. L. L W. depth 25 feet. Keep Coni nv issioners—W., T. Dement, Geo. J. ate, notwithstanding the .rules pto I Taft has spent several days at the Armstrong Robt. Watson vide that any tormer Senator shall i Capital in attendance at a peace of water on the different smaller large white painted triangle on harbors of the coast; shore in line with end ol jelly in .Alfred Johnson. Jr. Sheriff........................ T. M. Dimmick have the privileges of the Chamber gathering. Senator Lewis is among p ek coming in. Report by Knudson, Coquille River bar, Oregon: T. J. Thrift Nowdajs lotmer Senators "bob” in . Raymond E. Baker and out so frequently that their 'the la’est to present a resolution to 29. 12 leet at M. L. L W. Aids j ’ Sir Norwood, San Francisco, Cal. School Snpt. C. F. McCnUock Congress asking that the President Surveyor good order. Channel in center be April 3, M. L- L. W. depth 23# F. E. Wilson presence is hardly noticed Still Dr. Walter Cnlin another precedent made it almost ! suggest a neutral tribunal. There tween jetties and runs out straight. feet. Report by Si.nborn, 501 M Health Officer J. L» Smith are a number of resolutions before Agriculturist St. Hoquiam, Wash. ar affront against the dignity of the j |he Hou, e and Senate which are Umpqua river bar, Oregon: Coos Willapa Bay bar, Wash : March Senate, and an act of appealing intended to act in the interests of Bay New* of Feb 1 reports depth 3, 23 leet at M. L. L- W. Report ‘•too ftesh” in the House, (or a new peace However, these have been at high tide a! 20 feet, sounding Stousland, Market St., San Fran GET YOUR memlter to presume to make a on side track for many months, taken by Steamer SiB Gabriel. cisco, Calif. April 17 depth 23 feet speech Now the new Senator or 1,ut there is a probability that in- Humboldt Bay bar, Calif : May Representative who doesn’t present ternational conditions have changed 17th, depth M. L. L. W. 21 feet. M. L L. W. Stousland report Str. Raymond. his views to his colleagues within a •o that there will be some illumina No. I black spar buoy adrift. at the Re tion speeches in Congress concern Coos Bay bar. Oregon: May 24 lew days after arrival in Washing ing the attitude of onr government port by Petterson, Tug Relief. May depth 1 9 feet M. L. L. W. Re H e r a l d O ffic e ton, is apt to be put down as ‘a toward the European war, and the I, M. L L. W. 21 leet. Depth ported by Michelson, Str. Hardy, dead one.” brush we are having with Mexio. given here is opposite end of south San Francisco. Calil. Everts of Interest Reported For The Herald. A O PER YEAR $1.50 The Man Who Caused Willamette Pacific to be Built now Represents Syndicate Willing to Expend $12,000,000 in the County M M IV W W l B Comparative Bar Depths At the Coast Harbors Butter Wrappers A SCENF FROM “T H E IROM r a ^ - — ., , To Be Shown at the Scenic, Monday, June 19 “The Name and the Game” In The Name and tbe Game,” the latest episode of P^the’s "The Iron Claw,” Legar robs a bank in which some of Golden’s money is deposited, and succeeds in fastening the blame on the L^u yhing Mask. Tbis man of mystery, disguised as one of Legar’s henchmen, but in reality the nenemis of evil doers, gets control of the loot and notifies Golden that he intends to return it on condition that the former im proves the condition of the tene ments of which he is the owner. The early episodes of this serial tell ot one Enoch Golden, a wealthy planter, who accuses his wife of un due familiarity with a Dr, Legar. The enraged planter thereupon or- STATE INDUSTRIAL REVIEW Compiled by State Bureau of Industries and Statistics ders his negroes to mutilate Legar and crush liis hand in a vise The latter swears vengeance, and opens the sluice gates and inundates the plantation He then kidnaps Mar gery Golden and, alter raising her to young womanhood, sends her to his friend Dalbeim, a denizen of the underworld The Laughing Mask, the nene- mis of evil doers, rescues her from Dalheim’s clutches and returns her to her lather. She meets her fath er’s secretary, David Manly, and a friendship springs up between them. Legar with a villainous device sets fire to Golden’s tenements, aud Margery, hoping to prevent further damage to her father’s properties, returns to Legar. St. Johns get 4 an an addition to the municipal stuck. Astoria— County will hard sur face part of road to Smith's Point. Amity Nut & Ft nit Co. to build frame hotel. LaOrnnde Grocery Co. to build large bridk this summer. Baker—Oregon Idaho Investment Co will operate Poorman copper mine Marshfield struggling for $303,- 000 coal briquet plant. Portland —Sisters of the Good Shepherd to erect $125,000 parish structure. Coos & Curry Telephone system being largely rebuilt. Salem F'ritil Uniou contracts for $150,000 deliveries Sellwood— Plans completed lor railroad from Ardenwald to Pleas ant Valley. Detroit— Corvallis and -Eastern track (o be extended 12 miles east. Baker— Paymaster copper mine in Eagle mountains to be operated. Marshfield and North Bend city council consider purchasing Coot Bay Water Company’s plant at price fixed by Public Service Com mission. Harriman— Construction ot high way to Bendire mountain started. State Mining Bureau to make survey ot Santiam mining district. Thos. Shaw, agriculturist ol the Great Northern, says farm products of western Oregon can be doubled with drainage. St. John* woolen mills will in crease capacity of output 35 per cent. Monmouth will spend $7,917 for paving its bnsiness street Riverside— Malheur county land owners voted to create 25.000 acre irrigation district here. Astoria— Lumber shipped from Lower Columbia in May was 26,- 453,860 feet. Newport— New survey has been ordered of Yaquina Bay aud harbor. St. Helens— Another contract re ceived here for a deep sea vessel. Gardiner-—Seventeen mi l e s of telephone line to be built Irorn here. Umpqua Harbor to he improved at expense of $200,000. Marshfield— Waterfront street to North Bend to be hard surfaced Bandon— The Moore mill will re same operations, having secured ships. Gresham— Another section of countv highway to Fairview let— construction to be 18 feet wide of bitulitbic- Albany cheese factory starts with a run of 3000 lbs. nrilk per daw Portland— Census bureau shows capital in manufacturing increased in Oregon in five years 56 per cent, sa’ aries 40 per cent, p—oducts 18. Roseburg Sand & Gravel Co. will manufacture cement tile. Roseburg— Methodist c h u r c h north and south to unite on a build ing. Portland — Strikes of longshore men and tunnel workers put sever al thousand men out of employment Portland- Censns bureau shows capital in manufacturing increased in Oregon in five years 56 per cent, salaries 40 per cent, products 18. Roseburg Sand and Gravel Co. will manufacture cement tile. Eugene Fruitgrowers Ass’n. en larging fruit drying plant. Enterprise gets a new brick building tbis season. Timber countries are still build The Petition to the Port of Ban- ing steel and concrete bridges. dou, regarding the regulating of the Tillamook gets a new concrete spetd of river steameis on the Co quille River, will be taken up hy garage. the commissioners, at a special Springfield man has invented meeting ol the board, to be held in buttermold and will make 200 pet tbe city hall,in the City of Coquille, day. on the 17th day of June 1916, at to Pendleton adding $6000 school o'clock a. m lacilities. All parties interested are request Riddle to get an electric light and ed to lie present. Bv Order of Pert of Bandon. power plant. Notice to the Public ____ •