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1 A W'Uk., T he C oquille H erald VOL. 34. NO. 44 COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY. OREGON. TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1916. OREGON GOES AFTER HER OWN voted to the reclamation work, but whatever the sum may be, it will serve a valuable purpose in preparing these lands for the occupation of settlers. If all of the lands could be reclaimed they would furnish homes for 15,000 families and add materially to the tax valuation of the State. It is probable that over 2,000,000 acres of such desert lands car. Portland C ham ber of Com be ultimately reclaimed and turned into prosperous farms in this state. m erce Asks Aid of S tate in Oregon has already contributed $10,- 71",000 to the reclamation funds of the Boosting Sinott Bill United States, most of the money be ing used in the construction of projects in other states. Only $3,761,000 have been expended by the reclamation ser vice within the State of Oregon. “ From the foregoing figures, it is Provides 40 p e rc e n t Be S pent apparent that Oregon has t h e best claim on all the revenue to be derived in the Stete from the grant lands which lie within this state and we earnestly urge every The Portland Chamber of Commerce citizen of the state to begin an aggres is asking the people of Oregon to unite sive campaign for writing of these let in one gigantic campaign to secure to ters to Senators and Representatives Oregon her just share of the money de and friends throughout the East and rived from the sale of the Oregon-Cali- South,” said Presid|nt Colt of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. “The fornia Land Grant. Congressman N. J. Sinnott has in only chance to have the Sinnott bill troduced a bill which provides that the adopted will be through a vigorous cam 40 per cent of the revenue assigned to paign and every citizen must do every the Reclamation Service shall be ex thing in his power to have it backed pended by that Service for the reclam up. I believe that eastern Senators ation of Oregon lands. This is known and Congressmen will do the right thing by Oregon when they understand as H. R. 16597. Monday, July 31st, has been fixed as the situation.” It is suggested that Oregon people the day for mailing letters. The let ters should be directed to any member write the eastern newspapers, dailies of Congress with whom any Oregonian and weeklies, published in their old is acquainted. If OregonianB do not home states and by every means that know Congressmen, it is probable that occur to them, agitate the adoption of the residents of this state can reach the Sinnott Bill, which should always members of the Senate and House be referred to by number, H. R. 16597. It is hoped that every reader of this through getting in communication with influential people in the states where paper will, without further urging, ap point himself or herself a committee to they originally resided. perfect an organization to push for To all Oregonians who have given ward this campaign, bearing in mind the matter any thought, it is apparent that the improvement of one part of that the members of Congress f-om the the State helps the whole State. Kastern and Southern state* cast their It Is suggested that where letters are votes on the Chamberlain-Ferris Bill written to residents of other states without giving the State of Oregon who are not members of Congress, that that consideration which is rightfully said communications contain the facts to be expected from legislators of the set forth and that the party to whom United States. the letter is addressed be requested to The Chamberlain-Ferris bill provides communicate with his congressman and the means for the disposal of the Ore- senator immediately. gon-California Railroad Grant lands and the division of the funds to be se H iking Visitors cured therefrom. No objection is made to the manner of appraisal and settle Alfred Power, Supt. of Schools, Oak ment of the lands and we are accepting land, Oregon, and Ben H. Williams, the division of the money as provided Secretary of Social Welfare of the ex in the bill which was 25 per cent to the tension division of the U. of O., were school fund of Oregon, 25 per cent to in town the middle of last week. They counties in which the lands are situated, were taking a hike through this section 40 per cent to the general reclamation and incidentally doing some free lance fund and 10 per cent to the Federal work for Eastern magazines and Port Treasury. A general objection does land papers. At least, they intended come, however, from all sections of to hike beyond Langlois, though they the state as to the plan allowing the had found it easier to ride thus far. reclamation bureau to expend t h e They will go to Gold Beach and from moneys represented by the 40 per cent there to Grants Pass, thence to Crater division wherever its officers may de Lake, writing up matters of interest or oddity that come to their attention. cide. The contention is made that the 40 They were advised to visit the Oerding per cent referred to, whatever the gen myrtle wood factory here, as an indus eral sum may be, should be spent for try that they would not see outside of the reclamation of Oregon deBert lands Coo- county, and they will probably which can never be brought under set he r spread the fame of Coos county tlement until irrigation plants are con myrtle. » - • - - structed and water carried to them. As a rule when a man tells his wife Oregon lands are just as deserving of that he is sorry about anything, he attention from the Reclamation Ser means that he is sorry she got next. vice as are lands of Wyoming, Mon tana, Colorado, New Mexico, or Ari zona, and the fund being taken from the resources of Oregon, it would ap pear that Oregon desert lands should in all fairness be given the preference Decision Is R evoked by the in t h e construction of reclamation S u p rem e C ourt works. In support of the Sinnott Bill, the The Oregon Supreme court has ju st Portland Chamber of Commerce has handed down an opinion reversing the sent copies thereof with explanatory decision of the Coos county circuit letters to all of the state societies rep court in the case of John S. Jeffreys vs. resented in Portland, to all the Com I. T. Weekly and Q. V. Weekly, in mercial Clubs and Chambers of Com volving the sale of a ranch near Myrtle merce ofjthe state, and to every news Point. The case attracted consider paper. Each is asked to make an ur able interest on account of the charges gent request of every resident of Ore of fraud in the deal. Peck and Peck gon whom it can reach to begin writ appeared for Jeffries and Sherwood and ing a series of letters to members of Liljeqvist for Weekly. Congress with whom they may be ac The Supreme court decision in the quainted, particularly those from the case is final. It sets aside the contract Eastern and Southern states, and to as Jeffrys desired, and gives Jeffreys persons with whom they have an ac judgment against Weekly for $3,500. quaintance residing in such states. In A few years ago Jeffreys bought a these letters the request will be made ranch from Weekly. He claimed that that they ask their representatives and Weekly represented that there was senators to do justice to Oregon in this sixty acres of bottom land in the tract, matter and support the Sinnott bill. and that there was ample water supply, For the benefit of those writing let etc. Jeffreys cannot read orwrite and ters, the following information has so says he accepted Weekly's repre been tabulated and it is considered ad- sentations. When he moved on the place, Jeffreys says he discovered that visable to quote: The taxed lands of all kinds in the there was less than forty acres of bot State of Oregon amount to 25,931,276 tom land, that considerable timber on it had been sold previously by Weekly acres. The non-taxed lands in the State of and that the water supply was insuffi Oregon amount to 35,257,204 acres. cient. He had paid $3,500 down on the These include Indian Reservations, Na deal, the total purcha.-e price being tional Parks and Monuments, National $10,500. —Times. Forests. Military Reserves,power sites, Coach Boys Give Bonds reservoir sites, coal reserves, unappro priated government lands, lands filed on but not patented, state school lands, F. R. Shores Friday furnished bonds and tne Oregon-California Land Grant. for both Joe and Arthur Coach when There are in the state, largely in the they appeared before Justice Pennock southern, central and eastern tiers of and waived the preliminary hearing counties, 32 projects for reclamation of and were bound over to the grand jury, desert lands. These cover 1,108,599 their bail being fixed at $500 each. acres and the total amount of money Arthur Coach is accused of an assault which will be needed to complete them on Wm. Larrabee and Dan Conlogue. is $54,644.000. It is not expected that Joe Coach is accused cf hitting Peter such a sum of money can be realized Tully with a bottle, .nocking Tully through the 40 per cent of the sale price against a isdiator and inflicting wounds of the grant lands which will be de which necessitated several stitches. TO KEEP LAND GRANT MONEY THE WEEKLY-JEFFREYS CASE CONFEDERATE VETERAN DIES J. J. Lamb, O ld Soldier and Good Citizen, Passes A w ay S aturday M orning LIVED HERE FDR MANY YEARS M r. Lam b C am e to Coos Co. In the Y ear 1873 J. J. Lamb, whose serious illness had left little hope of his recovery for some days, passed away last Saturday morn ing, and was laid to rest in the Masonic cemetery Sunday afternoon. The de ceased was born on his father’s planta- tation in Lauderdale county, Alabama, December 10, 1843. Later he removed to Arkansas, and at the breakiug out of the war he joined his fortunes with the cause he believed to be right and served in the Confederate army in an Arkan sas regiment. At the battle of Chica- rnaugua on Sept. 20, 1863, he received a gunshot wound below the knee which lat.r made amputation above the knee necessary. A fter the close of the war he engaged in farming in Arkansas un til .'873, when he came to Oregon and settled in this county. He took up a place on Rink creek and farmed until 1881, when he was elected assessor of this county. After serving one term he retired to private life for two years, when he was elected county clerk, serv ing in that capacity for four successive ter.ns. During this time he resided at En pire, wich was then the county seat. When he retired from office in 18E 1 he again returned to the Coquille and went to a farm which he had pur chased four miles down the river, but in 1895 he moved to this city and en gaged in the hardware business until 1899, when he retired from active busi- net 3 life. While a resident of Arkansas he was married to Mary Ann Lindsey, whose death occurred about three years ago Sons and daughters survive him as fol lows: M r 8. Ad:. Elizabeth Smith, I.eona Ann Byers, James A. Lamb, Mary Marvin Lyons and Florence Irene Jones. The last three are residents of this city, while Mrs. Smith lives in Eastern Oregon and Mrs. Byers near San Diego, Cal. All were in attendance during his last illness. Last summer he made an extended visit to southern California and points in the middle west. While in Arkansas he had a severe sick spell, from the ef fects of which he did not entirely re cover, and his health had been steadily failing after his return to his home,and hif death was not unexpected. J. J. Lamb was one of Coquille's good citizens. A man of strong convic tions, making no compromises with his principles, he yet had sympathy and charity for the erring. He had the courage of his convictions, and his in fluence was always thrown for what he considered right and for the uplifting of the moral atmosphere of the town. His friendly and cheerful greeting will be missed by young and old, and he will not soon be forgotten. The funeral, which was held from the M. E. South Church at 2:30 Sunday afternoon, was very largely attended. The address was delivered by the pas tor, Rev. H. M. Law, and appropriate music was furnished by the choir. The floral offerings were many and beauti ful and evidenced the high esteem in which the deceased had been held. It was noticeable that a large number of children were among those who filed slowly past the open casket for a last look at one who had been their friend. The Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges were in attendance at the funeral, the deceased having been an honored mem ber of both orders. The pall bearers were J. S. Lawrence, M. H. Hersey, P. E. Drane, A. T. Morrison, A. J. Sherwood and Judge Harlocker. these the boys will be installed and as sisted to make their way through the University. “ A considerable number of students have tried ‘batching’ this spring, and many are living this way during the present summer school, women as well as men,” said President Campbell. “ It is noticeable that those who have tried it have greatly enjoyed the ex perience. Two Portland boys have been living this summer on an expense of 19 cents a day. The thing that im pressed them most was not so much the small amount of money their board was costing them, but t h e small amount of time it was taking to do the work. An hour a day is enough, they have found,¿provided they go right at the work and clear It up without lin gering.” President Campbell has enlisted the assistance of Dean John Straub, and together they are expecting to be the personal friends, advisers and helpers of the “batching” students. Longston’s Bonds Approved A special meeting of the city council was held Tuesday night for the consid eration of the bonds of the Longston Construction company for the street improvements in the contract recently let. The bond was in the sum of $11,- 800 and was accepted by the council. The matter of removing dirt from the street where cuts are made in the course of the proposed improvements, came up for discussion but no action was taken. The talk, however, seemed to be in favor of keeping all dirt ob tained from cutB on the street and to use it in making fills elsewhere. A number of requests have been made by property owners that the dirt be placed on their lots. The school board also made application for dirt to be used in leveling the school grounds. T h e G u aran ty Legend The very comforting words "Guaran teed under the Food and Drugs Act, June 30, 1906,” are rapidly disappear ing from labeled merchandise. Manuf acturers have been given an extension of time in which to use up their old la bels, but the deceptive guaranty is be ing discontinued as rapidly as possible. The federal authorities have found that the public has been led to believe that the Government, in some way, approv ed of the food or drugs bearing this le gend. As a matter of fact, in its op eration, it has been found that the guaranty has been an absolutely dead letter so far as the accomplishment of any purpose was concerned. How W ould H e Do It? While the Sentinel man may not be losing sleep over the possibility of Japan landing troops on the Pacific coast at Coos and Monterey bays which Victor Murdock, the eminent Kansas progressive and Chautauqua speaker, points out as a.very possible procedure, it is not patent that no one is taking such authority as Mr. Murdock serious ly. It might be well if another promi nent Kansas gentleman would state what he has up his sleeve that will act as such an effective check on Japan. COPULE RIVER GETS $6000 Rivers and H arbors Bill Is Passed by C ongress Speaking of the rivers and harbors bill which passed the Senate and went to the President for his signature last Thursday, the Portland Telegram says: Republican senators who fought the rivers and harbors bill refrained from obstructing ratification of the confer ence report of the measure and it was passed as approved by the house, carry ing $12,886,085. It is the first general rivers and harbors bill in four years, and now goes to the president. Appropriations amounting to $1,778,- 000 for the improvement of Oregon rivers and harbors are carried in the new rivers and harbors bill which was passed by congress Wednesday, and M any Will “B atch” only awaits the signature of President A t S tate U niversity Wilson to become a law. The funds for local projects are materially lees University of Oregon, Eugene.—A this year on account of the completion new type of student promises to put in last season of The Daltes-Celilo canal, an appearance at the University of which hitherto had called for the ex Oregon this fall. He will be the penditure of a large sum. "batcher” or bachelor, but not Bache In the second Oregon district the lor of Arts. Ever since it was announ amounts for the various projects fol ced in the newspapers throughout the low: Mouth of Columbia river, $1,- country that President P. L. Campbell 200,000; upper Willamette, $47,000; the had declared that he intended to take | lower Columbia below Vancouver,$360,- the "batching” students seriously, to 000; the Clatekanie river, $1000; Cow study his needs and to encourage boys litz and Lewis rivers, $17,500, and Grays to earn their education by economizing river, $500,making a total of $1,626,000. in this way, he has been in receipt of For the first Oregon district the ap numerous letters from young men who propriations are: Coot Bay, $70,000; are going to take the president at his | Tillamook bay, $5000; Coquille river, word. j $6000; Coos river, $1000: Siuslaw river, While it is the president’s idea that $5000; Snake river, $25,000, and Colum ultimately the University shall furnish bia river above Celilo falls, $38,000, suitable little two-room cabins for the bringing the total up to $152,000. und'Tgreduate bachelors, the system The passage of the bill means that will be instituted this fall before the work on all of the piojecta will be re first series of cabins is constructed. sumed again on an extensive scale just Dr. Campbell has arranged for the use as soon as high water conditions will a number of vacant houses, and in 1 permit it. F PER YEAR $1.50 K. OF P.’S GET 1 LOW RATE PLACES TAX ON STAGES ping wood. Friday morning Jack Og lesby confronted the writer of the item and waving a hand minus a thumb, ex plained that it was he who lost the thumb and not Leatherwood. There fore it is up to the writer to apologise for taking a perfectly good thumb from Mr. Leatherwood when he is still in possession of the same. Mr. Oglesby O ne W ay Fare Given K nights deserves all the fame for he is the man $25 per Y ear License to Be who performed the stunt with the axe. to T heir Convention at R equired of Each C ar The trouble of it all is that the writer always imagined Oglesby to be Leather- Portland Next M onth Running for H ire wood, and didn’t know who Oglesby really was. TO BRING KNIGHTS TO COOS Sum m er School Increases SHOW ORDINANCE IS PASSED The University Summer ¿School this H ope to H ave N ext Conven I year shows an increase in attendance O utside A ttractions M ust Pay for T heir Privileges tion at M arshfield | of more than 66 per cent over last year, | and more than 100 per cent over the j year before, constituting one of the The Order Knights of Pythias has most rapid gains in size in such a short completed arrangements for a large ! period ever made by an old established excursion from all points in Coos county institution in the state. The Summer including Reedsport, to Portland, Ore i School has been in existence eleven gon, on July 31st, and round trip tic i years, but its great spurt in growth kets will be sold for the regular one j dates, like that of other departments way fare. Here is an opportunity to 1 of the University, from the time of the visit Portland and return to your home withdrawal of the Oregon educational town at a very small expense. This institutions from the field of politics, will be the first excursion out of Coos and from the establishment of a high county, and anybody, whether a mem standard of graduate work in all the ber of the Order or not is welcome to summer courses. take advantage of this low rate. You The summer students are said to may have from a week to ten days in average more than 30 years of age, Portland, or you may return the next many of them being successful men day if you wish. If you contemplate and women in many lines of work. going to Portland, remember the date, join and help swell the number. D eath of Little A lfred B rew er The Grand and Supreme Lodge Con ventions will convene in Portland on Alfred Brewer, the son of Mr. and the first day of August, and there will be a very large attendance at those Mrs P. H. Brewer, of Arago, died at conventions, and all Knights and Sis Oceanside, Calif., on July 7th. Mr. ters should not miss an opportunity to and Mrs. Brewer went to Oceanside about six weeks ago and were visiting attend these conventions when the ex pense of doing so is so small. The Mrs Brewer’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. members of the Order in Coos county J W. Troutman, and Mr. Brewer’s mother. The little boy, whose age was are displaying great interest in their 25 months, was taken sick with what effort to bring to this county next year the Grand Lodge Convention for the the doctor pronouheed inflammation of | the bowels and passed away after four purpose of advertising Coos county, and I days’ illness. The body was interred the good citizens should do what they j at, Oceanside, and the sorrowing par- can to help pull off the stunt. Anyone i >iil returned to their home at Arago, desiring to acquire information con j coming up on the Breakwater. cerning the excursion should interview ..... the committee, composed of W. C. A n.odel “junior high school” will Chase, A. T. Morrison, and Frank Lo established in September by the Burkholder. Tickets will probably be Ui iversily of Oregon for the training on sale at least a week before the day of teachers. This particular line of to start. v rk offers excellent opportunities, as Last Tuesday evening, the local lodge the junior high school system is being held its semi-annual convention and rapidly introduced all over the country banquet, and there were present one a d teachers are scarce. hundred fifty, or more, all of whom had a very enjoyable time. The installa A man can enjoy reading a mother- tion of officers for the next ensuing in-law joke—if he is a bachelor. term took place in the presence of the Knights and Sisters, and visiting mem C aptain E dw ards Visits H ere bers and their families. At the request of the Deputy Grand Chancellor, W. Captain C. E. Edwards, of Loon Lake C. Chase, Thomas D. White, of the Bandon lodge, acted as Grand Chan and Allegany, was in town the latter part of the week. Captain Edwards is cellor during the ceremonies. one of the early steamboat men on this Following the installation, all present partook of a splendid banquet prepared li.cr, having run a boat here before and served by the committee from the removing to Coos Bay to engage in the Knights lodge. J. W. Mast and Thom same business, and he has many old as D. White from the Bandon lodge, friends here. About three years ago Prof. Grubbs of North Bend lodge, and he bought a sawmill at Loon Lake, but L. A. Whereat of the Marshfield lodge, says that the venture has not proved all responded very appropriately to Fii'-ccssful and he has now disposed of toasts, and the meeting was concluded the mill and will return to Allegany, where his family has continued to re at a very late hour. side. ---------. • « » » . - K ansas Club Picnic The date of the Kansas Club picnic has been fixed for Saturday, July 29, at Coquille, and every citizen of Coos county who ever lived in the Sunflower state is not only eligible for member ship, but is cordially invited to be pres ent, with the members of his or her family. If you are a former Kansan you are requested to send your name and former place of residence in that state to the secretary for enrollment; but whether you do that or not, you are especially invited to come to the picnic and bring your friends. Speak of the matter to any other former Jay- hawker you may know, and come pre pared to take part in furnishing the reminiscenses of old times that will be the order of the day after the wants of the inner man have been attended to. The picnic will be held as near as possible to the depot and boat landing at Coquille, so that everyone can come from over st the Bay or up or down the river and return the same day. Mrs. W. J. Longston, Secretary. Coquille, Oregon. To T est B ar MOOSE CHOOSE CANDIDATE Mrs. B ren n er C h o sen T he Local Lodge by At a special meeting of the Moose lodge last night Mrs Eu Brenner was selected as the candidate of the local lodge in the Moose carnival queen contest Owing to the tact tha: Marshfield bad nominated Mr . Eros Torrey Leyland as their car. didate and are giving her their united support, making their boast that the queen would come over with them for the carnival, it was denned best by the local lodge to cen'er on one candidate in order to give the Marshfield order the hard est possible race. Mrs. Brenner is the wde of E l Brenner, a brother Moose, and will doubtless receive splendid support from the lodge here as well as from the town pen pie. The date for entering candidates for the contest has passed and no one else will be allowed to enter the tace. A delegation of 2 ( members of the local lodge went to Marshfield la stP iid a y and they report ’he Marshfield order a live bunch who will give them a stiff run in the race for queen Engineer James Polhemus returned to the Bay last week from I’andon where he has been completing arrange ments for tests to determine how near the surface the rocky ledge across the mouth of the Coquille river protrudes. A special boat is being equipped for the service and they will have her ready to begin work Monday. Donald Charleson will have supervision of the work there. It will require about one month to make the borings. Upon these testa will depend the re T hursday night a delegation commendations of the U. S. Engineers for harbor improvements at Bandon, it went to Bandon and the lodge there is announced.—Times. pledged their support, but put up no candidate for queen. An ordinance providing for a li cense of $25 per year for automobiles, or other vehicles, carrying passengers for hire over or upon the streets of Coquille was passed by the council at its regular meeting last night. This ordinance applies directly to the large number of stage cars which run through or to Coquille and also to the cars that are run for hire on charter trips or otherwise by drivers not regu larly in the business, but running only when there is extra business. T’he ordinance provides for a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $100 tor its violation, and it goes into ef fect at once. All licenses granted un der this ordinance expire on the 17th day of July. A show ordinance was also passed, taking the place of the old one. It provides a license for show houses with a seating capacity of 300 or less, ol $5 per day, $15 per quarter or $60 per year where the show runs six nays a week. When it is open seven days a week the amount is $5 per day, $17.50 per quarter of $70 per year. When the seating capacity is be tween 300 and 500 the rate is $5 per day, $30 per quarter and $120 per ouarter and $120 per year running six days a week, and $5 per day, $33 per quarter and $130 per year for sev en days a week. For seating capaci ties over 500 the license is $10 per day, $50 per quarter and $150 per year. The ordinance provides that skat ing rinks be charged the same license as theatres of the first class and that all games wherein a ball or missile ts shot or thrown at a mark, except bowling allies and shooting galleries be charged $5 per day. Merry-go-rounds and ferris wheels art designated in a class by them selves and the license set at $5 per day or $20 per week. Circuses show ing in Coquille will be charged $20 per day for the main tent and $2.50 for each side show. Boxing contests and wrestling matches, under this ordi nance are licensed at $25. Warrants were authorized in favor of Moon & Gidley for partially com pleted work in the following amounts; For Elliott street, $1,117.94; for Hen ry street, $926.34; and for Third street, $680.35. Moon & Gidley were also granted an extension of 30 days’ time on their contract. This was made necessary by the unavoidable delay vo which the contractors have been put in getting material, owing to the long shoremen’s strike. A motion was passed granting the Loyal Order of Moose the use of the city strets during the Moose Carnival, subject to the rules of the street com mittee. The matter of furnishing power for the extra lighting which the Moose expect to do was left to the light committee with power to act, al though it seems certain that the city will furnish the necessary power free. The entire council was present last night with the exception of Mayor Johnson, in whose absence O. C. San ford presided over the meeting. You can take a blind man to a ballet, but you can’t make him wink. A t U. of O. Sum m er School University of Oregon, Eugene, (Spe cial)—Raymond E. Baker, of Coquille, is one of the students registered for the summer session of the University of Oregon. He is specializing in Educa tion and is taking courses in Philosophy of History and Educational Sociology. Other students from Coos county are C. H. Howard, of Coquille; Frank L. Gramis, Royal F. Niles, Ethel L. Stub- blefiled, of Marshfield; L. W. Turnbull, of Bandon; Effie M. King, of Myrtle Point. — — m m - — • C ard of Thanks We wish to express our heartfelt thanks to the friends who were so kind and thoughtful to us during the sickness and death of our be loved father, and for the beautiful floral tributes. Rev. and Mrs W. B Smith T he W rong Thum b Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Byers Mr and Mrs. J. A Lamb A man can’t sympathize with anyone About a month ago The Herald pub Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lyons who has the toothache unless he has lished an account of C. leatherwood Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Jones losing ona of his thumbs while chop had it himself.