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About Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1905-1917 | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1916)
THEjCOQUILLE HERALD, July 18, 1916 Page 4 WOMAN WRITER IS POPULAR Mr». Wilson Woodrow, Author 0» "Who’s Guilty” 8tories, Widely Recognized for Her Talents. Mrs. W ilson Woodrow, the famous novelist and short-Btory w riter, is au thor of the series of rem arkable sto ries under the general title of "W ho's Guilty," produced In motion pictures Got His Reply. A funny man indulged In a practical Joke recently. He put an advertise m ent In a paper for a wife and re quested each candidate to Inclose her carte de vislte. It was a foolish thing to do, but one of the candidates served him out very well by sending the fol lowing letter: "Sir, I do not Inclose my Mrs. Wilson Woodrow, carte, for, though there Is some au thority for putting a cart before a and which will be printed In this pa horse, 1 know of none for putting ous per. The widely recognized talents of Mrs. Woodrow assure the literary before an ass ” excellence of these stories. Mrs. Woodrow has the distinction Fast Fliers. The great German naturalist Guetke of being the cousin of the president relates th at with the aid of a telescope by m arriage, her husband being Mr. In his observation of migrating birds W ilson’s first cousin. A fter the death lie hud seen the plover and curlew, not of hor father several years ago her ta st flying birds us we know them, m other bought a newspaper, and it travel four miles per minute, 240 miles waB through th at paper th at Mrs. p er hour, In the attenuated air of high Woodrow became a w riter. She has contributed to the best magazines of altitudes. the country and for five or six years had th e distinction of being the only Oh, Well! “I see a man was arrested last night woman featured among the contribu tors to Life. for taking notes at a lecture.” The “Who’s Guilty” stories are full “You don't mean It!” superlative power and originality “Yes; they were banknotes, and he of and they are guaranteed to Interest took them out of another man’s pock every m em ber of the family. e t ”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. PROGRAM THIS W E E K ’S A t The Scenic Tuesday Five Reels of the General films A Good Mixed Program Wednesday Triangle Night "Äloha OE" A Five-Reel Kay-Bee drama that is “Different. The gripping story of the redemption of a derelict through the influence o f a Native girl •The Village Scandal” Two Reels of incomparable KEYSTONE comedy Thursday Pathe Gold Rooster Play Nedra From George Barr McCutcheon’s Famous Story. A stirring heart-interest drama spiced with adventure Friday The Goddess A Chapter of the Most Charming Serial, and Other Pictures Saturday Blue Bird Feature The Eye of God A Psychological Crime Drama in five reels, featuring TYRONE POWER and LOIS WEBER Another Good Picture Monday Iron Claw and Who’s Guilty The Splendid Pathe Program More Good Features from more different Producers than you ever saw here in any one week before in your life I D ' Y E M I N I ) T H A T ! ■ D Random Rambles (By m Rambler.) lin i n g ihe wtek ju-i p;.-t the Rambler strayed off to ihe Sumner section, lemming by way ul M„r»u field. Sumnei is always a live lit tle berg, and if there were in te places like it this county would be a heller place to live in— but ih<t 1- uot saying that it is not a good place to live in. The logging camp ol McDonald & Vaughn has been moved, or, rather, the cook house and camp buildings Until recently the men lived in town aud boarded a' the Mills hotel, bul as the work was gelling lari Iter away the manage ment decided to move the camp out. Accordingly a set of buildings has been erected something over a mile up the track and near the scene ol the present aclivity. With about 40 men at work there is a bustle of activity and a con stant demand for men and the pro ducts of the tarm There is a con siderable amount of available lim ber here and it is expected to take a couple of years yet to get out what they have. The stork has been busy in Sum ner and there is no him of race sui cide, Recent arrivals are a daugh ter to Mr. and Mrs A A Matson and a sou to Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Sanlord Within a few months eight babies have arrived, including two pair of twins The Farmers Picnic on Thurs day of last week was enjoyed by a goodly crowd. It was held in the grove on the old Selander place near town. Among the speakers of the day were Mr. Powers, ol the O. A. C , who spoke on drainage; Mr. Dickson, of Shedds, Oregon, a pros perous dairyman, who made an elo quent argument in favor of the Jer seys, his favorite breed; Agricultur ist Smith and others. Altogether, the occasion was an enjoyable one and a great deal of useful informa tion was dessemioaied. The inter ludes were made lively by vocal and instrumental music, and the ‘ ‘in ner man” was refreshed by the bounties of a typical “ Farmers Pic nic Dinner.” C. H. Woodard recently killed a fine large brown bear and is keep ing the pelt as a trophy. He will have it made into a robe and it wiil sure make a good one. We met Archie Philips at his farm home here and had a short talk with him. The fact that he is a successful nom inee of the dominant party seems in no way to have changed him. He is the same genial, commonplace man, dressed in the garb of a work er but wearing the unmistakable ev meat over the old A ¡{large force idence of a cultured mind, and en of men is at work and the woik is joying tbe confidence and respect being altacked at every vulnerable m of his neighbors, We predict he point The contractor s are men ol energy and experience and are do will make a splendid county com ing a business-like job. missioner. Some hay was down and was THE NORTHEAST PASSAGE. caught in tbe recent rains, but the farmers seem to accept things with Only Two Expeditions Succeeded In Getting Through It. a calm assurance that it will work attem pts of European countries out all tight in the end. If the hay to Most tlud a comparatively short passage is damaged the pasture will be fr< un the A tlantic to oriental countries were by way of the northw est passage, helped in a corresponding degree. Passing on toward Marshfield we north of America, because, having iirst tried the northeast passage, north of called at the home of tbe Haydens. Europe and Asia, and in e ve ry instance There are two families of them and having m et with dire failure, they con they are engaged in fruit growing centrated attention upon the northw est passage as probably more feasible. and truck raising. As they are Practically all tlie arctic expeditions comparatively new here it is trying from Sir John Ross to Sir John Frank work. The greatest difficulty con lin were fitted out most of all to find the northw est passage. The passage fronting them is the drainage prob was found during the search for ti e lem, as the laud is too low and wet lost party of Sir John Franklin, but to produce well without drainage It was never traversed by a ship till Amundsen took his little boat, the aud the small amount of their hold GJoa, through it in August, 1905. The attem pts to make the northeast ings will not justify expensive began with the hardy Dutch drainage work. But they are grap passage sailor Barents in 1595, whose party pling wilb it and we think they was the first to spend the dark w inter night in the arctic “iu most greate will succeed. and extrem e miserie.” The only Returning by way of Marshfield cold achievement of the northeast passage we noted tfie work being done on prior to Vilkitskl’s success in 1914-15 tbe road. The Davis slough hiidge was by Baron A. E. Nordensjold, who from Tromsoe with his Swedish has been closed to travel for a num sailed expedition in June, 1878, triumphed ber of days. This was done be over the great obstacle of Cape Chel cause the survey there was along yuskin and was within 120 miles of Bering strait when winter closed upon the old road and it was necessary him. He entered Bering strait in July, to tear down the old bridge to make 1879, thirteen months from the time he the fill and erect the new The last sailed.—Cyrus C. Adams in New York of the week the road had been Times. opened ag .in but with the rain it And when the victory shall be com settled heavily and was not safe for plete—when there shall be neither a teams aud practically impassable t 1 slave nor a drunkard on earth—how proud the title of that land which may autos. truly claim to be the birthplace and the So far as we can see, the woik is cradle of both those revolutions that of a substantial character and the shall have ended in that victory.-Ab new road will be a vast improve- raham Lincoln. try with a clean hand to get beneath the surface - and place the blame for life’s tragedies where the blame lies. They’ll interest you and explain a lot of things you’ve never had the courage to analyze. Mrs: W ilson W oodu • v ias written them for publication in jrhis paper. Read them here, then see Anna Nilsson and Tom Moore enact the leading roles in the moving pictures. r j| f wm CUT T H IS OUT rill This Coupon will lie accepted as Five Cents Five Cents On Admissions to Scenic iheater Use Before July 25 WBBt WHO IS TO BE QUEEN? The Queen of the Moose Carnival is to beeiected from one of the towns in Coos county. The Carnival is to be held here and a Coquille candidate should be elect ed Subscribe for The Herald and give the votes to your favorite candidate. 3000 VOTES Given for Two New Cash Subscription Or 1250 for one Subscription IF YOU ARE A CANDIDATE get your friends to subscribe and give you the votes. | a