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About Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1905-1917 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1916)
TH E COQUILLE HERALD PUBLISHED EV ERY t'UESDAY ____ Enteied as second-class matter May 8, 1903, at the post office at Coquille, Oregon, under act of Congrees of March 3, 1879. P. C. LEV A R. LESSEE AND EDITOR RO Y M. AV ERY , BUSINESS M ANAGER_________ D -voted to the material and social upholding of the Coquille Valley particularly and of Coos County generally. Subscription, $ 1.30 per year, in advance. Phone Main 381 It seems that the question that the Herald has been asking is to be answered in a very satisfactory manner, and that every preparation practicable is to be made for the entertainment of the hundreds of visitors that will come here, of the thousands that will visit Coos Bay for the Railroad Carnival. When the Southern Pacific an nounced that it would guarantee to bring 0000 visitors to the Bay at the time of the carnival it not only staggered the people of the Bay, but it diffused a temporary state of the blind staggers over other parts of the county. There are many still who can not possibly realize that 6000 peo ple can really be brought together anywhere, lea-,t of all in Coos county. When you talk to them about that 6000 to be brought by the railroad, and add another thousand to your estimate for those who will come by auto and boat, the figures are hardly taken seriously. When they are, however, the question at once makes itself assertive: “ What are we going to do with them; how can we eat them and sleep them?” Then tne question of amusing them takes a secondary place for you can’t amuse a hun gry or sleepy man or woman. It is well that the question of commissary has been brought up thus early and that the answer is being sought by all, for there is now time enough to make whatever arrangements are possible. With the brightest minds of the “Coos Bay Country” con centrating themselves on the problem, the solution will be found. It is likely that all private citizens who are so sit uated as to enable them to feed or lodge visitors may have a chance to do the Good Samaritan act, and it is safe to prophesy that they will not be found wanting. As an event, this will be “the greatest that ever happened” in this neck of the woods, and we wont these thousands of visitors to go away from Coos with the praises of Coos county people in their mouths, as well as enthusiasm for the attractions of the section in which we live. So far as Coquille is concerned, she has her reputation established as the most whole-souled and hospitable town in the coun ty, when it comes to entertaining a crowd of visitors. That she will keep up that reputation is beyond question. The first real circus to ever pitch its tent in Coquille will be the center of attraction near the depot tomorrow afternoon. True, it is only a sm all circus, but it is a circus, and you can’t call it anything else. This is one of the blessings to be con,erred i n us by the railroad. Some ox us may be inclined to take a pessimistic view of the mat ter and to speak mournfully of the amount of money that will be carried off by the circus, and the writer might easily find excuse for taking that view, for the circus will “cost” him more than anyone else. But, gentle reader, consider the number of young people (and some not so young) in Coos county who have never seen a real, live elephant; who have read and heard about the circus—and never tasted pink lemonade; never inhaled the delightful aroma that lingers about the cages of a menagerie. Have a heart, and rejoice with the young folks that the devel opments of civilization are no longer denied to us. The Big coming event, the Railroad Carnival, must not be allowed to obscure the fact that we have an event of our own coming the last two days of this week. The Mouse are doing everything in their power to insure the brilliant success of their carnival and it is safe to expect something worth whi’e. The members of that order are live ones, and Friday and Saturday of this week will cer tainly be live days in this bailiwick. The citizens of Coquille can congratulate themselves that the present council took up the matter of a new li cense ordinance, that had been hanging lire for some years to the loss of the city treasury, and got it into oper ation in time for the events of this week, which will now help out the city exchequer to quite an extent. Lumber Rates High Western Men Meet Steam schooners are carrying lumber from Portland and other Northwest Pa cific ports to San Francisco at a rate ot $6 a thousand feet and to San Pedro and other Southern California ports at $7 a thousand. In some instances it is saiii even higher figures are being paid. The published quotations have remained practically the same for the past month. They are the highest rates the owners of coastwise tonnage have received since the earthquake and lire in San Francisco, when for a short time the quotations ran up as high as $8 and $9 a thousand feet. The freight tariff in creased to aom« extent about the time the strike was declared, but it had been showing n:i upward tendency for sever al months previously. Thi principal cause for the advance is attributed to the fact that all of the large coaster- have been placed in the offshore trade, leaving the small carriers to take care of the local traffic N *\vs. - - ■■■ ■ -* • » T h e Com m ercial C iu b m etis nlgU». to- At the first annual meeting of west- I , rn agronomists held at the Utah Agri- ' cultural Collrge, Ju ly is, HI, Hnd 20 . j I’roles-. r II. 1 ). Seudder, head of the, Agronomy department, delivered an address on the subject of the relation ° f the ir vcstigational, instructional and : • •stensicn work in agronomy. The pur- I'l'Nc o f (he western agronomists is to f m m h o association to discuss problems of interest to western men along field crops and farm management lines. Professor Seudder has taken a leatling pan in effecting the organization in order to provide a means of conference among western men whose problems “ re vastly dilferent from those of east ern agronomists. — . * ♦ -------— The Annual Wash K, member io h ave your collars in i sh in s laundered in lim e for the \ g tie C u n iv il M cK enzie & Poole A gents for Handon Steam I.anndry. Port Or lord Tribune. Would never atray from her teachings— | Of them all, 1 have kept but a few. I ’ve drifted, and drifted and drifted, ■ ■ ■ - = I Worthless dabris on L ife 's stream; R o ry O ’M oore Lain long in the stagnant waters And then floated on in a dream. The following poem appearing in the Could I but be where I started. MRS TOZIER GIVES TEA Coos Bay Times is reprinted here for Again at my mother’s side, A social item sidetracked before the many friends of the girl of whom Kecaiving still her caresses; reaching the H erald office last week it is written. It was received by Miss I might be—but no—I lied. w as the tea given by M is. E L- Mary Fusonne a few days before the Random Rambles hearts of her many friends all over T ozier a week ago S a tu rd a y . T hose Coos county were saddened to learn en jo yin g M rs. T o z ie r’ s hospitality (B y a Ram bler.) that she had been drowned while bath w ere: Mrs. E B ennett and three ing in Coos river. The w riter’s name O ccasion ally the Kam bler misses ch ildren , of M onroe, O re., M rs J ; is not made known: a note, not because be finds nothing A . Ja ck so n , M rs. K . C . B ark er aud j w orthy of m ention, but because T h e M s.d o f the Mist two children of A lle g a n y , and M rs time is an im portant factor and usu* Along the moonlit Bandon beach Ja s. R ichm ond and little d au ghter all) well taken. In pensive mood I love to stray, Barbara. L ast w eek found him in the To feel the night wind’s sott caress To hear the ocean's crooning lay. B rid ge section and the country trib KKBKKAHS HOLD CONVENTION Be it confessed that our And often through the glooming mists u tary. A delegation of seven women Methinks I see a maiden fair, first im pression ol this section was from C oquille attended the six th Among the agates on the beach, not the most favorable coining, as With soft grey eyes and chestnut hair. we did, when the toads were the aunual convention of the K ebekah s held at Bandon S a tu rd a y . They And ever when the ocean calls worst and tim es m >si depressed. wete M e sd am e sJ S L aw ren ce, J . With deep voiced melancholy roar B ut sum m er g ive s it a different a p In fancy sw ift my heart returns E . N orton, C ollier, O scar Bunch, pearance. To tread the lonely wind swept shore. and the M isses H azel F aw ce tt,V esta F o llo w in g the M iddle fork lo R e To hide me in some sheltered nook ! B oyrie and P au lin e Custer. Old ocean’s hands have fashioned fair, mote we found here several fine And wait the maid with soft gray eyes farm s well hidden in a sm all valley KO K EEL KLUB DANCE And wayward sea blown chestnut hair. by the su rrou n d in g m ountains and B y tar the most successlul social tall evergreen s. T h e H offs, W il Yet have 1 waited all in vain. j affair to be held in C oquille lor liam s and several other fam ilies live For though her face be fair to see m onths was the open air dance And though hersmile be heavenly sweet here. | given by the K o K eel K lu b at the Yet hath she never smiled on me. W e also ram bled up R ock creek Pastim e pavilion Friday n igh t. Old Ocean, when this life is spent to a point considerable beyond its A bout 200 in vitation s were sent Wilt thou receive me to thy breast, ju n ction w ith M yrtle amt met the Unfold me in thy tender arms out, m any o f them to M arshfield, E v e tn d e n s, several of them , lire Till storm rent spirit be at rest. N orth B end, Baudou and M yrtle C ru n k s, Mr Sm ith and o 'h ers, all Then lay me gently on the sands Point and it is estim ated that as Amid the clean washed agates there en terprisin g fan ners and with large rnatiy people cam e from outside the fields and nice farm homes It is a To wait “ The Maiden of the M ists” town as from here. D ancing start With soft grey eyes and chestnut hair? revelation to follow up some of ed at nine o’ clock and there w ert And thinkst thou, Ocean, she will care these stream s and ju st when you tw enty two uum bers on the pro thin k you have come to the end of Or even deign to glance at me gram . A t eleven o ’ clock a light When next along the beach she pass creation, to plun ge suddenly im o a lunch was served. M usic w as fur A gleaning agates from the sea? beautiful little valiey with fine Perchance that face I long have loved large (arm s and com lortable hom es. nished by the C oquille orchestra, j w hich has been reorganized and is May bend above me on the sand; On M yrtle creek we met again Perchance my brow may feel the touch now composed o f A l. D aniels, lead our friends ol former visits, the Of that sweet maiden’s soft white er; G eo L e acb , T ra c y L e ach . Ja c k R ice s, R o w an s, Appletons aud hand; Leach and H ow ard P ik e . Tht W arners, and several new ones. Perchance across my upturned face com m ittee in ch atg e o f the dance W ell up the creek is the home ol Her chestnut hair may idly stray was R B . M urdock. S . E Heuder- the W aterm ans who are engaged Then hath not life been quite in vain, sou, J . P M ichels, F . E M cK enna Lo, here in death is victory! ch iefly in farm ing but also in the and Chas. B axter. saw m ill business, and beyond them For I have loved this sen born maid. This creature o f the white sea mist, are the S h ie ld s and other fam ilies. the south. I ; b ig ati to pay and last This wraith whose small and snowy feet On B ig creek we visited the season he purchased a Srudeb aker Thine eager, boiVrous waves have hom es by the w a y , mention of which truck w uich his son d riv es, and so kissed. has been m ade in for met R am bles. reaches a w ider m arket O, Maiden, in that better land At the head ot navigation by any L ast year his total sales w ete Where sin nor sorrow e ’er shall be, m eans except aeroplane, is the home about $29 ^ 0 . T h is year he has May we go wandering hand in hand of Peter A x e . Mr. A x e is alw ays about 4 10 0 tom ato p lan ts, each of A gleaning agates from the sea. an in teresting personality, alw ays w hich w ill produce an average of T h e L ie jo v ia l aud frien dly. H e escorted nearly or quite a b o x . T h ese range us thru his peach orchard aud his in price from 50c to $ 1 00, so it is I stood in Memory’s art gallery, tom ato gard en s. H ete is a man easy to com pute the value. T h e Alone midst the vast array. The walls were covered with treasures; with a hobby and with the brains peach crop this year is short, due to Kach the scene of some bygone day. and enthusiasm to m ake that bobby j unfavorable winter conditions and The pictures at first seemed to mingle a liv in g , vital reality. B reakin g the heavy pruning he gave it. F o r And nothing seemed perfectly clear, aw ay from the beaten track he has the firs; time in 25 years he has not Then gradually one lost its dimness; built for him sell aud fam ily a splen found it necessary to irrigate, as the Drawn strangely by it I moved near. Twas a scene, once familiar and sacred, did home. O thers kept cow s, raised seasou has been u n u su ally wet thus Of a child at a mother’s knee. stock and sheep, logged, e tc .; but far. But he is p lauu nig to increase And the face upturned and pleading — he observed that there w as none the size ol the dam and to put in a Could it be—I looked closer to see. who devoted time and thought to saw m ill in counecti m with the larm Yes. 'twas I and I knelt by my mother, producing tomatoes and peaches w ork to keep the boys busy du rin g How well I remember her face; T h ere was a nice little valley ol the w inter and to m arket the tim The love and the tender expression, There sadness too had a place. several acres ly in g so low as to be ber he has. T h e larger dam w ill Sadness for what life had brought her; easily irrigated by the stream It m ake possible a better irrigation of The cares and the sorrows she bore; w as h e avily tim bered, but he saw the land and there is still m ore fe r I longed again to be near her the opportunity and grasped it F or tile land to clear. And to kiss her fond lips once more. years he labored to clear the land A s a voung man Mr. A x e was The picture had faded and vanished and build the necessary buildin gs interpreter at the W orlds F a ir at And out of the dimness there grew and a dam across the stream , then V ien n a, A u stria , and toured that Another, yet strangely familiar, It was clearer and then I knew - he set out peach trees, studied the cou ntry afterw ard. H e sa y s it is Mother had aged—I was older— situation, read, experim en ted , and essentially a land ofp e acelu l hom es. A man as I stood by her side; finally developed a nice line ol T h e people are a lw a y s frien d ly to 'Tw as the day when we first parted peaches. Tom atoes he added to strangers and generously hospitable. And then it was that I lied. this and soon had a crop grow in g B ein g a G erm an he n atu rally fa I t dd her I ’d always remember The things she had taught me to do; w hich w as usually im ported from vors them in the great stru ggle now | S O C IA L SPRAY FROM THE SURF Announcement I have opened a shoe repair shop next door to the Parisian cleaning establishment on Front street, and am prepared to do all kinds of repair work at reason able prices. C. PROCHNOW. H O T E L Under New Management Having leased this well-equipped hotel, I propose to conduct it in such a manner as to merit pat ronage and give satisfaction to the traveling public. >. j Invitation Extended At a special meeting of the Commercial Club last Wednesday night President .1. E. Nor ton took the opportunity to place be ore those present the aims and purpose of the club and to extend to everyone, whether a member of the club or not, an invitation to attend the meetings of the club. “This is not a secret society,” said President Norton “and it is not exclusively for members. While the club wants as many members as pos sible and it needs all the money it can get, mon ey is not its greatest need. The club wants more than anything else the presence of citizens of Coquille at its meetings, and it wants them to express their individual views upon the mat ters taken up by the club and to offer sugges tions." The Commercial Club meets every Tuesday. It meets tonight. And just at present there are many matters demanding its attention, and it needs your help. Perhaps you know of something that it ought to do. Come out and tell them about it. Then help them do it. Come out tonight. go in g on and is proud o f their achievem ents, but there is none ol the bombast so com m on to the Atnetican people. I alw ays lik e to meet with you n g men and women who date to branch • ut from the beaten path and to blaze new trails lo prosperity along the rugged road or life We are too apt to follow some leader blind ly , lik e a flock of sheep, all doing ju s t what someone else has done, but the world m akes room for the man with an idea and with the persistence to w ork it out to a con clu sion . B A X T E R C H A R L E S B A X T E R , Proprietor ! iI E greatest bulw ark against the indigence of old age or the financial drain caused by a '• •count. I f you protracted illness is r. ' are a business man n ki g b>" profits; if you are an em ployee wii a fit e at:' try, plan T hen to lay aside a certain -am v will find if the rainy day comes along you prepared. In tim es of stress you’ll find that your bank account is your friend. You can look the world in the eye. T h e man w ith a hank account looks better, feels better, is better than the n an without a bank account. We tran sact all kinds o f banking business. SEE US ABOUT AN ACCOUNT TO D A Y. Farmers and Merchants Bank Dear Madam:- Get ready now for Preserving Season. We have been forfunate in securing from one of the t largest manufacturers a special line of Preserving Season items in high grade Enameled Ware which we will place on sale at ridiculously low prices. We are going to give a Fruit Jar Dipper with each sale. Come in and get yours. 8 qt- Berlin Kettle 10 qt. “ 8 qt- Preserve “ 10 qt. “ 12 qt. “ .82 .92 .62 .72 .82 Do it Now H. O. Coquille, Anderson Oregon Write a Letter • issue, but it is necessary to present the facts to those who should know. I f the members of Congress are given Portland, Ju ly 31 . —The pioneers of Oregon were forced to undergo many the facts with regard to this, there is hardships in carving out homes with some hope that they will see the ju s in the wilderness. To help those pio tice of it and vote to give to our state neers. the Federal Government granted that to which she is entitled. Personal to the Oregon-California Railroad Com letters to members of Congress or to pany a large grant of land to assist in persons who may have influence will building that road and to give to Ore prove an effective means. Write such gon more settlers and more taxable a letter and by so doing contribute property. The Government received your part in securing this fund for Ore 1 its pay, all it ever expected, in the gon’s arid lands. building of the road and the concessions received. Had the land grant been Coming! Coming! ' disposed of according to the terms of the grant, Oregon would he profiting Cooper Bros. Shows, in all their ma- today by many more acres of taxable jestic beauty and imperial splendor. lands and many more settlers. Oregon Matchless in all that makes it mighty. alone is the sufferer, yet when these Secures Principalship Positively handsomest and most highly lands are disposed of according to the educated collection of trained wild and bill recently passed she gets but 50 per S. C. Sherrill, who recently closer! a domestic animals on tour. For intelli 1 cent of the proceeds. gence, sagacity and animal cuteness, term of school at Bridge, waa in the Thousands of acres of arid lands city Thursday on his way back to their equal does not exist, and the very thirsting for water, yet 40 per cent of Marshfield from Riverton. He has se best of performers, with a big lot of the land grant fund goes to the general cured the position of principal of the funny clowns makes this show one of reclamation fund instead ot to these Riverton school, aud expects to remove the very best. A grand street perfor lands! to that place in about a month. When mance and review and free exhibition Representative Sinnott is making a here he had just signed.the diplomas of on the show lot at 1 p. m. Two per last fight for the 40 per cent and has the five graduates passing out of the formances daily, at two and eight. At introduced a bill amending the original eighth grade of the school |at | Bridge. bill, ask in ^ h a t the proceeds from sale Coquille, Wednesday, August 2. Out of a class of seven, five passed and of land and timber apportioned to the one was conditioned, which is an excel general reclamation fund be expended Cups Are Exhibited lent record. on projects in the State of Oregon. Is there any injustice in this request? Have you paid ti.e print« The six loving cups to be given as Is this state asking anything unreason prizes by the Moose lodge during their able? Did the Federal Government or carnival this week are on display in W. any of the reclamation states expect to H. Schroeder’s window. One it to be W ^ — .. Ü R D IA ----------- MOND R E R A \ > M f > » . a . T --------------- get anything from these lands under the prize for the queen of the carnival, Larflwf Ask t * the original grant act? Oregon did ex one for the best decorated window, one mi»ii * pect something from the original grant, for the best farm float, one for the so why should she nut expect it now? best fratem rl float, one for the beat HR AND r il l.A, # _ It seems that there is little room for business house float and one for the * * * * * k now s u B est. S sfést. A 'w ty s R rliaN Is SOI» BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWEI? argument as to the real merits of the belt decorated window. CHICHESTER S PILLS mu