THE COQUILLE HERALD
P U B L IS H E D
EVERY
TU ESDAY
The Herald's Special Coos County
News Service
Entered as second-class matter M ay 8, 1905, at the post office at
Coquille, Oregon, under act of Congrees of March 3, 1879.
P. C. L E V A R , L E S S E E A N D E D I T O R
R O Y M . A V E R Y . B U S IN E S S M A N A G E R
Good Road Ass’n. to In
vestigate Work of Officials
Coos C ou nty
Riverton Brief*
(H erald’s Special C. C. News Service)
T h e coal m ine is co n tin u in g its
Devoted to the material and social upbuilding of the Coquille Valley im provem en ts.
particularly and of C oos County generally.
T h e R iv e r to n S ch o o l w ill giv e a
Subscription, $1 .5 0 per year, in advance.
Phone Main 381
basket social
and
C hristm as
pro
gram on l>ecem ber 2 3 , at 8 p. m .,
for the benefit ol the school.
The Oregon Voter, published in Portland, evidently
does not approve of popular government, and it misses no
chance to take a whack at the “ Oregon System.” Discus
sing the rural credits provision recently made a part of
the Oregon constitution, the Voter points out that it is ac
knowledged, even by its main promotor, to be imperfect
and to need amendment; also that it will accomplish but
very little that could not be attained by the Federal Farm
Loan Act. The Voter uses this as a criticism, not so
much of the act itself as of the system by which it was
adopted. The fact is mournfully pointed out that the act
is now a part of the constitution and cannot be monkeyed
with by the legislature. “ The legislature cannot change
a word or punctuation mark in the amendment,” says the
Voter, and Brer Chapman seems to think that this is an
objectionable feature of the Oregon System. “ It is there
for two years . . . beyond the reach of any legislature.”
Too bad, isn’t it, that the legislature can not “ correct” the
acts passed by the people when such acts do not meet the
approval of the interests that are so powerful in “ fixing
things” with the legislature? “ So under our loose system
of popular government,” says the voter, “ we have bond
ed the state under terms which even the promotor of the
plan says should be amended.”
We wonder if the editor
of the Oregon Voter is so distressingly young that he does
not know that very few out of the multitude of acts pass
ed by a legislature are satisfactory to the promotors by
the time they get through the House and Senate.
The
only such law the editor of the Herald ever heard o f is
the one by which the seine fishing monopoly on Rogue
river was handed over to R. D. Hume. And, by the way,
of all the legislatures that have met since the iniquity of
that law became generally known not one has undone the
wrong. “ ‘ We, the People,’ ’’says the Voter, “ will vote for
any old thing that sounds good at the time, whether it is
needed or not and irrespective o f whether it needs fixing
as soon as we have adopted it. Our Oregon system is a
loose system indeed.” Under this “ loose” system, the
“ thing” submitted to popular vote must at least “ look
good” to the voters before it can receive a majority. That
one fact is enough to over-balance all the criticisms
launched against direct legislation.
But the most amus
ing objection made to the system is that the laws thus
adopted by the people may need “ tinkering” when nine-
tenths of the time o f every legislature is taken up with
the “ tinkering” of the laws passed by preceding legisla
tures. Bro. Chapman’s paper is full of information for
the Oregon voter, and the Herald will suggest that he
keep tab on the next session of our law-making body and
afterward inform his readers exactly how much time was
given to new legislation, together with an estimate of the
time that will be devoted by future legislatures to the
“ tinkering” of IT.
The attention of Herald readers is called to a change
that is coming over the dream indulged in by Coquille ad
vertisers. That is, the old announcement “ So & So, deal
ers in General Merchandise, Hats and Caps, Clothing,
nails and patent medicines, Undertaking and Pile-driving
Done,” can no longer be found in our columns.
Instead,
the advertisers are taking some little interest in their ad
vertising beyond the consideration of “ supporting the pa
per.” They are thinking up something to say to the peo
ple they want to sell goods to, and are telling something
about their stocks in detail. They are taking a few leaves
from the book of the big advertisers who find advertising
so profitable. They are changing their ads every week,
and trying to say something o f real interest to the pos
sible buyer. This is all very encouraging to the news
paper man, for while it makes more work for the same
money it gives promise of increased business.
Such ad
vertising pays and will therefore be continued and of such
is the main resource of the newspaper made up. Those
readers of the Herald, if any such be left on the list, who
think it sounds intelligent to say that they “ never read
the ads” are advised to come out o f that dream of the
long ago and begin to sit up and take notice that the ads
in the Herald are worth reading.
The Birth of a Nation
Meets All Expectations
To say that "The Birth o f a Nation” ,
shewn at the Scenic on Friday, is "a
(treat picture” is so pitifully inadequate
that we w on't say it. That every one
who saw it appeared to be perfectly
satisfied comes nearer to covering the
point.
The picture simply took the
people in its grip and held them under
its spell for nearly three hours, and the
only long breaths taken by any one
were during the five-minute intermis
sion.
When that intermission came
people all over the house were seen to
straighten up and rub the backs of
their necks, which they then found to
be aching from the strain. The grip
ping power o f the picture was at least
doubled by the orchestra, and the mu
sic at times made every nerve jump in
h .'. n with the scene before the eyes.
O u F rid a y , the 22 nd the
sch ool
w ill g iv e a m iniature lair e x u ib il o f
the indu strial w ork that has thus
lar been a ccom p lish ed by the boys
and girls. T h is s.tn e e x h ib it will
still be g iv e n on the ev e n in g of the
2 3 rd
Pres. Chas. Hall o f the Coos County
Good Koads Association has appointed
a special committee to make an investi
gation o f the g o d roads wor * and
make a public report on their findings.
The action is the result o f some criti
cism o f the county officials.
Koaumaster Murdock sometime ago
suggested such a plan In connection
with some unfounded criticism o f his
office.
The committee will meet at Coquille
Friday, December 15, and make the in
vestigation.
The committee named
consists o f:
A. H. Powers, chairman; J. O
Stemmier o f Myrtle Point; Klbert Dyer
o f Bandon; Henry Kern of North Bend;
C. R. Peck o f Marshfield: R. H. Mast
o f Coquille, and Chas. St. Dennis of
La keside.—Ti mes.
J u d g es are to aw ard prizes,
first aDd secon d , on the w ork e x
School Census Shows Loss
hibited
M r. and
M rs. Jam eson ,
little bu rg, have been ou
o f our
the sick
list lately. Mr. Jam eson has been
unable to attend to the ferry and a
substitute has taken
nis
place for
the t’ me bein g
T h e ch ildreu and the teachers ol
the sch ool have been kept busy late
ly tryiug to p .ep a re lor the co m in g
program and keep up
the
regu lar
rou tin e o f w ork.
N ot lon g since,
the
teach ers ol
the sch ool were agreeably surprised
by receiv in g , as a C h ristm as pres
ent lor the s ch o o l, tw o very u i.e
desk chairs.
M an y, m an y
School Supt. Baker informs the Her
ald that the school census just taken
indicates a falling off in the population
o f the county in the past year.
While
the figures for some o f the small out
lying districts are not all in, it is esti
mated that the census will show a fall
ing off o f between 250 and 300 pupils
from the number found last year. Then
the census showed 6889 children o f
school age, while now a loss as stated
will be shown. While the towns hav
ing a steady payroll have m..de gains,
those have been more than offset by
losses in other towns not so fortunately
situated and in the country districts.
SLIDES BLOCK ROADS.
T h e Seven th and E ig h th grades
W a r D ep a rtm e n t H a s O the r S lid «
T ro u b le s O u tsid e of C a n a l Zone.
have organ ized a b o y s ’ basket ball
G ra n t M cC orm ick
is
m an
ager and R alph S m ith is ca pta in .
N k P lu s U l t r a .
East Fork Items
(H erald’s Special C. C. News Service)
Earl E n dicott is on the |tnail j o b
again.
H e and M rs. E n d ico tt are
livin g at Su m n er.
W hether
cold s, or
it is grip pe
w h o o p in g
o r grippe
c o u g h , so m e
th in g has ca u gh t m an y
o f the
ch ildreu and som e o f the g ro w n u p s,
or else they h ave ca u g h : it
D ecem ber 5 th b rou gh t
ou r
first
flurry o f sn ow and it look ed w in try.
T h a t dozen men and w om en w h o
are tryiu g to m ake a record on cu t
ting the cost o f livin g m ight
take a
leaf ou t o f the b o o k ol a senior in
A lb a n y C o lle g e .
A
recent
letter
states that so far this sem ester
lood
has cost
him
his
fifteen cents a
d a y , and that he is in
good
cal con d ition .
tne
W h en
ph ysi
w ind
is
pum ped ou t o f the puffed fo o d busi
ness, there is ju s t
The war department's troubles with
landslides are not all centered in the
Panama canal zone, although, o f course,
the great ditch presents the greatest
problem of all. But landslides also oc
cur In Yellowstone park, and It is nec
essary for the government to maintain
a sort o f s o c ia l emergency service to
keep the roads clear. The roads of the
park, some 350 miles of them, wind
through the hills, and at the deep cut*
the hills often decide to slide down
Into the roads.
As the blocking o f one road is liable
to tie up the entire transportation sys
tem o f the park, it is imperative that a
slide be cleared away as soon ns pos
sible. Repair carrs ure kept at strate
gic places and gangs of men held ready
to answer calls. A hose cart and serv
ice engine complete the equipment for
fighting slides.
The hill which every now and then—
aiwayg, o f courst. at the most incon
venient time—slides down over the
road is composed o f gravel and loose
conglomerate rock, streaked with yel
low slippery clay. There is a great
to-do to shovel it off. Meantime the
engine has been set up and a heavy
stream o f water at seventy pounds'
pressure Is played on the earth above,
so as to wash down as much o f the
stuff as possible while they are at It
and thus lengthen the interval to the
next slide, but at that the hill some
times fools them and slices off soon
afterward In quite another si>ot.
about as m uch
h o w to Prevent Croup
food valu e left as there is in peanut
In a child that is subject to attacks
o f croup, the first indication o f the dis
shells or pasteboard.
ease is hoarseness. Give Chamberlain’s
M r. N elson , the water co m m is Cough Remedy as soon as the child be
comes hoarse and the attack may be
sioner ol C asper, W y o , is visiting warded off and all danger and anxiety
bis w ife and ch ildren and his w ife’ s avoided.
parents, W . B. Mater and Mrs. Ma
ter.
M r.
leave of
ahead
N ilson
absence
to
has
a
They mean more io you than any item in the paper.
A live ad is eal news.
W atch this space.
New Goods J ust In
Fancy Cluster Raisins per !b._________ 15c
Fancy Cluster Raisins 10 lb. box _ $1.55
Seedless Sultana Raisins 2 lbs________ 25c
Fancy Currants 16 oz. Pck____________ 25c
Fancy Currants 12 oz. Pck_____
20c
Fancy Currants loose per 1 h_______
25c
Dromedary Dates, per package ____
15c
Pressed Figs per package __
5c and 10c
Black Figs bulk 31b____________________25c
Preserved Figs 16 oz. Glass
25c
Boiled Cider Quart Bottle ____________ 30c
High Grade Mince Meat pt. 20c 2 for 35c
Fox Clam Tea per bottle____ 10c 3 ior 25c
Creamed Horseradish_________15c 2 for 25c
Salad Oil in Bulk 1 Gal.________
$1.50
Salad Oil in Bulk 5 Gal., per Gal______$1.40
Shaker Salt 3 cans_____________________25c
Special Bargains
This W eek
Morris Compound
Large P a ils _____ $1.60
Small Pails .......... __75c
Liberty Wheat Flakes
Liberty Rolled Oats
25c
Large Package
Applies only to stock on hand.
Can’t be bought now to
sell at this price.
Prepared Mustard
25c
Knight’s 1 3-8 pint
P1
New stock, limited supply
Swift’s White Laundry Soap
Six Bars
25c
Toilet Paper Large Roll 4 for 25c
Sugar casn price per Sack $7.75
Our Coffee Line Is Very Complete
Hill Red Can, Hill Blue Can, Folgers, Schillings, M. J. B.,
Chase & Sanborn, Crescent 99
Our Leaders: Alba in Glass jars 1 1-4 lb. 50c, Champion 1 lb. Tin 35c, Cham
pion 3 lb. Tin $1.00, Champion 5 lb. Pail $1.50
Bulk Coffees at 25c, 30c and 35c
thanks
to the Board for this tavor.
team.
Do You Rea d the Advertisements? I
m on th ’s
H e is lo ok in g
g ettin g his business in
shape that
he
coast, as it
is a matter ol health
m ay locate on the i
with M rs. N elson
M r. V o g e l has a vin eya rd three
years from the cu ttin g s that made an |
Notice o f Final Account
NOTICE is hereby giver, that W. W.
ge, administrator o f the estate o f
ube Whetstone, deceased, has filed
first and final account as adminis-
tor o f said estate, with the Clerk of
County Court for the County of
>s ami State of Oregon, and that
ursday, the 4th day o f January, 1917,
10 o ’ clook a n , at the Court House
Coquille, C« <s County, Oregon, has
;n appointed by Hon James Watson,
ige o f sa d county court, as the day
1 the place for the hearing o f ob-
tions to said final account, and for
i\ settlement thereof.
W. W. GAGE,
Administrator o f said estate.
12-5-5t
Busy Corner Grocery
her car, and her office in Universal
City.
Progress along this walk had | U i
come to be almost like a gauntlet for ,
Lids Weber until she discovered that if j
she were apparently occupied on this I
walk she was seldom interrupted. Even |
the boldest thought twice before in -'
terrupting the pursuit o f genius. In
this way, either writing or reading a j
book, Miss W eber contrived to escape :
interruption quite successfully.
One day during the early part o f |
December, while she was practicing j
her usual defense against interruption,
she had a strange feeling that there
was someone near her whom she her- j
self wanted to see.
The feeling was ]
so strong that she turned around, and
found herself face to face with a bevy
o f young girls.
Among them was one whose face ar
rested h e r attention immediately.
There were others in the group, but
she does not remember to this day a
single face except that o f Mary Mac-
Laren. With her usual directness she j
bowed to Mary and said:
“ Are you
looking for w ork?”
“ Yes, indeed; I have been here fo r! i
several months, but have not been able
to get a hearing with any o f the direc
tors,” said Mary, quite beside herself j
with agitation at being noticed by Miss J
Weber.
“ Have you had any experience?”
“ Not in pictures,” said little Miss
MaeLaren, with a sinking heart, “ but % ■
I danced one year at the Winter Gar
den, in New Y ork.”
Miss Weber at that time was work
ing on “ John Needham’ s Double,” aid
she managed to make a small part for
Mary in this Bluebird photoplay.
She
gave her the part o f a maid, and she
took part in three or four scene?—a
very inconspicuous part. Her part in
"W here Are My Children” was not
much larger.
In Miss W eber’ s next plav, “ The
Eve of G od,” there was no part for
M any of the vines did better than
Mary MaeLaren. Miss Weber tried to
eigh t feet.
H is fruit trees are mak
have Mary put on a regular salary as
an extra in stock, but there seemed to
ing a g o o d g row th .
be no demand for her services, and in
M alh eson , of M in a rd 's M ill, has
spite o f Miss W eber's own earnest en-
b ou g h t som e tim ber o f E d A ber
dt avors, not one o f the directors at
Lois Weber, in “Shoes’
Universal City would give her a part.
nethy
So it was some little time before she
M ary L aird was to N orth Bend
Dozens of moving picture stars have
acted again.
obtained
their
first
opportunities
in
last w eek to see her broth er, H arry
In the meantime, Lois Weber read
H all, w h o is in the h ospital. H e moving pictures in strange ways, but it the story o f “ Shoes” in Collier's Week
is safe to say that no star before the
was ba dly hurt w hile
w ork in g
ly and as she read the story, the face
public today has as unusual a story to
in P ow ers’ lo g g in g ca m p
Mrs. tell o f her first part as has Mary Mac- of Mary MaeLaren fairly swam before
her through the printed pages.
She
Laird has on ly been h om e a short Laren, the star o f the Bluebird photo
could not rest until Mr. Davis had
time from visiting her parents, Mr play, “ Shoes” written and produced by
bought the story for her, and she im
and Mrs. H all, in southern C a li-, Lois Weber.
mediately started upon it with Mary in
Mary MaeLaren is Lois W eber’ s dis
fornia.
the leading role, that o f a girl who vir
covery, and it is entirely due to her
tually sold out for a pair o f shoes.
L ike the path o f the sun as it chance meeting with the totally inex
Those who have been fortunate
ligh ts the d a y , the trail o f the in de perienced girl that a new screen star enough to see this Bluebird photoplay
has risen in the photoplay firmament.
voter
leads
w estw ard
For once the would-be humorists and pendent
The story reads like a fairy tale, and in j know the tremendous success which
W
hat
d
oes
it
profit
a
state
to boast, itself would make an extremely inter -1 Miss MaeLaren scored in this, her first
disturbers o f the com fort o f other peo
ple were impressed, and they gave no , 'Y o u c a n ’ t elect a president w ith eating photoplay if Lois Weber should j real part in pictures. And it need only
be said that as soon as the feature was
ever be at a loss for a striking plot.
annoyance whatever. The attendance, out m e” ? W e did it
both afternoon and evening was a lit
To go back to the beginning—Lois i shown in the projection room at Uni
T h e tail o f the dog has ch a n ged
tle aiiove expectations. The house was
Weber, as everyone knows, is the b e s t 1 versal ?ity, every one o f the directors
en
ds;
the old gran ite state with its known woman director o f photoplays in was falling over himself to produce a
over-full at the matinee and com fort- i
ably filled in the evening, and th o s e ' m ajority ol 63 ca u gh t the spirit of the world, and as uch she is the object photoplay with Miss MaeLaren fea
who thought that Coquille people would the W est
O r e g o n ’ s lig h t is not o f ceaseless soli- tation for an op p o r-, tured.
Miss Weber saw the tremendously
“ never pav a dollar to see a moving put out lor she called the b rew ery- tunity to appear before the camera
picture” were proved to be away off in
from a thousar,
different sources. sympathetic quality in Mary MacLar-
m en 's b lu ff and put them in the
their estimate o f the intellectual stand
Anyone who can : >pear in a picture di en's face with unerring accuracy, and
ing o f tnia community.
The Scenic tun with a kiln dry b o n e in their rected by the Sm.tileys is indeed lucky, it is due to her determination to bring
manager is n turally highly gratified teeth. Tha> a g o n izin g cry " t o s a v e and the hundreds f extras and would- it out on the screen which resulted in
that his patrons rose so splendidly to the hops and allied in d u stries” was be extras who l iege the gates o f ad ling one o f the choicest stars to the
Bluebird firmament. She is being fea
the occasion.
However, lest it be heard and answ ered
T h e y were Universal City ev ry day not only cast
thought that the engagement was ex
longing eyes in th direction o f Phillips tured by Phillips Sir alley in a five-
saved as luel for the pit.
tremely profitable to the house, it
Smalley and his w.fe, Lois Weber, but re* ler. "T h e First Stone,” written by
'Jeanette R a n k in , the m em ber unless they take precautions, they L< ■> Weber with Miss MaeLaren in
should be stated that the receipts for
the week were considerably below the from M on ta n a ” — that sou n ds good would find their ti re occupied for the mind for the leading role.
“ Shoes” is the feature scheduled for
high record. But Coquille is now most M ontana is a great state; Mtss R a n most part in interviewing people who
the Scenic a short time a „o, which
certainly on the moving picture map,
want to appear on the screen.
kin has spread it all over the map.
and, when the greatest has been shown,
T !:.r > y: ‘ ; ’ ti. v
I *
n failed to arrive. By a special li ting it
R. A . E A S T O N .
all others are possible.
th garage where Lois W eber leaves will be shown on December 22nd.
average g ro w th ol about eigh t lest
Coquille, Ore.
Front and C Streets
Phone 691 and 541
j
\
Dry Shiplap,
Finish, Flooring
anrS Rustic
W ISCONSIN
SILOS
Several Lots of Lumber at
Special P r i c e s
E. E. JOHNSON
Charlie Chapiin - Thursday
MONEY-SAVING MAGAZINE OFFERS
You Save
Nearly
Half by
Ordering
With Your
Paper
OUR
PAPER
Is Included with Each Combination for Annual Subscrip
tion at the Price Quoted
NEW, RENEWAL OR EXTENSION SUBSCRIPTIONS ACCEPTED
Club Offer No. 1
TODAYS MAGAZINE J ______
(with pattern) J OUR PAPER
WOMAN’S WORLD - f “ d
FARM 4 HOME -
° " ' 7" r * *
- J
Club Offer No. 3
KfcCALL’S MAGAZINE 4 ____
(with pattern) I OUR PAPER
•O rS MAGAZINE - - f *nd
*11 *!• ?.
one year JI.95
WOMAN’S WORLD - I
Club Offer No. S
MODERN PRISCILLA ■
OUR PAPER
TODAY’S MAGAZINE
(with pattern; > and al three
rear $2.15
WOMAN’S WORLD -
Club Offer No. 2
TH E HOUSEWIFE - - 1 q UR PAPER
WOMAN’S WORLD
- k and ail three
RELIABLE POULTRY JOURNAlj on* T « « H-85
Club Offer No. 4
LADIES’ WORLD -
TODAY’S MAGAZINE
I °HR RARER
-with pattern)
WOMAN'S WORLD
-J
f
,n d *H * " *
“n* t e" J20S
Club Offer No. 6
METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE - 1 OUR PAPER
PEOPLE’S HOME JOURNAL - l and al three
WOMAN S WORLD
.
one pear U S
FREE PATTERNS. The May Manton or McCall Pattern to which each
riber to Today’, or McCall's is entitled, m ay be selected within 30 days
the receipt of first copy of Today's or McCall's. Order by postal direct
to the publisher.