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About Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1905-1917 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1916)
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON GLEE CLUB AT THE SCENIC * For the Christmas Shopper * Walnuts, Soft Shell per lb. 17 l-2c, 22 l-2c Extra Fancy Budded 30c II ® THURSDAY, D E C E M B E R 25 Under the Auspices of the Senior Class of the Coquille High School General Admission 50 cents Reserved Seats 75 cents Tickets on Sale at Schroeder Brothers Confectionery THE COQUILLE HERALD PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY Entered as i ^ond'class matter May 8, 1905, at the post office at Coquille, Orebon, under act of Congrees of March 3, 1879. T C L E V A R , LESSEE A N D E D IT O R R O Y M. A V ER Y , BUSINESS M A N A G E R Devoted to die materia! and social upbuilding of the Coquille Valley particularly and of Coos County generally. Subscription, $1.50 per year, in advance. Phone Main 381 Good Offer Made to Coos County (Continued from page One) passengers to an e x te n t th a t ia m anifestly painful to the S. P. officials, and it carries them over this road to the construction of which the S. P. has contribu ted so munificently. The Southern Pacific Company pays taxes in Coos county on $136,935. How much of th a t is for the “ right of w ay” from Hunker Hill to Summit? The Sm ith-Pow ers Logging Company pays taxes on $77,418; the C. A. Smith Lum ber & M fg. Co. on $227,444; the C. A. Sm ith Tim ber Co. on $1,082,107. In short, the Sm ith in terests have paid about $10 tow ard the cost of th a t highway for every dollar contributed by the S. P. B ut when we go into the sentim ental considerations it is more or less of a go-as-you-please. It is not to be thought, however, th a t the sentim ent of the people of Coos county could by any possibility tak e the side of the Southern Pacific Co. against the Sm ith-Powers industries; nor can it be thought th at the County C ourt would turn down the Sm ith-Pow ers people on a legitim ate propo sition because the granting of their request would conflict with the acquisitive propensities of the S. P. The very fact th a t the Sm ith-Powers people propose to build about th irty miles of railroad paralelling the S. P. because they can do th at cheaper than they can pay wheelage over the S. P. trac k s is sufficient proof th at the 8. P. is entitled to no consideration w hatever in the prem ises. L et the S. P. curb its propensity to take everything in sight, and let it be understood th a t Coos county will not stand in with any hold-up game. N ote: Since the above was in type, the Herald learns th a t the wagon road rig h t of way ia 60 to 80 fe e t wida, and the Sm ith-Powers people ask for 16 feet along the east side. F u rth e r comm ent seems unnecessary. It is reported th a t a plan is being quietly prepared to embody in the road program of Coos county a draw bridge across Isthm us slough a t w hat was once known as “ Coos City. ” The H erald's inform ant estim ates th a t such a bridge would cost in the neighborhood of $30,000 for construction of the bridge and its approachea, and it would then involve the county in a continuous expense for a t tendance. It hardly seems possible th a t such a scheme would be adopted by the county w ithout any previous discussion or warning to the people who would have to foot the bills. If there is any demand for a draw bridge a t Coos City it is exceedingly bashful about m aking itself heard. If there is any need of such a bridge the need is also of a very retiring disposition and not to be discerned from the standpoint of the ordinary citizen. In fact, the thing is so u tte rly un reasonable a t this tim e th a t the rep o rt seems incredible. There may come a tim e in the d istant future th a t Coos county will w ant to spend $30,000 for a draw biidge a t Coos City, but no forerunner of that time has y et loomed above the horizon. Forget it. Did you ever hear of Portland or S eattle or San Francisco, or any o th er city populated by people with any claims to sanity, denying admission to an addition al railroad because it would "com pete” with one already having entrance. If you like to laugh, tak e a squint a t the highway along Isthm us slough, the next time you go over to the Bay, and then thin c of com paring it with the Columbia River Scenic Highway! Our esteemed contem porary is about the last paper in the country th a t could be expected to show a fatherly solicitude for the sa fety of th e “ pedestii- a r f' who can not stay in a road forty-four fe et wide. Dry Shiplap, Finish, Flooring and Rustic W ISC O N SIN SILO S Several Lots of Lumber at Special Prices E. E. JOHNSON %. \ Mixed Candies 12 l-2c, 15c, 20c Pop Corn per lb. 7 l-2c Jap Oranges per doz. 15c Novel Oranges per doz. 30c and 40c White Laundry Soap 6 bars____________ 25c Liberty Wheat F lakes, Large Pckg. ____ 25c Liberty Rolled Oats, Large Pckg_________ 25c Del Monte Catsup, Large Bottle______ 20c Park Brand Pineapple, Large Can_______ 15c Hillsdale Brand Pineapple, No. 2 Cans 2 for 25c Large Jackets Syrup__________________ $2.40 Shaker Salt_______________________ 3 for 25c Peanut Butter per lb. ............................ ......... 15c New Lot M. J. Rice 2 1-2 lb. Bags 25c 5 lb. Bags . 50c 10 lb. Bags___85c 25 lb. Bags $2.00 Wheat per Sack $2.75 Eggrain per Sack $2.75 School Pupils 35 cents fa th e r rem ains idle. And so it goes from week to week until one Saturday night, Eva dem ands of her fath er th a t he shall go to work and earn money to buy her shoes. The best she gets from The H erald’s Special Coos County News Service the old man is the statem ent th a t he needs shoes himself. There is during this time going on a Beaver Hill News lure and tem ptation which Eva has steadfastly resisted. The girl who (H erald’s Special C. C. N ews Service) stands beside her a t the ten cent store Darrel Meek was a Coquille visi w ears b e tte r clothes than Eva, largely because she ha the acquaintance of tor Saturday. several sporty young men of the neigh Mrs. Rosa Preuss spent the latter part or the week wirh friends in borhood. One of these sports is a caberet en Marshfield. te rta in e r wno m e.its Eva through an Mrs. Will Kolm and children introduction and invites the foot-sore were Marshfield visitors last week and alm ost 3hoeless shop girl to tom e Miss Thnra Norman was .isiliug to the c ab a ret where he is employed and be entertaii.ed. E va’s working with friends in Coquille Mondav. companion has been to the c ab a ret and David, the seven year old sou of tells E va th a t it is all very nice and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Boyd, while urges her to go and be entertained. pla)ing tell down and received a se E very night when Eva comes home vere, but not setious. gash in his and sees her lazy fa th e r reading novels forehead. with a “ can of b eer” by his side, she A Christmas entertainment by thinks of the en tertainm ent which is in the Be iver Hill school is going to store for her a t the cabaret. And he given at the Beaver Hilll Hall when she goes to work each morning Friday night, the 22nd Every-! she sees her fa th e r lying in bed enjoy ing the late sleep of a lazy man, she body invited. wonders it it is worth while to w ear Harry Kasmever was a business shoes with holes in them to keep food visrtor in Coquille last week. in the stom ach a r i “ beer in the can” for her good-for-nothing parent. She finally dem ands th a t her fa th e r East Fork Items shall contribute to her support and when she sees money th a t she needs (H erald 's Special C. C. News Service) for shoes being spent on this eventful Walter Laird, Tom Knuson and , Saturday night, for m eat th a t her lazy Hailey Laird went to Coquille will) fa th e r m ight e a t his fill, E va soaks her loads of potatoes and brought back , tired feet, as custom ary, in w arm w a t loads of Brewster Valley Creamery er and m akes a resolution. and gave people an invitation tweu- j She puts on a clean sh irtw a ist and ty-oue miles long to send their lowere her sk irt by pinning it fa r down cream to Brewster Valley Creamery. on her hips until it covers her shoes and g ets c arfare from her m other, say Mr. Coates, of Marshfield, is buy ing th a t she is going to spend Sunday ing hides and spuds. He pays 19c with her girl companion from the store. a pound (or hides on the ranch. Monday night Eva comes home from James Benham made a trip to work and her m other tells her th a t she now can have her shoes, because the towu last week. lazy husband and fa th e r has finally If the high price of paper cuts gone to work. Eva has not raised her out the deformed “ iuuny” page ol the newspapets there will sure be a eyes from the tim e she entered the room and her m other, observing this, decrease tu mental depravity looks down a t E va’s fe e t—and there is R. A. EASTON. i disclosed the g irl’s new shoes. There is nothing in the cold and colorless telling of this sto ry to reveal The Story of “Shoes the suprem e and hum an struggle through which this shop girl passed un T he C ast til she has finally obtained her shoes. Eva Meyer ............... Mary MacLaren The photoplay will be exhibited in the H er F a th er ...................H arry Griffith Bluebird series a t the Scenic th e a tre H er Mother ..........-......... Mrs. W itting next Friday and then will be unfolded Jessie Arnold one of the g re atest problem s th a t ever Lil............... Tough........... .................. William Mong has been screened. The story from which this Rluebird photoplay has been created was origin ally published in Collier’s Weekly and w ritten by Stella Wynne Herron who based her n arrativa on an instance re ferred to in a paragraph, w ritten by Jane Addams, where it is related th at a working girl, a fte r three weeks of resistance was compelled to be literally “ sold out for a pair of shoes.” The photoplay relates three eventful H. O. Anderson for the Rest weeks in the life of a shop girl. Eva of Week Will Include Meyer works by day in a live and ten cent store for the m agnificent sum of Ticket With Each five dollars a week. A t home her mo $1 Purchase th er takes in washing to support two sm aller children and a lazy, good for A rrangem ents have been m ade be nothing father who “ rushes the can” tween H. O. Anderson and the m anag and reads dime novels in preference to er of the Scenic T heatre w hereby Mr. seeking work with any purpose in find- Anderson will give tickets good for five ing jt. cents in admission a t the Scenic^ with every 50 cent purchase, and tickets good for ten c e rts w ith every dollar growing more and more ta tte re d and purchase. This arrangem ent will be worn until finally through g re at holes continued until the end of the week and in the soles, she picks up splinters from tickets will he good anv tim e until the end of the month. Mr. Anderson the floor where she stands behind the hl(S „ very Pomp,e te 9tock of holl9c fu r_ counter. To give her feet some meas- nishings, dishes, cutlery, silverw are, ure of protection, sne inserts paste- etc. He also has a large C hristm as board soles but these flimsy excuses ^ ne* which, together w ith th e free tick- very desirable atore cannot w ithstand the siege of rainy ***’ which* to do your Christm as w eather which sets in and fu rth er rots shopping, and destroys her w orthless shoes. Mr. Anderson also announces th a t In a shop window which Eva m ust ,w 'fi fie open evenings until , . . , , a fte r Christmas. A dvertisem ent.) pass in going to and from her work, _____ ____________ _ there is a pair of shoes which she has Will Richard» has sold his South Coos set her h e art upon, and for weeks when river r anch to t . verge W itte, of F lat B. she takes home her pay envelope, she Mr. Richards, who form erly lived in ask» her m other for money to buy the Ferndalo, bought the ranch from Mr. »hoes. But each week the m other has W itte a few y e a r, ago for $11,000. The some good and valid excuses through ranch is near the Goodwill place, and which the girl is deprived of her necea- one of the best on the river. Mr. sary shoes. W itte expects to move onto the place F irst the re n t is due and m ust he next week, and Mr. R ichards will move paid. Then the butcher will tru st back to Marshfield and m ay go to Cal- them no longer and they m ust pay ifornia to locate. He has been conduct- cash for their m eat; and the other mer- ing it as a dairy ra n ch .—Coos Bay chants will not tru s t them while the Times. On account of early frosts pickles in bulk are very scarce this winter. We were for tunate in sec iring a full line, including Dills, Sour, Sweet Plain and Sweet Mixed. These dills are exceptionally fine—Try them. Coos County GIVES TICKETS TO PATRONS Busy Corner Grocery Phone 691 and 541 Front ano C Streets Coquille, Ore. tiîfi) e r r — i mss* am # For the pupose of expanding the for eign trade in Facific Coast fir, a selling agency on com prehensive lines has been organized under the name of the Doug las F ir E xportation company of which A. A. B axter, form erly w ith the Chas. Nelson company, is the m anager. George Stephenson, o f the N orth Bend Mill & Lum ber company, has sta rte d the com pany’s surveyors laying | out a logging road to tap tim ber the company has recently acquired. The decision as to w hether the road will reach Isthm us inlet a t Henryville or Davis slough has not y e t been d e te r mined. C ontract let a t Florence to cut and deliver 35,000,000 of logs will keep a large crew a t work several years. Travel on Low Round Trip HOLIDAY FARES Go home for Xmas. Stay for New Years Day. Our low round trip Holiday tickets allow you plenty of time. All points in OREGON CALIFORNIA WASHINGTON and IDAHO To our customers and friends. Our store lias made lavish preparation to at tend to all you want in the way of wearing apparel and asks only for an opportunity to lie of service to you. A few suggestions for the Christmas buyer.—Our store is full of others. LADIES Gloves Neckwear Coats Linen Handkerchiefs Silks Dresses Kimonos Shoes Hosiery Fancy Goods Ribbons Waists MEN Clothing Overcoats Shirts Hats Neckwear Shoes Slippers Collars Handkerchiefs Umbrellas Underwear Mackinaws CHILDREN Shoes, Gloves, Neckwear Ribbons, Rain Goods, Clothing, Coats, Slippers, Underwear, Umbrellas Holiday Sale Dates Betw een Oregon p o i n t s D ec. 22 to 2 5 inc; D ec. 30 to Ja n . I inc. R eturn lim it Ja n . 3, 1917. H. N. Lorenz To California points D ec. 21 to 23 inc. Dec. 25 to 28 inc. R eturn lim it 15 day» from date of sale. To Pacific N orthw est points in W ashington and Idaho D ec. 22 to 25 inc. R e tu rn lim it Ja n . 3, 1917. Ask local A gent for tim e of trains, fares, etc. John M. Scott, G. P. A. Portland, Ore. R oseb u rg-M yrtle P o in t A u to S ta g e Line Leave M yrtle Point 7:40 a. m. R oseburg 6. a. m. 6 hours R unning Time Connecting w ith Coquille Auto Lines J. L. Laird SO U TH ER N PACIFIC LINES COQUILLE SHOE SHOP (Tozier’s Old Stand) E. MYRBERG, Proprietor Following Prices Will Prevail Until Further Notice M en's half sole and heel, sewed $1.50— nailed $1.25 Ladies’ half sole and heel, sewed $1.00-n a ile d $0.75 FO O T B A L L O re g o n M y rtle P o in t v*. P en n sy lv a n ia Panaden«, Cal. Jan. 1st. Harness Extras, Best Quality-Harnesses Repaired M j S t o c k of Q ooda I s S t ric tly the B e a t