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About Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1905-1917 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1917)
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY R o r y O ’M o o r e The H erald ’s Special Coos County News Service “Y e ste rd a y ” East Fork Items Today is dead! and yesterday, the corpse. Affords us naught, and asks naught but the grave; I pause, and w ith bared head and heavy heart, i ’ay solemn trib u te to the joy she gave. (Herald's Special C. C. News Service) Walter Laird and Fred Weaver said 4 head ot tat cattle that go to help make up a carload (hat Cecil Carter Is shipping to Portland. Entered as second-class matter May 8, 1*^05, at the post office at Coquille, Oregon, under act of Congrees of March 3, 1879 P. C. LEVAR, LESSEE AND EDITOR ROY M. AVERY. BUSINESS MANAGER Devoted to the material and social upbuilding of the Coquille Valley particularly and of Coos County generally. Subscription, $1.30 per year, in advance. Phone Main 381 -------- --- - By ^ ~ - And in the likeness of her form will come Yet o ther days, with other joys to give; B ut stirs in me no thrill of quick re sponse— O, Day of I.ove, I would th a t you m ight live. I Geo. Mathison has the donkey in place lor work on Sec n T. 28 R. 1 1 , that he moved from Louie Heller’s mill. The Herald has received many congratulations on the stand it took on the question of granting the Smith-Pow Fred Baker was in town New ers railroad franchise. This is very gratifying for two Year’s d.y. reasons: First, because it is pleasing to find that we have Those who beatd Miss Lvndon won the approval of our readers; Second, because it is But beauty such as yours could not but of Washington. Georgia, and Miss pleasant to find that our confidence in the good judgment Gordon, the little Hoosier girl give die; of our readers was well founded. When we learned that F ar too divine, too precious and sub their entertainmeut New Year’s night at Coquille know that those the Smith-Powers people had applied for the franchise we Your lime, charm s were m easured by the two g'rls can deliver the goods. looked into the matter enough to satisfy ourselves that throb of hearts the proposition was all on the square, as have been all the T hat live for one another; not for time. The little Hoosier girl as a child has never grown up, and the little dealings of the C. A. Smith interests since their advent in All tenderly, as tw ilight shrouds your Georgia girl knows that she knows form, Coos county; that there was plenty of room on the right the songs ol the colored folks, and In M emory’s vault in quietude to lie, of way for wagon road and railroad; that the railroad I leave you; but to come again a t dusk; her arm has the natural crook tor would be a common carrier,and not simply a logging road, And for the love you brought me give the testing place of a baby’s head a sigh. They get their work in on the au thus giving this valley two competing roads to the big dience at the start; they do it easy, shipping center which will be established at Coos Bay, and for they are the kind of girls that That Reminds Us also furni. hing a route to a possible transcontinental road make you feel like saying. ' C»me that migiit wish to obtain entrance to that sea port by An English guide was show ing an on, girls, come home to supper way of the Grants Pass section toward which the Smith American through the British Museum. with us ” —and you will forget all Powers road is being extended; that there was enough “ T his,” he said with obvious pride, as about your liver pills. he lovingly patted the muzzle o f a piece brains and intregrity in the County Court to take care of of antiquated field artillery, “ is a gun New Year’s day every once in a the wagon road and safeguard the interests of the public we took from the Am ericans a t Bunker while you would hear some one call out, “ The same to you” , and you in any franchise granted; and that the manifest advan H ill.” “ I believe I rem em ber about th a t, tages to be gained would far more than offset the disfig assented the Americon. “ You have kuew they had been wished a hap py New Year. "T h e same to you” urement of the transcendent scenic beauties of the Isth the cannon and we have the hill.” T hat guide reminds us of the editor is a great thing; il gives back mus slough route, through having two railroads between of the Sentinel and the b a ttle of “ F ran the wish that was sent out; if road and slough instead of only one. Then we skinned chise Hill. ” the call has gone out iu the cheer of a song it comes back, “ The same to our linen and jumped in. We do not claim credit for the Lowest Levy you.” If it has gone out in the passage of the franchise, although the Herald is the only paper in the county that supported it affirmatively; that is Coquille has the lowest levy and the bellowings of a growl and a grouch it comes back, “ The same to you.” to be given to the good sense of the gentlemen forming most poorly equipped schools of any of It is great mediciue, "Th e same the city districts in the county, accord the County Court. Nor do we claim any credit for the ing to County School S uperintendent to you.” fact that the interests of the people are safeguarded; that Raymond E. Baker. Mr. B aker does R A. KASTON. is also due to the County Court and the district attorney, not think th a t this is due to the lack of progressive spirit among the people, Bancroft Briefs who drew up the papers without consulting ANY news but to an unfortunate series of happen paper man in Coquille as to what they should contain. ings th a t have made th eir efforts to ward b e tte r equipped schools futile. The school in Dist 42 reopened For ANY newspaper, and especially one who condemned Three years ago this d istric t fe lt the this week with Miss Mary Price the franchise in unmeasured terms and with all the force need of larger and b e tte r school build teacher. of which it was capable, to claim now that its blindly ings and sta rte d a m ovem ent for a new Mr. G. W. Crunk has been suffer building. The trouble th a t arose over and madly unreasoning fight against the granting of a the selection of a site has held the m at ing with au attack of grippe for franchise,on any terms and under any circumstances, had te r up ever since. some time. the effect of securing better terms from the railroad peo While a t the m eeting of the county T. S. Evernden took a load of fat superintendents of the s ta te a t Salem ple is too utterly—amusing. There was no quibbling over recently Mr. B aker while in conversa hogs to market this week. terms in any form. Mr. Liljeqvist drew up the franchise tion with Ju stic e Bean, endeavored to The families of Albert and F. J . ine when this m atter would be Fish are taking their turn at the to embody the granting of all the privileges asked for by determ settled, as it is now before the sta te the railroad people, together with necessary provisions for suprem e court for its decision. Justice grippe this week. Mrs. Elwood Carey, ol Allegany, the protection of the county’s interests, and this draft Bean could give him no satisfaction in the m atter, sta tin g th a t the doc et is visiting her sister, Mrs, A. L was approved by Mr. Powers and his attorney without a was made up by the clerk and th a t the Rice, and helping to take care of single criticism or objection. After Mr. Powers’ departure judges had nothing to do with it. their father, G. W. Crunk Sr. The ------------» -«►'«---- one blank was filled with a minor change in the price of old gentleman is nearly 83 years of Court Opens certain gravel, from the original proposition. This change age but is putting up a good fight will probably be approved by the Smith-Powers people, Judge Coke resum ed the December for recovery. and it seems the only chance for a disagreement left. session of the C ircuit court yesterday the case of S. B. C ath cart vs. Bridge Briefs Therefore the Herald opines that the only credit to be and P o rt of Coos Bay, an action for dam claimed by any newspaper is that of having been on the ages for overflow of property owing to (Herald’s Special C. C. News Service) Mill slough fill, was the first to come right side of the question. The Herald will make bold to up. Mrs. F\ C Rookard lias been laid The ju ry gave a verdict of $570 claim that credit. up tor about two weeks with a sore for the plaintiff. * The case of Mrs. Flora I. Forem an vs. Mrs. Anderson for $10,000 dam ages for personal injuries is being tried this afternoon. Judge John Hall has assum ed his du ties as county a ttorney and will con duct all cases in which the sta te is a party , w ith the exception of the Kinney tax cases, L. A. Liljeqvist having been retained for these because of its fa-1 m iliarity w ith the m any phases of the m atter. Are Your Hens I j I N ow is the im e to ¿elect feeds from the list given below Crystal Grit pe* 100 lb. Sack Eastern Oyster Shell per ) 00 Ground Bone, per lb. Lee's Egg Mak< r per Package Sack • . • • $ 1 .2 5 1 .4 0 .0 3 .5 0 .2 5 .5 5 .2 0 2 ,7 5 275 3 .0 0 W e hav*» arranged to handle Bread from the Seaside Bakery, Bandon, while our home bakery is closed. Large Loaves 10c or 3 for 25c Busy Corner Grocery Streets Phone 691 and 541 Coquille, Ore. E S S ? *B A ppropriations totaling $1,932,035, an increase of $213,365, are asked for in j the sta te budget by the 10 sta te insti- j tutions, and the legislative ways and j m eans com m ittee should m ake slight, : if any reductions, because the m em bers of the board of control in passing on the original estim ates of the superin ten d en ts reduced them as much as they | believed consistent with efficiency. In cidentally several of the institutions w ere denied needed im provem ents by the last legislature, making th eir de mands in this direction on the coming legislature doubly great. ■% Dry Shipfap, Finish, Flooring and Rustic P r e f e r * C h a m b e r l a i n ’» “ In the course of a conversation w ith Cham berlain Medicine C o.’s rep resen tativ e today, we had occasion to discuss in a general way the m erits of th eir different preparations. A t his suggestion I tak e pleasure in express ing my estim ation of C ham berlain’s Cough Remedy. I have a fam ily of six children and have used this remedy in my home for years. I consider it t h e ONLY cough remedy on the m arket, as I have tried nearly all kinds.” —Earl C. Ross, Publisher Ham ilton County Republican-News, Syracuse, Kan. WPSCO/NSS/N SILOS Several Lots of Lamb or at U pecial Prices Road Officials Appointed The news of the leasing of the Coquille Lumber Co. mill by E. E. Johnson is the best tidings for Coquille that have come down the pike for several moons. The opening of this mill has been looked forward to very anxiously by the people of this city ever since its closing down some three years ago. It has been hoped that the Dollar inter ests would resume operations as soon as the litigation in which the mill was involved was sufficiently cleared up, the High School last Tuesday A r e Y o u r S e w e r * C lo g g e d ? and rumors, born of this hope, have been rife at frequent Mis. II. II Browoson has been Money on Spruce The bowels are the sew erage system intervals ever since lumber began to rise in price. The sick wiitrla grippe ior two weeks of the body. You can well im agine the re su lt when they are stopped up as is Herald has investigated several of these reports enough to According to a rep o rt received here, A. O. Hooton m *de a trip to the case in constipation. As a purga- R. A. W ernich and R. K. Booth and tive you will find C ham berlain’s Tab- see that there was nothing in them, and has therefore re associates have been offered $50,000 for Myrtle Poiut Saturday I e ts excellent. They a re mild and gen frained from boring its readers with them. Until E. E. their spruce contract w ith E. E. John George Ford reitirned Thursday tle in their action. They also improve son’s mill a t Coquille. They closed the from Powers, where he spent a few the digestion. Johnson recently secured his large contract for spruce co n tract last month, buying tim ber there was not the slightest prospect that the mill would from the Boutin tra c t and arranging days Ko Keel Klub Entertains The Parent Teacher Circle met j start. The taking of this contract, however, made it for Mr. Johnson to cut it a t Coquille. The mill is ju st about to s ta r t on the at theschoolhouse Friday afternoon,1 The Ko-Keel Klub entertained T hurs necessary for Mr. Johnson to secure larger milling facili- contract . . . , which will require a year’s ] Quite a number were present. day night in honor of the Misses Fern ties, and this gave an opportunity for a deal that would run. Mrs. Peter A x e ’s mother, Mrs. anil Maymie Leever, of F ort K lam ath, be profitable for both him and the Dollar people. That The clear spruce, it is understood, Miller, is seriously ill Oilier mem who are visiting w ith their aunt, Mrs. Fred Slagle. The club rooms were will go to the allies to m anufacture negotiations were under way the Herald was fully in aeroplanes bers of the Axe family are also suf utilized for the occasion and dancing and the re st of it will be formed, and that Mr. Johnson’s departure for San Fran used in the m anufacture of the cut-to- fering from la grippe was the principal form of am usem ent. Mrs J. T. Ev.rnden and Mrs The patronesses were Mesdames E thel cisco was for the purpose of securing a lease was a piece order houses.—Times. ♦ ...... Geo Crunk received the sad news B axter, Virginia Lamb, Sadie Har- of information that we would have been very glad to give locker, Emily McKenna, and K atherine First Schedule Game Wednesday of t. e death of their Slagle. out at the time had we been free to do so. The operation father, John Wage tier. They went Oi the mill means doubling the number of men employed Friday night the basket ball team of to Myrtle P-int rhe same day, Suffers Broken Arm in the lumber business in and tributary to this city. It ! the Coquille High school will go to where the funeral a as held Friday Bandon w here they will m eet the Fan- means additional employment to our people and the ad don team in the first gam e in the con afternoon C. C. W oodring who baa been em dition of many families to our population; more business test for the county cham pionship The Rav Emlic -u m ide a business ployed in the Aasen B ros.’ cam p a t Beaver Slough, suffered a broken arm er T elegraph has been chartered trip to C quille S i.urday. for our merchants; more doposits in our banks. It means steam Saturday forenoon v*hen the cable for the trip and it ia expected th a t a the transformation of an eyesore in the shape of an idle laige num ber of rooters will accom Joe Lett and lamily came to slipped f r 'm a broken block and struck him. He w h s brought to Coquille S a t sawmill which obtruded itself on the view of every travel pany the team on the trip. The cham Bridge S t ’ urday r short visit at urday afternoon and the fractured bone pionship race opened last week on the the home ,1 hi. brother, W. A er by river or rail, into a busy “hive of industry.” Inci Bay and Marshfield defeated North was se t by Dc. Y\ L. Hamilton. Lett dentally, it probably means profit to one of our citizens Bend by a «core of so to is. Each S to m a c h T r o u b l e * whom we have been glad to honor with the office of mayor, te*™ln ‘he county *m »,|Ry two game, M arriag e L icenses If you have trouble wii.h your stom ach you should try ChamberlHin’s Tab and that is no matter for regret. To the bright prospects their home i w and one on the t w of lets. So many have been restored lo for the year which were already in sight, this comes as an their opponent., it i* expected that Vadron G arten at 1 Vivian Haynes. health by the use of the««? lab!» ts and Keller and Ju a n ita Bark low. their cos* is so little, 25 cents, th a t it added certainty which is the most important of all. | I Casper Fred R. P orter and Minnie M. Wood. is w orth while to give them a trial. \ I). kago Albers Eros. Beef Scraps, per Pa kage • Chicken Red Pepper, pound Can Wheat, per Sack . • Fisher’s Eggrain, per Sack • « Albtr’s Scratch Food, per Sack • H. C. Diers has been appointed by the county court as road view er for 1917, there being a lot of work required of an officer for the coming year. C. E. M arbee of N orth Bend was aw arded the contract to furnish a sure- ( ty bond for R. B. Murdock, county roadm aster. The C ourt appointed the following supervisors for 1917: D istrict No. 1, Chas. E. Hanson. foot. She stepped on a rusty nail, and the wound has given her con D istrict No. 2, L. B. Cutlip. D istrict No. 3, G. A. Perkins. siderable trouble, but is getting bet D istrict No. 4, Sam Stout. ter now. Miss Pearl Ford stared D istrict No. 5, Ja m es D. Clinton. with her a part of the time, to help D istrict No. 6, A. J . Counts. The Court reappointed R. B. Mur with the work dock roadm aster for 1917. The C ourt Mobley Welch, who has been at I took occasion to pay a high trib u te to Powers tor several months, returned the roadm aster for the excellent work to Bridge before the holidays, ; nd j he has done and assured him of undi enrolled in the Freshman class ol | vided support in the future. \ • I . ¿agScaK T siigçg:-. SPRAY FROM THE SURF & Coos C ounty THE COQUILLE HERALD F.. E. JOHNSON Herald V/ant A d s G et There MONEY-SAVING MAGAZINE OFFERS Select You Save Your Nearly Favorite Half by Club Ordering of With Your Magazines Paper OUR PAPER Is Included with Each Combination for Annual Subscrip tion at the Price Quoted NEW, RENEWAL OR EXTENSION SUBSCRIPTIONS ACCEPTED C lu b O f f e r N o TODAY’S MAGAZINE (with pattern) WOMAN’S WORLD - FARM A HOME - - C lu b O f f e r N o. 2 OPR PAPER and all three one year $1.75 C l u b O f f e r N o. M c C a l l ’ s m ag azin e (with pattern! BOY'S MAGAZINE . 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