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About Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1905-1917 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1917)
THÇ COQUILLE HERALD P U B L IS H E D EVERY The Call of the Canyon Entered as second-class matter M ay 8, 1905, at the r st I office at 3. 1879. Coquille, Oregon, under act of Congrees of Marcl P. By Rory O ’ Moore The carmine kiss o f the descending sun Stop! Look! Listen! Rests tenderly upon the western sky; . L E V A R , LESSEE A N D E D IT O R No, It Isn’t a Train Coming; But The silvery, silken raiment o f the dusk R O Y M . A V E R Y , B U SIN E SS M A N A G E R Stirs gently as the mellow half-lights' die. Devoted to the material and social upbuilding of the Coquille Valley particularly and of C oos County generally Subscription, $1.5 0 per year, in advance. I TU ESDAY Phone Main 381 “ CONSERVATISM” VS. MODERN PROGESSIVENESS A thousand voices whisper low, soft sounds Y O U ARE, MISSING SOMETHING Keep You Eye on This Space I Among the trees that clothe the canyon si ie; The night wind freshens restlessly, and moves In fitful waves, an undulating tide. Only a few left Amid that canyon full o f life and sound; Beneath the mourning boughs our blankets spread; Fresh Vegetables Among the things illustrated by the European war is How many times. Bill, have we lain and watched Fancy Onion Sets 10c per lb. We carry everything the local and The embers o f the campfire glowing red? the utter helplessness and futility of ancestor worship, Today’s market is 50 per dent higher California markets afford. when it comes in conflict with up-to-date untrammeled How many times, Pal, since we quit the quest, Garden seeds in bulk new on display Just Received: thinking. The “ curse of the navy,” both English and Has your heart quickened at the sunset hour. Early Peas: Head Lettuce And all unconsciously your eyes have turned American, has been the old-fogyism and conservatism Brussels Sprouts American Wonder. 8 lbs. for 25c To Southward, where the lofty Siskiyous tower? that has permeated the departments. Naval boards and Cauliflower Stratagem________ 3 lbs. for 25c navy officials and navy departments have turned a cold Thos. Laxton_____ 3 lbs. for 25c Turnips and fish-like eye on any ideas which did not emanate from Dwarf Telephone 3 lbs. for 25c Parsnips “ the authorities.” During the stress of the Civil war per cent o f the appraised value —and a Sweet Potatoes Tall Telephohe___ 3 lbs. for 25c It B e lo n g s to C o o s second mortgage given to the former 1 John Ericsson, a foreigner, put a pepper box on a raft and Cabbage All seeds have advanced sharply. We owner o f the land or to a bank or pri forced a revolution in naval construction. Since then not We claim that Port Orford has the vate money lender, for the balance. Grape Fruit _________ 6 for 25c are selling nearly everything lower a new idea has been received with any warmth of feeling youngest pupil in Coos or Curry county It must be borne in mind that the | Oranges_____ per doz. 25c, 30c, 35c, than ever before. to successfully pass the 8 th grade. by any naval authority—except the Germans. Our En Lowell Johnston, son o f Mr. and Mrs. amount which can be borrowed under 40c and 50c Buy while we have this stock. the Farm Loan act is limited to 50 per glish-speaking boards have been working on the same old Ames Johnston, aged thirteen years, cent o f the appraised value o f the land, | Try that California Rice, a new indus Early Rose seed Potatoes $3.25 cwt. recently passed a very creditable exam and this is written on the assumption I stereotyped lines, working for size in vessel and ordnance, ination and has received his eighth try which is helping to reduce the American Wonder seed Potatoes that the tenant will not pay more for I from the little Monitor to the battleship, from the battle grade diploma, and this notwithstand his land than it is actually worth, or in i cost o f living—a good article, 5 l-4c ------------------------------$2.90 cwt ship to the dreadnaught and from the dreadnaught to the ing the fact that he missed one entire other words, its appraised value as c o n -! per lb. This is outside seed. We have some year o f schooling by reason o f the super-dreadnaught. The only idea which seems to have loss o f one eye through accident. We templated under the Farm Loan act. good home grown for less. To furnish a concrete example: Sup found entrance to their skulls was that each nation which challenge the two counties to beat it. pose John Smith, a renter, wants to Recleaned White Oats for seed $2.50, Orford Tribune. buy 100 acres o f land, valued at $50 an aspired to naval power must have a greater number of —Port You’ ll have to come again, Port Or acre. The total purchase price would $2.75, $2.90 per cwt. as to grade. these fighting machines, carrying more and larger guns, ford, Coos county has at least two b* $5,000, but John Smith has not the Red seed oats.............. .. $2.80 cwt. than any two other nations. The mathematical absurdity young people that passed the eighth money to buy it. Beardless Barley _____ $3.25 cwt. grade examinations at a more tender Under the Farm Loan act Smith of this scheme never seems to have struck either our naval age than 13. Miss Anna Truman, All kinds of grass seed and vetch. j would be entitled to borrow $2,500 of Phone 691 and 341 Coquille, Oregon authorities or our statesmen. That was the only plan North Bend, and Miss Lou Hooton, the appraised value, if this appraised Bridge, both successfully accomplished value should be the same as the pur they could think of, and the people have shouldered the the feat several months before reach 6 B O H H » «222* ©ZS3ZS22 ŒB 4* chase price. This would leave $2,500 burden and paid for the floating junk-heaps. In the ing that age. We are o f the opinion to be handled by a second m ortgage . 1 meantime, independent inventors with brains not atrophied that there are others but bave not the The amount borrowed under the Farm W illia m H u ll S r. aud S . C. S h er proof. Loan act could be paid to the original rill, prin cip a l ol the sch o o l, m ade a with ancestor-and authority-worship have made a demon owner of the land and a second mort business trip to C oq u ille last Satur strated success of under-water craft, and have forced gage executed for the difference. B e lg iu m R e lie v e d The original owne would thus get a d a y . some grudging recognition from our wise ones. But did The commission for Belgian relief, satisfactory payment down, and if he A y o u n g man from near C a lga ry, our English or American naval men have any conception according to William M. Hounold, its had confidence in the purchaser h e i C anada, was in stantly killed in the of what the submarine meant? If any of them did, they director in Ine United States, has col would probably be willing to accept a R iv e rto n coa l m ine on e n igh t last lected $200,000,000. This country has mortgage for the balance, divid kept mighty still about it. England still wore the proud given $9,000,000, and part o f this was second w eek . A n u ndertaker took c h a 'g e ed into ten annual payments. title of “ mistress of the seas” because she had more use food and clothing. The British govern Here is the way it would figure out: o f the b o d y and efforts were at on ce less hardware afloat, and we have kept on appropriating ment, although financing several o f its The first m ortgage o f $2,500 given un m ade to let his people k n o w o f his allies as well as itself, relieves the Bel der the Farm Loao act would draw, let new millions for more and larger super-dreadnaughts. In gians to the amount o f $60,000,000 year us say, 5J per cent interest and would death. T h e y o u n g man was a W esly ia n M ethodist and bore a the meantime, the Germans recognized the new David ly. The French government, although be paid off on the installment plan France is in straits to meet its own re through a period o f forty years by g o o d record th ou gh he had been that had made its appearance and, not being bound by quirements, succors the Belgians to the making annual payments o f $155.95. here but a short lim e. tradition, they have made the most of it. England, “ the extent of $ 2 , 000,000 eaeh month. Aus Now let us say that the second mort N e x t Saturday even in g ib e R iv mistresB of the seas,” is crying like a baby, that the Kai tralia has given $1.23 from each Austra gage would draw 6 per cent and could erton s ch o o l w ill g iv e a literary lian, New Zealand $1.98 from each of be arranged so as to be retired in ten ser is not playing fair. He is transgressing the rules of its citizens, Canada 18 cents from every years. The interest on this $2,500 progra m T h e program will c o n mortgage at 6 per cent would be $150 j sist o f s o n g s, recitation s, aud a d e international law—as though there were any such thing Canadian. More than h a lf-th a t is, $125,000,000 the first year and one-tenth o f the j bate on the q u estion , ‘ ‘ R esolv e d . as “ international law.” And this country is about to be o f the $191,000,000 contributed by other 52,500 would be $220. T h a t L in co ln was a greater man come involved in the scrap because the Kaiser’s murderers countries for the succor o f Belgium— Adding the interest and the one-tenth than W a s h in g to n .” T h e program are working with such distressing efficiency that England, has been spent in the United States for annual payment would mean a payment is to be given under the auspices o f Severn’ Lots of Lumber at the purchase o f American supplies. o f $400 on the second mortgage the first j “ the mistress of the seas,” can’t do anything with them. The profit from this transaction has year. The second year payment would j the A lp h a d e b a tin g so ciety, an o r L u n ch es be $385 and the following payments gan ization o f the sch ool. Before the war started any naval authority outside of been at least $15,000,000. through the ten years to retire the sec- and coffee will be served fo llo w in g Germany would have told us that the idea o f a German Generous Attention. ond mortgage, both principal and inter- , he progra m , b v the ladies ol the blockade of the British islands was an idea too silly to be "W hy do you worry that public man est would be $370, $355, $340, $325, 1 d isirict. T h e program is free but by trying to Interview him?" entertained for an instant; that a blockade o f anything, “ So as to »ave him the decidedly $310, $295, $280 and $265. On top o f all these annual payments the lu nch es w ill be sold, con sistin g anywhere, in which England could be bottled up by Ger greater anxiety he'd suffer if he would be the $155.95 interest and amor o f sa n d w ich es, coffee and pie. that nobody eared to interview tization payments on the first mort many was simple idiocy; that the time would come in this thought NE PLUS U L T R A . him.” —Washington Star. gage to the Federal Land bank, so that year of grace, 1917, when England would not dare to let the total payments, interest and prin- j B e a v e r H ill N e w s A d v e r t is in g one of her super-dreadnaughts outside of a safe harbor cipal, on the two mortgages would be -1 gin at $555.95 and dwindle down to could not find lodgement in a sane mind. The moral is— (H erald’s Special C. C. News Service) Advertising is what nothing was ever $420.95 the tenth year and after that “ Keep up with the procession.” R osebu rg-M yrtle Point A lito S tage Line Paul B oyd was a M arshfield caller sold without. only $155.95 each year. Jl ' Busy Corner . Grocery r hiplap, Finish, Flooring and Rustic W IS C O N S IN SSLOS S p e c ia l P r ic e s h . E. JOHNSON If a loaf o f bread is sold to a tramp who managed to glom onto a jitney, it The Herald has been highly gratified at the way in had been advertised by the tramp’s which the newspapers of the county have fallen in line hunger and by somebody who told the where the bakery was. behind the suggestion that it would be a mighty fine bo Or by the windows o f the bakery thing to have a Coos county man on the new highway itself. commission, and enthusiastically seconded our nomination There isn’ t a human being who does not believe in advertising. of Chas. Hall for the place. We are more than ever con If he really doe n’ t he had better vinced, not only that he is the man we want, but that he commit suicide. And that will give him a lot o f pub is one of the few able and prominent gentlemen on whom licity that nobody can cash in on. the whole county can unite. The man who says he does not be lieve in advertising is a—Well, let Roosevelt say it. This boob is anxious for everybody to "T H E FREEDOM OF THE PRESS” Some one has sent to the Herald a printed slip beaiing an editorial from the tell people that his place is a good one Baltimore American, opposing the passage o f the bill now before Congress for to trade. But lie won’ t give the advertiser bidding the mailing o f papers carrying liquor advertisements to dry states, and imposing heavy penalties on the publisher who tries it. The American strips anything for telling the other folks. He is a something-for-nothing tight down to its tomahawk, flourishes its breechclout, and proceeds to scalp every one who would support such a measure, whom it characterizes as “ pinheads.” wad. The man who puts on good clothes, The American says that “ The intent o f this bill is to penalize newspapers that carry liquor advertisements into dry territory” , which is probably true, and advertises his own respectability and goes through most extravagant and excited contortions over this attack on “ the expects results in the shape o f the re freedom of the press.” We are also in receipt o f a protest on the same lines spect o f others. The man who dresses poorly, because from a newspaper source, also protesting against this attack on the freedom of o f necessity or purposely, advertises the press. The Coquille Herald “ yields to no man” in its regard for the “ freedom of his poverty and expects results in other the press.” Further, the editor o f this paper is not a prohibitionist, never was people's help or contempt. The doctor claims that it is unethical a prohibitionist and probably never will be a prohibitionist. Yet, in woolling over the contents of his mammoth vacuum, he can find no objection to the pas to advertise, but he wants the news- sage o f a law penalizing the newspaper that carries liquor advertisements into ! llal>er to mention every time he has a really dry territory. Where the law allows the importation of liquor for indi case, unless he loses it. In fact, every honest person wants vidual use, as was the case in Oregon until the first o f this month, then the I f the terms o f the second mortgage T h u rsd a y . could be arranged for longer than ten Mrs. R osa Preuss spent the latter years the required annual payments pari o f the w eek with triends in would be correspondingly reduced. M arshfield These payments are no greater than M rs. R ice was visitin g in C o the average tenant pays for rent. The first year payment on both o f these q u ille last week. mortgages would amount to approxi M rs. Sim pson was a M arshfield mately $5 50 an acre. These would visitor T h u rsd a y . gradually reduce until the tenth year M rs. Joe S a ccom a n n o w ent to he would he paying $4.20 an acre and each year after that he would be pay M ercy hospital W ed n esd a y to u n ing only $1.55 per acre. Instead o f be d e rg o an operation. ing paid as rental this money is applied Mr E rick son and fam ily m oved on the purchase price o f the land. The interest rates quoted in this in to M arshfield last w eek . stance are suggestions only and are not East Fork Items to be taken as an official statement o f what rates will prevail under the Farm Loan act. (H erald’s Special C. C. News Service) Next installment will have to do with C. F ran k lyn Leatherm an started the social and economic effect o f the Su n d ay o f last w .e k on h orseback Farm Loan act. to W ilber to attend the funeral o f I bis brother Coos County The Herald's Special Coos County News Service R iv e r to n B r ie fs Wm. I returned F rida y. Leatherm an. H e M r. Leatherm an i is the last on e left of his brothers 'a n d sisters, o f w hom there were e ig h t, seven m aturity reach ing It is the age of seldom that so y o u n g a m an as Mr. Leatnerm an is ( Herald’s Special C. C. News Se -vice) the sole su rv ivo r of his fa 'b e r ’ s and has m c 'h e r 's fam ily. A b o u t 12 or 14 inches of sn ow on been attending s ch o o l, has had to j a' \' r 1 ’ the : um m it. |. n ^ 's oneat people are afraid of d rop mu because of ill h ealth, G eo. M a th eson ’ s d on k ev has been | 1 ’ an< 1 1 1 al,y way- T h e boys under the sup ervision o f the principal, are m a k in g walks, out o f com m ission for tw o nr three newspapers should be allowed to carry advertisements o f the sources from which supplies may be obtained, for nothing unlawful is even suggested by such advertisements But when the bringing in o f liquor is entirely forbidden, then such advertisements can only contemplate and invite a transgression of the law. Freedom is not license, and the newspaper has no more moral right to drum up M o r e F a rm L o a n P o in ts liquor trade in places where such trade is unlawful than a traveling or resident drummer. It is often remarked that the saloon men killed their own bnsiness, (By Frank R. Wilson o f the Federal and auoh unreasoning and abusive outbreaks as that o f the Baltimore American Farm Loan Bureau.) will do much toward promoting a aentiment for the curtailment o f the legiti The question has been frequently mate freedom of the press. Let it be understood that some newspaper men asked, “ How can a renter who has who are not prohibitionists arc atill willing to play the part o f law-abiding citi- not saved 50 per cent o f the purchace aens. price o f land make use o f the Federal Farm Loan act to get land o f his ow n?” The answer is, by means o f a first mortgage given under the Farm Ixian act for 50 per cent o f the purchase price provided this does not exceed 50 G e t th e W a n t A d H a b it V i 's D orothy Sm ith Leave Myrtle Point 7:40 a. m. Roseburg 6 . a. m. 6 hours Running Time Connecting with Coquille Auto] Lines J. L. Laird r i T Telephone M y rtle P oint Service to Davis Slough I Telepone service has been established to Davis Slough at the new camp of the North Bend Mill and Lumber Company. Call long distance. I Coos and Curry Telephone Co. I, w ho B r id g e B iie ts the w eek-end on tlie larm . (H raid’s Special C. C. News Service) A . F ord is le a -m u g to d tiv e F o d car his T h e sch ool is gettin g up good W a sh in g to n -L in co ln program to be given F ebruary 23 Miss H elen R o b b in s spent the out of the cinders from the furnace, da ys on a ccou nt o f needed repairs. T h e farmers are w o rk in g on tlu ir greater part o f last week at the Joe H arry, o f M vrtle P oin t, cam e to the outhouses. T h e board has store this week and w ill soon h ave furnished lumber to m ak e a board up to Brew ster valley last w eek af Br ant hom e it ready for o ccu p a n cy . It is rum ored that C. S. M urphy walk eight teet w id e and fo rty -tw o ter an auto load ol potatoes. W alter Paul F ord and A lm nn Steph ens fam ily w ill so n m o v e to W h en am feet 1 , ng just in front ol th* entrance Laird went in with him. o f Cr.qnille were visitin g A . F ord steps T h e b o y - will a lso build | W a ller cam e in he did not catch a Br adbent and establi-h a store this week. Mrs. H H . Brow ison is quite this walk as manual train in g w ork 'r id e all the w ay; it is h aid slid in g Chamberlain’s Tablets when he has to walk. s ic '.. She had a relap e o f la grippe. this week. These tablets are intended especially C lias Sneplierd is fen cin g the R a y E n dirott ma le a trip to for disorders o f the stomach, liver and Miss Perna D anielson , o f R iv e r I f you are troubled with to b rin g C . bowels. ton, ts vi>iting <»j?h relatives near pait o f the C oq u ille C anoe C lu b M yrtle Point Friday heartburn, indigestion or constipation g rou n d s ly in g south ol the road H . N osier and fam ily ou t to spend they will do you good. Pow ers.