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About Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1905-1917 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1917)
THE CQQUILLE HERALD P U B L ISH E D EVERY TUESDAY Entered as second-class matter May 8, 1905, at the post office at Coquille, Oregon, under act of Congrees of March 3, 1879. P. . L E V A R . LESSEE A N D E D IT O R R O Y M. A V E R Y , BUSINESS M A N A G E R _______ Devoted to the material and social upbuilding of the Coquille Valley particularly and of Coos County generally. Subscription, $1.50 per year, in advance. Phone Main 381 to Mars; we still retain respect for the utterances of the Man of Sorrows. That the course of Germany in daring to infringe on what we consider our rights now practically obliges us to take up arms against her should be regretted by every right-thinking person. We have no criticisms to make of the course of President Wilson; he has un doubtedly followed the course which to him seems best, and with the purest and most patriotic motives. He has “ kept us out of war” until we are forced by the generally accepted tenets of mankind to join in and do what we can to add to the troubles of the under dog. Let no one doubt th a t we will all stand together when the test comes; but that is no reason why we should lose our heads a t this time. B etter keep cool. It isn’t always the man who flies all to pieces at the start who makes the best fight. "Î Low Prices—Next Saturday Last C all on Cannsd Fruits at Your supply of canned fruit is probably running low and we are going to give you an opportunity to pur chase from the limited ami unt we have on hand at Extremely Low Prices Next Saturday WE GOT A FILL Last Wednesday F. B. Tichenor passed through the Packers have just made prices for next fall delivery, city on his way to the Bay. He called at this office and That any long-winded bull-head could tie up th i and the price we are going to give you looks like favored the editor and business manager with a great United States Senate as long as his lungs and physical en Money from Home in comparison. Today’s market song and dance as to his position on the state road bond durance held out has been one of the developments of ing act; why he voted against it and why he proposed to is 20 per cent higher. “ senatorial courtesy” which has made that body a stench urge that Coos and Curry counties look with a cold and in the nostrils of a business people. It has been taken ad fishy eye on the whole proposition and withhold all sup Red Letter Brand E xtra Fancy Peaches per Can 20c per doz. $2.25 vantage of more than once in the past, in the last hours port or pledges of support at present. He stated th at his Red Letter Brand E xtra Fancy Apricots 2 Cans 45c per doz. .2.40 of a session, to prevent the passage of some measure which reason for opposing the bill in the Legislature was th at Silver Flower Brand Fancy Peachey 2 Cans __ 35c per doz. 2.00 was favored by the majority. That a dozen filibusters1 there was no assurance that Coos county would have any 2 Cans 25c Crimson King Brand Choice Peaches per doz. 1.45 could prevent the granting to the President of the power look-in when the funds would be distributed; that there for which he recently asked, has been seized upon by every could be no such assurance given for the reason that the Not a chance for such prices again for two years, Lower one, large and small, who wishes by words to show how membership of the new highway commission had not bejn “ patriotic" he is, and those filibustering members have than we can buy today. If vou can use it, I5uy Now. named and therefore any pledge to Coos county was then been very nicely flayed. Perhaps they deserved it, but impossible; that Smith and Peck claimed that Coos county that is not the point. The “ rules” th at made their action had been given assurance of fair treatm ent in the expen Our Store is fu-1 of possible and successful have been in use for many years, j diture of the money, but he did not see how th at was pos and we have stood for it like lambs. Now, perhaps a few Call and See sible; that some days before the measure came to a vote a of those antiquated and imbecile rules may be changed,! person came to him and placed in his hand several unso and th a t much will have been gained. licited endorsements of his candidacy for the United States Marshalship, making no conditions whatever; that exami old home in Illinois. The sam e land j New A uto Rules nation of these endorsements disclosed the fact that they Following are the regulations to be they traversed years before with an ox 1 , they sped {«cross on a sw ift train. Phone 691 and 541 Front am C Streets Coquille, Ore seemed to emanate from parties interested in paving; that observed in country driving; enacted as team Before her husband’s death they made p art of the new m otor vehicle re g is tra the same person came to him later and explained that a trip to Honolulr ju st a fte r the islands tion law: these endorsers of his would be very much disappointed if Slow-moving vehicles m ust keep as were annexed to the United States. (K fi) wore p ilo te d ' through the palace he should vote against the bonding bill; that he voted far to rig h t of road as practicable, to They A B ilio u s A tta c k perm it sw iftly-m oving vehicles reason and “ G randm a” can claim the distinc against the bill anyway, for the reason above given—that ably free passage to the left. tion of having sa t upon the k ing’s When you have a bilious atta ck your .X. liver fails to perform its functions. there was no pledge th at Coos county would ever get a Before sta rtin g , driv er much first see throne. You become constipated. The food Despite her 91 years she is very spry you e at ferm ents in your stom ach in there is room to turn or back into road, nickel of the money, and no way of getting such assur and m ust give visible and audible sig and takes exercise in the way of sweep- stead of digesting. This inflames the ance; that the fact th at Curry county would get nothing nals to warn oncoming vehicles of his ing the floor, building a fire and wash- stom ach and causes nausea, vomiting ing dishes. These privileges she will ®nd ® te rn b le headache. Take Cham- did not cause his opposition, as he considered that Curry intent. r * j berlain s Tablets. They will tone up Am bulances and physicians’ autos are not be denied, claiming th a t she k0pt y0ur fiver, clean out your stomach and was not ready for paving at present but would be bene exem pted from speed lim its only when house so long th a t she ju st has to help you will soon be as well as ever. They do the housework. She can see to read only cost a quarter. fited by any paving done in Coos county, and that he later answ ering em ergency calls. -^££51 L ast m ust be dimmed, or so direct well and does fancy knitting. explained this thusly to his Curry constituents who had ed L th ights a t rays shall strike ground not to C hristm as she gave each of her child wired and written him to oppose the bill; that the new exceed 75 fe e t in front of vehicle. ren some of her knitting which she did Coos C ounty Highway Commission had now been appointed and was in No m etal block, stud, cleat or bead at the age of 90. She has lived to see perm itted to project more than a quar one of her great-grandchildren graduate The H erald ’s Special Coos County a position to give binding pledges to Coos county, and ter-inch from tire. from high school and en te r college. News Service She says she feels quite well and it is th a t he proposed to visit the different parts of the county No glass, bottles, nails, tacks, hoops, or cans perm itted to be thrown quite likely th a t she will see m any more R iverton Briefs and line things up to lorce such a pledge from the com wire, birthdays. on highways. mission as a condition of support when the referendum No person, other than a law officer, Those present a t the dinner were Mr. (H e ra ld ’s Special O. C. News S?-vice) j perm itted to climb into an auto or and Mrs. W. C. Rose, Mr. and Mrs. M. vote is taken on the bill. B orn—T o Mr. and Mrs. Floyd, monkey with the cranks or levers with Way, Mr. and Mrs. J . W. Leneve, Mr. out the ow ner’s or driver’s permission. and Mrs. P. L. Sterling, Mr. and Mrs. a d a u g h te r. Now, all this impressed the Herald force greatly, and No person under 15 years of age per we felt that Mr. Tichenor was entitled to much credit for m itted to drive a car unless parent, Lans Leneve, Mrs. Lewin and Miss Iva F. A. Golden, school supervisor, Fitzhugh, all relatives except Miss presented lately to the Riverton his watchful care for the interests of this county and es guardian or owner are in the car. Fitzhugh. S' hool, in a talk, the industtial Several Lots of Lumber at pecially for his refusal to be honey-fuggled by the paving C elebrates 91st Birthday projects in a very interesting and Players G iven Feed people. The first jolt came later in the day, when we instructive m anner. Last Friday Mrs. Elizabeth Leneve celebrated her mentioned the m atter to a person who was in a position 91st birthday yesterday. Mrs. W. C. The mem bers of the Coquille high the teachers j f the sch ol t .k up school b asket ball team , m anager Les to be informed—and got the horse laugh. His version ol Rose, her daughter, gave a dinner in lie Schroeder. and referee George Oerd- the matter with the sell > 1 ami a honor of the occasion. “ G randm a” ing \v re the guests of honor a t a chick n u m ber of the pupils have prom the story of Mr. Tichenor’s vote against the bill was quite Leneve received many beautiful gifts A supper given by Jam ie M ast S a tu r ised to take several of th e ¡in jects, different from that of Mr. Tichenor. It need not be re and was one of the jolliest present, en I day night. Those present w ere: Fred such as can nin g fruit, sewing, po 4« tailed here, but he told us where we would find a copy of keeping everyone laughing by her re Lorenz, Paul Crouch, O tto Davis, Phil m arks during the meal. Despite her lip Johnson, John Stanley, Leslie tato grow ing an d manual It ¡lining. the bill as it was passed, which we had not yet seen. Then old age she has a most wonderful mem ----------— ------- $ Schroeder, Geo., Chas. and John Oerd- Jo h n Bryden, who made good we hunted it up and were amazed to find the paragraph ory, and can recall incidents thHt hap ing. The supper was served a t about while a pupil of the Riverton school pened v hen she was very young. She seven o ’clock and a fte r this had been which is published elsewhere in this paper and which crossed has gone to Marshfield where his the plains in early days with of the rem ainder of the even makes it mandatory on the commission to pave 20 miles her husband, and braved the dangers of disposed parents have moved. ing was given over to cards. of road in Coos county as soon as we have such a stretch starvation and Indians. They settled Miss Elma R oberts and Miss Marvel Mr. C haney and family are to here and built a log cabin on the spot R oseburg M yrtle P o in t A u to S ta g e Line of highway ready. The provision is mandatory: as soon as w here the H erald office now stands. Skeels assisted Miss L eta M ast with move to Powers soon, where thev the serving. will reside, as Mr C haney is e m the road is ready for paving, then “ the Commission SHALL L ater they mov^d down the river to the Leave ployed there. w here P arkersburg now stands D e sp o n d e n c y D u e to C o n s tip a tio n M yrtle Point IMMEDIATELY” pave it. It looks to a man up a tree place where they resided for several years. Women often become nervous and Miss Philpott, assistant teacher 7:40 a. m. as though this were far better than any pledge They again moved to this place in 1878, despondent. When this is due to con at Riv erton, spent S u n d a y with her R oseburg stipation it is easily corrected by taking from the commissioners themselves they might die or where she has resided ever since. 6. a. m. A bout tw enty year- ago she and her an occasional dose of C ham berlain’s home folks. resign or get fired, but this provision stands in the law husband made a trip back e ast to their Tablets. Th se tab lets are easy to S. C Sherrill, principal of the 6 hours R unning Time take and pleasant in effect. itself, and supposing it possible that the Commission Riverton school, went to the county Connecting with Coquille Auto Lines should get contrary, we have the courts to fall back on to seat on a business trip Saturday. J. L. Laircl M y rtle P oin t obtain our rights under the law. We will have 20 miles Mrs. F ox and her two sons were The Use of in Coquille last S atu rd ay . of highway between Coquille and Marshfield reduced to N E PLUS ULTRA. permanent line and grade next year, and there will be no Chi-Namel excuse for the Commission to neglect us, even were the S tars a t T he Scenic members inclined to do so. Varnish W ednesday It seems to the Herald th a t the new law is something E xpendable Service P E A k L W H ITE is not limited to grained th a t will result in the greatest benefit to the state in a In H er B est P athe Serial surfaces. Use it for fin- — great many ways, and it is one of the cases where our op Thursday The recent completion of the copper circuit along the S. P. ishing new wood or re right-of-w ay between Cushman and Gardiner by the Pacific «• MARY PICKFORD position to bonding is disarmed. The paved roads will finishing old; it has no Telephone an,I Telegraph Co. affords an auxiliary high class In “ The Foundling" “ pay for themselves” many times over, and while the long distance telephone line between Coos and Curry counties equal. Stains and var Friday and the outsi !e world. Friday, February 23rd, heavy snows bonds are being paid, and that “ posterity” upon whom we nishes in a single appli GRACE CUNARD broke down ,e Koseburg-M yrtle Point line in the mountains are so fond of shifting our burdens will have no kick com and L> cation. and the new 11-copper line via Eugene gave excellent service M ARIE W ALCAMP ing, for they will also get the benefit of the resulting de to Portland, han Francisco and other points. Boiling water does not In Two Good Serials velopment. dull its gloss nor turn it Saturday But, as we understood Mr. Tichenor, he is out to or M ARGUERITE CLARK white. Coos and Curry Telephone Co. In "Silks and S atin s” ganize opposition to the act, “ until we get positive assur ance that a nickel of the money will be spent in Coos Chi-Namel V a rn ish es and H ugh H arlocker T aking county.” As he might, in his enthusiasm, forget to in Dom estic Science at O.A.C. form those to whom he talks, as he did in our case, of the Corvallis, Ore, March 12 (Special to ! Enamels the H e rald ).—H. H. H arlocker, of Co- real provisions of the bill itself which protect Coos county, quiile, a freshm an in agriculture, is one will be demonstrated by INCOME and OUTLAY we have thought best to relate the above story at some of the tw enty-four boys of the Oregon length. A gricultural College to reg ister for do One side of vour Pass Book will show all the money you have Miss Vina Stange Bargains Busy Corner Grocery ' . ’ " m Dry Shiplap, Finish, Flooring and Rustic WISCONSIN S !lO S -- — £ pecial Prices E. JOHNSON r î i î I The remark has become trite, that “ war with Ger many seems inevitable.” We are sorry. We would have much preferred to see the United States keep out of it. Call this cowardly, if you will; we do not agree with you. The loud-mouthed bully who proclaims his willingness to lick any man in the crowd may be your ideal of the hero. He is not ours. Y’ou may have transferred your allegiance at our store March 19-20-21 20c Can Free Fuhrm an’s Pharmacy (The Rexall Store) m estic science. A one sem ester course has been organised for those who wish to learn the rudim ents o f cookery, and a ttired in anrons, the boys work from seven o'clock until ten on Monday nights learning the scientific construc tion of flapjacks and mulligan. The course is prim arily for students of for estry , agriculture and mining, although o th er departm ents of the college are represented. received. The other side will show all you have paid out, and the eancelied cheeks are your receipts. This fine arrangem ent is yours if you will open your check ac count here. Your account will be given careful and considerate attention. FIRST A. R. NATION A ij > A N K CAPITAL and SURPLUS $60,000.00 S™ „ Wnv °n ' Pt-esident L. H. HAZARD. Cashier SH IN E, Vice President O. C. SANFORD. Asst. Cashier