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COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY. OREGON. TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1917.
NEWS FROM THE TRENCH WAR FRONT
STILL TIME TO REGISTER.
VOLUNTEER NOW.
Register Now if You Couldn’t Do so j Vou Get Your Choice of Service if
Before.
You Enlist Now.
The following statement from Ad­
L. C. Greenup, U. S. Army recruit­
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jutant General White may be of in­ ing officer stationed at Marshfield,
terest here:
! -spent several days in this city last
Men between the ages of 21 and 30 week, securing acquisitions to Uncle
years, inclusive, who for some good Sam’s forces.
reason were unable to register on War
He says there is a general misun­
Census day, are to have one more derstanding about enlistments since
chance.
the registration and would like to
\ France, April 16, 1917.
If they will present themselves im­ have it explained that those who are
In view of the probability of many
of our young men being sent to th. My dear Ralph:— After what.we have mediately to the Registration Board registered can enlist at any time until
After they have
gone through during the last week I in their respective counties, their reg­ they are drafted.
front during the coming months, the
feel a lucky beggar to be writing this istration will be accepted and the nec­ once been notified that they have been
following letters relative to life in the letter to you. No doubt you have essary card made out, provided a val­ selected by draft they can no longer
trenches will perhaps be of interest to read In the papers of the grand vic­ id excuse is made for failure to appear enlist voluntarily. The advantage of
-enlisting voluntarily is that the re­
our readers. They were received dur­ tories gained by the Canadian troops,, June 5.
ing the last month by R. 0. Bayley, and they were too. We have been giv- j The County Board of Registration in cruit may choose the department of
Those drafted
cn credit by all the big leaders on the each county is made up of the sheriff, service he prefers.
manager of the creamery here, from
front of doing almost the impossible I county clerk and county physician, will be placed wherever the govern­
his brother who is "Somewhere in and capturing points that ihe Gar and the board sits at the county seat. ment sees fit to put them.
France.”
Mr. Greenup also stated that the en­
mans looked upon as impregnable.
Haste is essential, though, for the
Our battallion has been singled out for negligent ones who failed to register listments will be counted by the Fed­
France, April (i, 1917.
the work it has done and even-farther as this last period of grace may be eral government in the total quota re-
My dear Ralph:— No doubt you will than that, our company has been giv­ ended any hour by the Government. quired__of Oregon in proportion to its
be wondering what has happened to en special credit. For five days and If they desire to escape prosecution, population. This means that for ev­
me since you have not had u letter for nights we were kept going the whole with the penalty of imprisonment up ery voluntary enlistment made, one
such a long time. Well, 1 am still time with hardly a wink of sleep. And to one year in jail, after which they i ss will be drafted from this state.
whole and in good health. Somehow on several occasions, with scarcely a will be registered and probably draft­
letter writing seems out of the ques­ half hour’s notice, we were ordered ed, anyway, they should lose no time
Circuit Court Notes.
tion here, as a fellow has so little time over the top and we took our objec­ in going before the Registration
At the session of the circuit court
to himself and then he wants to rest. tive at the point of the bayonet. My Board.
this week four divorce cases were dis­
It is a hard life. Since last I wrote word, I shall never forget what we
This last chance will be open for a posed of to the full satisfaction of dis­
we have gone through some rough went through and the sights we saw. few more days. Men who show their satisfied wives of this county Emily
times. Old Fritz has tried to show We lost lots o f men, but the poor old good faith by immediately presenting Wells was granted a divorce from
us how much ammunition he has and Germans! Our guns had them lying themselves will probably have their Clem B. Wells, Sylvia Christensen’s
has kept up a constant shower of in heaps. I could write pages and excuses accepted for not having reg­ marriage bonds to Ilans C. wej-3 ef­
shells for day and days. It is won­ pages about this week but I will have istered at the proper time. But any fectually disposed of-and she was giv­
derful how a fellow can live through to keep it until I see you. On our further delay will be unwise, to say en a judgment of $500 in addition, Lu-
such times. It is nothing but luck. last day" “ in” we drove the Germans the least.
cina Goble was legally separated from
Some fellows escape while their com­ back for miles and it was a tired but
Non-residents who have not yet reg­ .Emery Goble and Dena Boyle was
rades fall beside him. A fellow nev­ happy bunch of soldiers that were re­ istered should apply immediately to ; granted a divorce from James Boyle.
er knows when his time is coming, but lieved by fresh troops that night and the Board. They will be registered
Two new citizens were create l in
he never worries.
we were brought back some miles for under the procedure for registration | the persons of Carl John Johnson and
I have now taken part in two raids ,a rest. I say I feel lucky to be able of absentees.
|c. B. Kelley.
and have gone over the top twice to to write this. Well, when I think of
The grand jury is now in sesion and
the German -trenches. This is excit­ the escapes I had, I do. The closest
A Liberty Bond means food for our ; is expected to hand in its report s me
ing but a risky job, but I have come shave I had was to have my ear cut boys at the front.
! time today.
out without a scratch. Last week about by shrapnel, but not badly— just a
My overcoat sleeve was
*** hundred of us went over to get scratch.
prisoners. We climbed the hill to torn for inches. On one advance I
the front trenches when the order was had this writing pad in the pack on
sent up to get ready. All of a sud­ my back and you can see for yourself
Andersons’ Practical Business Col­ sustain in having come from a city to
den there was a big roar and we knew the close shave*. The corner of this
lege this week was fortunate in se­ u small town to make her home. Miss
that our barrage was on. After a few paper was torn by shrapnel. How a
Lucas’ former work has been in cities
minutes we climbed the trenches arid fellow could go through the week is a curing the services of one of the best of many times the population of Co-
rushed for the German lines.
We marvel to me, but luck was with me teachers in the stenography and type­ ^uille and, of course, she will miss the
scrambcld through our wire and and my chances are still as good as writing branch that has come to the many things to which she has been
across no man’s land up to our knees ever.
state in many years. The new teach­ accustomed and, but for her love of
in mud. It was hard work but we
Talking about luck!
One after­ er is Miss Mary E. Lucas and the lady the work to which she has devoted
made his third line and were success­ noon our company was withdrawn comes direct here from one of the best her life, wc could not hope to keep her
ful in getting some prisoners but our from the advanced position to dig a of the eastern business colleges. She here for a very long period of time.
barrage is so strong that there is trench some hundreds of yards be­ has had many years experience in the However, as I said before, our every
very little left but dead Germans. hind. We dug like blazes there for teaching of these branches and comes effort will be put forth to make hpr
Coming home is the worst part as hours, with the shells bursting all with the highest recommendations class such that her love of teaching
Fritz has now got his guns playing around us and not a single fellow was from such instructors as W. R. Hay­ will keep her here permanently.
on our lines, and we have the wound­ hit. At last it got so hot that we had ward, head of the commercial depart­
"The school is coming on amazing
ed men to bring with us. A night at­ to take shelter but no one was hurt. ment of the Banks Business College of well, and the students are progressing
tack is a wonderful sight— a prettier
I wish I were with you to tell you Philadelphia; J. W. Scholl, head ot de­ nicely in their work. We are enroll­
sight I don’t think I ever saw. You all about our doings but perhaps that partment of language-, and* mathe­
ing new students all the time in both
see signals of every color and shape won’t be long now. Anyway they will matics of the Chattanooga, Tenn., col­
the commercial as well as the steno­
and the shells sailing through the air keep.
lege; C. C. Dorney, president of the graphic departments and another
nd bursting. It is light as day. 1
And so America is in the war at Allentown, Pa., business college; F. month will see what we can term a
can’t describe it.
last. I wonder if that will affect the M. Davis, principal of the Racine, full class in both departments. Dur­
We are now out on our rest period end of it. I wish the end would soon Wis., College of Commerce; and many
ing the past week several changes
but I expect we will be going in again come now. I have had four and a others.
were made necessary by the rapidly
in a few days. The last few days half months of this life and that is
F. B. Anderson, speaking of the ad­ growing classes.
The typewriting
rumors have reached us that Ameri­ enough for me, but apart from feeling dition to the teaching force of the lo­
room has been enlarged to twice its
ca has declared war but we do not tired and. weary I was never in better cal college, said: “ We were particu­
former size and we may be compelled
health in my life.
know for sure.
larly fortunate in securing the ser­ to make a further enlargement before
Your affectionate brother,
Your affectionate brother,
vices of Miss Lucas and it will now be the end of the month if the class con­
Ewart.
Ewart.
cur especial effort to make the school tinues to grow. The tables and desks
sufficiently attractive so her interest in the commercial room are now f .11
HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS.
ings. When served on the meat there
in the progress of her pupils will more and others must be put in this w:ek
is frequently great waste.
than counteract the losses she will if more students enroll.”
Many Methods Suggested for Food
Fruits and vegetables likewise serve
Local Man Gets Letters From Brother
In the Canadian Ranks
NEW TEACHER AT BUSINESS COLLEGE
Conservation.
Fruits, vegetables and milk are the
foods su ppling in best form the min-
mineral needed by the body to build
bones and teeth and make blood and
body cells.
Drying the fruits and
vegetables when plentiful will afford
a cheap and pleasing supply of the
food elements later in the year when
they are either scarce and high-priced
or altogether lacking in the markets.
Meat, milk, eggs, cheese, nuts,
beans, peas and other legumes are
staple muscle-making foods that sup­
ply materials for body growth and re­
pair. Although these materials are
indispensable in some form it is not
necessary to supply them in the high­
est-priced. form. A pound of cottage
cheese supplies as much muscle ma­
terial as a pound and a half of cote-
mon cuts of meat—and costs less.
When eggs and milk are used gener­
ously the other foods of the group are
used only sparingly.
Rice, potatoes and cereals are the
chief source of heat and energy of
the body, and they are relatively in­
expensive.
Bread is cheap at any
price. Breakfast cereals are used by
most well-managed households. The
package form is more expensive than
the bulk. Rice has five times the food
value of potatoes, but never costs five
times as much, and should be served
oftener. Sweets serve much the same
purpose as the starches, and honey
may be substituted for sugar with
economy in many instances.
The fats of meat cuts and of fowls
are trimmed off by careful housekeep­
ers and tried out to be used as flavor-
the admirable purpose of supplying
bulk and preventing constipation.
Some of the greens and salad plants
are especially acceptable for this pur­
pose.
In the present food crisis American
housewives are making a more care­
ful study of food values and the best
means of supplying them than ever
before, to do their part toward feeding
the nation wisely and without waste.
More consideration of food values is
requisite to success, and proper train­
ing in food habits is one of the earli­
est and most important forms of edu­
cation. Valuable suggestions may be
had by writing to the U. S. Depart­
ment of Agriculture for Farmers Bul­
letin No. 808.— A. Grace Johnson,
Johnson, Assistant Professor Domes­
tic Science, O. A. C.
Marriage Licenses.
June 6— Claud A. Randleman and
Lottie L. Rickman.
June 6 -f Hartley Hearld Balch and
June Hesse, of Bandon.
June 6— Lee Jolley and Esther Mc­
Cormack, of Marshfield.
June 7—Cavour Z. DeMeules and
Leona Hoffman, of Marshfield.
June 9— Chas. Dooley,, of Lakeside,
and Ruth J. Deyer, of North Bend.
June 11—-Harry L. Davis and Edith
A. Pendergrass, of Marshfield.
June 11— Ralph Thompson Moore
and Hattie Florence Boak, of Bandon.
June 11—Fred Biescke and Ray-
Post, of Marshfield.
June 11— Miles Milton Bravis, of
Myrtle Point, and Ella Lillian Doney,
of Powers.
UOUNTY COURT AWARDS CONTRACTS
The county court held a busy ses­ 998.
sion last week at which many con­
The contract was awarded to Mr.
tracts for road and bridge work were Bennett
awarded and other items of impor­
The Myrtle Point Bridge.
tance to the taxpayers were given at­
The were two bidders here, the
tention. Among other items the court I Lids including the approaches and a
visited the county farm and made an concrete viaduct over the railroad. It
inspection of equipment, buildings, is what is known as the Spruce street
etc., owing to the fact that Allan Mc­ bridge. For a wooden bridge the bids
Leod has handed in his resignation to were as follows:
take effect as soon as his successor
Portland Bridge Co., $19,900.
has been named. His successor has
Michal William Payne, 18,747.
been decided on by the court and the
For a steel bridge the only bidder
tender of the position made to him w%s the Portland Bridge company at
but no answer has as yet been given. $26,990, and the contract was award­
The man decided on by the court is ed to it at that fi^pre. The Southern
Novia Landreth, at present in charge Pacific will pay about $1000 of this
of the county jail and court house, amount.
and the choice is one which will meet
Bridges North of Coos Bay.
witn the approval of all who are fa­
These are to be drawbridges over
miliar with his work and personality. Haynes, Larsen and North Sloughs
Mr. Landreth has given practically and the bids were all for wooden
perfect service in the capacity of jan­ bridges as follows:
itor and general caretaker of the coun­
Curtis Gardner, of Portland, $5,338.
ty capitol which in itself is the best
M. W. Payne, $5,988.
recommendation he could possibly
Ladd & Harris, $5089.
give as to his qualification for the po­
The contract was awarded to Ladd
sition now oj^red him.
& Harris, the same firm who built the
The bids for the five bridges ad­ court house annex here last year.
vertised for during the past three
No bids were leceived for the grad­
weeks were as follows:
ing of the Glasgow north road, north
Gravel Ford Bridge
of Coos Bay nor for the Coquille-
For the bridge complete, including Myrtle Point road. Although no fur­
the approaches, one of which is 1200 ther action has yet been taken in re­
feet long:
gard to these projects it is expected
John D. Bennett, of Gravel Ford, that the court will have them done on
$6,328.80.
force account.. One of the construc­
Curtis Gardner, of Portland, $6,- tion companies at Portland may get
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MEETING TONIGHT TO RAISE FUNDS
Red Cross
Fund of $ 2 ,5 0 0 alloted to
Coquille and Vicinity
Coquille’s allottment of the $400,-
000 Red Cross fund which is to be
raised outside of Portland in Oregon
is $2,500 and the start of this good
work will take place in this city to­
night when speakers from the state
headquarters of the society will be
with us and give brief outlines of the
work of the society. This allottment
is based solely upon population and
represents an assessment of one dol­
lar per capita. It only remains for
each and every citizen of this com­
munity to give to this great work one
dollar and this fund will be assured.
Come out to the meeting tonight and
hear what these speakers have to say
and then try and be the first to make
your part of the subscription. Fol­
lowing is a brief summary of the
plans of the society for the saving of
the lives of our own boys on the bat­
tlefield :
100,000,000 Dollars— Why?
Oregon, outside Portland, must sub­
scribe $400,000 of the $100,000,000
emergency Red Cross war service
fund during the week of June 18-25 in
order to meet the expectations of
President Wilson who has appealed
to the nation for this fund.
Prompting the President’s appeal
are the thousands of Red Cross am­
bulances on the firing line that must
be maintained.
Other thousands of
ambulances must be built and sent to
the front. Forty-five base hospitals
already have been established and
their work must be supplemented with
that of many more hospitals in order
to treat the wounds and save the lives
of thousands of soldiers, including our
own home boys.
The force of Red Cross physicians
and nurses must be greatly increased
and kept on duty.
British, French and Belgian sol­
diers can be sent home when, under
hospital care, they have commenced
to recover from wounds or sickness,
but for Uncle Sam’s soldier boys eon-
\alescent hospitals must be built by
the Red Cross.
Mothers and wives who have given
up sons and husbands and who have
no other support must be cared for
by the Red Cross organization.
Vocational schools for soldiers in­
capacitated by wounds for ordinary
work must be organized and financed.
From the front line trenches to the
mothers left at home the Universal
Service of Mercy must maintain a
vast organization and spend tremen­
dous sums in order to meet an almost
overwhelming emergency growing out
of United States participation in the
Worltl War. Nor can the work be de­
layed one day. Bullets will not wait
on tardy dollars. The man who offers
his life on the battlefield for the de­
fense of his country must not be left
to bear the burden alone.
W’hy does the government not fi­
nance this relief work? The question
is often asked. The American Red
Cross is ranked as a neutral, as long
as it is maintained by private sub­
scriptions. The administration of the
Red Cross cannot be carried on as are
the national and military operations.
Relief work, also, must cut red tape,
must be promptly ready for every
emergency, must be governed by hu­
manitarian principles and quick de­
cisions and must not be hampered by
the restrictions of governmental ma­
chinery. At the same time the Red
Cross is the only relief agency for­
mally authorized by the government.
Its head is the President of the Unit­
ed States. Its accounts are audited
by the war department. It is char­
tered by Congress. President Wilson
declares:
“ A large, well-organized and
efficient Red Cross is essential.
It is both a patriotic and a hu­
mane service that is rendered by
every citizen who becomes a mem­
ber of the American Red Cross.”
Red Cross subscriptions need not
be paid all at one time. One-fourth
will be due July 1; one-fourth August
4; one-fourth September 1; and the
balance October 1.
A task as great as getting the sub­
scriptions is to inform every man,
woman and child of the purposes and
emergency character of the campaign
before Red Cross Week, as proclaimed
by the President, which begins June
18. Community committees are urged
to have a forceful speaker present at
every gathering whether small or
large. Newspapers are called on for
liberal space.
Ministers are asked
to present the subject to their con­
gregations. Let every patriotic citi-
' zen speak of the campaign to every
; other person he or she meets.
In this world war some must give
their lives, others their money. No
patriot at home could bear to think
that a patriot bled to death on the
battlefield because he or she failed to
contribute his dollar to the Red Cross.
You have no right to say you are pat­
riotic unless you give your utmost in
service no matter what it may involve
in personal sacrifice.
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these jobs at cost and 10 per cent for
Progressive Local Firm
use of material and superintendence.
The only road projects yet to be
As a progressive business man and
advertised for are the Coos City road, one who keeps up with the general
the Coquille-Bandon road and the "Ov­
movement M. J. Hartson stands well
erhead railroad crossing at Summit,
at
the head as was proven last week
and the overhead crossing two miles
below Myrtle Point at the W. Lee Ray when he went out and captured two
hill.
nice furnishing contracts in this city.
On Saturday several matters per­ The first and largest was that of fur­
taining to widows’ pensions and in­ nishing all general equipment for the
digent allowances were taken up. hall of records. This contract will
Mrs. Irene Reese, of Bandon, applied j call for chairs, tables, typewriter
for a widow’s pension but her papers l stands and stools, waste baskets, cus-
were improperly prepared, and Mrs. i pidores and several other smaller ar­
Stella Shields also made a similar ap­ ticles to a considerable number. This
plication. Both were placed on the material has all been ordered and Mr.
indigent list, the former temporarily Hartson stated yesterday that it will
and the latter permanently as she all be ready for installation by the
does not come under the requirements 15th of the present month, barring
of the law. There were three discon­ unavoidable delays.
tinuances on the indigent list for
The second contract which Mr.
cause.
Hartson secured during the week was
During this month the court will that of furnishing the new Hamilton
make a careful and systematic inves­ hospital throughout.
This contract
tigation of the widows’ pension and includes all floor coverings and fumi-
indigent cases in the county with the I ture, not only for the general rooms
idea of ascertaining actual facts re­ but for the private rooms and wards.
lating to same and if necessary will It also includes that for the living
hold meetings at the various towns in rooms which Dr. Hamilton will occu­
the county where evidence will be py on the ground floor.
Everything
taken.
in the establishment will be new and
The court adjourned Saturday night of the best standard quality and he is
to meet again Friday and take undet straining every point to make it a
consideration ways and means and demonstration of the furnishing fa ­
methods of procedure in the matters cilities of his store.
of the road work on the various pro­
And that is no mean item, as this
jects which have not been let by con­ store will compare favorably with
tract.
those in the larger cities. Compara­
The work on the Cunningham unit tively speaking the Coquille Furniture
will be begun this week. The pile Company’s store, of which, by the
driver is on the grounJ and will be way, Mr. Hartson is the sole owner,
assembled today and the work of driv­ is one of the best if not the best, both
ing the piles for the bridge at the as to stock and general arrangement,
Watson dairy barn will be pushed as in Coos county.
rapidly as possible.
Judge Watson
stated yesterday that the work of should the funds run short before the
grading and gravelling the rind would entire project is completed. The long
be carried on as nearly simultaneous­ fill will not be made if the funds run
ly as possible to the end that none of short but the bridge will be made to
the road would remain impassable serve for another year.
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