I I ! CHAUTAUQUA WEEK i ! OVER 20 ! Lectures I MYRTLE I i Season I Entertainments i Tickets: i I for the Watch this space next week for the Chautauqua program. entire entertainment as follows: I | Adults, $2.50; Students, $1.50; Children, $1.00 j VARNISH the Shabby Woodwork Varnished surfaces will get shabby. Window sills be come rough, floors show worn spots, furniture and wood work become scuffed, scratched and worn. These shabby surfaces can be easily made like new by using ACME QUALITY V A R N IS H E S There’ s a special Acme Quality Varnish for every surface. Floors, window sills, furniture, \yoodwork, doors, etc., each require var nishes made to meet their peculiar needs. Ask for a free copy of the Acme Quality Painting Guide Book which tells what to use, how much and how it should be applied. F l H RM A N S P H A R M A C Y C. R. Wade came up from Bandon this morning on legal business. Attorney Haas, of Portland, is in this city on business this week. Stephen Gallier, of Bandot), was in town today on business of a legal na ture. C. F. McGeorge and Henry Hug gins, of Marshfield, were Coquille vis itors yesterday. Several Coquille people attended Flag Hay ceremonies at Marshfield last Thursday. The Coquille orchestra will give a dance at Heazlet Hall Saturday eve ning. There was no quorum at the council meeting last night hence an adjourn ment was taken till this evening. E. H. Baird, of the Western States Life Insurance Company, was a call er at this office the first of the week. Mrs. R. H. Mast left for Portland Saturday. She will visit with her sister and son for a couple of weeks. T. J. McBee was in Coquille on business from his Bridge home Thurs day and paid this office a pleasant call. At the school meeting last evening W. L. Kistner and J. S. Lawrence were elected as directors to fill the vacancies. Buy your season tickets now for the Chautauqua. July 15 to 22. Price $2.50 for adults. R. R. Watson was over here the first of last week shipping his house hold goods over to North Bend where he is now located. » Miss Agnes Devereaux, of Parkers burg, was one of a class of four which was graduated from the Sacred Heart Academy at Salem on Saturday. "The Ne’er Do Well” at the Scenic last night was one of the best films which has been presented here for many moons. The attendance was al so up to the maximum. C. A. Howard returned Saturday evening from Portland where he at tended the grand lodge of Eastern Star. Mr. Howard was accorded the honor of election to the office of worthy grand patron for the coming year. J. M. Robertson had the misfortune to lose the thumb from his left hand while working at Powers last Monday. He was splitting cleats when the stick turned in some unaccountable manner throwing the ax into his hand. Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Leslie returned Sunday evening from Portland where they took in the rose festival and vis ited with their son who is now at Vancouver barracks. Buy your season tickets now for the Chautauqua. July 15 to 22. Price $2.50 for adults. Mrs. Edith J. Culin and two sons sailed on the Elizabeth Thursday from Bandon for Oakland. They will make their home henceforth in one of the towns around San Francisco Bay, but she was not certain which one when she left. Buy your season tickets now foi the Chautauqua. July 15 to 22. Price $2.50 for adults. The Bandon World says that Logan Kay and family, of Coquille, are spending their vacation in Bandon. Mr. Kay being employed with the painting crew working on the school buildings. In the meantime Howard Smith is operating the Coquille ferry for Mr. Kay. MacClellan Lanning, vice president of the Henry D. Davis Lumber Com pany, of Portland, arrived in Coquille Thursday and spent several days vis iting with R. A. Wernich, of the Sitka Spruce Company. On Sunday he was entertained on a fishing and camping trip to Middle creek. I Ray C. Hyde, of McKmley. arrived ! at Battle Creek, Michigan. June 8, a f ter a visit of ten days in Canada, while on the way; und finding himself subject to draft registered at once, fixed up his statement of the reason for the delay and mailed it to the county clerk’s office here. Ned C. Kelley is in receipt of a let ter from his son, Guy, written June 7 at Newport News, Va., in which her said he had just arrievd there from the Bremerton navy yard in Washing ton, and that the next morning he would sail, although, of course, he did not know their destination. Buy your season tickets now for the Chautauqua. July 15 to 22. Price $2.50 for adults. There will be a farmers’ and dairy men's picnic at the Norway grove on Saturday, June 23, to which everyone is invited. We have been unable to learn just what the list of sports in cludes but from what we know of the Norway section we are safe in assum ing a profitable and enjoyable day for those who attend. Novia Landreth, the genial janitor, and jailer at the courthouse, has ac cepted the post of superintendent at the county infirmary and will take up his new duties the first of the month. His resignation of his present post has |^;en submitted and accepted by the court to take effect on that date. No successor for the post of jailer and janitor has as yet been named but this will probably be attended to at the meeting tomorrow. Buy your season tickets now for tile Chautauqua. July 15 to 22. Price $2.50 for adults. The suit in equity of Razor versus the West Coast Development com pany occupied the attention of the circuit court yesterday and will pro bably be completed today. This is a suit on an old judgment which was rendered but not collected several years ago. The company is defunct and the present case is an effort on the part of Razor to collect from the individuals composing the old com pany. J. W. Spinger reurned from On tario last week after an absence of several months and reports things on the boom in that section. He has been putting , ' grain on a ranch he has leased on an island in the Snake river near Ontario and states that all farmers in that section say they will l.e more than satisfied with $1.50 for their wheat this year and hope the government will step in and set a standard price for all farm produce. He will return soon to Ontario. Buy your season tickets now for the Chautauqua. July 15 to 22. Price $2.50 for adults. Another change was made at the Gardner & Larsen garage last week whereby the plant was leased by F. B. Schow, George Beatty ai d Burt Doyle who will conduct the business for the balance of the year and perhaps for an indefinite period of time beyond that date. The young men have all worked in the garage for some time and are familiar with the business and the patronage td such an extent that nil the old customers will be re membered by them and given the Mmc prompt, reliable service. company taking them on a percentage basis. No details have as yet been arranged but the county court will convene tomorrow to take up this matter and arrange the details. Buy your season tickets now for the Chautauqua. July 15 to 22. Price $2.50 for adults. Jas. E. Montgomery, superintendent of the Coos-Curry Telephone com pany, was married to Miss Marie T. Maloney at Marshfield Wednesday ev ening. The happy couple left Thurs day morning for a honeymoon trip expecting to be back in Marshfield by July 15. Several new improvements have been installed at the Sitka mill below town this month. Among others is a set of live rolls for the resaw and the remodeling of the log haul machin ery. The buckets were again at tached to the cable which will do a\ ~.y with the necessity of using a choker with each log which has caused much delay. The buckets were removed at the time the mill started owing to the sand drifting in so badly while the mill was idle that they could not be operated. This trouble has now been eradicated and the buckets will again be used. Buy your season tickets now for the Chautauqua. July 15 to 22. Price $2.50 for adults. L. A. Liljeqvist claims a hen whose achievements in hatching put to shame those of the hen in Coquille, owned by A. J. Sherwood, which with a setting of 20 eggs came off the nest with 20 chicks. With a setting of 19 eggs, the Marshfield hen hatched out 22 chicks and there was one egg still unhatched this morning, which wa3 the object of her attentions. Neither the traditional lack of veracity in a member of the legal profession, nor stimulation due to imbibing of pro hibited delicacies is the cause of Mr. Liljeqvist’s report he says. The ex planation is the hen laid four eggs a f ter the setting began. He went to Coquille today to tell Mr. Sherwood of the champion hen of the county.— Coos Bay Times. Has a C(/od Opinion of Chamberlain’s Tablets. “ Chamberlain’s Tablets are a won der. I never sold anything that beat them,” writes F. B. Tressey, Rich mond, Ky. When troubled with indi gestion or constipation give them a trial. Semi-folding Baby Sulkies—new— at Quick’s. They are beauties. Marriage Licenses. June 11—Thomas E. F. Liddell, of Powers, and Helen May Sprague, of Marshfield. June 12—Orley E. Kinney, of Bunk er Hill, and Alice Richardson, of Marshfield. June 12- Clarence Greene and Eli za S. McKay, of Marshfield. June IS —James E. Montgomery and Marie T. Maloney, of Marshfield. June 15 -Walter E. Newbury and Waive Neal, of Coquille. June 15- Herbert Ezra Bowen and Gladys Kranick, of North Bend. June 16—Claude W. Endicott, of Roadmaster Murdock returned Sun Norway, and Abbic E. Elwood, of Co day evening from Portland where hi quille. went to interest some of the larger! June 16—Lorenzo D. Robinson and construction companies in the two May Gertrude Crooks, of North Bend. grading contracts which were not let by contract this month. As a result E. A. Beckett, of this city, last of his efforts E. V. Houser, of Grant week received news of the granting Smith & Company, accompanied him of a patent to him on a novelty which on his return 'n d is now looking ov nromises to come into general use er the contracts with the idea of his in e.’ try home in the near future. It Specials W e have a few pairs of New Corsets at the old price It will pay you to look them over Sizes 18, i 9,20,21,22,26,27,29,31, Extra five hook strap Lyons & Jones First National Bank Building We, the undersigned, have taken over the Gardner & Larsen Garage and Machine Shop, with all its equipment. Our aim is to turn out all repair work promptly and on time. Our policy will be a fair price for the work performed to one and all. The Oxy-Acetylene Plant is the best welding process known. We have a thoroughly competent man in charge of this department. Automobile Repairs, Willard Storage Service Station, Machinery Repair, Welding. F. B. Schow, G eo. N. Beatty Burt Doyle is a safety milk bottle holder and its merits are certainly complete in that inc. It is a small zinc attachment for the outside of a door casing, being fastened by screws at the top of the door and is of such r.n arrangement that, with the door closed, a bottle put into it cannot be removed or in any way molested until the door is pencil. Then the bottle is readily removed from the inside. A heavy steel spring is the locking device and the only known method of removing a bottle other than by opening the door is to break the bottle. Being at tached to the top of the door casing the bottle is away from all molesta tion, such as small boys, thieves or cats, is held rigidly upright and, fit ting closely to the holder, is free from the attention of flies or other insects. Mr. Beckett is now negotiating with a company for the manufacture of the article after which he will be in 'hape to dispose of state and county rights. He has had several flattering offers for the rights to both this county and the entire state of Oregon. Buy your season tickets now for the Chautauqua. July 16 to 22. Price $2.50 for adulte.