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About Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1905-1917 | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1917)
r SCHOOL MEETING present. Mr. Lawrence reau the report for the past year giving the following facts: I The number of persons in the dis- ' tri t between four and twenty years I of age is 512, of whom 240 are mules and 200 femules. The girls have been gaining on the boys during the past year, the previous report showing a difference of only three, where there is 20 now. The number o f teachers employe,! the year was 11, of whom ! 1 thi re wi re men and eleven women. ,fh ^ j j ruor„ opt l aliun dur- :__ ¡ni t(,, year, From county school fu n d .. rom state school fund. From tuition outside pupils. Miscellaneous rec e ip ts .... 3,443.0 5 ; fficial p p l : c : BOLIVIAN G" M il. »22.30 2.50 rn H ID E DECAPITATED ON H A M A D In u fit of melancholia from brood- he had gone to Myrtle Point and J. J. Jmg over financial matters, Chas. A. Stanley, Cv J. Fuhrman, J. W. Spring \ Walker ended his life at 2:05 Thurs er and Dr. Hamilton went up there. They found him in the Myrtle Point d a y afternoon by th-owing himself in Hotel in his room and he told them it front o f a Southern Pacific engine, was a mistake for them to come, that 'he deed was committed just the they could do him no good and that | other side of the trestle south of the things couldn't be helped. Later he The annual school meeting of the Johnson mill and near the city limits. told someone that he went up there city district here was held in the high The engine, •Inch was running with the intention of ending his life light with no cars attached, was in t ut that his courage failed. school room last Monday evening with j charge of Conduetoj^Griggs, who was Thursday he seemed some better W. L. Kistner, president o f the school ling (he pilot. As they rounded am| Mrs. Bledsoe secured his promise board, in the chair, and J. S. I.aw- Law- -i ,lc curve he " * M r- Walker walking lo stay in the house u„ day with a T otal........................... »12,397.40 fence, clerk, as secretary. he. arc 1,100 volumes in the : ihe track ahead of them going toward Look in whic.h he was interested.' But The amount of outstanding w ar The attendance WU 1" nal * —' -'lyrt*e Point. When he heard th e;j,e dj(| not s(^y and 20 minutes be- rants is now »0,845.03, having risen ed during the past year, er than at any other time during the 1IU engine Walker looked around and fore the accident was at John Quick’s allowing is the financial state- from »4,320.31 a year ago. The es past five years, notwithstanding the .iving just passed the trestle, stepped store on First street. in luted value of the school house an. fact that the law has been changed m( *t ll11' l *le l ,a*t year: off onto the path alongside the track. J. L. Crosby saw him walking up gr ninds i.-, »10,000; of the school fur so that a property qualification is no Receipts When the engine reached the end of the track just before his death with m.ure and apparatus, $6,000. The in longer required for a voter at th'se On hand one year ugo......... $ 27.06 Ihe trestle Walker was about thirty hiu head hung low as if brooding over . meetings. Only about sixty were From '.¡strict ta x ................. 7.237.45 -u.uiice carried on the school hous. feet aheud of them. Glancing, back, something. and contents is »13,000. ¡e saw they were close enough for his - Walker came to North Bend nine the totul amount of money per urpose and taking a little run up the years ago and to Coquille some time month paid to male teachers last year incline he threw up his arms and fell later. He had a friend, Chas. Hooke, was »300.33; that paid to female (rosswise of the track. His head lay in San Francisco, whom he induced to teachers was $777.50. utside the rail while the rest o f his purchase the Beale interest in the Co I- V 'S a , ^ The total enrollment in the high i ody was between the rails, and the quille Land Co. This company owned $ : f t " i ! ? school during the past year was 117, wheels completely severed the head a part of the Notley addition on the to and the average daily attendance wu com the body. eastern edge of town s>nd some acre 88. Of the total number 38 came Many l ’ o in ts in July Hair on the rail where he first age there, which Mr. Walker thought J! from outside the district, and the truck showed that the body was would make a fine addition to the county paid for their tuition the , ushed a couple o f feet before the town after the timber was cut off. , , 82*2.30 shown above. One of these out wheels passed over his neck. Mr. Hooke put up »1500 and Walker side pupils attended only for a few As soon as lie saw what Walker in- thought lots could be sold rapidly days and ten of them for only six On Sale July 3 and 4. Return July 5 ended, Griggs gave the stop signal enough to pay the balance o f the »6,- months. and the air was thrown into the emer- 500 purchase price without ever re between all Southern Pacific station- in Oregon The report was accepted and ap ency brakes. G riggs.also shouted quiring another dollar’s payment by I pioved. ind the bell was ringing but it did not Mr. Hooke. The election of a director fo r thri. deter the unfortunate man from car- But real estate has not moved very •years to fill the place of W. L. Kisl iyin g out his suicidal intent. rapidly and sales were few, only one nir, whose term had expired, bein The engine was not travelling more house being built up there, that by Portland, Ore., July T-14, inc. the next business in order, M. O han eight or ten miles an hour and Raymond A. Jeub, so that eventually G. W H ITE FILLD RAY. 1 H iwkins complimented the board on On Sale July 6-13, inc. Return July 18 "/as stopped in three rail lengths. Mr. Hooke had all his savings of $0,- i. ing managed the affairs of the di.~ a grant, of land and made him a viti from all Southern Pacific Oregon dations to Portland The engineer said he was not travel 500 invested in the property. tr e t carefully and satisfactorily and zen. Fifteen years spent in e\j)loraii<ni og that fast but culled it that to be Mr. Walker blamed himself for get nominated Mr. Kistner for his own have established Ray’s name among | n the safe side. ting his friend into a losing business s < lent ilk- men as “ The Livingston of -uccessor. C. R. Barrow nominated The body was lying about 10 feet and has evidently been brooding over C. J. Fuhrman, whom he commended South America.” In hearing Dr. Ray you'll «get mot* ■ p the track from the head which was that and his own financial condition as a progressive young man interest! :tside the rails on the path, on the for some time. He had a very strict facts about our great Southern Rcisih On Sale on various dates in June, July, A'up:, and Sept. j in every forward movement. pposite side from which Walker had sense of honor and when the obses lies in an hour than you could uithei Liberal Stopovers. Limit 3 months The chairman appointed O. C. San from dusty volumes In a year, and cen walking. sion seized him that his friend was ford and Mrs. C. R. Barrow as teller. told in the shape of ;i « harming nnrs’a J. J. Stanley w«: immediately no- not receiving any returns from his in tive, instructive, amm ing ai ! tliril J a ballot was taicen resulting 31 ¡ified and acting a coroner empan- vestment and, as he thought, he had imrlv interesting votes for Kistner to 28 for Fuhrmai lled a coroner’s jury, con listing of not managed the business as it should It was close enough to be interestiri T. Weekly, A. I . Nosier, E. A. have been, he could not throw off the On Sale Daily. Return Limit Oct. 31 ! first one candidate and then the other in the district having to pay interest Beckett, A. M. Woodford, J. L. Cros- halucination that he had been treach on outstanding warrants of about the Week End on Sule Saturday and Sunday. Return Mon . -ring ahead. Director H. O. Ai v and II. A. foung. erous to his friend, although the lat In son, of the school board, declare I came amount, or about $(500 a year. The train crew was questioned, ter had written him frequently that On this account the board had asked Mr. Kistner duly elected. See our Local Agent for information onduetor Griggs a: d Fireman West- things would take a turn for the bet for a larger levy which would raise A. J. Sherwood moved that the -olt being the two who saw the act. ter some time and that they would John M. Scott, General i £‘>,900 by district tax during the com i budget for the coming year be ap Their testimony was as recorded make a good thing out of it. He also proved as read, and the motion car ing year. hove. They were hen released and chided him fo r getting blue and told No objection to this was offered by ried unanimously. roreeded to Myrtle Point. Walker that he did not hold him at all any one present; but as the new Mr. Anderson explained that th The jury then e;.m e‘ back to Mr. to blame. school law requires that the levy be $6,074.09 of uncollected taxes resulted Stanley’s office, where they rendered That he''was a square man in every made in dollars and not in mills on i verdict exonerating the train crew sense of the word is the opinion of the dollar of property valuation, the com any blame in the matter and de his friends and acquaintances, but to .«E U meeting deemed it best to back up and claring that they believed Chas. Walk- his Scotch conscience he was guilty do it over again, so a motion was r committed suicide by throwing of failing his friend. made and unanimously adopted that iiimself under the wheels while in an Either Sunday or Monday morning the meeting make a levy of $9,900 unbalanced state o f mind. Mrs. Bledsoe telegraphed to Mr. taxes for the coming year. With this There can be little question that Hooke how the whole thing was a f amount it is expected that one-third W alker’s mind was unbalanced. J. fecting Mr. Walker and the former less warrants will be outstanding at A. Jackson testified as to his peculi started ftyr Coquille, and is expected the end of the year than at present. arities Wednesday evening, and Dr. here today. . It is also hoped that the amount will •ins. Richmond testified that he was As far as is known the deceased has be still further reduced by the collec offering from melancholia. He was but one relative in this country, a tion of more o f the delinquent taxes called to see Walker at the Bledsoe brother in the gents’ furnishing busi due the county. House, where the latter has had a ness in Seattle. He was formerly in New School Building Needed. room for years, Sunday evening by business with this brother but on ac It is to be hoped that the deadlock F. B. Anderson. Mr. Walker said count o f difficulties walked out and of the past three years on the school !hen that the best thing for all con le ft him and the business. site proposition here in Coquille will cerned was for him to be out of the Mr. Walker was 57 years of be settled soon. The efficiency o f our Way. age and a native o f Scotland. schools is going to be impaired again Last Saturday he disappeared and He was a tailor by trade, but little is ths year by crowded conditions at the ' hen he did not return for dinner or known o f his life. A few months ago high school, in any event;but if the upper Mrs. Bledsoe notified Marshal he gave Mr. Stanley a partial story matter can be settled soon it may be > i trson who began a search for him. of his past and which he said was possible to do better next year. ¡unday morning it was reported that more than he had told anyone else Kistner Re-elected as D i r e c t o r and Lawrence as Clerk— Dis trict Levy Is $9,900. C h a u t a i i q u a a to H e r G . l l L c t t u r , uy T ota l.......................... $12,397.40 " T h a L i v i n g s t o n of S o u t h A m e r i c a . ” Expenditures Teachers’ w a g e s ............... . »8.528.M (I. tviillellclil Ita.v. ! I! <i 8 . Iii.tct 187.50 Kent of school rooms....... explorer, writer ntt.I In-n'ivr i. in 1 , 212.68 Fuel and supplies............. Ing to t'hniituiiqiin 1,283.31 Repairs and janitor work. For ninny years Dr Ituy w is o f "t 303.50 Explorer for the I'oli' l in «5.• vt- ’i Interest on warrants....... n th. 256.00 Mount Uay. olio "I tin po:il insurance 120.00 mountains of Id .vdl. wu- n i.nr il a t . ■ Clerk’s salary him by tbnl <■>>> it iiiii n in i. n III 500.42 A ll other purposes, tioo of Ids valued so: ' n os t o i n. 7.02 mid the llolh l r n ta. h on hand......... ■ v. t i r ui t . > v i ... Ï Low Round Trip Fares { / / Independence Day., July 4 v N. E. A. Annual Convention Eastern Cities via California Newport and Tillamook Beaches SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES Now Is Your Chance T O SAVE MONEY The balance of the Bankrupt Stock of the CLARK C • . Colorado’s Fighting Governor must be sold in two days Hon. George A . Carlson to Be H eard at the Chautauqua Everything at wholesale and less. Quantities are limited; first come, first served. These prices wil convince you The funeral services were held Sun day afternoon under the auspices of the Chrstian Science Society and the remains were interred in Masonic cemetery. Whooping Cough. Flour $10.50 per Barrel W id e mouth Mason jars - pints In this disease it is important that the cough be kept loose and expector ation easy, which can oe done by g iv ing Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. Mrs. P. H. Martin, Peru. Ind., writes, “ My two daughters had whooping cough. I gave them Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and it worked like a charm.” doz W ide mouth Mason jars - quarts 81c doz Economy ja r caps per doz 20c .. P A R K E « 'S H A IR B A L S A M Fixtures are for Sale i toilet preparation of merit. ID-lps to eradicate dandrulT. , F j ' » » t o r in f C o lo r and ' P c a u t y to G ra y o r F aded Hair J _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 60i\ and SLOP a t Driurclata 3 Show cases, 1 Gum case, 1 Computing cheese cutter, 3 Paper eutte o cutters, 1 Large Ice box. t » ark s G ro cery Front Street here. The extreme neatness of Mr. W alker’s personal appearance was al ways noteworthy, and in spite o f his advancing years he was as erect as a grenadier. Arthur Ellingsen was called and took charge o f the remains at the con clusion of the coroner’s inquest. H I N D E R v J O R N S Remore* Coma, Cal- lonsea, etc., stops a!I pain, ensures comfort to the t nak. ■ »•!«,.kin* *■ y. 15«. by mail or at Dru«* Hiscox Chemical Works, Patchoaua. N. How’s This) TTe offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case o f Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Medicine. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine has been taken by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty- fON G FllR G K A. CARLSON, the He Is n Iuoad. courageous champion five years, and has become known as the He has had a most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Hall’s fighting Governor o f Colorado, r good government Catarrh Medicine acts thru the Blood on Is renting to Chautauqua lo de most novel, draniuth and intensely 1«^ ihe Mucous surfaces, expelling the Poi •resting experience ns District Attor son from the Blood ana healing the dis liver his atlrriug addreas, “The Prb e eased portions. of Progress.” Judge Ron B. 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