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About Western world. (Bandon, Coos County, Or.) 1912-1983 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1918)
f first landed on America's shores. to make 1918 a banner year for pro- Saturday evening was well attehd-d f While in Portland he took advant FROM ductive Four Mile., and a fine supper was provided. Mu age of the opportunity to visit many sic by the Davis orchestra. Accord I Harry DeLong and Eddie Lewis, ing to all reports some of the boys of the business houses and concerns _______________________ V high school students at Bandon, spent i^"fu75l'oil 7nd X, in the Rose City and although most By CLEM i the week-end at the DeLong ranch. rainwater, and became involved in SHEEP RAISING IS every line of business was rushed By J. J. MORRIS VERY’ PROFITABLE with work, the war as seldom men County Commissioner Geo. J. Arm- ' fisticuffs. Black eyes and swelled Roy juaes and Walter Matheney tioned except when Red Cross girls | strong has been superintending the noses are very much in evidence. who are working at the Dafoe mill, buttonhole one for a subscription. I planking of some of the nearly im- M. Doyle. Curry County's Pioneer spent Sunday at home. During his short stay he made A Homestead Map of Interest | passable mud holes on our new road Wool Grower, Predicts Prices The City Library has received a many friends in the neighborhood Frank Wilson who contemplated i the past week. The last heavy rain WiU Increase Greatly. where he resided and never lost a starting for California Saturday, last, made a bad washout at the South I few copies of a map of Oregon, pub chance to put in a good word for has delayed his departure for a time. ¡Two Milo fill but not so as to delay lished by the United States depart ment of the Interior, which shows Curry county. He was accompanied (Gold Beach Reporter) About every available man In the traffic to any extent. al! lands that may be entered in the home by his daughter, Mrs. Alf. and wool industry thru- The sheep valley seems to have a job at the A special school meeting was held i state under the enlarged homestead : out this counts will prove much mere Caughell, and children. Mrs. Gang- Richert mill. Monday in District No. 64, occasion | law. The lands all lie east of the profitable to sheep men the coming hell recently underwent an opera The Upper Four Mlle farmers are ed by the vacancy of a directorship. (Cascade mountains, and the home year than the past season which *as tion and it was to be with her dur nearly all following the plow this C. F. Waterman was elected to fill steader may secure 640 acres under an exceptionally good one as far as ing her illness that took Mr. Doyl^ nice weather. Oats will be »own as the vacancy. the latest homestead laws. Anyone prices are concerned, according to north. The many friends of Mrs. fast as weather will permit. We aim A danco at the Four Mile ball last interested in the information con our pioneer sheep man, M. Doyle, Caughell will be glad to hear that tained in the map should consult with who is owner of one of the finest she has recovered and is well enough Z Librarian F. Amelia Henry. sheep ranges in Curry county, and to make the trip down here. Mr. who has just returned from a two Caughell expects to go to Alaska Real Estate Man Here months’ stay in Portland. The point where he will have charge of cannery that one?" F. I. Kinney, real estate man of in which the wool buyers are losing work for Johnny Hume. Another “Oh, what a magnificent red fir!" Corvallis. Oregon, was in Bandon out, declared Mr. Doyle, is that they daughter. Miss Winnie, is a stenog exclaimed the representative of the on Monday inspecting the J. L. Fos must sell their wool individually, to rapher in the Portland Chamber of government airplane stock produc ter property which was exchanged middlemen, whereas if they had an Commerce. tion department with enthusiasm. thru his firm for a ranch near Cor-' organization or association which J. L. fairly radiated disgust as he vallis. Mr. Kinney is much pleased WOuld handle the entire output and •SUCH A MAGNIFICENT whirled In his steps and started for with the Coquille valley and oppor- J secure topnotch prices. For instance RED FIR TREE!" home. tunlties of this section, and plans Mr. Doyle says he sold the greater on making another trip to Bandon portion of his 1917 crop at 4 6 cents J. L. Bean of Lanipa Has Enlighten Father and Son Week during the summer. per pound, later receiving 58 cents Governor Withycombe has Issued ing Experience With One of the for a small batch, but states that the a proclamation urging the people of New Inspectors. Rich rind Near Myrtle Point former price is a good average of Oregon to observe Father and Son William Broome came in from the price paid in this county last If you want to see J. L. Bean of week, February 11 to 17, the date Rusty Creek, says the American of year. While in Portland he visited Lampa, exhibit all the symptoms of set by the Y. M. C. A. The governor Myrtle Point, with some samples of many of the wool buying concerns apoplexy, all that is necessary these urges all fathers and sons to strive quartz that sure looked good (under I and was especially well treated by the days is to mention having heard ot during the week to further strength a glass) "but which the average pros officials of a very refutable firm, his latoet experience. en the bonds love and sympathy and pector would pass by without even a I who, among other things, permitted It appears however, that Mr. Bean mutual encouragement. second glance. He says he has had him to look over their books, which had a most convincing contributory good assays for gold, platinum and showed the prices actually paid by reason for his frame of mind along Butte.' $2.25 lb.—Sugar 50c iridium, and after examining the them for wool in different sections certain of these lines. Butter is selling in Berlin, Ger $1195 F. O. B. BANDON specimens, we do not doubt it. of this state. One item, which he The spruce production board of many, at $2.25 per pound. Sugar noted in particular, was the pay- the government had obtained infor is 56c per pound: ham and bacon ment to Russell Dement, the big mation that there was a splendid $2.11, and soap (5 ordinary bars) Oppose Ferry Toils Resolutions have been passed by stock man of Coquille valley, of 76 tract of spruce timber in the Lampa for $1.12. These prices were preval the Coquille Commercial Club, con cents a pound for his 1917 wool vicinity, and wrote Mr. Bean, ask ent October 1, according to reliable demning the proposal of the County crop; and he also noted that the ing if he would guide an officer of information obtained by the U. S. Court to operate county ferries on a average price paid last year over the signal corps to the timber and aid Food Administration. These prices toll basis after August 1. Coquille tliis state was in the neighborhood of in making a survey of the available are from four to five times as high gives as the'reason trade injury, and 75 cents per pound; and Mr. Doyle trees suitable for airplane stock. as those now obtaining in the United inconvenience to ranchers living on claims that the wool raised in Cur Mr. Bean who is a thoro' patriot and States. the west side of the river. The Co ry county is equal to the best. In bolds most decided views along that Mothers’ Club Meets quille ferry cost $120 per month to addition, the price paid for spring line, rushed a reply to Portland, to The Mothers’ Club met with Mrs. operate during 1916, $155 during iambs is due to take another big the effect his services were at tlie 1917, and best bid tills year, $180 jump the coming season, possibly to command of the government in the Agnes Neygren Thursday afternoon, $885 F. O. B. BANDON $15 per head, and a news dispatch matter, and advised them to sqnd a January 17th. The reading, "Sup per month. plying Your Child With Proper Nour says that sheep men in eastern Ore timber cruiser immediately. gon are making fortunes. In a few days a representative ishment,” was very interesting and Mas Feeling All Run Down Therefore, Mr. Doyle is very en arrived in the county and com beneficial. Another very interesting Louis Buckner, Somerset, Va., thusiastic over the present outlook mandeered J. L.’s services. Mr. topic was, "Spoiling Your Child.” writes: "I was feeling all run down; for a big year in the sheep business Bean was enthusiastic to be of ser After a delicious lunch, music and tired witli pains In my back, After in Curry county during the present The vice to the government and on the singing was enjoyed by all. taking Foley Kidney Pills I felt like year, but believes the sheep men way up a steep and brush-clad Hill next meeting of the club will be held a new man." Backache, rheumatic should take steps at once to organ side expended much valuable breath with Mrs. Chas. Trumbull today, pains, stiff joints. sore muscles, ize for their benefit. in telling his companion about the January 24th.—Correspondent. swoolen ankles, and sleep-disturb Mr. Doyle is a great booster Tur splendid spruce trees that grew on ing bladder ailments yield quickly this section and we almost believe the land they were on their way to Government estimates of the pro Foster & Wilson, Props. to tills time-tried remedy. Sold ev his many years in Curry county have visit. He led the officer straight to duction of petroleum in the United erywhere. J made him forget the “auld sod.” but a fine up-standing spruce, one of the States in 1917 place it at nearly 1» Agents for Coos and Curry Counties.|| he still retains the rich Irish brogue largest in the Coquille valley, and per cent greater than any previous Have you paid your subscription9 which he brought with him when he said, "There, what do you think of year. 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