r ' and neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. James Adams were Invited to celebrate the 10th wedding anniversary of this worthy couple. A splendid dinner V I was prepared by the hostess which By CLEM was greatly enjoyed by the com- Roy Jones has a new camera and i pany. After dinner was served the is now entertaining his friends by assembly were grouped and a snap­ transfering their likeness onto postal shot taken by R. M. Pones who later cards. I developed some very fine pictures of The S. J. Wilson family are having . the bunch. more than their share of sickness Benefit a Big Success as the lagrippe is making a run thru The benefit social held at Four the whole family. At the present Mile hall Saturday eveniDg for the writing two members are sick in Armenian and Syrian F.tlief fund bed. : was a grand success. C. R. Wade A. W. Cope was a caller ■ at the and S. C. Endicott were on the Jackson ranch Monday. Lex ; attend- ground as prescheduled. A goodly ed the A. J. C. C. Jersey sale i at sized company filled the hall, and Myrtle Point the 14th and brought numerous well filled baskets were in home two prize winners. evidence on the dining table in the Mrs. D. H. Jackson was canvass- kitchen. ing the valley with new food pledge Speaking was first in order. H. A. cards Monday last. DeLong, chairman of the enumittee. Hank Dewberry says that the way Introduced the orators. Mr. Endi- to keep milk from souring is to leave cott after a short speech gave the It in the cow. | floor to Mr. Wade who is a very Last Friday the Immediate friends few moments had the entire house FOUR MILE 5-Passenger Touring t-Pauengrr Roadster $1695 U. o. b. Chic*««) Any Man or woman can see at a glance that the Elgin Six is not “cheap Six,” but a thoroughly high-grade car, handsome d-aign, splendid in performance, and equal in every respect cars selling for two to four hundred dollars more money. No photograph of the E! fin Six can do it justic You must see the actual car, and ride in it, to know how i ouii.y and comfortable it is, how stead«.y and easily it rid 4. The mechanical construction is of the highest standard, from the powerful 3 > h. p. six-cylinder val e head motor to the smallest deti <1. Ride in it once, ana will appreciate its power, speed r nd control. The true yacht line bod with the fashions!-’ European center cowl, lends a beauty to Elgin Ccsifcn t t never has been duplicated. Yet neither comfort nor ease has been sacrificed to beauty, and there is more cc .ifori t “leg room” in the Elgin than you'd expect to find even in a larger car. Let us tel! you about the new record? n”»de 1 " the Elgin Six on long tour., and how it ha. stood tho m. crucial te.t. for reliability and economy of operation. let explain to you the improved rear-spring suspension and 1 Elgin velvet-acting clutch — a wonderful improvement th make, it safe and easy for a woman to drive a car. Elgin Motor Car Corporation. Chicago, U Bandon Garage Co FOSTER & WILSON ■ t >« - it deeply interested. He proceeded in work well and have earned a big a masterly way to explain the reasons "thank you.” The Four Milers and why and how these unfortunate Davis Creek neighbors have done people were brought to the present their duty and may God bless them. state of destitution, how they had been driven from their homes, massacred or left to die of starvation and exposure: and how they were so earnestly appealing to the people of i the United States for help. Mr. Wade closed his speech by saying that the Those «ho did not attend the do­ proper way to help these poor un­ ings at Neal & Lux's certainly missed fortunates was to give until it hurt something very good. At about 9:30 and then give a little more. o’clock the people bent on profit and After the aiqdause someone sug­ pleasure began to assemble and by gested supper and an adjourned to eleven there was about one hundred the dining room where an elegant persons. The crowd was called to spread had been arranged by the la-, order J- L. Smith, agriculturist of dies Our worthy guests. Me«srs. ; Coes county, asking the audience to Endicott and Wade, seemed at once sing America. Mrs. Arthur Sweet to know where this wonderful array I'l*>'*ul the organ and everybody sang, of Four Milo goodies would do the Next Mr. Smith introduced Chas. most good r.nd proceeded to act ac­ Hall, president of the Chamber of cordingly. After supper was served, Commeve at Marshfield and also owing to the threatening storm the president of tho County Food Con­ visitors took their departure for servation league, who opened his talk Bandi n after a promise to come and with a greeting from Coos Bay to the ¡Coquille people. He dwelt upon the seo us aga n. The young and old then proceeded n^’' 88**'' °f a more popular friend- to trip the light fantastic until 2 a. , ship between Coos county and the m. Then the final count was made other parts i t Oregon. As delegate ■"nd it was found that an even $30. to Portland from Coos county at the had been dropped in the hat. This Red Cross meeting last year, he pre­ included Davis creek people who do­ sented its cause and told how Coos nated tho music and everyone com­ county had far surpassed all expec­ ing across “true-blue” with the cash tations of even the most optimistic also. The committee finished the i it having been delegated to raise vork Monday morning with $42.50 $18,000 and had raised over »36,- Speaking of the is the proceeds. This is $17.50 in 000 to date. excess of our quota. Every family shipbuilding at Coos Bay he said government -ave something; gave willingly and they would build ten generously. The committee did their boats at that place and almost all the material comes from this county. He next spoke of the growth of our na­ tion since its delivery from monar- chial rulers. A tribute to Geo. Washington. Abraham Lincoln and President Wilson A short talk on the conditions of the present war, the ISCWT relative value of economy in the PURE I house, its influence on the war, th* cost of the war Is 40 million dollars a day and it takes 12 persons at home to support one on the firing line, He then spoke of the Thrift Stamps and CINNAMON War Savings Certificates and the ease with which the commonest per- son could be a bondholder. He clos­ ed his talk with words of good will to all. After singing “Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean.” Mrs. Fred Mehl at the Organ, we all went down stairs and spread out the dinner on a large table built in the barn. The dinner pre­ pared by all the patriotic women on strictly conservation lines, was en­ joyed by all and showed that we could conserve and yet have plenty to eat The good hosts and hostess­ Because they are bet­ es of the day further displayed their te- and stronger, smaller generosity by providing coffee. A amounts i are required— couple of big milk pails full accom­ their use is economical panied by a l arge haicket of genuine and much i more satisfac- cream, good and thick, was brought tory. in. After dinner the people all col­ lected at the south end of the barn Your grocer where they were photographed by Mr. Croxall of Bandon. ('rescent Vlfg. Co., Sent- tie. Wash. (s-lO) After dinner we want up stairs again, and by th's time the down river lx at. h aded down with the Band n and lower river points people arrived; too late to hoar the best talk of all and too late for dinner. The afternoon speaking was open­ ed by singing "Old Folks at Home,” “Old Black Joe.” with M rs Fred Mehl at the organ. Mr. Smith in- traduced Geo. Laird who had a pe- tition to circulate asking for the de- livery of mail at landings by the A talk by E. mail boat on the river L. Westover of the Dairy Extension service of the O. A. C. In charge of cow testing In this valley, spoke on his line of business, also the value of silage as a food for dairy cow«, and | then spoke of a silo made by Fred I Mehl of Bandon, it having the ad- ’ vantage over stationary silos in that it could be taken down In sections and moved. Mr. Kehri of the Western office, I'. 8. Dairy division of the depart­ ment of Agriculture. s[H>ke of the up­ building of the herd by using bulls with records Mr Hall again spoke kind words of cheer to all, admonishing them to , stick close to their country and the boys who went. It seemed as a bene­ diction to the day’s festivities. Bandon was represented by a large number of business men, and all pro­ gressive farmers along the river to Coquille and also people from Co­ quille werep resent. In the evening a picture show and dance was a I source of information and pleasure to all who attended. Tho people upon leaving saw a faint reflection of fire In the sky to the east. It steadily grew to an im­ mense size, and they knew the rift | within the lute was at hand for they felt that some who had been so happy ; with them that day were plunged into grief by having their homes burned to the ground, 80 It was with a heart full of sympathy they took their beds at about four o'clock next morning I RANDOLPH SPICES CRESCENT BETTER SPICES Swift & Company Publicity At a recent hearing of the Federal Trade Commission there was introduced correspondence taken from the private files of Swift & Company,which showed that the Company had been con­ sidering for some time an educational advertising campaign. The need for this publicity has been apparent to us for sev­ eral years. The gross misrepresentation to which we have recently been subjected has convinced us that we should no longer delay in putting before the public the basic facts of our business, relying on the fair-mindedness of the American people. The feeling against the American packer is based largely on the belief that the income and well-being of the producer and consumer are adversely affected by the packers’ operations, resulting in unreasonably large profits. Swift & Company’s net profit is reasonable, and represents an insignificant factor in the cost of living. For the fiscal year 1917 the total sales and net profit of Swift & Company were as follows: This is equivalent to a $3,465. profit on a business of $87,500. If would cattle, pound Swift & Company had made no profit at all, the cattle raiser have received only one-eighth of a cent per pound more for his or the consumer would have saved only one-quarter of a cent per on dressed beef. Swift |>e (•<■(« I I tie ('»Hie Westcott of Banks, Ore., ar- In the county a short while ago with a carload of dairy cows for A W Cope of Langlois. The cattle were taken to Myrtle Point by rail­ road from »hence they were driven across the mountains to the Cope ranch Seven cows made up the shipment of cows, valued at about »1,750. A .Marshfield woman who has hoarded ten sacks of ■flopr, feeding the substitutes to the chickens, has been reported to the government of flcials and »III likely be prosecuted Other cases are being investigated Barrows Again in the Race Atty. C. R. Barrow of Coquille was in Bandon the latter part of the week interviewing his friends with an eye to the representative plum from Coos to the next legislature, said plum be­ ing passed out with more or less cer­ tainty in the preliminaries of May 17th. Mr. Barrow served as repre­ sentative from this county about four years ago and feels that he is thoroughly onto the ropes. He be­ lieves that his past record will be remembered by the voters He states his platform in his announce­ ment appearing in this issue. Mr Barraw needs no introduction as his long residence in the county has made him acquainted with a large number of citizens who will doubt­ less remember him with all of their support which he should havy. Shoe manufacturers assert that a slump of 30 per cent In the price of leather will make a difference of on­ ly five cents a pair in the price of shoes. Which Is rather a striking acknowledgment that profits have a great deal more to do than leather in establishing the present high price of shoes.—Eugene Register. FROM Morris Heights By J. J. MORRIS REGISTERED BERKSHIRES » « Dance Was a Big Succeaa The big dance given by the ladles f Bandon Mooselieart Legion was a pronounced success, socially and fi­ nancially. The affair wnta attended by a largo and jolly crowd. Tiie prizes for the best dancers were awarded as follows: Walters—Miss Gladys Galller and Roy H. Rozel! ; foxtrotters— Miss Gladys Galller and Ralph Tliom.