The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-01
Coles Valley Items.

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snow disappeared and farmers in this
valley will begin plowing and seeding
again in few days.
w. B. Clarke has been very busy for
the past few days, running saw-1ogs
down to his mill from the premises of
B. w. sprague.
Thomas Day and family have re-
moved from the poor farm, where Mr..
Day has been at work for w. B. Clarke
for some time. Thomas will now be
found on his own place, on upper Hub
bard creek.
George Hawkens has been sojourn-
ing at Clarkesburg for few days. He
is a guest of III. M. Hawn's. George
says he would like to find that fellow
called ''Peanut."
s. O. Emery contenplates building
ferry boat and establishing ferry oppo-
site the residence N. T. Day, on the
Um pqua river, about one and one-half
miles above Umpqua ferry. Report
says George Hawkens is to be captain
of the ferry-5oat.
The poor-house sent a delegate to
Clarkesburg the other day. While in
the burg the delegate and one of our
most prominent and knowing citizens,
one who keeps posted about every
body's business, met and fixed up I'll
rade for the benefit of certain person
not thousand miles from Clarkes-
burg, and sent their poor-house litera-
ture to one of our county papers for
publication. Another person, PROM
inent citizen Of Hubbard creek, also
came to Clarkesburg in order to help
whoop 'em up. When they got their
paper, alas for their fond hopes, It seems
that the editor clipped their item and
you bet, somebody was mad and our
smart citizen said some funny things
and called the county editor curious
names-som, thing that might have
been "school boy" We think that S.
B. stands Cor school boy, anyway.
Moral-When you want to give per-
son setting up in the county papers,
do net take too many persons to help
you and especially an inmate Of the
poor-house, for they may give it away.
The Coles valley school closed on
the 22d inst. with grand exhibition.
The declamations aid dialogues deliv-
cred by the students were a credit to
both students and teacher, showing that
each one done their best and that they
had taken both time and pains to make
the entertainment a success to them
selves and one of enjoyment to the
spectators. The song by little Lorena
Clayton, entitled "Ten thousand miles
Away" was very nicely sung The
small scholars edited paper called the
"Coles Valley Echo" which was spicy
little sheet, read by little Miss Mimi.
Thompson. The large students had {
paper entitled the "Coles Valley Liter
ary Vidette" It was edited and reat
by Mr.. A. d. Hawn and was filled b,
contributions by any one and ever,
one who would contribute. Some arti
cles were very good, some might have
, been dispensed with, and we think i
the editor had done little more clip
, ping and dropped a few pieces into th
waste basket instead of inserting then
in the columns of his paper, it migh
have retained the friendship of few
who if they have ever cast slur at hin
} do not know it. AS far as we are con
, cerned we thank the editor for his littl
slur on us, and if he has derived an,
satisfaction or benefits from it he cal
enjoy them to suit himself. We thanl
Mr.. A. D. Hawn and kindly wish hin
success. W. E. JORDAN.