em pty
pails in Am erica and
Europe.
I f the m ore fortunate o f our people
w ill avoid waste and ea t no m ore than
they need, the high coat o f livin g
problem o f the leea fortunate w ill be
solved.
H erbert H oover,
.......
United States Food Commissioner.
Myrtle Point Commercial Oak
W Hot m Mordoek’e
la s t M onday’s special dispatches
from W ashington to ths Oregon Jour
nal brought the nows that- Sana tor
Cham berlain had on that day secured
th e passage in th e senate b y n t - l '
mous consent o f his M il amending the
i*|ceat act providing fo r tbs disposi
tion o f the O. A C. o f the Railroad
land gran t ee as to authorise the pay
m ent by the United States to the var
ious O regon com ities in which that
g ra n t lisa o f penalties and interest to
date as w ell as the origin al amount
o f tho taxes.
Should this b ill also pass the aam-
a te and be approved by the presi
dent, it w ill mean a good deal to Geos
county.
"
The taxes on the 0 . A C. lands in
th is county which the national gov
ernm ent w ill pay are fo r the years
1918, 1914 and 1918 and amount to
con sid erab ly m ore than $100,000.
would pay as soon as it had finished
checking up the lands in question—
a w ork th at is new in progress— but
until the passage o f such an act . as
Senator Chamberlain has bean push
in g, it m ight have been questionable
about the penalties and interest. In
qu iry a t the Sheriff’s office elicits the
fa c t th at these la tter sums new
amount to m ors than 60 par sent o f
the origin al taxes or between $69,000
and $00,000. This added to the prin
cipal makes nearly $176,000 as the
amount the United States Treasury
w ill pay Coos county, probably before
the close o f the present year, and
the re lie f this w ill furnish can w ell
be im agined.
T h at the excess .paym ent over the
origin a l tax due on these gran t land*
w ill not only pay a ll the interest the
county new owes on outstanding war-
bonds may appear to be an extraor
dinary statem ent, and y d it is one
th at is fu lly warranted.
Coos county’s outstanding warrants
on the first o f June amounted to
$242,707.48. The warrants issued by
the county court last week brought
this sum up to about $260,000. By the
end o f tho present year that amount
o f warrants w ill overage about tw o
years, as there w ill then bo outstand
in g a ll that have been issued from
Jan. 1, 1914, to Jan. 1, 1918. Add to
te a t the first ysar’s interest o f $18,-
100 on the road bonds fo r the current
year and the total la $48,100.
But this is not ell. Tho paym ent
o f the O . A C. taxes w ill put the
county treasury in shape to reduce
$180,000.
be food economics which H erbert
ver, o f the Food Adm inistration,
res to suggest to tbs Am erican
>1* constitute the cardinal princi-
o f the Food. Campaign and are
forth in d e a r type on s em ail
I in temsa so definite and concise
< a ll w ill kmow exactly what and
the fa c t that tha gra vellin g o f a road
out o f M yrtle P oin t had bean stopped
by order o f the county court ow ing
fl—tiaol H m the New Number*.
County CU rit Oddy is not w illin g to
undertake the job o f hunting op the
new serial number o f every nun enu
m erated in the w ar census end tellin g
him what it is, as the Record
has
told its readers he would do, and w e
don’t blame him. The men Hated in
this section can a ll find th eir red
numbers in the Sentinel this week,
Whan w ord cornea w hat num ber*'
have been drawn a t W ashington they
w ill know whether or not they hove
CASE OF YEAR’S
STANDING ENDS ^
County Com missioner A rch ie P h ilip
•ays tile £oonty* court has offered to
make a ssCUsmsnt w ith M anager H er
bert Arm strong, o f the Southern O re
gon Co., on the $167,000 judgm ent fa r
the tax money in escrow which Judge
Skipwerth had awarded the Company.
M anager
A rm stron g
w asted the
money and kero percent interest. The
county offered him the fund without
interest providing Me company would
pay costa o f litigation and release the
county end beaks from a ll lia b ility.
straction during the adm inistration o f «
tho present county roadmaster. That f<
the practice o f extravagance o f M e o f- .
flee is now unbearable, believing him
to he incom petent to ftU such a posi-
concise and simple. Lees wheat,
t, m ilk, fa te, sugar and fu el. M ore
|a, vegetables, foods .that are not
Ibl# to be sent to comps or firin g
I. N o U n itin g the food o f grow -
ehildren; not eotin g by anyone
•ore food than is needed. Buying
I that is grow n close to tho home.
The follow in g
Don’t Forget That Bridge.
Just now Christm as seems e long
way o ff; but the County court is go
ing to got busy m aking up n ext year’s
budget some tim e before Christmas
and i f som ething is not done mean
while to fix upon the site and the ap
proaches fo r tho river bridge w e want
built here, we are not lik ely to get
that $10,000 appropriation promised
fo r a starter fo r that work. Coquille
needs that bridge m ore than any oth
er m aterial im provem ent w e knew o f,
but while it is to be built in the s ir
its foundations and approaches must
be bu ilt on the ground, and it is up to
the people o f this city to provide
them. Don’t lost sigh t o f this mat
ter fo r a day.
W ORK BEGINS
A T COQUILLE
the Portland
contractors, started
work on the C oquille-M yrtle Point
road last Saturday w ith a force o f
•bout 20 men. Tho work eras begun
• t this end o f the Hne at tho C ollier
bridge over Dutch John creek. The
cut is being deepened, widened and
straightened a t tho east end o f this
bridge, and the m aterial excavated is
being used to make a fill in place o f
the old bridge that has done duty so
long here. A railroad track, aa yet
gun on which the loaded dump ears
ara run out ju st north o f tho bridge
to make the fill. This w ill be length
ened ss the w ork proceeds. Mean
tim e the bridge rem ains open fo r
tra vel, though tho approaches a t each
cad have been narrowed.
Judge Skipw erth was here today
and in eon ri this afternoon gave an
order and decree that the <117,000 and
odd dollars o f Southern O regon funds
a fte r consultation w ith supervisor
Clinton, it was decided th at the work
could bo doae from tho mafatonanco
fund aHoted to this section, he could
proceed.
H e did n et consult w ith
Clinton but p r ate sded w ith the work
and spent the balance o f the m ainten
ance fund allotted fo r tho year be
fo re the job was one h a lf completed,
sad advised Clinton th at he had ea-
sesm sd to be that tho thing was
loaded, and th at i f that was awarded
to tha Southern Oregon, the banks
m ight then sue the county to recover
the in terest they had paid so that the
county m ight have to pay it tw ice.
8o i f the m atter comes op hereafter
all sides o f tho question can be decid
The annual interest charge
ui 2,200,000 cattle.
Save the M ilk— The children must
have milk.
U se every drop.
Use
butterm ilk and sour m ilk fo r cooking
and m aking cottage cheese. Use less
Save the F e te —W o are the w orld’s
grsetest fa t was tars. F a t ia food,
butter is oeaential fo r the grow th and
health o f children.
Use batter on
the table as usual but not in cooking.
Moon A Gidley Got Contract
awarded * PW emit annual interest to
000. But the Southern Oregon taxes
w ill probably come in ju st the same
w ay aa the O. A C. taxes end w ill
much m ore than extinguish that
amount and put the county on easy
street— to say nothing o f tho $160,-
000 or m ore o f taxes, interest end
penalty that must eome from the K in
n ey and Boutin tracta.
So even i f the county is now paying
21H per cent interest on ths $11,000
w arrants issued in Novem ber and De
cem ber 191$ that w ere called a couple
o f weeks ago, «o* fa r as tho Interest
cent annual interest accruing on
delinquent taxes, the county i* bound
to be no loser when it pays only six
percent annual Interest on the w ar
rants that cannot be paid w hile
the taxes o n
still unpaid and
draw ing interest.
A n individual, who could borrow
m oney on lon g , tim e at six per cent
and reloan it all a t 16 would think
ho bad the w orld by the ta il and a
down h ill pull.
So, Coos county
should w orry because she has to pay
21 per oent interest on the called w ar
rants o f Novem ber end December
H o said that tho appraised value o f
these properties was $807,000 w ith
$86,000 more fo r contracted proper
ties, on which $86,000 was due.
He
had in the past three y e a n received
no offers fo r the property, though be
could have given a clear title except
fo r tho taxes due the county. L ittle
or no effo rt had been made to sell the
properties, ow ing to the dullness In
the real estate m arket since the be
ginning o f the European w ar.
Answ ering a question by M r. L ii-
jeq vist he said he did not think the
fe e t th at Mr. K inney had tw o undi-
▼oread w ives had anything to do tn
Invalidating the title that could be
given to these properties.
Asked i f he had endeavored to stave
o ff tax litigation M r. W atters replied
that he had bean guided w belly by his
attorneys hi his acts in that respect.
H e said that it looked to Mm as I f
the county would n et w ant to w ipe
out the other eecurity holders en tirely
S omc V ictim of tho Expiation.
Am ong the victim s o f the explosion
• t the M are Island navq yard last
Monday w ere the fa m ily o f James L.
McKenna, a brother F . R. McKenna,
o f this city. The first nows the la tter
received a fte r the press dispatches,
cams in the shape o f a message from
his parents in tho east tellin g that
the house in which his brother’s fam i
ly wore livin g had been bloom up.
This came from te e officials there,
IA . McKenna being too badly injured
to him self telegraph.
On W ednesday, however, came an
other dispatch stating that M r. M c
Kenna, his w ife and their tw o months’
old baby and the nuns w e n a ll in
the hospital but wore doing w ell,
which did much to relieve F . E .’s an-
M r.-M cKenna, who is a naval offic
er, w as livin g fat a double house at
M are’s M an i, the other side o f the
house, which was occupied by aa offic
er named M cKensie, w ith his w ife tw o
children and tw o eervaata, was blown
to atoms and Mr. M Kensie’s body eras
found 200 yards aw ay. Tho side o f
the house in which the McKenna fam
ily was liv in g collapsed when tho
other part was blown to pieces, so
that their injuries w ere due to the
Since tho above was in typo the fo l house fe llin g in on them. Tho explo-
low in g associated prom dispatch has
been sent ont from W ashington, in
dicatin g th at the House m ay not pesa
te e Senate bill w ithout eome m odifi-
o f fried foods.
Soap contains fata.
Do not waste it.
Make your own
washing soap a t home out o f the
saved fats.
Ube one-third ounce leas per day o f
anim al fa t and $78,000 tone w ill be
saved y e a rly ..
Save the Sugar— Sugar ia scarcer.
W e use today throe tim es ae much
per person as our A llies. So there
m ay be enough fo r al| a t a reasonable
price. U se lees candy and sweet
drinks. Do not stin t use in putting
up fru it and jam s. They w ill save
butter.
I f every one ia Am erica w ill save
one ounce o f sugar daily, it means
1,100,000 tens fo r the year.
Save the fu el— Coal comes from a
distance and our railw ays are over
burdened h ealin g w ar m aterial. H elp
relieve them by burning few er fires.
U se wood when you can got it. '
the county court le t the contract fo r
the clearing and gradin g o f the Coos
City-Sum ner highw ay a little over
four m iles in length. The only bid
was that o f Moon A G idley, o f Marsh
field. Their figures were $4£00 fo r
the clearing, 81 cents fo r d irt excava
tion, 66 cents fo r rock, tw o and a h alf
cents fo r • overhaul, and $28.60 fo r
lumber. According to the roadmaa-
tor's estim ates this makes e total o f
e little over $27,000 fo r the entire
work. Newman Moon w ill begin the
w ork as soon as he can get his force
together and expects to fin ite it be
fore w inter.
Isthmus In let a t Coos C ity w ill not
be le t until next year, and an appro
priation fo r it w ill bo included in the
budget next December
A s a ll the contrasts fo r rig h t o f
w ay on the Coquille-Bendon road
have not y et been secured, it w ill bo
impossible to advertise that project in
tim e fo r tho work to bo done this
year, so it w ill have to go over until
1918,* and w ill probably be the last o f
tho work done finder the bond issue
voted last year.
A t h a lf pact three th ii afternoon
the hearings in this case were about
doubt that there will prom pt action to
insure the collection o f tho taxes due
fo r the past ten y e a n on the Kinney
properties.
The only question appears to be
whether R eceiver W atters shall bo
given an opportunity to sell and thus
secure his costs within the next tw o
or throe months, fa ilin g in which the
county w ill proceed to sell the pro-
or whether the receiver shall b e fro s -
en out by an im m ediate sale.
The indications are that the form er
course w ill be taken and that R eceiver
W atters w ill be given an opportunity
to sell the properties end clear >ip
the taxes i f he can possibly w ithin
Judge Skipworth, who has ju st
called, inform e us that ha w ill g iv e e
bers a t Judge Coke's offiee a t Marsh
field and th at it w in bo decided to
night.
,
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The Klihyam I* AH Sight.
The regu lar m eeting o f tho P ort
o f Bendon Com m Uaionen was due
Tuesday at Bond on but was deferred
until W ednesday to m eet the govern
ment assistant inspectors o f steam
vessels, Captain Edthofor and G eorge
W eldin there.
There had been disquieting rumors
th at the P o rt tug, Klihyam eras in
bad shape, that her main sh aft was
bent, etc., end they wanted to hear