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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1921)
Howe fat Review of i m '4 " altcth a 1 SEEN MORE CLEARLY NOW with In commenting on the miscarriage ef Justice in a Portland murder « the Oregonian commente sanely the onion grower« of the Willamette VaBpy, «ad offers a new hope for the t i «Joying. future in the cultivation of that In the outcome of the Lotisae trial cuhnt vegetable. NOTHING BEAT» f HE OLD COW a one of the caneee {or-that con ft develops th at owing to the ex Basing its remarks on figures in the tempt of law and court*'and juries, trenteiy few prices offered for on Banks Directory Blue Book, the Hoi which manifests itself in the grow tall, that onion growers in stein Freiaian World say«': region hod determined ing number of crimes of leaser add major character. It will not do to not to harvest their erop. Tha «ttu- The writer selected six towns; four ja y th at the ghastly miaeonception of ution was on* ef tha most from Minnesota, one from Washing justice shewn by some of the jurors ever experienced in the district, ton sad e«m from Hdsho, in which can be repaired in a second trial of thousand tons of onfeos were woe dairying is the main farming business. the murderer. I t cannot be wholly in the fields. Two weeks more ef The ewssagu population of the six repaired. •Notice has here again exposure to the rain would have re towns is 2,840.6, and the average de been given th at under oar method of dered the crop beyond redemption. fault per town $2,77046640. The per criminal procedure it ia possible for The manager of the greet dehydra capita deposit is $1,288.78. a m an wantonly to slay his wife, tion plant at Salem heard of the Eix other towns wens selected; three Confess to it without emotion and plight ef the onion growers, visited from Minnesota, two from Idaho and later by his own obvious perjury and the district end after a careful •a s from Washingon. In th e se com the skill of hie lawyer, create reason amination determined to munities grain, sugar beets and fruit able doubt a / hie measure of guilt on the onions, trying dehydration as are grown,,and.dairying ia a side is in the minds of a supposedly intel tha method for saving tha crop, sue. The average population a t the ligent jury. era! tone of Yellow Danvers 1 town« affected is 8,670 and the total Hare is notice again th at juries were ordered shipped to the dal bank deposits is given as $1,726,718.- can at times be induced to give more tioa plant where they U . The par capita deposit is $478.99 weigh! to the statement of a man under the King's method ef dehydra or about a third of those in the first trying to save his nsck than they tion. The result was so splendid th at gronp. ■will give to the overwhelming testi an order was immediately placed with The bank feposits in small towns mony of disinterested eye-witnesses. the Lake Labish onion growors for are an indication of the prosperity of Yet if ever there wae a time when one thousand tons ef th e Yelfew Dan the surrounding community and the swift, ift certain and adequate justice vers variety, with the result th at $28,- above figures speck for themsolvee. i* ’ which otherwise would hnvu As the Holstein F ris ia n W orld nuns 'Whence ‘ was saved to the farm ers ef hot on crime it is the present. up the whole matter, “It takes some- It wae in the Lotiaao case, as it region. thing to boat, the old cow as a money has been in many others, the prac Dehydration has been a tice to excuse frcsn jury duty those '>oon to the frnit and vegetable grow persons who admitted the formation ers of Oregon daring the pest few of m opinion based on presumption /ears. Two large dehydration pi th at newspaper accounts of the crime are in operation, one a t Salem were accurate, but who-- believed he other at The Dallas. . Both are themselves capable, ^pf rendering e controlled by one company, which ju st verdict on the sworn testimony mrposes greatly to enlarge Re opera- presented. It may he the law that ions this year by increasing it» such parsons are Ineligible to jury ifacturing and cold-storage facilities. The capitalisation of the King's duty, but if it is the law it is bad 'aw. It excludes from jury duty the Food Product» Company has been in intelligent element of the commun to $10,66040* «»king the ity; it gives us Jurors who ere ig company one of the largest norant and impressionable; it re feanced fruit and vegetable sults in those , postponements and 1 ion companies in the United S t emigrated from Ireland miscarriages of justice in America tha last centuryv founded We don’t know ns th e above which are the astonishment of every mouth of the Coquille i Our number of rtory will interest the reader as much foreign ol * it did Hie editor but still we believe hqmfcttm ,, , I worth while. The People are a t large no more indif ferent to the sanctity of human life; lection extends east for a long dls- the Pacific highway be the only perceptible difference ia th»tbin America punishment of crime tween Salem and Chemawn and was, is less certain and less prompt. The we believe, originally b disagreement of the totiaao J&ry is land, eomotoing like th at on some of of the type th at causes dismay to all tho slough* in Coo* county—notably horny shrubs disappeared where they parsons who have the public well marsh on too former F. B. Phil were planted, but one Kerch day that being at heart. lip»’ place a t the mouth of we visited the beaeh we «aw the whole Slough. Lake Labish was formed lino of cliff, far the hotter, part of We reproduce this editorial princi by building a dam on tha stream th at a mile abloom with th«m in all the pally to show, how marksd is the con used to nut through it and thus . golden glory which had delighted Lord tra st in the Oregonian’s expressions ing It. La tar ft dawned on the Bennett on his native heath—end ia- In regard to a case at home where it if the property th at the fend might ieed just east of ,the P in t street had all the facts before it, with Its he worth vastly moro than the bridge in hie city there are some spec- editorial utterances in regard to the re r and wo r 'mens of the plant that'B and on people lest murder case tried in Coos county, /ears ago writing a news item about my is such a nuisance th at the few about which H knew practically noth th* affair when this dam a t tha outlet should be invoked to cheek its spread. ing and was influenced entirely by if the lake Was blown up with In fact, it isn't a thing th at improves propaganda. on closer acquaintance. But it is singularly appropriate that to the THE FOUNDATION .grandson of the man who imported it “ Business prosperity depends upon .the righteousness of the man who does business, whether as merchant, or GROWING BURDENS manufacturer, or banker or employe," The growing burden of taxation said Roger W. Baboon, head of tha and the newly developed conscious - 1 Babson Statistical organisation in ness th at every citisen as s taxpayer, New York, in a recant address in that directly or indirectly, tends to modi city. He continued: fy that old national habit which led so many of ue to use our statistics “ It is not railroads, steamships, or Just as the small boy uses the notches factorise which es ose our prosperity; on the door Jam to show how he gross». it is pet bonk clearings, foreign trade, You can almost hear ana of be saying og commodity prices which give us with a touch of pride: “In 1840 our good business. All these things are notional debt WO only *3,500,000 And mere thermometers that register the ■>ur ordinary disbursements were only temperature of the room. Prosperity » 4 4 0 0 ,0 0 0 ; by 1807, however, oar isbt was $884400400 and oar dia- ferseipants $661,700,000. that docent half toll the ferny * In 1919 our interest-bearing, debt total ed $86400,0000,900 and our disburse- f»sote amounted to $16400400400. Ia '.hors any other nation on earth that could dp K and not go broke?” • big labor, capital, and management with integrity, loynlty, and 9 deters to daring the arar was asked to It is evident th at if the taxpayer- serve. The need of the hour is not a meeting in the West. Ex-P citiaan ia to sueceed in carrying out more salesmen, or moro foremen, or Taft spoke «ret and a t eons his new eivfe impulses to reduce tax more technical men, but the need ef ation he must do something more the hour is to g et employers end than study Government financial sta wage-workers to give their hearts to tistics ami urge national thrift as an God. Business depressions can he abstract principle. Ha must co-oper avoided, but c*»ty~hy redirecting,the ate with hie fellow-taxpayers and his minds of your people to the Awd of r spr— iitatives in Congress in bring ing about a practical reorganisation of the Government business. No additional argument» for gov ernmental reorganisation and the Na tional. Budget are required; the old ease ere ooscloaive and convincing if repsriy brought to the attention of 1 to people. What is now needed is Action; and action ia to bo expected only whoa organised public opinion demon to R. The man or woman, who knows and res Haw too critical character of the present situation. W1 BUSINESS MBN One Woman told us: \ ♦ “Five minutes in the morning my Electric bon makes much* lighter.*" This wo! how often frocks and even lin ie found their way into tne bag ahead of tim e, just slightly mussed. Even a hint of* untidyness made dainty things unwearable and added to„tte weekly wash. N6w she uses an Electric Iron. ' With just a twitch of the switch and a few mo ments of gentle ironing, crumpled garment» become smooth shd lovely—altogether wearable. At Any Dealer « . _ fc** A v r n r u : ''f i r * * * « Mountain States Power Co. n o w - a - d a y s W-BCUTh RIGHT CUTI. TWEBtii or . «* ■ '