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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1921)
M ayer H am ilton and a ll six co oilmen w ere present at th e adjogr seaskpi o f the c ity 's legisla tive » Monday evening and they stayed the job until a fter eleven o’clock. Considerable tim e w as spent ht read ing and'considering fou r ordinances, th e only one to fa il e f peeeage being that regu latin g pool halls. This o r dinance had many good features in corporated in its provision, took as providin g a fine fo r owners who per m itted gam bling, drinking, and soil in g o f boose on their promisee, also providin g th at intoxicated persons h i» event which w ill l e the larges«' m ust not be allow ed to lo iter on the ever attem pted by. Coquille. W e can prom isee. But th e provision which only mention a few o f their plans this prevented its adoption was that whkh j SHOT TQ STOP HIM la rge scale on which the program wiH to he operated on Sunday. - The ordin- bo carried out. knee also provided that the owners Chairman Booth, o f the State H igh * should secure a license every three w ay Commission, has agreed to ba months from the council fo r pennis- present and he prom ised to have the «io n to conduct a pool hail, and that other tw o m ember* here I f possible, a bad reputation should be sufleient M r. Sherwood has been endeavor- ground fo r refu sin g to gran t a li- in g to gut into communication w ith sense. When tits vote on this meas- Oov. O leott a ll week to recuiu his ure was taken Couacilmen Mansell? promise to be present, but the e a s e » W alker and G regg cast th eir votes tire has boon absent ia C alifornia and fo r it, Councihnen McLeod and Davis has not been interview ed as yet. against it and Councilman Eadioott The city officials o f every town in « a s excused from votin g. H avin g the Coos county w ill be invited to parti- em ergency clause attached It required cipate in the parade and program . a three-fourths vote to pass this or- Between the hour* o f seven and finance, or the affirm ative vote o f eigh t on the 80th it is planned to have five couacilmen, and w ith only th ree a race from M arshfield to CoquUle, It was declared lost, autos startin g every tw o minutes. The ordinance regu latin g and 11- with less than 80 entries perm itted, censing m otor d river vehicles operat- E very precaution w ill be taken to la g fo r hire, w ee pna« < j unanimously, protect the public by having the rood as was an ordinance granting a fran- patrolled the whole distance during th is« to the Coast- Auto Linos .until that tim e.* I t w ill depend, how ever, j w . j , 1984 fo r the sum o f $850 per on the county court’s perm ission annum. This w as divided as follow s: whether this race eon be staged. $500 fo r the M arshfield cars; $100 fo r The program o f music and «p eak-1 the M yrtle Poin t ears; and $64 fo r lng by notable visitors w ill be held I the Sendee autos. Th e edfiesrs o f the in the M yrtle Grove. i Coesft A n te Lines w ere very w e ll eoto 1 and its prfsidont, V . C. G orst, thank- 1 ed the c ity oA cials fo r th eir consider- 1 etioa. Paul Ford had an application on 1 file fo r a franchise to operate an auto 1 stage line to Band on over the streets o f Coquille, and the ordinance grant- 1 ing it w ill com e up a t the next m eet in g o f the council. The fourth ordiru 1 lating the storage fre ig h t on tho city docks. Und freigh t must be rem oved w ithin three days end i f not so moved shell be subject to the follow in g schedule o f wharfagb charges: Wood end Stovebolts, 60c a cord the supervisory eom m ittoe as fo llo w *: d rivin g sa fely. Th e day fo r tho opal w ith ju st enough wa people needed no wrs| » little wind in the a f t sufficient to make rid « AU alon g the w ay fn e r aftorw nrde n pa «ear nie p a r t i« w ith th eir ; undertaken b y t b council at that tim e nor can it ba until the la tter part e f ne^t week, according to thfc term * o f the a* mrtb ament d e d a rh if the c ity ’s intention to im prove the north end strdet. Th e lega l aspect o f the ease, which is up to the city attorney fo r decision, is whether the owners o f th ree e r fou r blocks can protest e ffectively against a portion The school directors o f D istrict No. o f the toporvam ent which covers so 8. met in the P in t N ational Bank ‘la rge a te rrito ry , and not a ffect the Monday evening and elected the fo l whole project. In other words is low ing corpo o f teachers fo r next each block a unit which can protest years a t theh anneal salaries set against the im provem ent o f the fo rth ; streets along its fron t, when the Lynn A . P arr, Supt., $2850. whole district been included in In e f R. Chase, Grade Principal, one p ro je c t! $1900. On the petition o f about h a lf the Gertrude Lorens, $1110. property owners alon g Bush and Emma Kennedy, $1180. H olly streets fo r a plank im prove M aym ie De Lon g, $1080. ment, the first stop was taken by in H arriett 8. Mace, $1080. structing the c ity eng ineer to estab Catherine Dungey, salary not y e t lish the grades on these streets. Sxed. E ngineer Gould reported that he Joan P itsgerald , $1110. had surveyed a w ater pipe line fo r Laura Brandon, $1010. about 3,040 fe e t, running up the gulch from the present intake on Kink creek which would g iv e a 72-foot head and place the new intake above qny poe- This leaves a principal fe r the high TW O PLEAD GUILTY A protest against the im provem ent o f ‘ Coulter street from Tenth street north, signed by practically all o f the property own- era, had been filed w ith the c ity re corded and was the cause e f a t ilt be tween E. C. Church and A . T . Bolden on one side and Councilman Mansell on the other, th ey declaring that no improvem en t sa that port ion at the ■trout MM h o w aakqd for. Tho tou- Th e board has reesn tfy purchased fifteen doaan fold in g chairs w ith which to tea t the H igh School audi tori tub. add a domestic science conree to tito H igh School curriculum fo r neat yea r but th ey have not y e t em ployed a teacher fo r i t u in Jail. The s till they found was made out at a ten-gallon m ilk can w ith a copper coil attached. I t was in active service end boom liquor was found on 102d Anulvemry Coquille Lodge, N o. 6$, L O. O. F., is m aking arrangem ents fo r a b ig celebration la Coquille on A p ril 26. the occasion being the one hundred snd‘ second anniversary o f the found in g o f tho order. AH Odd Fellow s and and their fa m ilia l ere invited to participate. The a ffa ir w ill start w ith a six o’clock dinner in the Odd F ellow s’ Lumber, $1.00 per 1,000 fe e t par banquet h ell to bo follow ed with a program and side degree w ork to week. 4 ho put on in Goulds’ H all. A fte r Shingles, 26c par 1,004 per week. Other freig h t, $1.00 p e r ton par this th ere w ill bo dancing there end cards in the Odd F ellow s’ hall fo r week. The d ty marshal is made w h arf those who do not care to dance. A ll inger and a fte r ten days m qy seise visitin g Odd Fellow s and Rebekaha end sell fre ig h t le ft there and in ad w ill be h eartily welcom e to attend the dition the owner it subject to a fine. festivities. Finance— A . J. Sherwood, J. E. Norton, Leo J. C ary, H. N . Lorenz, W alter Oardteg, Chao. W illey jr. Executive— A . J. Sherwdbd, J. E. Norton, L. J. C ary, H. N . Lorens. A dvertisin g— H. A . - Young, Owen R aew ltoa, J. L. Smith. The Citizens’ L a w Enforcem ent 8 tre*t Decoration— Dr. V . L . Ham Longue, which circulated a petition ilton , N . N . Neim an, Bert Folsom , some weeks e g « addressed to the ma H arry O erding, W . S. Graham, John yor, pledging its rapport in the en M iller. forcem ent o f a il laws, especially the P erk Decoration— E. D. W ebb, A . curfew , prohibition and anti-gand»- L. Simpson, J. J. Stanley, M rs. J. A . iin g laws, presented the petition Mon Lamb, M rs. V . L. Ham ilton, M rs. L . P . j day night and it was read by the re Branstetter corder. It contained some hundreds Music— John E . Boos, Frank Leslie, o f names. Inasmuch as it Was ad 0 . L. W illey. dressed to the m ayor and not to the A u to Races— N. N . Neim an, D r. G. council, M ayer Ham ilton ordered it E arl Low , M. J. Hartaon, J. S. Lyons, placed ea file. He stated that when Iton ey W ells, L . L. Thomas, Hsnxy he took the oath o f office he sw ore to K ern, C. S. W indsor. sm that the laws w ere enforced and Touehur Sous for S a la r y Parade— A . N . Gould, L . P . Bran he intended to keep his word. M m * Tho com o f C h a r i« Longiois stetter, E. P . EHingsan, R. B. Rogers, than that he thought the c ity ordin against D istrict No. 64 o f tho Bondon R. H. C reator. ances had been as w ell enforced since neighborhood was before tho Circuit January 1 as they had been during Court here Tuesday. Langlois was tou, E . J. P eg *, J. W . Laird , T . B. any o f the seven- years he had been discharged by the school board ea Curry. a resident o f Coquille. teacher there, hut claim ed a contract \ Floats— L. H. Hasard, L. L. Turner, The resignation p f C. W . Endieott aad sued fo r $18$, as on* month’s C. T . 8keels, E. E. Fraedrick, Geo. A . as councilman was presented to that salary. Th e case was out decided, but Robinson. body w ith the request that it be the court overruled a dem urrer in Bur iooqaa Goo. B attey, 8. M . Noe acted upon as soon as possible. The tended to throw tho e a « out o f court 1er, J. F. Beyers, Geo. O. Laugh, A . A . m ayor expressed regret that Dr. En- C. R. W ade appeared aa counsel fo r 9elander. Aaron W ilson. dicott had decided to take that action Langlois and J. T . Brand fo r the A u to Parkin g— B. H . K ern, 8. A . as did M r. M ansell. It was agreed M alohom , A . T . Bolden, N . C. K elley, that his successor should bo named at A lfred Johnson. the next m eeting. school and an eighth grade teacher yet to be chosen. M im es W ren, W h it ney and W iikinaen w ets not appli cants and did not caro to have th eir names considered at this thus. H. L. Johnson was M üiplûjfld Ai Janitor o f both b o fld in ft at $2225 pgr Standard OU Bmutcra A . B. Campbell, Frank M iller, W m . Hull and O rville H ags w ent over to tho Bay W ed needs y to attend the county m eeting o f Standard O il em ployes, a t which fou r o f the Portland representatives o f the company w ere present. They w ore accompanied home by tw o o f them, H. B. Fairchild, assistant sales m anager, and F . L. Test, o f the accounting departm ent, who inspected the plant bore yester day. Tho company has five em ployes here now and Mr. Campbell says they hi tend to put on another man soon, which w ill bring their local payroll up Another Rainy Week This has been another rainy week, to the disgust o f ranchers end g a r deners. Tuesday gave « on* o f the hardest shower* o f the year ju st be fore noon, the air being fu ll o f wind swept sm oke-like sheets o f m oisture. W ednesday we g o t not only rain but frequent sleet storm s both afternat- ing with bursts o f sqpahine, so that we had m ore than s score o f changei o f w eather darin g the d af? Thursday we had more, shower* aad sleet, and though there' is no rain fa llin g this m orning the strong south wind and billow s o f cumulus donde presage anything but settled weather. tlooo Buy» box factories, veneer plants and some at the eawmtllo have been running fa ll fores. Industrial dope as si on has nude no serious inroads eu the general prosperity o f this section sf tho country. Since tho eloee at tho w ar not a single business estab lishment in this section has failed. C u t Etfcdu Their T u m , The ease o f the H oward Farm a t lakeside was up in the C ircuit Court lore Tuesday. The Farm people wore tryin g to ovoid tho paym ent o f rood taxes on tho grounds that when the road district m eeting w as called to vote these taxes, it was not stated in the call at which o f the school houM i in the district the n e ttin c jrould b* held. Judge Coke didn't :hink there need have been any d if ficulty in finding where the m eeting tho costs to the plain tiff. : The Laurel Again F or six yonra, from 191$ to 1917 inclusive, the H igh School student body issued “ The Laurel,” no on an nual publication, from tho Sentinel Press. D uring the peek o f high prices end general disorganisation in 1919 and 1920, and also on account i f the flu epidemic they did not pub lish the Lau rel; but this year they ore doing business along that line again and hava already arranged with the Sentinel to print 200 copies o f th eir annuel b ook let Tim es are gradually gettin g normal again. Coquille Chib E lo e ta O ffic e r » • The annual m eeting o f the Coquille Club wait held at the chib rooms last evening w ith a good attendance. The follow in g is the list o f officers elected fo r the ensuing year: < P rw .— A . N . Gould. V ies Pro*.— R. A . Jeub. See.-Traat.— L . L. Tum or. Board o f Governors, in addition to the three above named— L. H . H as ard and H . N . Lorens.
