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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1921)
\ 2 l 11K p A P E R THAP 8 NO. 4«. Sent! L IK E A LETTER FROM 3:1 HOME COQMLLE, COOS COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1921. i | , — i • * »2.00 THE YEAR. Drowning at the Bay walked off a floating dock there Wed nesday mgth into eternity. He was produce and meat dealer and was in- Committee Is Reducing a endm to tal:e ^ 8eVen o,olock ^ E x p e n s e s W h en toi hisliom e at Eastside b it missed it. Then he got h.s eye on Charles Spoon- ever Possible er and his launch, and thinking he ■ijffet committee consisting o f might be going his way tried to talk L members- o f the county with him as he walked along the outer edge o f the dock. The launch was ñriüi Russell Dement, Dorsey going north and Matson was walking »nd Henry Sengstacken as met here Tuesday and the same way intent on getting'in touch with Spooner, so he did not no ’Tthree days’ session adjourned tice he was nearing the end of the '.frht until Saturday morning, dock until he. plunged headlong into fcte completed the tentative the waters of the bay. ttóthe expenses o f Coos coun- WaighteU with an overcoat and rub- rée year 1922 ia r 88 the V v hoots and with the tide ebbing (fond is concerned, though, o f swiftly Matson had but a slim chance My item may be changed be- for his life and he sank within 35 committee completes its vards o f where he fell into the bay. j Saturday morning they pro- Spooner got his lauch to the landing I tc begin work on the road fund m two or three minutes, and plunged nto the water to rescue Matson, but >gr no appropriation has been he latter had disappeared before he for the 0. A. C.„ « t e n s io n work, could reach him. public health nurse’s work, Matson was 47 years old and leaves (budget standi as now when i wife and six children the county w ill dispense tike services o f C. C .. F arr as t. agent, Miss Louise Riddle as , jjmonstration agent and Miss , Campbell as county nurse, u n informed, too, that in the (the clerical force in the county Justice Stanley says the marrying those salaries are not fixed iusiness appears to be promoted by .there has been-a general re- itormy weather, on the theory we sup gven in the caae o f the dep pose, that a hearthstone and fireside _ i, who are to do the field of one’a own seem more desirable pay has been cut from $5 when the winds are howling and rain is driving across the fields in gusty ' ably, in consonance with ;heets. now to progress in all Each o f the worst two days o f this (Stowages paid í y the county ¡tormy week has brought two couples m to be reduced. A t the same o the shelter of his office to unite [looks to the Sentinel like a .heir fortunes. Tuesday it was Clyde step to cu t‘ out the health £. Steames and Nellie McAdams, of 1 0. A. C. extension work Jandon, and then Kent Landers and f the county agents— m oré eo- \da Sanders, of Marshfield, who got the former. It would be loneymoon tickets. lí o same line to dism antle and Yesterday gave us a fiercer storm f our state asylums and hos- and two very diverse couples pre- , which have always been re- ented themselves as candidates for l as the sign posts o f an ad- conjugal felicity. The first were t civilisation. Vmos Carson and Hattie Norton, of Sandon, he aged 72 and she 71. Still I Session on the 19th he bride stoutly insisted, scan though L0keott has called a special :onfessing- to more than three score I of the legislature fo r Monday, and ten, that they weer not old, the , in the evident hope that the ather that she was 71 years* young, i.will finish the work mapped ind she didn’t believe in getting old. rit to do within a week, in tune The second couple ran to the other dy to get home b y Chriat- ixtreme. Levi Gant and Orva Hub- we fear he will be disap- jard, of Pow en, confessed to 25 and HUi considering th e w ay he ULyears respectively, the bride beings freto axe on things that he me o f “ Old Mother Hubbard’s” n o t to see taken up a t the ■oungest descendants. It’s getting near Christmas now and tion last winter, there isn’t nent to wander off into Tudge Stanley is willing to chance a of general legislation this ew more stormy days meantime. A ll FOR LEAGUE PfiOSPECIS GOOD Dairymen at Langlois Line U p Uncle Sam Will Help Build the Strong Against Dis Roosevelt Co&t banding It. • • Highway • Langlois, Ore., Nov. 30. “ The building o f the Roosevelt A t-a meeting held on this date at Highway from Astoria down the eoast the Woodman Hall a motion was to the California line is much nearer made and seconded that Fred Hofseea to realisation than m ost people im SPI o c V . <% « ___ _ __ i i « ' * . F F act as chairman and A. P. Sweet was agine,” said J. E. ‘ Norton thia morn elected as secretary. A motion was ing. He was Coquille’s sole represen ¿unde by Will Russell and seconded tative at the meeting o f the Roose t-y J. A. Cok that if the vote of Dec. velt Highway Memorial Association 8th carry in favor o f the League, that yesterday, where representatives from the directors be instructed to amend all up and down the coast met to lay the by-laws: 1st, that each zone be plans for making thia huge project, come self-managing with K. C. El which a year ago was considered a idgt at our head and we have out dream on the part o f B. F. Jones, of iWi, zone manager under Elridge, and Toledo, an actuality, s board of Coos and Curry county di Of the »75,000,000 appropriated for rectors to work in conjunction with road building by Congress, Oregon’s our zone manager. share, on the basis o f 7 per cent o f Second, if possible for directors o f the roads in the state, will be »2,666,- our present league, be instructed tq 000. This will more than match the discharge this executive board which »2,500,000 vqted by the people of the has from all accounts run this league state last year on a 60-50 basis for to suit themselves, over the director# the Roosevelt Highway. There is and all other officials and members* about one-third o f this amount now heads. available and all o f it will be early This above motion was carried by next year. unanimous vote o f this Langlois, Of course this two and a half mil Denmark district o f northern Curry lion will not all be spent on the coast county. . road, but if the disarmament plan A motion was made and seconded goes through, there will be hug« ap that all members at this meeting lis propriations made fo r road building favor of liquidation vote, which show by congress out o f the funds saved ed over 90 per cent in favor o f hold by hot building battleships; and it ing together, and against liquidation. is the optimistic opinion o f the Roose A motion to adjourn was made and velt Highway boosters that this road finifiKuH in fiva seconded. Signed Fred ismoiitu *n ii - v uaora ynu o. chairman; A. P. Sweet, secretary. The State Highway Commission has designated the Pacific Highway, the Columbia Highway, the Old Oregon Road Taxes Voted Trail and the Roosevelt Highway nr Of the fifteen road districts, which cne main arteries o i travel in tn e held elections .last Saturday to vote state, the primary highways which are on the question o f levying a special of first importance. Their combined road tax, thirteen have reported te length is just sufficient to permft Ore the county clerk’s office, all- having gon to take advantage o f the govern voted the tax. Bullards and Four ment requirements. Mile are the two which have not yet Sixty per cent o f the money spent reported. The following are the dis by the government must be on these tricts and the amounts they voted: main highways, and more may be. 3— Larson Slough, »1,189.80. With the adoption o f these fou r main 4— Kentuck Slough, 10 mills. lin es' tw o o f which are already con 5— Allegany, »8Q1.06. structed, the government is by law 6— Allegany, »4,000.00. required tq, finish all o f them before 7— rCooston, »329.45. it undertakes any new work. 8— South Slough, »6,508.75. While the State Highway Commis 10— Sumner, »6,508.75. sion has authority to designate the lo 11— Cooa River, »12,114.04. cation o f roads within the state, the 12— Fairview, »9,600.00. Secretary renry o or f the tne Interior rmenor at ax Washing w aam y lg— McKi nley. J3,9QMQv.. ton is the offick* with whom rests the 16— Lakeside, 5 mills. decision as to what surface shall be 26— Bridge, »9,100.00. placed on these roads, and in view o f 34— Eart.side, »2,048.00. the military importance 'of the coast Just what will be done by the coun highway it is probable that a thick ty court with the Kentuck Slough and concrete surface will be what is adopt Lakeside vote is uncertain, for the ed. The government requirements districts are required by law to vote are for an 18-foot surface, instead o f Tex Vernon Out on Bond Tex Vernon, one o f the Lakeside the amount of tax to be levied and 16 as are all the other highways in the state. .nen put in jail here la tsweek for not on the rate., While eastern Oregon will receive hreatening boys accused o f stealing Very Narrow Escape her share o f government funda for still there, and using firearms te ■jcare them into making a confession, E. R. Peterson and L. E. Brown, the building o f the Oregon Trail, there has secured the »1000 bail required in of Marsh^eldr-had a narrow escape seems to be no question but that fu his case. His bondsmen are Peter just before noon yesterday. They ture appropriations will be sufficient Menegat and H. W. Wilkins. The lat were driving in Mr. Brown’s Ford to to complete both projects. The government is directly inter ter is reported to be operating a still Coquille and as they passed Cedar just over the line in Douglas county. Point they heard a tearing noise, ested in this coast highway, aside One o f the sheriff’s force ssys that which 'sounded as though it was a from the military importance o f such ,f the grand jury will indict and con curtain on the back of the car. Look- s road. The work done by the state viction is secured when Tex Vernon ,ng back Mr. Peterson saw an elec and counties in building roads has en and Jack Morgan are tried, the moon- tric line pole, which had fallen, bare- hanced the value o f the timber in the ihining business around Lakeside will y missing their car and which burnt government reserves in this state, and this coast line will furnish outlets for practically cease. There are others into flames instantly. As soon as stiH more o f its timber. A memorial engaged in it, but those two were the this news was brought to the Power to congress citing these two reason* company’s office, the information was ringleaders. was prepared yesterday. jent to Marshfield and a crew started The Highway Commisaion has three River at Flood Stage out at once to repair the damage. Mr. crews at work locating the Roosevelt The warm rains of the past week, Page was in Marshfield at the time Highway now, and it la intended to which- brought whatever Snow there and the local crew was all "out of keep them on the job until the work svas in we mountain out, have kept town so that repair was delayed some is completed. , what the river at flood stage .and this ..... while the Marshfield linemen The following is a telegram re off ir.g the waters were up this side oi j fove 0Ver here. The juice ceived yesterday from the chairman the railroad trestle at the city dock abput three hours of the commission, R. A. Booth, who and all over the flats to the south- was ill and unable to attend the meet Red Cross Gets 215 The road between here and Myrtle ing: Point was under water yesterday and Mrs. Ida K. Owen says that in the “ I regret exceedingly my inability but for the cessation of ram thi recent Red Cross drive 216 members to be with you and join in working.ou’ morning that section would tavebeen were secured here She also request: further plans for the construction o f cut off by both rail and road. There u, to announce that white seals have the coast highway that will mean ao was over a foot raise last night. ' been left for sale both at Bonnie much to o«r citizens, residents o f the Walker’s and with Edna Harlocker coast counties and to the public and Pacific Ocean Falling at the Mountain States Power com the people o f the state generally. pany; also at the Fuhrman and Hud- A pretty fa ir p e r c e n t ^ e o ftjm uIt is the plan o f the highway eifle ocean deluged us in the t o m o ' Zn drug stores. All who are willing commission to keep the three locat rain during yesterdays Chmook, to contribute to a good cause are ing crewe now on the line continu asleep to get them there. •> ously at work until the remainder o f the line Is definitely located. foremost some of tne ujub . , Doctors Meet "W ith the other members o f the seems to have arrived m * 0# d ea r" ' commisaion "I sib keenly interested in ert as winter goes her.; but it cw The Coos county doctors met at tainjy hasn’t been cold. At mght we Marshfield Tuesday and enjoyed a furthering the work o f construct»««1 Slept for at least twice th ^ - e k un duck banquet at the Chandler. Among and as opportunity offers I will be der exactly the same covrtings we d ^ the speakers was Dr. C. J. McCusker, glad to meet and counsel with you l*rt July, «nd « &°°d ie ti war”?? of Portland, president o f the state as independent o f special federal action. thsn the night we were up on ML sociation of medics. Drs. £• ®*rl Some progress must be made each year-until the whole job it finished. Lowr a f this city, and W . L. Pember- Ranier. -The Roosevelt highway has been Myrtle Point, were the only a STANLEY TIES FOUR KNOTS matters in which legis- > s deemed necessary now are 1 to the front in the governor’s i fast is to call a special election • tine of the prim ary next sum »•ate on the question o f bond- • lUte for 23,000,000 to aid the fair. is to regulate comrner- on the state highway^ charges, etc. 1 is to regulate tractors in 1 of the paved highways of i both as to speed and as to reloa d . i Spills the Beans news is that the Japan- nt haB instructed its rep at th e W qshington con- i aland pat on a 70 per cent - even if it breaks up the If sh e doee this it means Conference wi|l accomplish f»#i that both Great Britain ¡¡Salted States will continue I tice for armament simply 1 with Japan, which evident- • Kaiser idea that it can whip is dead set on war. Britain is not with her • her is the o »ly consolation to get out o f the confer- another w ar appears to be • i® the near future. Save Fifty Million . shop rules on the rail- made it necessary to a to do the w ork o f two repairs to locom otives, abrogated. This will save the fifty millions a yeat been paying to men to look on while other people , It looks as if the reduced • t h e railroeds e re having **bt to be reflected In low j I diminished cost < they g et the ten reduction la w a r om ean still valley. the Coquille selected by the highway of the i ter receive federal aid under the new law.” There Were about fifty in attend ance at the meeting yesterday. One of the plans adopted was the organi zation o f a Coast District Associa tion within the Roosevelt Highway As bociation, which would consist o f sev en members, one from each county, to keep in touch with the Highway Com mission and congress, seeing that this project is not forgotten. This afternoon another meeting is ro be held at its conclusion the delegates will be brought this way on a topr o f inspect:on A smoker was held last evening at the Millicoma Clqb in ^Marshfield for the visitors. i and Puts $400,096 on the Rolls Deputy Assessor A. A. Selander made the statement here Wednesday morning^ before the Budget committee that the work done by the assessor’s advisory board here in the past few years had resulted in putting »400,000 more in land values on the county tax roll. COQUILLE TEAM WINS The football game last Sunday be tween the Marshfield and Coquille In dependents was One of the best games seen here in years, and resulted in a victory for Coquille. Had it not been for a blocked punt early in the first quarter it would probably have been another 0-0 game as it was at the Baj^. However, when the Bay’s fo a l was threatened and the attempt to kick out o f danger was blocked, it gave Coquille an opportunity to score, which opportunity was quickly mised by .Brick Leslie when he dropped. b*cJt for a place kick, the ball sailing true between the goal posts. Score, Co- quille 3, Marshfield 0. From that time on the playing was fairly even, although the locals out played the visitor« all tha way, and Lept the ball in Marshfield territory most Of the time. Only tan minute quarters were played and this pre vented a touchdown far Coquille, for in the last Ova minutes Coquille was hammering the Marshfield line hard, making from one to five yards on, every down, and whan the whistle blew time they were about five yards from the Marshfield line. It would be difficult to report who w#re the brighUit ( U n — 0n either Archibal<J , nd Leslie and Kelt ner were the greatest lina buckars and made several first downs by thir tre- mendous plunging. Stanley at end war one of those who broke up many a Marshfield play by hia unerring trick o f getting the man with the ball. There were two casualties. Stuts man, o f the visitors, had the point urqken off his shoulder blade, end Pets Miller had two ribs broken. Marshfield’s attempt to assemble e fast teem by bringing three o f the best high school players along was abortive for these fast young men could neither get their passes to working successfully nor could they circle the ends for gains. The fallowing is the Marshfield lineup as the men want on tha field: Ned Patterson, L. H.; Gregg, R. H.; Guy Stutsman, Q. B.; Cossman, F. B ; Don Allen, R. E.; Lee Sauers, L. E.; Max Kruger, C.; Bob Kruger, R. T.{ Leo La Chmpelle, R. G.; Henry Le- cocq, L. T.; Cub Johnson, L. G. Coquille’s lint-up was: Philip Johnson, C.; Bill Howell, L. G.; W. L. Norton, R. G.; Pete Miller and Happy Smith,- L. T .i .Gregg,*R. T.; (Jiff Kern, R. E.; John Stanley, L. E.; Roy Watson, Q.; Keltner, L. H,j Brick Leslie, R H.J Archibald, F. B. There wee a good crowd out fo r the game, considering the weather, and after paying rent fo r the field end ather expenses, Manager Jas. ,W. frnird presented the High School with On Again, Off Again With the night train from Portland to Marshfield, K is a *ase o f “ on again, off again, gone again.” Wed nesday it was restored end last night it was cancelled owing to the severe storm prevailing. It is promised it shall be restored again as soon as the weather and the condition o f the track will permit. WAS A m SAME Black S^nd Mining Scheme .Used to Catch S u ck e rs Fred Volt in a suit filed iq the cir cuit court her« against Robert Fer guson alleges that tha defendant se- oured money from him fradulently. In the bill filed it is stated that the plaintiff paid to the defendant »850, which was to be used by the defend ant to develop the Eagle »fine Syndi cate which was alleges to be located in Coos county and that it Was prom ised that if the mine was not devel oped the money would be returned. It is now stated that the mine was never developed and that the money has not been returned and was se cured by fradulent representatives. The plaintiff sues for »850 and ala« for »72 which he calims is due •»<» for labor. The Bandon World quotes Fred Voit, the plaintiff in thia case,A* stat ing that Fergus on ^had collected ap proximately »8,000 in Portland, largely from people o f small means, With the understanding that tho Eagle Mine# Syndicate would purchase and operate Eagle mine for »25,000. A t 250 Madison St., Portland, Fer guson operated a amall geld saving machine as a demonstration to show the richness of the sand taken from the mine his company was to pur chase. , The demonstration induced many to invest, according to VoiL Actual gbM and platinum was ex tracted from the sand before the eyes of the prospective investors, but, Voit says after coming to Bullards to work in the minA.for the he ft has “ *e company company ft« discovered what he believes to be a* fraud. Ha put In 26 days labor » JWk ike mine for which he was not pan. He has attached property o f the Syn dicate and when the case comes op for trial there are apt to be some in teresting ’ developments. Six Killed; ¡22 Hurt 1 « h- s. f t : ! I ' The aftermath of that big storm in . the Columbia gorge came at midnight Wednesday when two O. W. R. A N. ¡.reins each going thirty miles an hour met head on near Celilo, and six peo ple were killed and 22 injured in the collision. Safety first was forgotten when train No. 17 was speeding west ward to maks j»p lost time and .train No. 12 east bound, which had gone from Portland to Celilo over the North Bank track because the line on the south bank o f the river 1« still blocked, not having been opened since the big snow. Though the unused read is double tracked only one track was tn use connecting the U. P. line with the Columbia bridge near Celilo. The trains in both directors have to use this bridge end .connecting track be tween the north end south bank lints, and if they are to maintain their time tables, o f course, have to make up some time there. Instead of the ex traordinary precautions which such condition* would seem to have de manded there muet have been extraor dinary reddessn css—just like the Japanese art indulging in now. m aJ I ; , «$1 ! I Water Main Breaks The break in the water main last Friday was up in the gulch in the east part of town Just south o f First street. Water Superintendent Epper son got busy end repaired It but it broke again about eleven o’clock that night. -The line was laid at ,a very poor angle in the first place and tha earth had settled allowing the line to tw)at at the joint*. He had to put n e new ceetlng to put the line on ■:uch e curve as would hold and- he says there are many such places be tween the reservoir end town w hen breaks are likely to occur any time. ¡ ¡ To keep the town as well supplied with w steras Ft was, he rkn 120« feet o f Arc hose from tha Dutch Johrr dam to e hydrant near W. W, Gage’s resi dence, and pumped from Dutch John directly into the mein, leaving the gate to the reservoir open so that if the main* got full the water could be forced up into the reservoir. TheOSn- trifugal pump at Dutch John would not operate if the pipes were full and the water in the meins was becking up against the pump. The Single Mill Sale Junk Sale of Lands The sheriff’s sale o f the property o f the Booth Shingle Mill, which was. to have been held here Wednesday wee postponed until .Wednesday o f next week, Dee. 7. There are report* that most o f the movable property at the mill The Sheriff’s “ Junk Sale,” as it is called, o f a job lot o f lends and town lots taken for taxes will take pieee at the court house here Saturday o f next week at ten o ’clock in the mom- fine bargains to ing. Ha offer. ml i