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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1923)
^d fam im Tito to f«rn n mi i ud *ifidfîk W , \ i l THE PAPER THAT’S LIKE A. LETTER FROM HOME XX. COQUILLE, 0008 COUNTY. VO L. 86. F R ID A Y , U , 1988. 1923 FOOTBALL A Big School District Acroaa the River Ia Go- lag After Improved ■ The Sentind was m isinform ed last weak in stating that the rotors hi Road D istrict No. *0— across toe river and extending from Lam ps to Fish- trap— w ere goin g to rota $6,000 spec ial tax this fa ll to im prove their tw o roads, > 0 0 from the bridge hare to Fiahtrap and the other around the footh ills from the old F tg g place to the H athaway place oa the Rooeevelt Highway. K. H. Hamden inform s os that what was agreed upon by the tax payers at the m eeting at Roy school house Tuesday o f last week, was a fou r m ill tax which w ill raise about »*,600. They also hare preeented the m at ter to the county court asking that the footh ill route be ssade a m arket road and they m ay aak the same des ignation fo r the road up the river to Intense interest was m anifested by the taxpayers o f School D istrict No. 8 Monday evening, when tha adoption o f too bndgot waa up fa r considera tion aad tha levyin g o f the tax for school purposes The m eeting was entirely ha m o a ns, not a V ote being cast against the adoption at the budget, and the entire tim e ooneomod in doing it was about five mlnutaa. It le very g ra tify in g to find usto aa interest shown by too people whan the spending at their money ia up fo r consideration, but the unanimous vote indicated too confidence tha patrons repose in their officials. Four men ware present, all o f them connected officially with toe schools, and the vote cast was tores fo r aad none against. One o f those present was not s legal voter in the m atter s f levyin g texts. COUNTY COURT THIS WEEK I I I Besides figu rin g on the budget fo r 19*4 the county court has attended -to a fe w other m atters this week. Jno. H. Groves and R. C. Dement being unable to serve on the budget unable to serve; so Horny A . Sehroed- er, o f M yrtle Point, was appointed. 1 Wednesday evening C equille eitisens as Lloyd Krantx Injured ■ Lloyd Krante, 22-year-old son o f D. C. Krante, o f this d ty , was injurad in a loggin g camp sigh t m iles this slds at Pow ers, when s teg roll over him. He was tending hook a when he saw the lo g was broken ke yelled to U s partner, but toe seco he hesitated white doing tola eaui too lo g to catch him. He was brought to th e Pem berton hospital at M yrtle Fatato Ha was bruised severely ab« tha toast and U ps, but no broken bonos apparently reunited, si though ha cannot help him self in any way, sad it is not certain whether U s hack was seriously injured e r only brute R. K. McCormack Now Secretary The only businees transacted a t tha Com m ercial Club m eeting Wednesday evening wae tha election o f R. E. Mc Cormick aa secretary to sac seed L. C. Newman, who is rem oving from Coquille. Mr. McCormick was pr ont sad accepted the office fo r which he wee unanimously chosen. President F . G. Leslie spoke vi highly o f th# work dono by the re tir in g secretory, and expressed the d a b ’s regret a t his departure. The tria l o f W . G. Brandon fo r hav The story o f the robbery o f the Pirat National Bank o f Baadoo ia ing liquor in hia possession * M held thus told in a Marshfield dispatch in here Tuesday afternoon, Justice Stan yesterday’s Oregonian datad Tues ley holding court in the city hall. ■ The Jury, compoeed o f W . J. Fer- day: brache, Leslie Kbno, R. H j * Creamer, ' A bank shortage o f »14,000 was ad C. B. McCurdy and Chaa. Webb, found him gu ilty, but recommended leniency. m itted 10 days ago by Roy B. Cornua, fo r six years cashier fo r the F irst n a The Judge thereupon lined him »600, tional Bank o f Bandon, and Mr. Ger- and his attorney, O. Russell M organ, son’s resignation last week was «n - gave noties o f appeal to the Circuit ptained today in a statem ent made by the directors o f the bank, who said that the shortage was made gdad prom ptly upon discorerey o f the de falcations bx the federal bank la- spec tor, who was here at the tim e the shortage was suspected. A fte r resigning his position in toe bank, Corson went to Sixes riv e t fo r a short vacation and w ill appaar tom orrow at M yrtle Point, before E. A. Dodge, federal commissioner, and enter a plea o f gu ilty. John 8. Coke, o f Portland, federal district attorney, who is here on vacation, w ill be pres ent aad receive the pies o f gu tty, which Corson had agreed w ith the directors o f the bank to enter. 'T h e peculations had been hidden cleverly, b y , Cashier Corson ovee a period o f several years, it was said, and w ere so w ell ooncealed that they escaped the scrutiny o f the bank ex aminers. The directors o f the bank who made good the shortage to pro tect the credit o f the bank, and Its depositors, were Dr. H. L. Houston, president; Ira J. Sidw ell, W alter R. Donald, E lbert D yer and L . A . Don ald, Bandon, and Chaa. 8. H all, Marshfield. The fa c t o f the bank holding a »6,000 surety bond fo r Cor son’s conduct at the bank, mads toe In UHtosg with the Jurymen n ext day we learned that they did not be lieve M r. Brandon had bom gu ilty o f m aking or selling liquor, but he was convicted on the presumption o f con scious possession. That is he did not own any interest in the 1*0 gallons found during the raid ea the upper finer o f his building last week, but the Jury was convinced that he knew what Tom Makis, a Greek, had been doing up there. About the middle o f 'J u ly , Makis rented the upper floor o f Mr. Bran don’s building, paying ia advance. Three differen t dates ia the lease ex hibited during the tria l ssade it d tt- eult to determ ine when the lease was signed, bat Mr. Brandon testified that It was toe m iddle o f July when he paid the re n t He also said that he had been to the top o f both stairs to g et chairs that Makis had set out fo r him but that he had not been in side, and swore that he did not know what the Greek wae doing. J. G. Callis, the Oregon bakery He gave one Illustration o f how the fu ll tim e health plan works. A man afille ted w ith a contagious disease went from Kansas C ity to a snudi town in Oklahoma,' where they had only part tim e health work and an epidemic o f S* canee resulted, of whom 14 died. One o f these cases want down to Alabam a where fu ll ton a health work is carried oa aad only one ease resulted there and no deaths. Prom pt quarantine aad pre vention methods prevented an epi demic in Nthe Alabam a town where oarelessneee and neglect caused a se- Teneher’a Institute Oct. 18-20 S u pt C. E. M ulkey has naatod Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 1 8 ,1», and 10, as the days fo r holding the Coos County Institute this g a r . It w ill bo held at Bandea. NEW HEALTH OFFICIALS HERE it ligh ter than it would Horn, meet nest Monday w ith R O. Haw kins. Ben R. Chandler and H enry A . 8 threader In ¿tendance, beside the member s o f the court. The court appropriated »*6 0 from the 60-60 road fund to .b e used by the eitisens o f Brew ster. V a lley in building a road up Brummett creek. The petition requesting the appropri ation was presented by J. R. Bonham. On deposit o f a bond fo r »100 the court granted A . Sm alley a perm it to haul logs on the H all’s creek road to A rage landing. On account o f the fa c t that so many children are compelled to use the bridge between North and South Powers, the court has ordered that 16 miles shaO be the maximum speed The fo llo w ig in relation to this case fo r autos on that bridge and the road is from yesterday’ s aBndon W orld: patrolman pas instruct to poet notices Mr. Corson has bean a resident of to that offset aad enforee toe order. this community fo r some 18 years. He practically grew to manhood here. In an these years ha has borne a splendid reputation. He is a man of good habits aad he has always bean a tirel ess worker fo r the uplipt and upbuilding o f the community. None was more public spirited than he. W hile his present trouble cannot be excused his friends readily under stand that it was due to his generous disposition aad goodfallow s hip rather than to any desire to p rofit a t the 'expense o f others. He has worked hard fo r years and has been instru mental in building up the bank and doing much fo r the community, yet Coquille Baaks Show Galas he is penniless today. A tty . Arthur X. P ick o f Marshfield The reports ssade by the tw o Co and the other h alf a t Coos Bay in appeared before Commissioner Dodge quille banks this week, In response to the evening. the call made by the com ptroller o f on behalf at Mr. Corson sad the ten Mr. Smith 'says toby had a very the currency show total deposits o f eqpspleto lo t o f exhibits to display »776,766.84, as against »660,614.08 in and we know from past experience th eir report o f June SO. The Farm ers that Mr. Smith w ill g e t ea t o f those and Merchants shows an increase o f exhibits aQ the reeults humanely pos- 888^66.44— from »329,089.70 to $268,- 066.14; w hile the F irst N ational has increased from 8481,624.88 to »6 0 «, 708.50— a gain at »77479.17. O ver O ver 200 Coquille residente have three-quarters o f m illion deposits la applied to C ity Engineer Vinton fo r our tw o financial institutions ia pro the correct street number to place on bably the largest ever reported. their rw id sn u or pines e f business. This must be m ore thaa a quarter o f all the buildings— residence and busi- aees ta Coquille sad white th ey have n o« all placed th eir numbers yet, a Next Friday A reception fo r the teachers la the Coquille schools w ill he heU next Friday evening. S ep t 21, under the suspires o f too Woman’s Chsb. AB friends and patrons o f too school Invited to attend. Jast where reception w ill be held w ill not be known until the first ef next week. NKfitg done public health work at Cleveland, aad school and health work at Con- neaut, Ohio. She served as Red Cross nurse fo r nine months in Camp Grant, Rockford, Indiana, and ton months ev- The superintendents, principals aad athletic coaches e f the Bandon, M yr tle Point, Coquille, N orth Bead aad Marshfield high schools mot hero last Saturday to arrange the football schedule fo r this fe ll’s inter-scholas tic games. The follow in g is too schedule adopted a fte r a long' session in which an effo rt .waa made to give two o f the schools e ll they asked fo r ia the w ay of-advantage demanded; O c t 6— M arshfield e t Coquille aad N orth Bend at M yrtle Potato Oct. 4 *— C oquille at N orth Bend, and M yrtle Point at Bandon. Oct. 20— North Bead at M arshfield, id Bandon a t CoquiBa. Oct. 27— Coquills at M yrtle Point, and M arshfield at Bandon. N ov. 8— M yrtle Point at Coquilla, and Bandon a t N orth Bond. N ov. 10— M arshfield a t N orth Band, and Bandon at M yrtle P o in t N ov. 16— N orth Bond a t Coquille, and M yrtle Point at M arshfield. N ov. 24— Coquille at M arshfield, and N erth Bead at Bandon. It w ill be noted from the above that CoquiBa has fou r game# at home, three away, Bandon being tha only team which the local eleven does A m eet twice. The gam e oa Novem ber 1* is set fo r Friday, bocanas the follow in g day la tha date tar the b ig O regon gam e o f-th e year— U . e f O. vs. O. A . C. at Oa m otion o f Charley Howard, at M arshfield, the m eeting adopted a rulo that no coaching ha perm itted •xeept by too duly elected athletic Instructor o f each high school. This ras directed at Coquilla, where Brick” Leslie kas been elected b y the board es coach. The supporters s f Howard’s motion won M yr Point « n j Tlornlun know that "B rick ” has tten to to teach sthistles by State Superintendent Churchill, and that ha *> signed contract w ith tha Oe- quUls district board, the — ■ as any her teacher In to o schools. It also w ill apply la N orth Band where "R o d " Rupert has boon assist ing in the coaching at th eir squad without any compensation whatever. The idea that that smacks o f com m ercialism in am stanr athletics hi rather far-fetched. Supt. Taylor, o f N orth Band, has kon a stand which shews that ha w ill do the square thing. Hocsuai H arry Korn, tola year's footb all cap tain played ten minutes oa tha high school team in h it eighth grade year, Mr. T a ylor has ruled that ho is not eligib le to play on this year’s eleven. It is a mere technicality fo r H arry haa only played three years w ith North Bond H igh, bat that ten min utes w ill coant as a year’ s playing and bar him from participation this r. H arry is one o f North Band’s bast men, too. wore county chairman, Mrs. A . T . M eyers, o f M arshfield; community chairmen, Mrs. C. J. Fukrman, Co qu ille; Mrs. Brom berger, M arshfield; Short Council Meeting Mrs. W ho Id, North Bend. The Coquille división asks that any M ayor N osier and four ease needing the attention o f the doc — Skeels, Leach, Fuhrmaa and G ragg tor or a nurse should be reported — ware present fo r toa rega la r ses without delay, either d irectly to the sion o f the council M onday evening. health office or to Mrs. C. J. Fuhrmae, T. F. Tennison waa present to make chairman at the Coquitte community. the d ty an offer fo r five lota on the west aids at the Marshfield highw ay, Dm. Hamiltoa Start Hospital which the city had had to bid in fo r A copy o f The Dallee Chronicle e f delinquent ■ treat im provem ent as Sept. 14, statee that the new H am il sessments. Hs has recently built a ton Hoapttal nt The Dalles w ill be house at the intersection at F ifth started there Im m ediately. The unit streat with the highw ay, aad ha e f- to be erocted now w ill be three Stor fered th# d ty 111* fo r the five lota to ies in W igh t and w ill eost »26,000. th# north o f it, all fron tin g on the The specifications are fo r concrete highw ay."' This waa within 98 o f what and steel construction, m aking it a V a s do# on thorn fo r taxes, penalty fireproof building, ùr. R. R. H am il and interest, to the council accepted ton, at Portland, is goin g to also the offer and ha paid fo r thorn. M ike Broad and Hom er Hohrorstott move to The Dallee and become as wore ordered paid 8*00, the amount sociated with his brothers, Dr. V . o f their contract, fo r building the L. and Dr. Chas. Ham ilton. __ fence around the Rink croak reservoir. C. C. F arr waa appointed bp M ayor Lyceum Number T o n ig h t N osier to succeed A . O. W alker on Don’t fo rg e t that Em ory Parnell, all council com m ittees, which ineludas the one-man band, w ill appear at the the chairmanship o f tha Ananas com Lib erty Theatre this evening, fo r the m ittee. first number e f the H igh School L y ceum Course. Season tickets fo r the