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THE COQUILLE VALLEY SENTINEL, COQUILLE, OREGON, FRIDÁY, JANUARY 30, 1925.
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Office Corner Second and Taylor Sts.
Entered at the Coquille Postoffice as
Second Class Mail Matter
Wheat reached the record price of
$2.07 a bushel at Winnipeg, Canada,
on Tuesday.
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A friend promises to give us for
the next issue of the Sentinel the an
swer to the following conundrum:
“What is it God never saw, the pro
phets seldom saw and we see every
day?”
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Eighty per cent of the crime in
this country is committed by' men or
boys who have had no religious
training, says Albert B. Hines, di
rector Of the Boys’ Club of New
York 'City.
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tion was supplied at their own ex
pense by electric service companies
of New York as an act of public ser
vice.
WHO PAYS LUXURY TAXES?
Oregon repealed its state income
tax law last fall.
It was a wise
move from a business standpoint. So
long as Washington and California
did not.tax the income of commercial
enterpr’isees seeking a location, Ore
gon lost out, other things being
equal. But the state income tax pro
duced a substantial revenue every
year and that loss will have to be
made up. So now the Oregon legis
lature is cpnsidering a tax on the
atre and movie-tickets, a levy on ci
garettes and a “severance tax” on
timber.
The theatre,, the movies and cigar
ettes may be classed as luxuries and
as such are properly subject to tax
ation. He who can afford to pay for
these luxuriös can also afford to pay
an additional tax. * Thus reason the
lawmakers.
However, eighty per
cent of Oregon’s. automobiles may aL
so be classed as luxuries. By the
same token coffee, tea, silk stockings,
Women’s hats, fur coats, watches
costing more than two dollars, laun
drybills, table cream, and ice cream,
candy, cut flowers, kid gloves and
ten thousand other things are luxur
ies. The trouble with a1 tax on movie
tickets and cigarettes lies in the fact
that, the bulk of it will be paid by
those least able to •stand the addi
tional burden unless the theatre own
ers and cigarette manufacturers ab
sorb the tax. When you come right
down to cases, the income tax is af
ter all the most equitable method of
distributing the tax burden.—Febru
ary Sunset.
$22,553 FROM LIQUOR FINES
Coos County Paid the fetate Last Year
$1063 More Than Did Multnomah in
Fines From the Bftoze Venders
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The Biennial Report of the State troyjed, as well as 13 stills and one
Prohibition Department for the years autSipobile taken; 95 per cent of
1923 and 1924 shows that Coos Coun those arrested pleaded guilty in the
ty, though having less than one- justice court, and only three or four.
twelfth the population of Multnomah ! cases have been lost in trial.
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county and less even than one-twefth
I believe that this is a record, com
its wealth, collected in prohibition pared to the county’s population,
fines last year $22,553, almost double which has never been duplicated ■. in
the $11,072 collected in Multnomah the history of Oregon, and it wa$*ac-
county; and paid into the state fund complished by the sincere and hohest
$3,025; which is $1,063 more than was co-operation of local officers. and_
paid in by Mutnomah county from courts with this department..- ...
that sources. We quote Mr. Cleav
This is a fair illustration of- th'p
er’s report on Coos county in full as value of this law and its operation
follows:
,
where put to an honest test. . C qos
county paid into the state fund the
Coos county js the banner county sum of $3,025.08, or $1,063.08 more
of the state, from the standpoint of tfi^CMultnomah county, and collected
law enforcement and co-operation in prohibition fines $22,553.50, oi; $11,-
with the prohibition department. Its 072 more than Multnomah county.-.
law-enforcing officers are dry from
To show the value of such work .to
principle and can and do enforce the the taxpayers, I quote from, an- ar
laws without hesitation. The sher ticle published in the Coquille Sentin
iff, Mr. Ellingsen, is an honest and el October 31, 1924, giving figures ’up
efficient officer, who is tireless in his to that date only:
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éfforts to keep his county free from Total expense sheriff’s of-
crime. Ben Fisher, the retiring dis ffige, 1921 ...... . ..........$16,839.35
trict attorney, is a credit to the State
of Oregon. We had some disagree Tdtal of all fines collected
1921 '.............
7,486.00
ments at first, but they were soon
ironed out, and, although Mr. Fisher
Charge to taxes ...... $ 9,353.35
is opposed to the state prohibition
Total
expense sheriff’s of
law in its present form, he has given
fice, 1922 ........... ............ $15,903.72
this department as liberal and whole
hearted support as any district at Total of all fines collected,
1922 .................. 14,503.93
torney in the state.
The records show that officers
Charge to taxes ......$ 1,399.79
from this department have taken
part in the filing of 121 prohibition Total expense sheriff’s of
fice, 1923-4 .............
$27,535.00
cases in Coos county in 1924, under
which'fines have been assessed in the Total of all fines collected,
sum of $35,710, with jail sentences 1923-4 ........... . .............. 48,719.99
amounting to 2,855 days, and 6,563
CREDIT TO TAXES .$21,184.99
gallons of liquor mash have been des-
Sale Closes
Saturday, Jan. 31st
Buy Now and SAVE
One Lot of Ladies Shoes
Original Price
$7.00
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$7.50
Sale Price
$3.35
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$3.95
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Big Reduction on Everything in Store
Hub Clothing and Shoe Co.
Phone 100
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Two Stores
In Cottage Grove last year the
police made 38 arrests.
Thirteen
COQUILLE—MYRTLE POINT
were on account of booze and 22 for FIND USE FOR DISTILLERIES
failure to observe traffic regulations.
When Better Merchandise Is Made We Will Sell It.
Central Illinois distilleries, among
• We read no hint of what offense the
the
largest
in
the
world
and
believed
other three cases involved.
to have been doomed with the adop
Southern California has not yer tion of national prohibition, one by
reached a period of - normal rainfall. one have been adapted to the manu
A letter just received from San Di facture of food and various products
ego states that it is * looking as if of grain. At present more men are
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they would soon have to begin sprink being employed, and with a much
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ling lawns to keep the grass grow larger payroll, than during the pre
We make them give you service
.
A
CLEAR
DAY
prohibition days, says a Bloomington statistics show that thé death rate
ing.
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What
’
s
the
use of throwing away. your tires when you
But
yesterday
’
twas
winter-time.
from alcoholism has taken a decided
press dispatch.
have many more miles of service in them? Did you ever
Never a plant cared whether .
Thos. A. Edison, who is within à
Predictions that the suspension of slump in the1 last five years. '
stop to C0nsider the money saving you can make by hav
In 1923, according to census reports Robin or meadow-lark tapped at its
year of the age of the Sentinel’s sen the- great distilleries woujd greatly
ing them repaired?
The fields were brown as
ior editor, says that he hopes to live handicap the future growth of indus of the government, the date rate from ' door.
We have been fortunate'in securing a vulcanizer who is
to be 100, but he isn’t hopeful enough trial Illinois, have proved untrue. alcoholism was 3.2 per 100,000 popu leather.
thorough and capable in his work and if you have any
to believe that he can predict what The transformation has- been slow lation in the United States. In 1922 And long dead grass and long dead
tires you have discarded, bring them in, we will tell you
modern science will have done for but sure. Where, in the past, train it was 2.6, while before prohibition- brake hung over the fence together.
how much it will cost to repair them and whether they
The sky is
the world by 'that time.
loads of whiskey were shipped to all it hovered around 5.6, reaching as Today the sun is outl
will give you mileage.
/ blue'and clear and thin.
states of the Union and countries of high as 5.9.
S
President Coolidge and Alfonso, the i&lobe, there are now moving .out,
plilse stirs under.the 'earth
The figures for New York-vit^
All work guaranteed
King of Spain, exchanged messages evehfereater train loads of foodstuffs, which has been .referred to as one
as warmth comes creeping in,
at a reasonable price
of greeting on January 19th when the commercial alcohol, cracked corn, of the westtest spots of the country, Ahd I and all the hills forget that
new high speed cable, connecting and solvents.
show that tile high point for deaths' winter has ever been.
New York and Malaga, ' Spain, was
?
—Frances Holmstrom.
Thè Atlas Distillery of the Ken from wood alcohol pdinSoning was
GOODYEAR TIRES
opened. This cable has a transmis tucky Alcohol Corporation, one of reached in 1919, the first year of pro
sion speed of 1,700 words a minute the largest of the idle plants for hibition, while in the same year the
On
the
Highway
Phone 133
Fewer Crossing Accidents
and now a cable ship is laying the several years and which recently was deaths from alcoholism reached a
Reports just completed for the
final stretch of the cable which will reopfened, daily grinds 9000 bushels very low figure. In the years since
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connect Malaga with Anzio, Italy.
of corn and 1500 bushels of malt. It 1919 the death rate from, wood alco year 1924 show that grade crossing
is under strict Government super hol has been, diminishing while the accidents per 1,000 registered auto fi
The report of the air mail service vision and every move is watched by fatalities from alcoholism have been mobiles were reduced on the South
CHICKS!
CHICKS!
CHICKS!
indicates that it is about as safe federal storekeeper gaugers. Corn see-sawing upward.
ern Pacific 22.07 per cent, with a re
to ride in the air as on trains. Uncle is ground into meal and starch, and
of
30.14
per
cent
in
the
num
duction
The death figures for New York
S. C. White Leghorns
Sam’s, air, mail carriers have flown oil is obtained that forms an im for 1910 and from 1919 to 1922 are: ber of fatalities compared with the
more than 5,000,000 miles with but portant by-product in the manufac
year
1923.
Eggs, Chicks and Pullets by the 100 to 1,000
Wood
one fatal accident, They lost about ture of alcphol.
Reports received during the year
Year
/
Alcoholism Alcohol
Chicks, 200 to 220 egg "pen, per 100,
$15.00
125 pounds of mail, which is claimed
6 indicate large increase in number of
The Atlas Distillery, which ■ is but 1910 ...Í .fc.;....... .621
Chicks,
221
to
240
egg
pen,
per
100,
17.50
to be a better record than that of one. of a group, alone averages 18
'1919
.....176
38 drivérs stopping before crossing
Chicks, 241 to 266, egg pen, per 100,
20.00
the roads. It is a remarkable rec cars of raw matérial, largely corn,
1920 .... .....7........ g. 98
29 tracks? which no doubt had much to
Some fine cockerels for sale $2.50 to $10.00 each.
ord when it is remembered that the each day, while it ships out nine cars
1921 .............'....119
14 do with making this good record. The
Pullets,
8 to 10 weeks old, is our specialty at $1.00 each.
airplane began its development dur of finished products every 24 hours.
1922
..266
14 situation in this, respect was also aid-
The above pens are all mated to grand sons of Lady Jewell, who holds
ing the world war less than ten years
Whether this shows that bootleg li ¿d by legislation and orders of pub
the world’s official record of 335 eggs in 365 days, and their dams
ago. .
500,000 LIVES SAVED
quor is improving, or that the peoplif lic service commissions requiring
record 266 to 296 eggs in 365 days, making a total of 601 to 631 eggs
A Tuesday’s press dispatch from are drinking less, or that deaths from school busses and trucks containing
behind each cockereL Where can you beat it for the money?
. COOLIDGE’S LITERARY ABILITY Washington says: , The dèath rate
such causes are not being reported explosives or inflammable liquids, to
We have trapnested our hens continuously for four years and can
“Among literary meh of today from poisoned bootleg liquor has been accurately, is a matter of conjecture. stop before crossing tracks.
pedigree all stock. Small discount on large orders. Order early.
there is one—and it is a strange phe greatly overadvertised.
The prohibition unit reports that 35
nomenon—who is not known as a lit
Vital statistics are now available federal prohibition agents have been J
S. B. LEEPER ,
Bandon, Oregon
Beware of Book Agents
erary man at all. His name is Cal which -show that the toll from illicit killed in the conduct of their official
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vin Coolidge. . ... the > most lit liquor, from wood alcohol poisoning, duties since enforcement began, but- A Warning that teachers beWare
erary man who has occupied, the has not increased to any alarming ex how many state and local officers or of book agents was yesterday for
warded from State Superintendent of
White House since 1865,” • asserts tent over the pre-prohibition days.
even bootleggers have also lost their Public Instruction J. A. Churchill to
Charles , Willis Thompson, the well-
In New York city in 1910 there, lives is unknown.
Life insurance County Superintendent C. E. Mulkey,
known critic, in a recent issue of the were six deaths traced to wood alco companies will not insure them.1
•Agents have been operating in var
New York Times. “What another hol. In 1922,, the latest figures avail
Yet, despite these deaths and the.
man might, need a page to express, able, the deaths from this cause loss of life through poison liquor, ious-part of the State, principally
can be set forth by Calvin Coolidge reached a total of 14. At the same Wayne B. Wheeler belièves that pro-, with teachers and* school boards, the-
jn a sentence of a dozen words, and time the deaths from alcoholism drop hibition has decreased the mortality warning stated. They sell books-of
little value and. some of their sales
set forth completely, so that it does ped from. 621 to 226,
rate in the United States.
, . methods have been condemned by the'
not need another syllable.”
Mr.
Even the dry advocates are sur
“Prohibition’s effect upon health is
DEALER IN
Thompson says the slowness with prised by the figures. They account reflected by the drop in the general federal trade commission.
The teachers are recommended to
which the world recognized the sim for them by saying that fewer people death rate,” he declared. “This, drop
ple strength and beauty of Abra are drinking1-, liquor than formerly has been equivalent to the saving of make use of the bulletin published by.
ham Lincoln’s prose is a parallel to and frankly admit that thé death a half million lives in five dry years.” the' Pacific Northwest Library Asso
ciation, which contains reviews of ev
the tardy discernment of Mr. Cool rate from poisoned liquor has been
er^ subscription book. Each library
idge’s skill and power in writing.
below what was expected.
Phone I03M
WONDERFUL, IF TRUE
in Oregon contains this report, the
In a statement to the United News,
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CITY LIGHTED DURING ECLIPSE Tuesday, Wayne B. Wheeler, legal
As the result of looking directly at letter said.
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Nèw York City during the eclipse head of the Anti-Saloon league, de the eclipse of the sun last Saturday,
U. of Ô. Library Increased
Lou'is Pretola, 54, claims to have re
of the sun which occurred on, Jan clared:"
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Death of Jas. W. Meadows
Warranty and Bargain & Sale
uary 24th, also witnessed a unique
“Alcohol is killing fewer people to gained his sight after having been
During 1924, 10,541 volumes were
' Deeds for sale at the Sentinel office
James
Wade
Meadows,
for
many
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demonstration of the power for law day than ever before in our history. unable to see without glasses for ■$dded and 188 Withdrawn from the
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and order inherent in electric street
“Death lurks in every glass of seven years, due to cataracts, says-a University of Oregon library, a net years a resident of the Coquille val
lighting. At eleven minutes past booze, but the poisoned liquor of the press dispatch from Lodi, New Jer gain of 10,353, according to a report ley, died at Keizer hospital last Fri- |
was due ¡ |
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nine in the morning—the moment of bootlegger does not kill as many as sey. Pretola had undergone four un made by Librarian M. H. Douglass. day, aged 75 years. Death
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the totality of the eclipse of the sun the licensed glass of the saloonkeep successful operations for removal of The university now contains 140,823 to old age and complications.
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Funeral
services
were
held
Satur
the
’
cataracts.
After
he
had
gazed
by the moon—and for both a half an er, for the simple reason that only
volumes and is the third largest in
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hour before and afterward all of a very small minority drink the illi at the sun, without smoked glasses-he Oregon. It is exceeded in number of day at 2:30 p. m. from the Wilson-
suffered severe pains, but within a volumes only by the Multnomah chapel with the Rev. J. E. Snyder, I (
the electric street lighting units in cit b«dze.”
few
hours his sight began to return' County library at Portland and the pastor of North Bend Community i
those portions of the city within the
Dr. Reid Hunt, of the Harvard med
direct path of this eclipse were turned ical school, recently told the Ameri to normal and he discarded the strong State library at Salem. The total Presbyterian church officiating. Inter I
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on as if it were night instead of day. can 'Chemical society that it was the glasses he had worn seven years.
number of books issued from the cir ment is to be in Sunset cemetery.
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Mr. Meadows was the father of
This was. done to forestall colli acetaldehyde that made illicit liquor
culation, reference and.reserve desks
sions in the streets, and prevent deadly. The ratio between the alco
“I saved the price of a new tire during 1924 was 368,814, of which James Lester Meadows, of North
hold-ups and robberies which were hol and poison in booze is 1500 to 1. this week. I had the Coquille Service ■39,899 were issued for home use by Bend, Ruby, of Port Orford, and Her W O Bi I
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considered quite possible happenings
He asserts that a man would die Station fix that blow out, and now the circulation apjj reference depart bert, of Salem.—News.
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if electric street lighting was not of alcoholism long before he got a she’s jake.”
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Better take your old ments.
turned on. The electricity necessary dangerous dose of the acetaldehyde. tires to them and have them vulcan
The Sentinel and the Oregon Farm
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for this mpd-morning street illumina*
Both government and life insurance ized.
er both for $2.25 a year.
Calling cards, 100 for $1.50,
TIRES VULCANIZED
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