THE PAPER THAT8 LI
VOL. XXIV.
NO. M.
'COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY.
I
I NEW INDUSTRY
$50,000 Battery Separator Plant
to Be Built Here at Once
by Ralph L. Smith
N, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER JI. 1928.
MM THE YEAR
Says New Era b Upon Us
Leland Peart -Suffers Collapse
W. B. Perry, a brother of^'red
Perry, of Bandon, was a Coquille vis
itor yesterday morning, and being an
old newspaper man, he dropped in at
the Sentinel.
His home, is in San
Francisco and he informed us that
the talk around the bay there is that
southwestern Oregon and Coos coun
ty are right on the verge of the great
est development this section «ver saw.
The sale of thaSanta Fe's half in
teract in tbs Northwestern Pacific,
the railroad line running from Sau
salito to Eureka, according to Mr.
Perry, was caused by the Western
Paoiflc’a intention to build up from
central California into Oregon. “The
development of thia section is much
nearer than most people realize,’’ was
Mr. Party's confident conclusion.
Leland Peart, postal clerk in the
Coquille office, collapsed Wednesday
night on his return from a hunting
trip in the hills between Camp 3 and
Coaledo and several times yesterday
his life was despaired of.
He and his brother, William,
Walked back from Coaledo Tuesday
looking for deer. They killed a 150-
pound buck Wednew^ay and carried it
out through the brush and over the
hills for miiea. It wan a great strain
on Mr. Peart and the heat in the
hills Wednesday was considerable.
They managed to make it to their
ear at Coaledo and arrived home safe
ty but Leland had several unconscious
spells yeaterday. He was much im
proved this morning, however. —
Like a bolt out of a eleer sky was
the ' announcemwvt her» Monday
morning that a battery separator
plant, which will also mannfactors
Venetian blind», was to be erected
on the Collier tract just north of tbs
Oerding milt
■>
The plant ia to be built by Ralph L.
Smith, wealthy lumber broker of
Kansas City, Mo., who has been finan
cially interested in the Oerding mill
for some time. He has already put-
chased $356,000 worth of logs for ths Another Mail In and Out, Oct. 1
mill and will invest in it further by
Postmaster H. C. Gets received
assisting in the purchase of more and
word this week that the stage mail
larger machinery. ‘
The mainbuilding of the new plant service between Coos Bay and Rose
will be 76x200 feet and there will bo burg will start Oct I. The incoming
in addition dry kilns and ample dock- mail will leave Roseburg at 7 a. m.
and arrive here about 9:20, according
•<•■
the tentative plan suggested to the
The machinery for the plant will
represent $30,000 investment and it poetoffice department. Outgoing mail,
in expected the total cost will run which will he for the south, will- leave
over $50,000. It will employ from 40 about 11 a. m., arriving in Roseburg
to 50 people, and will furnish em in time to Catch the south-bound
Shasta.
,
ployment for many girls.
Geo. Oerding, of Oerdings Indus
tries Inc, has been working on this
proposition for six months and be
has been ably assisted "by Albert
Reeves in proving to Mr. Smith that
this is the logical place for a battery
separator plant.
___ _ _. AU roads in Coos and Curry coun-
Mr. Smith was here last week at ■ ties lead to Myrtle Point today and
which time the option on 14 asres of it gas anticipated that the largest
the Collier place was secured and af crowd in the history of the county
ter the action of the city council Mon fair would be in attendance today.
day evening, in guaranteeing fire What give» hope to thip is the fact
protection, tbe deti WU completed. that nearly every city in the eounty
. V- Before leaving last Friday, Mr. has declared a half holiday this aftor-
Smith had conferrsd with Marshfield nqpn.
'
mill men who desired the plant to ad
Yesterday afternoon Hon. W. C.
join tbs Western White Cedar Co. Hawley addressed the large crowd
mill over there, but his final decision present.
AU exhibits from both counties are
The ne
is in a way a life now in plaoe and they make a very at
saver for the Oerding mill.
Only tractive display. The livestock en
aboqt 35 per eent of their cedar cut tries
gear tarn .
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City’s Probable Receipts sad'-Council Guarantees Fire Pro
Expenses for Next Year—
teetioa to New Battery
2 Mill Tax Increase
Separator Plant
Few Sufgeslions for Those Im
portant Offices for Next
y Night’s CaucUH
The budget committee for the city
By a four to one vote Monday even-
there fit a great deal of talk
of Coquille met last evening at the ¡pg the city council gave assurance
uille as two who shall be mayor
city hall to make estimate of the prt>- ■ t* Albert Reeves, who was represent-
r the next two years there is a
bable expenditures by the city next ■ ¡ng
¡ng Ralph l , Smith, that when the
woeful lack of suggestions for the
year. -The tentative budget had vbe
beep
* . bjt
battery separator plant is < built ad-
other positions which are just m im
prepared by Keith Leslie and the to- ’ I j^j,
joining the Oerding-mill that the city
portant
Wé refer‘to the office of
tali for the various items as adopted 1 will furnish it adequate water (or
councilmat.. Throe are to be elected
last night were:
»
fire protection. Mr.-Reeves had asked
thia fall and it happens that the
Estimated
receipt*
from
aH for a four-inch pipe, with hydrants at
throe who hold over are all from the
sources, including those from watery both the new p.lani and the Oerding
east and southeast part of town.
$«700.
mill. An overhead sprinkling eysteth
Those whose terms expire are C
The estimated expenditures
is to be a feature of the new industry, Former H. S. Principal Here C. Farr, Geo. H. Chaney and E. G
Personal services, $6450; material
making a 4-ioch line necessary.
“ '
J. W. Crites, high school principal Opperman, whose residences are on
supplies, $3800; construction and ens
Mr. Reeves presented thejilans as
gineeting, $400; indebtedness, 19, outlined elsewhere in this issue and 13 years ago, when C. A. Howard was Spurgeon Hill and in the north end.
The. division for the past two years
067.50; miscellaneous, $2,075; emer stated, that fire protection was all luperintendent of schools in CoquiUe,
ha*
been equitable—three from the
was
a.
visitor
here
yesterday
and
gency, $500; maintenance and re .they were asking from the city, but '
south and east district, two from the"
looked
up
a
number
of
the
men
who
pair«, $5300.
the locatUMUof the plant here would
north end, and ■ one from Spurgeon
This leaves ji total of $20,892.50 Jepend_on whether fire protection wan were high school boys then—“Brick"
Hill. To preserve that equality no
•which must be raised by special tax, granted. With a free site and rail Leslie, Fred Lorena, M«S ...Salley,
candidate
could be elected from south
Arthur
Hooton
and
Leslie
Schroeder.
but to arrive at the total on which the road trackage offered them at the
6 per cent limitation is figured, $7r Bay, to bring the .¿plant here will cost He is now in charge of club work in of the gulch, although that is not -a
legal consideration.
867A0 of exempted
indebtedness them about $10,000 additional; but lite office of the state school super
Whether any of the three whose
intendent,
and
came
down
here
to
items must be deducted, leaving a CoquiUe was the point they had decid
terms expire would be willing to
judge
the
school
work
at
the
Coos
4
total of $18,026.
ed upon if the one requirement was
Curry county fair. He- has been a serve again, has not been announced.
The exempt items of indebtedness met.
,
They have given faithful and efficient
include the following: Bond series
City Engineer Vinton gave as an resident of Hood River, until May service to the- city and if they are
first
this
year
since
leaving
CoquiUe
1917 and interest, $2425; Henry estimate of- the probable cost of lay
willing to act again will probably be
street bridge bonds and interest, ing a 4-inch main from the Willey in 191«. ' **"•
denominated. But it is rumoied that
$762.C0; Water Fund bonds and in place, near the new well to the site, a
they.are not willing. v
terest, $4680; making a total of $7,- distance of 2350 fest, at . $1832.25.
F. G. Leslie, city recorder, has
867.50,
.>-_■■
Two hydrants would raise that to
made a most efficient police magis
For the first time this year the about $2,000, but as the council had
trate and recorder and h .entitled to
city’s water receipts and estimated already decided to lay a four-inch
an election off his record.
He is
expenditures in that department are main down Knowlton avenue, and a
serving his preseat term on appoint
included in the budget.
two-inch main to Collier Height*», the
The office of County School Super- ment by the council.
Mr. Leslie states (hat if the budget additional eost for a 4-tntfh Tine all n .er. dent an no up oes the list of in
Whom the conflicting interests will
is finally adopted, a* approved last the way will not be more than $1200 structors for the County Institute
propose for mayor can only be told
night, there will be an increase of or $1400. ,•
.
, chich will be held in the Marshfield
about 2 mills In the levy over lartj..—But one objection was raised to High School, October 15th and 16th. after the caucus. Two possible can
didates are said to have the north
year’s figure when it was 17.4 mills.' granting the request-
Councilman Thia list is'complete except for ths ‘nd vote almost solidly behind them.
Chaney held the opinion that the city local leaders for the High School Both cannot have sath unanimous
New Church Is Opened
was not »mpowered to lay mains for Round Table Discussion and the in support.
The Pioneer church finished its fire protection outside the city limits I structor for the Rural Section.
Whether the caucus will- name
They are as follows:
campaign for building funds the first M>d voted “no,"- while Councihnen
-nore than one set of candidates is
C. A. Howard, State Superintendent
of the week, with pledges and contri Opperman, Farr, Walker and Willey
" * tjaxxal»“-- ••
Corby
»¿ware and Henry Davidson Q^AtJi’^y Grat^C^by' gj«"!
butions of 32300 over the jBsek-end.
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City AlUwney Grant Gorby gima it
’ lai«*r looked up the state statutes and Sheldon, University of Oflfcon.C.-i« t *" -1“* opinion -that -> *^aucux cin "
eld
the
of
the
year.
- docks were becoming congested with
mraaxaHy fine showing,
the community dinner held In finds that a municipality selling water ’ Katharine Arbuthnot, Oregon Nor-
*' i name but one candidate for each posL
,, the 65 per eent which could only bs judging contests yesterday w,
. or electricity has the power to extend ma).
1 tion to be filled. Thin would not pre
classed " as waste unless a cut-up cided by Judges H. A. Lindgren, N. C. the basement of the church last Fri Its operations beyond the Corporate
Eva White and Leona Marstcru, vent any body of twenty citizens
day evening about 200 were present,
plant was handy, and it ia this waste Jamieson and Harvey 8. Hals. Ths
I“1
. . Souther« Oregon Normal.
end a most enjoyable dinner was , limita.
from holding a caucus to nom note
which the Smith plant win utilize.
winners as announced were:
# served.
The council authorized a contract
O. D. Adams, Trades and Industrie? candidates.
The charter provides -
Dairy calves;. Elmo Christensen, /
While ’here Mr. Smith showed one
The program following the dinner . with W., F. -Kemin for the drilling of. Frances M. Wright, State Supervis- that the one receiving the ¿lajority
order for next year, for ten carloads Myrtle Point, first;' Lester Porter
consisted of music by the Jenny Lind a twelve inch bore at the price of $12 or of Home Ecbnomics Education,
of all votes cast at a caucus for any
of battery separators, and the price field, Myrtle Point ^igh school, sec-
Jean Besley, Oregon Tuberculosis .»rticular office shall be the Candida e
Sextette, saxaphone solos by H. S. per foot, which includes casing and
ia about $25,000 a car.
and and third; Randolph Lorenz, Co
Norton, accompanied by Mrs. M. O. cementing to keep surface water Association,
for that office. ___
With an Interest in the Oerding quille high school, first; David Smith,
E. F. Carleton, Secretary for the
Hawkjns, and talks by several mon. from the well.
But in the old saloon days, when the
___ mill he Is assured of a steady supply Coquille high school, second.
Mr. Komin’s bill of $470 for drilling Oregon State Teachers’ Association, wet and dry issue influenced every
Mayor Skeete hpoke on the benefit
Of material for his separator and
Sheep: Truman Wagner, Myrtle
will
be
in
the
Aanembly
for
a
few
min
and
bailing
the
test
well
was
allowed.
a church and community hall is to«
tity election, it became a practice to
Venetian blind plant, as long az it Point high school, first; Erwin Hall,
An agreement having been made utes on October 16th.
town like Coquille; Rev. W. B. Smith
name two candidates and the custom
cute timber. That it will continue to Myrtle Point high school, three sec
Dr.
Burchard
Woodson
DeBusk
will
with
W.
G.
Mehl
for
a
right
of
way
spoke on the moral relation of a
has held for the oast If or 16 years.
operate is positive for arrangements onds.
church to the community, and M. O. through his place for the rebuilding during the two days of Institute, con
Most important of all is to remem -
are already being made for a larger
Swine: Edward Sturdivant, MyTtle
Hawking and Lyman Carrier also ad of the extension of the First street duct a clinic.
oer that the caucus will be held at
head rig and other machinery to in Point high school, Amt; Delores
Mr*. Maude Barry, head of the Ar 7:30 p. m, Monday evening, Sept. 24,
sewer to the river, the council order
dressed the gathering.
crease the output from 18,000 or 20,- Strong, Myrtle Point high school, sec
On Sunday two very interesting ed that $100 be paid him for the deed. Department, Marshfield, will have it the city hall, and that it is the
000 feet a day to 40,000. It will em ond.
services were conducted by Rev. H. It now appears that when the first charge of the Art Room. Miss Flor luty of every citizefi to participate.
ploy 10 or 15 men more than at
Swine—sow and pigs: Belmont Ire
8. Shangle, presiding elder, with good sewer wss ;taid there yam ago the once Newberry, music instructor of.
land, Coquille high school, two firsts.
city had no right-of-way title to the Marshfield, will have charge of the as
congregations present at both.
North Fork Pioneer PaaseH
Competition was ksen among the
Construction of the plant will start
sembly music. Wise Newberry has
Praise for the appearance and use land crossed.
about the first of the month and it is youthful exhibitors. There were 48
D.
W. Baker, since 1894 a resident
planned
peppy
music
for
the
occasion
An
ordinance
levying
an
assess
fulness of the beautiful edifice was
hoped to be ready to operate by the swine, 20 sheep, 34 cows and 50 tur
ment of $1421.84 against the Heath j which will be greatly enjoyed by the of the Lee section where he owned a
voiced by every one preent.
first of the year. Orders for extend keys and 50 chickens entered in the
ranch, passed away laut Monday,
street property benefltted by the teachers.
ing the railroad spur ajong the site of Smith-Hughes Project, and 35 calves
Sept. 17, at 11 p. m. He had been
It
is
hoped
that
only
a
few
minutes
grading
and
gravelling
improvement
Exodus to College Is O b
the proposed plant have already been and 15 swine in the Boys’ and Girls’
was passed, knd the cost must either of the Institute time will be needed suffering from cancer for the past
Beginning last evening a dozen or be paid in cash or the property bond-' for the handling of the dues for the two years and it was that trouble
issued.
club contest.
This afternoon the Chamber of more Coquille youths will leave dur ed.
In locating this industry in Co
National Educational
Association which caused his death.
quille, Oerding Bros, have earned the Commerce novelty race ia to be run. ing the week for the state’s'higher
Funeral services were held at the___
The street committee was author-1 Oregon State Teachers Association
grateful commendation of every The Grange race was run yesterday. institutions of learning. Those going ized to purchase and spread not to and County Division of the Oregon Lee church Wednesday at 11-a. m.,
business man and residsnt in the city.
All the amusement and hot dog to Corvallis at attend O. S. C. are exceed 30 yards of gravel on Fourth State Teachens Association. The ex conducted by Rev. R. G. Sumerlin.
They started the mill more or leas on stands have been or the ground for Alice Fish, Fredah Baxter, Marietta street where traffic has begun to ecutive committee which convened-in Interment was in the Lee cemtery. ■
Hufford, Lyle Beyers and Harold break through the rock laid a few ‘.he office of the couhty school super
their nerve; then they secured the several days.
David W. Baker was born Dec. 13,
backing necessary to put it over, and
Tonight the American Legion box Gould. Coquille’s representation at years ago.
intendent Saturday, September 15, for 1857, being nine*months and four days
now they have sercured a plant whose ing card and the dance at the Oaks the university at Eugene will be
A petition for a street fight at the the purpose of arranging for the paat 7Q years of age. His birthplace
payroll will equal and possibly ex are attractions which insure a large Maxine Paulson, Avia Hartaon, Jean corner of Eeighth and Heath street« drive will begin same within the next was in Tennessee where he lived un
Young, Geo. Belloni and Clarence was referred to the light cortunittee few days. It was also agreed at that til he was 27 years of age when he
ceed their own.
crowd up there.
And another to whom Coquille owe«
Th* fair will close tomorrow night. Barton. Two others of last spring’s with powr to att.
time that a large roll should be pro .•»me to Coos county and bought the
graduating class at the high-school,
much is Albert Reeves. He has been
vided and upon this roll will be writ ranch on the North Fork where he
Wanda Houdyshell and Etta Marie
associated with Oerding Bros, for
R. R. Men Here Today
ten the name of each teacher and has since made his home.
Whobrey, will leave a week from Geo. W. Taylor Will Not Run
months and his influence was thrown
He was married in Tennessee to
Geo. W. Taylor, who has been men- . imount paid for dues place ’ thereon.
B. C. Taylor, recently appointed
with theirs in securing Mr. Smith’s general passenger agent for the Sunda y to attend the norma) at Ash tioned as a candidate for mayot, asks ( This Toll will be .mounted in the audi Susan McQueen, who passed away in
agreement to locate here. Ho will be Southern Pacific, with headquarters land.
the Sentinel to say that he is not a torium where the Institute is being 1894. Six children were ’ born to
, connected with the new plant, both in tn .Portland, was a Coquille visitor
candidate for that office or any othe~ held and will greatly assist the sec them of whom three are living, two
construction and operation.
this morning with L. L. Graham, dis New Directory Out Next Week of a public nature, and that he would retary, Alice Guerin, and the teachers sons and a daughter being dead. The
Two cedar shipments by the Oerd- trict traffic agent. Mr. Taylor suc
living children are J. K. Baker, Mack
The new telephone directory of the not accept a nomination if tendered i in checking.
ing mill here the past week have been ceeded J. A. Ormandy when the latter West Coast Telephone Co. will be is
Baker and Mrs. B. Lawhorn. .
him. He did say, however, that he
loaded on boats at the Bay for^ ex succeeded John M. Scott.
In 1907, while on a visit to his old
sued from the Sentinl press next will assist to the limit of hie ability
Sara Huntington Married
port. The two represented around
home in Tennessee, he was married to
They stated that the outgoing mail week. It is finished now except.for in the upbuilding, betterment and im-
Aannouncementa were
received Miss Mary Cable who survives him.
$20.000 worth of logs and timbr.
schedule which will be inaugurated the binding. It will have a more col provement of his home town.
here this week of the mar Jage of
He leaves betides two brothers, J.
Oct. 1 and carried by the S. P. stage orful appearance than the Coos A
Miss Sara Huntington to Geo. R. D. and John Baker, in Arizona, and
* Altar Set Presented Church line, will permit a tetter mailed here ■ Curry directories have had for some
New Chevrolet Salesman
Wertz, at Yoncalla last Sunday. Mias' one sister, Mrs. Catherine Farthipg,
Aannoun^sment was made at the by 10:30 in the morning to be in San [ years past, for the cover color is yel-
Paul McElwaine this week added Huntington was teacher in the do- wtn> Hves’in North Carolina,
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Services Sunday of the Pioneer Francisco the next mdVning. and that ' low instead of the former gray and Brother automobile salesman to the mes tic science department of Coquille
grandchildren
and one great grand
brown.
It
will
be
distributed
to
the
Church that Mr. and Mrs. B. F. law it will save a day on outgoing mail
force employed by the Southwest high school during the school year child.
patrons next week.
pence were donating a pulpit furni for the east.
Mo or Co. Hugh Coleman, who has.
has 1023-1924.
1923-1924. They will make their
ture set in memory of their mothers,
been successful in selling automobiles home near-Granta Pass,
Mrs. J. 8. Lawrence and Mrs. P. E.
Constitution Week Observed
Circus In Town Today
Naturalization Day, Oct. 1
to Coos county people for several
Drane, who were both members of
After the dinner 'meeting of the
C. H. Allton's wild animal circus is years, is the man and he will demon
October 1 will be “naturalization
The meeting and banquet of the
that church for many years.
day” in Circuit court and W. W. in town today and will show this strate the ever-popular Chevrolet in Oregon Beaches and Roosevelt High Liona Club yesterday noon they ad
Wiggins, acting district director of evming.
The show comes on a the future.
way Association, scheduled to be held journed in a body to the high school
Frost Two Morainxs Thh Week naturalization, will be here to con fleet, of 20 trucks and presents sen
tomorrow at Reedsport, has been auditorium where a program of music
Early risers Wednesday and Thurs duct examination of the six appli sational features with tigers, leop Hon. W. C. Hawley to Be Here called off for the present without any and speaking was presented as Co
day mornings noted frost on roofs cants for citizenship whose petitions ards, pumas, jaguars, lions, bears,
Hon. W. C. Hawley, members of con late being set. It will be held some qui le’a contribution to the Constitu
tion Week observance.
Cuban ponies, dogs, monkeys, goats. gress from this district and republican , iime in the future.
and boards and both mornings felt' wlil come up at that time,
'
like it. Clarence HatcbeT, in from
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Also wire walkers, aerialista snd candidate for re-election, was in Co
Fairview Wednesday, said that the
Let the Oerding Inda
Inc. trapeze performer». Popular prices quille last night and after spending ‘ " The 12-inch hole for the City's
Judge Walter H. Evans, of Port
frost was heavy enough out there to do year millwork.
The]
■ave will prevail. The tent is pitched in today in Bandon will return and viait well on the hill east of town was land, will be here next Tuesday to
scrape off like mow.
you money, see thorn
the Kiatner field.
in Coquills tomorrow.
down 160 feet this morning.
hold motion day in Circuit court.
COUNTY FAIR
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