The Coquille Valley sentinel., December 28, 1928, Image 1

THE PAPER THAP8 LI1CK A LETTER FROM HOME
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VOL. XXIV.
COQUILLE. COOS COUNTY, ORBI KIN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1928.
NO. M.
Splashing Brought No Logs
A Little of the Lorenz Store
Loot Found Here—Harvey
Miller Brought Back
Harvey Miller, who confessed to
the Lorenz store robbery to Deputy
Sheriff Frank Osmond in Portland
last week, was brought in by the
deputy yesterday afternoon. H» says
that' he committed the robbery alone,
but the sheriff's office is convinced
that a Ray Olson helped Miller dis­
pose of some of the goods in Marsh­
field, although it was not the Ray Ol­
son arrested in Eugene last week.
When arrested Miller was wearing
a shirt and leather coat taken from
the Lorenz store.
He told Mr. Osmond that when
picked up in Portland ho had been
out of the pen at Salem just 40 days.
Ho served three years and eight
months for a stick-up Job. His state­
ment of the 40 days is incorrect for
he arrived in this section on Oct. 21,
but that is an error of but a few days.
A small part of the loot was re­
covered last Saturday -morning by
Deputy Goo. Bohrer at a home on
Spurgeon HilL It had been left with
a 15-year old girl te sell and her ef­
forts to dispose of it to other children
resulted in the letters’ parents in­
forming Mr. Lorens where some of it
was.
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Mr. Lorens looked over the stuff
recovered yesterday and claimed but
four pair of Oxford shoes, the two
suit cases and some of the shirts.
Where the bath
robes, throe rain
coats, two sweaters and other stuff
caBieTrom is unknown to the officers
The officers also found some stolen
stuff at a second-hand dealer’s in
Marshfield. The latter became sus­
picious, after reading of the Lorens
robbery and notified Marshal Jack
garter.
His purchase included two
ladies raincoat* and two “ »weatjp
which did not belong te Mr. Lorenz.
Evidently Miller w
over” clothing Mff W
quite often.
Miller was taken before Justice
Stanley at ten o’clock this morning
for a hearing which was continued un­
til this afternoon or tomorrow when
District Attorney-elect Coleman can
After"Miller left Mr. Stanley’s of­
fice, the latter remarked that he was
no novice in criminal courts, but his
remark to Deputies Osmond and Hunt
as they took him back to jail indicated
that he did not understand the pro­
ceedings. He says he wants to get
before the court, plead guilty, and be­
gin serving time. ’
Chief Endorses Extinquisher
C. W. Lynd, representative of the
Shure Shot automatic
Are extin­
quisher company, gave a demonstra­
tion to the fire
department last
Thursday evening which caused Fire
Chief Gardner to highly praise hia
product as have fire chiefs wherever
demonstrated. It io an hermetically
sealed glass container, filled with a
gas compressed into liquid form,
and is attached to a wall by means
of a bracket. A soldered joint on the
bracket melts at 130 degrees, allow­
ing the glass to fall and break, the
liquid resumes its gaseous state and
smothers the flames. One tube will
extinguish all. fire in a room contain­
ing 1000 cubic feet and has been known
to All a 2500 cubic foot room with the
mothering gas.
It is not harmful te man or objects
with which It comes in contact. A
canary bird is the only thing the
fumes have been knoAn te kill.
It Was Poor Publicity
Since no human being is perfect,
nor free from mistakes and errors, it
follows that no newspaper can bo free
from errors, mechanically nor in
judgment. One of the worst cases of
poor judgment noted lately is on the
part of some daily papers in giving
the statement that apprehension was
felt in Coquille as the result of the
u ns u cce s s ful a tte mp t t e rob t h e First
National Bank here last week. Even
had the statement!, been correct, it
would be entirely out of place to give
publicity to that sort of stuff.
Cypress Tree Snapped Off
W. R. Ocheltreo, down here, from
Myrtle Point Monday afternoon, U a
tender of one of the three splash dams
on the Middle fork. H* said that af­
ter collecting WRtbr for a week, the
three were splashed Monday without
moving a log from the huge piles
which have been waiting in the river
channel fbr many months.
It will require a donkey engine and
cable to topple those young mountains
of lops so that the current can carry
them down stream.
The rains this week win be a won­
derful help to the loggers in getting
out their logs, both from the Middle
and North forks and from the smaller
streams.
Neither could logs be movdd yester­
day for the water was nbt high
enough to carry them over the dams,
but was too high to permit closing the
splash dams so a head for splashing
could be impounded.
Happy New Year
May all the readers, friends and pa­
trons of the Sentinel enjoy a more
abundant, prosperous and Happy New
Year than they have ever before ex­
perienced, is our wish.
Not only in a material way is life
more abundant but in the things of
life not physical—mind and spirit­
may we enjoy an expanding of all our
powers and a continued preparation
for the life which« is to come.
The public hearing on the county
budget will be held In the county
court room next Monday, Dec. >1, at
ten o’clock.
EASTERNSTAR
INSTALLS
Before an attendance which filled
the lodge room of the Masonic Tem­
ple last evening, the now officers of
Beulah Chapter No. fl, O. E. 8., were
matron, as installing
.nA Mrs. Bertha J. Smith, as
As sljyays, the ceremony '
wan interesting and L
beautiful,
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even
to those who have seen it for years.
After the chapter had closed its
session a bountiful lunch was served
in the banquet hall below.
All of the officers were not able to
be present for induction into office,
but the following list includes the en­
tire official roster of Beulah Chapter:
W. M.—Edna Robison
W. P.—E. A. Walker
< A. M.—Lorraine Vinton
A. P.—Willard Bodtorman
Sec.—'Beas Maury
Trees.—Alice Evland
Con.—Frances Zosel
Chaplain—Ora X. Maury
Organist—Ines Glaisyer
Marshal—'Imogene Neal
Adah—Rheo Walker
Ruth—Mabel Clinton
Esther—Gamilia Rietman
Martha—Catherine Ruble
Electa—Violet Lorens
Warder—Bertha Bertha J. Smith
Sentinel—Theo L. Clinton
Five Inches Rain Past Week
Rainfall this week has totalled 4
and four-fifths, since it began rain­
ing Monday noon, thro? and a half
of it being Wednesday and Wednes­
day night. Total precipitation since
September 1, has reached 21M inches.
The rain was accompanied Monday
by a severe wind at two o’clock and
it has been the most severe storm of
the winter. But it ¡»-warmer weather
than that experienced last week and
everyone feels better.
Has Orders for 35 Chevs
Psul McElwains, of the Southwest
Motor Co., the largest Chevrolet sell­
ing organisation in southwestren Ore­
gon, has his orders in for nine ear­
loads, 36 cars, of the new six Chevro­
lets, in all models—and he has orders
on the books for 35 of them. He
poets to receive all these care
January delivery.
Due to Paper Shortage
The SehtiheT kppetfs With fewer
pages this week than it has had for
years due to the failure of two tons
of paper, ordered early this month,
to arrive. We had just enough on
hand for six(pages but not enough for
fight.
On of the handsomest trees in
Another Pioneer la Gone
Coquille, a cypress, fell a victim to
Geo. C. Welch, for *0 years a resi­
the wind’s fury Monday. It was at
the northwest corner of the W. H. dent of the Lamps district, passed
Schroeder lot on Coulter street, It away at his home early yesterday
was topped a few years stf« hut tWe tgorning. He has suffered for some
shoots had sprung upward giving a years from heart trouble, and was
Funeral ser­
good-sited surface for the wind’s ac­ past 70 years of age.
tion. It broke off about three and a vices will bo bold tomorrow after­
noon.
half feet from the ground.
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_-Jfl THE YEAR.
-chin; “Want to buy a load of pun­
kins?” “A shine” from Roundy, the
bootblack; Uncle Josh rune to a fire;
Tot, the street-sweep; “Mother is
sick;” Roundy goes home with Tot.
Wil! Continue in Stock Business I Josh Whitcomb Again to Be Pre­ Seene 2. Room in garret; “I’m Revolver Used by McGowan in
(hid) your own sweet William;”
His Attempt to Kill Mem­
sented in Coquille Tonight
on Two Ranches of Cocoos
“Anything to eat in the house?” *1’11
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Seed, Inc.
sell it for drink;” “Poor child, she’s
bers of Posse
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singing in her sleep;” Roundy defends
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Thirty-flve years ago a local cast the mother and fot from the drunken
Henry E. Hess expects to move in­
Poaifive evidence 'that Bud Me-
to the new hotee he recently pur­ produced Josh Whitcomb, which the husband and stepfather; “No you' Gowan, in the county jail for as­
chased
from Bert Folsom, on East Monotony Killers are presenting at don’t!
sault and attempted bank robbery,
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Act II , ,/ .
First street and across the street tiie Liberty Theatre this evening.
was not the innocent companion of
Scene
____ I. Miss Primrose’s home in Marion Rube, wps obtained
from the J £. Rose home tomorrow. . On December 80, 1893, the comedy
about
After several years as manager of was presented at the theatre in Myr­ Boston; “Tickled moat te death to see noon last Friday when Frank Dungey
the Russ properties he has severed his tle Point and it had been produced a you, Miss;” Josh finds an old acquain­ discovered the 32-20 Colts revolver
connections with Wm. Russ, the man­ few days before that in Coquille. The tance; “You don’t tel^ me that’s a with which McGowan had fired at
agement being taken over by Mr. program lying before us does not spitbox?” “Give us one of your little Bert Gould.
Stockhoff who came up here from show any of the names who are in to­ songs. Tot;” An old-fashioned country
About four feet from where Mc­
. Humboldt.*eeuaty -earbfe this month night’s east but it^dpes contain a dance; “I’ve busted! my galluses, I,, Gowan was lying, under a fir tree and
great many weilMtrfown names, some have, by gosh!”
back of a large log, Mr. Dungey saw
with Wm. Kliaa.
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Scene 2. Street—"I’ll have to stop the handle of the gun protruding in
Mr. Hess intends to continue in the off whom have since passed away.
Following is the east for the 1893 runnin’ ’round nights;” Tot sings; a bunch of Oregon grape. When the
business of buying, raising and sell­
Ten cents; "There’s a dollar;” Josh desperado had decided the game was
ing beef stock, and will have charge show:
weeps and promises to defend her; up, as Osmond and Morgan approach­
of the stock end of the two ranches re­
Josh regulates the old brute of a ed, he jammed the muscle down ihto
cently acquired by Lyman Carrier for Uncle Josh Whitcomb, a New Eng­
land farmer
- Geo. Leach father.
the Cocoos Seed Co. One of these is the
the earth, but could, not completely
Scene 3. Josh in Tot’s home; Pre­ hide the butt. Three shells were
Bird Nosier
Coke-Chandler ranch of 150 acres, lo­ John Martin, a nephew
cated near Eastside on Isthmus Dolby, an English dude Gene Norton scribes and “don’t ask a darn cent;” empty and three were loaded.
Slough, and the other the Paola Grif­ Bill Johnson, a tough
Bunk Buzan "Promise to take care of my little
The hammer of the Colts had been
fon tract of 180 acres this side of Reuben, Josh’s son >
Bunk Busan girl—Tam dying;’’ Enter, Bill—Exit, filed off so that he could “fan” it
Coaledo on Beaver Slough. It is Mr. Burroughs, a policeman Sam Norton Bill.
with his thumb as fast as he could
Act III
Carrier’s intention to break up the Roundy, a -bootblack
Aaron Wilson
pull the trigger, making it almost as
Scene 1.
Home of Uncle Josh;
bsttom.lwsi there in the spring and Cy Prime^ “nigh onto (A)
1 ’ ” .Will Price
firejLStYalYer M. an tomatic,
Josh and Tilda; "Must a been asleep;”
use it, as well as the other ranch, in Sam Foster, the sheriff
McGowan was taken before Justice
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Jim Whetstone “How do you like my clothes?” ' Cy Stanley last Monday where he waived
producing bent grafts and seed for
Tot, a street sweep Miss Pearl Baxter Prime, the oldest man in the country; examination and was bound over to *-
the Cocoos company.
“You look as slick as a circus hoss;” the grand jury. His bond was ae^ at
The purchase of the Coke-Chandler Mrs. Johnson, Tot’s mother
ranch will end the litigation over the
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Miss Grace McEwen “The train’s comin;” Several sur­ 120,000, which he, of course, has not t
prises;
“You ain’t married, too!" been able to give, and he languishes
bent seed product of the ranch be­ M ms Martin, John’s sister
Roundy, the bootblack; Tot and Reu­ in jail.
tween Mr. Carrier and Ben R. Chand­ Miss Primrose, of Boston
ler.
Mrs. Callie Leach ben; Tot sings; “A warrant for your
Hack saws, found in the soles of
son’s arrest;” “Great God, Cy, a Rube's shoes, led Deputy Sheriff Boh­
Mr. Hess has made» many wanff Aunt Tilda, Josh’s sister
friends in Both a social and business
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Mrs. Lora Harrington Whitcombe accused of robbery!” The rer to investigate those of McGowan.
real thief; “Knock« me down an’ I’ll Saw imprints in the latter’s footwear,
way since he came to Coquille a num­
Of the above Geo. Leach is directing call it square;” “I forgive you;” A caused the deputy to ask McGowan
ber of years ago and all who know
him are pleased that he has decided the present production and is ready in happy ending.
where the instruments were. “In the
to make this city his home. Mr. and case of illness to take a leading part
>unk,” was the anewer, and there Mr.
Bohrer found them. *
Mrs. Hess will have one of the city's tonight it was from his part ir. this
Aner homes.
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comedy that, he received the nickname
McGowan admitted an attempt to
of “Josh” by which he is sometimes
saw his way through the bars his
drat night in jail.
Live Wire Kilis Frank Caughell still addressed.
There was one thing about Mr.
Frank Caughell, of Gold Beach,
Tale! L***!’ thst n**de it so easy for the ___The biggMt.holiday -business.lexer,
■ rest of the cn«t to woririiRHliTn. If enjoyed locally is reported by the Co-
phon«
Of all low creatures the one which
b "S «player forgot his
lines, Geqyge ipfllfe iiq ^ '.ofliee~-aa'matT as'- Hy metis
Fred
bites the hand ’which feeds', it ?s the ’’
would continue his line ■ vt ^shatter, of the merchants. ’'
county; Jal. M. Caughell, of the
moat despicable!
The rush at the postoffice began ten
roadtnaster'a office here; and C. G. even after the cue had been given,
Howard Nelson arrested here two
Caughell, of the sheriff’s office; was and make the words of the one who days before Christmas and by Mon­ or three weeks ago and taken to
Jectrdcuted
Tuesday,
Christmas followed him stand-out so clearly that day of this week the parcel post sack Portland on the theory that the car
the player could not help under­ receipts were over 70. Nor Was the
morning, when he caught hold of a
he drove down here in was stolen,
standing. Besides that, he would in­ outgoing mail behind in the increase.
2300 voltage wire as he was working
was released very quickly up there
terpolate comedy stuff, all the lines
For several days, with the morning and promptly returned to Coquille.
on the telephone line. The body hung
of his part that added immensely te train two hours late, the carriers were
to the Wire till the power was shut off.
He had no money, nothing to eat
not able to finish up until 9 p. m., but and nowhere to sleep, so Jack Phin-
Funeral services were held at Gold the enjoyment of the audience.
Bird Nosier, a brother of A. L., of everything in the office had been dis­
Beach yesterday at 2 p. m.
negar took hm in and kept him for
this city, now lives in Huntington tributed that day. »
Frank Caughell was 87 years of age
several days.
Beach, Calif.
On “Tuesday, by order of Postmas­
and the youngest of the Caughell boys,
Last Friday when Jack returned
Gene Norton, Aaron Wilson and ter General New the postmaster and
a pioneer family of Curry county. A
from camp in the evening Nelson was
proper epitaph for this well known Mrs. Callie Leach still live in Coquille. employes enjoyed a well-earned restr gone. So waq Jack’s gold watch, a
Sam Norton, a brother of J. E., No mail waa delivered or even distri­
man is the remark made by a brother
travelling bag, |25 in money and a
now
lives in Redding, Calif., Will buted to boxholders. It was received
last summer, “all his life he has done
lot of clothes. The total loss ran
Price is an uncle of Mrs. H. 8. Nor­ and outgoing mail sent, and the days’s
something for others.”
above fllOO. Aside from finding that
ton,
Jim
Whetstone
is
the
father
of
work was done.
Jim and “Hode” Caughell had left
the bag was sent to .Oregon City, no
But the star route carriers made trace of Nelson has been found.
here last Sunday morning for Gold Miss Agnes Whetstone of the tele­
now in their regular trips. Rural mail car­
phone
company,
and
he
is
Beach and Crescent City and a fam-
Later—The officers were able to
ly dinner was planned for Christmas. Portland; and Miss Grace McEwen, riers, of which the Coquille office stop the suit case at Oregon City and -
now Mrs. Grace Norton, lives in has none, were not on fluty anywhere
after being held there for seevral
Stockton, California.
in the United States.
days, in hopes that Nelson would call
High Water Has Arrived
Bunk Buzan has also passed beyond
For the benefit of those who do not for it, it was returned to Coquille
Most of the lowlands up and down as have Miss Pearl Baxter, sister of
know the difference between a star yesterday. Nelson used one name in
the river from Coquille and on both Mrs. J. W. Laird and Hal Baxter; and
route and a rural route it can be sending the package and addressed it
sides are under water, and the water Mrs. Lora Harrington, sister of Geo.
stated that on a star route there are to the name of Hill at Oregon City.
was running across the road at the Leech.
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one or more postoffices which receive
Fishtrap end of the bridge here this
Following is the synopsis of the their mail by the carrier, while a ru­
Six-Year Old Boy Passes
noon. Just above the bridge the river comedy, “Uncle Josh "Whitcomb,” as it
ral route is one on which there le no
Charles Douglas Waggoner, young­
is over the banks, and it is still rising. appeared on the program more than
postoffice.
Another rain like that of Wednesday a third of a century ago:
Coquille’s two routes are star est son of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Wag­
and Wednesday night would probably
Act I
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routes, one being to the Leneve post­ goner of this city, died at Wesley
put the water across the dike.
hospital in Marshfield, Monday even­
Scene 1. Street in- Boston; “Give office and the other to McKinley, J
Meanwhile most- of the basements me some money to buy chewing tobac­ *
ing at 7:30, from peritonitis.
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in the business section are, or have I co; “We have been insulted by a
little fellow had been in the hospital
Her Children All Here
been, flooded.
but a few days.
Funeral services
drunken brute;” Uncle Josh arrives
All the children, grandchildren and were held at the Schroeder-Gano
in the city; “Ain’t acquainted with
Trespass Notices, printed on cloth, ! the roads around here;” Uncle Josh great grandchildren of Mrs. Sarah Chapel here at two o’clock yesterday
Wickam, except Oscar Wickham, who afternoon, interment being in the
for sale at this office.
I meets a "bad man;” “Wipe off your I
is down with the flu, his children and Sunset cemetery at Marshfield, He
the children of Chas. Wickham, were was fl yean, 2 months and 24 days of
here Christmas for a family reunion. age.
The big Christmas dinner was spread
Beside his parents he is survived by
at the Geo. O. Leach home, and a most three brothers, Robert 10, Kenneth 9,
enjoyable time was had until Mn. and Lowell 8.
Wickham suffered one of the attacks
which have caused her considerable Will Soon Ship Coil From Here
illness of late years. She rallied later
A. C. Most, who has options or
and is felling better again. She was
leasee
on seven sections of coal land
78 years of age last June.
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Those from out of town here for north of the McLain mine, which is
the occasion were Mr. and Mrs. Gene north of Coquille, was here last Fri­
Wickham and daughter, Sarah Emily, day. He has given up all thought of
from San Bernardino, Calif.; Mrs. establishing a briquetting plant here,
but says he will be chipping coal to .
Edwin Moeller and son, Therald, from
either Medford or Portland before*
T o l edo, O re.; a nd M r . a nd M r s. Ja e k
long, and that a railroad for bringing
Benham and son, Virgil, from Port­ out his product will be the first move. *
land.
The coal is not to be sold for fuel
Wind Blew in Plate Gias» Fronts purposes direct but will be processed,
with the residium made into briquets.
Two large plate glass panes, each
6 feet by «H feet, were Mown out of
show Yellow Creek Bridge Damaged
the Southwestern Motor Co.
windows last Monday evening about
During the storm and high water
seven o'clock, the crash being heard Wednesday night the Yellow creek
all over the business section, The highway bridge, thia side of Powers,
glare withstood the hard blow at two was damaged and a 40-foot span
o’clock in the afternoon but must went out. The county bridge crew is
have been weakened then, for the two at work on it now, putting in a- tem­
panes were joined by a solid upright porary crossing.
bar running from top to bottom of
the window.
Calling cara» 100 for I1A0
GUN WiEARTHEt
P. O. HAS BIG­
GEST BUSINESS
Moving In