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THE COQUILLE VALLEY SENTINEL, COQUILLE, OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 1», W». PAGE FOUR The Sentinel a Soos Mpu ia a good tows H. A. YOUNG and M. D. GRIMES Publishers H. A. YOUNG, Editor Subscription Rates One Year................ ......................... $2.00 Six Months ............................ 1.00 Three Months.................................. .60 No subscription taken unless paid for in advance. This rule ia impera tive. taken up the fight against the cigar ette woman billboard posters. It has been a wonder in my mind for some time how long the women would stand for those degrading advertisements. Softiehow the thought was in my head that the makers of cigarettes overshot the mark and that the womanhood of the United States of America would revolt against being ao pictured. The fight is on. Glory be to the day when newspapers or magazines which carry cigarette advertisements will be barred from the homes and the United States mails. It is coming. R. A. Easton. Advertising Rates Display advertising, 25 cents per inch; less than 5 inches, 30 cents per inch. No advertisement inserted for lees than 50 cents. Reading notices Outline Proposed Textbook 10 cents per line. No reading notice, or advertisement of any kind, insert An outline of a textbook, covering ed for leas than 25 cents. the natural resources, development Entered at the Coquille Postoffice as possibilities and the economic aspects of Oregon, and the Pacific Northwest, Second Class Mail Matter proposed especially for use m the high Office Corner W. Fini and Willard St. schools of the state, has been pre sented to W. V. Ferguson, superin tendent of the city schools of Coquille, WHAT HOME BUYING WOULD DO by Clarence B. May, ah instructor in How many people of Coquille make Grant High School, Portland, execu it a practise to trade at home? And tive secretary of the Oregon commit how many people who live here, earn tee on economic research. The book their livelihood in this city? The is endorsed by the Portland Chamber answer to these two questions should of Commerce, Governor I. L. Patter be identical. If the town is good son, 0. A. Howard, superintendent enough to dwell in and provide a liv of public instruction, and others. ■ ing for the wage earner, it should be Mr. May, in his outline to Mr. Fer good enough for him to spend bis guson, stated: money in. And by wage earner is “The boys and girls ifi the schools meant not only employes of all kinds at this time are going to be the fu but salaried men—and women— and ture business men and women of the those engaged in business here. And Pacific Northwest. The problems we would stress the fact that women that you are wrestling with will be do the large percentage of the buying come their problems. Try to visu and so every girl should be educated alize what will happen in this Paci along economic lines. fic Northwest in the next 30 years. There are two reasons why some Manufacturing and foreign cmnmeree buyers send their dollars out of town are carrying us into all the marts of to enrich some other community. The the world. Only trained minds and first is that they think they are saving skilled hands will be able to adminis money. This is often a delusion be ter the future of this region to the cause the few pennies saved are spent best of advantage. on postage and some times the article “It appears that it would be desir is inferor in quality as well. The able to have one course in the schools, other reason given is that greater the purpose of which would be to in selection may be had. This, too, is form the young people about the land -fallacious,, for the stores here have in which they are going to live and the at their command immense wholesale future of which will be in their hands. stocks and only the demand is needed Such a course could inform thegLjito to provide articles of any kind. Prac the resources and possibilities of the tically any merchant ia glad and Pacific Northwest, especially their ready to order an unusual article own particular district, and inspire wanted by a customer. them toward a plan of action which And little does the average out-of- will produce the greatest economic town buyer realize how quickly the wealth of the future.” local stores would expand if they This book, as tentatively proposed, were given the trade that is now go will present in a simple, concise and ing elsewhere. If everyone in Co interesting manner the facts covering quille would spend their money here, the physical features of the region, the town would see a greater boom economic history, agricultural, horti than if another saw mill or veneer cultural, mining, transportation, high plant were located here.' In the spirit way, industrial and shipping activities of fair play the money earned here and their possibilities, forestry, refor should be spent here andall, the estation, scenic resources, and recre spender as' well as the seller, would ational features, and will be produced feel the benefit. Wages and salaries by a novel plan of co-operative study would be raised. Taxes would not be and teaching. School men and bus as burdensome and all public institu iness men are contributing and criti tions—the schools, churches, library cizing material in an effort to make —could be raised to a higher stand the book, when finally complete, a ard of efficiency reservoir of accurate information, at And if after our wants are sup- tractively presented and calculated to plied, the surplus is invested in home give our children an intimate appre projects, the result would be incal- ciation of the great “Oregon Country” culable. Put the saved dollar at work which is their heritage, and of the op in home investments, home improve portunities it holds in store for them. ments and home buildings and we Mr. Oran Rickard, teacher of Civics should have an Utopia here and now. in the Coquille high school, will as It’s all up to you!_________ sist in gathering information regard ing Coquille for this book. We heard a story the other day of a walnut tree which originally grew near Oakland, Oregon. The Cows Need More Than Grass Oregon dairymen running short of owner of the tree sold it for $300 and thought he was making money. winter feed and now eager to get ths The man who bought it resold it for cows out on early spring pasture are $600 and felt that he had made a fair in danger of greatly reducing profits i profit. But the man. who cut it up later in the year for the sake of tem ——to into veneer received $18,000 for the porary savings in feed costs, warns I Brewster Valley wood from that 6ne tree. And we P. M. Brandt, chief in dairying at the breeds need from 3 to 9 pounds for 25 to 50 pound production. This gives remember houses in Kansas built in experiment station. Professor Brandt These notes reached the Sentinel the earlier days which contained recently discussed this question at an idea of about what supplementary too late for publication last week. much rough-cut black walnut. It was length over the college radio, KOAC. feed is needed, especially early in the “We have just finished a hard win season.” such waste by the early pioneer that Lewis Laird and family from Bend. gives the value to the hard woods of ter and a lot of dairymen are practi Oregon, arrived in the vaHey recent Coast Counties Optimistic cally out of feed,” said Professor today. ly to visit Mrs. Laird's parents, Mr. Brandt. “In some plaqgs pasture is A general feeling of optimism per and Mrs. Chas. Shepard. Lewis is a “Only 15% of Oregon’s highway already fairly adequate but for the vades in the coast counties, according i brother of Mrs. Brant Taylor, of this system is unimproved,” stated Ralph moat part-continued cold has even re to Charles Hall, president of the Pa I place. Coan, director of the Oregon State tarded grass growth. The tempta cific Bancorporation, who returned to Miss Helen Cowgill, state sewing Motor Association in a recent state tion is to decide that feed is too cost Portland last week, from a visit to 'club leaders, visited the Sitkum school ment. And we would,«Skid that the I ly and turn the cows out to make their communities in which are located ban Monday. The Shiloh sewing club met greater part of the 15* per cent is on 1 way on the early grass.” corporation member banks. Healthy with the Sitkum sewing club and they the Roosevelt Highway route. The danger in this, says Professor conditions are reflected, he aaid, in, all enjoyed the talk given by Miss i Brandt, is that while the cows may the condition of the unit banks. The Cowgill to the school and the ladies of R. A. Easton’s Weekly Letter be able to get enough grass to keep bancorporation’s quarterly dividend the community. Miss Cowgill called up their milk flow for the present, the The fact that Emery Olmstead of early grass is so watery that the cow on preferred stock has been distri attention to the splendid work done Hereafter, according to an by one of the Shiloh sewing club Portland has run the length of his draws on her body for necessary food buted. law rope and found the snubbing post elements. This loss in weight is not nouncement, dividends are to be de members—a boy, Elvene Bennett— when the U. S. Supreme court refused regained on pasture and then at the clared monthly, beginning with May showing that boys can sew if they will only try. to. review his case and, now must serve end of the spring pasture period the 25. The Myrtle Leal club served dinner time in the pen is good news to all cow enters the dry summer reason Monday to the sewings clubs and their Rose Carnival, June 8-14 those who know that a man who is reduced in flesh. She is then sure to visitors. t trusted by his fellows and then robs fall off seriously in milk flow. The Portland Rose Festival and The Oregon A California Power Co. them should have the conceit taken “It is my belief that the wise dairy Rose Show will be held this year from out of him. Mr. Olmstead was a big man will decide that afteT all the beet June 8 to 14 inclusive. It is the pur are moving their surveyors to their man as an officer of the Northwestern thing is to feed his cows grain if he pose of those in charge of these events camp site above Harold Sheperd’s National Bank from an outside view, Uw nu t h a v e an y h a y a v aila bl e, un- to make them most instructive, enter- place and expect to begin surveying In the pen his greatness diminishes to til such time as the pasture is suf taining and impressive. The Rose that of only a number to be account ficiently strong to carry his cattle, Show will be open to entries, not only ed for. Why? Emery Olmstead and even if in so doing he barely gets his from all points in Oregon but the en The following are this week’s co-laborers in banking crime are not money back for the present,” Profes tire country is invited to participate. notes: fair samples of the bankers of Port sor Bçapdt pointed out. Festival features will include enter Perley Crowley made a trip to Co- land or the state of Oregon, for the “As a matter of fact, even with tainment that will be enjoyed by all quille Thursday. great majority are men of honorable Steve Epps and wife from Enter- good pasture, it is necessary to feed who go to Portland during that week. desires, honest atcions and faithful to some grain or other supplements be In these, too, outside cities may par prise, Oregon, who are'Spending their their clients’ interests. z honeymoon in Coos county, visited at cause it is impossible for the animals ticipate. Myron T. Herrick, late U. S. am to eat enough grass, if they are heavy the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold bassador to France, was a man from Notice to Gardeners Shephard and with Mr. and Mrs. E. producers, to keep production up. Ohio who never disgraced his office Some authorities figure for the chan I have the local agency for the A. Kreweon Thursday. or his state. Men like him honor nel breeds from 3 pounds of grain for Beaman Tractor and will demonstrate 'James Crowley was a passenger r the- nation at home or abroad. cows giving 20 pounds of milk, to 8 it evenings after six o’clock, or on on the mail stage Saturday on his O woman’s club in Portland has pounds for 40 pound producers. Other Sunday, at Arago. W. C. Griffin. 12t8‘ way to Broadbent to attend a far«- well party for Mrs. Wanda Wilcox. Mrs. Fannie Alford, Elwin Alford and. Hazel Taylor attended the talkies at Marshfield Saturday even ing. Esther and Edwin Crowley, who are attending high school in Coquille, visited at home Sunday. After an absence of several weeks Ernest Krewson and his crew have resumed work on the fire patrol trail, which they are building through to Camas valley. ’ Dr. Drake was in the valley fishing Monday and was called in to see the small son of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Laird, who is ill with the measles. Tom Lawhorn, of Marshfield, made a trip to the valley Tuesday, taking back a load of potatoes with him. Genevieve Crowley returned to her school at Shiloh Sunday afteT being confined to her home for a couple of weeks with an attack of measles. Mrs. Myrtle Christensen and Elwin Alford made a trip to Powers Mon day. W. A. Nickason and Lester Mayse made a trip to Marshfield Tuesday, bringing back a load of feed and a new disc.. Deputy Wardens in Portland Every warden and deputy warden of the state game cfimmission as sembled in Portland last week for the annual convention. The deputies who have charge of the enforcement work in various counties of Oregon met with the members of the commission and discussed the new laws that were enacted by the recent legislature. Harold Clifford, state game warden, explained new legislative enactments and talks were made by M. A. Lynch, L. A. Wright, Ben F. Dorris, C. E. Miller and M. F. Corrigan, members of the commission. A. M. Fish and C. A. Hearing Coos county deputies, were among those present whose pic tures appeared in the Oregonian. Summer Fares Announced Summer excursion fares to moun tain and beach resorts of the Pacific Coast will be put into effect hy the railroads again this year, it has been announced. Greatly reduced fares will apply to practically all mountain and beach resorts in California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. Reduced rate tickets will go on sale May 1 and wiil be sold from stations Curry county received a shipment to California, Arizona, Nevada, New of 42 wild turkeys from the state Mexico, Oregon, Mexico and Utah. game farm at Corvallis last week. The birds were released on the Ma- Paying the Piper cleay farm, north of Wedderbum and A Southern Minnesota farmer thus on the farm of Elmer E. Miller on up per Pistol river. More than 100 of explains why farm products eost more these birds have been planted in Curry now than formerly: "When a farmer county during the past year and it is is supposed to know the botanical name of what he’s raisin,’ the entomo reported that they are thriving. logical name of the insect that eats it, an’ the pharmaceutical name of the Mining Location notices for salo at chemical that will kill it, somebody’s this offioe. got to pay."