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4 THB COQUILLB VALLET SENTINEL, COQUILLE, OREGON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER », 1931. PAGE FOUR teas checks! These foreign nations seem to be uting Germany as a "check" against A MOD SAMS IN A C000 TOWN paying their debts to the United H. A. YOUNG and M. D. GRIMES States. Pubi lahars H. A. YOUNG, Editor The Sentinel Subscription Rates One Year :........................... Six Months. Three Months.......................................... Assessed values in Coos county de No subscription taken unless paid r in. advance. This rule is impera- clined from $25,351.721 in 1930 to $24,246,530 in 1931, according to figures compiled by the state tax com Advertising Rates mission. This is a loss of more than Display advertising, 25 cefita per $1,100,000. inch: less than 5 inches, 30 cents per The experience of Coes county, inch. No advertisement inserted for lew than 60 cents. Readings notice« however, was duplicated in1 every 10 cents per line. No reading notice, county in the state with the exception or advertisement of any kin<L4nsert- of Hood River county where assessed ed for less than 25 cents. •slues show an increase of approxi mately $22,000 during the year. Entered at the Coquille Postoffice as Valuation« returned by the county Second Class Mail Matter. issessors over the state as a whole Office Coraer W. First and Willard St. .,;how a decline of nearly $35,000,000 omparsd with those’of 1930. Decline The Sentinel is in receipt from Sen in land values alone account for more ator Frederick Steiwer, at Washing than $17,400,000 of this loss with ton, of gn excellent portrait of George .-slues of town and city lots off an Washington, prepared by the Bi-Cen- other $4,400,00 and assessments on tennial Commission which is arrang merchandise and stock in trade slump ing for a general celebration in 1932 ing more than $6,600,000. Sharp loss of the two hundredth anniversary of 's are also shown in the assessment« the birth of our first president. The against cattle, sheep, horses and prac Sentinel acknowledges the courtesy tically every property classification. with thanks. The next meeting of the state high way commission will be held in the ELECTRICAL DEVELOPMENT ONLY IN INFANCY Multnomah county court house in In a publicity bulletin from Chicago, Portland on Thursday, January 21. giving a little idea of the scope of the Several important projects will be up next world’s fair to be held in that for consideration at that time includ- city a remark is made that leads one ng the surfacing of a stretch of the to wonder what the electrical devel Roosevelt highway in Lincoln county, opment of the next decade is to be. mprovement of a section of the Sal Edward H. Sniffin, assistant to the mon river highway in Polk county and vice president of the Westinghouse he grading of a nine mile section of he Central Oregon highway in Mal company, is quoted as saying: “The next ten years will see a great heur county. » er advance in the use of electrical power than tbe forty years preceding. This advance will be in this fields of lighting, heating and power applica tion. “Lighting of the future will be en tirely different from anything we are now familiar with. New develop ments wil] make possible the wide use of the off-peak load current for heat ing. “Many of these new development« will t>e introduced to the world at A Century of Progress In 1933.” Mr. Sniffin was for many years as- HottaiCTi wrin vnr iaic tirnrsrc wanst - inghouee, whose installation of 300,- 000 electric lights at Chicago’s first world’s fair, the World’s Columbian Exposition, of 1893, demonstrated the practicability of the alternating cur rent system and started the electrical power industry. "Chicago’s second world’« fair will conceivably be the biggest thing that happens in the world in 1933,” said Mr. Sniffin. “The 1898 fair awakened the American people to a new con sciousness of art and influenced Amer- lean architecture profoundly. It es tablished the possibility of electric power as we know it today, and made a real business of power supply. A WILL ROGERS PREDICTION "Owen D. Young asked me to talk on this program,” says Will Roger«, cowboy humorist, movie actor and writer of homely philosophy. “I told him I wae very particular and wanted to know who else would apeak. He said 'would Mr. Hoover be all right?’ I looked up everything that had been said about him and, discounting two- thirds that the Democrats said about him, I concluded I could lose nothing by appearing with him. So if we do all right today, there's liable to be a new team on the radio—Hoover and Rogers. Mr. Hoover has done some splendid work for all of us lately. I have said for the last two years that things would pick up in 1932. Why? Why because it’s election year, and the Republicans always see to it that things look good on election years. They give us three bad years and then one good one, but the good one is the voting year. Elections are always just a year too late for us Democrats. There is not an unemployed man in America that has worried as much or taken this situation as much to heart ‘ as our President. I know he would ratheT see th« problem of unemploy ment solved than all the other prob lems put together. He has had a long, tough pull and the solution will make him mighty happy, and happi ness hasn’t been a diet with him lately and he is a very human man.” Acting Governor Marks is taking no inneceseary risks of burning his Inger* in the political fire. He has served notice that he will issue no pardons or commutations during his temporary occupancy of the executive chair. Seventy-six fires in Coos county luring 1930 resulted in losses aggre- ;ating $64,597.55, according to a re port compiled here, by A. H. Averill, state fire marshal. Insurance paid on these losses during the year totalled .'56,638.21___ F o rty -o n e o f the 76 Area were in city dwellings resulting in losses totalling .$20,740.63 and nine were in farm dwellings with losses to talling $6,415.60. Sixteen fires dur ing the year were in mercantile build ings with looses totaling $26,699.90. Eleven of the year'« fires started from overheated stoves, seven other from over heated chimneys while ten fires were charged to careless smokers. Twenty fires were listed as originat ing from “unknown causes” with loos es totaling $43,840.40. Thirty-five of the county’s 76 fire« were in rural communities but losses in these were limited to only $9,072. Averill in his report “views with alarm” the steadily increasing losses to farm and rural properties as the result of fires. Fire losses to farm properties in Oregon during 1930, Averill points out, amounted to $996,- 675, representing an increase of 6.7 percent over those of 1929; 403 per cent over those of 1925 and 24.2 per cent over the yearly average for the previous five-year period. Rural losses, other than farm, for 1930 amountd to $2,586,791 which, added to farm losses brings the total rural property destroyed by fire during the year up to $3,583,586 or 44.9 percent of the state’s total fire loss. Governor Meier expects to return to the job about January 4, he has ad vised the executive office here from his retreat in Southern California where he is resting until after the Christmas holidays. In the meantime Willard Marks, president of the state senate, is “carrying on” in the ca pacity of acting governor as though the business of running a great state was all in the day’s work with him. Nineteen killed and 484 injured was the toll in 2364 accidents on Oregon highways during November. Eight of the dead were pedestrians. Dispute» over righ of way resulted in 573 of the month’s Accidents while cars parked on the highway resulted in 390 others. Officers of the state police force made 201 arrests for violations of traffic laws during the month while warn ings were issued to 2,723 persons who TOO MUCH CHECK were detected in minor violations of Germany announces that she han the rules of the road. no money with which to pay repara- ■tions. State officials and employees con tributed in excess of $15,800 from Check! Now we may expect France to an their November pay checks toward nounce her inability to pay the United the relief of unemployed residents of States because Germany does not pay the state and their dependents. This her. amount is far in excess of the earlier Check, and double check! Mtimates of the sum expected to be And following France’s lead will raised through the donation of one come all of the other nations with day’s pay each month but officials in pleas that they can not pay us be- charge of the Campaign express the cause Germany does hot pay them. belief that monthly contributions dur A whole bunch of checki worth- ing the remainder of ths winter will < exceed even this sum. Nearly one- half of these contributions were made to local charities but more than $8,3ou is being distributed among the various counties on the basis of the actual need existing for such assistance. Dis tribution ■ of the fund will be made through the county committees re cently appointed by Governor Meier, While the fund will be available for direct charities it is being suggested that it be spent increat.ng jobs so far as possible. ' . Ninety-seven arrests were made by state police during the four months ending November 30 in their cam paign against drunken automobile drivers. Of these six were women. Only four out of the 97 were acquitted and 14 cases are still pending. Pen alties imposed by the courts against persons convicted of drunken driving average 45 days in jail With fines av eraging $150. 'In case of conviction a a drunken driver charge the driver’s license is 'automatically revoked and cap itot be restored by any tribunal but the driver may apply to the secre tary of state for a hew license at the expiration of one year. R. A. Easton’s Weekly Letter AMERICA’S WORLD RESPONSIBILITIES By H. J. HAAS BrttiJntt Amrricaa Bankart iiiciiftiH WE are la a changing world, with many naw financial problems for which we have no precedents, and many old prob- lams which have so changed aa to be unrecognisable. American bankers have bean called into world affairs to blaze new, trails of unknown finance. We may expect these calls to be more nu merous In the ¡fu ture than they have In the past. H. J. HAAS We ere the, world’s flaaaalal leader and we must accept the. responsibility which goes with IL Let us look to the future with Con fidence. Every one has experienced a great sorrow si i<wq. time, perhaps so great we felt could never over come it, but time Is the great healer and eventually we have come out of it As It Is with individuals, so it is with nations. Our nation has had much sorrow in the 155 years of its existence. In that time we hare passed through the major depressions of 1837-1857-1873 to 1878-1884-1888-1886- 1807-1914-1821 and the present. I venture to state that In each of these periods there were those who had doubts of the future just as we bare them today, but what happened after each (’-•'re—l-i? Orr country recovered, to be better and stronger than ever. Its people were Introduced to modes of living they never dreamed of, until today, notwithstanding our depresalon, we live on the highest plane of any nation in the world. Should we not judge the future by past experience? Surely our people are better pre pared, financially and intellectually, to cope with oven greater problems than they have been in the past, so why not look to the future confident that fun damental social and economic prob lems will be adjusted satisfactorily? Confidence is not established by any one thing but by an accumulation of things. It we can get confidence started on its way. gathering a little here and there, it will accelerate its speed as it goes along. This is not the work >t sny one man to perform but is the cumulative effort of each and every one of us. What we are in the future is not the result of what we have done on any one day but the result of all that we have done for all time. American Bankers Association is en deavoring to do its part Individually our efforts may not count for much, but they are part of the whole plan and taken in the aggregate they amount to the iuw total of all our efforts. We came down to Eugene from Ashland last Friday on the cut rail road fare of one and one half cent a mile for the round trip; the two tick ets for the 30 day«’ round trip only «Mt $12 on the Shasta Limited. By coming to Eugene we will all be to gether for Christmas and New Year’s at the least expense and we have our first ride on the train in more than three years, and that is something to five increasing zest to life.* There was plenty of room in the chair car, although Medford and Rose burg stops added a number of pasaen- gers. Everybody seemed to be out for a good time, anticipating Christmas merriment. We went to church Sunday. The singing lifted me up. An alto soloist sang, “Birthday of a King.” She put her soul into it and at times seemed to stand on tiptoes in order to get more leverage for her voci.e The pastor, M. S. Weber, preached on “Jesus Christ, the Lord,” from Ro mans 6:11: “Dead, indeed, unto sin, but alive unto God through Je«us Christ our Lord.” That minister gave me something to take away and use through the week. He made life big ger for me. He put life into “alive unto God through Jesu« Christ our Lord,” not just for Christmas time but for every day in the year. I went to the University ilbrary to rsad ths last Sentinel. The -sditorikT in the Sentinel hit the nail on the heed. When the radio was first in vented and for several years thereaf ter it was used to dignify speech, song and thought, and thus honor the intelligence of the mind of man. To day in a large way it is not used as a broadcaster of intelligent thought in song, music or speech, but is used to degrade and depreciate the mind of man with a multitude of tooth paste, cigarette or other advertise ment« sandwiched in between jazz song«, music and imitation negro National Association Declares speech. I have small interest in Community Interests Demand merchandise of any sort that is ad Protection Against Idle vertised by radio. With few excep Rumors tions such advertisements abuse the mind. DOTH In their, advertising and in R. A. Easton. ° their direct contacts with cus PUBLIC INJURED BY BANK GOSSIP TAXES Tax the people but with care Never mind the millionaire. Tax the farmer, tax hi« fowl, Tax the dog and tax hi« howl, Tax his house and tax his bed, Tax the bald spot on hie head, Tax his bread and tax his meat, Tax the shoes clean off his feet, Tax the cow and tax the calf, Tax him if he dares to laugh. He is just a comman man, So tax the cuss just all you can. Tax the common laborer, too, Tax his «moke and tax hie chew, Tax the coffins, tax the shrouds, Tax their souls beyond the clouds, But close your eyes so you can’t see The stocks and bonds that get off free.. —Ex. U. O. Again Chosen Summer Art Center University of Oregon, Eugene. — The University of Oregon in the west and Harvard University in the east have again been chosen as summer session teacher training centers in art by the Carnegie Corporation and the American Institute of Architects, it ia announced here by Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, president of the University. The grant, which is used both for scholar ships and for providing instruction and material, has also been increased for the University of Oregon from $6,000 for the season to $7,500. ' Scholarships will be given by the Carnegie Corporation to a large num ber of college instructors In art, and1 to ethers in this field, and these will tend to build up the graduate school materially and still further improve the quality of students by bringing in this outstanding group. Dr. Hall points out. The additional amount of the grant will make possible changes in policy and procedure that will assure the university the best summer ses sion in this work that it has ever had, it h believed. tomers and others, bankers should “consciously and persistently devote more time and thought to keeping people mindful of the fact that while the bank has many obligations toward its customers, equally is It true that the depositor also has certain obllga tlons to tbe bank *to enable It to prop erly maintain Its position In the com munity,” a recent statement of the American Bankers Association de clares. “A bank admittedly Is a semi-publlc Institution and there Is a mutuality of obligation resting upon both the banker and bls customers to maintain the effective functioning of that Insti tution that is euperloi to the personal Interests of either.” It says. Bankers might well consciously de vote greater effort to building up tbe public viewpoint in their communities that due to their public obligations and burden of public interest, the banks are entitled to protection against ill-informed or malicious goe sip and rumors, the statement says. “As to banks in some states, bank slander laws afford thia protection,” It points ouL “We recommend .that this protection be availed of by definite action wherever practical both as a matter of Immediate expediency and also to awaken public opinion as to the dancers of Idle gossip about (immunity's banking Institutions.’* • Whst Can Be Done Farmers should rid themselves of any false hope of outalda aid from legislation. The only recourse left for the producer on a reduced price level is to produce his goods st reduced costs, and nearly every farmer can likely put into force a few economies In produc tion. Farmers must produce as largely as possible the materials they use, and gat away from cash purchases until prices come down proportionately on the things they buy. The cheapest way in the farming business la te raise your own feed and not lot the other man got your dollars. CO the world’s largest radio manufacturer . has produced the world’s finest radio! This surpassing instrument will bring in more stations, with greater clarity, finer tone and better volume, than any other radio receiver. _ ___ , Just think what this means to you. Programs you never heard before, distant stations as easy to get and as cleat to heal as local broadcasts ...no fading, no booming., just pure, clear, undistorted Philco cone. Evtry on tbt auu afibu uottaetftu ttt n <un*r And it has the most superbly beautiful cabinet you ever saw! r De signed by Norman Bel Geddes, foremost creatoi of fine furniture, it is executed in walnut, with figured instrument panel fran.ed in V- Matched Orients. Wood and Matched Butt Walnut pilasters. Caro- fu hand nibbing finishes the exquisite cabinet work. Think of such a radio for only $ 155! ” This marvelous 11 tube Philco Balanced Superheterodyne has so amazed the radio world that demand is fat ahead of factor unply. This first small shipment hist received here wil. be sold irr.ru .aicly. You must «** srau to get vour ctdei im Bv aii don't miss thia opportunity to own 'TbtW'ofut’t hum Raaio." PMILCO TRANSITONK ■ h a .......................... quired. No rights may be acquired Land Restored to Entry to said land by settlement in advance Notice is hereby given that the of entry, or otherwise, except in ac SHSWU and SE% Sec. 3, T. 28 S., cordance with the above. R. 12 W., (240 acres in Coos County), Hamill A. Canaday, Register. and SEM NEU, SEM NWM, and NU SEU Sec. 27, T. 4 N„ R. 2 W. (160 acres in Columbia County), the SWU NEU, NWU SEM and Lot 1 of Sec. 15, T. 4 S., R. 4 E„ (115.42 acres in Clackamas County), and 3W*4 SWU Sec. 29, T. 1 8., R. 5 E., (4 acres in Clackamas County), Ore University of Oregon, Eugene. — gon, have been restored to entry, sub A newspaper without subscribers ject to the preference rights of ex- would seem to be of little use in the service men of any war, military ex world, yet such newspapers are of pedition or military occupation in vital interest to students at the Uni which the United State« may have versity of Oregon school of journal ism. Four complete daily papers are been engaged, and to citizens of the planned, written and made-up by stu United States who served with the dents of the school, and carried Allied Armies during the world war, through all normal procedure to the on January Sth, 1932, and open to the point of pub* cation. There, work on general public on April Sth, 1932, at the paper stops, and all cease work to the United States Lead Office, Rose discuss the paper and hear criticisms burg, Oregon, and al) inquiries rela from the instructor. Thia re-or'-a"iratlon of the journal tive thereto should be addressed to ism work, wh'ch has been put into ef this office. fect rrc-r.lly by Dean Eric W. Allen, Applications may be filed in this is expected to give the students much office by ex-ser/ice men within 20 days more n’urtleal r-perience than ever prior to the date of the opening, or before, since work is now done under from December 16th, 1931, to January the rha low of an impending deadline. 4th, 1932, and by the general public, Cla-~ s are now held only for the pur if the land is still open to entry, from pose <>f discussion and criticism of the March 16th, 1932, to April 4th, 1932, actual laboratory work on the four and all applications filed during this* papers, named for the days on which they are written, the Monday Mail, 20-day period will be considered as Tuesday Tribune, Wednesday World filed simultaneously and if more than and Thursday Times. one application is filed for the same Wire and syndicate services are sup land a drawing will be held plied to the students through the cour Ex-service men must file with their tesy of the Eugene Register-Guard. applications for entry a soldier's affi Further details of the plan will be put davit and a certified copy of their into effect in the future, Dean Allen stated, aa at the present time it was discharge, and all applicants must possible only to utilize such portions file a non-water reserve affidavit. of it as did not need submission to This is cut-over land, the timber hav the state board of higher education. ing beeh removed, and on it only the regular fees and commissions are re- Tasure your ear with Nad C. 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