The Coquille Valley sentinel., February 05, 1932, Image 1

The Coquille Valley Sentinel
THE PAPER THAT’S LIK"< A LETTER FRQM HOME"7^- ■■
VOL. XXVIII.
NO. 4.
COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY, ORISON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5. 1H1.
New Hardware Slbre to Open
Aa They Fed on Beans and
Turkey at Hotel Last
Evening
Although closely guarded as to
newspaper publicity, it ha* been
talked on the street for the past two
or three week* that a hardware »tore
would be opened in the I. O. O. F.
building, recently vacated by
th*
Gould Furniture Co.
And the rumor-was correct Else­
where in this issue appears the open­
ing announcement of the Coquill* Val­
ley Hardware, which will be ready for
business next Wednesday, February
10th. For the past two or throe weeks
Walter Oerding has been installing
shelving, counters and bins for th*
new concern and the equipment and
fixture* are nearly ready for us*. It
is ths plan to op«n with a small stock
and increase it as the demand justi­
fies-
Vance Nodin*, of Sixes river, is th*
owner, and Albert Oerding, for so
many years with the Oerding Hard­
ware. will be salesman in charge.
Chas. Oerding will also occupy a
«pace in the room with his radio «hop
and equipment, moving from the
salesroom of H. A. Bender’s Refri­
geration Sales and Service store, next
door.
Did the Lions roar? Anyone in th*
vicinity of tb* Coquille Hotel last
evening will say they did. Not only
when the official roar of welcome was
given the four new Lion cubs—H. C.
Getz, C. W. Kline, K. L. Lawrence and
Theo L. Clinton— but for throe hours
they sat at the tables and “growled
for more.”
Nearly seventy Lions and guests
sat down to the banquet, and so en­
tertaining were the stunts and stories,
so appetizing the bean* and turkey,
and all the concomitant* of on* of
Mine Host Compton's famous spreads,
that no one left the dining room until
the Lions’ finale Smile song was sung
at ten o'clock.
The member« of Team No. 1—the
bean eaters—attacked their helpful
serving of string, baker, soy, lima,
candy, or what have you, beans with
gusto, but when their good sports-,
manship was demonstrated, the No. 2
victors relented and allowed them to
be servAd with turkey, too.
In a- spirit of reciproicty the No.
l’s then permitted Ferb Emery, eap-
Judge Brand and Worthington
tain of No. 2 and the chief source of
Blackman, U. S. naturalisation ex­
"dirt” thrown at the No. 1 members,
aminer, were at the court house yes­
to take the oath of allegiance to the
terday to hear and examin* seven
Bean Ester* Union with on* hand I
candidate« for citizenship papers.
resting on a plate of hot beans snd
Fiv* of them paas*d the testa, but the
the other on a cold potato salad.
application* of Chas. Vala, of Marsh­
Evidently desiring to get even with
field, and Mary Warberg, of North
the editor of the Sentinel for his loy­
Bend, wer* continued for further
alty to Team No. 1, he was taken in
study.
charge by Sheriff Hess on a charge
The five admitted were Antton An­
preferrod by Jay Smith and given a
selm Koakela, of Coquille, a native of
hearing before Judge Thompson be­
Finland, who came to the U. S. in
fore being railroaded to Salem. Drs.
1912; Carl Vicktor Adrian Peterson,
J. W. Wheeler and W. V. Glaisyer
of Marshfield, born in Sweden, and
were the examining board.
who came to th* United States in
Henry Hess waa a little too smart
1922. His name was changed to
to ask who the lady was when told,
Person. The others were Emma
“That was a funny look she gave
Storm, of Marshfield, born in Minne­
you.” That he may know, the answer
sota, but who married a Canadian and
ta “Mother Nat uro."
became an English subject; John Not,
Dr. J. R. Bunch, With a set of fala*
of Hausar, native of Germany, who
teeth, a proboseta that could scent
has resided in this country since 1925;
crim* anywhere, a gun, a tin hat and
and Mary O'Conn*!!, of North Bend;
a star, waa a good imitation of the
sheriff whom he sought, along with born in Ireland, and who landed in
“Rea.” “Oh, her full name is Re­ the U. S., Dec. 28, 1919.
Petitions for final hearing on ap­
election” explained th* doctor.
plication
for citizenship papers wer*
There wer* a lot of other entertain­
ing stunts pulled and gag* sprung filed Wednesday by the following:
Lara Hansen, of North Bend, Nor­
that kept the crowd in an uproar.
The more formal part of the pro­ wegian.
Victor Lhnnall, Eastaid«, Finnish.
gram wa* in keeping with the humor­
Carl Arthur.- Brandt
I
and Edith
ous features, in that it was all good.
Helena Brandt, of Marshfield, Fin-
A piano solo by Mias Audrey Aasen,
nish.
a “stomach Steinway" solo by Ernie
Gordon Ward Ingram, Marshfield,
Ferrari, a humorous talk by Mr.
Canadian.
Hunter, of Pendleton, and the instruc­
One new declaration of intention to
tions to the new cubs, a* well as a
talk on the history of Lionism by J. E. apply for citizenship papers was filed
on Wednesday. It waa by Anna Wil­
Norton.
Mr. Hunter, rather fed up on all kins, of Lakeside, native of Germany,
the Scotch stories which enlivened the who came to the U. 8, Jan. 27, 1925.
FIVE NEW CITI-
ZENSTHISWEEK
latter part of the program, told of the
deaf mutes, one of whom was gesticu­
lating wildly, while the other drew
his hands apart as an indication of
the derisive “Oh, yea!” claimed to be
the only Scotchman present and used
the sign to good effect on Ray Jeub’s
continued references to the Scotch
“thrift.”
The now famous J. L. Smith 85.00
check, which wa* started on a trip
through the den last August, and
which passed through the hands of
every Lion, had been reported on a
couple of «reeks. ago, but the deal*
which thia piece of paper was con­
nected with had not been made public
until last evening when they were
read by Mr. Jeub. The Sentinel haa
time today to present only a few of
them:
On July 2, 1981, a big idea “hit me
in the head,” as Andy says, to pull
off a big business deal, by putting in­
to circulation through th* Lions club
a 85.00 check in order to see if they
could trad* among them**lv*a and
thereby help to relieve the repression
or sompin.’,
The first Lion to get the check was
C. W. Gardner to pay for shoeing my
saddle horse» at his blacksmith shop.
J. L. Smith.
•I wa* the first man to receive
a check from Lion J. L for tires on
an obsolete conveyance used in sboirt
th* year of 1900. Said v*hicl* has to
have hay and oats throe times a day.
At that time they called them homes.
I gave this check to Lion Jim for
which I received a line of heifer dust
and a lot of bull.
C. W. Gardner.
Lion Chas. Gardner gave us this
check in payment for quality m«at,
the best over scM in the State of Ore-
( Continued oa last page)
,
Gov. Meier Talks in New York
Gov. Julius L. Meier, who will leave
New York for home tomorrow, stated
at a dinner Wednesday evening in
New York, given in his honor, that
“the country is being run by gangster
politicians who are working princi­
pally for personal gains,” and urged
business men to enter politics and run
the government on business principle«.
Th* governor also said that he had
no intention of retiring from politics
when hi» present term as governor ex­
pires.
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82.H THE YEAR
C.C. BOARD MEETS CIÏÏ STANDS PAT
More Candidates Are Out
Th* announcement by J. E. Norton
last week that he would be a candidate
for the republican nomination for
state senator, was the spark needed
Exist!«* street Unes Will Only to set off a lot of political bussing by Time to Sound Optimistic Note
Be Changed if Court
aspirants and th* columns of th* press
for City, County, State
will soon b* full of announcement*.
So Decrees
and Nation
John G. Mullen, of North Bend, an­
nounced that he would b* a candidate
The newly elected board of di­
Declaring that Coos county had
S. D. Pulford wa* in attendance at for the «tat* legislature, and X B.
rectors of the Chamber of Commerce,
the
Monday evening session of the Bedingfield has been mentioned a« i come through the worst df the de­
with Georg* A. Ulett presiding, met
pression with flying colors''and time
Another candidate for the senate.
for its first seMion at the city hall, city council to confer with that body
,
to begin reconstruction iq at hand,
Wm.
Hagge
has
announced
that
he
in relation to the qpit to quiet title
Wednesday evening.
to
the land on which the Woodmen will not serve another term as coun­ the Coquille Chamber of Commerce
There were no radical Changes in­
ty commissioner, and is supporting today issued a call for all citizens to
augurated for the coming year, al­ building is located, for the Coo*
Buying and Selling Co. The city of i W. H. Kennedy, Marshfield democrat, unite on a fact finding campaign and
though the adopted suggestion by the
who is an avowed candidate for that give the lie to lurid rumors and ex­
president will mean that the forum Coquille has been made a party to the
aggerated hard times talk.
office.
suit,
and
Mr.
Pulford
’
*
proposal
waa
meetings will be held at noon here­
“Not only tn our own territory, but
Wm. Walsh will seek nomination
that
the
city
engineer,
an
engineer
to
after, instead of In the evening.
and election to the office of district at­ throughout America,” said Geo. A.
be
named
by
the
Woodmen
building
Mr. Ulett proposed that th* di-
torney which h* has filled for the Ulett, president of the Chamber,
rectora meet on the first and third owners, and one named by Mm. Emily
“fact* which show th* real conditions
past
year or more.
Wednesday of one month and th* first Hersey, who own* the next; lot eaat,
County officials whose terms expire of our nation, states, county, and peo­
be
engaged
to
locate
the
lot
lines
and
Wednesday of the next with a forum
next January 1, and will undoubtedly ple, have been lost in the tremendous
meeting at noon on the third Wednes­ that their deecision be accepted a*
seek a nomination and re-election are flood of exaggerated .statements and
Anal
by
the
city
as
well
a*
the
lot
day of every other month. The noon
County <Cl*rk Rbbt. R. Watson, As­ loose talk that have dominated our
session *f Chamber* of Commerce is owners.
sessor J. 'P. Beyers, School Superin­ thoughts and conversations for the
To
fix
the
background,
which
is
the one in vogue in nearly all cities
tendent Martha E. Mulkey, Surveyor past two years.
the
eaua*
of
this
unaettled
lot
line
and towns which support a chamber
“In our anxiety to provide assis­
E. H. Kern, «nd Coroner Russell
and ha* provan more successful in condition it 1* necessary to go back
tance for our unemployed, and to
Keizer.
a
great
many
years,
to
the
time
that
securing a large attendance.
Ths
AM of those mentioned are republi­ right economic and business mal-ad-
next forum meeting will therefore the Woodmen building waa erected.
cans, except Mr. Kennedy.
Demo­ jnstments, we have weakened general
Mr.
Pulford
state*,
and
it
is
not
con
­
be at 12 m. on Wednesday, March 16.
cratic aspirants have not yet begun confidence and added to our woes by
tradicted,
that
Taylor
street
was
ori-
Th* directors' meetings, for a
permitting unfounded rumors^ «illy
to make their hopes known.
couple of months, at least, will be ginally laid out 60 feet in width.
statements, and false, selfishly, di­
When
that
street
waa
improved,
nine
­
held in the dining room of the hotel
rected propaganda to dominate us and
at 7 p. m. . Thia will not be a dinner teen years ago the city's specifica­
pass unchallenged.
tions
called
for
61%
feet
of
paving
session, but will permit the member« 1
It is time to call a halt on this des­
to conduct what busineM may be n*c- and sidewalk, that being the distance
tructive thing, and start right here in
between
the
First
National
Bank
and
eeeary and to follow with a smoker,
our own little corner of the world to
winding up with coffee and sand­ the Woodmen building. This seems
quit feeling sorry for ourselves and to
to indicate that the latter was built
Coo* county awoke to a whit* world
wiches.
begin to tackle our job of reconstruc­
one
and
one-half
feet
eaat
of
the
eaat
last
Sunday
morning,
instead
of
the
Al) chamber committeemen, the di­
tion.
rectors and anyone else who cares to line of Taylor street And a similar green one which arouses the wonder
Here in Coos county we have every
attend will be welcome at these meet­ oendition exists on First street, the of the visitor in southwestern Oregon beneficial resource ws had in 1929.
ings, and it is expected to make them front of ths building, it i* claimed be­ during the winter season.
These resources paid us good money
Between four and five inches of
so interesting that the meeting of ing on* and one-half feet north of the
for many yeatw, and will pay us good
snow fell on tb* level here in Co­
the directors will be m largely at- north lin,e of Fir,t'
money again. Our record for the last ”
Th*
calle for 50 quille, with greater depths on the
tended m the
meetings.
The Woodmen’« deed calls
20 years show* a continual gain in
Miss Lois Kay wm unanimously re-
frontage on Fttat as does that of higher levels, and up in Brewster val­
wealth, in income, in population, and
the adjoining
adjoining lot,
but ley it waa nearly a foot de*p.
elected m secretary for the ccming' Mr».
Mr’ Hersey for
tor the
lot, but
business. For every year of depres­
year, and the chamber headquarter» the lot'' on th* ordinal plat were
Telephone and telegraph wires went
sion, we have had more than seven
definitely laid
laid out,
out, and
and if if the
the Wood-
Wood- down under the weight, but by Mon­
in the hotel lobby continued.
definitely
years of good time*.
The appointment of J. E. Norton »«n_buiH a foot and a half over from day afternoon communication with
Right now we have 1155 registered
the
Taylor
street
line,
that
building
is
the outside world had again been es­
and Geo. R. Rickinson m Coquille
~
unemployed in the county out of a
representatives on the County Cham­ a foot and a half on Mre. Hersey's tablished.
total population of more than 28,000
Fortunately the four days following
ber of Commerce was confirmed. They land the error does not stop there for
people. Many of them need help, and
are respectively troesuror and secre- *****
800 feet and 4 inches from th* fail wee* without rota and tb* 'it is up to all of «• to pitch in and
the
southwest
corner
of
th*
Woodmen
snow
melted
without
bringing
a
flood
tary of the county organisation.
give them what aid we can. But that,
R. L. Stewart was named by Pres. building; to the Laird building, giving into the valley as would have hap­ is only one side of the picture. There
Ulett as chairman of the membership them each their 50 foot lot and with pened had a Chinook followed imme­ is another «ide, and on* we must re­
committee which will in the Mar fu­ four inches over. Th* Laird building diately. The river wm almost bank member. Out of the 8,000 families
ture canMs* the city and all citizens,- is 50 test wide so if anyone has lost full Tuesday but by th* time it start­ in the county, more than 7,000 fami­
whether business men or not, for a foot and a half it is east of there. ed to rain Wednesday evening the lies are employed and are not in need.
But the 50 feet of land of Mrs. Her­ “bMutiful” had almost entirely dis­
memberships. Other committee ap­
Right now the spendable income of
pointment* were deferred by Mr. sey and the Woodmen does not coin­ appeared.
our Coos county people i* in excess of
It was the heaviest fall of snow
Ulett until he had had time to give cide with the 50 feet described in their
’.Continued on sixth page.)
the matter more due consideration. deed«, and thia eonfiiet clouds the title hero for 16 years. In 1916 the snow
of
their
lots
to
a
certain
«xtent,
and
if
which
fell
on
New
Year
’
s
did
not
dis
­
Seventy-five per cent of the board
Highway Commission Meets
of 20 directors were at the Wednes­ either should want to sell the buyer appear for six weeks.
Th*
young
folk*
got
a
great
kick
want
to
know
exactly
where
According
to pres« dispatches the
would
day evening session, and tb* interest
out of the winter sports the snow af­ state highway commission, in session
displayed augured well for an active his 50 feet wm .
The city council took the position forded—skiing, tobogganing, and bob­ in Portland yesterday, seems inclined
year. But the directors must have
the full co-operation of all business that no action should be taken by th* sled riding. One thing lacking, how­ to faror the plea of the Coast highway
and professional men, and of the en­ city to disturb existing street lines, ever, that would have been seen in Msociation that timber be used in the
tire community if they are to accom­ the city having had possession of a snow country, wm a horse-drawn construction of bridges north of the
plish this year for Coquille what it 61% foot width on Taylor since its sleigh. It is doubtful that there is Umpqua along the coast. This will be
welcome new« to the coast country for
is possible for a Chamber of Com­ paving, and for many year« before one in the Coquille valley.
The rainfall since Sept. 1, now to­ it will mean the earlier completion of
that.
merce to do.
Another feature detrimental to the tal* more than 43 inches, which is ' the highway, that is, it will mean the
5 INCHES SNOW
LAST SUNDAY
Community Chest Report
city's interest, if street lines were al­
tered by a foot and a half, is that the
new Odd Fellows’ building and all
down the block to the Farmers A Mer­
chant* Bank are on a Taylor street
lin*, figured at 61% feet for width of
the street, and if the street lin* was
changed in one block it would cans*
that much of a jog in the one to the
south and give rise to the possibilities
of litigation there.
The council ha« therefore taken the
position that existing street line« are
correct, and that they will not be al­
tered unless the court orders it when
th* suit comes to trial.
An exchange of deeds between all
parties in the block yhose buildings
do not coincide in location with the
description of their lots, would seem
to be the easiest and cheapest way in
which to settle this difference.
R. L. Stewart, of the Community
Chest committee, this morning hands
in a report of the December and Jan­
uary activities of the committee:
Cash in bank, Dec. 1, |74.78.
Collected, *91.00.
Paid out for Christmas baskets,
875.90.
Balance on hand, 889.99.
This report of cash receipts and
payments has no connection with the
Chest depot maintained in the Sen­
tinel building corner room, and which
is kept busy three days a we*k, de­
Monotony Killers Practice
livering article of clothing to the
The Monotony Killers ar* again ac­
needy and distressed.
tively engaged in rehearsals for "The
Red Headed Step Child,” the farcial
A Free Lecture Tonight
comedy to be presented under th* aus-
A free lecture on Christian Science
pici of the Odd Fellows Fast Grand
Club, at the Liberty Theatre, two will be delivered by Charleq y. Winn,
weeks from last evening. The Mon­ C. 8. B., Pasadena, California, mem­
otony Killers, ever popular in Co- ber of the Board of Lectureship of
Hub Stock Moved Out
qui'le, have a reputation to sustain, The Mother Church, The First Church
C. S. Murphy, president of th* Hub
and they intend enhancing their rec­ of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Mass., in Clothing A Shoe Co., was here Mon­
Odd
Fellow*
Hall,
tonight,
February
ord for putting on a snappy, well-
day from Bridge, supervising the
Sth, at eight o’clock. The public is
acted show on February 18th.
removal of the Hub stock here to Myr­
cordially invited to attend.
tle Point. It was said that the Hub
Tables May Be Turned Tonight
would be continued in Myrtle Point,
Coquille defeated the Myrtle Point Bandon Firemen’s Ball Saturday with the consolidated stocks from the
Bull Dogs when they played there a
A Firemen'« Ball and Valentine Coquill*, Bandon and Myrtle Point
month ago. Since that Mike Ray has Dane* ta to be given in the Silver stores.
returned to the M. P. line-up, and the Spray Gardens at Bandon on Satur­
Red Devils will have to go the limit day, February IS. AN fire department
K. P. Officials Here on Visit
jo com* out on top in tonight’s gam* boys from anywhere will be admitted
Walter 8. Barn««, of Portland,
.at the Community Building here. First free, provided they wear their badge.
grand vice Chancellor of the Knights
game at seven o'clock.
Music will be furnished by Garten’s
of Pythias in Oregon, paid an official
Orchestra, and it is planned to make
visit to the Coquill* lodge Wednes­
Income Tax Men Here, Feb. 22 the dance th* biggest event of the day evening. Hi* talk to th* lodge
winter at the city by the sea.
dealt entirely with K. P. affairs.
Deputy internal revenue collectors
sre to spend tb* week of February 22-
Visitors wer* present from other
Court of Honor, Feb. 10
27 In Coos county assisting when de­
lodges in the county.
sired in making federal income tax
A Court of Honor at th* Coquille
■eporta. They will be in Coquill* on city hall for next Wednesday evening,
Washington’s birthday, Feb. 22; at February 10, is announced by Scout
MarsMMd, Fob. 28, 24, 25, 26 and at Executive E. A. Britton, who will be
North Band Feb. 28th.
h*r* at that time
somewhat less than Mrs. Hansen, our . elimination of ferries along the coast
McKinley correspondent, reports for some years sooner than if we had to
that section.
wait for concrete structures.
The only highway vridening con­
templated by the commission this year
Giies Heads Bar Association
is for a nine-mile stretch of the Pacific
The Coo* County Bar Association
Highway, north from Salem, to a 20
in session last Saturday in Marshfield,
fleet width.
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went on record as favoring a change
in court rule* which would require the
Oerding Hardware Closed
filing of the justice court case in th*
Attachment proceedings were in­
district in which the offense waa com­
mitted. Heretofore officers have used stituted against Oerding Industries
their own judgment a* to where com­ on Tuesday and the hardware store
plaint* should be filed, and justices of was padlocked by Deputy Sheriff Cul­
The closing wa* the result of
the peace who had little legal know­ ver.
ledge have been passed by, by the ar­ unpaid personal property taxes, for
thefive years beginning with the 1925
resting officers.
The association also went on record tax, and totals in the neighborhood
a* favoring thp appointment of a fed­ of 82300.
For the past several months the
eral commissioner on Coos Bay. The
only one now acting in the county is store has been under the management
and control of th* Seattle Hardware
E. A. Dodge, at Myrtle Point.
Co.
C. E. Giles, of Marshfield,
named Co head the association
1932; Wm. Walsh waa elected
president; H. A. Slack, secretary;
and W. U. Douglas, treasurer.
Nearly all the attorneys in the
county were present at th* annual
banquet held in th* Chandler Hotel,
Saturday evening. Chief Justice Jas.
U. Campbell of the «tat* supreme
court was th* chief speaker at th*
banquet He discussed the relative
merit* of th* English and American
method* of crime detection and the
punishment and reform of criminals.
W. U. Douglas also spoke to the group
on reminiscence* of early times in
Coo* county.
Motion Day Next Tuesday
Judge Brand, who was here for
Naturalisation Day yesterday, an­
nounced that next Tuesday, Fab. 9,
would be motion day in Circuit court.
Sale at Slater’s Variety Store
81ater’s Variety Store, at 9 o’clock
Saturday morning, will open a Leap
Year Sal*, during which “quarters
will do the work of dollars.”
Mr.
Slater has his room chock full of
merchandise which he has marked
down for thia «rent, and bargain
hunter* or housewives will find al-
most anything they want, at reduced
prices. Note his adv. on page 7 for a
few of the bargain* offered.
Smiths Leave for Home Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Smith left
last Sunday on their return trip to
Kansas City, Mo., intending to stop
in southern California for business
and pleasure. The last entertainment
given them here wm a house party
Saturday at th* Geo. A. Ulett cottage
at Bandon. Other guests were Mr.
and Mm. Lafe Compton and Mr. and
Mrs. Ray J sob.