The Coquille Valley Sentinel
THE PAPER THAT8 UKE A LETTER FROM HOME
VOL. XXVIII.
NO. 82.
COQUILLE, CÖOS COUNTY. OMGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1938.
CAUCUS SEPT. 26 125 TONS OF PEAS
RESUMEDfilLLIHfi
Men
Candidates for Mayor, Recorder Shipped to Date and Peak Not
and 4 Councilman to Be
Yet Reached—Average Ton
and Half to Acre
Named Then
Interested
The arrival in Coquille on Wednes
day of Hooper C. Dunbar, president
of the Belleview Oil Syndicate of Los
Angeles, and Edward Payette, of
Glendale, Calif., field man for that
company, has stimulated hope in Co
quille that oil and gas development in
this valley is to be on an even larger
scale than had previously been con
sidered.
The oil company which these men
represent is one of the wealthiest in
dependent oil concerns in the south
ern California field and their arrival
here can only mean that they are in
terested and impressed with the pos
sibilities of developing an oil and gas
field in southwest Oregon.
It is known that the Belleview com
pany is connected with the operations
of the Coast Oil Co. now drilling the
well, over beyond Fat Elk, although
how extensive their connection is not
known.
Drilling was resumed at the well at
noon yesterday. The 2000 feet water
line has been completed, the tanks are
filled with water, and all the prelimin
aries to actual drilling have been com
pleted.
The sik-inch casing, the control
valve and drilling equipment was
landed at Coos Bay last Sunday and
the work of moving it to the camp
was begun the same day. It ia now
all on hand and aa soon aa the con
crete plug of 80 or lees feet at the
bottom of the hole ia drilled through
the easing wiH be lowered into the
bore and actual drilling of new hole
will be started.
Dr. J. Ellia Loreman’s prediction
that it will not be necessary to go
down more than one hundred feet
more to strike the liquid black gold,
which he made more then a month
ago, ia about to bs put to the tert, but
he is aa confident as ever that he ia
not mistaken.
AH ef Ceos county ia waiting with
interest for the announcement of
what the visit of these southern Cali
fornia operators portends, as well as
the announcement that the covering
of the oil reservoir has been pierced.
Cora Show Again Approved
Another enthusiastic Corn Show
meeting was hold in the city hall
Wednesday evening, the only objec
tion expressed being that the presen
tation of Coquille’s annual fail festi
val might interfere with the relief
work which is going to be greater thia
winter than last.
It was pointed out, however, that
there is no thought of raining or
spending much money in holding the
Corn Show this fell. It can probably
be held at a cost of under *300, and
provide funds for the Relief Associa
tion canning operations as well.
Those who spoke during the session
were Meadames Geo. Bryant, Bertha
J. Smith, Jas. Richmond, and Messrs.
J. A. Berg, Leslie Schroeder, Lisle
Goodwin, J. E. Norton, Geo. A. Ulett,
J. P. Beyers, C. A. Macron, M. F.
Pettit and H. A. Young.
Chairman J L. Smith railed for a
rising vote on the question of holding
the Com Show this year, and nearly
all present rose to their feet. He then
announced that he would call a meet
ing of the seven directors, soon, to
decide on a date and name the com
mittees for handling the details.
State Librarian Here Tomorrow
The annual meeting of the Coos
County Library Association will be
held in Coquille tomorrow, at which
time Mias Harriet Long, state librari
an, will be the principal speaker at
the session which will be held in Guild
Hall.
In the morning Miss Long will visit
the local public and high school li
braries and at noon win be the guest
of honor at a no-hostess luncheon to
be held in the Coffee Shop at noon.
Every orye interested and any one
wishing to meet Miss Long will be
welcome at the luncheon.
In the afternoon there will be re
ports from the several public libraries
in the county.
While Miss Long is here. Mrs. J. E.
Norton, will confer with her on the
Coos county historical research work
which was started by the Coquille
Woman’s Club a few years ago.
The city caucus, to nominate candi
dates for mayor, recorder, three
three councihnen for four years and
one 'for two years, wiH be held on the
evening of Monday, 8ept. 2«, in the
Community Building, at 7:80 o’clock.
At its session Monday evening the
council passed a resolution to this ef
fect, and from now on city politics
will warm up.
So far as heard on the streets four
men and one lady are being talked of
as a candidate for mayor. Mrs. Geo.
W. Bryant is the lady and the male
Dr. Daniel Poling, intesnationaHy considerations are Mayor J. Arthur
known speaker, will be in Coquille Berg, A. O. Walker, Dr. Jas. Rich
next Friday, Sept. 16, in the afternoon mond and W. H. Manse».
and will address a mass meeting in
Three of the five have expressed
the Community Building at 3 p. m.
themselves as not wanting the office,
Dr. Poling’s subject will be prohi and it may be that all five feel the
bition. It is non-political and will same way. But it ia an important
present sound argument« against the position «rhich some one must fill.
repeal of the state dry law, and in op
Mayor Berg says that after serving
position to the messure which «rill ap two terms in that capacity he has
pear on the ballot in November.
done his duty and wishes to retire
Dr. Poling is leader of the world from public office. There is, however,
wide youth movement and appeared a «trong sentiment around town that
at Geneva in the interest of interna- Coquille needs him at the holm of the
tional disarmament this year.
I »hip of state for another two yeans,
Arrangements for the meeting were ( snd if he can be persuaded to allow
made last Friday afternoon by David the use of his name, his hosts of
Norcross, and Rev. G. A. Gray. Dr. friends all over town will get into the
Jas. Richmond will preside at the game and work for him.
meeting.
Wm. Mansell snd Archie Welker
have had experience in city affairs,
having served on the council for many
years.
M m . Bryant and Dr. Rich
mond have the ability to make a most
successful head for the elty govern
ment.
But whoever may be nominated, it’s
Aa had been hoped, Geo. H. Chaney
a safe prediction that there will ba an
brought to the Sentinel thia week the
independent candidate in the field,
account of the Marquerite’s trip on
and that there «rill be a contest for
the last leg of its journey from the
the office on Nov. 8.
Coquille river to San Pedro, that por
The four councilmen vrhose terms
tion south from San Francisco, which
expire are R. A. Jeub, R. L. Medley,
was encompassed from Aug. 16th to
Henry Belloni, who have served four
the list. He writes:
year«, and C. W. Gans, appointed Inst
month to serve until the finst of the
Yacht Marguerite San Francisco to
year. They are not seeking re-elec
San Pedro August 16 to 21.
tion but if Mr. Berg is renominated
Encouraged by the editorial preface
all of them will consent to make the
to my last yachting notes and the
race.
laudatory comment of several friends
Frank Leslie has made so efficient
I continue herewith the log of the
and accommodating an official in the
Marguerite on its nine-hundred mile
office of recorder and police judge that
voyage to Sen Pedro. One critic com
there should be no question of his
plains that I have been too terse and
renomination and re-election.
the narrative would stand enlarging
along the lines of heart interest. I
Announces Her Engagement
admit that my model has been more
on the lines of “Caesar’s Gallic
News of interest to many Coquille
Wars,” in which one hundred thousand people is the betrothal announcement
barbarians were conquered and butch of MiM Helen Lyons, daughter of
ered in a single sentence, than Joseph Mrs. Marvin Lyons, of Marshfield,
Conrad’s tales of which someone said to Prescott Branstetter, son of Mr.
they could have been written in one and Mrs. L. P. Branstetter, of Cape
quarter the space.
Conrad replied town, Calif. It was made known at
that the bare essence of any story is. a lovely bridge party Wednesday ev
One is bom, suffers and dies.
We ening at the home of Mrs. Lyons at
suffered but escaped the dying part 666 South 12th Court, Marshfield.
One of my sailors and the most ex Miss Lyons attended the University
perienced seaman in the party was of Oregon, also the State Normal
O. D. Juergens. His father was the School at Ashland, Oregon, and for
captain of a Danish revenue cutter the past few years has been an in
until the Pussians took Sleswig-Hol- structor in one of the Marshfield
stein from Denmark in 1864, and schools.
Mr. Branstetter attended
thereafter a fisherman along the Columbia University of Portland,
North Sea coast
Juergens sailed later finished at Heald’s Business Col
with his father from the time he lege at Sacraments, Csltf., and has
could walk and from the age of twelve for a number of years been affiliated
when one is considered a man in Sles- in the stock business with his father
at Capetown. Both young people form
(Continued on seventh page.)
erly lived in Coquille and have many
friends who are happy over the com
Parking on Curve Dangerous ing event, which will take place some
There is a custom, among thought time early in November at the home
less automobile drivers, which proba of the bride-elect’s uncle, J. A. Lamb,
bly would be stopped if the fault was in thia city.
MARGUERITE
AT SAN PEDRO
ever called to their attention. We re
fer to the practice of stopping on a Possibly Lower Freight Rates
curve.
Geo. A. Ulett represented the. Co
The fault was called forcibly to our quille Chamber of Commerce at a
attention Sunday, about five miles
hearing conducted by A. F. Harvey
south of Port Orford. A young fel for the State Public Service Com
low had stopped his ear right on the mission, at Marshfield, Wednesday
noint of a sharp curve where he and Thursday thia week. The hear-
-ould not be seen 100 feet in either
I ing was on the application of the
direction and he and his wife were j Southern Pacific to reduce its freight
out looking at the scenery. 1
rlrte fro’n Port,*n<1 t« Reedsport, Coos
us quite a start, although our ~
rate
“ Bsy, Coquille and Myrtle Point, from
was only 30 miles an hour, to find
i 10 to 20 cents "per hundred and to
'his car not more than 60 feet ahead j even meet a lower rate if steamship
and directly in our path. But a little
■ lines msde it necessary.
further on was a Ford coupe, nosed
The steamship lines were repre-
!nto the bank. The driver of the Ford
i ranted
by
attorneys
protesting
was an elderly lady of about 70. When
I against the railroad company’s
she had attempted to go around the quest.
parked car, her car had skidded, per
Decision by the commissioner Will
haps she had become confused, and she
be announced later.
hit the mountain side quite a blow.
Had she skidded the other way the
Costa Coos 12870 in 8 Months
Ford would have rolled 160 to 200 feet
It is costing Coos county a goodly
down the hillside, with probably fatal
results. Aa it was the Ford suffered sum to take care of patients at the
no more serious injury than a broken insane asylum whose relatives are
bumper. But it made one shudder to unable to pay the expense. This week
think bow easfly the accident could * warrant for 82,870.«« was mailed
have been serious.
Both were Cali to the Oregon State Board of Control
from the county clerk’s oAoe.
fornia cum.
Something over a dozen Coquille
business men made a trip out to the
pea fields yesterday morning and
those who had not previously been
there were amazed at the sho«ring.
Including last evening's shipment
of 18 tons to Hillsboro, there have
gone to the Ray-Mnling Co. more
than 126 tons of Aiderman and
Stratagem peas, snd Mr. Henderson,
manager of the Hillsboro plant, in a
conversation with Mr. Hanson, repre
sentative here who is supervising the
picking, stated that the shipments re
ceived were in good condition, and of
excellent quality.
To date the 62 acres of the J. E.
Ford ranch and 26 acres on the Tway
ranch have averaged a ton and a half
f
to the acre and the prospect is that
the average will go better than three
tons per acre. Those on the Russ
ranch were a little later than the
others and have not yet reached the
ton and a half average.
Geo. Hampton, at Arago, will finish
picking in the next few days, but he
has not reported what hie average is.
The tide gates were opened below
town one evening thia week and the
water which reached both the Ford
and Tway ranches put new life into
the vines, causing them to continue to
shoot upward and renew blossoming.
The wetting did retard slightly the
maturing of the peas in the pod, but
not sufficiently to alow up the har
vesting, for shipments have averaged
gbout 14 tone per evening this week.
Mr. Harrison says that from the
showing the vines are making they will
be producing until Christmas. But that
doesn't mean they «rill be shipped out
after the 26th of this month.
The
Ray-Maling contract is for three tons
per acre of the Aiderman peas.
The success which has attended
>his year’s effort to raise peas for the
September market, is the beginning
of a new era in Coos county market
gardening, and insures an increased
acreage next summer.
South America Visitor Here
H. E. Shelley, Stricken Lent
Week, Passed Away Fri
day Afternoon
meats. Another purchase authorized
was of a top sealer for the Nos. 2 and
2H cans.
The finance committee is soon to
complete its solicitation work for
funds and monthly donations and the
same committee will attend to the
collections.
The canning of fruits and vege
tables, now in almost daily progress,
necessitates that a committee make
frequent calls on those who have a
surplus in their gardens.
Mayor Berg, general chairman of
the committee, Stated this morning
that there was urgent need for shoes
and clothing for school children and
anyone who has anything suitable for
children can leave it at the relief de
pot or notify some member of the
committee.
•
The Sentinel, in connection with
the relief fund campaign, «rants to
suggest again that the 3200 and over,
remaining from the 1930 Corn Show
fund, should be turned over to the
Relief Association at once, for the
purchase of cans and supplies for the
needy. The business men of the city
will provide all the funds needed for
thia year’s Corn Show, and that
means less than 8300.
H. S. ENROLL
MENT IS 243
H. E. Shelley, a resident of Coquille
for the peat quarter of a century,
passed a «ray in the Shelley Apart
ments, at the rear of the Safeway
store, last Friday afternoon at two
o’clock. Ho had suffered a paralytic
stroke a few days before and did not
recover consciousness before his desth.
Funeral services were conducted at
the chape], Monday at 2 p. m., by
Rev. G. A. Gray. Interment was in
the new Odd Fellow« cemetery where
the Coquille I. O. O. F. lodge conduct
ed burial services.
Henry Eugene Shelley was born
Jan. 18, 1869, at Woodstock, Illinois,
and would have been 74 yearn of age
next January. He was the eldest ef
four sons born to James B. and Ma
tilda Shelley. Two of the four, E. H.
Shelley, of Aberdeen, Wash., and G.
W. Shelley, of Marshfield, survive
him.
He was married to Hattie Abia
Torrey in Union City, Mich., on Sept.
18, 1888. To this union three children
were born, Mrs. Ella Louella Ensele,
of Montague, Calif., Mare H. and Kirk
Shelley, of Coquille. He is also sur
vived by eight grandchildren.
After their marriage, and looking
to the future, Mr. and Mrs. Shelley
spent five yesra in Illinois and Kan
sas, and then became impressed with
the possibilities of the west. In 1888
they located in Aberdeen, Wash.,
where they lived for twenty years,
Mr. Shelley being engaged in the
building, grocery, lumber and logging
businesses, until the fire of 1904
caused the lass of a large part of his
fortune. He also suffered a partial
loss of hearing at that time.
Seeking an opportunity to retrieve
his fortunes, he came to Coquille in
1908, determined to make new friends
by his life-long rule of harmony and
honesty.
And he succeeded wrt).
There is no one in Coquille who ever
questioned the honesty of H. E.
Shelley and there are innumerable
friends who will mins the friendly
spirit which always actuated him.
Mr. Shelley had been a member of
the Odd Fellow» lodge for 60 years
and was always active in lodge affairs
until his hearing became affected.
He was a good man and one whose in
fluence will be missed.
It is only possible in this issue to
make a brief and general report of
the first week in school registration.
Up to Wednesday evening, September
7th, the following report was made:
Washington Building registered ap
proximately 200 students.
Lincoln Building reported 230.
The High School registration was
143.
Total of students approximately,
«73.
For the purpose of comparison we
quote from the record at the end of
the first week of school, September,
1M1.
Total for Washington and Lincoln,
464.
Total for High School, 222.
You will note that our grand total
at the end of the second day this year
is 13 under the grand total at the end
of the Ant week last year. And you
City Indebtedness Reduced
will also notice that the total for the
High School is 21 over the first week
City Treasurer Bickers* report to
of last year.
the council Monday evening showed
According to reports there are a that the oldest general fund war
number of students yet to register in rants outstanding were dated May 1,
both grades and high school.
The 1981, and that «rater fund warrants
classes in the high school are running are paid up to November 1 of last
quite large. Next week we expect to year. The water fund would be on a
give a report on the enrollment by cash basis had not the general fund
grades and classes. Mrs. Marie Stew had to borrow from the water fund to
art is now a part time teacher in the pay interest on improvement bond«.
high school. This was made neees- , Default
uerauu in Interest
interest payment on these
tneav
.ary by the extremely large classes .bonds would have impaired the city’s
which had to be divided into two sec- ewdit ,nd when improvement na
tion*-
sessmente are delinquent, as they are
The administration is highly pleas- Bow th. city muBt use wfcat fund, it
ed with the attitude of both teachers bas u meet ¡u obligations.
The
and students and heartily commend. wstor Apartment to more than pay-
both for their splendid co-operation. ¡n(f
The teachers made a very fine start j
„port also showed
Mrs. Madeline Middleton, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Cotton, arrived
here Tuesday from Caracas, Venezu
ela. Mrs. Middleton has not been
here for three years, and does not
know that she will return to South
America at all soon. She and Mr.
Middleton have beeiq Conducting a
hotel there, but Venezuela has been
hit by the same depression as the
rest of the world, and aa they have an
opportunity to dispose of their hold
ings, she expects her husband to come
back to the States soon.
With the exchange rate between the
countries requiring one hundred and
sixty cents to purchase a dollar in
United States money, things are
quite high down there. Bacon costs
about *1.10 a pound and other things
in proportion.
One thing that Mrs. M idle ton com
ments on is that you can’t buy a par
ticular cut of meat in the Venezuela
country. If you want a steak you buy
a chunk of beef and if you get in early
enough to make your selection you by holding the students all day Tues- |4hat
city., warrant indebtedness
are able to buy a chunk from which day and the students are buckling
incrmle<l Bince the first of the
you can cut your own steak.
down to hard work with a minimum , ye„ u
1( by 82551.77.
But
amount of confusion and interruption. arajnlt this, outstanding bonds have
McNair Gets Three Years
We are making an effort to have all been reduced by 87,141.04, making a
Last Saturday Fred McNair enter adjustments and interruptions taken n,t reduction rf 84,689.27 since Jan.
ed his plea of guilty to the charge of care of thia first week.
1 1. Another item in Mr. Bickels* re-
holding up and robbing Warren Her
To the Freshmen and any student . port is that he has paid off an addi
zog a couple of weeks ago, of 836.60. having grade books:
tional 81,612.37 of city warrants
He was sentenced by Judge Brand to
Mr. Arstill, principal of Lincoln re which he is holding as cash items, so
three years in the penitentiary.
ports that he needs the following that the total debt reduction of the
Rex Bellmore, who robbed the books:
city’s debt for the first eight months
Gilbert Borgard home of 8«5 • few
24 Goody’s History of the United of the year ia 36,201.64.
weeks ago and was arrested in Van States.
And this good showing would be
couver, Wash., recently, also pleaded
4 English Books—7-8 grades.
still better were street and sewer as
guilty and was given a year in the
40 Arithmetic Books for 7 and 8 sessments paid by the property o«m-
pen.
grades.
ers when they become due.
Sheriff Hess took the two boys out
If you have any books you used last
to Sslem,
Wednesday, returning year please get in touch with Mr.
Mrs. Oberteuffer to Germany
home last night.
Arstill. We need those books.
Another plea of guilty was entered
Mrs. Marvel Oberteuffer, who left
last Saturday, H. L. Spencer admit
Coquille four weeks ago after spend
Club Resumes Monthly Semions
ting that he obtained money under
ing the summer here with her mother,
false pretenses. He was given a year
The Coquille Woman’s Club «rill Mrs. Birdie Skeels, sailed last Friday
in the county jail and is to be paroled again resume its activities with an on the S. S. Minnetonka for Germany
after 30 days, during good behavior. opening meeting which «rill be held in J where she wHl spend the next year
““ «-«
j u.u
— j — Sept.
a—. 13th. learning the German language and
the
Guild
Hall »
Tuesday,
National V. F. W. Chaplain Here All interested in club work are cor studying voice. The vessel is due to
Rev. Claude Ireland, IkMtorof the dially invited to attend. The 1932-38 reach Antwerp, Belgium, from New
Mrs. Oberteuffer
M. E. church at Fort Snelling, Minn., year books will be on hand and ready York, on Sunday.
came in yesterday for a few days’ vis for members. Mr. C. L. Ward, super will spend some time st Chemnitz,
it with hie brother, W. A. Ireland, and intendent of the Coquills Schools, will Germany, with a friend she knew in
family, here. Mr. Ireland, who is be the main speaker on the program. Eugene, the daughter of her music in
national ohaplain of the Veterans of Mrs. J. E. Notron, president of the structor there, and «riH later go to
Foreign Wars organisation, is on his club, will give a short talk on the one of the largo centers for study
way home from San Francisco, where state convention of Federated Wom under a master in voice training.
Her hundreds of friends in Coquille
he attended the national convention an’s Clubs, which met last May in
The Emanon Trio of and Coos county are hoping Mrs.
of the V. F. W. He will preach at the Portland.
Pioneer Church here Sunday, both Marshfield wifi give several eejec- Oberteuffer will be beck here again
the latter part of next year.
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