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COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER », 1»32.
NO. 48.
Reducing City Expenses
A B. P. W. Benefit
’ As a mearw of reducing city ex
penditures the city council Monday
evening, at an informal gathering af
ter the regular seasion, agreed on a
Was One of the Best High plan which will reduce salaries in the Two Men Steal Oliver Beaver’s
engineering, water and street- de
Car After He Had Fed
School Plays JEver Pre-
partments by one-third. The plan is
Them—Caught Here
.sentesbtfldre
fer each Mr. Stacer, Mr. Epperson
and Mr. Dungey to work but four
Two young fellows, 21 and 30 years
Almost a capacity house greeted days a week, arranging the time .so
“A Prince to Order,” the Junior Class that two men will be on duty eaeh day. of age, were pioked up at different
play, given at the Liberty Theatre The combined salaries of the three points in Camas valley last Friday
last evening, and it was aa well pre men in the past has-Heen »335 per afternoon by Oliver Beaver and
sented aS any school play given here month and under the new plan which brought as far as his home on the
in two decades.
will continue until th«re is need for Middle Fork, near the county line. He
Mias Kathleen McClintock, who di service by the city, the Salaries will gave them their supper and then had
to leave home for a few minutes.
»
rected the play and waa presented total »224.
While
he
was
gone
they
took
his
with a beautiful bouquet by the cast.
The plan is one which has been
during an intermission, had excellent adopted by many- industrial corpora car and started this way.
As soon as he discovered the theft
material from which to draw foY the tions and the city dads are to be com
various characters, b*t she deserves!
he
phoned Deputy Sheriff Culver
mended for their efforts to reduce ex
whole-hearted connne«^)||tion for the
penses snd at the same time throwing here. Mr. 'Culver at once notified
mighty fine way in which they re no one out of a job, or at least not Marshal Howell of the approaching
sponded to her cosching’and for the more than a third out. If it is found car and (hen called up the other
By the
little mannerisms and tricks of speech that there is not work enough in the local officers in the county.
and inflection which are not natural to 1 departments to keep two men busy, time he was through telephoning
there was a honking outside and
an high school student and yet are of further reductions will be necessary.
there wps Howell and the two thieves.
such tremendous importance on the
The marshal saw the stolen car go
stage. It was not a mere recitation
by as he stopped at the sign in front
of the lines of the play which the au 1
of Wilson's Confectionery. He gave
dience heard last evening, it was a
chase out the highway and soon
splendid interpretation of the author's
crowdW—them to a stop.
thoughts and ideas.
They were bound over to the grand
Betty Glaisyer, in the
part of
- The county Lions Clubs meeting, to jury by Justice Stanley who fixed
“Granny,” was as natural an old lady,
be held in the' Coquille Hotel this
their bail at »1500 eaeh. Neither of
grey haired and always busy at her
evening at 6:46, will be attended by! them is an Oregon resident.
They
knitting as she could be at 70 yearn
E. H. Shea, district governor for Ore gave the names of T. L. Richards and
of age, and her plotting for the suc
gon, and O. F. Tate, district secre John Westbrook.
cessful marriage of her grandson waa
tary, both from Portland, besides a
carried out with all the success of an
—
large number of Lions from Marsh
elderly woman.
Deputy Sheriff Slugged
field, Myrtle Point and Bandon.
The play brought to the front the
Deputy Sheriff Archie Philip is
A good program has been prepared
younger generation’s belief in their
still
in the Keiser hospital at North
for the evening’s entertainment and:
own
infallibility,
their
disregard
for I with Deputy District Governor R. E. I Bend’ and "<’t
th. nnin!n„
hste k-
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entirely rational.
That great actor of the silver
screen, George Arliss, is the leading
star in “A Successful Calamity,"
which opens at the Liberty Theatre, i.
Thb* Waa the Coldest Morning Sumlay for a
But the most important fact in
in Coquille Since 1024—
nection with the showing of thia
Was 10 Degrees Then
con
film
is that the picture is being shown as
a benefit for the Business A Profes
sional Women's Club.
This organization is assisting in
the ticket sale and will add their
share of the funds received for ad
missions to their “state convention”
fund.. The convention will be held
here in
So there is a two-fold reason for
witnessing this Geo. Arliss produc
tion—entertainment of the highest
■ordet with good clean comedy and
drama, and at the same time assisting
the B. P. W. ladies who are always
at the forefront of any progressive
movement in Coquille.
Mamie Rebekah Lodge- to Ob
serve Golden Birthday
Tonight
This morning's thermometer read
The members of Mamie Rebekah
ing camo - pretty nearly setting a
Lodge are celebrating their fiftieth
‘record for low temperature for this
anniversary this evening.
century, although back in 1888 old
This lodge was instituted Dec. 9,-
time residents tell of the'river being
1882, . the charter member» being
frozen over at thia point and the ice
Mr. And Mrs. S. E. Steward, Mr. and
Mrs. C. Olive, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Strong enough to support a span of
Oxen.
Nosier, Mr. and Mrs. J. Cartwright,
Mr. and Mm. J. -C. Laird, Mr. and
However, it was cold enough, too
cold in fact, this morning’ juith the
M m . R. E. Buch, 'Mr. and Mrs. H. J.
official mark at 10*4 degrees above
Collier, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Messer,
A. Lillie, J. Rimmer, T. W. Drane, L.
agro. The only known reading lower
than that in the last 26 or 30 yearn
E. Lathrope.
was in 1924 or 1925 when the mercury
The first officers were: Chaa. Olive,
stood at an even 10 above.
Noble Grand; Mary E. Nosier, Vice
This sort of thing will make work
Grand; Lucy E. Buck, Roc. Sec.;
for garage mechanics and rather
Alice Olive, Per. Sec.; N. J, Messer,
Treasurer Burns Old Bonds
takes the point out of an editorial, at
Treasurer; J. H. Nosier, R. S. N. G.;
On instruction from the county |
least temporarily, in which J.an« Len-
L. Lathrop, L. S. N. G.; R. E. Buck,
ove io referred to, on page four. But court. County Treasurer Chas. Stauff Warden; J. Cartwright, Conductor;
this weather is unusual and your ac burned a lot of Coos county bonds M. Cartwright, Inside Guardian; J.
climated Oregonian does not like , it Monday whieh had been retired and P. Messer, R. S. V. G.; M. A. Collier,
interest in full paid. The list in
because it is unusual.
L. S. V. G.
cluded
the 8362,000 issue of road
The thermometer yesterday morn
Not one of the charter members of
bonds
in
191«,
»150,000
in
1921,
and
ing and Tuesday morning was alto
the lodge ia now alive.
gether too much of a reminder of »150,000 in 1922.
This Rebekah Lodge was given the
what it used to do in Kansas and New
name of Mamie in honor of a daugh
York. Both mornings it stood at 23
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Messer, a
degrees above zero but to one who
girl who waa loved by all who knew
has become acclimated to soft and
her, and having passed away in 1880,
gentle winters en the Oregon coast,
two years before the' lodge was insti
it felt as cold as it used to at zero
tuted.
in the east or middle west. The wind
The Are department was called to
The old Odd Fellows hall which was
yesterday, seeming to come from the Riverton at 11:46 last night when the razed a couple of years ago, to be
north pole, penetrated like a knife, burning of a house, and a strong wind replaced by the beautiful new struc
and there was no thawing tempera- blowing, aroused apprehension that ture which grace« the corner of First
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a result of his act of kindness in (ture all day.
in wordly affairs and was a very ac- * Jedb P
r“ldl"< and all
•» the tadtwtatere
presiding
tailtwistero M
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the whole town might burn.
and Taylor streets, was the first home
irate presentation of everyday home " £
Ha ^ked t^ IXw £'
The house belonged to Geo. Martin of this lodge, and the oecond and
curate presentation of everyday home
-e in
|
about two mi,M north of the HollJ «-nd, Tuesday morn.ng, reported »3 I and was the large two-story white fourth Wednesday evenings of each
life
in America.
America.
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the ^Standard S^mp and within the distance of a degrees, but the thermometer at the I house on the left side, going to River month for regular meetings are the
G V. Smith place here on Sanford, ton, this side of the store. It was same now as then.
and mother of the scoffing young Oil Co., formerlv a member of the mile th* tr"«P ,truck
^th a
„„.„lluenvea oy . warm
Heights, uninfluenced by a warm' unoccupied except
.9»
pt by Bill Goodwin
The records show that Mr. and
sters, took the part of Mrs, Willings Oil Co., fognerly a member of the
, "Map” of same kind on the uper part ZiZZ ZZ ? «
a u :
Medford
den,
was
welcomed
to
mem-
anih'had little furni- Mrs. J. S. Lawrence, who passed
s Archie
u
•» 23. «nd it is one who slept there l
and her faith in the ultimate success
I of his neck, rendering
uncon
'of the government registering kind.
ture in it. He was asleep when the away a few years ago, joined this
of her children was born out in the
M as Florence Cary, who rendered scious. The tracks on the'highwsy
Less than a quarter of an inch of fire started but supposes it caught lodge in 1886.
For many years
end. She gave a most faithful inter
show,
that
the
car
ran
about
150
feet
“' | two piano solos in a most charming
Min has fallen sb far this month and from the stove in 'which he had had a during the past thirty, sometimes one
pretation of the part
before leaving the pavement and
.
-, and sometimes both held office in
Bill Floten, the spoiled son, waa not and pleasing manner, and Miss Gloria " I angling down the fill embankment the total for the “fiscal" year is now fire before retiring.
Getz
were
guests
at
the
dinner.
11M inches.
The house was probably worth »800 'Mamie Rebekah lodge.
quite as aaggreasive in forcing hie
for
20
feet
or
more.
It
did
not
turn
An unexpected, although
niost
or »900. Only a small insurance waa
own opinions on the members of his
The first delegate elected to Grand
heartily received visitor, was Howard ov*Ir/1.
Successful Christmas Opening carried on it.
family as the only boy often is, but
Lodge waa Laura Boutell, a slater of
Whatever
the
fellow's
in
Bonniksen, of Coquille High, who gave-l
The boys helped local residents tn ff. P; Beyers, and at present living hr
he took his part exceedingly well.
e Christmas Opening by Coquille
were, he probably became scared,
And Beryl Unsoeld, as his discarded a very interesting talk on Chrtetmas decamped when the car left the high-
hants last Tuesday evening saw forming a bucket brigade to keep the San Joee, Calif.
sweetheart, who triumphed' at the Seals, how they originated, the pur
The Rebekahs of Marshfield, North
wet.
a large vivwu
crowd gumcitu
gathered VII
on Uir
the side- I roofs of neighboring
T
~ buildings
~
------ . He did not even rob the uncon “
end, was as adorable as "Granny” pro pose for which the annual sale of the scious deputy.
walks when, the street lights went out! J*™* th* *?* transformer fuse Bend and Bandon have been invited
claimed her. Nor waa Margaret Paul little stamps is conducted just before
"* *“ to participate in thia celebration.
Mr. Philip can only remember that as a signa) to uncover the windows. | burned out and the town was ’ in dark
son any less near perfection in her Christmas, and included with it a talk the thug was tall and wore a brown .AH retail stores were open for a ness. except for the light from the
part of vamp. She almost stole Bill on tuberculosis whieh contained con overcoat.
couple of hours and were thronged burning building.
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Christmas Seal Sale |7fl-50
from Beryl, but whether on the crest siderable information not generally
On the way down the hose at the
with those looking at the various dis-'
Christmas
Seal sale receipts last
known
outside
of
the
medical
profes
of a successful love affair, or in the
plays the merchants have on hand for bottom of the fire truck radiator evening totaled »76.50, according
Bemee Named Roadmaster
depths from ita overthrow, she waa sion.
came loose, the water escaped and
the Christmas trade.
to Miss Mary Ella Cary, chairman of
He claimed to have been frightened
C. F. Bemee, an engineer at the
always in part and helped carry the
Every retail store in town had been the head on the fire truck motor the sale In Coquille, who states she is
when requested to come before the Bay,
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was ... on
Monday
plot through successfully.
cracked.
They
were
towed
in
the
last
specially decorated for the occasion
more than pleased with the returns.
Her friend, Bill's aister, played by den and give the talk, but he deliver-, time roadmaster by the county court and the display windows on Front, half mile to Riverton.
Manuscripts were mailed today by
Marianne Axtell, was another who ed it with an ease, assurance and to serve when an engineer’s services Taylor and First streets showed ori
the local school children who are par
gave a highly suucceasful presenta knowledge of his subject which many are heeded at a wage of M per day. ginal and interesting preparation for
Council Holds Short Session ticipating in the health contest, spon
W. D. Leaman, in charge of the the opening.
tion. Her challenges to "Granny's” of his elders might envy.
All were attractivee,
City Engineer Stacer reported to sored by the county health aaaocia-
utterances, and her support of the
county shop, was instructed to accept whether the d'aplay was a Christmas
San Archibald in a Wreck
county warrants in payment for gas tree, well-arranged merchandise, or the city council Monday evening that tion, to Mm. Jess Forrester, of
vamp’s love intrigues, her expression
the water department waa draining Marshfield, general chairman of the
their that of
and her aelf-poasesMon made hers one , When a 240 pound man is thrown. from county
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—-- who use
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one establishment which the reservoir at the head of Rink j contest, to be judged; the best three
ef the evening’s nucceseea.
from his car and lands on concrete car* on "trictly county work or showed train and truck loads of Coos
creek and after cleaning it would be to be used for publicity purposes for
Not being naturally of a flighty dis pavement he is auro to be badly dam- **»V«L
county products.
ready to close the gates and begin ac- the seal sale this month.
position, the. part' taken by Edythe aged. That is what happened to San
Mr» ®«rt Peterson was allowed
An unfortunate failure in carrying
A number of Coquille students par-
Farr, who went into raptures and E. Archibald at Dallas last Friday. *210 bJ tb* court foT th* killing of out the program as advertised was cumulating next year’s supply after
’ tieipated in this contest, as well as
was "thrilled to death” on the slight He was driving his car when a 1«- 114 be»d oi «*ttle who reacted to the that not sufficient members of the I the first of the year.
A dance hall license was granted to giving their talks before the service
est provocation, was a most clever year old boy, who did not have a tuberculin test aministered by Dr. W. band had been notified of the concert
J. D. Graham who paid a quarterly, organizations of the city.* Miss Kath-
piece of acting.
driver's license, attempted to pass V Glaisyer. The county will pay »106 advertised, and the six or eight who
Robert Bailey. B
via, Eileen him. Jhe passing car hooked the of'«he'Anwunt and the state the other did assemble at the band hall could fee and filed hie bond in the amount erine Jane Hassler, publicity chair-
of »500, with F. C. Hudson and A. O. man, arranged for the talks, and the
Thurman and
spun it about several times halfr
not make enough of a showing to pay
' organizations responded well in mak
Walker as sureties.
A petition for the organization of to appear on the streets.
though having minor ' roles, took' »nd Mr. Archibald was thrown out
It
was
ordered
that
the
concrete
ing room for these five-minute talks
their parte moot effectively.
Nor the door. He landed on the pavement, a rural fire department at Marshfield
But the streets and stores were
Miss Beatrice
aB<‘ a* EE1
thron’ged' wirh“pL>pte
ever sidewalk at the corner of the Robt. in their programs.
should the maid, who was frequently “•kidded up over the curb and to the ZE
.Train
building,
on
Hall
street,
be
tv
-
Morris
and
Mrs.
Marie
8tewart have
seen, but seldom heard, Audrey Aasen, sidewalk. His left ear was split clear which it will serve established by the th, v.ney and th, wwhanta secured
i
t paired so that it would not endanger had charge of the talks in the schools,
fail to be credited with one of the across, about a fourth of the way
, wbat
h»d hoped to, an inspection
with Miss Phyllis Hall and Miss Jean
natural presentations of the evening. down, he received a cut on the right
There being 6700 ¿ans of meat and o( the chri.tma, stock carried this , pedestrians.
The city released from improve Hill assisting in the high school.
She was good.
side of the head, his nose was cut vegetables on hand at the coqpty year.
ment five feet at the east end of the
Remember your dollar for the
If any prompting was required dur- .nd he was so badly bruised about the farm, F. C. MeNeUy was instructed
Church of God property on Hall Christmas seals can start one more
ing the two hours and a half of the chest that fears were felt that pneu- to deliver 4,000 cans to the 'Busy Cor
Delinquent Tax Sale, Dec. 31 Street The church society had sold i person on the road to recovery—send
ner here, 1,000 to the Farmers Store
performance it could not be detected monl, wooW develop.
BandoV, I
There is ta* of asking for another
to
A. Pook and had it in if you haven’t
from the rear of the theatre.
at
Myrtle
Point,
1,000
at
Ha was rushed to the hospital, but
60-day
postponement
of
the
1027
de-
offered
to
turn
over
the
»86 they woukj
according U> a letter received by Mr. 1200 at North Bend, and 1500 at
receive
for
it
to
apply
on
the improve
linquent
tax
sale,
but
the
matter
has
Marshfield
for
distribution
to
the
Pictures Attract Crowds
K. P. Lodge Elects
and Mm. Don Estes yesterday, he
ment assessment against the church
not
yet
been
decided.
A
postpone
needy.
They
will
be
given
out
only
Election of officers of Lycurgus *« able to return home Monday.
The
Liberty Theatre waa crowded
ment would do no one sny good un property.
Lodge No. 72, K. P„ was held in the j. Mr. and Mrs. Archibald, who had on county court orders.
Sunday evening, after a very good
less the property owner could pay in
lodge hall Wednesday evening, the
“
”
"* in Coquille for the
1 past "
lived
three
matinee house that afternoon, for the
Eastern Star Electa
years and a half, left here the first Legion Conference Next Friday the next two months. There ie small
following being choeen:
showing of “Grand Hotel,” one of the
chance
that
the
county
could
sell
any
of November for Dallas where he is
C. C —John Arnold.
There were 75 members of the biggest releases of the past year.
The regular monthly meeting of the
V. G—E. L. Detlsfsen ’
equipment sales manager for the American Legion will bo held Monday property, and if the county bids it in Eastern Star present for the 8:80 Messrs. Clever and Wood did not •&-
the amount bid would bear only 6
Mt. States Power Co.
Prelate—J. L. Holycross
evening, and on Friday evening, Dee. per cent interest while delinquent turkey dinner, served by a comm: littes vertise the fact but Coquille is the
M. ofW.—E. N. Shull
of eleven men, with Geo. A. Ulett as only point in the county in whieh
18th, the annual district conference
K. R. &—Ned C. Kelley.
Child Dental Specialist Coming will meet in Legion headquarters here taxes bear eight. And there would chairman, in the banquet room of the that picture is to be shown.
still be plenty of time for redemption. Msecnic Temple laist evening. The
M. of E.—D. F. Thompson
The new proprietors are spending
Dr. Charles Sweet, of Oakland, to talk over the past year’s work and
M. of A.—K. E. Medford
menu consisted of turkey and dressing, a lot of money to secure the best pic
plan
for
next
year
’
s.
All
ex-service
California, one of the foremost child,
Ministers to Exchange Pulpits : msshed potatoes and giblet gravy. tures to be had. Every change of
I. G.—C. T. Selbig
dental specialista on the Pacific Coast,,
»re invited to attend the confer-
O. G.—W. L. Kiatner
Dr. Louis J. Kirby, pastor of the creamed rutabagas, celery, ice cream, program brings a high class picture
ence
whieh
will
be
attended
by
Jack
will speak on “Mouth Health and Ita
Trustee—S.
r,,—
Church
of wafem and coffee! and those partiei- to the Liberty and the public is show
department commander,
of.. Methodist Episcopal
Important Relation to CTiild Health,” Eakin, „cfmrwHsni
Installation
officers wiQ under the auspices of the Coos Coun Dsllas; Carl Morse, department àdju- ’ Marshfield, and Rev. Philip D. Hart- paling seemed to enjoy the feed,
ing its appreciation by ita patronage.
The annual electionllf officers was
take place on
y, January 18. ty Health Association, Saturday, Dec. tant, of Portland; Sid George, nation- m»n. P»»tor of Pioneer Methodist,
“Grand Hotel” ran also Monday
will
*“ exchange
a
‘ held
“ * during
*'
the
"
regulai
itar session of and Tuesday evening and for the
10th, at 2:00 P. M., at the Coquille al committeeman; and Ray Jedb, dis- Church of Coquille, ~
trici' commander’ for district No. 4 Polpita next Sunday morning at the' the chapter, the following being chos- three nights there were at least one
to Meet Tuesday Hotel. Everyone is invited to attend.
which includes southwestern Oregon eleven o'clock hour.
en for the ensuiuf‘year:
hundred from the Bay who drove ov
meeting of the Co Parents and teachers especially will and as far east as Klamath Falls.
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* M.—Catherine Ruble.
er to see it, besides a great many
and
as
far
east
as
Klamath
Falls.
Club will be held mi be well repaid for any efforts they
from Myrtle Point, Powers and Ban
L Mrs. Mulkey Improving
Representatives from all the posts in
rnoon, December 13th, make to hear Dr. Sweet’s lecture as
don.
the county and from Roseburg will be
he
is
a
nationally
recognised
author
Mm. Martha E. Mulkey was resting
at the Episcopal Pariah houae. A
in attendance next Friday.
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easier yesterday and on the road to
very interesting Christinas program ity on child care.
The Junior Federated Music Club
This lecture is an educational fea
recovery. She underwent an operation
hre been Arranged for thia meeting.
will meet at the honm of Mrs. H. H.
Mrs. J. $ Dalen win ten about ture and not for the purpose of rais
at the Mast hospital in Myrtle Point
last Saturday, at the hands of Dr. M.
Coleman next Tuesday evening at
Chriatmas', in
France.
Christmas ing funds and the general public is in
quarter of seven o’clock, with Mrs. J.
Ear) Wilson, for a bum ted appendix.
carols will be. sung also and the Jenny vited to come and hear him.
| E. Norton acting as ,«ouq»elor of the
Dr. Wilson said yesterday she was
Lind sextepte will ^Mg a group of,
COUNTY LIONS
MEET TO-NIGHT
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Chri a tmaa ¡songs.
Caning sards IM tm »148.
FIRE AT RIVER
TONLASTNIGHT
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doing very well.
elab.