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TUB COQUILL* VALL*Y SBNTINEL, CÔ0ÜÎLLE OREGON. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 18 1682. FAG* FOO* The.Sentinel a coos eaoca ia, a ssss rewa H. A. YOUNG and M. D. GRIMES Publishers H. A, YOUNG. Editor ' ' Subscription Rates One Year ................................ .. • • • -82.00 • • «sa • • Six Months • 1 *00 Three Months .................. .60 No subscription taken unless paid for in advance. Thia rule is impera tive. Advertising Rates Display' advertising. 25 cento per inch: leas than 5 inches, 80 cents per inch. No advertisement inserted for lew than 50 cents. Readings notices 10 cents per line. No reading botice, or advertisement of any kind, insert ed for less than 25 cents. Entered at the Coquille Postoflles a* Second Class Mail Matter. FRANCB THE WEL8HER While it is sincerely to be hoped that the action of France, in repudiat ing its debts to the United States, will not lead to war, and this oountry has never engaged tn moral combat with any nation on earth over the question of aggrandisement, or the payments of money, it cannot be denied that seeds of discord and bitter feeling have been sowed and that there can not be cordial relations henceforth be tween the United States and the welsher. France, the richest nation in Eu rope, the one that has the most gold, the one whieh begged for loans and the support of man-power during the dark days of the world war, is so be reft of sanity, manhood and courage, that its Chamber of Deputies has overthrown the government of Pre mier Harriott because he favored meeting their obligatioiw. What a pitiful spectacle! Verily their hatred of this country for helping them crush the German menace is stronger than their senae of duty, honor or Justiee. Poor France; she deserves the condemna tion and scorn of every civilized na tion on earth. Not becasue «he can't pay, but because she can and won’t. What penalty . the French will have to pay and the means the United States might use in retaliation for thia- most despicable evasion of its duty ia very ably set forth in an edi torial in yesterday’s Oregonian from which the following except is taken: “When passion has cooled and rea son again rules, those who voted for repudiation will have cause to con sider the injury they have done to French credit. It will suffer in every country. Securities of the French government and French corporations will be depreciated. France could not raise a loan in any foreign country except at a heavy discount and high interest. These penalties are incurred without any action of the United States government. “Power exists in the American gov ernment to confiscate or impound all funds of the Fresh government or French eitisens on deposit in Ameri can banka, to seise all Amer-an se- currties held by Frenchmen or the in come therefrom, to place an embargo on trade with France and «n pay ments to be made in France, to ex clude French ships from Ameriacn ports or to impose a special tax on them and their cargoes. We shall probably not resort to these measures, but be content with what ever befalls France as a natural con sequence of ’ its act. TABLOIDS ' By W. 8. Bickels La, the Poor Indian The Osage Indians, whose business address is Pawhuska, OklaM are the world’s richest people per capita. Their wealth is held communally, dis tributed and guarded by the United States government, thereby making a conspicuous success of communism— In an involuntary form, however. If these Indians were left to their own devices the free exercise of individ ualism among them would simply re sult In ths same old story. The ma jority of them wouldn’t have a dime. A few, perhaps would be rich, but the others would be victims of the predatory white man. , The incomes doled to them by the government, while limited, are quite sizeable, and are wasted ridiculously. While living in Bartlesville, Okla homa, which ia located at the eastern edge of the Osage reservation, I had an opportunity to observe much of this waste of money. Many of these Indians still live primitively, but pianos and phono graphs in a tepee were not unusual sights,' together with an expensive automobile standing on the lot As to automobiles, I know of this hap pening: A buck came into Bartles- ville and bought a new Csdillac. He got drunk, smashed the can in a ool- Itsion with a telephone pole, return- sd to town, bought another car and left the wreck .unclaimed by the road side. The wealth of the Osages comes from oil and gas royalties derived 8rom the leasing of their lands. The ■enervation is almost worthless agri culturally. When the Indians were moved from Kansas to Indian Terri tory (now Oklahoma) it was the gen- >ral opinion they had been handed a >mon and 'that the treaty made on ’hat occasion Waa unfair to them. The srea ie so rich in oil and gas that it is a matter of record that in compe- ‘itivs bidding the Prairie Oil A Gao 'tompany, of Independence. Kansas, laid one million dollars for a lease hold of only M0 acres on which a well had not been drilled. This was ibout ten yean ago. Money thua re ceived waa a bonus and went into -he tribkl treasury. The ^royalties from production, generally ono- ighth, were paid in addition. The older Indians do not under- tand our- civilisation and have no desire to learn its way. Many mem- >eiH of the succeeding generations, iven after being educated tn govern ment schools giving every advantage, revert to type. I know of a young Osage who graduated with honors from Carlisle university, became a brilliant lawyer and practised sue- •sasfully for many years. He after wards returned to the blanket, as they say, and refused to talk English. So much for these wards of our be nign government What do you think of the system? What is the future of the Indian as a race? The answer is obliteration through amal gamation. The law of “survival of the Attest” eannot be set aside, be the subject man, beast or vegetable. Secretary of State Hal E. Hoas has announced himself as favoring the tt.00 flat fee for automobile licenses, but that they shall be subject to property tax by the counties. One objection to this plan, concurrently mentioned, is that much of the prop erty tax would not be collected. How ever, if the car owner is required to ‘how a receipt for payment of prop- •rty tax before he is issued a state license there would be no loss. It ie reported California loses 26 per cant rf its property tax on automobiles, while Washington loses 48 per cent. Mr. Hoax says the average tax on "France has less excuse for repu Oregon’s can would be $7.22. To diation than has any other of the gether with other features of his plan debtor nations. While she was plead he claims that the . state’s revenues ing for cancellation of her debt, wm will be increased thereby. striving to aqueexe reparations out of Germany and had a depreciated In the current issue of Saturday currency, she presented an appear ance of poverty to the world. After Evening Post a fellow tells a story of the debt contract was signed, the in how he performed a come-back at, ternal debt was refunded and new sixty. In the first part of the narra bonds were issued which drew vast tive he made the statement that the sums from hoards, the franc was tepremion reduced him from afflu stabilised and a groat gold reserve ence to absolute poverty and that he gathered in the Bank of Frahce, she was considering suicide as the only was revealed as the richest nation in possible way he could have his life Europe. By movement of gold she Insurance for his wife. Before the was th« chief factor in driving Brit story is finished we discover he had ain off the gold standard and she even several thousand dollars with which ventured an attack on the dollar, but to purchase a business in which he it failed. She has made loans to had had no previous experience and her allies—-Pbland and the three little made a success of it. So it appears to entente states—at the same time that be easy to come back if you haven’t ♦; . the air of Paris was full of plaints gone. about inability to pay the United States. Paris now talks of French support to Japan in Mancuria, to bo evidenced by a loan. France did net foal the first year of the depression, had no unemployment problems until then, and none of any gravity in the last two yearn." True Oregonians, whether native or by adoption, rejoiced yesterday when the rain put an end to the most un usual arctic weather whipi prevailed here for the past week. Nothing like it is recalled by old time residents sines IBM. 1 ~ .w •; a covered by the Metropolitan Grand ' Opera Company and prrfved a re markable And, <*o far as voice was con cerned. But his name was all wrong. He had to be fixed up with an unpro- nouneable foreign cognomen in order to draw at the box oAc|. Are we ashamed of our own tongue and na tionality in matters musical? I under stand that in some European countries the rendition of opera in other than the language of the country is prohi bited. That is an admirable way to show patriotism. In our country there is a lamentable tendency toward pretending we prefer our opera in a foreign tengve. Also we purchase foreign-made merchandise. It would seem that the only way to arouse pa triotism in this country is to get into somebody else’s war.’ We permit our vulgar rich people to Visit European countries and leave behind them wrong impressions of our country. Hence the trouble we ate having about the war debts and other things. Onteide of these things we are OK. MEDFORD’S GROCERY Shop Early for Christmas Plan to make these the Merriest Holidays ever. Let’s cheer up and forget the depression. Make this store headquarters, and from our complete sup ply stock your shelves with Christmas Goodies. . Specials for Sat.-Mon.-Tues. Phone 166 Butter Flour Brookfield I.ocal Poinsetta, pure hard- wheat » . Albers high quality 34c POUND Highest Quality Butter Substitute Counties which fail to include pro vision for a state levy in the 1938 budget, aa Marion county has threat ened to do, may find themselves, rath er than the state, holding ,the sack next June if the proposed new tax measures fail to materialise as an offset to the property tax. Reports to the effect that the state tax commission was contemplating mandamus proceedings to compel the Marion county court to include the state levy in its budget have been' made without consulting that com mission. It can be definitely stated that the tax commission will not bring any mandamus action against Marion county or any other county in this [ connection. The commission takes the position that ite responsibility | ends with the promulgation of the levy according to the statutory re-' quirements and the circunMtances and notification of the counties as to their | respective quotas. Collection of the tax is up to the state treasurer and the law which im poses responsibility for collection of the tax from the individual taxpayers upon the county also requires that the state’* portion must be paid in full and promptly in two equal install ments, June 1 and December 1. Should any county fail to come through with the state’s quota next June it is entirely probable that the state treasurer would then bring man damus action to compel payment and any county which faila to safeguard its interests against such a contin gency by including provision for a state levy might And it necessary to strip ite regular county fund, inelud ing the general road fund, in order to meet the state’s bill since the state ia not at all particular where the money comes from, just so that It ia paid. I The tax commission will meet with in the next week or ten days to make the annual levy. It is confidently ex- ' peoted that thia levy will restore ap proximately 83,500,000 to the should ers of property owners. Any relief from this added burden most come from the legislature in the form of a ■ sales tax, an amendment to the per- J sonal income tax or some other new source of revenue. Property in the city of Coquille ie shouldered with a public debt burden equivalent to 835.15 for every 8100 of assessed valuation, according to a tabulation by Rufus Holman, state treasurer. Of this amount 828.45 per 8100 of valuation is indebtednem of the city itself which has been in creased by nearly 10 percent in the past two years. Coquille’s total debt,' including bonds and warranto unpaid as of July 1, last, totalled 8288,95Q, against which there was an offset in the form of a sinking fund of 85.471.- 23 leaving a net debt of 8283,478.77. At that Coquille’s debt burden is not nearly so heavy as that of many other Oregon cities. Prineville, for instance, has a public debt burden of 887.94 per 8100 of assessed valuation; in Warrenton the groea debt ratio is 92.71 and in Aatoria, 61-87. Baker, Bandon, Beaverton, Bums, Caayon- viHs, Cottage Grove, Enterprise, Hines. Milton, Newport, Ontario, Reedsport, Seaside. Vale and Wmton, all show heavier debt ratio than does the Coos county seat. Flour Golden C Albers Best Patent 4 10 »8- 19c M»8 29c Peas Sweet Spuds Monarch Fancy Jerseys Telephone Del Monte No. 2y; ’ 29c 2 19c 2 CANS 6 ”»■ 99c 49 Brown Sugar « 38c 3 47c 10 |bs- Nucoa MLUJUk —■ ■ ____ Cans : - : r Diamond W 2 Q 19c Apples Cans «• Soap Our stock is complete and always FRES! H. Prices the very lowest in town. Crystal White Nats 79c A full Assortment of nuts for the holidays. Come see our display and prices. 8 n»8- EACH Candy • /K, ; Winesaps, Spitzenburgs, Winter Bananas. All Fancy Wrapped. Box Stand By Brand Mt. Vernon Brand J No. 2ft Can Cans Malt Milk Pumpkin BARS Citrus Reg. 25c size Order Xmas Poultry Early Watch for Big PORK SPECIAL—Pigs all sizes at Lowest Wholesale Prices. Swift’s BACON SWIFTS PREMIUM HAMS Half or Whole Slab 8 lb-10 lb Average -Shoulder Steer HEARTS Pot Roasts Pork Roasts 10s. Order Early Milk Fed Poultry From Mrs. Barbour’s Poultry Ranch — The Best in the West. brackets and it would not be at all surprising if the sales taxers and the income taxers got together on a com promise program and brought out two new revenue measures for the voters to shoot at in a special election to be held some tíme in May., Th« Tifno-Teetwd Now* Weekly Ri9ht from Washington, d .* c . la now offered to you along with YOUR CHOSEN HOME PAPER r atnrinaer Popularity of Washington’s bargain price license pistes among Oregon motorists ie indicated by the 7185 ap plications from Washington motorists for non-resident permits in thia state during the past three months. Thou sands of Oregon motoriste, it is be lieved, evade payment of the Oregon registration fee in this manner. Al though the state police are constantly 'Governor Meier’s decision to call.______ -- up -- on ___ these motoriste it has . checking the jegislature into special session on beeir found impossible to uncover I January 3 to consider new tax meas- more than a small percentage of those , By a favorable arrangement we are able to send you that old reliable family weekly. The Pathfinder, in combination with this paper, at a price never before equaled. There is nothing like the Pathfinder anywhere— Ths Cifttd to nothing equal to it at any price. Over a million people take it and swear by it. It 731 tm faq. takes the place of periodicals costing several rtm 367 fat. times as much. News from all over the eaters 3*4 world, the inside of Washington affairs— sens as4 csri the truth .bout politics and business, 8I8.666.6M science, discovery, personalities, pic SeartotHs tures, stories—and ao end of fun. Call at our office, see samples of ea4 weighs Pathfinder and order this club, or send the amount by mail. News, information, entertain ment for a whole year. Two papers every week: { our favorite local week- y and the most popular national weekly — 104 — • _ - - splendid III»»- Issues— full year ONLY Pathf i oder «nd J 0 i l $2.50 ures came aa no surprise. Even the who resort to this evasion of the law. date of the session had been antici- Penalties meted out by the courts for pated for the past two weeks. The ' this offense, also, are so light as to governor’s announcement, however,j constitute little or no deterrent and has served to put a atop to further to greatly nullify efforts of the palfa*, speculation as to the poasibility and to put a stop to this practice, to center attention on the tax pro- —------ ’' gram. While discussion of the see- * Reports filed with the state trees- sion so far has emphasised a salea urer show that but little progress has tax based on that recently put into been made during the past two years effect in Mississippi there is also in unloadfag the heavy debt burden strong sentiment for a new income under which moot of thd cities of th«. standing net debt of Oregon cities, . $88,000,000 . -------------------- , 1, -, approximately on July 1930, had been reduced by only 8500,- 000 to July 1, thia year. While some cities paid off large blocks of bonds or added materially to their part by the rating of new bond is sues, by other cities. Sixty-two lawyers have served as membet» of the Oregon supreme court since statehood in 1859. according to tax with increased rates in th« higher state are struggling. to fact the ouV sinking funds thia was offset in targe records, of that department. .
