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The Coquille Valley Sentinel
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VOL. XXVIII.
THE PAPER THAT'S LIKE A LETTER EROM HOME
NO. 11.
COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY, JANUARY «. 1933
Lions to Sponsor Scout Troop
ALLREAPP0INTE0'CITYTMLEVY60.3
Hotel People Invited
The Coquille Lion* Club at its din­
Lafe Compton, of the CoquiHe Ho­
ner seeaion yesterday adopted a major
tel, has sent out invitations to sixty
activity for the year 1933 by agreeing
hotel and msort managers, along the
to eponsor Boy Scout activities in Co-
Coast Highway from Astoria on the
quifle thia year, provided the Chamber City Officers, Committees and Reduction of 9.5 Mills From north to Crescent City on the south, , Only Living ex-President of the
of Commerce wishes to be relieved of
Commissions Named by
Last Year’s Combined
for a get-together meeting to be held
U. S. Dies Suddenly
this responsibility.
There was no
in the hotel here on Saturday eve­
Mayor Berg
j
Rate
Yesterday
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thought nor intention on the Lions
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f
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'
ning and Sunday morning, Jan. 21 and
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part to attempt to^take on any activ­
22. The purpose of the meeting, a*
lt** becoming a habit with the Co- ity belonging to the' Chamber of Com­
The 1931-32 council adjourned sine
Taj levies for 1932 tax**, payable expro-sed in Mr. Compttfh’e invitation
Oalvin Coolidge,' the only ex-presi-
quille river to go on a rampage for merce, but because of its reduced sub­ die Monday evening after the pre­ this year,'were compiled and released is that the hotel people oh the Coast dent of the United States, died sud­
New Year** and get full, although scriptions thia year, the Chamber is vious session’s minutes had been read by Assessor J. P. Beyer* this week.
Highway may become better ac­ denly from a heart stroke, at hia
•. vthis year it missed it a couple of days. perfectly willing to be relieved of the and approved, and the new council
The Coquille city combinediiax levy quainted with one another, that they home in Northampton, Mas*., just be­
Jan. 1, 1932, the lowlands to the south responsibility. The estimated amount at once organised by the election of is 60.3 mills, a reduction of 9.5 mills
Mr. Coolidge
may know the Coast Highway better fore noon yesterday.
and west of Coquille resembled an in­ needed for Boy Scout expenses In Co­ R. A. Jeub as chairman of the board from last year when it was 69.8.
by travelling over it, and that they was 60, years old on the fourth of
land sea with the dike between the quille thia year ia 970. ’
and the appointment of officers. All
The combined state and county levy may make plans for receiving the last July.
bridge and 'Fat Elk covered with two
The entertainment feature of the councilmen were present except C. W. is 18.6 mills, of Which Mr. Beyers increased tourist travel which it is
feet or more of water, and on Tuesday luncheon yesterday noon was furnish­ Gano.
figure* the county portion to be 2.59 expected will be using the Coast road
morning of this week the same con­ ed by “Bucko” Staninger, who ac­
The officers appointed by Mayor mills. This distributes the Coquille this summer.
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dition existed this year.
And by companied his vocal ejections on a Berg and who were confirmed by th* levy in the following way: State and
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, This invitation
to _________
the hotel propri-
Tuesday afternoon the* water was plectrun-guitar played by himself. council were the same as served the Comity 18.5; school district No. 8,' etors to assemble as guests of the ho-
nearly a foot and a half higher than Hia singing and playing made a de­ city last year: Wm. Howell as mar- 17.8; City, 22.8; Port of Bandon 1.7.
management here, ia an innova-
a year ago. It still lacked a couple cided hiC with the 20 Lions in atten­ .ihal, Louis English deputy marshal,
Following is the combined levies for 1 don, but Mr. Compton believes it will
of feet of reaching the 1924 level.
dance and he was called upon again S. V. Epperson water superintendent^ each of the towns in the county, with prove beneficial for every hotel and
The freshet waa preceded by the and again.
W. 8. Sickels city treasurer, Grant the levy for each last year:
resort along the highway.
most severe storm this section ha*
Corby city attorney, Frank Dung*y L* •
witnessed in year*. Starting Sunday
lie
Mrs. Ixireman Dies in North str*et commissioner, J. Loy Stacer
Will Start Revival Sunday
and increasing in violence that night,
7Ì.8
city engineer and manager over
rahfietd
J. Ellis Loreman, the geologist
the wind blew a hurricane and did not
streets snd wster, C. W. Gardner fir*
orth Bend
A
series of undenominational re­
calm until Monday afternoon. It wa* who has been living here for the past chief, and Dr. W. E. Gregson health Myrtle Point
vival
services
will be held in the Bap­
accompanied by a deluge which to­ yesr, received word yesterday that officer. All bonds for appointed officers Bandon
tist Church of Coquille, beginning
Mrs.
Loreman
passed
away
in
Seattle
talled between five and six inches for
will be the same a* last. year.
mpire
Sunday evening at 7:30 and continu­
on Wednesday and he left last eve­
the three days, starting Saturday.
Committees of the council were Eastside
ing every evening except Saturday at
ning
for
that
city.
Monday afternoon the road to Pow­
named by the mayor as follows:
Lakeside did not report any levy the same hour. The services will be
Mrs.
Loreman
left
for
the
north
a
ers was under five feet of water at
Ordinance—'Bryant, Jeub, Belloni. to the assessor.
conducted by two ladies, ^fiss A. M.
the Waggoner place above Broadbent. couple of months ago, after «pending
Finance—Jdlab, Bryant, Gano.
Port levies are: Coos Bay 6.9; Ban- Patterson, whose home is in Australia,
six
months
here
with
Mr.
Loreman
That night the mile of dike just north
Firq—Gano, Medley, Belloni.
don 1.7; Coquille river, nothing.
and Mias C. Horton, who lives in
of Myrtle Point was under water and and had been vwiting relatives up
I ight—LsFevr*, Jeub, Medley.
Special high school levies for dis­ Washington. They invite every one
there.
Her
death
waa
sudden
and
before morning the flood had reached
Water—'Belloni, Gano, LaFevre.
tricts in which there is po high school, to come to their services and hear the
unexpected.
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the Coquille-Bandon section, putting
The funeral services will ¿>e very
Streets—Medley, Bryant, LeFevre. 8.1 mill«; Union High School No. 2, gospel.
it out of commission until Tuesday
simple, being conducted at his home
Mayor Berg appointed to the four Myrtle Point, <4.1; Union High No.
tevening and there waa still a foot of
at 10:30 Saturday morning and his
year term on the Library board, Mrs. 8, Riverton, 7t.7.
water on the highway for several
body will be laid to rest beside the
C. D. Walker. The other members
The school levies of all the seventy
hundred feet beyond the Geo. Lorens
remains of his .father in the family
of the board are Mrs. Geo^ Chaney, odd districts in the county vary very
barn.
plot at Plymouth, Vermont.
Mm. Geo. A. Uulett, Mrs. C. C. Farr little from last year’s figure.
Both the Riverton and Ballads fer­
Calvih Coolidge was one of the
snd O. C. Banford.
The county-court Which waa in sea-
ries were put out of commission, the >
most unostentatious men ever to oc­
On the Park Commission the mayor
County Budget Adopted
A letter from the Marshfield Cham­
piling and approach at th* latter float­ . sion here Tuesday, Wednesday and appointed Keith Leslie, chairman,
cupy the most exalted office in the
The opponents of our public schools ber of Commerce was read at the Co­ United States. Probably he would
ing loose when the rising water pulled I Thursday thia week, with Judge Ray Jeub, Tracy Leach, O. T. Gant
persisted in their resistance to any quille Chamber meeting Wednesday- not be classed as one of the greatest
Thompson, John D. Carl and Chas. and Alton H. Grimes.
the piling up from th* bottom.
evening in which it wae urged that presidents ever to nerve the United
While the storm did. not put the i Doane present, found a huge «tack of
As members of the city boxing increase in the per capita school tax
Coquille, as well ae all other commun­ States, but he left the office after
main power lines out of busins** here, , bills awaiting their official O. K., and commission the appointments were at the public budget hearing test Sat­
ities along the Coast Highway, do its about six years of .lervice with fewer
urday,
and
the
$10
per
capita,
as
many side lines were out, that out ; many other matters needing atten- A. H. Grimes as chairman. R. L.
utmost to help in financing the work enemies than any other president, and
Cunningham way being one of them. , tion.
Stewart, C. W. Gano, F, F. Schram, adopted by the budget committee
of
the Coast Highway Association to regardless of party he was the friend
early
in
December,
was
not
changed.
One
of
the
court
orders
was
to
the
The juice was also off at 'Riverton for
and Dr. J. W. Wheeler.
the end of its fiscal year, April 1. The of ail the American people.
a night or two, .and the repair crew effect that one-half of the 920,000
Afl of the mayors appointments Nor was the total budget figure of
(459,836.33 changed in any way and Coquille quota is 9100.
waa constantly on the job Sunday budgeted as an emergency fund, be wer* confirmed by the eounefl.
The following press dispatch tells
After a report by J. E. Norton oft of the esteem in which he wa* held
the
published budget was adopted by
set up as * Special Emergency Cash
The Coquille VaNey Sentinel wa*
Falling wire* caused three radios Fund in order to make avnRsMe, named as the city official newspaper it* county court that evening, exactly what Ed Miller has accomplished in by leadens of th* JJ rated States: "
establishing contact* with travel or­
to be burned out in the north part I when necessary, funds for destitution for the ensuing two yearn.
as advertised.
Dennw McCarthy made a talk at ganisations in directing travel over
of town, on* at Ralph Nosier'« place relief.
The world’s great men wrote an
Licenses were granted to restau­
and another at Sam Arnold'*.
I When the state relief committee rants. rooming houses and pool rooms the public hearing Saturday morning, the Coast highway, and a further op­ epitaph of acclaim for Calvin Coolidge
So far as reported there has been representatives were here last week for those where application had been advocating that nothing be budgeted timistic estimate of what tourist irt a great outpouring of sorrowful
no loss of livestock, although the flood the policy of Jbe county in paying made and the others were ordered to for county agent or herd testing travel will be the coming season, expressions at hia paining.
has seriously interfered with dairy- . county farm expenses and a portion have their applications filed by Jan. work, but neither item was eliminated President R. L. Stewart asked for a
President Hoover, his successor­
vote on whether the di rector s favor­ elect, Franklin D. Roosevelt, cabinet
from the budget.
men all along th* river.
of some employees’ salaries out of IS.
At the Smith plant here the water' the funds borrowed from the Rscon-
Assessor J. P, Beyers made one of ed making the support of the Coast men, governors, heads of foreign na­
Those granted Monday night were:
Association one of the major activi­ tion* and their ambassadors, educa­
was kept out of the engine room by . struction Finance Corporation was
Restaurant*—Tommy Wing, H. R. the most interesting talks at the
tightly battening the door and keeping frowned upon, and the policy has been Dimmiek, Lisle Goodwin, W. M. Mor­ morning session. He hit direct from ties of the Chamber for this year. tors, ministers, heads of great indus­
the «houlder, with the charge that the Thirteen of the 20 directors were trial and business enterprises, all at­
an electric pump constantly in opera- discontinued. The funds may be used ris. Grace Donaldson.
people
themselves, and they alone, present and the voté was unanimous tested by their words the esteem in
only for relief and not for executive
tion.
Rooming House—Tommy Wing and
are
responsible
for our present high that the Coquille Chamber support the which the ex-president was held.
Fort» Emery and 'Ray Jeub and work in handling the relief.
H. R. Dimmiofc.
Association to the limit of its ability.
plant employees were able to control I The court appointed A. T. Morri-
“Hia name had become in hia own
Card and Pool Rooms—W. H. For­ taxes. “You’ve got to get down to
Mr. Stewart thereupon volunteered
earth” waa his contention.
al I th* logs the company had in the son as juvenile and probation officer tier. Ed B. Miller and Hub Davis.
lifetime a synonym for sagacity and
"1’11 work for you a whole year as to personally call on business and pro­ wisdom,” said President Hoover in
boom up the riv*r by constant aur- , at • salary of 9110 per month. Mr*,
The Veterans of Foreign Wars post
vei Rance and effort, while Roy Neal Edith McNefly and Mrs. Josephine was granted permission to use khe county assessor for 91.00, if you wilT fessional men in Coquille and attempt proclaiming a 30-day national period
and Jim Brady kept the Coos Bay Culver were named as deputies at council chamber every .Friday eve­ do your part,” was Mr. Beyers’ dedar- to secure a dollar a month contribu­ of mourning. “His temperateness in
ation, but he went on to add that do­ tion from 20 men for the five months speech and his orderly deliberation in
Lumber Co. logs, at the mouth of the compensation to be arranged for if ning.
from Nov- 1 to April 1.
their
eeyvice*
are
needed
for
special
North Fork, from breaking loose and
action bespoke the profound sense of
The bond of Recorder F. G. Leslie, ing their part meant not only cutting
The Chamber of Commerce funds, responsibility which guided his con­
spreading all oveT the bottom* up work, such as taking girls to correc­ in the sum of 91000, and with S. M. down on public expenditures, hut per­
tive institutions at Salem or Portland. Nosier and J. L. Stevens as sureties, sonal as well. “Those of you who with only about 1900 as yet pledged duct of the public business.”
there.
Dr. M. Earl Wilson was"1 appointed was approved by the council and cannot afford to own automobiles for this year, will hardly be able to
Out at th* Kanu Klub grounds, at
Franklin D. Roosevelt said:
mast give them up and cut all your take care of this |100 needed by the
Brewster valley, th* water wpa within as secretary of the County Board of placed on file with the mayor.
“I am inexpressibly shocked at the
Coast Association, but if the average news of. Mr. Coolidge’s death. The sa­
a foot of entering L. H. Haxard’s Health, subject to confirmation by the
The council adjourned
at sight living expenses to fit your means,”
bi _?.Ven i*1* Ttt****
' **on <,u^er* ■ great loss in hia sodden
cabin and only 1« inches below the state board, at a salary of WOO a o'clock, but the water and finance was what the assessor meant by the “,n
increased tourist travel over the Coast and untimely passing.”
year.
floor of B*rt Gould’s
(
committees held a session for an hour public doing its part.
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Mr. Beyer*, Gao. Hampton, H. G. Highway, as a few who attend Coun- [ John
The county license fee for doge was and a half more, discussing city busi­
Yesterday th* water level had
W. Davit, who
opposed
ty Chamber of Commerce meeting. Coolidge for the" p'r'eaidency in'1924"
Kent,
C.
E.
Maybee
and
other*
were
set
at
91
per
year,
regardless
of
the
dropped six feet across the river here
ness and the policies to be pursued
who diff.re(1 from him po.
I preeent to advocate and urge a larg- have heard it, showing a mhny fold;
and unless another storm aeta in the sex of the animal. Thia ia the present this year.
P«4*t«l **ba*«M* «Wk saan TA*» Ina W1AWOV*
actual^return m cash for the moneys (|jtic«lly never questioned his integ-
’
er
per
capita
edhool
tax,
but
the
mo
­
policy
of
moat
of
the
counties
in
the
worst ia peat.
tion that the budget be adopted wae expended by the Coest Association, ' rity, patriotism or devotion to public
stats.
Ankle Broken and Sprained
carried
by a vote of 39 to 28. This there would be no question of financ­ duty, and friends and foes alike must
Relief Aasn. Needs Supplies , i
Mrs. Phoebe Harry, who had been wai simply an advisory expression of ing the association'« operation*.
I regret that the country is deprived
Busy
Comer
18
Year*
Old
The Coquille Relief Association,
in the Masd hospital at Myrtle Point how those preeent wished the court
Many other matters of ptiblic in­ ' in. this critical time of his cool and
which has been functioning again for( In
BlMy Cerser advertisement since last Saturday, was brought home
to act on the budget, and was not terest — taxes, schools, warrant*, > experenced judgment.”
the past two weeks, with increasing
j K Norton Eludes to the yesterday with her left Umb in a cast.
etc., were discussed at considerable i
binding in any way on the court.
Alfred E Smith: ' “I had a strong
activity, finds Ita .tock of clothing f>ct thgt thig,
,Ur, She sprained her ankle and broke the
length by the director* Wednesday ’ admiration for him.
Since he left
ahoM, etc.; for xhildrM, woman and
MrTe<j
people of Coquille and large bone just above the ankle as
evening, but no action wa* taken on Washington I have been pleasantly
Basketball
Here
Tonight
men, sadly depleted, with more calle vicinity for 18 years without inter­ she was leaving the Adventist church
any of those matter*.
associated with him.
I am deeply
every day than can be filled. The as­ ruption.
after morning service last Saturday.
Coquille and Myrtle Point high
shocked
and
deeply
grieved.
”
The
report
of
Treasurer
W.
8.
sociation ia making another appeal to
On* fact Mr. Norton did not men­ It was raining and Mrs. J. R. Bunch school basketball teams, both A and
Cfiarles G. Dawes, vice-president
the public for anything which may be tion that all the present employee* of bdbkoned to Mr*. Harry that ahe B team*, will meet on the Community Sickels for the pest six months show­
ugder Coolidge: “The loss is irrep­
used to relieve distress. The Com­ th* store were also employees when would take her home, and as she Building floor her* thia evening, th* ed thet there was a balance of 9104.94
on July 1, to which was added 9328 arable.”
mittee will be glad to call for any ar­ the Coquille VaNey Mercantile Co. be­ started down the steps she fell, the first game to be a seven o’clock.
Vice-President Curtis: "The nation
for dues paid by members, or a total
ticle of wearing apparel.
Following is the Coquffia high school
gan its operations 18 yeans ago. Thia break resulting. Dr. M. Earl Wilson
of 9427.94.
Expenses for the period has lost one of its strongest men—
includes himself and son, H. S. Nor­ was called and she was taken at once basket ball schedule for the next two
were 9263.93, giving a balance on a man who was liked and whose abili­
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V. F. W. Invites the Public
ton, Aaron Wilson and Clarence Tuttle. to Myrtle Point '
month«:
ty were appreciated by the peoples
hand Dec. 91, of |M4.<H.
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Jan. •— Myrtle Point, hers.
Th* Veteran« of Foreign Wars will Of the three other« who were associ­
of all the civilised world.”
Woman’* Club Meets Jan. 10
JaJn. 10—North Bend, there.
hold an apen meeting, to which the ated with the Busy Corner at that
Klines Move to Portland
Jan. 13—Bandon, here.
The January meeting of the Co­
public ia cordially invited, in the,W. time, Chas. T. Skeels ha* passed
High Water at Cottage Grove
Jan. 20—Marshfield, there.
O. W. hall, next Friday evening, Jan. away, Oscar Nosier is living in south­ quille Woman’s Club will be held
Mr. and Mra. C. W. Kline and two
Theodore Clinton, who had spent the
Jan. 21— Roseburg, here.
13. Two departmental officers, Cicero ern California, and S. M. Nosier still Tuesday, Jan. 10, at the Episcopal
boy* left yesterday for Portland, holidays with his family at Mrs. Clin­
f. Hogan, department service officer, lives in Coquille.
Jan. 2B—Rossburg, there.
parish house. -
where they expect to make their home ton’s parents' home near Portland, and*
Feb. 3—'Myrtle Point, there.
Mrs. S A. Roberts, who ha* trav­
aqd Alfred G. Whiteside, department
for *t least the next six month*. Mr. Kennett Lawrence, 'who went up to
Feb. 10—North Bend, here.
adjutant, both of Portland, will be in Plumber* Must Have Licenses elled a great deal in the Orient, will
Kline is in the employ of the Forest Portland last week to see his broth­
Feb. 17—Bandon, teere.
tell about some of her travels in Chi­
attendance to talk on the Bonus ques­
Service of the federal Interior De­ er, Perry, found it impossible to re­
At the session of the city council
Feb.
24
—
Marshfield,
hete
na, and Mr*. E. A. Woodyard will give
tion and on th* National Economy
partment and the office work on which turn Sunday as they had planned. Be­
»Monday evening Marshal English was
vocal selection. Meeting opens at
League.
he ia engaged will keep him busy for tween Eugene and Cottage GroVe the
instructed to notify all plumbers that
2 p. m.
that length of time.
J highway was under several feet of
unless they took out an annual ti-
They »hipped their household good« water and at the latter city there was
Little Damage by Fire
Fei­
cenee, as required by the city ordi<
Rainfall Total« 29 Inch«*
to Portland but have not sold their three feet of water on the main street,
The fire department waa called out nances, they would be subject to a
home place on Knowlton Heights, and with a boat tied up at the Bartel
With
a rainfall thio month of a
about four o’clock yesterday after-, fine of from 95 to 9100. The manhal
when the lumber business return* to Hotel, a la Venice in Italy.
noon to the Paul McElwaine dupflex has notified all the plumbers who have little over five inch*«, th* total for
normal her«, Mr. Kline hopes to re­
The water came there .in a rush, ris­
house on Fifth street, just east of th* »hops, but he says there are nearly the first four month* of th* weather
turn to Coquille.
fjpcal year is 29 inches, neatly three
ing almost three feet in two hour«.
highway. The flue waa burning out two doxen who do plumbing without___
Lawrence and Clinton had to wait
Mr. and Mrs. Kline have been very
and the fire was between the ceiling owning a shop, and through the Benti- inches lew than it was at thia time
popular residents of Coquille for sev­ over a day before they could get home.
and the roof, but the department nel he is notifying them that they n' year ago.
eral years, and it ia hoped they will
quickly extinguished It after chopping must take out a license before Jan.14,
or be liable to fbie.
again main Ihste boeae hu*.
Calling card* 100 for 11 M.
Calling «arda 100 for <!*>•
* holo 1* the root.
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