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TW COQUILLB «ALLEY SENTINEL. COQOTLLR. ORBGON, FRIDAY. MAT 26, 1««3.
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Service.
The first part of the measure is the
Farm Act proper, or the part that ap
a sees mhi is a sees tows
plies to controlling production and in
H. A. YOUNG aad M. D. GRIMES creasing farm prices, in thia section,
Congress declared that the present
Publishers
acute economic emergency 1«, in part
H. A. YOUNG, Editor
.j... u _. «awiB saacaacaBa the consequence of inerasing dispar
ity between the price» of agricultural
Subscription Rates
and other commodities. For instance,
One Year .
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l.uü index numbers prepared by the Unit
Mmiha1111 1 HMM
Three Months........................................ 60 ed States Department of Agriculture
No subscription taken unless paid show that for several mouths farm
for in advance. This rule is impsra- products have had an exchange value
of only half as,much as before the
War.
Congress declared the policy of the
Nation to “reestablish prices to farm
ers at a level that will give agricul
tural commodities a purchasing pow
er with respect to articles farmers
buy, equivalent to the purchasing
Advertising Rates
>t agricultural commodities in the
Display advertising. 25 cente per base period”—August 1909-July 4914.
inch: less than 5 inches, 30 cente per
inch. No advertisement inserted for 'Parity” in exchange value is clearly
leas than 50 cents. Readings notices .he goal of the Farm Act. Three pro
10 cents per lino. No reading notice, duction control plana are provided-
or advertisement of any kind, insert
land leasing, domestic allotment, and
ed for less than 25 cents.
marketing agreements. Farmer parti-
Entered at the Coquille Postoffice as ipation must be on-a voluntary badis,
rith benefits in cash payments provid ■1
Second Class Mail Matter.
'd for those who co-operate.' Applica
Office Corner W. First and Willard St. tion ia to be gradual at as rapid a rate
<s is deemed feasible, with consumers'
FALSE REPORTS SENT OUT I greets protected by provisions in
.he act, according to the Extension
Portland dailies would do well if Service circular.
they gave a little more consideration
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publish under a Coquille date line.
In the Oregonian and Journal Tues
day appeared'an item stating that the
Ry W. S. Bickels
«¿02,000 paid on the first hajf of 1932
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taxes was 20 per cent of the first half.
On a recent beautiful day the urge
The figure should have been 30 per
cent, for «202,000 is 30 per cent of irevailed to take a little ride down
Of such un-
«657,200, the latter figure being half .he Coast Highway.
isual magnificence were the many
of the tax levied.
But this error was just one of ig istae, that this line from an old poem
norance, and would not arouse the re ■ame to mind: “The traveler owns
sentment that does the attempt to he greatful scene of sweetness near."
hold the public utilities up to scorn as Wild flowers in profusion, lively
blood suckers. A perusal of the item reeks’, high mountains, wonderful
would lead one to think that the anyons, great river», gigantic treis.
Southern Pacific Co., the ML States Id ocean’s blue—all belonged to us
Power Co., and the West Coarft Tele a we looked and wondered—our-prop-
phone Co., the largest utilities in the .■rty, to be cherished in the memory
county, and others, had discounted I to long as life shall last.
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warrants “10 to 15 per cent, and
some even aa high as 60 per cent" | While the State is exacting its
"There
may hs'vs’’been" individual. |
of flesh and stripping Coos
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who"dis0Ountod
a« I°
f its cash,.we
™ aPe
who
discounted _warranta
warrants as much as
-'««*« »f all of
are ,ad
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60 per cent and applied those war- '-—
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rants in payment of taxes, but the!
taxes as 80 per cent delin-
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utilities did not, and a news writer |U«nt» tba< *0,000 of the texes that
why by innuendo attempts to smirch
b«*n Paid
with warrants,
a public utility, and deliberately lies p“™** *“ raoatly by th* Publ,c utiH-
about it, just to satisfy his spleen, is I
w^*ch obtained them at discounts
unworthy of the calling in which he is '••"«in« from 10 to 60 per cent. Thus
engaged.
I 1 WBS Panted on the flrst page of the
So far from discounting warrants ’ort’«™» Oregonian, issue of May 23.
60 per cent, the ML State Power Co. |Thi’
_«•» P»««*_•£»■
advantage
of unfor
has taken county warranto at face, al- .ties
“ did not take
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" though '¡h thejast few weeks it has tunate warrant-holders to an unrea
discounted some city and school war sonable extent We have heard of a
rants five and ten per cent, but the snitch in Marshfield who, without con
bulk of the warranto they turned in science or decency, took advantage of
widows and indigent» to the extent of
for taxes were received at face.
The Southern Pacific paid nearly "»0 per cent, but we are not willing to
all its first half taxes in cash, and dace the public utilities in his class.
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while we are not informed as to the
Many ranches and dairyman had a
telephone company, we do know of in
stances where warrants were taken little tax money laid aside, but they
have had to use it to buy hay at «20
at face.
per ton to save starving cattle.
In a conversation with C. G.
Caughell, of the tax collection depart
Prosperity Bunk
ment, he remarked to this writer, “I
First Yap—Cut salaries! (*ut down
think the Mt. States Ppwer Co. has
the number of employees! Get along)
been more than fair in this warrant
without this or that! Let economy be
and tax business.” They have taken
the watchword!
warranto from their customers in an
Second Yap—Raise wages!
Put
effort to assist those customers and
men to work! Increase the purchasing
their action has helped to keep more
power of the people!
Build public
money in circulation in Coos county.
works!
Make whoopee with a few
billion dollar bond issues!
MORTGAGE RELIEF PLANS
Qbserver—I guess «he old nqan will
Farm mortgage benefits as well as continue to slink around the corner,
higher prices for farm product« in re nr hide in a dark alley until thesa
lation to things farmers buy are pro birds get together.
vided for in the new Farm Act, ac
cording to information released by
the Oregon Agricultural Extension
Service co-operating with the U. S.
Department of Agriculture.
Borrowers
from
Federal Land
Banks are to receive a moratorium on.
payments on principal for five yean,
plus reduction in the interest rate to
4*4 per cent. They also will be helped
with interest due which they- are un
able to pay. There are 400,000 Fed
eral Land Bank mortgagors in the
country with over «1,000,000,000 bor
rowed.
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suit of economic ills, and would seem
to have no place on the government’s
program of relief measures, even
though relief is sought for olfactory
nerves.
If world-wide approval, as at pres
ent being bestowed, does not “turn
the head" of Franklin D. Roosevelt,
history will record him as being truly
great. His many good intentions have
clothed him with sudden power.
We -have heard of a Coos county
citiaen who for some time has been
preaching to his fellow citiseM not
to pay their taxes. However, ho came
to Coquille and paid his own taxes,
thus proteoting his own property, and
then returned to his neighborhood and
continued his preaching against pay
ment of taxes. Naturally, we wonder
“what’s the big idea?”
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flax fibre. The mill now'owea the
state something more than «17,000
on an open account dating back to
February, 1932. Einsig justified the
account by a letter from F. J. Gal
braith as manager of the Miles Linen
company purporting to guarantee
payment in the event the Salem Linen
Mill did not make good. Thg new
directors of the Miles company have
repudiated this guarantee of pay
ment, and Galbraith, himself, now de
clares that the letter in question had
no reference to the present account.
There were 436 fewer real estate
dealer» licensed in Oregon on May 1,
last, than there were on May 1, 1932,
according to figures released by the
real estate department
Estates of Oregon cititene who died
during 1932 contributd a total of
1603,609.93 to the treasury of the
state.
Two estates alone paid in
»319346 inheritance taxes or more
than half the year's totaf collections.
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department, Mrs. Sheldon Sackett do
ing the honors in the executive office
in the absence of Governor Meier and
Mias Ila Austin'' representing Btate
Treasurer Holman when that official
finds it necessary to absent himself
from the capital.
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Washington Relic
The lower denture of George Wash
Long persistent rumors to the et- Ington's false teeth Is In the London
feet that the annual encampment of hospital. The other denture Is In Bal
the Oregon national guard might be timore. The teeth are still white and
cancelled this year in the interests of show the signature of the dentist,
economy seem to have been effective Greenwood. Washington paid MO for
ly dispelled at last in the receipt of them, February 20. 17WI
federal authority to proceed with the
program for the maneuvers and ap
Found Together
proximately «200,000 in federal funds
Experience Is as easy to find as
to cover the cost of the two training trouble Quite often they grow on the
camps at Gamp Clatsop and Fort -emo branch.—Toledo Blade.
Stevens. At any rate national guard
headquarters here are proceeding on
the assumption that maneuvers will
be held this year as usual and expect
to have the entire Oregon contingent
of «,000 men and officers tn camp
June IS for 15 days of intensive
training at the expense of Uncle Gam.
Name the capital of China. Pekin.
At least that is what it was when
Fly-by-night insurance salesmen
State Treasurer Holman “hopes” to
some of us were kids. Imagine China
have the general fund back on a cash continue to reap a rich harvest at
without its ancient capital! Yet we
basis by July <1. The realisation of the expense of gullible victims in
read in the papers that it has been
his hopes, however, win involve the spite of the efforts of the state in
MLLUlU,
surrendered to the Japs—and .without
negotiation of a bank loan of ap surance department to protect them.
struggle.-BHHP
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Judge James T. Brand- of Coos proximately «2,000,000. It will be re Only recently one of these strong arm
Poor, old revolution-in.
’eated China. United, they stand; di- county is now operating under a 20 membered that'when the state tried gen tiemen catering to postmaster» in
ided, they fall. Thue the law, ‘Bur- per cent salary reduction, being one to borrow a similar amount last Feb the smaller counnunities did a rushing
■ival of the fittest” continues to work of only two Oregon judges who have ruary the banks turned thumbs down business in Oregon before the long
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conformed to the suggestion of the on the loan and as a result the state •rm of the law caught up with him.
As thia is written, continuing rains legislative ways and means commit was compelled to go on a warrant He eras convicted in a court in Yam-
n Coos county suggest the possibility tee that judges voluntarily accept a basis. These warranto are being call Mil county and fined «60, which he
if prosperity taming around the cor- 20 per cent pay cut for the current ed in now as rapidly as tax collections *"d- After he wad liberated it was
Farmers who have mortgages with
ier on a raft
biennium.
Eighteen judges have permit and within the next few learned that he was wanted ia Okla
Joint Stock Land Banks may also be
afr*ed to • 15 P«r cent reduction in months it is expected that the war homa for bank robbery. The policies
benefitted under the provision of the
There is not iqps wit nor invention their pay, and four have accepted a rant indebtedness will be wiped out ■or which numerous Oregon post
Farm Act which offers assistance in
in applying rightfully a thought one 10 per cent reduation. Five of Ore entirely. This respite, howler, will masters had paid out their good mon
the liquidation of these banks, pro
finds in a book, than being the first gon’s 28 circuit judges have aa yet be only temporary unless the banks ey are ahnoyt worthless, in the opinion
vided they reduce their interest rates
taken no salary cuts, standing firmly come through with a loan to tide the of A. H. Averill, insurance oommis-
to five per cent and cease foreclosure | author of that thought—Emerson.
on their constitutional rights which situation over until next tax paying Moner. And yet hundreds of legiti-
proceedings for two yean.
Cities of the Willamette valley, guarantees them immunity from eal- time.
mate insurance men making their
The Act provides help to other farm
that are now pouring sewage into the
homes ia the state complain that busi
r*d“£tiona during their term in
mortgagors through a special bond is
Willamette river, are organising for office. These eight are McMahan of
The decree of Governor Meier that ness is poor.
sue of «2,000,000,000 to raise fund*
I an effort to obtain financial aid from Salem, Wilson of The Dalles, Latour- the 5-to-SO per cent cut should be ap
for loaning to farmers who wish to
Uncle Sam in order that they may ette of Oregon City, Duncan of Klam plied to salaries in all departments
Traffic accidents are on the wane
borrow from the Federal Land Banks.
abate a great nuisance (created by the ath Falla and Corkine of Lakeview. over which he exercises appointive In Oregon if figures compiled in the
New loans are to be made on the same
people themeelves), build sewage-dis None of the judges were willing to control did not arouse any great en operators’ division of the state de
liberal terms as granted old borrow
posal plants, and permit the river to submit to the same schedule of pay thusiasm on the past of those whose partment ean be accepted as an ac
ers.
be restored to its original Beauty. As
"Li*
*PP‘ied to •” »‘her salaries had been slated for "adjust curate gauge.
For the first four
Further provision is made to pro individuals we would not bo conceded
officials and employees in
months ln the current year accidents
ment"
upward.
.It
has,
however,
met
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vide funds to enable farmer» to re the right to throw our garbage onto effort to balance the budget.
with the general approval of that on Oregon highways totalled only 5,-
deem farm property lost'by foreclo
a neighbor’s premises; yet collective
vastly larger group who were elated 9*2, resulting in 71 deaths and 1,324
sure since July 1, 1981. In fact, this ly, through local government, we pour
.J5**look
though there to take it on the chin anyway and Mured. This waa a decrease of 22.6
section of the Farm Act contains pro ■’cwage into a beautiful stream. Then
might be more trouble brewing for who disliked the idea of singling out per cent in th. number of accidents
visions through which excessive debts the state board of health, rightly, pro
some one in connection with the on- a few of the better paid employees and 21 per cent in the number killed
may be cut down, interest rates re hibits the use of its waters for domes qZr°n-r°f th*
imiuati^ for special favors.
•nd injured.
duced, payments on principal post tic purposes, and communities are put
Treaa“r«r Holman wants to
poned, foreclosed farms redeemed and to great expense to obtain another know by what authority William Em-
Of the 264,115 autontpbiles register-
Oregon wai never more nearly un
other provisions to assist farmers to source of supply.
The Willamette
“ ’tate Purchasing agent ex-
O-r°n on,y *wo ar* °f *>r*iim
meet urgent obligations, according to river has been deliberately polluted. temted almost unlimited credit to the der the domination of women than at
1«»«wd «G wak* Ther* ar* in
list, however,
a circular issued by the ^tension Here ia a condition that ia Bet the re- Salem Linen Mill for the purchase qf adRlFM °!W W»
pinch-hitting for Uosa in the statai’»•"F car« with nanna seldom heard.
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For instance five Oregon motorists
drive Carey cars, »even drive Win
tons, eight drive Day Elder», eight
drive Wescotts, eight drive Appersons
and nine drive Allens and Bethlehem».
Says Her Husband
Lost 16 Pounds
In 4 Weeks
I have never found a medicine that
‘peps you up like Kruschen Salts and
better still, leaves you ’pepped up.* I
take it two or three times a week—
not to reduee but merely to feel good
and clean. My husband took it to
[«luce, he lost 1« pounds in 4 weeks.”
Mr». E.A. Ferris, Washington, D. C.
(December 29, 1932.)
To lose fat and at the same time
gein in physical attractiveness and
feel spirited and youthful take one
half teaspoonfu) of Kruschen in a
glass of hat water before breakfast
every morning.
* a
4 weeks costa but a
trifle at Fuhrman s Pharmacy, Inc., or
any drugstore in the world but be
SZmr
Ket K,ruach«" Salts the
SAI- E w*y to reduce wide hips, prom
inent front and dotfoie cMn and
«-h? Joy of living—money
back if dissatisfied after the first jar.
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on all kinds of •
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