The Coquille
Sentinel
COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1933.
VOL. XXIX.
I3.M THE YEAR
C. of C. Nominations
Congressman Mott Here Nov. 7
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16-Year Old Boy Claims He
Thought Hunting Companion
Was a Deer
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Coquille and vicinity will have an
opportunity next Tuesday evening to
greet and hear Hon. Jas. W. Mott,
congressman from this district who
ie making a trip over the district, ac
companied by Mrs. Mott.
The Coquille Chamber of Commerce
has arranged for a dinner meeting at
the hotel next Tuesday evening, Nov.
1, st 6:30 at which time Congress
man Mott will give an account of
his stewardship at the national capi
tal.
The ladies sre included in th* in
vitation to come out and hear our
representative and the ladies of the
Woman’s Club and the B. P. W. club
have been asked to arrange for a wel
come to Mr*. Mott.
Preaident R. L. Stewart hoe planned
for a few musical number* durng the
dinner.
Tickets will be 76 cent*.
Was it murder, or an unfortunate
hunting accident, is what the sheriff’s
force is attempting to learn in regard
to the killing of W. U. Blackman, 4$
years of age, who was shot by 16-
year old Richard Frye, a mile north
of the Norway achool last Tuesday
evening at 5:45 o’clock.
Frye claims that he mistook Black-,
man, with whom he say* he was
hunting, for a deer. He shot him
first at a distance of 30 feet, the bul
let striking Blackman in Che back on
the left shoulder and coming out on
his right front, nearly breast high.
It ranged downward, indicating that
Three Football Game«
the »hooter stood on a higher eleva
high
The Coquffie-Myrtle Point
tion. Another shot, fired at what
school football game is to be played
Frye says was about six feet dis-
here next Friday, Nov. 10, instead of
tance, entered Blackman's eye.
on Saturday, and at three o’clock, af
Young Frye, who lives with his
ter the parade. Tomorrow’s game,
mother, Mr*. Stella Frye, just beyond
at Bandon, will be the Red Devils’
the Norway store, returned last week
rtecond dash with the Tigers.
end from a trip of several months
As a special football feature for the
with his brother who is a jockey.
second day of the Cora Show, Nov.
- From the time of hi* return he at
11, a game has been arranged be
tempted to get Blackman to go hunt
tween the Fairview OOC camp team
ing with him.
and the Coquille Independent*. The
After he had shot Blackman, the
latter won their first conflict, 20-7,
boy dragged him for five feet, to a
but it was a mighty good game.
rotten log, and then crushed the pow
dery wood and completely covered hia
victim with brush and twig* and the
decaying log.
Joe Ellis, * neighbor of Blackman’s,
who was returning home on an old
unused county road which leaves the
“Coquille students at University
highway near the Haughton place,
heard the shot and hurried to the start new nudiet colony,’’ might well
¿cent, without being observed by be the heeding over a story reaching
Frye. He saw th* boy burying some Coquille from Eugene.
thing and after the young fellow had ’ Guo Gailaa, of this city, and Harry
who attended Coquille
departed, started to uncover what he Hehnkin,
is a deer which had been high school for a year or two, were
supposed
shot. He first felt the leather jacket two of the leading characters in th:a
For some
and then touched a hand. That was back to nature stunt.
enough. He raced to a telephone and reason, Avery Combe, who live* in the
same dormitory with those freeh-
called th* sheriff’s office.
Sheriff Bess and Deputy Davis were J men *t U. of O.. and himself a fresh
not much more than ten minutes in man, was overlooked,
A bunch of upper classmen roused
reaching the spot where Ellis awaited
the fnsehmen in one of the halls
them. From his description of th*
one he saw burying Blackman the of there on* night this week, about
ficer» decided to interrogate Frye 1240, escorted them to the mill race,
whom they found at home, playing compelled them to strip down to their
cards, laughing and having a good birthday swimming apparel, end then
time, He had told no one of what tossed them in the cold waters of the
he claims was ao accidental shooting. .mill race.
When the freshmen emerged their
When the officers went to uncover
the body they found the brim of tormentors had fled, taking the boys’
Blackman’s hat at a little distance, clothing. There being no convenient
slight powder bums around the eye barrels in sight, the boys jumped
socket, and the dead man’s gun hld- from pale to pole, or tree to tree, or
den in a nearby tree.
bush to bush, finally reaching their
There is some low brush but no house without having to explain to a
trees in th* vicinity of the spot where cop why and what for.
the body was found.
Avery isn’t complaining because he
Young Frye say* he became seared was not caught in the freMwnen raid!
when he found he had killed Black
man and instinctively started to bury
I Jons Ask Sidewalk Repair
the body.
At
the Lions Club session yesterday
Had not the shots been heard by
Ellis it might have been a long time I noon a resolution was adopted, re
questing the city to repair the side
before the body was discovered.
walk leading from the business sec
tion along the highway to the high
Budget Hearing Nor. 27
school building, and to place a hand
Public hearing on the Coos county
rail alongside for the protection of th*
budget for 1984 will be held in th*
hundreds of children who use it every
court house at 10 a. m. on Monday,
day.
Nov. 27, and anyone who haa any ob
| Cyril Jasmin, of the Marshfield den,
jection to H will be heard at that time.
extended an invitation to the Coquille
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Lions and ladle, to attend th. m*et-
was fixed by the budget committee
ing in the Chandler Hotel this eve
at $611413.90, which i* 343,622.43
ning at 7:30. All service clubs in the
less than this year’« figure of $659,-
county hsve been invited to this din-
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' ner session which will be addressed
Of the total for next year, $479438.-
by Mr*. Saidie Orr-Dunbar, her sub-
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jkct'briag'“HeaRh?
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the $35.000.00 estimate for old age
Commissioners John D. Carl and
pensions, and $131,976 is for road
. Chas. Doane were guests at the lunch-
purpose*.
|eon and were requested to state why
A compflete copy of the budget ap they bad refused to include an item of
pears elsewhere in this issue of the
315,000 or 320,000, as requested by
Sentinel.
Judge Thompson, for the relief of
decrepit and feeble Lions.
Judge
Grange Nominates Officers
Thompson came back with the state
Coquille Grange at its
regular ment that 336,000 was budgeted and
meeting in W. 0. W. hall last eve all Lion* who could quality for old
ning nominated officers for next year age pensions should apply.
To arrange for the Lions Club float
who will be voted on at the next
in the Cora Show parade a committee
meeting, Nov. 16.
Mrs. Frank Wilson was named as was appointed consisting of F. 8.
chairman of the committee to arrange Emery, Theo. CHnton, F. A. Pook and
a booth exhibit for the Grange at th* Ralph Nosier.
Corn Show, and John A. Martin as
chairman of the committee to prepare Voluntary Bankrutcy Petition
a float for the parade.
A voluntary petition in bankruptcy
Was filed with Edw. Joehnk in Marsh
G m Explodes in Face
field. Monday, by Attorney Roby, of
Fred Kunz received painful burns St. Helens, for Mias Anna Jerzyk,
around his eyes yesterday at the publisher of the Courier. Miss Jer
Moore camp near Leneve. Accumu zyk was appointed temporary receiver
lated gasoline in a Studebaker en to conduct the business for a couple
gine, which had been installed on a of weeks after which th* creditors
donkey engine, exploded in his face will meet and name a trustee.
as he was watching the attempts to
Interesting development* in re
start it. His eyesight was not affect gard to the sale of the paper by W. E.
ed but he lost some eyebrews and Hassler last May are promised by
COQUILLE BOYS
BACKTONATURE
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Mr. Roby.
J. L. Smith Is Telling You Not
to Mtes Thb« Year n
Corn Show
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Enthusiastic response to the
quests of the parade committoe tor
floats in next Friday’s Cora Show pa
rade, by practically all of the organ
isations contacted, Was reported last
evening by Mrs. Bertha J. Smith,
committee chairman, at the general
Cora Show meeting called by J. L.
Smith to make final plans.
It was an enthusiastic meeting of
directors and committee heads and in
dicated that thia year’s carnival and
show will not suffer by comparison
with other years. A good booth dis
play was certain, according to R. I*
Stewart; the corn, potato and other
exhibits will be present in goodly
numbers, said County Agent Jenkins;
the sports program has been adopted;
the play by the Monotony Killers,
which has an intriguing plot and is a
clever production, will be ready; the
Saturday night vaudeville ha* been
lined up, and everything forecast* a
splendid line of exhibits and two full
day* of entertainment
J. L. Smith, says that he would still
like to receive applications for candi
dates for the public wedding, sched
uled for Saturday afternoon.
Last
year’s contracting parties, Mr. and
Mrs. N. A. Gant, have not regretted
that their wedding ceremony was per
formed in the presence of thousands
■of well-wishers.
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WE RE TELLING YOU
There’s going to be a lot of people
at that there Corn Show in Coquille
next Friday and Saturday, November
10 and 11.
And will they like it?
It all depends on you, and yoa—
.
Now, furthermore, we’re asking you
—what are you figuring on doing to
help put on the big show?
Hete are just a few suggestions:
First, take a look at the prize list
and see what you might win in the
parade, sporta or exhibits.
Above all, you just most get into
that parade on Friday, 1:30 p. m.,
and above all, try to help make it
the biggest and best that ever hap
pened in this here county, by cracky!
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If you are not in that parade, we
will think you are badly crippled or
getting too old and decrepit for auch
thing», but we hope you may feel able
at least to enjoy it from the side
Hhes.
The Chamber of Commerce nomin
ating committee reported at the di
rectors’ meeting in the hotel Wednes
day evening a list of candidates whose
names will appear on the ballot at the
annual election to be held on Wednes
day, Nov. 15. It will be a forum meet
ing in the hotel dining room.
■Reside the list named below any
one may be uominated from the floor
prior to the balloting. Seventeen di
rectors, beside the president, vice-
president and treasurer, are to be
chosen.
The following is the list of names
submitted:
For president—C. W. Gano,
For vice president—F. W. Martin,
For treasurer—W. S. Sickels.
For directora—J. A. Lamb, J. P.
Beyers, R. L Stewart, C. C. Farr,
Geo. A. Utett, Lafe Campton, J. L.
Smith, 0. C. Sanford,-A E. Norton, E.
D. Webb, D. E. Rackleff, C. W. Gard
ner, J. L. Stevens, Ernest Purvance,
O. L. Wood, Geo. Belloni, A. N. Gould.
Sidesaddle, Horses Requested
The Corn Show parade committee
would like to hear from anyone who
can furnish a aide saddle for next
Friday’s parade, and also would like
to secure two riding horses for the
parade. Anyone' who can provide
theee necessities pleaee notify Mrs.
Bertha J. Smith.
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SPORTS FOR
CORN SHOW
The street sporta for the Cora
And please do not be afraid to do
plenty of applauding while the parade Show a* outlined by the sporta com-
Following is the premium list for is passing.
m it tee this week will furnish
a
exhibits at the Com Show, next Fri
couple of hour* of out-dodr amuae-
day and Saturday, Nov. 10-11:
Give everyone in it a big hand. They ment:
Cora
1st 2nd
3rd like it! They deserve it!
Friday, Nov. 10
10 ears Yellow Dent 32.00 $140 $ 40
Pie eating contest, boy* under 12,
100 ears Yellow Dent 3.00 2.00 1.00
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So please remember, if you can't 50c and 25c.
10 ear* White Dent
2.00 1 00
.60 join the procession, you may at least
Milk drinking by fat men, $1.60 and
100 ear* White Dent 3 j OO 2.00 1.00 clap your hahds, (if you have two.)
$1.00.
10 ear* Flint
2.00 1.00
.60
Burlesque boxing, men, $1.60 and
100 earn Flint
8.00 2.00 100
The only ones who ean’t have a good 75c.
10 ear* Sweet com
.75
1.00
.60 time at the Corn Show will be those
Rolling
pin
throwing, married
10 ears Pop corn
1.00
.75
.60 who stay home!
women, $140 and 50c.
let 2nd
3rd
■Roller skating,' girls under ie, K
4 ■ * By the way. who not get married
1 peek (M tha.)
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and 50 cento.
long type
$2.00 $1.00 $ .50 at the big public wedding on Saturday
Egg Race, farmers' wives, $ iao
1 peek (16 !ba.)
afternoon? Everything free, no ex and 50c.
round type
2.00 1.00
.50 pense, and lots of wedding gifts. Send
75-yard da*h, free for all, $1.60 and
Root Crop*
let 2nd
3rd in your application at once.
$1.00.
6 stock beet* or
50-yard hace, boy* under 12, 60 and
mangels
$140 $1.00 $40
'Now, how about our special guests, 25 cents.
6 stock carrot* .
.50 you farm folks? Can we depend on
140 1.00
Weight guessing contest—a cow—
6 stock turnips
1.50 1.00
.50 you all to be here with both feet? for farmers only, $2.50.
Pumpkins
1st 2nd Especially at the old-time dance, etc.,
Circus Clown Act by a local boy,
2 stock phmpkins
$1.00 $ .60 corn husking, cow calling contest, Johnny Yoakem.
2 pie pumpkins
1.00
.50 vaudeville acta, Saturday night?
Saturday
1 largest pumpkin
1.00
.60
Coin diving, boys under 12, 50 and
Moet original Jack oLentera 1.00
.60
And whatever you do, don’t miss 25 cent*.
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Squash
2nd that play by the Monotony Killers on
let
Nail driving, farmers’ wivee, $1.00
2 Golden Hubbard
$1.00 $ 40 Friday night. They are workihg hard and 50c.
2 Green Hubbard
.50 on it every night now and it’s going
1.00
Burleeque boxing, men, $1.50 and
2 Banana
1.00
.50 to be good!
76c.
2 Acorn
1.00
.50
Chinning contest, $1.00 and 50c.
2 Miscellaneous varieties 1.00
.50
Roller abating, boys under 16, 75
The farmers hsve never been asked
Apple*
1st 2nd to donate a dime to help finance the and 50 cent*.
,
Plate (6 specimen«)
60-yard race, girls under 12, 50
Com Show all the past seventeen
Each variety
$ 40 $ 46 years but the directors do cordially and 25 cent*.
Cranberries
1
2nd urge them to be not stingy of their
75-yard dash, free for all, $1.50 and
Best exhibit (1 box)
'$2.00 3L00 time, talent, and exhibits in helping $1.00.
A small premium will be paid for make thia affair a big success.
Married ladies’ race, 26 yards, $1.50
miscellaneous exhibit* worthy of a
and $1.00.
prize if the above diassea ar* not
Egg throwing, 31.00 and 50c.
Only one week left till the show, no
filled and funds ar* available.
Weight guessing—horse—by farm
let’s all get going for it in a big way!
ers, $2.50.
Yours truly,
Line of March for Parade
Fire fighting demonstration by the
J. L. 8., Chairman
Coquille fire department.
The Cora Show parade which is in
charge of the Coquille Business &
Professional Women’s Chib ag tin
this year, will proceed along the fol
lowing line of march:-
Form on Second street, between
Court House and City HaH, proceed
tii." 8x“d “
south one block to First, west to
Willard, south to Front, east to Tay
lor, north to First, *a*t to Hall, north
to Second, west two Mock* to Willard
and south to the Community Building.
A prize offered for one parade sec
tion, which was not mentioned last
w*ek was an offer of $6 for the best
rural school appearance.
New Chiropractor Locate» Hero
Dr. C. G. Stern, a chiropractic phy
sician who has ben practising at Me.
MinnvHle for the past few years, will
open an office in Coquille about Nov.
10. Accompanied by Mrs. Stern, he
was in Coquille the first of the week
and leased the old Kronenberg home,
at th* corner of Moulton and Second
streets, from Mrs. Ida Owen.
They
expact to return to Coquille early next
week.
Mr. Stern is a graduate of
the Pacific Chiropractic College at
Portland.
Lewis Coombs of Delmar Killed.
Wife and Daughters
Injured
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Chargee of manslaughter were filed
against Victor MdCaJlister, of this
city, by District Attorney Flaxel last
Monday after he had investigated th«
Saturday night tragedy
in which
Lewis Coombs, of Delmar, was killed
and hie entire family was struck by
an automobile driven by McCallister.
Mr. Coombs, his wife and four
daughters and Albert A. Lee were
walking home from Millington where
they had attended a dance and on the
straight away, about half a mile north
of the Delmar school met the McCal
lister car.
They were walking off the edge of
the pavement but when they saw the
approaching car with two of its
wheels off the pavement on their side
they attempted to jump to safety. The
ear was not travelling at an excessive
rate of speed, probably not more than
25 or 30 miles an hour, but after run
ping for 50 feet with two wheels on
the pavement, the trades show that
when it struck its victims all four
wheels were off the concrete,
Coomba, who wds the last one
struck, suffered a broken neck and
died soon after being picked up by a
passing autoiet.
Albert Alden Lee, 19, and Jewel
Coombs, 17, were in the lead, arm and
arm, and he jumped and pulled her
from the auto’s path so that the
fender just brushed her leg.
Next came Mrs. Coombs and Lucy,
aged 5. The little girl received a
broken arm, broken collar bone, frac
tured knee cap and broken leg, but
she is improving at the hospital and
will probably recover. Mrs. Ooombe
was only slightly hurt.
Just ahead of Mr. Coombs were
Dorothy, 15, and Irma, 13.
They
were bruised and scratched but not
seriously hurt.
MflCallister was accompanied on
his trip to Mambfleld by hie aunt,
Mrs. Gladys Graham, of Ashland, who
had come in the day before for a
visit here.
Officer English, at Marshfield, no
ticed McCallister’* car when he en
tered the city, that one light was out
and the other had been bent so that
it was throwing it* light at an up
ward angle. He followed the car and
took McCallister in charge before
phoning to learn whether there had
been an accident.
Funeral service* were held for the
unfortunate victim in North Bend
Tuesday afternoon.
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Compliance Board Organized
The Compliance Board, named Dy
the Coquille N. R. A. executive com
mittee, met at The Title Company of
fice Monday evening to organize and
acquaint themselves with the duties
of their office. The board consist* of
the following:
R. H. Creager-—Permanent Chair
man.
J. J. Stanley—Attorney and Secre
tary.
C. P. Zumwalt, representing em
ployees in indutsry.
E. A. Walker, employees in retail
and wholesale trade.
Amateurs Tonight at Liberty Health Association Card Party
C. T. Selbig, employer in industry.
There io still time to enter the Lib
M. F. Pettit, employer in retail and
Coquille is to be well represented at
erty Theatre-McKrason Drug Com the card party, to be given in the Elka’ wholesale trade.
pany's Radio and Stage Opportunity Temple at Marshfield tomorrow (Sat
Mr*. Lorraine Vinton, represents-
Contest.
urday) afternoon by the Coo* Coun-' live of consumer*,
Athtough Manager Clever advises ty Health Association, the receipts
The principal activities of the Com-
zrs
from which will help carry on healh pliance Board wiH be to disseminate
registration* and interest manifested activity in th* county. I|
information as to what is required of
in the first preliimnary tests, if you
The affair promise* to be one of the those signing the N. R. A. obligation,
have . ambition* for radio, stage most outstanding parties of the fall and any other matter* pertaining to
or screen work ytou should fill out «eason and the ladies are enthusiasti the National Recovery Act.
your application at once and bring it cally arranging the detail* to make it
They will also hear complaints filed
to the Liberty Theatre.
a success in every particular. Any as to non-compliance with N. R. A.
Those who have already made ap one who has not yet secured a ticket obHgaiond; they will investigate these
plication and who will appear on the can do ao by applying to Mr*. R. A. complaint*, and if they are found just
Liberty stage between the first and Wernich.
the information will be forwarded to
second shows thia (Friday) evening
The blue eagle
Those who have already signified Washington, D. C.
are the fallowing:
their intention of going are Meadames can only be removed from a place of
Marguerite Gtoor, singing.
J. E. Norton, J. A. Lamb, F. L Green- business on direct order from Wash
George Ulstt, Jr., magic.
ough, R. A. Wernich, W 8. Sickels, I. ington. The compliance board can
Ernest Cooper, singing.
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A. Elrod, R L Stewart, L. H. Hazard, not order it done.
Jack MdCue, singing.
Ray Thomas, M. Earl Wilson, R. E.
Bobby Burns, piano.
Boober, Lafe Compton; F. 8. Emery, Food Stores to Be Open Friday
Randolph Lorenz, difiging.
■ A. E. Bradford, H. W. Pierce, J. E.
The food stores of Coquille—gro
Gross Wood, magic.
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Paulaon, F. C. Hudson, O. R. Spires.
Frankie and Johnnie. McKinley C. A. Rietman, Keith Leslie, Carl ceries and meat markets—feel that
OCC camp, singing.
Gilbert, Geo. Chaney, J. A. Berg, L it might/work an handahip on their
And there probably will be others. L. Bonney H. A. Slack, Geo. T. Jen- customers to close their places of
These preliminary testa are to be | kins, R. A. Jeub, Jacob Grebell, Pearl business next Friday noon and re
continued until the list of Coquille en- Ellingaen, H. E. Heaa, G. A. Ulett, main elosed until the following Mon
Caroline Yetton, Misses Catherine day morning.. They are ail co-oper
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ating 100 per cent in th* Cora Show,
Wernich and Barbara Bradford.
but reached an agreement yesterday
3% Inches Rain in October
Tomorrow, Nov. 4, is th* last day that they wojild not close at all for
With 3H inches of rain during Oc I for payment of the second half of the’ first day of the Corn Show—
tober, more than one of which fell last of 1932 taxes, without interest. The Friday—but would be closed all day
Saturday, the month this year ex law specifies the 5th of November a* on Saturday, Armistice Day, the sec
ceeds October, 1982, by I Mi inches. th* last day whether it falls on a hol ond day of th* Cora Show. Deliveries
will be made on Friday as usual.
Th* total aim* Sept 1 la «even inches. iday or not.
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