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The Sentinel Medford’s Grocery H. A. YOUNG and M. D. GRIMES i'ubll-hers H. A. YOUNG, Editor Subscription Rate« One Year ........................................... Six Months .............................................. 100 Three Months............. ................. -60 No «ubacription taken unlesa paid for in advance. Thia rule is impera tive. Advertising Rates Display advertising, 25 cents per inch: less than 5 inches, 30 cents per inch. No advertisement inserted for less tlun 50 cents. Readings notices 10 cents per line. No reading notice, or advertisement of any kind? insert ed for less than 25 cents. Entered at the Coquille Postoffice as Second Clas« Mail Matter. U. 8. SHOULD KEEP OUT OF IMPENDING WAR (The Pathfinder) Our big garden spider has just woven a web that has a big “W” in it—and thia is always supposed to mean war is coming. Perhaps the spiders know as much about it as any body else. Many keen observers have been predicting that war ts on the way. f8ome of them place it some years in the future, while others see it coming very soon. Henry Morgenthau, famous diplo mat and economist, who is the father of the Agricultural Administrator of the same name, says that war in Eu rope next year is “inevitable.” He is a conservative man, not a firebrand or jingo, and when a man of that character issues such a statement as this it cannot be waved altogether aside. He points out several locali ties in Europe where a war explosion may take place any time, just as it did in 1914 in the small and obscure Bosnian city of Serejevo. These storm centers, he says, are: first, the Rhine and its outlet to the sea; second, the Danube, whose valley is the granary of Europe; third, the Vistula, where there is a clash between Polish and German interests, and fourth, the Adriatic,'which Mussolini plans to make an “Inland Italian sea.” Mr. Morgenthau points out what we all already know, and what most of us knew and said at the time the league of Nations was organised—and that is that the league is a failure and is “powerless to prevent the"im pending ciash.” American Ambassa dor Dodd, speaking in Berlin on Co lumbus Day, warned that “another war and chaos” are coming unless statesmen turn away from their pres ent nationalistic aims—which they are rtbt likely to do. As a matter of fact the League of Nation« has been only a snare and a delusion, for the nations have gone right on spending more and more on militarism. In fact they have wasted so much on preparations for the next war that they have, as we know, prac tically repudiated what they for the last war. The World war caught us unprc- pared in a military way ami off qpr balance in an economic way. Arinine diplopiscy did the rest and delivered us ifito the camp of the enemy. We got nothing out of the war except kicks and many billion« of debts to pay. Our well known modesty and good nature were imposed upon, and we were left to foot the bills like a good uncle. The other nations have only been waiting to see how they could juggle the conditions and get us signed up to defend them before starting another war. They expected us to pay the bill* agwin. Now they have been told plainly that we will not permit our selves to be entangled in their quar rel« and so they have about decided to fight anyway—and then see if they can’t shift a good share of the cost to us later. When war comes it will, of course; create a demand for most of the prod ucts which are now overproduced O ut farms can raise three times as much «tuff a« they now do. The auto factories can produce four times as many machines as they can now mar ket Our shipyards, munition works, steel mills and factories of every sort can turn out huge surpluses of arti cles of every sort required in warfare. Germany failed in the last war be cause she ran out of three thing»— sugar, copper—and above al)—grease. No modern war cun be tarried on with out petroleum products. Goal is also important, but no longer the ewen- tial it once was. Cotton is also an essential. Germany is now well stocked up with the basic essentials of war, and she knows where to get plenty more or make them. She hae the biggest air fleet of any nation, and all experts agree that the next war will be decided in the air. The last war was fought to “make the world safe for dewtocracy"-^md it made the world safe for nothing whatever. We hope that the war makers next time will coms-right out TABLOIDS By W. 8. Sickels The “Low Down” About Barometers Last Monday morning Coquille was experiencing the thrill of a record- low barometer. The news was soon all over town that the *g)as«” was down to 29.48. However/ nothing happened, only that E. D, Webb of the First National Bank, and R. L. Stewart, of Mountain States Power Company, almost bumped together in the middle of the street as each was hurrying to the other's place of busi ness to check up their respective in struments. Each had assumed his glass had gone haywire or was in its dotage—or something. All banks maintain a barometer, You have head of the barometer of business. Well, that’s it. I didn’t know the barometer was that way when I asked for a loan last Monday. I was told to come in when it got up to 38.15. So you see that, wasn’t ex actly a turn-down. Conditions simply were not right. The banking history of the country for th^ last three or four years indicates that many bank ers forgot to look at the barometer. Therefore the high-pressure areas of 1929 escaped their notice. With an electric power company the use of a barometer is more or less idealistic. Its readings are used to regulate the science, or art, of exact reasoning (with customers) about the' COQUILLE, OREGON The worst of the storm seems to be over. We are assured that better times are on the way. The N.R.A. has made conditions better already. More improvement is in sight and now, our advice is to buy now while we can offer you these exceptional low, prices on fast-advancing merchandise. Specials for Friday, Saturday and Monday Eggs Football note from Portland Ore gon ian: “In the Pacific Northweut the boys were playing up to their charley horses in mud.” But that doesn’t tell this sports writer how deep the mud was. An announcement by a news broad cast last Monday night gave the to tal attendance at A Century of Prog ress as something over 21 million, ex ceeding that of the Columbian Ex position (1898) by a few hundred thousand, only, which was pronounced a record-breaker for assemblage on the western hemisphere. In 1893 the population of the United States was about 63,000,000. Since that time It has doubled therefore, proportion ately, the Columbian Exposition drew a much larger percentage of the peo ple of the country. Yea, there was a depression on at that time, too. Fresh every day. From Medford & Leeper Poultry Farm. Oregon Brand Fresh Ground Round Ground while you wait. POUND Coffee Medford’s — Ground while you wait. ECONOMY LB. SUPREME LB. Fresh Hamburger No cereal. 2 processes entering into the construc tion of the monthly bill. Formerly 'a thermometer was used as a guide for these discussions but the factor Of high temperature was ever present I and that instrument was abandoned in favor of logistics, a system of: arithmetic in which numbers are expressed by a scale -ef 00, meaning i “the customer is always right.” Deposit insurance, which goes into effect January 1, 1934, will cost the banks one-half of o'ne per cent of their deposits, or $500 for each $100,- 000. Thia will be the initial contribu tion to the guarantee fund. Farther contributions will be by assessment— if required. Free Delivery Twice Daily Phone 166 »8. Q DäCOn Sperry’s Self-rising Iß LB. lv RAG Swift’s Quality Mincemeat M. J. B. Quality Brandy * flavored, in bulk FRUITS and VEGETABLES Macaroni Hardwheat Elbow Cut Sweet Potatoes Apples U. S. No. l’s Calif. Jerseys Newtons or Saps While they last 5 ibs. 19c box Lemons Sunkist Medium size Bu. Vegetables Carrots, Turnips, Beets, Radishes, Green Onions 3 bunches 10 -69 Walnuts POUND Onion« Oregon - U. S. No. l’s Anyone desiring to trade Feeder Pigs see S. B. Leeper or K. E. Medford Anyone desiring to trade No. 1 Veal, Beef, or Pork for Groceries, see K. E. Medford, Medford’s Grocery, Co quille. Birds Dying Along the Beach • Eleven men were killed in the Pa cific Northwest during the recent brief deer-hunting season, having been mistaken, for deer by fellow Jiunters. It seems anybody can ob tain a hunting license, but to obtain an automobile driver’s license you must convince state authorities that you at least know the difference be tween an automobile and a team of mules. Why not an examination of the head before issuing a license to a would-be deer-hunter? Some of thorn don’t know the difference be- tween a deer and a coroner’s inquest. To permit the slaughter of about 300 elk, a recent four-day open rea son was authorised by law. The word slaughter is used here deliberately. Elk had not been molested for ¿5 yeans and had become unafraid of man, therefore were quite tame, and ih most instances did not take flight from-the killers. Fine sportsman ship! A request from the U. S. Biologi cal survey was received from the Portland branch by lighthouse keeper Kinyon this week to investigate and report concerning the story that dead fish were floating in the ocean and causing the death of thousands of coastwise birds. Captain Kinyon made the investigation and found that the tale had not been exagegr- ated. Kinyon reported an enormous num ber of dead birds of all species com mon on the beach, including edible ducks, mud hens and similar fowl, be sides the. smaller birds and gulls. These were said by fishermen to have been floating in the ocean, but Cap tain Kinyon found them washed up on the beach. Old settlers say they have never seen any such condition before. No explanation is offered, but ft is ex pected that the biological bureau will make an investigation of the cause. The death area extends some 400 miles, as far south as Eureka, Calif. —Reedsport Courier. SCHOOL DAYS By DWIG "ÍÜÍ3 ! B■IF
