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» The Coquille THE PAPER THAT’S LIKE A LETTER FROM HOME . YOU XXX. V- NO. 2. «COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY M. 1*34. Politics Did Not Enter Lyman Carrier Accepts Govern ment Position-Near Wash ington, D. C. The charge expressed by one of Judge D. F. Thompson’s attorneys that his arrest Monday night on a drunken driving charge waa a politi cal frame-up, is utterly without foun dation. . , For one thing there would be no object m attempting to frame a dead issue. For another thing, Coquille’s police officers never have been guilty of framing; they are not built that way and their actions in enforcing the laws should not be so belittled. Judge Thompson’s control of his ear’ Just before his arrest at 12:16 Momiay <wl| ,,, „ erraUc that had there an .pproachin< car it mirh , hav. in . ,oni.ion. might have resulted in a collision. Coquille is to lose one of its moat prominent citisena next week, a man who has sought to advance the moral and civic best interests of this city during the fourteen years he has re sided here. , We refer to Lyman Cyrier, who on Wednesday received notice of his sp- pointmen: as regional director of the •oil erosion service of the Department’ After being examined by two of the Interior. It was Tor this pur-1 physicians who pronounced him intox pose thst he made hia recent trip east. icated, Judge Thompson posted a The appointment is not political, as check for 6126 for his appearance be he is one of many government em fore Recorder Leslie when summoned. ployees who had served in the Bureau The date of the case has been left of Soils of th? Agricultural Depart for an aeveemcnt between City At ment years .»go who are now being torney Corby and the defendant’s at engag.'J for this comparatively new torneys. One of them expressed the soil sres'.n service. It is a very im JoSire Wednesday that the hearing porter part of government activity' and a poss'ble appeal to the circuit and aAnough the appropriati.n for the court be had as quickly as possible. service is only for five years, if the progress is made in preventing ero sion, which is contemplated, it ’ will probably become a permanent govern ment activity. Briefly it is a combination of flood control and the treatment of land by Thursday, February 1, will mark cropping or terracing which will pre vent the soil from being washed away the climax of the year's dramatic during rain periods. At the present production for C. H. S„ when the time there are three experiment sta Senior Claes presents the three-act tions, working along thio line, in the comedy, “Lookin’ Lovely,” at the Com United States. One is in the Palouse munity Hall. The play ia an excellent vehicle for country where the Washington State College ha« proved how successfully diaplaying the abilities and talents of the land’s surface can be, protected different members of the class. The from erosion in the wheat section of action takes place in the living room of the mortgage-plastered Sordine Washington. Mr. Carrier, who hopes to leave by farm. The dual plot eonsitsts of the Tuesday for hia new duties, does not formation of a Health and Beauty In know whether he will be located in stitute, and a mysterious theft of Virginia or West Virginia, but it will 64/XX), which ia spread through the be somewhere in that section. He ex three acts In a merry mix-up of pects to have his headquarters es sheriffs, post-mistresses, black mam tablished by the time school is out mies, mischievous children, Jews, and here, at which time Mrs. Carirer and Englishmen, and frequently inter spersed with mud puddling and love Martha will join him in the east SENIOR CLASS PLAY, FEB. 1 Mr. Carrier ia just hb sixth year as a Co quille school board, during time he justly feels that he has accom plishes something for a higher devel opment of educational ideals in this city. He has been a faithful and tm- tiring member of the board, Hie term would have expired in June. Mr. Carrier is making arrange ments to lease his warehouse, which he used for cleaning and storing bent grass seed for several years past, to some one who will continue the bent grans seed business when economic conditions return to noimsl. He stat ed yesterday that all his property— his home on Spurgeon Hill, his beach cottage at Bandon, and his warehouse —are for sale. Their household goods will be shipped when Mrs. Carrier is ready to leave in the spring. Mr. and Mrs. Carrier are the kind of citizens that Coquille cannot afford to lose, but their friend* rejoice that he b able to step back into the gov ernment service without the loss of rank or salary which he would now receive had he not retired from the government’s employ fifteen or more yean ago. MacDoweil Music Club Meets The MacDoweil Music club met at the home of Mrs. F. G. Leslie Tues day, Jan. 23rd. Miss Ines Rover gave a very interesting talk on current musical events. Mrs. M. Earl Wilson read an excellent paper on the opera, ■tCarmen,’’ interspersed with vocal solos by Mrs. J. H. Dalen, of Bandon, and the Jenny Lind sextette. Mrs. Dalen was effectively dressed as Car men and sang solos in French in her inimitable manner. The solos by the Sextette were also thoroughly en joyed. Civil Service Submits Name According to a press dispatch Wed nesday, Geo. A. Belloni has been rec ommended by the civil service com mission for appointment as regular postmaster for the Coquille office. He has served for the past six months under a temporary appointment, and his name will be presented soon by President Roosevelt to the senate for confirmation. Firemen’s Dance Tomorrow The Coquille Firemen are expect ing another big attendance at their dance tomorrow evening, to be held in the Aragon Ball Room. Visiting firemen will use their badges for ad mission tickets and be welcome for what promises to be a most enjoyable evening. General admisison will be 40 cents for gentlemen, 25 cents far ladies. heroine, courageous even though about to lose her home. Bob Collier, as the promoter hero. Bill, solves the problem of ridding the farm of the mortgage. Beryl Unsoeld, as Winnie’s actress friend, and Gor don Neil, as Bill’s right-hand man, do their bit .in tangling up and straight ening out the plot. Sammy Nye, as Persimmon, the colored cook, and Charlie Gaslin, as a Jew theatrical producer, carry out their interesting Character parts in a truly professional manner. The snoopy postmistress, Clarice Krantz, is pursued and finally won by Bill Rook, the drawling and slow-moving sheriff. Bill Floten portrays the typi cal stage Englishman, Cholly Long, aero. Faye June Nosier and Ellis Newton take the parts of Buddie and Clytie, the mischievous brother and sister of Winnie. They are the real instigators of the plot, and also provide much of the fun. Cherie Hartwell, as Esther Hastings, is the vlllainess in the play, and does her best to snatch the farm from lovely Winnie. The play is ably produced by that queen of directors, Mias McClintock, whose every play is a howling success. She has surpassed horslf in making this presentation a hit in the short period of 17 days for pratcice. The low admission prices, 26c for adults, 20c for students and 16c for children, should insure a capacity house and everyone is guaranteed the most enjoyable evening of 19*4 activ ities. TEAPOT TEMPEST TWO HAVE GONE ______ Facts Do Not Bear Out Judge Mrs. Sara Snyder Passed Away Thompson’s Charges Wednesday — Mrs. P. J. ; ,t Jacobson Last Friday of Graft A lot of publicity, both inside and outside Coos coqnty, has been given the clash between Judge Thompson and Deputy Sheriff Archie Philip, in the county court room last Monday morning. Undesirable as such notor iety is, Mr. Philip can hardly be blamed for resenting the aspersions cast on his honesty. Sheriff Hess was hot mixed up in that clash for Mr. Philip had gone before the sheriff and District At torney Flaxel entered the court room to discuss an entirely different mat ter, without knowledge as to what had already transpired. In justice to the sheriff it must be stated that he controlled himself and did not lose his temper when the judge was uttering his condemnation, in the course of which be, the judge, took to himself credit for the elec tion of Mr. Hess as sheriff, and ap parently regretted that he had ap pointed Mr. Hees in the first place to Ml the office. Ae to the charge of irregularities in the sale of the Coos Bay Grocery stock at North Bend, for delinquent taxes, on Jan. 8, there is can be only one answer. Tn their check-up thia week, Mr. Flaxel and Mr. Hess have found that the probable value of the stock and fixtures was around *882, although the delinquent taxes totalled *1100. 'Hie notice that the stock would be sold on January 8 was posted and ad vertised as required by law on Dee. 29. Hundreds of people had seen the notice, but aside from the eight or ton present when the sale was made, they wre not interested. When 625 was offered by Mr. Sacchi and 630 by A. E. Seaman, the delinquent personal property tax Col lector bad no option except to sell the stock to the highest bidder. torrtey General Van Winkle has ruled that if only one bid is received for personal property, offered for sale for delinquent taxes, that the offer must be accepted, even though the offer is lees than the tax delinquency. Nor may the county bid personal property in for the amount of the de linquent tax. The attorney general has also con strued the law to mean that if any bid is received the sheriff or deputy “shall” sell it to the highest b!dd thus preventing postponement of the sale of the property to a future date. Tn presenting these facte the Sen tinel calls attention to the cause of the whole squabble, that common street talk referred to the stock as worth 62500 whenas a matter of fact it was not worth anywhere near half or a quarter of that amount But facts travel more slowly than rumor and it will probably be a long time before the actual worth of the proper ty in question story catches up with the incorrectly reported value. Court of Honor Wednesday The Court of Honor held in Coquille city hall Wednesday evening waa at tended by the following Scout officials: C. C. Farr, district chairman; N. C. Kelley, Scout commiMioner; E. A. Britton, Scout executive; J. L. Stev ens, F. S. Emery, J. R. Bunch, C. L. Ward, R. L. Stewart, troop committee- men; J. W. Sayre, Scoutmaster Troop No.. 14; J. E. Axtell, Scoutmaster Troop No. 16. A large number of parents and relatives were very in terested visitors. Wallape Howard was advanced to a Second class Scout rank, and the fol lowing merit badges were awarded: Jack Clinton, Pathfinding; Don Stev ens, Pathfinding; Frances ArreU, Pathfinding; Virgil Arrell, Fireman ahip-Bookbinding; Jack Clinton, First Aid; Merle Davis, Handicraft. Tenderfoot scouts from troop No. 15 gave a splendid demonstration of semaphore signalling, sending and receiving like veterans. They were: i Harold Shull, Clinton Burr and Laurie Robison. Mrs. Sara Snyder, mother of Mrs. H. J. Johnson, of this city, passed away in'the hospital at Salem, at 8:30 a. m. Wednesday morning. The body was brought here for in terment and the services are being held in the chapel at two o’clock thia af ternoon, conducted by Jlev. G. A.. Gray. Interment will be in the old L O. O. F. cemetery. Born Sara Marquet, Feb. 2, 1848, in Rhinabedk, N. Y., Mrs. Snyder lacked but a few days of being 86 years of age. She had been an invalid for the past 26 years, and for the past 21 years had been entirely helpless, except that she could feed herself. When Mrs. Johnson’s health failed a few years ago and she could no longer care for her mother it became necessary to send the elderly lady to the state hospital. On March 17,1864, the deceased was married to Ira W. Snyder, who passed away here in June, 1920. The Coos County Bar Association They came west in 1871 and twenty- at its annual meeting in Marshfield two year« ago came to Coquille to last Saturday elected Dal M. King, make their home. of Myrtle Point, as president for the Except for nephews and nieces, Mr*. coming year. He succeeds Bennett Johnson is her only surviving relative. Swantop who served last year. Joe Mrs. Snyder was raised in the Luth McKeown, of Marshfield, was chosen eran church but later became a mem vice president; Harry A. Slack was re ber of the Methodist Episcopal and elected secretary, and W. 14 Douglas, was a faithful adherent until ill health treasurer and failing faculties prevented hef All law offices in the county are re attendance. 4.^ quired by an association ruling to close Saturday noon each week, and a After an illness extending over a committee was named to further the period of two years, Mrs. P. J. Jacob candidacy of Judge Jas. T. Brand, who son ps.tsed away at her home on the will seek re-election m circuit judge highway, a mile above Coquille, at this year. midnight last Friday. She had been An investigation of reports that confined to her bed for throe weeks. persqns not qualified as attorneys are Funeral services were conducted for practising law in Coos county was her at the chapel at 2 p. m. on Tues decided upon. day. Interment was in the Norway At the banquet in the Chandler Ho cemetery. tel, John D. Gosa acted as toastmas Martha I. Schoeneman was born in ter and his witty references to his Humboldt county, CallfM Feb. 28, colleagues assembled, his torse and 1887, and would have been 47 yean of age the last day of next month. the other speakers, brought consider She was married to P. J. Jacobson able laughter. In Humboldt county in January, 1906, “ J. W. Mclnturff, in a speech of wel and came to Coquille where they have come greeted the sheriff, the county since made their home. clerk and even the press, of which Beside Mr. Jacobson she is survived there was one representative present, by three eons, Earl, Wayne and Archie in a happy vein, and his reference to Jacobson; one daughter, Mrs. Edith Lawrence Liljeqvist and John Goss as Tennant, of Bridge; four sisters, Mrs. “fighting like tom cats” brought a Fred Beck, of Oakland, Mn. «. 0. later statement from Judge Brand Paterson, of Eureka. Mrs. Emil Nel that if he began throwing alarm son, of Fort Bragg. Miss Alice clocks, shoes and bootjacks when Schoeneman, of Ban Francisco; and those two began arguing in court that one brother, Fred Schoeneman, of Be he (Brand) should not be held respon atrice, all five in California. sible; that Mr. MeTnturiFa suggestive Mn. Jacobson was a member of the remark would be the cause. Coquille Grange and the Pythian Sis- Wallace Dement, pinch-hitting for tern. J. Arthur Berg, responded to the ad ATTORNEYS EN JOY BANQUET Political Pot Simmering The suggestion of J. E. Norton’s name as a candidate for county judge brought a moot emphatic response from that gentleman thij week when he said that nothing could induce him to seek or accept the office. Mr. Nor ton is the type of business man need ed in that office, which is really the Assessor’s Tax Samautry On page six of this issue of the head of a million dollar corporation, Sentinel will be found the annual sum but ail must agree that a man’s busi ness must be given first consideration, mary of assessment rolls, fur that he cannot devote his life to serv nished by Assessor J. P. Beyers. It ing the public-------unless he is a politi is complete in every detail and any cian and makes his living in that «ray. taxpayer, knowing the assessed val Other candidates suggested, or uation of hie property can tell in a moment just what he owes in taxes whose names have been discussed as possible candidates for county judge thia year. include those of R. H. Mast and Jack A new feature of the summary this LeFevre, of this city, Wm. LoGore, of year is a schedule of the county’s to Bandon, on the democratic ticket. tal assessed valuation and total tax Who will oppose Judge Thompson at paid for the past twenty years. In 1914 the tax assessed was 6741382.34 the primaries on the republican ticket Masons Invited to Bandon has not yet been learned. However, and it gradually increased every year Masons and their families of Co there will be a republican candidate quille and vicinity have been invited until the peak was reached in 1930 for the office who has a chance of by Bandon Lodge No. 1*0 A. F. A A. when it was *1,7*6,968.72. Since then M., to attend a social evening at « it ha has * dropped and for 19*8 1983 the total I election in November. John Carl will probably be a can w____ „ evening. _______ Bandon this (Friday) The. *** levied ia 61,363,696.14, I, on an] 1- Ji ____ a. _ • •_ to a bring a_ • ’ '•»»«•««d m -|SS^ —--A valneRon oaj ladies are expected a ■ lunch valuation of aoa 625,8*4,688. 7*e • didate to succeed himself as county commissioner, and Charlie Stouff will __ _____ » . a__ .a «as e ’ walnallAH alaa 2A. I m or supper for two, the selling of the valuation also reached its peak in seek renomination as a candidate for 1930. There is a lot of information boxee, at not to exceed 25 conte each, county treasurer. Thos. Smith, of being one of the features of the eve in the figures presented. Bandon, has already filed as demo ning. cratic candidate for nomination as Special Election Probable county commissioner. Rai«? Yes. Cold? No. Just what procedure wHl be fol For sheriff, H. E. Hess will seek re Eight and a quarter inches of pre cipitation in January brings the total lowed in selecting a successor for nomination as the republican candi rainfall for the current fiscal year, Lyman Carrier as member of the Co date. Pete Culver, marshal at Myr since Sept 1, to *2 inches. Not a quille school board has not been an tle Point, and former deputy sheriff, heavy rainfall for five months, and nounced. One method prescribed by has been discussed, but has given no how much more enjoyable it is than law fa the holding of a special elec indication as yet of his intentions. tion. The other is by appointment Tom Lawhorn will without doubt the blizzards, snow and sub-zero tem perature of a great man^ parts of made hy the county school superinten seek the democratic nomination. dent. Mr. Carrier submitted his resig From present indications polities the United States. nation as a director yesterday. are apt to be quite warm before May 18, the date of the primaries. Grand Master I. O. O. F. Coming The Anal meeting at which the Goo. P. Winslow, of Tillamook, The Holy Name Altar society's an grand master of the L O. O. F. for CornJHog reduction program will be Oregon, will pay an official visit to signed up by those interested, will bo nual prs-Lenten card party will be Coquille lodges, and all Odd Follow« bold at the OoqullU High School «* hold at the Coquille Hotel February 1*. sight o’alosk. Saturday, Feb. 1 dress of welcome. Geo. P. Topping of Bandon, was on the program for reminiscenses, and his accounts Of the vicissitudes the attorney« of so and more years apo, underwent in reaching the various pointe where court was held, were amusing. Judge Brand, who is a student of the constitution, commented upon the fact that the same provisions of that irwitrament which were depended upon to keep the throe divisions of our gov ernment—executive, legislative and Judicial—independent of one another, are now being used to justify the grouping of all power in the hands of (Continued on third page.) GO-OPERAIION Recommended to Chamber of Commerce by Ed MiUer an Need of Every City Ed Miller, manager of the Coast Highway Association, attended the special meeting of the Coquille Cham ber of Commerce, held in the hotel Wednesday evening, and which waa attended by fifteen of the directors, the largest number yet present at a meeting since the new board was chosen. Mr. Miller outlihed briefly the ac tivities of the Coast Highway Asso ciation during the past year, and which have been mentioned in news articles from time to time. He told of the increasing travel on the Coast route, and declared that travel agen cies predict an increase this year of at least 15 per cent. A change of name is being consid ered, that of Coast Association of Chambers of Commerce, for it is,the Chambem of Commerce along the coast which have made possible the successful operation of the associa tion. Numbered among these achievements are the certainty of five bridges to replace ferries—and- Mr. Miller waa positive all would be under contract before summer—the assur ance that all sections, from Astoria to Brookings would have an oiled sur face before the end of this year, and 'the contacts established with travel agencies of various kinds which have materially developed tourist traffic for the coast One opinion voiced by Mr. Miller for the Coquille Chamber was the or ganization of a Merchants Retail As sociation, as a function of the cham ber. Continuation of the Com Bhow, larger development of the myrtlewood novelty industry, agricultural devel opment by the location of more farra- *1 and truck growers on small tracks and the consequent growing of peas for the late market; a working for greater industrial activity along the ally the finished product instead of raw lumber shipment»—-theae were a few of his many good suggestions. But most important of all is the need for co-operation among the busi ness, professional and industrial in terests. Co-operation and service on the pert of retail merchandisers will do more than any one thing to bring a return of normal conditions to Co quille, and the Chamber of Com merce is the natural leader in bring ing about such results. Mr. Miller added that Coquille had not suffered as thousands of com munities had during the past four- yea ra. Another Amateur Boxing Card Another amateur boxing card by the boys who have made such a success of these cards in the past, will be pre sented at the Coquille Community Building on Friday evening, Feb. 9, starting at 8 p. m. Eight boute of three rounds each will see the follow ing boys matched: Jack Smith va. George Smith; Law rence Hatcher vs. Luke Pierson; George Wilson vs. Hallos Mast; Ray Willard vs. Vincent; Jim Scheer vs. Ben Daniels; Tom Schaer vs. “Shortie” Harrison; Ellis Newton vs. Don La Branch; ’’Pop’’ Burch va. Tony Meredith. Pioneer Hall Dinner, Feb. 2 Three Alarms As Usual Mrs. Richmond, Mrs. Ireland and the other good cooks of the Pioneer Missionary society moat have become tired of cooking, or else they want a rest. We hear they are having Chef Edwards to cook the next dinner Which is to be on February 2nd, in Pioneer Hall at 6:90 o'clock. He is a dandy cook and there will be lots of good things to eat, and a lot of peo ple to eat them; so buy your tickets from Mrs. Richmond, or any of the ladies of the church, and a good hot dinner will be waiting for you even if you can’t get there on time. Price 36c. The fire depatrment responded to its second and third calls during a week on Sunday afternoon and Mon day evening. It’s a strange thing but fire alarms in Coquille usually come in threes. A week ago last Sunday morning it was the fitch fire on Sanford Heights. Last Sunday it was a flue burning out and threaten ing to destroy the house occupied by Mrs. Worthington on Heath street, east of the Fred Belloni home, |nd Monday evening’s call was from the home of Mrs. Mulkey on Eleventh street where a flue Are had developed.' No damage was done in either case. Skyline Over Brewster Road People Deserve Some Notice If the head of the Coquille city water department would take the peo ple into hia confidence by letting the Sentinel toll them when water is to be off on a Sunday afternoon there would be considerable less resentment on the part of those who are so great ly inconvenienced. It is necessary once in a while to flush the mains and no one objects, but the autocratic at titude of silence, when the people havw Mr. end MrsTcTw. Gano left Wed a right to know, does not set well. The county court on Monday grant ed a permit to Ivan Laird and Julius Benham to erect a skyline carrier across the highway on the East Fork, the poles being erected so as not to interfere with traffic. The partners agreed to keep a flagman at the crossing to warn passing autoists when timbers are being carried across on the sky line. nesday noon on a business trip to 8a- Calila» sarta M fe* «LO*.
