TOE COQUILLE VALLEY SENTINEL, COQUILLE, OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1M4.
PAG« FOUR
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what 1 mean. Somehow they will not
permit a state of oblivion for the 30-
day period that has just departed, and
all too often there is a polite refer
ence to a matter that has hung over
from yet a previous period.
How
ever, there is naught that is unusual
in these cogitations—just an inter
ference in the trend of thought, tend
ing to delay what it was intended to
3ay in the first place, which relates to
something that is quite unusual.
In a certain business office in Co-
Itrille this week this writer witnessed
the removal from the calendar of the
month qf March, exposing to view the
month of April. In quest of certain
information it was discovered the
10th had been omitted altogether.
This was also the case regarding the
17th, and the dateB 16th and «nd
were each repeated. Therefore, how
nany errors were there?
This is
sribjeet'to debate.
In all seriousness, though, this is
he first time I ever saw even one er
ror in-a calendar.
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A "mugwump” is defined in some
e udent's examination paper, aa re*
p >rtrii by a national magazine, as a
bird who sits on a fence with his mug
ol one side and his wump on th*
other.” We have some candidates for
office in Oregon who are all "mug,”
and others from which the first syl
lable of the word is deleted.
LETS STICK TO FACTS
The Sentinel is holding no brief for
the Mt. States Power Co. in its ef
forts to secure a franchise to‘ do
business in the city of Coquille but it
ie ready and willing to present facto.
I.aat Monday evening at the coun-
e:l session, Jack Lefevre stated that
the power company’s property in the
Coos Bay diviaion (which includes all
its Coos county property), was car
ried on the company’s books at two
arid one-half million
dollars, and
that the physical value of the proper
ty was not 25 per cent of that
amount.
The Public Service Commission of
Oregon accepts the «2,600,000 as the
valuation. The physical property on
which the company pays taxes is
$1,000,000, and as utility aasaec-
mento are figured at O2W per cent of ,
the true value, the conclusion is un-
csoapatole that the two and one-half
value at which the property is car
ried on the books is not mote than
the actual value of its property.
Nor can Mr. Lefevre’s statement
that the franchise would be uncan-
ceHrirle at the end of five years, by
the city, be accepted as a fact. At
torneys say U would be cancellable.
TABLOIDS
By W. 8. 8ickeb
..s
It is reported that at the next meet
ing of the Cooa County Tax League
candidate« for the office of county
judge will be asked to pledge them
selves as to the date when they will
place the county on a cash basis.
Candidates for sheriff will be required
to take a solemn oath not to allow
jail-birds to play with wooden pistols.
Ritualistic ordeals for other forma of
candidacy are now being prepared by
a special committee, initiation into
the “Mystic Knights of the Sea" is
a ceremony that will be considered
tame by comparison.
Councilman Jack I^efevre surprised
his many friends by the able manner
in which he presented his reasons last
Monday night for opposing the grant
ing of a franchise to Mountain States
Power Company. In his BO-minute
address he held the respectful atten
tion of all hearers, including those
who were not in sympathy with his
ideas. He stressed particularly the
point that he was opposed to granting
franchises on general principles. The
council passed the franchise ordinance
by a vote of four to two, after having
held up the matter for a period of nine
months, during which time it has been
given an intensive study that also
resulted in gaining several advantages
for the city. The franchise can bo
terminated at the end of five yean
(from July 23, 1933) or in about four
and one-fourth yean from the pres
ent time. While rates to consumers
are believed to be too high, this is a
matter in which cities have no voice.
It is understood to be the thought of
the mayor and council that by grant
ing this short-time franchise they will
1* bridging the gap, only, between the
present and the time when some huge
government project may be ready to
distribute hydro-electric power at much
lower costs to the people; and at the
same time be in position to take ad
vantage of any possible local develop
ment of hydroelectric power.
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Errors in a Calendar
In the office and the home it is cus
tomary—at least occasionally—to as
sist the flight of time by tearing from
the calendar the leaflet representing
the previous month. This is cast into
the waste basket and you would for
get all about the said previous month
were it not for those reminders that
come via the poetoffice — you know
Motor Lore
The. motorist is paying about 20
>er cent of aN tax revenues collected
oy the federal government and is the
largest single source of revenue for
almost, all of the states. In the fol
lowing table the states are grouped
according to the rate of the tax, per
gallon of gas:
"7 Cento—Florida, Tennessee.
6 Cinto — Alabama, Arkansaa,
Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina,
South Carolina.
5 Cento—■Arizona, Idaho, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Montana, New Mexico,
Oregon, Washington, Virginia.
4 Cento—Colorado, Indiana, Maine,
Maryland, Nebraska, Nevada, New
Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, South
Dakota, Texaa, Utah, Vermont, West
Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
3 Cento—California, Delaware, Illi
nois, Iowa. Kansas, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey,
New York, North Dakota, Pennsyl
vania.
2 Cents — Connecticut, Missouri,
Rhode Island, Djat. of Columbia.
Uncle Same puts He per gallon on
top of all of this, yielding him a rev
enue about $3,000,000 per month
greater than that received from in
come taxes.
The "twenty minutes after ten"
position of the hands on the steering
wheel is the ideal driving “stance,”
according to Dr. Miller McClintock,
director of the Albert Russell Erskine
Traffic Bureau of Harvad Univer
sity. In this position the left hand
resta on the Wheel at the figure ten—
assuming the wheel to be the face of
a clock—and the right hand rest at
the figure four. "Thia gives the idea)
leverage on the wheel and puts the
right hand near the shift lever,” says
Dr. McClintock. ‘It is a position all
drivers should adopt.”
The life of the average automobile
is seven years. Statistics are needed
on the average life of a pedestrian.
A Coquille man would like to have
as capital the coat of all of the motor
cars in town, and as an income a sum
equal to the cost of operating all of
said can.
Federal and state income taxes pro
vide exemption for dependents under
the age of 18.
A Coquille mother
says the exemption should be for
those over 18, as that is when the
parents have to begin spending real
money on them.
’Tnrnull in tears, locked in jafi,’
says a headline. Being in jail in
Turkey probably isn’t so hot, but
cheer up, old boy. Nearly all of us
would rather be in jail in good, old
U. S. A. than to have the keys to ail
the cities in both Turkey and Greece.
Had you taken your medicine in the
first place you would have been pa
ruled by thia time and back in ti*
game you loved so well.
The
Tuesday afternoon saw a total of 388
candidate officially entered in the bi
ennial preliminaries for the nomina
tion of party candidates whieh will
not and until the closing of the polls
on the night of May 18. With 90
state and congressional position to be
filled, other than judicial, there are
201 republicans and 129 democrats
out after the support of their respec
tive partisans while 38 non-partisan
candidates are out after the 18 judicial
positions to be filled by the voters of
Oregon this year.
The final day for filings, Tuesday,
was one of the most hectic in the his
tory of the state department with
clerks in the elections divisions
swamped under an avalanche of last
minute entries. More than 120 candi
dates put off their final plunge into the
political whirlpool until the eleventh
hour. By actual count 22 filings were
received during the last 30 minutes
before closing time.
Never before in the political export
once of Oregon has them been such
a mad scramble for -the most juicy
plums of public office as there is at
thia time. Five republicans are out
after the congressional nomination in
the third district, while in the first1
and second districts two candidates
are contesting for republican favors.:
Seven republicans want the honor of
carrying the party banner in the cam- j
paign this fall as the gubernatorial
nominee and of the seven, five delay-1
ed their filing until the lai today. In
fact three of them filed during the
last hour of the final day.
In the democratic camp there is a
three-cornered contest for the con
gressional nomination in the first dis
trict and a four-way fight in the third
district, with Walter M. IPerce having i
everything all his own way so far as
the primary is concerned in the second
district. The gubernatorial contest
in the democratic party will be be
tween Charles H. Martin, of Portland,
and WilHs Mahoney, of Klamath
Falls, but there are three candidates
for the office of secretary of state
»nd three others are out for the office
>f superintendent of public instruc
tion.
The complete list Of state and dis
trict candidates to appear on the pri
mary ballot in Coos county follows:
Republican
Governor—Sam H. Brown, Gervais;
Charleu Hall, Oswego; Rufus C. Hol
man, Portland; U. G. MacAlexander,
Newport; E. P. Dodd, Hermiston; Joe
.E. Dunne, Portland; Frank J. Lon
ergan, Portland.
Secretary of State—Carte Abrams,
Salem; Earl Snell, Arlington.
Labor Commissioner -C. ill. Gram,
Salem; Guat Anderson, Portland.
Supt. Public Instruction — Charles
A. Howar^l, Salem.
Congress, First district — 'J.
;
Devers, Satan; James W. Mott, Sa
lem.
Representative, 17th district (Coos-
Curry)—Frank V. Tichenor, Port Or
ford; A. G. Walker. Gold Beach; Col-,
Her II. Buffington, Gold Beach.
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Democrats
Governor—Willis Mahoney, Klam
ath Falls; Charles H. Martin, Port
land.
Secretary of Stat*—Joe E. Shelton,
Eugene; Horace E. Walter, CorvaHis;
Everett Logan, Portland.
Labor Commission— Walfred Shu-
holm, Portland.
Supt. Public Instruction — J. W.
Leonhardt, LaGrande; Elmer S. Mc
Cormick, Portland; Forrest E. Dun
ton, Molalla.
Congress, First district—John W.
Gosa, Marshfield; R. R. Turner, Dal
las; Wm. A. Delzell, Salem.
Representative,
18th
district,
(Coos)—J H. MdOkekey, Norway. 1
. Representative, 17th district, (Coos-
Curry)—(Roy E. Carter, Gold Beach;
commission are far below expecta
Wm. H. Bennett, Port Orford.
tions, totalling only a little more than
Non Partisan
Supreme Court, Position No. 4 — *180,000 for the first six weeks of the
Geo. R. (Bagley, Hillsboro; John L. commission’s operations. Increase in
the number of stores and agencies and
Rand, Salem.
Supreme Court, Position No. 7— a thinning out of bootleggers is ex
pected to increase legitimate liquor
George Rossman, Satan.
Circuit Judge, second district (Ben sales and show a bigger volume of
ton, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Lane, Lin business for the state system but even
coln counties)—(vote for three) B. L. at that there is little prospect of its
Eddy, Roseburg; Carl E. Wimberly, attaining to the proportions predicted
Roseburg; G. F. Skipworth, Eugene; by the optimistic sponsors of state
control. The legislature which creat
James T. Brand, Marshfield.
ed the rtate liquor commission aet
The proposal of Utilities Commis aside an appropriation of «400,000 as
sioner Thomas that he be authorised initial capital to finance its opera
to broadcast hie grievances against tions. So far less than «100,000 of
the public utility corporations and the this amount has been drawn on and
legislators over the rdaio at state ex it is hoped that the system will soon
pense did not seem to go over so good. be entirely self-supporting with no
Newspapers all over the state prompt further need for the legislative appro
ly condemned the proposal as an un priation.
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just as well as do private consumers.
The increased price schedule will cost
the state several thousand dollars a
year. In addition to the hospital at
The Dalles, the school for deaf, the
school for blind at Salem and the
school for adult blind in Portland also
buy their milk supply.
All other
state institutions maintain their own
dairy herds.
Measures to Be on Ballot
Criminal Trial Without Jury and
Non-Unanimbus
Verdict Constitu
tional Amendmtnt: ‘To provide by
constitutional amendment that in
criminal trials any accused person, in
other than capital cases, and with the
consent of the trial judge, may elect
to waive trial by jury and consent to
be tried by the judge of the court
alone, such election to be in writing;
provided, however, that in the circuit
court ten members of the jury may
render a verdict of guilty or not guil
ty, save and except a verdict of guilty
of fitst degree murder, which ehall be
found only by a unanimous verdict,
and not otherwise."
Bill Authorising a State Tubercu
losis Hospital in Multnomah County:
‘To authorise the location, construc
tion, operation and maintenance by
the State of Oregon of a tuberculosis
hospital in Multnomah county, Ore
gon, when funds are available there
for.”
Bill Authorizing a State Insane
Hospital in Multnomah County: "To
authorise the location, construction,
operation and maintenance by the
State of Oregon of an insane hospi
tal in Multnomah county, Oregon,
when funds are available therefor.”
Measures to be voted on by the people
at the prhnary election, May 18, have
been certified to the county clerks by
(p. J. Stadehnan, secretary of state,
the list including four measures re
ferred by the special session of the
1983 legislature and one referendum
sponsored by petition.
Principal interest appears to center
in the measure to appear on the bal
justified expenditure of public funds
State Treasurer Holman is feeling a lot aa a result of petition, the school
and aa setting a precedent which other
lot
better about the state's financial relief sales tax bill, passed by the
department beads might want to fol
low. Thomas insists that hia sugges condition these days with the general special session. The ballot will carry
tion was entirely devoid of any politi fund back on a cash basis after a the following description of the bill’s
cal significance but just the same year’s experience with stamped war purpose:
"To provide for relief of the exist
members of the board of control do ranto, and not owing a cent to the |
ing
serious financial condition of the
banks
or
to
any
other
state
fund.
The
not enthuse over the proposal and in
all probability nothing will come of it cash surplus in the general fund on public schools, due to unusual tax
R Architecta engaged in preparing April 1 was approximately 31,000,000. j delinquency, by collecting a tax of one
and one-half per cent of gross receipts i
buildings This flush condition, however, is only
Sam would temporary at this time. Holman ad from retail .sales of tangible personal j
property and utility service, such tax !
works ad- mits that he anticipates a few more
MASONRY WORK
lor a short periods of financial embarrass to be paid by the seller and by him ;
Of any kind
ment during which it wiR be neces collected from the purchaser; exempt- j
time
Prompt Service Reasonable Prices
sary either to borrow from banks or ing gross receipts of each person up
GEO. T. COOK
from other stat» funds or to resort to $50 a month; all net revenues de
Box «2
Coquille. Ore.
again to a warrant basis, a (contin rived from such tax to be apportion
on the
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for their remuneration gency which he hopes to avoid since ed to school districts and the amount
it
entails
considerable
added
respon
thereof
deducted
from
school
taxes
on
that some of them at
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a different notion and are sibility and expense for the depart property; this law to be effective until
asking the board of control to pro ment. It is expected that the general June 80. 193«.”
The other four measures contained
rate the «7,600 legislative appropria fund will be back on a permanent cash
tion which was hooked onto the build basis before the end of the current in the certification of the secretary of
“Then I decided to build them up
ing bill among the ten firms engaged year, although there will still be a state and their stated purposes fol
with •. llainlns and minerals the way
in preparing plane for the several book deficit of more than $1,500,000 low:
County Indebtedness and Funding
Id heard." says a mother. “Now
projects. The board of control has the to be reckoned with.
Bond
Constitutional
Amendment:! they’re hungry as bears, don't catch
matter under consideration.
Even the state’s chickens come "Requiring two-thirds vote in eoun-i cold half as much. Dad and I arc
taking our vitamins every day, too.”
home to roost but this time it was ties to authorise county indebtednees
A splendid idea, as health author
Attorney General Van Winkle has milk. The last legislature created a'exceeding $5,000 for roads; authoriz-
ities wlU tell you I Build resistance
changed his opinion with respect to milk control board with dictatorial ing counties to issue warrants evi
with the new vitamin concentrate
the exchange of real estate mortgagee powers over the price of that com dencing liabilities imposed by law and
tablets. 3 MCKESSON'S VITAMIN
held by the bonus commission for modity. Two weeks ago Superinten
which they are powerless tn prevent;
CONCENTRAT« TABLETS OF
bond« of the Home Owners Loan cor dent Bellinger of the state tubercu authorising any county upon approval
COD LIVER OIL contain as much
poration and now holds that this can losis hospitals told the board of con by tgo-thirds vote of electors voting
health-building vitamins A and D
be done. The bonus commission hss trol that the new milk prices had hit
as 2 whole teaspoons high grade
thereon, to issue bond« in amount
had numerous requests from pemons the institution at The Dalles. Gov
cod liver oil I Also, important min
equal to amount of its outstanding
desirous of refinancing their state ernor Meier declared that it looked to
erals 'calcium and phosphorus).
warrants December 31, 1933, with in
loam with a loan frym the federal him like the milk control board wr>.«
Chocolate coated—no fishy taste!
terest thereon to election date, but
Take these tablets regularly after
government. Just where there would “trying to raise hell” and instated
not exceeding 3M per eent of assessed
meals. They'll make you resist colds
be any advantage in such a refinanc that the state would stand on its old
valuation of all property in such
better, get you eating and sleeping
ing program is difficult to understand milk contracts regardless of stabiliza
county; superseding existing special
like a regular human being again. '
since both loans bear the asme %ate tion efforts. Now, however. Attorney
constitutional debt funding provisions
Ar' the druppttt tor McKXSSON’S.
of interest—four per cent.
General Van Winkle has advised the for Benton, Clackamas, Crook, Curry,
These are the ONLY vitamin con
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, board that the state must conform to Klamath and Linn counties; but not
centrate tablets that bring you *
Receipts of the state liquor control the orders of the milk control board
minerals as well as vitamins.
releasing any existing liabilities.”
My kids were
always sniffling'*