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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1934)
AV. out - of - doors stuff . i \ < — By Lana Loner« I was winding my way homeward after a bard day in the hills. The ,,un was casting its last rays up into the heavens to mingle with the fleecy cloud« that bung low in the we«t, turning them to burnished gold—a rosy, farewell kiss, bestowed with a color -chetne uneurpmsed by the brush of any artist. I phased atop a high ridge and leaning my tired back against a friendly tree trunk, < watched this elaborate departure of old Sol. A suiwet hoids a certain fascination for me and never grows old and on dark and raining days at sunset time, it is easy to imagine the sun hanging on the brink of the horizon, seeking with all its power to send a golden dart ef farewell through the cloud« that en gulf it The wind stirred slightly in the branches of the tall old fit«, as if whispering goodnight to the depart ing sun, as 1 viewed it this particular evening and the topmost branches of the firs nodded their heads in farewell to this old friend of theirs. For hun dred* of years these giants, their heads thrust high into the heavens have whispered farewell« to the de parting sun. I tor? my gaae from the gold- streaked sky and looked far away to the eastward—to those far distant mountains, where Sol, in a blaze of glory had greeted me that same morn ing. Like mighty sentinels, grim and foreboding, they towered into the sky and all of a sudden the realization •truck me as to just how small and puny a creature mere man is when compared to Nature. What chance would man stand of conquering Nature in a primitive way ? But with science assisting him, yonder towering cliffs may bo torn down and cities builded upon the «pot where they now stand. The power of the stream that plunges over the rock-bound canyon may be converted into the power that lights a city and turns the wheels of industry. Before mere man the whole tree-studded country that lies to the south of me may be leveled. With a small bullet man can slay the largest animate that frequent the entire country. Hi« advance has been ruthless. Man in his mad quest for new fields to conquer te actually tear ing down the mighty barriers within a short period of time, which it took Nature millions of years to erect. He has even taken the rays of that setting sun and used them to the ad vantage of all mankind. He ha« tak en the lightning from the heavens; he has taken those mysterious twink ling suns, moons and planets, that we cal) stars and placed them in known group« upon his cahrte. Ye«, he has reached forth into the very heavens and solved many of ita mysteries, mysteries placed there by a superhu man master hand. He has even outguessed the meteors that roar by, millions of miles away and predicta in an uncanny way the exact date of their appearance. He has taken the wind and made of it a ■lave. Giant engines of ateel have been fashioned by him which are equal in power to anything produced by Na ture. Explosives have been developed that could blast all the landmarks of Nature into fine dust The bottom of the eea holds no mys teries against the uncanny inventive genius of man. All the secrets of the forest, of the entire land, have been written into volume« and he has delved back even into the stone age and flaunted th« caveman’s life and paeaions to the general public. And ever is man’« knowledge ad- vancing and always is one more step taken forward in hie advance. Mod ern civilization is steadily advancing. Things that were thought unsur- mountable barrier« are hewed down. Man is fast Maiming the land, ousting the last of Nature in Ita primitive state and the time is coming when few real Nature spots may be found. Each day they grow leas, as civiliza tion takas another step onward. The wild creature« of the forest in their very battle for existence are being forced farther and farther back. Their haunts are being capi talized by their arch enemy—man. And not only are their habitat« being converted into modem civilization, hut these poor creatures are being warred upon by man with gun, traps, dogs and poison, until even now one may see the handwriting upon the wall—their days are numbered. Time will come wehn they have no haven to which they may Aee to sesni-safety and mere man, that puny creature, who te really insignificant as far as physical strength te concerned when compared to Nature, wifi be in absolute possession of the land. The very plants that Mother Nature started in their wild stage will be grown in cultivated gardens and hot houses. Domesticated stock and birds will supplant those that roam the fields and woods today. Even wood land flowers will be rare, for man in his mad scramble for possession, will claim the roughest country in our A few thousand yearn hssice if you and I could look back upon this ’arid we would no doubt be as dumbfounded at the changes that had taken place as would the cave man if he could gaze upon his old haunts in thia mod ern day. Well, folks, that’s what a sunset goes and does to my thinking appar atus. I stood there until the last golden-colored, fleecy, little cloud had faded into a mere nothing. 1 «napped jut pf it with a «tart and set off down the trail, but deep within me there turned a resentment against the en croachment of man into the sacred ■ortals of old Mother Nature. During the past run of steelheads in the various streams, excellent fieh- ng might have been enjoyed but for >ae thing and that was tje lack of reaper bait. It takes good fresh saL non eggs to entice a steelhead to bite ,nd the times were few and far be- ween when fresh eggs could be ob- ained at Coquille. And though that •ptimistie cum , the fisherman, resort 'd to canned eggs his catches did not «mount to much. There is no question «bout it, canned eggs are a poor Sub stitute for fresh one« when it comes co fooling the wily steelhead. Salmon and cutthroat trout will take the canned ones, but it is almost necessary to cast your bait directly into a Oteel- heqd's mouth in order to entice him to take thia sort of eggs. Ralph Taylor lived up to his past reputation as a Ashman by bringing in a twenty, a fifteen and a ten pounder, all caught on one trip. This is the beat catch of the season that I have heard of so far. Though the opening of the angling season is several days past it is not too late to put down a long blue mark for IMother Nature as a protector of her children of the scaly tribe. With 'deal weather during the greater part of March, insects hatched out, the waters of the various trout streams fell to almost summer weather and the trout leaped joyfully about in pur suit of the flying insects. With the season only a few scant days distant, anglers looked forward with keenest anticipation to ideal fly-easting. And aU this time, no doubt, the weather gods were laughing up their sleeves And what a storm it was! Crystal dear water in the streams turned muddy overnight and raised many inches and the trout that a few hours before had leaped joyfully after un suspecting insects, swam deep into .he muddy holes and riffles and glanc- .•d with fine disdain upon the gaudy xflored flies that optimistic fishermen tost upon the water. UNDER THE BLEACHERS (By Mark Seeley) ' If you didn’t notice several limp ing gentlemen walking the «treeta-of Coquille last Monday, you can root assured that some good eye specialist 1« going to have you for a patient ore long. And if you didn’t, Bill Fortier, who seems to have developed a hustling, young man’s attitude, tried hte beet to make you see that hte ath letes on the Coquille Loggers are in for no pink tea party when it comes to conditioning. What we mean is that the Loggers went through a real rehearsal last Sunday! Prior to this workout, the official opening one of the see son, Fortier was a bit worried about the scarcity >f player«, he crying on my shoulder for about two hours one day last week on the facta of the deplorable situation. Up to date he still has room for wailing, but when Smoky fosith, Glenn Murray, Roy Jacobson, and Joe Schnick showed up from th« Bsy for tryouts, the situation imme liately lost part of its tenseness. Smith snd Murray were with the club laat summer so they are known quan tities, and while Jacobson is not a clever performer he te effective Schnick is thought to be too inexperi enced. Lined up, the landscape presented this picture last Sunday: Smith and Bill Fortier behind the plate; Mur ray, pitching; Otto Kolstad at first; Marion Fischer M second; Bill Stew art at short stop; and Ray Woodyard at third base in the infield. Outfielders were Art Pulford, Jacobson, Schnick, •nd Orville Wood. In ease you don’t know, this Wood te Mr. Wood of the Liberty Theatre, who believe« that a bush team should have a playing ex ecutive. He is on the board of ditec- tors and, if after a five or seven year layoff he can comeback, Wood want« to go. Carl Gilbert, Old Warhorse of the bush leagues, waa not out, but }» will be. Gilly «till has good u«e of hte trusty right arm, and without much doubt he wHl win his «hare of the game« this season. Another absentee was Perry Roper, hard-hitting outfielder. Perry, it te reported, 1« going to retire, even though the big fellow dislikes taking thi« action. If he doesn’t, hte bat will be a welcome addition. Well, let’s aorta pep things up and give baseball an early start, clothe the team in new regalia, and aid the dub’s management in starting off with a good financial basis. staged, of course, at the ball parti. This season Coach Hartley has a fine array of material on hand, indud-j ing five lettermen, Morse Stonecy pher, Erniq,Cooper, Earl Morris, Beh Collier, and Howard Bonniksen. Past records are full of giory f"r Coquille in this endeavor, both for the indi viduale and-for the teams. Bowling glory, in huge chunks, was won by the five-man “pickup” team” which vanquished the Marshfield All Stars Monday night in the alleys st Marshfield. Coquille’s representation consisted of Pat Coffier, Elmer ‘Butch’ Briner, Roy Ferdey, Clarence Bean, and yours truly, Mark Seeley, and thia quintet walloped the Bay five by a total of 2428 pins to 2398. Individu ally the locals went as follows: Fenley 173, Briner 177, Bean 158, Collier 153, and Seeley 143, in three-gam« average, the team quota being 152. As to the three separate frays, Co quille lost the first 813 to 828, but took the next two 925 to 820 and 843 to 750, these figures including the 51 pins handicap granted the county »eaters by Marshfield. The grand to tal, however, is listed without the handicap, Coquille, as the'conclusion' shows, not needing it to win. The Marshfield All-Stars, consist ing of Payne, Cody, Girard, Hansen and Cadaret/Will play a return match at the local sMeys, Tuesday night It is expected that they will be strike- minded. At present, in Coquille there are several teams but, as yet a league has not been formed. Men’s teams are those representing Bill’s Place, 0. K. Barber Shop, Swift A Co., and the Rainbow Club. Ladies’ quintets are those from the Roberts’ Beauty Shop and the Coquille Laundry. Many business men, ladies, and all are find ing the sport an interesting pastime. A second invitation to enter a bail league was turned down by Bill For tier the first part of the week. Hal Haight, of Medford, an interested party in the organisation of a South ern Oregon League, wired Bill about the matter, but due to the large ter ritory that the circuit would cover the tendered offer was refused. Too bad a league affiliation cannot be made, but with such town« as Toledo, Eu gene, Oakland, Marhsfield, Reedsport, Roseburg, Grants Pass, and Crescent City playing independent ball, also, a full schedule will likely be arranged. Practice for the Junior League ball team will commence Saturday under the tutorship of Coaches. Cart Gilbert and Ray Wood yard. This season the Juniors expect to rattle the boards, they having a team of formidable boy« around which to organize. This American Legion baseball has been a great thing for the youngsters and results more than verify this. The Rainbow Club’s bowling W»1 too much for Swift A Co.’« quintet Tuesday night, the butter-makers dropping three games and the match, 2232 pins to 2024. Bowling for Swifts were Roy Fen- ley, Wendell Robison, Jack McCarthy, Augie Staub and Fuller. On the Rainbow aide were Stewart Norton, Floyd Price, Bill Oerding, Clarence Bean and Bucko Btaninger. A second inter-city match Wednes day was won by the ladies of the Co quille Laundry team, 1239 pine to 1232, from the Robert’s Beauty Shoppe. For the winners, Lizzie Smith, Billie Simpson, Melba McCoy, Lorene Simpson and Dorothy Wiggins bowled, while ladies on the Shoppe dub were Thais Meyers, Sally Lane, Rena Ricketts, Molly Cary and Mil dred Linn. Two out of three frays were taken by the Coquille Laundry, the Beauty Shoppe coming from far behind in the last contest. Coquille Boy Honored The Coquille Chapter of Future Farmers bas just received word from E. R. Cooley, state director of Voca tional Agriculture, that Bill Floten has been selected along with four other boys in the State of Oregon to confer the state farmer degree at the Smith-Hughes treek-end to be held at Corvallis, April 25-27-28. Floten wiM act as vice president He has been president of the local chapter for the past year. He has been very active in all Future Farmer work, placing third last year in the state public speaking contest He has developed a worth while beef cattle project and understands farming in general. Other boys selected for thia honor are Tom Willett, ef Wallowa, who will act as president; George Penrose, of Amity, Ray Johnston, of Grants Pass, and Kenneth Pettibone, of Cor vallis. The boys are selected on their ability. Smith-Hughes week-end at Corval lis is in fact the state convention of Oregon Future Farmare. At thia time ten boys are selected to receive the state farmer degree. From these ten boys the state officers for thé coming year will be selected. That ail around sport, track, has commenced for the Coquille high ath If you want to subeeribe for a Fort letes. Tonight, after a week of prac land daily the dubbing combination tice, the boys are going to compete la we offer with the Sentinel wiU the annual intertlaes meet, tbeee to to Coo« county dairymen were repre sented at the hearing conducted by the dairy section of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration in Port land on Monday and Tuesday, April 9 and 10, by E. L. Detiefsen, Coquille; Adam Donaldson, Jr, of Marshfield; H. H. Hansen, of Langlois, and Ken neth Carl, of Arago, who loft Sunday afternoon with George Jenkins, coun ty agent, to attend this meeting. The proposed dairy production con trol program as tentatively outlined >y the Agricultural Adjustment Ad- mintetration was explained to those attending from Oregon, Washington and Idaho and dairymen, creamery men and others interested in dairying had an opoprtunity of offering sug gestions which might make the plan more workable in the northwest. Thil is one of the 15 similar meetings to bo held throughout the United State«. The national dairy industry faces a milk production which increased by two billion pound« from 1980 to 1982, a cow population more than twenty- six million larger than it has been be fore, and average price index of 69 compared with 140 in 1928 and a total cash income just about one-half the 1929 level. Means of alleviating thia condition waa the basis of the diacus eion at the Portland meeting accord ing to the officials. Figures were assembled by the Coos county group before leaving which show the dairy production in Coos and Curry counties by years for the past four years. These figures show that production during 1983 was nine per oent under the previous year and that production during 1933 waa 22 per cent under. An urgent request was made at thia meeting by the local delegation to have a minimum of three years’ production figures used in determining basic production in stead of the two year period as is pro posed by the administration’s plan. Resolution« have been passed by the Cooe-Curry Pomona Grange and by the Coos County Dairymen’s Associa tion requesting thia change. uaeaicATton , aeavi«e STOP WEAR cjr with STOP-WEAR TM Nffiw UNION ^AKosprm/LUMUCANTS •Mb warn Natotesea 8 ttaas that sf ear ■•■«fosterers' spasMsmeas Taylor'« Battery & Service Station Earl Snell for See. ot State While the office of Insurance Com missioner A. H. Averill at Salem has issued several warnings to Oregon «itizetw concerning the inadvisability of patronizing unauthorized compan ies which are attempting to do busi ness in this state, numerous requests for assistance in the case of disputed claims are «till received, and the de partment is forced to inform the com plainant that it has no jurisdiction and can be of an assistance. A number of these unauthorized companies which are active in an at tempt to procure mall order business claim in their advertisements that no commission is paid agents and that because of this fact the insurance can be written at a lower premium. Upon checking the financial statement of one company, it is found that, while no commissions were paid Oregon agents, of the total cash income of approximately $370,000 only $78,000 was paid to members, but the expens es amount to $237,000 over and above ’ payments to members, from which it will be seen that of the total sum col lected only a very small proportion is paid out in claims. The department can only warn the public that dealing with companies which do not or cannot, due to their -poor financial condition, comply with the Oregon laws and procure a license to transact business may lead to dis appointment when a legitimate claim is presented. 4 Summer Camps la Stekiyous There will be four civilian conserva tion corp* camps on the Siskiyou na tional forest during the summer of 1984, according to Forest Supervisor G. E. Mitchell, Granta Pass, Oregon. The camps will be located at Cold Spring, China Flat, Agnes« and Pis tol River. The Agnew camp will continue the construction of the Coquille river road for 12 miles, also construct five miles of Agmees-Ulinoia river road, tea miles of Middle Elk road, and four mHw of trail. Men from this camp »rill maintain eight miles of forest road, 24 mile« of telephone line, and 30 mile« of trail. Three new build ings are to be built at the Agnew Ranger station by men from this camp. Construction of 80 miles of Coquille river road, and eleven miles of forest telephone line are the chief projects for the China Flat camp. Other pro jects are: 12 mH«« of road mainten ance, 25 miles of trail maintenance, 20 mile« of telephone lino mainten ance. There te forest camp ground improvement planned for this camp, as is also a 40-foot wooden lookout tower for Johnson mountain. The Pistol River eamp will continue the construction of the Pistol river road for 25 mile« more, also eonatroet oix miles of the Chetco river road, seven miles of telephone line and six miles of Bosley Butte Are break. Other projects for this eamp are five miles of road betterment, 82 miles of road maintenance, 30 miles of trail maintenance, and 15 miles of tele- pions line maintenance. In addition to the work project« listed, there are a number of minor projects planned for each ot of these camp«. Insurance Commissioner Warns Earl Snell, of Arlington, has an nounced his candidacy for Secretary of State op the Republican ticket. Mr. Snell, who announces progressive poli cies, was born and raised in Oregon. Hie has been in the automobile busi ness at Arlington for twenty years where be has built a very successful institution. Mr. Snell has always taken a very active part in the affaire of his com Myrtle Greenhouses and Gardena 1 munity and state. He has nerved on are holding open house to visitom the city council of his city, also as Sunday, April 15. Free gift to every president of the chamber of com visitor. merce, president of the Lions Club and commander of the American Legion. f At present he i> state president of' the Oregon Automotive Trade Associa tion. In 1927 he was elected to the state legislature and has served con tinuously as representative since that date. Because of his leadership in the legislature and his knowledge of state affaira he waa unanimously elected Speaker of that Assembly at the 1933 session. During his service as Speaker he established a record for economy. As a result of his aggres sive leadership and his ability in or ganizing the House of Representa tives he was largely responsible for the reduction in the cost of state gov ernment of several million dollars. His statement on the ballot reads: “Qualified by experience; economi cal business administration; govern ment co-operation for unemployed; progressive policies.” New Case* in Circuit Coart April 7—Federal Land Bank of Spokane vs. Raymond E. Baker and wife. April 9—Minnie Mae Campbell vs. Edwin Elbert Campbell. Suit for divorce. April 10—Geo. F. Rogers v«. Bertha Dtes at Myrtle Point Rogers. Suit for divoree. W. A. Wellman, well known real es April 12—Minnie Watkins va. Philip tate and insurance broker of Myrtle A. Watkins. Suit for divorce. Point, died suddenly at 4:30 Wednes day afternoon in the City Meat Mar ket Wellman, who has been subject to heart attacks, apparently became «X- eited in a verbal argument with an Stated Communication other custoaser and death was due to May 8, 8:00 p. m. heart failure. Wm. A. Wellman wae born in Dodge J Center, Minnesota, Sept. 1, 1874. Ha was united in marriage to Ora Custer on April 21, 1895. For the past four years he had engaged in the real es tate and insurance business in this dty. Surviving are hte widow, Mrs, Ora Wellman; three daughters, Mrs. Hel en Lynch, of Seattle, Wa., Mm. Mari on Hoxey, of Salem, and Mrs. Wini fred Ray, of Arago. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 Friday with inter ment in the Norway cesaetery,—Myr tle Point Herald. Chadwick Lodge No. 68 A. F. A A. ML [ N DR MILES' »• Mt H4 W thb *
