The Coquille Valley Sentad.
THE PAPER THAT’S LIKE A LETl’ER FROM HOME
VOL. XXX.
NO. ».
DROPPED 500 FI.
Ernie Cooper and Glae Gould
Not Seriously Injured When
Plane Crashes on 4th
COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1934.
Mr. Flanagin to Return to Calif.
Coquille Bethel to Give Program
The girls of the newly instituted
Bethel of Job’s Daughters are plan
ning an entertainment to be given in
the lower room of the Masonic Temple
next Monday night, July 9th, at eight
o’clock.
A splendid program is being ar
ranged, one of the chief attractions
of the event being a one-act play by
members of a Marshfield Dramatic
Club. Also two short skits by well-
known local people will be given.
Musical numbers will include noloa by
Mrs. J. H. iDalen, of Bandon, and Mrs.
Georgia May Moller, of Myrtle Point.
There will also be a specialty dance
by Miss Dorris Compton and other
musical numbers, including piano and
vocal oolos by little Miw Phyll’a Tay
lor, pf Marshfield, and p vocal solo by
Miss Margaret Purvance, the newly
installed Bethel Queen.
There will be a sale of home-made
candy held in connection with the af
fair. Admission will be 25 and 10
cents. The public is urged to attend
and assist the girls to raise funds to
purchase their necessary supplies.
Ernie Cooper and Glae Gou’d, two
Co»;uilte boy« who graduated from C.
H. S. in May, are mighty lucky to be
«live today. They were passengers in
the W«co bi-plane which cracked up
at Bandon on the Fourth. Driven by
its owner, Ray Garfield, former Ban
don boy, it was being used to give
visitors at the beach Wednesday a
ride at a, dollar a head.
Garfield waa driving it at a low al
titude, probably not more than 500
feet, when in an attempt to bank, the
plane went out of control and n.sed
down. It landed among a clump of
trees about a quarter of a mile north
of the golf club grounds and 700 or
800 feet back from the bluff edge.
Glae Gould received the worst in
juries, with four cute snd hard blows
on the forehead and temple. He was
Smith Plant Down Two Days
out of his head for 30 minutes and
To give the employees an extra
remained overnight at the J. E. Paul
son cabin where the boys, Bob Bailey day’s holiday, the Smith Wood-Prod-
and Clarence Shoemaker, who were i octo plant did not operate yesterday,
the rest of the party of four, took but the time will be made up by run
ning tomorrow, Saturday being a day
him after the accident.
Ernie Cooper suffered a cut on his on which they usually lay off.
arm and a skinned nose, while Gar
field lost two teeth and was cut on
the chin.
The plane was pretty nearly a com
plete wreck, one wing being little
damaged. The other wing and the
fusilage were badly broken up, the
An unuouall large attendance is ex
propeller was torn to piece! as it hit pected at the next Pomona grange
the trees, and the engine was partly meeting which will be held at Schroe
buried in the sand. A limb of a good- der’s hall in Myrtle Point on July 10
sized tree was cut off when the engine at 10:00 a. m., when consideration
hit it in its descent _.
will be given to the adoption of con
tracts for the purchase of batteries,
Loaded CCC Truck Overturns tires and petroleum products, to mak
Seven boys from the McKinley COC ing a survey of dairy cattle for sale
camp were injured, four of them but and arranging three grange picnics
in this district, according to an an
slightly, lest Sunday evening about
six o’clock when the truck in which nouncement just made by George E.
they were coming to town turned over Hampton, Pomona Master.
While the plan is new in Oregon,
on that hairpin turn, below the Cook
A Wilson ranch pn Fairview maun- grange m in the state of W
made a saving of several
trifle-
'
The driving mechanstm was not in dollars last year on the purchase of
the best of condition, and the track batteries, tires and petroleum prod
may have been coming down a little ucts under the plan which will be con
too fast for safety. It failed to make sidered at this meeting and which has
the turn and turned bottom side up been adopted by the state granges of
with the four wheels sticking straight Oregon, Idaho and Washington. Word
haa been received by Mr. Hampton
up.
None of the three in the driver’s that Irvin King, Washington Slate
Grange Master, expects to attend the
eoat were injured.
It was feared at first that Geo. Coos and Curry Pomona meeting on
Munson had suffered internal injuries, July 10th and will explain in detail
bue he »scaped with only two broken the plan under which these products
ribs. Two others were taken to the have been purchased by grangers in
Soldiers* Hospital at Rcceburg, while his state.
Recent reports of the agricultural
the rest received treatment at the
Knife Hospital here. Munson remain adjustment administration indicate
ed there for a couple of days before that minimum of $450,000 will be ex
pended in California for the elimina
returning to camp.
tion of tubercular dairy cattle in the
near future. This, the grange officials
Stolen Chevrolet Recovered
believe, will provide a demand for re
¡Ross Kistner’s Chevrolet demon-
placement otock in that state and
trator, which was taken from in front dairymen in this section are urged to
of the postoffice about 11 o’clock Fri
take advantage of this oportunity to
day night, waa recovered Monday
market ¡surplus cows and heifers.
when iR. fl. Lawhorne phoned in that i Tentative plan«' have been made and
it was out near McKinley. The two
I final plans will no doubt be completed
young fellows who stole it asked the
j at the grange meeting to make a sur-
street*sweeper which was the way to
i vey of replacement stock available in
Marshfield, but they did not follow
I Coos and Curry «¡unties, it was
his instructions. Probably those boys ,
.
had no Intention of keeping the car,;
but they are too handy with other
Recovering from Terrific Fall
people*« property p^he wsfbome visi
Ed Huntington, prospector, who
tors in Coquille. J
suffered painful injuries when he fell
No Council Session This week aver a cliff on the Tincup, two weeks
ago, has sufficiently recftvered from
Three members of the city council hw injuries to enable him to leave the
being out of town last Monday eve hospital. He is at present living at
ning. the regular session was post Hickok’s hotel and will soon be able
poned. It is probable that Mayor to go bad: into the hills, says the
Berg will call a special session before G Id Beach Reporter.
the July 16 regular meeting date
The recorder was instructed by the
Calling carde M> for *1 00
finance committee to draw warrants
for all O. K.’d bills against the city,
and approval will be given at the
first session held this month.
POMONA ATM.P.
NEXT TUESDAY
Rev. and Mrs. Mallory Flanagin
and their daughter intend leaving the
middle of next week for their home
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in Los Angeles. Mr. Flanagia came
House of David Team Will Put Coqjille American Legion Jun north last fall when Rev. P. D. Hart 85 Per Cent in Registration Over
man left for Corvallis, Mong, to fill
on Good Show—Loggers to
ior Leaguers Will Meet
Last Year — State as a
out* the latter'a unexpired term, but
Have New 'Pitcher
Roseburg on July 15
Whole Gains 4 Per Coat
he does not wish to give up his mem
bership in the Pacific Conference of
The largest crowd ever to attend
Having won the Coos county Amer the M. E. Church South, as he would
The activity of the Oregon Coast
a baseball came in Coquille ia *x- ican Legion Junior League title, the have to do if he retained a charge in Highway Association ia getting fine
pected to be present for the Housa'of Coquille team will meet the Roseburg the Northwest.
results, according to the statement of
David vs. Coquille taggers game Jynlor Leagues out there on Sunday,
The Northwest Conefrence of the Ed Miller, manager of the association,
Sunday, with rhe Monday attendance July C. The winner there will have church and Assembly will start at who was in Coquille last Saturday. He
running it a close seuond.
;
to meet the winner of the Klamath Milton, Ore., next Thursday and a had Just returned from a trip down
From Eugeue comes a report that Falls-Medford contest to determine new pastor for the Pioneer church into nothem California, where he
the Oregon Trail celebration boosters what team will represent th» section will be named on Sunday, July IS. found all the citieu and towns, traffic
are c >ming over in a caravan Sunday in the state contest in August.
Those planning on leaving for Milton directors, hoteh and euto camps
to boost for the bewhiskered boys «nd
The buys cinched the Coos cham next Tuesday are Mr. and Mrs. Er “playing ball” with the Coast High
incidentally advertise the celebration I pionship last Friday 'afternoon when
nest Purvance and daughter, Margar way Association in a very satisfac
out there on July 26-427-28. It's proba they defeated the Markhfield Junior et, Mrs. Jas. Richmond, Mm. Henry tory manner.
Leaguers in a ten ¡lining game skUlllis and some of the young people.
bly a fellow feeling movement
One indication that the Coast route
the Eugene Trail boosters are
is getting its share this year is the
Athletic Park here, 8 to 7.
wearing whiskers.
;.w.
Ray Wcodyard protegees did it by Starts on His Sixth Year Here report from the secretary of state’s
The House team has always drawn taking chances on the bases, and the
office that out-of-the-state ear regis
Rev. and Miw. G. A. Gray returned
well in Coquille and they are I losing winning run win scored when Jess
trations have increased only four per
a day of their schedule in order
der^o Barton, who led off in the tenth, last Thursday evening from Portland, cent so far this year over the same
where
he
had
attended
the
annual
Rfe I singled, stole second and third and
come in here.
period last year while the same regis
Manager Fortier received a wire scored on a close play when Don Mc- Northwest conference of the Metho tration on the Coaat Highway shows
dist Episcopal church. Mr. Gray was
this morning from Bob Wiltshire, .Clellan hit sharply to short.
an 85 per cent increase over last year
pitcher for the Eugene Townies, that ' Jim Schaer put Coquille, to the re-appointed to serve the Coquille for the same period. And the large
he would be here Sunday to hurl the front in the first inning, after Wag and Bandon churches for the next number of California and .Washington
game that day. Bob is a fine chucke» goner had walked and Wood had been year. He is now entering on the sixth cars whieh daily paas through Co
and Sunday’s game should be a good hit, by clouting one for the circuit, conference year in this field and is quille is nearly double what it has
probably the dean of Coos county
can test.
been in past years.
and the locals were never headed af
Nor will the House tesm get away ter that, although the Bay team crept ministem.
Colorado oars are also more num
with much on Monday- when Jack An up a run at a time and finally tied it
erous and it bean out Mr. Miller'«
drew«, the 18-year old youngster, will in the eighth at 7 all.
statement, “Colorado sends more cars
be on the mound. Jack haa twirled
to Oregon than any other state except
The visitors outhit the lrcal boys,
good ball for Coquille while here, but 9 to 5, but it was Coquille errors
>ur immedate neighbors.” The Const
he hasn't before gone up against « which caused the game to go into
Association maintains active repre
profemional team such as the visitors wtra inning«.
Coquille contributed
sentation in Denver.
are.
Congressman James W. Mott, since
More Washington cans are coming
four misplays to Marshfield's two.
The game will be played, rain or
Jess Barton walked five and struck the adjournment of congress, has been down the Coast Highway this year
shine, Fortier declares. The House of out five, while Jutanen, for Marsh busy visiting the Various governmen than ever before, and the number will
David doesn’t mind a wetting and field, walked eight and whiffed eleven. tal departments in behalf of problems increase this next month.
Again it
neither do Bill’s webfeet.
There was a pretty fair crowd out in the first congressional district. H • is co-operaticn which helps produce
The visitor« are guaranteed a flat which enjoyed seeing the boys win. conferences at the Public ¡Works Ad ouch results. The city of Longview
amount Sunday, with the privilege of It was a very nice game to watch.
ministration revealed that projects in has spent hundreds of dollars on road
a 60 per cent cut. On Monday they
On the Fourth the county champs the amount of $800,000,000 have been signs boosting the Coast Highway,
play for a 65 percentage of the gate. went down to Randan and won 20-15 found eligible for allotments and and ban distributed 10,000 Coaat
Aside from a pitcher Bill believes t-cm a team composed of thia year that the total appropriation available Highway folders in Washington. Of
no additional strength will be needed Turner League players and some tor such projects will be approximate course that city expects to benefit
to give the House a hard game.
•nemteru of the 1932 and 1933 Junior ly $3tX>,000,000. Congressman Mott is from northbound traffic from Califor
There are a lot of attractions fur tasguc teams.
making every effort to have alloca nia which travels the cool and scenic
nished by the House team beside their
tions made to projects in his district coast route through Oregon.
hall playing. Thsir pepper game is ^epsbli« ans to Meet at Portland which have already been approved.
A nd the Coast Highway will soon be
a clever exhibits, and N.al Dr*e
Mr. Mott also oonferred with of
flattertat!y know» tenor ainrer W a *K iWadvance aale of tickets is any ficials of th«.post o O mm I tfetfttry
tr>h fcallaA? helps keep the er >wd in criterion, hi least 20,000 republicans departments having jurisdiction erar The Port Orford-Euchre creek section
good humor, even though the home from all parte of Oregon will be in proposed federal buildings. He was will be completed this week and the
attendance at the republican clubs’
club may be losing the game.
informed that a list of eligible pro Gard iner-iFIorence-Yachats section »
This is the big baseball event of state-wide picnic at Jantzen Beach ject« waa in process of preparation expected to be finished by the middle
the year «nd every fan, fanette and P*rk in Portland Sunday July 8.
and that it would be released withh of the month. The five ferires, all of
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Accord
nir to ofliciala
Aecordhg
officials of the out
outing,
fanee will be there.
Admission 40
the next week. He was assured that which are free, are operated on a 15-
reservations for tickets have been re
cento.
Oregon would be given a proportion minute schedule between 10 a. m. and
ceived from all section« of the state
ate share of the public buildings ap 6 p. m., the time being a little longer
Pictures This Month at Liberty and a large throng of party members, propriation.
the rest of the day.
residing outside of Portland, are ex
The congressman will leave by au
With the coolest of summer resort
Many outstanding pictures have pected to be among these present.
tomobile the first of next week for th« Weather, no dust, and a minimum of
been booked for the Liberty theatre
The picnic is the first move of a
during July. Among the=: ile: "20 concerted campaign by republican west and will probably reach Oregoi. delay at the five coastal streams, it
Million Sweethearts;” “Merry Wives leaders to revive interest and create about the middle of July, at which is no wonder that the Coast Highway
of Reno,” with Warner Brothers’ harmony and unity within the party time his office will be open at Salem is rapidly becoming as popular a
famous laugh otare, Glenda Famll, ranks. Britt Nedry, president of the Oregon. All communications should route as there is through Oregon.
Mr. Miller contributes the following
Guy Kibbee, Hugh Herbert, Frank Oregon republiacn clubs, left Port be addressed to Mr. Mott at Salem.
McHugh, Margaret Lindsay, Roscoe land Wednesday for a tour of the
«Continuod on fifth page.)
Big Ferry Business on Fourth
Ates; and “Viva Villa,” starring Wal western «sector of the state to stimu
lace Beery, ten months to produce, 100 late interest in the forthcoming af
The ferry across Coos Bay carried
Ladies on Vacation Trip
cameras to filni it, 10,000 in the east; fair and to assist in organising re 1,892 ears on the Fourth, running an
M m . Zula M. Buchheister, recently
one of the big pictures of the year, publican chapters in the various hour and a half after midnight to ac
arrived in Coquille from Vancouver,
“Manhattan Melodrama,” with Clark towns.
commodate the last of those who
Canada, and Mrs. Cecilia Nixon, pas
Gable, William'Powell and Myrna Loy;
As 30 or 31 ears
The picnic program committee haa wished to cross.
Marion Davies and Gary Cooper in scheduled a long list of events for the were carried on each trip no one had tor of the local Full Gospel Church
(formerly Foursquare), left last Mon
"Operator 13;” George Arliaa in “The entertainment of the visitors.
The to wait very long after running on th«
House of Rothschild;” “Harold Teen;” honored guests for the occasion will slip; usually not more than on« day morning for a vacation trip in the
north.
Barbara Stanwyck
in ‘^Gambling he Oregon's delegation in congress rcund- trip wait was necessary.
During their absence from Coquille
Lady,” and other outstanding hits.
It was a little different on the fer
and leading party nominees. All will
Mias Eva Abbott will be Alling the
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he introduced and will deliver brief ry Just below the Coos river high
pulpit at the church on East Second
Seek Permission to Sell Plant talks.
school. That boat can carry but thre«
ctreet. Mias Abbott has Just returned
cars at a time and some times there
The Natural Gas corporation of
from Los Angeles, where for two
W.
(ftr
U.
Next
Friday
were
30
cars
in
line
on
the
return
Oregon haa applied to C. M. Thomas,
/ears she was a student in the An-
trip from Allegany and the falls.
public utilities commicsioner, for per
gelus Temple Bible School, graduating
There will be an all day W. C. T. U.
mission to sell its Coquille plant and
meeting Friday. July 18, at the home
« few days ago.
She ia a Coquille
franchise to the Coquille Gas 4 Power
To Install Irrigation System girl and her many frienda will ba
of Mrs. Frank Leslie. Potlock lunch
company.
The application is made
Ernest Clausen, prominent Coquille glad of this opportunity to hear the
will be serve at noon and sewing will
under the provisions of an act of the
be done for the Children’s Farm valley rancher and dairyman, is the youthful evangelist.
legislature of 1933 Which requires
latest farmer to go in for irrigation.
Home.
Mm. Nixon and Mrs. Buchheister
that the utilities commissioner must
Nearly half of hie 60-acre farm Just will return to Coquille in about ten
approve all utility transfers. Thomas
outside Broadbent will be irrigated as days to resume their duties in the
Next Tuesday Motion Day
has requested the corporation to sup
soon as the poles for the power line church here.
ply additional information relative
Judge Brand set Tuesday, July 10, are set and the wires strung. The
to the price of the plant before pass as the next mation day when he was motor and the pump, ordered for him.
B. P. W. Picnieks at Bandon
ing on the request.
here last Tuesday.«
by the Mt States Power Co., have ar
The B. P. W. Club members motor
rived, and it will bo but a short time
until his ladino clover will be receiv ed to Bandon Monday evening, where
ing moisture which will Insure one or Mica France« Oddy, captain, and
two more cuttings a year. The water other members of the losing team, in
will be pumped from the South Fork. the membership contest sponsored by
the elub last winter, were hostesses
to the winning team at a picnic sup
Airmail Postage Reduced
per served on the porch of the Rich
Effective July 1, air mail rates have mond cabin. A short business meet
been reduced to six cents an ounce. ing was held after the supper and the
Heretofore the rate haa been eight remainder of the evening was spent
cents for the first ounce and 13 for ad in hiking and other pastimes.
ditional ounces.
This makes a big
drop in that class of postage for any
Paul Walker High ent'Kite Flyer
thing over an ounce.
Instead of 21
The latest addition to the play
cents for twa ounces it is is now 12
ground is a sand pile which baa been
cents.
provided by playground committee
The county court thia week set the and a croquet set presented by W. E.
salary of W. L. Finney, personal prop Hassler.
On Boys* day, Monday, Paul Walk
erty tax collector, at $120 per month,
and instructed the roadmaster to pro er had the honor of flying his home
made kite the highest, the height be
vide him with a county ear.
ing at least 500 feet.
The playground ia open to all chil
Andy P. Devia, county Juvenile of
ficer, h leaving on * week’s vacation dren from 1:00 to 4.4M p. m. each day
which he will m
Francisco. except Saturday and
HOUSE OF DAVID Ball Team Which Plays Here July 8-9
Bandon & Coquille Golfers Win
The Weatm««t Golf Club handed
the Coos Country Club « S8 to 10 de
feat at Bandon last Sunday. Playing
on the Bandton team were “Dutch”
Clint '«, Who shot a 70 for the 16
holes and was second low for the day.
Ferb Emery, Geo. W. Bryant, Geo. A.
Ulett and Ray Jeob. Dr. C. L. Brown,
of Marshfield, was low with a 60 score
Dairymen’s Association to Meet
The quarterly meeting of the Coos
County Dairymen’s association which
was held in the court hosue at Co
quille Monday night, July t, was ad
journed and will be reconvened Mon
day, July 23, at 8:00 p. m. at the
same place, according tod. N. Jacob
son. of Coquille, president of the or
ganisation.
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