The Coquille Valley sentinel., August 10, 1934, Image 1

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BONNEVILLE MM
And Its Tremendous Possibili­
ties Sketched by R- H. Kip
at C. of C. Tuesday
R. H. Kip, of Portland, was pinch
bitter for Col. Milton A. Miller at
the Chamber of Commerce session
here Tuesday noon, Mr. MHler being
unable to come at the test minute.
■In his opening remarks Mr. Kip
«aid he did not know why tie waa
*4ked to fill Mr. Miller’s engagement.
“He ia an orator,” he said, “1 am
He is a democrat; I am not. We
times both attend the same ball
, but we have little in eoshmon.”
Kip, who is executive vice-
nt of the Columbia Valley as­
sociation, an organisation which de­
votes its efforts to securing develop­
ment of the rivers and harbors in
Oregon, confined his remark* to the
Bonneville dam, and gave much in­
teresting information in regard to it.
It is the most rapidly constructed pro­
ject in the United State* today.
Aside from the cost of dam and
power plant construction the largest
item of expense will be the moving
of the Union Pacific railroad trades
to^a higher elevation. *0101 will cost
five million*.
The Columbia, river
highway will not have to be moved.
Then »160,000 is being invested in
»6,000 to »8,000 house* for the use of
army engineers now in charge of the
project. They will later be occupied
by those in charge of the dam and the
power distribution system.
Above the lake back of the dam,
which will be 45 miles long from
Bonneville to Cellilo, the channel will
be 30 feet deep with an abundance of
water the year round for the largest
of vessels.
Commerce, from the upper Colum­
bia and Snake river basin., is one thing
whose value the dam will greatly in­
crease but which cannot be estimated.
With the power given the president
by congress to make reciprocal
treaties with foreign nations, the pos­
sibilities of foreign eemmeroe, up and
down Che Columbia, are beyond oaleu-
latlon. All thia, of course, provided
the president*«! view are carried out
and sea-locks installed at the dam.
Th* tremendous supply of electrical
energy to be produced by the plant
operation st Bonneville will assure
•long the river, within reasonable die-
stances, of an industrial development
whose magnitude can hardly be visu­
alised.
Coos county fs a considerable dis­
tance from the Columbia, but no de­
velopment can take place anywhere
in the state without C om benefitting,
any more than any new development
on O om Bay or elsewhere in the coun­
ty can fail to materially benefit Co­
quille.
It is estimated that this govern­
ment-controlled power system will be
able to furnish electricity in Portland
about one-third cheaper than power
from Boulder Dam can be furnished in
L m Angeles.
Municipalities, individual*, organi­
sations of districts, industrial plants,
any person or corporation who has the
ability to fulfill its contract with the
government for the purchase of elec-
triral power, will be able to secure
this cheaper power.
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COQUILLE. COOS COUNTY, ORBGON.
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 1». 1M4
Coal Development Assured
Dinner for Gen.*Martin Saturday
The opening of that coal mine, five
or six miles from Coquille and be­
tween Arago and Riverton, is practi­
cally certain according to informa­
tion received by Albert Rives this
morning. The men who are planning
the development of Coquille valley
coal resources mean business. They
are shipipng in a couple of truclu to
gravel the road to the property; the
land titles have all been examined and
the àeal for the acreage closed, and
it wiH be but a short time until work
will begin on that 5,000 tons a month
shipment to San Francisco.
Gen. Chas. H. Martin, democratic
candidate for governor, who is to at­
tend the meeting of the democratic
county central committee in North
'Bend this evening, will be in Coquille
tomorrow (Saturday). An informal
luncheon has been arranged for to­
morrow noon at the Coquille Hotel,
where anyone wishing to attend and
meet Gen. Martin will be welcome.
The genera) is making a tour of
the state, familiarising himself with
all sections and their needs, and, also
meeting the voters who will decide
who will succeed Julius L. Meier as
governor of Oregon.
Where Arc the Perley Riders?
Does anyone in Coquille remember
Mr. and Mrs. Perley B. Rider who for­
merly lived here? The Sentinel ha*
received a request to help locate them,
or at least to furnish their present
address. How long since they left
here, or what occupation he had when
living here, was not stated. If anyone
can give the desired information will
he or she calt at this office, or phone,
>r write?
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GRANGE INITIA­
TION AUGUST 16
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These in charge of the program st
W. O. W. hall next Thursday evening,
Aug. 16; are not disposed to make any
announcement of what is in store for
those who attend, but inasmuch as all
grange memben» will be welcome,
those most interested will have an
opportunity to witness the doings,
The occasion will be regular class
initiation in the different degrees,
psrticulsriy the third and fourth, and
for this purpose unusual preparations
have been underway for she i»ast few
weeks. Those sitting on the sidelines
that evening can rest assured that
they are to be “shown something”
that win make them feel that it has
been worth while to be there.
Preceding the initiation will come
a pothick supper promptly qt seven
o’clock, and the plans as announced by
the home economics department chair­
man provide for a real feast of good
Referring again to the initiation
and program plans, it can be stated
that Mrs. Pearl Kellogg Smith, direct­
ing the degree team, gained some new
and interesting ideas, when she at­
tended the state grange meeting in
June, and these evolutions will be pre­
sented by her company.
If you have never seen a drill team
operate at the magic whistling of a
birdie, you will have this opportunity
when Mrs. Margaret Detlefsen brings
her team upon theRoor.
A social session will follow the ini­
tiation.
Macy Anderson Here
Macy Anderson, who has been with
the 7th Infantry Band of Vancouver
Barracks for the past year, tame 4n
Tuesday evening on h SO days’ fur­
lough which he will spend with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Ander­
son on Fat Elk. For seven years
Macy was in the employ of the Sen­
tinel and only quit Che printing busi­
ness for the army when things be­
came so quiet last year.
He says
army life 1s educational In many
ways, but that he does not believe he
will remain with it when his three
year enlistment expires.
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Mr. Kip was unable to cover this
huge subject in the half hour allotted
to him Tuesday noon, nor can the
Sentinel give a complete report on all Carpenters Wanted at Powers
rhe interesting fact*
and figures
Capt. Harry E. Cooper, in command
quoted by Mr. Kip.
of the COC camp at Powers, was in
There ia, however, in this office, a Coquille yesterday and said that a
seven-page questionnaire, prepared by winter camp is to be established at
the Columbia Valley Association, China Flats, above Powers. Construc­
which anyone who desires may ex­ tion Is expected to begin about Aug.
amine.
15, and he desires to secure at least
25 carpenters Who know their stuff.
The going wage will be paid,
Any
Promises Help to Coos
carpenter seeking a job should get in
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. McCormack, of touch with Capt. Cooper at once, or
Eugene, wore Coquille visitors on write him at Powers.
Tuesday. He in state and national
representative of the farmers* debt
Will Operate Bandon Camp
adjustment bureau and was checking
Mrs.
C. A. Machon moved to Ban­
up with local authoritlra.
don last week to take charge again of
Mr. MdCormack ia a state represen­
the Machon camp grounds near the
tative from Lane county and a candi­
tank. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Bennett,
date at this fall’s election for joint
who have been operating the camp
state senator from T^ne and Linn
for the past two years, resold it to
counties. While here he stated that
her. Her sister-in-law, Mrs. Logan,
if he was elected he hoped that Co­
is conducting the Machon hotel here.
quille or Coos county would feel free
Mira Mary Greiner wont to Bendon
to call upon him for assistance in any
with Mrs. Machon to assist her in the
matter or project which thia section
•tore.
might be interested in. He also «in­
gested that if the chairman of the
County Chamber of Commerce roads
committee—<J. E. Norton—was the one
to present the matter that be would
accept his proposals without further
investigation for he was associated
with Mr. Norton in the house at Sa­
lem and has the highest regard for
Ms judgment in public affairs.
Purchased by City Wednesday
Other Business Transacted
by Council
G. R. Hyrtop to Certify Seed
Potatoes—Tour to Visit
Smith-Hughes Projects
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E. W. Gragg and A. L. Ginnell were
The second field inspection of seed
each granted permission to construct potatoes planted for certification in
up-to-date auto camps by the city the Fairview section will be made on
council at its regular session Monday Friday, August 17, when a farm tour
evening. When built they will be on program will be held in the commun­
opposite sides of Froht street at its ity, sponsored by the agricultural
western end.
committee of the Fairview Grange,
A restaurant license was granted according to C. A. Holveratott, chair­
Frank Cowan for the Rainbow on man of .the agricultural committee.
Front street, and his bond was ac­
G. R. iHyalop, head of the division
cepted and approved.
I of plant industry at the state college,
Word of the approval of the sale will make the potato inspection and
of the local gas plant to the Coquille will discuss other crop matters, ac-
Gaa A Power Co. having been received cording to George Jenkin«, county
by the city from the Public Servie*|.agent, erho is co-operating with the
Commission, the »500 surety I bond agricultural committee in arranging
furnished by the purchasers wa* ■ as* this program.
cepted.
The tour also includes visits at
The deal made by the finance com­ farm» of members of the Smith-
mittee of the couneH for the payment Hughes night school conducted at
to Louis Sell of »70 fdr a deed to lota Fairview last winter under the direc-
7 and 8. block 7, of North Addition, tlon of Win. Cunning, local Smith-
was approved by the council. Mr. Sell Hqghes instructor. Different phases
will receive all rent* from the prop­ of agricultural development including
erty until the end of thia year. It isq the growing of alfalfa, irrigation,
a very fair deal for the city. Against paature erops, potato production and
the property—two lota and fairly good certification end berry growing will
house—there stands »235 in delin^ be-studied on this tour, Holveratott
quent taxes and »1018.75 in street im­ •toted.
provement assessment*.
The Isttei'
figure includes the »70 to be paid by
Front St. Pavement Covered
the city.
The state highway repair crew
City Engineer Stacer reported the
which came in a couple of weeks ago,
swings in Myrtle Grove park as all
thia week has completed the highway
in good condition now.
improvement on Front and Ferry
The engineer was instructed to have
streets by putting an asphalt covering
the sewer on First street, near the J.
over the concrete, both the city’s ori­
E. Quick property, repaired.
ginal paving and the state’s extension
Dr. J. R. Bunch’* application for
on the sides, from the laundry to the
water service at the house he is build­
bridge, and making that entrance to
ing at the south end of Hoover street,
Coquille the finest road in town.
was referred to the water commttee
Prior to this work the highway be­
with power to act,
tween Coquille and Bandon had been
A letter to the city from the State
repaired where needed, and now the
Highway ¡Commission stated that the
crew is repairing bad spots from here
present time is not considered propi­
' to Myrtle Point.
tious for permanently locating the
After that they will set up opera­
Coast highway through Coquille.
tions at Hayden, on ¡Isthmus Blough,
An adjourned aeaatew was held at
repair
Jr tfie
the concrete toward both
five o’clock Tuesday evening <
H three
,n(* Coquille.
•Ider bide for new fire truck. All____
submitted were rejected at that time,
Drilling Continues at Well
but another session held at five
o’clock Wednesday evening the bid of
W. E. Marrion and sons continue
the Niles Motor Co. for a Ford truck the drilling operations at the .wall,
was accepted. Allowing »15 for the but although they have just installed
present Oldsmobile truck, the Ford another 20-foot section of casing they
will cost the city »615.50. It is with­ have not yet reached the bottom at­
out windshield, but ha« dual tire* on tained before the blow-up caused a
the rear, and a 131'4 inch wheelbase. bridge, about SO feet up, a couple of
The price is for the chare is only.
weeks ago. As long as the six-inch
casing is dear and slips up and down
To Open New Furniture Store without friction there is nothing to
prevent keeping the hole cleaned out
A. B. Adams, formerly in the fur­
and drilling continued without inter­
niture business in Grants Pass and
ruption.
more recently in the Redwoods die-
The gas pressure remains about the
trict of northern California, left for
same—.from 225 to 250 pounds to the
Portland ths first of ths week to pur­
square inch.
chase a complete furniture stock for
the store he will open soon in the
old Robinson building, adjoining the Mrs. J. E. Norton’s Brother Here
Coquille Hotel on Front street.
Mrs. J. E. Norton enjoyed an un­
After leasing the room from the expected visit this week from her
Coquille Investemnt Co., he made ar- brother, Rev. E. C. Stark, and Mrs.
range men tn to have it altered and Stark and their daughter, Marjorie, I
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fitted up to meet the needs of a first whose home is in Enterprise, Or. They
class furniture store and expects to were accompanied by Mrs. Stark’s
be ready to open before the first of father and mother, Mr. and Davidson,
the month.
of Meridan, Idaho.
They arrived
Tuesday afternoon, spent that night
Mrs. Howard Here Last Night at the Norton cottage at Bandon and
left Wednesday morning. The party
Mrs. Chas. A. Howard, of Salem,
was on a vacation trip through Wash­
and her sister, Mias Shaw, of Port­
ington and Oregon.
land, were guests at the Coquille Ho­
tel hurt night. They were on a jour­
ney south, with no particular objec­ Wild Parsnips Fatal to 25 Head
tive, and travel about 250 miles a day.
Claueen Bros., dairymen along the
Tor the information of those who are river above Riverton, suffered a se­
more recent arrivals in Coquille, State vere loss Wednesday when 25 of
Superintendent of Schools Howard their herd of fine dairy cattle were
was one of the most popular school found dead, and eleven more quite ill.
mtperintendenta ever to preside over Wild parsnip, which the Clausens did
the Coquille schools. They left here not know was growing along the
nearly 20 years ago.
slough in the pasture, poisoned the
animals. Hie loos is estimated at
from 11000 to »1200.
Mrs. Mulkey Back in Office
Mrs. Martha E. Mulkey, county
school superintendent, and her chil­
dren returned last week end Mrs.
Mulkey was in her office again last
Monday. She spent a week in Port­
land taking the special couree pre­
pared for county school superinten­
dents and heard many Speakern prom­
inent in the education field. She spent
another week studying in Salem, and
for the trip home came down the
Coast highway, stopping at ail points
of historical interest.
Board of Equalization to Meet
The O om County Board of Equali­
sation, which consists of Assessor J.
P. Beyers, County Clerk L. IW. Oddy
• nd Judge D. F. Thompson, will meet
in the county court room here next
Monday, Aug. 13. Objections to val­
uations placed on property by the as­
sessor will he hoard at that time.
Gas Rates Reduced
The application of the Coquille Gat.
& Power Co., for permission to re­
duce rates in Coquille*, was approved
this week by the Public Service Com­
mission. Under the new schedule the
minimum charge will be »1.00 instead
of »1.50; the first 1000 feet of gas
will be charged at »1.75, and the rate
will be grade down from that figure to
80 cents for the seventh and succeed­
ing thousand feet. .
In addition there will be a 10 pei
cent discount on bills paid before the
12th of the following month.
FARMERS’ PIC­
NIC ENJOYED
The Farmers’ Picnie in the Norway
Grove last Sunday proved to be a very
enjoyable affair with 500 or more
present at some time during the day.
A preaching service was held at 11
a. m, with T. B. MacDonald, of Ara­
go, delivering the address.
The luncheon hour, with every one
providing his own picnic dinner, was
perhaps the most enjoyable feature of
the day’s program which
included
talks, sports, contests and a couple of
ball games.
Price Robiosn and J. N. Jacobsen,
president of the Coos County Dairy­
men's Association, spoke on matters
of interest to those present, particu­
larly of co-operation in buying and
selling. C. A. Baling, president of the
Coos Produce Growers Association,
•poke on the work of that organisa­
tion which is thia year concentrating
its efforts on spuds, but which will
eventually handle all Coca county pro­
duce.
H. Bailey, of Roseburg, substi­
tuted for the independent candidate
for governor, Pete Zimmerman, who
was not present
The baseball games resulted in an
8 to 6 victory for Gravel Ford over
Norway, and a Lee victory from Coos
River, 10 to 2.
Some of the Grange members in at­
tendance have this week severely
criticised the “red” remarks of the
principal speaker, the one who sub­
stituted for Zimmerman.
Cougars to Play Norway Here
The Coquille Cougars, several of
whom will be eligible for duty on the
Loggers team before many seasons,
will moet the Norway bail team at
Athletic Park here, Sunday, Aug. 12.
at 2 p. m. No admission will be
charged. The Cougar line-up is to
be: Hansen, catcher; Collier, pitcher;
Lawhorne, first;
Stacer, second;
Thrift, short; Davis, left; Brown, cen­
ter; Taylor, right; Vincent, catcher;
Quasebarth, pitcher.
The Cougar team wishes to thank
the following, wham they designate
as their financial backers this season:
Geo. F. Burr, David E. Rackleff, Wil­
son's Confectionery, J. A. Lamb Co.,
and The Sentinel.
E. W. Gregg to Have 12 to 18
Cabins in Modern Camp­
ground on Front St.
E. W. Gregg, whose application for
a permit to build a camp grounds wa*
granted by the city council. Monday
evening, stated this week that he ex­
pects to begin construction
of a
modern camp ground court yery soon,
some time this month. The location
will^ie on that tract he owns, between
the railroad and Front street, juat
west of the laundry.
Whether he will build all of the
14 or 16 cabins this fail and early win­
ter or only the row on the railroad
side, he has not yet decided.
The buildings will be complete, with
bed room, kitchenette, shower, bath
and toilet, some of the cottages hav­
ing two bed room* and some but one.
They will be of stucco construction,
and he plans to have the two rows
face an inner court, with entrance at
either end of the tract. Whether any
of the cabins would be west of the
house belonging to D. C. Krantx, near
the west end of the tract, he could
not say at this time.
Car Skids on Cattle Crossing
A Ford V-8, driven by Chas. M.
Jchnsr.n, of San Bernardino, Calif.,
was quite badly wrecked at the Joe.
Nilsen place, juat this side of River­
ton, about ten o’clock Tuesday morn­
ing. With Mr. Johnson were hie wife
and daughter.
They were on their
way to visit a son who is employed
on the bridge building at Waldport.
The car began to skid when it
struck the spot where the cattle cross
the highway from ths barn to the
pasture, and Mr. Johnson must have
stepped on the brake for the car be-
gahsto weave from aide to side of the
highway, finally «lunging . over the
six or seven foot bank, rolling over
once before it hit the fence, and once
more afterwards.
Mrs. Johnson was badly, thjugh not
seriously, cut by the broken glass
from four windows; Mr. Johnson was
Issa injured, and the daughter hardly
at all.
The younger Mr. Johnson came
down Wednesday and took them home
with him.
So many wreck* have occurred at
cattle crossings that arrangements
should be made to have the highways
cleaned after the cattle have passed
over.
Visitors From Oklahoma
Mrs. Bert Frichot, her son, Charles,
and daughter, Charlotte, arrived here
last Friday afternoon for a ten days'
visit st the Alton <H. Grimes’ home.
Mrs. Friehot and Mrs. Grimes were
girlhood friends
in Independence,
Kans., and the former's home adjoined
that of the Sentinel owners* back in
the lsst century. The Frichots now
live in Cushing, Okla.
Yesterday morning the Oklahoma
visitors, accompanied by Mrs. H. A.
Young, and Mrs. Allen Young, Jr., of
Boiee, Idaho, left on a two days’
trip to Crater Lake and the Oregon
caves.
Travel Increasing Here
Travel by Greyhound Lines is heav­
ier now than it ever has'been before.
Last night two busses were required
to bring travellers from the south on
the evening trip, and thteemoming’s
travel from the north required a
double header. Nor is the private ear
tourist travel diminishing any. Cars
Hode Has Turned Sailor
from all over the United States are
Mrs. C. G. Caughell, accompanied regularly seen on Coquille streets
by her mother, Mrs. Lindros, of the and some days at least 250 foreign
Lakeside section, left Tuesday morn­ cars are seen here.
ing for a week’s trip up into Washing­
ton where they will visit a sister of Genevieve Chase Home for Visit
Mrs. Caughell’s. “Hode” is also tak­
Miss Genevieve Chase came in last
ing a vacation from duty in the tax
collection department.
He says he Saturday to spend three weeks here
B. P. W. Invited to Roseburg cannot stand his own cooking any with her mother, Mrs. Ines R. Chase.
The Coquille Business A Profes­ more, so he went down to Gold Beach She accompanied Mr. and Mrs. A. N.
sional Women’s Club has been invited to bring a power boat load of lumber Gould when they returned from Port-
by Minnie Cloak, president of the up to the Coquille river for his broth­ land. Miss Chase is assistant dean of
Roseburg B. P. W., to come to Rose­ er, and then took back a load of brick women at the University of Iowa, lo­
burg on Bunday, Aug. 12, to attend from Arago to Gold Beach. He unload­ cated at Iowa City. She is quite for­
tunate thia year in being on the cool
the dedication of the new public ter- ed and loaded at the Coquille dock.
Pacific coast when they are having
nis courts there. The club of that city
US degree weather back in the hawk­
furnished the materials and ths labor
Henry Cooled Off Quickly ’
ey« «tate.
was by the SERA. The hour for the
The only item of note at the Lions
dedication is five p. m.
Club luncheon yesterday, aside from
Mill to Ran Steadily
the liberal application of Herpicide,
Street Dance Here, Aug. 18
The Coquille Mill Co. is shut down
was the coding of Henry Hess’ ardor.
The Coquille Fire Department is ad­ Being apprehended, along with Dave today and tomorrow because of a con­
vertising a street dance for Saturday Rackleff, in feloniously extractly 90 gestion of lumber on its docks here
night, Aug. 18. Which street will be cents from the attendance pot, Henry and the space reserved for it on Coos
utilised has not been announced but became quite-“het up” in defending Bay, but Manager E. E. Johnson says
permission to rope off a block was his rights to the fund. But the ex­ a boat is expected in the Bay soon to
granted by the city council last Mon­ pression of consternation when he sat relieve the condition over there. He
day evening. The money will be used I ( uuwn
down un
on ■
a vnuita
chunk vt
of ivw
ice saw
at vuc
the vvin,iu-
conelu- says the present outlook is for steady
asrviee costa for the sion of his harangue was worth the opefstion of the mill for the rest of
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