The Coquille Valley sentinel., February 01, 1935, Image 1

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THE PAPER THAT'S LIKE
VOL. XXXI.
NO. 1.
City Council by 4 to 2 Vote
Approves Gahtract for
Street Lighting
A special meeting of the city coun­
cil was called Tuesday evening by
Mayor Berg to consider four matter»
—SERA projects, the matter of a con­
tract with the Mr. States Power Co.,
a north end improvement, and to
open bids on pipe which will be laid
as an SERA project.
All councilmen were present and
the vote on the resolution to adopt the
contract, submitted by City Attorney
Corby a month ago, was approved by
a vote of 4 to 2. .
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Before its adoption Councilman Le­
fevre stated that he would invoke the
recall on every man who voted for
the contract and would also demand
a referendum election—a thing im­
possible of doing under the Oregon
referendum law.
Mr. Lefevre wanted to know if the
lighting contract had not been"left in
the hands of the light committee. “It
was,” replied the mayor, "but you
stated you would not submit any sug­
gestions until the contract submitted
was thrown out, and now jt is up to
the council to decide whether the
lighting agreement shall be taken out
of the committees’ hands.
Councilman Jeub moved to take
the matter out of their hands, and
Lefevre submitted an amendment to
leave it in their hands until the next
regular meeting.
The vote on the
amendment stood three to three—Le-
fevere, Belloni and Seeley for it;
Bryant, Jeub and Medley opposed..
Mayor Berg broke the tie by voting
against the amendment.
On the original motion the vol?
stood 3 to 2, Councilman Belloni not
voting.
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Before voting on the motion to
adopt the resolution. Mr. Lefevre
made his threat of referendum and
recall, and submitted a statement that
would have a re-
LETTER FROM HOME
COQUILLE. COOS COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, IMS.
Start Condemnation Proceedings
Honor Roll at C. H. S.
The Coos Bay Lumber Co. this
week filed a condemnation suit in
Circuit court against Louisa Bullack
and* Rosa B. Croy, the purpose of
which is to secure a right-of-way
through their land in the Cunningham
bottoms for the logging road which
they expect to build this spring or
supmer to tap their timber holdings
near Fairview.
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In their complaint the company as­
serts that it offered $5500 for the
land needed, and the court is asked
to set the damages to the property
which Uiey should pay for the right-
of-way.
Following is the honor roll far Co­
quille High School, based, on the
final grades for the first semester:
Straight I—Frank Biasca, Dorris
Compton, Olive Stewart, Kenneth
Waggoner.
No grade below a II—Helen Biasca,
Betty Brady, Gordon Daniels, Evelyn
Garrett, Dorothy Glaisyer, Ela.’ne
Gray. Marion Hess, Annamae Holver-
stott,
June Hol verstört,
Maxine
Knight, Cecil Laws, Myrtle Minter,
Hazel Morris, Emma F. Mulkey, Bev­
erly Norton, Varq^Oderkirk, Eileen
Percy, James Richmond, Lucille
Sherwood, Eleanor Smith, Billy Sny­
der, Tom Stacer, Margaret Stewart,
Wilda Van Meter, Elizabeth Varney,
Level 1< Wahrtrom, EKJis Wilson.
II average, no* grade below a III—
Mary Burr, Clinton Burr, Jack Clin­
ton., Orvilla Clinton, MarilyjxComp­
ton, Robert Cornelius, Geraldine En-
sele, Lois Gelder, Howard Hickam,
Viola Johnson, Vivian Morris, Mar­
garet Purvance, Blanche. Sandon,
Faye Sinclair, Audrey Taylor, Gloria
Vocmo.
Several Nearing Com pie t ion Be- Full Text of the Resolution
That Precipitated the
- yond Powers—To Grants
Council Row
Pass and to Carry Co. >
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C. of C. Objects to Putting Fish
and Game Funds in
General Funds
A gentleman who had not previ­
V Mrs. Minnie King, who was a Co­
The Chamber of Commerce direc­
quille visitor from Powers on Tues­ ously read the franchise to the Mt.
tors, at their session in the hotel din­
day, said that TTw KTger
baer States Power Co., which was defeated
ing room Tuesday noon, went on
evt-r killed in that country, as far as at the November election, nor the
record as opposed to diverting fish
she knew, was slain last week. It contract between the city' and the
and game funds to the general fund
dressed out GOO pounds. A slide had- power company, adopted by the
of the state, which would necessarily
come down over, its hibernating quar­ council on Tuesday evening, looked
entail budgeting by the legislature f°r
ters and when the dogs routed it out over both those documents Wednes-
fish and game taw enforcement ex­
penses. The directors were also op­
Bandon Tigerg Here Tonight it was under a wjndbreak. Neva ■tky.
I Hatcher was the man who shot it.
He did not specifically state that he
posed to one man control of the fish
The Coquille High basket, ball
Mrs. King also said that work is had voted against thf franchise in
and game affairs of the state, and the
team, which played a game with
progressing on three roads . above. November, but after reading the two
county’s members of the. leqislaK w
Marshfield Tuesday night, will play Powers.
At The Island, 18. miles very carefully he remarked to Re­
are to be notified of that opp. ition.
their second game of the week to­
above Powers, the roads from Glen­ corder Leslie, “The contents of the
During the discussion F. S. Emery
night. meeting the Bandon Tigers in
dale and Illahe will join. This work franchise and the contract have both
stated that the Smith Wood-Products,
the Community Building here. ,Two is being done by the Forest Service been badly mis-stated to me.”
Inc., was also opposed to turning the
games will be played, the B teams and the-CCC boys, and the road from
With the idea that many others
state accident commission funds in­
starting playing at seven o’clock.
Glendale is within 23 miles of com­ may not be fully informed on the
to the general funds of the state.
pletion. Then from Brushes creek contract adopted. The Sentinel re­
The directors voted to notify the
Eclipse of San Dae Sunday — the CCC boys are building the road prints it in full. It simply means
city council that the Coquille Cham-
x A partial eclipse of the sun is which will join the road from Illahe that, the power company is granted Jan. Receipts at Clerk's Office ber of Commerce, favored and ap­
scheduled for Sunday morning when at Iron mountain, making an outlet permission to use the streets and al­
proved any action taken by the coun­
Receipts jn the county clerk’s of­
the mobn'will pass between the great to the Coast from Powers. From Co­ leys for poles and transmission lines;
cil in arriving at a suitabto^working
luminary and the earth. The time for quille through Powers the distance that the company will furnish juice fice for January totalled $761.25, di­ agreement with the Mt. States Power
the greatest coverage of the sun’s face to Port Orford will be 75 miles, and without charge to the city hall, the vided $327.58 for recording, $242 for Co.
is at 8:18 o'clock.
in the summer will provide a nice community building, and at the circuit court fees, $70.50 probate
The letter from the Gold Beach
court, $30 marriage licenses, 101.20
125-mile loop trip from here.
Chamber of Commerce was referred
chlorination plant, and will pay the
miscellaneous
receipts.
Another item mentioned by Mrs. I city two per cent on its gross busi­
to the highway committee for a re­
King was the very enjoyable card ness done in Coquille, exclusive of
port next week.
party given by the Royal Neigh­ what the city pays fqr street lighting.
Briefly the matter in which the
bors in Powers, Monday evening, The free juice and the two per cent
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Gold Beach .Chamber is interested, is
when there were seven tables of auc­ in cash will total between 3 and 4
stated in the following extract from
the letter received:
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A Bill, to authorize a preliminary ex­ tion bridge played and seventeen of per per cent on their gross business.
"We are especially concerned, at
And the 60-day cancellable clause
amination of Coquille River and its pinochle. Everyone had a mighty fine
When bids for 2460 feet of pipe the moment, with interesting the
Can only be questioned by those who
tributaries in the State of Oregon time.
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hope to make political capital out of which will be used on the SERA pro­ government in applying labor and
with a view to the control of Jits
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— ■■__ jects in Coquille this spring, were materials, while they are as yet
Financial Report Coast Assn. mis-stating facts.
floods.
Following to a reprint of the reso­ opened Tuesday evening, it was found available at little cost to the region,
Be it enacted by the Senate and
Ed W. Miller, manager of the Coast
House of Representatives of the Highway Association, has submitted lution and contract adopted by the that the bid of the Consolidated Sup­ in the forwarding of a highway be­
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ply Co. was $200 less than the bid of tween Grants Pass and Gold Beach
United States of America in Congress to contributing chambers of com­ council:
Crane A Co. for their “universal” Which, we trust you will see, is of
assembled, That the Secretary of War merce the financial statement of the
pipe Both these were cast iron pipe outstanding economic interest to the
RESOLUTION
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is hereby authorized and directed to Coast Association for 1934. It shows
Whereas, under a referendum elec­ and although there were lower bid> area which Vill be served by the
cause a- preliminary examination to ■income from all sources, including
be mad z of the Coquille River and its counties, chambers of commerce, tion held November 6th, 1934, the for wrapped steel pipe, the council-1 delegates from the various cham-
tiibua tries in’ the State of Oregon, utilities, etc., of $5,246.24, and dis­ Ordinance granting to the Mountain men did not believe it economy to ben."
purchase steel which begins to rust
with a view to the control of its bursements
totalling
the
same States Power Company a franchise,
as
soon as the inner or outer coating “Anne of Green Gables" Sunday
floods, in accordance with the provi­ amount, which atoo included a d.-fi-
Ordinance No. 368, the title Of
which appears in copy of contract is broken and it comes in direct con­
sions of section 3 of an Act entitled
“Anne of Green Gables,” to be
attached hereto, failed to pass and tact with earth or water. Some of shown at the Liberty Theatre
"An Act to provide for control- of the
h considerable time the City of
Mississippi River and of the Sacra­
But ail' 1934 Ditto are not paid
day, Monday, and Tuesday eve
mento River, California, and for There ir a matter of $450 salary and Coquille* and the said Mountain
is sponsored by the Coquille Wo
November election.
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other purposes,” approved March 1, $213 for printed matter and inciden­ States Power Company have been
Club which to conducting a ticket
After he had been on his feet three 1917, the cost thereof to be paid from
selling campaign this week. The club
tals which make the deficit $681.50 working under the provisions of
or four times the rule forbidding a appropriations heretofore or here­ ' for the year. To partially offset this said Ordinance by mutual consent
will receive a percentage of all the
councilman talking more than twice after made for examinations, surveys,
, «nry
' deficit there are $281.50 of pledges and there being no contract between
receipts for the three nights, both
The
order
was
for
on a subject until all had had an op­ and contingencies of rivers and har­
front their own sales, and from the
made last year to be paid in 1935, that the said City and the said Mountain inch pipe, $987.50,
portunity to talk, was invoked.
of
bors.
Mr. Miller believes will be paid, so States Power Company in effect at
box office receipts.
4-inch, $629.20.
Attorney Corby advtoed the coun­
the
present
time,
and
it
being
deemed
The picture has been having a very
that the actual deficit for the year
The valves were ordered from
cil and the audience which filled the
The .above is the bill which Sena­ j is fixed at $400, considerably less desirable that a working basis for
successful run wherever shown. Tt
Crane
A
Co.
The
four
6-inch
valves
room, that this' was not the franchise tor McNary has introduced in the U.
is endorsed by P. T. A. organizations,
than the $1059 deficit a year ago. ' furnishing lights to the City and in­
which had been defeated, and that S. senate and. the senator believes
habitants thereof, and providing for will cost $74.60 and the three 4-inch, woman’s clubs and educators all otter
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$32.70.
adopting the resolution would in no that it will be come a law.
certain revenues to be paid by the
the United States, and a most inter­
An Amusing Cartoon
way be a repudiation of the “no”
For the culvert under the fill to be
said Company for the privilege of
Just what recommendation the en­
esting presentation, carrying a bud­
vote in November. He stated that all gineers will make, if and wheg the
made at the east end of the Spurgeon
That was quite a humorous cartoon continuing operations in said City,
ding romance to a satisfactory cul­
provisions of the contract had been
Now Therefore Be It Resolved by street bridge, "Armco” was ordered. mination. Anne Shirley takes the
survey is made, no one can foretell, by Quincy Scott, in the Oregonian
agreed tq by all the codncilmen, ex­ but it is a matter in which the people last Wednesday morning, showing the Mayor and the Common Council At their bid of $6.78 per foot the cost
part of “Anne” and is well supported
cept that of the time for which the of this valley, as well as all of Coos two men and a cow pilloried for sell­ of the City of Coquille that a con- of material there will be approxi­
throughout the picture with a cast of
mately
$480.
franchise should run, and in making county, are vitally interested.
ing too rich milk, or at least the price j tract be entered into by and be­
well-known players.
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the contract no time for its expiration
The labor in making these repairs
If by cutting through the divide was too low for its butterfat content. tween the City of Coquille and the
was set,
the 60-day cancellable between the headwaters of Beaver The occurrence actually happened at Mountain States Power Company, as and improvements will be paid for
clause enabling the city to end it and Isthmus Sloughs, the bottom Marshfield where two young men per copy hereto attached and marked out of SERA funds, the city paying What Power Co. Has Paid City
for the material only.
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Since June 23, 1933, until the first -
quickly if so desired
lands of the Coquille valley can be were fined, sifter complaint had been Exhibit “A” and made a part thereof,
He branded as false the statement
made by the other milk dealers to and be it further resolved that the I
It was reported by the mayor that of last November, the Mt. States
so quickly drained that the land could
that the council was attempting to
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Mayor and the City Recorder be and the State Highway Commission has Power Co. has paid the city $1,130.41
be used for pasturage or crops for the milk control board.
thwart the will of the people. The1 (
What added humor to the cartoon are hereby, authorized ano
and empower-
empower - »b»''doned the maintenance of the as the two per cent payment on its
eleven* months of the year, instead of
people are entitled to street lighting |,
From June,
was
the
gleeful
expression
on
the
face
ed
to
execute
such
contract
on the hi«hw«* wlthln th<
* Co­ gross revenue here.
-tor only seven or eight, it would help
service through council action and
of the near-by pump, as it exclaimed. part of the City of Coquille.
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and **»*
wood”1 brid** 1933, to Jan. 1 this year the company
i the dairy industry considerably.
that body has a duty to the people to!
has furnished light, free of qoet to
The foregoing resolution was duly
By cutting through the divide the “Boy. I’m coming into my own again.”
work for the benefit of the city.
; sected by
street will not be the city, which if figured at the rate
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waters which accumulate every year The complaining dealers anight well adopted on this 29th day of January,
Councilman Seeley confined his ar­
2 replaced with a concrete bridge as charged the city would have been
in the river bottoms and cover hun­ have sung, “Shall we gather at the 1935, by ayes and nayes votes as fol­
guments to a statement that the coun­
$553Mor a total of $1,693.61 for the
river?”
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lows: ayes 4, nayes 2".
dreds and hundreds of acres, would
cil had left the matter in the light
priviledge of doing business in the
pass out to the Bay by way of
committee’s hand until the next meet­
atty.
F. G. Leslie, City Recorder [ First Babies in New Hospital
SERA Workmen Striking
Isthmus Slough. Or, if a sufficent
ing, which he had understood would
There is one thing to be remem­
number of flood gates could be in-
The
foregoing
resolution
is
ap
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The
first
baby
to
be
bom
at
the
And now SERA workers are
be on Monday, Feb. 4.
bered
in connection with this matter.
'• stalled, and more drainage ditches
proved by me this 29th day of Janu- new Coquille Hospital, was a 7%
Councilman Jeub said that “if Jack ( dug.' the water would quickly flow threatening to strike! Over at Marsh­
The fact that the company has no
iry,
1935.
pound
girl,
bom
to
Mr.
and
Mrs.
field a committee of seven notified
Lefevre can tell us what to do and ,
franchise does not affect the rates
back into the Coquille river.
J. Arthur Berg, Mayor Mark W. Purser, of Vancouver, B. C..
the manager, Geo. C. Huggins, that
threaten us with recall for doing
I who have been visiting at the home consumers pay. Those rates are set
Credit for starting this action be­ they would walk out if the proposed
what he does not want done, and the ,
by the Public Service Commission.
longs to County Commissioner Chas cut from 50 to 42 Mr cents an hour was
Exhibit "A”—The Contract
I of her sister, Mrs. M. Earl Wilson, for
people of Coquille uphold him in so
Doane, who took the matter, up with put into effect today. > Mr. Huggins
This Agreement entered into this several weeks. The little miss has
doing, I want to be recalled.”
Senator McNary, and it really looks told them that he had no option in 29th day of January, 1935, by and be­ been named Marjorie Ann. She ar­ Logging at Powers Starts Mon.
R. L. Stewart, local manager of the '
Howard Pointer left Wednesday to
as though some feasible flood con­ the matter; that his orders to cut tween the City of Coquille, a Muni­ rived Monday.
company?>qi.i<i<> a few remarks, in- ,
The first baby boy to be bom ati report to the Eden Ridge camp of the
were from Federal Emergency Relief cipal Corporation of the State of
dicating tha\the company would not trol plan might be developed.
Oregon, hereinafter called the City, the hospital was to Mr. and Mrs. Coos Bay Lumber Co., and said
Administration head quarters.
submit to “douMe taxation” as would
Must Know Name of Writer
and the Mountain States Power Floyd Peterson, of the Bandon sec- that the entire crew was expected by
be the case if what the city pays for
Company, a corporation, hereinafter tion, yesterday. He is a grandson of Monday. There is still two feet of
The Sentinel is lp.receipt of a let-
street lighting was made subject to
Improvement to Be Asked
called the Company. Witnesseth that, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Koudyshell of this snow on one side of the operation but
i ter from Ophir, in Curry county, con-
the two percent gross tax.
It was mentioned at the council
it ia practically gone on the other
Whereas, the Company has install­ city.
speakers were F. S. Emery taining what it is stated is a clipping
meeting that a three and a half Mock ed and in operation within said City,
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a,si, ami.
aides. He does not expect to move
and C. M. Mack.
from the Ashland; Ore., newspaper.
improvement on Holly and Bush power lines, transformers and elec­
to Powers until the weather ia more
The
Deal
Fell
Through
’Mayor Berg throughout the discus- The clipping is typewritten, and
streets, in the northeast corner of the trical devices and appliances for the
settled.
slon maintained a calm and dispas- probably the matters mentioned city, is badly needed, the street
The deal announced as pending a
purpose of supplying electric current
sionate demeanor when addressing therein—a wedding during the holi-
planking being gone and the side- to said City and to the citizens couple of weeks ago by which W. J.
Chriatmaa Scab Sab Report
the council, and absolute fairness in day season which has so far not be- walks in need of repair,
Sweet, of Bandon, was to take a lease
Whether a
Mrs. J. R. Bunch, chairman of the
all His rulings. He said that at the come known in Coos county — are gravel Improvement will be made thereof, and is engaged in so supply­ on and operate the Coquille Mill, was
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Coquille
Christmas Seal sale, reports
ing
current
and.
true.
But
the
writer
failed
to
give
us
recent meeting of the League of Ore­
given up last week and the mill will
I there will be decided at
the next
that the local stamp sale this winter
Whereas, heretofore, to-wit: on the
gon cities it was frequently flfention- his or her name, saying that it was council meeting.
continue to be managed by E. E.
amounted to $188.53. Returns from
2nd day of April, 1934. the Common
ed that the utilities are being con­ sent by “one of her buddies,” refer­
Johnson. At the present time more
the seals sent out have continued to
Council
of
the
said
City
passed
its
PHMibiy
ritmirr a iwivaii
lui MgiiaLuis
w the
uic bride.
unuc. n
It is agauigt
against <211
all
stantly made
football for
agitators ring to
than 50 men are on the payroll there
come in until recently. She asks the
B. P. W. to Meet, Feb. 4
Ordinance No. 368 entitled: “An Or­
and politicians, and stated plainly ^ newspaper policy to publish letters
and the output is being readily dis­
Sentinel to express the thanks
that it was not until shortly before' from anonymous contributors,. and
The B. P W. club will hold its dinance Granting unto the Mountain posed of.
appreciation of the association
last spring’s primaries that objections for this reason the Sentinel does*not, regular meeting in the hotel dining States Power Company, a Delaware
the response given.
Corporation,
its
Successors
and
As
­
to the franchise became evident in publish
the
communication.
It room, Monday evening, February 4.
Phil Lond New State Police
the council.
i would not be necessary to use the at 8 p. m. After a short business signs, the Right, Privilege and Fran­
Big Elk at Fairview
Phil Lond ia the new state police
When the vote was taken Council- writer’s name, but for our own pro­ meeting the International Relation- chise to Erect. Operate and Main­
Lans Leneve reported this
men Belloni, Bryant, Jeub and Med- tection we must know who sends in ship committee, of which Mrs. Mar­ tain an Electric Power Plant, Power officer succeeding Keith Ambrose,
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ley voted for the resolution and an article.
j tha Mulkey is chairman, will present Transmission Lines. Lights and Mat­ who resigned from thè state force re­ that the largest bull elk seen in this
Councilmen Lefevre and Seeley op-
' a program. ; Mark W. Purser, of ters in Connection Therewith and cently to resume hia former position section for a long time was the big
posed
Wilson's
Debutantes.
Coquille Vancouver, B C, will be the speaker Germane Thereto in the City of Co­ as fire chief at Klamath Falla. Mr. one in Bob Holverstott’s orchard at
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Ito horns
ladies* basket ball team, will play the of the evening, his subjest being quille. Coos County, Oregon, and Lond arrived here Monday from Fairview on Monday.
Klamath Falla and Mr. Ambrose left were not entirely matured but it was
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Port Orford high school girls’ team “Spain ." All members are requested
for that city on Tuesday.
down there thia evening.
to attend.
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