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COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15. 193».
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C. of C. Meeting, Feb. 20
The first warrant call for Cooe
county general fund warrants since
Dec. 15, 1933, will be made by Coun­
ty Treasurer Stauff on Monday, the
date on which interest on all war­
rants issued prior to Sept. 1, 1930,
The call is made possible by'the
collection of so large an amount of
delinquent taxes, »91,000 having been
turned over to the treasurer by the
tax department this week.
There was originally »16,933.46 in
the warrant list to be called, but »2,-
180.34 has previously been applied oh
tax payments) making the principal
total of the call, »14,753,12. The in­
terest payments will bring the grand
total to be paid out up to approxi­
mately »18,000.
While there has not been a general
fund warrant call since December,
1932, there have been a considerable
amount
of
warrants redeemed
through tax payments.
In 1932 the total of called and re­
deemed warrants was »96,345 66 In
1933 the amount redeemed in tax
payments was »79,179.48, and in 1934
it was »113,322.76.
And there will be more warrant
calls made this year as delinquent
and current taxes are paid.
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Smith Plaat’a New Offfee
Either tomorrow or the first of the
week the office at the Smith Wood-
Products Inc., will be moved from its
present location to the new rooms
provided in the northeast comer of
the factory building.
The new quarters, including Geo.
Ulett’s private office, provide double
the space of those used heretofore,
being 24x50.
Knotty Port Orford cedar, varnish­
ed, has been used for the interior
panelling and it makes a very attrac­
tive office.
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Complete filing cabinets, desks and
other necessary equipment, as well as
the doors of the office, were made in
the plant. And one of the most beau­
tiful of desks is that made for his
own use by Ernest Purvance who is
a cabinet maker of rare ability.
Ustairs, above the
office,
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New County Appointments
The county court this week ap­
pointed Floyd Robb, North Bend en­
gineer, to be Cooe county roadmaster,
and the latter moved his family to
Coquille yesterday.
Other appointments made by the
court on Monday were:
Clyde Gage, bookkeeper at county
bam
Mrs. Leia Elrod, county nurse,
appointed.
Andy P. Davis, juvenile officer,
appointed. -
Road patrolmen were named fot
the following districts: -
Marion Miller—Dora, Sitkum.
J. K. Baker—Bandon.
Tom Lawhorn — Marshfield and
North Bend.
Wm. Dye—Myrtle Point.
Appointments have not yet been
made for road supervisor, county
farm superintendent, and court house
isnitor
The February forum meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce is scheduled
to be held at the hotel next Wed­
nesday evening, Feb. 26.
It was
suggested to the entertainment com­
mittee that Dr. D. T. Robertson, pas­
tor of the Presbyterian church at
Marshfield, be secured to make the
evening’s talk but he has not yet no­
tified the committee whether he can
be present or not.
The principal order of business for
the evening will be a discussion of
Coquille’s Community Building, what
can be done to improve the present
building, or can a new one be con­
structed.
The city council members have
been invited to attend the meeting [
and all the other civic organizations i
will have representatives present to !
take part in the discussions.
It is hoped that everyone interested |
in Coquillf and its^ development will [
bePre^’t_—
Dodge Agency Rents Room
Jno. A. Biegger, Inc., authorized
Dodge and Plymouth dealer at
Marshfield, has rented the corner
room in the Sentinel building and as
soon az the alterations are made
there, will occupy it as a display and
salesroom. Frank Carey is in charge
of the Coquille branch of the John
A. Biegger company, and Miss Cath­
erine Wemich is local sales lady.
WM. CANDLIN
DIED SUNDAY
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Discussions Now As to Whether Debates This Week Find Marsh­
field First and Myrtle
a New One Can Be Built or
Point Second
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Old One Repaired
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At the Lions club luncheon yester­
day noon, Mr. Hodgdori. from the
broom factory operated by the blind
at
Eugene, was present and made a
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short talk He said that the plant
i made 40 dozen brooms a day and that
the Busy Corner was the only Co-
quile store handling them.
A letter from the Southern Pacific
contained an offer from that com-
pany'to show a number of motion
pictures to the Lions and their
friends of scenes in the country of
Mexico: President Stewart referred
the letter to the entertainment com­
mittee to arrange for date.
* The naming of major projects for
the Lions Club to work on this year
was the special order of business at
the session, but the principal project
discussed was that of a new Com­
munity Building for Coquille.
The ladies of the Woman’s Club in­
itiated the move for the remodelling
or rebuilding of the Community
Building a few weeks ago, as one of
their major 1935 projects, and J. A.
Fitzpatrick brought it to a discussion
at a meeting of the Chamber of Com-*
merce directors Tuesday noon of
thia week.
There is no question that a concrete
building, with swimming pool in the
basement, auditorium on the first
floor and with a dance hall above,
would be a wonderful asset to Co­
quille, but such a structure would
cost upwards of »75,000 and to build
it at thia time seems out of the ques­
tion.
A frame structure, such as the
present building, would get by for
a few years, and would be a decided
improvement on the present building,
which has cost around »7,000, includ­
ing the donated labor at the time It
was built.
There was some talk, too, at the
Lions luncheon, of moving the
buriding out to the street, but
er it would stand moving without a
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lot of bracing is a question.
Wm. M Candlin. a resident of Co­
quille for the pest 25 years or more,
passed away at his home on Collier
street last Sunday momte* at 11
o'clock. He had been confined to
his bed for the past two months and
had been in poor health for some
time before that.
The body was taken to Portland for
cremation, by Stanley Phillips, for
the Schroeder Bros. Mortuaries, Mon­
day night. Mrs. Candlin also went
up by Monday night’s train, accom­
panied by Mtes Dorothy Cary At Mr.
Candlin’s request the ashes ;were ’
placed In a box and released on the
Willamette river.
Mr. Candlin was bom in London.
The idea of a permanent commun- ]
England, Nov 5, 1855, and was 79 ity building is an excellent one, if the
‘years, two months and five day/ of
30 years ago and for a time ■was
manager of Allen’s Press Clipping
Bureau in Portland before coming to
Coquille, where he was local repre­
sentative
of
several
wholesale
houses.,
Mr. Candlin was a just and upright
citizen, honorable in all his dealings,
an influence for good in Coquille, and
who enjoyed the confidence and re­
spect of all his friends and acquain­
tances.
Mrs. Candlin will not return from
Portland for a day or two yet and
further information about Mr. Cand­
lin'* life cannot be secured until she
returns. Her brother, James Dee,
and wife, of Seattle, who met her in
Portland, will bring Mrs. Candlin and
Miss Cary home.
Is Buying Old Gold
V. Harbrough, licensed federal buy­
er of gold, whose advertisement ap­
pears elsewhere in this issue, says
that there is probably (10,000 worth
of scrap and old gold in this section
of the Coquille valley
At Salem
»100,000 worth was secured by the
buyers. There are 14 licensed deal­
ers, besides the jewelry stores in Ore­
Conduct Services at Myrtle Cr. gon, and probably 500 or more in the
Rev. W. Raymond Wilder, pastor United States.
of the Pioneer church, went over to
Denton Ellingson Married
Myrtle Creek on Tuesday to con­
duct a two weeks' revival meeting at
Denton Ellingson, son of Mr. and
the M E Church South, there,
To Mrs. Arthur Ellingson, was united in
supply the pulpit of the Pioneer marriage Wednesday evening to Mtes
Church, Rev. A. L. Metcelf, of Myrtle Laverne Florence Barrows, at the
Creek, will be here this coming Sun­ home of the officiating minister In
day and on Feb. 24.. Rev. T. 8. Marshfield. The happy couple left
Wheeler, presiding elder for the dis­ last evening to visit a sistbr of the
trict, will occupy the pulpit both bride in Eureka and on their return
morning and evening.
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will make their home in Coquille.
Mrs Wilder and Raymond Junior
accompanied Mr. Wilder. They will
Moves Shoe Repair Plant
return about the first of the month.
Clarence
Deadmond this week
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moved the shoe repair equipment
P. T. A. H m Library Fund
which he purchased from Drue Cun­
The Parent-Teachers Association
ningham, to the room in the First
of Coquille has opened a library fund
National Bank building adjoining
for the purpose of supplying the
Williams’ Cash Grocery, Mr. Cun-
school libraries with much needed
ningham says that the No-D-Lay
books. Anyone desiring to contribute
cleaning plant now requires .U the
to this fund may do so by handing or
buildln8 b* built on
mailing check to the president of the
Front street lart year.
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P. T. A-. Mrs. A. O. Walker, or any
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other officer of the association.
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C.H.S.WINSTHIRD
would mean a bond issue which is
frowned on by the voting public at
the present time. When Coquille has
been able to retire some.of its pres­
ent debt will be a more opportune
time to think of spending »75,000.
But if nothing more is done at pres­
ent the council’s plan of a new walk
in to the building, larger water sup­
ply, and roof repair is a good one and
would help until the city can afford
a more modern type of building
Asking Sumner-Fairview Road
A delegation of the Marshfield
Chamber of Commerce met with the
county court at ten o’clock this morn­
ing in regard to the improvement of
seven miles of road between Sumner
and Fairview.
A fairly good road was built there
about 20 years ago but it has not been
kqpt up and is now impassable.
Judge McLain stated this morning
that the Marshfield plan would pro­
vide for the use of that city’s equip­
ment and the labor to come from the
Fairview transient camp.
Whether the county can spend at
this time the money that would be
necessary to put this old road in con­
dition, or to build on the new route
more recently surveyed, is something
that the court has not yet determined.
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Quick Thought Saves His Life
H was due entirely to his quick
thinking that Willard Miner, com­
monly known as "Bud,” 12-year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Milter, is
alive today. When he saw the radi­
ator of the on-rushing car within two
or three feet of him Sunday morning,
he jumped to grab the radiator cap,
and while he suffered several broken
bones, he was not knocked to the
but fell from the front as
The acci
t hapepned about 10:30
Sunday morning on the highway at
the intersection of Fourth street.
The Miller family was going to Ban-
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Have Had Our March Storms
Southwestern Oregon is getting its
March brand of weather this month,
which may mean that next month
will see spring really open. Sleet
storms, lightning and thunder and
rain have made it seem like the usual
lion-like entrance of March.
Wednesday afternoon’s sleet storm
covered the ground, making a white
surface, reminiscent of January’s
snow storm.
At the same time a
lightning flash apparently struck in
this immediate neighborhood as it
did Tuesday noon when it is reported
a tree in the north end of town was
hit. It’s one of those unusual phe­
nomena for this section* which only
happen at very infrequent intervals.
The rainfall since Sept. 1, 1934, has
now reached the 46-inch total.
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No Garden, No Relief
Judge McLain stated this morning
that those on the indigent list of Coos
county should be preparing to put in
gardens this spring, and he made It
plan that those who were not willing
to do anything to help themselves
will not fare very well at the hands
of the court when they ask for* re­
lief.
BOXING CARD
HERE FEB. 20 i
First rate fighters will feature Jack
McCarthy’s boxing card here next
Wednesday, Feb. 20, when Frankie 1
Monroe, rated as one of the greatest
crowd pleasers in the boxing busi­
ness today, will box eight rounds, or
less, with Ted Wilcox, Tacoma south­
paw fighter.
. Ted Wilcox, a Tacoma boy who has
been boxing for the past four years,
is a slugging type of fighter and
packs a knockout punch in either
hand.
He has fought and defeated
such boys as John y Lorraine, Johnny
Morrison and held the tough Young
Harry Wills to a draw. Wills holds
a decision over Frankie Monroe, so
this speaks well for the ability of Ted
Wilcox. ' He is throe inches taller
than Frankie and will have a weight
advantage of about four pounds.
Frankie Monroe is the leading
money maker of all the boxers in the
Northwest for 1934 and in that year
participated in 57 ring contests. He
haxmet and defeated su c h b o ys as
Roy Ockley, Ernie Cavalli, Cecil
Payne Mickey Dodge, Harry Mar­
shall and Buzz Brown.
In the semi-windup Earl “Kid”
Leitch, Portland slugger, who is now
living in Marshfield, will fight Tony
Camden, of Myrtle Point, over the
dx round J route,
. ‘ . Camden, who is
now fighting in and around Portland,
is a much improved fighter since
joining the Tax Salkeld stable. Lo-
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out of the car, after his father parked
just off the east side of the highway,
and was going to warik to the Yar­
brough home on Spurgeon Hill to get
his chum who was going with them,
while his father drove out to the
north pf town.
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“Bud” waited for a car coming in
to town to pass and then looked up
towards Folsom's Grocery and seeing
nothing come from that direction
started to cross. What he had not
seen was that another car, driven by
John Nelson, of Marshfield, was very
Bar Axs’n Met Saturday
close behind the first car to pass,
Judge
J. T. Brand, responding to
which was driven by Herman Floten.
"Bud" was carried about 40 feet an introduction at the Coos County
from the point he was struck before Bar Association banquet in North
Bend hotel Jasi Saturday evening, in
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which Toastmaster J. W. Mclnturff
lauded him as the best circuit judge
W. O. W. Building Not Sold
in Oregon, stated that he was just
Contrary to street rumors the the successor in a line of very able
Coos Buying A Selling Co. has not jurists who have sat on the bench in
sold the frame building, now oc­ the Second Judicial district and men­
cupied by Wilson’s Confectionery, tioned such outstanding men as Judge
Nosler’s barber shop and Lee Hand's Brown. Judge Hamilton, Judge Coke
shoe shop, nor have they had an offer and Judge Kendall.-
from anyone to buy it. Neither do
Judge Brand made a very short ad-
they intend to tear the building dress, but feelingly expressed his
down. This was emphatically stated opinion that never in the history of
by one of the larger stockholders of the United States was a devoted ser-
the company, Wednesday evening. I' vice by attorneys and lay men more
direly needed.
Help on Income Tax Reports
A deputy from the state tax com­
The great experimeht of democ­
in more
danger
Trees Were Nearly 60 Years Old mission at Salem, D. Scarbrough, will founded,
racy, on is
which
our serious
government
is
The black walnut trees which Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Ellingson recently
sold to Roy A. Wemich and Clarence
Dick, were set out by J. L. Roy near­
ly 60 years ago when he first took up
his claim in the Roy district. They
had attained a large size, the largest
being four feet through. The trees
were bought for shipment to France,
wh/re they were to be sawed into
veneer. Mr. Ellingson does not know
how many thousands of feet the 38
trees sold, scaled.
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Red Floor for His Station
The appearance of Guss Tillmann’s
Roosevelt super service station was
greatly improved last week when he
covertd
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coat,n<
of
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,urfacing
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to pavement smoothness.
Mrs. Mallory Flanagan Passes i---------------- —
Their many friends here will rq?
Salary Increase Bill Defeated
gret to learn that Mrs. Mallory Flan-
agan, wife of the pastor of the PL
oneer church last year, passed away
at their home in Loe Angeles last
week.
Coquille High School debaters won
third place In the contests on Wed­
nesday and Thursday evenings this
week, the ranking of the five high
schools being as follows:
Marshfield, first, with ten points.
Myrtle Point, second, with seven.
Coquille, third, with six.
North Bend and Bandon, tied, with
two points each.
There was good attendance each
evening in Pioneer Hall here, and
those present enjoyed listening to
fine arguments and short musical
programs
The question for the county debates
this year was. Resolved: That the
Federal government should adopt a
policy of equalizing educational op­
portunities throughout the nation by
means of annual grants to the several
states for public elementary and sec­
ondary education.
"Levelle Walstrom and Harold Neal
upheld the affirmative position for
Cdquille High; Geraldine Minard and
Howard Hlckam composed the nega­
tive team.
The Coquille affirmative duo met
the North Bend negative team here
Wednesday evening and won the de­
cision by a 2 to I vote of the judges.
In fact every contest in which Co­
quille High participated was decided
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Those who Were disturbed by the
introduction of a bill in the legisla-
ture to increase Coos county salaries
can rest easy now. The bill was de­
tested In the senate.
be at the court house here on March than ever before and he exhorted hia
his
8, between 2:30 and 5:30 p. m., to hearers to dedicate themselves to the
give information and assist those welfare of their clients and “to the
asking for it in preparing their state *ervi”
our country in its dire
income tax reports which must be1n<2j
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The afternoon session of the bar
filed by March 15.
association, an open meeting, was de­
Naturalization Day Next Tues. voted to the address of Judge Hall S.
Lusk, of Portland, who spoke on some
* Naturalization Day, next Tuesday, of the measures before the legislature
Feb. 19, will witness quite a cere­ affecting the judiciary. One In par­
mony at the court house here when ticular would permit a presiding
14 applicants will be present for judge to comment on the evidence in­
their final examination before Thos. troduced at a trial, and he believed
F. Griffing, of Portland. The latter that such a correction of legal pro­
will be here also on the 20th to re­ cedure would tend to bring justice
ceive petitions from those desiring to more speedily.
become citizens.
One thing he stressed as necessary,
the freedom of the judiciary, that it
Moving to Marshfield Today
should not be hampered by acts of
Rev. F.G. Jennings, recently ap­ legislative bodies which tend to
pointed Episcopal vicar for Marsh­ make the securing of justice more
field and the other churches in this difficult
Officers elected at the business
section, was. a Coquille visitor, Wed­
nesday. He stated that his household session of the attorneys were Wm. E.
goods were being shipped from To­ Walsh, of Marshfield, president; Joe.
ledo to Marshfield today, and he A. McKeown, of Marshfield, Vice
hopes to be settled early next week. president; Harry A Slack, of Co-
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From Geo. Ulett Received by
the Sentinel—Enjoying
the Trip
Writing from Paris, France, on Jan.
24, Geo. A. Ulett, who with Mrs
Ulett and son is on a business trip
to Europe for the Smith Wood-Prod­
ucts, Inq„ sends the Sentinel the fol­
lowing Interesting account of what
they have seen in Italy, Austria and
France:
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I have not forgotten my promise to
write to you but have not had time
before this..
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We had a pleasant and smooth pas­
sage to Naples on the Italian liner,
Rex. arriving there on the seventh
day after leaving New York.
The run from Gibraltar to Naples
is very fine and the Mediterranean
sea is as blue and beautiful as the
pictures in the ocean cruise maga­
zines. We arrived at Naples at noon
and as we entered the harbor the
view of Vesuvius was excellent.
The volcano was covered with snow
which is rather unusual and due to
colder weather than usual In these
parts, Great clouds of steam or
smoke were issuing from the mouth
of the crates, a truly awe-inspiring
sight, One can imagine the tremen-
dous power bottled up in that great
mountain.
It was a pleasure to stretch. our
legs on land after seven days aboard
ship and we started on a walking tour
of the city.
The streets and parks
were remarkably clean and well kept.
Of course, everything was so differ­
ent from our American cities that the
commonest things are interesting to
a stranger. Curious two-wheeled
carts drawn by the tiniest horses and
donkeys I have ever seen and loaded
with all kinds of merchandise; es­
pecially greet barrels of wine which
I estimated would hold from two to
four times as much as our barrels do,
and strapped in the middle of a cart.
If one should roll back I believe It
would lift the little animal that was
drawing it right off the ground.
Many of these cities which arc built
partly on the side ^jj^jigb hills or
mountains have cable railways to the
top of the city.
These are called
Funicular railways. We rode on one
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Spurgeon Bridge to Be Cloned
Beginning next Monday, Spurgeon
Street residents will have to use Sixth
street when coming down town with
their cars. The decking of the
bridge, from Moulton street ninety
feet west, is to be relaid and when
•hat is finished the-filling of whst is
now the east half of the bridge, be­
tween Moulton and the highway will
start, probably a week from Monday. •
This is one of Coquille's SERA pro­
jects.
Monday morning the west end of
the bridge is to be blocked, but Moul­
ton street residents can still use the
east end of the bridge for another
week.
After that Spurgeon, or
Fourth street, will be out of commis­
sion for traffic until the fill Is sur­
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Buying Road Equipment
County Commissioners R. H. Law­
horn and Chas. Doane went up to
Portland Monday to buy a rock
crusher for the county which will be
installed at the quarry on the North
Fork, between Fairview and Lee. The
rock from there will be used to put
additional surfacing on the county
roads of the North Fork and tribu­
taries district.
The 160 men at the Fairview tran­
sient camp have ditched about 30
miles of road in the section above re­
ferred to, and they are the men who
will handle the crushing and spread­
ing from the Fairview platit.
Item Was Misleading
A Salem item in a daily paper a
few days ago stated that Coos coun­
ty would receive 545,000 for old age
pensions, and many of those who are
receiving pensions have inquired if
their allowances could be correspond­
ingly increased.
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Judge McLain wrote to the state
treaurer to learn if the »45,000 was to
be from state or federal funds, and
was informed that the »45,000 was the
amount Coos county budgeted for old
age relief this year.
, The item was very misleading.
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Dance, IL P. Hall, Tonight
A dance is to be given in K. P.
hall this evening, after the basketball
game, by Mrs. Beryl Wilson. Good
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