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LETTER EROM HOME
VOL. XXXI.
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COQUILLE. COOS COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY. MARCH 22. 1935.
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250 ffiUB LATE
Jack de Witte Telia of a Scoop
He Didn’t Get—Sen. Goaa
on Legislature
Jack de Witte, who has made Ban­
don his home this winter, was one of
the speakers at the Chamber of Com­
merce meeting in the hotel here Wed­
nesday evening. The other was Sen-
John D. Goss.
Mr. de Witte made his talk short,
and told of a newspaper “scoop”
which he missed by about 250 years.
Besides being a writer of detective
-'Vtories, he is also a newspaper writer.
Some time after the war, in which
he was engaged for several years.
Jack was in Montreal where he and a
friend were offered $5000 to rescue
from prison in French Guiana, in
northern South America, a son and
sweetheart of the two women who
made the offer.
They went down to the Carribean,
called at the bank, and found It was
only 5,000 francs they were to re­
ceive—about $1,000. But they con­
tinued the expedition. _ri
Going up a river in Dutch Guiana
their crew of Indian guides and help­
ers deserted them, claiming the pres­
ence of large black men farther on
as a menace to all travellers. But the
two persisted.
Eventually they came to the negro
settlement, with all the markings and
characteristics of the African negro—
a large settlement
But by observing their supersti­
tions and worshipping their gods, the
, J.WO men made friends and were per­
mitted to depart.
For a year and a half they were on
their way to the prison camp, where
they rescued their man, and back.
Arriving at the coast Jack attempt­
ed to cash a $500 check. They were
thrown into jail as imposters, the
banker telling them that the U. 3.
had gone to the bow wows (this was
early'In 1932.)
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Yea, But It's Worse Elsewhere
If you are inclined to crab at the
rain, just dwell on the middle west
with its dust storms that turn day­
lights into dusk, make breathing a
matter of difficulty, blow the seed out
of the ground before it can mature.
Just what wouldn’t the Dakotas, Ne­
braska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and
portions of other states give for a
deluge of rain such as fell here this
morning!
This kind of weather is tough an
stock; it prevents plowing and early
gardening, but it's impossible to blow
a rain-drenched country away.
The total rainfall since Sept. I Is
now nearly
To Move Confectionery Soon
Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Walker return­
ed Wednesday evening from Portland,
where they had been sinee Sunday.
Mrs. Walker, who has taken over the
the management of Wilson’s Confec-
tionery, was investigating equipment
and fixtures which will be installed
in the confectionery's new quarters in
the corner room of the Odd Fellows’
building. The move across the street
is to be made in the near future.
TO BE WED THIS
EVENING
Coming as a happy surprise to
many friends among the younger set,
is the marriage this evening at her
home, of Miss Faye June Noeler.
younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Nosier, to Mr. Ellis Newton,
son of Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Newton.
The ceremony, which is to be per­
formed by Turner B MacDonald,
will take place at eight o'clock, under
a tasteful, latticed setting of greens
with yellow hot-house blooms, in a
corner of the front living room.
The bride’s costume, a salmon col­
ored silk suit, with white hat and ac­
cessories, Is most attractive and har­
monizes beautifully With her bou­
quet of snapdragons and white car­
nations- The groom’s suit, of con­
vention style, 1s gray.
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Celebration at Bay Planned
THE BEST EVER
Senior Cbw Ptay Friday Nigfct Revolving Old Age Pensions
Talk by Rev. J. D. Chappelle
. ‘ Reflects Much Credit
Here Monday
on Cast
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There were something over 200
There was not as large a crowd*
the senior class play in the Cominun- present at the Townsend Old Age Re­
ity Building last Friday evening, as volving Pensiomfmeeting in ihe Com­
the excellence of the
presentation munity Building here Monday eve­
justified. On all sides the play. “The ning. Rev. J. D. Chappelle, of North
Yellow Shadow.” is referred to as one Bend, die speaker of the evening, was
of the outstanding plays of all those introduced by S M. Nosier, president
ever presented by C. H. S. ,
j of the Coquille club, and he made a
The story has previously been giv­ very interesting talk whether you en­
en in the Sentinel and will not be Re­ tirely agreed with him or not.
peated. Clynard Holverstott, as the
Mr. Chappelle stated that he had
sheriff, was as natural in tiis actios been rather diffident about speaking
as though he was in his home or at on the subject, but now with 20,000,-
000 people united with him in an ef­
school.
Don Smith presented as clever an fort to put the Townsend plan into!
impersonation of a half-wit as has effect, he no longer felt hesitation.
ever been seen on a local stage, and The petitions containing those score
pity was expressed for the poor tal­ of million names would make a sheet
low because of the simple-minded­ one-sixth of a mile long if all were
ness he had to portray.
But in the joined together.
He designated the plan as founded
finale he emerged as a most shrewd
on the Bible injunction, “Honor thy
detective.
Cectl Laws, supposedly a detective, father and thy mother," and de­
but in reality a newspaper reporter, clared Jesus Christ Would be a pro­
was immobility personified in his role ponent of the plan were he on earth.
He objected to the plan being re­
of the murdered man, for a 15-minute
The Public Relations Committee of
ferred to as a pension, and stated it
stretch.
the Business and Professional Wom­
There was not a mediocre presen­ was origtnally’devised as a recovery
from the depression. The purchasing en’s Club under the chairmanship of
tation by one of the ten in the cast.
Mrs. Jenhie Price gave a six-thirty
The stage, with its yellow lighting power of the consumer must be re­
effects, its fireplace, boarded walls newed if the depression is to be dissi­ dinner in Pioneer Hall on Monday,
their regular meeting night. Repre­
and painted knot-holes, presen ted'a pated. The government’s relief plans
sentatives from various organizations
most attractive setting for the play were given scant courtesy by the
in
Coquille were present at the din­
speaker who declared that out of
It was really a work of art.
ner and were included In the pro­
Mrs. Ruth Beyers, who directed, $10,000 spent by the federal govem-
gram which followed. For the first
was presented with a bouquet of ment in 1934, one man at $24 per
number, Mrs. Leona Bryant sang a
snapdragons by James Rohtnscn, In month was put to work. During the
group of three songs, with Mrs. Maud
token of the cast's appreciation of her Hauptmann trial in Flemington, N.
J- the depression was put to rout Woodyard accompanying her at the
efforts
there, showing what the spending of piano. The songs were, “In Luxem­
Miss Margaret Purvance
burg Gardens,” “At Dawning," and
money
can do.
at the piano for the opening
The dub president,
Instead of having one-third of the “Pale Moon."
and also accompanied Lin Sw
Mrs. Belle Gould, made a abort
people
of
Oregon
on
relief,
the
Town
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sang during the firs*
send plan would reduce unemploy- speech of welcome to the various vis­
During the second, a girls’
itors present and spoke of this week
rompoerd of Elois Wilson, Margaiqt' ment to nothing and within three
being commemorated all over the na­
Purvance and Myrtle Minter, woe
tion as National Business Women’s
cosnponied by Geraldine Ensele.
Week. Mrs. Wemlch, president of
A PUBLIC RELA­
TIONS PROGRAM
F lood
bride, and Mr. Newton’s brother,
Stanford, will act as matron of honor
and best man, being the only bridal
attendants. Mrs. Howell will wear a
black and white silk lace suit.
Following the ceremony, light re­
freshments of brick ice cream, mold­
ed with heart and cupid’s dart de­
sign, and cake and coffee will be
served, Mrs. Howell serving, and
Miss Agnes Newton presiding at the
coffee urn.
The young couple will leave imme­
diately for northern points, for a
brief trip after which they will be
at home in the house which they have
completely furnished and ready at
391 Fifth street. Both Faye June and
Ellis were graduates of last peer’s
class of Coquille High and both are
well known and very popular and
their hosts of friends wish them ev­
ery happiness. .■
Following are the invited guests:
Messrs, snd Mesdames I. W. Newton,
Olaf Newton.
Stanford Newton.
Ralph E. Nosier. Hal B. Howell, Milo
Dunham and son, Donald. ' Was. F.
Howell, Geo. W Btyant, Frank Sinko,
Turner B. MacDonald. Mr and Mrs
Nearly 1400,000 Taxes Paid
The turn over of taxes paid this
month, from the sheriff’s office to the
county treasurer, totals $150,000.
This, however, is only what has been
paid over the counter and does not
incliHe what has come by mail,
which C. G. Caughell estimates at
from $200,000 to $250,000. The force
has not been able to touoh the mail
remittances as yet.
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This $350,000 to $400,000 estimate
ia roughly 30 per cent of the $1,380,-
000 levied for the year. Or in other
words nearly a third of the tax due
this year has been paid in the first
quarter.
. Another estimate which ia more or
less roughly given, is that 30 per
cent of the payments made have been
tn warrants. In the cities, with their
municipal and school levying bodies,
the percentage which can be paid in
warrants is higher than In the rural
school districts, and the $0 per cent
mentioned above is an average only
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To Help Pay Back Salary
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A meeting of the Chamber of Com­
merce directors was held after the
forum meeting Wednesday evening,
at which time it was voted to pay
$75, in addition to the regular >20
monthly quota to the Coast Highway
Association.
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This is to apply on the MOO back
salary due the association's manager,
Ed Miller, who has paid other bills
and waited for his compensation. The
shortage was due to the fact that com­
munities on the coas4, north of Coos
county, have not paid.
Marshfield raised 1150 on Tuesday
to apply on his salary, and yesterday
8372 was raised in North Bend for
tbat purpose. The Coquille directors
felt it better to use Chamber funds, »
as there were funds available, rather
than make a personal solicitation to
raise Its auota.
The tree-toll bridges have had a
wonderful effect in stimulating in­
terest in the Coast Highway Associa­
tion.
G. E. Trott Seriously Injured
O. E. Trott, at this city, who started
to work on the Coos Bay highway
bridge a couple of weeks ago, will
probably recover from an injury he
received last Saturday, although at
first little hope was held that he could
survive. He was struck by a timber
on his back, the blow crushing two
vertebrae
He was rushed to the
Keiser hospital where Drs. Russell
and Ennis Keizer performed the most
difficult and unusual operation of re­
moving the verebrae, and he is now
reported as making satisfactory pro­
greas toward recovery.
Marshfield is planning a celebra­
tion on. April 27. as a jubilee to prop­
erly honor the men who made toll-
free bridges on the Coast Highway
possible. Gov Martin, the members
of the legislature, the highway com­
mission members and others have
been invited to the banquet which
will be held in the armory. The gov­
ernor has promised to attend.
Waiter Chiene, who made the an­
nouncement at the county chamber
meeting Monday evening, stated that
this city would be given a table with
the word ‘Coquille” over It If 50 tick­
ets were-purchaaed by local people.
And the idea ia not fantastic. There
should be at least 50 from here who
will desire to help celebrate the free­
ing of the five coast bridges from the
toils, which will mean a constantly
growing stream of tourists each year.
April 26 and 37 Is also the date of
the semi-annual meeting of the Coast
Highway Association, and on the 28th
a caravan, including cars from as fai
north as British Columbia will leave
for San Francisco.
Complete surveys of western Ore­
gon streams for flood control devel-
ment are predicted by Representative
Mott after the approval by the house
flood control committee of seven bills
for such purposes.
The bills would provide for war de­
partment surveys in all streams in
Tillamook County, the Umpqua, Co­
quille, Rogue, Siuslaw, Yaqulna and
Siletz rivers to determine the best
methods of eliminating floods which
annually cause damages estimated at
thousands of dollars.
Approval of the measures would
provide surveys for the chief streams
of the entire Oregon coast south of
the Columbia river. Mott said, and
would be the first step at controlling
the waters which periodically inun­
date rich agricultural lands in the
western portion of the state.
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The seven bills referred to have
been placed on the consent calendar
of the house and will likely be reach­ i
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ed for a vote some time during the
month of April.
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Mandamus Suit Filed
Jack Lefevre on Monday filed a
case in circuit court against F. G.
Leslie, as City recorder, to compel
him to accept and file the petitions
recently signed asking for a referen­
dum on the city’s contract with the
Mt. States Power Co. Acting under
instructions from the council, Mr.
Leslie refused to file the petitions,
and the purpose of this mandamus
case is to compel its filing.
The case is to be heard in Circuit
court on April 1. At the meeting of
the council Monday evening the city
attorney was unanimously instructed
to conduct the case for the recorder.
It will depend on Judge Brand’s de­
cision whether the resolution adopt­
ing the contract is subject to a refer­
endum vote. If his decision should
be favorable to the petitioners the
referendum election will niot be bald
until November, 193«, unless there
is a special city election in the mean­
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Will Open.Grocery Store
W. H. Mitchell, who was in charge
of the commissary and store which
was started at the Baker-Lynch coal
Tomato Growers File for Quota
telling
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her dub. She said they could be di­
vided into three objectives for this
year, namely: first, financial and
other help for the city library; sec­
ond. co-operation \toward the Im­
proving of the Community Building;
third, the forming of a new depart­
ment within the club which will be
instrumental in securing new clothes,
that can be made by hand, for any
needy families about Coquille. She
added that the Women’s Club feels
deeply the debt of gratitude they
owe the St. James Episcopal Church
for the use of their parish hall as a
meeting place.
ClarenCe Bean, president of the 20-
30 club, next related a brief history
of their organization in Sacramento,
California, in 1922
He told of the
purpose of the club as essentially a
service club and an independent na­
tional organization.
Dr. J R Bunch, representing the
Lions Club, said that the aim of their
club was to serve as a social as well
as a service club. He told of their
national project in caring for the
blind, and spoke for co-operation be­
tween the different clubs of Coquille.
(Continued on Page Throe)
Tomato growers in Coos county,
and melon growers also if there are
any such in the county, will have an
opportunity next week to make ap­
plication for their quotas for the year
1935 Under the Oregon-Washington
Melon and Tomato Marketing Agree­
ment, any grower who exceeds the
quota given him will be penalized.
Next Monday, March 26, growers
may make their applications tor
quotas to C. A. Saling, of McKinley,
at the Coos Bay Mutual Creamery,
from 10:39 a. m. until 3 p. m.
On
the following day, March 27, the en­
tire committee consisting of Mr. Sa­
ling, Henry George, of Coquille, and
C. A. Holverstott, of McKinley, will
receive applications, at County Agent
Jenkins' office in the court house, be­
tween 10 a. m. and 3 p. m. They will
make recommendations which will be
forwarded to the Joint Control Board (
of the Marketing Agreement for final
approval.
This is the first time in the history
of the two states that growers have
attempted to get cost of production
Junior Prom Tonight
for their crop by means of acreage
The
Junior Prom to be given this
control. The enforcement of the
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Marketing Agreement on Melons
and evening in the high school auditorium
Tomatoes will be much easier t under
____ promises to be an exceedingly pretty
the new Agricultural Adjustment affair, the committee in charge of
Acts, recently passed by the legisla­ decorations having converted the
large room into a bower of beauty,
tures of Oregon snd Washington.
with the walls banked solidly with
green cedar interspersed with pink
CCC Boy Drowns at Powers
and yellow artificial tulips, while the
Edward F. Hamilton, 20 yean of large ceiling lamps are covered with
age, a member of the CCC camp at mammoth yellow daffodils with con­
The stage,
China Flat, above Powers, was necting ropes of cedar.
drowned in the South Fork of the Co­ which seats the orchestra, has been
quille river last Monday afternoon. cleverly latticed, and here are to be
According to the reports from Pow- found miniature rock gardens and
rrs, he went down to the river to get■ Dutch windmills most attractively
i drink. When he failed to return a. contrived. Punch will be served from
search was started and his body was one of the class rooms which has bean
seen floating down the river. It sank quite completely furnished in purple
before it could be rescued. Whether and silver, the junior class colors. No
he fell into the river, or what hap­ effort has been spared on the part of
the class to make this occasion one of
pened, no one knows.
Hamilton, whose home was in Chi- beauty and gaiety and a happy time
-•ago. was to have been one of the is anticipated for all who attend
party which leaves camp tomorrow
and starts for home.
County Chamber Has Arranged
for Coon Publicity to
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Home Seekers
A delegation of twelve from the
Oops County Chamber of Commerce
called on the county court Wednesday
morning to ask for help in the publi­
cation of a Coos county agricultural
pamphlet, something the county
chamber has not gotten out for four
years. There is urgent need for a
booklet of this kind. Inquiries from
farmers in the east and middle west
are received by each chamber of
commerce in the county at the rate of
from six to fifteen a day, and with
other counties receiving inquiries
from the same people, and having
printed information to send them,
Coos county will not be in a position
to present its opportunities and bene­
fits to these inquirers and will lose a
large percentage of those intending to
make a move unless such concise, re­
liable information is available.
The county budget last November
provided $200 for publicity purposes, <
and the members of the court did not
feel justified in over-running the
budget in this or, for any other item,
except in the case of indigents which
they are compelled by law to allow.
And the way these indigent demands
are piling up, Judge McLain stated
that the county's emergency fund
would have to be dug into deeply be­
fore the year is over
The chamber's request for assis­
tance was voiced by H. G Kern, J. D.
Clinton, J. E. Norton, R. L. Stewart,
Walter Chiens, Lafe Compton, T. H
Nees, Fred Brenne and Ed Miller.
Geo. Hampton, who was not a
member of the delegation, expressed
his opinion of the need of such book­
lets At the state fair, where he was
in charge of the Coos county exhibit
last fall, fie found it impossible to
supply the requests for printed infor­
mation about Coos county.
The court ordered that the $200
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budgetted be given for the booklet
fund. The balance of $500 will be
provided by the several chambers of
commerce in the count*!*/
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The Coos county Chamber of Com­
merce, in regular session •t the
Chandler hotel in Marshfield Monday
evening, instructed the secretary to
transmit letters of commendation and
thanks to Gov. Martin, to Senator
Goes, and Representatives McClos­
key and Carter, for their successful
efforts to have tolls eliminated from
the coast bridges.
Ed Miller, who was in Salem for
several weeks, keeping the matter
before the legislature, was given his
words of appreciation by a vote of
the members present.
Mr. Miller told of the unflagging
interest Gov. Martin had taken in the
matter, and without whose support
the plan would have fallen through.
He also praised the very effective
work done by John D. Goes in the
senate when the free-tolls bill looked
to be hopelessly beaten at first.
Roseburg's opposition faded away
and numerous requests to Douglas’
Sen. Fisher were effective in obtain­
ing his supoprt. Benton county and
Corvallis helped and aside from the
opposition vote of eastern Oregon,
and even there it was only an at­
tempt to secure road improvements
for that section, the senators voted
almost
unanimously for toll-free
bridges.
The only other matter considered
by the county chamber was that of
agricultural booklets The committee
named to prepare the copy and have
them printed consists of Clifton Day
and H. G. Kern, of North Bend. Sam
Thompson, of Marshfield, L. D. Fai-
•helm. of Bandon, H. A. Young, of
Coquille
Biological Survey.
Josie Gilman.
Another action of the county court
The Coos Pomona master, George
ia of considerable local Interest. The Hampton, and Mrs. Hampton, of Ara-
court ordered that work on that mile
the only visiting members
or more of unfinished rat Elk-Fish-
trap road be started as soon as pos-
M for $1.80.
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