The Sentinel • «oso MHi ta a mm iswa II. A. YOUNG and M. D. GRIMES Fu Miaban H. A. YOUNG, Editor »ubacriptton Ratos One Year.............. .$2.00 Six Months-------------------------- ..... 1.00 Th. ee Months.............................. .. .60 No subscription taken unless paid for in advance. This rule is impera­ tive. . Advertising B b I sb Display advertising 30 cents per . inch No advertisement inserted for less than 50 cents. Reading notices 10 cents' per line. No reading notice, or advertisement of any kind, insert­ ed for less than 25 'cents. Entered at the Coquille Postoffice as Second Class Mail Matter. Carolina and Washington. Gross Receipts taxes: Mississippi and New Mexico. Gross Income taxes- Indiana. South Dakota and West Virginia. Retail Sales taxes: Arkansas, Cali fornta, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, lows, Kentucky. Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Okla., Utah, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming. After July 1, New Jersey and South Dakota will be included in this group as well. ' ernor Martin has been in almost daily conference with members of the boaid and with state officials and in­ dividuals regarding plans for the new building which is being given prece­ dence over all other state problems. For the first time in many years an out-of-state firm is the low bidder on automobile license plates, the Grimm Stamp and Badge company of St. Louis underbidding the Irwin-Hod­ son company of Portland by slightly more than one cent on each set of plates. The St. Louis firm, however, failed to supply a sample of their product as required in the call for bids and plates produced by the firm tor other states are said to be inferi­ or both in quality and workmenship to the plates which have been in use in Oregon for the past few years. Smith Wood-Products, Inc UILLE, OREGON 6 Select T & G Kiln OKed Flooring Division of the state into eleven in­ The state planners in suggesting spection districts for administration $3,500,000 as a reasonable investment of the numerous functions intrusted ICKES' PLAN FOB SPEND­ for Oregon in its new capitol building to the department of agriculture is a ING IT THE BEST base the figure upon the per capita move in the interest of economy as The tax-paying public will united­ - xpenditure by eight other western well as efficiency, according to Solon I ly condemn the spepding of the four states, which have found it necessary T. White, director of agriculture. Sev­ billion dollars, appropriated by con­ to construct new capitols during the eral field men of the department will gress as a relief measure, if it is to past 35 years. These eight states in­ probably l>e replaced as a result of be used for political purposes. "'Sunny clude Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Ne­ the move which will permit one cen- ! Jim" could undoubtedly use it to braska, North Dakota, Utah and trally located Inspector to handle the good advantage in the campaign next Washington. work now being done by several men. year, and if the administration can Based upon a population of 1,000,- Under the redistricting order division get by with such a program the 000, which is approximately the num­ Iteadquarters are being established in money will undoubtedly be spent ber of residents in Oregon at this Hillsboro, Corvallis, Salem, Eugene, with 1036 in view. time, a $3,500,000 capitol would rep­ Marshfield, Medford, Hood River, The Washington idea on the pro­ resent a per capita cost of $3.50 as Milton, Ontario, Klamath Falls and gram is clearly set forth in the fol­ compared to a per capita expenditure Portland. _ • __ lowing. special to the Sentinel, re­ of $3.98 by the eight other western Traffic casualties in Oregon this ceived this week from the nation’s states whose capitol constructioa capital: costs are uded as a yard stick by the year are falling far behind those of state planning board in suggesting a last year, according to statistics com- The country will hear more and figure for the Oregon lawmakers to piled by Secretary of State Snell. more of relief during the next 12 shoot at in considering plans .for a Traffic deaths for May totalled only months.. Since Congress enacted the new state house to replace the one 13 compared to 30 for the same month huge $4,000,000,000 relief fund, the destroyed by fire the night of April last year while injuries dropped from 430 for Bay, 1834, to 398 for the kame money-lias been tied up in a snarl of 25. red-tape and inter-bureau jealousies. I Of the eight western capitols con- month this year. Traffic deaths for After July 1, however, the money structed during the present century th« current year to May 31 total only will begin to pour out, with Harry L. the new structure at Lincoln, Nebres- 87 compared to 116 for the first five Our Dimension Lumber Stock is complete, and no Hopkins, who fostered the Civil ka, completed in 1932 at a cost of $9,- months of 1934. matter what you may require you » Works (Leaf-Raking) program last' 800.000 stands as not only the most year, in the driver’s seat. Temporar- ' costly but also as the most {evolu­ History of Oregon As Out­ can secure it here ily, at least, he has ousted Secretary tionary departure in capitol architec­ lined by Hon. S. F. Chadwick IckeB, the PWA administrator,' but' ture with its modernistic steel and there are. indications that Ickes does concrete tower reaching to a height (Continued from last week) not intend to remain as a second- of more than 600 feet into the air. fiddle maestro. In striking contrast to the $7.10 per But the Continent of North Ameri­ Mr. Roosevelt had hardly an­ capita expenditure by Nebreska in ca has been explored, and a trans­ Let us show you our Lumber Stocks in warehouse nounced that Hopkins would be the its new capitol is the modemstruc­ continental railroad has brought the and on dock at the Smith big-spender before Ickes was oiit ture erected by Montana tn 1912 at a shores of the Atlantic upon the east with a blast which came very near cost of only $490,464 and a jMT capita and the Pacific upon the west, quite Wood«Products Plant to being a direct criticism of the cost of only 91 cents. together. Lightning has annihilated President. In its essence, the fight Married women employed in state space between them. North America over the manner of spending U m be­ departments are suffering from q. se­ is not only a part of the world, and tween Hopkins theory of sboveUng rious case of the jitters what with of great benefit to it, but is indeed the the billions out for any kind of work, all the rumors emanating from the central continent of it, and Oregon $ and the Ickes plan of allocating the budget departments about a proposal hoMs some of the important keys' t» these commer^J construction funds so as to stimulate to remove them from the public pay- her her commerce. commerce With ___ _____________ private industry and thus take care roll. August 1 has been definitely clal advantages, with the finest of further expressed themselves as fol- States over Oregon by proclamation, that ran regularly on the Willamette of many of the unemployed with pri­ fixed as the time at which the budget agricultural lands, abundantly water­ low: “It is a duty which devolves on and proceeded to organize the Terri- and Columbia rivers was the side- vate payrolls. director will make his recommenda- ed, which not only insure never fail- you and us to use as much discretion, tory of Oregon. He was received The first boat Z2_ ________ 2. ' wheeler Columbia. ~ ' ~ In the Hopkins plan the govern­ tion to the governor nnd board of ing crops, but are able to sustain a vigilance«and caution in maturing and with every mark of esteem and con- running above the falls, and the first ment must undertake to take care of control covering this subject. His re- very dense population, the time will adopting measures for promoting the fidence. At this time there were ten to reach Salem, was the little Hoosier, all the 3,500,000 employables who are port, it is understood, will contain a come when our State will realize the interests of this little colony as if we1 counties—Benton, Champoeg, Clack-| J. S Smith, Captain. The first regu- estimated to be idle. This will be list of all married women in the em- 1 fondest hopes of her early friends, expected our names and acts would amas, Clatsop. Lewis, Linn, Polk, lar boat sent to Salem and Corvallis done by made work, with a minimum ploy of the state, together with their who predicted for her a future of so Yamhill, i ; was the Multnomah, in 1851. She be enrolled in the pages of history or Tuality, Vancouver and T of materials bought, and intended salaries, the employed statuts of the mUch greatness and weath. citi« — j was built like a barrel, of staves and having a total population of “ V8W inscribed on pillars of stone when our only to keep idle hands busy. Ickes husband in each instance and his In- 1 Passing over that portion of the his- days and generation shall have tens,” of 8,785 There were 3,627 fe- hoops, having first run on the Chesa- would undertake major highways, come, if any. The proposed reform.1 fory o{ Oregon which commences males of all ages, and 271 foreigners, peake Bay, and having then been passed away.’’ bridges and other types of work it is explained, is not a move against' with the discovery of the Columbia These steps may be regarded as the What is now Washington Territory taken to pieces and shipped round which would not only employ direct married women as such but an at- Hver by Capt Gray in 1792, three The Canamah followed was then a part of Oregon. In June the Hom. labor, but would put many others to tempt to replace women who do not hundred years from the discovery of first that were taken to found a gov­ of the same year, Samuel R. Thurston the Multnomah. She was an Ore­ ernment for those who, to use their work indirectly within factories mak­ really need to work with other worn- I the eastern shores at this continent was elected a Delegate to the Con­ gon enterprise, and may be regarded ing the materials. Under this latter en who are in need of-jobs to support 'by Columbus, and ends with the per- own words, were “situate in a por­ gress of the United States, the first as the pioneer in the regulaf steam­ tion of country remote from civiliza- scheme, the government would .grad­ themselves and their dependents. manent settlement by Americans in tion among the few remaining sav-' member from Oregon. Mr. Thurston, boat business above the falls Her ually withdraw, while under the leaf­ ■■ — 1832—we proceed to enumerate some ages who are the original propri- In that capacity, served his constitu- machinery was procured in 1850. at raking program, the unemployed No additional legislation is needed of the events connected with our de- etors of the soil, in a country claim-' ency well and faithfully. He was in- New Albany, Indiana, by Captain likely would still be unemployed af­ to make the Oregon old age pension 'velopment since the last mentioned ed by two powerful civilized and strumental in giving an impetus to Hedges, of Oregon City. ter the billions are gone. Probably act conform to the federal act just1 period. (To be continued next week) not even Mr. Hopkins, and certainly approved by Congress, in the opinion | The first permanent American set- enlightened nations, proud of their the unsettled condition of affairs in national liberties and jealous of the Territory, which culminated in not Jim Farley, would deny the (of officials here based on press re- tiers came here in 1832. In 1836, Dr. Has Seen All State Fairs money is more useful politically when ports summarizing the provisions of Whitman and Rev. Mr Spaulding, their respective rights and privl- bringing material aid and prosperity leges.” j to our people. He was ambitious and handed out direct to voters. H. E. Porter, Aumsville, who at­ the new law The Oregon act passed both missionaries, arrived in Oregon In 1845, the Executive Committee devoted, but all his concern was for tended the first state fair ever held by the last legislature is believed to with their families. Their wives were and Legislature petitioned Congress Oregon He died on his return in "BLACK NIGHTIES” OB at Salem and the second to ever be meet all of the federal requirements the __ ______________ _____ ... first American ... women that ____ had “KNEE BKEECHES” including those of age, residence and crossed the plains, and their children for relief, setting forth their griev­ 1851 and before he could receive the held in Oregon, intends to attend the welcome of his family or the applause ances at length. During the same In one of his latest explosions administration. Some fear was felt were the first Americans bom in Ore­ 1935 fair, “if I’m not working," sa.vs year, Hon. George Abernethy was of a grateful constituency. The State against the Supreeme Court, which that the age requirement of the state gon. has perpetuated his memory by a a special from Salem chosen Governor, and his first mes ­ told him bluntly that he had written law might not satisfy the provisions Mr. and Mrs. Porter live on the In 1840. there were about two hun- monumental testimonial in the cem­ and administered an entirely illegal of the federal which permits partici- dred and fifty inhabitants in this sage, which was full of interest, was ranch where Mr. Porter was bom 85 etery at the Capital of this State. sent to the Legislature, then In ses ­ NIRA, General Hugh S. Johnson pation in old age pensions by persons country, exclusive of Indians, one The first professional teacher who years ago, the son of Mr and Mrs cries aloud against the “blast from 65 years of age but a provision in the hundred and forty of whom were sion. In February, 1846. the Oregon William Porter. His father was clerk the nine ancients in black nighties.” federal act permits states to limit as- I Americans. Among them was S. H. Spectator, a semi-monthly newspa­ came to Oregon was Mr. Silas Shep­ of the first territorial legislature of hard. He crossed the Rocky Moun ­ per. was started at Oregon City by The good general has always had siitance to persons 70 years of age or O4iiit.ii. Smith, at ui Clataop viaiaup county, vvuinji the hit viurai oldest Oregon, and came to the state in 1848 the Methodist Mission , tains in 1834, and settled at Vancouv- a gift of words, and he has now put over until January 1, 1940. Mr. Porter states that the first state American pioneer now living. He In March, 1848, the Oregon Free er the Constitutional issue • on a basis There does, however, appear to be came here in 1832. fair was held at Oregon City in 1832 that everyone can understand. The need for further legislation if Oregon i ' In February, 1841, there was a Press was issued at Oregon City by' The first steam vessel that is and cites an article in The Argus, question before America is, "Shall we is to reap the full benefits of the un- meeting of a few pioneers — lnhabi- Geo. L. Curry. The pres was made known to have entered the waters of published at Oregon City, to show have the Constitution interpreted by employment insurance section of the tants of the Willamette valley—at the here, and also the display type. Oregon, was the Beaver. She came when it was held. In 1883 the first distinguished jurists in black nighties federal economic security act. This American mission station, for con- I which was wrought out of wood, to Vancouver as a sailing vessel, fair was held in Salem, he says, when j This was the first weekly newspa- bringing her machinery as freight, sophomore lawyers in knee • payroll tax of three per- ' sultation concerning the steps neces- there was but one building which he I employers of four or more sary to be taken .for the formation of. per that was published on this side which was set up at Vancouver af­ described was like a “sheep shed." ter her arrival. After making sever­ persons. In states which have pro- laws and election of officers. Several of the continent. That year a few of “the boys" en­ TWENTY-FOUB STATES In February, 1849. the Govern- al trips for pleasure and business in tered their horses in the runninj! vided for unemployment compensa- meetings were held in 1841 for the TUBN TO SALES TAXES tion a credit of 90 per cent is allowed purpose of drafting a constitution and ment of the “Colony was so op- the Columbia river, she was sent to races, although harness racing wus A growing use of sales taxes by the for contribution to the state fund. code of laws, but failed to accom- pressed” by trading gold dust at sea, and ran between Nesqually, Pu­ more popular. There were good states to meet current relief needs --------- plish anything. tn February and eleven dollars per ounce. that the get Sound, and the different ports of athletes In those days, he stated, as he and avoid dangerous public debts is Oregon school districts have a to- March, 1843, public meetings were Legislature concluded to coin the the Hudson's Bay Company north. told of the 100-yard dash, the r