The Coquille Valley sentinel., April 17, 1936, Image 1

The Coquille Valley Sentinel
A LETTER FROM HOME
THE PAPER THAT’S
VOL. XXXII.
$2.H THE YEAR
NO. 14.
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First Bicycle Awarded in
Trade and Win Contest
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Mrs. O. C. Sanford Elected
Woman’s Club President
The Coquille Woman’s Club met
Tuesday afternoon at the Episcopal
To Be Held in City During Next That Drilling Will Start in Bear Parish House with a good attendance. Will Open in Coquille This Eve-
When Threatened With a Gun
The meeting was opened by the
Ten Dnys, One a School,
Creek Section Before
ning—100 Expected—Ban­
by Negro Prisoner on Bus
president, Mrs. R. A. Wemich, who
Other
a
City
Affair
Summer
Is
Over
quet Tomorrow Night
Last Sunday '
presided for the last time, after two
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very successful years as president of
Coquille is faced with two elec­
Before leaving here last Friday the club.
The Chamber of Commerce ticket
Wm. J. Ford, the 26-year old negro
tions during the next ten days, al­ noon, Harry Hanbury stated that he
Mrs. James Gamwell, of Powers. committee had good success yester­
who staged a fight with Sheriff How­
though the first Is not for candidates, received much encouragement from - president of the county federation of day selling pasteboard for the Coast
ell in the bus as the officer was
but for the adoption of the school property owners in the Bear ereek (women's clubs, made a few remarks Highway Association banquet to be
bringing him back from California,
budget for the coming year, and the section, that they would co-operate ( and several chairmen of various com­ served in Odd Fellows hall Saturday
pleaded guilty in circuit court, Wed­
voters on that are property owners with him in the development of that mittees made reports.
Mrs. Wm. evening, April 19, by the members
nesday, to stealing the calculating
in school district No. 8, which extends section of the valley with the neces­ Mansell, civic, reported nothing new of Mamie Rebekah lodge.
machine from the Moore mill at Ban­
sary leases, and in every way that tn regard to tennis courts but the
beyond the Coquille city limits.
Between 75 and 100 from up and
don. Then he asked Judge Brand
That election, or budget meeting, is they could.
committee still working. Mrs. C. V. down the coast, as far north as Vic­
for a two weeks' wait before sentence
to be held next Monday evening.
Before leaving he announced that Smith, finance, reported $171 in ten­ toria, B. C., are expected to be in at­
was pronounced. The judge replied
April 20, at 7:30 p. m., tn the high he would send his lease man, Leon nis courts fund. Mrs. Jack LeFevre, tendance.
that he would hold the next court ses­
school building.
Dunn, up here from Tyler, Texas, to welfare work, reported 113 garments . The program, as outlined by Ed W.
sion here on April 23.
Every qualified voter should re­ assist John F. Ewell in securing dispersed during the year and $24 Miller, the association's manager,
"Will that be two weeks?” queried
member and attend this meeting; so leases on the 800 or 900 acres needed collected. Mrs. A. L. Beck reported which was sent to all Chambers of
the darky.
that the schools may not be hamper­ to close up the 8,000 acre block.
the Junior Club as still busy and Commerce, shows the following
*T said I would sentence you on
ed in their operation next year. J
With those leases signed, Mr. Han­ still meeting at different homes.
schedule for the meeting:
the twenty-third,’ was the judge’s
A week later, on Monday the 27th, bury said that drilling operations
Mrs. Pearl Ellingsen was present
stem rejoinder.
all Coquille voters are eligible to
would begin« 4s quickly as a rotary and made a few interesting remarks
Friday night, an informal organi­
Thos. Flint, 32-year old doctor,
a ballot on the adoption of a chare«- drill could be shipped up here, with­ concerning the library. Mrs. C. C. zation dinner, 8:30 p. m„ at the Co-
who was brought back with the negro
amendment. The polls will be open, in 80 or 90 days. He stated that it Farr reported that $12 had been ex­ quipe Hotel, followed by reports of
to answer a bad check charge, was
in the city hall, from 8 a. m. until 8 might be pecesasry to go down 6000 tended
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_ splendid the president, treasurer and manager,
released when his brother arrived
the ______
Guild ___
for ____
their
p. m.
feet in the Bear creek section to J hospitality to the Woman's Club. The bringing our present status before
from California and posted $1000
The adoption of the amendment strike oil or gas, but the rotary drill1 club voted by ballot to adopt Mrs. us. Then the appointment of special
cash bail for his appearance when
will not affect city taxes in any way, he will ship here would probably av-
committees to report the next day.
wanted.
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as it simply gives authority for the . erage better than 500 feet a day.
Saturday, 9:00 a. m., under the
It is learned by the sheriff’s office
formation of a lighting district and , Mr. Hanbury stated that he has
chairmanship of Sam Reed, 3rd vice
that Flint was at large up here with
permits the property in such district been drilling on an average of four
president, and chairman of the Ac­
a similar charge hanging over I--------
to bond itself for whatever new light-1 wells a month in the Texas field,
tivities Program, a report on general
California, with a thousand dollar
ing plan may be adopted and They approximated in depth 3,700
activities. The present status of our
bail posted in the California court.
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installed.
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feet and took on an average of seven
major road program: the Neahkahnie
He was a doctor at the Fairview
There can be no reasonable objec­ days each to put down. He now has
section, the Marshfield-Coquille sec­
CCC camp some time ago and when
The report of the army engineers
Coquille's grand old man of base- tion, the Port Orford-Euchre Creek
the boys were moved remained at under whose direction a preliminary tion on the part of anyone to the 42 producing wells in the Texas field,
bal
—Grandpa Bill Fortier—has back- section, California line to Crescent
property
owners
in
the
business
sec
­
with
a
daily
potential
production
of,
Myrtle Point. The bad check which survey of flood conditions in the Co­
caused his arrest „was given Lou quille valley was made, are recom­ tion installing a system which will between 10 and 20 thousand barrels. slidden. He announced last fall that City section — each a separate road
put Coquille on a par with other well However, he is not permitted to pro­ he was done. He reiterated it during report.
Then our secondary road
Blanc at Marshfield.
mending to the Rivers and Harbors
It was quite a strenuous 30-minute board of engineers in Washington* lighted towns In the county or state. duce that amount as all wells are pro­ the winter, and he probably, meant it
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affair on the northbound bus, south that low levees along the river banks I Such a move will be a step for- rated by the state and federal gov­ when he said that he was through
with the national game; but the won­
of Crescent City, last Sunday morn­ be constructed and provision for - ward in making Coquille a more pro- ernments.
WUl Be Queen of May Dance
derful spring weather this week, a
.gressive and attractive city.
ing, when the two men attempted to drainage be increased.
Miss Jessie Dean, high school sen­
regular baseball brand, and the im­
Election officials nametf by the
force their way to freedom, but Sher­
Pomond Grange Held All-
Writing to the Chamber of Com­
ior,
was chosen yesterday as queen
portunities
of
scores
of
fans,
have
iff Howell came through with flying merce, Col. Thos. M. Robins, army di­ I city for April 27 are Ida K. Owen,
for the Coquille Woman's Club May
Day
Session
Last
Saturday
caused
Bill
to
back
up
and
he
is
now
'
chairman;
Violet
Lorenz,
judge;
Iva
colors.
vision engineer in Portland, writes
in* it up to his neck, with an applica­ Day dance, which is to be given in the
I Farr, Virginia Lamb and Eva Currie,
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in regard to his report:
Ar. all-day session of Coos and tion in for membership in the Oregon Community Building Saturday eve­
1 clerks.
“This report finds that a real need
Curry Pomona Grange was held at State
;
League for the Coquille Log­ ning, May 2. Miss Jessie was select­
Senior Cl&aa Play Tonight
exists for flood control on the Co­ 1 Steven«* Car Wrecked by Drank the North Bayside Grange hall last i gers. He wired to Ray Brooks, secre­ ed by the votes of high school stu­
Protection of areas
Saturday, with about 90 patrons in I tary of the league, on Tuesday and dents yesterday, the vote being can­
Tonight is the night!
At eight quille river.
subject to damage against maximum 1 The average automobile driver ar attendance and 10 of the officers’ I
o’clock, “The Gentleman from Hong
the latter wrote back that he was vassed by Mrs. Pearl K. Smith and
i was an almost pertest taking a vote of the other seven cities Mrs. Ida Owen, of the Woman's Club
Kong," will arrive to present one of floods of record by means of reser- owner usually has^
the most tragic, hair-raising comedies
Lady attendants at Queen Jessie's
on admitting Coquille.
combination thereof, earn be accom-. from any act of his own. A case In
The main event of the day was the
ever shown in Coquille.
The seven clubs in the league are court will be Misses Aloha Allen,
Amid mysterious characters, hid­ plished only at costa in excess of re- , P°lnt *•» the wreck of J. L. Stevens* conferring of the fifth degree of the Bend, Eugene, Albany, Salem, Wood­ Geraldine Ensele, Wave Giaholt, June
den formulas and flashing revolvers, suiting benefits. However, it is be- | Chrevrolet coupe in Bangor at North order upon a class of 22 candidates.
burn, Toledo and the Hop Gold» of Hickam, Levelle Walstrom and Dor­
that —
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United States
would Bend
last Sunday.
Tom
Stevens had -
the play unfolds to center around a* lieved
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A few of the officers gave reports, Portland, The latter has no home othy Yarbrough.
very valuable formula which has be justified in undertaking a survey ' driven over to the Bay and had as did also the Home Economics grounds but plays all games in the
been lost in the Montaomerv home. to determine whether it will be econ- ' parked the car in front of the house chairman, Mrs. John Martin, of Co- other league cities,
Sheriff Takes One to Pen
The hero. Boyd Gamer, arrives to omlcally feasible to afford some ' where he was calling, without an- quille.
The league play» one round of sev-
Sheriff
Wm. F. Howell left yester­
providing
help in the search, !___
___ _ ro- measure of relief by construction of other car in the block. Along came . A member of the agriculture com-1 en games for the first half, another day for Salem, taking Harrison Pot­
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a
drunken
driver,
named
Kenneth
M
M
Scb^t.
of
Myrtle
»even
for
the
second,
and
then
the
night,
the french low ,,levee* ,nd Provision of draln-
mance. 1 During
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ter, who will serve four years and
Hughes in a borrowed wreck of a Grange, reported that machinery for winner» of those two halve» play for
doors are opened and in cautiously .
eight months in the pen for slot ma­
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a
This
report
is
probably
satisfactory
car,
and
plowed
into
the
»ide
of
the
the
manufacture
of
»hell
Urne
would
the
»Ute
championship.
Each
club
steps a gypsy, a few minutes later a
shot’to~hMrd'inthe night and in runs ’
concerned in the valley, and if coupe, tearing off two fenders, the soon
on hand. He aUo aaked the keepa iu own
te
and
g chine burglary at Powers. He is the
man who pleaded his own case in
running
board
and
otherwise
da
damag
mag-
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the
engineers
in
Washington
report
a man with a stream of crimson blood
Pomona to sponsor two scholarships to its own expenses when traveling.
Circuit term this term. He told the
ing
it
to
the
extent
of
$100.
along
that
line,
and
congress
approves
running from his ear. Who shot to
tiie summer school ln Corvallis, these
The return of Eddie Foss, member of judge and jury that he sat ln the car
Hughes has nothing and when to be given to the 4-H Club boy and
kill? Who Is the gypsy, the china- the report and appropriates for a
the Loggers in 1929, to Coquille last outside while his partner, Cameron,
man, and the mysterious injured more extended survey, and then for fined $100 by Justice Maybee was girl doing the most outstanding work week; the return this spring from entered the pool hall and took the
man? Ah! Tonight at the commun­ carrying out the suggestions made, brought over here to serve 50 days in the county.
The request was Washington of Bill Stewart; the ad­ machines. Then he called Cameron
ity building, all your question» will the Coquille river will, in time, be in jail. Hl» 30-day jail sentence was granted. This committee also had the dition of a catcher and strong pitcher to the stand, and the latter denied
confined in its banks for the smaller suspended. An additional violation rules outlined for a rodent control to the roster—the latetr if he can be
be answered.
that he had ever seen Potter.before.
was the fact that he has no driver’» contest, which was presented to the
If you like romance, blood-curdling freshets.
induced to come is one of the best I , Cameron is ndw being held in Jail
license.
adventures, comedy, and detective
Pomona and accepted. A five dollars semi-pros in the state—in adidtion to here for a hearing before the grand
Fire at Mill Last Evening
stories, be sure to follow the crowd to
the old guard which has carried the jury when it next meets.
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12,960 Are Registered
the community building tonight, Fri­
brunt of the battle during the depres­
The fire department was called out
day, April 17, at 8:00 p. m., to see the at 5:40 yesterday afternoon to the
Total registrations of voters in Coos
sion years, will mean a strong Log­
Twins Born at Hospital
Lights Out Stops Harmony
play all Coquille has been impatient­ Smith Wood-Products mill, just back county had increased by 1800 over
ger line-up
Twin
girls were bom at the Co­
ly waiting for.
A. G. Skelton, of Salem, district
Beside those mentioned Manager
from Front street, where sparks from what it was prior to the January
quille
hospital
last Sunday to Mr.
Bill
is
figuring
on
Ray
Woodyarxi
the smokestack are supposed to have special election when the poll books commander of the American Legion,
Lucky Escape for Tedsen
from and Mrs. J. W. Fletcher, of this city.
set fire to a pile of lumber, at least were closed Tuesday evening. From and Mrs. Wylie G. Bonney, district Otto Kolstead, Joe Decker,
They have been named Betty Jane,
Due to the turret top of the Chev­ the blaze started on the top of the 11,162 the first of the year the regis­ president of the Legion Auxiliary, Reedsport, Young Calvert, of Med­
were present for the joint meetings ford, Art Pulford, Rock Peterson, Dan who weighed five pounds and Bever­
rolet he was driving, Herman Tedson, pile. About a thousand feet of lum­ tered list has jumped to 12,960.
Mr.
Of this number. 6,651 are listed as of Legion posts and Auxiliaries of Moran, Marion Fisher and Junior ly Jean who weighed four.
mayor of Norway, suffered no injury ber was damaged.
Fletcher
conducts
the
service
station
The men had all left the mill ex­ republicans, 6060 as democrats, 170 southwestern Oregon in W. O. W. hall Bailey, and if that bunch can’t go out
Wednesday aftemon when his car
and win ball games, Bill says he can at the Coquille Auto Park.
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watchman, , who
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turned ___
in as independents, 41 as socialists, and here Monday evening.
rolled over several times and landed cept the
A nine pound girl, LaVema Jean,
the
alarm
and
then
went
to
work
on
I
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gave
various
designations.
The
in-
The
two
organizations
met
get other players who will.
upside down on the S. P. tracks, al­
was bom to Mr. and Mrs. Belmont
ately
for
their
business
sessi
Whatever
the
state
league
applica
­
the
fire,
but
it
was
still
blazing
when
dependents,
socialists
and
the
38
though the car was considerably
I others will only have an opportunity which the district officers spoke. The tion comes to. the Loggers will agaip Jones at the hospital last Friday. The
the department arrived.
jammed up and damaged.
to vote for justice of the supreme poppy sale program for this year was play ball this sumer. The first prac­ parents have been living at Powers
The accident occurred at thia end
court and for county school super­ explained by Mrs. J. W. Mclnturff, of tice was held at the ball yard last but now make their home.in Coquille.
Way to Stop a Dog Fight
of the North Fork bridge, this side of
Marshfield.
Sunday and all the men here were
intendent
Myrtle Point, as he was returning to
A dog fight is hardly a news item
School Warrants Only Year Back
During the entertainment hour rarin’ to go at that time.
Norway.
| but the way in which one was stop-
■ach post represented put on a stunt
Clerk Keith Leslie is making a
He had let the car get into the ditch ped yesterday might of interest. Joo Muon« Meeting Weekly Now
of some kind. Fibm the talk in Le­
warrant call today for School District
Huge Mortgage Recording
on the hill side and gave it the gun Knight's bull dog and Capt. Cum-
Chadwick Lodge No. M, A. F. A gion circles next day the entertain­
No. $ warrants which will leave the
to get out of that.
The car shot ming's bird dog tangled in Thrift's A. M., put in two busy nights this
The largest recording fee paid in
ment which went over the biggest
district
’s obligations only a little
across the road, through the highway Grocery yesterday morning.
The week, Tuesday
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at the clerk's office for a long time
and Wednesday, when
The
fence, rolled over and over down the t>ull got a throat hold and a dozen’ three candidates were given the third was that of Marshfield. Rudy Hill- was that made by the Oregon-Cali­ more than a year in arrears.
S? (three candidates were given the third ¡rtrom wlth h|g
WM the
warrants called were issued from
hillside until it came to rest on the i men could
not
pull
them
apart.
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A J degree
Geo. W.
on Tuesday.
field pntrv And
and th#*
the nlntlP
doae harmony of fornia Power Co. last Friday; $211
v* a w.
«aaw
rd? — UCu.
vv. Bryant
oiyani On
1 UcoCidj, fipld
June, 1934, to February, 1935, and the
railroad tracks, headed toward Myr- travelling salesman finaUy lighted a ijOyd W. Oddy and R. A. Jeub on Lerion voicM -ominued
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lie Point. The railroad there Is 15 or match and applied it to the bulldog's Wednesday. The election
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of a large midnight hour when some one pulled ering 253 pages, which the company be paid out by the clerk is $11,000.
•>»1 fool bvnlsMir
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20 feet below the kitfkurnv
highway.
nose and he let go pronto.
list of applicants for membership at the lw(tch |eaving the ha„ ln dark. is giving the American Trust Co. in
the Amount of $13,500,000 to secure a
the stated communication Tuesday negg
P. T. A. Benefit Program
bond issue. Filing fees Alone cost the*
F. F. A. Experiment Plot
evening, insures that the lodge’s drill
Will Observe Anniversary
A
benefit program will be given in
O.
A
C.
a
pretty
penny
for
it
was
The Future Farmers of America team will be kept busy for several
In commemoration of the founding
the high school auditorium Wednes­
|
Cow
Bell
to
Move
Tuesday
necessary
to
record
the
mortgage
in
months
to
come.
organization
of
Coquille
High
has
of the Independent Order of Odd Fel­
,
The Cow Bell Dairy will be moved half a dozen counties in Oregon be­ day evening, April 22, at eight
rented an acre in ,____________
the “Burns Acres
’*! Next Tuesday evening there will
lows, Coquille Lodge, No. S3, will ________________
o’clock, to raise funds for the pur­
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meeting of Chadwick from its present location, adjoining side several in California.
give a dancing party ln their hall tract, across the highway from . the J* a
chase of new books for the school li­
high
school,
which
will
be
handled
as
I«odge
with
work
in
the
E.
A.
degree,
the
W.
O.
W.
building,
next
Tuesday
here netfl Friday evening, after the
braries. The price of admisison will
evening to the room in the Grimes
It Look« Like Landon
regular lodge session. The anniver­ an experiment plot by the Smith-
be, adults 25c and children 10c. The
Hanly
Buy«
Purebred
Bull
building,
next
doer
east
of
the
post-
.
Now
that
Illinois
has
registered
for
sary of the founding is Apjil 26. but Hughes boys. Grasses and vegetables
public is asked to co-operate with the
Another
bull, _ which
that comes on Sunday this year. Re­ will be planted to ascertain which
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r__ ____ ____
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‘ its Chicago editor in the republican
P. T. A. in this worthy project.
varieties
do
best
in
that
soil.
i
cently
arrived
in
the
Coquille
valley,
1
Mr
and
Mr
*
Miller
will
have
preferential
primary,
and
Borah
led
fir shments will be served after the
' is the_ Guernsey bull. King’s May 1 wonderfully fine set-up in their Alf Landon only five to one in Nebras-
dance.
Skull Fractured in Fall
All Odd Fellows and Rebekahs, Recelvea 0. S. C. Scholarship
Royal, recently received by Thos. H. *'ew quarters, with the latest in re- ka where the Kansan's name was not
Word was received at Coquille Hanly, on the North Bank road, from frigeration for both their meats and
printed on the ballot, it looks more
their wives or husbands, are invited
Reports from the Keizer hospital in
and more as though the republican North Bend are that Mrs. L. J. Simp­
and each member'is privileged to in­ High School this morning that Dorris C. A. Jordan, of Grants Pass. He miIk-
vite a friend or a couple to attend.
Compton, who will graduate this was purchased by Mr. Jordan as a,
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' national convention in Cleveland in son is improving and may recover
spring, had been awarded a one-year calf from the J. C. Penney stock farm
Ward McReynolds, official exam- Jube might make the business-like from the skull fracture she suffered
This bull’s sire was lner of applicants for chauffeur and governor of the Sunflower state its when she fell down the steps at her
The Past Matrons and Patrons dub scholarship at Oregon State College.; in New York.
home at Shoreacres last Sunday. The
of the Eastern Star will meet this The reason for the award is her purchased by Mr. Penney for $23,000 driver licenses, will be at the Coquille candidate on the first ballot,
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frontal bone was fractured and she
evening in Masonic Temple.
All scholastic standing during her four and his dam has an official record of city hall again next Wednesday,1
'• over too pounds of butterfat.
April 20, from 8 am, until 5 p. m.
Calling cards, 50 lor 11.00.
was unconscious for several days.
members are requested to be present. years in C. H. 8.
With more than seventy candidates
striving for the award of the first bi­
cycle to be given in the south Coos
county Trade Contest, Miss Mildred
Hunt, of Myrtle Point, aged 10, led
the crowd for the entire district with
a total score of 387,754 votes for the
first two weeks of the campaign. A
complete list of standings appears in
the regular contest ad on another
page in this issue. The race for the
second bike, to be awarded at the
close of the fourth week, which will
close on Saturday, April 25th, and
which began on Monday, this week,
April 13th, is now on in earnest with
many new candidates registering
daily.
16.9M Free Votes Offered
The contest manager wishes to an­
nounce that the 10,000 free vote offer
for new candidates registering has
been extended to Saturday, April
25th. Boys and girls who are inter­
ested are urged to mail or bring their
names to contest headquarters locat­
ed nearest to their place of residence.
Several special announcments are in­
cluded in the regular contest ad in
this issue and you are sincerely urged
to read carefully all details, etc.
Lm ™ RECOMMENDS
pr Annf'ANTDAI
LUuL/ VvJIM 1 KUL
LOGGERS WILL
PLAY THIS YEAR
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