The Coquille Valley sentinel., August 28, 1936, Image 1

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A LETTER FROM
FRIDAY. AVGUST W. ISM.
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Springfield Young Man Shot by
Elderly Friend While
Both Sleep
Frank Ware, 28, resident of Spring­
field. died at the Coquille Hospital
last night as the result of being shot
in the side while he slept in the open
with his 78-year old companion, E.
Roberts, also of Springfield.
It is an almost incredible case and
yet the state police who have thor­
oughly investigated every angle are
convinced that the gray-haired old
man knew nothing of the shooting
which he did in his sleep.
The two were on a trip down the
coast and Tuesday night had made
their camp by the roadside, half a
mile below Port Orford. Roberts went
to sleep With Ms revolver under Ms
pillow.
Some time in the night Ware was
wakened by a shot which he thought
was fired some distance away. Sud­
denly, however, he felt a sensation
on one side and rubbing his hand
there found blood oocing from the
wound. He immediately jumped into
his car and drove to Port Orford to see
a doctor and was then brought to the
hospital here. The bullet had gone
clear through his body and Dr. M.
Wilson performed an operation, but
without any hope of a success.
Same Ware, the young man’s fath­
er, arrived here early Tuesday morn­
ing before the operation.
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When Ware’s story
known
in Port Orford, state police officers
hurried to tbe viators’ camp and
found Roberts sleeping with tbe gun
in his hand. When told what he had
done he denied it and said, “If there
are three empty shells in the cylin­
der I might have done it. Ware and
I each shot once at a digger squirrel
last night and there should be two
empty shells.’’ But there were three.
. Tbe old man insisted on being
locked up and was taken to jail at
Gold
Ben R. Chandler, runner-up in the
republican primary in May for nom­
ination for state senator from Coos
and Curry counties, was named by
the committee of eight from the two
counties Monday evening, at the city
hall here, to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of J no. A. Biegger a few
weeks ago.
At -the primary Mr. Chandler re­
ceived 13S3 votes in Coos oounty, to
Mr. Biegger’s IMS.
Mr. Chandler is probably as able a
man as the committee could have
found in the two counties, and is ex­
ceptionally well qualified to serve in
the capacity of senator at Salem. He
knows the Meds of southwestern
Oregon as well as any man living
here and has the backbone and for­
titude to stand for what he believes
is right.
His selection is not satisfactory to
the Townsend group and reports
from the Bay indicate that Mrs. Rhea
Burkhart, of North Bend, is likely to
file as an independent candidate, but
Townsend plan support is not as es-
esntial in the legislature M It is in
SCHOOL, SEPT. 8
Sam Whetstone, a resident of
quille for nearly SO years, was found
in Ma bed at 1:10 yesterday af-
by Police Officer Kermit
w who had to climb a ladder and
a window to get in.
Death
bly occurred some time Wed-
y night.
A friend who took food to him
The many readers of the Sentinel,
who enjoyed reading the letters of
Rev. and Mrs. Ted Jackman, written
from Palestine, during the last sev­
eral months, will be interested in
knowing that they will be privileged
to hear Mr. Jackman and enjoy see­
ing motion pictures that he took
wMle in Palestine, at the Pioneer
Methodist Church on next Sunday
evening. The entire evening service
will be given over to the showing of
these motion pictures, with, of course,
the special music by the choir and on
the organ.
The recent riots between the Arabs
and Jews had broken out before the
Jackmans left Jerusalem, and they
have some real action acenes of the
Arabs in their wild revolt. Scenes of
the Arabs in their sword dances and
demonstrations of hatred for the
Jews and British, make the pictures
intensely interesting There are also
many views of the ancient sites that
are dear to the Christian world taken
■round Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Gali-
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Band Meeting Tonight
A Coquille band organization meet­
ing is to be held in the city hall next
Monday evening, Aug. 31. All musi­
cians and those interested in a band
for Coquille are invited and urged to
attend.
in the state senate.
FLOODCONTROL
HEARING,
SEP.18
Col. Milo P. Fox, district anglibarj
J. Q ALM ACK
WILL RECOVER
at Portland, has issued the following
notice of the flood control hearing
which will be held in Coquille on
Sept is That is only three weeks
hence and does not give much time
for raising the funds to pay expenses
of collecting data and the assembling
of the data to be presented at the
bearing. If as complete a presenta­
tion can be made at this hearing as
was made at the bearing in Bandon a
few weeks ago, the engineer will be
impressed with tbe interest of the
whole valley in this
which is
of vital
industry,
WUl Not Tsar Up the Streets
8. L. Godard, of Cottage Grove,
who has the contract for installing
the modem lighting system in Co­
quille’s business district, started a
small crew
to work Wednesday
morning, digging holes through the
pavement where the 45 new oma-
Rev. T. R. Jack
to Show
Holy Land Pictures Sunday
1. Section « of the Flood Control
Act approved June 22, 1038, pro­
vides for preliminary examinations
and surveys of a number of streams
with a view to control their floods.
Among the streams listed for report
is “Coquille River and tributaries,
Oregon.”
2. In
that (he
of flood
Mine May’s Shop to Open
Drill Should Hit Gas Structure
Within Next Hundred
Feet
The well which W. E. Manion is
drilling over beyond Fat Elk 'was
down 040 feet at three o’clock yes­
terday afternoon and at the rate they
have been punching the hole into the
earth—about 35 feet a day—it should
not be more than three or four days
until they reach the same place in the
formation as a good flow of gas was
struck in the old well, a quarter of a ■
mile or more to the east.
Due to the slope of the formation
and a comparison of the logs of the
former -drilling and this one, it is
quite definitely determined that the
same formation is encountered at a
340 feet shallower depth in this hole
than it was in the old one.
The heavy gas flow was encounter­
ed in the first Fat Elk well at about
1350 feet.
Mr. Marrion has a smooth-running
bunch of equipment going now for 12
hours each day. The derrick is 64
feet high and is set on the apex of the
structure.
Beside building a road into the site
of the operation last spring, Mr. Mar­
rion piped water from a nearby
spring but now that has gorje dry and
he is compelled to haul water in by
tank.
The pipe at the bottom of the well
is eight inches in diameter; all the
water is cased off and everything is
in the best possible condition for con­
tinuous drilling until the gas reser­
voir is tapped.
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service the menus far the flrot weak
of school follows: . Tuesday, tomato
soup 5c, hot beef sandwich, gravy,
and mashed potato 10c, vegetable sal­
ad 5c, French pastry Sc; Wednesday,
vegetable soup Sc, sliced tomatoes,
cottage cheese, and wafers 10c, dev­
iled egg sandwich 5c, caramel fluff
with whipped cream 5c; Thursday,
hot chocolate 5c, tuna fish sandwich
5c, pineapple cheese salad 5c, creole
spaghetti 5c, apple betty and whipped
cream 5c; Friday, clam chowder Sc,
The speaker declared that
tail’s contest was not betwes
outs and the ins—the republicans and
the democrats—but a contest to de­
cide whether the United States
should continue with a representative
form of government, or .whether it
should junk the constitution as a
•relic of horse and buggy days,” as
Roosevelt referred to it, with the
gradual substitution of the soviet or
communistic system of government
with a dictator and regimentation of
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The remodeled room in the W. O.
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W. building, recently vacated by the
Progress on Flood Control
Hand shoe shop, the floor of which
Bought It for Iavestment
has been lowered to the sidewalk
J. A. Lamb and J. E. Ford have
The sale of the Farmers A Mer­ been named as Coquille members of
1 level and with modem plate glass
■ windows and recesiAd front installed. chants Bank building to Geo. A. the executive flood control commit­
1 has been leased by Miss May Groeh- Ulett, by the state banking depart­ tee which will meet with similar
ment, has caused some speculation in members from Myrtle Point gnd
■ ens. sister of Mrs. E. L. Vinton.
1 Next Wednesday she will open Coquille as to what it is to be used Bandon at the city hall here this eve­
Miss May's Shop there with a well- I for. Mr. Ulett is out of town this ning. It is hoped to have the com­
88 la Shade Hero Yesterday ' selected stock of ladies ready-to- j week
WCf but inquiry of his associates at missioners of the Ports of Bandon
the > Smith Wood-Products plant, and Coquille river also in attendance,
Yesterday was the hottest day of wear and popular priced dresses, and —
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the year in Coquille, the thermometer other items of ladies' wearing ap­ brought forth the statement that ha i and it requires some
sponsoring
mu-
a.— act
— — a m
x - ■ I--- I*ianr
had no definite idea of what use .s_s_ a a__ a_ to
Intermediary
getting up to 88 degrees in the shade. parel.
would be made of the old banking bet^en t£. <OVemment and the
Failure of the usual afternoon aea
quarters. He considered It a bargain
rt ownerl m the district where
breeze to percolate was responsible
at the »4100 or »4200 figure at which. ’JJ
ig iMtltuted.
for the greater heat, and two forest
he is reported to have purchssed it |
fires a few miles from town may have
and made the deal as an investment (
helped a little.
Mrs. Slckete Named Chairmaa
But it’s a last despairing gesture of
Mrs. Catherine Sickela, of thia city,
Old Sol for the nights are cool and
has
been named as Coos county re­
the mornings are growing more fall­
publican women chairman by Harry
like every day.
From Dust-Blown Texas
A. Slack, chairman of the county
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Noeler and central committee, and will act as as­
J. F. Thompson Mill Closed
three sons arrived here Sunday from sistant to the county chairman in this
the panhandle of Texas. Mr. Noeler' fall’s campaign.
Labor liens aggregating >22.000
is a brother of Mrs. Lisle Goodwin
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The
office is one of those recom-
have been filed by employees of the
and they are guests at the Goodwin1 mended by the state republican com-
J. T. Thompson Logging Co., in the
home on Rink creek.
They brought1 mfttee, word to that effect being
county clerk’s office here, and R. T.
Fires Under Control Now
pictures of the dust storms in Texas brought by Walter Tooze who was in
Bourns, who represents them as as­
The fires near Coquille which were
signee, states that the liabilities of raging the first of the week, one at which blot out the sun as effectively1 the
ty last Monday.
That la the!
the company probably total >140,000. the Morris Ray camp, across the river ae it ie done at night.
The plant at Englewood on the bay from and a little below Riverton, and principal reason they have come to
64 Years Ago
and the camp near Brookings have the other east of China Camp bridge Oregon to make their home.
Visitors in Coquille last Friday who
been shut down.
left here 84 years ago were C. R-
I in the old Baxter operation, have
been pretty well checked and are not |
Rankin Returns from East Evens and his sister, Mrs. Lavina
now spreading or threatening live• Dr.
nr J.
y n
Rankin who
u,Kn has been
s_n via
A Beautiful Sight Sunday
D. Rankin,
vis­ Wilkinson, of Waldport. They were
iting in the east since attending the accompanied by a sister-in-taw, Mrs.
One of the most beautiful sky timber.
Eagles national convention in Chica­ Mattie Horsford. The father of the
scenes ever witnessed was that Sun­
Rammage Sale Scheduled
go, came home Tuesday and imme­ first two mentioned was Chas. Evens,
day evening when the smoke from
the Ray camp Are, and the clouds
The Dorcas Society of the Seventh diately left with his family for a few who lived on Bear ereek. The party
which hovered across the sky were Day Adventist church will hold a days’ outing in the hills. Dr. J. B. returned to Waldport the same day.
turned by the rays of the setting sun i rummage sale in the Sam Nosier Gillis has substituted for Dr. Rankin
to a gorgeous pink. It reminded of building, beginning Thursday, Sept. 3. at the Coquille Hospital during the Cha*. Stauff Moves to Coquille
the “pillar of cloud” which led the Included will be both used and new latter's absence.
Chas. Stauff. county teasurer, and
Israelites on their pilgrimage.
garments and a sewing machine in
wife are moving to Coquille soon and
County Fair Open* Sept. 16
will occupy one of the Gould apart­
good condition.
North Bend Boy to Asylum
The Coos county fair opens ite ments.
gates for the 1036 presentation of ag­
Garold Herbert HUI, IS years of
ricultural and industrial exhibits, and
age, was brought over from North
ite entertainment program of horse
racing, carnivals and shows, in less
than three weeks. 7
are Sept.
18 to 18, inclusive.
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is still confined to his
bed and will be for a month yet. Due
to the crash his heart was moved
from ite normal position and the phy-
sicians are still working to move it
back to ite proper place.
Probably
due to the terrific blow on his fore­
head wMch rendered him uncon­
scious for several days, his eyes be­
came crossed, but the doctors think
they can be straightened out in time.
He also suffered several broken riba
and other bruises and lacerations.
Mrs. Almack was driving at the
time of the accident.
They were
looking at and enjoying the scenery
when ¿heir car left the highway at an
unexpected turn.
Dr. Almack, through Mr. Beck, sent
greetings to old friends here, all of
whom are hoping for his complete
recovery.
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Odd Fellows to Picnic Sunday
Corn Show Is Not Wanted
The directors of the Chamber of
Commerce laid on the table for the
present the question as to whether
Coquille should hold a Com Show
this fall. The general sentiment of
the twenty business men present was
that the Com Show, as such, had
served ite purpose and that Coquille's
annual celebration, if one is to be
held, should be at some other time
and not a com show.
To that must be added that in a
large degree it is tbe same individu­
' als who have done all the work on
, com shows for the past 20 years, and
’. they are not enthusiastic about doing
it again.
At the meeting E. D. Webb tender­
ed his resignation as director and
treasurer of the Com Show associa­
tion.
Bee Inspector Busy
Clarence S. Hatcher, of Fairview,
bee inspector for Coos county under
authority of appointment by the state
agricultural department, says that he
has inspected about half the plants of
bee owners in the county, about 72
prior to this week. It surprised him
to find that there are 150 bee raisers
in the county. The purpose of the in­
spection is to help eradicate diseases
such as took four-fifths of A. E. Sea­
man's stands on Coos River a while
back. The latter now has the largest
number of stands in the count, 55,
followed closely by Mr. Armstrong’s
50 on the Sumner-Fairview road.
Inspection fee is 50 cents for any­
thing up to ten stands.
The southwestern Oregon annual
I O O. F. picnic will be held in the
Coquille myrtle grove pork next Sun­
day, Aug. 30. All Odd Fellows, their
families and friends are invited to
attend. Bring your basket lunches.
Coffee, cream and sugar will be fur­
Yula Minard to Be Married
nished by the lodge. Every Odd Fel­
low should be there.
Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Minard, former­
Fred Schaer,
ly of this city, write to the Sentinel,
Walter F. Oerding,
announcing the engagement of their
Committee daughter, Yula, to Ray W. Toapei, of
Spokane. The Minards are making
their home in Spokane.
The wed­
Wade Arstill Her« on Visit
ding is to take place in the early fall.
Wade Arstill, former principal of |-TT. ~
I con-
the Lincoln school hare and now «u-
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ductoret for the Washington Motor
perintendent of schools at Forest
Coach system. The groom-to-be will
Grove, accompanied by Mrs. Arstill
soon finish Ms course In the Kinman
and the children, came in Wednesday
Business University where he is
evening for a few days’ vacation. He
studying for a certified public ac­
has been engaged through the sum­
countant degree.
mer in attending summer school and
getting ready for the opening of
He Has Plenty to Talk About
school next month.
The fellow who thinks Alf Landon
has
nothing to talk about in this fall’s
Don Farr Going to Northwestern
campaign has another think coming.
Donald Farr is leaving Monday to You can't build prosperity by contin­
enter Northwestern University at ually spending money you haven't
Evanston, Illinois, where he has re­ got and Alf has been a whiz at bud­
ceived a scholarship in “Marketing." get-balancing in Kansas.
He graduated from the University of
Oregon last June.
Notice to W. R. C. Members
Regular meeting Sept. 1. The in­
spector wUl be here and we will have
Jack Page, formerly of Page A a pot luck dinner at noon. All mem-
Townsend, is opening a new barber I ben are urged to be there.—Press
shop on Front street in the room for­ Correspondent.
merly occupied by Joe Esser’s paint
store.
;
Mrs. T. H. Mehl, of Mabel, Oregon,
was in Coquille last «reek-end visit­
ing her brother and sister-in-law, Mr.-
and Mrs. E. E. Johnson.
Opera New Barber Shop
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