The Sentinel a> tasa mms a is seso raws H. A. YOUNG and M. D. GUMER Publishers H. A. YOUNG, Editor Three Months------------ ——------- No subscription taken unless paid for in advance. This rule is impera­ tive. flYf j»^ g R&U m I Display advertising 30 cents pet inch. No advertisement inserted for less than 50 cents. Reading notice» 10 cents per line. No reading notice, or advertisement of any kind, insert ed for less than 25 cents. Entered at the Coquille Postoffice a» Second Class Mall Matter. Offtoe Cerner W. FirstandWillard 8t NOT A REPUBLICAN-DEMO­ CRATIC FIGHT THIS YEAR Under the heading “The Great Game of Politics,” Frank R. Kent, in a copyrighted article in the Baltimore Sun, very clearly sets forth what this fall’s election really means to the people of the United States. It ta not a party fight between democrats and republicans; it ta a battle between forces going in opposite directions. To the thinking man, one not blinded by partisan fealty, the words of Mr. Kent are worth pondering deeply and with an eye single to the future of these United States: r that great group of self-supporting, thrifty men and women who are able to keep their heads above water without help either from the govern­ ment or from anyone else and consti­ tute the real conservatives. These distrust governmental ex­ periments, dislike the Roosevelt ad­ visers and allies, look with distaste upon the great growth of the federal Public Utilities Commissioner power and are alarmed at the idea Frank C. McColloch, who announced of changing the rules under which we when he took office last year that he have functioned for 150 years. would not harass utilities, has gotten It ta unreasonable to doubt that the results—to the tune of $200,000 in candidate elected president will pro­ rate reductions. ceed in the direction indicated and By negotiating with power and tel­ desired by the forces which elect him ephone companies instead of going to and with which he ta in sympathetic court, McColloch brought about sav­ accord. It ta really a question of di­ ings to the public. Soon he expects rection. r to be able to announce still more rata If Mr. Roosevelt should win he reductions that will save Oregonians would be carried forward along the another $200,000 a year. path he has been going In another The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph four years it is reasonable to assume Co. came through last week with the that long steps would be taken to­ biggest rate cuts, which will save its ward the regimentation and national customers $90,000 annually. Night planning goals which, though blocked longdistance lull4U1,la,1Lr discounts were made va ­ ef- lor the time by the supreme court, I Active at 7:00 p. m. instead of 8:30 he has in no way given up. Even if' p. mi and made to apply throughout he wanted to give them up, which he Sundays. Long distance rates were does not, the forces behind him would cut for some calls as much as five to sweep him toward them. 70 cents. Some person-to-person Should Mr. Landon win, the move daytime calls were raised ten cents, toward changing the system would though. be halted. The fight of the new deal The 25 cents per month charge for party toward returning conservatism hand-set or French type phones was probably would intensify and the eliminated if the instruments have class warfare continue. been used 18 months and cut to 15 The new president might find him­ cents if the devices have not been self helpless to do a lot of things, installed that long. frustrated in various way. He might “I find most utilities readily re­ turn out to be a poor president and sponsive to negotiation as a substi­ bungle the job. But the direction tute for expensive litigation, long- would be changed. ' drawn hearings and court appeals, That ta the important thing. The and they «eem quite willing when the control of governmental affairs and fact« justify it to devote the money dominance in administration coun­ which would be spent in engineering, sels would be transferred from the attorney fees and court cost to rea- radicals, who want to rush forward «onabie'rate reductions for the bene- into new fields, to conservatives, who ‘ fit of their customers." McColloch don’t want to rush anywhere and' said. would rather stand still than make The Portland General Electric Co., mistakes. That, is the big thing this Otlifomia-Ore. Power Co., West Coast time. Power Co., Oregon-Washington Tele­ Far more important than the man phone Co. and Idaho Power Co. are elected is the character of the forces other utilities which have made rate supporting him. The question the in­ cuts during McColloch’« administra­ telligent voter has to decide is not tion. what party he wants to belong to, but what kind of people he wants on Oregon has levied a gasoline tax top in this country. since 1919, but never until July was Whether Mr. Roosevelt ta re­ elected or whether he ta defeated, the issues in this campaign will not be over with the election. Forces which in the last four years have arisen in the country will continue to clash for a long time to come, and the most ac­ complished political soothsayers ad­ mit it is not easy to see the final out­ come. Certainly this is no democratic and republican fight. It is wholly differ­ ent from the normal political strug­ gles to which we have been accus­ tomed. Partly it is a class warfare and partly it is a contest between two great schools of thought—the con­ servatives on one side and on the other the radicals or liberals or pro­ gressives They sometimes call them­ IMPORTS AT RECORD HIGH selves by one name and sometimes by America, the Washington Post re­ another. The question of whether Governor Landon, if elected, would ports, is about to break a 43-year rec­ or would not continue certain new ord by buying more goods from for­ eign countries than it sells to them. deal policies is not basic. Not since 1893, the Post says, has Nor is the point that he could not immediately balance the budget, re­ the United States had an “unfavor­ duce taxe«, restore - ou» financial able trade balance.” In the first six equilibrium or fulfill all the promises months of this year, however, Ameri­ of the republican party the real point. can purchases exceeded American The vital thing ta the character of sales. That was the first time that the support which is amassed behind had happened since 1928. A Commerce Department compila­ the candidates rather than the can­ didates themselves. They are repre­ tion showed that already this year sentative and symbolic of the forces the United States has imported 63 behind them, and a clear understand­ per cent more wheat than it did in ing of that should be useful to the the comparable period in 1935. Attention was called to this trend, voters. Setting aside the purely partisan ♦he Post says, by George N. Peek, backing, which in this campaign is former federal trade adviser and first both diminished and diluted, it may chief of the AAA. The Post quotes Peek as saying in his new book, “Why pay to take a look at these forces. For example, behind Mr. Roose­ Quit Our Own?*: “For the year 1935 our country be­ velt are the more aggressive and ex­ treme of the union labor leaders, men came dependent upon foreign food who see in him an opportunity to imports to an extent unparalleled in create a real labor party in 1940 and our history. Since we curtailed pro­ who formed an alliance with him duction, our imports of agricultural more than a year ago, pledging their products increased by $248,000,000, support regardless of who ran against while our imports of non-agricultural products increased $155,000,000 We him or on what platform. The effort is to ally with the labor are no longer feeding and clothing group the farmers and the negroes. ourselves." The Roosevelt appeal is not to demo­ crats and not to republicans—it is Advertising Brings the Tourists In addition to the wide publicity primarily to three three groups. Upon them his strategy ta centered and his which Oregon has received this year managers are entirely open in the through the Evergreen Playground Association campaign, the state has drive for their amalgamation. In addition he has the support of likewise been publicized pictorially the La Follette type of progressive, and in story by the Travel and In­ advocates of still larger appropria­ formation department of the Oregon tions for public works, and the na­ State Highway Commission, under the direction of Harold B. Say. Cali­ tional ownership of public utility fornia newspapers including the Hol­ people whose hero is Senator Norris. While the socialists have a ticket of lywood Citizens News, San Francisco Examiner, Fresno Bee, Long Beach their own, this time Mr. Roosevelt Sun. Oakland Tribune, San Diego undoubtedly will poll many socialist Tribune and Sacramento Bee, have votes, and Miss Dorothy Thompson, in one of her recent articles, asserts reproduced stories and pictures sup­ Other that the bulk of the communists of plied by the department. newspapers and magazines using ma­ the country will vote for him rather terial of a like nature include the than for Mr. Earl Browder. Denver Post, Cincinnati Enquirer, There is not much doubt about Chicago Tribune, New York Ameri­ that. Some of the more influential can, Indiana Teacher, Sunset, Stan­ communist leaders openly say so. dard Oil Bulletin, Sierra Educational This is not because Mr. Roosevelt has News, Motorland, and Hunting and either communistic leanings or sym­ Fishing. pathies. He has neither. None-the- Much of the 33 per cent increase in less from the communist viewpoint motor travel to Oregon this year may his re-election plays their game and be attributed to the state’s advertis­ hta defeat would be regarded as un­ ing campaign and to that of the Ever­ fortunate—a setback for them. green Playground Association. It is true that those who are dis­ satisfied with the American system, A recent survey shows that as of impatient with the constitution and December 31, 1935, there were 11,- irritated with the supreme court are 120,025 persons in the United States on the Roosevelt side. They certain­ who were securing either their total ly ar« against Lanodn. That is not income or part of their income from a partisan statement. It ta a simple the federal government. In other presentation of a fact. words approximately one person out On the other hand, behind Mr. of 11 in the United States was re­ Landon are massed with singular ceiving income from the public treas­ solidity the so-called business inter­ ury which the taxpayers support. ests of the county—big and little. Should the people support the gov­ Behind him, too, are an over-whelm­ ernment or should the government If one out of ing proportion of the professional support the people? rimes thu doctors, the lawyer, ar­ eleven is so supported why not the chitects, engineers, clergymen and other ten! more than $1,000,000 ever collected in one month. Secretary of State Snell counted $1,091,418.92 in the till last month. The previous record month was August, 1935, at $958,118 24 Since the first of the year, $5,769,- 755.36 has been collected—$757,879.40 more than came in during the ^jrst seven months last »year. I? 17 yfari, Oregon has received $75,1 gas taxes. Smith Wood-Products, Inc C UILLE, OREGON We are closing out our stock at the old Prosper Mill and have some good buys for quick sale. Knotty Port Orford Cedar T and G VIS 1 X 3^0 1 X 12 Clear Kiln Dried 4 Douglas Fir Finish Douglas Fir Flooring & Celling 1x4 Tongue and Grooved Port Orford Flooring and Ceiling We carry a complete line of 1x3 to 2x12 No. 1 and No. 2 Common Cedar, suitable for all building purposes, surfaced or rough. Consult the Retail Department for our low prices on Cedar. Let us show you our Lumber Stocks in warehouse and on dock at the Smith Wood-Products Plant No Order Too Small—Stick or a Carload attention, with the oppbsiion coming CRACK CAVALRY AT STATE FAIR from the Taypayers Protective Assn , Governor Martin has adopted a headed by Harold J. Warner, Port­ new policy of personally interview­ land attorney. ing every youthful first offender he Directors of School District No. 1, transfers from the state penitentiary Portland, supported and the East Side to the boys’ training school at Wood­ Taxpayers opposed a tax limitation bum. By calling the boys into his amendment for the district. F. N. private office one at a time and hav­ Derby, of Salem, and other tax con­ ing heart-to-heart talks with them, servation league members advocated the governor hopes to get them start­ a property tax limitation which la­ ed on the right track and a useful re­ bor, the grange and the Oregon Ad­ turn to society. visory council on Public Schools at­ When the population of the peni­ tacked. Dr. 8. T. Donohue, Eugene tentiary zoomed to 1001, a condition dentist, supported hta constitutional unprecedented in Oregon history, the amendment to repeal the so-called state parole board began to loosen "advertising dentists” law and per­ somewhat. On the board’s recom­ mit truthful advertising of a business mendation, the governor in two days’ or professional, but the Portland Bet­ time signed conditional parolee for ter Business Bureau filed against the 28 men and one woman, but didn’t measure. let them all out in one day. Some of Formation In the mucical drill to bo given at ths Diamond Jubileo The anti-Columbia river fish trap the payrolls will not be effective for Oregon Stato Fair In Salem September 7 to 13 by tho 11th Cavalry .and seine bill, advanced by gillnet Exhibition Plateen, Freddie of Monterey, Calif. Drillo and etunto several months. Many are given on fishermen, was opposed by seiners’ by tho eavalrymen will bo a fosfuro of tho night horoo ehow. the condition that the convicts leave union, although the bill may not get the state immediately. The governor on the ballot. Optional military often adds this provision himself. Dr. G. C. Stem, chiropractic physi­ training in institutions of higher edu­ with 205,433 pupils in school. County Pencilled on a number of documents cation was opposed by five persons, school superintendents in all parts of cian. foot correctionist. electro thera­ when they come from the executive’, including men high in the ranks of the state have reported to Howard pist, 292 Moulton St., phone 86J 22tf desk is this notation: "And leave the American Legion. Sponsors of that several thousand children have state. CHM.” Other convicts are the bill were too late to get their af­ come ino Oregon in recent months Buy local bread and support homt turned over to federal officials for Sill firmative argument in the pamphlet come Into Oregon in recent months industry. deportation or released to other states areas of the middle west. where they will immediately enter The state liquor control commiasfop other peniteniaries to serve time for Oregon has gained 204 doctors of 'made |111,177.26 last month by sell­ previous crimes. G. T. COOK ing $589.437 85 worth of bottled medicine and surgery, osteopaths, The governor is determined to have goods. So far this year, the profit has chiropractors and naturopaths in the Brick Mason the fame of Oregon's state peniten­ been $770,914.99 on sales of $3,857,- last three years, according to the state tiary spread far and wide as a tough, 947.25. board of higher education. That Fireplaces and Chimneys hard-boiled place, not easy to get out many persons out of 236 who have P. O. Box 62. Coquille of. “Then the lawbreakers will think Emergency freight rates on hay and taken the basic science examination twice and pass Oregon by,” the gov­ other feed from Oregon to drought since the “healing arts” law was ernor said. regions of Montana and the Dakotas passed in 1933, have been given cer­ have been put into effect by three tificates. Examinations are given in .The first court attack on Oregon's railroads. Rates were cut from $13.50 human anatomy, physiology, path­ jobless insurance law failed to worry to $8.50 per t