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The Coquille
THE PAPER THAT’S LIKE A LETTER FROM HOME
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VOL. XXXU.
COQUILLE. COOS COUNTY. OBEOON, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 4, 19«.
NO. 34.
425 Now Working at Plant
'Mra. Wilder Injured Tuesday '
IT’S A BIG GASSER
KT..
'knnlrioist *
No details as to how the accident
happened have been received here,
but Mrs. W. Raymond Wilder suf
fered what is termed ?n “incomplete”
skull fracture, near Arcata, Calif.,
about noon on Tuesday, With Mr.
and Mrs. Wilder were Mrs. Lee Pe-
terson, who was on her way to Al-
bany, Calif., for a visit, and D. F.
Thompson.
The party left Coquille at five a.
m. Tuesday and Mrs. Peterson con-
tinued on by bus to her destination.
An incomplete fracture is not con
sidered to be of a most serious na
ture and as the Wilders are expected
home tomorrow, it is thought Mrs.
Wilder is not in grave danger.
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Million Feet a Day Is Estimate
of Flow from Sand
Tapped Yesterday
Did Not Want Mrs. Burkhart Meeting to Be Held Here Next
Wednesday Evening —
as State Senator
’ Candidate
Important to AU
The Smith Wood-Products plant
now has considerably more em
ployees on its payroll than it had a
month ago.
Tuesday morning the
total was ?18 and is now in excess of
42S. But that is 150 to 200 short of
the number who will be employed
when the new fir saw mill and the
plywood plant are completed.
A representative of the manufac
turer at Plainesville, Ohio, arrived
here the first of the week and with
a crew of local employees began the
setting up of the drying machinery
for the plywood plant. One of the
pieces of machinery is the 500 ton
press for pressing the veneer sheets
into plywood.
A meeting which is of vital interest
Local Townsend members are
considerably incensed over an inter to every resident of the Coquille
view and item which appeared in a vallley will be held in the city hall
Marshfield paper this week that Dr. here next Wednesday evening, Sept.
Ralph Shadduck had railroaded Mrs. 9, at 7:30 o’clock. .
The meeting is sponsored by the
Burkhart, of North Bend, out of the
race as an independent candidate for Chamber of Commerce. D. D. Dick
inson. who has been engaged to pre
state senator.
In the first place, Mrs. Burkhart sent the valley’s case at the hearing
had never been in the race, had not1 on Flood Control, ,
held here
detail what Penney’s Free Show for Children
been nominated and had nothing Sept. 18, will exp
is hoped to be galnedr. by the right
from which to withdraw.
Following its annuel custom the J.
In the next place, Dr. Shadduck kind ot a showing at the hearing.
C. Penney store here is giving a free
More and more are Coquille people
was not involved in any way.
He
matine
at
the
Liberty theatre
came down from Portland Tuesday 1 becoming aroused to the multitudin-
evening at the request ot a single i Ous advantages which will accrue if tomorrow afternoon to which all
This is the
Townsend member, and neither thesthe government spends hundreds of children are invited.
officers' of the local club nor more than thousands of dollars in controlling third year that the company has
one of its members knew he was com- the fall and spring floods in the val- made this nice gesture for the young
folks’ entertainment.
ing until Monday evening. It now ap- ( ley, and provides a suitable depth of
water
on
the
bar
at
Bandon,
and
this
pears that the invitation was sent in 1
the interest of Mrs. Burkhart's candi is an opoprtunity for all to get first Coquille to Be Closed Monday
dacy and that she had notified clubs hand information as to what it is
Next Monday is Labor Dey and in
in other towns that Dr. Shadduck proposed to do.
Coquille every business house which
The Coquille Chamber of Com- is not open on Sunday will be closed
afternoon that the continual caving at Newport, will be opened Sunday was to be in Coquille Tuesday eve
merce, Tuesday noon, appropriated for the day.
The Labor Day cele-
in made further drilling impossible,, to permit Labor Day travel go up ning.
Dr. Shaduck stated to the meeting 1100 toward the expense of getting bration is to be held in the Norway
until the six-inch casing is run. There and down the 'whole Oregon coast
is about 500 feet of open hole below without a second’s wait for ferries, I in W. O.’W. hall here Tuesday eve ready for the hearing, to which is Grove.
that an independent candidate added the 875 which the Eagles re
the 8-inch casing now and it will be
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i ning
for office could be nominated by an alized at a recent dance. The city of
a week or ten days before the 6-inch
! assembly of 250 legal voters, if the Bandon has already raised between
can be rurt.
meeting had been advertised for a 8200 and 8300 and the two ports have
After that is done the drilling will
period of ten days in three newspa contributed a hundred dollars apiece.
be continued to a lower
if the
pers of the district.
pressure is not too greaTto be over
But he had nothing to do with the
A permanent Coquille Valley Hood
come.
The Coquille Woman’s Club will
Mrs. Glenn A. Collier, of Arago, a presentation of Henry Gustafson’s Control committee, composed of two
Mr. Marrion was a most jubilant ! native of Coos county, passed away
hold its first fall meeting next Tues
name into the senatorial muddle.
representatives of each of the three
man this morning, for hitting the gas 'at her home Wednesday morning af-
day. Sept. 8, at 2:15 p. m. in the Epis
During the evening a message was cities, Coquille, Myrtle Point and
at the 1100 foot level bears out his Iter a few hours’ illness.
copal Guild hall.
received
from
Marshfield
where
a
Bandon,
was
organized
at
a
meeting
contention, which is backed by scien
Important business in connection
Funeral services are to be con meeting of the Union Labor council,
(Continued on Page Eight)
tific theories that the structure tilts ducted at the Schroeder Chapel here
with the proposed tennis courts is to
the Eagles and the Grange was held,
upward from the old well and that ■ this afternoon at 2:00 o’clock by Rev.
be considered, and an interesting
stating that Mr. Gustafson's name'
Drunks Endanger Traffic
the new location ta near the apex of . jonn
john nooi.
Root. interment win
will be
the
program has been arranged. It will
dc in tne
was
under
consideration
there
—
not
I old I. O. O. F. cemtery.
the structure.
include a solo by Miss Anne Barton;
|
About
six
o
’
clock
Wednesday
eve
here.
This
,
_ gas sand is 130 feet less in I : Deceased was bom Zoebida Robi-
violin selection by Miss Audrey
The local Townsend club had noth ning Officers Kermit Shaw and
depth than was the gas flow struck
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Caleb
Aasen, accompanied at the piano by
l
Frank
McCreary
saw
two
men
drive
ing to do with the suggestion nor had
by the old Fat Elk company several Robison. in Coquille. July 2, 1880. Dr’ Shadduck. whT^'b£n*Ted to.
Miss Edythe Farr; and an address by
them 'vh° wer* *° drunk
years ago, and before Mr. Marrion
wafi
month an(j seven days suppose that he was coming down ™*ld not
‘heir heads up. The Mrs. W. S. Nicholson, of Marshfield,
:ion
had any p
’ * with
" the local p,,; 5$ yMra trf age.
from Portland to give advlee on how
caught up with the pair a on “Oregon Flax ”
out his theory that . She ,was
field
It
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Mrs. O. C. Sanford, club pruldssit,
married to Mr. Collier the Townsend club numbers coufa
out <rf town and Mate that
the oil and gas showings in the old thirty-eix years ago.
nominate an independent candidate
Wind curve theJ
squarely has arranged for the display of 16
well will be tremendously increased ( Survivors
Survivors include her
ner widower
wiaower and
articles from the state loan exhibit,
I on the wrong side of the road.
for state senator.
as corresponding levels are struck in four
showing all stages of the flax from
....... children — Henry
....... . Collier,
--------- , of
A self-starter in politics, especially 1 Not having had a doctor examine
this well. .
North Bend, Miss Ethel Collier, of in a movement like the Townsend the men that evening, Mr. Shaw took the raw material to the finished
The gas struck yesterday might Portland, Harry and Lee, who live at
linen.
club plan, usually finds that the them before Recorder Leslie yester
easily be compared with the showing home in Arago. Also two sisters ana
The ladies of Coquille and vicinity
day
morning,
where
they
were
mechanism has back-fired.
in the old hole at about 100 to 1.
two brothers survive, Mrs. H. L.
Whether Mr Gustafson is to re charged with reckless driving. Don are most cordially invited to attend.
Piped to Coquille this well would Crawford, of North Bend, Mrs. Zen-
I
Following are the committee chair
ceive an independent nomination to Wilson was fined 820 by the judge
supply the present population very I aba Whitmark, of Powers, Ithamer
men who have' been appointed by
and
Arnold
Groves,
$10.
Both
were
oppose the republican and democratic
easily, and at a conservative, low Robison, of Fat Elk. and Jesse Robi
Mrs Sanford to serve the coming
candidate—Ben Chandler and George from Myrtle Point.
price for gas figure, might be worth son, of Fishtrap.
year: Mrs. F S. Emery, parliamen
W.
P
Gheer
was
fined
820
by
the
Chaney—will probably be made pub
$200 a day at the well.
recorder Tuesday morning on a reck tarian; Mrs. C. J. Fuhrman, civic;
lic in a short time.
Should the pressure render further
less driving charge, liquor being re Mrs. W. H. Mansell, finance; Mrs. C.
Mrs. Grant Harry Buried
drilling in this well impossible, Mr.
V. Smith, educational; Mrs. Lafe
sponsible for the recklessness.
Funeral
services
were
conducted
Services
for
Mrs.
Egenhoff
Marrion intends starting another well
Compton, hospitality; Mrs. H. A.
Raymond
Elspas
forfeited
85.00
church nere
here yes-
yes-
just a few feet from the present one.! I at Assembly of God enuren
Funeral services are to be held at bail Tuesday. He was arrested Mon Slack, library; Mrs. C. E Niles, mem-
mnminrt of IfiOA
and ultimately to”dril'l 'seve'ral’in’tli, tnrriav
‘¿rday„"
’TL"8, “L*0;30 °’C,OCk’ by
the Peterson Funeral Home in North day night for being intoxicated.
bership; Mrs. Ora X. Maury, cour-
| Mrs. Hazel McLeod, for Mrs. Grant
Bend, on Sunday at 2:00 p. m., for
neighborhood.
„
,
, du / dv ln«t
, .
tesy; Mrs. R. B. Rogen, press; Mn.
This well, which was more or less ' Harrv
»«7; u/hn
. Mrs. Maud Egenhoff who died last
R. E. Boober, publicity; Mn. M. O.
Investigating Saw Mill Fire
in the
the nature
nature of
of a
a test,
test, has
has proved
proved the
the' I da - >,■» th« home °f her 8on’ Howard Monday at the home of her daughter,
in
Hawkins, pianist; Mn. Geo. W. Bry
Sam A. Malehom, former deputy
existence of gas in this section, and —' _ . Interment was in the Ma- Mrs. E. C. Wylie, in Los Angeles.
ant, song leader; Mn. Jack LeFevre,
!
sonic
cemetery
conducted
by
Schroe-
it will not be surprising if a corres
She is survived by her mother, Mrs sheriff of Coos county, and now a needlecraft guild; Mn. Jas. Watson,
! der Bros.
ponding large flow of oil is also
C. Mills, of North Bend; one daugh member of the state police force, pioneer jubilee.
—
I Heart trouble was the cause of her
struck at a greater depth.
ter; a son. Rev. Carl J. Egenhoff, of stopped in Coquille for lunch yester-
At any rate, congratulations and dea‘h
North Bend; a brother, Don Mills, of day noon. He was on his way to
Bergen’s Buy Place for Shop
best wishes are due W. E. Marrion,' „
Harry was
Elizabeth Mc- Charleston, and two sitesrs, Mrs. Roy Mussel creek, 15 miles south of Port
J. D. Bergen, of Marshfield, has
who has had faith in the valley as an!Creary'
1859' in Blipois. She Strickland, of Sumner, and Mrs. Min Orford, where the A. A. Dimmick
sawmill was destroyed by fire at purchased of Mrs. M. H. Wickham,
oil and gas possibility and who has wai married In 1884 to Howard nie Harris, of Marshfield.
the two lots and house on the high
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stuck
to the task - of proving
his con Morse English, at Xenia, Ohio. He
Mrs. R. E. Nosier, of this city, was Midnight Monday. The fire is sup
way directly across the street from
posed to be of incendiary, origin.
tentions in the face of the most dis 1 passed away several years ago
a cousin of the deceased.
On April 9, 1931, she was united
A resident there was looking out the telephone office and about Oct.
heartening obstacles.
1 will open a flower shop there, after
in marriage to Grant Harry, who
Dividing Line for Grade Pupils his window and saw the fire in one the improvement and addition to the
survives her.
spot
which
immediately
spread
over
Mrs. Collier Injured at Salem
Other survivors are her two daugh- 1 In his school article in last week's the entire building.
building have been made.
During
Hit by a Minnesota car which came , ters, Mrs Pearl Hisey and Mrs. id* | Sentinel, SuP‘ p w Lane s‘ated that
The loss is estimated at 810,000 September Mrs. Ida Owen will con
booming out of a side street at 30 Lamb, both of Lindsay, Calif.; four'the Henry street bridge was the di- I with no insurance. Whether the mill tinue the flower shop for them in
miles an hour, the driver paying no sons, Wm. H.. also of Lindsay, How- ' vidin8 line btween the Lincoln and will be rebuilt has not been an the room now occupied at the Roose
attention to the stop sign, the A. B. ard L. and Lewis, of Coquille, and Washington buildings for grade pu- nounced.
velt Super Servicec station.
Collier car was hit on the rear wheel Frank, of Marshfield. A sister. Miss P*ls- It is, but what he meant to say
Mrs. R E. Harbison is to be in
and turned over on its side in Salem Ella McCreary, resides in Xenia, was that ‘hose youngsters living
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson to Vacation charge of the new shop with Mr.
last Friday evening.
south of the Fourth street gulch
Harbison, a brother of Mrs. Bergen,
Ohio.
Dr. and Mrs. M Earl Wilson moved
Both Mr. and Mrs. Collier, who had
Mrs. Harry came to California in'would attend the Washington build-
here a part of the time.
gone up there to see their daughter, 1907 and lived at Lindsay until 1919 ing and those to the north of it the on Wednesday of this week to their
The plans contemplate the erection
Kathleen, were badly shaken and 1 when she came to Coquille. She was Lincoln building. Pupils living on new home on Coquille Heights. Mr. of a glass front and side room, ex
bruised and 1
Collier suffered | an acfjve member of the Coquille As- Spurgeon Hill are given their choice and Mrs. U. E. Clary are now occupy tending from the present house to the
ing the former Wilson home on Third
three fractured ribs. She was taken sembly of God, a highly respected as to which building they attend.
sidewalk. It is not expected that it
street.
to the hospital but was able to return lady and one whose departure brings
will be done this year but a conser
Today the doctor and his family
with Mr. Collier Monday evening.
Eaton’s Feed Store Moves
vatory for the growing of potted
grief to a wide circle of friends.
left
for
Portland
to
visit
for
a
few
“I Just couldn’t get out of his way,”
Eaton’s £eed Store, which has oc- days and to attend the golden wed- plants may be built in 1937.
says Mr. Collier, who added that the
Too Steep for Tobogganing
cupied the comer room in the Sen- ¿¡ng anniversary of the doctor’s par- j It is also expected to use a portion
man was so honest about it, assum
—- ■
Mr
t Wjlgon AU of the 100 feet square lot for the rais
The first thought one has when tlnel * building since last October,
ing all the blame and paying for Mrs.
moved its stock the first of the month five of their children will be there ing of flowers and bulbs, and when
Collier’s hospital bill and the car re I looking at the small building Gros
the decorating, shrub-planting, etc.,
has
had
constructed
next
to
’
to Mrs Birdie Skeels' building on for the observance.
Wood
pair bill, that he filed no charges
is completed the Coquille branch of
Bill’s Place, and which be will use Fronl street, formerly occupied by
Shortly after Dr. and Mrs. Wilson
against him.
Bergen’s will be a most attractive
as a pop com and confectionery the Busy Comer.
return next week they will leave for
place.
The
Sentinel
comer
has
been
O. E. S. to Meet September 10 stand, is that he is expecting a hard leased by the Southwestern Motor southern California for a vacation
winter with Jots of snow, It’s re-
which will last the rest of September.
The summer vacation period being mindful of the steep-roofed buildings Co,, which will use the room for its
B. P. W. to Meet Tuesday
over, Beulah Chapter No. 6, O. E. S., at Crater Lake.
It will be an at body repair shop, moving from the
Because of Labor Day on Monday,
will hold its first fall meeting, in Ma tractive little structure at that when present quarters at the Roosevelt ser- Sam Whetstone Buried Wed.
the B. P. W. meeting will be held on
sonic Temple, next Thursday eve completed.
Graveside
services
were
conducted
vice station.
Tuesday next week, at 8:00 p. m. at
ning. Sept. 10, at 8 p. m.
Refresh
by Schroeder Bros. Mortuaries at the
the home of Mrs. Georgia Richmond,
ments will be served and the worthy
Masonic cemetery at 2:00 p. m. Wed
M.
E.
Quarterly
Conference
president of the club. Since there is
City
’
s
Budget
Outlined
matron. Mrs. Camilla Rietman, asks
nesday for Sam Whetstone who died
The first quarterly conference of
Figures were not available this during Wednesday night last week. important business to be transacted,
that all members remember the date
all members are urged to be present.
the
Cascade
district
of
the
Methodist
morning
of the budget prepared last
and attend if possible.
Episcopal church for the conference evening by the city budget commit
W, c. T. U. to Meet Friday
The entire teaching staff of the
The first meeting after the sum year was held in the Coquille M. E. tee, but it is stated they will be with
Coquille schools has arrived, or will
The
Coquille
W.
C.
T.
U.
will
meet
church.
Rev.
G.
A.
Gray
pastor,
on
in
the
six
per
cent
limitation.
The
mer vacation of the Episcopal Guild
by tomorrow, and Supt. Lane has
will be held in Guild Hall next Wed Tuesday afternoon. Dr S. W. Hall, only raise in salaries was 85 a month next Friday, Sept. 11, at 2:00 p. m., at
everything in readiness to start the
the
F.
G.
Leslie
home
on
South
of
Salem,
district
superintendent,
was
to
the
two
deputy
marshals,
bringing
nesday afternoon, Sept. 9, at two
1938-37 school year next Tuesday.
Beach street.
here to conduct the conference.
their pay up Jo 8125 a month.
o’clock.
A million foot a day gas well! That
is the estimate of the flow at the
Marrion well beyond Fat Elk.
And how she blows!
The roar in the derrick house this
morning when Mr. Marrion opened
the valve and struck a match was
deafening. For at least three feet
from the pipe there was no flame, the
force of the escaping gas forcing the
flame way above the pipe, and the
Rains Started on Time
flame itself shot well up in the der
King Rain got started promptly this
rick.
year on the first day of fall. It was
The Sentinel man has no idea of
not enough to stop the logging trucks
how much roar a million feet gasser
but was a foretaste of the coming fall
will make, but can easily believe that
and winter.
Mr. Marrion and J. O. Bryant, the
It begins to look as though Coos
geologist who has been living out
county would suffer very little from
there at the Marrion’s, are correct in
forest fires this year.
their estimate; perhaps they have un
derestimated it.
Newport Bridge Opens Sunday
The sand was touched about noon
The last of the five Coast Highway
yesterday at a depth of 1115 feet and
the pressure became so strong in the ‘ bridges, the one across the Yaquina
MRS. COLLIER
BURIED TODAY
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I
WOMAN’S CLUB
COMMITTEES
City’s Indebtedness Is That
Much Less Than It
\tfas January 1
City Treasurer Sickels’ report for
August, to be submitted to the city
council next Tuesday evening, will
show that since the first of January
the indebtedness of the city of Co
quille has been reduced by 820,210.06.
Of this amount 813,210.06 Is on war
rant debt and 87,000 is bond retire
ment.
Of the 840,640.05 cash and securi
ties which is now in the city treasury,
820,293.98 is city paper which has
been accepted in payment of street
assessments and other items due the
city, and 817,602.53 is cash in the
bank.
One reason the cash balance is so
large is that there were no interest
period maturities in August, which Is
the only time at which callable bonds
may be retired. There are some pay
ments which can be made this month,
but early next year there will be
about 826,000 worth of maturing ten-
year bonds for which the city must
have funds on hand at that time.
The city's total debt is now 8248,-
401.39, and its water works system,
based on its earning power, or what
it would cost to replace it, is worth
more than that.
All the bond men who have been
in Coquille recently have congratu
lated the city officials on the excel
lent financial condition of the city.
Ulett Gives Winch for Float
At the Lions club luncheon yester
day F. A. Pook announced that Geo
Ulett had agreed to donate the load
ing winch at the old mill which is be
ing dismantled, for use at the new
floating dock recently built on the
river for the use of boat owners.
With it the owners of pleasure craft
may lower their boats from trailler
to river or raise them from the river.
It will be a decided addition to the
dock facilities.
Although all the work that the city
intended doing on the dock this year
has now been finished, the dock is
not yet completed and a Lions club
committee—F. A. Pook, R. L. Stew
art and Geo. A. Ulett—was named to
appear before the city’s budget com
mittee at their session last evening to
ask that funds for its completion be
budgeted for next year.
Revival at Church of Christ
The Church of Christ has announc
ed an evangelistic meeting to begin
September 8 and to close October 4.
Howard Hutchins, minister of the
church at Oregon City, will do the
preaching.
Mrs. Earl Chandler, of
Sheridan, will lead the singing and
conduct the children’s work. Both of
these workers are outstanding in
their fields of labor. Services will be
held as usual on Sundays, and on
week nights except Saturday. The
night services will begin at 7:30. The
public is invited.
Some of the subjects for the fore
part of the meeting are: “Safety
First," "Is the Church a Parasite?**
“The Bible, Is It of God, Man, or the
Devil?" “The Miracle of the Ages,"
“The Christ of the Jerusalem Road,”
Seven Degrees for the Prodigal,” "A
Peculiar People."
Philip Johnson Visits Old Home
After an absence of eight years
during which time he passed through
Coquille once, Phillip Johnson was
greeting old friends here the first of
this week.
He and Mrs. Johnson
came in last Friday and left Tuesday,
taking with them their son, “Buddy,”
who had spent six weeks here with
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E.
Johnson.
Philip is manager of the Olympic
Refining Co., located at Long Beach,
Calif., and from his appearance life
in sunny southern Cal. agrees with
him.
Seal Sale Chairmen Named
Mrs. C. V. Smith, chairman of the
Coos County Health Association, an
nounced Monday that
Clarence
Osika, of Coquille, had been named
as publicity chairman for the Christ
mas Seal sale and that preparation
for the sale which starts the day after
Thanksgiving and ends at Christmas,
would be begun soon. Mrs. Lee Hand,
of Coquille, is Seal sale chairman.
Judge J. T. Brand, who returned
the first of the month from his va
cation, is holding motion day in cir
cuit court here today and will hold
another next Tuesday,