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VOL. XXXIII. The Coquille at 20.7 Foot Stage Is All Over the Landscape Dike Portion of Highway Closed to Traffic Tuesday Evening— 20 Inches Rain Ths Month N. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 85, IMI. COQUILLE, COO* COUNTY, O NO. 46. Union Thanksgiving Service The union Thanksgiving service of the Coquille churches will be held this year on Wednesday evening at the Baptist church, located on South Elliott street. The services will be gin at 7:30 p. m. with Rev. W. A, Stephens, pastor of the Baptist church, presiding. The public to in vited to attend. The order of service is as follows: Opening hymns, congregation. Prayer, Rev. R. D. E. Smith, As sembly of God. Scripture Lesson, Rev. Howard L. Graybeal, Pioneer Methodist church. Hymn, "America The Beautiful," Choral Club. Prayer for offering for Children’s Farm Home, Rev. O. A. Gray, M. E. Sermon, “It Is a Good Thing to Give Thanks unto the Lord,” Earl F. Downing, Church of Christ. Anthem, "All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name,” Choral Club. Benediction, Rev. George R. Tur ney, Episcopal. ' Coos Budget Adopt Coquille's Labor ed—$609,279 to Troubles As Viewed Be Raised by Ta by C. C. Chapman No Change in Grand Total Made Oregon Voter Editor Say« “Em at Pubic Hearng Held Here ployment la Paramount 1a* Monday Morning Which la Correct High Water Closes Plant Only the battery separator depart ment of the Smith Wood Prpducts plant, and the fir mill on a reduced schedule, have been in operation this week. High water, making it 'impossible to get logs, caused the Plywood plant to shut down Man- day but it will resume operations as soon as logs can be handled, Geo. A. Ulett stated this morning. He also stated that his company had not been called into the con ferences being held Tuesday and Wednesday. When the unions have agreed to an arbitration of their dif ferences and settlement announced, the Smith company will then be ready to take part in a move for permanent peace—if such such a thing is ever possible. Strike Settlement No Nearer Solution Than A Week Ago Longshoremen Load Smith Product at Portland But Re fuse to Do It at the Bay The Chamber of Commerce com the heading, “Employment mittees, four men from Marshfeld Paramount Isgue,” the edi- and four from Coquille, began hold of the Oregon Voter, C. C. Chap ing session* yesterday morning with man, wrote the following after his seven men from the C. I. O. unions visit to Coquille on Tueaday last and seven from the A. F. of L. sitting week, and it was published In last in on the conference yesterday after week's Voter. The Sentinel reprints noon. the article, not because it agrees with Mr. Chapman says, for it No results were accomplished Inspecting Possible P. O. Sites yesterday and adjournment was not, but because he is writing Floyd Williams, of Washington, D. taken until 10 o’clock this morning. bout Coquille’s big industry after The reported A. F. of L. stand is had, as he stated to his talk Tues- Cn construction engineer of the noon, “sat in On the C. I. O. postoffice department, was in Co that the settlement of the jurisdic- that morning, and had had quille this morning and met with *us to»as MNasgRtoac _------ N«t to dfe FR u M c for the general fund, »47,727? inter, president of the A. F. of L. Geo. H. Chaney, H. L. Claterbos, A. . E. P. Marsh, federal labor conciliator. thephfttflht Wffle rfift N. Gould and H. A. Slack. The com It to a peculiar condition which Figures are not available here as i the bridge fund, and »164,845.93 for plywood union. The last car to cross the dike was mittee took Mr.. Williams around the • exists on the Pacific coast now. The ; the general road fund. That he is prejudiced against the to the number who registered last the double-decked Greyhound stage Estimated revenues are »44,4: &.F.of L. because of its activities business section shewing him the r Smith Wood-Products lumber which this morning which came through week in the unemployed census. . The for the general, none for the brjdgq in Portland is just as apparent in various sites which have been sug the longshoremen at Marshfield re instructions to the postmasters are under its own power. and »90,732.32 for the road fund, his Voter article as it was in his gested as locations for the new fed fused to handle, resulting in the The highway department had explicit that the totals be not made leaving to be raised by taxation. speech at the Chamber of Commerce eral building. Postmaster Hawkins i closing of that port more than two public, although the instructions maintained a tow service until sev 8487,488.05 tor the general, »47,737.- weeks ago, was shipped by rail to meeting here, but it is always well was also one of the party.. en o’clock Tuesday evening but had seem to have been violated at other 49 for the bridge, and 874,113.61 for to know what the other fellow Portland and loaded there oo the to quit then. The last string of six points in the state. the roads, making a total of 8609,- thinks even though we do not not West Ira, the same boat which was or seven cars all got so much water 279.15 which must be raised by taxa« agree with him. awaiting it at Marehfield. The pe that it was impossible start them af lion. However, 816,000 at - that We do bgree with him that the culiar thing is that the longshoremen ter being towed to Front street. amount, levied for high school tul- Wagner law sh there, who dd load it, belong to the The North Bank road, from Beaver tion, will be assessed against only a ynake it bold th same unon as the longshoremen at Hill Junction to Bullards has been County Assessor Beyers’ office ] Marshfield. Harry Bridges’ edict to part of the school districts. sponsible for tl open but reports this morning are yesterday released tax levies for ( evidently more potent with In the budget there is set aside holds the empl the A. L. Beck’s resignation as princi that the water has finally crossed cities, ports and school districts in ] Portland I. L. A. than it to with the »111,000 for debt reduction, and ap- law is not just: pal of the Lincoln school, or rather that road at the Joe Nulf place. the county. The figures put Coquille Coos i Bay local. The Myrtle Point highway is open his request for release from his con proximately »104,000 for relief of all at the head of the list of towns in kinds. This latter item to »50,000 At Coquille, Orogoo, 4we M assa The West Ira to reported on its all the way to Roseburg with no im- tract, was granted, by the directors Coos county with a total levy of 79.7 i way back to Marshfield to await " ~ mediate prospect that ft will go of school district, No. 8, at their to »60,000 larger than it was a few Chusetts yankees and a Kansas City - .=i lumberman have used eight years of mills, 7.4 mills greater than it was 1 meeting Monday evening.__ t_____ . years ago. . U|tUCi>> __ under.. The charge’ made that the county the depression to build up an indus last year. it will take' on more Smith product The gauge at the bridge here this Mr. Beck has been principal of The levy for city purposes here is ' exceeded its budget last year by some trial establishment that provides Junior High for four years and, morning showed the water to be As a matter regular employment to seven hun half a mill lees than it was a year 20.7 feet above mean river level, since receiving his master’s degree »20,000 is incorrect. Pelt Show ago, being 22.5 mills as against 23 which is two feet below the high at Stanford last summer, he desires of fact it spent »30,000 less than its dred men and women. This em The pelting of silver fox and mink _ _ __ by _ in 1936. But the school levy has in to placed In jeopardy water of 1936 and about the same as to take the advanced step which the budget. The misstatement was made _ ployment creased 5.9 mills, from 24 9 to 90.8; will soon be in full swing. A new — ... __ ____ _______ i by • muni nP«l reseaf€h_ bur6gu_.ini the labor union war, A majority -of jt was the two flood' in January of degree qualifies him for and h* has spied the supe'rintendency’of 'the' Portland and was due to the fact the employe« do not want any union the Port of Bandon has increased 1 adventure Joeing attempted by the toi* ■ year. —•----- -- — —--------- ——! 1 unless thqy have, to .have. one. in. or« -JL® and the state] Coquille UnH of tax and mtek breed He and Mrs. thq^ the county general fund It’s a duck holiday for they get • Jacksonville school. th.' row! 850,000 while to protect thate amp lnym a W and. * county “ levy is 34.1 mills “ where ers is a pelt and fur show, which to to be staged in the new Odd. Fellows' test the legality of the road They signed up originally with A. F. it was 22.7 last year. covers the bottoms that hunters 1 their new location. Eastside and Bandon have not yet building in Coquille oo December Since the of L., and now the same men who He stated to the Sentinel Tuesday was in progress. could hardly reach them with a rifle. been figured by the assessor, and 5th, beginning at 10 a. m. and last Aside from .the inconvenience of that ha .wtobed to express hto appre baud* were aelA the850,000 has been i agitated for unionization and led them into A. F. of L. are heading up Lakeside levied no special tax but ing all day until into the evening. an' embargo on travel and the delay ciation to the people of Coquille for returned to the geenral fund. This style and fur show will be open the C. I. O. in full feud. The com the combined levies for the other the co-operation they have shown in mails to Bandon and south there to the public. A special program of towns In the county are Coquille, munity of Coquille, valuing the in- has been very little damage to prop him and the Junior High during his 1100 Seals Sent Out Here 78.7 mills; North Bind, 79«; Marsh instrumental and vocal music will be - dustry as thfy -Wffl may'in what 11 erty-_ ha< b©HLmflved_to bam- stay hare-—,. Eleven hundred' individuals and has done for their city, are giving field, 78; Myrtle Point, 73.8; and presented for the entertainment of second fioort or to the hill lands, for At their meeting Monday evening firms in Coquille will receive letters their A. F. of L. full local support, Empire, 69.4. friends and guests interested in the the ranchers have had ample warn the directors authorized Supt. B. W. Friday, Nov. 26, from the Coquille w*th enthusiasm now that the local The special city levies for those fur exhibit. This section of Oregon Dunn to attend the O. S. T. A. meet ing of the flood. committee in charge of Christmas has rid itself of leadership which the towns are Marshfield, 26.3 mills; and the entire west coast to becoming ing during the Christmas holidays. Seal sales, asking them to accept the community deems destructive.. North Bend, 26.1; Coquille, 22.5; quite noted for its 'production of The board ordered that fire extin Jensen to Wrestle Friday enclosed seals and return a check. fine furs, especially the lieautiful It to in the manufacture of Vene Myrtle Point, 18.1; Empire, 11.8. guishers be placed in the basement Mrs. A. L. Beck, of Coquille, who tian blind stock and stock for battery . For the first time in three weeks silver fox, which to most in demand The Port of Coos Bay has levied a of the high school building and that a wrestling card is scheduled for the heads the Coos county seal sale separators that the industry is speci millage of 7.5 where it was 7.9 last by women of discriminating taste. a fire alarm button also be placed Community Building here. It will drive, announced today that the lo alizing. For these specialties it uses year and the Port of Bandon levy is In addition to the entertainment there. come off this Friday, Nov. 26. Last cal committee has prepared the 900 Port Orford cedar. It also manu 2.3 mills. provided, and the general interest Besides allowing the month’s bills week’s card had to be postponed due letters and will place them in the factures fir plylock. The levy for Myrtle Point Union that will be created in this new in Aside from the directors discussed the new gym to the fact that the high school had post office Wednesday night. high school district is the same as dustry throughout this section of these refined products, marketed nasium plans and it is expected that the date.. The letters, she said, will go to mostly by rail, ft manufactures fir last year, 13.5 mills, while Riverton Oregon, a show of this nature will a call for bids for its construction This week’s card is high-lighted by those individuals and firms who the lumber for export and domestic Union high ’district has increased be exceedingly helpful and benefi will be made this week. committee believes will be glad to trade, lumber which is largely mar from 7.1 to 8.6 mills. the appearance of Thor Jensen and cial to the public in general, in that Graydon Crews, an instructor in El Zopilote in the main event and purchase seals in order to aid the keted by water from docks on Coos The non-high school levy increases all purchasers of furs can and will the Myrtle Point high school for the Frank “Mad" Murdock as referee. 1938 anti-tuberculosis fight of the Bay. For all these purposes it oper 0J of a nrtfjl over last year, from become more proficient in recogniz past four years, was this morning Numbers of fans have asked Pro Coos County Health .association and ates a modem plant of large propor 7 J to 7.6. ing the high quality in furs. selected as Junior High principal. He moter Harry Elliott to bring back the Oregon State Tuberculosis as tions, built new during the eight de The public is cordially invited and The special high, school tuition will enter of his duties when the sociation. _____ _________ popular Thor Jensen again and, in it is hoped there will be a large at pression years, and built from capi levy to to lie 1.7 mills. schools reopen next Monday. "The importance of the work fi matching him against the Mexican Special levies for school districts tendance. There will be no admit tal brought in by these eastern peo mystery man, El Zopilote—"the buz nanced by the sale of these one-cent ple or developed in its own. business tance fee. The business men of the (Continued on Page Six) zard’’—5 Harry feels that he will . Pussy Willows Are Budding seals cannot be overestimated,” Mrs. without calling on the joe al com town are co-operating in every way A . • - have a match that should be a wow. On the Sentinel desk Monday were Beck said, "as it carries hope for life possible, to make this fur show a munity for investment co-operation. Mrs. Jos. Meyers Passes Jensen Is known as one of the laid half a dozen pussy-willow twigs to persons who otherwise would be great success. Coquille was selected The firm is the Smith Wood-Prod Mrs. May Ethel Meyers, wife of smartest matmen in the business.. to which this year’s leaves still ad victims of the dread disease of tu ucts Co., of which Ralph L. Smith, Jos. Meyers, of Lee, passed away at as the best place to hold this first berculosis. ” hered. Nothing remarkable in that, (Continued on Page Six) president of the Ralph L. Smith her home last Monday, Nov. 33, at annual show, because it seemed more but on these same twigs, which were Lumber Co., of Kansas City, is pres the age of 54 years, nine months and centrally located, and also because the business men of the town have Bishop Dagwell Confirms Throe plucked from plants growing in the Mrs. D. F. Dean Buried Here ident. The active management of eight days. north end of Coquile were buds and always co-operated so whole-heart the operation to in charge of two Bishop B. D. Dagwell, of the Epis The services were held at the Funeral services were held at blossoms, a half dozen to a dozen an young chaps who nine years ago Schroeder Bros. Mortuaries here on edly with the fur farmers of thia copal Diocese of Oregon, confirmed each. Some of the buds were not Schroeder Bros. Parlors here last were the Needham, Mass., agents and Wednesday at 3:00 p. m., with Rev. section. a class of three st St. James’ church much more than the first swelling, Saturday for a former Coquille resi manufacturers of battery separators here at a service held at 7:30 Man- others were larger and white, while dent, Mrs. Barbara Ann Dean, wife from the stock furnished by the G. A. Gray delivering the funeral ad day evening this week. The bishop a few had attained the size where of D. F. Dean, of Bandon, who passed Smith Kansas City plant. These two dress. Interment was in the Norway New Equipment fer Gas Plant also delivered the sermon. cemetery. away at the home of her daughter, Wm. Ulett, manager of the Co they resembled a burr. chaps figured out how they wanted The class was presented by Rev. Mrs. Meyers was bom Feb. 14, quille Gas A Power Co., left Sun Whether or not the 25 to 30 inches Mrs. Franklin D. Stafford, in Port to engage in the manufacture of the Geo. R. Turney, vicar of St. James’ of warm rain which has fallen so land, last Thursday. The services battery stock, and with Smith formed 1883, at Boncedoro, Maine, and was day for San Francisco, where ths church. It-consisted of Mr. and Mrs. far this fall has fooled these pussy were conducted by Rev. Geo. R. a company that took over a small married to Mr. Meyers in Calgary, new equipment for the gas plant here E. L. Schroeder, of Coquille, and Dr. willows into the belief that spring Turney at 11 a. m.; and interment sawmill operation in Coquille, the Alberta, in September, 1918. After was to be tested out on Tuesday, af E. F. Lucas, of Bandon. The* other is just around the comer, it. hardly was in the old Odd Fellows cemetery. heart and outlet of the great Port six years’ residence there they came ter which it is to be shipped to Co candidates from Bandon were not quille. It is the latest thing in gas seems possible that nature would She was ten months and eight days Orford cedar forest of the Coquille to Coos county. here because of the high water in Besides her husband she is sur pumping equipment and can be play such a practical joke upon her past 75 years of age. Valley. At Coquille, George Uett, the valley. vived by two sisters, Mrs. John R. used for either the butane gas, which Mrs. Dean had been living with self, and yet we have had no winter the senior of the two, is vice presi —cold weather—and the pussy wil her daughter since the fire which dent and general manager, and F. S. Grant, of Bonsedoro, and Mrs. Jack the local company has heretofore Pro-America to Meet Taylor, of New Brunswick. destroyed their home in Bandon a supplieid its customers or for the lows are budding. Emery, the junior, is general super year ago. . . natural gas which will be furnished The Coos County Cnapter ut Ore intendent. The growth of the great Father to Confer Degree Besdes her husband, she is surviv as soon as the water goes down and gon Pro-America, a national organ industry from this bright idea and a ization of republican women, will School Census Shows Increase ed by two sons, Ray, of Bandon, small local mill is one of the ro Chadwick Lodge, No. 68 A. F. A the pipe line can be laid across the The school census of Coo« county and Clarence O. Dryden, of Klamath river. hold their first meeting in the city mances of business in Oregon and A. M., will hold a special commun hall on Tuesday, Nov. 30, at two p. has increased 229 over last year, Falls, and the daughter, Mrs. Staf ication Friday evening, Nov. M, for the West. A visit to the plant, with m. Every woman is urged to attend making a total of 8539 boys and girl« ford. the purpose of conferring the Master Turkey Keno Netted |70 (Continued on Page Four) Mr. and Mrs. Dean left here many who is interested in the current po between the age« of four and twenty. Mason’s degree. Duane Fitzgerald, The Coquille Post of the American litical situation and the coming elec Of this number 4104 are girl« and years ago after they sold the Coquille Asks Return of Library Books home from O. S. C. for Thanksgiving, Legion netted about »70 for Its in 4435 are boys. During the last two Herald. tions. will receive a portion of the work Mrs. Pearl Ellingsen, city librarian, digent fund from the turkey keno An explanation of the purpose of years the census of Coos county has from his father, S. L. Fitzgerald. asks the Sentinel to request all those Saturday evening. Thirty birds were Pro-America will be given by the shown a steady increase. Mrs. Hand Seal Sale Chairman having library books which are past Coquille school district No. 8 for county president, Mrs. Weldon Kline, Thanksgiving Matinee at Roxy disposed of and the large crowd pres Mrs. Lee Hand, who served as Coos due for return, to hand them in at ent seemed to thoroughly enjoy the and Clarence Osika will give a talk the first time has a census of more Special holiday matinee at the evening. the library at once. If a. messenger on the history of political parties. than one thousand and 1« therefore county Christmas Seal sale chair There will be an open forum for dis entited to become a first class school man last year, has agreed to act as is sent for them an additional fine Roxy Theatre Thanksgiving day. will be imposed. All the books must The feature, "Wife, Doctor and cussion and questions after the meet- district on the third Monday in June, chairman again this year, succeeding 1938. The Coquille school census as Mrs A. L. Beck, who had been act be in so that the library affairs can Nurse,” will start at 2:30, giving time of October 38 was 1011, whereas ing as chairman and who to leaving ba put in shape before the first of for patrons to finish their dinner the year. sUU * h tbto tery 0 m Coquille this only 1000 name* are required. Callinc carda, M tar »1.00, With nearly 20 inches of rainfall in the past three weeks, the Coquille river overflowed its banks last Fri day night and by midnight Saturday night was overflowing the dike sec tion of the highway near the George Lorenz place. Sunday noon there was 24 inches at the lowest point of the dike, but it began to recede until Tuesday morning it was down to 12 inches. However, the heavy rains of Mon day and Tuesday caused the river to rise again and at 7:30 this Wednes day! «»•’■’v. The Coos county budget total »704,430.34 remained the same prev lousy advertised after the lie hearing in the county court Monday morning, although of amount* was some little I Shifting ....... > _______ another. ____ The «-*- prjn- from one item to cipal change was in moving the »4,- 000 budgeted for state levy to road bond redemption fund, state tax commission having ad that morning that there would be property tax for state purposes. This total budget of »744,430.33 I Grqydon Clewes to. ’ Be Jr. Hi Principal Coquille Tax Levy 7.97 Mills for 1930