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| pr -ently authentic sources indicate
that plans are now under way in
LIVE AND LET LIVE
Portland to submit to ths voters an
“
To
save
lives
and
create
a
rec
­
a cess .Mtn .M a-Moo raws
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initiative measure for repeal of thef
ord that will reflect credit on the
M. A. YOUNG and M. D. GRIMEE
How to Treat Cold«
milk control act. Autocratic powere"
pc
state,
think
safety
—
drive
sanely
I* u Mi» hers
contained in the act giving th* con­
(Oregon State Board of Health).
this month.” .
A
H. A. YOUNG. Editor
trol board the right to fix the price
AU colds are not contagious but
Here is the year’s fatality rec­
ord, month by month, as compared • of milk as well as the fact that the many of tiiem are of the communi­
act virtually closes the doot against cable type which means that they
with 1938.
Meat builds strength and health.
any new distributor entering the are spread from person to person by
1938 1937
One Year
W «»
Oregon
field,
ar*
said
to
be
th*
prin-
_
_____
.
It
is
a
prevalent
attitude
20
25
January ..;--------------
Six Mentha —
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-ipal objections to the measure which to dismiss what appears to be an or­
Most cuts of meat have dropped considerably
16
February ------- :------- ..... 15
Three Months----------
has been the center of bitter fights dinary cold as something that can­
No subscription taken unless paid
29
15
March ........................
in price.
for in advance. This rule to impera­
This is a serious
..... 23
19 in the past two legislative sessions. not be avoided.
tive.
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mistake; common colds are too fre­
36
May ......................... ...25
Plans for the erection of a new quently the forerunner of influenza,
28
..... 18
Advertising Rates
You will find quality and a large variety of
fish hatchery on Foster creek, tribu­ pneumonia, tuberculosis, sinus and
Display advertising 39 cento pei
38
July
-------------------- ..... 38
Meats to choose from at this market.
tary
of
Rogue
river,
in
Curry
county
inch. No advertisement inserted foi
August
__
33
29
other infections. This is the season
less than 50 cento. Reading notices
were
announced
in
Salem
this
week
Either
come in or phone your orders and you
32
for
colds
and
the
time
to
take
meas
­
.....
31
10 cents per line. No reading notice, September
by Governor Martin. The hatchery, ures to prevent the infectious type
46
38
October ....................
or advertisement of fcny kind, insert­
it was explained, will be erected by of common cold.
ed for less than 25 cents.
Common colds are seen frequent­
269
285 the state fish commission and will be
will be courteously and quickly served.
Sub total
Entered at the Coquille Poetoffice as
devoted to the propagation of salmon. ly among school chUdren and it is
7
November ................ ..... 55
Two free deliveries daily — 10 a. m., 3 p. m.
Second Class Mall Matter.
7
important that prevenUve measures
December ............... ..... 32
Thirteen thousand pounds of Ore­ be adopted in schools. Good teach­
’ JN
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Office Corner W. First »nd Willard St
gon flax twine will be used by ing will do much toward reducing
T
Total
.356
Uncle Sam’s navy next year. The colds. The children should be taught
I*hone 20
JUST ANOTHER LAW
huge order was placed with a Salem to cover their coughs and sneezes.
TO CREATE JOBS
Drive Safely This Month
mill this week due to the influence Proper hand-washing phould be
Whether the Coos Bay Times was
of Governor Martin and Senator Mc­ practiced and the use of common ar-
“
Drive
Safely
This
Month
”
using the Sentinel as a vehicle for
J. L. STEVENS
Oregon motorists are asked to heed Nary with the navy departments.
tildes such as cups, eating utensils,
taking a crack ,at the New \^>rk
and foods should be prohibited. In
Times, in ito leading editorial last this call and keep December’s traffic
In the opinion of many poltical ob-
addition * to this all children with
Friday, or using the Sentinel’s quo­ toll at a minimum.
The state will show a decrease in ■ervers the political future of Gov- acute infectious colds should be ex-
tation from the Times as an oppor­
mor Martin is definitely bound.up eluded from school.
Were every
tunity to squelch the Sentinel does traffic deaths by the end of 1937 un­
less the month’s ..fatality chart soars n the labor controversy now ragin'/ I child with the first sign of a cold
not matter.
n Portland. Not that the governorlto remain home, colds in the schools
But as astute $ newspaper publish- as it often does in early winter, it
__ sit
, u-|w(Mjld he reduced to a minimum.
er as the Times’ editor should realize!»» pointed out by the safety depart- pf ; ■ cPRe<*-toto the Portland
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♦ —
— 4 of the flrartnn
Qfnfs M
rtf nr as
a«-
tion with any thought of bolstering Cods cause serious constitutional
merit
Oregon
State
Motor
­
that the quotation from the N. Y.
fortunes. , N°, ot*!dirturbanees which, permit more se-
...i, his political
..
And any decrease, the ip
Times was a direct hit at such an sociation.
WU question his sincerity in
diseases to get a foothold
motorists*
group
explained,
will
be-
impotent piece of legislation as the
ng the immediate-restoration ¿Than-1
-i.
—
made
in
spite
of
a
national
upward
Social Security act. Impotent as to
HR
X
end work than any other
|tions so that the wheels of industry tgjn<ic
le cause. Fortunately, however,
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In the first 1 seven
months of 1937, may again begin turning and thou-i there > is much that can be done to
employment of New "Dealers. That’s
sands of idle workmen returned to\eep from Ratting
tem-
where the benefit of the act'lies, and figures sliow the fatality record was jainful employment. ----------------------T^rsture in the -a cold, -Low
Photo Finishing
----------
17 per cent above the same period of
home, the school-
the monthly returns from all the
But
now
that
he
is
in
the
picture,
room
an<
j
working
place
will
Portraiture
employees in the country and their 1938. However, a decrease of 10
and upon his own insistence, the onulnot de much to eliminate colds.
employers keep a good sized army per cent was recorded' in the past
come of his overtures will unquefrU. A Jemperetare- of“79 degrtef Fateh-
Picture Framing
of “the faithful” in jobs. That was three months, leaving the total for
. tionably have a very dW?!»ea"bear-*
the purpose of the legislation, „ has|tbe ten-month, period only- six
-
.,
.. .
«.
heit will not only be made more com­
Commercial Photography
ing upon . hi. candidacy
should he *va
forUlble
by th
e vivswswvii
.ddition VA
of moisture
.
Maw««; a#/
MSW
UlUldlMiC
t^'so mucii^t the new deal legis­ cent above last year.
seeek
a
second
term
as
governor
as
but
wU
i
reduce
the
hazards
caused
by
Advance
reports
indicate
a
favor
­
—
uu* W»a* »WWWVV M«W ««••■HMM IMIIII'
lation. Whether it is “earmarked”
|R
is rvnui
now ffnnornlh.
generally believed (hat he the resistance and increases the sus-
or not does not matter. a Expenses able trend in November, and if the
will.
I
?.'ill.
Such
strength
as
the
governor
cr
ptibi!Ity to colds. Outdoor exer-
will dilute'the cut to extremely same holds true in December, Ore­
now possesses _ whlch by many u ci>e in proper doting increases the
__...
gon
can
end
the
year
with
an
actual
small proportions for those who ex­
believed to be considerable — is resistance
_________
A well-balanced daily
pect to be kept after reaching the reduction in street and highway kill­
Coquille
Laird Bldg., Second St
largely cqpcentrated in’ the so- ¿¡et incudi
ings.
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' incuding milk, fresh fruits, and
age of 85.
“Expeiience lias shown that pedes­ called conservative element of thorvegetables i will help maintain the
Take the case of a man around 60
population.
ThiZ iwiiiv r».i
trians
as well as motorists wiU re­ state’s Voting
-
.
Doauy resiatounx
■» «
iw
when the act went into effect. He
bodily
resistance at
a liign
high peMK.
peak. Too
st
7
ngth
*
’
baaed
lar
«
ely
U
P°"
his much work and too Uttle sleep may
spond
to
state-wide
efforts
to
hold
will pay one per cent of his wages,
traffic toll down,” said the safe- out-spoken criticism and courageous open the way for an infection. In
to which tfie employer must add one the
».» j ---- -------- »4
»»rm-». — •« attack nf /ill hl in nrnhlom«
....
Should
per cent, until he is 85. Than, in ty department’s statement. “The re-“ attack of public problems.
the winter.... time when nature’s
he
succeed
in
bringing
the
warring
_ _
——- --— eu««*«MMv
order to be eligible for the old age sponsibility rests with both to make
sunshine u» is tt-uiuc
scarce it it is is imptn
important that
pension possibly two or three dol­ December a safe month and build a- . labor factions together, especially everything possible to^dpne to- build
now
that
the
National
Labor
Rela-.
up
the
resistance
to
cold. If, in
—
lars a month, he must quit all gainful good year’s record.
lions Board has admitted ito failure spite of these precautions you feel
"The
crucial
month
is
December,
a
occupation. If he was earning $150
per month he would pay in $90 be­ month of ra|n, ice, snow, holidays— in this- regard, it will not only con- a chill coming on with sneezing,
tween 60 and ’85 years of age, and a fair hazards’ that confront motorists. soli date the governor’s following coughing or a sore throat, go to bed.
but will attract to him thousands of Rest st the onset of a cold usually 1
large- part of it would have been
wavering voters, Including a large Mieens a quick end to the cold, but if
spent in administering the act and
block of organized labor especially it does not clear up promptly, send,
Holiday Specialties
collecting the fees. If he started at
too:
among the rank and file who are/fo
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*>r r the
family physician. ~ Don’t1 A number °f y*Ars a«°’ * newl
the age of 50 his monthly stipend at
Gingerbread Men
pretty well fed up with the constant; *negl.^>
85 would be somewhat larger than
Sleet .
a «v>u
cold for most cases of excerP‘ 00 suggestions for holiday 2% cups flour
H cup New Oreleans
wrangling
of
their
organization
head«
pneumonia
start
as
common
colds,
cookery read, "During the holidays
the $2 or $3 per month, but not
molasses
and are ready to follow any leader
many of our recipes require quanti­ 3 top. baking
enough to cause him to quit work in
1 egg
who
proves
himself
strong
enough
order to receive it
Subject for H. S. Debates
| ties of butter, since we use so many
powder
H cup brown sugar
to restore them to their jobs.
,1
The Social Security act as now in
delicious rich foods for special din­ *4 top. salt
H cup melted
With one of the most controversial
Speaking
of
the
governorship,
it
ners.”
force is a fraud and a delusion, and
1 top. ginger
butter
and
interesting
topics
in
many
years,
I
the enactment of the Townsend plan
As was predicted in this column now appears that Warren Erwin, en- i
Today this is almost as passe as the
Sift flour, baking powder, salt and
“
Resolved
That
the
several
states
'
couraged
by
his
success
in
tie
re-'
into law would be infinitely prefer­ several weeks ago there will be no
recipes calling for a measure of but­
ginger together. Mix molasses, su­
able as a means of old age pensions. tax levy against property for state cent fight for the presidency of the ahou,d “dop‘ * unicameral »X»tem °f ter by “the eye,” “the size of a wal-
gar, egg and butter-together sfrcTSdd
Oregon
Jackson
club,
now
has
do.
Oregon
high
school!
purposes next year.
Formal an­
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—
»'nut." and others. For butter todav
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-
I. expected
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signs on
the state’s ....
hiighest
office. 4nh»lii.o
dcbaUnfc. I-.-..-
league is
to hive aju no holiday special. It to the food the dry ingredients to make soft
RAISE IS NOT JUSTIFIED
nouncement of the state levy was
.....................
.. has it, might : be
Erwin,
report
-...........
con- •_ record, numbe[ oi entrantl for the that, in ltl
u receiving special dough. Shape in forms of little men
If the so-called 70-car train bill made by the tax commission Satur­
tent
with
the
democratic
nomination
ann
“
a
’
c
®
nteat
’
accordln
«
to
word
attention,
not
alone
for its hiigh and bake on greased pan in moder­
and other legislation affecting the day.
nt
-u
—u ••
..........recewed
ht»n»
—t —
, for
.
,' state,
. .
„
received
here frnm
from fhn
the general
ate oven. This recipe makes eight­
for iLPnrixf
secretary
of
should
How-
.
,
. ex-
__ J
Waiver
of
the
property
levy,
how
­
vitamin A content; but for its rich
wages and hours of the already gen­
...
.. insist
, , . upon a go gt , tension
division
of the state system
een
men about four inches high.
ard
Latourette
,
u
,_,
__
.
__
flavor, too.
erously paid railroad workers of the ever, was not due to any decrease
the governorship.
I of higher education, under whose
Here is how the little men are
in
state
expenditures
but
was
country are passed by the forthcom­
For no special reason, dui v«ry shaped: for each man, take a small
direction the annual event is carried
ing session of congress, freight rates brought about entirely by the increase
definitely, butter lends a flavor In piece of gingerbread dough that can
out..
OU
Prompt
to
recognize
the
absurdity.
ni.n
will become so high that agriculture in revenue frrim income taxes. On of their original proposal to pension1 J?.. di,trict Plan
cookery that to unequalled, and ito be shaped into a figure about two
a* n.
cannot poossibly hope to survive, in the contrary the levy takes advan­
use in making of the “best of holiday inches tall, roll with hands into a
all
aged
persons
in
the
state
regard-
’
used
.
the opinion of J. B. Adams, president tage of the full six per cent increase
-
--
’, ’ to in the Coos Bay district, with Supt. sweets,” cookies, should encourage *»11, place on greased baking sheet
less of need, the Oregon
Merchants
of the Oregon Producers and Ship­ allowed by the state constitution in Legislative League thto weik fli^“.’]« H’ Hartley
Bandon “ distrlct the most inexperienced cook.
and flatten out to shape the body.
order to provide for growing costs
pers Association.
Cookies are what you make them. For the arms and *l$gs, take another
' Adam, called attention to the fact
'T* £ substitute and materially modified
Initiative petition with Secretary of
Finalists will be determined in the It is a good plan to have them always piece of dough about one-half the
that only recently the head, of m.ny tention *
States Shell. The substitute petition Columbia River, Northern Willam­ on hsnd, plain - wholesome cookies size of the first and boll with your
of the important agricultural asso^ commiwion w«ned that if the busl-
_______ for all the family every day; rich and hands into long round strips and.
seeks primarily to legalize and 11- ette,. Middle Willamette Southern
ciations of the state appealed to
"¿UeS’ a^mented
Willamette, Coos Bay, Southern satisfying ones for hearty appetites; place them on the body. For the
'ense
certain
forms
of
gambling.
In-
farmers of the west to organize im-
?
cootr’"7’t“ Xi«--««— —
eluding a punch boards
bal^ 2"?°"’«2^ \Central Ore«on’ and dainty decorative cookies for head, take a small_ piece of dough,
mediately and fight the tegtetetion ”
/T? ’
1. North - Central
Oregon,
But, no matter roll into-a ball about one inch round
_
Umatilla, holiday seasons.
now pending before congress
arg"
‘‘™y
necc»“7 game«, horse and dog races, et cetera.
what, their success remains depen­ and attach to the body at the neck.
Revenues
from
these
gambling
li
­
Northeastern
Oregon
and
South
­
“Measure, already passed by con-
7°rt to “ property levy agaln 111
censes—estimated by a “League” eastern Oregon districts.
Finalists dent on the fine selection of ingre­
grass during the past few years, to-
, ..
.
, .. .,
spokesman
as
approximately
$3,-,
will
then
be
determined
for
eastern dients, especially butter; and these
gether with riring labor and ma- 1,
tertol costs, hav? increased the oper-
•tatath“t ‘ baa been po­
000,000 a year, would go ____________
toward the and western Oregon, and these two simple rules of preparation: a. using
support of pensions for the aaedltcarr” V/U1 liieet •* Corvallis to cold ingredients and combining them
rting expense, of railroads by near-
J™ ve
?
ly $700,000,000 a year,” he said. “As both wat*nn and J*“*10“!
*ix mder any plan that might be adopt­ ’present their debate over lhe air,* quickly; b. chilling the dough at
about April 30.
least 20 minutes before rolling out;
ed by the legislature.
a result of these rising costs, the
U> «>• ‘^ome
c.
handling no more than one-fourth
Material
on
the
subject
may
now
railroads have petitioned the Inter­ tax, the former occasion being in
Filing of pension applications by be obtained from the state, library of the dough at a time and this on a
state Commerce Commission for in­ 1932.
Technically, of course, there is still needy aged in the 89-70 year group where Miss Harriet C. Long, librari­ cold board with little flour; d. baking
creases of approximately 15 per cent
state
,"“Werr^X that railroad, murt 1 a small
VT
“ levy agaipst property.
‘iTi’ is now under way in every county an, has collected adequate informa­ on a lightly buttered baking sheet
of the state. Early filing of appli­ tion on how ths system works in in a moderate oven of about 375 de­
grees.
cations by the new beneficiaries various states.
have increased revenue if they are 1
If anyone is in doubt as to the
Children usualy want to help in
to survive, and yet at the «me tlmd i * *”
,evy bu,‘ *hlch’ , " made eligible to pensions under the
we realize that agriculture murt be ’*« ln. "ali,y act of the last legislature was urged word, '‘unicameral,” it means that a the pre-holiday cookie preparations
by Governor Martin in a letter to legislative assembly has but one body and it is so easy to plan for this.
given protection. Frankly, agricul- “ C°U"ty *^y na«"ucb “
the state and county relief commit­ Instead of two such as Oregon, the Combine the ingredients, chill the
ture to wondering just what to going enueJ™ thUAe7 * retain«1 *n
tees last week. Pensions for the new senate and house of representatives. dough, and then allow the children
to happen.
We are wondering C°UntleS 1,1 *
k .L k
““
to do their own cutting and shaping.
whether or not we are headed toward n~er .goe8 through the hands state age group will date from January 1
but will not be payable until the last Outstanding Hit Booked for
Gingerbread men are not easily
government ownership of our rail- ° ,c,a *'
road systems. We are wondering
In “
to keep wnnin a sare of the month. It to estimated that
Liberty Sun., Mon., Tues. spoiled from overhanging and they
what protection, if any, will be given margin in their estimate of state lowering of the age for pension bene­
The first story of the South Seas are a thrill to behold when they are
ficiaries will increase Oregon’s pen­
to
out of the oven and dressed in coats
*- agriculture.
---- revenues for 1938 the tax commission
to
be filmed in Technicolor, fittingly
of colored icing. A favorite recipe
“In my judgment, there to no ques­ has placed collections from income sion load by approximately 60 per
enough, is based on a tale by
may be on hand but this one to good.
tion but that the railroads will be taxes for that year at $4,337,704.67, cent, the state and counties sharing
Robert
Louis
Stevenson
and
Lloyd
—
permitted to increase their rates as a which to approximately $1,000,000 equally in this increase.
Osbourne, “Ebb Tide,” which will
r
result of conditions now confronting below actual collectiomufor the cur­
open
next
Sunday
at
the
Liberty
Population of the state's ll insti­
them
If, on top of this congress rent year. In thus reducing their es­
Theatre. “Ebb Tide” tells the story
passes the several bills being spon­ timate on income tax revenues, the tutions show an increase of 17S dur­ of a pair of young lovers who meet
ing
the
past
year.
These
include
the
sored by the railroad brotherhoods, tax commission explained, they were
ynder unfavorable circumstances in
we can look forward to still further prompted by fears that 1937 incomes state hospital for insane at'SMem,
the South Seas, who go through
penitentiary,
and
the
home
for
increases in freight rates. And when upon which next year’s taxes will be
perilous adventures and a typhoon
feeble
minded.
Four
state
institu
­
that time comes, we are simply based have suffered serious shrink­
together at sea, and who finally work
speeding the day when agcriulture— age principally due to labor troubles tions record a loss in population
out their destinies on an isle dom­
during
the
year.
particularly western agriculture—is which have closed down many of
WOOD — COAL — FUEL OIL
inated by a madman. Ray Milland.
hopelessly bankrupt. It is a serious the larger saw mills and allied opera­
Frances Farmer and Oscar Homolka
situation and one which agriculture tions.
STORAGE
Governor Martin has issued a calli —
« featured •••
w«n 1 Barry
ar*
in the nun,
film, with
must meet and solve before it is too
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. . - Lloyd
-
for a meeting of all persons interest- | * Fitzgerald
Nolan in gup_
Office Phone 36R
383 S. Taylor
late.”
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