M ■ - •jj » -, Coquille .... .... J r, s= < YEAR .................. , ) t Highway to Rose* burg Damaged by 321 Slides h IIJ.JJ*!! Traffic Resumed on To Organize Em­ Coquille Proposes i Highway Tuesday Projects for WPA This Summer The CoquiUe river reached the high point here last Saturday night when the 23-foot mark above mean low water was touched on the gauge at the bridge. That meant nearly five feet of water at the low point on the dike. It continued to drop until Wednesday morning when the gauge showed 18 feet. This morning it showed 16.8 feet and a tow car was being used to convoy cars through the foot or more ot water at the low spot. The water was falling very slowly. The highway was opened to traf­ fic at 10:30 Tuesday morning when it became possible for one-way traffic to go around the slide at the Panter place, a couple of miles below Riv­ erton. That slide was 100 feet long and six feet high and it was not until the shovel could be taken across the dike from here that the outer nert of th# «tide w»» Nearly 88, Buried Here Tuesday Park of Pattenon Grove, Wid­ A Resident of Coquille for 54 ening of Hall and Second Years — Splendid Type of Sts., Increased Water Supply Womanhood, Honored, Loved ployers1 Association A public meeting has been called for next Monday evening, March 38, at 7:30 p. m., in the circuit court room, court house, at which time Dan Hay, manager of the Associated Em­ ployers of Oregon will be present to tell Coquille employers what is being done by the association elsewhere in the state and what is necessary to form a local association of the state organization. The chamber of commerce received this information from L. A. Liljeqvist in reply to an inquiry last week. Every business or professional man and every employer is urged to at­ tend this meeting and participate in the organization of a local association. Such union is vital to the business of Oregon and with a cohesive state as­ sociation the needs of the, at present, ununited majority in Oregon will be able to make themselves understood The city council Monday evening Mrs. Sarah Wickham, honored and Unless already apprised by some began lining up WPA projects on revered pioneer of Coquille where she one who knew, the number of slides which relief labor can be employed. I had Hved for nearly 55 years, passed between Coquille and Camas Valley One of these is the brushing out of {away at her home on Second street will come as a complete surprise to Patterson grove park in the northeast at 1:15 last Saturday morning. the reader. The number counted corner of the city which would be all She had suffered a paralytic stroke does not include little slips but only labor except for the tools the city the Tuesday evening before and did those .which fiUed the drainage' ditch, would be required to furnish. - not regain consciousness before her or went on the highway or were on Another is tijp widening of the passing. Her last words Were “No the river side of the highway. The pavement on Second street from Hall tee,” when Mrs. Osmtindson asked figure is 331, according to Frank T. to Willard and on Hall street from a visitor at their home to call the 'Dungey, who took Mrs. Dungey to Front to Third. • Roseburg Sunday, from Which point This would entail a much larger Funeral services were held at the she was going to LaPine where their municipal expenditure for the pav­ Episcopal church of which she was daughter, Mjs. Hawkins, is ill. l>tn a ■ ■ - — st- j V — 1 ■rf WT VNwr» p yyy ing ms mmk thrObT ftnIM Hottie in B 4 session. * water system source of supply with cut into the paved portion of the two projects considered, one the rais­ highway. ing of the dam on upper Rink According to our Salem correspon- ------- to provide , for impounding a ____ inmuemrers _____ **» •**• ¿Minter.-es­ larger supply, and the other tor lay ­ » friends of Mrs. Wickham — L. H. timates that this month’s storms have The rain, which as everyone knows, done $50,000 worth of damage to the has been deluging the country daily, ing a pipe line from the North Fork Hazard, J. 8. Barton, Geo. T. Moul­ Coast Highway. While the Middle except on Monday, and the total pre­ to the top of the hill above the dam. ton, O. C. Sanford, R. E. Nosier and As soon after the middle of April A. N. Gould, who was city engineer L L. Bonney. Interment was in the as the room can be made ready, Dr. Fork road is not part of the Coast cipitation for the fiscal year is close Highway the damage to that 40 miles to SO inches. While we are at it, why at the time thé dam was built, is fa­ Masonic cemetery. The body lay in W. S. Parke will move his office of highway from here to Camas val­ not shoot for a 10-foot mark this miliar with the plans for increasing state at the church between eleven from the First National Bank build­ ley will probably cost that much or year? That would only mean about the city’s supply as outlined by bÇr. and one o'clock the day of the fun- ing, on the second floor, to the Grimes _ more to repair. 40 inches more in the next three Coon, of Portladd, at that time, and building which is to be vacated April he is to be asked confer with the Just north of the Coos Bay bridge months! All her living children were here, 4 by Northwest Liquidators, who are council at its April fourth session in Mrs. Kate Moeller arriving from selling out the former Geo. Unsoeld the earth has been sUpping into the regard to Mr. Coon’s plans and algo Portland last Thursday and Gene store- cut making very sloppy one-way in regard to doing the engineering Wickham and family from San Ber­ traffic and the hiU side there is stiU Considerable plumbing, decorating for the Hall and Second streets wid­ nardino on Sunday. slipping. and carpenter work will be necessary ening. Another big slide occurred just be­ Mrs. Wickam was bom in England, for the doctor plans on ten separate The water extension would entail June 20, 1850, the only child of Mr. rooms or offices in the new location, low the Panter place on the highway to Bandon last week and even had The Northwest Liquidators, which considerable expense for material, and Mrs. Samuel Taylor, who came with the reception room and hlsgprl- there been no* water on the dike, has been selling out the bankrupt the pipe line up the hill and the en- to the United State; wdjr tiled. in ■ vate-offiee at the'front. — it trx tiXA- tOP rWït. twiRIK ____ .____ tr«Wl.WQuld haxe been, stopped until Geo.- Unsoetd stock 1 tor the past two cyirxga. tik These various rooms will be for the highway crew could move the months, expect to quit in Coquille , included in the amount the WPA will fever therapy, minor surgery, ad­ tons upon tons of earth and rock from the first of next month, packing up , spend. If the decision should be to ifornia. justment, x-ray and other needed the roadway. . She was married March 10, 1887, separate rooms. the little stock that is left and vacat­ raise the dam the greater part of that expense would be for labor which at West Point, Calif., to Geo. R. Wick­ ing the room April 4. In addition to his already well ham, a survivor of the Civil wkr, who equipped electrical apparatus, he is Everything is for sale, including the WPA* furnishes. The request of the Coos County passcsd away Feb. 4, 1803. the fixtures and counters, some of adding several more machines, in­ ton children born to them cluding the x-ray for treatment pur­ which have already been disposed of. Humane Society that the city survive, Mrs. Ella Osmund- poses rather than for picture pur- announcement of the final cut on until such a time as the 80 per cent ten and Mrs. Callie Leach, of Co­ poses. The board of directors of the Co­ all merchandise in the store. of the one dollar license fee makes quille, Mrs. Moeller and Gene Wick­ The doctor’s wife, who is his as­ quille Chamber of Commerce en­ the society self-supporting, came up ham. She is also survived by eleven sistant in the practice of his profes­ dorsed the ministerial association for considerable discussion. It de­ grandchildren and one great grand­ sion, is quite enthusiastic over the plan for a three-hour closing on veloped that the humane society is child prospect of a ground floor office, Good Friday, April 15, between 13 opposed to keeping dogs tied up ex­ Mrs. Wickham’s reminiscences of entrance to which will be so much m. and 3 p. m., and left it with the cept for the three months of garden hgr trip across the plains, her trip to easier for some of their patients. ministers to secure the individual ac­ season in the spring and early sum­ Coquille and of the early days of E. L. Perrott & Son have been en­ ceptance of the agreement by the in­ After a lay-off of two months due mer and three councilmen—Bryant, this city would make a most interest­ gaged for the remodelling of the dividuals and business houses. The to bad weather and the fact that the Cunningham and Wood—expressed ing narrative had they ever been col­ room, P. L. Johnson for the plumbing, closing on Good Friday for the noon Community Building has been in use themselves as opposed to the city lected and written as she told them. and Don Donaldson for the decorat­ time services has been observed for most of the time, wrestling as suc­ spending $25 a month unless the dogs Their escape from Indians while ing. the past two yean here. cessfully promoted by Harry Elliott,, were to be kept up the year round. treking westward, the hanging of a Rev. Geo. R. Turney, who present­ will return here next Friday, April 1. Decision was held over until it murderer on that trip, the wagon trip Regiitration Closes April It ed the ministerial association request, The bouts will be held in the Com­ was learned how the other cities in to Coquille, the city’s early history also submitted a statement that the munity Building as before but the the county intended to co-operate in when dense woods covered the whole Every person of voting age who Choral Club would appreciate a $10 regular day will be on Fridays in­ providing kennels, a gas chamber townsite, as near as Mrs. Ida Owens’ wishes to take part in the state pri­ donation for delinquent expenses. stead of on Wednesday. and in wage for an attendant, and as home to the river, all have been told maries in May, and it is a duty which When the directon voted that amount, ' . The return of first class profes­ to whether other cities in the state in a very entertaining way by Mrs. no one should neglect, ought to make K i ' he jokingly remarked he wished he sional wrestling such as Harry has where the humane society functions Wickham. sure that his or her name is on the had asked for $50. put on in Coquille for the past two permitted licensed dogs to run at After her husband's death she con­ list of registered voters in the county D. E. Rackleff brought up the mat­ large for nine months of the year. ducted the Wickham House, popular clerk’s office. If you voted at the (Continued on Page Six) ter that has been talked for the past t- ’ It was decided to employ J. Loy hostlery, which stood where the post­ last election and have not moved -------------------------------------- few months, that sevenl anti-air­ Stacer to bring the city’s sewer maps office is now, and was burned in since your name is still on the list Woman’s Club Sponsors It craft batteries are to be established The last day of registration 1« that March 17, 1818 fire.. (Continued bn Page Three) The Coquille Woman's Club is in Oregon and suggested that the sec­ sponsoring the picture, “Everybody Mrs. Wickham was one of the Tuesday, April 18. retary write Major General Geo. A. Sing,” which opens for a three days* mainstays of the Women’s Relief White requesting information on the showing at the Roxy this evening. Corps until advancing years inter­ ■ 360 Dogs Licenses subject and making application for The club receives a percentage on fered and that only a few short years the establishment of one in CoquiUe. every ticket they have sold during Three hundred dog licenes have ago. These batteries are to be a pert of the past two weeks and this money She was always an active person, been issued in Coos county to date, the National Guard, with a comple­ is to be donated to the school milk one who has left the imprint of her the deputy assessors turning in that • In filing his petition to have his ment of 50 to 60 men, and will be fund. character on Coquille, and the sin- number. The time is getting short name go on the ballot as candidate for similar to the battery that passed >cere. mourning of her friends here is for getting a license without paying the republican nomination' as county through CoquiUe last summer from a testimonial of the high regard and an additional fine. April I is the Opens Meetings nt Arago treasurer, Chas. Stauff names as his southern California to Camp Lewis. affection in which she was held. dead line. Capt. O. L. Hall, of McMinnville, The establishment of one here would father of Mrs. Werner Plaep of thia slogan: “Efficient service based on experience. ” And the slogan very mean quite a little monthly payroll city, who came down to Coos county Many Wish to Remain and might eventually lead to the last week to conduct a series of meet­ aptly denotes his exceptional quali­ Open Saturday Night fications for the office. construction of an armory here. ings at the Arago church, was ma­ It now develops that Levi Bunch is The Job’s Daughters Council wUl rooned here until Tuesday of this Aside from one line of business in to have competition In the republi- meet with Mrs. R. E. Boober Friday week. He started the meetings at ean primaries for the republican Coquille, nearly all places of business Arago Tuesday evening. evening. - Allan A. Hall, (he says he is Scotch nomination for sheriff. Guy A. Cut­ are yearning for a return of the “open lip, ot North Bend, filed last Friday Saturday night” program with the as the last “a” in his first name indi­ asking that his printed slogan be, town full of people as it used to be cates, but mixed with English as the double “1” proves), opened an office “Law and order from border to bor­ up to a few months ago. .' A ■ Whether It will be carried out or for the practice of law in the First der.” As was anticipated R. H. Lawhorn hot, there is talk of circulating a pe­ National Bank building last week. He is a candidate for the democratic tition to ascertain just how many has an office adjoining that of James his son, Ambrose, of Hepp­ nomination to succeed himself as business houses in CoquiUe would Watson, they use the library jointly, Graveside services are to be held * came down last night from county commissioner. He filed yester­ like to see a return of the Saturday but the association is not a partner­ at the Masonic cemetery here at ner, Mr. and Mrs. Harold day afternoon. two o’clock this afternoon for A. W. Portland. night business which is now going ship. Chapin, who died at his home in Gould, Mrs. A. W. Chapin and Mrs. elsewhere. Mr. Hall comes here from Salem, Portland Sunday morning at four Ambrose Chapin arrived at 13:30 last where he practiced for three years, o’clock. They will be conducted by night, leaving Portland after funeral following his removal from Tilla­ Wasn’t a Magician Chadwick Lodge, A. F. A A. M, at services were held there at three mook. He was an attorney in the Tom Thrift had the whole post of­ north coast town for 15 years; for the request of the Scorby, Mont., o'clock yesterday. lodge of which he was a charter Mr. and Mrs. Chapin moved to L- The Pro-America organization will fice force razzing him yesterday. He eight of them was deputy district at­ member. Portland ten years ago, after residing hold a meeting Saturday afternoon was attempting to show Vernon torney of Tillamook county, was city Mr. Chapin’s passing was entirely in Coquille for four years. He oper­ at two O’clock in the Coquille city Smith how he could set fire to alco­ attorney of Tillamook for ten years unexpected and his daughter here, ated the barber shop now belonging hall. The speaker will be R. A. Jeub hol held in the palm of his hand, but besides serving as city attorney Mrs. Harold Gould, had expected her to R. E. Noaler in the W. O. W. build­ who will talk on that vicious piece some of the liquid seeped through the for several of the smaller towns out­ father and mother here for a visit ing while here, and owned a shop of proposed legislation, the reorgani­ cracks between his fingers—and side Tillamook. all the hgir was burned off the back the day of his death. in Portland at the time of his death. zation bill now before congress. He was attorney for the labor Ambrose Washington Chapin was AU republicans and anyone inter­ of his hand. He didn’t call out the unions in that district and so justly Mr. Chapin was a splendid type of born in Ontario, Canada, June 4, ested in that subject which is of vital fire department but he was almost did the employers treat their em­ citizen, was universally respected and 1873, and was married in 1800 to importance, or rather its defeat is, to as loud as the siren. ployees that he and the operators’ Flora Erickson, who survives him. his untimely passing is mourned by the people of United State«, are in- attorney were able to work out har­ Besides his daughter he is also sur- all who knew him. vited to be present. Calling cards, 50 foe $1.00. monious action between the two for >1 In an interview with Geo. A. Ulett, manager of the Smith Wood-Prod­ ucts plant, here this morning, the Sentinel editor secured the following information which is of the greatest interest to every resident of CoquiUe as well as of aU the employees: Due to the increasing business de­ pression and the prevailing low prices ot lumber, the Smith Wood-Products, Inc., have found it necessary to cur­ tail their production and reduce ex­ penses to meet these conditions. The Plywood office will be dlsccn- Sale Unsoeld Stock to Close April 2 Anti-Aircraft Unit for Coquille Asked Wrestling Card Billed for April 1 Guy Cutlip Files Sheriff Nomination —Comes from Tillamook and Salem A. W. Chapin, Former Resident, to Be Buried Here at Two O'Clock Today '' ■ ■ many years. Mr. HaU left Tillamook after the big fire there a few years ago, which almost demoralized business there. There were destroyed 243,000 acres of virgin timber and the government estimated the loss at $300,000,000. Nearly all the mills in that district were forced to close. , Following his graduation from Wil­ lamette university Mr. HaU was on the army but did not get over Seas. When he was ready to leave Salem, he travelled thousands of miles over Oregon and decided upon Coquille as the spot where he wanted to spend the rest of his Ufe. He Ukes the peo­ ple here, the climate prmits him to sleep at night, which it did not in the interior and he is altogether sat­ isfied with Coquille. He and Mrs. HaU, they have no chUdren, are making their home in the W. S Sickels house on North Coulter stret, next to the C. M. Gray home. -V r i >; i - J I j j ^ | r QW main as Mr. Lung’s assistant. The - work formerly done in this office will now be handled in the main office. k nv