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The Sentinel
Fatuous Fragments
BY FERNANDO FABRICATUS
H. A. YOUNG. aad^M. D. GUMM
“Teach your grandmother to lap
ashes,” is a very pat phrase at times,
H. A. YOUNG Editar
though it borders on vulgarity.
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child’s first idea of the verb, “lap,"
comes from watching a kitten lap
milk and though the years have
Oregon republicans, taking re
brought us a realization of other
newed hope from the wide split de
meanings for that verb, there still
veloped to the ranks of the demo
persists a childhood wonder if any
cratic party in the recent primary
one’s grandmother ever lapped ashes
campaign, are counting strongly an<
and why she would want to.
a return to j^ower with the fall elec
hnv.-red at the'Coquille Postoffice as
Second Class Mail Matter.
DEATH TOO KINDLY
The almost simultaneous reports ot
the finding of the decapitated body
of Peter Levine, kidnaped at New
Rochelle, N. Y., over three months
ago, washed up on the shores of Long
Island Sound, and the snatching of a
five and one-half year old son of a
service station owner at Princeton,
Florida, is inflaming anew the hatred
this nation feels for such dastards.
Most of these snatch crimes are
eventually solved, but almost never
is the innocent victim returned to his
It has come to the point where
parents might better give up any
hope at the outset of ever recovering
their child, and turn the matter over
to police and G-men the moment it
-happens.- -Feer o»r the- pert of the
gorillas that they may be captured
compels them to end the life of the
child, whether they receive the ran
som money or not
We realize that the suffering par
ents cannot bring themselves to this
view, for while there is life there is
. hope, but hope that such desperadoes
have one spark of humanity to their
beings and will return their “snatch”
is being shattered with every new as
sault.
The right of trial could very justly
be abrogated in such cases—if the
snatcher was caught with his victim.
But he is not; he kills the helpless
youngster.
tions. In this they are banking strong
In a recent article in the Liberty, H.
ly on the permanence of the bitter
G. Wells paints a dire picture of the
ness developed between the support
deluge which is to follow the Euro
ers of Governor Martin on the one
pean dictators’ brief hour in the sun.
hand and those of Henry L. Hess, the
The whole depressing prophecy seems
successful candidate for the demo
to be a bid for the United States to cratic nomination, on the other.
join forces with the English diplomats
Democrats who supported Governor
and pull their chestnuts out of the
Martin, they feel, will support Charles
fire. He concludes with the state
A. Sprague, the republican
date.
ment that “the Monroe Doctrine this fall.
would not survive th? British Empire
In their optimism, however, it la
tor a year.” Mr. Wells evidently has
entirely probable that the republicans
not heard that President Roosevelt
are overlooking two very important
scrapped the Monroe Doctrine « year I ’^Vrstoth ¿‘which ¿iti pliyTv^’
Oregon’s new $2,500,000
building, now nearing completion,
will be ready for occupancy by July
1 but formal dedication of the build
ing will probably be postponed until
next January when the legislature is
in session, it was decided by the cap
ital commission here this week. Car
pets are now being laid in the legis
lative chambers and finishing touches
being rushed on the interior of the
building. Rugs, drapes and furniture
for the House and Senate and the
executive suite will not be ready for
several months. The contractor ex
pects to be off the job by the middle
of this month and the work of mov
ing into the new building will get
under way as soon thereafter as ths
janitors can make the building habi
table.
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Work on the new $1700 adminis-
tration building at the «tate fair
grounds is well under way and the
first unit will be ready for occupancy
before this year’s fair opens on Labor
Day. This unit, in addition to the
administrative offices will also pro
vide quarters for the press, telephone
and telegraph offices, a first aid sta-
' tion and a radio broadcasting booth.
and a half ago.
1 important part in shaping up the fall
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One reason dogs are so near a man’s
heart is because their traits of char
acter are so remindful of our human
foible,. Some children, even grown
up children, cannot stand sympathy.
And we recently heard of a dog, pet
of the family, >hicfBuffei«d a
'campaign. One of these is time, the
great healer, which can be expected
to do a great deal toward soothing
savage democratic breasts during the
Veterans of the Spanish-American
intervening six months before the
than
next election. The other factor which and World Wart have • utUe 11
must be taken into account in the • month left ln wWch to uke advan-
aonnnifffatlon and its “New Deal" 8°" so,a,er8 dohus i«w. ,
after the leg was as good as new, at program. The forthcoming campaign O*®1« executive secretary to the
the words, “Poor Shop,” uttered in a y not
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_ World
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going __
to be
War Veterans State Aid com-
sympathetic tone, he would seize the
the two candldates^for misaioii, warns that the dead line for
healed leg in his mouth and whine
governw>Wp.
Th« New Dert Ioan application« expires June 30.
ptttfully;
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- bating given lte official blearing mi..
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Hess prior to the primary election can Pump-Priming And
be expected to put forth its best ef- I
Bubbles
forts to see him safely through this
fall. And no one at all familiar with ’
Once upon a time, I stood on a
the political situation is discounting twenty acre tract in the Sacramento
the popularity of the New Deel, here
Valley and looked across to the twen
in Oregon as well as elsewhere
ty acres of my neighbor where he was
throughout the nation, and the power coupling up a windmill to the walking
r
« poltfcal .¿Mn ¿^¿nl
bead» of a six-inch irrigating pump.
mitted to the task of supporting some
Then the wheel was turned Into the
favored candidate.
wind and a few strokes of the plunger
• Not only will the national admin
brought a full stream of water out of
istration be Interested in the electian
the spout. In a short time the water
of a democratic governor in Oregon
slacked and soon became a dribble
this fall. It will also be intensely in
and bubbles came out of that pump
terested in the election of a United
as though poured from a cornucopia
State senator and three congressmen
and as the sunshine struck them,
committed to the support of its pro
those bubbles were as beautiful as
gram. In view of all the New Deal
ratobpws.
RELIEF—THE FOURTH
has at stake here in Oregon it may be
The windmill was turned out of
“The best governor Oregon ever assumed even at this early date that
LARGEST BUSINESS
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is an eulogy frequently ncTYtone will be left unturned to keep the wind; my neighbor and his helper
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looked down the well wondering what
America is a land that prides itself applied to Governor Martin late Oregon in the democratic column it
caused the bubbles.
ly.
To
many
of
us
his
probity
and
possible.
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on its high standard of living. And
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They did not seem to know foe,
___ pride, for ___
__ ! fortitude entitle him to higher hon-
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That the ■i^rnX.d*
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it is not
Americans
J n?h * ’’huf* "f,tr lot*in< ,nd walUn« «nd waiting
haw merowcomforti and coovonAncas ** UJ**™ thinkin» were potent can not be disputed,
‘urned the windmill
| he would occupy the chief executive’s is the feeling . between the two factions andlook1"«'
than any other people—all because
i chair for another two years. (Indeed, can best be gauged by the fact that into the wind and out came water;
America has pioneered to the devel-
opment of the«- modem thing. “
hone, and beggar. so far Governor Martin has failed to then a dribble, then a cloud of wind
could
ride,
Governor
Martin would send his congratulations to his suc bubbles that were turned into rain
through industrial expansion. With
now be in the White House striving cessful rival, Henry Hess Further bow bubbles by the sunshine. ,
that expansion millions of jobs were
Those men did not look down the
to be “the best president the United more he has declared that he never
created so those millions could buy
well any more. They knew it was a
States ever had.”)
will. Sprague, the republican nom
the things they produced.
However, we are faced by the cold, inee, on the other hand has received shallow well.
Now, however, America finds itself
A man whose business it was to
alarmingly going backward instead hard facts of politics. For him to run the congratulations, together with as
bore wells was sent for. He came
as
an
independent
candidate
for
gov
surances of whole-hearted support
of forward toward an even higher
with his outfit, the pump was taken
ernor this fall would divide the anti from all seven of his rivals. *
standard of living, says an I. P. S.
out pf the well, the boring auger was
radical element to the state and en
Rumors that Martin might yet enter
dispatch from Washington.
put Into the well and the well borers
sure the very dangers he woul<f aveit. the __
fall ____
campaign _ as an independent
Consider the hundreds of ways in
Governor Martin holds a very I candidate for governor are not taken put that troll down into the real
which the 130,000,000 people of our
water-sand that carried a continuous
country earn or receive their living. special place in the hearts of those of seriously here. A state law prohibits
us in Coquille, who recall that dread- | such a move and even
u flow of water. Then the pump was
Broken down into classifications, we
put.into the well, the plunger into the
find now that relief—at the expense ful last Sunday to September of ml<ht t*
to overcome this
pump and connected to the walking
n«»rly
two
year.
ago.
We
we'th«k-
obstacle
court
actl
Wen<u
of the taxpayer and the public purse
beam, the windmill turned into the
—ranks fourth.
That means that ful to him for staying at his desk to ¿f the governor sre known to be
put in motion agencies to help us If strongly opposed to such a procedure. wind and the pump poured out the
more people are now being support
greater need arose. The right of the In the meantime the governor con water day and night and there were
ed on relief roll, than by such other
uniform of those beardless boys of the tinues to “sit in his tent,” intimating no more rainbow wind-bubbles to
industries as mining, public utilities,
national guard the next day gave us to newspapermen that he will have the air but plenty of water in the
transportation and construction. Only
courage and relaxed taut nerves. He, “something to say” about the poli ditches.
manufacturing, farming and the ser
Any man who continuously primes
at least, did not “go fishing” to an tical situation ? little later.
vice trades rank above relief.
a pump in a shallow well wastes the
emergency.
Why, people ask, has relief become
priming water and gets bubbles for
One-fourth of all claims for un
a “big business”? There are many
his effort, even though he may try
U. of O. Graduates <77
employment compensation so far
theories, but it is interesting to note
to fool his audience, who pays the
filed
with
the
commission,
have
al
that it has advanced materially dur
The University of Oregon con
bills, into thinking that rainbow bub
ing the past five-year era of govern ferred degrees upon 677 students May ready been paid in full, it was an
bles are something more than state
ment pump-priming and indiscrimin 30, one of the largest groups ever to nounced this week.
The 14,091
papers
and fireside chats. A shallow
ate “emergency” spending.
graduate from the institution. The claims satisfied in full totalled $1,-
man utters shallow words and he
Since 1933 the staggering total of total shows an increase of nearly ten 292,89«. The weekly checks received
more than $16,000,000,000 has been per cent over that of last year, when by these beneficiaries of the jobless knows naught of integrity, upright
ness and truth..
poured into the relief channels. By 823 degrees were awarded. The mark insurance averaged $11.98.
R. A. Easton.
July 1, 1939, according to current this year approaches that of 1930,
In John W. Kelly’s column in last
Saturday’s Oregonian is the story of
a striking mechanic who had stripped
bomb rack bolts in a factory where
bombers are being built for the
Unlled-States air force. If the in
spector had not found the damage
«tone, a disaster would have
doubtless with lose of life as well as
a $100,000 bomber. The NLRB or
dered the mechanic rehired with back
pay for idle time.
It doesn’t make
sense: a government board shielding
those who seek to injure other federal
projects, po we occasionally sti mble
on a clue that points to a monster plot
to sabotage our whole government
from within?
Melvyn Douglas and Joan Biondell co-starred in “There’s Always A
Woman,” comedy sensation coming to The Roxy Sunday for three days.
The film, which also has Mary Astor, Frances Drake, Jerome Cowan and
Robert Paige in featured roles, has been heralded as the funniest comedy
ever made in Hollywood or anywhere else.
Opening of
The Sunshine Dairy
will take place on
Saturday, June 4
We wish everyone to inspect this modem and up-to-date
milk plant and help us celebrate our first anniversary.
Our slogan: — ~ ~
Good Clean Milk made safe for children
mean, Coquille now has as high grade milk as any city
in the state.
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Grade A Milk is the same price as raw milk—11 cents a quart
ih*d:
government spending estimates, the
total will mount to at least $20,000,-
000,900.
Some people say federal spending
Is a political expendient. Perhaps
it is, but we wonder if, in the long
run, industrial America and its high
living standards can survive if re
lief finally becomes the first ranking
business of the country?
Relief is
not a productive enterprise and
America must produce to exist.
when the record was set at 706, and
is only two short of 1931 when 679
graduated. Of the total, nine are
from Coos county.
Among the students from Coos
county who received degrees are:
Madelene Anne McKeown, Co
quille, received the degree of baqhe-
lor of arts in law. She is%e daugh
ter of Mrs. Mary McKeown.
John R. Seeley, of Coquille, re
ceived the degree of Doctor of Medi
cine.
A degree of bachelor of arts in
music was received by Edythe Maxine
Farr, of Coquille, daughter of Mr.
Margaret M. Chase, Myrtle Point,
who received the degree of bachelor
Some will turn them down.
of science in social science.
Edwin
They will not buy you see,
Cecil Barker, also of Myrtle Point,
And wear the blood-red poppies
received the degree of bachelor of
Sold for the boys who went over sea. science in business administration.
Alice E. Stewart, Powers, received
Others are glad to help,
the degree of bachelor of science in
And do so with a smile.
They say I’ll wear the blood-red pop business administration. She is the
daughter of Mr. G. P. Stewart.
pies
Sold for a cause worth while.
To everyone they meet.
So we girls of the American Legion
Are very thankful to those
Who wore the blood-red poppies.
Sold for a very just cause.
—Legion Auxiliary.
Spencer Foundation Garments
and Bandeaus individually designed,
ror appointment call 191J or write
Edna Taylor, 540 North Coulter, Co
quille..
• Nov. U, M
One-fifth of all deaths in the Pa
cific northwest between the age of
20 and 50 yean is caused by tubercu
losis, according to Dr. Grover C. Bel
linger, superintendent of the state
tuberculosis hospital at Salem.
Mott Will Not Favor Cut
ting Highway Appropriations
W. A. STEPHENS, Prop.
8th & Heath
Phone 48-M
Hooton Electric Shop
has the following:
Two-burner Hot Plates
b-
One-burner Hot Plates
Electric Roaster
The U. S. senate has passed the
1938 Federal Aid Highway bill, which
Electric Percolators, Toasters, Waffle Irons and Sandwich
The annual maneuvers of the Ore-I was passed last week by the house.
In reporting the house bill to the sen
Toasters
Masda Lamps
Electrical Wiring Supplies
gon National Guard at Camp Clatsop
ate the senate committee on roads
June 14 to 28 will bring about the'
followed the recommendation of the
largest concentration of troops to the ZZZZft
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If we haven’t got what yea want — we will gladly Order it for you!
mu . — president and reduced the amounts
history of this state. More than 3600
authorized by the house bill to aid
officers and men will assemble for
the states in their road building pro
the 15 days «^intensive training, ac grams.
cording to Major General George A.
The house bill as amended by the
White.
senate has been referred to a con
ference committee, composed of five
Legislative approval will have to members from 'iach body and this
be had before the Oregon World's committee« wDl endeavor to reconcile
Fair commission can transfer the the difference between the bill as
$20,000 appropriated for the New passed by the house and as amended
York fair to the San Francisco fair. by the senate.
WOOD — COAL — FUEL OIL
When the Oregon commission decid
Congressman James W. Mott, who
STORAGE
ed to withdraw from the New York is a member of the houae committee
fair because it could not have the site on roads which drafted the bill, is
Office Phone
Farr A Elwood Bldg
first allotted to thia state, it was an also a member of the conference com
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S. Taylor
nounced that the two appropriations mittee. He has stated that he will ac
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would be consolidated and spent on cept no reduction in the amount of
this state’s display at San Francisco. road funds authorized by the House
Typewriters, new and rebuilt. For
Attorney General Van Winkle this Bill and that he intends to file a min
For refrigeration repairs and In
Bring us your type
week ruled that this could not be done ority conference report in event a sale or rent.
stallations call Cream O’ Coos
by the commission since the funds majority of the conferees should agree writer troubles. H. S. Norton Music
See Cream O’ O om for Kelvinator
were appropriated for specific pur- to the senate amendments.
and Stationery.
refrigerators.
Benham’s Transfer
Anywhere For Hire ’