THE PAPER THAT8 LIKE A LETTER FROM HOME
Nearly 550 Em*
ployed at Smith
Plant Now
rial Hatton Re-
V»
Sidewalk Along
Highway Is A
. Safely Need
signs As Coach
Supt. B. W Dunn started looking
this week for a successor to Hal
Hatton as high school athletic coach,
director of physical education and
high.school instructor.
Mr. Hatton, who has taught chem­
istry in Coquille High, as well as
acting as coach of football, basketball
and track, has just been elected as
assistant coach at Washington High
in Portland and will not return for
■ third year in Coquille.
There are two or,three academic
subjects the physical education di­
rector may handle ln .C. H. S. and
Mr. Dunn hopes to secure an experi­
enced coach who can also teach
chemistry or one of the other sub­
jects.
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If as in the olden days coaching
could be a part time job, the board
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Ray Koon Advances Cogent Be»|
sons For Not Pumping Fron
North Fork—A WPA ProjM
Pedestrians Must Jump Fence
Or Climb Hill On One Section
Just Beyond Union Substation
The city council definitely aban
doned any thought of pumping watei
from the North Fork as an addition b
the Rink creek supply, after confer'
ring with Ray Koon of the engineer
Ing firm of Stevens & Koon in Port­
land, last Friday evening.
’
The council met with Mr. Koor
Friday evening, the water committed
with him Saturday, morning, and a(
a meeting of the council at 5:30 Sab
urdav evenins th* council scceotef
Attention is called to the need of a
highway safety program for pedes­
trians between Front street in Co­
quille and Rink creek, on the Myrtle
Point highway.
The city council last week asked
the county court and the local state
highway department to confer with
the county WPA chief, Mr. Mattson,
at Marshfield, to see if something
could not be worked out to furnish
nrotection
tteaae who n-iw»
Mrs. Bryant, Chrm.
Finally Worked
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to
"Tom Sawyer"
At Roxy Tonight
Tommy Kelly, who was rocketed to
overnight screen fame when he 'was
picked from among more than 25,000
boys to play the hero of David O.
Selznick's technicolor picture, “The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” starting
a three-day run at the Roxy this eve­
ning, still retains his burning ambi­
tion to play big league baseball with
the New York Giants
“Being a movie actor is all right,
I guess,” said Tommy, "but when I
grow up I want to be like Carl Hub­
bell, Bill Terry or Mel Ott.
This is the picture for which the
Coquille Bethel of Job’s Daughters
has been selling tickets the past few
■
weeks, and the advanced sale indi­ I
cates that Tom Sawyer still has a
pulling power.
Keith Leslie, Clerk
The school board of District No. 8
met and organized Monday evening
by the election of Mrs. Geo. W. Bry­
ant as first chairman and Keith Les­
lie as first clerk of the district of
the first class. The other directors
are Dr. J. W. Bunch and R. T. Slater
as holdovers, C. W. Kline and W. E.
Bosserman as the new members.
, No other business was transacted,
the wood blds being' returned to those
submitting them for more explicit de­
tails of their offers.
Awaiting delayed approval of the
district’s PWA application for a grant
of funds to furnish the gymnasium,
no action was taken toward buying
seats or equipment for the gym.
Hoxie Goes to McMinnville
State Policeman G. H. Hoxie, who
has been on duty at the local head-
quarters for the past fourteen months,
has been transferred to McMinnville,
where he will be on patrol duty. Ser­
geant Eric 'tucker stated Tuesday
that it had not been decided who
would be transferred to succeed Mr.
Hoxie, who has Men broadcaster and
office man here. Mrs. Hoxie and
their daughter accompanied Mr.
A Freak From Bandon
Hoxie to his new field.
They left
Mrs. J. E. Perrott last Thursday early this morning.
sent to the Sentinel office from Ban­
don a floral freak which our horti­
culturist commented on with the Donations For Chinese Relief
Rev. Geo. R. Tumey calls attention
words, “I wouldn’t believe it if I
handn't seen it, and I don't know that to the fact that receptacles have
been placed in various business
I believe it now."
It is a cross of a foxglove or digi­ houses in Coquille by the Red Cross
talis with a Canterbury Bell. The for donations for Chinese relief. So
blooms extend the length of the far contributions have been mostly
stems as in the ordinary foxglove but pennies but there is real need for
with a single large-size Canterbury support of the Red Cross relief pro­
Bell at the tip of each stalk. Two of gram in China and those who are
the stalks had purple flowers and the able will contribute to this worthy
cause.
third was white.
Not A Jury Criminal Trial At June Term
—Judge Hendick Paroles Several
A criminal docket of several caaea
was cleaned up by Judge Carl Hen­
drick last Friday without one of them
being heard by a jury, all of the de­
fendants pleading guilty.
H. B. Sproggins and Nick Randall,
who were indicted for attempting to
bribe an officer at North Bend, were
given a year and six months respec­
tively in the county Jail. They were
paroled on condition that they vio­
late no laws in the future and report
New Mail
Schedule Effet-
live Tomorrow
The full width paving on Second
and Hall streets which is considera­
bly more than half done is going to
do more than anything else could
do to relieve traffic congestion in the
Mail Heretofore Arriving In
business district. It also improves
Evening Will Be In 11 Hours
the appearance of the streets and is
one of the beet improvements made
Earlier—Better Service to Bay
in Coquille for yean.
Whether the county will be able to
Effective tomorrow a new mail
carry out its original program for schedule goes into effect for Coquille
an oiled mat Job around the court and Coos county but the new star
houif has not been determined. route from Eugene will not be in
There is a WPA ruling that men can operation on Sunday nor holidays.
not work except on specified projects Heretofore there has been a mail truck
and the county's plan was to bring coming In from Roseburg, arriving in
rock from its quarry which is not in Coquille about 5:30 in the evening
any way connected .with the paving and leaving here for Roseburg about
project
But those wide strips be­ 10:30 a. m. That route is now to be
tween curb and sidewalk around the discontinued.
court
will be
tr,
m They have to be now wfth| Eugene about 1:30 a m., an hour and
I removed.
report, which suggests the raising at
The worst point is just above the
a half after the train leaves Eugene
the present dam by ten feet, half roc* Pettengill home, beyond the Unkm
for Coos Bay. This truck will pick
and half earth The present dam i$ Oil substation, where the curving
up the first class mail and parcels
28 feet high from the bed of the rei roadway prevents lights from cars
post which arrives on the last night
servoir to the top and impound* in either direction from spotting pe­
train from Portland and bring it via
destrians, and for some distance
around 38 million gallons.
Drain and Reedsport to North Bend,
The additional ten feet will enablflf along there the footman either has
Marshfield and Myrtle Point, arriving
Elton Schroeder, Myrtle Point here about 6:30 in the morning, a
the Cjty to Store an increase of 2< to climb the steep bank dr jump over
million gallons, according to Mn the fence when two cars are meet­ postmaster, has reason to be proud couple of hours ahead of the mail
Koon, and the added depth will tend ing at the paint where he is walking. these days. He has recently received which comes by train.
Being outside the city limits, the his appointment for another four-
to make it a better supply.
This mail truck will turn around
In company with City Engineer council can spend no money for a year term as P. M., and has also at Myrtle Point and start back for
Gould, Mr. Koon last Friday visit*! walk there, but prompt action by the learned that the office there will be­ Eugene, picking up all mail dropped
the dam, the North Fork where it was county and highway department may come one of the second class tomor­ in the postoffice by 8 a. m. and will
row, July 1, which, besides an in­ leave here at 8:30. This will make a
proposed to pump the water up over avert a tragedy.«
In many places there is space for crease in bis salary, means that the morning mail out to Marshfield, Eu­
the 627 feet elevation above t**n
reservoir, and also the well which a pedestrian to get off the pavement office will be closed Saturday after­ gene, Portland and east—something
Mr. Marrion has drilled for water between Fitzgerald’s service station noon, that clerks in the office can entirely new.
at the Coast Oil Company’s oil well and Rink creek but in some places he not work more than 40 hours a week
A clerk will be on duty at the
stands a poor chance, especially at and that the office cannot be open on postoffice when the 6 30 truck ar­
site.
Sunday.
In his talk with the council Fri­ night
rives in the morning to sort and dis­
It is expected that a petition will tribute the mail which arrives than,
day, Mr. Koon emphatically turned
soon be presented to the postal de­ but which under the old schedule
thumbs down on the North Fork plan,
partment asking for village service would not have arrived here until
which he said would probably coat
mall delivery. This will be for the 5:30 that evening, eleven hours later.
$15,000 to install besides a constant
business section and means an in-.]
expense for pumping. He gave sev­
Mall from California and the south
creased
payroll in the office.
eral reasons for objecting to the
is likely to be slower arriving than
A Choice of celebrations is being
North Fork as a source of supply.
it has been. What formerly arrived
The water there is not fit for hu­ offered southwestern Oregon for the
at 5:30 in the evening will not get in
man consumption and would ro- Fourth with Port Orford, Gold Beach
now until 6:30 the next morning. But
and Empire advertising three days of
the Coquille valley for the fint time
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tOSti' ivitie«. Empire’s, being on Coos
will have a daily round trip mail
May, J will probably attract the largest!
service to Coos Bay.
orAiu
Fred J. McKeown, of Astoria, was
crowds with its rodeo, yacht races,
.
Ite’ • ‘
open air dancing, mud wrestling bout, in Coquille Monday and Tuesday of
water sports and many other at­ this week. He is travel director for
tractions.. It is to be a three-day af­ the north section of the Coast high­
fair,
starting Saturday and lasting way, from Otis north to Astoria, and
Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Merrill,
his duties are to make contacts from
of Anaheim, Calif., came in Saturday through Monday.
Crescent City north, endeavoring to
The Coquille Chamber of Com­
There
will
also
be
the
pyrote<
hnlc
evening to visit for a few days at the
persuade tourists to see the whole merce laid on the table the question
F. G. Leslie home. They had been display which has been associated
Oregon coast from Brookings to As- of signboards at Crescent City, Rose­
on a six weeks’ trip going as far north with Fourth of July celebrations from
burg, Drain and McMinnville, re­
soon after the Fourth’s inception as toria.
as Yakima, Wash.
While in Crescent City last week ferred to county chambers by the
.
Mr. Merrill spent 50 yean in the a holiday.
he was told that travel over either Coos County C. of C. Tuesday eve­
printing business and was foreman
the Redwood highway or the Coast ning. These signs would cost $28 a
of the shop in Grand Junction, Colo.,
highway was considerably less than month each for a 42-foot long sign
where Mr. Leslie had his fint print­
it was last year and that all travel and nearly half as much for a 20-
ing experience, being ’•devil” in the
centers, like Crescent City and Grants ( foot sign.
same shop.
While it is impossible to finance
A picnic and celebration will be Pass, were feeling the depression
Mr. Merrill told something in the
keenly in the shortage of tourist four or five such signs for a year,
at
Norway
Grove
on
the
Fourth
held
Sentinel office Monday morning that
travel.
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there Is another reason against so
was new to us, that between 50 and of July by the various churches of
marking
the highways. At the present
Coos
county.
This
will
be
similar
to
80 yean ago a bunch of Germans
New Grand Jury Named
time there is no effort being made
from the middle west located at the one enjoyed last year. There will
A new grand Jury was drawn last by the cities on the Redwood and
Anaheim and started the first orange be sports, contests, concessions, a
groves in California. Practically all good speaker and lots of eats, In fact Saturday and both grand and petit Pacific highways to keep travel from
the Coast highway and this world's
of them aad their descendanta have a jolly good time will be enjoyed by jury were excused subject to call.
The members of the grand jury are most scenic route is receiving its
been wealthy ever since, but he added everyone. Last year more than 600
John Ferguson, of Marshfield, fore­ share of tourist traffic. Such a con­
that this is a poor year for oranges were In attendance.
man; Dora Church, Marshfield; C. A. dition of harmony would not last if
Mr. Merrill sold his shop at Ana­
Broke Arm in Five Places
Holverstott, McKinley; Roy T. Robi­ the Coast made an aggressive cam­
heim a few months ago and feels
paign to keep travel off the other
that he is through with the printing
Geo. R. Holbrook, manager of the son, Norway; Mrs. Dell Nosier, J. D.
highways and only a small percentage
Gillespie,
R.
T.
Slater,
all
of
Coquille.
game.
Western Condensing Co., and Mrs.
of the traveling public could be In­
•
. . Holbrook took their 13-year old son,
fluenced any way.---------
Hand Mashed In Mixer
Stephens Resignation Accepted George, Jr, to Portland Tuesday for
The coast route will always get its
At a special business meeting of examination and treatment by the
Melvin Schroeder, who was oper­ share of travel because of its more
the Emanuel Baptist Church the physicians at the Shrine hospital, ating the concrete mixer in the street
resignation of W. A. Stephens, pas- j While they were on a picnic Sunday widening improvement, had his hand comfortable temperature in summer
and Its superior scenery and the
tor, was accepted by a unanimous at Floras creek, he fell from a tree, caught yesterday when the mixer
coast sections fare better from a
fracturing the bones in his right fore- kicked back. He went across the
vote.
quiescent attitude on the part of those
arm
in
five
places
and
possibly
street to the Coquille Hospital where living on other highways than it
It was decided not to call another
Dr. Rankin found the tendons had would if they were actively fighting
pastor immediately. The pulpit will sixth.
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been cut into but not severed.
be filled by guest speakers for the
us.
Macy Anderson Re-enlists
present. Rev. Harold A. Minter will
conduct the regular midweek prayer
Macy Anderson, who had been on Wrestling Card In Two Weeks August Celebration For Coquille
service Thursday evening. All are the home place at Fat Elk, near the
It is being talked, but source of
Harry Elliott says he is planning the rumors cannot be located, that
invited to attend.
Fishtrap road Junction for the past
two years, enlisted in the U. S. army another wrestling card in the Co­ Coquille is to stage a three-day cel­
again recently and expected to be quille Building in two weeks, July ebration during the first half of Au­
Truck, Ambulance Overturn
sent
to the post at Spokane, where 15, but has not yet got his card lined gust. Doubtless those who are pro­
A truckload of CCC boys from the
up so that he can announce it.
moting the plan will come out with
camp at Sitkum overturned near the he will again be a member of the
public announcement after the Fourth
post
band
as
he
was
during
his
pre
­
Dora school house about seven o’clock
Calling carda. SO tor *1.00
of July celebrations are past.
last Sunday. Two of the boys were vious three-year enlistment which he
injured, one of them suffering a brok­ served at Vancouver Barracks.
P.O. at Myrtle Point
Now Second Class
Empire Celebration
Starts Saturday
Traffic Director
Tumey New
Heeds Rotary Old Friends At
Retiring President Rietman turned
F. G. .Leslie's
the gavel over to the new president,
Geo. R. Turney, at the meeting of the
Coquille Rotary Club Wednesday
noon. President Tumey responded
by introducing his associate officers
and directors and afterward de­
scribed his first day at the Rotary In­
ternational convention in San Fran-
clso last week.
Secretary Elbert
Schroeder has not yet returned from
San Francisco and George Chaney
substituted for him.
Mish Chapman was a visiting ro­
tarían from Eugene. Other visitors
were Hale B. Eubanks, of Sutton lake
Camp, former rotarían at Klamath
Falls, and O. B. Harriman, of Co­
quille.
Big Improvemen
R
____ ___ but he is unwilling to
I
give all his time to high school in­ I
struction and that let’s him out as a
possible candidate for athletics men-
Lloyd's Thumb
Wider Streets A
1 from North Coast
Why Highway Signs
Not Desirable
Picnic At Norway
On The Fourth
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en arm. The Mast hospital at Myrtle
Point was called and while on the
Tot Has Toe Injured
way out to get the boys, the ambu­
The two and one-half year old son
lance from there went Into the ditch
of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Bennett was
and overturned.
taken to the Coquille Hospital yes­
terday for treatment.
He had
Golf Course in Splendid Shape reached for a glass on the drainboard
J. Maloney has the greens and in the kitchen at home but did not
fairways at the Coquille Valley get a good grip on it. The glass fell
County club near Norway in the fin­ and broke and cut through the tendon
est kind of condition now and is en­ on the back of his left big toe.
monthly to the parole officers ap­
pointed for them—Jos. McKeown for
Sproggins and J. B. Bedingfield for
Randall.
Robert Buritt Owens, who was in­
dicted for passing a forged check, was
sentenced Saturday to two years in
the big house at Salem. He la the joying quite a good play by the
man who was arrested while drunk LufoL u.
making improve­
A O. Walker left Monday for
at Marshfield and ...............................
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claimed to be
menta on the
in many ways, Portland on a business trip for the
Greenlee, who was wanted for mur- There
sporting course Coquille Service Station, expecting
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, in
Oregon.
to return today.
K. P. Lawrence Visits "Buzz" Holm
strom Who Will Be Home In August
“Tell the folks I'll see them in Au­
gust,” was Buzz Holmstrom's last
words as he waved goodbye to
“Count" and Mrs. K. P. Lawrence
at Boulder City two or three weeks
ago. And Buzz is extremely anxious
to come home if only for a visit. He
was somewhat homestick but the
Count’s visit was a help.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence and sons
spent a day and a half with Buzz,
who is employed by the Boulder City
Amusement Co. He runs a boat for
them on upper Lake Mead.
The
company owns the hotel, a boat line
and other resort features.
It looks now as though Buzz would
make something out of his daring feat
in running the Colorado, solo. The
company has helped him fit out his
boat and a book recounting his ad­
venture will soon be off the press.
The Lawrences visited Marble Can-
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