AN INDEPENDENT „........................ . . —•'■■W ■- COQUILLE. COOS COUNTY, OBE. THU BSD AY, AUGU8T 31. 1*39. .Sa 4-H Poultry Club Members Make Report ... NEWSPAPER A Collision Yesterday Noon City Strives To Improve Water With NewEquipmenf War Still Hangs In The Balance Boat House On River Under Construction School Building A Thing Of Beauty Prior to starting construction of the The threat of war in Europe still boathouse, which will extend 100 or hangs in the balance this morning and more feet upriver from the city dock, it has not yet been determined wheth­ the street department this week ex­ er Hitler's demands are all bluff or tended the sewer which empties just Mayor R. F. Milne and the finance whether he will attempt to enforce east at the city dock for 20 feet out Fred Watson, Gerald Wood­ Is Last Word In Appearance, committee met Monday with a man­ them by plunging the world into war. into the river, making its outlet south ward, Junior Gulstrom Tell Convenience And Utility- ufacturer's representative and mad* Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, in a radio of the side of the boathouse. There C. of C. About Their Trip Accommodations For 358 arrangements for the purchase of an talk last evening, gave a very force­ were a number of submerged piling .mmOTia macbine for treating” the ful talk on the personalities in Europe Mrs. Marie McGilvery, leader of there which the city engaged Ralph i Coquille and School district No. 8 city water, as has been sugegsted by who are bringing the crisis in world the Coquille 4-H Poultry club, and Stephens to blow out, and a ditch i has a school house, of which every the state board of health. affair* and he did not hesitate to call for the sewer extension was also the three boys, Fred Watson, Gerald > patron and taxpayer has cause to be The mayor has received frequent a spade just what it is, in words that made by exploding powder in the Woodward and Junior Gulstrom, who very proud. Reference is to the new letters from the state's health de­ would cause a fight if addressed to bed of the river. The explosion on made so fine a showing at the Inter­ Washington building which is practi­ partment wanting to know what the an individual. national Poultry Congress in Cleve­ Monday killed a number of suckers cally completed on the inside and city Is doing to improve the purity . Probably the most land a month ago, were guests of the logical and in- and a few rats which were in the will be ready for use when the bell of its supply, and it is expected the formative talk of the Coquille Chamber of 'Commerce at many given by vicinity. rings next Tuesday morning to end installation of the ammonia machine the noon meeting of the directors in new* commentators who are fili ng E. L. Perrott & Son started actual the summer vacation. the first of next week will provide an the hotel Tuesday noon. the air with their so-called news work on the float construction yes- Supt. Dunn, who showed reporters answer to the inquiries. County Agent Jenkins introduced stories now, was that by Dorothy Ony twice so far have members of through the building yesterday was The machine costs *550, f.o.b. Co­ Thompson earlier this week. the four, telling how the Coquille the crew fallen into the river. Craig apparently very greatly pleased with quille. In payment the company ac­ teem won the right to represent Ore­ and Lynn Perrott were the two, one the new plant He will have his of­ She drew deadly parallels between cepts *100 now and if the machine is gon at the congress by winning first going in over his head and the other fice there to the right .of the main not found to be satisfactory by Dec. Hitler’s public statements of the past up to his waist, place in the poultry judging at Cor­ entrance on Second street, across the two year* in which the big Swastika 31 it may be returned. The sales­ vallis some months ago. He said hall from the principal's room. stated that Germany, had no morel terday. man also acecpted as part payment there were 600 boys and girls in 4-H One of the first things noticed is territorial aggrandizement ambitions, the old chlorinating machine, which club work in C om county and 25,000 the intercommunication system be­ that it wanted to live peaceably with has not been used since the newer in the state. tween the rooms which is also con­ its neighbors, Poland and other na­ one was purchased, at <100. Mrs. McGilvery thanked the local nected up with the radio equipment Another piece of equipment which tions, and his present efforts to C. of C. and all other organizations by which a program can be heard in seize Danzig and the Polish corridor. the mayor is figuring bn the city Announcement of th* opening of and individuals who made the trip « all eleven class rooms simultaneous­ She also gave as reasons which are Coquille school pupils in the first possible by contributing to a fund I the Purkey Furniture Store in the buying is a chlorinator tester. This halting i fitter in his plan* to force and second grades who have former­ ly from the receiving set in the office. which was used for living expensst p Grimes building next to the Cowbell machine costs *38 and will show • the issue, the fact that Stalin has One of the eleven rooms is the U- ly been attending the Lincoln school Dairy was made this week. The chlorine content of one part of the by the trio. brary where the principal will pre- not yet signed the non-aggression will this year be privileged to enjoy She says that Klamath Falls, which . business will be managed and is owned chemical to ten million parts of wa­ pact between Russia and Germany, side over her classwork. attendance at the new and modern ter. At the present time the city has won second place in the state con­ by John Purkey, formerly of Tacoma, The walls and ceiling of the vari- and it is not certain he ever will. Washington building. The office of test, had the expense money all raised , Washington, and a grandson of a no means of knowing, aside from Another fact she presented was Superintendent Dunn will also be ous rooms are made as sound proof weighing the chlorine, just what per ­ and were all set to go had the Co­ prominent pioneer furniture dealer as possible with composition cover­ that during the world war, Germany moved to the new building. quille team been unable to make the of that city. The Purkeys have been centage of chlorine is used for the did not adopt food restrictive meas­ ing and the floors are covered with Mr. Dunn and the school board water in the reservoir on the hill active in Tacoma furniture trade for A r .'- linoleum where wood is the flooring. east of town, and this tester will en­ ures until the last year of the war, have been considering this move for In their talks th* boys divided their the last forty yean. but already Hitler has adopted such some time and believe that much can In the four where the floor is con­ able the water department employees ”1 came to Coquille on a visit some account into three sections. Gerald measure* in the German empire, and be offered in the way of economy and crete tile has been used. Woodward told of their trip east. months ago,” said Mr. Purkey in ex­ to get the correct proportion of her conclusion is that the German Steel lockers for the pupils have efficiency by having all grades from They left Coquille on July 27, going pressing his inclination toward this chlorine into the supply in a scien­ army will not fight unless it is well been installed in each room, room for one to five In one building. The one to Portland, thence to Chicago and city, “and like the town, the friendly tific way. fed and that Hitler may find his con­ objection to this plan is that some of wraps and lunch for four in each Cleveland. The boys were surprised attitude of the people, and the gen­ trol is not as complete as he now the small children in the north end locker, and these are locked by a at the size of the congress and he eral environment.” He plans to move thinks it is. of town win have to walk about a half master key in the lock of the teacher's said it took more than a day to visit his wife and family here as soon as locker. In Poland every man under 40 is mile farther to school. (Continued on Page Eight) possible. The Venetian blinds have not yet under arms, women are acting as po­ After weighing this one objection • ______________________ The new store will handle a com­ lice, working in munition factories against the many advantages that the been inatalled and for the next month plete line of furnishings for the ; ; The Western Condensing Co. of an dewrfteWMRtaibHi iteiaa. Opiteans U“>rR,ç»f ,the sun’s rays than, ray dinette seta, bed room suite*, mat­ at the company's Coquille plant, an­ iïte 'evidently di- ­ nete“arX. but « is expected that 1 port their country to the death rather of parents were quite evidently di tresses and springs, davenos, unfin­ nounced yesterday that the price it than submit to Hitler’s demands. vided in the matter but regardless of PWA grant application for them will ished chests, bureaus, dressers and will pay for whey, effective Sept. 1, Dr. J. Edward Dehne, who will en­ This morning’s daily papers state their preference they expressed a be approved. choir* as well a* a line of stoves and la 414 cents per hundred. The price In the large gymnasium and hall, that the peace move, as was thought willingness to cooperate with the bet­ ter upon his duties as county health heaters. heretofore in effect was 314 cents, possible by the exchange of secret for which 300 folding chairs have been officer next Tuesday, was appointed ter judgment of the school board. The public is cordially invited to , an increase of practically 30 per cent. notes between Hitler and Chamber- to .that position by the county court Besides having playground equip­ provided there is a stage at one end, visit this fine new store in Coquille on Monday. He is a graduate of the lain, of England, had failed to accom­ ment and an open air playshed, larger than that in the high school and see the splendid line of mer- “ . Spike” Tali» To Rotary plish results, and that Europe is stag­ Washington pupils will also have an building. It will have a drop cur­ University of Oregon medical school, chandise carried. Nationally adver­ gering on the brink. a classmate of Dr. G. E. Stark, and About Football Prospects inside auditorium play room as well tain and be properly equipped. tised wares of quality will be carried Basketball baskets are to be in­ But if Hitter's bluff is called, he as scientifically lighted and ventilated has been located in Astoria for sev­ Coach “Spike” Leslie of the Co- for sale at most reasonable prices, the eral months where he was substitute quille high school told of the pros­ may find a hole to crawl out through. rooms with all linoleum and tile stalled which can be swung up for manager indicate*. occasions which require the use of in the Clatsop health unit. pects and problems cd the football floors. the stage. Dr. Dehne and his bride of two team for this coming season at the While the building from the outside months will live in one of the Sher­ Rotary club meeting Wednesday. He appears to be largely windows, the wood houses, across the street from said he had been asked if we were to! lighting system inside will make the the court house, which Is being va­ have a championship team this year building as light as day at night The cated by Dr. Leslie S. Porter, who and stated that a coach who “stuck After a successful trip through •Irt '1 Lowell Simpson has been in the his neck out” at the beginning of the system is indirect lighting and th* resigned as county health officer, af­ southern and eastern Oregon and Clarence Osika reports this morn­ handsome fixtures hanging from th* ter being her* two months, to return Coquille Hospital since about seven season usually found some one to also in Washington, Pee Wee and his ing that high school registration is ceilings in the rooms and in long rows o'clock last Saturday evening, suf­ “knock his ears down” before it was to Eugene. Wyoming Dude Ranchers have come 289 to date this year where it was down each of the three halls. , fering from as many Injuries as a over and he was doing no phophesy- back to give their initial program be­ 272 last year when all names were in. The toilets are the last word in man can receive and yet live. This ing at present. Opens Port Orford fore home folks. The list shows 83 freshmen, 70 soph­ sanitary construction and nothing morning he is resting comfortably Henry R. Barriot, of Redondo Store Saturday Their appearance will be at the omore, 71 juniors, 72 seniors and two has been overlooked for convenience. and feeling improved, although he Miss May’s Shop in Port Orford will be in the hospital for aix months. Beach, Calif., and Harry Bowers, of Liberty theatre on Saturday evening who will take post graduate work. The clocks in each room are elec­ Eugene, were Rotarian guests, and this week where the Children's Cow­ opened last week under the Last Saturday the Pontiac agency, Don Gillespie, of the local Lions club, tric, connected with the master clock boy Band will play and sing the old ment of Miss Harriet Webb, and will Church & Simpson, had taken in a in the superintendent’s office, and and new cowboy songs which are be owned and operated by Mrs. May motorcycle on a deal and when Clovis was also a guest. are automatically set every hour popular today. Barton, proprietor of Miss May's Church rode the contraption to the They will continue to run for an hour Robison Picnic To Be Sunday The letters the manager of the quin­ Shop in Coquille. service station that evening, Lowell should the juice flow cease. The Robison family annual picnic, tet brings from the theatre manage ­ "Increased trade from that vicinity decided to give it a try-out. He had Handsome drinking fountain sets Three big events in September are originally set for Aug. 20, and which ments where they appeared are most was responsible for opening this store not ridden a motor cycle for many Labor Day on the fourth, opening of are scattered throughout the halls was postponed because of deaths in enthusiastic in their praise and the in Port Orford,” Mrs. Barton said years and accidentally turned the and altogether nothing seemed to the family, has been set for next Sun­ band played to full houses wherever school the next day and the Coos Tuesday. A modernistic display of throttle control the wrong way. have been overlooked in making th* County Fair, which opens the 13th. day, Sept. 3, at the Geo. F. Robison they appeared. ladies* fine ready-to-wear will be The machine shot across the street, The first is a holiday, the second a Washington school the most complete ranch on Fishtrap. The list of performers includes Pee carried. A color scheme of silver over the curb and up the grade on to headache for lots of the youngsters in every detail of any school house in Wee, 10 years, guitar; Smoky, 14, vi- and black has been used to add at­ the lot west of the City Motors and I olin; Sandy, 12, bass fiddle; Smiling and the third, one of the big events Coos county. Miss Pageler Starts Band tractiveness to the store. Fae Crowth­ The building is heated by the cen­ hit, with a sickening thud, the skirt­ of the year in Coos county. | Sue, 13, mandolin; and Sally, 8, ac­ ers, of Port Orford, will assist Miss ing of the old Collier apartment Rehearsals This Week If such a thing is possible this year’s tral low pressure steam boiler; lo­ cordion. Webb in the business there. Miss Anita Pageler came house. Clovis says the machine must fair will be bigger and better than cated on the inner court at the east have been travelling between 40 and from Portland last Thursday and has any that has gone before. Especially end of th* building. Whether it will 50 miles an hour when it hit, and started rehearsals of the two Coquille along amusement lines is this true; be fueled by wood or coal has not Lowell was a foot or two off the spat school bands which are to furnish the exhibits cannot surpass those dis­ yet been determined but Mr. Dunn said yesterday that a half pound of most of the time, but so rapidly was music at the Coos county fair in Myr­ played at previous fairs. As usual the horse racing will be steam« with the handsome radiators he moving that he could not fall off tle Point during the fair. Miss Pageler enjoyed a lengthy trip The finishing touches to the Lan- the main amusement feature each af- J open would almost drive a person E. T. Hedlund, postmaster of the and he had no control over the di­ the past summer. She went first to drith bridge across south Coos river, I ternoon and the fair board is as- from the room in ordinary weather, Portland office, and one of the lead­ rection it took. ing New Dealers in Oregon, was a He also said that the building His injuries consisted of a broken Detroit where she secured the new seven miles from Marshfield, were | gurcd that splendid racing stable en- Coquille visitor this week, stopping at lqwer jaw, fracture of the upper jaw car she had purchased and then con­ applied last week, the painting and tries will be present, could be emptied in 30 seconds after The! Band concerts each day, a dance the youngsters have had a few fire the hotel Tuesday evening. He was on both side«, a fracture at the base tinued east to New York, down the completion in evefy detail. on his way to California on a vacation of his skull, a compound fracture of Atlantic seaboard, across the southern bridge was put in use nearly a year in oaks Pavilion each evening, and drills and grasp the idea of what they trip. the shoulder blade, dislocation of route to Loe Angeles and then north, ago. Tom LiUebo was the contractor I the carnival features all promise that should do. «_ a his *_ __ _______ with the county highway department no matter _ While here Mr. Hedlund passed out both his left hip and left ankle, loss travelling 11,000 miles and visiting ...48k The cost of the new building and what or 1 her age, no on the job and Ralph Harry gives the one can avoid enjoying the fair. the word that he thought Coquille of many teeth, cuts and bruises. His both fairs erf route. its equipment is approximately *70,- could secure the next postmasters' face was almost unrecognizable from Sentinel the figures as to its total Sept 13-14-15-16 are the date*, at •j**».* The PWA grant was 48 per state convention if Postmaster Haw­ crashing into the building. cost as *37,000. It eliminated two Myrtle Point. cent of this total cokt. kins and the Chamber of Commerce ferries on Coos river and besides be­ would extend the invitation. ing more convenient for those using B um ’ Pictures Thrilled It was five or six years ago that Salesmen—At Roxy Sunday the road, the saving to the county for Coquille was host to the state post­ ferry operation Is more than the in­ The Buzz Holmstrom film. “Con­ Mr. and Mrs. Guss Tillmann and masters’ association. terest charges on the bridge’s cost. quering the Colorado." which is to son, Donnie, left last Saturday by The steel span is ISO feet in length, be shown at the Roxy next Sunday, their home in Seattle after a few days* with concrete piers supporting it on Belle Knife Hospital Notes Monday and Tuesday, are pictures visit here with their daughter, Miss either side of the river, and including not previously shown here. They Virginia. Mr. Tillmann came down to A nine pound baby girl, who has the approaches the entire length is been named Judith Gey, was born were taken on Buzz’ last trip down arrange for surfacing with concrete 996 feet. the river for commercial purposes and the ground at the corner of Front and to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Haumshilt yester­ day. The mother was Glennis Finley were sold to the Twentieth Century- Willard street where the City Motors The film service station and garage is located. and Cince Finley has thus become a Fox Film corporation. salesmen who saw a preview of them He will also have the buildings grandfather. Robert Fultz, of the Fat Elk sec­ in Portland were more thrilled at the painted and may eventually have a tion, was dismissed from the hospital showing than at that at any other grease rack built at the rear at the picture they bad ever aeon. Not even the names of. the victims of the accident at the Johnson Mill hill yesterday noon could be learned in Coquille for no report had been made to the sheriff’s office about the accident and the injured were taken to Myrtle Point. The first of two loggers going up the hill and approaching the Stone service station there, suffered a tire blowout. The truck stopped on the curve and the second started around without having a flagman out. Com­ ing from the opposite direction was a Dodge car, filled with women and children, which met the truck head on. The hospital this morning reports that one boy had a cut hand and one of the ladies was shaken up some­ what, but no one was seriously in­ jured. Mrs. A. A. Bannick, of Remote, was driving the Dodge. Purkey Opens Furniture Store Beginners All Go To New Building Price of Whey Jumps One Cent New County Health Officer Coming | Liberty Offers Special Program Lowell Simpson ‘ In Terrific Crosh Increase Of 17 In H. S. Registration County Fair Opens Sept. 13 Coos River Bridge Painted P. M. Convention Might Come Here To Pave, Paint At City Motors