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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1939)
L * J —wee-»»!---------- ■ "W—»R*——•—mo«- appear that the governor has al ready made fair progress in his house cleaning chore. The lucrative public utilities commission post, the liquor control board, the unemployment compensation commission, industrial accident commission and the state parole board are already in-republi can hands and the state highway commission although still headed by By A. L. LINDBECK democrats has always been staffed by (State Capital New« Bureau) republicans, most of whom are in tensely partisan in their political Govemor Sprague spent more opinions. than an hour in conference with re But there are a few democratic publican party leaders one afternoon office holders remaining. Enough at this past week. After the conference least to arouse the ire of republican none of those “in the know** would party leaders who believe implicity reveal the subject under discussion. in the doctrine of to the victor belongs All of which, of course, only serves the spoils, especially now that their to add a touch of mystery to the oc party is in the saddle. Among these casion and to arouse the curiosity are James H. Hazlett, corporation of the political prognosticators. commissioner, who still has more It is no secret that many of the re than three years to serve under the publican leaders in Oregon are be eleventh hour appointment made by coming impatient of the governor’s Governor Martin, and Hugh H. Earle, delay in cleaning his house of demo insurance commissioner, whose term cratic hold-overs from the Martin still has another two years to run. regime. Neither is it'any secret that Then there is Dan Fry, state pur- -------- . chasing agent, who, in spite of his some of these _____ same party ___ leaders are pretty much peeved over the gover- ’ democratic affiliation has made such nor’s failure to consult with them' an outstanding record for efficiency regarding political appointments. that the republican-dominated board Now these peevishly perturbed poj- control, hesitates to disturb him in icians fail to take into account the spite of partisan demands for his fact that the few democrats who re scalfr. And then there is State For main an the state pay-roll fought ester J. W. Ferguson, whom even the shoulder to shoulder with regular re governor would like to see sup publicans in electing Sprague. The planted by a republican but about fact that they are registered demo which he apparenty can do nothing crats and hod-overs from a demo without a reorganisation of the for cratic regime is enough to condemn estry board, a move which he seems them and to warrant their immediate to be reluctant to make. disbarment fypm the public trough. While Governor Sprague 'deplores' To an unbiased political observer, viewing the situation from the van the hoarding of foodstuffs in antici tage point of the side lines it would pation of war-time profiteering there ■11-1 .JUL. FALL • A. ' * GRAND OPENING Marshfield < Wednesday, Sept- 20 Windows Unveiled 8 P. M. PARADE - Band - Drill Team COOS BAY PIRATES Special Show Bia Dance is nothing he can do about it, he told newspapermen at the capitol thia weak. The governor declared that in his opinion there was no occasion for hoarding in this country where there is an adequate supply of every thing and told newspapermen that his family was not stocking up on anything. In many respects the state fair, this year was the cleanest ever. All games of chance and questionable entertain« ments were barred from the midway, gambling at the pari-mutuel win dows by minors was forbidden, and the races were run for the benefit of the spectators rather than the gamb lers after Governor Sprague took a hand fallowing complaints which poured in as a result of the apparent collusion between the race starter and the pari-mutuel operators on the opening day. This has been another busy week for Oregon's chief executive. Tues day Governor Sprague met with the State Reclamation commission at Clatskanie. Wednesday he jumped to Ontario to attend the annual con vention of the State Real Estate as sociation. He is scheduled for a stop in Baker on Thursday and on Friday he will take in the round-up at Pend leton. J _ •* ’’ August A Record Month For Unemployment—Only 32,793 Unemployed In The State All records for placements were smashed by the Oregon State Em ployment Service during August, Di rector L. C. Stoll announces, follow- a checkup of reports from the 21 offices maintained in the state. The 12,549 men and women re turned to jobs reduced the active file of job seekers to an all-time low of 32,793. A year ago there were more than 75,000 Oregjxt^rtrlisted-'by Xhe employment service as job' huntert. August totals soared 118 per cent beyond July’s figures and boosted the three-month summer total to 83 percent above that of last summer, recapitulation of statistics compiled in the central office here at Salem showed. Sixty-three percent of the August placements were in private industry and the service' credited seasonal agricultural activities, an unusually heavy placement of fire fighters and an intensive “back-to-work” drive all over the state for the record per formance. ' Hops, vegetables and canning acti vities in the Willamette valley, fruit and berries in Multnomah, Washing ton, Hood River and Wasco, grain in eastern Oregon, lettuce and peas in Wallowa and potatoes in Klamath were responsible for heavy farm placements. Four of the 21 offices placed more than a thousand workers, each. Port land had 2712, Salem 1947, LaGrande 1189 and Klamath Falls 1162. Eugene placed 950, the filming of “Abe Lin coln of Illinois'’ accounting for the big monthly total. Marshfield had 659. August this year showed an in crease of 141 percent over August 1938, Mr. Stoll said, and besides the 12,549 regular placements there were 13,768 casual placements. ———i•------ - —— Commercial motor trucks operating in Oregon paid fees totaling more than $783,000 during the first seven months of this year, according to O. R. Bean, public utilities commissioner. More than 12,000 trucks are regis tered with the utilities department for purposes of regulation. 5 S.-M*- Apparently aimed at Ralph W. Perry of Hood River county, Atto- ney General Van Winkle has ad vised District Attorney John Baker of that county that it was unlawful for one person to hold the dual posi tion of county commissioner and di rector of a peoples utility district. INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY, Perry, a Hood River county commis OREGON BORN, ADVANCES sioner, was recently elected a direc The Pacific International highway, tor of the newly created Hood River an Oregon-bom project, has passed PUD. the dream stages and is assuming Reorganization of the state board form, according to announcement of of cosmetic-therapy examiners is the Oregon State Motor association. North from Vancouver to Hazleton, pending, Governor Sprague told a delegation of beauty school oper Canada, as well as southward into ators and managers who conferred far reaches of Mexico, the highway with him here this week. The gov already has been built and is being ernor told the delegation that he was used. On to Fairbanks, Alaska, is dissatisfied with the present board the present slogan, and a commission and planned to replace Mrs. Mary representing the United States .and Burgard of Oregon City'as a mem Canada have already agreed on major ber of the board and Inez B. Rein- points. Although the route is approximate hart of Portand, as secretary. ly four-fifths in Canada the United The new central heating plant States expects to foot the major part which will serve all buildings in the of the bill. A road through or west capital group at Salem was formally of the coastal mountains would be ter turned over to the state by the con rifically expensive, but Uncle Sam tractors this week. The plant financed needs the highways for military de through PWA aid represents an in fense reasons, it is felt in Washing vestment of 1130,000. The Board of ton, and thus willingly assumes a Control also formally accepted the part of the cost, as advised by the two huge granite statues guarding war department. the entrance to the new capital this It was on April 14, 1930, in Port- week. land, that the Pacific International Highway association was rormed, in response by a call issued by Presi dent E. R. McDaniel, dt the Oregon State Motor association. Highway enthusiasts from several coastal cities responded to the association's call. “We believed in the international highway then, both for its commer cial and,tourist possibilities, and we believe In it now," said President Mc Daniel. “Connecting the tips at tbe two American continents might have seemed visionary at one time, but no informed person doubts the wisdom and feasibility of the plan now. “We’ll have the tip-to-tip highway in a few years,” he said. Calling carda. SO tor $1.00. guá. 1/<^ ’-Oke» this *OTK Y** tust sM* ,, -, ho* •u»-1“* data THORNTON TIRE SERVICE 340 W. Front, Coquille, Tel. 270 Broadway at Curtis, Marshfield, TeL <52 Southern Oregon’s largest and most Complete Tire Service Facts That Concern You Next door to Thornton Tire Service Coquille Garage rftxtj Ww COOMNC HAS PA. WE GENERAL REPAIRING ON ALL MAKES OF CARS TweMy-F Service MEAN PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE SAN FRANCISCO’S BEST CLIMATE IS RIGHT NOW! 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