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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1940)
• B. W. Dunn Heads Mrs. Ferris Buried State Superint'nd'nts Last Saturday Burton W. Dunn, local school super intendent, was elected president al the organization of Superintendents in Districts of the First Class, in Oregon, at a banquet held in the Heathman Hotel, in Portland, last Wednesday evening. In this position Supt. Dunn auto matically became a member of the Committee on High School Relations of the Oregon State System of Higher Education. This year marked the 40th annual convention of the Oregon State Teachers’ Association. Mr. Dunn re ported the meeting to be very out standing, although he said the attend ance was much below that of former years. Outstanding speakers on the pro gram were Charles A. Sprague, gov ernor of the State at Oregon; Dr. Carl Sumner Knopf, president of the Southern California Academy of Science and Director of Religious Activities at the University of Southern California; Mrs. Jessie Wardlaw Williams, professor of Edu- , cation, Chico State College, Chico, California, and Dr. Truman G. Reed, principal of Lewis and Clark High School, Spokane, Washington. The general theme of this 40th an nual convention was “Education for Democracy.” Much was said relative to the need for schools to adjust themselves to their enlarged respon sibilities. Dr. Carl Sumner Knopf, in his dis cussion "Making Democracy Work,” told the convention that the hqme, the community, and in some cases the < church, “had handed the ball to the teachers” to make democfacy work. Governor Sprague urged the de velopment of better physical educa tion programs in public schools, and also said there was room for improve ment at the state schools of higher learning. William J. MacKenzie, Portland school director, pointed out that Ore gon is 47th among the states in per centage of state aid for public schools, but averred that before the state could contribute any more to the schools than at present, some new source of tax revenue must be found. The best source for this purpose would be a sales tax, MacKenzie as serted. It would also relieve the property owner who already should ers too great a portion of the tax burden. How Abnormal Objoct la Made to Appear Normal A queer “contrariness” pervades all our sensations, according to Dr. James J. Gibson, Smith college psy chologist, as reported in the Phila delphia Record. • Most of us are acquainted with one illustration of this. When the eyes look at a blue card for a long time, they develop the “desire” to see the opposite color—yellow. So a deep blue appears less blue, a weak blue appears gray, gray ap pears yellow, and yellow appears more yellow. Dr. Gibson reports in the Psycho logical Review that he found a simi lar reaction where colors aren’t in volved. Examples: Look fixedly for about five min utes at a slant line. Then look at a vertical line and it will seem to slant about two or three degrees. With your eyes blindfolded, have some one draw a rough belt across your arm, then suddenly stop it. For a moment the belt will seem to have begun to move backward. The biological explanation? Dr. Gibson suggests what we have here is a miniature version of the age- old process of adaptation to environ ment. We tend to become used to any persisting condition—such as slant in lines. That becomes our “normal.” Now when we see a ver tical line—which is ordinarily our “normal”—it appears abnormal or askew. India is the only place the jute plant has been successfully raised. Experimenters tried it in Florida, but the fiber wasn’t up to snuff, says a writer in the Washington Post. Al though huge machines finish the process of changing a plant into rope and so forth, native hand labor plays a big part. Stripping jute Aber from the stalks is a job for husky natives. They clutch handfuls of slender stalks, stand waist-deep in streams and flay the water untij the rope-like strands are loose. The Roman Gladiators At first prisoners, slaves or con demned criminals were used to af ford entertainment for the citizens of Rome by feats of swordsman ship, wrestling and other contests of strength. Afterwards free men fought in the arena and so popular did the exhibition of skill and strength become that persons of senatorial rank, and even women, enrolled in the gladiator class. At one show given by the Emperor Trajan. 8,000 gladiators were em ployed at one time. Calling 50 for 11.00. Turner B. MacDonald, of Port Or- I ford, officiated at the funeral ser vices held for Mrs. E. W. Ferris in the o'clock last Si y afternoon- In terment was in the Masonic cemetery, where her body was laid to rest be- j side that of her husband who passed ' away April 19, 1918. Born Justine Howe, Oct. 1, 1851, at Beaver Dam, Wis., she was the daughter of Mt. and Mrs.- Benjamin Howe. She was one of eight children, all but two of whom have now de parted this life. In 1869 she was married J______ to E. W. Ferris at Oshkosh, Wls. They lived in Wisconsin and Minnesota until 1903 when they decided to come to Oregon for the benefit of Mr. Ferris’ health. After a year in McMinnville they moved to Coquille and she has resided here since except for the time they were in Long Beach, Calif., where Mr. Ferris died. They had no children. Mrs. Ferris had been more or less of an invalid for the past 28 years and required constant care. Her sis ter, Mrs. Ella Donaldson, had per formed that service for the past six years. Besides Mrs. Donaldson, she is sur vived by her brother here, E. O. Howe, and many nieces and nephews. Those from outside Coquille who came for the funqpal were Mrs. Lorin Wise, Floyd and Roy Pownder and Earl Howe, all of Portland; Mrs. Fred Mifiard, of Dora, and Carl Howe, of North Bend. Hand and Foot Driving School ¡Here January 9 By MARCIA OIN8MORK of their cars, actually going through the various maneuvers as they are taught. Between classes students are urged to practice what they were taught at the proceeding session because only by diligent practice can the student master each step as it is given, according to Snell. 'These schools are based on the theory that those who learn to drive in a school under the direction of a trained instructor are better—and therefore safer drivers than those who pick it up by the old hit-or-miss fashion,” Snell said. Parents are invited to attend the classes at any time. ' PAGI Petty Thieves In Jail For Marshfield Burglary Jas. H. Phillips and Jos. Harrison, two North Bend boys, pleaded guilty in circuit court yesterday to breaking into and entering homes over there. Sentence has not yet been pro nounced. A seven-weeks course in learning to drive an automobile, featuring at-the-wheel instruction, will be of fered students of the Coquille high school beginning Tuesday, Jan. 9, it was announced today by Earl Snell, The boys are already serving time secretary of state, who sponsors these for stealing chickens, rabbits, tires, schools as a part of his state-wide gasoline, and anything else they could progrum in traffic safety. find loose, they having pleaded Students IS years of age or older guilty in Justice Maybee’s court to are eligible to enroll and may register pettit larceny. The justice sentenced at the Coquille high school. No op them to six months in the county jail, erator’s licenses are required for the five months of it to be suspended. course, but cars must be driven to and from school by licensed oper ators. Each pupil furnishes his own Grasse Perfume Center car. Classes will be held each Tues Dec. 28—State Industrial Accident The industry for extraction of day afternoon during the seven weeks Commission vs. Jas. P. Stinson and odoriferous constituents of flowers is of the school. centered in Grasse, a town in the Instruction 1s given in the proper Frank M. Whittington. Alps Maritimes, overlooking Can Jan. 3 — Harriet Beulah Crouch vs. method of starting the motor, use of nes. The flower fields stretch al Paul A. Crouch. Suit for divorce. the clutch, shifting gears, turning and most to the shores of the blue Medi Jan. 3—Esta C. Calhoun vs. W. J. terranean. Here the peasants work backing, stopping and starting on amid the fragrance, collecting an Her search had brought her to hills and driving in traffic. At the Conrad et al. average of 2,000 tons of orange Stetson, but there she was balked. first session, the instructor discusses blossoms, more than 1,300 tons of Luella pondered. Eva could sew, rules and regulations pertaining to Calling carda, SO for 91.00. jasmine, and more than 400 tons of cook, sweep end dust. She had the operation of motor vehicles in violets annually. The yield of roses been e furnace man, gardener and is enormous, for 2,200,000 pounds of household drudge to her four Oregon and comments on the proper the highly perfumed flowers are col healthy brothers and sisters almost care of the car. All subsequent class lected each season. from the day of her birth. It was es find the students at the wheels possible that she had taken service somewhere. Mrs. Eason, a motherly soul, to whom she confided the object of her search, shook her head. "She can’t be in Stetson. No such marvel among women has ap peared, I am sure! The poor child! Why on earth did she work so hard?” "Her family just let her,” said Luella. “She knew how to do things, so they expected her to do them. Card of Ths airs Her great, hulking brothers couldn’t We wish to extend to our friends even build a fire in the stove. And, they never and neighbors our sincere thanks for since Eve could, the kindness and sympathy expressed learned.” The older woman sighed. "How during our recent bereavement. full of inequalities life is! If only Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Howe your Eva and our Mrs. Sam Grant Mrs. Ella Donaldson and family could be shaken up together, how Give yew 1940 Feed lediti ■ nice it would be! wMk a viilt le Scfcw.y ito week. Feel to (led yea “Who is she?” asked Luella po litely. Use of 1 to 24 on Clock “A bride young Sam brought FRIDAY to MONDAY to S Ind. Started in U. S. in 1884 home from somewhere. Pretty, of FREE C. O. D. SERVIC The system of numbering the course. Sam’s wife would be. But hours of the day from one to twenty- she's the most shiftless soul alive. White Satin COQUILLE STORE four, generally regarded as “for Can’t lift her hand to do a thing.** eign," is of American origin, early "Doesn't he object?” 100 Lb. Sack records of the American Society Of "Gracious, no! That’s what Civil Engineers disclose. The so makes it so hopeless. He adores ciety itself and one or two other her and he can afford to pay for scientific organizations used it for help. He waits on her hand and o. 2 Can 3 Cans some time and meetings were, an foot” nounced “at 20 o’clock.” The phrase halted Luella. Hand Prior to 1883 American railroads and foot! Her own phrase. Eva operated on “local” time, based on had waited on her sisters and broth local meridians, and clocks in cities ers hand and foot. "Can’t she really do anything?” no farther apart than Chicago, St And Tye Paul and St.-Louis differed so muqh < "Well, she doesn’t. Kitchen Craft as to make it difficult to follow time heard—” Mrs. Eason lowered her tables. By 1881 the confusion be voice—“that she can’t even make 49 Lb. Sack came so great all over the country beds or wash dishes properly. that the American Society of Civil Doesn’t know where to And the OLEO Robin Hood 2 lb 25c Engineers appointed a committee damper on the stove. And since Giant Size on uniform standard time. This She can’t do things, of course, Sam committee set up a tentative system does them for her.” MILK Cherub 3 cans 20c “But how does she occupy her of hour meridians and circulated a questionnaire among railroad offi self?” LUX SOAP 3 bars 17c "Just reads and embroiders. cials of the United States and Can ada to determine their reaction. What you said about Eva's longings B & M Beans No. 2 can 17c Largely as a result of that work, the reminded me of her. She does beau- railroads reached an agreement on tiful embroidery.” "What does she look like?” Little Peaches 2y2 can 2 for 25c hour meridians in October, 1883, and put it into effect the following prickles ran up Luella’s spine. month. The numbering of hours "Where did Mr. Grant meet her?” TANG 12 oz. can 23c "We think he met her at some from one to twenty-four was sug 6 Box Carton Cis’ school. No one really knows. gested at the same time. Spaghetti 2 No. 1 cans 15c >’s very pretty. Ash blond with The society's committee next brown eyes, always striking, I sought to establish an international standard or base meridian, from think. And a dimples set In crook which tirhe could be figured by hour ed.” MINCED CLAMS 10c SYRUP Sleepy Hollow 26 oz. can 29c Luella’s heart was beating rapid ly intervals throughout the world, OYSTERS Local canned oz. can 10c SPINACH 10c No. 2y2 can together with other interested ly. Who else could it be? Though BABY Food Libby or Stokley 3 cans 25c DOG FOOD No. 1 can 6 cans 25c groups the committee brought the she had never thought of Eva, the attention of congress to the need for household drudge, as pretty. SANDWICH Spread Lunch Box qt 37c TOILET SOAP White King bar 5c The doorbell rang. It was Eva’s such an arrangement. As a result BLUEING Mrs. Stewart’s botti le 15c COOKIES Sunshine Fancy 25c saze 23c brother Dan. who had started her President Arthur was authorized in 1884 to call an international confer on thia quest. "I traced you here, Luella.” He ence to discuss the subject. Twenty-six nations were repre acknowledged his introduction to Sanitary Jar sented at the conference and it waa Mrs. Eason with a bow of his hand 2 Lb. some head. "Have you found Eva? then that the Greenwich meridian was selected as the base. The "one You know I think I have a clue to to twenty-four” system was also ap her whereabouts.’’ Luella waa thinking rapidly. "No, proved and was adopted in England Pau the following year. The United i haven’t found her." “I think she is living in (his town, States, however, never followed suit, despite the fact that a great i have heard that she is married. number of railroad managers ap It must be annulled, of course.” Giant Package proved the plan. The American So His voice was brusque. "She must come home. We can ’ t possibly spare ciety of Civil Engineers soon ceased her.” to “meet at 20 o'clock,” and now Luella wondered why she had the “American system” is far bet ever thought Dan handsome, why ter known abroad than at home. she had never noticed noticed his selfish mouth, the cruelty of his chin. Many Species of Herbs “I am sure you are mistaken, of Value for Medicine Dan,” she said firmly “Eva is not in Stetson.” There are in the United States "But I think she is. I heard she more than 250 species of roots,, married a Sam Grant, a -man with barks and herbs of value in the a lot of money. He’ll have to settle manufacture of drugs, says Popular some on her, of course, but he must Mechanics Magazine. They range give her her freedom.” from the common dandelion to the That last word settled it for Lu almost extinct ginseng, golden seal ella. Freedom! Poor little Eva or snakeroots. Leaves from the who had found herself for the first Fancy deer's-tongue plant are used in fla time in her life waited on "hand voring smoking tobacco. Roots and and foot” by someone who loved bark from the sassafras bush are her. uked tai making medicinal tea and "Yoy are mistaken, Dan," she re perfumes. One wild herb is neces plied, without the least tremor of sary in the manufacture of a silver conscience. ”1 heard that rumor, ware polish. The business is re too. And 1 know all about Mrs. garded as important by the govern Sam Grant. She is the most shift ment, which issues bulletins on the less soul on earth, and only re drying of medicinal herbs and the sembles your sister in the color of growing of ginseng, golden seal and her hair If you had only tele phoned I could have told you that the mints. Many common plants regarded by your long trip here would be wast most people as weeds, such as iron- ed.” U. & Nw. S The young man turned reluctantly weed, mullein, jimson weed, yellow dock, burdock and pokeweed, have away, convinced at last. And Lu a sale value. Often the root gather ella. looking up to meet the sudden er supplements his income by pick ly comprehending and sympathetic ing up and selling Indian relics, wild gate of the older woman, gave a de ferns and other plants and raro liberate and unladylike wink. for rock gardens. • MeOure Newepeper Syndicate. WNU Service. 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