FAGE SIX
ABT 1*. 1944.
THE COQUILLE VALLET SENTINEL, COQUILLE.
commission is alleged to have taken
from tbs ted of Willamette river tor
a fill. It is estimated that the royal
ties involved, which go to the com
mon school fund, amount to between
>1600 and $2400
February 23 will te a big black
letter day at Riverton!
Riverton School
Subscription Campaign
The Home Economics club met and
decided to hold a Mothers’ Tea on
February 14.
President Geraldine
Guerin appointed the following com
mittees: Kitchen, Margarette Carlson
and Mayme Royer; Entertainment,
Margie Rogers and Helen Haga; Dec
orations, Pat Rawe and Rhea An
thony; Serving, Dorothy Warren, Zet
ta Gibson, June White and Bonnie
Edwards; Invitations, Laura Church
and Ethel Chappell; Reception, Ger
aldine Guerin and Genevieve Fetch.
FF A News (Rivertea Wins
Shop Contest)
The Riverton high school and the|
seventh and eighth grades are staging
a subscription campaign.
Curtiss
publications and other magazines are
being sold by the students.
The school receives SO per cent of
Meetings at Salem in conference
the money received from Curtiss
with
the State Land Board a group of
publications and 30 per cent of the
money from the others. Money re educators and stockmen comprising
the common school fund advisory
ceived will be used for equipment for
committee agreed upon a definite
the school.
Three teams were formed—the sev policy for the administration of school
lands still remaining in the hands of
enth and eighth grades with Gladys
the state.
Domenigbini, captain; the freshman -
Under this policy the Land Board
sophomore team with Zetta Gibson,
will continue with a program of
captain; and the junior- senior team
with Keith Young, captain. Alice blocking state lands around private
Church is the sacretary of the plan. holdings for the more advantageous
The campaign will last for two weeks leasing of these lands tor grazing pur
poses. In order to do this it will be
(from Feb. 5 to Feb. 19.)
Riverton high school agriculture
department won its full share of hon
ors at the Vocational Contest at Coos
River Saturday.
t •
Out of ten events in the shop con-
test, the Riverton boys brought home
seven first place ribbons, five seconds,
Riverton, after winning its first
three thirds, and one fourth.
game with Bandon, lost its second en
Orville Young won first in public counter Friday night by, five points.
speaking and the Riverton parliamen
The last game on kthe Riverton
tary team placed second.
schedule will be at Riverton tomor
New Stage Curtain
row night against the boys from
The high school student body com Arago. Riverton won its first game
mittee for a new stage curtain pre against Arago. Riverton must win
sented a financing plan tp the various that game in order to avoid reaching
groups benefiting from the purchase. the season’s end just one step above
The grade school agreed to put up the cellar position, which is now oc
93; the high school $15, and each cupied by Arago.
school board $7.50, total the neces Moves To Texas
sary $35.
Irene Dean is leaving with her
The new curtains of wine-colored parents this week for her new home
brocaded rep will run on a horizontal in Texas.
cable track and hang in folds with a
fifty per cent fullness. The action
of the curtain will be controlled by Sixty-four Per Cent Traffic
ropes and pulleys from the wings of
Fatalities Were Pedestrians
the stage.
Traffic fatalities during the month
It is hoped that the curtains will
be in place for the Minstrel Show on of January, 1940, were IS par cent
less than for the same month in 1939,
Feb. 23.
it was announced today by Earl
Cotton Blossom Minstrel
The “Cotton Blossom Minstrel” ori Snell, secretary of state, who revealed
ginally scheduled for a later date has there were 17 persons killed during
been set ahead to Feb. 23 in order the month, compared to 20 for the
not to conflict with the district bas same month last year..
Of the 17 fatalities, eleven or 64
ketball tournament at Ashland.
The “Cototn Blossom Minstrel” is pec cent were pedestrians, Snell’s
a collection of old and new songs, figures showed. Only one death re
group dances, solos, and clever "gags” sulted from a collision between cars,
with all the punch and comedy of a the rest resulting from non-collision
accidents, collision with fixed ob
real old-fashioned minstrel show.
It is well worth the 25c and 10c jects, bicycle and auto crashes and
1 the pedestrian fatalities.
admission.
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school sections located within the
public domain for federal lands lying
adjacent to private holdings.
The committee also placed its ap
proval upon a proposal to exchange
isolated school lands for scattered
federal lands lying outside of grazing
districts.
Pending the exchange of school
lands lying within the public domain,
arrangements will be made with the
federal grazing service for the admin
istration of these lands, the state to
receive its pro rata share of grazing
fees.
Stockmen on the advisory commit
tee assured the educator-members
that improved range conditions could
be expected to lead to better prices
for lease of those school lands in
the future.
Exemption of cannery and packing
plant, workers from the provisions of
the unemployment compensation act
was urged by a large delegation of
fruit growers, packers and canners
from Hood River, The Dalles and
Medford at a meeting here this week.
Spokesmen for the delegation told
the members of the unemployment
compensation commission that ' the
small growers were being discrimin
ated against under the present ad
ministration of the act, which imposes
a payroll tax against co-operative or
commercial canneries and packing
plants but exempts plants operated
by large corporations for the handling
of their own products. Furthermore
it was pointed out that packing and
canning are seasonal occupations and
that in spite of the fact that the em
ployers now contribute to the jobless
Play To Be Given At 4-H
Meet In Myrtle Point Tuesday
While Oregon does not elect a gov
ernor this year, nor a secretary of
state nor a state senator there ar*
plenty of other poltical places open to
those with ambitions in that direc
tion.
In addition to balloting on
presidential and vice presidential
candidates at the May primary, the
state will elect a full complement of
presidential electors, three congress
men, a state treasurer, two justices
of the suprsms court, aa attorney
general, 14 circuit court judges, 26
district attorneys, 15 state senators
and 60 state representatives.
Unemployed workers who leave the
state en pleasure trips jeopardize
their rights to unemployment insur
ance, according to a ruling here this
week by Referee William H. Witt, of
the Oregon Unemployment Compen
sation commisison.
Added impetus was given to Ore
gon's political campaign this week as
supporters of Chas. L. McNary for
president filed petitions with Sec
retary of State Snell assuring their
candidate a place on the republican
ballot and former Governor Chaa. A.
Martin returned from Washington
with a go-ahead signal from John
Nance Gamer who will enter the
Oregon arena in his fight for the dem
ocratic nomination for presigqgt.
In the state treasurer’s race pros
pective candidates continued to send
up trial balloons in their efforts to
determine just which way the politi
cal winds are blowing before making
their decisions to run or not to run as
the case might be.
The week, brought at least one new
rumor which, however, still lacks of
ficial confirmation. That was a re
port that Bruce Spalding, democratic
district attorney of Polk county, is se
riously considering entering the lists
as a contender for the position of at-
A warning that the state’s title
to its school lands might be clouded
was sounded by an attorney for the
Standard Oil company who appeared
before the State Land Board this
week to urge that Oregon join Cali
fornia In a petition to the United
States supreme court in an appeal in
volving title to certain school lands
in that state. According to the oil
company attorney, Secretary of In
terior Ickes has claimed for the fed
eral government title to certain school
lands on which oil has been discov
ered in paying quantities. Attorney
General Van Winkle was instructed
by the Land Board to take such steps
as he mignt
protect this
school lands.
A short play written in connection
with the radio playwriting contest, a
regular feature of the annual 4-H
club summer school will be given by
members of Myrtle Point health club
at a joint meeting of 4-H dub lead
ers, members of the Myrtle Point
Grange and others interested in 4-H
dub work, to be held in the Myrtle
Grange hall next Tuesday, February
20, at 9:00 p. m. according to ar
rangements completed between repre
sentatives of the 4-H leaders organi
zation and the Myrtle Grange.
N. Y. and his in Siloam Springs, Ark.,
leaders conference held in Corvallis
recently by local leaders from this
county who attended. Reports are
expected at this conference from Mrs.
Alden Butler, Myrtle Point, Maxine
Rackleff, Arago, Mrs. Mayre Laird,
Myrtle Point, Mrs. Boyd Rasmussen,
Powers, Mrs. Lena Mack, Coquille,
Miss Edwina Siestreem, Hauser, Bob
Lundy, Myrtle Point, Verlin Hermann,
Broadtent, and Walter Laird, Myrtle
Point
’ i
H. C. Seymour, State 4-H leader,
will attend this meeting and lead a
discussion on topics of common in-
tertet to 4-H club leaders, and offi
cers of the leaders organization for
1940 will be elected according to the
program announced, which urges all
leaders and others interested in 4-H
club work to attend.
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE
A number of changes in the ac-
counting system of the Oregon Unem
ployment Compensation commission
were recommended in the report by
state auditors released this week. The
auditors recommended the establish
ment of a central accounting officer
to prevent overlapping and duplica
tion of records. Except for a few
minor discrepancies, traceable to er
rors on the part of commission em
ployees, funds of the department were
fourtd to be in excellent condition.
The State Land Board haa instruct
ed Attorney General Van Winkle to
bring suit against the Port of Port
land in an effort to collect royalties
on sand and gravel which the Port
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