, TRUBS DAT,
portunity to build some small wooden
boats. An authorization bill has been
introduced by Senator Holman for
: $500,000 for a laboratory to use elec-
! tricity in testing formulas for ore de­
posits in the northwest.
The SentineLI TWENTY YEARS AGO
in adv
Entered at the
(Taken from The Sentinel of Friday,
February 11, 1821)
The council met in regular session
last Monday evening. An important
program was started that evening by
which it is hoped to see all the streets
on this side of the gulch paved or
planked this summer and possibly
some of the streets in the north end
alternativ«.
Emma Goldman say. .he prefers an
American jail to Soviet Russia. The
Nashville Tennessean doesn't want
her here again even if she is jail, but
suggests that we ship her an Ameri­
can jail.
<rftown.?
VARY IS, IMI.
Man's Struggle For
Economic Security
PART 3
By George Peck
In the first two installments, we
discussed the efforts of early man
and some of the present day peoples
to achieve economic security. To­
day we go to the Orient to see what
has been going on there. This trouble
spot centers around Japan and there­
by hangs quite a tale.
Eighty years ago, the Japanese
were a primitive people—one of the
world's oldest and most peaceful.
They still fought with bows and ar­
rows. They were quite content with
their lot and the only fault anyone
could find with them, was that they
wished to be left alone. But that
couldn't' be. England, France, Hol­
land, yes, even America had. mer­
chandise they wished to sell to the
backward Japanese The Japs, there­
fore, were given the choice of getting
‘‘civilized” or getting blown out of
the water. They quite wisely chose to
become “civilized," and as a result
became good customers of the afore­
mentioned nations.
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Japan has never forgiven England,
France, Holland and America for that
deep humiliation. The day of reck­
oning may come.
At first the program worked out
very satisfactorily for Anterica and1
Sheriff Ellingsen and Deputy Sher­
iff Malehorn were over at the Bay
The fire alarm sounded about 5:30 Tuesday and Wednesday investigat­
Wednesday afternoon and the depart­ ing the Wilson murder case.
ment made a quick up-hill run to the
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•It
The Woman's Relief Corps, assist­
Marshall Way house just south of the
t*Tll> (Adventist church which was a mass ed by local talent, will give a pro­
HIM I
gram at the Liberty Theatre tomor­
of flames.
row evening, in honor of Washing­
O $ I G O N
MANUFACTURERS i Half of that $33,000,000 to save the
ton's and Lincoln’s birthdays.
SHOW GREATER GAIN THAN DO
Those perfect in Spelling in third
starving children of Europe has been
'•PUBLIC OWNERSHIP” STATES
raised and the American people are and fourth grades: Neta Rose Bunch,
The following, clipped from the going strong on the rest.
Leia Ocheltree, Gweneth Waters,
Oregon Voter, again proves the bene-
g
Helen Wickham, Warden Ellis, David
fit. this state enjoysasaresultof not
Smal|wood and Roy Smith Smith, Henry Stancliff. Primo Scal-
foitewing the myth of ’power at cost from over * the
purehaaed tritti, Donald Page. Grace Whitting­
which the majority of the voters the
Cafe and ^)penc<1 n ye,_ ton, Cleta Johnson, Gertrude Mehl,
frown upon whenever it tomes to a
Eldon Gilman, Lendon Jenkins, Wal­
vote:
‘ _
ter Dunham, Laura Pollary, Corrine
f England is really in earnest in ask­ Wheat, Helen Belloni, Dorothy Hunch,
Oregon is the only Pacific Coast ing that the United States wipe off Flora May Johnson, Martha Jane
state to show a gain in volume of: the slate the ten billions of dollars Webb, Emma Flitcroft, Edward Dow,
manufacturers, comparing 1839 with.
Europe owes us. Her statesmen say Murray Neely, Elva Hansen, Delores
1937.
California dropped 3I|%, '
that is the only wgy in which the peo­ Lamson, Alicp Jenkins, Bessie Abell,
Washington fell »%, and Oregon went
ples of that continent will ever be able Barbara Richmond, Nail McGilvery,
up 1%. The United States as a whole
to get on their feet again. That will Gilbert Ice, Gerald Sandon, Edith
showed a loss of 7S. OrogaB W» certainly be much better than to have Hurd, Blanche Gregory, Rosa Mc-
one of ttw few states which showed a
if that is the Quigg, Addie Wigant.
gain. There percentages of gain or:________ __
loss are computed from the prelim-
u^ceeded hey^nd what any other
• turn tQ Spokane and t<?U <* my obser-
Manufacturers, just issued by the U. man or lea^*r had done, serreeiim. vations here and the hysteria no one
the other nations involved. Then it
S Census Bureau.
with iu conti«“10» evEk would have will believe me."
“Out our way,” he. continued, “the backfired with a violence that made
California and Washington have been inevitable.”
all parties concerned wish they had
public ownership of large electric
Many bookg have been written people are less excited. There is a
Ss; Oregon sticks Xnately U»!^ Lincoln and the story of hi. definite sentiment against the United never heard of Japan Almost in a
twinkling of history’s eye, these
private enterprise.
California and
u i*™Uiar to all. His Gettysburg States becoming involved in the war
amazing little pupils had learned all
Washington have democratic United add«*«1 h*» become * classic for all oversea. They are favorable, the ma­
their masters’ tricks and were flood­
States------ -—z Oregon still retains
»chool children ot this country; jority, to giving reasonable aid to
ing the world markets with goods
two republicans in the upper houre. Not only that but, ^graved in bronze, the British, but even if England
of their own manufacture at prices
California and Washington have a a ha«W» «** the halls of Oxford, or Is should be invaded we do not expect
their erstwhile masters had believed
democratic majority rfreprerenta- « Cambridge, as the most perfect ex- the Germans to come over and attack
impossible. The new customer had
us, at least not immediately, if at all.
tives in Congress; Oregon has a re- .amPle 04 English prose.
jumped over the counter and become
publican majority.
California and, u
however, from his Second In­ It is strange to me that eastern people
a vicious competitor.
Washington elected radical left-wing *u»ur*l Address we wish to quote are so gassed up with the war talk. I
But it didn’t stop there. The Nip­
irresponsible legislatures; Oregon's *s being peculiarly applicable at the heard one New York judge tell the
ponese began to read history and
senate committee that if we go into
legislature has remained sane and P«**ent time:
soon discovered the old formular for
conservative. California and Wash-
The Almighty has Hi. own pur- the foreign war we will have a civil
empire. Having copied every other
Ington etaeted demagogue prUtHW.^ Poaea. Woe unto the world because war at home, and he explained the
way of the white man, they quite
to the governorship; Oregon elected ' ot offen^l for it must needs be that feeling there is in the big city among
naturally copied this one They built
the
different
racial
groups.
Perhaps
Sprague. These electoral results ex- offen*»
but woe to that man
an army and a navy and looked
ores, on the whole the comparative1 by whom the offense cometh.’ . . . one reason the eastern people are
attitude, of the people
i Ftxldly do we hope-fervently do we frightened is the publicity the eastern around for fields to conquer. The
logical place to start was in the huge,
The statistic, of finance and econ- P«-»-0“1 th“ mighty scourge of papers give to statements emanating
___i_ _____ _ i—
x-»_ ___ __ ’war miv ftneedilv naos awav . . . from Washington. Our western pa­ rich, sprawling, undeveloped areas
of China. It seemed perfectly in or­
pers print very little about these, or
der to march in and “civilize” the
so still it must be said: The judg­ none at all.”
f
Chinese, thereby, creating a con­
ments of the Lord are true and
A Portland fireman has been for
trolled customer for Japanese goods
six weeks in a school in the capital
.lively are fewer rich people in Ore- righteous altogether.’
and opening valuable sources of raw
gon. We are more evenly balanced
Then come, the final paragraph receiving instructions on fire-fighting
material.
and what prosperity there is to spread and by changing “the nation’s in the event of invasion. Among his
Horrified, the other powers told
teachers
were
New
York
firemen
who
widely among the people,—a bit thin- wounda,” to “the wound, of the
them
that this was no longer nice;
ner than if it were concentrated worid,” 11 ‘8 als° «levant in these were sent to London to learn how
the British operate. The British are
among the few. but with more whole- <**F* ot darkness and .trees:
some results and more hoppines and
“With malice toward none; with a brave people and are holding up
health far all.
1 charity for all, with firmness in the well, he explains, but why shouldn’t
Our manufacturers have had no! rl»ht- •• God »Ives us to see the they? They are on a small island,
special favor in Oregon, yet they have ■ ri»ht’ let U1 strive °" to ,ini8h the they cannot leave it, and so they
.hared in the benefits of the fairer work *f *« in; b> bind up the na- must suppress fires as best they can
and
sensible legislative and tax- lion’s wounds; to care for him who and "take it.”
The incendiaries
ation policies which the state ha. sha11 have borne the battle, and for dropped by the Germans may de­
pursued for many years. Because of! his widow, and hi. orphan—to do all
stroy as much as six miles square
these conditions, Oregon is a better which may achieve and cherish a just (more than half the area of Washing­
state for new industries; there is a and lasting peace among ourselves, ton, D. C.) and when firemen are
working on the conflagration enemy
stability in Oregon that more than and with all nations.”
airplanes sweep through the streets
counteracts the glamor which impov­
shooting at the fire fighters with ma­
erishes while it thrills. There is one
chine guns.
major economic situation which cries
for correction in Oregon, and that is
The president is now working on a
the tax burden on real estate; prog­
list of public works to be used as a
ress is being made in governmental
backlog when the defense program is
economy, but that .low process doe.
over and a slack comes in employ­
not supply the immediate answer.
ment again. In the list of projects are
Yet, with realty values adjusted as
military highways, river and harbor
they now are In Oregon, to an estab­
improvement, buildings, schools, etc.
lished high-tax rate, we find there
The highway part of the program
really is more stability in those value,
does not satisfy most of the members
than la found elsewhere on the coast. '
of congress, for they want action as
soon as possible and not several years
hence. Already men from Oregon
and Washington are in the capital
• Fr«f men/» of Fact
urging that something be. done. The
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anâ Ftutcu
Washington, D. C., Feb. 12—People military highway issiie promises to
of the northwest cannot understand be a live topic before the 77th con­
the feeling in the east regarding the gress adjourns.
war and the various steps the United i The second draft of the Columbia
States Is taking. The northwest has Valley Authority has been completed
a different viewpoint and is not ex­ and is being studied by Washington’s
of the difference, is no democracy.”' cited about the situation. What the Senator Bone. buL wilf not be intro-
northwest wants is its share of the ¡duced for the time being. A copy
—A. Lincoln.
national defense contracts.
was sent to Bone several days ago
Yesterday marked the anniversary i A former member of the Washing­ for his consideration.
Meanwhile,
of the birth of America’s greatest son. ton legislature, a resident of Spokane, western governors have held a meet­
Abraham Lincoln was born 133 years I expressed astonishment at the atmos­ ing in Colorado and have agreed to
ago in a log cabin in the backwoods phere he has found in the national oppose an “authority” west of the
of Kentucky. He was born to poverty capital,
Rocky mountains. Personally, Secre­
aad privation and sorrow came to him
“What is it all about?” he Inquired. tary of the Interior Ickes wants the
early in Ufe with the death of his “Here I have met substantial business power concentrated in his office, but
mother.
men who are afraid the United States ncA in a commisison of three men.
He was a self-made man in its will be invaded by German troops This is one of the controversies in
nobler sense. With his native intelli­ I within a cotiple of months. It looks Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
gence and a few books, so few they to me like planned hysteria. Secre­
War department changed its mind
could be counted on the fingers of tary of War Stimson goes before con­
about awarding a contract for the
one hand, he educated himself. He gressional committees and (Mints a
air corps bare at Pendleton later on
early learned to toil. His whole life picture of invasion. .Secretary of
and decided to dispose of it. The air
seemed to forge his character and ; Navy Knox does the same thing. The corps wishes to have the work com­
shape his talents for the great mission president was told a submarine was
pleted early, in order to locate the
ho was to carry to
one ■tuff our shore, bat tt proved to be a various units there when planes are
I whale and the first statement of the
available. This will be the last of the
that the rules had been changed since
the history books were written Japan
agreed that maybe the rules should
be changed but politely asked that
the change be delayed until they had
gotten their full share of the loot.
So saying, they proceeded with char­
acteristic thoroughness to conquer a
large part of China. Russia had a go
at trying to stop them but soon aban­
doned the project.
This placed the Western Powers In
a very embarrassing position. It was
difficult for them to drum up much
righteous indignation when the jam
of their own depredations was still on
their fingers. They couldn’t deny
that all Japan knew had been learned
from them. The net result was that
they muttered a few sanctimonious
reprovals, and contined to sell Japan
the materials she needed with which
to expedite the slaughter of the
Chinese.
Next week in the final installment,
we will attempt to summarize what
all these things mean to America.
Insurance in all its branches—Fire
—Theft —Auto — Public Liability-
Property Damage — Bonds — Life —
Health and Accident. Your credit is
good. For a check up on your needs
call F. R. Bull, phone 62 M 436 Front
St
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Will Help On
Tax Reports
Beginning on Saturday. Feb. 22,
deputies from the internal revenue
office in Portland will be in Coos
county for ten days to assist anyone
desiring help in preparing federal
Income tax statements. They will be
in Coquille on that Washington's
birthday date, at Mkrshfield from
Feb. 24 to March 1, and at North
Bend, March 3 and 4.
Because of the lowered exemption
level this year—»00 for a single per­
son and $2,000 for married persons—
it is anticipated that the number of
those filing federal returns in the
United States will jump from last
year’s nine million to fifteen million,
and J. W. Maloney, internal revenue
collector In Portland, urges that those
who must file should get their reports
in to his office before the last minute
which is midnight of March 15. The
assistance service by the deputies is
free of charge.
Deputies from the state tax com­
mission office who will assist in prep­
aration of state income tax-reports,
will be at the court house here on
Saturday, March 1, from '» a. m. until
noon. The state exemption of $8oo
for a single person or $1500 for mar­
ried ¡Persons is the same as it was
last year.
Remember Norton’^ for Valentine
Cards. ■" Beautiful Special Family
Trespass Notices, printed on cloth,
cards. Also Sweetheart, etc. Priced
tor sale at this office.
from 5c to $5.00 each.
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“IT’S JUNE IN JANUARY”
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FROZEN FRESH FOODS
WE HAVE A COMPLETE LINE OF
Frozen Foods
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CORN ON COB
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GREEN LIMA BEANS
SPINACH
STRAWBERRIES
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PEACHES
Come in and inspect our frozen food lockers
Igloo Locker Plant
Marcus Shelley, Jr., Prop
Phone 115M
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I a fifth columnist or as a plain foal,
¡astern newspapers do not attempt
to sooth the public; the movies are
fiUed with propaganda. When I re-
been approved by the president. The
amount for the job is estimated at
WO.OOO The nav/ department es­
timates that Astoria will have an op-
Coquille
The U.S.A. has given ite verdict on motor
care . . . given it unmistakably by awarding
Chevrolet salat leadership over all other
makes of cars for nine of the last ten years
and now the U.S.A, to giving thie same ver<
again by showing clear-cut preference for the
new Chevrolet for '411
“The US.A. picks Chevrolet!” And, if you’ll
make your own eye It-try it-buy if tarn of the now Chevrolet for ’41
we re convinced that you'll pick Chevrolet, too. And get the nation’,
car-value ae a reenlt! Please aee your nearest Chevrolet
Bandon