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VOL. xxxvii.
NO. 16.
City To Establish
Loading Zones,
One Way Parking
COQUILLE. COOS COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY MARCH 89. 1941.
Encountered Dust,
Snow And Deer
Feature Days
For Coquille
Advocated
*
Battery Separator
Operations To
Be Shown In Color
Arago Mill To
Open April 7
Senior Girls of
C. H. S. Entertained
By B. P. W. Club
Mr. and Mrs. Lanis Bosworth
There were 65 present for the
turned Monday evening from their
Coos County Chamber ot Commerce
eastern trip.. Lanis says they only
Motion pictures in technicolor have session, held Tuesday evening in the
bean taken the past week by repre Community Hall at Empire, who sat
saw two nice days the whole time
they were gone and that until they
sentative» of the Battery Separator down to an excellent dinner served
got back to western Oregon it wai
Dealers association and the Denver by the ladies of the Empire library
All girls of the Senior class of Co
David B. Biegger, for the street just “camping out.”
Those who expected to witness a 8t Rio Grande railroad company who board.
The county chamber was
quille high school were guests of
committee, recommended at the city
After leaving the Woods 100 miles pyrotechnic display at the weekly were accompanied by Don Estes, of never served a better meal.
The
council session Monday evening that out from Detroit, they drove to Terre Coquille Chamber of Commerce all cedar operations, starting with the meeting was presided over by Pres. the Business and Professional Wom
en’s club Monday evening at a re
loading zones be marked for trucks Haute. Ind., then to Houston, Texas, luncheon in the hotel Tuesday noon logging of timber at Kline’s camp Wallace Dement.
,
ception and party planned by Ida
near the middle of the blocks on both Mrs*. Bosworth’s old home, and then were disappointed, for all expressions at Fairview, clear through to where
The Industrial committee’s report Oerding and member» of the Educa
. sides of the street on Front and First to Oklahoma City, where his mother of; sentiment for or against the the
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separators are packed for delivery was that a naval base at Empire is
tion committee, which Miss Oerding
stores
staying
open
Jfter
6
p.
m.
on
aboard"the
cars.
streets, between Vfillard and Hall, and resides.
practically certain, and that W. H. heads.
on
Taylor
street
between
Front
and
Saturday
were
in
a
quiet
and
even-
Coming up through the panhandle
Fred M. Binnon, secretary-treas Klein, general freight agent at the
3
Though many of the club members
Firrt.
g
of Texas they encountered one of tempered tone. Nor should a ques urer of the battery separator associa S. P. at Portland,
and
other
The committee also recommended those terrific dust storms when the tion of town policy arouse any ani tion, and Hairy Robinson, assistant officials were to be at Marshfield on appeared in garb of the type they
parking on one side of the street* only lights of an approaching car cannot mosity among those whose sole idea general freight agent of the railroad, Monday to hear arguments for the would wear had their secret ambi
tions been realized, others found that
in the following districts:
be seen for hiuch more than 200 feet, is to make Coquille a more attractive with Bud Hooper as ’ photographer, building of a spur down the bay to
proper clothing for the suppressed
On Henry from Third to the bridge and they drive with light on in the community in every way.
took the picture at KHhe's camp, the Empire, where the Arago mill, the
anj from the north end of |jie bridge daytime during one of these storms.
In bringing the matter up for dis Smith Wood-Products plant here, and pulp plant and other industries will self was too bizarre to be assembled
from their present wardrobe. Among
to Seventh, with a 15-minute parking The greatest trouble is the danger of cussion President R. L. Stewart said the Evans auto loading plant at furnish considerable cargo.
the members who cast off inhibitions
limit from the bridge to the Fish crashing into an overtaken car, tail that the Chamber of Commerce could Marshfield. They “shot about 3000
The officials were there yesterday
home; on Coulter from Seventh to lights not showing up much in the not. nor did it wish to enforce any feet of film whieh will-not be ready and have taken the matter under ad and appeared in costume were Al
berta Tyrrell, the circus performer;
Tenth, on Heath from Eighth to murk.
policy on the merchants. The com far showing for two or three months visement. \
Florence Hallock, the Metropolitan
Eleventh, on Eighth from Coulter to
Crossing the continental divide mittee he had appointed was simply yet.
Ralph Moore stated that the open
Opera star; Edith Walton, the sur
Heath, on Second from Henry, east south of Denver, at an elevation of a fact-finding one, to try and learn
Mr. Estes also took pictures with his ing of the Arago mill at Empire had
to Myrtle, on Knowlton avenue east 11,000 feet, they traveled a long ways the wishes of the people in the camera of the separator-making oper been set for April 7. A new band geon; Florence Barton, the^grand-
from the south ehd of the Beach through the snow,' constantly pass valley, by making a thorough survey. ations, to supplement the logging pic saw, a larger planer and other equip mother; and Hazel Hanna, the west
street bridge no parking for 100 feet ing the plows which attempt to keep While the cards returned to the tures he took for Dr. James Richmond ment has arrived. It is to be a cargo coast Edna St. Vincent Millay. Club
members, not in costume, and senior
and on only one side of Knowlton the pavement clear.
chamber were far short of enough as last year.
mill with most of its output going out
girl guests were asked to tell their
east. No parking on the school side
a
basis
on
which
to
say
that
the
On ’ this side of the divide Mr.
The visiting party started its work by rail, if the spur is built, while the
of the block all the way around the Bosworth stopped where there were sentiment expreessd was the general last Friday and left for home ye«- mill at Bandon will continue off hidden amibitions. Among the sen
ior girls were many who wished to
Washington building and none at all at least 1500 deer feeding at the attitude, still the percentage of those terday.
shore shipping.
become airline stewardesses.
when school is in session on Third troughs the government keep filled requesting the stores to remain open
Representative Geo. C. Huggins
Opening number on the program
street. Half of that street for that with winter rations for the deer. Saturday evenings was just a little
said he learned to keep his mouth
was group singing of Irish songs led
block is used as playground at re Lanis' thought was to take a picture short of 100 per cent.
!
shut in Salem during the recent ses
by Ruth Towne, who was accompan
cess and noon with barricades at of the animals in flight, with his mo
Don Gillespie started the discus
sion but he followed that with a
ied by Maud Skaggs Woodyard. Using
each end of the block on the south tion camera, but they just turned sion by stating that he was opposed,
half hour talk on the legislature’s ac
Coquille high colors, members of the
ride of the street.
their heads and looked him oyer, that his store would not be open af
Work on the B project of the Coos complishments.
party were divided into two teams:
The recommendations were re then went on eating.
ter six p. m. on Saturday no matter
Mr. Huggins said he believed his
Electric Co-operative has been in
The white, led by Ruth Beyers and
ferred to the city attorney and the
In the whole bunch there was just what the rest of the town did, and
two terms in public office might fur
committee for inclusion in an ordin one deer with horns, which rather his opinion was that it was not the progress for the past two or three nish a “Believe it or not” cartoon. the red, captained by Dorothy Bis-
weeks.
When
it
is
completed
and
hop. Mrs. Bishop’s team gave a
ance putting both the loading zone puzzled him until he realized the rest province of a Chamber of Commerce
He has served as school director at
the patrons all conencted up with
stunt baseball game, in which con
to
take
a
stand
on
the
question.
and no parking features into effect.
ot the bucks had already shed their
Marshfield where he was elected by
A letter from the local W. C. T. U. horns.
O. L. Wood, who favored the pro service it. will more than double the three votes and in being named rep testants scored points by giving cor
mileage
of
thia
R.
E.
A.
project.
rect answers to quiz questions. Mrs.
was read, thanking the council for
Nor was his attempt to get a motion posal, agreed that the matter should
resentative from Coos county he re
The B project will extend from the
Beyers’ team enacted a ‘mellerdramer'
adopting the ordinance which ban picture of the dust storm any more not be a chamber project and re
ceived two of the county court’s three
Liquor billboard advertising in Co- successful. It just couldn’t be taken marked that everyone, whether sup sub-station at Norway across the votes—a total of five for the two elec entitled “United by Love.” A po
river to the ranch homes on Fat Elk,
tato race in which both teams com
<iuille.
to show how the wind was blowing porting or opposing the proposal, was
tions.
peted was won by Mrs. Bishop's line
actuated by selfish motives. He told Fishtrap and Halls creek, from Bridge
The mayor’s appointment of Don the loose top soil around.
He oxpreased regret that the school
of towns he had seen open for busi up Rock creek, and up to Remote and equalization bill had been defeated up. Charades were enacted by both
McCune, S. F. Stevens and B. W.
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ness on his recent eustern trip and a short distance up Sandy creek; also for he believed it would have ma teams. Florence Hallock, attired in
Dunn as members of the Park Com
.said all seemed to be doing a good up Catching creek; and from Sumner terially aided some of the poorer dis handsome prime donna costume,
mission, with Mr. Stevens named
ovc&teTDaniers creek.
‘ sang “KiUarney” and “Irish lullaby.”
temporary chairman to call the eom-
L business.
:
tricts in the state.
The mileage of the B projects is
She accompanied herself on a small,
i lission together for organization pur
Dr. G. E. Stark, to whom it will
The next county chamber meeting
poses, was approved by the council.
make no difference whichever way 96 mileaumd it will serve 210 custom will be held in Bandon on April 21. harplike instrument.
Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Wood returned I the decision is made, said it would ers. The A project was 92 miles of
St. Patrick refreshments
were
H. A. Slack was named temporary
R. L. Stewart, J. E. Axtell and H.
served by members of the hostess
chairman of the Planning Commis Saturday evening from their two and . probably surprise many people to be wire, serving 300 customers.
A. Young represented Coquille at the
a half week eastern trip back to De out on the highway Saturday evening
Allotment by the government was
committee, who were Georgia Rich
sion for an organization meeting,
session.
troit
to
pick
up
a
new
car.
They
left
$219,500
for
the
first
section,
now
mond, Bonnie Walker, Ruth Towne,
other members of the commission are
near a neighboring village and see
Mr. and Mrs. Bosworth near Detroit,
Joyce Owen and Ida Oerding.
the cars all headed toward another being served, and $207,000 for the B
I.tgS. Albert Powers and L. W. Claver.
went
through
Indiana,
Illinois,
project which will be completed this
Naomi Crews, second vice presirent,
town in the valley..
The council voted to permit the
stopped in Iowa to visit relatives of
presided over a short business meet
6th Column to use the pistol range at
Lafe Compton, who favors the summer.
Mrs. Wood’s and in the Black Hills
t
ing held after the party.
Harriet
the Community building free of
opening, said that traveling men tell
country at his old home. While they him that there is not nearly as much
Osika, chairman of the nominating
charge.
saw plenty of snow and ice in the mid
At the meeting of the school board committee, reported on the officers
Card room licenses were granted dle west they got out before the severe ;nerchandise shipped in to Coquille
I
for District No. 8 last evening all proposed for 1942. Viola Newton,
as
there
Was
a
few
years
ago,
and
he
Bill’s Place and the Rex Tavern. The blizzard weather of a few days ago.
Coquille teachers were re-elected for chairman of the fiance committee,
feels that the town is definitely not
council also ordered that the other
Four of them, however, reported on the splendid progress al
so good in a business way as it has
Grange Master Henry George on next year.
< ard room games be stopped until a
will
not
be
here
in the fall. Robert ready made on the Style Show to be
been
in
the
past.
Friday evening at the regular Grange
license was secured from the city
Jos. Axtell said he thought a lot meeting asked that members of the Nelson has accepted a position at given March 26 by the Excel Dress
and the fee paid
of business is not coming here that executive committee and the building Oswego. Miss Ruth Towne is going Shoppe. Muriel Dae, reported Mrs
The city engineer and city attorney
formerly did and he wondered if the committee meet Friday, March 21, to to attend school, while Mrs. Helen Newton, will have charge of the mu
were instructed to confer with the
Attention is again called to the atmosphere did not have something make plans concerning the projected Ayers and Miss Cleona Hill have Re sicale, given in conjunction yith the
owners of the Hand tract as to their
fashion parade.
Inez River, chair
Cascade College a cappella choir, to do with it Is there the cordiality grange hall. Members of the two signed.
desire to dedicate a lot for the ex
The others, all of whom will prob man of the Emblem committee, an
which will be heard at the Pioneer and interest shown to sojourners or committees are Joe Varney. W. L.
tension of Eighth street from Heath to
ably be back in the fall, are: Supt. nounced that plans were underway
church here this (Thursday) evening. visitors that should be?
Kistner. George Gilman, J. W. Rhule,
Beach. The city-owned lot at the
Burton W. Dunn, H. S. Principal to contact each club member to soli
This vested choir has made a splen
Bert
Gould
expressed
the
opinion
Henry
George,
Ed
Detlefsen,
Edna
west end of the block is now unen
did reputation for itself during the that the police regulation of parking Rakestraw, Ida Oerding and Alice Clarence Osika, Tom Cauthers, Ruth cit orders for articles bearing the club
cumbered by a house and the city
Beyers, Lunelle Chapin, Aileen De emblem. Estelle Harbison gave in
past six seasons and those who enjoy for out-of-town cars may have caused Standley.
is ready to open this outlet from
ment, Marjorie Jones, Earl Leslie, formation concerning the appearance
good music will not miss it
some antagonism toward Coquille,
Ida Oerding arranged the lecture
the Hand tract.
There will be no admission charge and told of numerous visits in Cali hour, which included poems given? by Paul Snider, Graydon Crews, LeRoy here April 1 of the Evergreen Players,
Just what to do about the Com but an offering will be taken.
fornia, where his car was not tagged, Ruth Varney, a song stunt, enacted Clark, Hazel Hanna, .Charles Meyer, who will perform for the benefit of
munity Building is still under con
Marie Stewart, Siegra Young, Vesta the Woman’s club and the Camp Fire
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no matter how long it was parked.
by Florenze Hallock and a farm quiz.
sideration.
A figure of $110 per Mac Sutphin Injured At
Miley, Inez Chase, Bessie Christen girls.
Vamey
played
several
Geo. A. Ulett stated he could not Claude Lee
thousand for pecan hardwood floor
sen,
Cherie M. Hartwell, Hazel Mof-
Guests attending the party included
Fairview Camp Friday
understand how a statement of de piano solos. Aurora Willard won the
ing, fx>.b. Coquille, has been se
fet, Joyce Owen, Jean Polson, Ethel Mrs. John Baker, of Hood River, and
and
W.
L.
Kirtner
won
clining
business
in
Coquille
could
be
Pig-in-poke
Mac Sutphin, Myrtle Point logger,
cured. The estimate of flooring need
Roop. Alberta Tyrrell, Edith Walton. the following girls from the Senior
ed is 4800 feet, and a rough estimate was injured Friday afternoon at the true, that the one hundred thousand the flour.
class: Ruth Fults, Ilean Griffin, Mar
dollars
a
month
payroll
at
the
Smith
x
of what it would cost to floor the Kline Logging company operation
garet Steward, Jean Newton, Virginia
building, ceil it with plywood and near Fairview, when he was struck plant is the largest it has ever been
Young, Pat Holverstott, Wilma Roth,
and
he
expects
that
plane
to
be
con
make it a more attractive auditorium by a rolling log. The jar of the log
Jean Pullen, Geraldine Cole, Mildred
for meetings and dances, is around threw Sutphin several feet from tinued throughout this year. He said
Smith: Doris Hadsall, Rheo Walker,
there was one department at the
where
he
was
standing
at
the
time
of
$1500.
Clarabelle Watson and Donna Dunn
em-
City Treasurer C. G. Caughell took
the impact.
Most severe injuries plant where the smallest paid
Members present were Florence
Mayor Milne and the council would
Eight
men
were
summoned
by
the
a few days’ vacation and left last
were sustained about the head and ployee receives $200 a month.
Barton, Mae Barton, Ruth Beyers,
like to hear from organizations and
Coos
county
board.
No.
X/to
appear
Thursday evening for San Francisco
face. He was taken to Myrtle Point,
B. W. Dunn made the most for-
Dorothy Bishop, Salma Caughell, Inez
individuals as to whether the city
where doctors believed he would not ward-looking talk and was followed in Myrtle Point yesterday from where where he met the boat, Zebra, of
Chase, Naomi Crews, Lois Fenn, Flor
should go ahead and spend that
they
were
sent
to
the
induction
selec
which
he
is
part
owner.
The
other
require more than a few days of by David B. Biegger along the same
. amount in refurbishing.
tion draft board in Portland for ex owners, the Phillips boys of North ence Hallock, Hazel Hanna, Estelle
hospitalization.
line, when he said the lack of special
amination as to their fitnes for ser Bend, had been using it for fishing Harbison, Viola Newton, Geneva
The Sentinel hereby (makes its
features in Coquille, celebration, dol
Norton, Harriet Osika, Ida Owen,
suggestion: make it a suitable place bonds is in 1949.
vice in the U. S. army.
off Lower California and were com
lar days, or anything in the way of
by the improvements suggested, or
The eight were: Ulice Beacher ing home. “Hode” said he thought Annie Robinson, Inez Rover, Ida
Apartment house and auto camp entertainment was the real cause if
Fults, Rex OUie Kelley, Stanley Wal the trip from S. F. north to this coast Oerding, Georgia Richmond, Bonnie
tear it down. Preferably the former. owners—Geo. H. Chaney, Wm. A.
people do not visit Coquille now as
den Graham, Richmond De Pace, was a long enough one on which Walker, Ruth Towne, Joyce Owen,
The report of City Engineer Gear Ulett and LeRoy Rice—were present
they once did.
Neil Berry McGilvery, Jack Joseph to be sick. They left the Golden Clara Stauff, Eva Stevens, Alberta
hart that the garages on First street, to talk about city water rates, ex
President Stewart came right back Huntley, Vincent Eugene Esselstrom,
Tyrrell, Edith Walton and Maud
east from Fred Schaer’s machine shop pressing the opinion that the city was
Gate Tuesday.
were in a delapidated condition and trying to “penalize” them for their at Mr. Biegger with the statement Arthur Miller.
Mrs. Caughell who went to the Bay Skaggs Woodyard.
dangerous was referred to Building effort to provide accommodations for that he (Mr. Biegger) was chairman
last evening thinking that the bar Harold Matson Boiled A
of the chamber’s merchants commit
Inspector Dungey,
those seeking to make their home in
bound Zebra would certainly get in
tee and that the C. of C. would get
Perfect Bowling Game
.No artion was taken on 8. V. Epper Coquille..
on this morning’s early high tide re
behind and boost any celebration the
Once in twenty million lines is the
There are many angles to this mat
son’S report that the water main on
ports that the bar is so rough that
committee might inaugurate. „
average for a perfect score in bowling
ter
of
water
service
charge,
although
the Zebra is still anchored outside.
Front street was nearly worn out
and on Sunday night at the ’Embaco
Altogether it was .a very interest-
IL. An.
'
t house
•Meritt-
the Th amber.TmMfR
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z
ou« Sn^ suggestive,.ar^d will, withw?
along the Myrtle Point highway from water as does one'WA»* -in 'a
Thornton
Tire
Co.
hung
up
a
perfect
the point where the line from the ’ After'considerable talk on the sub doubt, result in greater co-operation
that county, mostly along Rogue riv
300 tor the boys to shoot at.
reservoir to the Smith plant crosses ject it was recommended to the water among all business houses to make
In his previous game he had bowled
Mrs. H. 8. Norton and Mrs. E. E.
visitors feel more welcome in Co er, have been »old to a California
conwnitttee
that
before
making
any
the highway.
company.
The
reported
considera
laal
a
134
and his opponent a 166 and after
Leslie
drove
up
to
Portland
quille.
By resolution the council ordered change in the present schedule that
tion is $65,000.
Thursday and returned Friday ac adding the two together Harold said.
an
engineer
from
the
public
utility
The
matter
of
adequate
parking
fa
that four improvement bonds totaling
companied by the former’s daughter, “Wouldn’t that be something to
$1927.23, and bearing six per cent commission should be asked to come cilities which many of the postal
council is trying to work out some Beverly, and a friend, Maxine Haley shoot" and then walked out and made
to
Coquille,
make
a
survey,
and
sug-
card
replies
mentioned,
is
one
which
interest be called for payment. The
ivfng in interes*4-ge»t a rate schedule which would the city cannot afford to overlook and plan which will provide plenty of of Klamath Falls, who are spending twelve strikes in succession—in fart
city will effect a sm-----
the spring vacation at the Norton he made thirteen as he made a
by this early calling of the bonds of conform to rates in force in other we know from what Mayor Milne room for all who may want to stop
home here.
strike in the next frame.
in
Coquille
said
in
private
conversation
that
the
cities
of
a
size
similar
to
Coquille.
$824 96. The maturity date of the
96Miles In "B"
R. E. A. Project
Woods Missed
The Blizzard
Teachers Elected,
Four Decline
Committee To
Make Kall Plans
A Cappello Choir
Concert Tonight
Eight In Yesterday's
Draft Call
Macleay Estate
Reported Sold
%
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"Hode" Takes
A Sea Trip