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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1941)
AN INDIPSNDÈNT NBW8PAPIR ,---- ------- Drillers Hit “Oily" Mass Entered—Safe b Still Locked The drillers on the Westport j are down something over 1300 feet without having yet struck an oil re servoir or encountered more than flashes of gas. They have in that distance drilled through over 500 feet of coal, the thickest vein being about 20 feet, and it is of a quality approaching an thracite. Much of it is several hun dred feet deeper than the Beaver Hill mines where hundred of coal miners were employed twenty-five or thirty years ago. The drilling still continues on the arch anjl unless the geologists are all wrong gas and oil will be hit before long. Yesterday, however, they encdun- tered an oil sand, the samples brought to the surface looking a great deal like a mashed chocolate bar. It felt and smelled oily and, was encouraging to those directly interested in the drilling. Nearly Ready To Start Constradion Community Bldg. City Council Has Busy Session Monday Evening J. F. Van Leuven Buried Monday New Highway Idea May Have Foundation J. Frank Van Leuven, one of the best known and most popular ranch ers and dairymen of the lower river, passed away at the Coquille Hospital The Bandon postoffice was entered Chairman Geo. A. Ulett of of the new The city council held an hour’s here last Saturday morning, the cause W. E. Marrion, who came in from last night with intent to rob but Community Building t„ committee session Monday evening, after all of bis death being pneumonia, with Beatty, Nev., last Saturday evening, whether anything was taken had not stated this morning that 120 indi other business had been attended to, which he was afflicted before enter left for there again Munday evening, been’determined at the time the Sen viduals and business concerns in Co considering the question of water ing the hospital. but expects to return in ten days and tinel went to press. The funeral services were held at quille have contributed to the pro rates which some apartment house begin opening a quarry on the rock The attempted robbery was not dis ject sums ranging from »25 to $4M owners i have complained of since the Bandon on Munday. hillside on which he has a lease to the covered until the clerk entered the Mr. Van Leuven, who was 8u years each, and that a total fund of »9,008 new i schedule was published recently. east of- the Myrtle Point highway this pustoffice this morning and Sergeant from this source is now assured. After that session, however, the of age. was born on the ranch which side of the Coquille Valley Country Larson of the state police sent Officer he has operated and had spent nearly Bob Harbison is drawing the plans ms rpouncllmen were agreed that the pri- Club. Tichenor down at once. The latter for the building and they wiU I be |b<»ed rates were Just and an ordi- all of his life in the Coquille valley. He says he has a fine cinnabar mine was working on the safe but had not ready this evening or tomorrow. t nance will be prepared, establishing He had spent some time in the clos over in Nevada where he is taking yet succeeded in opening it, due to When Mr. Ulett and members of the the new rates, tar adoption at the ing years of the last century on the out two flasks of quicksilver a day. the fact that the combination on the Mizpah, a Bandon-built boat, durlug committee came to a final decision aa next session. Ha is anxious to get the rock small safe, in which postal supplies, to where the building wiU be located, R The schedule agreed upon was »1 the Alaskan gold rush. quarry opened up for he says he had a yesterday’s receipts of money, and Besides his widow who was Miss it was for a frontage of IM feet oil each apartment or cabin inside the tip recently that the federal fund al the valuable property of the office the east, with the porch set ty for the first 1500 gallons and 15 Elizabeth Haga before her marriage, location for Oregon highways will is kept, was broken off by the crooks. 60 feet from Willard street. It ts per thousand above that. Busi- he is survived by two sons, William mean the early relocation of the Co Entrance was effected by breaking and Raymond Van Leuven, of the be near the south Une of the J. buildings with more than one quille-Marshfield section of 101, and out the glass of the window of the Lamb property with the drive , y will ___ _______________ pay at the same ____ rate. _ lower river district; a daughter, Mrs. to the myrtle grove cm the south sideif Private homes will pay »1 for the Rose Prewitt, of Waldport; a brother, surfacing, and according to his idea toilet and the way it was scattered there may be a lateral highway from all over the landscape would indicate of the building. This will require the thousand gallons, 50 cents for Hoace Van Leuven, of Tacoma; and Marshfield east, connecting 101 and that that was not a noiseless job. From cutting down of but one myrtle tree, any part of the next 500, and 50 cents two sistes, Mrs. Rose Clinton, of Co 99. Highway 101 is too near the coast there the thief or theieves had easy that at the northeast comer of the tor anything above 1500 up to 7000 quille, and Mrs. Laura McDuffee, to be a military road, but a connect access to the postoffice interior. Bandon < ’Yl'» present building. gallons. ing road from the Bay to 99 is a The culprits undoubtedly wore The over-all length of the new | Residences outside the city will necessity. The present laterals—th« gloves for no trace of fingerprints structure has been decided upon at continue to pay a minimum of »2.75 1 X Coos Bay-Roseburg and the Umpqua could be found by the investigating hich permits the use of city water There were 75 Rotarians and their 200 to 210 feet. The library and Jun -may not have bridges which will officer. to 7000 gallons. guests from Coquille, Myrtle Point ior room-- dimensions have not been support the heavy defense equipment Until stamps and supplies can be and Marshfield, in attendance at the altered but the main auditorium S. D. Pulford made a suggestion to the army and navy may want to bring rushed to Bandon, or the safe is club’s annual picnic at the J. Arthur which will seat around 1800, is now council relative to the notices Funeral services are to be held at in to C oob Bay and southwestern Ore opened,' the postal crew has nothing Berg cabin at Laurel Lake last eve figured at 80x100 feet, exclusive of y sent out to property owners Schroeder Bros. Mortuaries here to gon.. with which to serve the public and ning and a royal good time was en the stage. ose improvement assessments are morrow (Friday) afternoon at two Speaking of the drilling now being , it is an all-around mess No one has yet been selected to su linquent, that some of those owners joyed by all. o'clock for Lester James Hayter, of done on the Westport arch above the Postmaster Jack Wade left last of the could not pay up in full at the pres Riverton, who passed away at the A splendid out-door Dutch lunch, perintendent construction head of Davis Slough? Mr. Marrion evening for Bremerton, Wash., tak consisting of cold meats, salad», building, Mr. Ulett says. Roy Barton ent time and that terms be arranged Dr. Dix ranch on Coos river where said the Coast Oil Co. still has seven ing his father, Judge C. R. Wade, pickles, onions, cheese, coffee, etc., of the Smith plant is working on the l|ith each delinquent that he could he was employed, on Tuesday. Dan quarter sections in the old Boutin along. They went to bid farewell to was ehjoyed by the group after Bob plans for the lighting system through iree to meet. W Brown of the Chrstian Church tract, under lease from Cooe county, Gene Wade before he leaves on an The idea was approved by the will officiate at the services. Stewart had demonstrated his skill out the building.. which has not been leased to the U. a. naval vessel for the Orient. It has been definitely decided that council and those who have received as a navigator by taking a boat load Mr. Hayter, the son of Mr. and company doing the drillings. the Legion Home building cannot be such notices are requested to call Mrs. Melvin Hayter of Riverton, was out for a sail on the lake. Speaking of the Coast Oil Co. wells, There were a goodly number of moved to the south side of the city’s at the recorder's office and outline born Sept. 18, 1898, at Arago and was lie said one of thoae over beyond Fat property but will have to he located just what arrangements they can warblers who entertained themselves ten months and 19 days past 42 Elk is now making five times as make and fulfill. and the rest by group singing of old near tip- Scout cabin. years of age. much gas as it did a year ago. The question of supplying Sanford and new songs, and it was not to their Besides his parents lie is survived With electric power soon to be Heights residents with water was by a brother, Alvin Hayter, of Riv- H. B. Glaisyer, secretary of the discredit at all that some of we dubs available at the wells the matter of brought up and, according to the city State Highway Commission, has noti attempted to help them out—in vol erton; uncles, Geo. Steward, of Co daily pumping out the accumulation attorney’s opinion nothing can be fied Smith Wood-Products here that ume at least. quille; W. E. Steward, of Centralia, of water in the wells wilt be a very doge tor them until their public utili- Wash.; Freeman Steward, of Win the application of the company for Cards were the most popular form simple matter, just pushing a button ty .Corporation la dissolved and each cheater Bay;«Robert Hayter. of Coos permission to haul logs on the high- of the after dinner entertainment and It may be g little early to begin " at campjieadquarters. T^^TBte a sep UHW’ dark has It was not until another day had ar- football otKnll news, rw»wa but ra P>«n“>n »U Rtver AndrdWttByMY. of Marshfield, but Pruu-h Coach ■•Snik»'* “Spike’* Ta.. L4s- arate agreement with the city. been approved by the commission and rived that the party broke up, and an aunt, Mrs. Alva Lee, at North lie handed us the Coquille High On the recommendation of the Bend. an order made to that efefct. There daring it to have been the best the schedule for this fall and when school street committee it was decided that Was nothing in his letter relative to Rotarians have yet held. opens three weeks from next Tuesday that bottleneck at Seventh and Henry hauling Saturday afternoons and ap he will make his call for practice very street, m front of the Church of God plication was not made for permission quickly thereafter. Evan F. Hartin, of the Oregon Live and at the Clarence Barton property to run on Sunday. C. H. H. will have one game under stock Theft department of the State across the street north, should be It will be necesary for the trucks the lights this fall, that at Grants Pass Police, was in the Sentinel office last eliminatedyas far as possible by cut to be equipped with the same sort of on Friday night, Oct. 31. Other games Fred St. Clair, 33-year old son of Friday to call attention to a law ting the parking down and running lighting facilities which are used by of the schedule are: Mr. and Mrs. D. H. St. Clair of this passed by the 1941 legislature which Elsewhere appear the warrant calls the pavement to the sidewalk edge at the huge freight trucks which do Sept. 27 -Bandon, down there. city, had a narrow escape from death requires that anyone handling cat made by County Treasurer Stauff on much of their traveling at night (Continued Page Eight) 4 Ashland, here. Oct. the fore part of last week at Albany tle, horses, mules or sheep for sale the market roads, bridge and non high R. A. Jeub said Tuesday that had Oct. 11—Myrtle Point, there. but when his father left him at the must have the owner’s name posted school district funds The total to be the permission to start hauling at Oct. 18—North Bend, here. ? General Hospital in Albany last Wed on the building or truck whore the disbursed for principle payments on midnight six nights of the week not Oct 25—Marshfield, there. nesday evening the physicians thought sales are made and must pay a |3 been granted by the commission it the three is »48,718.39 on which the Day—Myrtle Nov. 11, Armistic he would recover. estimated interest payment will be license fee to State Department of would probably have meant the shut Point, here. The accident occurred at the log Agriculture before June 30 each year« 11800 ting down of the plant next winter Coach Leslie would not commit J. E. Axtell intends leaving this ging boom when the hook pulled out The market road call, for war The law is called the “Sales Stable" when logs cannot be brought out himself as to this season’s prospects. evening for Vancouver, B. C., to at of the log. The log rolled over him, act and a sales table is described in rants issued in August September, the woods. October, 1940,. is for »8.811.1» with He will have five lettermen from last tend the convention of the National fracturing both pelvic bones, his right the act as meaning any vehicle, build year’s team as a nucleus around Titlemen's Association. With him he leg in three pieces and his left ankle. ing place or premises where such Interest at »200 The county bridge fund warrants, which to build—Wayne Terry, Eugene is taking a myrtlewood block and He was also injured internally and stock is bought or sold. issued between Nov. 1, 1939 and Crouch, Tom Martin, Don Whereat gavel, the prettiest pieces of the wood was thrown into the log pond where The law was adopted as an aid to he ever saw, which will be presented he nearly drowned before being the police in tracing stolen stock. Sept. 1. 1940, will mean a total pay and Louis Gilbert. In addition there will be seven who by the Oregon Titlemen’s Association pulled out. ment of »17,922.36, plus an estimated A new retail establishment in Co interest of »900. had more of less experience last year to the national organization president, quille will be the Coquille Booterie, Duane Terry, Jerry Butler, George Charlton Hall. The latter has visited Non-Hi warrants total »21.982 84, an exclusive ladies’ shoe store, which with interest at »700, and include all Holbrook, Hugh Irvin, Don Huributt, in Coquille and is an enthusiastic it is hoped will be ready for a grand of those warrants issued between Harvey Thommen and Bob Matin. admirer of myrtlewood. Mr. Axtell opening the latter part of next week. July 15, 1940 and Jan. 1, 4941. There may be some transfers also will return Sunday evening The Coquille Motor Co. which has Mrs. D. B. Biegger and her sister, Interest ceases on all these war- which will increase the size of the Ralph Smith, 'one of the Smith heretofore been owned by Broudway Mrs. E. H. Sommers, will be the pro rants called today. August 7. squad > brothers at the service station at Riv Motors at Marshfield, changed hands prietors, and the Booterie will be lo erton, anti who also operate a log the first of August and is now locally cated in the east room of the W. O. ging camp, was brought to the Belle owned. A. C. Schultz continues as W building on First street, between Knife Hospital last Friday in a very manager of this company which is the Mias May’s Shop and the Nosier Bar President R. L. Stewart told the serious conditions He was on the Dodge and Plymouth agency for Co ber Shop. Coquille Chamber of Commerce meet donkey sled at camp when in same quille and vicinity. Remodeling and renovating the The Daily Vacation Bible School ing in the hotel Tuesday noon that manner it upset, catching him under The fire which called the depart room has been in progress the past members of the Lions and Rotary neath the sled. He suffered a crushed two weeks, and if the equipment or ment to LeRoy Rice’s Coquille Auto will begin its two-weeks session on clubs intend taking up with their pelvis and leg but is doing as well as dered arrives in time the Booterie will Camp, Just beyond the Cunningham Monday. August 11th, at 9:00 a. m. respective organizations the idea of a could be expected after undergoing railroad station, endangered all of his in the Pioneer Church. be open Friday of next week. Soap-box Derby in Coquille next such a catastrophe. The School is sponsored by the Co property there and was probably saved by the prompt action of a young quille Ministerial Association, com summer. A consolidation of Coos county vot The Clievrolet company will prob Another Apple Tree Has man who played water from a garden posed of the Baptist, Episcopal, Meth ing precincts was made by the county ably offer a prize for it similar to the hose on the burning roof of one of odist, Christian, Nazarene and Assem Been Continually In Bloom ___ court ___ last ________ _ No. __ Thursday. 1, Lakeside the cabins until the department ar bly of God Churches. Mrs. Alda Nos one Johnny Leslie won at the Marsh Commenting on Bobbie Burna* I and No: 28, Tenmile, with a combined field contest last week, and it is ier is director of thé School, and the * _ - —-A . — • - a _i l ■ • «w-----. ss. a . X. A r F” **»^ —^ —-—S 3. 1 OH ...I SI K. ■ — As — — S. , The Southwestern Oregon League rived. planned to hold it early enough so statement in last week's Sentinel that registration of 187, will hereafter be The fire started when the breeze Rev. Charles G. Brown is Dean. one precinct, known as No. 1 Lake- schedule for this coming Sunday, The faculty is made up of volunteer that the winner may compete in the a gravenstein apple tree on their blew sparks from the chimney out stde. place was blossoming again with rip Aug. 10, calls for Myrtle Point to play state derby at Portland The winner of an outside incinerator down on to teachers from the several churches In the Coaledo and Beaver HUI the Indians at Athletic Park here, and all boys and girls Interested are there has an opportunity to contest ening fruit already on the tree, Mrs. the roof of the farthest north cabin. precincts there is a total registration Ruby Kirkenhall goes it one better Port Orford-Langlois to play the in the national soap-box derby in To urged to come. « league leaders at Powers. Bandon to and says the tree on her place has of 84. The combined precinct-will ledo, Ohio. been continuously in blossom since be called No. 31. Coaledo. ■ play at Empire, and the two Bay F„ M. Wilson In Charge Of Mr. and Mrs J. Arthur Berg, Joe The other precinct change was in (lie first blooms in the spring and has teams, North Bend and Marshfield, Smith Plant Retail Yard and Pats, returned Sunday evening North Bend where the boundary be only »Just stopped blooming; at the latter city. E., M. Wilson this morning to?k from a most enjoyable ten days’ va tween No«. It and 18; was shifted ’ - The eqd of .the season occurs on charge of the retail yard at the Smith cation trip to the San Francisco bay left.Sat- .. be .following SqpdW. - *’ ■ 1 »area. “ tpwtf it St -if«*-; ■ M_. ' ;■ «. (NihrW foe rest Trf the ll Rotarians' Picnic At Laurel Lake Lester Hayter Funeral Friday Loggers To Run Midnight To Dark Football Less Than Two Months Away Seriously Injured At Logging Camp $46,716.39 County Warrants Called Dealers Must Have State License Taking Myrtle To Vancouver Coquille Booterie Opens Next Week Ralph Smith , Badly Crushed Bible School To Start Monday Auto Camp Saved From Fire Coquille Motor Co. Is Locally Owned Coquille May Have Soap Box Derby Voting Precincts Consolidated Sunday's Baseball Schedule r Bill I’ook Now A Signal Corps Sergeant At Camp , ^,'7 Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Pook received word last week that their son, Bill, had just been made a sergeant in the Signal Corps at Fort George Wright to which he is attaached. This week he was to be in charge of a crew which was building seven miles of electric line in the vicinity of Ritz- ville. ? and aiound San Francisco Weldon Kline To Build Home At Fairview E. L. Perrott & Sons this week se cured a contract to build a house at Fairview for Weldon Kline. It will be along somewhat the same lines as the one Mr. Perrott built for Cal Ray uate course in Proctology Before Lloyd Clever left for the south he and Dr. Rankin made a date for a deep sea fishing trip, with that most sporting denizen of the deep, the sail fish, as their objective. New State! From Ontario On the Job union and picnic this year is to be fl»e Mast-Shun-inirmon family held in Yellowstone Park on Aug. 17. R. H. Mast and his grandson. Jack Mast, are planning on being there. H. W. Mast of Lee, will also attend but he is going on a longer trip with Harry All 8th Column members are asked Leswell. Besides Yellowstone they to attend a meeting Wednesday eve will visit Grand Coulee dam, Reno. ning at the Council Chambers in the Nevada, and the Grand Canyon of the city hall Visitors will be Colorado. -K-—- a - t - “Clair H Anderson, transferred here from Ontario to succeed State Police Officer O’Mara who was transferred to Salem, entered upon his duties at the local headquarters yesterday. ,, if Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Bbeserman spent the weekend at Eugene with the Mar vin Hopkins
