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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1941)
Í AGI FOUI The Sentinel Grand Coulee, the largest, has been said to surpass the great pyramid in energy required for the building. Of cotine there are great wonders H. A. TO UNG sad M. D. GRIMES of nature which drawf all the works H. A. YOUNG, Editor • of man and the top three of these One Year ***** famous scenic features are the Grand 100 Canyon of the Colorado, Victoria Six Months.... 0O Falls in Africa and Crater Lake in Throe MsMtK. ,____ „ No subscription taken unless paid Oregon. tor in advance. This rule is tmpera- tfve. a sees raraa is a « mo rows Entered at the Coquille Postoffice as Second Class Mail Matter. • • ••••••••« ♦ Fragment» of Fact • and and Fancy Fancy ft •••••••••• In looking over the birth rate ia Washington, D. C.,.Dee. 4—Oregon the United States for the past thirty- farmers are prepared to cooperate in five years it is found that the number of births per thousand population overcoming the shortage of flax pro descended from 25.1 in 1815 to 18.5 vided assistance in furnishing equip- in 1833. The decline was practically . ment. There are 900 acres of flax in steady through those years except in 'the Willamette valley (300 acres In 1920 and 1821 when there was a iother states, principally Washington), raise following the war; from 22.3 but expansion is handicapped by lack in 1819 to 23.7 and 24.2 in the next of facilities to process the fiber. Sec Agriculture Claud Wickard two years. After the low point of retary wants 400 new acres in Oregon, at 16.5 during the worst of the depres sion the rate ascended again to 17.0 least, yet makes no suggestion of necessary equipment for the addi id» 1937. There the matter Now it is' said the rate will be tional acreage. up to ULlJor this year (the highest rests for the present. On present acreage the government since 1930) and all kinds of reasons are advanced for this gain in popula has been paying Oregon flax farm tion: the war, better economic condi ers a small bonus, just enough, plus « tions, etc. Another idea comes to the market price, to make flax rais mind. Could the vitamin craze which ing worth while, but there is a has swept the country have caused limit to the retting and scutching plants and this must be Increased if the greater fecundity the government wants more flax. How much Propagandist Goebbels The war has shut off previous sources admits when he warns his country of supply of flax and there is a short men they must not lose the war be age for the most ordinary purposes— cause of the retribution which the linen thread to sew shoes for the Germans will suffer if they are not army, is an instance; twine for the fishermen’s nets, not to mention linen victorious! sheets, tablescloths, napkins and Senator McNary is Westbrook Pegler intimated in his handkerchiefs. Sunday’s column that labor chiefs endeavoring to convince the govern were “skimming one billion dollars a ment that 1500,000 is needed for flax year” in dues from the upion labor and hemp latter grown in Kentucky ers’ wages, without so much as an and Wisconsin) and for processing. accounting of the money. The wonders of the world! The ancients listed seven and they were all built by the hand of man and in cluded the Pyramids of Egypt, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Diana in Asia Minor, the Statue of Jupiter Olympus in Greece, the Tomb of Mausolus in Asia Minor, the Pharos of Alexandria in Egypt, and the Colossus of Rhodes. The first named still exist today though the centuries have taken their toll; the gardens of Babylon, of course are arid waste; the temple of Diana was burned by a crank who thus hoped to make his name immortal; the statute of Jupiter, of marble, ivory and beaten gold provided rich spoils for the Hitlers of long ago, and the last three mentioned were destroyed by earthquakes. Since ancient times,'as man has travelled and learned of other coun tries and other great achievements, the wonders have been increased. Among them may be listed the Great Wall of China, Stonehenge, the Cat acombs, Coliseum at Rome, the Leaning Tower of Pisa and numer ous temples and palaces. The Chin ese wall is estimated to be 2,550 miles in length, with 40,000 watch towers. It was built as two parallel walls of brick filed with earth between these brick facings, its width being 17 Vi feet and height 18 feet. There were marauders from the north in the third century B. C. when it was built even as there are today. Stonehenge intrigues one's imag ination for no one knows just why the three concentric circles of huge stones were so assembled on the plains of Salisbury in England. Their anti quity is so great it ia not known when it was done. Ag a probable place of worship the arrangement of the stones also tie in with the sea sonal movement Of the sun. The Catacombs covered 815 acres of labyrinths, some of which were five stories or 70 feet under ground; they provided a refuge for the early Christians. (In Europe today there are probably many hidden tunnels where the non-conformists to the nazi regime find shelter.) The coliseum is one of the largest ampitheatres in the world and its ruins still stand. Its cost was enorm ous, although the labor was per formed by slaves from Jerusalem. 'Kte arena was soaked with human blood as men and beasts were pitted (Taken from The Sentinel of Friday, December'S, 1821) The Budget committee consisting of three members of the county court with, Russell Dement, Dorsey Kreit- zer and Henry Sengstacken as lay members, met here Tuesday. . . . The budget committee is reducing county expenses wherever possible "The building of the Roosevelt Highway from Astoria down the coast to the California line is much nearer to realization than most people im- igine,” said J. E. Norton this morn ing. He was Coquille’s sole repre- entative at the meeting of the Roose velt highway Memorial Association. F fl 11$ ‘I • ? TWENTY YEARS AGO The warm rains of the past week, which brought out. whatever snow there was in the mountains, have kept the river at flood stage. Justice Stanley says the marrying business appears to be promoted by stormy weather, on the theory we suppose, that a hearthstone and fire side of one’s own seem more desirable The break In the water main last when the winds are howling and rain Friday was up in the gulch in the is driving across the fields in gusty east part of town just south of First sheets. street. Water Superintedent Epper son got busy and repaired it but it R. F. Miller, who had two ribs broke again about eleven o’clock that broken in Sunday’s football game, is night. improving now. The splinters from the break were piercing the lungs, The football game last Saturday be until set by Dr. Hamilton. tween the Marshfield and Coquille Independents was one of the best O. P. Ellingsen, ot Parkersburg, was a Sentinel caller Tuesday. He Another Volume Poems Published HOW SMALL 1 KNOW How shall I know when I am old? Not by the whiteness of my hair, Or limbs grown stiff, or blood grown cold: I shall be old when I cease to care It is not the years which will prove my age, Or the dulling ear, dr the way the The Sentinel acknowledges with appreciation an autographed copy of Mrs. Frances Holmstrom’s most re cent publication of poems in book form. There are nearly 100 of Mrs. ey« Holmstrom's poems in the volume, Must wrestle to read the written page. aU of the same comprehension of Or the pile of memories building human nature and of the beauties high, that surround us on all sides, which But when I find I have journeyed have characterized all her poetic ef past forts, many of which have appeared The joy of sharing, the thrill of in the Sentinel. giving. The vowne was published by Bin Then I shall know I am old at last, fords A Mort of Portland and reprint Am much too old for the trouble of ed below is one entitled “How Shall 1 living. Know?” that again Illustrates Mrs. ( Holmstrom’s keen sense of the human • Mrs. Holmstrom asks the Sentinel •Pirit: to say that the volume, entitled "Rich, ■ * 1 1 ' ■ - ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Lady,” is on sale at Norton’s and that like butter. This protest has been she is filling advance orders for cop raging for a couple of months, but ies as rapidly as she can the white-haired McNutt sticks by his guns and refuses to change his Come in and see the new Hamilton policy. McNutt hopes to be the new Beach Food mixer at Hooton Electric deal candidate for president in 1944 Shop. Let a Hamilton Beach Mixer and has already arrayed against his give you greater freedom in your ambition the cow vote while winning ( cooking. Ask to have its many fea the cocoanut cow, .which is much leas tures demonstrated. See them at important politically. Hooton Electric Shop. quille players were: Philip Johnson, from a seven weeks* visit at Hubbard. Bill Howell, W. L. Norton, Pete Mil ler, Happy Smith, Lloyd Gregg, Cliff The splash-dam built on upper Kern, John Stanley, Roy Watson, Myrtle Creek by Frank Fish, the Keltner, Brick Leslie and Archibald. energetic logger, of that locality, is proving a decided success, which will Dr. G. E. Low reports the birth of enable him to move logs that other a boy baby to Mr. and Mrs. Dee Has wise might stay in the creek indef kins Wednesday morning. initely. 'J ■■■ put out of business by taking away his license. This was regarded as too drastic and not in accord with the American plan of doing business; there was also the possibility that the administrator might freeze out so many dealers that the remaining number would have a monopoly. Real objection was against Leon Henderson, present price administra tor and presumably the president’s choice to handle the price; control act Congressman Martin Dies, in open session during the debate, charged that in the Henderson or ganization there are 50 known com munists and in the top flight officials Sometime in January, probably, the are four wl>o receive from 15000 to These charges have been senate will take up the price-fixing 87500. bill passed by the house. There is made before and Henderson has no project of the senate committee never given an explanation other acting on the measure this year and than to say he is an American citi it is such a touchy subject that the zen. This resentmeht to Henderson senate is willing to delay action and wag in part responsible for rolling consider what the public thinks of up the heavy vote against the bill the bill developed in the house. The proposed by the administration and house bill is regarded as an adminis amending it until it was more in tration defeat, for it eliminated the keeping with what a majority of the license feature and instead of having house thought was better. Neither wages nor the price of one man to fix prices it provided a board of five who can sit down on farm products are placed under con any ceiling that .the administrator j trol. The bill was passed by a non proposes. The license system would partisan vote. compel everyone in business to ob- | What the senate will do is problem- tain a license to sell anything and atical. The farm bloc is solid for if the merchant charged more than not placing a ceiling on farm prod- the fixed price he would be promptly | ucts and another group is determined not to freeze wages. This legislation will be the next big moment in the senate after the labor restriction measure, which held the boards in house last week has* been disposed of. Of special interest to various com munities in Oregon is an investiga tion of the copper situation now being staged. This has been agitated by rural electrification administration which complains that private utility companies have "hogged” all the cop per wire, somas of which is needed to string the bare poles of many farmer cooperatives financed by REA. Miles and miles of wire are needed, but owing to priorities and restrictions it is not available. The private com panies, which have the same priority rating as REA, bought their copper reqirements while REA was marking time. The private utilities, accord ing to Harry Slattery of REA, are now building "spite” lines and tak ing customers which REA wished to serve. There are so many angles to the controversy that OPM will make a survey of all copper wire and in quire why copper companies are not making sufficient wire for require ments. Dairymen of Oregon are joining with others in protesting against the ruling of Paul V. McNutt which per mits oleomargarine to be dressed up :’W THRIFT-CARRIERS FOR THE NATION •T] The leaning tower of Pisa was ori ginally upright but the ground gradu ally gave way on one side until the IM foot tower was 16 feet out of perpendicular. . There has been an attempt to name the wonders of the modern world by scientists of our day and this new list would be headed by For Farms... For business... For Total Defense Effort Coquille western Motors Point Bandon
