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Grand Coulee, the largest, has been
said to surpass the great pyramid in
energy required for the building.
Of cotine there are great wonders
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of nature which drawf all the works
H. A. YOUNG, Editor •
of man and the top three of these
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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.
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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,
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■ 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.
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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
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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
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