The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003, January 22, 1942, Page 4, Image 4

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put in place, but not until after it
had Upped up the barge carrying it
to the center pier and had droped into
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Chas. Barter, who has been in poor
health for the past year or two, suf­
fered a stroke tit apoplexy about
three o’clock Thursday morning. He
has been unconscious much of the
! pointed for Oregon.
Through the efforts of John H.
Carkin of the Public Utilities Com­
mission, a survey of unused street­
car tracks throughout the state and
similar reservoirs of scrap iron and
steel has been completed but to date
the cost of removal of many tons of
thus material has stood in the way of
its'utilization
•. In the meantime, it is suggested
that County Defense Councils urge
citizens not to waste metals, to sal­
vage that found lying about and dis­
pose of it direct to dealers in this
matestak
If a Council wished to
sponsor" a drive and use funds ob­
tained therefrom to pay civilian de­
fense expenses, it would be entirely
proper.
words, the taxpayer if ha r idaaa ns
the notes for cash, gets back just the
amount he paid.
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Complete information about these
Treasury notes, will be found in a
Treasury Department Circular avail­
able at local banks, Federal Qs serve
Banks and branches, or Treasury De­
partment, Washington. D. C.
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WASHERS
Greene fir Jensen
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FIGHTING DOLLARS
Remember, that tin cans have no
scrap value as yet; neither have old
automobile license plates. Coat of
reclaimed license tags is greater than
the metal, salvage obtained.
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Howdy Folks:
Income Tax
Infprmation
Are you among the millions
that are making the old
bus do? It U hard to be­
lieve but there are 193,809
Model T Fords registered ao
far this year in the U. S.
Five pedestrians were killed and 50
more were injured when struck while
walkinc diagonally across streets in­
tersections in Oregon in 1040, accord­
ing to figures compiled by Earl Snell
secretary of stale.
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This practice is especially danger­
ous during winter months when visi­
bility is greatly reduced by inclement
weather. It is one more reason why
pedestrians always should display
something white when walking at
night.
Walking across an interesection di­
agonally forces the pesdestrian to
cross the path of ten lines of vehicu­
lar movement through the intersec­
tion, Snell said in emphasizing the
danger^ when so many opportunities
for conflict are presented.
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invites the millions of patriotic, for­
ward-looking Chevrolet owners —and,
in fact, all motorists —to join with
Chevrolet dealers in a great national
CAR CONSERVATION
PLAN"
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CHEVROLET DEALER FOR SERVICE
 ÎOMÜ NATION IS A
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Bandon