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Mattress Projects
"Being Started
May Bond Quota
For Coos $129,200
County W.S.C.S. Met
Here Thursday
underway in three I A county meeting of the Woman's
Work is r
Id^the completion Society of Christian Service , met at
communities
Start- Pioneer church last Thursday, pre-
of the Mattress MojectUt
1 -CQO- .sided over by Helen Peterson, presi-
ed last year. While the
struction of mattresses will not be^~ denl of the Coquille society, and
Jonefi, of Marshfield, as sec­
gin until early June, leaders in Pow­
ers, Bandon and Coquille are already retary. Sfirty-xjxMarshfield,
supervising' the making of the mat­ North Bend, Myrtle PaioCmid Co­
quille attended the session?
Mrs
tree* ticks.
At the time the materials were or­ Peterson gave an inspiring talk, using
dered for the project. 275 persons had as her topic, "The Facing of Thia
made application for 550 mattresses. Hour.”
The remaining tini«? of the forenoon
In" the meantime, several applicants
have moved from the county, there­ was given to reports from the organ­
fore new applications will be taken izations of the four churches repre­
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until all the cotton now ih the countyj sented.
At noon a luncheon was served to
has been spoken for.
This is a co-operative project with more than seventy.
Several of the ladies of the local
the Extension Service carrying on the
educational work, and the Agricul­ organization presented a skit Which
tural Adjustment Administration and told the story of the organization of
Surplus Marketing Administration one of the first missionary societies.
Dora Oerding lead the devotional
supplying the mattress material.
E.ieh family plans to make their service opening the afternoon session.
own ^ipattress at a designated work The business of the morning was re­
center, where the necessary equip­ sumed.
The program of entertainment con­
ment, materials, and instruction will
sisted of a piano sólo by Mrs. Hubert
be furnished.
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Only rural families, with an annual Ulrich, “Waltz in A Flat" by Brahms;
net cash income of $500 or leas (for a clever monologue, Mrs. Roy Boob-
a family of 4) will be eligible to make er; solos, “How beautiful are Thy
the»' mattresses from the free ma­ Gates” and "When Apples Grow ot>
lerial. The eligibility of the family Lilac Trees-” Mrs. G. W. Tyrrell, and
is di termined by, the county A. A. A. a talk on Missionary Outlook by Mrs.
Georgia Richmond, state superinten­
committee.
Applications may be obtained from dent of literature.
The next county meeting will be
the County Extension office in the
Court House in Coquille. Apl ¡cations at Marshfield, date to be announced
should be filed before June 1. Addi­ later.
tional information will be furnished
upon request.
Fourth Oregon District Has
Reading course« -offered by the
state library cover a total of 488 suv-
jects, according to Miss Eleanor
Stephens, librarian, Durinf the cur­
rent biennium 784 now “students”
were enrolled in these courses. These
“students” include COC enrollees,
business men, farmers, soldiers, teach­
ers, housewives, hospital patients and
prisoners.
‘ The War Fiuductam aeara»
order controlling the sale of plumb­
Coos county has been assigned a ing and healing equipment makes
War Saving Bond quota of $129,- specific provision foe the installation
200.00 for the month of May, which of certain iarm machinery and equip­
will be its share of the total $5,810,- ment, George Jenkins, county agri­
000 for the state, it is announced by cultural agent and secretary of the
County Chairman D. J. Grant, Jr., of county USDA War Board advises
Marshfield.
county fai mors.
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To obtain the material he needs, the
The quota figure, it is pointed out
in a communication received from farmer signs the following statement
' Ray Conway, state administrator, is___
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and m gives
it to
his supplier:
based partly on average monthly
“The f»1 lowing aqnipwwt. (bort ÜW*
xale^Wr the past, and partly on the farmer lista all the items of new
county's “Ability to Pay.”
plumbing and heating equipment con­
“Citizens of this county should real­ tained in his purchase order) is nec­
ize first of all that every cent to be as sary for the installation of one or
raised in this drive wflr go to provide more of the following item* of farm
guns, tanks, ships, planes and am­ machinery and equipment, milking
munition fbr our armed forces, so machines, water cooled engines, cream
that we may win thia war in the short- separators, milk coolers, butter mak­
est possible time,” said the county ing equipment, water pumps, live­
chairman. However, no one is asked stock watering bowls, livestock indi­
to ‘give’ anything. Purchase of war vidual drinking cupa, hog troughs,
bonds is an investment and a saving stock tanks, stock tank heaters, incu­
every cent of which will return to bators, brooders, poultry waterers and
the buyer witt\ interest. We are sure beekeepers* supplies.”
our county will meet and more than
Date ........Signed --....4.-'-...
meet every monthly quota.”
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;__It was stated further that items to
A state-wide drive to install the retail for less than , $5.00 are exempt
payroll savings plan in all firms is from the provisions of the order. Also,
now under way. Full information dealers may make deliveries to per­
and all necessary material for this in­ sons with priority ratings of A-40 or
stallation may be obtained from the better.
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local committee. Bonds may be pur­
chased by individuals from any bank
or post office, in denominations from
$18.75 for the $25 bond, and up. —
By A. L. Lindbeck
The Republicans still hold an 18,000
edge In Oregon on the basis of pre­
primary registrations just compiled
by the state department. Two years
—lP»-jm»p^blic»»"■ had a majority of
21,500 TfTthe Mate foxing 7,014 in the
interim while the Deinorrats were
Hereafter men inducted into mili­
losing only 3438. *
tary service will be given furloughs
While tlie Republicans recorded of not to exeted ten days in yhich to
tains in 19 counties andMhe Demo­ ' nettle up business affairs according
rats forged ahead of the 1940, regis­ to Colonel Elmer V. Wooten, state
trations in ' 22 counties these gains director of selective service. Appli­
were more than off-sat in the remain­ cations for furlougs, however, must
ing counties.
first be approved by local draft
The grand total of all registrants— boards.
527,084—is 11,106 short of the 1940
total. Of this number 267,232 are
Secretary of State Earl Snail spent
RepubliqanK and 251,813 Democrats. laut, week il) Washington, D. C., at­
State officials are predicting a-light tending a meeting of the highway ad­
primary vote—some as low ax 40 per­ visory ‘committee to the war depart­
cent
the registration. The war, it ment of which he is a member.
is felt, haH so completely overshad­
owed, politics that the public is tak­
f A total of 21,882 of. Oregon’s needy
ing very little interest in the cam­
aged were given financial assistance
paign. The absence of thousands of
during March according to a report
registered voters jiow in the armed
of the State Public Welfare commis­
services of the nation, is also ex­
sion. Old age pension payments for
pected to cut seriously into the pri­
the month averaged $22.57 for the
mary vote. Two years ago the Re­
I state, with Multnomah county pay­
publicans rallied 54 percent of their
ments topping the list at an average
voters to the polls while.the Demo­
of $23.27 and Curry county payments
crats wese able to muster only'a 43
the*lowest in the state with an aver­
percent vote. Four years ago 49 per-
age of only $15.53.
When you ouy
-ent of .the registered Republicans
should
get service.
and 48 per cent of the Democrats
Phone 62M.
registrants went to the-pollvto cast
their vote on primary election day.
Insurance, you
See F. K. Bull,
s
r.
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Call ins caros, MJ tor
Greatest Undeveloped Resources
Stationary Tubs
With a total of 218 billion feet of
standing timber, including 178,983,-
000,000 feet of Douglas fir, repre­
senting half of that important struc­
tural wood remaining in the United
States, and with the gold, chrome,
quicksilver, nickel, copper and other
minerals in commercial volume, the
new Fourth congressional district in
Oregon possibly has the greatest un­
developed wealth of any congression­
al district in the nation. This state­
ment is vouched for by Harris Ells­
worth, candidate on the republican
ticket for congressman from the new
district, who says the forest figures
are current U. S. Forest Service in­
ventory figures and that the mineral
data is obtainable from the Oregon
State Department of Mineral Indua-
’ tries.
The Oregon Fourth congressional
district resulted from a congressional
reapportionment of the members of
the House of Representatives follow­
ing (he 1940 census. The boundaries
of the district to be represented by
the fourth congressman allotted to
Oregon were set by the 1941 session
of the Oregon legislature.
Seven
counties including Linn, Lane, Doug­
las, Josephine, Jackson, Coos and
Curry comprise the Fourth district.
The state highway department has
been notified by the federal bureau of
;-oads that the war department has
turned thumbs down on any more |
work on the Pacific highway between
Roseburg and Grants Pass and the
upper Columvia highway between
Portland and Cascade Locks. The de­
partment was preparing to advertise''
/or bida on projects on those two <
"oads and had asked for war depart- I
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Oregon’s law makers will find the
temperatures in the House and Sen-
*te under better control when they
return to Salem for the next session.
The board of control has awarded the
j eateae t f o r t he noe c s s ary ehaageo ¡li­
the temperature controls in the legis-
ative chambers to a Portland concern.
Bids entered for the ah- conditioning
of other rooms in the capital wore re- (
jected by the board as too high.
REDDY SAYS
"Fix up those
older appliances
JLrok over the »electric appliances you have on the pantry
shelves or in the closets... you'll
likely fina’ a iamp, toaster,
percolator, waffle iron or some other useful appliance that can
Come In and See Us in Our
NEW LOCATION
New Machinery and Equip-
Ko Keel
Brooks Used Furniture
Swap Shop
is encouraging the sale of recaps to all whose work affects
the war effort or general welfare ofthepublic.
Patriotic Duty
to have your tires in the best possible condition at all times.
See us for further information and tire inspection
The priceof of o 600*16 recap is
be made qood os new with only minor reoairs.
According to Governor Sprague the
state board of health has arranged to
dispense with much of the red tape
heretofore surrounding the issuance
of delayed birth certificates to native
Oregonians. Under the new plan
these certificates will bo issued upon
whatever supporting evidence the ap­
plicant may be able to produce.
cord, a tightened connection or some small adjustment Is all
that's needed.
When you reooir on aooliance
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Oregon’s tax system may not be
perfect but on the wbole.it is better
than of any other state in the opinion
of Charles V. Galloway, veteran chair­
man of the state tax commission.
Taking to the ahr in a 45-mlniite
broadcast Saturday night Galloway I
struck back at critics who for the past
year have been sniping at the tax
commission in particular and the Ore­
gon tax system in general.
Admitting that honest and con­
structive criticism and helpful effort
are always in order Galloway de­
clared that “the long continued cam­
paign to exaggerate and publicize
every small defect of that system
(Oregon’s tax system) has done and
s doing much to impede Oregon’s de­
velopment and retard its progress.
Galloway branded as “distinctly not
true
; “assertions at random that
property taxes or income taxes are
repelling capital and retarding indus­
trial development; pretentious repres­
entations of candidates for public of-
fice, big and little, that our tax sys­
tem is archaic and disordered; false
allegations that taxes of all kinds in '
Oregon are inordinately high and
going higher every year; unending
squawking of unregenerated sales
lexers to the effect that nothing else
trdt^W the tex laws.” •
“All such and many more are bift i
the varied manifestations of a Fifth
•olumn activity in respect to taxa­
tion in Oregon; an activity uninten-
tioned, of course, but real and per-
ilcious nevertheless.
"Even if such representations were
true no worthy service to Oregon is
rendered in .advertising them to the
world But, distinctly, they are not
true. Oregon’s whole system of tax-
Maybe a new
It's just like getting money you
d’dn't exoect . ... for with
Electrical Dealer
America in all-out war produc
tion of many articles ore now
on the "not available" list So
helo yourself hv repaying your
oonliances W keening them
in service for the duration.
Mountain States Power Co