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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (May 14, 1942)
* ■ . ! ♦ '■ *. ■ " ■< Wÿ’.'r V -■ » ? , S «.4 £ IMF »41 B1 M ' ' 4’ il t « .. « I I 1 . I ion, If _ 1 ; I wer Ore>°°- “ ‘J? JiTL.rS res forward.' They will be the greater number of small purahar- - era the picture would be more com .east and west, north and south and plete. And by small purchasers is on the high desert of central Oregon, mean« not no« only onV those u.oae who w..o----------------------------- »«*• been made and sites Sto meant buy a few stamps, (probably at greater sacrifice bUt *** • ■ * - ’ . 11 t u ' ( r i I I A -a I I ' Mu i i 1 A steel company takes space on enclosures that go with dividend checks to cneexs io suggest that uun stockholder^ .invest their dividends in War Bonds. Ait American engineer has Just found ways to eliminate 750 differ cided to make several improvements ent operations from the manufac for the accommodations of tourists in ture of a single ordnance unit, thus the myrtle grove, which will greatly ngenini^the^vayjtor enhance the attraction of Coquille’s The installing of camp grounds. lights and water back in the grove was one item. With the arrival of Mias Florence Voris in Coos county to take the posi tion of county health nurse, public health work in this county ¿liters upon a new epoch. I t J * - :----- .UM 49 frwn choc««» Riley Clinton’s house, which H. E. and Marc Shelley are builling qn the old Johnson mill ranch, is being rush- ed as rapidly as possible. It is of the bungalow type, 36x45'feet, and will be modern throughout. . • ; •, J. lit. Thomas, chief warden for the Coo« County Fire Patrol Asso ciation, was home from the Burnt mountain district on Wednesday. He said that one morning this week he woke up to find that eleven inches of snow had fallen in the mountains. raJuMi'i Pharmacy A I KARL B. STEINER 7 î 3 DEMOCRAT L Í STATE REPRESENTATIVE Facts That Can't Be Laughed Off « » 4 i I I >-i 4 r • - • « _ g J a -tf ww g.l. . I S.U.JLB SeCT Voter* of Southwestern Oregon: We respectfully ask you to support the following candidates for public office in the May IS Primaries because our careful investigation has persuaded -us they will serve, if elected, with fairness and diligence. For Governor— GOV. CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, incumbent. Republican. „ He is not dominated by or committed to any special interarts this is important in this war and tn the post-war period. For Governor— LEW WALLACE, democrat. ’ * • For U. S. Senator— CHARLES L. McNARY, republican. “Has served Oregon long and well.” No democrat endorsed For U. S. Congressman—New 4th District— EDWARD C. KELLY of Medford, democrat. Has had most public experience of any candidate. Is young, active, interested in the entire district. No republican endorsed. For State Representative, Coos and Curry Countie»— KARL B. STEINER of Coos County, democrat. Workmen need a voice in state affairs. Mrs L. A. CutliD re publican, is unopposed. 1 , -------- g For State Representative, Coos County— LOUIS I). FELSHEIM, Bandon, republican. Felsheim, write-in candidate, is well-acquainted with Coos county’s problems from 30 years residence. Is well-known throughout Oregon. Favor, development of industries and re- - sources No democrat endorsed a r or Coos County County Commlsaioner__ F• W. (Pete)-CULVER of Coquille, republican. road. show your appreciation of democracy for which we of America are fighting. V . -...‘ > CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL OF COOS BAY, A. F. of I. CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL OF COQUILLE, A. F. of L. r*- ► y .a jrÆ#- ful contradiction that labor profits along with capital. Give ydUrself the pleasure of con fronting a Socialist with them and I I listen to him flounder in a maze of inept and utterly nonsensical drivel. Such potent statist«?« speak so loudly for themselves that even the noisiest soap-box orator bellowing at the yip of his lungs cannot drown them o^. •» y All-Out effort for Victory« Active, intelligent repre sentation for Coos and Curry^Êounties” V'T“; ÄS - TnotTntwrUpted. The grange official Pioneers. We will not forget ing his lifetime. Well we can remem ,_i declared that if the bar;— were -------....................................................... Our fertile fields, nature« storehouse ber our first overwhelming fear stopped^ it would work a genuine I Awaits to give its share and it ,was caused by three words. ' Of energy and substance for free men. Together now—We’ll plant and tend. u. .b. California ,via the Columbia river. With inherent Love well work and downright terror we felt when, we win. <. . reached the climax in "The Hound There will be no surplus of eggs in of the Baskervilles.” We can still re member the sleepy hollow chair we Oregon this year. Lend-lease offi sat in while reading this Conan Doyle cials are trying to fill an order for , i . bl w w J. L. Holycrogs, manager of the base ball team this year, announces that practice will be begun Tuesday and there will be two pratcices a week henceforth, on Tuesday and Thursday. Anyone desiring to try out at the ball park with the squad will be given every opportunity to At the meeting of the Park Com-1 make good. 30 million pounds of powdered eggs, or’240 million dozen, for the Russians. This is in addition, to the demand (or powdered eggs from the British. The price to be paid for the lend-lease eggs will be about 35 cents a dozen. ■ g« * telegfAjrtrWl WNafy V jhlOt c 4 lit at a more rapid mission Tuesday evenirfg it was de . if”"“ 1I Muyor Hamiltonia« declared TUW-' lay afternoon, May 18, as a half holiday, at which time all citizens are urged to start a comprehensive cam paign toward civic improvement and beautification. The Wotqpn’« Club has taken the initiative in this mat ter and has committees appointed for taking charge of the campaign Tues day. . . The following are members of the committee: Mesdames J. E. Ross, E. E. Johnson, G. E. Low, and Messrs. F. G. Leslie, L. H. Hazard, C. L. Willey, Sr., A. A. Selander, H. C, Getz. C. 4. Fuhrman and IF. T: Oerding. ■ i ■ixaii na By GEORGE PECK - The Socialists, the Planned Eco nomists, the Communists and all the Government has been advised that other I sts who pooh-pooh the Ameri smail”in“«taturaShould abkln< ior 200 doUar’' Thls also the I there are about 200 plants in Oregon sum will not be spent Ln Oregon, but wfrich 6an dehydrate fruit and vege can System of Competitive Free En included; for instance the six-year terprise, either do not know the facts old going down the street with a block ; a large chunk of R will be. ¿ .‘ ' J.' tables. With the shortage of tin, can or deliberately ignore them. On Existing fields are to be «nlarged of four pink stamps. « «w«* ning will be a problem and it is being either count they are guilty. If the img e s lWl th a t- a s m u c h foo d s»' *•■7]former, we decry their condemnation dbie be dehydrated. The names and of something of which they know not Wherever our armed forces are’ tsnce for’a heavy .... bomber to leave locations of these Oregon plants have the facta, and if the latter, doubly sent on duty acron the waters, com- J the ground. Many of the fields will been submitted pliments pnmenu ana and praiae praise are neara heard sdoui about . tnr utx '* 3UL "I““' ru to lu the l , lc proper authori- their appearance and physique. Thia haVe “ccommoda 0 “ . , d tie» together with the daily tonnage condemn them for uttering false ac uwu appwraiKv anoi pnywque. ÍUU crewg Mrvice jmn y plant« .but for .. ¡. . ri«* cusations. Npw. anyone who Is at pains to sank England and Australia. out the facta can arrive at only two TM. tt Oil Amer.cn U.d.U» ““n °”«“ “»* conclusions: (1) That the American seven miles from Spokane, method. System has produced for Americans civilian mechanics will do the work. the highest standard of living in the No political inf)uenec will alter the Unle* someone upsets the apple- satire world, apd (3) further, this M the R t ona y wa . h d le<Jted the yiat>es where the develop- cart The Dalles will have two Indus- »tandkrd of living is constantly on the plants; they may have been of Upward swing. M“! ?f mentsrara proposed snd the selection. troops to which the Hessians and From time to time in this column, have been based on strategy and mil ficially announced by the time thia' British had surrendered: itary importance. At a rough guess item appears. One is to be a stain we have cited the Steel Industry as “We passed through the American about »5,000,000 will be spent on the less steel plant and the other a chem an example to prove these points. camp in which the regiments were air fields. A few of the fields will be ical plant.. Other sections of the We selected the Steel Industry for two drawn out beside the artillery, and the home for a dozen plane« with ac northwest have been trying to pull good reasons: (1) Because steel is a stood under arms. Not one of them commodations for fliers and ground these industries for themselves and basic industry and is fairly typical was uniformly clad; each had on the crew. No breakdown has beengh-' * hard dra« hM been. made Mon- of industry aa a whole, and (3) Be- clothes which he wore in. the fields, nounced as to where the fields will tana. LaGrande alsC is being Con cause of die nature of the business, the church, or the tavern. They be; that for the time being is a mili sidered for a plant of some descrip the production of steel is concentra stood, however, like soldiers. . . . tary secret. tion, but those who are familiar with ted into relatively few separate units, All the lads which stood there in the situation refuse to discuss it, ex and, therefore, statistics regarding » o— rank and file, kind nature had formed plaining that a tip-off would start it are more quickly and readily ac After following a policy of secrecy so trim, so slender, so nervous, that other communities after it. cessible. since Pearl Harbor, army and navy it was a pleasure to look at them, It is most interesting and signifi cant that the hourly wages received and we were all surprised at the have decided to publish casualty lists. An Educational order has been Heretofore the next of kin has been sight of such s handsome, well- given to s Portland concern to manu by steel workers today go about twice formed race. English America sur notified and local papers could an facture gas masks for the civilian as far’as they, did in 1918 in buying passes the moat of Europe in the nounce the death if they learned of certain common articles of food, population. growth and looks of its male popula- it from relatives. There was no gen while their purchasing power for eral publication of any list. t The tian". clothing, furniture and other repre public resented this secrecy, the pol “PIONEER SPIRIT" sentative goods shows a still greater icy being adopted on the theory that incsMM, . i__ y Of the 51,317 pairs of binoculars __ By Paralee Sweeten a list of casualties would weaken For instance in 1918, steel workers loaned to the government in the last morale. As the twilight gather«, Oregon has already lost received an average of 58c per hour war all were returned Jo the owners numbers of its boys, but there has A dark cloud lurk« except one pair loot. compared with an average of 99c per Close to the earthly scenes. been no comprehensive list. The Radio speak« of tragedy and hour in .the summer of 1941. In 1918, s steel worker had to work fear. * ' Physiology once taught that among Another matter which the' public Let us not be engulfed— 68 minutes to buy a quart of milk, a all the animals the goat was the only one able to digest cellulose. Science protests is that the selectees have By the tide around, nor shed a tear. pound of bread and a pound of round steak, while today he hu to work was not satisfied with that and hopes slipped away to reception centers only 43 minutes. to add human beings to the goat class. without any fuss or feathers as though As our fathers rowed In 1918 it required fifty-one end With the introduction of bacterial it was a disgrace to fight for the Up rivers to seek new lands; three-quarter hours’ work for him to flora of a special type into the di United States. .In the first world war A place to build new homes; purchase a suit of clothes while today gestive tracts of many animals, it the draftees mprehed through the Pioneer Spirits, brave and strong a comparable suit requires only ha« been found posalible to make streets with music, led by the mayor They were undaunted— cellulose of leaves, twigs and grass or sortie like official, with crowds on Though the trek was hard and lot«, twenty-two and three-quarters hour. sidewalks cheering and waving flags. i And these statistics fail to tell the digestible by them. whole story. Everyone knows that That would work well here in Coos There has been none of this is the They gave us courage, low-priced automobiles produced to county where dairy herds, thus inocu- present year, although Secretary of And valiant strength to stand day are ipfiinitely superior to those lated, could clean up the brush land, War Henry L. Stimson has decided Shoulder close, to man. manufactured in 1918. The same is save other expensive feeds and elim that some demonstration would-'be Sharing neighbors joys and -work, true to a greater or less degree of inate a fire hazard, all at the same proper. They stood aa comrades, time. However, Iven the goats have From every land. They did not shirk. practically all modern products, here we have a picture of Com Eur) Snell, Oregon secretary of * " made no impression on the Irish furze petitive Enterprise producing for the state, in Washington recently, took up Equal, with one purpose. at Bandon. worker higher wsges and more buy When we all become Nebuchad- the proposed gasoline rationing with Each to build security and home. ing power for these wages, plus a nezzara, our vitamins will probably the gasoline administrator. The Ore One simple faith in GOD. bonus of great improvements in corrie direct from shrubbery rather gon picture was' presented by Snell Then came Lucifer; king of strifs, quality and performance of the arti than the little gelatin pill. The vita and Senator McNary, and the admin- i Planting hate and Jealousy; __ their _____ _____ ___ the __ grass- __ ____ istrator agreed that since Oregon is ' A fifth column, to destroy, life. ____ did cles purchased. . mins stuff for eating king of Babylon for his hair receiving an ample «upply by truck Glib of tongue as he may be, no I grew like eagles’ feathers and his <«nk car—more gasoline arriving Hoping tp destroy , unity, . advocate of “Production For Use And bein'? consumed—the ra- ra I Arid all our foundation, that wai nails like birds* claws.______________ than was being Not For Profit” can laugh off these tioning program would not be ex Built upon Gods own plan— I pertinent facta. On the contrary, folks. ______ they are eloquent testimony in favor War extols courage and craven fear tended to Oregon. At the same time A United States for United ——.. lurtgj i “ •** « if TWENTY YEARS AGO The fall of Corregidor stimulated the sale of war stamps, i Only high officials in Washington, ' who have lost touch with the common citizen, believe that bad news lowers morale. So far the men who make the rules in the nation’s capital have followed the axis plan of suppressing iU news. They wait until itx can be sugared up with reports of vic tories. If the Washington statisti cians will read the story told at the stamp windows of the post offices throughout the land, no fear can be ;, entertained about the public’s ability “to take it.” Even the total number of stamps Washington, D. C„ May IS—Ag- ' and bonds sold on the day or two __ djtional alrfJsJds are to be sprinkled following Corregidor’« loss fails to ’ S'./'.' t ts S' a X -H— >•••*••••*• I would not dare risk it now. Ì . I masterpiece. - Of course, we were 1 alone in the house;-it was after dark a winter's Evening, but not too late | fur we were still subject to the nine ’ ■> ui Ort i i ■■!■■■■—gax i ' 1 o’clock bedtime sute. The man had beefl found dead (Taken from The Sentinel of Friday, ; and Sherlock-Hdntes was examining ■ - ■ - ■ May It, 1923) lids footprints'which.led to the gate. Citizens* Meeting Monday Night Jne Year . ........................ ... Z~ »2.00 Reports had said the dead man tip- Favors Raising Rink Creek Dam Ten fix Martha.............. .. 1.00 tea toward it but Sherlock said no, Feet and Issuing More Bonds—Head- rhree Months............................... .60 No subscription taken unless paid . trial he was “ruruung—desperately ** • ___ tur in advance This rule is impera- running.” At this point our hair Uve. stood on end and we were so para- The Coquille-Bandon section of the Entered at the Coquille Postoffice at , lyzed with fear we could not turn Coast or Roosevelt Highway has the page, let alone look over our been definitely located. From the Second Class Mail Matter. shoulder at the vague something river bridge here at Coquille it will which hovered behind us ready to cross the dike to the foothills beyond pounce at our slightest motion. ?at Elk, at the Hathaway place, and Considering the horrors this old from there will follow the present , world has seen since that winter night line of the Bandon road via Riverton so long ago, such fear seems extreme to Lampa and to Bandon. This most ly foolish now. However, if the1 sands welcome news was brought thia of this life run long enough far us norning 'by J. E. Norton from Port we plan to re-read the Baskerville land, who says the State Highway when 01a old age approacnes approaches 'Commission entered an order to that . » mystery wnen • A TUgmcnti W rWSv—. . -^mtiE-Sgala and endeavor to recap- •Hfect yesterday afternoon. , • and Fancy - • i Î ture the thi TT Tjfì fhal rMllIri T* * ■ *:,r' •' '‘V FAO» FOCI Îi I '' ? ™i>Wi —H The SentinelJ I 4 4. 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