The Sentinel TWENTY YEARS AGO
forever,” said Thomas A. Edison in
a recent Interview.
Geo. A. Robinson is having in
stalled one of the best and most com
plete radio receiving outfits on the
coast.
Enterprising plywood people of the
inid-west and east entered the picture.
They argued that if Douglas fir was
to be used the proper procedure
would be to ship the logs, cants or
flitches to existing plants which they
operate.
However, transportation
quickly came to the rescue of the
far west and now tremendous interest
centers around slice cutting and air
plane plywood construction in Ore
gon.
Several strong concerns' are
rushing into the picture. If present
indices do not fail there will be heavy
development of the industries pro
ducing Oregon plywood for airplane
construction. Good authority is hope
ful that out of all this confusion will
come unusually promising, payrolls
for Oregon and possibly hold.some of
the population in smaller cities that
otherwise might be attracted to met
ropolitan centers.
Mrs. H. W. Young, who underwent
an operation at the Good Samaritan
hospital in Portland in July and has
since been in failing health, departed
thia life at her home here at two
o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Wernich Writes
From Minneapolis
The Sentinel’s society editor, Mrs.
Mabel G. Wernich, who expected to
be gone only six or seven weeks when
she left here in August for Minne
apolis, New York, Washington, D. C.,
and other points in the east and south,
now writes that she will not leave
Minneapolis until Nov. 1 and that it
will be toward the first of December
before she returns home. She writes
that she has been having “ a per
fectly grand time,” with relatives and
old friends in Minneapolis. She says:
“I expect to leave here about Nov.
1st for Chicago, where I visit a life
long friend; followed by important
stops in New York, Washington, D. C.,
down the Atlantic seaboard
to
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Loui
siana, and up to Amarillo, Texas, to
visit relatives in the oil business; then
to Pasadena to visit the Lenahans who
always park their trailer in our or
chard during August, and than home
as fast as possible. How do you sup
pose I’ll ever get down to earth?
Again next Tuesday, Oct fl, an ex
aminer will be at the CoqufUe city
hall, fj-om 2 to 5 p. m., to receive ap
plications from those desiring drivers’
licenses.
There will one day spring from the
brain of science a machine of force so
terrible in itg potentialities, so abso
lutely terrifying, that even man, the
fighter, who will dare torture and
death in order to inflict it will be
appalled, and so will abandon war
Norton’s have just received several
hundred-books for Holiday sale. Shop
early while stocks are complete.
s
As the Nipponese are shooting our
scrap back at us, we would enjoy
using their silk, for firing the big
guns at them.
Incidentally, all women here are
not wearing cotton hose because the
supply is not great enough. At least
one store in town, where Inquiry was
made, did not carry the cotton.
From where I sit
iy Joe Marsh
Grants Four Divorces
Judge Dal King granted four di
vorces in circuit court here on Tues
day, to the plaintiffs in the following
Carl C. Inman vs. Mona C. Ihman.
Adin R. Reigel vs. Jessie M. Riegel.
Wilmer A. Gault vs. Veme Anita
Gault.
Loretta B. Hayes vs. Robert J.
Hayes.
We have a large selection of
USED
Biegger Furniture
By the Following Members of the
Coos Cranberry Co-op
where it Js needed. .----- ■
Remember, those charged with the
heavy responsibility of seeing that
our armed forces are adequately
equipped with the sinews of war are
banking on the fanners of America
coming through with a bumper scrap
crop.
For information as to picking time, get in touch
with the individual members.