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VOL. XXXVUL
NO. 42.
Answers To Your
City Manager
Plan Questions
No Gas Used For
This Convention
One of tiie most unique conventions
ever held is that of the Coast Highway
Association now in. progress. And it
is being held without tne use of rub­
ber or gas.
A fuur-page letter was sent out
by Secretary Arch B. Sanders last
Saturday, with a list of 15 sugges­
tions for the association’s 1943 pro­
gram on which the members are
asked to cast a ballot by mail. Need­
less to say the suggested points are
all good.. They include matters for
further coast development in the post
war period dihen this northwest sec-,
tion should develop more rapidly and
steadily than it" ever has before and
to a greater extent than probably will
any other section of the United
States.
The prevention of‘stream pollution;
equalized assessments for taxation as
between properties Of equal value;
the establishment of zoning districts
outside incorporated cities to prevent
shack construction along the highway,
and the beautification and preserva­
tion of the Coast’s natural features
are a few of the suggestions made.
The four-page communication con­
tains a letter from the association’s
president, Clyde Mason; also his an­
nual report and the secretary’s re­
port on activities and what has been
accomplished, and other items of in­
terest to the membership. /*
The following is a list of questions
and answers which it is hoped will
answer most of the qeustions and
doubts that may have presented
themselves in connection with the
- proposed amendment toihe charter of
the City of Coquille to be.submitted
to the voters by the Council at the
general election November ^rd, 1942.
This Is not a paid advertisement but
has been submitted to thia newspaper
By the city administration for the pur­
pose above mentioned and is baaed on
information compiled by the National
Municipal League
and
obtained
through the League of Oregon Cities:
Q. How many American cities are
now operating under the manager
plan?
A. Approximately 450. Nearly 200
others are operating under some vari­
ation of the plan. The total number
of Americans living under the plan
is about nine and a half million. ___ j
Q. What size are these cities?
A. They range in size from Polk
City, Florida, with a population of 222
to Cincinnati with a population of
half a million. One out of every five
cities over 30,000 population now has
this form of government.
Q. Is the plan growing rapidly?
A. Four out of Jive cities which
draw up new charters these days
adopt the city manager plan. It is
rapidly coming to be known abroad
as the typically American plan of
It's a small world!
city government for it is America’s
Writing to his mother, Mm. Fran­
principal contribution to the science
ces Holmstrom, Haldane Holmstrom
of local gover lament.
tells of an unexpected meeting he
Q. What is the manager plan?
had with his former high school
A. It is at once the most democratic
football coach in New York recently.
and the most efficient form of muni­
Haldane is in the Motor Boat Tor­
cipal government. It resembles cloe-
pedo Squadron located in the Brook­
ly the organization under which most
lyn Navy Yards and Keith Leslie is
up-to-date corporations operate. The
attending the Internal Revenue De­
stockholders (voters) choose a board
partment school in Brooklyn. Here is
of directors (city council) to deter­
Haldane’s account:
mine policy and to hire a general
'•Yesterday evening I went to a
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manager to run the buatpees!
play near Times Squares. The play
Q. Will not this result fit autocratic
hadn’t started and I was sitting by
government by the manager insteed
.myself,
looking at the program, when
of democratic government?
tai the aisle said.
said, ‘Hello,
somebody in
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Buzz.* I looked up and almoat fainted,
"Buzz" Meets
"Brick" In New York
Keys, Scrap Good
For Admission
A scrap clean-up day was inaugu­
rated by the independent theatre
owners of Oregon, at a meeting held
in Portland last Thursday, which It
is hoped will bring out a lot more
junk, scrap metal and keys.
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The Liberty Theatre of Coquille
will participate in that clean-up drive
and at this coming Saturday after­
noon matinee the admission charge for
all children will be ten pounds of
scrap, or ten keys. If no scrap or
keys are brought, the regular admis­
sion of 11. cents will prevail for
doggone int wasn’t Brick. He was
sitting in the back of the theatre and
recognized me from there."
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Lieut. Jack Hunt
Here On Visit
Lieut. Jack H. Hunt, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry H. Hunt, came in
Monday for a few days' visit at home.
He is with the Field Artillery branch
of the Army and has been stationed at
Fort SUI, Okla. After the few days
of furlough, which both he and the
home folks are enjoying to the limit,
he will go to southern California, for
the present.
This morning the Sentinel received
from Fort Sill, Okla., the army an-
Gov. Sprague has declared Satur­ (nouncement of Jack’s advancement,
day, Oct. 31, as official scrap drive which reads:
date for the motion picture industry
“Jack Horance Hunt, 565 East 2nd
St., Coquille, Oregon, was graduated
thia week from the Officer Candidate
School here, and has been commis­
sioned Second Lieutenant in the Field
Artillery of the Army of the United
States.”
Gold Award For
McKinley Air
Raid Wardens
The air raid wardens of the Mc-
inley lookout station were this week
given the gold award for their con­
tinuous maintenance of a lookout
crew at their station.
The award is made by the “Eyes
Aloft” program oVer KPO station at
San Francisco and was announced
over that station on Monday evening.
It was said that there are only six­
teen persons available for lookout
duty in that section and the award was
made in appreciation of their faithful­
ness to duty. Several names of Mc­
Kinley resiclents were mentioned in
the broadcast among them being Mrs.
Rosabel Brawn, formerly of Coquille.
Change In The Service
Hours At The Library
-is open
ntwtiyt
-at
noon until 5:00 p. m. and not during
the evenings. This change in library
hours, made at a recent library board
meeting, is necessitated to comply
with the dim-out regulations. How­
ever, if sufficient demand is felt for
evening service, an effort will be made
by the board to find's way to black­
out the windows Further informa­
tion will be given later regarding the
observance of Book Week, which be­
gins Nov. 15.
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The Two Coquille
Boys Not On Wasp
Two former Coquille boys._ who
were at one time supposed to* have
been on the Wasp which was sunk a
month ago by the Japs in the Solomon
islands section of the Pacific, had
not been on that vessel for months.
Guy Stem, son of Dr. and Mrs. C. G.
Stem, is stationed at a bate in the
Pacific, and Stewart Miller, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Miller who,
it is known, had been one of the
Wasp crew, has not been on that
vessel for months, now being some
where on or off the Atlantic coast.
Don't Miss The
Harvest Ball .
EVeryonc who enjoys the dance will
find the coming Saturday evening af­
fair in Coquine’s new Community
Building, with Junior Woman’s Club
members as hostesses, one entirely to
their liking. Advertised as a Har­
vest Ball, it will feature decorations
in keeping with the fall period. Nor
will the music leave anything to be
desired in rhythm and syncopation.
The net proceeds will be turned
over to the building fund.
Don Gillespie Was
Worried About
The Deer's Homs
Junk Drive To
Continue A Week
Every Voter Should
Remember Next
Tuesday November 3
Ralph T. Moore, of Bandon, can-
Don Gillespie, who lost out on his I
eastern Oregon hunting because of [ didate for the office of Coos county
grand jury duty, had to content i representative in the legislature, is
himself with a deer hunt nearer ■ making a hurried campaign this last
home. He went down to Pete Cul­ week before election, trying to visit
ver’s ranch, east of Langlois, and was as much of the county in the short
out with a boy of the neighborhood. time he can spare from his business.
Coming to a likely deer spot where Reports from all sections are encour­
two canyon met, and which,was cov­ aging and that he will go to Belem in
ered with brush and berry vines,» Mr. an official capacity in January is
Gillespie told the boy to get in and becoming more evident.
Neither should there be any doubt
drive the deer out.
Ill a few moments he heard a about the election of Stella A. Cutlip
as representative from the joint Coos.
crashing and the youngster fired
“There he comes, get him,” railed Curry district. She will be an honor
to southwestern Oregon in the leg­
the boy.
“Has lie got horns?” Don came islative halls and her selection is
greatly to be desired.
back.
On the state and district ballot,
“Yeah, a lot 9« them,” was the
Chas. L. McNary for U. S. senator,
reply.
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Just then the . deer broke into the Harris Ellsworth for congress from
clear and Don’s* shot broke the ani­ this new fourth district, Bari Snell for
mal’s back. He then put his glasses governor, and Robert S. Farrell for
up and copid see nothing across the secretary of state, are certain to re­
ceive substantial support in Coos
gulch but long ears, no horns.
However when he got to the body ‘county and the voters cannot do bet­
he found it was a two-pointer buck, ter than marking an x in front of
but that the horns were less than an. their names.
Pete Culver, republican-democratic
inch long.
After cutting off the head and candidate for county commissioner
,
legs at the joints he could put it in and a seat on the county court, has
,
had
considerable
experience
in
public
his sack and says it did not weigh
more than 40 pounds. But at least, affairs and will be a desirable addi­
it furnished fresh meat, for Don says, tion to the county court.
Sheriff Wm. F. HoweU likewise has i
after five days, he was getting tired
no
opposition next Tuesday and his ,
of bacon.
conduct of the office entitles him to ,
the unanimous support of all the ,
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A junk metal and ¡scrap meeting
has been called by Geo T. Jenkins,
Mrs. Jack Dolan and Geo. F. Burr,
chairmen of the three groups which
have been in charge at the junk col­
lection in this section, to be held at
the city hall here at 7:30 this evening.
Coos county’s quota was set at 4300
tons and it is now about 800 tons short
of that. The date for meeting the
quota has been set back a week, or
until Noy. 8, and plans will be made
tonight for bringing more* junk out
of hiding.
Ceqpille’s quota of 175 tons has
been more than met with a total, on
this drive, of 232 tons, but when Hie
need for" scrap metal is so great
quotas should be disregarded ’and
every pound of it should be dug up
and shipped.
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Goo. F. Burr reports that 137 tons
were collected in the scrap pile across
from Folsom’s Grocery, 814 tons were
turned in at Jack’s Shop on Hall
street, Smith Wood-Products shipped
out 40 tons, Arago contributed 15
tons, Riverton 30, and the North Batik
road three tons.
i 3 Deer, Pheasants
By These Hunters
The Greenough-Chaney party of
six returned last of the week from
their hunting trip to eastern Oregon,
where .they wound up near the Idaho
line, hunting pheasants. The birds
are so numerous it was not unusual to
see one hundred in a flock, and they
brought home a nice hunch of them.
Three of those who had deer tags
voters,
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Nor would we omit mention of that brought down a deer apiece, but that
faithful public official,
Charles , veteran hunter, Frank Greenough,
fltauff, who has served as county said he did not see one live deer with
Assessor Chas. Forrest said Tues­ treasurer, term after term.
He la horns the entire week. Lots of does,
day, "Was my face red when I reed also without opposition on the ballot. with an occasional fawn, bears out
that I was the hero in saving the old
There are other candidates on the what other hunters have said, that
frame portion of the court house from ballot which have no opposition and 1 there should be a closed season on
destruction by fire last Thursday they will naturally receive an almost bucks for a year, and an open seaum
on does to help eliminate the barren
noon?"
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KI 11 I 11 ll/UW vote.
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unanimous
.
The assessor rushed up-to the think, As to the measures on the state ones.
Tallant Groenough tried a little
floor of the 44-yjtgr old
■ Bits pubticatten believes that
u.jth n couple of chemicals, bdfr
e legislator}* pay Inerasae measure, how qnd arrow dretr htftitiug but could
two other men, first on the job, had 300; the rural credits loan fund repeal not get close enough to any he saw
the blaze practically outVhen he ar- amendment, 302, the amendment au­ to make a shot.
rlve<i
They all report having a fine trip
thorizing regulation by law of voting
A man named Forrester, who was privilege forfeiture, 306; and the cig­ and that the straight roads in eastern
one of the crew working on the roof, arette tax bill. 308, should he voted Oregon will run scores of miles with
only a halhlet or two from one to four
and a trusty, Ed Panke, were the ones Yes.
houses and a store and postoffjee
who discovered the smoke pouring
For reasons explained on the edi­
from a ventilator shaft, seized chem­ torial page of this issue U would be showing up. There are wide open
icals, and had the tire extinguished best to vote No 305, on the amendment spaces from The Dalles-California
before the fire department arrived, limiting al) gas, automobile and truck highway to the eastern Oregon bound­
although there was smoke still Is­ taxes to highway construction and ary line.
suing when the fire boys were able to repair, in order that the amendment
get their hose dragged up the winding may be brought up again and sub­
stairway to the top or attic floor.
mitted as most citizens thought was
Cause of the fire which burned be­ being done this year.
tween uptight studding and between
It is also the Sentinel’s conviction
the outer and inn^r walls, will proba­ that the initiated school bill should ■ , Dick Connarn, Drue Cunningham
bly never be known. Some of those be
’ a and Elbert Schroeder left last Friday
I la HofAatA/i
No.
defeated hv
by vntinff
voting 313 Na
first on the scene think a carelessly
As to the Coquille city charter for eastern Oregon to join Henry
dropped cigarette in the rubbish piled amendment, this paper has long been Schroeder and Ed Barker, who were
in the attic may have started it in favor of providing for the employ­ hunting over there. Drue got a deer,
Others think a rat may have carried ment of a city manager and recom­ as had Mr. Barker, and Mr. Connarn
a match into the walls. There were mends that the voter mark his ballot, stumbled on to a magnificent set of
no electric wires there to have started 500 Yes
elk horns in the woods, of an animal
the fire from an uncovered line.
probably killed last year.
The
Schroeders and Mr. Barker remained
to hunt elk but the other two Co­
quille men returned home Tuesday.
They ran into a foot of snow on Mc­
Kenzie Pass and predict that Elbert
W. L. Pelton was brought , to the is getting his fill of snow, whether he
The picture. “Air Raid Warden,” Coquille Hospital last Saturday suf­
gets an elk or not.
which Chief Observer U. E. McClary fering from injuries received when
urges every district warden in this he fell from a roof,, 13 feet to the
section and every block warden in ground. He was helping his son-in-
Coquille to see, will be shown at the law, Charles Benson, make repairs
high school at 7:30 o’clock this Thurs­ whfn he slipped and dropped to the
day evening. The general publie is ground.
The fire department announces that
also invited to attend this free pre-
He suffered internal injuries and
permits to bum trash, within the
sentation.
fractured pelvis and right arm. Al­
city, are no longer necessary. the
though he'eras in a serious condition
burning to be done on owner’s own
he is improving now.
responsibility.
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There is still one requirement in
force, however. That is that all fires
must be out by dark.
An item of interest to his many
friends in the Coquille valley and the
farmers and ranchers with whom he
The state cases aginst Elvin Hull.
had frequent contact, -is news of the Gene Aubin and Jack Beatty, who
commissioning as a lieutenant in the were arrested Some weeks ago, charg­
Army of U. D. Powell, of Roseburg, ed with taking fish by prohibited
The statement in last week’s Sen­
secretary-treasurer of the National methods, commonly called “snag­
Farm Loan Association for this dis­ ging,” were dismissed on motion of tinel, based on an incorrect report
trict. He is to* report for duty in the defense attorney and a directed that the dining room is closed except
to house guests, should be corrected.
Portland next Monday.
verdict made that the state had failed
. The Federal Land Bank will send to. produce sufficient evidence to__ The dining room is open for break­
and4or diqner in the evening, to
a man to southwestern Oregon tp Suc­ prove the allegations. The defendants fast
the
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general public. No meals are
ceed Lieut. Powell.
-- were released at onagi-.
served at woon to either service clulxs
or the public. - ------- ------------------------
Unknown Cause For
Court House Fire
Two Return
From Their Hunt
Picture To Be
Shown Tonight
Injured In Fall
From A Roof
No Permit Is
Now Necessary
U. D. Powell
Enters The Army
Illegal Fishing
Cases Dismissed
Hotel Dining Room
1$ Not Closed
Her Father Passed
Away Last Night
Mrs. Dorothy Bishop, C om county
Home Demonstration Agent, left this
morning for Portland in response to a
wire from her mother that her father,
who had been ill for some time
passed away there last night.
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Merry Christinas"
To The Men In
Unde Sam's Servire
To the boys of Coquille,, who are
in the several branches of Uncle
Sam’s armed forces, the Sentinel
sends a sincere and heartfelt God­
speed and Good Luck.
This issue of the Sentinel and
Christmas cards are being sent by
the City of Coquille to every man,
whether enlisted or a selectee, in the
service—as far as the city officials
are able to secure their names and ad-
dress.
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. It would be well, for relatives and
friends of the young men, who have
not already done so, to inqure of
City Recorder Leslie or Treasurer
Caughell if the particular one they
are interested in is listed to receive
the Christmas remembrance.
As all gifts and cards to the men
overseas must be in the mail by No-
vember 1, according to information
from the post office department, this
matter must be attended to at once.
Again we say, “God speed” and
may your duty to the nation be per­
formed with honor and courage and
may you all be able to return home
soon.
Republican Vice
Chairman Speaks
Coos county women had the pleas­
ure of listening to a rousing talk last
Monday noon at a luncheon in Marsh­
field at the Chandler Hotel when Mrs.
John K. Richardson, Portland attor­
ney and vice chairman of the Re­
publican State Committee was the
principal speaker. Mrs. Richardson's
subject was “what we can do for the
organisation as women.” She stated
she was against recessing politics for
the duration and added women and
labor fall fhwt under one party gov­
ernment, and discussed further the
need to preserve the two party sys­
tem
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Mrs. J. W. Mqlnturf of Marshfield,
presided over th»' meeting which was
arranged by Mrs. Fred Kruse of
North Bend. Mrs. Stella Cutlip of
North Bend, candidate for joint repre­
sentative of Coos and Curry counties,
was called upon and gave a good
straight-forward talk. Several others
active in Coos county republican
circles were introduced. Going from
Coquille for the affair were Hen­
damos O, C. Sanford, George Ulett,
Furb Emery, Lafe Compton and R.
A. Wernich.
Karl Bethel
Killed By Car
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A coroner’s inquest held to inquire
into the circumstances of Karl
Bethel’s death last Thursday evening
when he was hit by a car as he was
going home about eight o'clock, ex­
onerated the car driver, Raymond
Wilson, of Prosper, of any culpabili­
ty for the accident.
The funeral services for Mr. Bethel
and interment, »were held in Bandon
on Tuesday.
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He was unmarried and is survived
by two sisters, Mrs. Ann Hoyt and
Mrs. Helen Rider, both of Bandon.
Bombing Sand
Now Available
Sand, which the Civilian Defense
command recommends that each
home and building have on hand for
an emergency in case of a bombing,
is now being delivered at 50 cents a
sack by the Coquille Sons of Legion.
Anyone desiring a supply should call
Keith Leslie, Jr., phope 91 J, or Her­
bert E. Wood, phone 286.
The sacks for the sapd are being
made by the Legion Auxiliary.
Material For Red .
Cross Garments
A new supply of cut garments has
just been received by Mrs. Gladys
Gano fqr making into m^n’s night
shirts and pajamas, boys’blouses anil
bed jackets. This will be a splendid
project fur the ladles’ group to work
Mrs. Wayne* Robinson, writing to on at this time and it is hoped by
change the address 6t their Sentinel, Mrs.. Gano that they can be made up
says that they have just moved from at once.
court this week made a Albany to Portland, where Wayne
Sheriff Howell and Deputy Peter­
Fire is a supervisor at a check-in station
contract with
. She writes that he son began today delivering ballots
Patrol Association in the sum of
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serached diligently fsr three months and boxes to the judges of election at
570.46, for protection
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elation of approximately 85,000 acres before he found a house for them to the various precincts Uliuuglmut Ute
county, for next Tuesday's election
of county-owned timber land._______ 1 occupy.
County To Pay For
Timber Protection