I
Justice, office of war information, and ! meeting is not a remodeling meeting
Out-of-Doors Stuff
other agencies—anywhere there is a i although suggestions will be given
place vacant or a Job that can be ere-1 when requested.”.
ated. There is atill nothing in sight,
however, for the defeated congress
See our large display ot choice pot
men from the Pacific northwest anc plants. at Bergen's, across highway
their prospects are very poor.
. from telephone office.
Not the
cheapest but the best. Phone 84.
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by
-LANS LENEVE
We are wondering just how many
times that the closing of the Coquille
river to commercial fishing whll ap­
pear on the ballot in the future?
About every other election for the
past twenty years it has hopped up
like a Jack in the box and Juist as
The women in Coquille who are in­
regularly the people have voted
terested in attending the Extension
down the closing order.
Unit meetings to be held in Coquille
Those who sponsor the bill for the
the
fourth Wednesday of each month !
Washington, D. C., Jan. 13—A read­
closing of the Coquille state that
will note that the first meeting is to
commercial fishermen are directly re­ er of this column, a farmer, is not
be held on January 27th at the home
sponsible for the present shortage of impressed with Mr. Roosevelt’s idea
of Mrs. Walter Laird on S. Elliott, St.,
salmon. But are they? Each year that a 40-hour week is about enough
instead of January 7th as announced
for
a
working
man
in
war
industry,
thousands of salmon go past the nets
in last week’s Sentinel. This is the
of commercial fishermen and spawn although 48 is O. K. if time and a
first meeting of the group. The meet­
half
is
paid.
The
farmer
writes
that
in the upper stretches of the streams
ing will be from 10:30 to 3:00 p. m.
-r-that is, in spots where there are he and most of his neighbors put in
After a demonstration on the Care
9Ü
ident
still spawning beds—then they die,
and Repair of Electrical Equipment
for it is a known fact that a salmon is hot suggesting that they knock off
given by Mrs. Laird and Mrs. Perry
work
when
they
feel
fatigue.
The
returns to the stream in which it was
writer says he has a farm with dairy Neal, Mrs. Dorothy E. Bishop, county
l>orn and perishes there.'
cows.
He is up at 5:30, has to milk home demonstration agent, wiir ex­
How many of you realize the fact
plain to the women their responsibi­
that the shortage of salmon at the Ids rows and do chores until eve­
lities in maintaining a'group in Co­
ning,
then
milk
the
cows
again
and
if
present time is not directly due to
quille. All educational material pre­
commercial fishing, but in reality is he Is through by 7:30 he considers
sented to the group comes from Ore­
directly due to the logging industry? himself lucky. His night milking is
gon State College through the local
done
by
electric
light
and
because
Splash dams in the past took more
representative, Mrs. Bishop. Women
toll from spawning salmon in one sea­ of the dimout regulations he has had
attending this first demonstration are ■
to
cover
all
cracks
in
the
barn
to
son than commercial fishing would
asked to bring an electric cord or I
take in twenty years. Vast spawning prevent a ray of light from being
similar articles needing repair to the
seen
outside
or
be
subject
to
repri
­
beds were washed away when the
meeting.
dams were splashed. Thousands of mand or worse from the air raid war­
The lunch at noon will be pot luck.,
dens.
There
is
no
day
off
for
the
salmon making their way to the upper
Ladies
are asked to bring their own '
spawning beds on different streams dairymen: it is a seven day week.
dishes and silverware.
In
view
of
this
constant
labor
the
were completely blocked by splash
The only qualification for becoming ■
dams, for there wasn’t one dam in a farmer says , he is not in sympathy
a member of this unit is a desire for i
hundred that had a. fish ladder in with the wartime worker who must
learning newer and improved methods j
and . ' . for,
operation that actually permitted the have his relaxation periods,
in and around the home.
The '
salmon a passage. And in addition to doubts whether the boys from Wash- ‘
,
demonstrations
for
the
remainder
of ,
this, these same salmon were speared, ington and Oregon, the old 41st divi­ ¡the year are*Making Kitchens Mort-
sion,
who
are
battling
the
Japs
are
|
were pitchforked, were even dyna­
Usable/' “A Square Deal Meal,”
mited at and near these said dams. 1 ordered by their commanders to cease
“Wartime Buying of Clothing.” While
By building these dams in the first firing during an attack because they ¡ this year's program is already out­
are
weary
and
should
have
a
rest.
I
place and preventing the safe passage
lined the newly organized unit will
of the salmon up the different streams
' have a voice in planning next year’s
About
the
time
that
Bernard
Baruch
and at the same time laying them
, project.
wide open to the game hog, I again called in the press and announced
state without fear of—contradiction that he has distributed $1,000,000 in
that the timber industry, and not war bonds to varióus charities, the
commercial fishermen, are the ones national capital was buzzing with
who are directly responsible for any the story of a magnificent banquet
shortage in the ranks of migrating. which Baruch gave to Mr. and Mrs.
salmon in our different coastal1 Harry Hopkins at the Carlton hotel,
Oliver Charles Trended Taking
Navy Training At Farragut
A new Coquille, Oregon, volunteer
for service in the U. S. Navy has re­
ported to the Naval Training Sta­
tion at Farragut, Idaho. He is Oliver
Charles Trendell, son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. G. Trendell, of Coquille.
After* several weeks of recruit
training, during which time he will
learn the fundamentals of Navy life,
he will be assigned to a Navy service
school for specialized training or sent
to the U. S. fleet for early action
against our enemies..
riVTT
Making Kitchens
More Usable
where the Hopkins live, arid a shorter
distance from Lafayette * square,
where on nice days Baruch sits on
a bench to transact business. When
Mrs. Hopkins was murried at the
Whtie House recently Baruch asked
her what she wanted and she replied,
‘•a party." The banquet was the
delayed honeymoon present.
Mrs.
Hopkins was ¿old by the multl-mlT-
lionaire to select the menu, and she
went the limit In ordinary times
the banquet would not have raised
comment, but with a war on and re­
strictions on food and a call to the
people to make sacrifices it has giv­
en the gossips something to talk
Southwestern Motor Co
Manpower is disappearing from the
postal department
Thousands of
letter carriers have been drafted and
almost anyone eligible to take a civil
service examination io of draft age,
making it difficult to fill vacancies.
Upshot is that one delivery a day la
the practice in many communities.
The English are hoping that con-
gress gives the president control over
immigration.
England is crowded
'
with refugees from Hitler-controlled
countries of Europe. A titled English­
woman, in the national capital says
Operators of farm trucks and pick- that the president promised he would
ups or of trucks which are used ex- bring them into the United States if
clusively for the transportation of England would keep them a couple of
farm commodities, may obtain as- : years. She does not give the au-
sistance in preparing appeals for ad- ! thority for her statement. Notwith-
justment in the amount of gasoline | standing the dangers of travel on the
previously allotted for these vehicles Atlantic alien refugees have been
through the County Farm Transpor pouring into the United States on
tatlon, according to George Jenkins, practically
j every passeqger boat
county agricultural agent and secre­ | making an Atlantic port and in some
tary to the Farm Transportation com­ fashion manage to satisfy the immi­
mittee.
gration inspectors, for thousands are
The office of Defense Transporta­ admitted without difficulty.
It has
tion has requested the local Farm been proposed that this power be
Transportation -committee to assist given the president, with the string
in preparing the appeals and to make that all refugees return to their na­
a recommendation for an appropriate tive land six months after the war
mileage and gasoline allowance, Af­ terminates. In effect this would sus-
ter this uctlon has been taken by this pen a tn# jnumgi uiton
.
committee the appeal form can be pre­
sented direct to C. C, Proctor of the
Inquiries have been received as to
Office of Defense Transportation who whether the federal government has
is now located at the Marshfield any funds available to unjterwrite
C'hajpjjer of Commerce offices, Jen­ search for oil In the northwest to*
kins stated.
•
government has no money for this
This assistance can be obtained by purpose, but explains that it is inter­
farmers or operators of trucks which ested in efforts to bring in new oil
haul farm commodities by calling at fields. Oil in commercial quantities
the county agent’s office at any time has never been found In Oregon.
or those in the northern part of the
_______________
Fann Trucks May
Have Extra Gas
Coos Bay Mutual Creamery in Marsh­
field between the hours of 10:00 a. m.
and 4:00 p. m. on Friday, January 15.
Those who can not call at either of­
fice for this assistance may obtain an
appeal form through the mail by di­
recting a request to the county agent’s
office, Coquille, Oregon. It is im­
portant that adjustments be requested
as soon as possible for those who have
received an allottment of gasoline too
small to permit efficient operation of
the farm.
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