PAGI tot'«
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they were banking on the son-in-law
of the president getting the institu-
tion for Washington The son-in-law
did his best and pulled every politi­
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cal string, but eventually it was
Miss Lois Smith returned last Fri­
left for Secretary Ickes of the de­
day from her visit with her aunt in
partment of the interior to decide,
Indiana, with whom she has spent
and he selected the Oregon commun­
the last eight months. Her father.
ity. The success and growth of the
Rev. W. S. Smith, went up to Port­
’* | laboratory will depend on congres-
land Thursday morning to meet her
-.1
’ ' j sional appropriations.
Fred Johnson, of the Fairview sec- I „
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tion, was in town Wednesday morn- , -
Î
Ing .nd call«! !o add !... „m. U>
S’SL.’S"“. “““ï“
(honor. He attended the get-togeth­
Sentinel list.
er meeting of new congressmen with
President Roosevelt.
The next
Miss Ruth Brauti, of Toledo, Ore­
morning he. being a newspaperman
gon, came in this morning from the
and publisher, was requested by the
university at Eugene to spend the
Associated Press to write a descrip-
Easter vacation with her brother, "’ tion of the meeting. This Ellsworth
Erling.
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did and it was telegraphed to every
The baby show at the Liberty last AP paper ,n
~u"try
ap'
Saturday evening, under the direc-!
W“8
,that "° one
tion of the Marshfield Elite Studio? W°Mld 8U8peC‘ that Ellsw,’r,h 18 a
attracted considerable attention. Lo- ^b“^an a"d n°‘ “
dealer
raine Child, Needa Zachary, and Joel *ar ‘^tment wanted ten square
Daniels were tied for first prize, the
.ln Wh,ch toJoc,a^ a proJ,ect
former finally being declared the
of tbe
winner. Others who received Prizes ^n^ 't/n.
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and special awards were
Bonnie
°" 2OO’°')O1 ac™
Gage, Marcine Ethridge. Marvin Fay near
«apida‘ °"A b* Co,“"’bia
McClellan,' Robert RPx Berkey,I
All the settlers.
Helen Swinney, Bobby and Fay Hur-» P°“.lb,.y ‘««' than 2,000, in that area
reU, Roxie and Gilbert Pettengill. are b*ing
‘° mt,ve‘ tbe rea-
Lucille Kern, Ann Hawkins, Clare** t',e P‘T'1 J*“8. "ot located *h
ence Campbell.
Donald Reyi,(,ldb/O«*«on - 'n the De^hute. canyon, in
The Sentinel I TWENTY YEARS AGO
A SMB
PAMS
IS A SOW TOWS
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(Taken from The Sentinel of Friday,
March 30, 1923)
Nineteen members of the Coquille
> Rod & Gun club chartered Geo. Mar-
Un’s boat for a trip to Bandon last
Sunday, where they held a shoot with
the recently organized gun club of
that place
Ed Lorenz and John
Miller tied far high score with 4?
Entered at the Coquille Poetoffice as hits out of 50 shots. Geo. Laird was
Second Clase Mall Matter.
high man for Bandon with 43 ott of
50. Those making lb« triP were:
J. W. Laird. F. C. Hudson, Arthur El­
lingson, A. J. Sherwood, F, C. Mc-
Nelly, Earl Graham, Ira Gardner,
Pete Miller, W. 8. Graham, M. J.
Hartson, H. W. Pierce, Lon Jones,
Pillit
____________ Edw. Lorenz, Ray Long, Jos. Achen-
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~ bach, Sam Sherwood, John Miller
LIQUOR, SHIFTLESSNE8E, HIGH and Frank Holman.
WAGES. CAUSE OF
ABSENTEEISM
Troúp One of the Coquille Boy
.Scouts of America made a hike to
According to the report of an ,n" Fairview last Sunday. - The boys
yestlgathmby the Oregonian m pub-
RoUo
lor>
lished in its Sunday edition, the Page, Wayne Page, Edward - Johnson,
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chief causes of absenteeism in the
'Carlton Smith, James Agostino,
Portland shipyards, and the same George Pankey, Lyle Varney, Lloyd
holds true no doubt. in ajl defense
Trueman and Stanley Stevens.
industries, are ahiftleesness, alcohol
and too high wages.
H. E, Hess has had the bouse on
Many cases were found where the the old Chase place, near the loading
man and wife were receiving more chute on the highway below Cedar
money than they ever had before I Point repainted and repapered, and
and they had to lay off to spend it.
has put a man on the place to have
Others were found drunk or in a charge of the dairy ranch he Expects
semi-sober condition, and it came out
to conduct there.
in the quesUoning that many of the
“shiftless saboteurs” of our be-
I Word has been received by A. J.
hind-the-llnes fighting forces were i Sherwood that the furniture and fur-
formerly on W P. A., the kind that
.
nishlngs for the new Masonic Temple
minks “C
the government ‘ owes me a,
from Troom|. th,
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maasez
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living whether I do anything to earn *
middle of April.
it or not.”" j
While the loss in man hours dur- ! The new Fourth strete bridge to
ing a year runs into the millions the i Spurgeon Hill was opened to traffic
invesUgators found that only a small
' yesterday.
percentage of the total crews were
affected; by far the greater number
I We must remember that only a few
took their responsibilities more
leaders are guilty of great selfishness
riously.
and
treason to the war effort, that
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the countless millions of laborers are
giving their sons as well as strain-
; ing every muscle toward the victory
(that will come In time.
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We should sound the tabrets of
■ joy, for Rommel is on the run in
There is a quaint old English song I Tunisia, the eighth army has cracked
our mother used to sing about an I the Mareth line, the planes of the al-
old woman who "went to the market , lies dominate the air, and the ancient
her eggs for to sell.” Its humor be­ 'land of Carthage is being re-taken
came quite ribald when on her re­ bjr victorious American, French and
turn home the old woman fell asleep British forces. This means tfiat Spain
on the king’s highway and “along will stay out of the war, that Turkey
came a peddler, by the name of Stout, ¡will become more friendly and the
who cut off her petticoats all round Mediterranean will be open for un­
about."
Up Jumped the little old molested passage of allied shipping
woman wailing, "Oh, lack-a-massy- to India and Burma, that eventu-
on-me, this is none o’. I." Then she ally aid will reach China and the
goes on to say that if it be she, Jape will “burn and bleed” even as
she has a “little dog at home who’ll the Germans do today.
wag his little tail but if it is not
As for the fourth term, well
he’ll loudly bark and wail.” She Mrs. Roosevelt said, we may all be
went on home but “up jumped the dead before than can happen, We
little dog and he began to bark and do find comfort in that alternative.
she began to cry ‘Oh laek-a-massy-. Oh, Lord have ynetcy on me, this is
on-me, this is none o’ I.’ "
none of I.
We wish we could give the correct
version of this Mother Goose gem
There is one unsung hero of these
but it has passed into the limbo of I
times for whom a few words of
forgotten songs of a long past gen­
praise would not be amiss, Consider
eration. As a matter-of-fact child,
the plight of the Uttle employer,
we failed to appreciate its whimsey
Sometimes he has gone to war hlm-
and wondered how anyone could
self,
losing completely his stake in
not be sure of her own identity,
However, in starting this column I the economic war. More often it
lie his sons who have gone, often his
we could think of only dreary com-
¡employees have turned to other work
mentg.
During war time morale 'and he is left with what the French
must be kept at high pitch, no pes­
call tl>e “papa and mama” store,
simism must creep in. But “lack-a-
his wife filling the breach for the
massy-on-me, this is none o’ L" for
duration. The towns of America are
nothing but wailings and moanings
full of these gallant people who
come to mind:
ar* doing the best they can, without
What’s a body to do when a cold
complaint and with little or no
in the head thickens the thought
profits.
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passages of the brain as well as the
tongue tn talking? When aches and
John L. Lewis says living coats
pains make the grasshopper a bur­
have risen fifty per cent Possiibly
den and a touch of mange on the
pet dog becomes a major catastrophe? i food costs have done so, though we
doubt even that.
However, other
In addition the rain has ruined I
living costs have disappeared al­
the cherry crop (or if showers
together or have been greatly cur­
drench the blossoms all is 1oet.
tailed, for instance the cost of run­
Then the battle of Tunisia will
ning a car.
soon go into its sixth month, which
We hear much from labor leaders
we had once been led to believe
about rising costs but nothing from
would be over in as many weeks.
the small business men who have
Also the fourth term specter is be­
, taken fifty, seventy-five and some­
coming more corporeal every day and
times one-hundred per cent cut 1n
politics vies with the war for first
profits.
attention in Washington.
We cannot win this war if all labor
The threat of strikes ia ominous
is to strive to reach the goal of a
for our future as a nation. If a’
democracy cannot depend on
J*«"»»
citizens for an all-out effort in time > lnJu’Uce “Wered by refualng
‘ wage increases but great injustice
of danger then the freedom of its!
now is felt all along the line by ev­
people is in jeopardy.
eryone. The farm laborer does not
Finally, it nas been said, that in de­
receive the pay an aircraft worker
ciding Hitler must be licked first,
does, while lota of small employers
means tiat MacArthur will not re­
are not even getting farm labor
ceive the new planes his forces are,
' wages now.
crying for, that he will have to worry |
In time'of war we can not have
along with what he has, while the'
.-»» sympathy ..with
.......
. striker who
wwu
¡much
the
Fragment» at Fact
and Fancy
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Easton Tells Of
His Finest Act
Washington, D. C„ March 31- Un­
der secretary of war write« to the
Oregon delegation that the war de­
partment has under consideration
the publication of an army-wide pol­
icy to encourage local comamnders to
permit soldiers to assist in harvesting
crops in off-duty hours when it will
not interfere with training. Thia is
the latest statement of the war de­
partment regarding the employment
of soldiers in gathering crops and it
follows the permission to use troops
to pick cotton, an order which was
rescinded before a soldier could
climb the fence into a cotton field.
Under the plan.“in contemplation"
groups of troops would go under this
commander, but there is nothing said
about what the farmer should pay for
this aid. The question of employing
soldiers who are on furlough and
paying them foe their work is pro­
posed by orchardiata of the Rogue
river valley. In the military en­
campment near Medford there are
thousands of soldiers undergoing a
most rigorous training, and it is be­
lieved that there troopers would ap­
preciate the opportunity to work in
orchards on their days off.
The director of the budget has
turned thumbs down on S. 85, offer­
ed by Senator McNary, which would
provide a federal annuity for th#
blind, instead of the co-operation of
federal and state. Th# director con­
sidered it too heavy a burden for the
federal government to carry alone.
This is the second time the budget
director has objected to the measure.
a
Rep. Lowell Stockman at the Sec­
ond congressional district evidently
intends remaining in Washington, D
C. for some time. He has bought a
house in the suburbs between a grade
school and a high school which is
convenient for the Stockman chil­
dren.
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Albany disposed of the Lewis A
Clark college to the government for
use as an electro development labora­
tory at a price which is a sacrifice,
but expects to see the laboratory
,hp 1»« jn.strtut..... ,,f
bureou of mines, which will operate
the laboratory, is delighted with it,
for everything is ready for occupancy
except for the installation of electri­
cal furnaces; administration build­
ing. dwellings, heating plant, etc., are
all in shape for the scientists to move
in. Albany won the laboratory away
from Spokane and Pullman, for while
neither of these Washington cities
could make the offer that Albany
did of the complete college plant,
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water with plenty of soap. Sam said, Prosper First 4-H Club To
“Not too hot.” “Not too hot but Complete 1*43 Project
plenty hot," I replied.
First 4-H Club in the county to
That night On my way home I
complete .its 1943 project in the
called at their cabin and after a
Breakfast Club at the Prosper School,
short visit I got to the door, and with
completing 100 per cent under the
my hand on the latch I said to Sam,
able leadership of Mrs. Florence
“You will not forget what I asked
Oerding.
you to do?" The mother could not
The nine members report prepar­
speak or understand English. Sam
ing 162 individual dishes, serving
was the interpreter. So she asked
1369 persons. They also report serv­
her son what I said and the favor I'
ing 36 complete meals. The club
asked. And with p smile that cover­
members range in age from. 10 to
ed his face and shone in his eyes,
15 years. The officers of the plub
Sam told me, “She says she wilt do
are: Betty Brown, president; Phyllis
it."
Pullen, vice president; Mary Younce,
The next Monday morning there i
secretary. Other members complet­
were no children in that school more
ing are: Viola and Doris Simmons.
clean of body and clothing than Sam
Naomi Cox, Edith Fultz, Irene Alien,
and his sister, Jane. That day they
Geraldine Biesck. the club will hold
playid with the other children and
an achievement day some time in
did so throughout the term.
To me. that is the finest thing I April.
Mrs. Oerding has an outstanding
ever did.
Sam was nine or ten,
Jane seven or eight and one of the record of 4-H Club leadership in the
county having just completed her
prettiest little girls I ever saw.
twelfth year. She has led 28 differ­
ent clubs to 100 per cent completion
Thoughts In The Night
As long as a,man’s lite influences in the following projects: Sewing,
Room Improve­
other men, he is not dead, no matter Canning, Health,
ment,
Handiwork
and
Cooking.
how long his body has been buried.
/
Once upon a time I taught a small
school in a little mining camp in the
Rocky mountain region, Montana ter­
ritory.
The first day I noticed a small boy
and a little girl were left out of the
play games at recesses and noon. The
second day it was the same. Then I
told ths rest of the pupils they were
not playing fair with these two; “be­
cause you folkB have more than
they is no reason why you should not
play with them.” Then a boy spoke
up and said, “Mr. Easton, it is not
because wp have more than they
iiave. It ia because they smell so.”
My reply was “I think we will
change that.”
Before sdhool was
dismissed Friday night I asked- Sam
to do me a favor (that was not his
name).
“I want you to ask your
mother to put you and Jane (that was
not her name) through a tub of hot
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The man who follows beauty must be true
And ta' • the course of undiscovered ways.
He must be strong and care not for vain praise;
For he who clearly maps the trackless blue
Will rise above the height to better view,
And viewing, knffw the coming sunlit days
y Ahead will bring untold new hopes to raise
The seeking hearts of men to live and do.
The throng will follow on the tracks he made
And live and know that life is not a dream
Of birth and death, for beauty hever ends.
To follow is a natural trait—afraid
To take the lead—but in the coming scheme
Of life, his way, will make us more than friends.
—Velorous Call
Muriel Davis. Buddy Sharkey, Jean
King, Beatrice and Lorraine Sanders that in each case something was
lacking.
On the Dpschutes was
water, but there was a railroad and
Mrs. R. E. McCormack, instructor
highway and it was near The Dalles.
of the Commercial courses at the high
In the waste region there was every­
school, accompanied the siW students
thing exactly as the engineers de­
who left for Corvallis yesterday
sired, but no water.
morning to take part in the state,
On the upper Columbia river the
typing contest to be held there today i
engineers found almost ideal condi­
and tomorrow. . The students who I
tions, after they had modified their
went were Myrtle Mast, Brica Flit-1
croft. Hazel Newton, Georgianna: plans. It is estimated that the pro­
ject (the detatls have not been an­
Johnson, Margaret Beyers and' Ar-,
nounced) will cost about $50,000,000
thur McAdams.
or more and employ 10,000 people
or more, and these workers will be
Man’s humanity to man is a more
housed on a government building
project far from the place where vital living thing than man’s inhu­
manity to man.
they will work.
To me Evolution is the growth of
experience.
Bureau of mines has issued a
A “revolving fund” revolves only
printed pamphlet on “The Possibili­
R. A. Easton.
on more taxes.
ties of Coal Production in the Coos
Bay Field.” ‘
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to
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It is like asking for blood money, if
extend the war for years and years.
it means withholding supplies vital
Oh, lack-a-masay-on>me. this is
to our soldiers fighting abroad.
none o’ I. We must realize that it
is only the early cherries which the
See our targe display of choice pot
rain has touched; that the later, bet­
plants at Bergen’s, acr.es highway
ter ones have their buds tight closed
from telephone office.
Not the
yet and that in bright sunshine the cheapest but the best. Phone 64.
s
bees will probably swarm over the'
petals and assure pollination and a
Keys made for ail locks. Stevens
bountiful crop in June.
Cash Hardware, Coquille, Ore.
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Does your Boy in the Service need
a money belt, sewing kit,, button­
polishing kit, etc.?
You can get
them at Norton’s. They also carry
a fine line of writing papers as well
as V-mail in 10c and 25c pkgs.
Auto Liability Insurance
Not Compulsory
Under new law to became effective June 10, 1943,
The safety responsibility act requires that any driver involved in
an accident that results in injury, death or property damage must
within 10 days present proof of $11,000 worth of financial respon­
sibility or have his driver’s license and car registration cancelled
At any time afterwards his license and registration would be re­
voked immediately if his insurance policy expired or his bond was
cancelled.
The act applies whether or not the driver was at fault, exception
being allowed only in the cast of a car legally parked at the time of
the accident. After two years, if the driver paid no damages and
no suit was brought against him, he would be permitted to drive
and own a car again.
New the average citizen would rather play safe sad piece insur­
ance on his or her car than to take a chance with FATE. With a
law like the above in force there to not much choice. BUT IT IS
NOT COMPULSORY. The coat for $15.$M insurance to not Mgh.
From $14.00 to $18.25 per year dep e nding on the kind of G m Ration
you have.
SEE ME FOR FI LI. DETAILS
The Office Where Accommodation Is A Pleasure