PAGI FOC*
The Sentinel
UOQUILL* VALLEY MCNTINKL. OOQUIUA OMÛON. THVMDAY. AVOUtT 18, IMS.
necessarily present a true picture of
’ the nation-wide agricultural- situa­
tion, but officials in the department
of agriculture assert that with a na­
tional farm income this year greater
(hen the 1M2 record of $18,628,000,-
000 there can be no question but that,
in a broad way, agriculture is pros­
pering
IY YEARS AGO
(Taken from Th* Sentinel of Friday, August 10, 1023)
COQUILLE’S FIRST SCHOOL BUILDING
The old story about the city slicker
taking the farmer is working in re­
verse these days, acording to high
officials In the department of agri­
culture. »Farm land prices have gone
sky high and many farmers are un­
Washington, D. C, Aug. IS—Rumor loading
___ _ at unheard of prices. It is
has it that Alvin J. Wirtz, recently ‘feared a price collapse will result af
appointed by Secretary of the In­ ter the war, unless steps are taken
terior Harold Ickes as a consultant on to curb the boom, such as happened
power matters, will put in consider- ' after world war No. 1. After the
ot TIME magazine is a picture of able time in the northwest. Wirtz, last war flocks of insurance com­
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Congressman Wolcott of Michigan who was an under-secretary of the panies, mortgage loan associations,
talking with one of his constituents. interior in 1840-41, Is a protege of private investors and others were left
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To my astonishment and delight, “Honest” Harold, who placed him in holding the sack on farm loans from
close examination reveals that the charge of the Bonneville jxjwer ad­ coast to coast, which resulted in seri­
By R. T. Moore
constituent was none other than Mr. ministration during that time. Mr. ous losses and wrecked many finan­
Burt Moore, of Atkins, Michigan, one Ickes belives Mr. W(rtz knows as cial institutions. A repetition of such
In mid-winter of 1841-42, an officer
t;
of my farmer uncles.
much as anyone about the electric happening is the thinig the depart­
stationed in the Aleutians, being a
of agriculture
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If one were to select a typical mid- power'situation in Washington and ment
trifle homesick at the time, wrote a
For the above picture we are in-<* ceived orders to close the office this wei4 farmer who possesses all of Oregon. Among other things, the It is said legislation in some form
long, letter to his bosom friend in
debted to George T. Moulton, who
consultant will make a further report ■ will be asked by the department by
Portland. To reflect his fee^ngs at
afternoonbetween the hour, of on.
contemplated
Umatilla rapids'which
farm land prices can be con-
had it made from a photograph he and two o’clock, out of respect to hard common sense, arid fearing God, on the
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the moment lie outlined in his let-'
has of Coquille’s first school house, the late president
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could
do
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bet
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r
than
to
pick
project,
which
has
been
In
the
blue
ter his favorite meal from soup to
i which used to stand where the First
print'stage for years. Another look-
dussert. He even specified the cen­
National Bank building now does.
see will also be made of Grand Coulee
Secretary of the Treasury Morgen-
terpiece he liked to see best' on the
About 25 cars of Knights of Pythias
¡The people now living in Coquille
by
Mr.
Wirtz.
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thau
still insiste a steeper income tax
will
leave
Sunday
for
the
D.
O.
O.
K.
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dining table.
who attended school at this building
The story goes that Secretary Ickes 1
proper answer to his prayer for
This past month the officer was
national
convention,
which
will
be
iwhen the tintype above reproduced
is hot too well pleased with the prog- ‘ $12 billion more revenue. Tax ex­
given a furlough and took occasion to
in
session
in
Portland
next
week
from
was taken in 1878, or forty-seven
ress made in the northwest by the pert, on the other hand, say any such
visit his friend and family.- He was
years ago, are Geo. T. Moulton, Mrs. Monday until Friday. Four of five of
public power advocates, who have increase in taxes will fall squarely
asked to dinner by the friend's wife
these
cars
will
be
from
Coquille,
S.
James T. Nosier, Mrs. Charles Wat­
been defeated time after time in their on the middle income groups, the
and to his delight and astonishment
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son and Mrs; T. A. Walker. (Twenty A. Maiehom says.
attempts to take over the private util­ white collared worker, whose salary
every dish served was a favorite with
years later Mrs. Walker is the only
ities. The voters in most all such has not increased anything like
him. Even the centerpiece of ca­
A number of Coquille families
surviJor of the above mentioned
elections have said No.
Another others but. whose living costs have.
mellias was his especial delight. He
have
been
camping
at
Bandon
the
quartet. ]
source of infprmation says that ex­ All tax men aglee corporations and
expressed his appreciation for the
I Luke D. Wolford, who taught this past week. Among those noted there
Congressman Walter Pierce, who dur» others in the higher income brackets
excellent meal and stated that it so
school during the fall, winter and last Sunday were the C. L. Willey,
ing his ten years as an eastern Ore­ are now paying the limit, which is
happened that every dish was his'
spring of 1875-78 and the spring of , J. W. Miller and Alf Johnson fami- |
gon
representative packed the torch from 40 to as high as »0 per cent on
favorite.
After the officer had 1877, also a tliree months term at or lies
for public power, will join the Bon­ their Incomes. Many members of the
voiced his lavish praise his friend
near Myrtle Point in 1878, moved
neville staff. Pierce, who is an ex­ house ways and means committee
reached in his inner pocket and drew
away from Coos county in the sum­
perienced campaigner along such have remained, here all during the
forth the letter written twenty months mer Si 1877 and did not revisit tids
J lines, also has a wide acquaintance in recess, wrestling with the new tax
before. The friend and his charming
city until June of the present year.
the northwest and It is understood bill which they hope to have ready
wife had scoured the city for food |
his talents will be used in that di­ for the house hopper, come Septem­
and supplies until every detail of the j
rection.
ber 14. However, several key men
letter had been carefully carried out.
on the committee are of the opinion
The reason I know this little
To the degree that agricultural by far the larger part of Mr. Mor-
story is that I sat beside the officer
conditions may be judged by a sur­ genthau’s additional $12 billion will
and shared the meal with him. He
vey of conditions in SS counties in have'to come from some other source
apologized to me for his unseemly
various parts of the United States, than income taxes. They argue the
greediness but I assued him that any
Th« Coquille Hardware expects to
just completed by the department of only out, so to speak, is a sales tax
man who had fought the Japanese in
move into its new quarter» in the
agriculture, the American farmer is which would raise the additional
the , Aleutians for about two years
Ellingson building Sunday.
far more prosperous than the attitude amount of money needed. These same
was fully entitled to eat when and as
of farm lobbyists and farm bloc con­ congressmen are trank to say they
he pleased while on furlough.
, I
gressman would indicate. According doubt very much if the house will
Was this not a particularly fine Judice interfere with common sense
to this survey, northwest farmers accept any bill which has for Its pur­
thing for this young .couple to do 1 and has done the copper company an
are buying better food, better clothing pose heavier income taxes, at least
for the officer friend? It should give injustice The incident is of great
qpd banking more savings than they until all other expedients for addi­
a little hint to others on what to do value, however, in drawing attention
did in the boom days of world war tional revenue have been exhausted.
when our boys come home*for a brief | oMtoth the public and the larger cor­
porations to such happenings. There
No. 1, and this situation is said to
visit with the folks.
Is Jittle doubt but what this eheating
exist nationally.
Figures released
by the federal farm loan bank show
In spite of the greatly augmented of the Government and betrayal of
current payments have been met and
income for the United States Treas­ managements’ trust in their subor­
considerable amounts of money have
ury due to the pay-as-you-go tax dinates will be greatly reddeed by
been deposited for future payments.
and from the corporations, there still the exposure of this fraud. But In
One reason advanced for larger sav­
remains a menacing gap of inflation­ ’ fairness to the large corporation the
ings entering farmer savings accounts
ary money between public net income facts should be more fully presented
Is that farmers have been unable to
and value of goods available for 1 so the public may gain a true picture.
buy new machinery and in other ways
purchase The Administration is cast­
Repeated inquiries from frantic
have been forced by circumstances to
ing about for means to bridge this gap
limit their spending.
and for the first time is showing ' mid-west lumber buyers for farm
It should be understood, of course,
signs of interest in a Federal sales lumber indicates how badly this lum-
i ber is needed in such states as Minne­
that conditions in S3 counties do not
tax
Notwithstanding the strong opposi­ sota and the two Dakotas. Bad wind
tion to such a tax on the part of sev­ storms have caused unusual damage
eral pressure groups, there Is a to farm buildings in that are« and
probability that such a tax will be lumber is badly needed if shelter for
stock and equipment is rebuilt before
levied because of sheer necessity.
The tax would increase the al­ winter sets in.
On my Jrip to that region last
ready heavy Collection responsibili­
ties of the Treasury Department but spring I noted that practically every
would not be as expensive per dollar lumber yard was out of lumber. In
collected as the income tax. A flat 'yard after yard one could see only
tax on everything sold would be pile bottoips outside of the main sheds
preferable to a discriminatory tax which would indicate that there was
because it could be the more easly a great scarcity of the common
grades in boards and dimension. This
calculated.’
It is to be presumed that several scarcity has been aggravated this
versions of the sales tax will make an summer by the fact that the Armed
appearance when Congress recon­ Forces have taken practically all
venes in September. The future for production of these items.
If the war should cease tomorrow
the taxpayer is anything but bright
even through the war should end It is reasonable to assume that the
sooner than expected.
The public yards would immediately restock. If
debt has grown to such size that only so, they will absorb the entire lumber
the concerted effor* of all the people production for many months and the
lumber business should continue ac­
can carry the burden.
tive for some time to come.
Late news dispatches Indicate that
A friend in Coquille very kindly
presented me with a subscription to quantities of lumber are to be as­
The Progressive, a magazine publish­ signed to the storm areas of the Mid­
ed by the LaFollettte interests. While dle West and the shortage of build-
I am not of the same polticial faith in«* I* *o be at least partially met be­
as Mr. LaFollette and very often do fore winter, provided there is suffi­
not share opinion with him, I nev­ cient labor to erect the building. It
ertheless find that there is much is too bad that the need for this lum­
good reading matter in the magazine ber was not noted a couple of months
sooner and before the heavy demand
und enjoy each issue.
He attacks the Anaconda Copper ' for the Armed Forces was at its max­
Company rather vigorously for their imum. But in spite of the handicap
alleged shipment of defective copper of reduced production and shortage
to the United States Armed Forcm. ot labor the
are struggling to
After reading the details which tell ,
abreast of the demand at the
of certain inspectors in the plant con- Pr*s*,,t. What they can do next fall
spiring to elude the vigilance of the “,,d winter in the face of y chronic
United States Inspectors in order to lo< shortage is another matter.
■dip the defective copper into current
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shipments. I have come to an op-_ T^e predicted smearing of Congress
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