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COQUILLE WELCOMES HILLAH TEMPLE AND THE SHRINERS
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23 Novices In Line
For Hiliah Temple
Ceremonial Saturday
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Twenty-three candidates have been
signed up by “Count” K. P. Lawrence
and others in southwestern Oregon
for initiation into the mysteries of
the Shrine when Hiliah Temple stages
its ceremonial in the Community
Building here Saturday evening.
Those who are expected to “hang
on to the rope" that evening include
the following from Coquille: Henry
McCue, Ralph Cochran, LeRoy Rich
ards, Bard Keener. Stanley Ayers,
Andrew Hatcher,
Lafe Compton,
William Russell, Paul Rietman, John
Geider, Lloyd Claver, Elton Savage,
Clifford Yarbrough, George Oerding.
Other candidates, to be here are:
Ivan and Kenneth Laird, from Sit-
kum; P. C. Roper, from Myrtle Point;
Chrias Finnell, from, Bandon; Dr.
R. M. McKeown, H. C. Levage and
Earl A. Wood, from Marshfield; Lloyd
Wilson, from Sutherlin, and Wm.
Henson, from Reedsport.
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The program scheduled for the af
ternoon and evening starts with the
registration of candidates at two
o’clock at the recorder’s desk in the
hotel lobby.
Following the business session at
four ociock in the Community Build
ing the meeting adjourns for refresh
ments at five ociock.
At 15:45 the novices
from the building to the I.
hall where the Rebekahs will serve
sea food banquet extraordinary at
six o’clock. During the .march of
the novices they will all hold on
. the rope and enable the people
Coquille to
tor Rankin
The exemplification of the first
and third sections of the ritualistic
wack is scheduled for 8:30 p. m., and
the semsuf sectian, with Eddie Nunn
as CeMfhoaial Director, and John H.
Ralstom, Captain of the Guard, is set
for 9 JO o’clock.
AH uniformed bodies of the temple
will be present and preceding the
reception there will be a concert by
Hiliah Temple band at 7:30 p. m.
The committees in charge of pre
paring for this first Shrine ceremonial
ever held in Coquille, are as follows:
Ceremonial—Paul B. Rynning, Il
lustrious Potentate, and K. P. Law
rence, general chairman.
Reception—Sam H. Baker and all
Past Potentates.
Banquet—Capt. Prentice M. Clark,
chairman; Geo. F. Winchester. C. T.
Selbig, Wm. Bettys.
Hospitality—Fred C. Hudson, Dr.
C. A. Rietman, R. A. Jeub, Wm. O.
Campbell.
Door Guards—H. O. Grey, outer
guard; O. O. Horner, J. C. Collins.
Grant Todd, Miller P. Dunn.
Publiicty—H. G. Grey, chairman;
K. P. Lawrence, A. E. Voorhies, J. O.
Weinstein, Ed Ostendorf, Geo. Smith,
R. E. Detrick.
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chair-
Candidate
—Geo. -
A. Utott,
, W. P. Laws, M, F. Pettit. P. P.
man;
Gray, J. E. Clark.
Housing—Paul B. Running. K. P.
Lawrence. /
Medicos—Drs. G. E. Stark, C. A.
Haines, A. F. W. Kresse. L. C. Jen
sen. Chas T. Sweeney.
carence o$ika
Addresses B. P.W.
The Business and Professional
Women’s Club, with Mrs. Hallock
presiding, met Munday, Oct. 18, at
the Guild Hall. The Legislative and
Publicity committees were in charge.
Clarence Osika, Coquille High
School principal, gave another of his
splendid talks, thia time, ‘»Living on
the Home Front." More attention and
thought of the happenings after the
war was suggested by the speaker
who stated newspapers fail in thia
but he mentioned magazine reading
from such as Time, Fortune, Collier’s,
etc., which contain valuable informa
tion and matter of this sort. “We
must express ourselves freely,* he
said, “to our Senators and Repre
sentatives in Washington. We must
have trade after the war or else we’ll
have a collapse,” and added, he
meant collapse of government, too.
He'told of the changing attitude to
ward the subject of tarrif and pointed
to the importance of access to raw
materials by sll the peoples of the
world and followed with a discussion
of the American Business Men’s st-
titude toward our foreign policy . As
(Continued on Page Eight)
legion Conference
Taxes To Be Paid
In Coos Co. $136,970 Hears Good Talli By
Less This Yew ' ' Commander McDade
Red Devils Outscored
But Not Outplayed
City Gels Another
30 Acres To Square
Up The Watershed
While the score at the C. H. S. Red
Devils-North Bend Bulldogs football
game here last Saturday shows the
visitors to have been the winner by
one point, the scoee was 13-U, in
County Assessor Chas. W. Forrest
(By Roy C. Morley, Adj.)
The Coquille city council, at its
all other respects the Red Devils
furnishes the following statistics con
Delegates from Port Orford, Ban
were the winner. In the first half Monday evening session this week,
cerning valuations, tex levies and don, Powers, Myrtle Poipt, Marshfield
they outplayed and out-gamed their voted to accept the offer of Lyman A.
taxes to be paid to the various muni and Coquille American Legion Posts
heavier and larger opponents, and Chezem for the 30 acres he owns at
cipalities in Coos county for the 1943- attended the conference of district
it win not until the middle of the last the northeast corner of the Rink
44 tex year.
..-J No. 4, held in the I. O. O. F. lodge quarter that the visitors were able creek watershed, which will give the
The
valuation of Coos building here on October 18., State
to score two touchdowns by repeated city’s water system the ownership of
county is 838,795,237. It was »22,- Commander McDade and his party
rammings through the line of the all land below the tops of the hills
786.161 last' year.
arrived in Coquille about 6:00 p. m?
on the north, east and south sides of
crippled and very tired local boys.
Valuations for assessment iiythe and found it exceedingly difficult to
,
The Coquille boys, with whom the the reservoir.
cities of the county were as follows, get dining room accommodations for
The only condition Mr Chezem
visitors
had
expected
an
easy
game,
the first figure being the new valua- his party. ,
made was that the city have the tract
The joint meeting with trie Ausili and whom moat of the fair crowd at surveyed and set the corners of the
tion and the second thy of last year:
the
game
would
not
have
been
sur
Coquille ...... 1 81.494,411 81,490,980 ary was packed with good common
prised had they been on the short tract donated. City Engineer Gear
631,143 sense information.
Myrtle Point .... 648,140
The subjects
end of a 20 to 0 score, played with hart, who reported the offer, said it
Bandon ...........
469,953
490,758 touched upon were Conservation,
a dash and vigor that first quarter might take himself and a couple of
North Bend ..... 2,469,074
2,618.979 Child Welfare, Rehabilitation, Legis
which pretty nearly took the Bull men two or three days to make the
Marshfield ...... 4,394,572 'MMM lation, the present day principles of
dogs off their feet. Taking advantage survey, depending on whether es-
405,775 the Legion and membership.
Eastside ...........
363,001
of a blocked kick by Alborn near the tablished monuments were easily
223,
' Conservation
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was dwelt upon in
Empire .........
229,501
N. B. goal, George Hurst, who was a found.
However, the outstanding
The millage for the seven cities this 'detail.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. L. Maynard
tower of strength on offense and de
year will be—Coquille 18.6, Myrtle item of the dipeusion was the con-
fense, carried the ball across the line were present to ask that a culvert
Point 18, Bandon 10.8. North Bend serving of gasoline The situation as
in a couple of plays. The try for be installed below their place, at
31.5, Marshfield 17, Eastaide 9.48, it exist, tn Portland today was taken
the intersection of Burns avenue and
point failed.
tor an example, - where
in
Empire 11.7.
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— ; many
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A little later in the same quarter a Willard street, where Mr. Maynard
The total tax to be collected thia dividual, go and come from work
well-thrown pass by Jim Howe was said he had had 835 worth of gravel
coming year, according to the rolls, is without having their cars loaded, two
caught by DeNoma who ran 35 yards dumped to obliterate the mud hole
8982,812.21. Of this amount 8396, men drive to work when one car
for the six points score. His suc and lake there. Mr. Gearhart stated
569.50 is for the county and state, would take them both There is too
cess was helped very materially by an 8-inch culvert, 30 feet long, which
8236,348.81 for schools, 3199,37544 much needless driving by other in
the blocking by Album.
Again the would cost 65 cents a foot, would be
for cities,
834,145.72 for Union dividual. when every gallon of gas
try for point failed and the score needed and the matter was referred
Coquille Red Cross, 764, will hold
school districts,
878,624.93 sared and delivered to our fighting
to the street committee.
was 12 to 0 at the end of the quar
district, men over there will bring this mess
- High
Hoping to stop the depredations at
ter and remained that way till the
Ports,
83,- we are in just that much quicker to a
the boat house, where the hoist has
middle of the last frame.
water district. close and our boys will be able tn
been damaged, windows broken and
Again and again the Red Devils
Bunker Hill, No. 1,
squad stopped plays that looked good the house broken into by hoodlums,
81,316.77 for the
The Child Welfare program was in
the council voted to have a sign
for a touchdown, by flying teckies
2, Fire District.
augurated by the American Legion in
posted offering 825 for information
and the knocking down of passes.
8982,813.21, to be 1836 at which time it was made com
which would toad to the arrest and
Spike Leslie, the coach,, did noP
is smaller than pulsory to register every child which
conviction of these wanton destroyers
have reserves to substitute as one
119,783.45, was born and a record kept on file
of public property.
boy after another was crippled and
in the state department. The prog
An otter of 6357.24 by F. A Bar
could hardly get about the field. Dave
ress of the welfare of children has
ton, trustee, for a portion of Block 3
Kline, Hurst, Howe, at various times
bMR^tow and up hill. The cause of
in Academy Addition, was accepted
had to be taken
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« fight ia'dui to the mi
Coquille Red
Cross Notes
Friday a large number of these ar
ticles, cut out and ready to be sewed,
so I am asking our workers to please
accept some of these items in ad
dition to the afghans they are now
working on. Several very beautiful
(Continued on page eight)
Funds Disbursed
To School Districts
County Treasurer Stauff remitted
to Coos county school districts this
week a total of 8110,243.70. The re
mittance was made possible by re
ceipt of funds from the state: 823,-
887.12 from the elementary school
fund; 88,835.42 from the state school
fund; 864,726.18 from the state school
support fund, being the surplus from
the income tax payments; and 812,-
794.98 from special tax levies by the
districts themselves.
There was also placed to the credit
of the Non-High school districts the
sum of 86,375.46 from the state sup
port school fund.
Other moneys received from the
state were the county's share of
8796.91 for three months from the
state tax on alcoholic beverages,
which ha. been placed in the county's
general fund, and 81.947 22 from the
State Racing commission. Thia fund
goes to the County Fair AMOciation.
Two Cases Tried
In Circuit Court
Miss Bess Maury Receiving
Treatment At Mast Hospital
Miss Bess Maury, who has been the
most consistent employee of the bank
here for the past 25 years—she began
her duties in October, 1*18 — and
whose time off heretofore has been
confined to her annual vacation, has
been off duty for the past three weeks
while being treated in the Mast Hos
Oh Tuesday the jury which heard
pital at Myrtle Point for a foot and
limb affliction which requires that the esse of Bedford F. Walker VS.
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the State Industrial Accident Com
•he be off her feet
mission returned a verdict in the
plaintiffs favor, awarding him 75
PhU Alborn Is Scoutmaster
per cent of the established rate for
Of I ..ion»-Sponsored Troop
loss of a leg-
,
Other civil cases set for trial next
From the interest he is showing in
the work, Phil Alborn was a mighty Monday are Ella Reed Osmundson vs.
good selection by the Lions club for New York Life Insurance Co. and H.
Scoutmaster of the Boy Scout troop H. Laskey et al vs. Harry W. Pen-
darvis.
which that dub sponsors.
reported yesterday. It will be made
in a few days.
The tex department was unable to
get this year’s statements mailed on
Monday as had been hoped but they
will be out very soon.
,
To accommodate the 26,500 assess
ment records which Asssssnr Forrest
has just turned over to the tex de
partment, a set of drawers under the
20-foot counter and about four feet
high 'has just been completed by
Ernie Perrott and. with these rec
ords all systematically arranged, the
work in the department will be much
simplified in comparioan with the old
system.
New tables for the employes were
also made and one of them is marked.
“Keep off; a left-handed table for
Em Pierce."
Registration To Be At
Washington Building
A erroneous impression seems to
be prevalent as to where to register
next week for Ration Book No. 4.
In CoquiUe the registration will be
at the Washington school building as
heretofore and not at the Lincoln
building. Registration will -be open
for four days next week, Tuesday
through Friday, Oct. 26-27-28-29.
between 3:00 and 9:00 p. m.
Attention is called to the fact that
those registering, and one member
may do It for the entire family, must
have Ration Book 3 with him or her
for each member of the family whose
name is registered.
east, and that Mrs Lawrence is feel-
>ng much better than she did awhile
back. . Mrs.
?*:- Johnson says *
the days
are quite cool there but that the
colored fall foliage and the general
appearance of the country make it a
very beautiful place in .which to be.
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Mrs. Jas. Richmond, Mrs. Ernest
Purvance and Mrs. O. B. Harriman
returned last Friday after attending
>• state W. S. C. S. meeting in fort-
| land.
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[ and the malicious mlaintorpreta-
injured leg. Even Woodward, who
( Continued on pare eight»
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a «nroin^a
sprained ankle
the ...
week
before, went In for a few plays. .
The whole team played a remark
ably fine game ar.d covered them
selves with glory. They had the in
testinal fortitude at all time«, but
Dr. J. R. Bunch is, this noon, being physical endurance could not entirely
awarded the prize for catching the withstand the punishment they were
largest fish last Sunday, on the lower taking,
river, during the annual Lions club
The Red Devils game this coming
fish derby. His Chinook was a 27 Saturday will be with the Reedsport
High team, up there.
pounder.
George Ulett*s catch, while it was
In the other game played Saturday,
somewhat smaller than Dr. Bunch's, the Marshfield Pirates won from the
cannot be entered in competition for Myrtle Point Bobcats. 20 to •/
the biggest fish caught because a
friend (?) craftily slipped the fish
out of Mr. Ulett*s boat, and under his
Jacket while the boat's personnel were
on the bank, a few feet away, at
The shortest grand jury session on
lunch.
record, and the least expensive to the
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There were between 40 and 50
taxpayers, was the one which con
Lions and their Invited guests' who
cluded its labor the first of the week.
participated in the derby and a very
Deputy Clerk John Leneve says the
enjoyable day was spent, although
entire grand jury expense will be
the fish were not striking to any
about 864.
great extent. The most esught by
Two indictments were returned and
any one boat’s crew is reported at
a not true bill in the cate of Robert
three small ones: Lloyd Claver
Farmer, who had been charged with
brought in two.
assault and battery.
Both indict
The heavy rain in late afternoon
ments were for contributing to thé
ended the event about four ociock.
delinquency of minors.
Harold Stillman, one of the two,
pleaded guilty on Friday and was
sentenced to the»county jail for one
year. The judge then ordered him
reelased at once and placed hint on
Mrs. Ethel Littler, who has been parole for two years. He is to re
one of’Coos county’s two very capa port to the sheriff every 30 days.
ble and efficient county nurses—
The other indictment was against
the other is Mrs. Iris Elrod—has re Hersey Arnold Loyal McBroom, who
signed her position, effective some is under arrest but has not yet been
time next month, to accept that of brought to trial.
Douglas county health nurse and to be
Elmer Robinette, who had been ar
stationed at Roseburg.
rested on the same charge, waived
Mrs. Littler has resided in Coquille grand jury investigation, pleaded
for the past five years, while she was guilty last Friday and was sentenced
county health nurse, and for nine to four years in the pen. Judge King
years prior to that was school nurse remanded him to the custody of the
at Power, and then at North Bend. sheriff and a stay of execution for
30 days was ordered after which he
will lie placed on parole for four
years.
The case against Robert Allen
Smith, also for contributing to a
minor’s delinquency, was ordered-dis
missed.
27-lb. Chinook
Wins Lions Prize
All Criminal Cases
For Same Offense
Mrs. Littler To
Leave Coos County
New Mon On
Police Force Here
Chief of Police Creager yesterday
named Adrian Werth, who recently
bought a home here and moved from
Riverton, on the city’s police force,
on probation. The force now con
sists of Chief Creager, Hugh Mc
Mahon and Adrian Werth.
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tor delinquent improvement assess
ments.
A restaurant license was granted to
Floyd Hall for the operation of The
White Spot on Front street.
The charge by it. Donated that a
member of the city police had been
acting as stool pigeon for the State
Liquor Control Commission
was
heard by the council but no action
was taken as Chief of Police Creager
immediately stated that the matter
was being taken care of
Prominent Men To
Speak Here Oct. 28
Next Thursday evening, October
38, at 8:30 o’clock, St. James' Episco
pal Church will be host to the dean
ery of southwestern Oregon. At a
dinner meeting, in the Guild hall, a
number of diocesan clergy and lay-
men will present the highlights of the
recent general convention of the
Church at Cleveland. Bishop Rhea
of Idaho will ba tn charge of the
meeting. Bishop Dagwell of Oregon
and two previous vicars of St. James*
will be in the party which is holding
deanery meetings throughout the
western part of the state. The Very
Rev. Charles M. Guilbert and the
Rev. George R. Turney, both of whom
are well known in Coquille, will be
speakers. While the officers of the
various organizations of St. Jamas’
are asked to make a determined ef
fort to be present, the meeting is
open to all who are interested in
the work of the CbArch. Those who
will be present are asked to notify
the Rev. Mr. Greene, at the earliest
possible moment.
At 4:30 p. m. on the same day, the
high school youth are asked to be
present at the Church for a youth
conference under the leadership of
the Rev. Charles Neville, rector of the
Church of the Good Samaritan, Cor
vallis
Coos Firemen Meet
Here This fvening