The Coquille Valley
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State Librarian
Addresses Club
Comprehensive Post War Program
For Coos County Is Announced
(By County Judge L. D. Felsheim)
Coos County is among the first taxing units in the state to prepare a
comprehensive postwar readjustment and development program, a detailed
tabulation of whlott has, at the request of Governor Earl Snell, been filed
with the Oregon State Highway Commission. The Commission has been
authorized by the Governor to compile for the state a complete list of post­
war projects that may be considered in plans for the employment of labor
as soon as the war ends, and that may also be considered in Cooperative
match-money financing between federal, state and local interests.
Based on normal costs the total «s- •——*---------- —------ ■-------- —-------- T'
Construct Road on West side of
timated cost of Coos county's pro­
gram is $946,330.00, of which $674,- Catching Slough.. A short section to
two
dead end
roads:
318.00 coven 50 separate road and connect
bridge projects, $61,000.00 is for $12,485.00; .
Reconstruct Market Road No. 4
equipment and materials for the road
department, and $211,012.00 is for from Arago-Hal'ls Creek Junction to
Highway 101: $11,783.00;
new buildings.
Construct Bridge over Coquille
A general description and cost esti­
mate of each road project has been River near Bullards; $102,500.00;
Construct Graveyard Point road
prepared by County Roadmaster F.
A. Robb, copies of which, together Market road No. 3 in Coos Bay area:
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with a map of the county showing the $22,340.00;
Resurface Market Road No. 8, Bear
entire road system and indicating
those under consideration, are in­ Creek in Bandon area: »$17,424.00;
Resurface Market Road No. 27,
cluded in the program. Also included
is a state highway map upon which Kentuck-Glasgow: $13.930.00;
Resurface Market Road No. 26,
are indicated those sections of the
Oregon Coast highway favored by South Coos River road in Eastside
th« County Court for- immediate con­ area: $24,889.00;
Resurface Market Road No. 29,
sideration by the state in its improve­
Bradley Lake, Bandon area: $11,-
ment program.
Recommendation to the state for 325.00;
Reconstruct Gravelfofti - Cooper
their consideration are three projects,
in the order of importance named: 1. Bridge Jet. Market Road No. 1, Myr­
North Bond tp Marshfield to Coquille tle Point area: $12,144.00;
Resurface Market Road No. 1 be­
and Coquille to Myrtle Point to the
bridge at intersection of Powers tween Myrtle Point and Gravelford,
road; 2. Port Orford to Cailfpmia Myrtle Point area: $14,850.00;
Reconstruct Hervey Bridge on
line; 3. Delake south to Newport.
(Continued on page eight)
The building projects in the coun­
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ty’s program include a new court *
house of reinforced concrete, 75x160
feet, to replace the present wooden
structure, the cost being estimated at
$182,000.00 and a new dairy barn at
the county farm at an estimated cost
of, $9,012.00. Expected source of
funds for a court house are to be from
a reserve fund which is to be taken
up at a later date.
It is expected that finances for the
road and bridge program will be co­
operative between county, state and
federal government. In order to pro­
vide the county's share a post war re­
serve fund was set up In the current
county budget, with the sum of $35,-
000.00 for the first nest egg. However,
the first four months of the current
fiscal year has produced considerably
more revenue than was anticipated so
th« County Court has decided to in­
crease by transfer the original nest
egg to $80,000.00. This, the court
believes, can be done without impair­
ing the debt-reduction program aa
outlined. Wiping oqt the county debt
is given preference and this will be
accomplished on or before its schedu­
led time.
To increase the post war reserve
fund to a point where it will assure
ample match money for the contem­
plated projects, the County Court
plans to have placed in the 1944-45
and succeeding budgets, substantial
amounts formerly placed there for
debt reduction. Within a period of
three or four years, enough revenue
is anticipated in this way to meet the
post war requirements, while at the
same time tax levies will not be in­
creased; to the contrary, if present
favorable conditions continue, tax
levies will at the same time be grad­
ually reduced.
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Coos County CoifPt hopes to be
ready for the post war “go" signal,
not only with a list of contemplated
projects, but with a sufficient num­
ber of the most readily available pro­
jects set up with plans and specifica­
tions and with the necessary cash at
hand to match federal and state
money as soon as offered.
The general plan of the Coos Coun­
ty Court is to carry on post war work
without incurring indebtedness, and
to effect, in so far as possible, com­
plete road projects, including oil­
bound surfaces. The program is de­
signed to give the county a system of
market and feeder roads that will be
sufficiently conclusive to meet all
present-day requirements and still be
within the means of the county, with­
out incurring indebtedness or in­
creasing tax levies.
The road projects included in the
program are listed herewith. These
are not arbitrary placements, how­
ever, and can be changed or added to
as conditions warrant:"’*''
Completion with new construction
and joining two parts of pres­
ent Olive-Barber Road: $10,725.00;
Construct and surface Market Road
No. 33 connecting Krome Access
Roads with Seven Devils Road:
$23,600.00;
Barrow Wins
Tourney Prize
William H. (Bill) Barrow won a
beautiful leather golf bag In a handi­
cap tourney played at Coquille Val­
ley Golf course last Sunday.
Bill,
playing a score of 77 with an 11
handicap, was one under par to win.
Stewart Norton, with a 70, had next
lew score for th« event.
This tournament was Made possible
by Totn Waltman, representative of
the Ohio Knife Co. of Portland, who
gave the golf bag.
Noble Choyvning was winner of the
first flight recently played, with Ted
Buck as runner up.
Andy Richardson and Jack McLar-
rin have issued a challenge to all
valley golfers in a handicap on« ball
twosome and are getting plenty Of
takers.
Mrs. Menning
Sells Town Cafe
The Town Cafe on Hall street,
which Mrs. Gertrude Menning has
been operating for several months,
was sold last week to Mrs. Fairy
Gregory and “Shady" Howell, who
took possession Saturday night and
began operating it Sunday.
The
cafe has enjoyed a liberal patronage
in the past and the new owners in­
tend to keep it up to its high stan­
dard of the past and improve the
service wherever possible.
Armistice Day
Football Game
The Coquille Red Devils are gun­
ning for their second victory of the
season at their second horn« game
this afternoon (Thursday) at Athletic
Park, the Myrtle Point Bobcats fur­
nishing the competition. The visitors
won out 12-7, when the two teams
met for the first time, at Myrtle Point
on October 2, but all concerned seem
quite confident that it will be a dif­
ferent story in this the season's final
game.
His Is The Universal
Hope In This U. S.
Writing to renew his subscription
camps, particularly with regard to
to the Sentinel, A. E. Bettys, a resi­
dent here many years ago «nd now
living at Anacqries, Wash., says:
The man power to operate my
small farm is very limited owing to
the war; but I iqqk for Mr^ Hitler
and Hirohito to be taken care of as
they deserve before another subscrip­
tion is due.”
Tax Rebate Deadline
Is Next Monday
O. A. Walker, of the tax collection
department, calls attention again to
Reconstruct and improve alignment the deadline of Nov. 15 before which
of McLain, Libby-Camman Road be­ time the three per cent rebate on cur­
tween Charleston and Englewood: rent taxe« is available. After that
$18,480.00;
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date interest begins to accru«.
“Recent Books,” was the subject
of an interesting discusison present by
Miss Eleanor Stephens, state librari­
an, to members and friends of the
Coquille Woman's Club on Tuesday
afternoon at the Pariah House.
Handling of reviews was done in'«
different and interesting way Uy
paralleling old books with new. All
books discussed or reviewed by Miss
Stephens are available for borrowers
here in the City Library.
A little
volume entitled “Invitation to Span­
ish," was displayed and recommended
to those wishing to acquaint them­
selves with the Spanish language, as
a follow-up of Mrs. Saidie Orr Dun­
bar’s talk before the same group a
month ago.
Miss Stephens came to Oregon two
months ago from the Los Angeles li­
brary, where she had been for sixteen
years. She spent Monday in Myrtle
Point, Tuesday here and left that
evening by bus for Elkton, where sb«
was to be Wednesday. .
Mrs. George Chaney, chairman of
Education, had charge of the program
and read a paper on the history of
this state. This was a part of a plan
to commemorate the Oregon Trail
Centennial.
The stage was hung
with fine old blue and white counter­
pane«, one owned by Mrs. M. O. Haw­
kins being an heirloom from her
grandmother.
Another large-pat­
terned one was the property of Mrs.
R. A. Wemich handed Hown from five
generations in her family. A aide
table displayed beautiful old platters
and glassware, precious treasures
owned by various members and len<£-
ing atmosphere and background.
Highlight of the afternoon was a
tableau and fitting symbolism of their
ancestors, pft-trayed by Mrs. E. L.
(Continued on page two)
In Was Just 25
Years Ago Today
This day, November 11, is th«
twenty-fifth, <w silver anniversary,
theTm
of th« simMc« which ended <_____ „
world war and Lee Goodman recalls
that he asked this writer, 25 years
ago, “Where was the fire, Allen?" af­
ter hearing the alarm sounded.
The response was, “In Berlin.”
And now Germany is tottering on
the brink of another unsuccessful at­
tempt to dominate all Europe and the
world.
It was, and is, no prediction, but
six months ago we ventured to guess
that Hitler might be out of the war
by Christmas and there 1» no reason
yet to change th« date of that guess.
Every report from over there indi­
cates that the end at that moron's
dream is coming closer snd closer,
and white the end may not be for
some months yet, Herbert Hoover is
very probably correct in saying, “This
is the last winter of our war with
the Nasis.”
$700 Damage From
Fire Friday Noon
The fire in the Western Condensing
Co, plant, at th« north «nd of the
highway bridge, last Friday noon,
is estimated to have done about $700
damage. Cause of th« fir« la un­
known, unless it was caused by a
spark in th« powder room, but th«
prompt work of the fire department
prevented the loss of the entire struc­
ture.
It is not to be considered as a critl-
cism but many have wondered If,
when the ho«e must be strung across
the highway as it waa in this case,
it would not be possible to lsy plank­
ing on either side of th« hoe« and
permit traffic on 101 to continue. Aa
it was cars ware held up at the turn
near the depot for nearly an hour.
Or, the city should install a fire,
hydrant on the south side of th«
tracks for the protection of the con-
densary and the Cranberry Canners
plant.
Little Rain Th« Past Week
To the 11.6 Inch«« of rain since Sept
1, reported last week, there is to be
added only .07 of an inch, measured
at the observation station last Friday
morning..
The thermometer registered one
degree below freezing last Friday
night, but since then the minimum
has been around 40 degrees, except
Monday morning when it stood at 34.
Friends here have received the
announcement of the birth of a baby
girl, named Mary Beta, and who
weighed seven pounds, five ounces,
to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Train, at
Lebanon on October 18.
Well Was Down
i,000 Feet The First
Of This Week
Body Lying In
State Thursday
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Ed. Rackleff Was
Buried Wednesday
Al Norway Cemetery
The body of Thomas Sibley Evans,
for several years the foreman at the
The test well for oil and gas which Coos county highway shops here,
the Bell-Loughlin firm of contractors will lie in state on Thursday, from 11
is drilling for the Phillips Petroleum a. m. until 3 p. m., at the Schroeder
One of Coos county’s most respect­
Corporation on Davis Slouch, was Bros. Mortuaries here.
He passed ed and honored pioneers, although
down to the 1,000 foot depth on Mon­ away suddenly Monday morning from he had not lived in Coos since 1925,
day, and three crews are working the a heart attack.
passed away at Portland last Satur­
clock around on eight-hour shifts.
The body is to be sent to Tacoma, day from a heart attack. He was
The equipment brought up from Wash., where services will be held Edward Rackleff, father of D. E.
Bakersfield, including the standard­ and interment, will be in Mt. View Rackleff of Coquille who was called
sized rotary drill, is estimated to ob­ Memorial Park.
to Portland when his father was
servers who hav« no connection with
He was born April 2», 1807, at stricken.
the drilling, to represent an invest­ Louisville, Nebraska, and was six
Mr. Rackleff, though 77 years of
ment of more than $75,000.
i months past 46 years of age. He had age, had been living in Portland for
The rotary is capable of boring to I been a resident of Coquille for the over a year and was employed in a
a depth of 5,000 feet and unless ob- past
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eight and one-half years. He shipyard. He was on a night shift
structions or obstacles are encoun- ’ was a veteran of World. War I and and had worked Friday night.
tered at a shallower depth the 5,000 a
I member of the American Legion.
The funeral services were held at
foot level should be reached within • He is survived by his father, Hamp­ the Schroeder Bros.’ chapel in Myrtle
60 days. _
ton Scott Evans, who resides in Mis­ Point at twd o'clock Wednesday af­
Drilling mud brought up by the souri; a brother, Lloyd H. Evans, of ternoon and interment was in the
contractors, which consists of water Winchestei Bay, Ore., and two sisters, Norway cemetery.
and a certain kind of clay, is heavy Mrs. Margaret Breuer and Mrs. Mil­
Ed Rackleff, as he was universally
enough, when placed in the hole to dred McLean, both of whom reside called, was born near Scottsburg on
prevent cave-ins. The first section I in Tacoma,
the Umpqua, the son of Capt. and
was a ten-inch hole in order that;
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Mrs. Wm. E. Rackleff who came to
casing might be inserted to a point ■ *
this coast from Maine, The son was
bom Sept. 9, 1866.
of safety, down from the top, to can-
trol the flow of oil or gas, if and
As a young man he took a course
when a reservoir is tapped.
in accounting in San Francisco and
Besides the 36,000 acres of leased
in 1896 was elected county clerk of
The body of Mrs. Harriet Eunice Coos county. He was re-elected in
and purchased land on the Westport
Moore, mother of Ralph T. Moore at 1898 but, after serving a year of that
Arch and vicinity, which the Phillips
Bandon, arrived here Tuesday morn­ term, he resigned and his deputy, L.
company holds, there are other com­
ing from Berkeley, Calif., where she H. Hazard, was appointed to fill out
panies now actively engaged in se­
had resided for several months, and the unexpired term. The latter was
curing leases in the county, and the
operation is being watched with great was taken by Schroeder Bros, to Ban­ then elected for two successive terms.
don. where services are being held The county seat was at Empire when
interest, not only by the people of
Thursday morning, with her son-in- Mr. Rackleff was clerk.
Coos county and Oregon, but by many
law, Re,v. Robert N. McLean of Yaki­
Mr. Rackleff moved to Myrtle Point
Californians and other oil men from 1
ma, officiating. She passed away al and was in business there. In 1906
the Mid-Continent field.
her home in Berkeley last Saturday. he wag:chosen as state representative
It is known that a little gas and oil
Interment will be in the K. P. cem­ for the joint Coos and Curry county
was struck in the well Walt Marrion
etery.
district. . In 1913-14 he served as
drilled over above Fat Elk some yean
She was ten months and four days cashier of the Myrtle Point Bank
ago but that hole was not deep
past 80 years of age, haying been and in 1925 he moved to a farm near
enough to be considered a thorough
born at Mentor, Ohio, Jan. 2, 1863. Canby in the Willamette valley,
test and it was not on the Westport
She accompanied her parents to Her­ where he resided until moving to
Arch proper.
sey, Mich., where after teaching for Portland.
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If a gusher should be brought in
a time she married Geo. W. Moore,
On July 8, 1888, he was united to
at the Davis Slough site, which is
now deceased, who operated the Mias Mary Jane Roberts, who sur­
two miles off th« highway between
Moore mill at Bandon tor some years. vive« him. Of the eleven children
Coquill« and Marshfield, Coos county
He passed away in 193-2.
bom to them a daughter and three
would experience a boom such as
Beside« her sen, Ralph, she is sur­ sons preceded him in death.
'^ttS n*V*r ret Mt 8nywb*re
Ori
vived by sons, Carl R. and John S.,
Besides the son, David E . he is
both of Piedmont, Calif., and'Geo survived by a daughter, Mrs. T. W.
Wr/jr., of Petaluma, Calif., a daugh­
Laird, of Klamath Falls, and sons,
ter, Mrs. Mary E. Moore McLean, of Leland R., of Omak, Wash.; Donald B.
Yakima, and by six grandchildren.
of San Francisco; Lieut. W. M. Rack­
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leff, of the Army; Lowell W., of
e
Coquill« Red Crons, 764, will meet
Klamath Falls; Spencer and Ensign
on Friday, Nov. 13, from 1:16 to 4:15
Paul K. Rackleff, both in the Navy.
o’clock, in Guild Hgll. Although the
He is also survived by two great
ladies have not succeeded in securing
granchildren, ten grandchildren, five
as muoh material aa needed, there
This Sentinel publication date, Nov. brothers—Charles, Ralph and Lyman,
is now on hand cotton flannel yard­
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being Armistice Day, the paper of Myrtle Point; George, of Marsh­
age for bed sox and more housewives
was
printed Wednesday afternoon, in field; Owen, of Los Angeles—and
(sewing kite), They also have parti­
order
that the force may enjoy the two sisters, Mrs. Jack Peppard, of
ally prepared bedside slippers and a
holiday along with the rest of the Waldport, Ore., and Mrs. Nellie An­
few card tables covers to sew.
gell, of Myrtle Point.
“We are almost out of wool squares business houses employees but those
for afghans so it is sincerely hoped a who get their mail by postal carriers
number of women will turn out this will not receive it until Friday as the
week for cutting as well as crocheting. postoffice is observing the holiday as
We are also in need of more wool are the county offices in the court
material, colored yam, large-eyed house, the city hall, the bank and
Father Kelly officiated Wednesday
needles, wash cloths and colored cot­ practically all business houses which
morning at nine o'clock at the funeral
ton thread," says Mrs. D. B. Keener. are closed on Sunday.
Mrs. Moore To Be
Buried At Bandon
Coquille Red
Cross Notes
Sentinel Issued
Wed. This Week
Mrs. Chas. Vincent
Buried Wednesday
“Should some of our working wom­
en who are unable to do Red Croaa
work, care to contribute towards
these articles we would be very glad
to receive them.
“During th« past week we received
The following «tatement in regard
yam and wool materials from Mrs. H. to early Christmas mailing, for de-
A. Young and Mrs. Geo. Ulett and a | livery here in the United States, is
very pretty afghan was made and made by Postmaster General Frank
donated by Mra. George Burr.”
C. Walker and should be heeded by
Mrs. Phil Albora, knitting chair­ everyone who hope« to have hia or her
man, has yarn to offer for both regu­ cards and packages arrive at their
lation and stump sox. She also ap­ destination before Christmas:
peals for more knitters so she will
There can be no assurance, in view
not b« obliged to work her present of the unavoidable handicaps of war,
*» h,rd ln ord*r
mett her that gifts and cards mailed in the
weeks immediately preceding Christ­
'tnl,tlng qqptas.
One of the older ladles on her first mas will be delivered on time. Such
visit to the work room said she had matter must not impede the move­
come at the request of her grandson ment of war materials 'hnd personnel
in the service, who had asked that and military mall.
she donate at least one hour a week
toward Red Cross work. She also Lloyd Claver Taking His
added, “That was all I needed to ret Physical Examination Early
me started.” J If you hav« not yet
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Claver and son,
started Red dross work, why not at-
tend the meeting on Friday and get Gary, went up to Portland last Tues­
day, where he will take his prelimin­
started?
ary examination as a selectee. He is
due to be called with the December
class of selectees but had made ar­
rangements to have his examination
The Rotary Club met on Wednesday earlier so that, if he passes, he will
in the I. O. O. F. banquet room, where have a month to get his business af­
a committee, headed by Jess Beyers fairs in shape before reporting for
served sándwiches, coffee and ice 'duty.
cream and cake.
O. B. Harriman observed a birth­ Infantile Paralysis Case
day this week and was presented with
Taken To Portland
the book “A History of Rotary.”
A Coquille case of infantile paraly­
Bob Greene was initiated into the
N«w Fathers' Club and Ken “Count” sis, Mrs. Georgia Sherwood Hanson,
Lawrence was elected to membership who is an employee in Mrs. Dorothy
Bishop's office, was taken to the Port­
in Rotary-
Vic Torrey, of Marshfield, was the land Isolation Hospital in Portland,
sole Rotarian guest. Other guests Tuesday, by her parents, Mr. and
were Lion Lin Swain, Lloyd Wood, of Mrs. Geo. Sherwood. Mrs. Hanson,
who is a widow, has a 3-year old son.
SeatUe, and Brick Leslie.
Mail Christmas Gifts,
Cards In November
Rotary Meets
services, held in the Catholic church
here, for Mrs. Chas. Vincent, who
passed away at her home on Holly
street Saturday evening. The ser­
vices were under the auspices of
Schroeder Bros, and interment was
in the Masonic cemetery.
She was ten months and eight days
past 56 years of age, having been
bom in San Pedro, Mexico, Jan. 24,
1887, Her maiden name was Paz.
She and her husband have lived in
Coquille for the past 23 years.
Besides her husband she is survived
by five sons, four of them in the ser­
vice—Lawrence, witfi the Army in
Africa; Charles and Frank in the
Merchant Marine out of San Fran­
cisco; William, now in Sicily, and
Paul, of Coquille; also by three
daughters who reside here—Mrs. Eva
Dulaney, Mra. Mary Crump, and Mrs.
Querina Galindo—and two brothers
and a sister who live in Mexico.
We Admit Seine Human
And Making Mistakes
Mrs. Ralph S. Stephens tells the
Sentinel that she has been receiving
a great deal of kidding the past week
about, “Mrs. O. C. Harry enjoying
a visit from her daughter, Mrs. E. E.
Underwood,” an item in last week's
issue. She .and Mr» Stephens were,
married in Roseburg last Dec.*«, bqt-
haVing known her for so many years
as Mrs. Harry, the writer of that item
wrote it that way without recollect­
ing her marriage of a year ago.
Jack McCarthy Is
Now A First Lieutenant
Jack McCarthy, who is stationed at
Camp Young in California, was last
week promoted to a first liehtítíi.H y
K.
in the army.