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The Sentinel
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TWENTY YEARS'- AGO ]
A AMO FAFU 10 A «M0 TOW*
H. Ay YOUNG sad M. D. GBIMBS
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Dr. G. Earl Low reports the follow­
ing births during the.past ten days:
To Mr. and Mrs. Wm. A. Chirfch,
One Year__________ _____ ____$2 00
at Leneve, a girl on Nov. 15.
Six Month*..............
— 1-00
The same day a daughter to Mr.
Three Month*. .$0
and Mrs. Jack Tozier.
No subscription taken unless paid
tor in advance. This rule is impera­
To Mr. and Mrs. Dayne Hudson, a
tive.
daughter on Nov. 16.
To Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Matthews
Mtoffice M '
latter.
| Mrs. W. G. Gage, formerly Miss yesterday, a baby boy.
—». Belva Flenagan and a teacher in the
Washington, D. C., Dec. 24—When
St. James’ Episcopal Guild met with the big push in the South Pacific gets
Willard St Marshfield schools, has been engaged
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She Mrs. Paul Van Scoy Thursday after­ under way, Pacific northwest ports
i to teach in the Coquille
schools,
little noon with Mesdames Helen Sperry, and ports elsewhere along the west
will have a part of the forty ....»
tones who are now crowding Mrs. Sarah Wickam, Geo. Leach, Nels Os- coast will play hosts to thousands of
mundson, Thus. White, Ida Owen, J. army trucks loaded down with war
I Chase's room.
W. Miller, Roy Neal, G, Earl Low, supplies, which will make the lung
The Coquille Rod & Gun Club is E. D. Webb, Geo. Lorenz, E. W. Lor­ I trek from the east coast under their
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advertising a big Turkey Shoot for enz, E. H. Hamden, Henry Hess, H. own power. .This move has been de­
next Sunday, Nov. 26, at their grounds W. Pierce, H W Miller, F. L. Green- cided upon by army high command in
across the river. Seventy-five tur­ ough, A. W. Bell, C. J. Fuhrman, J. order to relieve the railroads of the reality, other permanent repair yards
By R. T. Moore
nkeys have been secured as prizes for S. Barton and E. L. Vinton present. avalanche of war supplies which must will be needed after war’s end. The
National Chairman Frank Walker,
The favorable turn in the campaign 1 the many contests arranged.
be moved to the west coast, and it peacetime Pacific fleet promises to big boss of the Democratic party, has
Mrs Allen D. Wolcott, of Marsh­ 1 will serve a double purpose. First, it
. against the Germans is creating heavy '
be as large as the entire navy was sent out a call to aU state committee-
pressure on the fir lumber industry
cheaper turkey prices are In sight field, came over here Wednesday will get the miles of army trucks out prior to 1940. By the same token, men to meet in Washington, D. C.,
because of quickening demand for vor-housewives this year. Today fancy morning to attend the dedicatory ex­ here for shipment, plus the million this could mean that one or more^if January 22 to open the 1944 presi-
lumber in the Pacific theatre of war. Birds, dressed, can be purchased at ercises at the new Masonic Hall that or more tons of supplies they will car­ the present shipyards
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Mr. Walker is
located in the dential campaign.
noon. She «ays that her husband, ry which otherwise Would take hun­ northwest will be taken over by the ; very much worried about the outlook
The War Production Board is ; the shops at 38 to 40 cents a pound,
cracking down on deliveries for civil .
who passed on a few years ago. dreds of railroad cars to move.
navy on a permanent basis after the for 1944, although he won t publicly,
use in order to fulfill Pacific demand.
Mr. anc^Mrs. J. B. Sweet left Tues­ bought the first Bible presented to
West coast officials are all a dither war. As it is, the government prac- admit it. It may be a struggle for
The short log prodqction of-last sum­ day morning for Pasadena, Calif., Chadwick lodge at San Francisco, in an effort to find proper locations tically owns all of the yards anyway. ; the national chairman to get all of
mer, due to lack of manpower and where they will spend a month with while on their wedding trip in 1878, and sufficient parking space to ac­
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to work stoppages, has added to the their daughter, Mrs. Calver Mace.
forty-five years ago.______ ■■
commodate such a deluge of motor
War food administration in the past ‘ from the far west. Making a round
severity of the lumber problem. The
equipment. In the meantime army 90 days has released over 5,400,000 trip of 6,000 miles in these days of
The OPA's Bull
only bright spot in the picture at hastily approved by an angered pub­
engineers are rushing to completion cases of canned foods for civilian use. uncertain transportation is quite a
present is th* stretch o> good weather lic. The November elections are sig-
Somebody ought to tell the OPA the scores of warehouses to store these Recently WFA announced over half a ch<5Te, just to hear some big shots
which has enabled i many
----- -- logging niflcant in registering a vote of no difference between a steer and a bull. war supplies. Twelve such units are
million cases of pineapple and close give a pep talk and put the bee on
operations to resume production. But confidenc* in present Federal pro-
In a recent letter, Andrew R. But­ now being built in Auburn, Wash., to 100,000 cases of figs, which had II for campaign funds. Rumor has it
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the outlook for the winter is devided- cedur* and ar* a warning to those in ler, a cattle raiser, of Blairstown, and are almost finished. Other build­
been taken by the government, would that Mr. Roosevelt will give the gath­
-/ bad, and a severe lumber famine authority thit changes in policy are N. J„ was told that his request on the ings which can speedily be converted
be released for civilian purchase. In ering an “off the record” in order
for civil use is inevitable.
forthwith demanded.
killing of steers cannot be granted. into warehouses, located close to wa­ the next few days a large quantity of to put a little pep in the gang, and
Pressure on Coos County lumber' We may look to see a universal de­ It is contrary to the rules of OPA. terfronts in the Puget sound and
canned corn, asparagus, pumpkin, goodness knows they need it.
firms has’ been steadily increasing centralization of authority and a gen- The remaining head must be kept for Portland-Vancouver areas, will be
spinach, beans „and several other
because of the possibility of winter eral retreat all along the line of the breeding purposes."
If it is Insurance, see me.—F. R
Another | vegetable packs will be made avail-
taken over by the, army.
log supply in this area, where snow the nation’s business.
This retreat
Bull.
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problem
will
be
the
housing
of
hun-
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from
government
stocks
for
the
Insurance Specialist, F. R. Bull.. «
does not stop production. For a time wiU not be a willing one and will not
there was shortage of manpower in indicate any chang* of heart on th*
th* mills; this appears to b* lessening part of the present administration. It
with the coming of winter and the will be forced upon it by public opln-
availability of loggers for job* in the ion, which indicates a healthy politi-
mills. But th* shortage of logs will cal atmosphere throughout the coun-
prevent Coos county mills from tak- 1 try.
ing advantage of the most favorable
The visit to Russia by Mr. Donald
manpower situation, and the problem Nelson has paved the way for an in­
of production remains about as acute, ternational meeting of businessmen
as before.
some time next spring, probably in
There is a widespread tendency ,the United States.
among well-paid loggers to avoid
Th* unexpected interest which Jo­
work in inclement weather and to seph Stalin showed in this program,
coast along on wage surpluses built plus the cordiality with which he
up during summer months. Until this___________________
received and listened ______
to Mr. _______
Nelson, _ ,
situation is changed, or until more caused a degree of peevishness among I
of the loggers realize the importance the Palace Guard, who were fearful '
of maintaining production, the lum- ' that Mr. Nelson might steal some of
b*r industry will fall short of meet- Mr. Hull’s thunder Both gentlemen
ing production standards set for it j did very fine jobs in the handling of
by the WPB.
their respective assignments ajjd
neither can be said to have eclipsed
A regular bulletin issued by State the other.
The interest shown by Mr. Stalin in
Unemployment Compensation Com­
mission indicates sufficient strength Nelson’s program is welcome news I
in that department to withstand the to businessmen all over the world.
heavy withdrawals sure to come with It proves that cordial relationship
with Russia after the war is not only
the end of the war.
Contrary to fears of many legis­ possible but probable. It indicates
lators, including myself, this fund that Russia is not only willing, but
has built up to a point where it anxious, to cooperate in the building
can be considered reasonably secure up of world trade, and that she does
in meeting all probable demands upon not have any unreasonable demands
it. This has been due to unexpected­ to place before conferences at the
ly large payments, to the widespread peace-table.
The most significant deduction to
employment of elder and marginal
workers, ■ and to the quickening de­ be gleaned from the meeting between
mands of the Pacific war. Many a Stalin and Nelson is the fact that
legislator will heave a sigh of relief Stalin is evidently interested strongly
when they deceive this bulletin be­ in the building of competitive enter­
cause of the good news it contains. prise and has changed his attitude
With careful administration it can towards business in general. It is
probable that his new attitude will be
now be said to be adequate.
Logging is planned to leave at least 32 acres of seed trees on
There still remains the unknown reflected in policies of the Commun­
every section of land. Insert—a winged Douglas £r see-’
quantity of potential disability de­ ist party throughout the world. The
mands now being built up by the war sincerity of Stalin’s position will be
industries, such as the shipyards. This proved or disproved by what happens
liability, of course, affects the State in the next year or so among the Reds
Industrial Accident Commisison fund. and the parlor pinks in our midst.
serve as -------------
the barom-
The picture is still somewhat hazy They
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as to whether reserves now built up 1 eter
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will be adequate to meet the disa­ will be interesting to watch their ac­
bility payments which arq, now ac­ tivities, politically and otherwise.
cruing but will not be made manifest
until months after the duration.
Going Through The Motion
creeks across valleys, along ridges or
rees can be regrown. Now November
No one can be positive on whether
A recently inserted advertisement
natural fire-breaks. 3. Staggered settings
winds are opening cones on seed trees
the S. A. C. is on a sound basis to in an Easton, Pa., newspaper read: j
meet it out of funds now at hand or
left in logging and sowing thousands of and reserving of uncut settings for a suffi­
“Lost—in Mediterranean Sea, ‘A’ '
accruing.
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gas
Smith,
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as ration book. Horace A. Smith
cient period to reseed cutover areas.”
acres. Logging operators are guided by the
Certainly both branches of the«-
Congreai street phinip,burg. H
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industry
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s
“Manual on Forest Laws and
social welfare departments of the
Oregon and Washington state forestry
Mr. Smith, a seaman of the United
£tate can be said to be in excellent1
Practice in the Douglas Fir Region.” It
inspectors report a high rate of compliance
States Merchant Marine, lost all of
condition and can be reasonably ex­
his belongings when his ship was
says: “Good practice requires that adequate
by West Coast lumbermen with these re­
pected to faithfully fulfill the tasks
torpedoed in the Mediterranean.
provision for restocking be made on all
quirements. Reseeding and protection from
expected of them by the people.
When he sought to replace his “A"
operations,
by
leaving
uncut
not
less
than
5
fire
are regrowing the Douglas Fir forests.
book at his local OPA ration board.
pci cent of eavhquai lc4 jbc< Uui; well ¿Locked
1 his column recently discussed tne he ran smack into a provision that
C g ¥4 u « uucu U1 auxvcya ihuw llut Lhc artid
movement to limit Federal taxing-compelled him to advertise for its r*-
with commercial tree species of seed-bear­
of second growth are gaining on the areas
power. This movement has not yet tdrn even though it had been sunk
ing sire. This may be accomplished by:
logged. Today, there are 8 million acres of
been coordinated as between the by a German sub.
junior forest on the West Coast! The for­
states. The fact that some 14 states
See picture — 1. Marginal long corners
have passed measures bearing on thia
between logged areas. 2. Strips along
est industries are growing trees!
” T” i “Even a child knows that a political
important subject indicates a t wl
------ e” revolution comparable to the Harding
spread public desire to so limit Fed­
landslide is sweeping the nation. . .
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Govern m«nl ond Iho eilisen rocognira Ih» fora»! firn oi on oily of Iho Noli and Iho
eral expenditure.
It indicates a
The New Deal is through!
If the
EslwHiy ■ IIWO
All THSEE mvtf bo defeated. The Weil Coati forati Indeitrioi appeal fa all
growing tide of returning to the states
Democratic Party persists in hanging
ciliipni to hei« KEEF WASHINGTON AND OSEGON GIEEN by enlltllng In the fight ogainjt nran-cauiod forati
th* powers taken from them by the onto jjs dgpd corpse it will lose the
Federal ’government during the past j
Senate, thte House, and the Governors
decade; it indicates a widespread re­
I of every Northern and Western state
volt against centralized government
in the next election.”—Senator Ed-
and a feeling that expenditures of
win C. Johnson (Democrat) of Colo-
tax money should be placed under
rado.
more direct control of the taxpayer.,
This movement to limit Federal
taxing power should be initiated by
We carry a complete tine of V-
the Congress. In this way only can Belts for all makes of Refrigerator*
a singleness of purpose be gained and Washing Machines and other equip­
the Constitution protected against ill- ment. Washer Service Co., 365 W.
Phone
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considered changes that might be Front. Coquille
H. A. YOUNG, Kditor
(Taken from The Sentinel of Friday,
November 23, 1923)----------- ■
The mayor and all councilmen and
city officers were present for the reg­
ular meeting of the council Monday
evening. C. T. Skeels sprung a sur­
prise on his confreres Dy'tendering
his resignation, to take effect Dec. 1.
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Timely Topics
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other personnel plus their families in arounu »
p
p
— j release two or three million cases of
an already overcrowded area. These
I canned fruits, berries and preserves
officers will be permanent for the du­ 1 for John Q. Public’s use.
ration, directing and supervising the
huge task of embarkation for differ­
Aa pointed out in this column over
ent points in the South Pacific. Be­
a
_ month
T__T ., ago, .. OPA will inaugurate
fore the spring of next year this gi­
a system of giving additional meat
gantic push will be in full swing. _
ration points to huua*wiv^.la_ex:
Other naval plans which are rapid­ change for their kitchen fats in lieu
ly going forward call for extending of paying them ten cents per pound
facilities where necessary in several Heretofore the housewife didn't have
west coast shipyards to service and much of an Ihcentive to save waste ""
make extensive repairs to all classes fats other than as a patriotic duty
of warships damaged in action. The The ten cents per pound which the
facilities of both Mare island and corner butchership paid Tier was
Bremefton are being taxed to ca­ nothing, so to speak, and consequent
pacity. Many of our ships which ly hogged down. But the additional
were damaged in action have been meat ration points being offered as
repaired in west coast ports. When an incentive, OPA big-wigs are con­
the big push starts, which no doubt fident the amount of waste futs re­
will involve stepped up sea action,- ceived from the housewife’s kitchen
additional repairing facilities will will be increased considerably. OPA
have to be made available.
Inci­ will put the new plan into effect
dentally, with a two-ocean navy a about December,15.
How the Forest Industries
Reseed Logged-Off Lands
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