»W, J I » I t The Coquille Valley - s' V THE PAPER THAT’S LI KE A LETTER FROM HOME a “7 ________________________ --------------------------- j VOL. XKXIX. NO. SI. COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY. ORBGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY «. 1944. —■ < HMTHI YRA» I C. of C. Annual Meeting Next Tuesday Evening J Precipitation Is Now MVi Inches Elmer E. Benham Buys Coquille / • Hospital Building Permit Granted For Reopening Of Dillard Market Mrs. Brockman Died This Morning Rainfall the past week, as reported Mrs. Maude Brockman, wife of Jas. by the weather observation here, to­ Brockman, who had been ill for some tals 1.79 inches. The daily readings time, passed away this morning at ten showed .02 inch on Dec. 31, .30 on o'clock. New Year’s, .00 on Jan. 2, .04 on Funeral arrangements had not been At the insistent request of th« the 3rd, .55 on the Sth, and .02 on Only one councilman, John Purkey, made as we go to press, the body Sale of the Coquille Hospital build­ By L. D. Felshiem, Chamber of Commerce nominating the 0th. This makes a total of 17.52 ing by Dr. J. D. Rankin to Elmer»*. who was ill at home with the pre­ having been brought to Schroeder Coos County Judge committee and the board of directors, inches of precipitation for the fiscal Benham is expected to be completed vailing epidemic, was absent from Bros.’ Mortuaries. ~ -1, The Coos County Land Department, at the meeting in the Coquille Coffee weather year, since Sept. 1. today, the sale figure not announabd. the regular council session Monday A more detailed account of this operated under the jurisdiction of the Shop dining room, Tuesday noon, Mr. Benham plans on moving the evening. good woman’s life will appear in the County court, with H. R. Clark in Geo. E. Oerding, who has served as The first business considered was Sentinel’s next issue. Benham Transfer office into the charge, during the first 11 months president the past year, finally con, building; he will use a part of the the application of W. Weston and of 1943 (January 1 to December 1) sented to serve another year If elected floor space for storage, and expects Fred Burks, who asked permission took in and turned over to the county ’ - -■ at the annual meeting next Tuesday - to , make a portion of it into living tho repair the old Dillard Market treasurer, the sum of $93,050.54, ac­ evening, Jan. 11, in the Coffee Shop. quarters for himself and faogily. He building on Front street with doors, cording to figures compiled from the It is doubtful that the offer to double is advertising his home oh Beach floor, roof and foundation, and to re­ records. This amount represents re­ hi* salary and triple his expense ac­ decorate the interior, at a cost of street for sale. «' ceipts from the sale of real and per­ count for 1944 had anything to do The application had been While arrangements with Drs. $500. sonal property acquired through tax with his acceptance! Especially since Rankin and L. B. Goulet to continue given an O. K. by Fire Chief Perrott foreclosures, redemptions by original such emoluments were, and always The Riverton school gymnasium having their office* where, they now and Building Inspector Dungey and owners, and rentals. have been, nil. * It and all of its 4-H club and cafeteria are, have not been made, ifTis very the application was approved, Total operating cost of the land de­ O. L. Wood reported at the meet­ equipment except a portable electric probable they will continue in their was reported that the two men had Dick Connam, manager of the Coos partment during the same 11 month made arrangements to reopen | ing that Mayor Houston of Klamath welder, was totally, destroyed by’Tire present locations. Mr. Benham alao this Electric Co-operative, R. E. A., this period was $3,502X15, which is less Fall* would be unable appear on about 8:30 Wednesday morning, and contemplates contacting other pro­ grocery store in the near future. week received a telegram from Wash­ than four per cent. Figured by the the program Tuesday evening and the loss is estimated at close to $7,000. fessional men with the idea of making Restaurant licenses were granted ington, D. C„ informing him that two month, the average monthly sales that he had secured Nels Rogers, 1 A* soon as the fire was discovered the two street sides of the building Laura McLeod for the Quelle Cafe, funds had been allodated the local were $8,459.08 at an average monthly state forester, to be one of the speak- , in the boiler room, a call was put in into a medical center with a common and Lena Pribble for the White Cot­ R. E. A. for exten*ixa»-and line build­ cost of $323.82, or .0382 per cent. er*. The other, as previously an-1 for the Coquille Fire Department. waiting room for physicians and sur­ tage on Front street. In the distribution of these funds ing purposes. One amount $114,500— nounced, will be Tommy Hoxie, pub­ The boys responded promptly, tak­ geons, dentists, eye specialists, etc. Card room licenses were granted Mr. Connam believe is for building in their relative proportions among lic relations officer of the Kaiser ing dawn the tank truck which the There is quite general regret in Co­ S. H. Donated for the Pastime and a backbone transmission line in Curry the various taxing units involved, the shipyards in Portland who will federal government gave the city last quille that the former Coquille Hos­ Abe Roberts for the Rex Tavern, and county to connect the present end of county receives approximately one- present the city with a large picture year, but when the truck arrived and pital will not again be operated in the pool table license as well as card their line at Port Orford and the half, or to be exact, 50.2 per cent. of the recently-launched Tanker the hose was strung, it was found the building. One hospital, the Belle room for W. H. Fortier's Bill’s Place. properties they are now authorized to County Treasurer Chas. Stauff re- Coquille, and a plague descriptive of hose lacked 400 feet of reaching the Knife, is quite often not large enough Mayor Wood announced that he purchase in Del Norte county, Cal­ I ports that of the $93,058.54 the coun­ the tanker. river" from which the pumper on the to accommodate all those in thia sec­ had conferred with Wm. Caughell ifornia. ty treasurer retains $40,753.38. For the musical portion of the truck could draw water to throw on tion who need hospitalization, and' "*nd that the latter would take the Analysis of the various sources of The $405,000 item is for the pur­ program J. L. Smith has obtained the the fire. while the Myrtle Point hospital ia position as caretaker of the Commun­ chase of Public Utilities Corporation revenue which make up the total re­ consent of Kenneth C. Talley, state Before the call to Coquille for more but nine miles away, it requires the ity Building. The council agreed on of California properties in Del Norte ceipts, shows that $31,398.55 came police officer, to sing several num­ hose could be made and the other use of tires and gas for friends to a salary of $100 per month, plus rent, county, at Crescent City and Smith from completed real estate contract bers. He will be accompanied at the small truck dash down there, the visit patients there. beat, lights and water in the build­ River, and for which a deal was made sales, $4,090.00 from incomplete con­ piano by Mrs. Talley. The building here, 100 feet square, ing's living apartment, which is''not with the California P. U. C. by the tracts, $22,503.74 from cash sales building was beyond hope of saving The dining room will not accomo­ and all the men could do was to save was originally built as a dance hall, yet ready for occupancy. It was also directors of the Coos Electric Co-op. and rentals, and $11,707.40 from re­ date more than 70, and the meeting the high school building, between 75 but was purchased several year* ago stipulated that Mr. Caughell should | ‘ The acquisition of the properties demption sales. will be for a mixed attendance, so and 100 feet away. by Drs. Rankin and M. Earl Wilson, be deputised as a member of the po­ down there is for the purpose of en­ In order to facilitate the sale of those wishing tickets, the price will Just what started the fire is not who converted it to hospital uocni lice force and would relieve the other abling the R. E. A. to make extensions county-owned property, the County be $1.50 per plate, should notify Hode known but the Janitor, has had in­ with rooms, wards, kitchen, x-ray officers on their days off every other in the more thinly settled rural areas court recently inaugurated the use of Caughell at once. Mr. Caughell stated structions to build up a good fire be­ rooms and office*. week. A prospective of southwestern Oregon and northern application blanks. yesterday that more than half the 70 fore he starts out with the bus to Mr. and Mrs. Elmore J. Peterson California, J- purchaser is required to fill out and tickets have been sold and those de­ gather up the students who attend were present to ask what would be The program calls for the building sign an application, giving descrip­ siring to attend should secure their there. When the janitor’s wife went required for them to allow young of 120 miles of rural lines, mostly in tion of the property and amount of­ pasteboards at once. people to dance—free—on the floor Del Norte county, but extending fered. The aplication must be ac­ over to the building as usual to see The other candidates whose names how the fire was doing the boiler he has installed in the Bowling Alley north through Brookings and to with­ companied by cash or check in the room on Front street. He said his will appear on the ballot are: room was ablaze. amount of the bid or by at least 30 Mrs. Geneva Ware, wife of Henry plan would tend to keep young peo- in a few miles of Gold Beach. For vice president—Geo. Jenkins, This gym building was built ten The transmission and feeder lines per cent of the bid if the purchase is Ware of this city, passed away at the Don Farr, George Howe. the streets, that the room is cannot be built jrt the present time, to be by contract. or eleven years ago, after the old hospital on Tuesday tMs wssl* nt k* Under survel lienee, and that1 and smaller gym had burned. Adrian Before the application Is presented1-" *“ age of 82 years, three months and no., liquor of any kind Is sold on the while the war is on, but the authori­ Werth, Coquille police officer, says to the County court for action, the sation permits the Coos Electric Co-op For Directors, ten to be elected— it was in either 1932 or 33 while he I i two days, after a three-day illness. ' premises. land department makes a thorough * Liston Parrish officiates at the i No definite answer was given the to make all its plans for extending its O, L. Wood, R. L. Stewart, Lafe was attending school there that the search of the records to determine the lines as soon as material is available. services, conducted by Schroeder Petersons but Mayor Wood appointed Compton, John Purkey, H. A. Young, old gym burned. The electric service in Crescent actual legal status of the property. Bros, today, and interment is to be C. M. Gray, M. F. Pettit and Geo. Lackey Bonney, Geo. Burr, Ilo The effort to save equipment kept City and Smith River will be con­ This is done to guard against sale* in the Norway cemetery. Heaton, J. E. Norton, J. L. Stevens, in the building hastened the burn­ Taylor aa a committee to investigate tinued with'power secured from the of land, the acquisition of which by Geo. Ulett, Dr. R. F. Milne, Dr. C. G. ing for when the door at the front ' Mr*. Ware was born in Mt Vernon, Mr. Peterson’s request, and advised same source as in the past but the the county might be questioned be­ Stem, "Andy" Anderson, Ralph was opened it caused a draft which Missouri, Oct. 2, 1881, her maiden the latter to make application for a operation of the systems of the two cause of possible errors in the ta« Thrift, Phil Alborn, Ray Jeub, Dr. T. made the flames leap beyond all con­ name being Snyder. With her hus­ dance hall licenae. The policy of cities will bo in the hands of the proceedings. band she came to Coos county .from De La Rhue, H. A. Slack, D. E. Rack- trol. the council has been not to permit When the application reaches the Kansas in 1912 and lived at Myrtle dancing in places of business. The Coos Eelectric Co-op. leff, Don Gillespie, Wm. Barrow, A. The firemen here say that had they County Court it contains all available N. Gould, J. L. Smith, M. O. Haw­ had the additional 400 feet of hose Point until five year* ago when they last time dancing was.started, in a information, and Unless the court kins, Rodney Creager, Clarence Osika, they could have saved part of the moved to Coquille. cafe, a fight resulted and the police deems it advisable to make further Besides her husband she is survived had to interfere. Dick Connam, Iris Elrod, J. P. Beyers, building at least. inquiry, immediate action can be by a sister, Mrs. Stella Chard, of Los While on that subject and the need D. Brown. The fire alarm at 5:30 Tuesday taken. If the offer is considered too In a short report on the Tanker evening was because of a car on fire Angeles, and two brothers, Bert Sny­ for young people to be off the streets low, the court may aet a price. der, of WicTiita, Kansas, tnd Chas. T. A nation-wide observance of the Coquille launching, President Oerding at the Coquille service station but it and at home at night, the council Before making timber sales the Snyder. stated that Mayor Wood made a very had been extinguished before asked City Attorney Berg to prepare second anniversary of the establish­ court make* thorough investigation, ment of the war ration boards all a curfew ordinance whose provisions fine talk, that there were 21 from firemen could reach the hall and which includes a cruise if the timber Coos county in attendance, and that truck was not taken out. will be made known at the next coun­ over the United States was held Wed­ had not already been cruiaed in re­ nesday this week. The event was women comprise 30 per cent of the cil meeting. cent years; W. H. Kay, of Riverton, celebrated to honor the ration boards’ in crews which work on the vessels George Burr reported for the com­ is now employed by the department mittee named to consider garbage members who have given of their to cruise timber when needed. the Kaiser yards. / time, unstintedly, in cartying out In dividing up the work of the The thermometer again this morn­ disposal that "Shady" Howell was not the rationing program, and in honor desirous of continuing the garbage County court to avoid duplication of ing registered the same low that it Fees Collected By Co. Clerk of the office employees of the boards The members of the local rationing has a couple of times before this win­ collection business and that he, Mr. who bear the brunt of the work and effort and to expedite county busi­ In December And In 1943 Burr, had conferred with another ness, real estate matters generally board and their working staff were ter—20 degrees. Wednesday morning Fees, collected in the county clerk’s entertained at luncheon Wednesday it stood right on the 32 degree freez­ party who was considering the pro­ the contact with everyone in their have been assigned to Commissioner communities, whether the callers at office during December totalled $1,- by the Rotary Club. ing mark and has been as low as 20 position of taking over the business. the office are reasonable or not. They Lars Peterson, while timber sale* are 158.40. Of this amount $502.50 was in the hands of Commissioner P. W. Pres. Lundquist paid a nice tribute the past week. are deserving of much credit for the for recording, $345 for circuit court, to the board and each member was Culver. However, in all deals of There has been no snow here in very efficient way in which they have $70 for probate and county court, $72 introduced in turn. Response was Coquille, as so much of the state has comparative importance the entire handled an exceptionaly difficult job. for marriage licenses and $10.90 for made by Chairman J. Arthur Berg experienced the past few days but court gives consideration, and all The board officials and personnel miscellaneous items. deals must have the approval of and also a brief one by Carala Sav­ there was a slight fall at Delmar, of the Coquille office, which has the The total collected in the office in age of the staff. at least two of the three members of half way between Coqpille and With 30 per cent of the pupils in reputation of being one of the best 1943 was $12,907.20, with marriage the court. The members of the board then Marshfield Wednesday afternoon. some classes and rooms of the Co­ conducted in the state, were guests at licenses issued producing $702 of it took occasion to present Chairman Maps prepared by the land depart­ quille schools absent, and several of the Rotary luncheon in the coffee Recording fees collected during the Berg with a beautiful ment to show location of lands, tim­ neautnui set of or book ixxjk - the teachers down with the flu, the shop on Wednesday this week. year aggregated $8,183.20; miscellan­ ends, the presentation being made ber, areas leased for oil, chrome, etc., school board ordered that school The board members are J. Arthur eous items totalled ^1,301.50, while are used to advantage in handling the by George Burr and Don Gillespie. be discontinued Tuesday unt|l next ,Berg, of Coquille; Wesley Chappell, circuit court cases produced $3,703 business, and a complete property Several birthdays were celebrated of Bandon; O. L. Finnie and H. E. D. Monday. cases. and probate and county court register is kept up to date. Further and it was brought out that this was The epidemic has been quite wide­ Brown, of Powers. Chairman in E. T. Stelle, at the bank here, has $918.50. , improved methods are under consid- also the birthday of Markie Smith spread mi all over southwestern Oregon charge of oil rationing is R. L. Stew- uvci »mawawva received information that the Coos bprcau Sherrill, of the ration board staff. the past two weeks but the rains, art; gasoline, Don Gillespie, E. A. I | eration and may be put into effect I (rradnallv ■« time permit* Ope ide* county quota for the Fourth War Secretary Hode Caushell read let­ Cnn» Cnn^y Tn Ree«ive »Lid« W uuudia-ivu lu hcult!; heult!; . W«dirai anti Geo. i. Burr, price panel, — - a.u.c uuuduuivù i> tub« >i,5ik,«uv, which wLklt is to .have lists of the more desirable ters from Stillwater, Oklahoma, in re­ U o . k I Nice Check In A Few Days is somewhat less than the thirgl drive than sub-freezing weather, will, it is Mr*, . Maxine Jeub, Mrs. George property in the various sections of gard to the activities of Donna Dean hoped, wash all the flu gqrms out Chaney, O. T. Gant and Dr. C. G. County Trea*urer Stauff received Bosserman; one from the lieutenant quota. the county prepared for ready sale, Stem. The drive is to start Jan. 18, but all of the air. notice thi* week from the Interior in charge of the 2nd Cadet Battalion Scores, perhaps hundreds, in Co- I The office personnel is composed which means they would be checked Department at Washington, D. C., at Cabanisso Field, Corpus Christi, E bonds sold between now and that as^to legal status, appraised and with the of Mrs Carla Savage, chief Clerk; that a check for Coo* county, amount­ Texas, also one from H. L. Gilbert date will be applied to the million and quille have been afflicted priced. Local committees may be scourge which has been traveling Mrs. R. H. Ziegler, price clerk; Rheo ing to $17,380.44, would be mailed from the Naval Air Station at the a half quota. asked to assist in the appraisals. westward since last fall. Walker, gas clerk; Mrs. Markie Sher­ soon. It is the payment the govern­ same place both expressing apprecia­ It is the purpose of the County rill, tire clerk, and Mrs. Colleen Ire­ court to systematize the handling of ment makes in lieu of taxes on Coo* tion of the club's Christmas remem­ Little Improvement Noticed I land, counter clerk. Two Infant* Buried county lands to such extent as is nec­ Bay Wagon Road lands. In Mrs. Hersey’s Condition brance. essary to assure orderly business ad- The Fast Week Mayor Wood told of the launching Mrs. Emily Hersey, is not showing - ' aSlIlkLSI IMI Making VF.l Of JLrlc Dressings For trtlnlstratlon. Not tally is it desired j.. of the U. S. Tanker fpquille *4. the thj*Improvement hoped f