r* THE PAPER THAT'S LIKE A LETTER FROM HOME VOL. XL COQUILLE, 0008 COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1944. NO. 2. — Thieves Enter Coquille Bond Need For Parental Guidante The '0. C. Sanford's Office Purchases Now Predominating Thought Monday Evening Total $124,364.50 Tax- Boys' Club And Rooms To Be Ready Next Week $1,551,627.67 Collection In 1943 Burglars, or a burglar, some time Sunday night or eatly Monday morn­ ing, broke into O. C. Sanford’s of­ fice on the second floor of the bank building and took between $6 and fl from a cash drawer in his desk. En­ trance was effected by using a pinch bar as a pry and forcing the bolt on Other doors on the the ( dqpr “ ‘ back. ‘ — ‘ jame e floor had been tampered with L' but had not been openW' Mr. Sanford was in his office about 1:30 Sunday afternoon and was after thaf the robbery occurred. He says the pennies in the drawfcf“ were not taken and that a nickel was dropped on the floor and left. Z -. .. ........ - —... , Total collections in the Coos county tex department in 1843 amounted to There were nearly one hundred jf 1,551,627.67, reports A. O. Walker, 1 Here again her suggestion was not Ì r present in the Washington school au­ chief of that office. This is more necessarily one of importance, as far ditorium Monday evening when the than the Lane county tax department as Judge Felsheim and Probation Of­ F. W. Martin, Coquille chairman collected and that county has twice Symposium team from the Univer­ ficer Leonard are concerned, for they Ed Hughes, of the Farm Security of the Fourth War Loan Drive, re­ the assessed valuation of Coos county. Administration here, is to be super­ sity of Oregon with their coach, Mr. have been doing an excellent job in ported this morning that Coquille’s Clark, gave talks on the subject of handling juvenile cases. Included in the Coos county‘figure visor of the Coquille Boys’ Club, purchases now total f*---------- juvenile delinquency, and gave sug­ $168,472.87 collected on delinquent which it is expected will be ready to But the failure of too many parents Sales at the postoffice since the personal property taxes on which the function next week. He has had con­ gestions as to what may be done to to give attention and guidance to drive began amount to $12,768.75, at office has made a drive to clean up ' siderable experience wjth boys’ clubs lessen this growing ulcer in the na­ their children was the outstanding the bank $41585.75, and a Tax Note the past year. tion’s vital life, its youth who are thought in Miss Outer’s talk. 'and will be a good man for the job. purchase of $70,000 by Geo. A. Ulett the citizens of tomorrow. Of the amount collected, $858,456.68 I Forty boys are already signed up Following the two addresses, a brings the total to the above figure, was for current property and per­ as members and twenty more are The meeting opened by the sing­ public discussion was invited. Geo. Which is 81.8 per cent of the city’s sonal ____ _____ _ t__ ____ ___ _ ' expected to sign next week when ing of several old time favorites by L. Maynard broke the reserve when taxes and $582,170.88 for de- quote. ’ linquent taxes which means that i ^*e club room, in the basement of the audience, led by Mrs. J. P. he mentioned his boyhood days in It is beginning to be doubtful Mr. $422,698 02 was for real property tax the Community Building, is opened. Beyers and with Miss Inez Rover at Portland, Maine, where one escapade Martin says that an auction will be I delinquencies. Quite a ilttle equipment for the the piano. was followed by “a kick in the pants” held for this War Bond Drive. In­ Larry Lundquist, chairman of the by a cop, and there was considerably Included in the above total for the club has already been donated—two stead his committee is working on year is the turn-over of the December ping pong tables, a man-size punch­ Coquille Inter-Club committee which more audience comment along the an entertainment program, ..to be collections, which is to be made by ing bag, a pool and a billiard table, sponsored the meeting, presided and line that while punishment for delin­ given in the Community Building, the Tax Department to County Treas­ and many games — but more are introduced Mr. ClaVk, whose opening quency does not cure, it does act admission to which will be 50 cents urer Stauff today. The total for De­ needed and anyone having games, remark was about the difference be­ somewhat as a preventive for further Mrs. J. P. Beyers gave a very in- worth War Savings Stamps. Then, card tables and chairs Which they tween big and little boys, big and lit­ juvenile acts against the welfare of cember was $22,85$. IB. tereeting review of Wendell WiUkte’s it it can __ 2_______________ _____ ... be legally done, the entire are willing to donate to a good cause tle girls. Little boys like to play society. of (tamps given tor the admissions should notify Mrs. Jack Dolan. soldiers and little girls like to play [ Whether such a meeting as that book, “One World,” at the Rotary Club’s noon session in 1.0.0.F.. hall will be. presented to the fortunate The members of the club have been with painted dolls. When they grow Monday evening will have direct re­ on Wednesday. winner of a drawing among those busy, most of it at the high school up bjg girls like to play with soldiers sults along the lines desired is to be Using s large map of the northern 1 gteeent. shop, making shelves and putting and big boys like the painted dolls. doubted, but it would have been Besides the splendid entertain- them up in the club room, and are His advice to adultg. was to get > more beneficial had more parents of hemisphere, with a narrow ribbon to > S Beeid« The fire department was called doing all they can to help put the ____ featurdb fe which are being lined closer to the youngsters and by as­ teen-age, or younger, children been outline Willkie’s trip around ths 1 ment , world, Mrs. Beyers detailed the paints up, and with an estimated 400 in at­ about 8:30 this morning because of s club room in shape. sociation with -the younger genera, present to hear all that was said. of interest covered by him and gave tendance, and the $200 worth of fire in the older house on the place Mrs. Dolan says the committee in tion keep them thinking along right a resilme of the impressions gathered stamps as a further incentive, the i which belongs to Dr. J. D. Rsqkin, charge of organizing the clubs hopes linns. in his visit to Egypt, Turkey, Russia committee feels that the public across the valley to the south on the to get a juke box to install there. Miss Alice Harter, a junior at the Newconfer Declares Coquille and China. would be better served than it would Fat Elk-Fisht^ap road, but as the The Junior Women's Club, which university, was the first member of To Be A Friendly Town truck' hsd not yet returned at the contributed the $110 receipts from Mrs. Beyers staled that she had lie with an auction. the team called upon. Her designa­ Mrs. Johnnie Mach, a newcomer not been interested in the book until County Chairman Clarence Coe, time of going to press it is impossi­ their last dance to the club's program, tion of juvenile delinquents was that in Coquillejeft ontae Tuesday night they wera given a copy but admitted who spoke at the Lions Club luncheon ble to report whst caused the fire have also offered to chaperon and they are children in trouble, from one train for Port Townsend, Weshing- __ ___ __ k ^ree ___________ that ghe had times since last Thursday, announced as members or whether anything was saved. act as supervisors for the Oirls’ club, cause or another, and she gave the ton, to spend ten days with her hus- that she had gotten more out of It was a five-mite run to the scene which it is hoped to have going soon. of the executive committee serving most common age when young people band who is in the Coast Guard ser- lt it each each Ume time. The enthusiastic enthusiastic ap- ap- with him, the following: John Fer­ and four firemen took the chemical Their donation and offer are greatly get into trouble as 18 years. She de­ vice. Mrs. Maeh’s home Is in North plauae given Mrs. Beyers at the clone guson, Statistical Division; Geo. Hug­ and pumper truck, which the federal appreciated by the commitfee. clared that statistics show that two Dakota. She expects to be oa the of talk gaVe evidence of the ap­ gins, Pay Roll Savings Division; J. A. government loaned the city last year per cent of children of school age are ooast only for a few month». Her predation of the. members. __ _ , (C, I. O.), Labor ....................... ...... as a piece of fire-fighting equipment Briggs, Activities problem children and that 78 per cent husband te not In one place for long t Arthur __ - _ the - ' ' Division;' 8, F. Sackett, Publicity & for use outside the city. J. Berg __ talked upon of that two per cent become criminals. at a time, the nature of his work bills now before congress to help re- 1 Special Events Division; G. M. Pur- Later—Le Roy Swinney reports - ‘ The war, frequently mentioned as being that if inspection. He chose habilitate discharged ■___ j service . . 2__ men. that the fire started up stairs, prob­ Corporations Division; Joe Wil- a eause of juvenile delinquency is Coquille as the mort friendly place apo(laored by the American~L i Legion, Rams, Special Names Division; Mrs. ably from the flue, and that the ten­ riot the cause, as Miss Harter Viewed Twenty-five Safeway employees, he had visited in his work along thia and'moved that the secretary . Ethel Murphy, (A. F. of L), Labor î ants were able to get everything out including District Manager Ted Med­ it, for the increase in delinquency west eoast, so he suggested Mrs. * before the fire advanced too far. Dr. started even before the U. 9k entered Mach's living at the Coquille Hotel, wires to our congressmen, urging their |S-lc|tatloo Division; C. P. Kibler, Rankin said he had intended to tear ford from Klamath Falls and the em­ the war. Nor can the influx of as he would be here as often as any help in passing theae measures, and Ir—‘ng Agents Division, ployees of the Marshfield and North in view of the already present meed „jty Erectors are Gw. H. Jen- thia very old house down before long, workers from other states be ad­ plaza Bend stores, put in a full day Sunday of such legislation, it was enthuai- Agricultural Division; Mrs. there being a newer and much better vanced as a cause for recent surveys helping the Coquille store crew in­ Mns. Mach stated she has not been astlcally seconded and ordered. one on the ranch which is a part of Mulkey. Schoote-st-War Di- in Oregon show that the parents of disappointed with her husband's sug-i stall the mw and attractive display TrZde former Bqsa Estate hoUlqgs. A greeting by Chas. 8. Bebtaon, Retell*-. — yoteig people in tre tablet RI4M WB6 here. PractteeUy •ent the members sent or Or- J Division. in this state for five every article in the large room had qullle is the friendliest place she was ville Wood in the hospital at Myrtle i otRar’ area chairmen besides Mr. Parents and communities are the ever in. to be moved and then replaced an P°*nt. - ~ I Martin here are: G. F. Anderson. only sources to which we may look shelves or new tabtea, but the result g, Rotarian Jesse Clinton, of Myrtle Marahfteld; E. O. Sempert. Myrtle for an improvement in present con­ in appearance and eaae of self-service Point, was present as a guest, as were p^. Jullua swanaon, Empire, ditions—parents by watchfulness and convenience is worth the labpr it also Norman Knowlton of Portland , Of the 14 billion quota for the U. guidance at home and communities by The Coquille Junior Women are took. pnrt Riituuill Wnllmnn nt XansAB Pilv M ____ a_ _« ___ rw* ____ nea ___ _____ and Russell Hoiimon oIKansasClty.j Oregon’» share is M millions; Coos working hard to make a big success providing the recreational means There is more roofn beck in the Mo., a son of Rotariafl . ..... Rotaria« Lou Hollmon. Hoiimon. 1 1 ^._ a —$-. at ata^M and Coquille's, _............................ which will keep the young folks ac­ of their charity dance for InfantHe merchandise section' now and when I $201,000. tively engaged in worth while sports Coquille Red Cross will meet Fri- ,'X’ i Paralysis fund.. It will be held in the new equipment is' installed for the and good, clean entertainment. The dsy, Jan. 28, at Guild Hall between Coquille’s new Community Building weighing and payment counter there speaker declared that most authori­ 1:16 and 4:16 p. m. on Friday, January 28, with husic will be still less congestion than there I ties agree that the remedy does not by Rudy's Orchestra. has been. * "Until materials are received for lie in punishment but in a removal machine sewing, we shall continue I Dr. Frederick D. Stricker, Oregon Altogether It is an improvement of of the causes and associations which piecing quilt tops, making afghans, The third successive home game on state health officer, in releasing ten­ which Jianager Melvin Gilea and his lead to the delinquencies. tative figures on poliomyelitis mor­ assistants can and do take pleasure scuff slippers, etc. We are in need the basket ball floor for the Coquille A series of pre-induction meetings bidity for 1943: pointed out that case in snd the store’s customers will ap­ Another matter Miss Harter of pieces of pillow ticking, cretonne, Red Devils will be played at the gym touched on was the need fbr housing sateen, etc., suitable for making cas­ here Friday evening, Jan. 28, with ' tor all Oregon men facing military fatality rates for 1841 and 1848, the preciate the convenience, too. facilities so that juvenile delinquents ings for small ‘tuck-in’ pillows for the Bague-Jeading Marshfield PI- j service was announced today by the latest epidemic years, were greatly would not be confined in the same service men,” says Mrs. Kesner. rates furnishing the opposition. Two Oregon State Defense Council. These under those for other years in which Must Share Rides To Be quarters as adult criminals. . Mrs. Phil Alborn has returned games will be played, the B squad training meetings have been request­ the disease 1 was unusually prevalent. ' Eligib|e For B and C ed by the U. S. War Department and with Before introducing Miss Esther home and is ready to untangle any game starting at seven o’clock. In Oregon i in 1841 there were only | Faced with the need to cut mileage will have the assistance of the vari­ 3.8 deaths from polio per'100 cases Quier, the other member of the team, Navy knitting problems. She may ous military branches, and all Se­ and in the first eleven months of rations at every comer* in order to Mr. Clark said he was favorably im­ be reached by phoning 94J. J. S. Barton Sells 40 come within the” civilian gasoline lective boards. pressed with* what Coos county has I Another attractive afghan has been 1843 the rate was 6.2. This contrasts already done and commented parti- j received from Mrs. Earl Nosier, who Acres To Lily Growers Plans are being laid now in most sharply with the 22.0 rate for the supply allocated by the Petroleum Administrator for War, the district The 40-acre Fred Coleman place at communities in the state, and will be 1827 epidemics and 37.8 for 1910. cularly on the Boys’ and Girls' clubs is the local champion in that class OPA mileage rationing division has Coaledo was sold the first of the completed as soon as the detailed which are being organized in Coquille. oi work. Oregon's State Health Officer paid notified all war and price rationing Miss Quier asserted that broken I Contributions during the past week week by J. S. Barton to Elbert and training instruction manuals are re­ particular tribute to -the National boards of further conservation steps. Lulu Ewan, who will move on to the ceived from Washington, D. C., homes sre too often the cause for ju­ of yarn, crochet cotton, wool ma­ Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in Boards were instructed not to issue venile delinquency and suggested two terials, etc., have been received from , place from Port Orford, where they where they are being prepared. This brin Only exception was in of undue for Oregon Civilian Defense Coun- Dime, - need for “sex education as a part the last meeting and a request for The Herbert Beyers Now hardship pending arrival' of the file. cila. Governor Earl Snell, Director of It in hoped that everyone will buy of the school course.” sewing came in from an out-of-town Living In Sacramento Effective January IS, boards were Civilian Defense in Oregon, said, a ticket whether they dance or not. One of the points she stressed was resident. The Unit is always pleased Writing to change the address of also told not to issue B and C ra­ "This joint endeavor by the War De- who knows who might be stricken that of a survey showing in what to welcome new workers and happy their Sentinel from Utah to Sacra­ partment, Selective Service System, by n^xl? I Tickets are only tions to anyone who has not formed a sections of a community juvenile de­ to receive requests for work. mento, Calif., Mrs. Herbert Beyers and OCD facilitates the adjustment, bona fide ride-sharing arrangement, fifty-five cents (including tax.) linquency more frequently occurred Working for service men through says that they had to buy a houte in regularly carrying at least four per­ ,e ... . ■ ■ .I and Whether the creation of clubs and the Red Cross la distinctly a privi­ the California capital in order to get of the inductee and consequently will sons, including the operstor. Boards be a significant contribution toward establishment of playgrounds and lege, rather than a duty, and is an Coos County F.S.A. Committee a place to live. Mr. Beyers is gen­ will advise applicants who have not other forms of entertainment had opportunity which every Coquille eral manager for the Northwestern the winning of the war. We believe made such arrangements that action Met Here Last Thursday«, it is the type of program to which i any results in keeping down* delin­ woman should be happy to avail herd­ ! Turkey Growers’ Co-op, whose head­ is held up for lack of ride-sharing, Coos county's F.S.A. committee quency. ifhe cited the city of Stock- self of. Working for someone else quarters art in Salt Lake City. He local communities, through their De­ fense Councils, will want to give the met with tenant purchase borrowers and they will be asked to come to ton which has made a thorough sur­ unselfishly and without pay, cannot the board and resister for riders. ;is ooening a branch office in 8acra- vey of this kind but in a town ute help but pay big dividends, You ' mento and will be there for two or gicuUXt pOiSibls support s*ncr it ll a need for this ki 'e gave con- ( Columbia, ________ _ after being home on a 1 is improving now but will not be able ^¿not give the Juvenile cases the I th« fessfcilHy of establishing these dollars /or every man, woman and tion or is 11 t0° r.ten) x.,_ three-day leave frosn camp. (Continued on attention «teearve._____________ ¡reutea." child in the U. 8. Review of 'One World Given At Rotary Fire This Morning Across The Valley ~ --- ------- — Safe way's Interior Is Much Improved « % President's Boll Friday Evening • Coquille Red Cross Weekly News Pirates vs. Red Devils Friday / Pre-Induction Meeting To Be Held Nearly 5600 Feet Is Well's Depth I