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Arago News Items . ¡Rebekah Meeting
Mr. and Mrs. George Mason re- ' Last Week
tuned home Tuesday after spending
about two weeks in Loo Angeles,
The regular meeting of Mamie Re-
where they went to attend ^he Chai- bekah Lodge, No. 29, was held in. the
lenge Cream and Butter Association's I.O.O.F. hall on Tuesday evening,
Feb. 8, with Noble Grand Iola Moore
annual meeting,
r Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Schroeder I in the chair. In spite of the rainy
and Mrs. Emily Hickam and Kent,' weather there was good attendance.
all of Corvills, visited at the home of
Among the highlights of the eve­
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burbank from ning a letter was read from Mn.
Laura Boutell, who was the recipient
Friday till Sunday last week.
Mrs. Eva Hickam and
Thurman, . of of the Past Noble Grand’s pin award-
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i Coquille, were Saturday evening din- ed by the Sewing Club to the oldest
iner guests of Mr. and Mn. Frank active Past Noble Grand of the'
Washington, D. C., Feb. 17—Efforts i Burbank and their house guests, Mr; local lodge. She received her pin
have bean made for months past to 'ahd Mn. C. E. Schroeder and Mn. arM thanked the Sewing Club of the
lodge for the kind thought that
have the war department establish Emily Hickam and Kent.
Mr, and Mra^Oliver M/en, of Myr­ prompted the gift.-
concentration camps in the northwest
where the prisoners of war can be | tle Point, visited relatives in Arago i The Honor Rebekah pin was
| awarded by vote of the members to
used to relievo the manpower shortage Saturday
Mr. and Mn. Frank Lane were Fri- 'Brother J. P. Beyen to wear for the
on such projects as reclamation jobs,
next three month« in recognition of
in lumber camps, etc. From the ini­ I day guestao f Mn. Ida Myers.
Mr. And Mrs. Gene Robisoo were hi« outstanding work of the lodge.
tiation of, this movement objections
Sister Estelle Dunn was elected as
have been raised by union loaders Monday evening dinner guests of
against the employment of any war; Wylie Embree and his mother, Mrs. trustee for a term ot three years.
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The charter was draped in memory
prisoners to perform
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be done by card-carrying unionists.' Rev. G. A, Gray, of Coquille, was ! of Sister Hannah White, Who passed
away in December at her home in
Prior to the proposal to use prisoners an Arago visitor last Friday,
of war some of the work on govern- j Ladies Aid met Wednesday Tor an California. Sister White was the next
ment undertakings has been done by all-day meeting, with potluck dinner to the oldest living Past Noble Grand
conscientious objectors and little or'at noon. The ladies spent the day in point of service, and had been
no objection was heard from business , quilting. They will meet again Wed- awarded a P. N. G. pin by the Sewing
agents of the unions. Now a new is- nesday at the church for an all-day Club—an honor which reached her
sue has been injected.
' meeting and quilting.
too late for her to enjoy it
The proposal to employ German
Rev. M. D. Rempel conducted the
Routine business was cared fdr.
war prisoners on an . incorporated , regular Sunday morning church ser­ Helen Larson was Installed as Vice
farm in
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vice. f
Sunday sohool followed with ‘Grand and Pansy RdBs as L. S. N. O’,
New Jersey hhs brought the vice,
demand from a business agent that jxn attendance of 26. There will be , Mildred Schaer, distrist deputy presi-
the employer deduct union dues for f services again.next Sunday, preaching dent, acted as instaling officer and
each prisoner employed. This is tip* at 10 a. m. and Sunday school at 11 (Ruth Beyers was installing grand
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marshal,
check-off
which labor has a.
again ' Members of the Sewing Club have
forced upon employers with the ap- ' The _ Arago
_ school ... opened
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proval of the administration. Before Monday morning after being closed been serving lunches for the Rotary
the check-off system was adopted the ( for a week on account of both of the lnd Lions Clubs. Reports from these
going was pretty tough for the union teachers being ill.
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! luncheons were heard. It is gratifying
treasury; members neglected to pay j f
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Wodward and that they were so successful. All Re­
union duts. With the check-off—a'JT Mrs.
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Myers were Monday
___ evening ' bekalis are urged to help, with these
system originated by John L. Lewis dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley I lunches in every way.
for hie United Mine Workers—the,Halter.
j After
After lodge
lodge closed
closed bii
birtiplay cakes
lining room to
employer makes the deduction from | Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Aasen were Fri- were served in . the dim
the payroll and turns the money over day callers at the hoipe of Mr. and honor
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all Rebekahs whoet birthdays
to the treasurer of the union. And 1 Mrs. S. C McAllister
fall in January and February
strangely enough, the membership of i
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the Lewis miners’ union went on a
Hubert Harry, an employee of the
strike several years ago to compel i Coos Bay Lumber Co. camp pbove
their employers to make the deduction. .Fairview, whs so severely injured
The coal mine operators kicked, but last Thursday morning, when he
the miners refused to return to the dropped from a tree top, 178 feet
In Circuit court here last Tuesday,
pita until success crowned their ef­ above the ground, that he passed
Ivan Lewis Duncan pleaded guilty to
forts.
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away at the Belie Knife Hospital here the charge of entering a truck at Myr.
Prisoners of war, are not members
soon after noon that day.
tie Point with the intention of steal­
of any union, but the business agents
He had taken the place of a high ing it.
insist that someone—the war depart­
climber who failed to show up for
Alao pleading guilty that day th the
ment or the employer— take 28 cento work that morning and his safety
i week from each prisoner and turn belt, which a climber tosses up along charge of larceny fr<Jm a store—the
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it over to the union. Basis for this the trunk of the tree as he ascends 6; O. Cook store at Four-Mile below
demand is that the union,. represented went over the top at the last throw Bandon, last week — were James
by the business agent, has a closed and he had nothing to hold his body O'Neil and Vern Ralph Kuehl, young
shop contract with the incorporated to the tree and without the~belt the men from Astoria.
On Tuesday this week Judge King
farm. The war department, which hooks mi his boots would,_cg course,
sentenced
Duncan to four years in
has not interfered with the check-off
not hold him. "The slant W the top- the penitentiary and O’Neil and
in certain war industries dectares it
™ what allowed
Kuehl, the Astoria boys, to three
will not dig up a nickel for dues to
the belt to slip over.
yean in the pen. He ordered a stay
a union to which the prisoners do
He suffered a fractured skull and of execution for the latter two and
not belong. The federal government
jaw, besides the bodily bruises, and they are to be paroled after 90 days
pays prisoners of war 80 cents a day
the axe .handle which all high climb­ in the county jail.
and when they are employed the I
ers carry up the trees with them,
prisoners receive the going wage of i
pierced his body, between his legs.
Shop Norton's Greeting card racks
the locality, but instead of the pris­
I tore his abdomen to pieces, and was for Birthday. Convalescent, Sympathy
oners receiving this wage scale the
so firmly imbedded that It required and Friendship cards/ You’ll always
difference above 80 cents is paid to
all the strength of the first man to
1 ™«rhim't"*wiUidraw*‘the halite find just the right card at Norton's, s
this money finds its way into the
.from his body.
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United States treasury.
Dr. James Richmond was at once
If anyone is to pay the union it
, called ^nd he went out to the camp
must be the employer, but the war
and then had tlie unfortunate and
department is indifferent as to wheth- I
suffering man brought in to the
er the employer pays. If he does
hospital where he passed away an
pay it will have to come out of his <.
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profits. Should the union carry its
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point in the New Jersey instance it I
largely attended, were held at 2:00
will serve as a precedent and when
i p. m. Saturday at the Schroeder
and if prisoners of war are employed
Chapel here, Rev. L. C. Persing of­
on reclamation projects or -in the
ficiating, and interment wy in the
woods in the northwest the con­
Dora cemetery.
tractor will have to battle it out
Hubert Leland Harry was born
with the unions.
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near Coquille, June 25, 1902, his par­
In these sizes:
ents being Grant W. and Hannah
The feclamation bureau has no ob­ Harry.
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jection to the use of prisoners of war
He was united in marriage July 1,
on the projects listed for Oregon and 1928, to Miss Violet Ohlsen, and they
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Washington, but there is a stipula- j have resided on Fishtrap where they
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tion that there must be a minimum owned a ranch, until they moved to
of free labor and that explosives must Dora when he went to work at the
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be handled and blastings done by camp. Ten children were born to
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free labor. No chances are to be this union—Leland, Joaeph, Paul,
taken by allowing prisoners of war— Wayne, Vernon, David, Hannah,
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Gehnani or Italians—to obtain pos­ Alice, Gene and Hubert, who with
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session of explosives required for the j their mother survive him. He is alrf>
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construction work. The war depart- I survived by his aged father. Grant
ment is very partciular as to the jobs Harry of this city; a brother, Joe. L.
the war prisoners shall be allowed to Harry, of Marshfield, and three sisters f
perform in the woods. Losing is —Mrs. Chloe Tennison, of San Diego,
Get tfîe Synthetic tire with
hazardous at best, but certain jobs Calif.; Mrs. Maude Cox, of Eugene,
are more dangerous than others and and Mrs. Beryl Sypher, of Langlois,
it is the policy that war pr toners • Mr. Harry was a veteran of World
3 yean* EXTRA experience
, shall not be used on these.
¡War I, having served three and one-
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half years in the U. S. armed forces,
The proposed Umatilla dam on the and WMa memebr of the Veterans of
Columbia river, touching Oregon and "F°re>gn Wars. He was also a mem-
Waahlngton, does not find favor with ber ot the ’’«‘ernal Order of Eagles. ;
Idaho if the dam is to be used for
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the generation of power as well a.
We carry . cotnp,eW Hne of V-
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The cont«ntion •’ Belta for all makes of Refrigerators
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at if the Umatilla dam generates Washing Machines and other equip-
* P<LW*r * WU pr*Ve"t
building of .nent Washer Service Co., 385 W. Tire Information Headquarters
other power dams for which there yront. Coquille Phone
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is now an agitation in Idaho.
| command. If the change is made
Robbers Plead
Guilty Tuesday
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Valentine Party At
iChurth of. Christ
About 30 young people of the
Church of Christ and their guests
enjoyed a formal Valentine's party in
the recreation rooms of the church
last Saturday evening.
“Hearts and Flowers" was the
theme of the evening, carried out with
colorful decorations. The rooms were
gay with red and white crepe paper,
whjch festooned the ceiling. A large,
heart, framed by silver paper, center­
ed one end of tlie room. White and
red cyclamen and lattice of fern and
greenery were used about the rooms.
Stunts and games, a song-fest and
a program were enjoyed during the
evening.
Kenneth Hooton sang
"Smilin’ Through,” accompanied by
Mary Lou Newton. Ann Anderson
gave a clever reading, entitled, “No
Thank You, Tom,” and Vernon Eld-
redge piayed his guitar for the song­
fest. A play in pantomime, "The
Evolution of Courtship,” was put on
by Kenneth Hooton, Vern Eldredge,
Gene Boots and Liston Parrish.
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A surprise feature of the evening
was a beautifully decorated birthday
càke which Mrs. Eldredge sent In
honor of her son's birthday. Guests
wire served refreshments at gaily
decorated tables, centered with red
hearts.
Mr. and Mrs. Parrish received the
guests at the door, assisted by Gene
Boots and Donna Gasner.
See “spike" Leslie tor the best in
Liability, or other Insurance. Office,
next door to Coquille Hospital,
phoae 5; residence phon* ML.
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Phone 222R, to Art Hooton for your
electric wiring and repair needs
He is located north of the ball park
on the Fairview road.'
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for cars that stand up
in wartime”
Coquille I Alito' Company
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There is a possibility that the ra-
tionlng of shoes for civilians may be
tightened in the near future. It will
depend ilpon what the army decides
about equipping troops with ten-inch
boots. The change has been suggested,
though by whom is not stated, and is
now being considered by the high
there will be still further inroads
upon the scanty leather supply and
stricter rationing of shoes may be-
come necessary.
The adoption of
boots would eliminate leggings, the
wearing of which hae always been
the cause of much grumbling among
aoldiess.
■SEATTLE BREWING & MALTING CO. * Sine* 1878 * E. G. Sick, P tm .
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