i IL 1M4. the American citizen. They are noted for doing screwy things. An old fellow, with long hair and flowing beard, leading a small dog | LAN* UtNBVC by a chain, trudged past the Bear Coquille Red Cross will hold its "*"*""'* .............. 1 ■■ ■ „ <♦ Creek store last week. We hailed him regular work meeting on Friday, Why the present ammunition short­ down, bought him a drink, as he Sept. 22, from 1:30 to 4:30 p. m. in age in the United States? We are in­ looked tired and thirsty. He In­ Guild Hall.. Yarn will be distribut­ formed on good authority,' that any formed us that he was a prospector, ed for the knitting of servicemen's amount of shot-gun shells and rifle had spent foe past winter in Death regular sox, stump sox, etc. Cut-out, ammunition may be purchased in Valley and was now in search of reudy-to-sew regulation kit bags, Canada.__ . 1 work in order to secure a grub stake bedside bags and baby “nighties” The laughable part of the whole to carry on another winter, pros­ will be ready for the machine sew- business is the fact that the bag limit pecting. The allure of gold! How era and those wishing . _ ____ __ , to take _ work on ducks has been increased and many men it holds a fascination for! home to complete. the season extended -and foe sports­ The strike that is to be made—foe The Unit expresses appreciation to ______ _____ D. C., _________ man is to be issued four boxes of strike just asound the corner. Few Washington, Sept. 21—Meal­ the following for cash contributions, sheila each; that is, if he Is fortunate ever realize their ambition and make bers of congress from as widely sep- yarn, wool pieces and thread: Mes­ enough to be on hand when they are the big strike that is dreamed of. A arated pointe as Wisconsin and Call- dames Geo. A. Ulett, Henry McCue, handed out. They must be signed for, few small nuggets here, a few there, a fornia are greatly concerned over A. C. Schroeder, Mattoon and also at that little goto u.ue gold oust dust srneq. sifted, is me the usuat usual future use or of air bases built by tne the Ule SmIth ,lgter^ of Two boxes of rifle shells may be reward of a lifetime spent in follow- United States as wartime faculties. Thanks are extended to the two sew- A l«n»«4k>.>. approximately k-14 . purchased, but the soprtsmun has no ina ing olzxncr along tko the s»aax*UArl rugged twall trail that that has has a a ' Altogether, half — a Kll, bil- ing groups of Church of Christ for choice in his selection of eithef shot­ golden ending but the end of the trail lion dollars has been expended In thi H neiot of kit bags turned hi 'by gun shells or rifle cartridges. He is seldom reached. But let that urge construction and Improvement with Mrg Myrtle and Mrs Ralph takes what is handed to him, re­ once purge the blood and it is sel­ no more permanent title than leases tHadsall. gardless of. size of shot, make of am­ dom that it is ever overcome, though which gviU expire six months after Mrg L p FugeUon ,ubjtituted as munition, or weight of bullet. We the odds are a hundred to one that war’s end. Sentiment in both house tter Frld>y the abaence of M„ don't get it? Many munition'plants the expected strike Will never ma­ and senate seems to be that an I l . a . Lundquist. Last week visitors are closed down in the east, there terialize. But perhaps the prospector included Mesdames W. H. Schroe- Richmond should be a lot of ammunition avail­ is not cheated at that. He has roamed United States should be made now.d”” . "j^ --------------- -—, E. L. Lorenz, strange places in his search for the while our allies — meaning, in the - - ’ able. And this has been going on Edna Rakestraw and John Burna and on ever since the war started. At golden metal and has lived throughout main. Great Britain—are in a more , A good attendance is urged for Fri­ the most critical time of the war, at life in a spirit of anticipation, look-, complacent mood than they are libb­ day and visitors and new workers the time when there was a good ing forward day by day to the big ly to be after victory is won. Dts- are welcomed at all times. chance of the Pacific coast being in­ strlke that never came. Yet his life cussion is predicated on the state- I -------------------------------------- -- . vaded, the citizens were deprived of has been a carefree one, his greatest ment in a sknate subcommitte re­ ammunition. Half the hunters on worry being of just where and how jort to the effect that more than this coast didn’t have enough am­ he would secure his next grubstake. $500,000,000 has been spent on air- an opportunity munition on hand to kill a half a He has had " ZZ '. * to J com- fields and equipment all over the dozen Japs, had theye been an in­ mune with Nature, to acquaint him- i world, In most places we have no Mrs. J. B. DeWald, foe former Lois vasion. Supplied with ammunition, self with the wild things of the for- right except to get out when foe I Fenn who for so many years man- eats and the deserts. We wouldn't war is over. We have constructed had an invasion started, the old deer __________________________ _____ ________ _____ _ aged Cooper’s Gardens in Coquille, places with foe old prospector, these fields and placed _________ these installa- hunters qf this coast country would trade have madeAhe underground soldiers with his old packsack and his friendly tfoos on land which belong to other wr^e* the Sentinel an interesting (letter from her home in Canyonville: of France look tike a bunch 6f pikers little dog, while at the same time, countries. and yet we were deprived of ammu­ we will wager that neither would he, Also, there is concern over what ’’ ; shall be done with bland» in the Pa- I 1 do •“i0* the Sentinel each week nition and even asked to sell our guns. swap places with us. cific recently • taken from Japan. 11 tru|/ U uke ■ letter from old It makes one' wonder if a stealthy none of which were part of the ori-4 home town. movement Isn’t really under -way to R. A. Easton’s New Slogan, Am thoroughly enjoying being disarm Amertga—not by taking the ‘Remember Montgomery-Ward’ :__; Japanese empire. They were turned over to Japaneunder mandate back ,n n,tiv* «nd “ citizens’ guns but their ammunition . . - — While we remember Pearl Harbor, . hy ,h. of" nations'after the Uifirmor warmer than than Cnnc Coos zv>nnf<> county U.S but 4 there away from them—for without am­ we also must remerfiber the raid on I firlt worJd war least fume ot are advanü|ges Jo that—roasting bars munition the guns are useless. Montgomery-Ward by a detachment them had formerly belonged to Ger-’early in July ’¡Pr ‘nuance; Why should Canada have an un­ r the contention of house Just returned recently from a trip limited'supply of ammunition and we of the United Stales Army per order of the "Commander-In-Chief," Mv. j _ members (hat foe mandates auto -Ithe he“d of th* p# curoea as __ _ . -- _ 1 Umpqua — „»J - he curbed? ■ As wa we gvateo stated ractsniiy recently i — - .. ’ T _ ril’Ar in this column, the attorney general Hlller could . have gone a step further ; „«Ucally expired* when foe 7apg !r ‘v*'3f DuAlrsarJ ****** Into. ,n|* Di.h T Lake k» “1 ot .Caftfornja made « public state-¡,nd ord«r«J th* manager shot. were driven wt by American torsos stAyed • week. This lake 1s nwnt to the effect which showed that | Mr Roosevelt, as L see it, your:and that wWla „^y necea. located high up in the mountains « movement afoot i’»“1 ** the w»> »° P°wer' ruthless- rarUj, become territorial possessions c,°* 10 the Rogue-Umpqua divide. of the United States, their future use Climbed High Rock while we were for the past fifty years to dlaarm the ness and pride is eating you up. — R. A. Easton becomes a responsibility of congress there and had a lovely clear day so citizens of America. ‘ inasmuch as the constitution pro­ that we saw Mr. Shasta, Mt. Hood, The New Deal has .pulled some Hee “Spike” Lealte for the Dest in vides that no property of the United Mt. Thielson and the Rabbit Ears. good ones on Uk and has enforced some siUy unnecessary laws. We Liability, or other insurance. Office. States can be disposed of without Imagine foe rock must have an ele­ vation of ever six thousand feet. wouldn't tog surprised in the least to 275 So. HaiL in former hospital b|dg.; aef of congress. i outfit seek to disarm phone 8; I| has bepn estimated that fo the T|sh Lake, wifo three other takes pogt-ww period V pgr oaat of the close by, seems to have been formed air traffic will originate in the United by volcanic action and they are Slates, In which event landing fields surrounded by a broken line of hills and other facilities will be required with cliffs on nearly all of them fac­ in the most remote parts of the ing toward the lakes. Truly a fas­ world. This country will have a very cinating couhtry. Would have liked to have stayed large fleet of planes which may easily be converted to commercial a month put corn, peaches and pears use at the end of the war, but they were waiting to be canned and foe will ba unable to transport passen­ men folks had a pig bam roof to gers trnd cargo unless they have qo? put op before ths tains came. Often thing of Coquille and all the cess |o a|r f|e|ds, and fo fo« Pit­ war r»mpetit|on fols may be d*nl«l friends there and the Sentinel does them |f agreements haye not previ­ bring me so many little Items about ously beep made for (he|r accommo­ people that I would miss otherwise. Coquille Unit Red Cross Notes 1 Out-of-Doors Stuff } w A Letter From Lois Fenn DeWald Your local reoresentative for •> Í A N Í) A R 0 OF CALIFORNIA From where I sit... ty Joe Marsh Keeping American Homes Intact . We're great home lovers lrvour town. Family folk-like most Americans. So when war came, and the boys left In uniform, and the girls went into war planta, folks began to shake their heads, Mom and Sis sit down to write their daily letter tq Bep Jr,, they’re closer together than ever , bound by a strong and com­ mon purpose—to keep their fam­ ily, their America, intact Take Boa Ryder's family, for instance-all doing something different, Yoang Bea's in the Navy, and his sister's fa the air- plane plant, Bea's foreman at the tool shop, and Ma spends her days at the Canteen. From where I sit, the strength of America lies in that family spirit—in the tolerance and mu­ tual respect and understanding that have made the American family a strong and vital force for Good! A broken home? Don’t you be­ lieve it! When Ben relaxes with his evening glass of beer, and No. 95 of a Stria • dation, So far no definite legisla­ gressmen did, and they are charg­ tive plans have been formulated but ing that It la part of the campaign it is the sense of oongress that action to win the soldier vote, should be taken w|fo the least pos­ sible delay, 'I ODT has not yet asked Dewey, “Is fos trip necessary?” Candidate 'Collapse of Germany will not eaae Dewey is traveling in an 11-car the oil and gasoline situation imme­ special train. The Republicana, diately, according to the military however, are prepared to answer'the high oommand, for the reason that it question by saying that foe Dewey will not be possible to curtail sup­ train is' costing less than the Ha­ ply to the larger number of planes waiian-Aleutian cruise of President and ships used against the Jape, Roosevelt. When the full foroe of the United .X states i* turned against Japan the Pacific coast will become the cen­ ter of en| statistics ary aggeFtedly pioorrect and below fop gstual increase in cost of living, according to the labor unions which have their own statistical depart­ ments. , Seven pamph|eta published by the government «nd a four-color picture of President Roosevelt, issued by OWI, have been sent overseas. The charge la made that this is political propaganda. One consignment weighed 8,000 tons and was landed at a large concentration point with Instructions to distribute it among American troops in that area. Prob­ ably Mr. Roosevelt never saw^-itor heard of these pamphlets, but con- FACE FIVE Birthday Party For Nine- Year Old Joan Gauer and Richard Gauer, Glenn Griffith, Jimmy and Skippy Mullen. The honored guest wus Joan’s grand­ mother, Mrs. Minnie D. Tibbet, from Eureka, Calif., who came up for foe occasion. Mrs. Gauer’s uncle was also present. A birthday party was given Joan Gauer in honor of her ninth birthday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Gauer, last week-end. Those present were Robin and San­ dra Lynn Griffith, Elsie, Ledta and Keys made for alt iocks. Stevens Louise Johnson, Joan Gauer, Gerald Cash Hardware, Coquille. Ore. * ■aasiTm. wi-rirnii