THE PAPER THAT’S LIKE A LETTER FROM HOME
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VOL. XL.
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NO. 88.
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Card Room License
Held Up Till All
Councilmen Present
Shall Coquille
Have Y.M.C.À.?
The Jnter-^Club Committee of Co­
quille Invites the public to a meet­
ing to be held in the Washington
School Building, on Tuesday, October
10, at 8:00 p. m. * The purpose of
More than half, of Monday eve­ this meeting is to decide whether or
ning’s council session was devoted 1 not Coquille will join In the district
to hearing J. W. Mclnturff, of YJd.C.A, movement which is being
Marshfield, who was present as at­ agitated in the county, or if some
torney for C. A. Gage and B. L. other plan of youth program is more
Tracy in regard to the former’s pe­ satisfactory to ^oquille.
tition for a card room license In the
This action was taken by the Inter­
latter’s building, the former W.O.W. Club Committee at a meeting which
building which Mr. Tracy has re­ was held last week In the City Hall.
cently remodelled, repainted and re-
Plans were made for the holding
■ paired.
of a meeting on the • evening of
In his talk Mr. Mclnturff stated V-Day, (as to the European situa­
that Mr. Gage would not apply for tion.) This meeting will be held in
a beer permit of. any kind, nor would the Coquille High School at 8:00 p. m.
he allow liquor of any kind, to be A committee was chosen as follows,
cqpsumed on the premises if his ap­ to arrange the program; Amzy Min»
plication for a license was granted. tonye, representing the American Le­
The attorney also pointed out that if gion; Supt. Carl E. Morrison, Co­
the license is granted it could only quille Schools, and Rev. Liston Par­
be until Jan. 1, under the city’s or­ rish, Ministerial Association.
dinances, and that if the councilmen
J. S. Barton ,outlined the matter
were not satisfied with the opera­ of the four speakers which will be
tion of the place a license renewal presented to the public this fall,
could be refused at that time, or the through the Rotary Club. The first
council has the power to revoke a speaker will appear on October 31,
license at any time for’ cause.’^"’ I _
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¡These speakers are outstanding and
Mr. Mclnturff also presented a should afford a splendid opportunity I
petition containing the names of 124 for the people of Coquille.
men and women asking that the li­
Ed Hughes tdld of the resuming
cense" be granted.
of the Boys’ Club activities.
The last time an application was
In the absence of L. A. Lundquist,
made for a license for this place, Martha E. Mulkey presided at the
the council divided three to three and meeting. The following officers were
the mayor cast the deciding vote elected for the coming year: L. A.
which denied the application.
Lundquist, president; Martha E. Mul­
On Monday evening this week key,
vice-president; and Liston
there were but four councilmen pres­ Parrish, secretary-treasurer.
ent and a vote was postponed until
a future date. Mayor Wood promising
to call a special session re quickly
as all councilmen were In town and
could be secured for the special.
The petition of property owners on
Myrtle street, the easternmost street
between First and Second, mi read.
It requested that a 100-foot sidewalk
between 1st and 2nd, be ordered and
that the remaining trees be ret Mt
of Myrtle street.
H
there is no walk
Stewart Wants To
Pick Cranberries!
Coquille High,
Trims Roseburg
High, 31 Io 0
New Mgr. Cranberry
Canners Tells Of ; Program
Need For Pickers
d 2J1 C w , uille
For Youth
H ear
Prominent Portland
Republican Speakers
After some discussion at the
Inter-Club committee meeting, Sept.
27, the committee decided to call a
Whether Coach Spike Leslie and
The new manager at the Cranberry city-wide mass meeting at the Wash­
Representative women from, ever
his Coquille High football squad was Canners plant here, across the tracks
ington School on Oct. 10, at 8:00 p. »., the Coquille Valley gathered together
surprised at their 31 to 0 victory from the S. P. depot, is O. O. Lille­ to discuss the city recreational pro-* • last Saturday morning at the Co­
last Saturday .evening under the gaard, who arrived from Grayland,
gram for young people. North Bend quille Hotel to meet with Mrs. Geo.
Kleig lights at Roseburg or not, the. Wash., and took over the manage­ Y. M. C. A. chapter and have naked T. Gerlinger, national committee­
Coquille supporters of the team, and ment on Sept. 20. He had been with
Coquille to co-operate. At the p ro s woman from Oregon, and Mrs. John
their name is legion, were not ex­ Cranberry Canners at Grayland, ent time, however, our Boys* Club Y. Richardson, vice chairman of the
pecting so decisive a victory and where he also owned a cranberry is functioning. There is a definite Republican state central committee.
enthusiasm in Coquille is higher here bog, but had left the company to need that the Boys’ program should Bandon. Powers, Myrtle Point, as
than it has been for years.
enlist in the Coast Guard. He has be enlarged to take In the girls of well as Coquille, were represented.
The Red Devils scored flye touch­ since been discharged from that the community.
Greetings were exchanged during the
downs but were able to buck thai branch tot -the service because of
The mass meeting will determine reception hour, which preceded the
ball over for the extra point far only'l physical
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disability. He has sold his whether the city will correlate our mid-day luncheon held in the private
one of the six-point scores.
’ bog and ; hopes
IU|M to
w make Coquille his
present program wiih the Y. M. C. A. banquet room.
Spike says there were no jpdivid- home henceforth, He expects Mrs. or continue thè present program, or
Mrs. Minnie King, vice chairman of
ua! stars in f
- join him here from
the game, . but - -
throughout -•-
lillegaard to
whether we will enlarge this pro­ the county central committee, pre­
xample of splendid team
Grayland
in
I gram.
it was an example
teem , ,»»»
- j
u, a week
wen, or two.
sided at the luncheon which was at­
work and both squads—he gave 22 | Mr. Lillegaard submitted the fol­ | Every citizen, who Is vitally inter­ tended by thirty-five Women.
men a chance in the game—displayed lowing information about his
...» young
Mrs. Leslie Pierce, head of Young
ested ............
in the welfare of the
the finest team spirit he had seen in IT"«/'1.'1 craBberry 8ro
*r)n
8. which
—
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— people
people should
snouio be
no present
present ready
ready io
to Republicans in Oregori, is a young
years.
I the Sentinel is pleased to present to offer concrete suggestions
Republican
national
committee
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Bob Alborn completed 8 of his 10 Its readers:
Following the mais meeting the woman and is accompanying the two
passes, one being incomplete and one
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Inter-Club committee will meet for Portland women on their state-wide
Intercepted.
Floyd DeNoma inter-
tour.
.
This year, more than ever before, B ghort session.
cepted one of the Roseburg passes food products
- are essential to the
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Mrs. King called on Mrs. Gerlinger
and ran for a touchdown and Alborn ----------
armed -----------
forces. — The
• grower members
first. The latter is serving her sec­
intercepted another.
Bud Meek of Cranberry Canners, In<*, have
ond term as national committee
made a number of beautiful runs and pledged $0 per cent or more of their
woman and thanked those present for
Roy Porter did some splendid inter­ cranberry crop to be processed for
their support of her in the elections.
fering and blocking and twice
She spoke of the heavy vote for her
(Continued on page nine)
Mrs. Missouri Ann Kirkendall,
in this particular locality. The speak­
nearly 97 years of age, passed away
er told of her meetings with Gov. and
Tuesday this week at the home here
Mrs. Dewey and described them “as
of her son, Allen Kirkendall..
people like you and me." She said
Funeral services, in charge of
some one asked Mrs. Dewey if. la
Schroeder Bros. Mortuaries, are to
the event of her husband’s election,
be
held
at
the
church
in
Camas
The grand jury for the October
she Intended to travel here and there
term of Circuit court was ordered by Valley on Friday and interment will about the world. Her answer was,
Judge King this week to convene be in the cemetery there.
(Continued on page nine)
She was born in Snow county,
next Tuesday. Oct. 10, at 10 a. m.
There are very few. cases on the i Missouri, Dec. 25, 1847, and was
docket for the grand jury to consider nine months and eight days past 96
and the following, drawn Wednesday years of age.
She and her parents moved from
for the petit jury, to appear Oct. 16,
will probably not be caleld for a Missouri to San Francisco when she
was two yean of age and she moved
great deal of service:
Oregon voters will have an op­
Jas. D. Gillespie, Geo. Burr, Ralph to Camas Valley in Douglas county portunity to hear Governor John W.
ends; 1****
Taylor, Robt. H. Burna, Eunice Bar- in 1865. Later she became a Coos Bricker, Republican vice presidential
rt Eugene S. Cole, Mabel Goelin, county resident In 1916 and has re­ nominee, at a big public rally at Eu-
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I Bryant, Coquille; Samuel M. sided in Cbquille since ttM. Her
Moese, Rare
Rose R.
Cook, Thomas Chap- husbaad, JssiMO Allee Kirkendall, aanouncement bjt Nlal R. Alien,
I. Coak,
gf. tbe man, J. E. Cushman, Martin L. d*d in May, 1816.
chairman, Republican State Central
Besides
her son here she Is sur­ Committee.
rday’s Stromberg, Vera C. Burke, Florence
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Point J- Shaw, Frank J. Skewis, Grace L. vived by three daughters, Mrs. Elisa
Albany, Salem, Roseburg, Grants
t two PhHip, Lloyd A. Perry, Marshfield; Burch, of Coquille; Mrs. Mary Coop- Pass, and Medford are also an the
Lillian C. Rencehausen,
J. A.1 er, of Portland, Mrs. Jane Capious, schedule for platform speeches by
Vining,
Maxine Neely, Margaret of Camas Valley, and a son, Jess the Republican vice presidential
Perkins, Richard O. Goelin, Otis Kirkendall, of Camas Valley. Mat- nominee.
V. Jensen,
Jesse Ham,
Louis thew Belieu, of Bridge, is a brother,
In Eugene great preparations are
A. King, Jack D. Downer, Helen and Ray Kirkendall, BM2/C, now under way for an all-out Republican
Chappell,
Alan B. Kay,
North home on Navy leave is a grandson.
rally, according to James A. Rodman,
Bend; Howard E Rackleff, Myrtle
Lane county Republican committee
On another .page of this issue ap­
I
Claire Gray Had Wonderful
Point; Wm. H. Sharp, Bandon.
chairman. McArthur Cogrt, tfca huge
pears an advertisement sponsored by
basketball pavilion which has the
Trip Bock To Old Home Town
75 or 80 Coquille business houses
largest indoor seatftig capacity out­
and business men who have agreed
Claire Gray returned Sunday night
from his trip to the family reunion side Portland, has been reserved for
to close their places of business next
the event as 7:30 p. m. October 12.
Saturday for the Coquille Red
at Minneapolis and to see his father,
Up
to 7,000 people can be accommo­
Devils-Myrtle Point Bobcats foot­
whose ninetieth birthday was being
dated.
ball game, which starts at 2:00 o’clock
observed. He met his two brothers
The largest deer yet reported
A state-wide radio hookup will
at Athletic Park here. Those mer­ killed Sunday, .the opening day of in Tacoma, all three of them travel­
chants also ask the. co-operation of the deer season, was the 182-pounder ing back and forth together. Mr. I broadcast the Bricker talk at 8:00 p.
their customers by helping them to shot by Claude Perkins, cashier at Gray had insufficient words to ex­ m. for voters unable to attend the
Eugene rally.
...
observe
that hour for closing.
the depot here, on his father’s place press the wonde-ful time he had or to
1
Following the Red Devils’ impres­ on upper Four Mile creek below describe the beauty of the midwest
sive
31-0 victory at Roseburg last Bandon.
metropolis. With the exception of
1
Saturday evening, interest in Spike
Hunters on Eden Ridge did pretty Washington, D. C.. Minneapolis is
Leslie's squad and its schedule has well Sunday, the number brought generally conceded to be the most
been wonderfully stimulated and the down to Powers on the logging rail- I beautiful city in the United States,
¿Senator Guy Gordon. Republican
The system of parkways lined with
1 side lines will be pretty well jammed road being reported at 41.
i
Saturday afternoon, from present
Mike Broad got a nice one up beautiful homes, past first one na- candidate to succeed himsatf .as
indications.
back of the city reservoir over tural lake and then another, with the United States senator froth Oregon,
Myrtle Point is reported to have : toward the headwaters of Cunning­ added grandeur of miles of boule­ will arrive in Coquille next Monday.
vards along the banks of the great Oct. 9. between 10 and 11 a. m., and
a
1 very good team this year, too, and ham creek.
Mississippi river, is why the city Is a dinner meeting in the Hotel Coffee
j Saturday’s game should be one well
unique in its beauty. Another char­ Shop has been arranged for and ev­
worth seeing.
Rotarians Invited To
acteristic, Mr. Gray added, is the eryone who would like to hear the
Lions Salmon Derby
sensation of delight one experiences senator is invited to attend.
In the afternoon be will go to
President Jack Moore and Stan in driving through so many of the
North Bend and will be the guest
Sherwood of the
Lions _____
Club were, residential streets, arched overhead
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present at the luncheon meeting of by the fine old elm trees. The city and speaker at a dinner meeting in
The statement does not appear in the Rotary Club on Wednesday and park board supervises the trimming the hotel in Marshfield that evening.
thefuU 1 page adv^ on page 7. but the extended a masi invitation to the Ro­ and care of these trees, which were
tarians to join them in the Lions planted many years ago by the resi­ Special Meetings Start Sunday
th®‘
At Assembly of God Church
the stor” wlu reopen at 4:00 Annual Salmon Derby on Sunday, dents.
The derby will be held i Memorial Park was another fea-
« Saturday, after the two hours Oct. 22.
Special meetings will be'conducted
of closing
~ for the football
* ““ game.
* Tha^ on the lower river with a picnic din­ | ture Mr. Gray told of. Rows of elms at the Assembly of God church next
O ¡along paralleling parkways were
is, some of them will; others have ner at Rocky Point.
Sunday, October 8. announces the
Another 'guest
was
Raymond 'planted after the last world war.
said they will not open until after
pastor. Rev. L. C. Persing.
Schroeder, MM3/C, who has just Each tree bears the name of a gold
the games’ end.
The evangelistic party to be in
finished his boot training at Farra­ star Minneapolis boy, a living mem­
charge of the series of meetings will
Aviation Lieutenant To Operate gut, Idaho, and came in Sunday for orial to him.
will be Rev. and Mrs. C. O. Wood
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a 15-day leave before Being re­
1100-Acre Ranch After War
and small children, Richard and
assigned to another station.
Coquille Woman’s Club To
Postmaster and Mrs. M. O. Haw­
Marilyn. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wood
As a part of the program a radio Meet Tuesday, Oct. It
are ordained ministers and sing as
kins went to Portland Sunday to
had been installed in the banquet
meet their daughter, Ann, and her
Mrs. R. E. Boober, president, an­ well as speak. The children will no
room and a broadcast of the World
husband. First Lieut. Clifford E.
nounces the next meeting of the Co­ doubt sing too during the services.
Series baseball game at St. Louis
Kampf, who were arriving from
quille Woman’s Club will be hajd They come from Palo Alto, Calif.
was heard.
These special services will be ev- *
Rock Island, NebrM on a 15-day fur­
next week on Tuesday at the Guild
lough and who reached here Monday.
Hall at 2:15 p. m. It is to be Red ery evening except Monday and Sat­
Thos. J. Owen, Seaman
Lieut Kamph is a trainer on the
Cross Day with Mrs. D. B Keener urday at the usual service time of
Mr. Persing extends a ;
mammoth B-29 Bomber and they Second Class, Wounded
as chairman. There will be a pro­ 7:45 p. m.
will return to Nebraska at the end
Among the Navy casualties listed gram and a business meeting. Inee cordial welcome to the public.
of his furlough.
for Oregon from Washington, D. CM I Rover will .contribute piano selec-
I. A. Elrod and Lou Braly left
This week they have been down thE week there appears the name of tions. Mildred Tyrrell accompanied
looking over the 1100-acre ranch he Thomas Jefferson Owen, seaman by Mrs. M. O. Hawkins, will sing, Wednesday morning for Portland to
recently bought, the old Langlois first class of the U. S. Naval Re- Mrs. Boober urges all members to see if it was possible to buy any
used cars up there to replenish the
ranch, jnore recently known as the serve, who was mentioned as wound- i attend.
dwindling stock they no* have on
Bono ranch, which they expect to ed. .He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
the Southwestern Motors used car
operate after war and his release Henry Holland Owen, who reside at.
lot here.
from service.
’ 470 West 6th street, Coquille.
Mrs. Kirkendall Came
To Coast In 1849
Jury List For
October Term
Bricker To Speak
At Eugene Oct. 12
4««ren
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Business To Close
For Oct 7 Game
182-Lb. Deer . .
Killed Sunday
Saturday Is The Last Day
To Register For The Election
If your name is not written on the
... the
...c county
ww.... clerk's .......
records In
office
« entitled to vote at the Nov. 7
presidential, state, county, city and
Evan Alborn reported that he had
never before seen such an enthusias-
tic response to anything of the kind
as was shown by Coquille business
houses when he and Jack Moore
solicited them for contributions to
place an adv. in the Sentinel an­
nouncing that stores will be closed
for the Coquille-Myrtle Point foot­
ball game here Saturday and he
said most of them had Indicated they
would close again for the Coquille-
Marshfield game here later this
month.
The surplus, of funds collected
over that required to pay for the
adv. will be turned over to the high
school’s athletic advertising fund.
In response tq the statement that
there is still a serious shortage of
help needed to harvest the er an-
^"y crop. R L. Stewart commented
that if a gang could be assembled of
business men here that he would be
one of them! Any takers of Bob’s
offer?
district election, you have but two
days left in which to get your name
written there. As an accommoda­
tion to those who have delayed in
this matter, County Clerk Oddy this
morning stated that his office will County Clerk's Office Receives
be open until 8:00 o’clock Saturday |1,1N.W In Fees For Sept.
evening, Oct. 7, to permit everyone
Fees paid in to County Clerk
to get listed in the books.
Oddy’s office during September to­
talled $1,196.80. Recording fees of
$506.60 accounted for nearly half of
Sam Arnold Marketing Very
the total. Other items were $440 in
Fine Lettuce This Fail
Circuit court matters, $127.50 in Pro­
Sam Arnold brought in to the bate and County courts, $75 for mar­
Sentinel office last Saturday morn­ riage licenses, and $47.70 miscellan­
ing a couple of mighty fine looking eous.
heads of lettuce, which weighed four
pounds each and which grew on his
Lions Club Fish Derby
place near town. He said he had
To
Be Held October 22
sold 900 crates of lettuce so far this
The annual Lions Club Fish derby
fall and is having no trouble dis­
on the river has how been definitely
posing of his entire crop.
set for Sunday, Oct. 22, President
Mrs. L. D. Lewis and daughter, Jack A. Moore stated this morning
Virginia, of Wenatchee, Wash., are and will not be held on the date
visitors at the home of her parents, announced to the Rotary Club yes­
Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Harriman.
I terday.
Senator Cordon To
Be Here Monday
Stores To Re-Open
At4 P.M. Saturday.