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For Coquhfo o’clock Tuesday evening.
" to: city, 19.0; school 31.7; port 1.7;
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total 80 mills. Other totals: Marsh-
field, 74.9; North Bend, 100.4; Ban-
u don, 82.8; Myrtle Point, «2.3.
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The Christmas spirit is a very tough Senate began kicking the State De-
competitor and the age-eld custom pertinent appointments around.
to being observed notwithstanding the ‘ The House has worked rapidly and
war. It to unfortunate that the tim- smoothly this week. Everything pre-
ing of the bond drive brought It into Piously scheduled has been acted
such competition but it was probably upon. More than a week ago, the
deliberately designed to do ao in the Rutos Committee, which determines
hope
of discouraging excessive ! what measures shall come to the
. Christmas buying with resultant yioor fpr debate, (and when), ended
pressure on the defense against in­
flation.
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lie gm diete of the disappointing
showing in the
bond safos, it to
a good sign that the Christmas spirit
to so universally observed because of
it* affect bn the public morale and
Ito influence on unifying th. coun- lt waa
for the Houre to dear
try’s we. vflort
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up pending and previously scheduled
i legislation.
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pared for the coming
session of the' The journey of a piece of legisla-
Legisiature.
The housing problem tion through the House to final pas-
will be even more Severe then in 184» »«*« u usualljr a long and compli-
and many legislators are having great «ted one. Any Mwmbar may lntro-
diffieulty in finding places in which duce • blu- 'n* biu
i™l?edl‘1 * y
to live during the session__________ . referred to a committee. The choice
The sevswl state departmenta are °* the committee ta determined by the
busy preparing legislatton which the object dealt with in the bill.
Be-
experience of the past two years has ,ore a committee considers a Ml ,
demonstrated to be needed in the ad- it is the general practice to aen< it
ministration of present lbws and down to the administrative depart-
regulatlons.
There will be an ua- 1 ment—or sometimes to two or more
usually large number of bills pre-1 departments—and get an opinion as
sen ted this year owing to the great. to what effect the proposed law will
expansion of the activities in the aev- ,bave ao far as i the administrative
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which brings it up for debate on
the Floor.
The procedure of the
Senate is somewhat similar.
All
bills must be acted upon by both
houses and signed by the President
before tMy become law.
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Texas Pink
Drive and Walk
Cqrefully Is Urged
h Secretary of Stet« Robert 8. Farrell
haa >OÀn*d wMh
M the Na-
tional Safety Council and other safe­
ty agencies in urging Oregon drivers
and pedestrians to drive and walk
more carefully, to avoid accidents
during the holiday season this year.
“The month of December is a peak
period for traffic accidents in Ore­
gon,” Farrell said. “During the past
five years, there hps been an average
of IS pedestrians killed in traffic ac­
cidents each December. Accidents
all types soar during the closing
month of the year.”
The nation-wide campaign to cut
down traffic accidents during the
holiday season was launched as na­
tional safety officials scanned the na­
tion’s traffic record and noted the
eral departments.
There, coupled deportments
are
concerned^
departments ere
trend toward casualties in traffis
with the hundreds of new bills in '
when
r«Ports from the depart-
during the Christmas season.
prospect,-4rtll constitute a formidable «nente are at hand, the committee
In urging greater care during the.
Uisk for lhe Legisalture to accom- may take the bUI up for consideration
holiday season, Farrell pointed ■ out
plish within the timfc allotted. Truly ,Mlnor bul* are u>uall’r h®"d*ed rBth.;
that accidents on the home front are
this year in particular there will be «r Quickly. But, if a bill is at all
still running, more than two to one
no profit to any legislator in the controversial or if it involves large
deaths to American fighting men on
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session as the entire eompensoMea and important matters, it is custom­ all battlefronta.
The death totals
will be absorbed long before the 'ses­ ary to have committee hearings since Pearl Harbor up to the first
Hearings
sometimes
last
months
sion is ended.
of December for the nation were
Then the entire record of the hear­
The Legislature will be composed
380,000 for accidents ar)d 108,887 for
ings, generally including the depart­
very largely of experienced and able
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men and should give a good account
“This does not imply, of course,
printed.
of itself. It is particularly fortunate
that life on the home front is as dan-
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that it is so constituted at this criti­
1 gerous as on the battlefront,” Farrell
in a committee executive session and, >
cal time because of the great impor­
said. "But they do indicate the na­
if it is approved by a majority of
tance of the legislative job ahead to
the committee, is “reported out” and ture of the challenge to us here at
• prepare the state for the post war
home to avoid these unnecesary cas­
placed on the calendar for action.
period, which is almost sure to come
ualties. I hope every driver and pe­
I The “report" of the committee is a
before the 1847 session.
brief analysis of the bill and an ex- destrian in Oregon will adopt this
The Legislature will convene a day , ^tonVwhat it will be”when It slogan, and abide by it during the
or two before hand in order to or-
a law
Thc commitieeS holiday season—and at all times, for
ganize both houses and get away to a usUBl)y reclte in their reporU the I that matter:
For a happier holiday—avoid ac­
flying start. It should be borne in reaMOIM( why they think the bill is
cidents!”
mind by al) who have legislation to good and ghouW
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propose that such measures must be< After the ..greening” by depart-
preaented early in order to receive menU <nd by th#
i£. it
any such suggestions and strongly u
can
no obJec.
urges that they be placed pronyUy,
to iu
. bm lf generaliy
preferably before the opening of the broutf|t uptor paaaa<eby unanimous
session, m that ample time will be confent
„ (t cannot
paMed by
afforded to prepare the billa in prop- «^4 the Rutea Committee must
er shape for presentation.
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The lack of success today in the
“E” bond sal« May be
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measure to Christmas shopping and 1 »44—Most everyone thought at mid- may be
is therefore something that cannot be ' week that Congress would adjourn ' of the n
avoided at this season of the year, not later than tonight.
Then the 'gressby
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to work and the annoyanc« of hav- !
ing to refuse sates in many instances, ¡1
owing to a general attempt to fairly
limit purchas« with a view toward
equal distribution of merchandise, i
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mikimseimk
the streets of the large cities attest thc on"' which
H»*»1**1 “ ,citenged to snow which lay a little
Al|ow me
quoU a few
th<
to the fact that the thread of inflation
»ection^.llare agreed that it ha. more th.nthreeinehe. deep when the .
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iiseevtj . . SpencBr
«jfxcggw*, the
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is very real. The posaeesten of large »-« «1 lent 15 or 10 years ago. O. ( storm ended
here in —
Coquille.
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English philosophers:
philosophers:
ametftt. of free cash by the general c Sanford say. that
somewhat'
“Every child has the natural right to
ute and Uberty, bounded by a like
public and the lack <« merchandise *om
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naa started
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a mail
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to absorb it, constitutes a perfect set inch thick on ponds in thU aectton i14"*
brin«in« IH
the
mal1
libody to everybody
else."
up for uncontrolled inflation of prie« and that “
1th«
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1 Declaration of Independence: “Life,
due to competitive bidding by the tban 11
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Lab**, oarthe bus, which arrivm hare at nine liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
buy«™-
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pBible: “Thou .halt not kill-
A visit to the city of Portland lart !18M when th” river. fr0“ °*er'
webk proved that it wm no exception “* ther* were Ao thermometers
thermometers I
bfat that “
if wu •»
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to this general rule l^cause its here 56 X«" «8° bilt
, people naa suiucieni io gei ureanasi
large stores were all crowded with least down
lero
with. It was' not -because of the pipe :
shoppers and store shelv« reveal the
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tin« freezing, but because so many ,
scarcity of available merchandise.' Jasper . A. Yoakam,
u of . Oakdale,
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— pgpplp left faucets open last night to
The eating places are crowded at California, died ».
Tuewiay
at
noon with women shoppers having °f »0 years. He was a brothei o prevent their pip« freezing that the
the light of battle in their eye a.
YoUtam, formerly county com- reservoir was drained.
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they compete for their Christmas »»iarioner.
“Brick" tosile took ten of his pro-
gifts for their toyed on«.
The !
an a«i
shortnew of tempers is noticeable Hermen Ftoten suffered an acci- teg« up to Arago last Friday eve­
among the shop girl, and is readily d«nt whM* °°l hunting ducks last ning, where the high school five of
excuteble in the Face of the tremen- Saturdey afternoon that almost cort that place handed them a 20-10 de­
feat in basketball.
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dous pressure under which they have hlm his right hand,
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Beginning with the first medQng the difficulty of the absolute proof
in the New Year, Manager Comptou of anything
We cannot absolutely
ef Hotel Coquille will furnish a 80- prove that we exist at all. It to our
cent lunch for the regular Chamber business to seek the truth whevew
Of Commerce dinners. Another in- .it may teed Us. The Bible: Seek the
novation will be music.
Truth, it to the truth that makes men
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(This probably means old
Full power load of Mountain States maids as well.)
cational department of the Health Power company was cut over to the] The viewpoint
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call
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association.
new
$«75,000
plant
in
North
Bend
to
is
that
every
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Monday, marking the climax of the that is born has the natural right to
Pillis
Yesterday morning was the coldest gigantic work which has been started life and that from the fact that it is
¡bom.
Thia to not a social given
in fifteen or twenty years, the ther- and completed, this year.
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imometer registering ten above zero.
I IlllCiy IvpUJ
, While old time residents of Coos
Monday afternoon gave us the first ciety. The child was before society
It haant m* .. wr«a*
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county do not agree as to the exact esinus nf thn sanann
The crowds of stopperà thronging '
tee U“t co,d spe11 •qu*1 toicold
rK>rtb b“1
toon for the child.
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th^t we see a star when we know
that others also see it.”
I realize
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