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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1945)
* S »¿<4 : ■> •1 ■'i fi M-' -- , iiiiaiiaiil ill—.... - ■ail" '■ if ~ _ uns within her extensive lands creased the pages of history and left hardly a trace. Miss Rogers speaks for the many The negro has been under the ~ ■ : forriians who have acquired such influence, or at least partially so, >erty in Oregon during the past of an old civilization for about M years. \ years; that is, from the time Lincoln issued his proclamation until the present time. The majority of them at that time ceased to be chattel satisfaction to them and his many The presence in our midst of a slaves. In that periqd of time ‘it is friends. . group of negro singers brings up interesting to see what this so« In —o— • ! again the negro or race problem and called inferior race has done. Permanent organization of the Coes all sorts of laws are being passed proportion to the population, it has A Curry Gas and Oil Dealers Asao- 1 an<j the net result, more of a mess produced more rich men, greater statesmen, preachers, elation was perfected at a meeting ,nd injustice than before. The qj*es- scientists, singers, athletes. If some person of the service men at the Hotel Co- tion to not only a race problem but quille Wednesday evening. The elec- ( a group problem. The only reason it were to come down from Mars who tion of officers resulted in the fol- ever comes to our attention is be- Was inteligent and saw the advance lowing being chosen: L. H. Pearce, cause of the large number of negroes. made by the Negro, what would his A. Walker, Harve Gurnea, J. A. The problem in a minor way to opinion be of the equality of the two Whitacre and Ed Capps. found everywhere in this country. races? 1 asked this group of singers a —I you flnd h between individuals of number of questions and their opin Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Robison left the same race and between individu- ion was similar to a large number Wedneadaÿ morning for an extended ato and groups of all races, of others: first. What was their sol trip of six or eight weeks, during The white (Caucasian) people Have which they will stop at San Francisco t had the influence of a civilization ution to the race problem and they and El Paso, Texas, and then spend . far advanced for at least 6,000 years, thought the races should be mixed. some time in Florida and Cuba, re- The civilization we have here is not Do away with the laws that prevent their mixing. All of the negroes turning by way of New York city. i new. it to simply an old culture present had mixed blood, one had —®— transplanted to a new country. It Indian blood. A* full-blooded negro At the American Legion basket- has been a progressive advancement is a rare person. In 1906, 70 per ball game here Tuesday evening the along all lines. The gains by inven local quintet won from the league ! tion and discovery, or any other cent of the negroes were of mixed on the Bay by the score of 29 to 1». ' means, are never preserved or re- blood. I think the negro problem is pri The Coquille squad was composed of Stained in the individual but always Lincoln’s Clint Archibald, Georg« and Albert in the social structure and when a marily a land problem. Oerding, Roy Wataon, Otto Davis, civilization goes down, it is always Emancipation Proclamation left the Don Pierce and Lyle Nosier, the last thé social structure that goes down negro suspended in air and he still is. The second question I asked them named being from Myrtle Point. and never the individual. The in dividual is everywhere and at all was what was their condition qp a According to the record kept at times the same. If we wish to class economically and they said, Brookings, IS inches of rain fell in preserve our social structure, we will “The great body of negroes were Curry county last month and 4.36 have to remove the cause or causes share croppers and ninety per cent •11 inches came down up to the night of of the decline of nations or empire. of the wealth produced toy the poorer Feb. 4, the total for the 39 <>ys 'It to not necessary for me to men- negroes was taken by the landlords. amounting to one-third of the usual j tion the great nations that have The motto of the republican party â annual rainfall. The Sentinel A mod nm is s seee ts — H. A. YOVNGand M.DGBD» Pabitafcero '“II1 '"■«■fr —* ! (Tita “ The Negro Question One Year’^T1^^.-^’....- .62.06 year” to that scheduled to be played Six Months ...._____________ 100 in the Community Building here to- rhree Months-------------- - ----------- AO morrow night. Coquille and Arago, No subscription taker? unhand the tWo undefeated teams of the Coos tor in advance. Thia rule to pe ■ High school conference will i ^=2^^- ___ ;__ : ------------- meet, and on the result of this game Entered at the Coqude Postoffice as will hang the championship. Second Class Mall Matter. j —o— -»nr-./ ' .r-n-e ,»■■■...■ j wr-i- R waa’ a great shock to his many Offtee Comer W. First ata WUlard st. (rienda here Wednesday noon when ------------- ,--------- ----- learned that Albert 8. Fish had 1 been instantfy killed at Camp Eight, NATIONAL ÉDITORIAL- 'on Yellow creek, that morning, when jhe was struck by a falling limb. I 1 /■ 11 ■”; If • IOJO k LASSOC' ation « r I The nucleus of the Coquille Valley cow testing association was formed ••••••• : here Wednesday afternoon at a meet- • Fragment» of Fact • ¡ing in the city hall, attended by rep- • resentative dairymen from Six differ- . and Fancy * * ! ent communities in the valley. Tem porary UAAAWW officers imniini named-were: L. P. ' pvrtiy —evasaw« a*s< Many centuries before Christ trod Trigg, E. H. Hamden, H. E. Hess, the shores of Galilee, a prophet of g. S. Reed, John ?. Devereux, Joe Israel had foretold the ntiaston of Nilsen and Carl Jensen. * the coming Messiah: “The Spirit of I * "® 6 Another slide on the Norway-Lee the Lord God to is upon me; because' because kw i Lord - hath andfnted me to Jr. .' ___________ — place, ____ - just ______ preach road at the Foote this -n- side good tidings unto,the meek; he hath of -Shuck hili this morning, has pret- sent me to bind up the broken- j ty nearly stopped all traffic to the t p I ) »- I ? (: ■- / ■ ' A*r —Jas. Richmond hearted, to proclaim liberty to the ; highway from the Lee and East Fork captives, and the opening -of. the (ections. prison to them that are bound.” ■ Christians the world over have Eh-. Reuben H. Mast, Jr., has re read or heard the above many times turned to Coos county to begin the but the past Week (be words have prBCtice of medicine, after having taken on new moaning for most jpent the past nine years at the U. | of O. school and at the Good Samari Americans. It was with tears of joy that we tan and Emergency hospitals in Port- B UÄ3 learned o# the capture of the prison =■ camps in the Philippines. Indeed,. Another Comment On * since the fall of Guam, the day after , The B mt Creek Column Pearl Harbor, an enemy flag has By HON. R. T. MOORE ¡3 flown over American territory and . Dear Editor: After reading a few American citizens have been held columns of comment by Lans Leneve prisoners of war. Shame we. have I feel as though I had been wading felt that any of our people were I through the mud and had suddenly The expected milk control bill was “expendable.” Intolerable it has discovered I lost my galoshes. You introduced as House Bill No. 234. You don’t mind It provides the pasteurization of raw been for us that an enemy conqueror know how it is. should torture, confine or starve our splashing around in the muck if you milk for human consumption only If kindred because we were too weak are well protected and are sure the and when reactors appear in the mud won’t cllng-to you. I waded in|p herd after periodic examination. The to save them. Sometimes in the past, with our those columns without preparation bill requires that the milk from such i muddled thinking, it has been hard for what was forthcoming. To me, a a herd must either be pasteurized I sportsman and hunter has always to tell just what we were fighting I or used by commercial creameries for. War aims, when set down in meant a fine, clean, wholesome fel in the processing of dairy products. words, may sound too vague or too low with an inborn love of fairplay It provides that when any further bombastic but the promise of “de and justice. I failed to find the least examination reveals the herd to be liverance to the captives,” as re evidence of either in the writings free of reactors the milk may again deemed this week, and the endeavor from that particular pen. be sold raw. Do you suppose Lam Leneve has “to set at liberty them that are This bill U merely one of Uto bruised," may well be the goal of ever read anything about the set steps to be taken in the direction of our fighting forces. It links us in tling of the old west? Could he ever milk purification. The rest of the spirit with those who have fought have heard about the pioneers and program includes sterlization of the forces of evil through the ages the unity and, tolerance as well as equipment, cleanliness of premises, and, though experience has given us the cooperation found wherever and personal hygiene measures. The , a bitter understanding of the word, they were? Our great nation was success of the program will depend “captive," the blessedness of “de-j not settled by small-souled little men mainly on voluntary compliance and I liverance” is being told in paeans of who were suspicious of their fellow the wholehearted cooperation on the , men and had no faith in the ultimate thanksgiving. .port of the industry. good of mankind. Don’t study your The bill will not fully satisfy the 11 letters from soldiers aoroad are reflection until you think the whole medical profession nor will it be en- i cherished by the folks at home. world is made up of men of the tirely satisfactory to qertain ele There to one general theme running | same calibre. On one of your hunt ments of the dairy industry, párticu- I through moot of these letters. We ing trips, Mr. Leneve, just push will not call it homesickness, rather it to the expressed determination to finish the war and then return time stand alone on the point of a in the right direction and can be very hill in the dark of night, with the home. effective if given full support by the A paratrooper, who has known mist about you washing you to new industry and by the general public. k what it was to land behind enemy ness of spirit and the wind blowing Those advocating compulsory par- lines, looks forward to the day out the selfishness and conceit to teurization are embarrassed by the when he may work hard at a peace make room for inspiration and hope. fact that nearly all cases of Undulant time pursuit. A mechanic, not at 'Look up into the hills for strength, Fever are in the only county in which the front,, is just as anxious to do I courage, faith. Why, the world is it milk is now » practically LI-IM .1.11» 100 per cent Forget your 1 1 his present work well in order to a wonderful place. pasteurized, namely Multnomah ■ resume his pre-war position, A fearfdl little soul In newness of county. This seems to prove that sailq^, cruising where former sight thought. pasteurization leaves Hell came to camp on earth a few commercial seeing tours were conducted, longs for much to be desired. years ago, but reads little history the grind of his civilian job. The ball may be amended to cover American boys have spread over and you will find it has done so pe some defects that will appear under Have you heard of the the globe in the last two years but riodically the careful scrutiny of the commit they all are unanimous that the Medes and Persians, or of the Trojans tee. It seems to be acceptable to the ¡or Philistines5 They lived several home they left behind surpasses any yean ago, I grant you, but they industry at this writing. '■ thing else the world has to offer. had small-souled, selfish fellows A bill permitting school boards to with political aspirations in those Don’t We AU?' days, too. It happens to be a psy take out liability insurance covering A cubscriber in Fort Wayne, Ind., chological fact that it is easy to students engaged in athletics bas sends the Sentinel a clipping from build new structures on* the con- passed the House. This bill to to his town paper telling of the digging j demnation of the old. It you must prevent unfortunate consequences of accidents to students, particularly j bk up of a glass jar by Richard Lee-Car feed your, thoughts with condemna during football games. There have J tion of ali things displeasing to you, ter at Bandon recently, in which there was over 33,000. Our sub do write it down by all means. Af been cases in which school boards M scriber says, “Wish I could dig UP ter it is written, carefully hold a have had to pay damages resulting 'L a few jars.” lighted match to it, so that it Cannot from such accidents. , The bill to merely an enabling act! W ,i111^1»inilr, wo’wi»Ml.Iff,.. .. depress anyone else. When you and does not compel school boards k Plywood Workers To Be have accomplished that, get a clean to take out such insurance. It is a'^ piece of paper and begin to write a Deferred Aa Long As Possible column that will not soil it. You matter of discretion for the schbol I W “Plywood workers, both men in the will be surprised to see how easy it boards. • factories and loggers for such opera is to find decent, free, American tions, are doing ‘critical’ work for thoughts flashing aerdks your mind. Another bill of particular interest which men are to be -deferred from Even The New Deal is tolerant, or to farmers and owners of rural prop- k draft call as long as possible,” W. E. you would find some of your nasty erty along fishing streams and lakes Di fiord, managing director of Doug- little columns thrust down your is that allowing the State Game Com- mission to acquire title to real prop- W las Fir Plywood Association, an- throat. nounced at Tacoma recently. i America! The home of the brave erty by right of eminent domain He issued the statement after the -nd tbe free_as well aa the for the establishment of access to' 0 War Manpower Commission at Wash- an<j ,tave! Shake yourself loose, I fishing grounds _ , along the streams. _______ ' k hill gives arivefl the tkm Commission rVmwamlsa.I.rv.. power k^ ington, D. C„ confirmed this fact, fellow. I’ve admired you since I was The bill I hhopt sírvice I SfilSSAASlE ■ «* RUCKING, CRMWÍ j ^SlOMGt ¿UCH. CWUGE I . ctU. Vt I r0U HEED ART OF I these SERVICES i Fl*1 IB.Q _... The Salem Sampler | J i í I I I I I g J I A. ? I ■Manta 4 C- \ ■ 1 H .Hums • Previously, there had been some con-[a youngster, but you have slipped •elect tile streams and places fusion among plywood employees, tuch , confirmed habit ofiwhere *uch •<**•• would be In thelM particularly those in the 26-29 age shining and complaining, it will "* “ fishing public. ~ ■- k <* ** the It is group, as to tneir me new uke a j-y Presumed that the Game Commis- their status in the to w(dten waken you you. manpow* priority schedule issued walting for>the next Lans Leneve *ton w‘u ««rebe good judgment in R Jan.7*. ______ V_ . J I column. 1—11__ ' I do hope it will be worth 001 ahti.l.M ■bu»lng this — privilege. | The WMC has explained that the whlie .__Pat It is interesting to note a telegram £ list of critical work categories issued j------- u a» --------- ---- - —-.------------------------------—2_ from Ginger Rogers clinched the planing and plywood argument tn favor of the bill. Miss k to draft boards for their guidance in- ear L production, * ‘ ¡Regers stated that she would be verv 3 eludes: "Timber tracts and logging mills.” camps, cutting of pulpwood and wood Insurance Specilliti, F. R. Bull, a access to fishing grounds along the for tapning extract, sawmills, ven- I bj&J Specials for Friday and Saturday in the one pound jar ■<6 - . Campbell's TOMATOSOUP V/2 lb Bottle 85' SWIFT'S Nestles - Alpine ■e MILK Large Cans ■ A m - ■ - SAUERKRAUT PARO DOG FOOD Tí’ Pkg quart jars > ■MM Gem or Waldorf Waldi J T issue rolls Red Diamond Brand MATCHES carton V Bayou Brand Wet Pack Large Grade A Local EGGS ) 35' ■ Can w ■ ... J CARROTS Solid, Cusp LETTOCE Large, Slicing . I 43' 25' IQ* ib. 6c bunches head X J ONIONS ■ ■ Dozen ■ California 26' 15* 25e ♦ I 2. — V I GROCERY J s «r — J » -