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COQUILLE. OREGON
JANÜABY 1S. 1949.
N A T IO N AL E D IT O R IA L
lA s ib o r tu ic ÌN
SOUTHWESTERN OREGON’S LARGEST WEEKLY
An Independent Paper Dedicated to the
Development of Southwestern Oregon
Entered at the post office at Coquille, Oregon,
as 2nd-class matter under Act of Congress of
March 3, 1879.
R. iph P. Stuller
M. D. Grimes
Publishers
Ralph P. Stuller
W. C. Pritshard _
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Editor
Advertising Manager
----------- Society Editor
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I ATI• H
A New Chamber Prexy And
A New Mayor
man's association will know the score on the
lumber situation.
One thing we like about the American way
of doing things, it doesn’t take a directive
from a local political big-wig to make pri
vate industry start to act.
In Russia, England, France, or many an
other country that you can name just as
fast as we can—(and a lot of people wouid
like the procedure here,—whenever «.i in
dustry might face some problems, thi I
government would step in to ask for an : y The Hon. Hards Ellsworth
appraisal.
U. 8. Representative
newsworthy hap-
But not us, at least not in January, 1949. The
. principal
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For according to H- V. Simpson, executive f* Jl'n? of this ,1?*w 81st Congress
vice-president of the W. C L. A. “Complete ,t ;te £ th ^ U n io n ^ P r^ id ^ t
accurate information on the entire Indus- • ruraan. There have been some
try” is being gathered from 18C; lumuer •^' ind-the-scenes skirmishes on
producers in Oregon, Washington and '■e Democratic Party side of the
Northern California. Each firm will list its iwuse of Representatives, but
total production by species for 1948, total ~jr'ealc®r Sam Rayburn and his
stocks on hand, mill capacity per eight
tenants “J* capable people,
hours, number of production workers, and «¡nuatioi^!,**».1’* h^ dUng
other important industry data.
I p^ c ^
‘¡s S u y T w ^
We compliment the W.C.L.A. on their
and.light. The Republicans
foresight and initiative. Such a census by in the House, being very defin-
the industry itself will help us during the He y in the minority, held a brief
next few years. Come to think of it, maybe a:‘J routine caucus, elected for-
a lot of other industries could well afford mer Speaker Joe Martin to the
position of Minority leader, and
to follow the steps of the West Coast Lum will
now await the onslaught of
bermen.
Administration legislation.
Before Congress convened, it
was rumored that drastic changes
might be made both in the House
' Committee on Rules and in the
„
Vn-American Activities Commit-
With a six page special Radio section, The i tee authorization. Neither of
Coquille Valley Sentinel is welcoming the i bese rumors materialized as ad
addition of Radio Station KWRO to this vertlsed- Nothing at all has been
area as a radio voice for the people of the Isaid as yet 8bout
Un-Ameri-
community. To the owners, Walter Read
t ^ t ie s Committee. House
man’s speech was particularly
alarming to me. I refer to the
paragraph wherein he requested
legislation “to authorize an im
mediate study of the adequacy of
production facilities for materials
in critically short supply, such as
steel; and, if found necessary, to
authorize Government loans for
the expansion of production facil- 1
ities to relieve such shortages, and
furthermore to authorize the con- ;
struction of such facilities directly I
if action by private industry fails
to meet our needs.”
Quite un- ,
intentionally, I am sure, the Pres
ident has used a phrase that is
extremely popular with A m eri-j
can Communists and Left-Wingers '
—“if private industry fails, the
government must do it.”
This
phrase is particularly deadly to
our way of life and our system of
government when taken together
with a government policy of dis
couraging private industry and
private capital by every known
means, including high taxes, reg
ulation, and a “swat business” at
titude.
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Bonneville Power
Coming Closer
A Radio Section for KWRO
Markers carrying BP A, mean
ing Bonneville Power administra
tion, are making their appearance
throughout the hills south of Mc
Kinley toward Norway and the
surveying arid engineering crews
have been busy checking the ter
rain in that area.
ol Coquille .u d Willian, Walsh of Coos Bay.
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A high powered Bonneville
we say “howdy.
siderably modified by an over Power transmbission line is the
A radio station for Coquille is a step for whelming vote of the .House, but plan of 1949. It w ill connect up
ward and should add much to the business that action was clearly unimpor near Norway.
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and social liie of a busy and prosperous town.1 tant, because the Rules Commit-
Waiter Read is no new-comer to this area 1 te* wil1 be heavily weighted with
having at one time been associated w ith! Administration members,
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THIS IS THE SECOND BIG WEEK OF
CARROLL'S APPLIANCE
CLOSEOUT
Don’t miss this big event! It means
>
Unprecedented Saving!
The following items are all that are left:
2 Thor Automagic Washers—
formerly priced at $229.50
2 Thor Washing Machines—
formerly priced at $159.50
3 Thor Gladirons—
formerly priced at $99.50
1 Universal Range—
formerly priced at $179.50
2 Universal Bantam Ranges—
formerly priced at $82.50
3 Universal Vacuum Cleaners—
formerly priced at $79.50
Coquille should see a lot of action in 1949
for the two top posts in town are filled with
a couple of aggressive businessmen.
The mayor—and everybody knows him—
New Owners A t
is that former lumberman, now turned Ford-
man, Ray Jeub who in his first week broke station KOOS, Coos Bay, and later at KVAN J v, ^ re are.? hree ,notJceablje <U-
Peart Service
down the resistance of a lot of people and Vancouver. William Walsh, is president o f 1 the House namely the Left-
managed to swing a council meeting through the state senate, a Coos Bay attorney, and Wingers, the Southern Democrats, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Cross, re
at one time was district attorney of Coos' and the 100 per cent Trumanites’ cently arrived from Southern Cal
in time to hear the ten o’clock news-casts. county.
Since the latter group is by far ifornia, have, during the past
B IG
D IS C O U N T S
He’s pepped things up enough so it looks as
Coquille was selected for the reason that the largest, it obviously dominates week, opened the grocery and
on
if the projects of former Mayor Biegger to the businessmen in the city were among the majority side of the House. service station business which
The
result
of
this
w
ill
be
a
com
they
operate
in
conjunction
with
get some water and some new sewers will the most prosperous and foresighted in the
plete control, not only of the the Peart Auto court, on North
get a speed up under Mayor Jeub.
county.
House itself, but of all committees Taylor street.
A complete re
Another thing that a lot of the women are
The radio station staff is headed by a by the Truman forces. This fact modeling of the place of business
going to like is some attention to sidewalks capable manager in the person of Bob Harris, is what makes the Truman speech V being undertaken by the couple.
that made good small water reservoirs in and we have no doubt but that the programs to Congress on January 5th so ex During their stay in Southern
their various catch-holes and streets that will be as good as it is possible to make them. tremely important. He can secure California, Mr. and Mrs. Cross,
help to keep ypu young by your constant
Communications have come a long ways the passage of any legislation that daughter and son - in - law of
dodging of traffic, such as Sixth from Tay since the day of the stage coach over the he really wants, and his message Mrs. William Peart of Coquille,
to Congress clearly indicates that made an instensive study of
lor to Henry.
old Coos Bay Wagon road.
he wants a great deal.
ceramics, and since coming to Co
Ernie Kuntz, manager of the local J. C.
I have endeavored to make a quille have set up their own kiln
Penney company, is a young man who in
rough tabulation of the total ad in the Peart home. A show case,
less than two years in Coquille was given the
Coquille brpke a record this week with ditional annual federal expendi at the store displays specimens of
confidence of his- fellow citizens by being “unusual” cold weather and Tuesday morn ture involved in the requests their work. Mr. and Mrs. Cross
named not only to the city council, but to ing found the river frozen over. We should made by the President. Appar hope in the future to conduct
the position of president of the Chamber of be grateful that this “banana belt” doesn’t ently, if Congress passes all of classes in ceramics in Coquille.
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Commerce.
have the great damages to it from frost that the legislation requested, the fed
Aggressive and efficient, Kuntz will make occur in Southern California. Another eral government w ill be obligated See "Spike” uesiie for insurance
3 1 * W. 1st St.
Coquille
to spend-a minimum of 15 billion of all kinds, phone 5 or 95-L. tfc
a real leader for the Chamber of Commerce. good reason for living here.
dollars per year more than a t '
Taking over from former President Bill Head
present, or, in other words, a 30
who succeeded Evan Albom, Kuntz will
per cent increase in federal ex
have an era of success behind him which
penses over a federal budget that
With«clearance
sales
the
talk
of
the
town
should allow him full freedom, for the com
is already outrageously high. If
pletion of many important projects during in many a Willamette valley village, it is this program is carried out, the
interesting to return to Coos county and President’s original demand of an
the year of »1949.
increase of four billion dollars in
A lot of people feel that 1949 may be a find little if any big-time clearance sales taxes
only a starter
year of decision for business.
If so, the underway. Merchants up north are mark One is sentence
in President Tru
Coquille Chamber of Commerce can do much ing their stocks down. And some of them
are
wondering
if
they’re
going
to
get
caught
to see that the gains of the past decade are
solidified and made permanent for our city with higher prices come summertime.
and our county.
The booster group can work on new in
Reaction to President Harry Truman’s
dustries for Coquille. It can work on new
small businesses. It can aid the businesses message to congress is varied. A lot of peo
If your Livestock or Pets were dying for lack
here in finding a permanent basis for full ple like it; others are frankly afraid that he
employment for our several- thousand popu will toss us into more inflation without
thought for the good of the country. We
of treatm ent you would not waste time or money
lation.
We urge support and cooperation with personally think he’s not as dangerous as a
Mayor Jeub and President Kuntz. Let’s lot of people think; and the stock market
By DAVE BIEGGER
saving them.
make 1949 the year that will be a decisive generally reflects the theory that another
one and a year that will make the Chamber four years with the fighting Missourian will
Scientists, or agricultural
engineers, are speeding up thé
of Commerce even more outstanding for not be all bad.
If the Paint on your Car or Truck is worn, even
sugar beet industry by de
such groups in the state.
veloping a beet that is more
January 15th is the date a lot of farmers agreeable to being pulled up
if only in places, it is surely dying with rust. Even
have circled with a red ring, on their charts. by machine. When they get
A Lumber Census
It’s their 1948 income tax reporting date. As through with that, how about
if you are not interested in the appearance you
a whole, Coos county farmers have been designing square peas that’ll
A region-wide lumber census is under blessed with a good year and the prosperity stay on a knife, or ears of
way this week throughout the Northwest, of the farm area helped Coquille and Myrtle com with handles or knobs on
can't afford to let this valuable property go to
both ends? The possibilities
and when it’s done, the West Coast Lumber- Point during the longshoreman’s strike.
for improvement in the agri
each
each
each
each
each
each
ALL!!
No Reasonable Offer
W ill Be Refused
CARROLL’S
GIFT & ELECTRIC
$47
New Car
PARACE
or n i oa si
From The Sentinel Files of 20 Years Ago
The First National Bank held
its annual stockholders meeting
Tuesday evening and re-elected
the same board of directors—A. J.
Sherwood, L. H. Hazard, O. C.
Sanford, E. D. Webb, C. T. Skeels
and R. C. Dement—as have been
acting. The bank's affairs are in
a very satisfactory condition with
deposits $54,000 more than they
were a year ago.
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At a short session of the city
council at 5 o’clock last evening J
it was decided to lay an eight-
inch main from the reservoir on
the hill to the Smith plant.
e
(Taken from The Sentinel of Fri gey; fire chief, C. W. Garner;
day, January 11, 1929)
health officer, Dr. P. M. Drake.
About sixty Coquille citizens
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were present at the city hall last
The increased business activity
Monday evening to big farewell
to the outgoing administration and in Coquille is shown by the larger
to welcome the incoming. The re ■bank deposits at the end of last
tiring mayor, Charles T. Skeels, close of 1927. The report of Dec.
thanked one and all for their co 31, 1828, shows deposits of $844,-
operation in handling city affairs. 546.65 in the two local banks,
He complimented Frank Dungey while on the same date of the
At the ripe old age of 91 years,
with the statement that the streets preceding year they were $751,- Mrs. Mary Ellen Goodman, a pi- '
992.45,
a
gain
of
>92,554.20.
have been kept cleaner than ever
oneer resident of Coquille, passed
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before and that on only two morn
away last Saturday afternoon.
E. L. Vinton, who has just com
ings has the trash not been hauled
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from the streets before 8 p. m.; pleted his sixth year as city en
The total business for the year
he praised Fire Chief C. W. Gard gineer of Coquille, has decided to
ner as being head of the best vol open an office here for the prac at the Coquille post office was
$12,944.64 as against $12,871.65 for
unteer fire department in Oregon tice of his profession.
1927.
and said that Marshals Hickam
and Bernhardt had enforced the
The state fish truck come in
city’s laws more rigidly than had Wednesday with 15,000 Eastern
J. D. Bergen of the Marshfield
been done prior to their term of brook trout fry from the Roaring
Florist shop has been busy for
office.
river hatchery. Yesterday morn
some time planting shrubs around I
ing the truck began delivery of
Mayor J. Arthur Berg made the these fingerlings and 400,000 ad the lattice work on the north and
following appointment: marshal, ditional fry from the Bandon east sides of the court house and
William Howell; deputy marshal, hatchery. They will be liberated it is beginning to look very at
William Brown; water superin in all fishing streams over Coos tractive. The Coquille Woman’s
club feels grateful to Mr. Bergen
tendent, S. V. Epperson; treasurer, and Curry counties.
Rainbow,
W. S. Sickels; attorney, Grant cutthroat and silversides are in who has planted a great many
Corby; engineer, J. Loy Stacer; cluded in the fish from the Ban more shrubs than the $150 ap
propriated by the county court
street commission, Frank T. Dun don hatchery.
would have provided.
cultural field areas obvious
as a bowling ball in a dish
of caviar. How about a new
kind of celery that doesn’t
sound as though you’re step
ping on a wicker basket when
you eat it? And w hile w e
don’t want to tax the experts,
couldn’t something be done
about the radish?
Coquillites are reminded
this week of the winter of ’32
when the Coquille river frose
over.
Some oldtimers are
predicting that this’ll be an
other o t those frigid seasons.
If yon can overlook the ex
treme cold, the “biggest”
event In Coquille daring the
week was the opening of our
new radio station. Should be
a big boom to the c o m m u n ity
Among others, you’ll find
Biegger’s
mentioned from
time to time with some real
outstanding bargains.
A company in
Atlanta
shipped 200 dozen baby di
apers to Birmingham. Sup
posedly they were to cover an
emergency. That’s a change.
M you want to give your
kitchen that “new look” cover
it with Armstrong linoleum
from BIEGGER FURNITURE
COMPANY, 460 West Front
Street. We have m any de
signs to choose from. Phone;
262.
the Car Bone Yard when a few dollars will add
years to its life.
A Sherwin-Williams Paint Job will save
your car or truck and make it look like new.
You will be sure of a quality paint job and Sherwin-Williams
Material at the following Body and Paint Shops:
Coquille
Coquille Auto Co.
Coquille Ford Sales
Coaledo
Fred Johnson
Bandon
Butler Body Shop
Myrtle Point
Clyde R. Anderson
Both Body Shop
M A SO N
Phone 98
Hardware and
Paint Co.
“YOUR FRIENDLY STORE”
Store hours 8 A. M. to < P. M.
Coqvffle