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and is being assisted by a group of local
I f they do it w ill be a fu
women who are giving must to the city.
tile and costly effort.
The American Rea Cross with the aid of In its first six months this Con
C o q u ille V a lle y
the Active club of Coquille will send 100 gress has passed only two laws
children to Sugar Loaf in the Coquille river which could be considered of
importance. One was
for free swimming lessons. Instructors wil outstanding
the b ill to give the President pow
be two Coquille young people who took spe ers for reorganization of the E x
cial Red Cross swimming instruction in ecutive departments. The other
COQUILLE. OREGON.
JULY M, 1949. Washington, Patty Shaw and Norman Halter. was the Housing bill.
The American Legion sponsored a junior The previous (80th) Congress
N A T I O N AL
E O I J O I 'A I
baseball nine. A softball league is in full did an amazing amount of good
and active progress.
A women’s softball and constructive work. I said so
in these letters at the time. I said
league is underway.
it every time I could during the
And we like it all.
last fall. Unfortunately
Coquille is meeting, more than meeting in campaign
SOUTHWESTERN OREGON’S LARGEST WEEKLY
louder and more important voices
fact exceeding, its normal responsibility to than mine were maligning the
ward a recreation program for its citizens. • 80th Congress. Now we have a
A n Independent Paper Dedicated to toe
Much of this is due to either direct, or in chance, on the factual record, to
Development of Southwertern Oregon
direct support as in the Girl Scout Patterson compare the job we did in the
' Entered at the post office at Coquille, Oregon, Grove project, of the city government which first six months w ith what our de-
famers have done in the same pe-
na 2nd-cl a»« matter under Act o f Congress of has a fine park commission.
The New York Times, in
And that s where part of your tax money an editorial
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printed July 6th,
goes.
Goes,
but
comes
back
to
make
us
all
gives the best summary I have
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seen, as follows:,
RUph P. Stuller
M . D. Grimes
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How Is It Now?
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- They Deserved The Vote
We were gratified to see the city budget
pass at its second time at bat.
Having been a Monday night visitor twice
a month for over four years at Coquille city
council meetings we have been constantly
amazed that it was possible to find business
men who WQuld willingly put themselves in
a position to get plenty of cussings, but little
praise.
We have never seen a negligent council in
Coquille.
We have never seen a council in Coquille
that protected special classes.
We have never seen a more democratic
council than the Coquille council is.
And for the record, they put in around
six hours each council night, plus some ten
hours per week on the Outside just check
ing city affairs that have to be checked,
started, stopped, helped, aided, and done.
They get no. salary.
Yes, we may differ with them on some
points, but on the point that they are an
honest, sincere, civic-minded, and capable
council we insist.
Their budget was what they needed for
continued progress in Coquille.
We’re
pleased that a majority of the people felt
the same way, otherwise this paper would
have been indicted for not having helped in
telling their story to the public.
Coquille Does A Job
A healthy sign of maturity is evidenced
by the fact that Coquille is doing a job for
its children. Recreationally, Coquille is tops
among Oregon cities this summer in taking
“[th e play development activities of the
junior citizens.
And we should be proud of the fact.
A hundred more or less youngsters are
having the finest play program possible un
der the direction of the city park commission
and the city schools. It is directed by Mr.
and Mrs. Everett Peery of Eugene, both
highly capable and fine play-ground di
rectors.
A hundred girls and Girl Scouts are revel
ing in a Girl Scout Day camp in the heart of
the city park commission’s green and lovely
verdant Patterson Grove. Cooking, camp
ing, handcrafts, arts, singing, and all that
goes into a Girl Scout program is being
taught. Mrs. Virgil Beaudette is director,
Several months ago, whep the sere wind
of a recession was giving people the jump-
*?«- l iving jitters, we editorialized a bit on
the why-nots of a really deep recession at
this time. Pointed out were the facts of high
savings deposits, unfilled needs, government
bond holdings, considerable caution in con
sumer credit, and all the other things that
pointed to a healthy economy once the r
shakedown was accomplished.
As you might imagine, we got called, and
hard, by several of our friends, who couldn’t
see anything good at all about the future
picture.
They asked us for our facts, and we dug The good old days when West
members of the House of Rep
them out from the various trade and bank ern
resentatives could make prompt
and union periodicals that go across our desk reply by telegraph to urgent in
each week. But they were still doubtful. quiries or requests from constitu
Now, comes the fact that the stock market ents ended July 1— unless we pay
has gained for four consecutive weeks. The most of the telegraph bill out of
construction industry has pepped up. Cop our own pockets. Formerly all
per and lead are on the way up. Buying in
terest is good and healthy where re-adjusted
COSTS LESS
prices have given the consumer a real rea
son to start shopping.
The next six months may not be one con CO
tinued rosy picture, but chances are that our <
business economy has a lot of life left yet,
and with inflation-fear broken, healthy times
are ahead.
“O
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We still like to paraphrase Franklin Dela
no Roosevelt who sort of inscribed perman
ent words on a lot of the blocks of history
when he said one night many years ago,
“There is nothing to fear, but fear itself." ’
Evidently interest in PUD’s is spreading
for Monday saw the first Coquille citizen in
our office asking us these questions: “What
are the advantages of a PUD? How much
does power cost? Do you favor it?” For the
record' Mt- States Power has been getting
some pretty tough competition from public
power minded areas, and a recent PUC ruling
allows them to get competitive on rates
where there is another company (or public
power group) in direct competition. Spring-
field recently joined the parade and voted
a municipal plant which will run direct
competition to the already setup Mt. States
Power lines.
Humidity is at one of its lowest pointy
this summer, and constant awareness of the
danger of fire should be with us all. The
greatest tragedy that can happen to a tim
bered area is fire. Be more than careful
when you drive through woods, through
brush-covered areas, along Bandon’s Irish
furze roadways. We don’t want a fire this
summer..
FOR PIPED SERVICE
GAS APPLIANCE C O M P A N Y
480 S. T a y lo r
Bandon is to be congratulated on its 4th
of July celebration. Many nice things have
been heard about the fish fry and night
show.
• •
Both Aristotle and Demosthenes
regarded torture as the surest
means of obtaining evidence.
Don't Be Like
The Potato!
C oquille
Potatoes Have Eyes
But Cannot See!
You are more fortunate . . . You not only
can SEE the difference, you can FEEL the
difference immediately when your car is
serviced by. a FORD mechanic. You’ll re
ceive prompt, courteous and efficient serv
ice when you . . . . . . . . . .
Ford Mechanics Know Best
What's Best For Your Car
Coquille Ford Sales
Cor. 3rd & Taylor
Coquille
Phone 34
Phone 344
North Bend is proud of its new First Na
tional bank building which is replete with a
lunchroom for women. Something new, eh?
From The Sentinel F iles of 2» V ears Ago
•
C O Q UILLE GAS C O M P A N Y
,
and there were some— come home
with ten, twelve, fifteen striped
bass. For last Friday marked the
beginning of the new lim it on
stripers. From now on it is five
fish per day, as voted by the last
session of the legislature.
The past few weeks have seen
one of the heaviest catches of bass
in recent years w ith many tourists
making record catches, much to
their surprise, and needless to say,
loy.
Bring Your Ford Home For
Service
LP (Propane-Butane) Gas Service beyond the Gas Main
D4$T>
(Taken from The Sentinel of Fri
day, July 18, 1829)
Irrigation in Coquille' was re
«umed last evening for a period
ef one hour only— from 6 until
p. m.
GIVES MORE
1. Cooks Easier
2. Cooks Quicker
3. Cooks Better
4. Cooks Cheaper
I
Ray L Harrison, Toledo post-
who has been busy
iting
tlon in Coos Bay was a Coquille
visitor Thursday, and had noth
ing but high praise for the fer
tile green Coquille valley.
M r. Harrison who is a regis
tered Guernsey raiser was visit
ing fine dairy herds in this area.
He also bought a Sentinel, being
an omnivrrent reader of news
papers with a list of 28 on his
regular sabaeription list.
s o
That’s how many homes are
using gas ranges in America.
There must be a reason:
There are several.
These
people have learned that a
Gas Range-----
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Bass Lim it On
Toledo Postmaster
As For Friday
Likes Coquille
No longer can those lucky few —
Visiting Here From A rk a n s as -
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Roten of Leslie,
Arkansas, are visiting in Coquille
with their son and daughter-in-
law, Mr. and Mrs. Don Roten.
They expect to remain in Coquille
for the balance of the summer.
Twenty-Three Million
People Can't Be Wrong
P A E A G IM P H f
<1 I I I
“That Eightieth. in fact, new
looks like «unethlng of a cham
pion. By this time In 1947, and
at the end of its own first 8
months of work. It had adopted
the Greek-Turkish aid pro
gram, ratified peace treaties
with Iita ly and the Axis satel
lites; approved a constitutional
amendment limiting the Presi
dency to two terms; created the
Hoover Commission on reor
ganisation of the Government:
the T aft-H artley Act and
the portal-to-portal
pay law;
Yea. this was a Republican Con
greaa, facing the difficulty of
cooperating successfully with a
Democratic President.”
telegrams sent by Members on of
ficial busines were paid for out
of the legislative appropriation.
There was no lim it except that
measures be confined to official
business. It seemed like a reason
able arrangement to me. We al
ways had to pay for our own tel
ephone calls and that was fa ir
enough since with mailing anu
telegraphing furnished, we should
be able to pay for our own offi
cial phone conversations.
What happened was that a bill
was brought to the floor and
passed one dull afternoon when
mo6t members were in committee
or attending to office work. This
bill provided tor long distance tel
ephone calls as well as telegrams
—but limited the total amount to
2500 per yegr. The result, so far
as Pacific Coast members are con
cerned. was to lim it our telegrams
to three or four PER W EEK —and
that’s all! Our telegrams, due to
the distance, average about 23
each.
The government w ffl save no
money by this arrangement- Few
Easterners were using $500 worth
of telegrams per year— but having
the privilege of telephoning now
they w ill certainly use the full
amount. The scheme was merely
a redistribution of the communi
cations cost with nearby mem
bers gaining and members from a
distance taking it on the chin.’ The
irony of the whole thing reached
a climax when Time Magazine
with its usual sarcasm toward
Congress reported that the House
of Representatives had with "open
handed generosity” voted itself an
additional $500 for telephone calls!
by Rev. Gus A. Garboden, pastor
of the M. E. Church of which the
deceased had been a member for
25 years. Besides his widow he is
survived by his son, Ralph E. Nos
ier; three brothers, Amos L , John
Wesley and Bird E. Nosier.
room in the Gould building which
the Gould Furniture has used for
a crockery room and expects in
the near future to open a w ell-
stocked music store.
TIME TO CLEAN...REPAIR...REPAINT...RENEW!
A change in management takes
place in the Roosevelt Super Serv-
vice station today when W. D.
Fish and H. Tillmann take over
the stock of the the minority
holders, N. C. Kelley, F. F.
Schram, Guy M. Kelley and J. J.
Stanley. M ike Clapshaw retains
his stock but retires from active
management.
One of the saddest tragedies in
Coquille for many years was the
TTuTTTac^Farr store w ill open in
suicide of Ross King, 14-year old
son of Jack King, who took his its new quarters in the new Gould
K. E. Medford is the
own life by hanging some time building.
last Friday night, in the basement manager.
of the unfinished O. T. Nelson
house on North Coulter street.
The annual report of the Co
•
quille Valley Cow Testing associa
An incorrect story is being used Lion shows continued increase in
in some quarters as a reason for production by Coos county cows.
opposing the $85,000 water bond The average production as shown
issue which is to be voted on A u by this report is 305 pounds but
gust 5. The present council, when terfat per cow for the year; in
i t decided to put the water system 1925 the average production per
in the best of condition, and to se cow fas 282 pounds butterfat. The
cure adequate supply, determined high herd for the year 1925 made
No more than two weeks should
to put the matter in the hands of an average of 391 pounds butter- be needed to complete the major
an expert. For this reason M r. fat, which was increased to 424 items of legislative work neces
Koon of Stevens & Koon was em for the high herd in 1928. There sary before adjournment
The
ployed, and even if his fee was were 1127 cows tested during the Senate should act on the Atlantic
past
year.
to be 28,000 (which it is not), it
treaty. Congress should finish the
would be worth it to have enough
appropriation bills, several of
good water during the summer
Mrs. Emma McDonald of Oak which have not yet had Senate ac
season The contract between the land, California; Mrs. Edna Walls tion, and then we should adjourn.
city and Stevens A Koon is on file and daughter, Jean, of Modesto;
I suppose, however, the Ad
in the recorder's office.
Mrs. Charlotte Gros and children, ministration and administration
of Portland, came In Tuesday leaders in Congress w ill insist on
James T. Nosier, pioneer settler evening to attend the J. T. Nosier keeping the session going several
in Coquille, passed away Monday. funeral.
weeks more hoping that some
Funeral services were conducted
thing might be done to prop up
at the Chapel yesterday afternoon
H. S. Norton has rented the the sad record of this 81st Con-
Beautify Your Home
With two full months of good summer weather still ahead,
you’ll want to be sure that your home is put in tip-top s h a p e -
inside and out—“Lovely to look at” and snug against the coming
winter blasts of penetrating cold----- PENETRATING IF your
home is not fully protected.
Have You Looked A t
Your Roof?
Perhaps you’ve been thinking that roof
might last another season. Well, per
haps it will and perhaps it won’t. It’s
a big risk to take when you consider
the resulting damage to the interior and
furnishings
If You Guess Wrong!
Don’t Gamble — Be Safe — Be Sure.
Let us advise you and supply your
roofing materials AT A NEW LOW PRICE
W h a t About Outside
Paint?
Paint not only adds beauty and value
to your home — it is the finest PRO
TECTION money can buy. SHERWIN-
WILLIAMS paints give you necessary
protection against Winter rain and Sum-
heat ----- SHERWIN-WILLIAMS new
color combinations also add charm to
your hom e----- both
INSIDE & OUTSIDE
Mason Hardware & Paint Co.
321
W. Front St.
“YOUR FRIENDLY STORE”
Store hours 7:30 A. M. to I P. M.
Coquille, Oregon
Phone 08