¡Historical Caravan To Show In Coquille
Two Days, Saturday - Sunday, This Week
C o q u ille
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The story of Oregon—its discoveries, explorers and set
NEED IT BE SAID “ IT ’S GOOD ters—is on wheels and will be shown in Coquille Saturday
to be back in Coquille?” Really it and Sunday, June 23 and 24, in front of the Coquille com-
is a statement that is a fa m iliar munity building
There is no charge of admission to the
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J'esWent o f the green mobile caravan containing mementoes of Oregon history as
Coquille Valley for over a year, fo r
after that length of time, no place it is sponsored as a public service by the United States Na
compares to our great Southwest tional bank of Portland. Showing will be from 10 a. m. to
ern Oregon empire. And w ith fu ll
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cognizance of the fact that i t is 9 p. m. on Saturday and 1 p. m. to 5 p. m. on Sunday.
THE COQUILLE V A LLE Y SENTINEL. COQUILLE. OREGON. THURSDAY, JUNE 21. 1951.
Many priceless objects are in - *
trite and sentimental we had a
eluded
in
this
traveling
museum
good feeling Sunday when we
went out to the Fortier Field ball which w ill be driven from the Pa
park and got the “ glad to see you cific ocean to the Snake rive r
back” greetings from our own valley and from the Columbia r iv
people. So after two weeks o ff to er to the C alifornia border.
explore the open spaces of British
Sponsored as a public service
Columbia, we’re satisfied to pick by the United States National
Starting July 1st will be Coos county’s first widespread
?uT,.°’J,r ceme^*r y Plot and say this Bank, in observance of Its 60th an-
attack on the problem of Bang’s disease in the county’s
18
niversary, the Oregon Historical
valuable beef and dairy herds.
Caravan w ill tour the state, giving
SEATTLE AND T A C O M A the people an opportunity to se<
A tentative agreement has been reached with Dr. Samuel
went all out fo r the National Edi and understand the social, eco
Foster .of the Federal Bureau of Animal Husbandry which
to ria l association convention to nomic and geographic develop-
would have his department place a man in a cooperative
which some six hundred editors) ment of Oregon,
and supervisory capacity.
and publishers and wives came. A
As pointed out by Governor
This man would also assist the-
special Puget Sound ferry was run Douglas McKay in an official
county veterinarians in blocking
through the locks and into Lake 1951, “ the caravan v ivid ly portrays
o ff their territories for the com
Union and fo r a fu ll afternoon the the visten and pioneering spirit of
ing year; check the testing of the
newspapermen saw the Seattle city Oregoivs early settlers. Its many
county vets, and direct or actually
area from a ferry. A t noon the objects of incalculable value
brand all reactors.
two Seattle papers, the P. I. and-; should be regarded as the ingre-
The federal official would super
the Times p ut on a gorgeous feed, dients that have gone into the
vise the cleaning and disinfecting
and that evening Governor A rth u r making of a great state."
of the premises where diseased
Langlie o f Washington was host
The priceless historical items,
cattle have been removed and
and speaker. The follow ing Mon ranging from the letter in which THE OREGON HISTORICAL CARAVAN, with exhibits depicting early history and
— of the use a pressure tank and personnel
day the U. S. navy took the editors Abraham declined the governor' state, is sponsored as a public service by the United States National bank during its 60th anniversary to be provided by the Coos county
STANDINGS
on a day’s trip which ended up a t' ship of
Oregon te rrito ry to rare year. The Caravan is absolutely free. No admission is charged and no contribution» are accepted. court.
Pet.
w
L
Tacoma where the Indians put o n )Oregon
^OUUi are ^ g
0 M000
Medford ..
4
Under
the
county
program,
The
showing
w
ill
be
in
Coquille
Saturday
and
Sunday
at
the
Coquille
community
building.
a salmon potlach on the beaches' taken
,-i— around the
«1- state in two
1 .750
3
Judge James Harrison states, each Broekings
of the sound. And here’s a note specially constructed steel buses.
Roseburg
3
1 .750
veterinarian
would
confine
his
of interest to Coquille citizehs.
Geos Bay-1 Rd. 2 2
.750
These buses are so designed as
activties to the te rrito ry as
One or two Oregon publishers said,
Coquille ..
2
.. . 2
.500
to
form
a
single
display
unit
when
signed
by
the
federal
supervisory
“ This was a nice party, but th e . .
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Bandon __ ........ 2
2
.500
office and not deviate from that
luncheon and tour of the plywood ' vlew*d by 016 public' YIsltor’ « *-
M yrtle Cr<
4 .000
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area.
plant in Coquille was every b it
the caravan through a n a w n -
Reedsport
4
«
.000
as fine as anything up here.”
I ^ -c o v e re d ramp, pass through
Meetings w ill be held between
Biil
Fortier’s
Coquille
Log
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! on€ kus intn another w ithout
the county court and the county
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COL- alighting and fin a lly exit down a
veterinarians and the county gers, a hard-hitting team of
agent
at regular periods and the baseballers despite their rec
umbia, w ill go down in our book
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Federal Bureau o f Anim al Hus ord, will take one of the tough
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as one of the finest cities in th e' 7 ? ' im prf 5sl,veJ w bite’, blu* and
Coquille now has one of the bandry man would be present to est nine’s .on the coast here
Northwest. We enjoyed our - stay1 K° Id .
toclude !he Ute* SC1‘
there and were, needless to say. I ^ U<lc
assuring maximum
most attractive community act as a coordinator.
Saturday night when they
sold on the manner in which the '
aPd f ‘ re
building landscaping yards in Set for monthly reportings w ill meet Crescent City under the
people of Canada play.
Every around-the-clock detail of special
the state. Plus the most at be the county veterinarians do lights of Fortier Field. Cres
Wednesday the stores a ll close and
has^ , n assigned to pro-
tractive community buildings ing the testing w ork in which they cent City in nine games has
the people take o ff fo r the beaches, tect the exblblt Pieces.
w ill set forth the progress being
in
the state, Coquille owes its made.
hot had a loss, and they’ve
'
parks, bpys, and public play-
Selection and arrangement of
thanks
for
this
second
civic
been playing in a tough
grounds.
Everyone plays, too, the exhibits in the fourteen panels
A ll negative herds in infected
project to the members of the areas
from the age of six up.
were supervised by a committee
W ill be tested semi-annually, league in Northern California.
Coquille Valley Garden club the second test being paid for by On Sunday the Loggers meet
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' composed of Lancaster Pollard,
INTERESTING TO NOTE IN chairman, superintendent of the
who sparkplugged the pro the county, Judge Harrison stated. Reedsport in a league game. This
ject. »
B ritish Columbia is the manner in
Historical Society; Dan E
The program which begin*. July comes following the defeat at the
Which motels are licensed by the Clark, head of the department of
The w ork was done under the 1st is the first decisive step to hands of the Reedsport nine here
government. They are rated by bUt° 2 ’ University of Oregon; and
direction of W illard Morgan, land ward making Coo6 county a Bang’s Wednesday night 2 to 1 in a tight
stars, fo ur to one, w ith the f o u r Rex Putnam, state superintendent
scape architect and member of the free area. I t comes followingxxm - and tense game on Fortier Field.
Tough luck dogged the Loggers
stars getting the top rating. A , of PubUc instruction.
Coquille Stationery firm .
John siderable w ork by the presehtCoos
special booklet put out by thei The historical objects and doc
Levinson of the Norway Nursery ■county court to start an active the past week w ith a strong Rose
province tells you what you can uments were loaned to the Oregon
put in the lawn at cost, and the program fo r Coos county. I t also burg aggregation getting swamped
expect and how each oncoming Historical Caravan by many mu-
shrubs were donated by Cooper’s follows a recent b ill introduced in 5 to 2 on seven hits and two errors
seurn», libraries and private c iti
motel is rated.
Gardens . _
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the legislature by Rep. Ivan Land Saturday night in an exhibition
White in the pitcher's
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zens in various parts of the coun
An entire new lawn was put of Sitkum, which was an attempt game
SOME 7.00® SHRINERS TOOK try.
In, and the rose border was moved to make it more important to have mound tossed a 5-hit ball game for
the Loggers w ith B urr catching.
Among the rare items visitors
over Vancouver the week end we
to the front of the pioneer museum. disease free herds.
Batteries fo r Roseburg during
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were there and they had fun. But to the caravan w ill see are an o ri-
Also set near the museum was a
the exhibition game that saw the
so did the Canadians. The Van- ’ ginal letter book o f Dr. John Mc-
large holly tree.
grandstands packed were Coen
couver Shrine was host to th e ! Loughlin, chief factor of the Hud-
The Garden club which sponsor
and Ritchey, and Jack Taylor,
Northwest Shriners and we met son Bay Company at Fort Van
ed the project donated $250.00
Logger third baseman, was the
many of our friends from H illah couver, a hand - carved rosary
Which they raised by sale of bou
hero of the night when he h it a
temple and a most spectacular found among the Indians prior to
quets and other projects. The city
A gala opening of a new location long- drive over left field fence
and beautiful colored ceremony the known a rriva l in the Oregon
park commission gave $200, and w ill be held Saturday by the Co w ith one aboard to lead the Log
country
of
Catholic
missionaries;
was put on in the Lost Lagoon in
the Lions club of Coquille gave quille Sationery w ith special in v i gers in their win.
the beautiful Stanley park one a rifle belonging to Joe Meek,
$75.00 fo r the work.
In the league game Sunday—one
early mountain man; a copy of
tation issued to a ll Coquille valley
evening.
This month the Coquille Valley citizens to come in and take part that really counted— a pitching
“ The Spectator,” the first news
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battle developed between Sporer of
Garden club w ill sell bouquets and in the “ open house.”
BR ITISH COLUMBIA IS FEEL- paper published west of the Rocky
Roseburg Chiefs and Pete Peterson
hold a rummage sale to raise
ing growing pains and houses go mountains
The
new
modern
fireproof
store
of Coquille with Sporer giving the
enough money to pay the slight
Other priceless historical exhi
for just as much money as they do
amount they s till owe fo r land which w ill have the most modern Loggers 12 good hits that failed to
bits
include
the
tomahawk
re
in the States. The only catch is
features of a stationery store is on Wet spaced closely enough for
scaping and planting project.
that wages are lower. That w ill puted to be the one used to k ill
1st street between Taylor ano Hall runs.
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be changed slowly though as the Marcus Whitman ; a Jefferson,
and directly across from the J. C.
During the game there were
_ medal, one of those given to the
tim ber industry w ith a strong
Penney company store.
19 Loggers on the bases but they
union is getting the buckers and 1 Indians by Lewis and Clark as a
Mrs. Effie Morgan and Mr. W il failed to get in and fin al score in
fallers up to wages sim ilar to Coos token of friendship; map made by
lard Morgan have been busy this the top o f the tenth inning was
Henry
M
ille
r
w
hile
crossing
the
county. And w ith that happening,
week getting the CoqpUle Station 6-5 in favor of Roseburg.
the w hite collar people are feel plains, showing the route the
Funeral services for Pearl E l- ery in readiness for the grand
During the game Peterson gave
ing the pinch and asking fo r more. wagon trains followed.
lingsen Richert, a resident of Co opening Saturday.
up only 7 hits and Roseburg
They’l l get i t sometime.
A “ piece” of Abernethy money is
quille for many years, w ill be held
For the interest o f their many copped a lucky decision on firs t
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displayed in the panel on com
at Schroeder’s Funeral chapel, customers and friends a novel from the umpire w ith two errors
WHEN IN BR ITISH COLUM- merce and banking. To meet the
Bandon, at 2 p. m. Thursday, June guessing game w ill be a feature of chalked against the Loggers which
bia, i t ’s amazing the amount of i need for some form o f exchange,
21. Rev. Clyde W. Everton, St. the day. For further details see sewed the game up for the Chiefs.
Panel
No.
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LIFE
AT
HOME—
Oregon
Historical
Caravan
combined
w
ith
i
George
Abernethy,
who
served
as
American capital
John’s Epicopal church, Bandon, their advertisement in today’s Sen
In other games in the league
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Canadian money that is opening. firs t provisional governor in thé
Will officiate.
tinel.
Coos Bay—North Bend Lumber
up big $15,000,000 to $40,000,000 ■ Oregon country, took a small stone
The daughter of John and Susan
jacks eked out a th rille r from
paper, wood products, etc., plants, and pasted on it a piece of paper
Sweet, Mrs. Richert was born at
Reedsport 1 to 0 while Bandon beat
Lumber is booming But so is re w ith the words “ Abernethy —
■Pleasant Point, Humboldt county,
Zcben Grjys se» vqw* !» iMlî.'Te r<f*i!rabon
wit i Oidi tfiC4
Brookings 6-2, and Medford leads
change
35
cts.”
forestation.
Up there you get
esttfcüSMiwrtf. of fo t Aston,, w !»l pr.v tlv ttaked Suies t m to ikrtoa
California, December 13, 1886.
the league w ith a 24-9 victory over
tied down when you buy lumber
Two beaver coins, currently val
The Sweet fam ily moved to Coos
M yrtle Creek.
from the crown, and you plant ued at $10,000, are exhibited in a
county in 1902.
In 1908, Pearl
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trees, by hand. Stands are as specially constructed safe.
The
was married to Edwin P. Ellingsen,
thick as hairs on a dog’s back. dies and molds used in making
the son of the pioneer Captain
But they are beautiful stands. We the ‘'Beaver money” are also on
Peter Ellingsen. Ellingsen lost his
saw one of the finest up the display.
Early in 1849, eight
Because the street improve
life in an automobile accident in
Campbell rive r country on the In prominent citizens formed the
1925.
ment project bids ran around
land Passage to Alaska. I t was Oregon Exchange company and
Mrs. Ellingsen resided in Co 15 per cent higher than the
something.
began m inting five and ten-dollar
quille u ntil her marriage three estimates for the work, the
George Howe, local Standard Oil
gold coins to meet the problem of
years ago to Chris Richert of Ban
Porter W. Yett company fig company distributor, and father of
SPEAKING O F F I S H I N G , what to use fo r money. Although
don. For twenty years she served
three children, one now In high
as librarian at Coquille Public l i ures will be discussed at a school, was elected to the five-
Campbell River country has i t about 6,000 five -d ollar coins and
special
council
meeting.
brary. She was a talented mu
Just up the Island of Vancouver 2,850 ten-dollar coins were minted,
The Portland firm bid $3,045 year post of director of school dis
sician and artist and illustrated a
200 miles you find this famous spot few o f these early pieces are in
for work on 3rd street; $19,035 for tric t 8-C Monday at the regular
fam ily book recently published.
and many Oregonians have found existence today. Their ra rity is
school district.
Surviving are the widower, the Tenth street project, and $9,126
it. The day we were there some explained by the faact that they
Howe polled a total of 120 votes
fo
r
Heath
street
project.
actually
contained
more
gold
than
Chris
Richert
of
Bandon;
two
five Oregon parties including a
w ith Clarence Osika, Chamber of
Other
work
of
the
council
Mon
daughters, Mrs. Grace Greenough,
state supreme court justice were their face value and were bought
Commerce secretary, receiving 43
Coquille, and Mrs, Pauline Van day night included calling the votes in the election.
on the lake. You catch the trout up and shipped to California
Zant, Sausilito’ California; three special election on Monday, July
by tro llin g or flies, an i t ’s ac where they were melted into 50-
Howe’s petition naming him fo r
sons, Herman of Springfield, Ore 2nd, to vote on the budget fo r the
cording to how many you want, dollar gold slugs.
the race was filed shortly before
city
and
to
bring
the
city
charter
Also
included
in
the
Oregon
His
gon,
John,
of
Two
Mile,
Theodore
and how fast. You miss more by
the closure of official filin g time
of Coos Bay; three brothers, Alfred up to date.
flies, but every tim e a fly hits the torical Caravan are many old
by Mrs. Floyd Peterson. He w ill
Sweet of Langlois, W illiam J.
The charter amendments set a take the place of Chairman Guy
water, there’s a fish biting. We photographs and lithographs, early
Sweet of Bandon, A rth u r Sweet of fee o f 15 per cent as that allowed
used G il Zaddach’s "special” and implements, trade items, famous
Mauney who completed his term
Sixes, and three sisters, Mrs. for engineering, advertising, and
that’s the name we gave i t to our letters and other documents.
of office this month and had sig
Maude
Danielson
of
Coquille,
Mrs.
preparing a project fo r bidding; nified his desire not to be a can
Canadian friends, fo r want of an
Oregon history has been divided Panel No. 2 OREGON EXPLORATION—Oregon Historical Caravan
Jessie Treadgold o f Santa Ana, and would make i t possible to ad
other, Ted Foss hadn’t told us what into 14 different themes, each one
didate for re-election.
California, and Mrs. H arriet Mace vertise city bonds on the market
it was.
the subject of a special panel.
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of Santa Barbara, California.
Mrs. A re Cantrell who has been
at current interest rates. A t pres COOS COUNTY BUYS
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These include Indians, Oregon ex
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ent the charter provides that they $57,577 WAR BONDS
INSIDE PASSAGE SCENERY ploration, fu r traders, settlers, visiting in Coquille w ith her
are advertised a t six per cent
communications, brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and
w ith the snow covered Rockies transportation,
Sale of defense bonds in Ore
while bonds can now be sold at gon during May amounted to $1,-
shining up across the Straits of life at home, government, educa Mrs. U. E. McClary, has left fo r
much lower figures.
tion, agriculture, comtnerce and
Georgia is something to see.
809,537, most of which was through
A special meeting of the city
banking, industry, recreation, Ore her home in Inglewood, California.
Two sets of ballots w ill be pre the automatic payroll savings plan,
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council w ill be held Monday night
pared fo r the election inasmuch according to word received by Mr.
H AD TO M AKE IT BE- gon today.
■ • A demonstration o f weaving w ill
To facilitate viewers of the
cause we believed everything we
In planning the caravan's itin e r exhibts, the street in fro n t of upon a call of May Don F arr at be given Friday at the Labor Tem as any legal c ity resident may Ralph Moore, chairman fo r Coos
read, but after a trip around the ary, officials of the United States the community building w ill be which tim e all petitioners for ple when the Coquille Valley A rt vote on the charter amendments, county. Total fo r this county was
Olym pic Peninsula of Washington, National Bank have tried to make closed Saturday and Sundav sewer improvements w ill be heard. association has Mrs. A rth u r Allen but only bona fide tax payers can $57,377.
vote on raising o f the budget
In the national picture, out of
we agree w ith everyone who says the exhibit available to everyone. w ith the east side o f W illard to
Discussed w ill be the bids on here from Portland.
A letter was w ritten to the own the firs t 12 places qualifying as
the Oregon coast w ill always reign The caravan w ill visit more than be used fo r two-way traffic, the 10th and Heath streets which are
A potluck w ill be held at noon, ers of the Laird building calling to
100 communities and w ill actually city police stated.
supreme fo r sheer beauty.
around 15 per cent higher than the and painting w ill be done during their attention certain repairs that defense bond flag cities, two aro
from Oregon. They are Salem and
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be showing fo r 225 days.
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estimate coat
the day.
Grants ]
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Bang's Disease Program To Start July I
With Federal Program Tied In To Work
Loggers To Meet
Crescent City
Here Saturday
Landscape Work ,
Now Completed
By Garden Club
Stationery Will
Open In New Store
Services Today
For Mrs. Richert
OREGON EXPLORATION'
Council To Hold
Special Meeting
Street Bids High;
To Be Mulled Over
Weaving Cldsses
Seton Friday
Howe To Serve
In School Post