A drivers license examin e r
drop; production is cut
ahead of the scheduled closing hour
be on duty in C oquille W ednesday, in order to assure completion of
unemployment Is on the way.
Aug.
27.
1952
at
the
C
ity
H
all
be
I am especially troubled by the
their applications with a minimum
Mrs. iM-uiw
—— ~
lack of religious intereet today tween the hours of 9 am . and 4 of delay.
e rt of Marshfield. Mas. left last
p.m
according
tom
announoesxent
This lack always precedes a f i
St a
week for their home after a visit
nancial crash. The desire to get received from the Secretary of
with her son-in-law and daughter,
State’s
office.
something for nothing—so pre
Persons wishing licenses or per-
valent today— ia a bad sign,
BABSON PARK. A lot of peo-I EXP LA IN E D
whether by Investors, employers
Walla and Boise. ’
If the supply of goods available or wageworkers. When attendance
e e
niece Kathleen and Rosa Wiggins pie have recently asked me
had kept up with the supply of st church declines and attendance
of Ventura, Calif., visited the whether we are headed for a boom I
Geerve HoUmen of B an
or a bust next year. I am going money, we would have had no in at the races increases, look out
a few days with his uncle and Frank DeCosta home in Coquille
But because of shorter for trouble. Hence, proceed with
to try to give the answer with a flation.
aunt, M r. and Mrs. Lou Holimon. last week.
hours and unnecessary strikes, caution, clean up your debts, build
few economic facto of life.
production fell ati-, then the value up your liquid savings and work
PRESENT SITUATION
^Business today is not bad a> uf the dollar fell likewise: Peo harder at y o u r job.
e •
some would have us believe. Even ple wanted to buy goods with
so, It may be later in the eco their higher wages, goods were FORMER RESIDENTS TELL
nomic cycle than you think! Some scarce. Prices shot up; we had OF LIFE IN JAPAN
phases of business, such as tex creeping inflation and an articical
Coquille friends of Capt. and
tiles, shoes, consumer soft goods,
Mrs. Royce G. Robinson w ill wel
There is a point in this cycle come news of them. Capt. Robin
w ill improve during the next few
months. Consumer durables, such where people, banks. Insurance son is now located with the U. S.
as automobiles and washers, w ill companies, and other financial A rm y in Japan.
remain off from last year. There houses begin to get worried about
In a letter to Mrs. Charles
Experience tells them
w ill probably be a moderate im earnings.
Stauff, Mrs. Robinson tells of her
that
boom
times
can’t
last
for
provement In the volume of busi-
journey to Join C a p t Robinson.
ness by the third quarter. The ever. We may be approaching
She left Seattle on the Navy
thia
point
now.
A
lready,
many
Rahaom^iart Index now
at
transport, Gen. Simon Buckner on
125 percent of the 1939 and 1947 plants across the country have cut June 24th and had a fine trip for
average. Thia is does to the low back to a forty-hour week. Some 12 days, reaching Yokahama har
point for the past two and a h alf workers are being laid off- Bat bor at about midnight on Aug. 5th.
years however, the current level no definite forecasting regarding
There were 470 dependants on
of business ia M ill higher than in 1953 should be made at present. the ship, with 205 of them children.
I t looks now as If we must await
much of the 1940’s.
Their living quarters are new,
What happens to business next 1952 net earnings,— that is, how built within the year and they have
much corporations end fa r-“ 1“ a two bedroom house completely
year depends la r g e r on earnings
furnished. The living quarters are
rather than upon politico. I be have le ft after paying their
wages and taxes.
about one mile from the army post
lieve that both General
SANS RSUGION NEEDED
which has a P.X. Commlsary and
bower end Governor S'
During this ldnd o f a period, theatre. They are on the Wland of
are good men. I now see no rea
son for fearing any drastic change people begin to worry. They Honshu, right on the Pacific ocean.
Capt and Mra. Robinson lived In
Immediately after November 4th. again want money more than they
No President w ill intesdfonaUy want goods. Mortgage rates and Coquille, at the Wilson - Apart
encourage deflation.
The m ili businesaloan rates become higher. ments, for a time while he was
tary program should continue to Voluntary credit restrictions be one of the state weighmasters.
hold up gross business. We, how- gin to set in. This puto a damper C apt Robinson was in the reserves
could have a period of on good business. People no long after World W ar II . They send
er have so much money or credit greetings to their many friends.
“profitless jE rosperitjU’
W IL L P R O P S ----------
B y 19M w a shall have shoot
completed our tooling up and our
plant expanekm to handle Govern
ment contracts. We are already
beginning to see defense plans
—
curtailed.
Further cut« are an
ticipated between now and the
end of the year when Government
spending w ill reach a high of $0®
billion. By late 1953, assuming
Today's w ^ of 4M . h a far cry from Hm day. when daddy took hi,igM U 1«
present plans and conditions, it
w ill taper att to 153 billion. Gov
assm of a rabbit U f a to wrap b i. Baby Bunting «•. *>’
m,r>cU*
•" *"
PLAN AHEAD! Yen
ernment curtailment of spending
, that is bright
may slow down fast by lato 1953
us comfort and cenvenience aplenty . . . right at our fingertips.
and early 1954. But this depends
*revide * b^7^ara*riff y^dTno»"«*»^»** * “ T'
upon Uncle Joe and not Uncle
We feature taste-tempt
electric aervice. Today electricity cook, enr meals, washes enr clothes, bring,
Sam.
ln ,1TT *“* k* “ hel* *** *** *’
Boom or bust for 1953-54 first
ing juicy hamburgers at
becomes the problem of In flatio n
entertainment and relaxation.
r plan of seringa.
An even better standard ef living in the future is the aim nf yeur friend« and
versus deflation. During a boom,
just 20c.
such as ws have a ll recently w it
Local Ownership and Control
neighbors who operate your business-managed electric company.
nessed, the buying public wants
goods more than money. During
R O U N D -T H E -C L O C K -S E R V IC E
a recession or depression, the op
A L and B U D H IC K A M , Owners
posite is true. Booms cause de
pression; depression brings about
further deflation. What, then,
“A Self-Supporting, Tax-Paylpc. Private Enterprise"
causes the boom? The most im
portant cause of the booms of the
cross from M«gt Hospital — Myrtle Point
pasThas been inflation.
w d fam ily are on a vacation along antelope hunter in the Klamath
the Oregon coast, Portland and the Falls area last week.
Mt. Hood vicinity, t
Barbara Calloway of Salem vis
■ - •
•
ited Bunny Gosnell from last Wed
Mr. and Mrs. C. Q . ___ ___
have returned from a trip to Port nesday through Monday. •
a e
land, Ranier park, Yakima, Walla
• .>
Babsontharl Index Stands At 125%
Of 1939-47, Economist Writes
HIS
FUTURE
ISY0U R
bye, baby bunting
Jfce A b ® *•<»/ wccrHàn.v
daddy's gone a hunting, to get a
rabbit skin, to wrap his baby bunting in
■ ■ ■
bank
Mountain States Power Co.
MOM'S DRIVE -IN
MYRTLE
POINT
simple economics
UGUST 22 and 23
Entry and Judging Day August 22
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CURRY COUNTY FAIR
■LEE
1 4 4 4 1 1 1
L06-BUCK 1N6
TRUCK BACKING
★ HORSE RACING
★ 4 -H EXHIBITS
A D M I S S IO N
A d u lts .................... 50c
Children Under 16 FREE
k
’
*
LOG-ROLLING
TREE CLIMBING
E X H IB IT S
★ FAT LAMB
★ FLOWER S
Free Barbecue Saturday, AugustH
Beach Countv Fair Grounds
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