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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1952)
A Fair Is Held | C o q u ille V a lle y (/è n ti il.el coquille . AUGUST s i , IMS O regon N IV T SFA M R PUBLISHERS a s s o c ia t io n Prie« » .0 0 N r Tear to C o m County; DedicataS to the at the poat office at Ooqullla. mattar under Act of M S I» . RALPH P. STULLER m . 0« colorful 1952 county fair just completed. Never has a fair held the interest of so many people so well and completely. From the opening of the gates in the mornings until closing in the darkened hours of the night, the people of Coos and Curry county enjoyed a real county fair. Strangely enough there are only a hand ful of real county fairs left in the state of Oregon. When once thirty-six Oregon coun ties celebrated the coming of fall and harvest season, now only such doughty people as those in Coos, Curry Deschutes, Multnomah, Tilla mook, and a very few others dare to put on a countywide festival. The change in habits of a people. The growth of cars. New highways and new recre ation spots. New social and cultural activities. A ll account for the competition a county fair feels. . __ . Yes, things aren’t the same as they used to be, but we dare say the Coos county fair is even better than it used to be. And for the work of Harold Clarno, Sam Dement, and all the other members of the board, we say “ thanks’* from an entire community. ». annas Ralph P. Stellar Quite An Editorial! Oregon’s Portland JO U R N A L stole a march on the rest of the big city dailies of the nation this week when they brought out the fact that Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois, and aspirant for the presidency on the democratic ticket, is a “hard man with a penny,” by his own admission. In what is likely to be the scoop of the year, the Portland daily, took a stand endors- ing Stevenson for the presidency, and also re printed a letter from the Illinois governor stating the fact that he realized there was a Washington and pointing out that he had had one in Illinois which he has cleaned up quite well. There w ill be lots s of t fun, e h edi' g speaking, across the land with the J< personal letter from Stevenson. But the can dor of the letter is refreshing. We doubt whether or not many political candidates would have written such a letter as Stevenson did. And that makes him even a better candi date than he was before. ’in B. Smith ¥ * * * * * * * LOCAL VIEWS OF NOMINATIONS Oregon’s two living Democratic ex-governors rate very high in the With Coquille’s new filter plant ready esteem of members of both p o liti cal parties. Both are pundits and to operate and a potential of two to three punsters. million gallons of fresh water available to Ex-governor Oswald West, now the people of Coquille, there ia no reason for 79, was called a left-winger when flowers not blooming and lawns not to be he was governor from 1811 to 1815 green and attractive. There is no reason the and sponsored “ blue sky” laws and soft comfortable sound of the whirring of a prohibition. The venerable king sprinkler is not familiar music in every corner maker long ago swung to the right of the city, there is no reason why Coquille flank of the Democratic ranks. When 1 asked him to comment on will not be a garden spot. the Democratic nominations, he That is, no reason unless water rates are said: too high and the people of the city do not "The convention delegates did use water. as well as they could. They nomi To be under study w ill be the possibility nated two clean and able men. of raising water rates for the users of the “ But to win they have got to city. More revenue is necessary to retire take a decided stand against those iris from U . S. engineers that a Re bonds issued to pay for the expensive in schemers and wastrels who have stallation of the filter plant. No one w ill deny $250,000 south jetty construction project is found their way into several de this, and particularly not the citizens who needed in Bandon for the Port of Coquille partments o f state in Washington.’’ river should get the attention of all people in Ex-governor Walter M. Pierce, voted in the plant. now 91. served six sessions in the But care should be exercised in any this end of the county. Shipping via Bandon by water has be state senate, four terms in the con study to revise upwards the charges for water usage. It seems the city should realize come considerable the past few years,tend it gress and was governor from 1823 1927. He, too. wee called a lib you can charge only so much and after that would be much greater if a safer bar was t6 eral but has stuck by his guns. 'present. you Will cut down the consumption of water. We think the Bandon Chamber of Com Pierce’s statement on the nomi This would continue the dry sere lawns. nation was: It would not raise water revenues. In fact, merce needs our support now to see that “ Kefauver is a fine man, the proper work is done on the Bandon port. Cer it would defeat the purpose of having a new scholar In politics but the Demo tainly the potential of lumber shipment plus crats always pick a strong man for filter plant. Let’s not fall into the fallacy of attempt the fact that the government has a major in the presidency—and usually elect ing to raise water rates so high that water vestment in the port now should make cong him. "1 am an old school Democrat consumption drops drastically. It would make ress see the wisdom of expending more money support the party choice. We the paying off of filter plant bonds even to maintain this vital link in the coastwise and have good candidates and a fine shipping routes. harder. platform. YOUNGSTERS FLY TO CITY “ The Republicians had a great Three youngsters from Coquille, Lincoln and never chose another Terry Lee Percy and Marcia strong man u ntil they got T.R. by accident—and he left the party." Percy and their cousin, Jan Cur A SIGNAL REPUBLICAN VIEW ran, flew to Portland on Monday Ex-governor Charles A. Sprague to visit w ith their grandmother, gave an Im partial RepufaMcian F ro m T h e S e n tin e l F ile s o f 20 Years A g o Mrs. Mary Curran. Next week viewpoint of the Democratic nom end Mr. and Mrs. Tom Perry w ill inees In his column “ It Seems to cedar salesman, but he gave a drive to bring their children and Me” appearing in the Oregon (From Files of The poor demonstration of walking on nephew home. Joe is the son of Statesman: Friday, Aorust 1». I S » ) , CHINOOK SALMON for canning, it, for he fell from a log Into the Mr. and Mrs. James Curran. “ The Democrats have put fo r- 4 cents a pound. W rite A. E. rive r while pursuing an elusive Morris, Bandon, or call at “ fish” catfish.. He looked more like a sign at Lamps. J S2t2* muskrat when fished out by Ferb a E. Emery, who undoubtedly saved Bom, to Mr. and Mrs. Reuben his life. Brown of McKinley, August IS, a a six-pound son. This is their firs t C. M. Hermann, one of the earli child. est pioneers in Coos county, of • those still living, has been a Coos Coquille and North Bend are to county visitor the past two weeks meet in the second game of the from his home in Roseburg. He championship series on Sunday, had been visiting his daughter, the local park again bethg the Mrs. Levi Bunch on Rink creek of the battle. for two or three days this week a ar.d was in Coquille w ith Mrs. Paul McElwaine, of the South Bunch Tuesday. western Motor Co., returned home last Friday evening from a week’s trip to southern California. He MRS. OSBORN. FAMILY . ----- went down on business but man V IS IT RELATIVES HERE Mrs. G. L. Osborn and children, aged to enjoy a couple of days at Martha and Allen, of Portland the Olympic games. Utal C lean. In an a a .y have been visiting her parents Mr. a |lffyl N ever wear« eat and Mrs. A. E. Walstrom of the "Sandy” Hamilton, of Kansas —na ver M a atM iailT as, City, Mo., a salesman fo r the North Bank road and her aunt LUXURIOUS Tracy nuel- Smith Wood-Products company, Mrs. O. C. Sanford of Coquille who was here for a few days’ Mrs. Sanford w ill return to Port- visit this week, may be a goodland w ith them fo r a visit. Let's Sell Water How About It? this week and gave members a lot of free advise. The commission was impressed and is considering a request to the State Board of Control to employ the New York architect to outline a plan and design fo r development of the Capital Mall. While the commissioners were “ curbstoning" Keally he advised them that the m all should extend seven Mocks north of the Capitol, flanked on either side by state buildings as they are required. He advised that the Supreme Court building when b u ilt should be north of Union street, four blocks from the Capitol, and should he a decorative type o f building, outstanding in character and con struction and not just an office building. When asked about the place ment of statues of Dr. John Mc Laughlin and Jason Lee replicas of those in Washington, D. C., he said they should be east of the Capitol at either side o f the walk in the center of the park leading to the statue of the C ircuit Rider. The replica of the Liberty Bell, he said should be to the west of the Capitol. Keally emphasised that now Is the time to crystalise plans and diagrams of the Capitol area im provement SPEED BONUS PAYMENTS The Oregon Department of Vet erans A ffairs is now on a quickie basis. I t has caught up w ith the big flow of applications. A ll claims ap proved have been paid and checks are being mailed at the rate of 15,000 a day, according to H. C. HOWARD-COOPER SERVICE IS FAST SERVICE 1 590?r?" 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