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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1954)
— Thursday, Jan. 21,1954 ___ ___________________ ___________________ ________ COQUILLE L U y U l b L t VALLEY V A L .L ,ib i SENTINEL Coos County Court House Is “Home Away From Home” For Rural Families * ease control, p redatory anim al A vital role is played daily by control, and range m anagem ent. th e Coos County Extension S er The farm ers have a b etter vice in th e lives of all ta n n ers, m arket for dairy products, live- hom em akers and 4-H m em bers stock and other com modities, too, For it is th e ir “hom e aw ay from thanks to a large ex ten t to th e ef- hom e" w here they can bring th eir particu lar problem s and be cer forts of th e extension service and ta in th a t they will rece.ve im m e th e ir w ork w ith local groups of diate and careful attention. A nd it I producers. --------------------- ----------------------------- — ------------------------------ -— — — - w hich they discuss p articu lar home problems and decide which pro- ject th ey ’d like dem onstrated. The state extension office, w orking through the county office, tries t° give them the type of service they want. Members Attend P roject M eetings W hen a project is scheduled each unit enrolled sends tw o m em tell of th e ir visiting at th e Hotel | The trav elin g C oquille citizens | to G uaym as w h ere th ey spe------ is no sm all job that th e extension Farm ers’ A ctiv ities Im portant bers to ’ th e dem onstration. A To E xtensionists office perform s. m eets with In lack, fact, a any ity th a t is ---- im- state Ill n j o activ v u .iv —---— — representative *--- , The extension work w as started in Coos county in N ovem ber of p o rtan t to th e farm er is im portant them and gives instructions on how 1913 J L. Sm ith w as th e first to th e extension office. And th e to conduct a m eeting for th a t p ar- agent, coming to Coquille from em ployees are alw ays w illing to ticular project. In th is w ay, the th e state of Kansas He m ade the lend a helping hand and give th e pro(fram is expanded m uch more trip West on th e old B reakw ater I farm ers th e ir support. W ithin th e effectively th an would be possible ship to Bandon and on his arrival past 10 years, according to Je n - w itbo ut th e units. in Coquille, set the office u p on kins, a person w ouldn’t find an y -I Miss _ Em m a Lou W ebster is the F ront street in the vicinity of Hall thing „ th e farm ers h av e done th a t home economics extension agent s h e cam e street. The m odem , u p -to -d a te oi- th e extension office hasn t had a fices a re now located on th e low er hand in it, too. here last y ear from E p h rata, W ash. Local phases of th e ag ricu ltu re Rhe worked for th e F arm ers level of Coos County’s b ran d new conservation p rogram are ad - Home A dm inistration Courthouse. m inistered by a com m ittee of Women AUend Meeti„ K F irst Program Was A griculture At th a t tim e, the w ork carried farm ers. This is know n as the A ccw di ,o h er, th e success of on was ag riculture only, w ith -th e PMA and also as th e County Ag- pro;, r .im was ,ast Nov. em phasis on dairying. O ne of th e ricu ltu ra l C onservation Com m it- m ajo r projects organized w as w h at Farm ers Aided W ith Jobs ’’m b er d u rin g the flood. At th a t w as know n as th e Cow Testing T here are tim es w hen farm ers tim e, a m eeting w as scheduled Association. Mr. Sm ith got a are unab le to obtain help o r m a- p relim inary to the recent shirtm ak group of farm ers together, they te rials for a job h e needs done mg workshop. And, even though appointed a board of directors and and once again th ey tu rn to th e some of the roads w ere flooded collectively em ployed a m ilk te st extension office. Jen k in s cited th e and county residents ju st begin- er who m ade his rounds each of a farm er who w anted a ning to d ig th eir w ay o ut from m orning and evening. H e rem ained I case septic tan k dug b ut w as un ab le to the d eb ris left by th e h igh w ater, at each farm until th e tests w ere I obtain th e help o r necessary over 200 women m anaged, one way completed. equipm ent. or anotheF, to get to Coquille to This w ork has been m aintained T he problem w as solved by th e attend th e m eeting, almost continuously since it w as extension service w hich b u ilt it P ro jects offered d u rin g th e year started and is now carried on on for him under th e guise of a dem - inciude food, clothing, hom e m an- a much m ore extensive basis. To onstration. T he theory w as th a t agem ent, hom e furnishings, rec re - day, it is called th e D airy Herd the oth er farm ers w ho w atched ation and housing. Im provem ent Program and is th e tank being b u ilt could go Ont. of the big ev en ts of the available to all farm ers in Coos, ahead and build th e ir own. N um - g p ring js the annual Homem ak- N orthern C u rry and W estern erous silos have also been construe- erg, Festival T hls is an all- Douglas counties. T he te ste r no day ev en t at which th e women longer rem ains on each farm but bed in th e sam e w ay. Coquille People Enjoying Mexican Visiting And Find Highway On Coast Area Very Good , sh o . rt tim e. „ From t . th e re th they ey ¿,-ove, drove fu rth e r south, and then took a plane to th e city of P uerto V al- larta. W ith th e exception of about 100 m iles of road w hich is u n d er con struction, th e highw ay is good, and th ey rep o rt th e desert is green and every once in a w hile you en counter m uch tropical vegetation. H otel Rosita th e y have A A t t th th e e Ho1 a nice double room an d th ree m eals a day for only $4.42. They rep o rt th e food is good M exican fare, an d say th a t th e tow n is really nice. A nd in closing, D r. B unch re ported, “I don’t know how w e can afford to com e hom e.” COUNTY Future Program Planned varjous th in g s th ey .ye now brings th e m ilk sam ples into According to Jen k in s, th e pro- m ade and their projects. th e Extension office w here it is Enj 4_H Program tested in th e brand new dairy gram for th e fu tu re will b e much y th e sam e ty p e of w ork. However. The c young are testing laboratory, oqe of th e best one of th e im p o rtan t new projects benefitted by th e E xten- on the W est coast. for the com ing y ea r is flood con- « too. F o r it is And it is interesting to note that rol for th e Coqui le V alley and through the 4-H clubs th a t they today, Coos is one of tw o counties N orthern p a rt of th e county. in the sta te th a t has established E xtension agents w ho have learn not only w orthw hile activ i a centralized testing of dairy helped ad v an ce t h e program ties, b ut to do fo r them selves and herds. The other county is T illa through o u t th e county include th e to be b etter citizens. The 4-H office w as set up in jl mook. first agent, J. L. Sm ith, w ho was According to George Jenkins, | here for about five years; C. C. 1919 with Emil Peterson of N orth | present county agent, “T h ere’s not F a rr of Coos Bay, fath er of Co Bend handling th e 4-H projects. much w e don’t w ork at in th e ag quille’s m ayor D onald F a rr; Clyde The p ro g ram is a big one and in ricu ltu ral field.” R ichards, w ho cam e h ere from cludes instructions in cooking, Service Carries On Varied exhibiting, gard en in g , i U tah, rem aining only a short sewing, Programs tim e; H arvey Hale, w ho w as agent w orking w ith l^ e s to c k and m any, T he w ork they do includes: sou about 1925; and Jen k in s, w ho re m any others. w ork, including problem s of d ra in placed him in 1930. O ver 1.000 Project« age, com m ercial fertilizing, and Special Program O ffered Com pleted in 1953 irrigation; farm crops, in which H om em akers ■ *o»ie>n««era W alt Schroeder, ag en t at the they try to find b etter adapted H ow ever, th e C ounty Extension 1 presen t tim e, rep o rts th a t the clover and grasses fo r th is area service doesn’t confine its w ork to boys and girls com pleted over w hich is forage; horticulture, helping th e “ arm ers only. F a r from j ()00 differen t club __ ____ projects last w orking m ostly w ith sm all fru its it! For the H o om m e e Econom E r n n n m ics im H iv - ■ . . . .. . . , ___ , ___ __ th e H d iv such as cranberries, and also solv ision is one of th e m ost im p o rtan t y ear assisted by th e ir leaders or ing problem s of sm all hom e g ar and active, w orking for th e bene assistan t leaders. A vital p a rt of th e program is j dens. fit of all hom em akers. the 4-H L eaders organization. T he i D airy husbandry is another p art It originally w as organized on of th e program carried on by th e a tem p o rary basis during, th e first m em bers do not receive any money extensionists. T his is quite an e x World W ar. T he agent w orked for th eir services, not even tra v e l- : tensive program and is in addi mostly on foods, hom e g ardens and ing expenses. They are ju st in tion to th e Dairy H erd Im prove canning. T he first reg u lar hom e terested in young people and in m ent. T hey arc constantly striv economics extension service was seeing them do w orthw hile things ing for b etter feeding and breed officially sta rted in 1936. Miss for themselves. ing fo r th e anim als. Jessie P alm iter (w ho Is now Mrs. 4-H Building Completed Artificial Breeding Made T he biggest accom plishm ent of Rex Ingram of Coos B ay), w as th e Possible first agent. She served half of her the association was the com ple- j W ithin recent years, tw o associ tim e in Coos county and th e oth er tion last year of th e m uch needed ations have been organized in the half in Douglas. 4-H building on th e F airgrounds I county w hich provide artificial A gent W orks T hrough U nits a t M yrtle Point. W orking r i g h t ' breeding of herds. T his affords a T he w ay th e service is set up, along w ith them w ere Schroeder ; breeding service of high produc th e ag en t w orks through various and George Je n k in s of the a g ri ing sires a t a cost sm all d airy extension units. T he original nine m en can afford. It also has done units included N orth B ayside culture division. u n its n ic iu u e u iw h ii n u j.'iu c , T h ere on iciai j never been an official aw ay to a large ex ten t w ith the C atching Inlet. F airview , Bandon, 4_H club has ajf(,nt as such, and danger of having a bull on the A rago a i d G aylord. They h av e in - Schroeder ----- j — ---------— _»«------------------ w orks on other projects I dairy farm s. creased in n u m b e r and now in A nother im portant advance elude Bridge, B roadbent, B ullards, as well as those dealing w ith 4-H | clubs. m ent th a t has tak en place is th e C harleston harleston, Coos Bay, Coos coos River, Kiver. E xtf.Ba|on J(>h lg Blg tren d tow ards feeding th e herds W ell-Done Cooston. Coquille. E asts.de, Em - grass sileage ra th e r th a n hay, pire, Glasgow, G reendell, Mc AND Well-Done All in all, the Coos County Ex- w hich in th is area, isn’t o i the Kinley, M illington, M yrtle, North Bend,y’o i i v e 'ß a r b e r P o w ¿n " a n d ‘e « « « f a ** best quality. T he extensionists not only co service for everyone in the county. operate w ith the farm ers and Sum ner. It is a big job! It is one th at has The unit memtiers hold a pro grown, and will continue to grow I try to help them in these ways, gram planning day once a y ear at b u t also w ork w ith them on dis d u rin g the com ing years. And th e agents deserve th e h ea rtfe lt i th an k s of all Coos county folks for | a job well-done. e i • • See “Spike" Leslie for insurance of all kinds, phone 4891. tfc C H A M B E R S ... Filled the heating requirements and supplied the sheet metal for COOS COUNTY’S NEW COURTHOUSE r ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES —Ih1 mi • • • • KELVINATOR NORGE BO N IT E HAMILTON SERVICE Modern Courthouse Saturday Authorized Repair and Service for Evinrude Out board Motors. of Coos County In Years To Come. Remember, For Your Construction Needs I. L. HANSEN REPAIRS Chambers Plumbing & Heating & Fuel Oil COOS BAY Project Which Will Serve the People SALES We urge you to visit the and examine our work. We Are Proud of this Construction OREGON Installation and mainten- I anee for ALL your I electrical appliances. I • • GENERAL CO NTRAC TO R * REASONABLE PRICES II I I Ihorntorub j Phone 5121 COQUILLE________I Coos Bay Oregon
