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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1954)
Judge Harrison Wri tes : Bond Sales Up One Will Be Queen Friday Sale of V. S. Savings Bonds in Coos county are running ahead of 1953. Lewis Wiltshire, Coos chairman, said today. Total sales so far amount to $719,032 as compared to $643,- 284 for the same period last Needs Of Coos County Roads Told; Ballot Levy Measure Explained By JAM ES W. HARRISON Coos County Judge year. Friends of Coos County, I am pleased to attempt an answer to the following question: “Why has the County Court asked the people of Coos County for a 9% mill levy to raise $450,- 000.00 annually for roads—a levy to continue for five suc cessive years?” Primarily this request is being considered at this particular time because the present 5 mill levy terminates at the end of this fiscal year. Knowing the status of county income, the County Court knew that the road budget would have to be curtailed if ad ditional funds were not made available when the present levy runs out. Secondly, there continues to be tremendous public senti ment all over the county for an improved road system with paving as the ultimate goal of all well-used roads. Such an improvement program requires more funds than have here tofore been available. Residents Voting By Absentee Ballot Must Get Them Now R esidents of Coos County who w ant to vote in N ovem ber’s gen eral election by absentee ballot m ust ap ply for them by October 22, according t o G eorgianna Vaughan, county clerk. The b al lots m ust be retu rn ed to th e co u rt- i house by O ctober 27. Mrs. V aughan has announced th a t any person not able to go to th e polls N ovem ber 2 may vote by ab sen tee ballot, if he is a reg - j istered v o ter Health Specialists Conducting Survey On Yellow Jaundice ROADS TAKE ROCK—This picture of County Engineer Floyd Robb, who is now recovering from a heart attack in the Hines \ eterans Hospital in Illinois, and County Commissioner Fred True, shows the two men checking the county quarry on the Coquille river which has been a most successful producer of fine gravel and rock for county roads. This year Coos county roads have been given lots of rock and one reason is the operation of county quarries such as this one. (Sentinel Photo) Voters May D eterm ine A nsw er Therefore, we felt that it was our obligation to the people of the county to inform them of our problem concerning roads, so that they, the voters, could determine whether we should move ahead on the road improvements which we have begun, or to curtail those improvements and perhaps even curtail our regular maintenance standards. Thirdly, Coos County has approximately 650 miles of roads to maintain. It requires an expenditure of about one thousand to fifteen hundred dollars to maintain one mile throughout the year—depending upon the traffic, type of sub-soil, etc. That does not include money for right-of-way purposes, new grades and general improvement of roads. There are also a number of miles of new roads and extensions to the old roads that have to be made each year. We should figure approximately S6.000.00 per mile for that work. Sometimes it runs much higher. To slight the work on new road construction is false economy. All new grades should be built to a high standard in order to handle the traffic of future years and to cut down on yearly maintenance. All of this money must come from some source. Most of it is derived from the gas tax. P.U.C. funds, and other sources. Only about 10', comes from property taxes. I imagine that is a surprising fact to most of you. It was to me when I discov ered it. Dr. G ordon G race and Mrs. Vivian Ronte, two public health specialists, arriv ed in Coos C oun ty last w eek to m ak e a study of th e spread of infectious hepatitis in th is area. Dr. G race is epidem ic service intelligence officer of the U. S. Public H ealth Service and Mrs. R onte is a m em ber of th e O regon S tate B oard of H ealth. A ccording to Dr. H arold O ster ud, county h ealth officer, th e specialists’ v isit is p a rt of a sta te w ide to u r now u n d erw ay to d e term in e facts relativ e to the rapid spread of th e disease. H e stated th a t th e objective is to try and find m ethods for controlling th e disease and p rev en tin g its spread. Dr. G race and Mrs. Ronte will I attem p t to d eterm in e how th e dis ease spread s and periods of com m unicability. They w ill also m ake lab studies of th e acute cases. Q uestionnaires are now being circulated to residents in the county w ho h av e had th e disease. In this w ay, th e specialists w ill be b e tte r able to d eterm in e how and w h ere th ey got it, how sick they w ere and possibly how it is CRANBERRY ROYALTY—These charming Coos county girls make up the royal court of the annual Cranberry Festival at Bandon which celebrates the gallant red berry’s history in Coos county each year. One will be named Queen Friday night in special coronation ceremonies at the Bandon school gymnasium. A full two-days program has been arranged at Bandon for the Cranberry Festival with a festival parade Saturday morning at 10:30; a Cranberry Fair at the V.FAV. hall Friday and ß ty tillz alley Sentinel ' VOL. L. NO. 41 Grange Talent To Be Featured At Annual Meeting COQUILLE VALLEY SENTINEL Thursday, October 21, 1954 150 Books M ake Up Elrod Memorial Council Accepts R. Gallia's Bid Income Drop Foreseen In other words, out of a budget of $900.000.00 for roads last year, only about $100,000.00, or about 10%, was derived from taxation—that is for the money levied in addition to the 5 mill levy. Of course, the 5 mill levy was extra and was res ponsible for $195,000.00. Our additional levy would raise that amount to $450,000.00 which would be used exclusively for major road improvement and black-topping. Our annual in come is nearly adequate at the present for maintenance pur poses. It will not be if income should drop, and we believe a drop is inevitable within this next year because our receipts from timber sales and land sales are lower, and because the gasoline and P.U.C. fees are not holding up as they should. They are up a little over the same period last year, but not enough to make up for the increase in cost of road mainten ance. Our traffic problems seem to grow rather than diminish, so we must make up in tax money what is not available through other sources. i It should be remembered that the total cost of this special levy would not exceed ten dollars ($10.00) for each one thous and dollars ($1.000.00) of assessed valuation. One automobile or truck tire saved would more than make up for the differ ence in cost to you. Rotarians Hear Music Wednesday Audit Committee Named by Chamber . . . . . M us,c by vocahsts and ban d m em bers of th e C oquille high school m usic d ep artm en t w as presented W ednesday noon to th e Coquille R otary club. Ju d y M ilne w as th e pianist for th e group. Both C arroll N ickels and W alde- m ar Hollensted, m usic instructors, w ere present. At T uesday noon’s C ham ber of Cornmerce m eeting president j y Hughes appointed th e follow ing to an auditin g com m ittee: J e rry M acM urray, tre a su re r; Jo h n P u r- key. chairm an ; and Sig P eterson, They w ill m eet som etim e w ithin the n e a r fu tu re w ith C larence Osika. cham ber secretary to au d it the books. Coos Men Named On Committee To Promote Senator's Campaign Coquille Plywood Buys Timber Stand In Powers Area W. M. Tate, Sublim ity rancher and ch airm an of the state-w ide “F arm ers for Cordon” com m ittee said today th a t an active group of O regon farm ers are backing the candidacy of the senior senator : from Oregon O ptim ism was expressed by Tate on the Nov. 2 and outcome and said a fine group of Oregon farm ers w ere active in his cam paign. H ighest prices paid for timb« T hose nam ed to the Coos County in the Pow ers area in recent yeai •'F arm ers F or Cordon" com m ittee are: A dam Donaldson, Coos Bay; was th a t th e Coquille Plywoo , Clifford Brunell, Coos Bay; Her- C orporation of Coquille gave ft ERVIN L. PETERSON, Oregon di ‘m rector of agriculture, who has an Brelage, N orth Bend; E v erett ten and a half million board fe< been named assistant secretary of Messerli, Coos Bay; Carl Peterson, of all species. agriculture under Ezra T. Benson. i Coos Bay; Cedric Cross, RivertoD; T he tim b er is in th e Johnso: J. D Carl, A rago; W. J. Sweet, • • Bandon; Jo h n Caudle, M yrtle Creek area and fir sold for $32.5 P oint; J. E Norton Coquille; A. per thousand. • • W. Sweet, Sixes; F rank Root, Jr., North Bend; W illiam A. Donald- I son, Coos Bay; Dr. George E I)ix, 1 nos Bay; C. F. McCulloch, North W hen Ervin L. Peterson leaves Bend; Leonard L. Rood, Coos Bay; Salem for W ashington to become F rank B. Rood, Coqulile; G eorge assistant secretary of ag ricu ltu re and Doris Youst, North Bend; undre Ezra T Benson, it will be G eorge W Rood, Coos Bay; Reu an o th er case of "A m erican farm ben H endrickson, Coos Bay; Wil son O. Rogers, Coos Bay; N. R<>fcer hoy m akes good.” For prio r to becoming Coos Barnes Coos Bay; Leah E. Barnes, County Ju d g e in Ja n u ary , 1941, Coos Bay. At M onday evening’s hearing or • • he operated the fam ily dairy farm the proposed assessm ent of Sew n ear N orth Bend. (H e sold the er “C”, the city council agreed farm ea rlier th is y ear.) th a t possibly th e form ula used Since M arch, 1943, he has been was inequitable to certain p e r d irecto r of the Oregon sta te d e sons in th e assessm ent district. p artm en t of agriculture, to w hich Cost of the sew er is $38,375.29 post he was appointed by th e late and th e re are 478 building sites in G overnor Earl Snell. He has C ounty C le rk G eorgianna the area, each of w hich has been served u nder four governors. V aughan has announced th a t re g tentatively assessed $80.29. As assistant secretary, Peterson istratio n of Coos county voters to T he council m em bers decided will be in charge of fed eral-state tals 22,617 w ith th e D em ocrats that since certain areas included relations in th e d ep artm en t of ag leading th e Republicans 12,589 to will not be served by the sewer ricu ltu re. B ranches of th e d e - , 9,560. She stated th a t th e other for som e tim e, th e parties living p artm en t u n d er his direction will 468 registered a re Independents th e greatest distance from the include F orest Service, A gricul or in m inor p arties T he re g istra tru n k sew er should be assessed tu ral Research Service, Soil Con tion lists a re now closed in p rep - for the sm allest part. servation Service, Office of E x p aratio n for th e Novem ber 2 g en T he council will re-assess the p erim ent Stations, A gricultural eral election. area and another hearing w ill be Extension Service, Service to T he record reg istratio n of 23,- held at th e Novem ber 15 meeting. F arm er Cooperatives, and A gricul 101.w as posted for the 1952 presi • • tu re C onservation P aym ents P ro den tial election. grams. T h e D em ocrats led in all areas except Coos Bay w here the Re pub lican s totaled 1,918 to 1,650. R egistration to tals for cities In the county w ere as follows: Coquille, 2,206; M yrtle Point, 1,050; B an don. 727; Pow ers, 494; Coos Bay, Word was received In Coquille 3,633; N orth Bend, 3.539; Empire, this w eek th a t Dr. G enevieve 1,463; an d Eastside, 653. r k • ■ ■ Chase, New York City educator • • 03836224 and psychologist, has passed aw ay. An autopsy disclosed she had suffered from cancer of the lung. Coquille Girl Scouts are b u s y f She w as th e d aughter of the prep arin g for th eir C arnival w hich is scheduled for October 30 a t the ' F u n eral services for Ancil K ight late Mrs. Inez Chase, pioneer Co who died W ednesday at th e Rose quille teacher, and had taken her Com munity building. F eatured a t the event w ill be I burg V eterans hospital, will be Ph D at C olum bia university. She was the au th o r of num erous books gam es, candy and o th er goodies | held at tw o o’clock F riday a fte r on education and was a recognized noon from th e Coquille Schroeder Each Troop is planning an in te r- j leader in h e r field. esting gam e or some food item Bros. Chapel with th e Rev. W alter Her n ea rest survivor is Mrs. A lthough th e re will be no adm is N aff conducting the rites. Ancil K ight was bom at E ck M aurice H arvey of G uam , a sister. sion, th e re will be a nom inal fee for h te gam es, most of which are i ley. Oregon in 1897, and had been especially planned for local ch il if» th e V eterans hospital for th e past several years. dren. He is survived by th ree sons, Mrs. H arold Dey is ch airm an of the cake and coffee booth c o m - ' G alen K ight, U S . A rm y; Gordon m ittee and Ju d y P erro tt of Troop Kight, Riverton, and G eorge Kight, 12 is chairm an of th e com m ittee B lue I-ake, Calif.; a stepson, C ort land Sm ith; five daughters, Mrs. FOR RENT — Furnished apart collecting prizes. Lola Hansen. Santa Monica, Calif.; • • m ent w ith garage See Gertrudi Mrs. Don Ross, N orw ay; M rs (U lett) S andine o r phone 6026 ORIENTAL BAZAAR I Jew el Bonnickson, and Mrs. S her- TO OPEN FRIDAY 41t3i 1 ley H atcher, Coquille; tw o b ro th An Oriental Bazaar will be ers. Ellis Kight and W alter Kight held Friday and Saturday at of R iverton; and five g randchild First paid classified advertise Burr-Sullivan Motors by the ren. ment to be brought into the Sen Oriental Shrine Band of the • • tinel office Thursday morning wil ( «os County Shrine club of ED WALKER BACK be re-printed in this space eael llillah Temple. According to Ed W alker of Coquille Service week. Office opens at >:M. Re 'lilt Ashton, chairman, the sale Station is back on th e job again member. Sentinel Want Ads al will feature hundreds o f varied I this w eek a fte r a tw o w eek siege ways bring results! articles. with lung congestion. Former Coos Judge Joins Cabinet Assessment Hearing Held On Sewer "C " Demos Lead List Of County Voters HEAR NEFBERGER—At the cof fee hour arranged by Mrs. Mae Barton, Coos county Democratic chairman, local people met Mr and Mrs. Richard L. Neuberger. Bottom photo shows Mrs. Neu berger with Mrs. Eranees Hotm- strom. Coquille poet-artist, and Sen. Neuberger. Neuberger ex plained his stand on the present administration and talked in fav or of his candidaey for the V. S. senate seat held now by Sen. Guy C. Cordon. (Sentinel Photo) Kight Services Set For Friday A t Two This Week's First Classified Ad Slash Burning Now Completed C u rtis Tow nsend. Pow ers forest ranger, rep o rted th a t th e Pow ers office of th e Siskiyou National Forest has com pleted 200 acres of slashing and burning operations. D etention crew s have been d is missed. N ext project at th e P ow ers sta tions will be th e p lan tin g of 75,- 000 seedlings in th e b u rn t-o v e r areas. Dr. Chase Dies In New York City Girl Scouts Busy Completing Plans G eneral Fund Used Last year our road budget dipped into the general fund for about $300,000.00. Most of this was made up of O & C Funds and County Timber Sales. We do not believe the general fund next year can stand that amount. Our road budget must be stabilized so that we can plan our road program at least a year in advance. That has been impossible in the past due to the uncertainty of the amount of funds which would be avail able from one year to the next » We want to have good roads and we want to build them economically. That is why we are asking you for an addition al levy or a total of 9*2 mills each year for the next five years. If you vote for this levy, you can help the county improve a road system which at present is about twenty years behind. The economy of an area these days is no healthier than its road system. Decide for yourselves what kind of an area you desire and vote accordingly. The County Court will, of course, act according to your wishes. JAMES W. HARRISON Coos County Judge 10 Cents Per Copy Farmers For Cordon One of the finest C hildrens’ : shelves of new books is being ; catalogued and placed in the I Coquille Public lib rary this week F irst prize of a y ea r’s fre e elec as the Iris Elrod Memorial tricity w ill go to th e g ran g e or I library shelf, it w as rep o rted by com m unity group p u ttin g on th e , Mrs. Mary Alice W atkins, lib ra r- prize-w inning ta le n t act a t th e i ian C oos-C urry E lectric cooperative Mrs. Hazel llan n a and Mrs. annual m eeting S atu rd ay in th e i Clifford G ulseth aided in the Sixes G range hall. W inners of th e contest will get $25.00 fo r 1st selection of th e books for th e transmitted. i prize; $15.00 for second; an d $5.00 I M em orial to Mr. Elrod who • • passed aw ay th is sum m er for th ird prize. • • I T he an n u a l m eeting w ill s ta rt at 10 a.m. and ru n until 11 w ith the final acts to go on at 3 p.m. At the m eeting reg u lar !»usin,Jt, will consist of electing directors for S itkum , Gold Beach, Bandon, B roadbent and P o rt O rford. Also The Coquille Public library p art of the program w ill be asking has a regular voting booth—but for approval of th e C oos-C urry R. O. G allia of North Bend su b it's for youngsters not adults, en terin g into agreem ents to d ev el m itted th e low est bid for con and the X’s are marked not be op hydroelectric pow er on th e Illi struction of the city ’s new storage hind candidates names, but on nois river. equipm ent building. The bid was the favorite books and authors accepted by th e city council at A ccording to B ruce Shavere, of Coquille junior readers. m anager, guests of th e cooperative th e ir m eeting M onday evening. The books thal win will be will be county agents of Coos and Mr G allia’s bid was for $5,479 placed on a special Book Month C u rry counties, and conservation and he will sta rt w ork on th e exhibit shelf during National d istrict officials, as well as others building imm ediately. O th er bids subm itted w ere from Book Week in November. Mrs. A rep o rt on th e p ast y ea r will Mary Alice Watkins, librarian, also be presented by P resid en t Iv H arold G rappe of Coos Bay for $6,317 and T S. and Tom D rake nounced. > an Laird. of Coquille, $5,900. Children Voting In Regular Booth A t Local Library Saturday: a harvest ball at Tanglewood Saturday night following the football game, from left to right back row. Carolyn Moody, Randolph Community Club; Margaret Olson. Southwestern Oregon Cranberry Club; Joan Fellows. Parkersburg Commun ity Club; Sally Gladfelder. American Legion; seated. Jeanette Thompson. Langlois civic clubs; Joyce Edwards. Bandon Civic Club: and Darlene Allen. Veterans of Foreign Wars. y
