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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1985)
Sentinel/Herald—Wednesday, Feb. 20,1985--B-9 Full work schedule still keeps attorney busy says. Years ago the accused were taken to jail and they would sit up there for a few days, then the sheriff would go up and talk with him. He would plead guilty and it was over with. Today the public defender brings them in, they plead not guilty and it increases the court load. In the end they are often found guilty anyway and it has cost money. “The point is, there are a lot of crim inal cases, filed which never should be tried.” Today the public defender’s office em ploys five attorneys and runs on a $300,000 budget from the state. courts within the state besides Coos County and the U.S. District Court. He has been admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. He still works a full schedule, but today only takes the cases that interest him most. He is very interested in taxation and estate work which involves him with citizens of all ages. The tax “Old Fashioned Sundae” >Jntil about 1925 the sheriff had one girl in the front office, and a deputy. Today Mr. Slack sees all types of dupli cation of efforts with the county, city * and state. In a small way he helped to Harry Slack, Sr. write the Oregon State Police Act and $ Mr. Slack believes it was never intended Slack himself is familiar with what the that the state police be on county roads, job can be, having served as a pro-tem except for game enforcement. “The dup judge for two years. “You have to temper lication is expensive,” he says. justice with mercy,” he says, but for him “The judges do an awful good job self his cases have mainly been civil. and are able to cope with a multitude Mr. Slack’s practice over the years has of things before them,” he says. Mr. required his appearance in many other PAGE 406 laws change all the time and take a lot of reading to keep up with. Mr. Slack’s office today includes his son, Harry Slack Jr., “Marty” Stone and “Mike” Gillespie. Furnished with many original pieces of furniture, the office moved in 1973 to its present location next to the Pioneer Methodist Church at 222 East Second Street. First Sundae $1.00 Second one is Vz price 4 ‘S’ Deli Downtown Coquille Mary - Monroe - Mike ; Toney THE DELINEATOR FOR NOVEMBER 1911 I ! i IP I “Mamma’s Making Jell-O” “Bobbie! Bobbie-e-e! Mamina ’r making Jell- O ! Ain ' t you gla-a-d ? ’ ’ Bobbie certainly is glad. Mamma lets him have two or three ‘‘helps” of Jell-O sometimes, because it is so good—and never a stomachache afterwards. Do you remember how awful it used to be when you found there was nothing good under way for dinner,? was unknown then, and you had pie or pudding usually, when you had any dessert at all. Now the child who doesn’t get Jell-O is deprived of one of the fine things of present-day life. Jell-O desserts are made in a minute. Every mem ber of the family, little and big, enjoys them. There are seven Jell-O flavors: Strawberry, Rasp berry, Lemon, Orange, Cherry, Peach, Chocolate. Ten cents a package at all grocers’. Send us your address and we will send you the splendid recipe book, “DESSERTS OF THE WORLD,” with Its beautiful pictures In ten colors and gold. THE GENESEE PURE FOOD CO., Le Roy, N. Y., and Bridgeburg, Can. The name J ell -O is on every package in big red letters. If it isn’t there, it isn’t J ell -O. 4 I a Al mi® It H yA <r Lf Qi* Look for our yellow arrow specials and save a lot! I 3 MU PRESCRIPTIONS .OAhEPULtV COMPOUNDED. BONNEY’S REXALL DRUG 1 MIWI i- Downtown Coquille Jig hj - - Jig S 396-2422 jagg