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in abusing Preaidant W ilson is play-
tag into the hands o f the enemies of
No man o f this generation
over had such an opportunity as W il
son has now to prom ote the coming o f
that happy day when “ the nations
■ha» learn war no m ore;“ and he is
living up his opjfflHunitiss. Hold up
Us hands, instead o f trying to stab
him in the back by every sort o f di
rect attack and covert innuendo as so
HANGING BY THE BY B U D S
W e used to hear it said that the many are doing. Unreasoning parti
constitution was the Inst refug# o f a sanship may not be an unpardonable
scoundrel.
Deprived o f any other sin but it is one o f the devil’s beet ta-
grounds on which to escape punish
ment for his misdeeds a culprit would
Final figures from th* Oregon war
almost unvariably And a lawyer who
and thrift stamp sales show Coos
would argue that the law that penal
county in sixth place with n total sale
ised him was in violation o f the con
o f $660,997.4$, nearly $90,000 over its
The
last
ditch
oppansms
stitution.
The total salsa in th* state
o f th* national prohibition amendment quote.
were $18,489,972. Portland lod with
appear to be much in the same
$6,220,000, while O ateup, Linn, Wash
fix. They are invoking th* initiative
ington, Marion and Clackamas were
referendum provisions o f th* con
ahead
o f Coos county.
stitutions o f most o f th* states as th*
last straw between them and everlast
Th* first bill introduced in th* leg
ing drouth. They want the people to islature by Repräsentativ* T hrift was
vote on ratification o f th* amendment one “relatin g to the compensation o f
after th* legislatures have acted, and attorneys.”
If it is intended to reg
they went a vote ordered right away ulate or reduce la w y er/ fees we im
without waiting for any such form ali agine it will stand little chance in
ties as th* petitions th* constitutions
bodice where they nr* so largely re
require.
presented as they are in both houses
Some means by which they can pos
sibly delay the proclamation that the
amendment has been ratified, no mat
Th* appeal o f th* Marshfield Cham
ter what, is a case o f lif* and dsnth ber o f Commerce fo r support in •
to them.
Ordinarily any state sta movement fo r th* revision o f th*
tute or enactment against which they present train service does not appear
could interpose some federal .-lew to have struck a responsive ch ord
wouldn’t look like three cent* to
them, but this s ground hog csss and
While the Salvage Shop at Marsh
they are as anxious fo r s reprieve as
th* man sentenced to be bung at sun field was in operation during th* war
it turned over $2746.04 net profits to
rise.
,
Th* constitution plainly spedflas th* Red Cross after paying operating
that an amendment shall go into effect expanses o f $61.66.
when it has been ratified by the leg
islatures o f three-fourths o f the states.
The constitutions
o f th* state*
that have initiative and referendum
provisions also plainly specify that
laws enacted by the legislatures ex-
acute case o f “ Au” was dropped in
the eyee o f two members; more was
injected into another with n hypo
dermic needle, but none took the “ Au.”
The “ flu“ is m ystery, that’s nil. Sel
ene* ip still baffled.
“ Sanitarians will do well,“ Surgeon
General Bue says, “ to go on applying
the general principle* o f control that
are baaed on the justifiable assump
tion that the disease is a droplet in
fection. I believe, however, that we
have not given enough consideration
to the hands and mouth as a part of
infection, nor have we sufficiently em
phasised the possible in f activity o f
the earlieat stages o f the disease.”
The public health service expects to
continue the experiments and the 100
heroes o f the “ flu squad” will again
and again expose themselves to the
fatal epidemic with the hope that the
veil may be lifted and humanity made
safe from it.
Glrls Making Good
“ Girls are making good as detec
tives among the dairy herds o f Ore
gon,” says E. L. W estover, field dairy
man o f O. A. O., who has charge of
official cow testing in Oregon.
“ Four girls checked up on 1481
cows fo r October to determine wheth
er or not they were paying fo r their
feed and keep.
On* girls detected
nine cows in one association that were
n o t They were weeded out at once
and sold fa r beef.
“Th* total pounds o f milk produced
In October by nil cows in associations
was 829,298.76 pounds, which contain
ed 41,196.99 pounds o f butterfst. Tbs
average production o f each cow for
th* month was 422.72 pounds o f milk
and 20.99 pounds o f butterfat
“The highest milk producing cow in
Oregon during October, ns reported
by the different associations, was in
Tillamook county where the cow
Countess Sunnybrook D* Kol 2nd pro
duced 1660 pouiids o f milk and 44.96
pounds o f fat. The highest fa t pro
ducing cow was a grad* Jersey that
What the Hun did to the bodiqs o f produced 978 pounds o f milk^and 68.-
his anemias to acquire world domin
ion the bootlegger would do to th*
Th* girl* in charge e f the different
souls o f his patrons to gain dirty dol
associations are Mias Helen Miller,
lars.
Nestucca association; Mias Doris Saw
Looks as if this nation was going yer, Linn county association; Miss
to consist o f the United States and Eva Blackwell, Smith and Umpqua
association; all form er coeds o f O. A.
C., and Miss R. P. Snedeker, a grad
Think o f what Uncle Sam did to the uate o f the Oregon Normal, Tillamook
Hun and then pity the poor boot- association
go into effect until so many days have
passed to give the people an opportun
ity to petition for n referendum.
So the attorneys far th* home in
teracts chotus in unison that no rati
fication o f an amendment to th* con
stitution o f th# United States can be
valid until he people o f th* state have
voted to approve the legislative rati
fication. That doesn’t follow in any
avant. The people may not and pro
bably do not want to vote. They may
be and probably are entirely satisfied
with the action o f th* legislatures.
Th* bootlegger is deserving o f just
Nevertheless th* boos* crowd will as much respect as tbs snake or the
shout themselves hoars* that no rati Hun.
fication can be legal until th* people
have voted.
A s a matter o f fact the provision o f
th* federal constitution in regard to
ratification would hold over anything
to th* contrary. No matter what con
trary provisions there m ight be in any
state constiution they would be entire
ly nugatory—as futil* as th* pope’s
bull against th* comet. “ Ultra vires”
is what any lawyer worth his salt
would say o f a state statute contra
vening a provision o f the federal con
stitution or standing in tho way o f
its enforcement. In trying to put any
strings on the nation it was fully de
cided fifty year* ago that th* states
were acting beyond their powers.
But, o f course, there is no provision
in any state constitution that th* ra
tification o f an amendment to the fed
eral constitution by the state legisla
ture shall or can be submitted to a
vote o f the people before it shall be
come effective. The men who wrote
those referendum amendments to the
•tot# constituants were not foots
•nough to think any state could tell
Uncle 8cm where to head In.
The whole rumpus is supremely
• ill/i nor do wo imagine that it will
delay for a day the procl-imation o f
the adoption o f the federal amend
ment.
King Boose is dead. His obsequiss
need not be postponed.
Representative Jones o f Lincoln
and Polk counties has introduced a
bill at Salem appropriating $2,600,-
°00 for a Roosevelt coast military
highway to extend through Clatsop,
Tincoln, Lane, Douglas, Coo* and
Curry counties to the California line,
■being contingent on th* federal gov-
errment appropriating a like amount
and providing for floating bonds for
th* project.
Alnxwt a Million
Coos county contributed $901,660 to
the grand total o f $88,862,660 o f the
fou rth Liberty Loan in Oregon. The
number o f subscribers in th* county
was 8,898. The oversubscription was
24.27 per cent. These figures have
just bean received from the State
Headquarters.
The official compila
tions do not show the quote o f non
banking centers.
In the newspapers outside o f Port
land 87,884 column inches o f space
was used in paid and free publicity tn
aid o f the Loan.
Following is the statement o f the
communities of this county:
Quote Amount No. o f
BObs
Marshfield $
$416,760 8,617
C m * county’» maatoer o f the SteU
Chamber o f (^oauaerca, returned
Tuesday from • Visit o f savers] d»y»
at Portland and Salem, and spooking
of the proposed $10,000,000 bond issue
fo r road work in Oregon ho is quoted
by the Times as saying:
- “ We held a meeting with the High
way Commission and also conferred
with members o f the legislature.
“ The general view seems to be that
the ton million bond issue should pro
vide that three-quarters o f the
amount be expended in completing
the Pacific Highway to the California
lino and the Columbia river highway
as fa r as Pendleton and the balance
to be expended as the Highway Ceos-
mission sees fit.
“ It was also, generally agreed that
the matter should be left largely in
the hands o f the Highway Commis
sion as the state now has an organi
sation that is entitled to the greatest
public trust and confidence.
“ For instance the program would
include the hard surfacing or macad-
aming the Myrtle Point road from
Coos Bay to Roeoburg where it would
tie onto the Pacific highway.
“ Douglas county has placed about
$46,000 at the disposal o f the State
Highway Commission to be used in
Axing the Myrtle Point-Roeeburg
road and the state will probably add
another $100,000 to this amount.
“ However the Highway Commission
is now waiting to see what the leg
islature does before arranging its pro
gram.
“ The bids on the Coos Bay-Coquille
road are to be opened March 7. 1
told the commission that ordinary
weather would enable the contractor
o start work as soon after March 7 a#
he would be able to assemble materi-
“ There is a general feeling that the
state legislature should not make it
mandatory that contractors engage
entirely returned soldiers for the
work as it is questionable how many
e f them w ill desire that kind o f a job.
Contractors generally will be pledged
to give returned soldiers preference.
“ By placing the expenditure o f th*
funds in ths hands o f the Highway
Commission, they will be able to de
termine whether the time is oppor
tune to press construction, both for
public welfare and from an economic
standpoint or whether to allow some
o f It to go later.
“ Senator I. 8. Smith, o f Coos coun
ty, is on the road committee o f the
senate and is taking much Interest in
The War has been won. The Boy» will ooroe ran
And our duty will have been done.
But OUR gervice still goee on. If you have
n&neial problem let ug#asm*t you.
Our Motto Is
“Still Better Service
OREGON
COQUILLE
Just Arrived
A Complete Stock of
Coquille H ardw are Co
New Work for Flyer«
Requisition for 10 airplanes for fo r
est patrol purposes in the Pacific
Northwest ha* been made, according
to announcement by Clyde R. Seitx,
supervisor o f the Cascade National
Forest, with headquarters in Eugene.
He expects that two machines will be
assigned to that city—on« for th*
Cascade forest and the other for the
Siuslaw forest—the supervisor of
which also has headquarters in this
city.
Either forest may be reached from
Eugene by airplane within an hour.
C om County Lends Them AU
From December 22 to Jan. 11 Coos
Bay shipments o f fir and sprue«
•mounted to 4,686,000 feet, which
nearly equalled the shipmonts o f such
lumber from all other points on ths
coasts o f Orsgon and California. Ban-
don shipments were 416,000. Add this
to the Coo* Bay shipments and Coo*
county accounts for more than half
the shipments o f ti^a Pacific north
west.
A n electric m otor can
lift anything. l> t us tell you how
G-E Electric Motors
are lifting mortgages o f f hundreds
o f farms throughout the country.
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MOUNTAIN STATES POWER COMPANY
Candlefish Are Good Sardines.
T hrift in the Legislature
State Capitol, Salem, Ore., Jan. 21.
— (Special to The Sentinel.)—T. J.
Thrift, member o f the house from Co
quille, is living true to his name and
is now drawing compensation on in
juries to one hand received in an ac
cident at his home. The question na
turally arose as to whether or not he
could continue to draw tills compensa
tion while the state was paying him
the munificent salary o f $8 a day for
his services as a legislator. The at
torney general has ruled that he can
draw his income from both sources.
Iff- T hrift is now wondering if th* ac
cident commission will taka car* of
injurie* sustained while serving in the
hslls o f the legislature, evidently an
ticipating that there is going’ to be
sopie crush at th* cloee o f th* session.
Mr. T hrift says that he is going to
■ay little until ha gets onto the ropes
—beeidee that is on* way o f getting
a reputation for g n a t wisdom.
It is discovered that candlefish put
up in tomato catsup are put on ths
market as sardines. There is no ob
jection as they are every bit as good.
The Coquffle river has millions o f
candlefish in the F all; they come in
great schools and could be easily
caught in quantities to supply a can
nery for a short period each year,—
Bandon World.
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o f an aching back, the annoyance o f
urinary disordon, the pains and dan
gers o f kidney ills will fail to head
the word o f a resident e f this local
ity who has found relief. The fo l
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and sore. A s a rule, my kidneys are
out e f fix, when I have this misery
with my back. It takas Doan’s Kid
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