(Cottage (Siwe Sentinel
VOLUME IV
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COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, FRIDAY. NOV. 19, 1909
NUMBER 8
Cottage Grove Has Resources and Advantages Worthy of Careful Investigation
THIEVES »HE »T WORK
Marshal Snodgrass’Tormentors
Again Busily Engaged.
in that locality. The highway to the
mountain is in excellent condition, one
.of the best in the- county, but beyond
the mud is almost too deep for an
empty wagon. Mr. Damewood has
about two and a half tons of potatoes
in storage in Cottage Grove, waiting
an advance in price.
THE TRV-OUT DEBATE BETTfRING ITS SYSTEM
Contestants Will Diseuss Four Merchants’ Association Weed
Questions Tonight.
ber. Eight other of the twenty com
panies forming the Oregon National
Guard will vote on the proposition,
and the Guard will be reduced to twelve,
companies. It will be necessary to re
arrange titles of the various compan
ies.
LEIMBERMAKEHSMEET
Hoo Hoo Booked for Gala Day
ing Out Poor Pays.
In Cottage Grove.
SHORT OF INFORMATION.
MORE PHEASANTS FOR STATE.
Drain Newspaper Thinks Little of the
Variety Will be Distribut
SEVERAL DWELLINGS ROBBED The Reeves
Great Bohemia District.
FIRST
OF
SERIES
OF
DEBATES
AFTER
PROFESSIONAL
BEATS.
ed Early Next Fall.
MANY MEMBERS ARE COMING
Troubles of Four Months Ago Return
to Detriment of Citizeus and to
Perplexity of Officer. — Some ,
of the Past Operations.
Some four months ago numerous
complaints from citizens came.to Mar
shal Snodgrass that their residences
had. been entered and pilfered of edi
bles of various kinds. The officer, as
wells as the Vjctims, were inclined to
believe' ‘that -the perpetrators of the
petty crimes were hobos, and a system
atic campaign against such intrusions
was waged. There is practically but
one entrance and one. exit to Cottage
Grove, and at each of these sentinels
were stationed with instructions to de
tain any and all supsicious looking
characters. This vigil was kept for
several days. During the meantime
the depredations continued unabated.
Mrs. Holland’s boarding house was en
tered and a sack of flour, several
pounds of sugar and other articles of
similar nature carried away. .Form
Aiderman Atkinsop’s residence a con-
* siderable amount of canned fruits was
taken, while Mrs. Eddy, a widowed
lady residing„ on the East side, and
Mrs. W. Higgins «suffered similarly,
these being only a few of the numer
ous victims.
Marshal Snodgrass was puzzled, but
not undaunted. Two men were em
ployed to patroFthe residence sections,
and the thievery came to an abrupt
end, only to be resumed after a lapse
of the two intervening months. Dur
ing the past fortnight dwellings in
various parts of town have been en
tered, ransacked and goods carried
away, but single-handed the marshal
has been unable to apprehend the
guilty ones. He tells The Sentinel
that he is reasonably confident he can
put his finger on the parties, but as his
evidence is too flimsy to convict them,
he must abide his time. It is practi
cally certain, however, that unless the
high-handed lawlessness is discontinu
ed the officer will have the perpetra
tors in the toils, as it is an acknow
ledged fact he has yet the first time
to show the white feather to wrong
doers.
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LUMBER NEWS IMPORTANT.
Secretary of Association Applauds The
Sentinel’s Efforts.
The Sentinel has received the follow
ing appreciated communication from
Mr. A, B. Wastell, secretary of the
Oregon and Washington Lumber Man
ufacturers’ association: “The Senti
nel : I beg to state my personal ap
preciation of the improvement you
have made in the Cottage Grove news-
papre, which I am very much pleased
to have reach my desk at intervals,
and consider that you are doing a
splendid work in establishing a lumber
news department as noted in recent
issues. I consider that publicity work
through our local newspapers should be
encouraged by lumber manufacturers
more, than it hag been in the past, and
hope that you will be successful in ob
taining items of sufficient importance
to keep up an interest in these col
umns.”
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GRANGE IS ACTIVE,
Coast Fork Organization Meets Regu
larly With Good Attendance.,
Coast Fork Grange, No. 243, is in a
most prosperous condition, financially
and otherwise. At a meeting last night
notice was given that commencing with
the ’ second meeting in December the
meeting nights would be changed to
the first and third Saturdays of each
month. The meetings are held in the
Hogue & Banton hall in London, and
the average attendance is about twen
ty. The time is spent in the transac
tion of business, followed by addresses,
recitations, songs and oftimes debates.
Arrangements are now making for an
entertainment, to be given at the first
meeting in December.
Roads in Bad Condition.
H. M. Damewood, who resides six
miles from Cottage Grove on the Lo
rane Rural Route, was in the city on
Saturday, and to The Sentinel said
there was need of road improvement
, One hundred pair of Reeves pheas
ants, costing $15 a pair, have just been
ordered for distribution throughout
Oregon next fall, says the Corvallis
Gazette-Times. R. O. Stevenson, state
game warden, has orderd the birds.
When turned over to Mr. Stevenson,
next year these gamesters will be lib
erated in the most favorable sections,
where landowners will agree to see
that they are protected? according to
law. Just now this- ¿lass of birds is
protected indefinitely.
The Reeves pheasants are larger
than the Chinas, and thrive equally as
well in wild state. They are very
scarce in the United States, but in
England are considered the gamest of
all game birds. They are a timber
bird _and will make a most valuable
addition to Oregon’s game birds, as
they will not remain out in the open
prairies as do the Chinas. They will
be strong, healthy birds, already accli
mated to this country. Birds imported
from the old country usually arrive in
poor condition and rarely ever breed
.the.first season.
VOTE THE TEN-MILL TAX.
Public Schools of City Need at Least
$10,000 for All Purposes.
, It must be acknowledged that the
educational advantages of a community
are an important factor in its numeri
cal advancement, and while Cottage
Grove is rapidly forging forward in
other directions there should be no
disposition on the part of its citizens
to conduct its public schools along such
economical lines that it will prove a
handicap to them. Every person quali
fied to participate in the school meet
ing to be held at the High school build
ing tomorrow, should attend, and advo
cate proper maintenance - and the up
building of our educational facilities by
voting for a ten-mill tax. It has been
carefully estimated that $9,500 will be
required for the actual maintenance
of the public schools during the fiscal
year, and in addition to this there
should be purchased some comparative
ly small items of equipment which
would bring the grand total in the
neighborhood of $10,000.
PRELIMINARY WORK.
Beautiful Sterling Silver Cup Donated Monthly Reports Will Be Exchanged
and Merchants Will Thus Have the
by' University Regents to Stimulate
Financial Protection to Which
Interest in Debating in Publib
They Are Entitled.
Schools of the State-
At the Armory tonight will occur
what is known as the try out debate,,
preparatory to participation in the
state debate, which is held under the
auspices of the Oregon High School
Debating League. The regents of the
University of Oregon, as individuals,
give a beautiful sterling silver cup to
the League to stimulate debating
among the high schools of the state,
and it is presented annually to the
winning team, and becomes the per
manent property of. the school winning
it twice. In previoùs contests, in 1908
Lebanon won the cup on May 29, and
in 1909 Grants Pass won it. There is
interest manifested in the debates. The
schools of the state are divided into
districts, and a series of debates are
held by each to determine which school
shall represent that district in the final
contest.
At the preliminary debate tonight
there' Will be sixteen speakers on the
various questions assigned, two for the
affirmative and two for the negative.
Theptime alloted each speaker is eight
minutes. Following are the questions
for debate :
“Resolved, That the constitution of
the United, States -should be amended
so as to elect the U. S. Senators by a
direct vote of the people.” ' Affirm :
Ernest Anderson, Harry Kime. Deny :
Elmer Spbncer, Melvin Jordan.
“Resolved, That Lincoln was a
greater man than Washington.”
Affirm : Myrtle DeSpain, Lauteetta
Atkison. Deny: Allie Phillips, Aud
rey Langdon.
“Resolved, That Music has had and
does have a greater power over man
kind than Oration.” Affirm: Myrtle
Kerns, Armorel Sutcliffe. Deny : Benny
King, Ethel Chrisman.
“Resovled, That history warrants
the conclusion that woman has exerted
a greater power and influence in the
world than man. ” Affirm : Pearl Gray,
Vera Cochran. Deny : Maude Hooper,
Gladys Farley.
The Merchants’ Protective Associa
tion, with which organization all the
leading merchandising institutions of
Cottage Grove are identified, is formu
lating a system whereby its aims and
objects will be more fully carried out.
As its name implies, the primary ob
ject of the association is mutual pro
tection against financial loss through
the credit system, which here obtains
quite largely. It is proposed that each
merchant keep a watchful eye on his
customers and make monthly reports
to the secretary. If a customer pays
his bills promptly he is so reported and
consequently is given the benefit of a
better credit with all stores. If any
are a trifle negligent, or perhaps the
“no funds” men, they too are promptly
reported and ’ of course their credit is
immediately impaired just that much.
The merchants are -forced to take ad
vantage of .the protection spch an or
ganization hffords. The professional
dead beat is relegated to the rear, and
slow-pays are made more prompt. On
the other hand those trying to do the
right thing are benefited by a better
credit everywhere.
The credit system is wrong at its
best, and cannot fail to result in loss
to botfe the retailer and the purchasing
public. But so long as it obtains in
the business world, there is every rea
son why the merchant should safeguard
himself against loss as best he can,
and the most perfect way is through
organization.
Predicts Hard Winter.
According to a Washington weather
prognosticator, the coming winter will
be the hardest the Pacific Coast has
ever experienced.
He opines that
there will be snow and blizzards ga
lore. Everything points to a severe
cold spell in December and people'
should prepare for it. Last winter’s
cold snap will be nothing compared
with which .is due to come in Decem
ber.
Taylor & Kurtz Contract to Locate
Water Pipe Line.
Messrs. Tayor & Kurtz have entered
into a contract with Mr. J. W. Roberts,
consulting pnigneer for the proposed
water system from Layng creek, to
perform the preliminary engineering
under his immediate direction. Mr. County Assessor of the State New State Law Says They Must
Roberts will probably be here some
Swing Outward.
time next week, when the work will
Called to the Capitol.
be inaugurated forthwith and com
pleted without unnecessary delay. Mr.
Kurtz informs The Sentinel that the
Tax Commissioner’s Purpose Equaliz All Schools, Churches, Theatres and
party will be composed of eleven men,
Other Public Buildings Where Peo
ing Assessment of Every 'County
and it is thought that it will consume
ple Congregate Come Under
in Oregon—The Proposed Meth-,
twenty days.
Provisions of the Act.
od of Procedure.
LARGE SPECIMENS OF KALE.
TO OBVIATE DIFFICULTY HOW ABE THE DOOTIS ?
Mr. ,0. P. Adams Enthusiastic Over
This Splendid Cow-Feed,
Mr. O, P. Adams has brought to The
Sentinel'' some splendjd specimens of
kale, grown on his place near town.
Two of the leaves measure 30x16 inch
es, and these, he says, are only fair
samples of the entire quarter-acre
patch, which was planted as an. experi
ment. The stalks are three feet
apart, and the field is one solid mass of
leaves, each s^alk bearing sufficient
for a day’s feed for a cow. Mr. Adams
says this is the first kale grown on the
ground, which has been under cutiva-
tion,for fifty-three years..
Tourist Dies Suddenly.
One day .last week Mr. arid Mrs.
Anberry Grace of Roseburg passed
through Cottage Grove by wagon en
route for Portland. They stopped here
an. hour or more for supplies. At Eu
gene, while camping temporarily in an
abandoned house, Mrs. Grace died sud
denly of heart failure. She had been
in good health up to the time of death.
New Trial Granted^
The arguments for a new trial in the
Joe Matlock attempted rape case were
heard by Judge Harris of the circuit
court Saturday afternoon, and soon
afterward the judge granted the mo
tion, setting the time for the second
trial on December 1.
The state board of tax commission
ers has issued an order that all of the
county assessors of the state are to
meet in Salem on Wednesday, Decem
ber 8, at which time the commission
will be in session as a board of equal
ization and it is probable • some plan
will be adopted to obviate a difficulty
which has been experienced ever since
the establishment of the state—the
difficulty of assessing all other kinds
of property than real on an equitable
basis, says the Salem Statesman.
To arrive at some method whereby a
cash value assessment may be secured
on personal property will require a full
Statement from every assessor in the
state to determine methods to be ar
rived at which will cause an assess
ment to be made in every county,
which will place that county on a foot
ing with every other county.
The state board of tax commission
ers, by a careful research into the re
cords of every county, have now sta
tistics in hand which will bring them
to practically an exact estimate of
cash values on real property in every
county. But the records do not show
the value of personal property"and it
will be only- by careful investigation
into the subject that the commission
will be able to/bring about any satisa
factory result.
A state law went into effect on Wed
nesday requiring the outside doors of
public buildings to swing outward, yet
no attention has been paid to its provi
sions by those who have to do with the
matter in Cottage Grove. According
to this enactment the outside doors of
all theatres, churches, schoolhouses,
public buildings used for public pur
poses, Where people cpngregate, shall
be so hinged that they will swing out
ward. The statute was approved March
17, and went into effect November 17.
For failure to comply with the law, a
fine of not less than $10 nor more than
$100 may be imposed, or the violator of
the statute may be imprisoned for not
less than ten days nor more than 100
days in the county jail.
The law is a good one and should be
speedily enforced. It is a protection
against loss of life in case of fire, or
stampedes from other causes. Every
public building in Cottage Grove should,
if not already so-arranged, forthwith
be provided with outward swinging
doors, and not wait for the provisions,
of the act to be enforced.
Company E Favorable.
Company E, Fourth Infantry, when
called upon to vote on the question of
transfer to the Coast Artillery service
by Çapt. Johnson, voted aye to a'mem-
The gentleman who wields the faber
for, the Drain Nonpariel is evidently
short on information and long on sur
mise, as the following concerning the
Bohemia district would indicate:
“There may be lots of precious metal
in the ground, but it was put there in
the form of machinery and prospective
development. The old mining saying
that there is ‘more money put into the
ground than is taken out of it, ’ may
hold good in this case.”
There is gold in the Bohemia district,
and development work is progressing
in many places in the camp along lines
that are bound to prove fruitful. The
specimens of ore exhibited in several
places in 'Cottage Grove, Eugene and
Portland would convince the Drain edi
tor that his opinion is erroneous if he
would but investigate.
RENDER BROTHERLY AID.
Farmers Near London Double Up the
Muddy Shortridge Hill.
Messrs. J. E. Banton, Joseph Geer,
George Bales and A. H. Nowell of Lon
don were in Cottage Grove on Satur
day, coming hither for supplies. On
account of the frightful condition of the
Shortridge hill it was found necessar y
on the return trip to “double up” in
order to get their loads over the hill.
Each team took about a ton, whereas,
under ordinary aonditions, at least 3000
pounds would not have been an exces
sive load. With the opening of a road
through the Beaulieu & Woodard lands,
which has been granted by the owners,
the Shortridge hill will be avoided.
The farmers beyond this grade appre
ciate the opening of this private high
way,
WALNUTS PAY WELL.
Twelve Tons Gathered by One Grower
in Yamhill County.
Thomas Prince, the “Walnut King”
of Yamhill county, has just finished
gathering twelve tons of English wal
nuts from his orchard near Dundee.
Mr. Prince has about 125 acres of wal
nut trees, but the trees on 75 acres are
too young for bearing. The trees on
the other 50 acres are twelve and
thirteen years old, and .are not sup
posed to be at their best for a nmuber
of years yet. As the gross receipts to
the producer are less than 20 cents per
pound, and it takes, about 1 cent a
pound to havest the nuts, it is easily
figured.that the orchard will not quite
average $10Q per acre. Mr. Prince
considers an acre that yields $200 extra
good.
HANDSOME? WELL, YES.
Monthly Session of Oregon and Wash
ington Lumber Manufacturers’ As
sociation Calls for Enthusiastic
Gathering Tomorrow.
No inconsiderable interest is mani
fested by lumbermen throughout Ore
gon and Washington in the meeting of ’
the Lumber Manufacturers’ association
of these states to be held in Cottage
Grove tomorrow afternocm at 3 o’clock,
for which quite extensive preparations
have been made. Secretary A. B. Was
tell of Portland has urgently requested
that not only members of the-associa
tion be present, but that they invite
their neighbors to accompany them
hither, to enjoy a profitable session and
a pleasant occasion. The business men
of Cottage Grove will tender a recep
tion to the visiting lumbermen at the
Commercial club Saturday evening, and
the hours will be spent in social inter
course. Refreshments will be served,
a committee having this end of the en
tertainment in charge. Arrangements
have been made with the Southern Pa
cific to have a standard Pulllman sleep
er set out at this point Saturday even-,
ing so that those who desire to return
north that night may conveniently do
so. The car will be picked up by train
No.16, which arrives at Portland about
7:30 Sunday morning.
During the afternoon a meeting of
the directors of th'e association will be
held in the. parlors. of the club, when
several matters of importance will be
considered, among others probably be
ing the question of odd lengths. There
is a vigorous campaign for the supply
ing of lumber in odd as well as even
lengths, and while Some retailers are
opposed to the innovation the right and
justice of the movement must' at once
be apparent. The manufacturer pre
sents arguments to offset points that
may be raised as to the impracticabil
ity of utilizing odd lengths, and som e
keep on shipping odd lengths wherever
possible. They believe that the utili- .
zation of such will be accomplished
without cluttering up the yard with
odds and ends if the retailer will pre
sent the matter fairly to his customer.
When this problem is fully solved it
will mean less waste of material, an
important item for consideration.
The attendance will undoutebly be
large, not only from throughout the
more distant points of the state of Ore
gon and Washington, but from this iim
mediate locality. An urgent invitation
has been extended to all lumbermen of
this section, whether members of the
association or not, to be present. Mr.
Rosenberg is active in the preparations,
desiring to make this gathering one of
the most successful in the history of
the organization, and The Sentinel hopes
and trusts that the invitation will meet
with a large response. Cottage Grove
is one of the foremost’ lumber centers of
the two states, and should give the vis
itors a hearty welcome.
Most Beautiful Apples Yet ■ Seen Pro
duced in Peculiar Way.
On Saturday last Mr. G.' W. Kelley
brought to the Commercial club some
specimens of apples of the Tompkins
County King variety, which are pro
nounced by Manager Conley the finest
he has even seen. The apples are from
a tree which had its origin in a pecu
liar manner. While ploughing a field on
the ranch now belonging to C. F.
Walker, ten miles up the Coast Fork,
SHRINERS JOIN PILGRIMAGE.
Mr. Kelley nine years ago turned under
a broken limb from a Tompkins County
King tree, which grew and-is now pro-' -Local Wearers of the Fez Attend Large
Doings at Albany.
ducing the most handsome fruit in this
Several Cottage Grove Shriners went
section, if not anywhere. The apples
are large, and the coloring is a rich to Albany, the Mecca of the pilgrimage
crimson, while those of the parent tree of Al Kader temple of Portland, last
are light of color. Those who are in Saturday, where a ceremonial session
terested should see the exhibit at the was held in the evening, followed by
the traditional banquet and division of
Commercial club rooms.
the last loaf. Sixty candidates were
Hobo Finds Soft Thing.
initiated. Albany was in gala attire,
The other night Marshal Snodgrass, its principal streets being decorated
as is his custom, sauntered into the east with yellow and red, the Shrine colors,
side fire station, and there discovered a and wearers of the fez, some 600 in
hobo toasting his shins beside a cherry numbers were given the key to the eity.
blaze, which he had kindled in the The Shriners from this city who at
stove. Mr, Snodgrass siezed upon the tended were T. J. Wheeler, Ben Lurch,
tourist, tossed him into a cell for the F. T. Wheeler, J. I. Jones, J. H.
night, at the same time admonishing Chambers and Andrew Brand.
him 0 regt well as it would become his
duty on the following' day to clean the
Capital Is Increased.
mud from Main street. The man re
The
A.
C.
Bohmstedt company, which
tired With a satisfied smile overspread
controls
severak
thousand acres of fruit
ing his countenance, firm in the convic
tion that he had at last found' a win land in the vicinity of Creswell, has in
creased its capital from $125,000 to
ter’s job. ______ T_______ _
$150,000, and will plant 45,000 trees this
Meets Next Tuesday.
winter instead of 40,000, as at first in
The Merchants’ Protective Associa tended. An order has been placed for
tion will meet next Tuesday evening, 100,000 trees, the rest of them to be
and every member should be- present. planted next year.
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