(Cottage (Siwe Sentinel VOLUME IV • . 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. ____________ , 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.” ______________ 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. /