The Cottage Grove sentinel., July 01, 1910, Image 4

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THE CITY IS GRUEL.
The apparent wave of crime that is
sweeping over the cities of the world
serves to call attention to the fact of
the savagery of life in the city. The
city is' cruel. In it are brought to­
gether the criminals of every degree.
The brutality of the low criminal who
is a primitive savage in civilized garb,
is matched by the shrewd cunning, the
oppression, the lawlessness of the high
criminal. The present riot of savagery
in the cities is directed -largely against
women and children. Naturally so. In
the city weakness does not invite chiv­
alry. It gives the strong a chance to
prey on the weak. If in the city we
have the brutal vi Ilian whose crimes
excite the horror of civilized men, we
have also the sleek villian who makes
merchandise of female virtue, who
traffics in human flesh by a system of
white slavery that would put to shame
a savage of the woods.
If on the one side we have ignorance
and vice joined together, we have also
fluanting luxury joined to a pagan care­
lessness and a cynical disregard of all
poverty and suffering. The savagery
of the rich is no whit better than that
of the- poor—^nd there is less excuse
for its existence. The city is cruel.
It imposes hard condtions and if it pro­
duces monstrous and ghastly crimes in
the slums it also produces monstrous and
hideous crimes in the business world.
In the cities men are hardened—wheth­
er rich or poor—by the fierce rivalry of
the times. In order to get what they
want they try to take short cuts. They
develop a disregard of their fellows.
The low criminal uses crude methods,
the high criminal puts on the cloak of
respectability. In the cities men—and
women—are largely given over to the
desire of pleasure. Self-sacrifice is
distasteful. Gross materialism too of­
ten controls their desires. Naturally
they fight each other just as savages
do. Of course.there is humanity in the
city, and unselfishness and chivalry and
rugged honesty, but below it all is that
fierce, insistent, almost dominant, note
of savagery. How shall this be cured?
EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY.
The Oregonian and the political ma­
chine of the state now endeavoring to
revive the political convention under
another name, have been rebuffed in
several counties throughout Oregon,
and others would undoubtedly turn the
assembly a cold shoulder were they
possessed of inside information regard­
ing the modus operandi of The Oregon­
ian’s henchmen. The assembly pre­
tense is to unify the republican party,
but its introduction has split it into
factions and no good can result. The
politicians, including the self-constitut­
ed dictator, The Oregonian, will not ac­
cept the dictation of the large majority
of republicans. They are satisfied only
when the machine is in operation and
producing according to their liking.
The people have long.since tired of this
spirit of domination', weary of corrup­
tion, party squabbles and factional
fights, and will choose for themselves
rather than allow the thinking and ac­
ting to be done by political machinery.
The Oregonian has its knife out for
those who fail to confirm its stated
opinions, but that publication sooner or
later will arrive at the sane conclusion
that “every dog has its day.”
MILLIONS FOR IRRIGATION. J
Washington dispatches announcing
that at least $20,000,000 loan from the
Federal Government would be made to
the Reclamation Service, brings joy to
the Oregon irrigationists. But the
next clause of the dispatch announcing
this fact states that the section of the
old law which requires the Secretary
of the Interior to appropriate at least
51 per cent for use in each state of the
total fund derived from sale of public
lands in that state had been repealed.
The statement carries with it a sense
of alarm. Oregon now has less than
half her legal minimum appropriated.
Under the. old law about $2,000,000 out
of the present fund could have been
forced to the state, but with the sec­
tion repealed which gives each state of
the reclamation group legal right to
demand 51 per cent of its funds, Ore­
gon has not any further remedy than
public sentiment.
This situation causes much concern
throughout the state, says The Tele­
gram. In the past Oregon has been
slighted in a manner that was aggra­
vating, but now the right to continue
this slight has been established, pre­
sumably by the Senators who have
been profiting by Oregon’s loss. What
recourse the state will have 'now de­
pends upon public spirit. If Oregon is
aggressive, and makes demands as has
been done by other states in the recla­
mation group, hastens surveys and
stream measurements, many men who
have followed this work believe that
there is still hope for big results here.
But if the public remains as quiet as in
the past, it may come about now that
the state will not get any of the recla­
mation fund, as the Secretary of the
Interior has an absolute right to de­
prive the state of every cent he once
intended spending here to comply with
the law.
Oregon has contributed more than
$8,000,000 to the reclamation fund.
The enormous rush for Eastern Oregon
lands means that perhaps $6,000,000 to
$8,000,000 more will be added in the
next .three or four years. This would
give a superb fund for work in this
state, if the secretary accorded Oregon
the same consideration that 'is given
Nevada, New Mexico, Washington,
Montana, Wyoming and Idaho.
FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY.
It is always interesting to delve in
the history of the past. That there
were prophets as well as giants in those
days is apparent from a perusal of the
utterances of men prominent in affairs
in the long ago. Roger Bacon lived
something like 600 years ago. He was
a philosopher of the old school and
while his facilities for investigation and
research may not have been anything
like what are available in these days
yet he studied out many scientific
truths, applied them in his crude way
and evolved many features that afford­
ed a ground work for investigation in
after years. Many of the modern
sciences owe their foundation to his in­
vestigation and genius. He was not
only a scientist but a prophet as well.
He had a vision of great steamships,
automobiles and airships.
An old English book printed four
hundred or so years ago records the
following conversation as • having oc­
curred with Bacon:
“Fryer Bacon answered, Your grace
saith well; but let mee—under correc­
tion—tell you, that are oftentimes doth
those things that are impossible to
armes, which will make good in some
few examples. I will<speak onely of
things performed by art and nature
wherein shall be nothing magical; the
first by the figuration of art, there may
be made instruments of navigation
without men to rowe in them, as great
ships to brooke the sea, only with one
man to steere them, and they shall
sayle far more swiftly than if they
were full of men; also chariots that
shall move with an unspeakable force,
without any living creature to stirre
them. Likewise, an instrutnent may
be made to flywith all, if one may sit
in the midst of the instrument, and doe
turne an engine, by which the wings
being artificially composed, may beat
ayre after the manner of a flying
bird.”
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VOTERS MUST REGISTER.
Every voter who wishes to partici­
pate in the coming primary or general
election and who does not wish to have
his vote sworn in,- j must register. No
previous registration counts this yea r
Besides the registration, voters must
be careful and register in the precinct
in which they live Under the rearrange­
ment of precincts." No special regis­
tration clerks are named in Oregon,
every justice of the peace,-every not­
ary, and in fact every one authorized
to administer an oath being empowered
to register voters. County.Clerk Lee
has provided the justices of the peace
and some others with the necessary
blanks and information concerning the
rearrangement of precinct lines, owing
to the additional precincts being estab­
lished in Southern Lane county. The
County Commissioners have agreed on
the lines of the new precincts. An
early registration is important, as the
law requires that persons signing nom­
inating petitions must be qualified
voters.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
The Eugene Register, advocating the
hermaphrodite assembly - convention,
takes a jab at George C. Brownell who
opposes the assembly. It says : “We
recall the time he acted as chairman of
the congressional convention at Eu­
gene, when he announced facetiously,
‘We will npw proceed according to pro­
gram,’, whereupon he pulled a ‘pro­
gram’ from his pocket and proceeded
as announced.”
All Oregon recalls that'incident. It
recalls that in’thosé days every conven­
tion was “programmed,” Every chair­
man of every convention, with mighty
rare exceptions took his orders. If the
“program” was not exposed openly as
Mr. Brownell did at Eugene, it was
secretly followed just the same. It
was these convention “programs” that
eliminated the citizen body from any
hand in nominating men, and made
election of candidates the pleasure and
privilege of the few cunning men be­
hind the scenes. It is hack to this
scheme of “programs” with a few
men sitting upon conventions and fixing
tickets that assemblyism is attempting
to take the state. z
Why shouldn’t Mr. Brownell oppose
the “program” method? Is not the
fact that he was in and a part of the
bld system the best reason in the world
for'him to be against the system now?
Does not the fact that he was in the
system and a part of it make it im­
portant to listen to him now when he
exposes and ¡denounces it? Is not his
course far better than that of those
who, haying once played the “program”
game, and knowing its iniquities, want
to go back to it?
In the days of the congressional con­
vention at Eugene, the rotten system
was the only system Oregon knew of—
it had not tried the direct primary.
Since then, the world has moved. So
has Oregon.’ So has Mr. Brownell.—
Portland Journal.
The Oregonian is so inculcated with
the idea of an assembly and its various
objects that it does not seem to under­
stand the beat of the pulse of thè ma­
jority of the republicans of Oregon,
There may be no serious objection to
the holding of a representative assem­
bly provided such an assembly does not
overstep the boundary line of sense
and discretion. We are sure it would
only be too pleasing to the rank and*
file to have thè opportunity of demon­
strating, once arid for all, that a con­
vention nomination or, in other words,
an assembly suggestion is a weak fac­
tor for any one it favors. But what
the rank and file, or the undoubted ma­
jority, does insist upon is that there be
no slating done at this assembly ; that
there be no resolutions against the di­
rect primary, Statement No. 1, initia­
tive and referendum ; that no old polit­
ical hacks are held up for admiration
and support; that, every section of the
state is "fully represented, and that no
attempt is made to restore boss meth­
ods in this state. Go ahead and nom­
inate; it is your lawful right, and do
quit whining and attempting to whip
the people into line. They have heard
the crack of the whip before and nó
longer jump at the sound.—Woodburn
Republican.
ceived by alluring advertisements as
easily when the ingredients are named
as when they are not. Many of these
so-called medicines are purposely pre­
pared with habit-forming substance.
The object is to secure regular custo-
mers. Naturally, a person who has
been insidiously enslaved to opium or.
cocaine will be a life long purchaser of
the “medicine” which has ruined him.
It is said also that many low-class
physicians take part in the base prac­
tice of enticing victims to form the
drug habit. Tuberculosis patients are
especially chosen by them to operate
upon. They sell some drug purporting
to cure consumption. In reality all it
does is to deaden the person’s nerves,'
so that he does not feel the irritation
of the disease, and therefore ceases to
cough. Meanwhile the ravages of the
malady continue unchecked, and death
is, in fact, hastened by the remedy.
Should the patient by chance recover,
he finds himself addicted to some drug'
which makes him a hopless slave all
his life.
WELL PAVED STREETS
are of great value to a community and
enhance the value of abutting property
more than any other improvement
CAN BE PAID FOR IN 10 ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS
so that the cost per year is small.
The increased valuation is demonstrated in the follow­
ing cities in the west where the Bitulithic
Pavement has been laid:
Walla Walla
Ashland
Eugene
Vancouver
Albany
Salem
Boise
Portland
Medford
Pendleton *
Nampa
Roseburg
Baker City
Puyallup
Lewiston
and many other cities •
It is a general proposition that two years after a street
has been paved
THE PROPERTY CAN BE SOLD FOR DOUBLE
the price at which it is offered before paving,- and yet
at that time only two of the ten payments
have been made. Examine
It is an old saying that the American
people love to be humbugged. We
are reminded of this by seeing agents
canvassing our country with packages
of dry goods. These packages are sold
for various prices. People forget how
extremely low all classes of goods are
at the present time and fall easy vic­
tims to the traveling humbugs. They
could buy a much better class of goods
of our honest home merchants for less
money.
These city sharks travel
thropgh the country and make a for­
tune out of shoddy goods. A word to
the wise should be sufficient. The
goods they sell are dear at any price."
THE BITULITHIC PAVEMENT
in any of the above cities
and see for yourself why
BITULITHIC IS BEST BY EVERY TEST
Warren Construction Company
Main Office<317 Beck Building
PORTLAND, ORE
Paine, the great fireworks manufac­
turer, says that -the agitation for a
“safe and sane Fourth of July, has
greatly injured, his business. He de-1
dares that the 'incentive to invent and]
put upon the market new explosives
has been suppressed strangled, we be­
lieve is the word he uses. It may be
that Mr. Paine’s business has been in­
jured but better that than the loss of
life and limb occasioned by the reck-.-
lessness of the past.
Let us send the breaking plow of
Progress to the uncultivated and un­
developed area and we will make this
a great state.—Col. Hofer.
There is a demand for .street, im­
provements, and those interested should
get together on the material to be used
and proceed with, the work. At pres­
ent there are differences of opinion
that are liable to block all paving for
the year. This is not as it should be.
Read the announcements of your
merchants in this issue. Many, a dollar
has been saved by a careful perusal of
a merchant’s ad. When a business man
advertises for your patronage he not
only has a line of goods that “speaks”
but there may be some article or arti­
cles listed that you desire and that it
may be advantageous to buy at this
time.
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Lawyers of Oregon, through the
State Bar association, have declared for
a non-partisan bench. They desire
that the justices of the supreme court
of the state shall be selected irrespec­
tive of politics. -For that purpose' the
Grants Pass Courier:—The people of special committee of the Bar associa­
Oregon have taken the preliminary tion appointed to find a way to carry
steps to do away with the corruption of the non-partisan idea into practice,
parties and the state has become prom­ have called a mass meeting of the law­
inent before the whole country because yers of the state for July at 2 o’clock
of the efforts of its legislature to elim­ in the afternoon, at the Multnomah
inate the political boss in every com­ courthouse, for the" purpose of select­
munity. The people of Oregon have ing candidates for the supreme bench,
resolved to rule in all matters which according to qualifications and,not to
come before them to be determined at partisanship.
the ballot. They have made the stand­
Cottage Grove will not participate in
ard of office holding ability and honesty
the
assembly at Eugene tomorrow. A
and the party which refuses to meet
these requirements must expect defeat. number of other precincts in the coun­
ty will not be represented, for the rea­
A word to the wise is sufficient.
son that a large number want to abide
Brownsville Times ¡—Cottage Grove by the primary law and do 'away with
is one of the hustling towns of the I the convention idea, as was the intent
Willamette Valley that will continue of the law when it was passed.
its publicity work during the ensuing
Springfield has employed an'expert
year and has already raised funds for street builder from Los Angeles,
The socialists of Cottage Grove have that purpose. The towns that are con­
discontinued their regular weekly tinually forging to the front are those
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
meetings for the summer inonths. whose citizens are continually keeping
Meetings at the home of members are the advantages of their community be­ J. C. JOHNSON
held occasionally,however.
fore the public.
Attorney-at-La w
Egypcoligists now claim that Ram-
Practice
in
all Courts of State. Corpor­
DRUG SLAVES.
eses, “The Great,” was a mere four-
ation, mining and Probate law a specialty
“
Anything,
”
says
an
exchange,
flush. Well, it was a long time before
Collection and Insurance.
“which tends to diminish the addiction
anybody called him, anyhow.
OREGON
of mankind to drugs, be it faith cure, COTTAGE GROVE,
, Cottage Grove, born in obscurity and Fletcherism, education, or what not, Office Phone Main 5 •
Residence, Main 1661
for years unknown to the outside world, deserves to be commended for that ser­
F. L. INGRAM, D, M. D.
with no syndicate or boomers to herald vice, whatever else we may blame it
its manifold advantages, has moved for.” Undoubtedly there is much truth
Dentist
steadily noward and puward in import­ in this. It is estimated that some two
ALL WORK. GUARANTEED.
ance. and today there is not a city of or three millions of people in this Unit­
Cottage Grove, Ore
its size any where enjoying a more en­ ed States are slaves to some drug other Lawson Bldg.
viable reputation. With head aloft, than strong drink. So destructive are
she bids all to come and investigate the effects of the practice that the J. E. YOUNG
her claims.____ _____ ______
government has thought it, worth while
attorney at Law
The apparent liberality of Eugene as to issue a Farmers’ Bulletin to warn
Office on Main Street, West Side
regards the distribution of county of­ the public of the many habit-forming
OREGON
fices this fall is surprising to the older chemicals which are contained in se­ COTTAGE GROVE :: ”
inhabitants, who have a vivid recollec­ ductive forms in soothing syrups, head-' V. O. VAN WINKLE, M. D.
tion of the manner in which the county ache powders, “temperance drinks”
Physician and Surgeon
town has, during the last quarter cen­ and other traps for the unwary., It is
tury, gobbled everything in sight. There Bulletin No. 393, and may be obtained Special attention given to diseases of the
eye and ear. Offices in Phillips Building
is a cry for harmony, but dollars to by writing to the Department of Agri­
P hones —Office, Main 193¡Residence,631
doughnuts the Eugene bunch will want culture.
The food and drugs act does not posi­
to dictate the terms on which it may
be attained. However, it matters little tively forbid the use of deleterious COTTAGE GROVE CAMP, No. 6424.
M. W. of A., meets the .second and
to Cottage Grove, and the 1900 square, chemicals in patent medicines. It mere­ fourth Thursdays of each month at
miles of territory adjacent thereto, be­ ly requires that the contents of the
the I. O. O. F. Hall. Visitors Wel­
come.
cause we will not be a “part and par­ bottle or packages be printed on the
J. B. PROTZMAN, Consul.
cel” of Lane county after the election wrapper. A person who is not familiar
C. W. WALLACE, Clerk.
with the properties of drugs may be de-
of November 8.
The “Pheasant”
Brand Flour
Uncle Sam’s Pride
‘
and ours also; “The Per­
fect Flour,” a scientific
product of the most ap­
proved milling methods.
The bread, rolls, cake and
pastry it yields are genu­
ine health foods-this is
the kind that combines
purity and deliciousness
with high nourishing val-
ue. Try a bag today and
be convinced. The price
is only $1.55 per sack.
The Spray-Wynne C 0.
Heavy and Shelf Hardware, Feed and Hay
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