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About The Cottage Grove sentinel. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon) 1922-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1921)
OREGON NEWS NOTES THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GENERAL INTEREST ANNOUNCES THE COMING OF Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor F. W. ZOOK Evangelist FOR A SERIES OF EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS DURING JANUARY HERE ARE THE MOST Startling Tire Prices YOU VE SEEN FOR YEARS FEDERAL double cable base tires 30 30 32 31 32 33 34 32 33 x x x x x x x x x 3 3»/, 31/. 4 4 4 4 4’Z, 4 I/o Non-Skid Non-Skid Fabric Rugged Cord Traffik Kxtra plv $12.25 $10.25 $17.75 $1G.75 $12.75 $25.00 $1900 $17.75 $27.00 $22.00 $1900 $31.00 $24.00 $23 00 $32.00 $25.00 $24 00 $33 00 $26 00 $25.00 $39 00 $39.50 Excise tax additional THE SERVICE GARAGE SPRAY, LONG righi fuel e for your oil heater & C R USO N To make sure that your oil heater will op erate at its highest ef ficiency, tell your deal- er you want Pearl Oil, the clean-burning ker osene that is refined and re-refined by our spe cial process. Pearl Oil makes oil heaters most econom ical to operate because every drop delivers clean, intense heat. No waste—no smoke—no odor. PEARL OIL HEAT AND LIGHT Sold in bul k by dealers everywhere. Order by name—Pearl Oil. ST AND ABD OIL COMPANY mation of Our Readers. Oregon has 105 American I.egion posts an<l a membership well over 11,- 000 paid up. A three-day session of the Oregon Irrigation congress will ba held in Pen dleton, beginning December 15. The Hood lllver Canning company la now operating at full capacity, packing Spitxenberg and Newtown apples. In connection with national health week, a health crusade has been In augurated In the Boardman schools. With V. A Smith, engineer, at the throttle, the first train from Portland to arrive in 18 days pulled into Bend Friday. Of 136 jobless mon and women who registered at the Eugene employment office during the past week, only 43 were given work The Oregon farm bureau has com pleted plans for the putting out of a state paper twice a month, which will be sent free to members. A total of 765 acres of hay land in Deschutes county has already been signed up for the Oregon Co-operative Hay Growers’ association. The school census for Roseburg shows a gain of 201 in the number of children of school age within the dis trict during the last year. The state Irrigation securities com mission has certified to $75,000 of the bonds authorised by the Ochoco irriga tion district In C-rook county. Bonds of the Multnomah county drainage district, in the amount of >100,000, were certified by the state irrigation securities commission. R. A. Klein, secretary of the state highway commission, has gone to Omaha, where he will attend a con vention of state highway officials. A church parsonage is not exempt from taxation under the Oregon sta tutes, according to a legal opinion giv en by Attorney-General Van Winkle. Charles A. Adams of Ontario was killed near Payette, Idaho, when an automobile in which he was a passen ger went over a ’5-foot embankment. John W. Howard, Oregon pioneer and a resident of Coburg for many years, dropped dead at his home in that city from apoplexy last Satur day. The value of Eugene property is $8,- 389,200, and that of Lane county $34,- 786,997. Eugene’s tax levy will be 53.3 mills as against 52.2 mills last yenr. , Twenty-six students will receive di plomas from the State Normal school nt the graduating exercises to be held at the close of the first term, Decem ber 16. The dairymen of Crook county have begun holding regular monthly meet ings at which they may get together on the various problems which con front them. The official directory of the schools of Oregon which is issued annually by J A. Chur<i/II, state superintend ent of schools, is being distributed from his office. W. Poorman, for the last four years adjutant of the old soldiers' home at Roseburg, has been appointed chief clerk in the office of the secretary of the state board of control. , With livestock, poultry, fruit and industrial exhibits quartered in three buildings in different parte of the city, the second annual winter fnfr held a four-day show ut Ashiand. The Oregon supreme court in an opinion written by Justice McBride, has upheld the legality of tho pro ceedings attending the organization of the Owyhee irrigation district. At least one additional salmon can nery will be packing fish on the Co lumbia river at Astoria during tho corning season. It will be operated by tho Columbia Salmon fanners, Inc. Most of the main arteries of travel in eastern and central Oregon are again open to travel, although there are still a number of roads barred to the motorists because of snow and slides. By unanimous vote citizens of War renton have amended the city charter, thereby authorizing tho city council to lease the 100 acres oft water frontage owned by the city of Warrenton for industrial purposes. Members of the state hoard of for estry and federal forest officials will hold a conference iri Portland Tiies- day, December 20, to consider the slashing problem as it affects (Coos and Curry counties. Newspaper men of the state will meet in Eugene under the auspices of the University of Oregon school of journalism at the fourth annual Ore gon state newspaper conference to be held January 13 and 14. Orders have been Issued by George A. Wh’te, adjutant-general, disband ing the state's naval force and dis charging Commander George 8 Shep herd. head of the naval contingent and all members of bls staff and ere*. Many residents of tin- Siuslaw river ■oction of Oregon have sent to the public service commission a complaint with relation to alleged exorbitant charge* demanded for the transporta tion of logs by the Siuslaw Boom com pany. The Baker County Chamber of Com merce has taken up with Oregon sen ators and congressmen the matter of getting incorporated In the tariff bill a duty on chromite In order to en courage the dhroine industry in East ern Oregon. Under the Oregon statutes a stand ard warning Blgn shall be maintained by cities, towns or counties on streets and highways where the same shall cross a railroad at grade according to an opinion given by I. 11. Van Winkle, attorney general. J. R Nickelson, in charge of main taining the Columbia River highway in H ihh I River county, reports that crews are making slow progress open ing the road. The drifts have settled into a thick. Icy tn ss and have to be worked out with powder. The state highway commission has agreed with the Umatilla county court to let the contract for grading and graveling tho last 15 miles of tho Old Oiegon trail between Dead Man’s pass and Kaniela. Work will be start ed when weather permits. Multnomah county will not ho per mitted to aid financially in the con struction of the Mount Hood loop next year, an item of $85,000 for this pur pose having been eliminated from the county budget by the tax supervision and conservation commission. Salem has established a new record for packing fresh fruits and vege tables The total pack aggregates 32,- 791,232 pounds, all of which has been handled by the five local processing plants in the last six months. The ag gregate value of the pack is $2,000,000. At the final public meeting of the county budget, held to fix the tax levy for Jackson cour.ty, an allowance of $2500 was made for an assistant coun ty agent and an increase of $830 was allowed to the $1200 already agreed on for the county borne demonstration agent. The farmers of the Willakenzie dis trict north of Eugene are planning to offer a bounty on all moles and goph ers caught on their respective places and prizes of $10, $5, and $2.50 will be offered for the best results obtained by the boys and girls of the district in a trapping campaign to be inaugu rated soon. As the result of a conference of Marion county officials and federal forestry representatives held in Port land, the road between Niagara and Detroit, which eventually will connect with the Cascade highway, will be opened to traffic. The coBt of the Im provement was estimated at between $75,000 and $100,000. Fines Imposed by Oregon courts on traffic violators as a result of ac tivities of inspectors working under the direction of the state motor ve hicle department from January 1 to October 31, aggregated $7024.95, ac cording to a report prepared by T. A. Ilaffety, who is in charge of the law enforcement bureau of tho secre tary of state's office. Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state, has announced that the work of mail ing out motor vehicle plates for the year 1922 will get under way this week. Approximately 10,000 applica tions for these plates have been re ceived at the secretary of state’s office. There yet remain more than 100,000 applications to be received, based on the registration for the yenr 1921. The largest month’s business In the history of municipal terminals at Port land was reported to the commission of public docks by G. B. Hogardt, chief engineer for the commission, in his monthly statement covering operations for November. During that month, according to the report, the income of the city from the operation of its rail and water terminals reached $90,745. There has been expended under the supervision of the state highway de partment during tho fiscal year of 1921 approximately $18,245,821 37, ac cording to a report prepared by Her bert Nunn, state highway engineer. These funds were divided as follows: State funds. $15,031,655.14; federal co operative funds, $2,181,956.65; county funds, $985,831 42; railway funds, $46,- 378.16. There were five fatalities In Oregon due to industrial accidents during the week ending December 8. according to a report prepared by the Blate accident commission. The victims were Martin Coyle, laborer, Buxton, Guy W. Steels, concrete worker, Grant« Pass; Thomas Kinsley, miner, Preuss; L. L. Rico, electrician, Donald, and John Burle son, Blip tender, Buxton. A total of 300 accidents were reported. The Port of Portland has purchased Swan Island front the Swan Island Real Estate company for a price of $120,577. The immediate program for improvement Includes cutting a thin slice off the west side of the island, deepening, widening and straightening the ship channel past tho west side of the island and depositing the material moved upon the lowlands of Guilds lake to fill a site for a new union rail 4 road terminal. Filipino« Will Thump Out Native Melodies on “Bandurias,” “Laud” and “Octavina” Quaint Instrument» Bring Out Wonderful Harmonies Played Artist»—To Appear Here in Vocal and Instrumental Concert. by Native The members of Ne l'oiiioceno’a Filipino Quartet are masters of the "Bandurins,” "Luud," the "Octavina,” the “Guitarra,” the “Banjo” and other native Filipino instruments, and In their program featuring their own beauti ful melodies these famous instruments will be used. Tills 1« a group of real Filipino artists who, while they specialize In their own melodious harmonies nt the same time play exceedingly well the classical and popular numbers of Unerica. Excellent vocal work Is also a feature of their program which will be given be.'-e soon. NePomorino’s Filipino quartet will appear at the high school anditnriuni on tho evening of Monday, December 26. This is the second number of th lyecum course given under the auspices of the Cottage Grove high school. Henry Bennett at Woodson Brothers Garage We have seen some girls that wo would be afraid to ask to marry us for fear they’ll refuse—and others for fear they wouldn’t. • • • The Chicago man and woman who are going to be married in a balloon nre certainly placing their ideal* high enough. Nothing so discomfits your enemies as to not lot what* they do makes any differences to you. » * » If you pose as an example you must expect to be worked. 4» 4» * A thing doesn’t seem so disagreeable until it gets to be a duty. How Dry I Am when I ride ill my little Ford Sedan. The rain knows me not and the wintry breezes chill not my limbs. The rheumatiks de not bother me and the wife and I and a kid or two bum al< ng to where we are going, knowing that we will get there all comfy and dry, and knowing also that when we get ready to leave the little old bus will be calmy waiting for me to pi nd the self-commencer, a few minutes after which prodding we will be at home as dry and comfy as when we left our own fireside a few hours before. In the morning I will tune her up and run down to the shop, picking up the mail on the way, and there will be no tain dripping from my hat or running down my clothing. I need not even wear my overcoat, and I will arrive at my desk ready to go to work. I congratulate myself that 1 pulled a shrewd piece of business when I gave my wife this same little sedan for a Christmas present last year. A lot id’ my friends are going to follow my example this year WOODSON BROTHERS !