Œnttiuir (ßrnur Bntítal L and VOLUME XXXII o s Duly by the.rarest of good fortune the plant of Th«* Hcntincl «*scap<*d Complete dei * m I ruction early Friday morn lug. H. H. Griggs, ••Babiy’’ Jordan uud Frank K iiox , at about 7 ;39 a. m., noted smoke issuing from th«1 crevices urouud the front astured and is som«* of 1 he b«*st black bottom land of the Lorane country. « JI SOCIAL HYGIENE MEETINGS ARE TO BE HELD in Meetings for men and young men and for women and young ; women will be held h« r<* tomorrow ami i Sunday under tlu auspices of tin1 Oregon Ko «■ini Hygiem* soidely. Rupiussiv«* m«*asur«*s alone having failed to sat isfactorily improv«* sex uondit ions, th«* so«-i< t y is carrying for wnril an <*du«*u1ional campaign, of which these m«*«*tings ar«* a part. The meeting for women and young women will b«* held at 2:30 Katurdny afternoon in tin* Arcad«* and will be addr«*ss«*< I by Mrs. Ellyn Kelly, of Portland. Two r«*«*ls of motion pi«*tur«*s will be shown, accompanied by an ex planatory h*«*tur«*. Th«* meeting for men and young men will be h«*ld at th«* same place and hour on Holiday aflernoon and will he address«*«! by Norman F. (’«ileiimn, pr«*s- ident of th«* dragon Houial Hygi**ne s*»«*i«*ty. Three re«*ls of pictures will b«* snow ii . Giris under 1(5 years of ag<* will !>«• admitted Io the vvom«*n’s nie«*ting u|Mtn tickets issued by Ora Rea«l Henmnway, girls’ physical «lireetor of the high school. Boys under 1(5 y«*ars «if age will In* ndinitt«*«! to th«* m«*n’s m«*«*ting upon tick«*ts issued by Sup«*rin1eiMl«*ni Hays. Thera will be no admission eharg«* and no <*oll«*ct ion at eith«*r of thes«* meet ings. A total of $224,(543.OX has been ex pended on 20 miles ol the McKenzie river highway, according to a report ^iven out by the bureau ol public roads mid received nt tin* office of the Cascade national forest in Eugene. The amount expend«*«! during the pr«*s «•lit year by the gov «•lament was $109, 457.32, according to the report, mid by th«* slate and county, $103,1X1.35. Do you want to buy something and While th«* tolu I number of miles un der contract is 20, the amount built don’t know who has it for sale! A Sentinel wantad will find the owner this year was 13.5. • • • for you. Cross Siskiyous in Snow. Mr. and Mrs. George De Moss, of Portland, who had been visiting at th«* home of their niece, Mrs. J. E. Wood son, left Tues«lay for their home in Portland. They were on tlu*ir way horn«* from California by motor. In the Siskiyous they found snow so deep (hat Mrs. l)uM«>ss cam«* on by 1 rain snow came War Tax Off of Express Charges B**giiiiiiiig J miunry I no war tax W'ill be charged on express shipm«*nts. Th«* tax will apply <»n nil sliipmenls w'hi«?h wer«? start«*d bel'or«* January 1, th«* repeal of th«* tax beiiig effeciiv«* on shipments which lire not started until January I or Inter. J. VV. Eddy, local agent, points out that th«* saving to the shipper or receiver will be about 5 per cent. Opens Law Office Here. Herbert W. Lombard, recently of Eugene, Ims opened n law office up stairs in the First National bank build ing. Mr. Iximbard was born and rea/ed pi Lane county and has recently been net ing as deputy district attorney, lie is a graduate of the University of Oregon and of the Hl an ford university law school. Licenses for Transfer Business Watch Meeting Planned. Transfer business in Cottage Grove An old time watch meeting will I m * is to be licensed, the ordinance to bring this about to be presented to the held on New Year’s eve at the Hap tist church, beginning nt X o’clock. A next meeting of the council. cordial invitation is extended to nil the churches mid citizens to participate Tyson Is Hampton Receiver. Gilbert Tyson, of Eugene, Ims been in the services. Rev. W. L. Wilson, of appointed by the U. H. court as tem Portland, will preach that night, as porary receiver for the Alton Hampton well us on the following day, morning •turn. Hm bond was fix 1 nt $10,000. uud evening. * Pursuant to request of the Cottage Grove chamber of commerce and the Eugene chamber of commerce, in coop eration with 1 lie granges of the county, a soil survey of Lune county will be made under the direction oi the Ore gon Agricultural college. A party of two men will be assigned to the work here during next season ami probably two parties of like number will be as- signed the following year. PLANS FOR WHOLESALE JAIL DELIVERY ARE FOILED 4 Educational Campaign to Assist Doing What Repressive Me;v sure« Alone Fail to Do. 1 he threatened diphtheria (*pid(*mic seems to have cleared away without any serious results and th<- .. r.i.iir' nii«i tnv bail on public gatherings of young peoph) will be lifted n«*xt Monday. Th«* schools will reopen Tuesday following the holi- «• die springs on Salmon r reek, Belknap springs on the M«-Renzi«* mol others timt ar«* as yet only a lit th* d«*v«*lopes Hibilities of 111«* upp«r country offer th«* most tempting possilolitirs f««r peo pl«* to go I Imre and «‘iijoy t hems«*lv«*s mid get imiilth ami strength right from Nntur«,’s hit ml. Th«* Soutlo-rn Pacific Ims :i grad«* built for th«* first six iuilt*s from Oakrulg«* to th«* M«*Cr«* du* baths and th«* right of way is cut out for th«* r«*st locked up in th«* “cage” at that hour each day. Soap had been used by the prisoners to fill up th«* cracks mud«* by th«* saw an«l it was only by running a knife blade up and down on th«* bars that th«* cracks wen? found. A wehler was put to work immediately and by lat«* afternoon h<* had th«* job repaired. Chauffeur's License Restored. Wm. Dorward, of Gowdyville, whose wife is in a Eugene hos­ pital for treatment for a brenkdown brought on by the death within a week of their two little children, fractured a rib in a fall last week, being thus prevented from filling a contract to deliver a quantity of wood to H. K. Metcalf in the city. But Mr. Dorward has many friends ami h«* has found that th«? milk of human kindness yet flows freely. On Thursday and Friday a number of his neighbors assembled at his place, cut tin? wood and delivered it for him in th«? city. Neighboring women prepared ' dinner for the workers. Those who assisted in the work were: Otto Dobbcrstein, M. M. Wh«*eler, A. B. Smith, R. B. Burn­ side, Fred Bahrenfus, C. E. Ashby, Herman Rudolph, Murray Buchanan, Parrel Handy, J. W. Nelson, W. J. Curtis, John Meisner, Chas. Aldrich, Harry Baker, C. A. McFarlan«!, Frank Brown, John Htinnett, G. VV. McFarland. The women who prepared th*? din ner for tin* workers were; Mrs. M. M. Wheeler, Mrs. A. B. Kmith, Mrs. J. W. Nelson, Mrs. G. W. McFar­ land and Miss Mabel McFarland. Members of th*? boys and girls bas­ ketball squads have been working out for some lime and a tentative schedule of games with other basketball teams lr in the valley has been arranged. SANTA CLAUS VISITS Members of the boys squad are: ALL HOMES IN THIS Huck, f; Hinkle, c; Hubbell, f or e; SECTION L»"k, g; Hkiiling, g or f; Bcagcr, g or f; Haney, g; Spray, f. Members of th** girls squad are: It is thought ~ that ____ Santa ______ Claus Fl« >rence MuFarlan«l, f; Elnor Knowles, did not overlook a single home in f; Gwendolyn Mooney, c; Hazel Füh­ the Cottage Grove country. The rer, g; Doris llolderma n, g; Crystal Elks committee, which had charge Robinson, g; Hazel Swanson, r c; Ava of this section of country from Young, g; Pearl Robinson, r c; Sibyl Creswell to lx?ona, up Row’ river (’«•Ilers, e; Frances Hnmloth, c; Fannie and Mosby creek, up the Coast fork Young, e. and out to Lorane, took food and Games will be played with both clothing to 25 families and distrib­ teams of th«* Corvallis high school, uted 250 packages of nuts and boys team of Albany, both teams of candies. A load of food and cloth­ Roseburg, boys university high school ing was brought up from county of Eugene and both teams of M«>nroo. headquarters at Eugene, liberal con Games may be played with Eugene tributions of food and clothing were high, Junction City, Medford and Ash made by the stores of the city, land. food and clothing were given by Both th«* boys and girls teams vv ill the LaComus club ami cash was play the alumni on January 3. given by the M. 1*. G. club, ('ash donations were not solicited by the committee but a total of $30 was MALE CHORUS SELECTS NAME AND PLANS CONCERT received. City Officials, Power Company and Public Service Commission Enter Into Tentative Agreement. it is probable that the Cottage Grove Electric company may make a slight, reduction in meter rates for commercial and residence lighting from those shown in the new schedules of rates made effective by order of the public service commission. A tentative ugreemexit to that effect was made ut a conference with the public service commission held last week, which was attended by Mayor Knowles and Coun oilman Veatch, representing the city, and Mr. Shinn, representing the* power company. One condition of such an agreement was that the city should take $200 in lights each month us a minimum. The minimum has been $33 u month mow* than that. None of the rates ordered by the public service commission are as low as those which prevailed several years ago and in most cases th«; decrease from the emergency rates, which were in effect up to December 20, is not large. The tentative agreement between city and power company is to come up at a meeting of the council next Tues­ day evening, after which The Sentinel will publish a table of comparative rates, showing the relation if the new rates to those which have just been superseded as well as to the rates which were in effect up until a few months ago. A ray of hope for a satisfactory ad­ justment of the power and light situ ution here is the fact that all users must be on meters within two years. The flat rate system has been the cause of much dissatisfaction, both to patrons and to the power company. No matter what you want, never give up until you have used a Sentinel wantad. ••• ARCADE THEATER AND BUILDING ARE SOLD The Arcade theater business, owned by G. B. Dickinson, and the theater building, owned by W. B. Cooper, have been purchased by W. M. Morelock, recently in the motion picture business ¿J in Portland. The business changes hands on the first day of the year. Mr. Dickinson has not made future plans but he and Mrs. Dickinson will make their home for a time in Port- land, where they took a piece of valu* able resilience property on the deal. Th«* mah* chorus of the Pr«*sbyterian church, at its weekly rehearsal Tues­ day evening s«*h*cte«| “Th«* Caroliers” as the nmne for th«* organization and urg were be a go regardless of weather. Full Christmas guests in th«* Geo. Campbell details may be secured from Harry ROW RIVER. horn«*. Reuth?, but the prizes range from $100 Cody Politico found a fine wild eat cash down to merchandise prizes. (Hpecial to Th«* Sentinel.) Dec. •J'J. Mr. :inwe, at Vida. Mrs. Beott and family ar«* visiting Th«* Angelo Perini family visited tag«* Grove, at Christmas dinner. Mrs. Heott ’.« parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Lajoie peoph* entertained Th«* Ix*w over Christmas with relatives in the S. A. Edlefsen. th«* Renzi** Huff family, of Hebron, G rove. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Davis and family P. Caldwell family, of this “Buster” Hams, of the Grov«*, spent anti the W. are visiting at th«? horn«* of Mrs. Davis* place, on Christmas «lay. a few «lays of this week with his sis parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Chapman, Mr. and Mrs. 1. N. Dresser and the in Cot tag«* Grove. t«*r, Mrs. Elmer Wuks. Huleu Williams returned W**dn**sday E. T. Hart ley family spent Christmas Willard Henderson was a Eugene day together. from a visit in the Grove. visitor Tuesday. Gifts Are Awarded. Th«* gifts awarded Saturday evening by the Smith Short grocery went Io J;;hn VV. C. Doggett, D. IL John Tonole, ' White, D. H. Hemenway and John Perini in the order name«!. The gifts were a leather rocker, a dressing table, a sack of sugar, a breakfast table and a sack of flour. Revival Meetings to Start. Revival meetings will start January 1 at the Free Methodist church on Tenth street, with Rev. W. B. Hueka- bo*?, evangelist, of Texas, in charge. ___ _____ Th*? first _______ meeting will be at * "* 11 a. . m. on that day. The Reverend Mr. Huck abee is reputed to be an able speaker. Annual Cannery Meeting. The annual meeting of the Cottage Grove cannery will be held at 10 a. in. Monday, January 9, in the cham­ ber of commerce rooms. Officers are to he elected and other business trans acted. Appointed on Library Board. Mrs. H. W. Titus and N. E. Glass have been reappointed members of the library board for terms of three years each. One stop won’t tako you very far, You’ve got to keep on walking; Ono word wou’t toll folks what you are, You’ve got to keep on talking; Onco inch won’t make you very tall, You’ve got to keep on growing; One little nd won’t r» it all, You’ve got to keep ’em going.