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About The Cottage Grove sentinel. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon) 1922-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1922)
The Sentinel TOO MANY COOKS A Weekly Newspaper With Plenty of Hack 1 h ) no Elbert Bede ami Elbert Smith Publishers -Albert Bede.. ............................. Editor A first elass publication entered at Cot age Grove, Ore., as second class matter Business O ffice............... 4 Hi East Mam HUBSt'HlPTlON KATES 1 >uc year..... $2.25 I Three month*....t>5c Six months. .. 1.15 I Single copy........ 5e Member of National Editorial Association Oregon State Editorial Association Oregon Newspaper Conference Enne County Publishers' Association FRID AY. J A M AKY 13, 1922 TA X P A Y E R S SET POOR EXAMPLE. Railways undoubtedly are fuirly the subject of certuin criticism but the railways unquestionably are right i claiming that the same board whic fixes the rates shoubl also be the wage-fixing board. These two fun« tions now are performed by se|Nirat in organizations—rate making by t terstate commerce commission and wages by tin» labor bourd. under the present arrangement it possible for the commerce commission to reduce rates to a point where wages set by the labor board cannot be puiil, or the labor board may fix wages so low that they make the rates fixed by the commerce commission unreasonably high. One board might easily nullify the actions of the other by making conditions impossible to meet without concessions on the part o f the other. No ordinary business could long ex ist with profits and expenses set by two separate departments of the busi ness without regard for the facts iu the possession of the other department of the business. No business attempts t«i conduct its business iu any such ma uner. Expenses of any business are neces sarily regulated by probable receipt: and the railroads have a right to ask such consideration for their business, Railroads can not always exist under u method of regulation which woul wreck the finances o f even a peanut stand. The Oregon City Enterprise and sev eral other pipers of the state are tak mg a rap at the so-called taxpayers’ budget meotmg. Those» interested are just learning how easy it is for a bunch to go to one of these meetings and put over proposed changes in the budget, as prepared by the county court and budget committee, without any con sideration or regard for the advisabil ity or wisdom of such action. A flagrant case occurred in Clack The Aurora Observer thinks that amas county. Upon motions made, put and carried without discussion thou judicious advertising of Oregon prod sands of dollars were lopped o ff of ucts in Oregon-made newspapers would this or that fund, done away with en solve the Buy Oregon Made Goods prol tirely or added to some other fund or U»m—and The Observer is considerably more than half right. funds. There was no consideration of what Says the jealous Corvallis Gazette position the county court of this tight iradiest o f the tightwad counties of Times: "T in regular annual report of hens in Cottage Grove picking up gold the state might be put in by this pro posed violent rearrangement of funds, nuggets is being sent out a lit tit which had been carefully placed by the earlier than usual. Perhaps the mild court for the carrying out of well-laid weather has caused the gold to ripen sooner. *’ plans. Men who have no doubt many times ¡ I f a person could bo compelled to criticized thi legislative bodies for ill considered and hasty actions acted like list his property for sale at the price a lot of kids, if we are to judge by it is liste«l for assessment purposes, newspaper accounts, and acted much there would be no inflated values. like the youngest of the family on Christmas morn handling a new toy The man who makes his wife un and shaking it around just to see what happy is often fully repaid with may happen. Fortunately, at least in a case such squawking youngsters. as this, county courts are not bound We generally admiro a fighter, but by the actions of th«- taxpayers' meet mg and may fly in the face of such pity the man who fights the inevit action if they have the nerve, as has able. been well demonstrated in Lane county. The Enterprise probably well says, Reformers are hot after the opium " I f county officials exhibited as little and the Chines«* are judgment in the discharge of their curse in China, duties as did the taxpayers at the taking the cue. meeting they would be recalle«! within Some floks may not be helped by a week.' The taxpayers, of course', do not have to stand up to th*• gaff. going to church— but they certainly Any mistakes they make and which won’t b«* hurt. • • • are permitted by the court to stand will finally be blamed u|>on the county An aero mint foil from his mnrhiue court which only followed the tax payers’ instructions, rather than upon into a ohuroh. Deaths resulting from falling airplanes are so common uonra those who gave the instructions. days that some novel or unusual fen Of the 100 railroad grade crossings ture like thi. must be arranged to in which existed when the Pacific and sun its getting full positiou iu the Columbia highways were designated as papers. the two principal road projects of Oregon, only five of the hazards now Patience is usually a virtue, but remain. Someone had to do something there are times when it requires too to save a few to be killed and in jur«*«l by reckless driving at points much humility. where unusual hazards do not exist. Many would rather bo right than president, which show's that they have learned not to covet what they can’t have. Cottage Oroyp Soon to Share iu Payroll • • • of Federal Government Which I f yon don’t know' what you want Now la *119,077. there is no use trying to get it. • • • D o d g e B rothers will announce on February 1, 1922, a substantial reduc tion in the prices of their cars, effective from January 1, 1922. N. J. NELSON, JR., DEALER On the other hand tin* law provides that where in criminal actions the complaining witness or the defendant is under the age of eighteen years and in sex cas«*s one half of the jury shall be women. The law also fails to set a time for returning the certificate of refusal and it is possible that four or five women may be drawn on a jury and just a few minutes before court con Oregon derived n net profit of $11#, vcties one or all may rofu»«* to serve 077 in the operation o f it* national and court will be delayed while the guard during the past year, according clerk calls additional jurors and ser tin annual financial statement is vie«* o f the summons is made. sued by G«*org«* A. White, adjutant general of the state. This was accom STUDENTS FROM HERE T R A IN plished under the joint army partner FOR G A IN F U L OCCUPATIONS ship with the federal government through which the United States treas University o f Oregon, Eugene, I)«*«*. urer distributed in armory payrolls and 5.— Business ndminist ration, romance camp pay among 2100 Oregonians lo language, architecture, music, zoology, rated in 20 Oregon cities the sum of economics, education and chemistry ar«* $100,077, the total cost to tin* state «if th«* subjects M|M*<*iully studied by t h * administration and upkeep being $70, ten students from Cot tag«* Grove regie 075. t**rc«l this year at tin* University of This year’s profit was nearly four (>r«*g«iii. Marian M. White is a fresh times as much as was deriv«;«l from tin man in biisin«*** administration; Mar government’s payrolls last year, due to tha Huey Johnson is a sophomore in the increase ill size of the state service romance language; Koscoe H«*mea%vay and success in meeting all government is a senior in nrchitictum; Glen D. requirements for pay o f the Oregon Bin i tli is a freshman hi economics; citizen soldiers. In ad«Jition to tin Ruth V. Htewnrt ami Kathleen Kem $100,077 received in cash the «tat« are both juniors in music; M. Enid secured the award of federal property Vcatch is a freshman in education; amounting to $257,217.20. Elsie A. Lea is a junior in zoology; Towns receiving bumll«** of U. H. Clyde W. L«*«nmr«l is a sophomore in treasury checks for drill anti camp zoology and Donal«l M Wooils is a pay of citizens include Ashland, Med fresh in an in chemistry. Th«1 professional courses that d«*fi ford, Marshfield, Newport, Toledo, Roseburg, Eugene, Albany, Ha 1cm, Fort nit«dy train for gainful occupations land, ludepemlenee, Corvallis, Dallas, are tin* nnist popular with tin* 2U»4 McMinnville, Milverton, Woodburn and students enrolled. Four hiindr«*«! ami tw«*nty-five am r«*gister**«l in business Lebanon. Companies are now being forme«! at administration, 152 in in«*«lie i no, 142 hi llood River an«l Gresham and the Cot journalism, 112 in law, 101) in archi tage Grove company completed its or tecture, 105 in education, 104 in phy sical education, #4 in music and 22 in ganization last night. sociology. Th«* college o f lit«*ratiir«*, seamen ami the arts has an enrollment o f ni«ir<* than 900, inclu«liiig 37 who are sp<* cializing in ch«*mistry, 147 in pr«* medics, 31 in geology, 32 in mathemat ics and 55 in pr«* <*figiiie«*riiig. NoikCompulsory Feature of Law Ex pected to Result in Muddle in Then* is no <*xcus«* for being crabi«l and mean ami, besides, it «!«>«** yipu no Court Procedure. g«i«j(i. OREGONNATIONALGUARDIS PAYING INDUSTRY Every woman would want to vote if the word came from Paris that it was fashionable to do so. • Stop it i>y getting our skilled refracting glasses that correct and fit. Sherm onlVM oociu afcl WILLAMETTE ST * • l.et not your tongue know whnt your brain thinketh, mid you n il! avoid lots of trouble. • • • I f th<* time that has been wasted trying to find a chemical that W'ould change the baser metals into gold had been spent in trying to discover some thing that would change bile to the milk of human kindness, some good might have been accomplished. • • • The high ta riff fellows are too 1 modest. They want to cover too much. When sickness comes ÍT C A L L S FOR V N U S P A L A R T IC L E S A N D NEEDS. i » The Rcxall Store has given painstaking attention to these demands and is * equipped to supply every article your *. physician may recommend. Realizing that upon the prescription may depend the patient’s recovery, we use only highest, potent, drugs ajid chem icals and have competent pharmacists to compound them. K E M ’S (T U X MODERN P H A R M A C Y) J V ^ ( p m o SJL « M r i WOMEN MAY SERVE ON JURY DURING NEW YEAR A large numlnrr o f women will be Whi'ii a g irl acts shy, i t ’s no sum drawn for circuit court jury duty sign that she is. «luring 1922, according to member* o f • * • the county court, who at the begin Ligh tin g and power compani«** might ning «if each year select about 300 citizens to serve on grand and trial male«* a hit by g«»tting out th«*ir meter juries. Th«* proportion o f women to hills in rhym«\ • • • men has not yet been decided upon, but it is likely, said ou«* member o f W f ll!lV<‘ HCfll TOOK' ItH'n HO rhl'oky th«* court, that about a thir«l of th«* that the mump* wouldn’t chnagp tin- panel will be mad«* up o f women. apiwnriwiro o f their faro». Under the new law pass«*«! by a • • • r«»cent session of th«* state legislature It I h «»pneinlly hard to keep a hoc rot it is provided that w«>m«*n shall serve on juries as well as men, but women when you know soim-thiiii; that would are given the privi!«?g<* of refusing to shut o f f th « romplimi'otH l>«wi|' paid serve and ar«* not compelled to assume an undoaorving on«. • • • th«* «luties unless they so desire. A great many difficulties are ex- T h « w h ««ls o f prnRr«»» grind »low ly pecteii to arise over th«* n«;w jury law. but »urely. YYom«*n may lx* «iicuse«l without giv • • • ing any reason, by merely signing a A man w ill bury th « hatobet printed' statement which will accom pony the subpoena served upon them.math the spot Richard Walton Tally presents the ever pop ular I lawaiian Romance Am erica’s Everlasting Stage Triumph Richard Walton T a lly ’s fascinating and ap pealing play of a woman’s soul. A ItltllililA N T NEW I AST OF I'LAYK K S W ITH ANN READER Hear thr Famous Sliming Hawaiian* Chant Their Latest Native Melodies E U G E N E T H E A T R E , Tuesday, January 17 CHICKS: Floor, *2 or $1.60; »»loony, #2, $1.60 or $1 ; MAI L <>Ui)KKS NOW! Add 1(1% war tax. If you can’t afford to subscribe fo r The Sentinel, von can’t afford not to read someone else’» Friends and Members of the Christian Church, Notice Annual meeting, election o f officers for the ensuing year, and great Basket Dinner Sunday, January 15,1922 A splendid time is anticipated and all are in vited to share it with us. baskets and stay all day. 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