®1 tf Æntfcujr <&rmir VOLUME XXXII MOUNTAIN STATES P0W Ê. MAY COME HERE O fficial» of Company Hold Conference With Officials of City and of Local Company. r C. M. Brewer, vice president and general manager of ilu- Moiintnin Biute» l'ower compiiliy, nml R, 1!. Steel ipiist, iiHNÌNtHiit innnuger, were in ihe city Monilny from Allinny conferring wall city officiti Is It lid with the owners of the Cottage drove Electric com pnuy. From the former they wislieil to learn what encouragement would he given them in taking over the electric light anil power business here anil w ith k the latter they talked tentative plans lor taking over their power plant and distributing system. Mr. Brewer and Mr. Hteehpiist left the impression that their coming here hinged only ujmiii u friendly reception and the ability to buy the established business at a rea numide figure. The taking over of the local busi ness, many citizens believe, would be u happy solution of the present muddle in light and power rates, tsiwor rales would be assured, llow much lower the officials of the Mountain Hlates company did not state but the rates probably would be about the same as those enjoyed by other cities of this \ alley served by this company. The line of this company now reaches to Springfield and arrangements have been completed to hitch onto Ihe line of the (.'aliforuia Oregon l'ower com puny at Boseburg. i f the Mountain States company brings its line here, other small communities in this section will be served. It is understood that this deal has been under considernt ion for some time. FAIR GROUNDS PURCHASE IS UP TO PEOPLE The question of Ihe purchase o f the Laue county fair grounds by the eoun ty will be put up to the voters at the May primary election this year. At a meeting of the fair board Tuesday a f ternoon n eommittee consisting of George VV. Taylor, A. K. dray, W. Yoran, K. A. McCormick and VV. A. Ayres was appointed to initiate a pc tition to place the question upon the bullot. The Lane County Fair association has an option on the pnqierty, which is owned by the Lain* County Agrieul tuml Koeiety, at $20,(KM). This is the luHt year h i which an election would provide the necessary means of decid mg this question by vote, ns tin* option expires on December 31, 1023. It is figured by members of the fair assoeiution that the improvements on the grounds total more than $10,000 while the tract, consisting of (58 acres of land, lying partly within the city limits of Eugene, is itself worth more than that sum and could not be pur chased for $20,000 if placed on the market. The matter of the purchase of tin* grounds by the county has been ugi tated for a number of years and grange^ and other organizations have gone on record as favoring it. When the fair grounds were first laid o ff the agricultural society bought the entire Huddleston addition, o f which the fair tract was a part, and sold o ff the lots in the other portion ot the addition for enough to pay for the entire tract. The fair association lias been using the grounds ever since under lease. Pass Examinations Results in this section of the recent eighth grade examination are as fol low s : District No. 24—The following were successful: Hullie McGuire, JB. Noel Hanscom. District No. GO—One conditioned. Those in the sixth and seventh grades who passed the physiology and geography examinations are as follows: District No. 24— Lester Lebow, W il liam C. Adams, Roy Dorf, Thelma Lu cile Lebow, Milton Layng, Clifford Dick, Sylvia Thornton. District No. 45—Catherine Scott, Lyntf Walker, Orson A. J. Finch, in physiology; Dale Fonsford, both. District No. 61—John Groat. District No. 130—James Clarence Huffman, Earl G. Donne, Donald Eu gene Kraal, Coo nie B. Donne. COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1922 TOT THINKS SOMETHING WRONG WHEN WINDOW SEAT SMOKES The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Williams thought some thing must be wrong when smoke was seen issuing from under the window seat of the 8. R. Brand bungalow on Washington avenue, which the Williams family occupy. Hhi1 so notified her mother and this fact probably saved the house from considerable damage by fire Satur day afternoon. Mrs. Williams, who wrns ill, was unable to locate the origin of th • smoke, so she called the owner of i hr house who happened to be at home sick with a cold, and he found that a supporting sill of the floor had been run under the fireplace when the house was built and that the wood had been set afire by the heat from the fireplace. The fire had only smouldered, because of hick of draft, and was soon ex tinguished, but half the sill had been consumed and had the fire occurred at night the results might have beer more serious. WOLVES KILLING OFF DEER SAYS A. E. SALLEE Olvea Suggested Remedy for Getting Rid of Predatory Animals Do ing Exterminating. I nless some protective measures are taken, deer in the June mountain coun try will be exterminated by black wolves, which seem to have colonized there and to have killed o ff practically every deer in that section, according to A. E. Hal lee, of Star, who has just returned from u trip to that section, where he hojted to got sonic furs. He was disappointed in his quest, howeverv uh thi* only signs he saw of any animal except wolves were dead carcasses of deer and the tracks of deer with wolves in pursuit. He got a glimpse of one wolf but saw no others, al though he did see where n dozen or more had camped at a natural deer stand. The wolves are too wily for traps, but Mr. Sallee believes that with per mission to poison the dead deer car cusses the country could soon be rid of them. It is his opinion that no oth er animals exist there to be injured by the poisoning. He found no signs of martens, lynxes or cats, which were plentiful upon a trip there six years before. A month before his recent trip, Mr. Sallee states that deer were so plen tiful around June mountain that it seemed as if the entire deer population of Inline county had moved in there for winter feeding. Now that they have been killed o ff he believes the wolves will move to another feeding ground. He believes that dozens of deer are killed by wolves and cougars to one by hunters. Mr. Sallee states that it was report ed that he was killing deer for trap bait, but that such was not the case, that plenty of bait was to be had without killing it and that deer meat is poor bait at best. He says he would be glad to take a game warden a few miles away from a railway and show' him what is exterminating the deer and suggest measures for their protec tion that would prove far more effi cncious than the fitfu l attempt to catch the few who “ dog’ ’ deer. Records Broken in Construction of W a lte r W o o d a rd Eight M ile F lume U niqu e P o w e r P la n t Prepares Timber by Day and Carries Men to and From Their Labors The completion of the Walter Wood ard flume from the mill eight miles out on Coast fork to tli » location of the docks on the old D. P. Burton place at Latham, just west of the school, has just been celebrated. This piece of work is the largest of its kind ever attempted in this section and probably is one o f the largest anywhere. The right of way over 19 tracts was secured within 30 days without a law' suit of any kind. The engineering con sumed another 30 days and the actual construction work, in charge of S. L. Godard, took five months. The supports of the flume are of cedar. The trough is V shaped and has 36-inch sides of two-inch fir, rip rapped the entier length, with toe board (single plank walk) and tele phone line the entire distance. It has a capacity of 600,000 feet daily. The terminal flume is box shape, eight feet wide with a depth from 32 inches to 5(5 inches. At the spillway an elevator will be installed to carry tin* lumber to the docks. The lumber for the flume was trans ported in the flume itself, being sent out in 80-foot sections tied in bundles, after having been cut to exact lengths at a Ford power plant at the mill which which was something of a curi osity. Every piece arrived where it was to be used ready to be nailed to get her and a pattern w as used to fa cilitate the putting together of the supports, the main trough fitting into the support without the use of a pat tern. A “ wampus” was used to dam the flume, this being moved as each MO foot section was completed. Jr addition to the flume itself, three bridges were constructed, two over the Coast fork to carry the flume and one across the dam on the Lackey place; 17 others were built over county roads and private roads and eight viaducts were built to permit roads to run under the flume. The flume itself used a million feet of lumber, a half million went into the bridges and 100,000 feet will go into the docks. Nails used totaled 325 kegs. The greatest amount of flume built F. R. STROM NOW BOOSTER RATE ABSORPTION BEGINS FEBRUARY 14 FOR BOSWELL Expenditure of $300,000 Contemplated Southern Pacific Equalization Applies Only to Transcontinental Busi in Improvement of Springs ness East of Ogden. South of Drain. G. A. Wilson, owner of the old Bos well springs south of Drain, in com pany with F. R. Strom, formerly in charge o f London springs, but now in charge of the bottling work at Bos well, were in the city Wednesday on business for their company. The springs have been renamed “ Sunset” and extensive improvements are contemplated. An expenditure of $15,000 is to be made during the next five months in the construction o f a bottling works building and the instfil lation of modern and up to date ma chinery. Total improvements contemplated will require an outlay of some $300, 000 within a period of five years. A hotel of 150 rooms, the damming ot Elk ereek to furnish boating and bath ing, camp grounds and landscape gard ening are among the contemplated im provements. The springs are located on Pacific The city has won its contention that its recent issue of $15,000 in refunding highway midway between Drain and bonds was legal in every respect, de Yoncalla. spite the* opinion to the contrary of an attorney for a bond house. The Debating Teams Selected. bonds have been taken. The high school debating teams have The city voted the bonds under the been selected as follows: Affirmative, same conditions that it has voted all Wayne Veatch and Nellie Stewart, of its bond issues, which method hail with Sam Swartz as alternate; nega many times been found without flaw, tive, Dwight Buehanan, and Reta K el and members of the council decided ley, with l^«*iiora Hubbell as alternate. that the opinion of attorneys who had The subject of debate is “ Resolved, passed upon previous issues was just as that congress should prohibit immigra good as that ef those passing upon tion for a period of not less than five this issue. They stood pat and have years.” The affirmative team will saved the expense o f an election to meet Springfield here February 3 and make a change in procedure requested the negative team will meet Eugene at by a bond house attorney. Eugene the same nigljt. CITY WINS, BOND ELECTION NOT NECESSARY H. H. Veatch Wins Portland Shoot. Telegram: H. H. Veatch, of Cottage MERCHANTS OF CITY Grove, attended a trap shoot Sunday TO BANQUET CLERKS at the Portland Gun club and ‘ ‘ killed ” out of 50, winning n The merchants of the city, at a (Aetty pearl . .lulled knife. He is at • hamber of commerce meeting Wed tending the meeting of hardware men nesday night, decided to give a ban this week. quet for their clerks. The date has been left to a committee appointed to Revival Meetings End have charge of arrangements but will Rev. and Mrs Hucknbee, who had be during the first or second week of been here from Texas holding n pro February. The merchants will attend tracted meeting in the Free Methodist the banquet with their clerks and it church on south Tenth street, left is probable that the married mates of Tuesday for Portlaud- The Free merchants and clerks will be invited to Methodists have bought a lot and will attend. A program wlil be arranged. erect n new church in the near future. It is probable that a similar banquet w ill be held every three or four months. Another Sawmill Operates. C. O. Willis and E. G. Htahlmun have PLA N S TO HATCH CHICK started the operation of a small mill FROM EGG SHAPED ROCK on the Willis place on the Lornne road. The mill has a capacity of 4000 the A rock o f the exact shape of an egg day and is getting out an order of was picked up a few days ago by VV. tOO,000 feet o f dimension stuff. T. Poole while walking along the South ern Pacific track, where it was being used for ballast. He has had it Henry Rohde Baby Dies The infnnt sou of Mr. and Mrs. painted white and thinks that if it Henry Rohde died Saturday evening could be set under a Plymouth Rock and the funeral was held Monday af rooster a White Rock chicken might ternoon. The baby had not been strong be the result. from the time of birth and had been continually under medical care. Floyd Churchill, of this city, and Arthur Adebury, of Roscburg, have re What do you wanft It makes no turned from a successful trapping trip difference. Try a Sentinel wantad. t into the Diamond lake country. They A wantad will rant your house. "* brought out quite a pack o f pelts. in any one day was 1200 lineal feet. The best job of bridge work was the completion of 270 feet, completely planked, in two days. This is the one over the Hull road at the point where the docks are to be built. The race to supply the flume with water starts on the Robert Lackey place a quarter of a mile above the mill, where a bridge was built to per mit Mr. Lackey to cross over the dammed up water to the other side of his farm. The flume crosses farm property owned by (). P. Wills, Sid Gilliam, C. H. Wyncoff, J. K. P. May, Jahn Murray, Mrs. Dollic Lestoe, liar vey Taylor, George Kehelheck, W. L. Kimble, the Hebron school, J. N. Jep- son, F. C. Führer, N. W. White, Grant Brown, J. B. Grubb, the Widow White and Beidler Brothers, ending at the 1). P. Burton place. It crosses the Coast fork between the N. W. White and F. C. Führer places. While it is not yet certain, it is probable that in the near future the timber will be gotten out in the rough only at the main mill and that gang saws, resaws, planer and dry kiln will be established at the Latham terminal. The Southern Pacific will have a side track and spur completed by February 10 . The Ford power plant used to cut the timbers to length before being sent out on the job was made by backing the rear wheels of the car upon two drive wheels fastened to a shaft, upon which was also fastened the drive pulley which operated the saw. The cur was fastened in position and the harder it tried to make progress ahead the faster it ran the saw. At the end of the day it was taken out of the stall and used to transport the work men home. The completion of the flume was celebrated with a banquet Friday eve ning last at Hotel Bartell, at which workmen and their ladies, 24 in all, were present. The principal stunt of the entertainment program was the presentation o f a distinguished service medal to C. N. W olff, the “ wampus” man, who did not miss a day on the job.____________________________________ Football Boys Get Letters The following members of Cottage Grove’s hist season high school football squad have been presented with letters: Harvey Robinson, captain; Dale Lusk, captain elect; Charles Spray, Wilbur Spray, Jack Beager, Wendell Cochran, Ernest Kurr?, Ray McCargar, Francis Wicks, Rex Wheeler, Harry Skilling, Roy Heck, Glen Haney, Jpmryl Hinkle, Henry Hubbell and Brighton Leonard. Small Fire at Stouffer Residence A roof fire at the residence of Mrs. Lydia Stouffer just before noon Sun day was extinguished by neighbors before grout damage had been done. The fire department was not railed. Paper was being burned in a stove in the house and it is thought that a flaming piece was carried up the chim ney, fell upon the roof and caused the fire. Attend Mrs. W ard’s Funeral The following were among those from here who attended the funeral of Mrs. W. A. Ward in Eugene Sunday afternoon: Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hawley, John Brund, Andrew Brand, Mrs. Barbara Hohl, Mrs. George Hohl, Mrs. Robert Anlauf, Mr. Slid Mrs. George Haw-ley, Irving Petrie. Mr. and Mrs. 8. C. Veatch, C. A. Bartell, Albert Helliwell and D M. Marksbury. The absorption of ratgs on the Ore gon Pacific A Eastern railway by the Southern Pacific will become effective February 14, according to word from the railway received by the chamber of commerce. This absorption of rates applies only on transcontinental shipments to points east o f Ogden. Mills on the Oregon Pacific A Eastern will be granted the same rates into such territory as mills located in the city on the main line. This absorption fo rates will be of considerable assistance to mills on the O. P. A E., but as it applies only to shipments to eastern territory, while the larger market for this section is in California, it is thought that this ad vantage alone is not enough to cause large mills to locate at the source of the timber supply rather than in the city. PLUMBERS ARE H A V IN G FUN W ITH BURST W ATE R PIPES Repairing burst water pipes has been the principal diversion of the plumbers during the past week. On account of the usual mildness of the weather here, almost no precaution is ever taken to protect pipes against such nippy weather as that of the first of last week, when the mercury dropped below' freezing for several nights. ODD PHENOMENON OF 79 YEARS DISCOVERED BY JOHN TRUNNELL John Trunnell, who recently oh served his seventy ninth birthday anniversary found that it came upon the same day of the week as that upon which he w'as born and volun teers the information that all those who were born 79 years ago will find the same to be true in their cases. He volunteers the further in formation that such will be found to he the case every 79 years and advises those having birthdays to keep a record and chock up every 79 years and see if he is not telling the truth. COTTAGE GROVE ALWAYS DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER PLACE Cottiigc Grove seldom does uny- thing in the way any other pluco does it and, of course, the weather here never goes to the extremes that it does anywhere else, which may be the reason that there was no silver thaw here Monday, as there was in other cities. Eugene enjoyed the spectacle and Cottage Urove escaped only by a difference of a few degrees in temperature. This city has never had a so-called silver thaw that did any damage. LUMBER DISTRIBUTES HALF MILLION IN WAGES Production and Wages for 1921 Were Low Compared to Few Years Immediately Preceding. The lumber business is so much a part of the everyday life of residents of this section that the amount of money it brings here for distribution each year is given little consideration. A rough estimate of the production for 1921 places it at fifty million feet, which probably is quite conservative. The same rough estimate places the cost of production at about three- quarters of a million dollars and the amount spent for labor at half a mil lion dollars. The money spent here for lumber is practically all outside money. But a very small part of the total is sold locally. The amount which the lumber busi ness brought here last year is much lower than during the few years im mediately preceding, duo to lower prices received for lumber, due to lower wages and to the fact that the Western Lumber A Export company’s mill, one of the largest, did not o(M*rate for five months, while tin* production of many of the pony mills was almost nothing. Prospects for 1922 seem much brighter. Foreign orders seem to be holding strong and the building pro gram of the country, long delayed by high prices of labor and material, seems about to break. Moderate op timisni is felt by the lumber operators. WAR COST GREATER THAN HIGHER EDUCATION Staggering figures showing that the cost of higher education of the country could be carried on with the money spent for wars and armament upon a much greater scale than it now' is were uresented by Professor Roland M. Mil Ter, of the University of Oregon, in his address at the Presbyterian church Sunday evening on “ Some Economic Phases of the Disarmament Question.” The decrease of productive effort on the part of those engaged in destruc tive warfare was shown to reach an even higher staggering total. lie pre dicted that if there shall be another war it will be for control of the Pa cific. Dr. Adelaide Woodward, returned medical missionary to India, spoke at the forenoon service. Pedro Perm! Home From Hospital. Pedro Perini returned last week from a Eugene hospital, where he had been E A HILDRETH DIES ever since sustaining u broken leg AT AGE OF 80 YEARS when struck by an automobile while he was riding a horse. The accident Edward Albert Hildreth died Mon happened upon the Divide highway day evening at his home at 1H27 west about two months ago. Mnin. The body was taken Wednes day to Medford, where the funeral Filipino to Speak Sunday. wan held Thursday. Interment waa at Cunato Udasco, a native of the Phil Central l ’oint. ippines, will speak at the evening »er Mr. Hildreth wan born July lti, lu ll, vice Bun day at the Christian church at Leon, N. Y. He wan married Jan. upon “ Conditions in the Philippines.” 21, lstil, at Cuttnrugu.i, N. Y , to Mina Mr. Udasco is also a tenor singer and Eliza A. VnnTassell, who survives. He will give numbers in his native lan enlisted in 1802 with the 154th vol guage, as well as in English. unteer infantry and was later trans ferred to the 18th Pennsylvania cav alry. The family arrived in southern Burglars Didn’t “Burgle.” Two suspicious characters thought Oregon in 18!i0 and came to Cottage to have intentions not entirely honor Urove in 11HU. They returned the next able were kept under surveillance dur year to Medford but again returned ing the early part of Monday morning here because of preferring this climate. by Night Police Newman. They were Mr. Hildreth was n member of the chased from the rear of buildings on G. A. R. [>ost nt Medford. Members of the local [lost and of the relief corps First alley south. escorted the body to the stutiou. Mr. Hildreth hud passed his eight Lads Break Traffic Laws. Rex Wheeler paid a fine of $5 and >uth birthday anniversary and died tho day before his sixty first wedding an costs Tuesday for operating a car on went Main street at u speed reckoned niversary. Surviving children are A. E. Hit by Marshal Pitcher to have been 40 dreth, Oakland, Calif.; Ethnn Allen miles an hour. K. E. 8 « Itsmim paid a fine of $5 for Hildreth and N. B Hildreth, Butte Falls, Ore. cutting a corner. Miss Ethel Rogers, teacher at I-o- rnne; Miss Lucile Watson, of Divide, and Miss Ethel Bristow, of 8tar, are listed among those who were successful in the recent teachers’ examinations and who have been granted certificates. Hampton Stock Sold. The Hampton bankrupt stock of dry goods in Eugene was sold Tuesday by G. H. Tyson, trustee, to H. J. Lea vitt, of Portland, whose bid was (8VP3.U0. NUMBER 20 ALL GATHER TO DEDICATE LORANE SCHOOL Moat Significant Gathering Ever Held in This Section and Bounti ful Dinner Served. Probably no community gathering ever held in this section has been ot greater significance than the one held at Lornne Friday last when the $13,000 high school building there was dedi cuted. Thu residents of the Lornne country were present in force, a del egation of 14 was there from Cottage Grove and others present were Alfred Powers, o f the University of Oregon extension department, County Hu per intendent E. J. Moore, Assistant Super intendent Swan and Secretary Chad wick, of the Eugene chamber of com merce. The total attendance was about 350. The program started in the forenoon but the Cottage Grove delegation tuned their arrival at the time the tables were set for one of the most bountiful spreads that ever tempted inner man. It had been arranged by a committee o f women of the school district of the Lornne section. All those present from Eugene were on the program and those from here who made talks were Mayor Knowles, Elbert Bede and Secretary Miller, ot the chamber of commerce. Miss Myrtle Potts and Miss Lucile Davidson, of this city, each sang solos and both were heartily encored. Mrs. Pearne Crow, o f Lorane, gave a splendid read ing and was encored. Almond Hemen- way, of Silk Creek, gave a humorous reading and was vociferously encored Mrs. Claud Schrack and Mrs. Crow gave a piano duet. The teacher and pupils from the Lone Cedar district livened the program with their yell program. The demure little 90 pound teacher of that district has about 300 pupils of pep. The high school building is one which a few years ago would have been thought adequate for Cottage Grove and is a model union high school build ing, one of the best of its kind in the state. It has a 40x00 combined assem bly hall and gymnasium. It is equipped with «i modern heating and water sys tem, shower baths and ample facilities in the way of class rooms and lava tories. PLEASANT HILL TEAMS ARE TAKEN INTO CAMP One Set of Games Played Here and Other on Home Floor of the Defeated Teams. Cottage Grove’s champion basketball teams continued their winning streak Friday and Saturday by winning on both days from the Pleasant llill teams, which had not been defeated before this season. The Friday games were played here, the girls winning 30 to 9 and the boys 37 to 15. The Saturday games were played at Pleasant Hill, the grils winning 22 to 21 and the boys winning 30 to 24. In the latter game Roy Heck sus tained an accidental blow on the back of the neck and was so seriously in jured that he was taken to a Eugene hospital. He was brought home Sunday and is thought little the worse fur tin* experience, although he has not fully recovered and may not get into the game again this season. Both teams go to Roseburg tonight. BEN SCOVELL, DOUGHBOY EN TE R TAIN E R . IS COMING Hen Scovell, lecturer and entertainer, will fill the pulpit at the Methodist church Sunday forenoon uml evening, speaking on “ The God of Peace” and “ The Sign of the Cross.” Mr. Scovell took parts with his uncle, the late Sir Henry Irving, in presenting Shake spearean plays and will lecture Mon day evening to high school students who are studying Shakespeare. Mr. Scovell was one of the entertain ers for the doughboys in France and Belgium. He spent six weeks with Su Harry Lauder. At a recent entertainment which Mr. Scovell gave in San Francisco 10,001) people crowded into the civic audito rium to hear him ami he kept the great audience continually between laughter and tears. There will be no charge for admis sion to hear Mr. Scovell but a silver offering will be taken Sunday evening. VISOOOHl TRIO AND PIANO ACCORDION HERE TONIGHT Vissochi, said to be master of thal complicated instrument, the piano ac cordion, will be here tonight as one ot the numbers of the lyeeuui course be ing put on under the auspices of th< high school student body. Assisting Mr. Vissochi are two clever young women who feature delightful solo work iu violin, voice and piano. Tin ts one of the numbers advertised fot several weeks ago through error. Have you something you don *t want! A Sentinel wantad will find someone who does want it. tf — those who advertise — are always the livest merchants. — and, therefore, the ones who pick up bargains when any are to be had. — you are always assured of the best service when dealing with those who are regular and persistent advertisers.