P h VOLUÌIK XXXII (Enttarn* Oknm* f a t t o i COTTAGE GROVE, LANK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1922 NUMBER 22 FRANK PEOPLED a MILY IN BERT HANDS IS ANOTHER HARLOW IS NOT CANDIDATE C. G. HIGH DEBATERS LOSE SPRAY WILL INCUBATE WOODSON GETS EASTERN WHO FINDS HE CAN T EGGS IN CONCRETE NARROW ESCAPE FOR REELECTION IN BOTH CONTESTS OREGON RANCH STAY AWAY BASEMENT House Is B urned to G round Few Min utes A fter M em bers M ik e Get aw ay in N ight Clothes. Mr. nm l Mrs. Frank People* and baby, whose |*boo is on the Silk creek road near the A dventist nr a demy, had a narrow escape from b urning to death early Tuesday m orning. Mr. People* wa* aw akened by the tmby ’• rrie* and found the house filled w ith smoke and the other part of the house in flam es. V few m inutes a fte r he had gotten the fam ily out through a w indow the house had burned to the ground. Mrs. People*' hair was singed. Mr. lYo pie*' threw out a sm all num ber of articles of clothing, but some of th is had caught fire from the flam es break tug through the wall and all was do stroved. The only things saved were tw o chairs, Mr. l*»»ople ’* work clothe* ind t|)r night clothe* in which he. Mrs. P»*oples and the luiby escaped. The loss was about $¡¿>00, w ith a small am ount of insurance on the house. The fanitly spent the rem ainder of the night w ith th eir neighlm rs, th e llnlls. Mr. Peoples recently rented the Mrs. Klla Thompson farm and they will m ake th eir home there tem porarily at least. A hot fire had been built to heat w ater on account of th«1 sic knew» of the baby and it is thought th at the * to \e b«*camc overheated and set fire to the woodwork. Mr. and Mrs. I >a v i s, p arents of Mrs. People*, who left F riday for P ortland , hail been shaping upstairs. It is thought th at if they had boon her» they probably would have been trapped by the flame'.. EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYES DINE, TALK, DANCE The first of a series of banquets and en tertain m en ts which m erchants of the city intend giving th eir em ployes was held W ednesday night at H otel B ar tell. P rofessor W h ittak er, of the com mere«* dejKirtm ent of the U niversity of Oregon, gave an in teresting , en tertain mg and instructive talk tipou " R e ta il S alesm anship.’ ' Vocal num bers were given by Miss G race Fullerton and by a q u a rte t composed of Mrs. George M atthew s, Mr«*. R. K. Short, Mrs. 0. Cruson am i M rs. K. E. A rthur. Mr*. i«eou DesLara»»* and Miss Kliw Price aerum ¡tam ed on the piano. Miss Lucile C ritehlow gave a violin uum her. Th» orchestra which furiush«‘d music Throughout the banquet was compose«! • if Mr K ulhank, violin; M i s s Pott«, piano, am i Mr. Robert*, d ru m s E. W. MiU**r presided and he predicted th at The bringing together in social g ath er tng of em ployer and employ«** was go ug to m ean much to th e business life of the com m unity. Follow ing the for mal program , a dance was given in American le g io n hall. Johnson Boosts C ottage Grove. O regonian: Busin«*** conditions uroum l ottag«* Grove are improv urg w ith th« revival of the lum ber business, says W. F Johnson, who is at th«- Benson ,ot«L Mr Johnson i- in th«1 lum ber „ame and ha* the firm belief th at b«* tore man}' m onths have p i l e d th«* in ­ dustry will 1 m back on it* f«*et bring mg prosperity to those ¡«arts o f th«* state w her** it is the principal ir.«*an* of livelihood for hundred* of people Like other lumt*ermen Mr. Johnson is aw aiting the <*ntry of the railroad* into the tie purchasing m arket. Road V iewers R eport Favorably. The county road view ers have r«* ported favorably to the county **ourt on the establi*him*nt o f the R. F. Ga routte road east o f C ottage Grov«* lx* tw een Row river am i Mosby creek. The viewer* state in th e ir r**|H*rt th at the road will furnish an outlet to a uuiaber of farm s. Th«* road gives a new route into w hat is known as th«* Kelley d istrict. Ford W heel L eaves in N ight. Haginaw, Ore., Feb. 7.— W hen L. T. Miller, who had b«*«*ti home from Ku gene over the week end v isitin g hi* fam ily, got ready to return t«» Eugene Tue*day m orning, he foum l th at *«»m«* one ha<1 r» moved » wh»*«*l from hi* Ford. H e ha«l to leave his crippled lizzie w ith an autom obile chiropodist. F orest Grove Sold th e Ronds. The recent story in Th«* O regonian under a Cottagi* G rove «lat«* line to the effe ct th at an issue of $50,060 of geu«*ntl fum i m unieipal borni* had been sold, should have been under a Forest G rove d ate line, accoriling to the reply to an inquiry m ade by Th«* Sentinel. No general fum i municqKil bond* have been sold here. Banket ball Schedule The b o y s' basket ball t«*nm from Al bauy w ill play here tonight. Both team s fr«un here play at Kn gene tom orrow night. The M«*«iford boys' team will In here neat W edam day. Both t»*nuis from Roeebnrg w ill «*om«* here a week from tonight. S hrlners Planning Big Time The C ottage G rove Hhriae club is planning to en te rtain Mb riser» from a num ber «>f cities o f th«* valley on the evening of M arch 3. It is probable th at 160 or more will 1** present. For mid invitation* will be issued soon. Road O fficiala V isit H ere All m embers of th«* county court, as «««mpanod by County E ngineer Mors* and H W. Libby and Mr. McCloud, of the state highw ay d ep artm en t, w«-rr here Tuemlay inspect mg th e propo*«*d route for P acific highw ay to en ter the eity from the north. Bert H ands is an o th er who is dem onstrating th at anyone who once lives in C ottage Grove is never l**rmntiently satisfied living a n y ­ where else. He once was extensively engaged in the chicken business hen* and left alnuit a y ear ago on account of a breakdow n in health, going to Florida, later retu rn in g to C alifornia and finally arriv in g here a m onth ago. He is now again startin g up in the chicken business. He has purchased the old K ing place east of C ottage Grove, has bought a bunch of chickens and has begun th e construction o f a large chicken house. PLYMOUTH ROCK BIDDY STARTS OFF BIO EGG CONTEST Blue M ountain, Feb. 7.— (Special to The S eittiacl.)— A Plym outh Roi'k hen owned by John Allen is rushing th.* season. O rdinarily th«* big egg e«»nt«*st «iocs not sta rt until well along in the spring, but biddy ha* h»ard som ething about the early bird g ettin g nil the prizes, so she has produce«! a sam ple o f her pnuhict m easuring 8 inches x 6 inches. She is n hloo«l«»d biddv and travel* in th«* «*litc of hen society. Issues D eclaration T h at No Com bina Eugene N egative Team G ets U nan tion o f C ircum stances Can lmous Decision and A ffirm ativ e C hange H is Decision. O ets 2 to 1 Decision. M ahlon H. H arlow , county com m is­ sioner for th e post seven year», a n ­ nounced M onday th a t uiid«*r no eon sid«*ratiou will he lieeome a can did ate th is y ear for reelect ion. “ I am not in the race for th«* office for an o th er four y e a rs ," said th e com­ m issioner. “ I th in k eight y«*ars is enough for one m an. 1 have fully nm«lt* up tny m ind not to run again, no m n tter w hat my frien d s have to say about i t . " Mr. H arlow w ill have served tw'o term s of four year» each by th e tim e hi* t«*rm expires at th«* end o f the pr«**«*iit year. The r«*call w as iuvokcii ag ainst the com m issioner Inst year, but ho won over th«* opposing can did ate, L. N. Roney, by a v«*ry large m ajority . His frien d s huv«* insisted th at th is vote is indientiv«* o f his ptqm larity in the county and th a t h«* could easily win in an o th er election, but he d«*c In res th at he intends to retire from office and devote his tim e to hi* own a ffa irs h ereafter. 11. P. M arkusen, of Ju n ctio n C ity, ha* announced his in tentio n of seeking th«* nom ination fo r com m issioner on the republican tick et. PROFITS FROM CHICKENS RETURN FROM DANCE FOR YEAR IS $175.000 IN EARLY MORN TO EXTINGUISH FLAMES The C ottnge d ro v e debaters lost both of th eir contests F riday night. The affirm ativ e team lost to Eugene here by a 3 to 0 derision, while the negn live lost at Eugene by a 2 to 1 de­ cision S pringfield wns to have eorni here but asked to have the d ate can Celled and the m eet w ith E ugene was arranged. The attend an ce was slim, the com m ent being m ade th a t there were more present from Eugene than from home. The a ffirm ativ e team w as W ayne V eutch and N ellie S tew art. The Eu geue team which m et them was Idyll W ilde and R onald B eattie, the latter being a form er student here. The judges here wore E arl K ilpatrick , of the U niversity of Oregon facu lty , C arl­ ton Spencer, form er resident here and reg istrar at the university, and A. L. Isunax. li. W. Lom bard presided and M i s s Khse p rice sang a solo. The negative team was R ita Kelley an d Sam S w artz. The team they met was Mali a Jord an an d M orris W ilcox The judges at E ugene w ere Dr. F. L. Shinn, Dr. A. C. G regory and P rof. Percy Adam s. The subject debated was, “ Resolved th at congress should prohibit im m igra­ tion for a period o f not less th an live years. ’ ’ There w as some m isunderstanding as to th e am ount of tune to be allowed the debaters, the local team s preparing fo r 12-m inute argum ents w hile th e Eu gene team s prepared for 15 m inutes. P ro fit Is $1.50 to th e Hen. Fay A llison and Hum Y catch prob A verage A lthough Some Claim P ro fits TYPES GIVE MAN TWO ably «lid not have th at id«*a in mind as H igh as $3. | wh. n they atte n d ed a dance at D rain WIVES AND MAKE THEM S aturday night, but th«* faet th at they PARTNERS IN BUSINESS d ill a tte n d th«* «lance and the furth«*r fact th at they di«ln ’t arriv e home until C ottage G rove is rapidly earn in g the Those not fam iliar w ith th e p rin tin g 3:30 a. m. probably saved from de­ distinction of being th«* P etalum a of probably were at a loss to struction by fir«* a large q u a n tity of Oregon. It is estim ated th at th ere wen* business understand how th«* ludicrous error oc 100,000 chicken* ow ned here during ha} stored in ¡he ol«l Jam es H aw ley curr«»d last week which gave F. J . 11«*1 th«* y ear and th a t the receipts from store building on south P acific high liwell, of Rose burg, tw o w ives, and «*ggs w ere $300,(M)0. It is estim ated way. made them p artn ers in the sam e busi­ th at p ro fits averaged $1.50 to the hen, As they w ere driving pa>‘ t th e build ness. a to ta l of $150,000, although some hen ing they noted smoke issuing from th«* <*rror occurred in the story rear end o f th«* building, w hich is us«*d ow ners claim p ro fits as gr«*at as $3 to Th<* of the purchase of a business as a w arehouse. Th«*y force«! an en ­ th«* hen. Th«* profit* from the sail* of telling in lioseburg by G. M. M arksbury, of trance, threw outdoors several bale* baby chick* probably wa* $25,000, this «ity, and Mrs. Rudolph H arness whi«*h w ere on fire and beat out the m aking a to ta l profit for th«* im lustry and Mrs. F. J. lielliw ell, of Roseburg. flam es w ith an old shovel which they of $175,000, which is a conservative c*t im ate. In modern new spaper work correc­ found in th«* btiihling. Th«* hay which burned belonged to Th«* larg er num ber of chi< k«‘ii* h«*n* tions are m ade by ««hanging an entire lint*. It is not unusual for a line to Mr*. Ella Thom pson. The C ottage are blooded W hite Leghorn*. get into the w rong place but it is un Grove F lour mill* had a large q u an ­ usual for it to m ake aueh an error as tity of hay in another ¡»art of the LITTLE TOT FALLS ON th at which o<*eurr«*«l in this item . The building. STOVE AND IS UNABLE sentence in which th«* erro r occurred The front part of th e building was* is printed correctly herew ith, w ith tin open am i it is thought th at someone TO RELEASE HERSELF line which was p rin ted by erro r in hau b«*«*n in then* «luring th e night, a «lance having been in progress in the Jean , little d au gh ter of Mr. and sertc m eet th«* n<*«*«l* of th«* dent, m aking th e fo u rth vacancy to sehool w as d«*fente«l H aturday night by present «lay and ag«*. He prom ises th at fill. th«* second team , whieh had one of the < ottag«* Grov«* will be tr«*ut<**sli<* Hull, well known in til«* mu • •-•II nrcte* o f th e «ity, i* in charg«* Make of me what you will l shall re­ .#f th«* music. flect you as eleaiiy an a mirror throws Follow ing are a f«*w hot shot Zo*crmse so m any sinners are con mighty privileges, to my greater honor v«*rt«*«1 but 'in* not holy ghost r«*g«*n and to my good repute in far places, hut cm ted. Th«*r«* an* to«» m any church it is not chiefly these who are my member* who ar«* try in g to fight th«* d«*vil w ith tin horn* am i wood«*» strength. My strength is in those who words, who ar«* try in g to put out the remain, who are content with what I eau fir«*» of h«*ll w ith pink t«*a. The church offer them, and with what they can offer m*«*ds through prav»*r to connect up me. It was the greatest of all Unmans w ith the holy s p ir it." SUGAR COATED RELIGION IS MODERN QUEST Mill W orker Injured. Delight V alley, Feb. 7.— (Hpeeial to The H entioe).)—-E dw in A nderson *u* tained pain fu l in ju ries to both f«*et one «lay of last week while w orking at the WVstern Lum ber ft E xport com im ny's mill. H«»me lum ber slid out*» him an«l severely bruised hi* f»*et but it is thought no bone* w ere broken. H otel Put* Up Sign. Cottag«* G rove's first m«*t ronolitnn electric sign has ju st base install«*«! by the Bart«*!! hotel. It is placed m idw ay up on the building and is visible th«* en tire length of M ain street in either direction. who said: “ Better be first in a little Iberian village than he second in Home.” I am more than wood and hriek and stone, more even than flesh and blood — I am the composite soul of all who eall m.1 home. I am your town. —Ameriean Legion Weekly. J. F. S pray, who tin» been in nml out of the chicken buxine»» here n num ber of tim e», but who alw ays nn» rem ained n booster for th e in duHtry, i» going into it ngnin on h larger »etile th an ever. H e i» con- »trueting a concrete incu b ato r room under hi» mnin chicken hnu»e, the room being 2-1x21 feet and having n capacity of 6000 egg» nt a set ting. The idea of a concrete b ase­ ment i» to give the even t en trer a tu rc e»»ontinl in incubator hatching. Mr. Hpruy ha» already hooked or der» for 10,000 »pring chick» H e will follow a »y»tem of using eggs of xtandard w eight from hens of stan d ard w eight. MONSTER BEET HAS BOTH FORM AND COLOR OF LOBSTER W. «S. Mi Culcb has put on exliibi tion som ething unusual in a R«*«l W inter beet. It is alm ost a perfect likeness of a m onster lobster, w ith head, claws, " fe e le rs " and body. The color also helps to em phasize the likeness. A second beet also on exhibition w eighs 13y* pounds. It is true to form . Mr. Me Caleb said th at h«* had others w eighing three or four pounds m ore but th a t they w ere not perfect in shape. EVANGELIST'S RECEPTION LEADS HIM TO BELIEVE SERVICES ARE NEEDED E vangelist F. VV. Zook, upon his a r rival here to conduct a series of meet- ings a t th«* C hristian church, had an experience w hich probably m ade him believe th a t he had struck a place w here his services w ere needed. A fter a m otor trip of 1000 mil«*s from C alifo rn ia, he arriv ed a t about l a. m. 11«* was endeavoring to locate th e home of C. L. S arff, one of the o f­ ficials of the church, when he tu rn ed from a paved stre et into one th at was in about the condition it w as when the ea rth wns created some few thousand years ago, a t w hich tim e au to ­ m obile tra ffic w as not contem plated. F our hours w ere consume«! in splash ­ ing around in the m ud an d all the tim e th e driving wheels were g ettin g nearer to the place from w hich he hoped to save the goo«i people of C ot­ tage Grove. F in ally someone of th e num ber who had g ath ered to assist thought of g ettin g one of several cars from nearby residential garages to lend assistance. Hoon th e re a fte r th«* fam ily w as safely ensconsed in cozy C ottage Grov«* beds an d Rev. Zook says he has since become most favo rably ini- pres.se«! w ith the city and its people. D isposes of L aundry Business, E q u ip ­ m ent and B uildings for Consid­ eratio n o f $14,000. O. E. W oodson has closed a deal wh«ir«*!)y h«t disposes o f his laundry business and building an d th«* building occupied by the W est Hid«* gurag«* nml gi'ts a 550-acre ranch a t M edical H prings, Union county, not fa r from B aker. J . I). W orth, form er ow ner <»f the ranch, who will come here to ta k e charg«; of bis business, has been a prom inent figure in eastern Oregon. Two of the older of th«! ten childr<*u of th«} fam ily, a son and a dau gh ter, arrive«! her«! Hunday in com pany w ith Mr. W oodson. Mr. and Mrs. W orth and the oth«*r children will nrriv«* a little later. The ranch whieh M r. W oodson gets is fully «*quipp«!«' business, finally of P ortland . He is i»xiM*ri«*fic«*d in sustaining ti broken back, w hieh sent handling china, crockery, enam«*lware him home. lie found th at m any of those high and toys and will have charg«* of these ir. com m and w ere m em bers of th e lines. M asonic fra te rn ity anil th at n large it in Eye by Steel Fragm ent. num ber of those in the front ranks R H ichard (D ick) S tu rg is is now in were m em bers o f the order anil even style w ith his left eye in a sling. 11«* E astern S ta r m em bers w ere found ill is in charge WVsl 8i«le garage. the canteens and in th e hospitals. W hile h<* was of a the t w ork under a car There was g reat o pp ortu nity for d is­ «-hipping some steel, a frag m en t struck play of the fra te rn a l spirit. him in th e eye am i im bcddel itself in He graphically described m any of th e pupil. It was rem oved w ithout in the horrors of th e terrib le eoitfliet and ry to the sight b ut he lias been dt»ij|g of w hat the boys w ent through in ju job of ju st sup erinten d ing Im Having the w orld fo r dem ocracy. He a the r«*nl past few days. flayed those who used sub terfu ges to keep from doing th e ir duty and did not m ince words in telling w hat he In tersectio n M arkers to Be Changed. thought of those who neglected to do Th«* concrete street intersection the work there w as to be done a t m arkers, w hich have been used on home. He did not m ince w ords in M ain stre et for a y ear or m ore, are t«» telling of the hypoerisy found in be rem oved by order o f th e cit} ehurehes, in lodges and in the social council an d the plan is to use upright and business life o f the w orld. The pipes fastened in th«» paving and woman w ith tim e to burn who putts a painted w hite. poodle dog to her b reast an d selfishly neglects form er service boys in need LUMBER IS READY TO of aid wns described as a. most con GO TO PRESIDENT S tem ptible creature. COMPANY Mr. Hcovell kept his audience Hpell hound in n tn lk of an hour am t a half. A collection w as taken to be used by A ii inspector was here th is week Mr. Heovoll in his work o f aiding and reprcHt'iiting the P en derg ast com heering the form er doughboys now pa ity, of M arion, Ohio, to which the sufferin g and dying in th e hospitals Buck Greek Lum ber com pany is of the country from w ounds sustained shipping some railw ay m aterial. in th e recent great co n flict w hile the P resident H arding is one of the g rea te r p art o f th e w orld m oves by oldest directors in th«! com pany to giving no thought to those who fought which the m aterial is b«*ing shipped, for the honor of country nm l to but he did not personally place the save the w om anhood of Amorien from order. worse th an death. SCOVELL FLAYS HYPOCRISY AND WORLDLY SHAM N ew P a rtn e r In E lite. H arry W. N eet, recently of Eugene, has purchased th e in terest of R obert Jones in The E lite confectionery nml {rill. The business WHS recently sold >y Mr. and Mrs. W. YV M cFarland to F rank and R obert Jones. (Shortly thcre- n fte r Miss G race Jon es bought th e in ­ terest of F rank Jon es and she rem ains n p artn e r in the business w ith Mr. N ect. The WAntads m ake very inter«*sting reading. « f — no store ever becam e a big store w ithout advertising. — no tow n ever becam«* a big tow n w ithout a live new spaper well fill«*«! w ith live ads. —The H eutind is alw ays ready to do its part.