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tyy (CnitcUî? Okrni? ^nítttrl VO LU M E XXX11 TRAFFIC VIOLATORS FUSS BUT PUNGLE UP Kugnlie Man I h at First Somewhat Disappointed W ith Quality o f Entertainment. Th«* past week was a busy Oil«» in JMlli Ia«* «•ourt For 1 raffi«* violations. lin» to till pres« m*«* her«« for two diiys o! a stilt * trait ic officer. A K list'll«* inan, r 4 ‘pri»*i»nthiK 11 »«* Bur roughs A « 1 «! 111^4 Machine company, paid $2 for violating n city ordinance, iiav mp parked on Main at reel for more than three hours. A fte r paying tin fiue, he made various und sundry re marks about rube and yokel towns and wished some kind o f a seething eil itoriul written upon the subject and otherwise demonstrated that his peace o f mind had been seriously ruffled, but was finally convinced that lie had paid but a small fee for the oxcep tiouully entertaining and educational program put on for Ins edification. U. H. Colcuiuu, returning from Oiili for mu to Washington with a 1921 li cense on a big fie rc e Arrow, became a resident here for 24 hours while mak mg arraiigemeiits by telegraph with the Washington authorities for a mori up-to d ate license. lie also left till' police judge a memento in the form of crisp bank notes to the amount of $15, He admitted that he was merely trying to “ get b y .“ He d id n ’t know that none o f them ever “ get b y “ witli anything when they hit Cottage Grove. R. «1. McLaughlin, who claimed that he wished to be patriotic and spend Ins money at home, also was trying t«i reach Washington from California. Hi left $15 in foreign capital. A fte r pay mg tin* fine lie “ rem inisced“ to tin extent that lie could have bought a license in California good for three months for $ 10 , with which lie might have reached home and then might have “ gotten b y “ for the rest o f the year, which seemed to him a patriotic way ot looking at it. L. A. Lowers paid $10 because his delivery truck had neglected to doll up with new license plates. M. M. Btewart paid $5 because In had carelessly neglected to put on mori tliau one license plate, although he had both in his possession. JITNEY LICENSE FEES ARE FIXED BY COUNCIL 'I'lie council at its meeting Monday night adopted an emergency ordinance fix in g license fees for vehicles con ducting a freight and passenger busi ness for hire. The schedule o f fees is as follows: Grays First horse druwn or motor vehicle, $25; second, $20; each addi tional, $ 10 . General deliveries— First horse drawn or motor vehicle, $ 10 ; each additional, $5 Motor trucks— Under one ton eapa city, $15; one to two tons, $20; each additional ton capacity, $5 Jitneys Hevon passenger capacity or less, $40; over seven passiuiger capfi city, $ 00 . Htagc lines (carrying both passengers und fr e ig h t)— Less than one ton capa eity, $ 1 ; one to two tons, $ 1 ; each ad ditional ton, $ 1 . Teamsters— $10. Forfeit* Bail; Charge Stand« Donald Luneau ap|s*ared in |sdire court Hati*rday on a charge o f drunk eniiess, disorderly conduct and o f mak ing insulting remarks to women. He dcuiuudcd trial and deposited $ 2 U cash bail for Ins appearance Monday. He fo rfeited the bail but the eharge stands against him and lie w ill be ealled to Stand trial despite the forfeiture ot the hail money. Resign« Red O ro«« Chairmanship Uu account o f disposing of Ins bus iucss interests here and because o f Ins proposed immediate absence from the city, C. M. Hhtan has resigned the po sit ion o f chairman o f the local Red ('loss branch, which he had held con tinuously since the orgiuiizution o f th. brunch at the beginning o f the war. 'Fite work tor the present is in charge o f Mrs B. K. Job. Roy Veatch G et« Three Year Job. Kugone Register: Roy Veatch, a sen lor hi th« university, received a three year appointment to the s ta ff of the Amerieaa University o f Beirut, Syria, during his attendance at the national Y. M. C. A. convention in New York last week. Mr. Veatch is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Veatch, o f Lu gene. COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1922 M IS 8 IN G P E R IO D G R E A T L Y IN C R E A S E S P R O PO R T IO N S OF F E B R U A R Y S N O W F A L L A little bit o f u spot no bigger than that made by a pin point some times makes a great deal o f d iffe r cnee, la recording the snowfall for February, as published a week ago, a period failed to show in front o f a figure 7, thus making it appear that Cottage Grove had had 7 »aches o f snow, instead o f .7 o f an inch. It will be seen that the lack of tin* period made a difference o f 6.3 inches. O f course, anyone who lives here knows that Cottage Grove never has 7 inches o f snow, but others who have not reached that state o f wisdom which impels them to move here, might be led astray by the error. -M CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BACKING COUNTY Resolutions Adopted Calling for Inline diate Location o f the Route and Starting o f Construction. The directors o f the chamber o f commerce are g ivin g aetive support to the county court in its e ffo rt to get Pacific highway located to the north ot the city. At the Tuesday night meeting o f the board o f directors the follow ing resolution was adopted: “ It is the sense o f the board o f di roetors of the Cottage Grove chamber <d’ commerce that the board of county commissioners o f Lane county should at once establish the road for the north outlet of Pacific highway from Cottage Grove on the survey made and recoin mended by the engineers o f the state highway commission, us this is the most direct, the most feasible and for city, county and state the most eco nomical, route. “ That if ti just und fa ir settlement may not at once be had with the land owners for the right o f way for this road, then the board o f county commis sinners should exercise their authority and right mid institute condemnation proceedings, where necessary, fo r the right o f wuy for this road. “ That the const ruction o f this road and the necessary bridge for the com pletinn o f this section o f P a cific high way should proceed as speedily as prnet icuble. ’ ’ Attend Funeral o f Mrs. James H. Mills. K. K. Mills returned Hnturdny from attending the funeral at North Bend o f his sister in law, Mrs. Jumes H. Mills. Mrs. Mills returned Tuesday, being accompanied by her nephew, James H. Mills Jr. James 11. Mills Hr. is in Portland and w ill arrive here the latter part o f the week, when Mrs. K. K. Mills and James H. Jr. will return to North Bend with him. Mrs. James H. Mills and children made their home here while Mr. Mills, a lieutenant with the coast artillery, was overseas. The cause o f death was complications o f influenza. Hhe was born in Roseville, III., Aug. 29, 18N2, and married Mr. Mills at Monmouth, Ore., June 21, 1905. Surviving ehil dren are James H. Jr., aged 15; M ary Eleanor, aged 13; Brewer, aged 10; Join, aged 2 %. MRS L IZ Z IE S A L T Z M A N H A D B EE N R E S ID E N T 20 Y E A R S Mrs. L izzie O. Haltzmnii, a resident f this section for 20 years, dim! Thursday night, M anli 3, aged 04 years, 4 months, 29 days. The funeral was held at 1:30 p. in. Sunday from the ehupel, Rev. Simpson linmrick o f fie ri! ing. Lizzie Ollie Neal was born Oct. 5. IN57, at At liba, Id»wrenep county, O. She was married in 1N79 to Walter YV. Wood, who climi December 25, INNO. Two children were born to this union, A used Wood, o f Marshfield, and Harry Leltoy Wood, who died in infancy. Mrs. Wood was remarried Feb. .15, isso, at Huntington, W. V., to Andrew Salt/.man, who died July 15, 1910. There wen* no children to this union. Mrs. Salt/.ma n joined the Methodist church at 17 years of age and re mined a faith fu l member until her death. HIGH VOLTAGE WIRES ARE DOWNED BY WIND Tw o o f the Cottage Grove Electric com pany’* primary wires on Washing toil avenue bed ween Eleventh and Tw elfth streets and two poles on south Sixth street went down in the b rief wind storm Friday evening. The pri niary wires carried 2300 volts and hail anyone been struck by them death would have been almost certain. Chil Many Prune« Going Out. A large number o f prune trees arc dren at play not far away saw balls being added to the acreage in this see of electricity rise in the air. Fortu tiou. O. H. Heine is putting out 400 nately they were not close enough to trees and John Overholser is putting be harmed. out 1(K) trees. These are in the Silk creek Heights»rhood. GIRLS ARE VICTORIOUS c. M ill« la o f 0 D ila to r . K. K. Mills has been elected n d i rector o f the chamber o f commerce to succeed W. Frasier Johnson, who re signed because o f accessary absence from flu* city upon board meeting nights. BUT BOYS MEET DEFEAT The high school girls were victorious and the boys were defeated in basket ball games played here Saturday night with teams from the campus high. These games concluded the basket ball season. The g ir ls ’ team lost to 'C orvallis on the home floor the night before, thus Travelin g Men to Meet Here. losing their opportunity for a chain The traveling m en’s division o f the Kugene chamber o f commerce will hold pionship contest. The Corvallis team a session here at the Hotel Hartell on was the only one to defeat the local the evening o f March IN. A banquet g ir ls ’ team during the season. w ill be served. Successful R evival Clones. The revival at the ( ’hristian church Garoutte Road Ordered. came to a successful close Sunday eve The B. F. Garoutte road to connect mg with some 54) conversions. Evan the Mosby creek road and the Row gelist Zook proved a forceful and ear river road was established by order of nest speaker snd attracted large audi the county court issued Friday. ences despite the large amount o f sickness during the eutire time he was A. wanted w ill rent your house •• her«. HIGH SCHOOL IS PU C E FOR STUDY, FOR ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES, FOR MAKING OF CITIZENS, NOT FOR LIGHT FRIVOLITIES B Y O. W. H A Y S , H U P E R IN T E N D E N T C O TTAG E G RO VE SCHOOLS D ISC ARD ED SOCKS; CLOUDS OF SM O K E ; F IR E L A D D IE S H A V E M E R R Y T IM E OF I T The fire department was called out Hntimlny night to extinguish a pair o f socks. It was not known, o f course, that such was the errand when the alarm was turned in. Clouds o f smoke ha«l been discov ered in the upper story o f the Wynne building on Main street, the lower floor o f which is occupied by W yn n e’s plumbing shop and the upper story o f which is devoted to housekeeping and lodging rooms. A fte r Mr. Wynne and members of the fire department had spent eon siderable time scrambling around on th«» roof and peering into corners, between walls, etc., it w’as found 4hat a lodger hud put a pair o f dis carded socks into a stove, had for gotten to op«*ii the draft and the clouds o f smok«» hn«l been the result. I The Sentinel has read w ith interest ever .if hand who is w illing and anx -“ sometimes with approval, sometimes ious to help them. They become so ac with disapproval— criticism of our custom«*«! to this immediate h«*lp thut present system o f education and es they are liiiabl«.» to see things cl«*arly pecially o f the seeming neglect o f pupils to take advantage o f the tin without thin guiding hand. The high usual opportunities which are theirs. *ch<M»l situation, with no teacher as Education is being put on the tie their own *ind the ever changing o f fensive by those who are determined clm.ses, is so complex that the uverage to call a halt in the sky-rocketing tax freshman is at a loss for a tim e and rate. Over 50 per cent o f our taxes too often is so far behind when he go for education in one form and gets Ins bearings that he is unable to another. A large number o f taxpayers think this is too great a proportion o f get well start«*«! before the end o f the ■— :~ 7- ■ T - -- . - 1 J i- ■- ■■ ■■ - _____________ - J i the total tax. Another large propor semester. In college, the situation is tion o f taxpayers, while not finding more complicated anil th«* lib«*rty more fault with the proportion o f the total pronounced. There seems to l e no con tax, feel that the tax-paying public is straining hand, no one to se«* that they not getting full value fo r the large apply themsidves, and too many times amount paid for education, due largely no checking up until the student finds to the lack o f appreciation and lack o f e ffo rt on the part o f those who get himself flunking in quizzes. 1 find, too, that th«»r<* is an idea the benefit o f these large expenditures in their behalf. It is a fact which can among many that the purpose o f the A rrived In This Section In E arly 50s and This Had Been H is not be gainsaid that never before in high school is to prepare lor college. the history o f the world did young While this is iiiuioubtedly one purpose, Home E ver Since. (»eople have such educational oppor and while every high school pupil tunities and never before have young shouhl know what is required fo r col people been seemiiigless less apprecia Jackson Kilo, one o f the curliest pio liv e o f such opportunities. Whether lege entrance, it »is not the greatest the taxpaying public continues aim o f a high school. In other words, ncors o f this section, died at Salem to spend huge sums upon education while th«* high school pr«*par«*s fo r col Sunday. The body arrived here Tues depends largely upon whether those lege, its function is not «hat o f a pre day and the funeral was held Tlrurs getting advantage o f such expenditures paratory school. W hile we do not like day afternoon from the chapel, Rev. show their appreciation by due atten to s«*t* a high school pupil make his S. Hamrick o fficiatin g. Interment was tion to their studies and by a w illing «lays in high school his last school in the- Hears cemetery. ness to forego friv o lity when it in Mr. K ile was bora October 10, 1832, terferes with taking advantage o f the days, we must acknowleilge the fact that the m ajority do not go oil, and at Knox, O., und was aged 89 years, 4 opportunities which are theirs. Already that it is the supr«*m«» purpose and test candidates for state o ffic e arc pledging months, 19 days. He arrived in this themselves to a reduction o f the o f th«* high school to fit this m ajority section in the early 5l)s and .bis had amount o f tux money raised in the for a more complete livin g und a been his home until September o f lust name o f education. With all these greater citizenship. year when he moved to Eugene, where things in mind, The Heutinel has re 1 have not attempted to solve the he lived until within a few days o f quested Superintendent Hays, o f the puzzling problem o f elimination but his death. He was married December Cottage Grove schools, to discuss the subject from any angle he might ! only to cast a few side lights ou it 27, 1887, at Creswell, to Elizabeth Jane choose. His discutsiou is given here that 1 feel may be beneficial to our Tope, who survives. From 1902 until own school system in our own eity o f removing to Eugene, Mr. and Mrs. K ile with. | • • • I Cottage Grove. I earnestly solicit con had lived on a portion o f the Charles Since the heart and soul o f this na ferences with patrons in regard to in Hears place east o f the city. Mr. K ile tion is in the character, intelligence dividuals who may be o f especial in was a member o f the United Brethren O. W. H AYS. and education o f its citizenship, the terest to th«*m. church. He served in the C ivil war as foundation o f which must be laid in a member o f Company H, 1st Oregon the schools o f our land; since the hojs*, infantry volunteers. Mrs. C. W. Hears, the future o f our democracy, is in the o f this city, und Mrs. Anna H offm an, schooling o f the young, and since this o f Eugene, arc surviving stepchildren hope aiul future defs'iids not only on the capacity o f appreciation and un W ill A tten d Campus Summer Term. derstanding o f the jo y o f livin g but University o f Oregon, Eugene, March also u]»oii the capacity for making a A local teachers’ institute will be 4.— (Hpecial to The Sentinel.)—-Super living, it is no wonder thut the failure held tomorrow in the high school au o f so many o f our young people to ditorium, commencing at 10 a. m intendont O. W. Hays, o f the Cottage survive the high requirements o f the While this is primarily for teachers, Urovc public schools, has announced college and drop by the wayside should th«» public is invited. Superintendent that he w ill be in attendance at the bring forth comments from both tax O. W. Hays will preside and the music University of Oregon summer term on the campus at Eugene for six weeks o f payers and educational enthusiasts. will be in charge of Miss Elise Price. advanced study, from June 21 to July Many and varied arc the excuses Tim complete program is as follows: 29. that are m :'<!<* und the reasons giveu l( f: 0<>— Musie, 1 * America * ’— All. Superintendent Hays is purticubirly fo r so many failures. Since these fa il hi K»cial musical number. interested in the courses in education ures are most pronounced in our higher Welcome— Superintendent Hciys. to be taught by an exceptionally strong institutions and since in these institu 10:30— “ Practical Problems in Our faculty that includes Thomas R. Cole, tions by far the greater proportion of Schools ’ ’— Assistant Superintendent assistant superintendent o f the Hcuttle them occur in the first year o f college J. G. Swan. schools, Dr. H, D. Sheldon, dean o f the there is or seems to be an ever grow’ Music. school o f education o f the university, ign reflection upon the high schools of 11:00—“ The Proper Use of the Pho Professor H. R. Douglass aud two our country. The requirements o f our other instructors of special training in netic Chart'*— Mrs. Matilda Sleep. high schools are said to be low, the Drill— By pupils of Miss Dorothy certain fields o f education. fundamentals neglected and superfi Hays. cially studied. While this accusation Music. is being made by our college friends, 1:00— Music. COTTAGE GROVE HI-Y we fin d our successful business men “ A Lesson Plan for Language BOYS EUGENE GUESTS just a strongly criticizin g the average W ork“ — Mrs. LaVilla Woodard. college product snd doubting very Drill— By pupils of Miss Katherine Eugene Register: Fourteen members much th«* worth o f th«» training th«»y o f the Cottage Grove H i-Y club were Mendenhall. receive. On the other haud, our high 2:00— Music. the guests o f th«» Eugene H i-Y at a school instructors cond<*mii work that “ Horn«» Things Teach«»rs N «*ed to dinner held in the local Y. M. C. A. is done in the grades and argue that Know**— Superintendent E. J. Moore. Thursday evening. Preceding the ban the m ajority o f eighth grade students Plays Used in School Work— Pupils quel, the members o f the two clubs come poorly prepared. They point out held a practice game o f basketball, of Mrs. Aiilii Smith. that th«* arguments o f higher ¡untrue 3:00— “ School Athh*tics ami Their Re followed by a swim in the Y tank. tors may be applied here as by far the lation to Physical Development**— Twenty-nine persons were present at givuter m ajority o f failures occur dur the banquet. Professor H. U. Hargreaves. mg th«» first year o f high school. This G. E. Fiim erty, o f the Eug«»ne high “ The Teaching of Penmanship'*— E. y«»nr in our own high school, about school, addressed the l»oys on fairness W. Jordan. nine tenths o f the failures are found in “ Putting th«* Eyes to W ork” — Pro in games as the basic quality for good the first year and the average grad«* fessor Alfred Powers, S«‘liool of E«lu leadership in life. Orlando llollis, pres for this class is iiin<* js*r cent lower cation of the University o f Oregon. ¡«lent ot the Eugene Hi Y club, and than the average grade o f the oth«*r Wayne Veatch, president o f the Cot ‘ ‘ Star Spangled Bann«*r“ — AU. classes. tage grove organization, gave b rief The elimination as shown above talks. Other numbers o f the visiting might be taken by a casual reader as club who spoke during the evening rttfl«‘«‘ting u pun the work don«* both were O. W. Hays, superintendent of in the grades ami in the present day Cottage Grove schools; Claud Sherman high school. Nor can 1 maintain that ami Worth Harvey. Ë. L. Keeney, bus his conclusion is entirely without foun iness advisor o f the Eugene club, and da tion. Many o f th«* American girls M ichigan Champion Goes Down Before Bob Donnelly, o f Kugeuc, were other and boys do not sense the great iui speakers. Brighton Leonard, president Local Man lor Tw o Falls in portance o f their opportunities while «>f the <«tüdent body o f the Cottage Forty Minutes. in school and eiidefiYor to “ get b y “ Grove high school, was ealled upon to with ns little r«*al labor as possible. It uinke a talk. is hard for th«* young to s«*«* that it v* Ralph Hand, local wrestler, advanced for their goo «1 ami for the good of their country that they should improve anoth«*r st«*p towar«ls championship SINGING HEN POULTRY PLANT IS DESTROYED every golden opportunity. It is far honors in th«* mitldleweight class Sat ♦*asi«*r to roam the str«»ets seeking for uriiay night, wh«*n he bested Professor The Hinging Hen poultry plant at amus«*ment or tripping to the time of Ki«‘har«l Kienthe, Michigan champion, jazz two or three times a week than to by taking two consecutive falls in Walker, owned by A. F. Campbell, was The first fa ll was by completely destroyed by fire Tuesday peruse th«dr books for hard cold facts, 4U minutes. or follow a long «haniu»! o f reasoning. an arm scissors in 24 minutes and the night and Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, who I firm ly believe that any st« p taken se«*ou«l by the double toehold, with hod their sleeping quarter» in <he in by the school or hum«* that w ill keep which Hand is particularly adept, in cubator houHc and who did not awaken the growing boy i»r g irl occupied at Hi minutes. This is the second time until the building was a mas» o f fhiines barely escaped with their live». some .»rthy pursuit that has a ten Hand has defeated Kienthe. The match was put on under the Nineteen incubator* were in operation deucy \ eliminate some o f the frivo l and contained 5000 eggs. The loss was ity and « i< late h« urs is a step in the auspices o f the fire department. about «2000. The fire is presumed to right direction. have started from a defective lamp I am not referring in the above par E F. C A R L E T O N TO S P E A K BEFO RE M A S O N IC LODGE in one o f the incubators. agraph to any high sch«xd activity, athletic or otherwise, f«»r I am con fi E. F. Oarleton, superintendent o f Eu C H R IS T IA N E N D E A V O R TO H O L D de «it that these extra s«*h«H»l activities C O N V E N T IO N H E R E IN A P R I L — athletics, debate, plays, high school gene city schools, w ill b«» a guest of paper, gl«*e club, etc.- have their port, Cottage Grove lo«ige, A. F. A A. M., and a great part it is in all arouixl t*d next Wednesday evening, at which The I*aue County Christian Endeavor ucstion. The value o f training thus tim«» h«» will deliver an address upon cabinet has formulated plans for the obtained, it a»*e«ns to me, can hardly educational matters, especially in re f seventh annual couuty convention to b«» overestimated. Th«* value in the erence to the Tow uer Stirling bill, in be held in the Christian church here (*st:iblishm«»nt o f decision and initiative w hi«‘h Masonic l«»«lg«*s are deeply inter April 21, 22 aud 23. A special musical •ind th«* form atior o f character is not ested. Mr. Carleton is former assistant program is being prepared, which in capable ot measurement snd appraised superintendent o f public instruction o f elude» two local quartets, several solo with r«*sults that th«»y may 1 m * s«*t the state ami prominent in e«iin*ntional ists snd The Caroliers, the Presbyterian male chorus. Arrangements arc also down in statistics. Y«»t, I feel that if circles, as well as in Masocic circles. being made fo r Eugene speakers, more o f our girls and boys could pur Memorial Service fo r Dr. Kellema. among whom w ill be Dr. E. V. Htivera ticipate in them they would develop Memorial services w ill be h«»l«l at th»* ability to adjust themselves to the and L. P. Putnam, o f the university the Sunday forenoon services at the Y M. C. A. ever arising situations. Christian church for Dr. D. C. K el There are 25 societies in lA n e conn I t is this failure to concentrate and the failure o f adjustment, in my opin leins, former pastor o f the church. Dr. ty sad arrangements w ill be made for ion, that caus«* so many to lose their V. E. Hovcn, also a former pastor here, approximately 400 delegates. bearing* in the first y«*ar o f college, now president o f the Eugene Bible uni Do an« try to beat a newspaper. You just as much as it is failure to hnve \ersity, w ill deliver the address. the proper foundation m book learuiug. may want a nice obituary notice some Watch the label ou your paper. t f day, In the grades the pupils have a teacher J. KILE, PIONEER, LIVED TO NEARLY 90 YEARS TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE IS ON HERE TOMORROW RALPH HAND ADDS SCALP OF KIENTHE TO BELT NUMBER 2<> NEW PEOPLE ARE ON JOB AT POWER OFFICE Red need Rates W ill Oo Into E ffe c t aa Boon aa California Oregon Juice Get* Here. E. L. Stewart is here from Albany as local manager fo r the Mountain Htates Power company, which has taken over the business o f the Cottage Urovc Electric coiupuoy. F. b, Brew er, o f the same city, is here as cashier, and F. F. W infree, assistant general accountant for the company, is install ing the books. Victor Kem, who was with the former company, w ill retain his position. The same crew w ill be ret aiued at the power plant fo r the present. The California Oregon Power com pauy, which w ill furnish juice to the Mountain Htates people, is rushiug cou structiou work ou its line from Pros pect, in the Crater lake country, to Springfield, where the high voltage juice w ill be transformed and w ill be sent back here on the Mountain Htates wires, which w ill be strung on the California-Orcgon poles. The cost o f transforming is too large to warrant putting transformers in here at pres ent. i t is estimated that at least 90 duys w ill be required to complete this work and during that time the old light and power rates w ill remain in e ffect. As soon as the change in source o f juice is made, rates w ill be put into e ffe c t here identical with those in e f fect at Albany, Corvallis and other c it ies served by the Mouutain Htates com puny. BONUSMONEY DISTRIBUTED HERE DURING WEEK Another Bunch W ill Come When A p plications fo r Loans A re Acted Upon by Commission. The ex-service men have been receiv ing their bonus checks from the state during the past week, which puts quite a little sum o f money into circulation. A number are taking their money un der the loan feature o f the bonus act and these claims have not yet been acted upon by the bonus commission. It is estimated that an average amount o f $250 w ill be forwarded to each o f the 224 form er veterans o f Lane county who have made upplica tion for the cash allotment and whose applications have received the approval o f the bonus officials. Approxim ately 500 applications from Lane couuty ex service men fo r the loan feature o f the bonus law are expected to be acted upou by the state officials, which w ill mean that many thousands o f acres w ill be added to the agricultural pro ducing land o f the county mid many new homes purchased or constructed under the clauses o f the bonus law which provide fo r the long term loan for these purposes. In the number o f applications for the cash bonus and the amount to be distributed, Lime county ranks third in the state. Multnomah leads with a total o f 1038 applications, aggregating $157,000, and Marion county gets a •otal o f $04,500 to be distributed to 258 ex service men. Many Parts o f Ford Truck Stolen. Eugene Register: Ed Davidson has reported to the sh eriff that during .Sunday night someone stole a good many parts from his Font truck that was le ft stnnding on the road between Eugene and Lorane near the roek quar ry. The th ief took the radiator, the front wheels, spot light, head lights and all the spark plugs. Mr. Davidson did not report whether or not the loss o f these parts prevented the o|>erntioii o f the truck. W R IT E U P I N H O T E L N E W S IS A L R E A D Y D IR E C T IN G O U T IN O T R A F F IC T H IS W A Y — “ Flowers While We L iv e ,” is the title o f a letter which the Hotel Bartell has received from J. I* W il kins, manager o f the Hulco Hotel, Astoria, Ore. Mr. Wilkins refers to the recent complimentary writeup o f the sport ing and sccuic attractions o f this section in the P a c ific Northwest H otel New s and says in part: “ 1 have lived in this great state all my life and 1 did not know what you had in your country. In fact, the idea o f going to your section for an outing never would have oc curred to mo, but you may now rest assured that m yself and fam ily w ill motor up that way some time this summer for a w e e k ’s outing aud to partake o f some o f those venison steaks. I f the season is closed, jerked w ill do as well. I believe the hotel men o f the state w ill do ! all they cau to direct patrons your way. ’ ’ — water works wonders with nn arid soil. It makes it bloom like an Eden and yield fruit aud grain where were only sparse shrubs wero before. — an adequate advertising appropriation ia to business what water is to dry soil. I t yields to the advertiser a harvest o f patronage, holding old customers and bringing new ones. — the advertising columns o f the I j v e Wire Newspaper are a regular irrigation system for the C ottage Grove business man. L