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About The Cottage Grove sentinel. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon) 1922-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1923)
COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1923 IT ALWAYS PAYS TO TRADE AT GRAY’S Cash and Carry Buy your groceries at Gray’s and have something left to put into clothes. Our prices are lowest but our quality is of the very highest. BEST CREAMERY BUTTER—GUAR ANTEED TO SATISFY—THE LB., 55c Sugar Best Cane $9.95 a Sack 9i/2 lbs. for....... $1.00 Flour LAST CHANCE THIS WEEK McKENZIE—Soft wheat, the sack.......... _....... $1.44 DALLES DIAMOND—Hard wheat, the sack....... ........ $1.84 KERR’S BEST—Hard wheat, the sack................................ $1.90 SAPPHIRE—We guarantee this to be as good as any hard wheat flour made; Montana’s Best; the sack.................................... $2.05 YOUR MONEYT REFUNDED IF YOU ARE NOT ENTIRELY SATISFIED Ball Mason Jars Karo Syrup Dark 5-lb. Pail Quarts, doz., 35c 85c Shortening Flakewhite — Fresh and guaranteed to satisfy, lb........... 15c........... lb. Bring your pail THE HIGHEST CASH PRICE PAID FOR EGGS AND POULTRY ERAy’S EA5M&EARRX IVAN E. WARNER, MANAGER Thu plain purpose of cooperation ia to control marketing in the in terests of the producer and con sumer. Producers cooperate to obtain higher prices, consumers to go: lower prices. It would seem that the two movements would conflict yet, on the contrary, through efficient organizations and management, both classes may be benefited through eliminating the many needless ex penses, profits and waste between the two classes. To illustrate: Apple growers state that the wholesale price they receive is below what it costs them to grow the fruit but at the same time single apples on Fourth street in Portland retailed for five cents each. A Gresham gardener reports that he received from 12 to 15 cents per dozen for corn, which the Port land Tostaurants resell at from 15 to 25 cents per ear. (See editorial note below.) Some weeks ago the Yakima Valley News stated that new potatoes were retailing for 10 cents per pound, or $200 per ton, and the price the farmers got was three cents per pound or $60 per ton. A Portland business man who has a home on the river road five miles out of Portland, has hundreds of sacks of apples that he gives to those who will come after them, but for which he can not get enough on the Portland markets to pay the expense of picking, grading and sacking. Too many profits were added to these products, and to nearly all other farm products. They go through too many hands. There is far too much distributing machinery —too many classes of markets and profits in between. (Editorial note.—It is hardly fair to compere the price the producer gets with what is paid at a restau rant. Too many items which have nothing to do with the case must be considered. .The cost of service may be several times tho cost of the article. Those who patronize the restaurants where prices are highest give little thought to the spread be tween the producer and tho con sumer. The only fair comparison is betweon the price the producer gets end the price the restuarant pays for the product—not the price paid by tho patron.) Distribution of farm products is almost entirely in the hands of the dealers and brokers. The grower has nothing to say as to the price. The middle interests fix both the buying and selling prices and both pro ducers and customers must tako it and pay it. The producer realizes that he must market his own products nnd obtain a higher price or go out of business. He knows that the middle interests are getting the profits that should be his. He knows that he must get a part of these middle profits or he must quit producing. Hence commodity organizations are rapidly forming in many states with the purpose of controlling the bulk of the crop and so distributing and marketing it that a living profit price may be obtained. Consumers could greatly help to reduce distributing expenses aad get farm products at lower prices if they wore as much concerned in the retail price as tho grocer is in his price. Consumers, retailers and pro ducers’ organizations cooperating could shorten the long route, elim inate middle speculation and greatly reduce tho between expenses. The success or failure of Oregon’s organizations will depend almost entirely upon management. This is the most important part of coopera- tion. It must be in competent hands. It must be business from start to finish. Friendship, favors, jobs must have no part in the organization. It must be handled as successful private organizations are managed. Nearly every cooperative failure in Oregou can be traced to poor man agement. Men who know market ing, standardizing, grading, distribu tion must have charge; men who kuow how to hold down expenses, to reduce waste, to handle men. Experts in these lines must be found. Growers’ organizations sel dom succeed in successfully market ing their products. Whon cooperative associations are founded on these safe principles and are backed by growers’ contracts to the extent of 75 per cent of the product grown, then will the farm ers be able to tell the buyers what the price shall be. (Editorial note.—The Sentinel, ever free to criticize, wishes to com- PAGE SEVEN pliment Mr. Spence upon the way he emphasizes what it will take to make a success of cooperative or ganizations and what has been the cause of failures in the past. How ever much we may criticize him when he makes statements which may mislead, we admit that he is sane and sensible when he outlines methods for making a success of a cooperative organization.) OUR PERVERSE WAYS. Very few people have gone through life without haviug the ex perience of trying to make folks believe they were right when they knew themselves to be wrong. • • • The girl on the silver dollar never gets left behind. • • • No man amounts to much who isn’t egotistical enough to know Good roads advocates who say his own worth. • • • that good roads draw business prob ably did not have in mind the road Failure often stimulates to suc tlia£isj>aved withgoodintentions. cess. Bunge’s Service Station L Service With a Smile I Rolling Dice By Airplane Latest Of Sports With giant dice made of light material, aviators uow play the game of dioe Irom their airjilanae os one of the latest American sports. Tlaoed iu isout of the umchiiio, the propeller is twirled, and the rush of airsends tho dice rolling down Ih: field w th the piano in pursuit. Tho eubeamrothen placed iupuaitkui ug-iin. LEE Tires Safety First! Thrills Made to Order in the Movies USE A WINDSHIELD WIPER TT ANQING by the heels on a 6-inch I-*- ledge with the street cavern yawn ing 12 stories below is no trick at all— in the movies. Missing a foothold on the edge of a tall brick precipice and being caught by the hands of a clock 10 floors alove tho earth, howover, contains almost as many thrills for the actor as it does for the spectators. For these are the days of realism in pictures, tho result of a ceaseless de mand on the part of a public long ac customed to seeing speeding automo biles plunge over steep cliffs, death defying leaps into a raging surf, and airplane crashes, for more thrills. In some cases “doubles" arc em ployed to take the place of the star for the more hazardous undertakings. Dressed and made up to resemble the actor, they brave death in lea;* from speeding trains to airplanes, jump over cliffs, and ride motorcycles into loco motives with no chanco of winning either fame or glory. Many risks, however, are taken by the stars. In one instance, during the - HAND OR AUTOMATIC WE WISH TO THANK YOU Cover the Upper Cameraman and the Lower Part of thin Picture, Under the Clock ut Left, and It Will Sho v H ?w It Appeers on the Screen that tho current would carry floating objects to a sand bar just above the falls, and a watcher was stationed there to pull her from the water as she swept past. But, instead, the current swept her to the otheT aids of tho stream and she would have Ixjcn dashed over the fidls to certain death laid not her secretary rescued her. In making a picture of a man climb- ing tho Hide of a building and doing apparently perilous stunts many fl<x>ra above the street, a real building was selected and a circus performer em ployed to double for the uctor in the “long shots.” Then a fake building was built on top of tho real one. Tho “set” was built in far enough so that the roof would break any fall and also would provide a platform for the cam era. By “shooting” at a proper angle, however, the drop to tile street looked straight down. • • • for your willing help in establishing our new cash system and hope we can show you, to your satisfaction, the ben efit you are getting in the price of meats. We have made a 10 per cent cut in prices and ex- pect to do still better by you on the strength of a cash basis. We expect to keep a full stock of the best cured and fresh meats obtainable; also pickles, olives, butter, bread, cheese' and several other items at the right prices. We are not starting this system of strictly cash and a cut in prices for only a short time, but to continue indefinitely giving you the best of price for your cash. Give us a trial and let us prove our statement. Our motto is “Cleanliness, Quality, Service and Price.” --------------------- Pay Cash and Pay Less---------------------- PEOPLE’S CASH MARKET Phone 15 Phone 15 Cutsforth & Dickson, Props. Use Iron to Float Logs Effective October 2, the Ford Motor Company announces the following reduced prices on all Ford Cars and Trucks: Leaping from a Balcony Into the Rear Seat of an Automobile Ia Just One of the “Stunts’1 Demand-d in the Movies from High-Salaried Stars filming of a western melodrama, the heroine was called ujxtn to plunge into an icy mountain torrent and float downstream toward a cataract. It had l>een found by experiment In logging timber tracts in South America and the West Indian islands, the heavier wtxxi, which is not suffi ciently light to float, has always proved difficult to move. One firm recontly solved this problem by using “floaters,” made of rust-resisting iron, by means of which tho heavy timlier was rafted down a river to the sea. Runabout $265.00 Touring Car - 295.00 Coupe •- - - 525.00 Four-Door Sedan 685.00 Chassis - - - 230.00 Truck Chassis 370.00 Old Floors Made New With Universal Sander I have bought an American Universal Floor Sander and expect to specialize in laying and finishing floors. This is the highest grade of floor sander and can be relied upon to turn out perfect work on either new or old floors. If you have an unsightly painted or stained floor the old finish can be cleaned off and the floor made like new. Housewives will need no argument to convince them of the economy of a floor that will not cut their rugs and linoleum into strips. A well surfaced floor means economy, enhanced beauty and less housework. All Prices F. O. B. Detroit Omer Moore These are the lowest prices in all Ford history. With the recent changes and refinements that have been made in every body type, Ford Cars now offer new values in motor transportation. Especially is this true of the new Four-door Sedan with its streamline body and many added conveniences. 327 Quincy Avenue Phone 161-R The Fordson Tractor The price of the Fordson Tractor has been in creased $25-00, making the present price $420.00 F. O. B. Detroit. A Juicy Sirloin Steak —ought to go “just right” for dinner tonight. Buy it here and get it fresh and tender and at a reasonable price. You can take advantage of these new prices through the Ford Jk'eekiy Purchase ‘Plan Woodson Brothers HOUSES MOVED OVER RIVER MOUNTED ON BARGES ta making room for a naw state Capitol. 1* houaaa war, moved serosa tbs Kaaawha River at Charleston. West Virginia. Paced with th« alternativ« <4 wracking their horse, and rebuilding somewhere ela«, er of transP -Hing them to site. on th« oppewit« eida <4 th« river, the owners choae the latter. Lashed aecurely to heavy timber fraaem, M feet high, to avoid tho necessity of lifting them up an embankment, th« dwellings, soma M wMch were large, twe otery struemree, were safety canted oa greet bargee aad finally ad doom oa their naw Location« Quality Market Free Delivery CULVER « ANDERSON. PROPS. Phone 40