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COTTAGE GROVE SEXTIXEL, TIIITRSDAY. MARCH 6, 1924 THE OLDFASHIONED GIBE. pie and winsome as a violet of the dell. The Oregonian: There has been _ Her confession is food for thought. discovered somewhere in Los Ange- Perhaps, after all, we have been les, of all possible places, an old- j grievously misjudging the modern maidens. It seems reasonable to be fashioned girl. She yearns for coun lieve that many of them keep the try quiet, and Sunday walks, and pace that others set because they modest clothing, and she is as Vic feel that it must be kept if they are torian as she can be—at heart. But to have the least contact with youth you never would recognize the ful gaiety. One percieves that it is young lady. Her disguise is perfect. probable that some girl who cherishes She is disguised as the swiftest a secret fondness for dressing dolls, product of a very fast age, and none on rainy days, may be spurred on will dance longer at a wayside tav to outshine all other girls in the ern than she, and none is quite spurious smartness of the moment. such a mistress of the modern slang. She may smoke a cigarette with To all appearances she is the type loathing and drink a cocktail with that sets maiden aunts to weeping inward contempt of herself. She for the decorum of their own girl may do all these things that are hood, and furnishes shocked minis required by the age of jazz and yet ters with themes. The reason for long merely to lead the normal life her disguise, she confesses, is not that is denied her. far to seek. She must conform to We believe that such girls, reluc the age of jazz if she would be tant captives of jazz, greatly over popular. But at heart she is as sim- estimate the value of keeping up Quality Market Free Delivery CULVER i ANDFRf°\ PROPS. Phone 46 Tasty Bacon and Hams “The most enjoyable breakfast I’ve ever had” will be your verdict if that break fast includes some of our delicious bacon or ham. Meats—fresh, smoked, pickled and canned—for all occasions. Knowles & Graber appearances. It may seem to them | or may not be true; but it certainly that their social opportunities and does not hold good in the gas in- their matrimonial prospects depend , d us try. on their participation in amuse In the great plant of the Astoria ments that are far from amusing, j Light, Heat and Power company, of but the truth is that the hazard is I New York, there burns the same fire always greater than the gain. As which was started more than 100 suming that there are other girls years ago in tho plant of the old like the Los Angeles maiden, one New York Gas Light company. On would advise them that the country the eve of the abandonment of the is looking for old-fashioned girls. old plant, in the 1850s, a mass of It would wear them in its heart, live coals, whieh had been ignited and gladly, and only with the ut more than 30 years before, were most reluctance has it ever admitted placed in a large container and that they were gone. transported to the new plant in an Why, such a girl, coming into the other section of tho city. This performance was repeated in company of her bizarre sisters, would cheapen them in a twinkling. 1906 when tho world’s largest gas There wouldn’t be any question of plant was set in operation. So today her standing. She would be genuine. the fires which burn in the Astoria And any number of eligible young plant are those which were started mon would gaze upon her with dis I more than a century ago. Back of tinct approval, for it is more than ! the men on the operating floors of likely that a great many of the tho nation’s gas plants, the meter swains of today are just as lonely men, the thousands of men and and dissatisfied as the penitent women who are putting ting the spirit than 9,000,000 young woman of Los Angeles. We of gas into more 1' would not hold this possibility out American homes, stands one of the as a reward of merit—since merit, nation’s finest traditions. like virtue, should be its own re ward. But it is our sincere belief HIS HANDKKRCHIKT IS OVAL that the experiment would pay. Tlie country is lonesome for the old- Hindoo Prince Tampering Where fashioned girl. More Famous Fix Laws of Style. _________________ « RED CLOVER CAN BE RID OF BUCKHORN OR PLANTAIN Red clover can be rid of buck- horn or plantain by soaking the seed for five minutes and thorough ly mixing with sawdust. The buck- horn seed coat is mucilaginous and will stick to the sawdust when it is dried. After the seed is dried the clover can be separated from the sawdust with an ordinary fanning mill. If the sawdust is handled much before the clover seed is re moved some of the buckhoru seed will be broken free and will go in with the clover seed. It is essential that the seed be dried as soon as possible after be ing mixed with the sawdust, to pre vent germination. This can be done by spreading the sawdust thin and by not attempting to clean too much at one time. Buckhorn is the common cause of dockage in red clover. It cannot easily be cleaned mechanically be cause of the nearness in size to red clover seed. The loss from buekhorn in seed growing districts is enor mous and can be lessened by plant ing seed free from buckhorn. WORTH FINDING OUT. In emergency cases, call the same number to give in your wantads. Forms close at 12 o’clock Thursdays. Eugene Register: The proposal, emanating from Albany, that the Willamette valley cities join to ob tain a supply of pure water from Clear lake, at the head of the Mc Kenzie, is interesting. It is timely, as well as interesting, because all of these cities must spend money sooner or later to get either better water or more water. Two questions, we should say, must be answered before the pro posal can be considered intelligently. These are: (1) What will it cost! (2) Will the cost to each city be less by joining with the others than by going ahead independently! Some estimato of the cost, of course, is essential as a starting point, for neither Eugene nor nny other valley city can commit itself to a project without first knowing if the cost will be within its power to bear. It should be known what savings will bo effected by joint action. It is as far from Eugene to Salem, for example, as from Eu gene to Clear lake. Will this ad ditional piping offset the savings to be effocted by cooperation at the headworks! These questions cannot be an swered offhand, but they can be answered after careful investigation by engineers. The present proposal is merely to secure such an investi gation. In view of the importance of the subject, the proposed investi gation ought to be worth while. Our phone is for your convenience; don’t hes- itate to use it. FIRE HAS BEEN BURNING OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS Hardware Oregon Cottage Grove ________________ 159-J —that is the number to call when you have a news item. If you know an item and it doesn’t get printed, the fault is yours for not taking a moment to phone it in. THE SENTINEL Americans, and particularly Amer ican business men, are constantly being charged with having no finer feelings; with casting to the four winds all the fine and noble tra ditions that have been reared about ¿^rtitutions^for^centunes^This^na^ When he sees in a store an article which he has read about it is familiar, friendly—he is half sold already. 5T The dealer likes to sell advertised goods— because they're easier to sell. No costly waste of time and sales effort in telling the cus tomer A Gentle Hint. “Is that clock right!” asked the caller who had outstayed his web come. “Oh no, said the hostess with a yawn. ‘ ‘ That’s the clock we call the visitor.” The obdurate one sat down again. “The visitor!’’he remarked. "What a curious name for a clopk!” “You see,” the hostess explained, “we call it that because we can never make it go.” A Long Way Off. A group of visitors were going through tho county jail, and a burly negro trusty was called to open doors for them. ‘ ‘ How do you like it here!' ’ one of the women asked. “Like it, ma’am! Huh, if Ah eveh gits out Ah’s gwine so fah funi heah it ’ll cost leben dollahs to sen’ me a postal cahd. ” Remarkable If True. Teacher—Tommy, tell us some- thing about Abraham Lincoln. Tommy—He was born in a log cabin which he had helped his father to build. Why. Indeed? Jr.—Pop, what is an ancestor! Sr.—Well, I'm one. A Hindu prince has started the Jr.—Yes, I know, but why do fashion of oval pocket handker chiefs. But why should he want people brag about ’em! his handkerchief oval! Another ruler, far more famous, No Centipede. invented the square handkerchief. Absent-minded man: I want to When Louis XVI ascended the l-uy some 3ocks. throne of France handkerchiefs were Clerk: What number! oblong. Before that they hud been Absent-minded man: Why-ah, two, round, with a deep bordering of of course. lace. It was only the high born and tho rich who owned handker chiefs at all in those days, says Oil Spreader for Rough Seas to Loudon Tit-Bits. Help Ships in Storms When Louis XVI had reigned for about 12 years ho considered To calm rough waters around ships that the time had come for another caught in storms, a southern man has change of shape and doubtless Ma invented a spreader that sprays oil rie Antoinette had something to do with the idea. It was decided that the reign of the square haudaer- chief should begin. By letters patent given at Ver sailles on September 23, 1784, it was decreed that tho length and the breadth of the handkerchief should be equal. Three months later the French parliament gravely confirmed the absurd decision. Portland, Ore., Fob. 18.—The fame of the Oregon prune is becoming known the world over, An order has been received from Cleveland, Ohio, for a 25-pound box of prunes to bo sent to Rurki, a town in the interior of India. Six tons of prunes were sent to India last year and nino tons to the Straits Settlements. In all there were 2713 tons of prunes sent out from Portland by water direct Inst year, with many more tons going by rail to eastern ports for delivery to steamer there. over a largo area around the vessel. Pumped from a tank on deck, the Bad Roads Make Garage Business. fluid passes far out from the boat to Moro springs have been broken umbrellalike devices of canvas that this winter in driving over the Row are set floating in the sea. It can bo river road than in any year in the used for large or small craft, or from history of the automobile business, according to u garage which has had lifeboats while making their way a large part of the spring repair through heavy waves in the event of business. This may bo duo in part disaster. The illustration shows the oil to the fact that thero uro many 2,reader being used from ships and more automobiles using tho road lore to subdue breakers and protect than ever before, but those who passengers, vessels and breakwaters. have had to have their springs re A close-up of the spreader is shown in placed lay it largely to the condi tion of tho road. Tho road around the inset. * * * Knox hill has gone to pieces on the grade for the first timo since it Poles of Elastic Concrete Bend was laid a number of years ago. Without Breaking Lane Display Is Returned. A New Spoke in the Hub. The first day of school a little | girl presented herself who looked , very much like a true daughter of Italy. “You’re an Italian!” asked the teacher. “No’m,” was the astonishing re ply- “But wasn’t your father born in Italy!” Spreading Beauty. Tramp: Would you please sub scribe half a crown to my fund for beautifying the village! The Vicar: But my good man, how are you going to beautify the village! Tramp: By moving on to the next town.—The Massing Show (London). Hollow, concrete poles, designed to carry electric transmission lines, are being made by a process that allows them to bend under heavy strains with out breaking. The top of a 64-foot pole will swing 7 faet from its normal position and back again without in Delayed Repentance. A Wisconsin man attending a re vival was pressed to repent. Ho wavered for a time, but finally rose and said: “Friends, I want to repent and tell how bad I ’ve been, but I dasn't do it when the graud jury is in session.’’ “The Lord will forgive,’’ shouted Aside From That. the revivalist. Author: Have you read my new “Yes, but he ain’t on that grand book! jury. ’ ’—Success. Friend: Yes. Author: What do you think of it! The Village Complete. Friend: Wei, to be candid with Stopping in a small town a travel you, I think the covers are too far ing man said to a prospective cus apart.—Calgary Herald. tomer: “It has been twenty years sinco Cheap Work. Doctor’s wife: I see in the paper I was hero last. Many buildings whero a man was killed for three gone up since then!” “No,” replied the resident, dollars. Doctor (absently): What a small “none that I know of.” company “Any gas or electric fee! The fellow who did the work here! ” must have had a fake diploma. “No.” “Planning for any!” Lucky Dog. “No.” He: Ah, your little dog has au “Well,” said the traveling man, enviable position. I’ve been all over the country, She: Do yoti mean because he is “ and this is the first town I have always with me! seen that is what you might call He: Not exactly, but I was just actually finished.” thinking how happy I would be if I had someone to pay all my taxes Not So New. for me.’’—Kaspar (Stockholm). Tho traveler had returned to his Mistress—And what’s your baby’s native village after being abroad for twenty years. He stopped ns ho name, Mandy! Colored maid—Hallud. We named saw a little boy with a small baby him from the bible. coming down the road. M ist ress—Hallud! T never heard “Ah, a new faco, I see.” “No, it ain’t sir,” replied tho that before. Maid—Oh, yas’m, Ain’t yo ’ nev- boy, looking at the baby. “It’s er read “Hallud be thy name”! just been washed, that’s all.” jury. Laid in a horizontal mold, the steel skeleton of the pole is covered with concrete, and revolved 1,000 times a minute. The force drives the concrete against the sides, where it forms a shell over the framework. The finished product is kept in the mold for two days and then buried in damp sand for four weeks io season. This method of manufacture was devel oped in Europe. * * * Thirteen Thousand Laws Are Enacted in Year Although there is said to be no ex act record of the number of laws on the statute books of the nation, ex perts have calculated that in ono year, 13,000 of 40,000 bills presented in the legislatures of 35 states, were passed at a cost of about $900 each. Congress handles from 10,000 to 20,000 bills each seas ion, and, it is estimated, passed 930 before its last adjournment. Estima tors figure that there are between 50,000 and 100,000 state and federal laws. ♦ ♦ ♦ Oregon Prunes to India. Lane county’s display, which at tracted so much comment at the sportsmen’s show at Portland and the educational exhibit at Corvallis last week, has been returned to Eu gene and has been stored at the county fair grounds. The display will be kept intact and will be placed on exhibition at the county fair this year. Thousands of visitors at tho two shows last week viewed the display of live Mongolian pheasants from the state game farm, which was a feature of the Lane county booth. PAGE THREE Simple Garage-Door Catch The guriige-door catch shown in the drawing is used on garage doors to prevent tho doors from swinging back against the ear while driving it into or out of tlie garage. The arrangement is unusually simple in that only one Combination Rotary Harrow and Drag The combination rotary harrow and drag shown in tho drawing and used for pulverizing clods can be made in a short time from material available on every farm. It consists of five 6-ft lengths of 2 by 10-in. lumber, nailed or bolted to two 2 by 4-in. endpieces, “’aæg&sfc»---- and a 6-ft. wooden roller, attached to the front so that it will revolve when the drag is pulled over the ground. Rows of teeth, mude from heavy ’pikes, are then driven in bo that they project about 4 in., and the heads cut off and the teetli sharpened. Two %- in. bolts, driven into each end of the roller, serve as journals, and turn in bearing holes in the 2 by 4-in. end pieces. The drilg may be woighted down with stones, or if desired an old mower seat may be utluched to it for the farmer’s comfort. * * * Cat-Tails Yield Flour, Silk. Starch, and Also Sugar DOOR OARAGE'( JJ END VIEW piece of iron rod, bent to the shape shown, and pivoted to a wooden bracket, forms the complete catch. The wooden bracket is screwed to the side of the garage and a bolt on the end of the bracket is used .as a pivot for the catch. Receiver on Phonograph Aids 96.4 inches, was in 1873-74, but two years later there was only 6.3 inches, In Selecting Records From tho cat-tails found in almost every swamp, scientists have suc ceeded in making both food and cloth. Roots of the weed produce starch and sugar, the pollen has been used as a flour to make bread, tho brown spikes make an excellent substitute for silk, and the fluffy down is valuable for stuffing pillows. The plant was first discovered by the Iroquois Indians and, during the Great War, it was ex* tensively used throughout central Eu rope. Stretching Wire Fencing while Portland. Me., experienced 12515 For demonstrating phonograph rec inches in 1886-87; last winter’s total ords, a talking machine has been in was only inch leas. vented with a receiver that prevents • * • Nebraska Once Home of Apes Unearthed Tooth Shows Scientists unearthing fossils in Nebraska have found a tooth, which they say belongs to a prehistoric ape and shows that such an -ninial once lived in that region. The skull of a giant camel was also dug up, together with bones of piglike beasts as large as a rhinoceros. Remains of a three-toed “Yes’m.” horse are among the collection, which “And wasn’t your mother born in aocording to the disooverers, proves Italy!” that this animal roamed America more “Yes’m.” A simple and efficient wire-fenoe “Well, you must be an Italian. > f sounds reaching other than the listen than 2,000,000 years ago. stretcher is shown in tho drawing. It “No’m, I’m Irish. I was born er’s ear. Thus, it does away with the e e e consists of two lengths of 2 by 6-la. in Boston.”—Open Road. need of individual booths and aids in Gu Mask and Rubber Gloves wood with two or three bolts passing through them so that they can lie se saving floor space in a store. It has Why He Was Sad to Protect Painters curely damped to the end of tho feno- “Why do you look so sorrowful, the appearance of an ordinary in To safeguard painters against lead ■ig as shown. A heavy rope is passed strument and can be attached to a Dennis!” poisoning, frequently oontracti d around l>oth pieces, around a fence “I just hear-r-r-d wan man call counter or table. while working with materials oonte in puat, and tied. A stout stick is used to see another man a liar, and the man that was called a liar said the other Snowfall of Today at Heavy as mg that mineral, a respirator and rub twist the rope, thus pulling the fence ber gloves have been devised. With as tight as desired. The device can be man would have to apologize or in Grandpa's Time out discomfort or inoonvenienoe when made in a abort time from material there would be a fight.” why should that make you “And ..................... Official records, according to the worn, these articles prevent the work that can bo found on every farm. sad!” weather bureau, will not support the] men from getting the liquid on their • * * “The other man apologized.’’ assertions that "wo don't have such hands, which may result in irritating Draft Shield for Carburetor heavy snowfalls now as we did when Thoughtless. On many automobile« tho cariio Effie: Why hasn’t daddy much I I was a ohild.” According to the fig ures, the winters now are Justus severe rotor is situated rather low on the sfda hair! Mother: Because he thinks a lot, m they were in the days of our grand of the motor, right in the path <rf tbs parent*. It is a fact, say the experts, darling. air draft, which, during cold weather, Effie (pause): But why have you that the deep enow remembered by cools the carburetor and prevent* It got such a lot, Mummie!” the man who was a boy in the 70’s or from working properly. This trouble Mother: Get on with-your break aO's, which reached his shoulders, can be eliminated by providing a fasti • would be less than knee deep com sheet-metal shield, large enough to pared with his present. stature. Wor close the space between the engine How We Help. example, the statistics show that in and the hood, and extending at toast America is a nation of progress New York City and Albany, N. Y., to the top of the motor. It to fee- and radio is one of our new rack the heaviest snowfalls occurred more tened under a manifold clamp, and fai ets. Marconi may have discovered than 30 years ago, but there have wig»* are rolled or bent over to pre it and thus made it possible, but lieen few winters with more snow than vent cutting the bands. («ahvanlssd we are making it impossible.—Balti fell at those places in the lesson of iron or brass is the best triatertai to more American. 1915-16. Records at Springfield, Ill., use for the shield. lating since 1884, indicate that the Leas Liquor for Liz. • • • Oarage man—How much d ’you greatest fall. 43 inches, was in 1913-14 in New Haven, Conn., tlie heaviest ■kin diseases, or breathing the fumee, ©That Now York City want! Driver—A gallon. occurred in 1915-16, although there ■aid to I mi injurious to the lunge uro* will have a Garage man—Wot’s the idea— i ««ms to be ■ gradual lessening of the Strapped over the head, the maak doe* 29,100.000 in A. D. 2000 to a weanin' it!—Life. , total each smson. Boston ■ Last figure. not ubatruot the craftsman's stahl. of so uffiotal citv^J-n