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t COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1924 PAGE FOUR (Êottafle <£»rave Sentinel A Weekly Newspaper With Plenty of Backbone Bode 4 ¡Smith__________ Publishers Elbert Bede________________Editor A firstclass publication entered at Cottage Grove as second-class matter Buaiuesa Office____ 55 North Sixth party to more adequate support of roads in states where there is a large amount of non-taxable public land, A plank in a national plat- form means something. The presi- dent is yet named under the old convention system and the party which nominates him, as well as the nominee himself, is pledged to carry out the platform, which is a great deal different than in the case of the election of a stale or county of ficer under the primary system, un der which each candidate writes his own platform and uses his own judgment about whether he will carry out the planks which he him- self put there. That was the first step toward getting more federal money for Ore gon roads. Fortunately Mr. Adams was named by Senator Stanfield to serve him as his secretary. Having in mind the greatest good for Ore gon, rather than the amount of credit he might claim for himself, the senator has permitted his secre tary almost free rein in appearing before department officials and con gressional committees in his effort to see that the party carries out the plank to which it is pledged. It may be stated definitely that but for the fact that the party was so pledged, and but for the fact that the man who wrote the plank was in a position to force its considera tion, the state would have been treated much more shabbily in fed eral appropriations for its roads. Mr. Adams is ugain a candidate for delegate, to which position no salary or expense account is at tached, and the interests of the state demand that he be among those selected at the May primaries. I MARY WANTS TO KNOW »--------------------------------------------- (Continued from first page.) Taxes Are Turned Over. More than $37,000 in 1922 taxes collected at the office of Sheriff I Btickels recently was turned over yesterday to County Treasurer Edna Ward. The amount was segregated as follows: State and county ............. $23.854.53 Cities ................ 2.136.23 School districts ................. 6,693.84 County high school tuition 782.08 Union high schools ___ 1,004.54 Road districts ..................... 794,83 Fort of Siuslaw ............... 1,969.04 Forest fire patrol ............. 199.16 Weekly Furniture the former county road master! If he must be employed to step in and do road work for them in a pinch, why not give him a permanent job!” “Now what are you talking about 1’ ’ SUBSCRIPTION BATES “Didn’t the county commissioners One year__ $2.26 I Three months 66c hire Jack McKy to finish the Co Six months. 1.15 I Single copy— 5e burg road when the contractor fell Member of down on the job, an the county en National Editorial Associa tioa Total $37,644.35 gineer had told the commissioners Oregon State Editorial Association he would! And that wasn’t the first Oregon Newspaper Conference To Rush McKenzie Highway. time they had hired Jack to get Lane County Publishers ’ Association The opening of the McKenzie them out of a muddle. ’ ’ highway over the lava beds will be THURSDAY, MAUCH 27, 1924 “I didn’t know about that.” rushed to completion as soon as “Well, you should get around weather conditions will permit, ac where you will hear what is going cording to word received by Nelson NATURE WILL REGULATE on. Didn’t you know that this road F. McDuff, supervisor of the Car- PRICES. We have a number of dressers cost the county $20,000 more than cade national forest, from the dis the contract prico!” trict office in Portland. It is be It seems to The Sentinel that nut “I hadn’t heard of that.” and dressing tables that are odd ural conditions are going to right lieved the snow will be gone by “Well, that $20,000 represents the middle of April and that work the discrepancy between the price some more sympathy for the poor, will be so far advanced b.v June 1 the farmer gets for his products stock but would embellish any underpaid contractor as I see it. that a detour can be provided. This price he has to . pay and the ...................... _ for is money that would pay sal- There what he has to buy much more road, one of the most scenic in the home. As they do not fit with aries for county commissioners, or state, was closed the larger part of rapidly and much more satisfactor for a road superintendent for some ily than any law of man can right last season. our regular lines, we wish to time. Did _ you know that the orig- „ the condition. inal contractor on the road was In 1900, 60 of every 100 people The wantad is like a ship sent out given a job under Jack McKy when into an unknown sea, and it brings clean them out and will make lived on tho farms. Today 60 of the former county loadmaster was back its cargo to its sender. every 100 people live in tho cities given the job finishing the road!” prices that are likely to have this and tho trend to the cities con “ I ’ll confess that f can’t see tinues. Tho result is bound to be a why that should be.” decrease in tho production of the result. “Have you endeavored to learn farms and a corresponding increase why nearly the entire contract in tho production of the i ndustries price for 14 miles of the Mohawk of tho cities. The result of that They are all first class in ev road has been spent in completing will be an increase in tho price of four miles of the road, indicating products whero thoro has been a ery way and there is nothing that tho road, when completed, will decreased production (tho products cost three times the contract of the farm) and a decrease in KENDALL FOR JUDGE. price!” cheap about them hut the price. price whero there has been an over- “No, I do not, but I imagine the production (tho products of the X Holding down a judicial position commissioners could explain.” cities). _ until ___ __ it ____ comes ‘ ‘ What puzzles me is why they do These natural conditions will tnko is a nice thing care of the situation where the around to election time. A h a gener not attempt to explain any of these Several Dressers man made attempt to control prices al rule the people have respect for peculiar transactions and yet are by legislation will have failed. De their courts and their judicial of peeved because some people ask mand and supply are tho only ficials and that makes things nice, embarrassing questions as to the things that ever have effectively but a judicial official usually reason for this unusual sympathy affected prices and it is likely to wishes an endorsement through re for the poor road contractors.” “Well, we’re going to have the ever be thus. It may bo argued election, and his position is such that prices have been regulated by that he can’t make a scramble for timber cruise anyway and we will those who have manipulated the the office. His campaign for office get enough additional taxes out of I Several Dressing Tables markot. That again has been a must be dignified—somewhat judic tho timber to make up all these case of supply and demand—even ial in character. All of which is by losses. ’ ’ “John, if I were you I wouldn’t though the condition may havo been way of mentioning casually and with artificially created. Farm products dignity that John C. Kendall has say anything again about the way announced hiH candidacy to succeed a woman argues. In the first place could be forced to much higher levels if each producor would hold himself as a circuit judge of this it seems to me we would have the $1.75 district. Mr. Kendall ’ s residence is timber cruise anyway and it seems from markot only u small part of nt Marshfield, which reminds us like poor argument to me to at his products. To bring this about $3.50 has boon found to bo nn unwieldly that a judicial district in Oregon is tempt to justify extravagant ex as large as several enstern states. penditures by saying we ’ re going movement, which probably is the $4.00 only reason that prices have not Mr. Kendall was appointed to fill to raise n lot of money on the been controlled by the producers the unexpired term of John 8. other fellow. If we have wasted a Three-Year Guarantee Coke. To fill Mr. Coke’s shoes hundred thousand dollars on our themselves. Tho overproduction of wheat may was in itself enough to test the roads, it seems to me that this mon bo traced partially to tho fact that ability of any ordinary man, but ey is lost to the road districts the number of persons on the land Judge Kendall seems to have suc whero the extravagant expenditures Ims decri >..od. With fewer hands ceeded, which is as good a reason were made and that little money to do tho work the natural tendency as we can think of why he should from the timber cruise will go back into the districts where the money is to grow the crop requiring the be continued in office. was wasted. ’ ’ fewest number of hands. “Well, no ono could build roads Farm prices of the past two years The Sentinel . wants the News. If J you have Tho Sentinel is waitingly patient have indicated that tho cry of back ly, but not very expectantly, for under present conditions at prices news item ring us up. Our number is to tho In nd was based upon tho tho county commissioners to point for which they were built n year ir false promise that wo were going to out one single outstanding activity ago. ’ ’ * ‘ How about the Turnbow road starve to death if the trend to tho in which they kept their promise to city did riot cease. Tho overproduc reduce the expense of county gov built for $5806 the mile and the tion of the present indicates that ernment. Tho Sentinel would bo Delight Valley road built for $4622 40 por cent of tho people havo boon willing to givo a scarehead to any the mile, These roads were built R. W. Lancaster, Proprietor able to actually produce much moro statement pointing out a single at prices that prevailed the venr — .. A from tho land than was produced county activity of any magnitude, before. ’ ’ ‘ ‘ There must bo something wrong by tho 60 per cent who formerly ovor which the commissioners had these roads. ! ! Furniture moving. Piano were on tho land. control, which wns conducted us with “Then you think Commissioner moving a specialty. We are Man often gets into trouble when cheaply as under preceding county Shnrp was only joking when he hec he attempts to change natural con courts. tored former Commissioner Harlow also equipped to haul poles ditions and it is likoly that the at and Judge Barnard by saying he timbers, etc. tempt to regulate prices by legis Some of uh find it very hard to could build roads at half the price lation, regardless of how necessary Office in E. C. Lockwood’, such an expedient may be, will give George Washington unlimited for which the contract for the Office hardly commence to operate before credit for having gone through life Goshen Lowell road was let by the real estate office. natural conditions will have brought without telling a fib. Recently we state!” phone, 8; res. phone, 156-R. remarked that George, when a boy, ‘ ‘ For goodness ’ sake shut up. r— about a somewhat permanent ad —............. | never had to tell a streot conductor I’ve got to rend about the Teapot justment. his nge and, also, George novor had Dome scandal. ” Why Mr. N. Windsor (R. I.) Put Up a chance to brag to his neighbor (To be continued.) with Rats for Years BOOST ONE WHO IS HELPING about how many miles ho got out OREGON. of a gallon of gas.-—Watts What. The Sentinel will assist you in ”Yesrs ago I got some rat poison, which nearly our fine watch dog. We put up with rats But ho was married. That loft him tho preparation of any special ruled killed until a friend told me about Rat-Snap. It surely Despite the fact that tho Oregon plenty of opportunity. or printed form. Give your homo kills rats, though house pets won't touch it.” Rata delegation at the republican conven live wiro print shop nn opportunity 4r/ up and leave no smell. 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