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VOLUME XXXIV MANY CANDIDATES FOR SOME OFFICES; ONEFOR OTHERS Patriotic Citizens Are Not Deterred by Niggardly Selanes Paid by County and State. Despite the fact that holding county office is not generally con sidered a paying proposition, there are many this year willing to fill the jobs at the disposal of the vot ers. This is particularly true of the legislative positions, which are ac cepted at an actual sacrifice of several hundred dollars. Despite the crowd of candidates for some positions, there are others where there is no opposition. K. 8. Bryson, republican, has no opposi tion in either party for county clerk; E. J. Moore, republican, is the only candidate for Bchool super intendent; Edna Ward, republican, is the only candidate for treasurer; P. M. Morse, republican, is the only candidate for county engineer and W. W. Branstetter, republican, is the only candidate for coroner. Bepublican candidates for the legislature are H. C. Wheeler, Pleasant Hill; W. 8. Roberts, Pox Hollow; Emmett Howard, Banta Clara; E. O. Potter, 8. B. George and W. G. White, Eugene. Demo cratic candidates are Ed Bailey, Junction City, and Ralph Laird, Creswell. Three are to be nominat ed by each party. For sheriff the republican candi dates are Van Bvarverud, Eugene, present deputy; Frank E. Taylor, Thurston, and Leonard H. Liles, Goshen; Candidates for the demo cratic nomination are Bud Kompp and Hugh H. Earle, Eugene. Candidates for the republican nomination for county commissioner are Emmett Sharp, Cottage Grove; Clinton Hurd, Coburg, and C. R. Bailey, Noti. Candidates for the democratic nomination are Wm. T. Poole, Cottage Grove; Robert O. Brady, Creswell, and J. H. Moffett, Junction City. For county assessor, Ben Keeney, appointed during the present term, would like to succeed himself but will be opposed by O. 8. Callison, of Eugene. The republican candidates for dis trict attorney are Clyde N. John ston. Howard M. Brqwnell, Gordon 8. Wells and Walter B. Jones. The democratic candidates are J. 8. Medley and Donald Young. All are of Eugene. The proposed recall of the county commissioners will, Of course, over shadow all the other events. Suffi cient names on the recall petitions were secured some time ago, so it is stated, and the petitions are to be filed today. In this contest Clinton Hurd, of Coburg, opposes Emmett Sharp and is also a candidate against him for the republican nomination. Andrew T. Miller, of Eugene, opposes Commissioner Ro ney. COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1924 —--------------------------------------- * I THOUGH SCARED ALMO8T TO DEATH, WOMAN SAVES I MONEY FROM ROBBERS BANQUET IS ARRANGED FOR U. OF 0. MATES I NEW 8. P. AGENT HELD FIRST JOB AT SAGINAW, | I THEN IMPORTANT STATION <$>----------------------------------------------- T. L. Boyd, who recently became Southern Pacific agent here, was agent at Saginaw in 1898, when that was one of the most important stations upon the Southern Pacific. That waa his first job for the Southern Pacific. At that time the Booth Kelly Lumber company was operating its big mill nt Prune Hill out from Saginaw and the Saginaw station was shipping about the same amount of lumber that the Cottage Grove station does today, while the shipments from that station have not for many years required an agent at all. The Prune Hill mill and the planing mill at Saginaw were long ago dismantled and the machinery shipped away. The flume from the mill to the docks at Sagi naw, which stood for many years after the mill ceased to operate, was torn down several years ago. The Saginaw Lumber company started operating a year or so ago in the timber near where the Booth Kelly mill formerly stood. When Mr. Boyd was agent at Saginaw, T. C. Wheeler, now cashier of the First National bank, was bookkeeper and storekeeper for the Booth-Kelly people. ♦--------------------------------------------------- V The presence of mind of Mrs. John Safley saved from robbery Wednesday of last week the till of the service station and store which she and Mr. Safley operate at Safley springs, near Yoncalla. Mrs. Safley had filled the tank of a car in which three men were rid ing. Two men remained in the car while the other went into the store ostensibly to make a purchase. When Mrs. Bafley turned around from finding the article asked for, she found that the man was hold ing a gun on her. He demanded that she at once hand over the mon ey in the till. She replied that there was none in the till. The hold-up artist asked where her hus band was and she replied that he had gone to town and taken the money with him. The man was convinced that she was telling the truth, hurried from the store and into the waiting car and the three disappeared and have not been ap prehended. Despite Mrs. Safley’s presence of mind she was so scared that she could give but a meager descrip tion of the men and did not note the kind of car in which they were riding. All that the hold-up men got was the gas which Mrs. Safley had put into the tank of the car, for which they did not pay. Quite a sum of money was in the till. MIKE YOKEL WILL MEET HAND ON MAT HERE TONIGHT TO BUILD OR NOT TO BUILD AND WHERE, UPTOMORROW This Will Be Fourth Contest Be tween the Two, Who Seem Evenly Matched. Taxpayers to Give Consideration to Proposed New School Build- and Gymnasium. , The school building program will be up for consideration at a mass meeting of taxpayers of the school district, to be held tomorrow eve ning in the high school auditorium. Three propositions are up for con sideration, two depending upon ac tion upon the first. They are: Whether to erect a new building this year; what kind of a building to erect; where it shall be loented. Sentiment seems to favor a new building and until those living east of the railroad suggested that they might be entitled to the new build ing there, there seemed little doubt that it would be erected upon that part of the high school grounds where the old frame school building now stands. If the new building is placed there, the probability is that it will be constructed of tile or some permanent material. A frame building has been suggested by those who have suggested that the building be erected on the east side. By the use of lumber an eight- this time. If tile or brick is used, the district will be unable to erect more than the first four-room unit of an eight-room building. Included in the building plans is a frame gymnasium, a large part of the lumber from the old frame school building, which is to be razed, to be usod in constructing the gymnasium. The gymnasium Graduates and former students of building would accommodate the ag the University of Oregon, with their riculture and home economics class wives or husbands (if any), will be es in rooms under the stage. guests at a get-together dinner to be served at 7 o’clock Friday even LIONS CLUB ENTERTAINS ing, May 9, at Hotel Bartell. The THE OOMMERCI Al, CLUB state University of Oregon gift campaign committee will be tbo Members of the commercial club hosts and there will be no charge were guests Thursday evening last to those attending. The object of the dinner is to at a luncheon served by the Lions bring graduates and former students club at the Gray Goose. Seventy- together for the purpose of creating five members of the two organiza or renewing bonds of friendship tions were present. Following the and to make of them a cohesive luncheon, several short talks were organization for the promotion of made. T. C. Wheeler, president of the the statewide gift campaign for the commercial club, urged cooperation University of Oregon. Following the dinner a represen upon the part of the citizens of the tative of the University of Oregon city with the officers of the two will explain the needs of the uni organizations and gave some illus versity and the gift campaign which trations of what one person can ac is about to be launched. No gifts complish by everlastingly keeping will be solicited or accepted at the at it. C. E. Umphrey, member of the dinner. school board, explained the proposed school building program. No Earwigs Here C. A. Bartell, proprietor of Bar No earwigs have yet been found tell hotel, said that the eity has a in Cottage Grove, according to good chance to get a new hotel Fruit Inspector C. E. Stewart, al building during the year. though they have been found in Musie was furnished during the several places in Eugene. The fruit evening by an orchestra composed inspector has stated that he proba of Mrs. Horace Sutherland, piano; bly will be unable to use any Cecil Caldwell and James But her county funds to fight the pest land, saxophones, and Herbert Coch witbin the city limits of any city, ran, drums. as his office is authorized to fight crop pests only and the earwigs INCREASE IN NUMBER OF would not be a crop peat while READERS SHOWS GROWTH within the city. The condition of a community is *----------------------------------------------- * usually reflected in the number of I FAMOUS BALL PLAYER I readers of the local newspapers. ISSUES ULTIMATUM TO That the Cottage Grove country is PRESIDENT BILL THUM enjoying a steady and healthy growth is indicated by the fact that Cottage Grove is not likely to The Sentinel's annual spring sub have much of a ball team this year, scription campaign is more produc according to a letter received from tive of results than ever before. A. M. Moore, now a resident of Los J. R. Griffith, who has had charge Angeles, but who last year filled of subscription campaigns for The several positions at one and the Sentinel twice a year for several same time upon the pennant-win yean has found whole blocks and ning merchants team of Cottage large sections of the city where The Grove. He has written the follow Sentinel goes into every home, mak ing ultimatum to Wm. (Bill) Thum, ing the adding of new subscribers president of the organization: dependent largely upon the arrival “Unless I receive contract for of new residents. ♦ 1000 additional salary for 1924 season, I shall refuse to report at Many Going to Winchester your training quarters at specified Indications are that about 50 can data, as per contract for 1923.’* will go from here to attend the Mr. Thum is greatly worried by opening of the Winchester bridge Mr. Moore's action and has ap Bunday. 8. L. Godard, chairman of pointed Samuel Isiopiiole Mackin as the commercial club committee who a committoe of three to endeavor to are arranging the details, requests raise tho extra ♦ 1000 by a one-mill that ears leave from the eortier of tax upon the timber of the eosnty, Sixth and Main etreete at about as this sestns the most popnlar 9 o’clock, picnic dinners to be taken by each party. method of raising money. NUMBER 33 “THE CIRCUIT RIDER’’ Presented to the state of Oregon in reverent and grateful remembrance of Robert Booth, pincer minister of the Oregon country, by his son, Robert A. Booth, commemorating tho labors and achievements of the ministers of the gospel, who as circuit riders beenm. i the friends, counselors and evangels to the pioimers of every American frontier. Insert—A. Phimister Proctor, the sculptor. Wrestling fans anticipate one of the evem st wrestling matches of the season tonight, when Mike Yokel, of Salt Lake City, the old Roman of the mat, will again be here to take on Ralph Hand. Yokel lost the light heavyweight belt to Thye, of Portland, immediately fol lowing a match a few months ago with Hand in which the local bone crusher had taken one fall and seemed quite likely to bike the second. Yokel will have 10 or 15 pounds the better of it in weight but that will avail him little if the local man gets one of Mike’s feet twisted into one of the toeholds of which th a best of those who have appeared here are extremely wary. Hand and Yokel have wallowed each other around the mat in three contests. Hand won a handicap and Yokel won two straight matches. Ted Thye, the pride of Portland, has agreed to make 165 pounds and tu meet Hand here at an early date. CURRIN PUR VANCE DIES: FUNERAL TO BE HELD HERE Roney and Sharp Would Be Social Lions as Authors of Fiction What has happened to the bat- tories of the enemy I Ten days ago there was a machine fire of literary effort from the opponents of the recall; then as sudden as if the earth had swallowed those who manned the verbal guns, there came a hush that is almost painful. Not a verbal volley has been fired for a week by those who before were issuing warning that they had but started to fight. Evidently the bar rage of facts and figures from the records has hit the mark and the guns of the anti-recallers have beeu silenced. Probably some of the hot stuff from the records dropped into their arsenal and exploded the whole works. That is tho only logi cal conclusion to be drawn by this auful silence upon the part of those who were so vociferous but a few days ago. Quiet invites contemplation, and The Sentinel has come to the con clusion that tho county commis sioners have been greatly wronged. They were grievously wronged when they were elected to office, for they were poorly equipped ( m events that have followed have shown) for the positions to which they were elected, but they were splendidly equipped to become authors of the best in fiction. Had they been left to follow the pursuit for which they had shown such aptitude they might now be social lions as the authors of a dozen or more of the world’s six best sellers instead of being held up to public gaze as ravenous raiders of the public treasury. They might even now have their busts of marble as center pieces in great collections of statuary, in stead of being twitted of being of that solidarity above the shoulders only. What reason has The Sentinel to believe that as county cornmis sioners they would make great writers of popular fietionf The answer is, wlrat they have already produced. Here is a quotation from a some what widely circulated literary ef fort. to which the name of Nels Boney is appended as its author, entitled, “My Platform.” “I desire to make certain spe cific and definite statements rela tive to what I propose to assist in accomplishing. “I have followed the business of bridge building for more than 40 years. If elected. I shall MYSELF SUPERINTEND— with the assist •nee of a competent foreman—the construction of bridges in Lane county. I can do so withont inter fering in the least with the other duties of the office and thereby SAVE TO THE TAXPAYERS of Law county the salary no* paid to the bridge superintendent. I AM FULLY CONSCIOUS OF MY ABII. ITY TO BUILD BRIDGES MUCH CHEAPER THAN IB NOW BEING DONE. “We should at all times guard against extravagant expenses and strive to obtain a dollar’s worth of work or merchandise for every dol lar expended. Under the present management........ overhead expenses nre out of all proportion. “THE COUNTY-OWNED AUTO MOBILE.......... SHOULD BE USED FOR COUNTY BUSINESS ONLY, not for pleasure, not for private business or by the families of coun ty officials or employes. “I am unalterably opposed to the shifting or transfer of such funds after they have been voted or as signed to the budget. “I am heartily in favor of road maintenance... .by the constant and systematic attention of a vigorous and vigilant road patrol. ’ ’ It will be seen that Commissioner Author Roney not only has a splen did command of vigorous, definite, expressive English, but his humor is such that it should carry him smiling through the recall campaign. The fiction efforts of Commis sioner-Author Emmett Sharp are no less worthy of commendation, if, indeed, they do not surpass those of his associate. But a few of the most vivid flashes can be given. Sharp and Roney seem to have been conducting something of a fic tion contest. Sharp’s literary pro duction is also entitled, “My Plat form.” The first sentence shows that a rare treat of excruciating humor is in store for those who will read the story through. It is passing strange that it remained for a Lane county author in 1920 to first pen this palpitating, thrilling, mirth-provoking bon mot that is destined to live through the ages: "Having been approached by many of my friends, requesting me to become a candidate........ I have reluctantly decided to announce my candidacy and in doing so desire to state some of my views upon the present situation on the road ques tion as affected by the office of county commissioner.” Following are cullings from thia literary gem: “I am not seeking this office to learn the road business. I maintain that I CAN REDUCE THE COHT OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION and maintenance and save many dollars of the taxpayers’ money now ex pended in unnecpanary overhead charges for superviaion and other leaks from the county purse that should be stopped at the commis sioners’ court room. I am a strong advocate of building good roads and keeping them goo<L “The county <- mmissionrrw’ court and county engineer should do the svpnrvisinjr, and a foreman under them who could not build a road, run a rock crusher or build or re pair a bridge with them to advise them, is not a profitable employe for the county. “If elected county commissioner I would insist upon getting a dol lar’s worth of road for the dollar expended, which I believe we are not receiving under the present system. “The above criticisms with their remedies are offered to the tax payers for their decision, and with my insurance to them that I will use my best endeavors to put them into practice, as well as MANY ECONOMIES TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION here, which could be put into practice without interfering with efficient service, and which savings I believe should be put into good roads and to keep them good.' ’ Why keep on the payroll at a paltry >150 a month, with $50 a month for personal expenses and ♦50 a month for automobile ex penses men who as writers of fic tion should rank with Jules Verne and Edgar Allen Poet To do so is unjust to them—and unjust to Lane county. We'd bettor take their gas olino flivvers away and give them a Pegasus upon which to wing and pen their way to eternal glory. Tho Sentinel has resurrected an other intensely interesting produc tion by these literary gentlemen, in which they seem to have collaborat ed as authors. Upon June 7, 1921, a crcall election was held in which L. N. Roney was the candidate againat M. H. Harlow, his candidacy being promoted by Emmett Mharp, even in that early day wasting as county commissioner the time that should have been employed as heretofore suggested. In this collaboration of theirs they suggested reasons why M. II. Harlow should be recalled. Sharp and Roney have but, recently characterized the recall as a crimi nal procedure, unless high crime has been proved against the officials whom it is desired to be removed. When they desired to remove Com missioner Harlow they prepared a statement for the recall ballot and employed the English language to such effect that it was proved be yond any shadow of doubt that Satan ought to resign and give Harlow the job. This imperishable document, in stinging, biting En glish makes this infamous charge: “That he (Harlow) is domineering •nd stubborn, and dominates the action of the County Court; that be has and is discriminating in road matters against the Northern, West ern and Southern parts of the Conn ty, and refuses to permit the Coun ty Coart to give said parts of the County their proper share of road funds.” Never was another vietim of a Word was received here Tuesday of the death in Portland of Currin Purvanee, former resident and son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Purvanee. The funeral will bo held here at 2 o’clock this afternoon from tho Methodist church. Joseph Knotts, of Grants Pass, former pastor of the Methodist church here, will of ficiate. Currin was born hero October 1, 1901, and was a resident here until his parents moved to Metlakatla, Alaska, where the father is a teacher in the government service. He was attending Oregon Agricul tural college when taken ill nearly two years ago. The father remained in the at a tea a jmrt of this year on account of tho son’s sickness but was obliged to go to Alaska a short time ago to give attention to his school affairs and will be un able to be present at the funeral. The mother remained with her son. A sister survives and Mrs. Sarah Purvanee, of Springfield, and Mrs. Lucy Currin, of this city, are grandmothers. LEGION OPPOSES ENTRY OF DOUKHOBOR COLONY Calvin T. Funk post, American Legion, has gone on record as op posing the settlement of a large part of the northern part of Lane county by Doukhobors, a largo colo ny of whom are said to be planning to move to this country from Cana da. The principal objection of the legion to the sect is that they do not become citizens and have pecu liar ideas about obeying the laws of the land. A committee from the commercial club is aiso in vist ¡gating the Douk hobor proposition and it is likely that this organization will also go on record as opposing their entry into the county. MUCH BUILDING PLANNED FOR EAST SIDE SECTION Tlie east side is experiencing something of a building boom. L. Heiner has started n residence on Jefferson avenue. 8. R. Brand has started a residence on Washington avenue and C. A. Larson, of Oregon City, owner of the property imme diately west of the Harvey home on Main street, plans to tear down the old residence now standing there and erect three modern bun galows. The foundation has been laid for the first of those. C. M. Parker recently built an addition to . his store building. Additional grade teachers were ; e1<»eted at a meeting of the school board Friday night as follows: Miss Thelma Nation, Miss Dorothy Dix, Miss Wilna Isidd. Miss Mary Ro > ner sod Miss Marian - i recall move charged with such ter- i riblr crime and that crime described in such burning language. None but a born author eould so vividly ex press the terrible indictment. ROW RIVER ROAD IS BEING GREATLY IMPROVED Knox Hill Grade Lowered, Two Sharp Tunis and Currin Hill Grade Eliminated. Those who have occasion to use the Row river road nre greatly pleased with improvements in progress there. At this end of the road, the grade over Knox hill has been reduced three feet and the dirt removed to reduce the grade has been used to widen the turn at tho west approach to the grade. The narrow grade there was a source of considerable danger. The two sharp turns on the east side of Knox hill are being eliminated and in their places will be one turn with a wide sweep, additional ground having been purchased for this purpose. The old road over Knox hill, which was abandoned a number of years ago, is in use while the improve ments are being made. The grade for the new road around Currin hill was completed some time ago and will be rocked during the summer, thereby elimi nating a dangerous piece of road on a narrow aud steep grade. It is probable that during the summer a new piece of road will be built east from Currin bridge to eliminate that portion of the road which is often under water ut times of high water in Row river a few yards away. It is understood to be the plan of the county court to scarify and roll this road for its entire length, with the exception of the portion built last year. The strain upon this road is such that, with the excep tion of where work was done last year, it is so full of chuck holes that there are few stretches where a speed of 20 miles an hour is com fortable. Between the steel bridge and the hill to tho east, a distance of proba bly a mile, the surface placed last year has stood up splendidly. West from the bridge it has not stood up so well, although the chuck holes are almost entirely in tho center of tho road and traffic in both di rections can fake tho outside and avoid them. However, this portion of the road is» a. paved boulevard compared to the portion whore no work was done last year. This road bears probably twice as much traffic as any other road in this section and requires continu al maintenance to keep it in any kind of shape. 38 WILL BE IN THIS YEAR’S GRADUATING CLASS Cottage Grove high will graduate another record class this year. There will be 37 or 38, as follows: Ber nice Brainard, Helen Breedlove, Verna Caldwell, Myrtle Dobberstein, Ray Godard, Lois Jackson. Gene vieve Johnson, Hattio Lobow, Donna Nichols, Melt ha. Pentico, Ruthy Powers, Genevieve Rice. May Rouse, Jeanette Spahr, Beulah Smith, Nellie Stewart, Helen Waples, Naoma Wynne, Velma Madden, Leo Brand, Homer Dixon, Glenn Gillispie, Rob ert Galloway, Byron McFarland, Carl Porter, Marion Richmond, Ned Smith, Henry Snauer, Samuel Swartz, Hazen Williams, Gordon Wright, «Joe Young, Henry Hubbell, George Hewitt, John Hewitt, Jack Beagcr, Lois Caldwell and Dwight Buchanan. Diastou Route Extended. Residents living north from the Spray steel bridge to Saginaw and between Saginaw and Cottage Grove will receive rurul mail deliv ery beginning June 1, a petition for an extension of the Ilisston route to take in this territory hav ing been granted Tuesday by the postoffico department at Washing ton, —————— ♦----------------------------------------------- < | BILL THUM LOSES SOUP | MEAT IN ACCIDENT; BUYS | SECOND PAIR TROUSERS i William (Bill) Thum was in an accident a few days ago that camo near incapacitating him as a star in the merchants baseball team. Bill was riding a bicycle nlong Main street, keeping well to his side of the street, when a California car came alongside and crowded him so as to cause the bicycle to tip over with him. One pedal of the bicycle was wrecked, a chunk was torn out of Bill’s p------trousers and a liberal chunk of soup meat was gouged out of Bill’s anatomy. The driver of the car which had caused the accident offered to re pair the trousers but Bill had been planning for several months upon purchasing a second pair and made no claim for damages. —merchants who advertise have to tell the truth about their goods. —because the printed word ran never be retracted. -—the unreliable advertiser is soon out of business. —the merchant who stands out ns a regular advertiser for any length of time can be depended upon for reliability. ----------- — ---- - . ----------