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©hr Grttw (tour V O' VOLUME XXXIV <$- o- — ♦------------------------ -------------------- ♦ I LACK OF CLOTHING IS NOT TO KEEP BOYS FROM SUNDAY SCHOOL ♦----------------------------------------------- # COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON THURSDAY. AL’LY 28, 1924 ir FOOTPRINTSOFPIONEERDAYS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM NUMBER 51 *------------------------------------- ——♦ | OIL WELL LIGHT AND | DERRICK ARE MISTAKEN FOR NEIGHBOR PLANET | <$■------ —------------------------------------- ♦ “Oh, see how close Mars is to earth,’’ was the remark of Mrs. Virgil Ginn, of Indianapolis, a guest of Mrs. Carrie Hemeuwny, when she stepped outdoors Sunday evening and looked in a north- “Why they westerly direction, seem to have built an immense tower on the planet. Possibly they are trying as hard to get in com munication with us as we are to get in communication with them. Why, I cun see folks moving uround. ’ ’ Her husband hastened to her “Why, you are looking side. - - -, at the light on the oil derrick, ’ he informed her. Possibly Mrs. Ginn didn’t say everything that she is quoted as saying, but she did mistake the light on the derrick for tho planet that is paying us n visit. Interestiug Events in the Lives A lack of clothing, or a disincli of Those Who Laid Sturdy Foun nation on the part of young men to Teaching Staff Nearly Completed; Five Tons Daily Handled for Time; Wires Are to Be Removed to Alleys dation for Present Generation change to their ’ ‘ best on Sunday JI Crowded Conditions Helped 18 Persons Are Employed to But Poles Will Remain to afternoons is no longer to be au (Continued.) excuse in Cottage Grove for non by Two New Buildings. Take Care of Products. Support Street Lights. Some interesting bits of pioneer attendance et Sunday school. Pas- history of 35 years ago are found ■ tor A. R. Spearow, of the Presby- The public schools will The output of evergreen black- in old newspapers which are the The Mountain States Power coin *trian church, has started an over- September 15 and, with the ex ' alls class and all members, a dozen berries from the Cottage Grove property of Mrs J. P. Graham, pauy is planning to start at once ception of one vacancy in the high or more in number, appeared Sun cannery will be greater this year herself not exactly a recent settler the work of rebuilding its distri school English _ department, the day morning attired in overalls. than last, in spite of the unusual here, as indicated by the fact that bution system through the main teaching staff is complete. Pastor Speurow had agreed to wear dry season which has produced ouly one of the papers was addressed to section of the city. Its wires will Fifteen of the teaching staff, the same kind of clothing but dis a two-thirds crop. An 1800-case her us Annie Oglesby. be removed from Main street and which will number 25, are holdovers, covered that his overalls were too car, the largest car ever packed One of the papers is volume I, tho alleys north and south of Main Assignments have been made as greasy from being worn while by the cannery, is being shipped No. 1, of the Cottage Grove Leader, street will bo used instead. follows: The main feeder wires will be Cottage Grove’s first newspaper working around automibiles. How this week. The cannery was worked to ra baby. E. P. Thorp was the editor, on Washington avenue, south of High School—O. W. Hays, super ever, he agreed to have a new pair intendent; F. L Grannis, 7 . . principal; . . for next Sunday morning. Follow pacity for two or three days the but he did not remain at the helm Main street and distribution north Miss Lula Currin, 1-atin and book ing Sunday school, the boys were past week, handling five tons of very long, as volume I, No. 18, of Main street will be accomplished keeping; Miss Myrtle Lay, domes taken into confidence as to plans blackberries daily, in addition to shows F. W. Chausse as editor. by carrying the feed line across tic science; Miss Maude Lainson, the pastor has for athletic contests beans uml green gage and golden Mr. Thorp died either while editor Main street on Sixth street. It domestic art; Miss Claire Dunn, and for at least one feed in the drop plums. Several years ago, dur of the paper or soon thereafter. will be necessary for those in the mathematics; Miss Myrtle Kem, near future. Pastor Spearow is the ing the war, when the evergreens F. W. Chuusse is now a resident business section of the city to English; E. J. Edwards, agriculture; Ralph Spearow who returned from brought eight cents a pound, the of Portland and member of the rewire so as to take their “juice” Miss LaVelle Barger, science and the Olympic contest and he will cannery handled seven tons of the printing firm of Chausse & Prud- from the alley, instead of from the ----------------------------------------------- ♦ physical education. fronts of their buildings. I COTTAGE GROVF. SIZES UP homiue. teach pole vaulting to members berries daily for a short time. WeBt side—Mrs. lima Beager, of his class. It is anticipated that Lack of employment is respon Work of rebuilding _ the distribu I WELL WITH LONGVIEW, I Drain must have been at that principal; Miss Gladys Oakes and these features will greatly increase sible to some extent for the large time u more important place than tiou system would have started | WASH., MUCH ADVERTISED Miss Nellie Coombe, assistants in the number of regular attendants. quantity of berries brought in Cottage Grove, for the .Cottage sooner except for the fact that in Many of those Grove paper was printed there for removing the wires from Main seventh and eighth grades; Miss this year, The free advertising which it Ethel Mackey, sixth; Miss Hinkle, ♦------------------------------------------------------ -<£> out of jobs are picking her several mouths. street it was necessary to secure has been able to get in the daily ries and in some instances whole fifth; Miss Mary Boner, third and I mcfarland and hall The style of composition of uds permission to cross several pieces press prooebly has given an exagger families are thus engaged. fourth; Miss Mae Robison, first and I WASTE AMMUNITION ON was much different than that of of private property with the feed ated idea of the size of Longview, | HERD OF SEA WEEDS Tho dry weather has cut beans today. Printers drew munificent sal coming in from the east, including Wash. A news story ill a Portland second. East side grades—Miss Marietta ------------------------------------------------------ to about half the usual crop and uries of about $8 the week and Southern Pacific right of way at Bunday newspaper gave the infor Hamant, sixth; Miss Gladys Buck, Frank McFarland and Charles the cannery will be unable to fill their employers could afford to let Washington avenue. mation that Longview probably will fifth; Miss Craine, fourth; Miss Hall probably will be unable to all of the orders which it has for them spend time fitting in bended Sixty poles will be set and sev have 9(10 pupils this year, of whom Elvira Dyer, third and fourth; Miss go upon a hunting trip this year. the canned product. rule, do-dads - - - and jim-cracks " that eral tons of wire will be strung. 150 will be in high school. Twenty- Eighteen persons are now em- are never seen today. Fitzwater, third; Miss Mary Sheer The reason is a good joke they The wire will be heavier than flint six or 27 teachers are to be em in, first and second; Mrs. Aida are telling upon themselves. While ployed at the cannery. J. I. Jones is listed as the first now in use and better service will ployed. These figures show- that 8mith, Becond; Mrs. Katie Burrows, v.pon an outing nt Bandon they subscriber and Eakin & Bristow be given the west side, where the in school population Longview is first. us the second. W. W. Hhortridge, feed line is now inadequate. discovered, by the use of a spy INVESTMENT OF UNION OIL but little ahi-ad of Cottage Grove. Freshmam registration will be glass, a herd of sea lions basking HERE HAS REACHED $50,000 of Wallace (Ixmdon), was listed as The poles, denuded of their wires, Longview and Cottage Grove are held on Friday, September 12, while in the waves a short distance from will remain standing on Main street the first out-of-town subscriber. both to be made by the develop other students will be registered on shore. At considerable expense they Indicating its continued firm be The murriuge of J. I. Jones und as supports for street lights until ment of their timber resources and. Saturday, September 13. provided themselves with artillery lief in the business stability of Miss Lillie Lewis is recorded in such time as some other form of while Cottage Grove is not likely Changes in room arrangement in and ammunition and proceeded to Cottage Grove, the Union Oil com the first issue of the paper and street lighting is adopted. to make much noise about it, it clude moving the domestic science slaughter the herd. After a pany has brought its investment it may have been that Mr. Jones can be expected to keep pace with department to its quarters in tha thousand or more of the lions hail here up to $50,000 by the comple- hurried in with his subscription TERRIBLE FLOOD IN EAST the much ■ advertised Washington got a IS UNPLEASANT REMINDER city. basement of the new gymnasium been killed, it was discovered that tion of a service station in conuec- to make certain that he „ good writeup. The Leader.’s wish The domestic art department will the lions were seaweed floating on tion with its substatiou. With the opening of the service that they enjoy a long and happy occupy the room in the high school the surface of the water. After The news of tho disastrous flood on the men life seems to have had the desired in 8|>oon river valley, Ill., brings building vacated by the domestic this waste of ammunition the men station the number of local payroll of the company is effect. science department and the domes feel that they can not go out after unpleusant memories to the F. B. six. C. L. Wilhelm is agent and is An interesting item in this curly VanNortwick family, once residents tic art room will be given to the venison. assisted by Irl Groves, in charge of issue records the fact that “u of that valley but now of this mathematics department. These the office; C. W. Robison, tank young girl in Philadelphia neurly city, of a similar flood which changes relieve the crowded condi P. E. Nelson, lost her life a few days ago in happened in 1902 while they were truck driver; tion in the big school building package truck delivery man ; consequence of heart disease and residents there. The one 22 years Protection of Pine From White which has prevailed during the past Alvis Wicks, operator in charge of congestion of the brain brought on ago wiped out everything for n few years. Pine Blister Is Object of the service station and Lloyd by tight lacing.” distance of 100 miles except build The fifth and sixth grades on Their Destruction. Armes, relief man at the service College graduates of those days ings on elevated land. The corn the east side will occupy rooms must have had some of the same qual fields were 20 feet under water in the new grade school building Many Sportsmen Spend Week End station. The estehetic surroundings of the ities as those of today. An Albany and fences, bridges and buildings W. E. Lewis and K. B. Ferhren, and a third room will be placed service station are to be such as rreacher had just made the state were carried away. The VanNort- O. A. C. students working under In Hills; Stores Report Heavy in readiness shortly after the open to add much to the appearance of ment: “I believe there are some wicks lost $10,000 and moved to L. N. Goodling, who has charge of ing of school in anticipation of Sales of Equipment. the southern entrance to the city, questions which can not be an Oregon, the land of no floods. whito pine blister rust control in an increase in enrollment when where it is located. A lawn and swered by any theologian, not even The recent flood was reorted the Oregon, arrived the fore part of sawmills now shut down resume the youngest.” Although Cottage Grove sports flowers are yet to be added. worst the valley has ever had, so tho week for a week’s work in operations. A news item stated that the it is probable that Oregon may get this vicinity. men made a general exodus to the Student body tickets will be sold hills and favorite hunting grounds water which Joshua Rouse had just new residents. Mr. VanNortwick’s A putch of ten bushes was found County Democrats Organize. this year to any persons wishing for the week end, little venison has Democrats of Lane county have turned into his new dam for his mother and brother, Mrs. J. I’. Van nt Junction City nnd one large to buy them. These tickets admit been brought in. Most of the par saw mill near Wallace hail washed Nortwick and Carl live in Canton, bush was found at Eugene but us to all athletic and forensic events ties left Saturday night, some of selected the following members of away dirt and uncovered rich which is only a few miles from yet none has been found here. of the student body. By adopting them going east into the Bohemia the executive committee: vein of silver and lead. Tho disease does not attack any where the devastation took place F. L. Armitage, Eugene; George this plan the students hope to do country, others going south to the The Wallace neighborhood pro but thia city is built upon higher thing but currant und gooseberry away with soliciting contributions Umpqua region and farther south Knowles, Cottage Grove; J. E. duced a great deal of the news. land, so that it does not suffer, plants and the white pine and from business men. which has here to Canyonville, and still others Shelton, Eugene; Oren. C. Davis, Through information furnished by l.ut all the farmers in the surround does uot pass direct from one pine tofore been necessary to meet de- choosing the Cougar bend district Eugene; Edward Baily, Junction Mrs. Numbers, J. C. Byers had ing country wore wiped out. to another, but from pines to cur City. ficicits. rants mid gooseberries, from these out Black Butte way. This was Alta King had been previously been apprehended for the operation the first Bunday following the lift selected as county chairman tfnd of a counterfeiting outfit in that to other like plants, and finally Visits Devastated Lorain. ing of the ban placed by the George Goodall as secretary, The neighborhood. FLORENCE BANK ROBBER 8. F. Jackson, of Lorane, Orc., back to the pines, thus it is only Of the advertisers in that early ESCAPES STATE PRISON governor during the dry weather. committee will endeavor to have has returned from an eastern trip necessary to destroy all currants One party composed of Raymond John W. Davis, candidate for issue it is interesting to note that that included a visit to Lorain, nnd gooseberries in regions in C. H. Burkholder (then of the firm Trask, Schofield Stewart, George Tom Murray, who was the ring president, speak in Lane county Ohio, a few days after the cyclone which there are white pines to of Lewis & Brkholder) is still in which destroyed that city. The de control the disease. The black cur lender of the bandits who robbed M. Scott and Bill Thum went into during his western tour. business here. Herbert Eakin, now struction wrought, he said, wub rant is especially favored by the the bank at Florence December 11, the Umpqua region. They tried president of the First National beyond description. The town was parasite, but in the immediate vi 1923, and Eugene Kidder, sentenced their luck at both hunting and County Fair September 18. bank, of thia city, and Darwin from Jackson county, escaped from fishing and brought buck one fine The annual Lane county fair will Bristow, of the First National so completely destroyed that steam cinity of white pine forests tho the state penitentiary at Salem buck and a basket of fish which be held at Eugene September 15 shovels had to be employed to dear scouts destroy ull currant and of Eugene, advertised the the streets and former building gooseberry plants. The wild black Sunday morning by Bawiug through their friends are enjoying. to 18. A program of racing and bank, * G. W. Lancaster, Rudolph Davis amusement has been arranged and merchandise business of Eakin iron bars on the grating leading sites of wreckage so that the work currants do not seem to be ns to the power flume and swimming and Leslie Hawkins brought back the usual list of prizes is offered Bristow. Ben Lurch was also an of reconstruction could begin. Ho harmful us the cultivated. advertiser. proof of good luck at the hunting The rust has not npiieared in under water out through the flume. said that all through the central for exhibitions of stock and agri Vofunie I, No. 18, tells of a west he found much interest in Oregon yet but is prevalent just Escape was made during a ball game. cultural products, Copies of the Local sporting goods stores re premium list may be secured from successful ‘ ‘ gosple ’ ’ meeting and Oregon. across the mouth of tho Columbia game between prison teams and river in Washington, on the Ilwnco the men were not missed until a ported good sales the latter part the secretary of the fair asso a “scrambel” for office. The peninsula. _ took in $5.40, count was made following the of the week in shells, guns, red ciation at Eugene, at The Sentinel ‘ * gosple ” meeting Rinkeydinkg Reorganize. hunting shirts and hats and hunt office or from N. E. Glass, member How nmrh or who was taken in in It is unlawful under state law game. The Rinkeydinks, victorious base black ing licenses. of the fair board, at the Bank of the “scrambel” for office was not ball players, have reorganized under to grow or sell cultivated currants, so the scouts have au- stated. Cottage Grove. tho leadership of A. Ralph Hpenrow, Lions Go to Springfield. Funeral of Mrs. Krauter Held. Another item, interesting for its pastor of the Presbyterian church thority to destroy all such bushes. The Cottage Grove den of Lions Tile estimated value of Oregon The funeral of Mrs. Mary E. spelling, as well as for the news and University of Oregon pole Sewer Districts Proposed. motored to Springfield Friday night Krauter, who died Thursday last in standing white and sugar pines, almost 100 per cent strong and at Portland, was held Saturday after Ordinances providing for lateral contained, says that Belle Lincoln vaulter. The club is now planning subject to attact by the rust, is tended the charter presentation cere noon from the chapel, J. H. Ebert, sewer districts in the two tiers of (now dead), Dr. Ogleyby, wife, and to take up ull forms of athletics, $27,000,000. monies of the new Springfield den. pastor of the Methodist church, blocks south of east Main street daughter (Mrs. Graham) were “en- pole valuting, track, football, etc. About 150 Lions from Portland, officiating. Interment was in the and east of south Tenth street were essiated ” in the “Rebecca’’ lodge. Additional members will be taken Pinochle Bill Sends Trout. Salem, Lebanon. Silverton, Eugene, A. F. & A. M.-L O. O. F. cemetery. enacted at the meeting of tho city There are even today some who into tho club. Friends of William Borsteil, that Cottage Grove and Springfield par Mrs. Krauter was born Nov. 13. council Monday night. Property have not learned to spell it “Re is, those friends who know hirn bekah. ” ticipated. Pallett to Pay Old Bills. 1861, in Portland on part of her owners in the two districts, against well enough to call him Pinochle The Cottage Grove club featured grandfather’s donation claim, Hhe whom the benefits are to be as The Australian ballot, the only Those who had money coming Bill, have been receiving consign N. J. Nelson Jr. in a spooky stunt, lived here for 17 years when her sessed, will be given due notice of kind that most of the voters today for wages when the Pallett Lumber “The Hoodoo Man.” accompanied name was Mrs. Otter Frederickson the proposed improvements and know, was being discussed and a company failed several years ago, meats of fine salmon trout, which by the Lions Club Charmers orehes but she left this city 15 years ago will have an opportunity to appear leading editorial told of how the have received notice from C. W. he has been sending from Westlake, politicians were opposing it because Pallette, who was the operator of whore ho in spending the summer. tm composed of Ruth and Nellie and had been a resident of Port nnd protest if they desire. it would do away with corruption the mill, that the amounts will be A dozen arrived Monday for a Stewart. Cecil Caldwell and Herbert land from that time. She is in politics. Possibly ~ many today paid during the coming month upon number of friends. All were al Cochran. The stunt was heartily survived by a husband, John T. Name of Orchestra Changed. moat exactly the same size nnd received, as were also the ukelele Krauter, Portland, and the follow Stewart’s Musie Makers, the do not know that in those good proper proof of claims. weighed about two pounds each. and vocal numbers by the Stewart ing children: Mrs. Clara Tarldson, group of musicians composed of old days the voter went to the sisters. Mrs. Bertha Jenson, Mrs. Lorena Ruth and Nellie Stewart, Cecil polls with his ballot ready to be near Halsey. HouUiern Pacific trains The Gas That Kills. Smith and Harold Frederickson, of Caldwell and Herbert Cochran, will deposited, It often happened that must have run faster then than “At least we’ve gotten rid of Portland; and Fred Fredericksen, of be known as Lions Club Charmers politicians saw to it that the ballot they do now. Prune Shortage Feared. Inspiration for girls of today is thè ruba who used to blow out the Two brothers. T. A. in the future, the name having was the one they were paying to An apparent world shortage in Roseburg. deposited The secret (or found in art item which tells of a gas.” prunes of fifi,500 tons, with the to- Prettyman, Corvallis; and George been changed at the luncheon of have Australian) ballot is a develop tai tonnage available for the next Prettyman, Springfield, and a sis the Cottage Grove den Thursday ment of comparatively recent years. “self reliant und enterprising girl I “He’s still with us," contradict- in Crook county who this season ed Uncle Bill Bottletop; “only he 12 months of 102,500 tons, are es ter, Mrs. Emma Hampson, Portland: last. The orchestra has furnished The southbound Houthern Pacific harvested eight tons of hay which works differì nt. He puts tho gas music for many of the Lions club timates made by the California also survive. in bis flivver tank and hit* sixty meetings entertainments re- train had been wrecked by over- she cut with a pair of scissors.” Prune 4 Apricot Growers associa (To be continued./ inilen an bolli.” — Washington Star taking tf centlv. running tion,______________ _ ______________ L Bales book«. The Sentinel LITTLE LUCK IS REPORTED BÏ EARLY SEASON HUNTERS WHAT’S THE USE Fanny Forgets, Too Both Grade and Gymnasium Struc tures Are Admirably Adapted for School Work. The four-room unit of tho new grade school building and the new gymnasium and auditorium will be ready for use with the opening of the public schools on Beptember 15. 8. L. Godard contractors have a crew of 15 men employed. The school building is of hollow tile, with cream oriental stucco finish on the exterior. It houses four classrooms, each 44x30. Each classroom has a cloak and hat closet and a built-in bookcase. ________ Three walls of each room are hung with blackboards, above which is a building board strip for the dis play of tho art wonk of the pupils. In each room there is also a screened cold air ventilator. All of the classrooms are cn the north side of the building. A teachers ’ rest room is provid ed at the oust side of tho building. There are also two teachers’ clonk rooms and closets in the building, one for each of the two classrooms. Rest rooms, one for boys and one for girls are on tho main floor, On tho weBt end is a janitor’s room. All outside doors in the building are finished with panic bolts, which make it is impossible to lock a person in the building. The win dows are simplex hung. A fire gong is located in a central posi- tion in the main hull, with fir J hose hung conveniently near, Eus ily accessible entrances aro provid ed for getting into tho attic and underneath tho building. The woodwork throughout is to bo finished in orange shellac and vt.rnisb, with the exception of the toilet; where four-coat enamel is being used. A Westover steam furnace is located in the water proof basement. This basement is large enough to hold a year’a sup ply of fuel, about 25 cords. Tho gymnasium floor is 47x73, with a seating capacity of 350 in tho bleachers. The entire audi torium, including the bleachers, will seat 1000 persons and will be the largest auditorium in the city. A platform 33x02 provides a place both for staging plays and pro grams and for supervised play for grade school children while gym nasium practico is in progress on tho main gymnasium floor. The auditorium in lighted on tho east and west by three groups of win dows, each group huving four 28x48 two-light windows. Three more groups of the windows, arranged like tho othors, aro located at the roar of the stage. In the concrete floor basement are u manual training room 20x30, a lunch room 17x30, domestic sci ence room 24x30, tiled furnace room, and boys’ and girls’ shower rooms, each equipped with several small dressing compartments. Tho ceiling in the auditorium is 19H foot high, with ventilators in both tho north and south gables. Tho exterior of the gymnasium will receive one coat of paint for the present. Carload of Pear Boxen Received. A carload of boxes for the ship ment of Lorane pears arrived here hist week and Superintendent Schrack came over to superintend its unloading. The Lorane pears aro being shipped to Salem this year, a contract for their sale hav ing been entered into before it was known that the local cannery would bo able to handle them. The pick ing of the crop has started. Crater Lake Record Broken. Midseason at Crater latke Na tional park finds traveling contin uing at an unprecedented rate. Up to the evening of August 15—ex actly midseason—13,583 cars had entered the park carrying 44,884 visitors. This is an increase of 47 per cent over last year’s figure on the same dates when 9,252 cars bearing 30,522 visitors had checked in at Oregon’s famous scenic mas torpiece. Engraved work. The Sentinel. t LOST IN TIIE WOODS. Woodsmen say thnt when a man gets lost in the woods he usually travels round and round in a circle. Thus’» just the wav some folks shop. They hit the buying trail, stray from it u bit and, before they are aware of the fai t, they uro lost—-wandering in a maze of counters—gradually growing Wearier und wearier— and finally get buck home mentally nnd physically tuckered out without having accomplished much. Up to date shopjiers make up their minds what they are going to buy before they leave the house. They know exactly what they wunt to pay and just where they will find the right goods nt the right prices. To them shopping ib a pleasure. These modern sbopfier« read the advertisements of Cottage Grove business men carefully and regularly. They find that tho advertisements save them steps, bother, trouble and time. Let The 14entinel advertise ments guide you. That’s their job.