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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1924 PAGE TWO stronger appeal made to the rabble than that made by LaFollette. Mondays and Thursdays Never beforo did so many brand» of radicalism gather under one I Bede A Smi Editor banner. Never before did so many | Elbert Bede. A firat-elaaa publication entered at citizens who are generally looked Mexicans U m Batteri«» of Cottage Grove as second-class matter upon as men of judgment align ' Guru on Fowl Business Office_____ 55 North Sixt.1 themselves with the policies out-1 lined by the ultra radical from Mexico City.—Mexican sportsman. SUBSCRIPTION BATES Wisconsin. In their flght to preserve the country's By mail (Cash in advance) We must believe that so large One > year....$2.75 I Throe month» .80 a majority as that given Coolidge diminishing flocks of itarta from pot hunters, who hundreds of times yearly Six months.. 1.50 | One month..... 50 is an endorsement of the common slaughter as high as 2/XX) birds at a BY CARRIES .$ .30 sense program of the present ad single discharge of their '’armadas,* One i month.. . 1.10 ministration and a severe rebuke have again lost Pubttostion of the Four months, in advance. . 3.00 to one who solicited votos from IBM hunting regulations by the fish One year, in advance...... every source and proposed wreck and game bureau of the department Member of ing tho constitution and bank of agriculture shows that the hunting National Editorial Association Oregon State Editorial Association rupting the country in order to vf wild ducks by means of "anuads.*, or great batteries of shotguns, will be Oregon Newspaper Conference land in the white house. Lene County Publishers’Association permitted from November 1 to Feb A majority such as th. one ruary 30. ...... .. i i . . u which spoke on Tuesday is al- While only two shots • week from fr ways right and wo must be satis each “armada’’ are permitted, this Is A3 OTHEBS 3EE US fied with the result. Those who considered a minimum restriction, as won on Tuesday have taken good the fowl will not return to the some Oregonian: Elbert Bade and naturedly their defeat upon other lake in sufficient numbers to make tho his partner have been getting occasions. Those who lost on Tues flring of more than two “armadas” a out a very good Cottage Grove day have nothing to do but to week profitable. Sentinel weekly for years and Divide With Land Ownera. follow the example which has Throughout the valley of Mexico now will produco it twice a been set them in the past by are scores of shallow lakes where ev week, making it twice as good. those who are winners now. ery variety of duck that summers in They just waited to hear the The victory in Oregon of those the United States and Canada can bo election news. who stand for the things in the — stato that Coolidge stands for in found during the winter. Dotting the shores of these lakes are Indian vB- THE TWICE-A-WEEK SENTINEL. the nntion is also gratifying. lages whose inhabitants eke out a pro- The great American peoplo want carious existence during the summer This is the first issue of the no LaFolletteism, nor any of the by cultivating their patches of corn twice-a-week Sentinel. It was with isms, aches or pains that go with and beans, but who live easy during some misgivings that The Sentinel it—they have spoken plainly and the winter by means of their ’U- madas.” reached a decision to publish two decisively. By giving from one-third to one- issues a woek. Some of our pa Wo should not, however, permit trons oncouraged us. OtherB dis ourselves to be deceived to the half of their spoils to the owners at the lands tn which tbs lakes are situ couraged us. Tho majority favored point of believing that the ava ated they are able to obtain permis tho change and the comment since lanche of votes was entirely an sion to make enormous bags. Soma tho change was decided upon has endorsement of the conduct of af of the land owners. It 1» estimated, been such that The Sentinel is fairs under tho republican adminis receive as much as 80,000 pesos inclined to believo that it will tration. We must consider that ($15,000) a year as their share. Sportsmen who have shot over the not bo many months before all millions of votes were in protest greater part of the valley declare that will ask why we didn’t do it of what someone else offered. not less than fifty of those “armadas,“ sooner and wo will ourselves won Had prices of farm products each with an average of 160 barrels, dor why. taken another drop, instead of are shot at least twice a week tor At any rate the plunge has boon taking an upward trend, there four months each year, and, with hun taken. Cottage Grove is to have ■night be another story to tell. dreds of ducks to the average bag, a newspaper servico equal to that Had tho oil scandal come closer the total number Slaughtered each onjoyed by any other city of its to election day, it might have winter reaches a staggering figure. In placing their batteries the In aire—a service superior to that had a far different effect upon dians throw up a low breastwork at found in most cities of tho same tho outcomo. mud and plants at a strategic point size. Tho republican party has been Tho Sentinel will not be able given its opportunity. Lot it make In one of the shallow takes and imbed in the ramparts as high as 200 barrate to issue at onco tho kind of a tho most of it. Wo havo confi of all kinds, ranging from those at newspaper that it wishes to. M is- donee thnt it will do so. ancient shotguns to blunderbuss* takes will bo made in getting an T.iese are loaded with black pnwils« organisation perfected for issuing and all sorts of missiles and connefl»- They Toll Not . . . twieo tho number of issues here Ho tapped on tho back door and ed by a train of powder to an old tofore issued, but wo arc confident asked for something to eat. The flintlock, which is discharged by that. within a few weeks things good housewifo replied that she means of a string from the marks- will bo working along oven more would feed him if he was willing man’s hiding place. When the “armada” ta loaded and smoothly than they did with the to earn tho meal by cleaning out the ducks begin to feed in the taka weekly. tho gutter. Tho tramp agreed, generally about noon, the entire popu Tho change to a twico-a week an<f when ho had eaten his wnv lation of the village operating the has required the addition of much through several sandwiches she “armada” begins, with Infinite pa now equipment, some of which camo out with a reliable looking tience and without frightening ths has not yet arrived. Installation hoe. game, to drive the ducks wtCtaa of machinery anti becoming fami “You neodon’t have gone to range. When this has been done the “ar liar with it causes inconvenience that trouble, madam,’’ said the mada” 1s discharged and the hunt fas and delay, but all these thing» weary on-3, siring up the farm irti will bo ironed out within a short plement. “I nover use a hoo in the victims, hundreds of them only crippled, begins. As many as two time. cleaning out a gutter.’’ thousand ducks have been shot down Machinery supply houses have “Never use a 1 hoof” said the in a single discharge of tho great boon kind to us in tho matter of woman. What do 1 you use, then mafia" at Penon Viejo, near the 1 credit and wo hnvo confidence that —a shovel 1” can capital. tho growth of the community is After the game ta sotd the riltaas the replied “No, madam,” going to bo such that they will tramp, starting for the gate, ‘ ' my celebrates with a b^ carousal and then waits until new victims gather. have no occasion to regret tho method is to pray for rain. f f Appeals to U. A. Oltsbe Planned. chances they have taken and that Despairing, after repeated attnrap* Tho Sentinel will not regret hav New Idea in Seating An-ange- of limiting pot banting through loess ing lot them take such chancos. menta,—Every seat in the grand- regulations, Mexfean «xwtomen US stand and bleachers was filled. No planning to address an appeal to game WELL KEEP COOL AND CAL. seats were obtainable after 9:30 commissions and gun riubs tn th. o'clock in the morning. Hundreds United States and Canada in the bops It ia all over. Wo’ll keep Cal of persona wore turned down for that, by combined action, it may ba possible to halt the anneal massacre. and umy as well keep cool. seats.—Tho l'uoblo Star-Journal. They argue that the funds and sd- Xt has boon demonstrated that forts being expended by Mesteoh in the final analysis the great Good Things to Eat. northern neighbors to protect migi* American people are for law and FOR BALE.—Plums and damsels. tory game In those countries are order, for common sense and effi Phono 3764.—Classified ad in the wasted If. when the btrds roach Maa- ciency. Nover before was n Lexington (Kentucky) Herald. Ico tn the wintar. they are baggt^ (Cottage tërove Sentinel SLAUGHTER DUCKS BY THE THOUSANDS almost without restriction. The pre» tics, they declare. Is as unsportsman like as the trapping of quell, ship ments of which totaling as Mgb as 18,000 are not uncommon In northern Mexico, and will send the ducks after the vanished wild pigeons unteas reg ulated Pintail make up moqft of the hags, but canvassba.'ka, maBard. widgeon, binebill», redheads and teal at *B kinds are also shot down bg hundreds of thousands. KnöWles & Graber Hardware Arctic Ice Interfere» With Far-North Radio* Ottawa. Ont. -QetabUahmeAt of the farthest north radio station ta the world on HerschsU Island In ths Arc tic ocean at the mouth of the Maokso- ste river, has been abandoned for thta year, the national defense department of Canada announce« becaual of fail ure of the motorship Lady Kloderetag to got through lea tn the Arctte oosaa with equipment Ico In the Arctic ocean this sums not only caught the Lady Klrsderwley. hut seised the trading schooner Arctte ■ of San Francisco and erippled and' turned back the cutter Bear at the United States ooast guard. This ver sal was to have taken off a group at 18 persons left an WYaageil north of Siberia, to value of the land, which was >75 and land values given above may IS IT CHEAPER TO RENT therefore be taken as i applying THAN OWN A FARM? the acre. Whether it is cheaper to rent than to own a farm in this state is ■ a question raised by interesting data bearing on this much-dis- cussed question which have just been made available, A govern- ment survey covering 180 farms in Lane county upon which cash rent was paid showed that in 1920 the average rent was $2.14 the acre and that the average value- tion the acre was $56. This means a gross return to the owner of 3.8 per cent. In the case of other farms in this county which were rented to kinsfolk, the eash rent was 2.31 per cent on the rated While these figures may not apply with equal force to all farms in the county, elaborate tests in many counties have shown them to be correct, Furthermore, while it is true that these figures are based on 1920 reports and land values in most ptates have fallen materially since that time, it is believed that cash rents have fallen in approximately like pro portion. The ratio between rents to the present year. I State and local taxes in most i states are / somewhat higher than in 1920, consequently the net rent income is usually lower. What effect existing conditions will have on farm tenancy in the coming decade there is no fore casting, but in the long run the rate of net returns must determine the selling price of land. I------ s 43 Years That’s the time we have served the farmers of the Northwest in selling their hogs, veal, poultry, fruits, etc. Write us for market information. PAGE & SON Portland, Oregon. —because we permit the brain to become passive. Then the fatigue of the body overcomes it and produces unconscious ness. The use of eP11rL31S7^r‘ Tablets Aspirin brings peaceful sleep to many troubled with over-taxed nerVes and pain. Absolutely true aspirin tab lets so skillfully made that their beneficial action begins in 15 seconds. Highest purity, never irrtate or burn. One of 200 Puretest prepara tions for health and hygiene. Every item the best that skill and care can produce. Harvest Festival Pun and Frolics I IN ARMORY Saturday, November 22 Under Auspices of AMERICAN LEGION À Watch for the pyrotechnic display on Main street announcing the starting of the festivities. OLD FIDDLERS’ CONTEST First prize---------- ----------------------------------- Turkey Second prize................................ ..... .... Duck of Goose Third prize ................ Chicken Old time dance during this contest. GAMES OF SKILL: PRIZE LIST: Nigger babies, shooting galleries, loop and peg, ball and bucket, bi cycle front and rear wheel races. Prizes of sacks of spuds, boxes of apples, chickens, ducks, geese and other farm products for prize. A chance to get Thanksgiving dinner cheap. Largest squash_________ _______ ________ M.BQ Largest pumpkin.................................... $2.50 Best box of apples.................. $2.50 Largest potato.................................. ".$1.00 Largest carrot..... ................. ’ $L00 Largest turnip..... .................... $inn Largest head of cabbage_____________ $1.00 All entries become property of Legion and will auctioned off at close of festivities. Special prizes for school exhibits. SIDE SHOWS AND VAUDEVILLE Plenty to Eat and Drink All theTime I