The Cottage Grove sentinel., April 23, 1925, Page 4, Image 4

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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1925
to exterminate said gray digger THAT’S JUST A NEWSPAPER speed would soon find itself fac­
ground squirrels (Citellus douglasii)
STORY.
ing libel suits.
and the cost of .said extermination
To those who know the pressure
“That’s just a newspaper story. J) under which the average newspaper
In the County Court of the State will be levied against said lands.
The county agricultural agent
No doubt you have heard this man works, who have seen a copy­
of Oregon for Lane County.
In tho matter of the estate of hereby designates Monday, April statement before. Perhaps you have | boy waiting to snatch a story page
13th, as a day to be known as made it yourself when you ques­ by page as it is written, it is
William Lane, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the “squirrel poisoning day” through tioned the accuracy of a published I strange tfiat so few real errors ap
undersigned executrix of the estate out the said Lane county, and it story. Certainly, unless you are, pear, not that bo me do get into
of William Lane, deceased, has is hereby recommended that pois­ or have been, a newspaper man or | print.
“They say’’ is Mrs. Jones’s
filed in the county court of Lane oned barley, as prepared by the woman, you did not resent this
authority for the bit of spicy gos-
county, state of Oregon, her final undersigned and representatives of statement when you heard it.
10* a Button.: > 1S2 a. Rip
account as the executrix of said the Bureau of Biological Survey ; But if you had over been a news- 1 sip she relates to Mrs. Smith.
havo plenty of
estate and that Tuesday, May 12, of the United States Department paper man, you would know that I “They say” may hav,
1925. at the hour of 10 o’clock of Agriculture, be used for the if the story in question was in­ weight with Mrs. Smith. But it
a. m., of said day has been fixed by purpose of such extermination, i accurate, it probably was so be­ will not go far with the city editor
snid court as the time for the hear­ Such poisoned barley may be se­ cause some newspaper man’s infor- ! if “they’’ cannot be expanded in­
ing an«l passing upon said final cured from the undersigned at his mation came from persons who had 1 to nsmei: and addresses. And yet
nccount and objection thereto, if office in Eugene, Lano County, managed, innocently enough it may Mrs. Jones is seldom accused of
any, and of tho final settlement Oregon, at approximately the cost be, to twist the facts they w’ere I inaccuracy.
giving the reporter.
“That’s just a newspaper story.”
and distribution of the residue of of preparation.
Date of first publication of this
The feet that no two men see
Did you ever stop to consider
the said estate.
the same thing in the same way is what this means! It means, per­
The first publication of this no­ notice April 7, 1925.
the cause of much of a newspaper haps, that some reporter has ques­
tiee will be on the 9th Elay of
(Signed) O. S. FLETCHER,
April, 1925, anrl tho last on the a9-16-23
County Agricultural Agt. man’s trouble. If a paper always tioned a half dozen persons to get
could know when a piece of news all the facts. He has had con­
7th day of May, 1925.
was going to break, it could have flicting statements from some of
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE­
EMILY JANE LANE,
a reporter on the spot, waiting, I them on certain points, but from
MENT.
Executrix of the
Once in a while a reporter is for- 1 each he has gleaned something
estate of William
Notice is hereby given that the lunate enough to be on hand when that will stand. He considers all
Lane, Deceuscd.
undersigned has filed herein her a big story breaks. Those who tko “facts,” eliminates, or should,
H. J. Hhinn,
OUR eyes tell you when trousers «are stylish. You
n!)m7r final account as executrix of the read of the explosion in Wall street I all those ho cannot verify, and
Attorney for estate.
last will and testament of D, J. will recall that an 'Associated I weighs them for their importance.
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can feel with your hands that the material is right.
And then he rushes it into print!
«lover, deceased, with the County Press man was passing at what we
NOTICE.
Clerk of Lain* County, Orogon; and arc fond of calling the psycho- I Not much. The city editor may
Try them on and the matter of fit is set tied. But how
an order has been made and entered logical moment. In his own words, tell him to give it. a column, or
are
you going to know whether they are made to give
WHEREAS; in chapter 127, gen
of record directing this notice and ,(I dodged into a convenient doom­ I cut it to two hundred words, or
oral laws of Oregon, enacted in
way
to
escape
falling
glass
and
to
¡that
he
doesn
’
t
believe
he
can
use
real wear?
setting the 12th day of May, 1925,
1919, it is declared to be the duty
at the hour of 10 o’clock a. in. as reach a telephone and call the of­ it. Or he may question the reporter
of every person, firm, copartner
A nswer : Pick out a pair of Dutchess Trousers. Look
This incident is men­ closely to learn whether he is sure
the time, and the county court room fice.”
ship, company and corporation own
tioned
only
to
show
what
might
Mr.
X
said
it.
The
reporter
often
,
inside
of them on the left rear pocket. Sewn there you
ing, leasing, occupying, possessing in the county court house at Eu­ happen, but seldom docs.
id compelled to retrace L .; steps a i
gene,
Lano
county,
Oregon,
as
the
will
find
a warranty label guaranteeing the payment of
or having charge of or dominion
Charles Ross, Washington cor­ number of times to get a bit of I
over any land, place, building, »true place for the hearing of objections, respondent for The St. Louis Post­ information ho has missed or to
turn, wharf, pier or dock which is if any, to said account and the Dispatch, has this to say: “Casual verify the accuracy of a statement.
"10 c a ‘Button; $1.00 a ‘Rip”
infested with ground squirrels and final settlement of said estato.
observation is nearly always faulty,
The reporter writes his story and
Dated
and
first
published
this
other noxious rodents or prod:«lory
fake for instance the conflicting then a sub-editor has his inning.
This means just what it says—no argument, no “red
animals, or as soon at» the presence 9th day of April, 1925.
statements of persons on the wit­ Not only does this editor, known
JULIA
COVER,
tape.” We pay you if buttons come off. We pay you
of the same shall come to his,
ness stand. One man, telling his as a' copy reader, correct errors of
their or its knowledge, nt once to Executrix of tho Last Will and Tes­ version of an automobile accident, grammar, but he keeps an eye open
for
a rip or give you a new pair of trousers.
proeeod and continuo in good faith tament of D. J. Cover, Deceased. swears the ear was going fully for errors of fact as well. Mr. X
to exterminate and destroy such Herbert W. Lombard,
Fair enough? For more than a generation the manu­
thirty miles nn
Another may have spelled out a name, but
Attorney for estate.
n!»iii7c(T) was certain the hour.
rodents by poisoning, trapping or
speed was only that does not prevent the copy
facturers
of Dutchess Trousers have stood back of this
other appropriate
eight miles, Ono heard the driver reader from referring to a direc­
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
famous
warranty.
means; and
sound a warning ‘honk.’ Another tory for information. \nd so the
WHEREAS, gray digger ground
is equally positive no warning was story is read critically, if quickly,
Dutchess Trousers have to be right in wear and they
Notice
is
hereby
given
that
the
squirrels (Citellus douglasii ;■ uro
given. Each witness is a reputable by everyone through whose hands
undersigned
has
been
appointed
are just as right in style, in materials, in price—the kind
noxious rodent b in Lane County,
citizen and each thinks his version it passes.
by the County Court of Lane the truth.
Oregon.
Tho discrepancy in
“That’s just a newspaper story.”
of garments that are four-square with our policy of pro­
Now, therefore, all of such per­ County, State of Oregon, adminis­ their testimony is due, not to any
And yet someone, late at night
viding the men of this vicinity with clothes that satisfy
sons, firms, copartnerships, corpora tratrix of the estate of Fred ErnBt, effort to deceive, but to the com­ perhaps, did his level best to make
lions and companies owning or deceased, which order bears date mon failure to observe carefully, it a true story for you to read.
You will find here just the trousers you want for dress
having dominion over land in said the 14th day of April, 1925.
It, is the business of tho newspaper Tn pre-war days, the wire brought
All persons having claims ^»gainst man, whose eyes must servo thous-
for
work, for play—and be sure to look at the left rear
Lane County, Oregon, are hereby
a story from a paper’s Washington
required to take steps to extermin­ the said (.‘state are hereby notified ands of readers each day, to see correspondent. The c.orresponilent
pocket.
ate said gray digger ground squir­ and required to present the same, rightly what others see imperfectly said that the governor—the paper
rels (Citellus douglasii) within duly verified, to tho undersigned or not at all.”
was published in the state capital
thirty days from the date of the nt the law office of Herbert W.
Persons who are not acquainted —had recommended the appoint-
first publication of this notice. If Lombard, First National Bank with a newspaper office may be­ ment of a prominent man in the
such steps are not taken, a person Building Cottage Grove, Oregon, lieve stories are written without newspaper’s own city for a certain
or persons appointed by tho county on or before six months from th«- particular regard to accuracy and position. This story reached the
court of said Lane County will en date of the first publication of this that they are hurried into print night editor’s desk about 1 o’clock
ter upon said lands and proceed notice.
THE QUALITY STOBE-cooo service
without receiving a second look. in the morning.
Dated and first published thin Because those persons find an in­
A few minutes later a nervous
day of April, 1925.
accurate .statement in one
•
article, reporter aroused the governor with
Solution of Puzzl« No. 33
AUGUSTA ERNST,
they reason that speed is the only n.n early morning telephone call.
I q T ì Y a ' r J t I s B
Administratrix of the estate test of a writer’s :ff>ility. Any The reporter received a dignified,
lu aMERO 8
of Fred Ernst, deceased. newspaper that looked only to sleepy, but most artistic “calling
! a ! i m H y . o u Herbert W. Lombard,
down” from the governor. But he
Attorney for estate. al6m!4c(T)
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE.
also got the information he wanted.
of winter
enough for prompt germination,
Oregon spring grains yields
The readers next day saw mere­ Experts Say
grown.
usually from the middle of April
“Do you know, Sybil, that be­
Notice is hereby given that the ly an interesting item about a man
The corn crop furnishes a culti­ to the middle of May. Eight to
fore ho goes under a drowning undersigned has been duly appoint- , they knew. They could not know
Should Produce
vated crop in the cropping system 12 pounds of seed are used to the
man thinks of all tho things he’s ed by the county judge for Lane | that this paper had taken care to
of the farm. A cultivated crop acre. Corn requires a long grow­
done that ho never ought to have county, Oregon, administratrix of givo them not only tho news, but
Own Corn
is one essential for profitable utili­ ing season in Oregon. In 1924 a
done!’’
Does Mrs.
the estate of E. O. Saltsman, de­ tho news verified.
zation of land, labor aud plant large amount of very good
“You should worry, Frank—they ceased.
Jones over go to half that much
Lane county can grow good corn foods not used by grain crops, corn was harvested in eastern
would havo heaps of time to res
All persons having claims against trouble before repeating her “they profitably, says the experiment sta­ Cultivation decreases the weeds and western Oregon.
M a ! L L
cue you!”—London Tit Hits.
said estate are hereby notified to say” story to Mrs. Smith*
tion at Corvallis, which finds that diseases common to Oregon soils,
nm L O
present tbo same to me, duly veri­
But in spite of tho care to pre­ much corn is shipped into Oregon It also improves the structure and
I h EO OlPj
If your business isn’t better
Rubber stamps. The Sentinel fied, at the Saltsman restaurant on sent accurate articles, mistakes do from
the central states and Argen­ areation of soils, conserves tnois-
Main street, in Cottage Grove, Lane creep in, most unaccountably some tina. Last year 2000 cars were turn and makes it possible for more year, the reason probably is
county, Oregon, within six months tilhes. Mary papers run a column shipped into the northwest for stock plant food to become available.
you haven’t done a sufficient
after date of this notice.
of brief city items, personals ahout feed, yet the yield of corn in
For best results corn is planted amount of judicious advertising in
Date of first publication, April well known citizens, especially of­ Oregon for an acre is greater than when the soil is dry and warm
The Sentinel.
9, 1925.
ficeholders, minor news stories that
MRS. MYRTLE M. SALTSMAN,
do not get the larger heads,
Administratrix of the estate certain paper that used to
of E. O. Saltsman, deceased. such a column of city briefs*
Young,
allowed a certain per cent of small
attorney for estate.
a9m7c(T) advertisements, “readers,” to ap­
pear in this column. These al­
ways were carefully labeled
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
“Advt.” at the end.
One morning the paper in ques­
Tn tho matter of the catato of
tion carried an item in its city-local
Clyde Earl Babcock, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that j column telling that the city attor-
Amber Babcock has been by the
a very popular man, was rest-
County Court of tho Stato of Ore­ ing well after a serious operation.
gon,* in and for Lane County ap­ There was nothing to cause trouble
pointed administratrix of the es­ in that. But somehow four ad­
tate of Clyde Earl Babcock, de­ ditional letters had managed to at­
ceased, and that all persons having tach themselves to the story. These
claims against said estate are here­ letters were “Advt.”
The city attorney was still too
by notified to present the same
duly verified at the law office of sick to care what was in the paper.
H. J. Shinn in Cottage Grove, Some of his friends wore indignant.
Oregon, within six months from And they did not fail to let the
paper know how indignant they
the 26th day of March, 1925.
were.
The reporter, the copy­
AMBER BABCOCK,
H. J. Shinn,
Administratrix. reader, the city editor, the proof
Attorney foréstate.
m2«a23p(T) reader, all were sure that this
little item was innocent wltt-n it
Lithographing, engrac ing, steel left their hands.
dye work. The Sentinel’s livo wire
This is an example of a com-
i
print shop is the place.
xxx IMiratively trivial mistake, No i one
by WMteru N«wnp<p«r Union.)
was intured seriously, The city
Horlxontal.
Vertical.
I—Frlphtr«
attorney, after his recovery, was
1—Whirl«
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
a—Stlckr .ub.tnn«-«
•—-l.Mcrrat«
not so indignant as his friends had
S—Pls« o« words
B— Art trie
But the story illustrates
Department of th«« Interior, U. 8. [ been.
Ilk— Addition to a mnslenl composi­
♦— Heaound
tion
Land Offico at Roseburg, Oregon, that mistakes will occur in spite
ft—<•!«■• In a frame
11—Hostins serrssorr
6— Thus
of th- number of perdbns who ex­
March 28, 1925.
IS—>*r«*nouM
It is only as you find the real comparisons for Hudson qualities
T—Hlwch wtlrhy aubataace
Notice is hereby given that J««hti amine a story critically.
IS—K. «-Is ms lion
obliterate
among the costliest cars that the enormous difference in price
is— Vasil«»
IS—«lathering
I H. Volgamore, of Comstock. Oregon. ' You personally may know of
in—Karell*» »■■ sod
IS—KI «4 of cloth
is so astonishing.
H
who. on January 3, 1922. made exceptions. But on«* is safe in sav­
IT—Liar draolln* loealHIra
IT—• Pre position
Homestead Entry, No. 014259, for ing that every reputable newspaper
...al Irmprratwraa
1H—Toward
Today it offers the greatest price advantage and finest quality
SI—Wilk oat
IS— I'alt of power
Nl.'i ME*-,, Section 17, Township does its ntniost to make its stories
IS—A «.ork takbr.l
to—Mother
21
8.,
Rang«*
4
West,
Willamette
in Hudson history. Never was this supremacy of value so out­
accurate.
So
earnest
is
every
paper
24—Kairoers
BS—Girl'« name
Meridian, has fib*«! notice of in­ in its efforts to be accurate that
Zd—Vriallue nirss.tr*
■S—Small
standing.
And the greatest Hudson sales on record show how
ZSk-Sols of musical scale
3T—Greek letter
tention to make three year Proof, any city editor will discharge a
complete
is
public knowledge of the facts.
SO—«ircck letter
as—Hehoiai
to establish claim to the land above i reporter who continues making
IMS—Preposlll«»a
SI—l.awfnl
described, before th«* Register and errors. And any ..
____ appro
r ~
•I—Strep
paper will
8S—-Personal pronoan
aa—Prrll« ««.canine twa
Receiver of th«* ü. 8. Land Office, einte having its readers toll it' of
IS— Vbbrrvfatten denoting ttme
as—Pr«>klbitloal.ta
»4—Prononn
at Roseburg, Oregon, on the 9th errors that have occurred in its
an— PeriaialBB la a lores at »star.
3W—-A religion <nbbr.)
'lay of May. 1925.
41—Leave!
ST—It a re
columns, More. it is always glad
4S—Van
>0 Mnahellke fish
Claimant names as witnesses: | to correct the mistakes.
T ax Exfr*
°
44—That la
40— To he borne along
Christopher C. Watkins. Peter Mor
40—»••lire» decree
So reader, if you hear someone ’
45— Japanese «aah
ketta, William L. Curtis, all of say ‘•That’s jaat a newspaper
40— Tars tor woof <weav»r*a farm) 46— annhe
4M—Praise
4T—Tramp
Curtin. Oregon and Robert Anlauf, Atory,” whoa he means he thinks
te small particle of matte*
46 A««lmllatrd form of tn>, mean
of Anlauf, Oregon,
SO—He a. I (pl.)
.the paper is deliberately inaeenr
Ing nnf
non coal HAMILL A4 CANADAY ate, •‘call” the speaker—gently if
Soluti«»« will
In «eat l«««e.
•«••(«>
Register., noeos^ry. but “call” him.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE­
MENT.
Look at the left rear pocket
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