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COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 6, 1925.
VOLUME XXXV.
RESERVOIR IS
Money
on Bonds Received
Plans Are Ready.
and
Fe eds F\im il y From
Own Garden
NUMBER 7S
T. F. SPRAGUE IS KILLED
Man Is Crushed to Death When
Tree Falls Onto Him.
Plans are now complete for go
Theodore »Sprague was killed
Mrs. Joe Perkins Jr. claims to be Calapooya Springs, Oakridge, Oak Thursday afternoon in the logging Be Proud of Your Home City and
ing ahead with the construction of Says Half of Sidewalk Is Wasted,
land
and
Quiet
Sylvan
Re
the city’s reserve water reservoir,
i a champion gardener. Upon July
! camp of the Wiese Brothers mill
While Pretty Parkings Would
treats Get the Crowds..
Tell the Whole World How
j 1 she served fried chicken which
which is to have a capacity of a
| on Cedar creek when a tree kicked
Charm
the
Speeders.
;
she
raised
this
year
and
new-
po-
Much You Like It.
i million gallons. The money on the
The Fourth of July passed with Ixaekwards and carried Sprague to
tatoes, string beans, rutabagas and
bonds recently voted has been
tho ground with it. He lived but
Government Should Help Farm received
out
accident
in
Cottage
Grove.
and the plans and speci
It would provo profitable for strawberries from her own garden. This may have been due largely a few minutes. Both legs were
Are you happy in Cottage Grove!
er to Help Himself, Says
fications have been completed by any city to tear up a portion of She ' has a Golden Drop plum tree to the fact that citizens generally I fractured in several places and his
Happy with your work, your op
i
that
is
in
full
blossom
for
the
sec
and
the
engineer,
E.
8.
Rogers,
its sidewalks, provide parkings and
Secretary Jardine.
were out of the city. Many went back and chest were injured suf portunities, your surroundings, your
have been delivered to the city plant shade trees therein. That is | ond time this year.
I to Calapoova springs, where there ficiently to cause death. Hi* had neighbors! Of course you are. But
for the use of contractors in sub- the theory that was advanced by
been a resident of this section for
have you over stopped to think
Member of Cabinet Is Former mitting bids upon the work, Ad- Rufus Holman, of Portland, former Spanish War Vets to Organize. l was a crowd estimated at 3,000, i seven years and is survived by a —
that by lotting others know how
attracted largely by the rodeo put
vertisement for bids will be or- commissioner of Multnomah county,
Bronco Buster and
The Spanish war veterans of I on by Guy Kay. He had a fine wife and five' children.
satisfied and content you are here
ilered at the meeting of the council u’hile he was a guest at the recent Cottage Grove will formally organ- I bunch of horses and cattle
Funeral services were conducted you would bo doing the whole com
and
Breezy Westerner.
tonight. The contract is 1 to b». - Franklin printers picliie held here. •ize at a meeting called for the ' some good riders who did not hosi- this forenoon from the chapel, munity a good turn! Well, you would.
awarded 10 days later aftid 10
Mr. Holman practices what ho evening of July 11 to be held in ! tate to ride in any position upon j Elder J. B. Patterson, of the So go ahead and every timo you
By DREW PEARSON.
days following that work must
i
be preaches and while ho was county Phillips hall. State district officers tho backs of their mounts.
Seventh-day Adventist church, of got tho chance—
(Concluded from last Monday.)
in progress. Before the ertd of commissioner he was successful in will be present to conduct the in ' Other large numbers wont to ficiating.
Tell tho World You’re Proud to
______________________
"Another essential to cooperative the month work will be actunlly getting a large number of trees set stallation ami they will be guests ¡Oakridge and Oakland, while prob
Livo in Cottage Grove!
success is inherent in the very under wly and may be completed out on county romls.
at a banquet to follow the business ably the largest number sought the
If, however, you lack the en-
name ‘cooperative.’ In other words, in time so that the reservoir may
thusiasm to say this, or feel that
Mr. Holman pointed out that in meeting. Then- will be 20 or more cool of the woods and glades for
the management must really co be used during tho sovere dry a city the size of Cottage Grovo charter members.
you’re not entirely satisfied with
I picnic parties. Many left Friday i
operate. It must have the farmer weather of late fall.
your conditions hero—turn to page
'night- and did not return until!
| but a small part of the sidewalk
point of view. The whole orgfrlii-
I and road carefully every word in
is used and that there would be no would have a tendency to raise the »Sunday night.
zation must be responsive to his
I the message our business and pro
Those who went to Oakridge ami '
! traffic jam were the space cut sidewalks and make them rough
interests. If I invest some money TO SPAN COAST FORK | down a half. That w’ould leave and uneven,” was an objection. | Oakland reported splendid celebra Boy of Baldwin Family, Occupying fessional interests have for von.
in a stock company I am perfectly Dangerous Bridge Near London Is I sufficient room for the planting “What if they did?” Holman tions at those places.
They cite real facts which every
House, Doesn’t Get Chance
satisfied to lot the management
broad-minded man or woman—if ho
Being Replaced. •
Despite the lack of a crowd in
of trees. Hundreds of those pass- | countered. “Cement sidewalks are
vote for me by proxy provided I
to Finish Bath.
or she gives them real serious
| ing through the city would stop so monotonous in their lines that the city, restaurants, filling sta
get. my dividends. But the fann
thought—will recognize ns tho
The work of raising the span to spend their money, in Mr. Hol they are unattractive. A rough tions and garages reported a good
er is not putting merely his money on the piers for the new bridge man’s opinion, merely because the spot here and there would look business for the day.
Tho B. K. Lawson house, corner truth.
into a cooperative organization. Ho over the Coast fork near London j city with its main street lined pretty and would give the pedes
Anil the message leaves one with
Madison avenue and Thirteenth
is putting in his year’s work and I will start at once, according to with trees would .have an individual trian a chance to use muscles in
Miss Naomn Hilton, Miss Francos street, occupied by the Earl Bald- only one conclusion. That is, de
work
of
his
entire
perhaps the
Arthur »Striker, county bridge sup- I charm that would arrest the atten- his legs that ho would noF other Hnmloth, Miss Mildred Stevens. 5 win family, was completely de spite whatever petty grovienciw we
family.
i erintendent. The cement in the I tion of motorists, with tho result wise use and would result, in rest Miss Dolly Pitcher, Miss Hazel stroyed by fire late in tho forenoon may have among ourselves, aftor
"Since the cooperative is so vital i piers has set sufficiently to permit that they would stop -in the shade , for the muscles used when side- Swanson and Miss Evelyn Veatch
all we’re really happy to bo living
to the farmer, since his shoes and ! the work to proceed. The span to buy a lunch or to patronize I walks are smooth and on a straight spent the Fourth and week end in of tho Fourth of «Lily. A large here. If wo were not, wo should
•part of the furniture was saved.
socks and tho schooling for his ¡will be 120 feet in length. The i tho garage mid service stations.
line. Get in your shade trees and Oakland as guests of Mr. and Mrs, Frankie, one of the ehildreu, was gather up our belongings and
children depend on it, ho must feel J new bridge will do away with four
"But the roots of the trees I watch the profits come your way.” Lease, former residents of this city. | in the bath tub wheh the flames .journey elsewhere in senreh of
sure that he is getting a square | bad turas in the London road, two
were discovered and the only piece better opportunities. And you don’t
deal. Therefore the more familiar of these being those onto and off
of clothing saved for him was a see many Cottage Grove residents
the management keeps him with of the bridge now in use which is
I pair of coveralls belonging to his doing that, do you!
the internal workings of the organi situate a distance west of where
Ho we have all the more reason
I brother. He objected jnore to the
zation the better he is satisfied.
thrt new bridge is being built.
unceremonious manner in which ho to tell the world this is a great,
"Don’t misunderstand me. The
Because cars approaching'the old
I wqs removed from the bath tub place in which to live. Let’s prove
farmer should not always be but bridge could not see ears approach
than lie did to taking tho bath in we have the neighborly spirit—tho
ting in. Tho management must be ing from the opposite direction,
spirit that makes for greater pros
the
first place.
free to act according to its best making the danger of accidents
perity and progressiveness and that,
The
Ernest
Baldwin
family,
of
judgment, but good management great, the boards have been re-
Curtin, were guests of the Earl in general, keeps a promising future
will see thnt tho farmer is kept in moved from the side of the bridge
Baldwins for the day. Mrs. Ernest before us hero. As our business
formed.
towards the road.
i Baldwin had removed her shoes men advise, lot ’s do some—
"Let me illustrate. The manager
"Oral Boosting for Cottage
and neglected to save them.
of one cooperative association had
The Baldwins carried no insor Grove!”
Serves
String
Beans
Today.
a fine mahogany office, hut it wns
(Watch for the tenth educational
ance on the contents of the ti ouso
Mrs. K. C. McNew served to her
practically impossible for any farm
campaign broadside sponsored by
but.
Mr.
Lawson
hnd
the
house
er member to get inside the ma family today string beans which
our local merchants. It. will tip
partially insured.
hogany rail to. tho manager. The she garnered from her own garden.
Tho house was at. the edge of pear in this paper during August.)
farmers had not been paid for their She probably is the first to have
j the city limits and the nearest
crops, which had been shipped such from a home garden this sen-
hydrant is throe blocks distant. DEFENSE DAY IS SUCCESS
Tho
beans
were
of
the
Tonn-
months previously, and there was j son.
This fact resulted in delay in get
n lot of dissatisfaction. This wns essee variotv and were so largo
ting wnt. r io the burning buildirfg, Ono Day Enlistments for Cottage
poor management, not because of that they hud tried to shell them-
but despite this delay the fire de
Grove Total 561.
wrong merchandising methods, but solves,
partment succeeded in saving the
because tho farmers were not kept |
wood, hod standing a few feet away
As usual when there
tt-
informed.
an<l
kept tho flanges from spreading put riotic move on foot,
"Another manager of a largo co-
to other houses nearby. The An Grove wont over the top
operative had cut the price of tho
| derson & Middleton refuse dump Defense day test. Thnt
crop several times during a single
?*■ - --
" -
I
.. - k
I across the street from the burning did so was due largely
th«»
wook.
Naturally this did not
Interesting Events in the Lives
house caught fire but the flames nativity of
Lieutenant
. H.
please his rnembers. But at a
of Those Who Laid Sturdy Foun
• - « »V
wore extinguished.
McCaleb, of Company D,
so-
monthly mooting of tho board of dation for the Present Generation
Following the fire Mr. and Mrs. enred 150 of the 229 written cn-
directors, which could be attended
K. K. Mills entertained both the listments, 1H4 of whom were mcn
by any member of the organization
i Baldwin families at what was and 45 of whom were women. There
the manager explained tho whole Special Election August 22, 1910.
necessarily an informal dinner and were 332 oral enlistments, bring
The Sentinel has come into pos
situation.
The farmers present
afterwards took them to the Ernest ing the total to 561.
asked questions and the whole session of an old ballot that was
i Baldwin homo nt Curtin, whore the
situation was cleared up. That I used in a special election held here
Earl Baldwins will remain tempo
upon
August
22,
1910.
The
ballot
call good management.”
More Polson Put Out.
! rarily.
Jardine was a member of Presi is one that was marked by some Views of the New Three-Cvllnder Southern Pacific Type Locomotive Whijh the Sonthcrn Pacific Company
An additional 500 pounds of
Mr.
Lawson
was
planning
to
move
elector
participating
in
the
election
Is Placing In Mountain Sei vice. This I*» the Most Powerful Single Unit Loconn ive Built. Full Length
dent Coolidge’s agricultural confer
squirrel poison was mixed at the
View of the Locomotive Is Shown at the Top -Lowest Left—Detail Showing the Five Driving Wheels | this house to property which he Grangers’ warehouse in Eugene
ence which last spring recommend and is probably the only one that
the
owns
on
Adams
avenue,
one
of
escaped
destruction
when
the
ballot
on One Side and the Feed Water Heater. Lower Right—Front View Showing the Three Cylinders,
ed establishment of a federai co
Friday, making a total of 5400
avenues which is boing paved.
One on Each Side and One in the Middle.
operative marketing board. Until boxes were dumped so that they /
pounds mixed this year.
Tho
cause
of
the
fire
was
could
be
used
at
the
following
not
elec-
some action on this subject is taken
Farmers of the county arc show
Oregon shippers and travelers I velopment in locomotive construc- I the stresses on two driving axles known, but as the finales started
by congress it is very evident tion.
have the world’s most powerful tion and are good evidence of instead of one. The locomotives ovorhead, it was presumed I lint n ing renewed interest in rodent
Two
bond
issues
wer
up
at
this
that the agricultural chief purposes
poisoning ami some of those who
___ single unit freight and passenger Southern Pacific efforts to develop I weigh 682,400 pounds and have a defective flue was nt fault.
to go ahead in his customary force election and. the old ballot that
have not before used it have been
locomotive at their service.
¡and improve its facilities to keep It ruction power of 96,530 pounds, or
has
come
into
the
possession
or
ful manner administering his de
encouraged to do so by observing
The first of sixteen new three- I [»ace with the progress of this ¡weight 115.58 pounds per one horse-
partment in such a way that it will The Sentinel was marked by an
An attendant at a session of the benefits to the land of their neigh
I western country,” J. H. Dyer, i power. Their hauling capacity is
elector
who
was
opposed
to
every
cylinder
Southern
Pacific
type
loco
be of ever-increasing value to co
general manager, said in comment lone-fourth more at a speed of 25 recent -legislature, who had taken bora. Tho poison is also being
operative organizations. At the close issue that appeared thereon. Every motives . as just reached the Pa ing on the new titans of the rails. miles per hour on a 2.2 per cent aboard too much of the Im I la st that, used to kill mice in haymows.
proposition
upon
the
ballot,
how
cific
coast
and
is
being
placed
of the interview he outlined four
“The west requires the best of grade than that of the most power inebriates, inquired of the clerk
definite measures by which his de ever, was acted upon favorably, as in heavy freight and passenger ser 1 transportation, for its products I ful locomotive heretofore in use by nt tho ticket window nt the local
First with Cottage Grove new»—
partment was boosting cooperative the records in the recorder’s office vice by the »Southern Pacific com | move many miles to market. The the company.
railway station, “Hhay, young fel Tho Hen ti nel.
show.
pany
in
the
Siskiyou
and
-Sierra-
marketing.
low, how far is it from Hhalem to
i new locomotives represent our de-
Two amendments to the charter Nevada mountains.
The locomotives arc 101
"First, we are collecting hard
Portia nd ? ”
| sire to take advantage of every ' inch in length and 1 16 feet 3
of
the
city
was
carried,
one
by
a
facts. There has been too much
“Fifty-three miles,”
The locomotives arc of a distinct worthwhile improvement in the rail i in height. They
have a
theorizing about cooperatives, We vote of 140 to 63 and the other ly new type, developed by the road industry. ”
reply.”
by
a
vote
of
141
to
61.
An
initia
I
wheel
arrangement
and
a
are studying the mevement abroad,
“Well shay, young fellow,
American Locomotive company in
Thu outstanding feature of the 1 wheel base of 87 feet, 2% inches. far is it from Portland to .Hhalem?”
especially in Denmark, where co tive law providing for the manner cooperation with Southern Pacific’s
of
vacating
streets
received
a
fa-
Each
of
the
driving
wheels
is
63
V4
new locoinotivoa is the third cylin-
operatives have been the salvation
“Fifty-three miles,” was the
i vorabie vote of 146 to 57. A pro mechanical experts. Everyone has •ler, placed inside of the main inches in diameter. The tender has reply. “It’s the same distance be
of tho country.
something of the small boy’s inter
posed
law
providing
for
the
pur-
‘
a
capacity
of
12,000
gallons
of
wilt
"Second, we are boosting new
tween two points regardless of
est in locomotives and wherever the frames and slightly above and bo-
organizations in communities where , chase of a rock crusher received new locomotives have been seen tween the two outside cylinders, • er and 4,400 gallons of fuel oil.
from which you start.”
In addition to the sixteen three
farmers are trying to get organized. a favorable vote of 145 to 62. A they have attracted unusual in The adding of the third cylinder
“Now, shay, young fellow, thftsh
"Third, wo are sending an effi i bond issue of $30,000, to be used terest, both from the public and has an effect similar to that ob ¡cylinder locomotives, the Southern ain’t right.
Itseh only a week
for
retiring
warrants,
was
acted
Pacific
is
further
increasing
its
ciency expert to any associations
Christinas
and
New
railroad employes on account of tained by increasing the number motive power by building in its own between
I
upon
favorably,
the
vote
being
of cylinders in an automobile en
that want business help. Farmers
Year's, but from New Year’s to I which doesn’t de
their size, power and design.
'shops
eighteen
4
8
2
mountain
type
145
to
64.
A
bond
issue
for
pay
gine from four to six.
are not natural business men. Lack
Christmas is a hell of a long time.” pend upon NEWS
The new locomotives will all bo
•locomotives to be used in its trans
of business methods is one of the ment by the city of the cost of
In addition to providing increased continental passenger traffic. These
paving the intersections of Main in service before the peak traffic
PAPER advertising.
big faults in many cooperatives.
power and economy in use of steam, locomotives have l>een making
First with Cottage Grove new
"Fourth, we are sending agricul street received a favorable vote movement in the fall.
The Sentinel.
They .are the most modern de-
third cylinder will distribute ¡through runs of 815 miles.
tural experts around the country to of 139 to 65.
visit cooperatives. They can not
only help the associations, but they
reach a much greater number of
farmers in this way. For instance,
I am hurrying , but i
r tell you , fanny
our livestock man has recently been
SPEYER IS WCRT/iwu
wouldn ’ t even bother to
getting farmers in certain sections
— HE'S ACCUMULATED
ftrHDER MY NOSE FOR
Q elix MAS INVITED
of the country to dock the tails of
THAT OLD FOOL IF I
A LOT IN HIS LIFE TIME,
their lambs. A great many of them
MATTHEW SPEYER,
that fella has _ '
DIDN’T HAVE To DO IT
had been shipping their lambs to
T h E MAN WHO
market with long tails, yet no
HAS PROMISED TO
butcher wants to receive lambs
PUT MONEY
with long tails that have been
IN MIS ORANGE JUKE
dragging in the barnyard, and he
INVENTION,
is not willing to pay such a high
Tb
dinner
price for them.
"We figure that a few of these
WEYER » PEALLY
traveling farm experts who can
T he hotel
take their little satchels and sit
DETECTIVE, BUT
down with cooperative managers
can get more educational informa
1HE FEATHER HEAD«
tion passed on to the fanners than
DON'T
we could get with tons of charts
KNOW IT.
and bulletins distributed at ran
dom. ’ ’
(Copyright by U. P. O. News
Service Tee.)
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