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COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY. AUGUST 20. 1925
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Recent Events at Salem Stir
John Tomseth and Oregonian
To Humorous Comment Thereon.
The recent escape of several
convicts from the penitentiary, and
the stories of the liberties given
prisoners, provoked John Tomseth,
employe of the W. A. Woodard
Lumber company, to write a face­
tious letter to the Oregonian. The
letter and the Oregonian ’a comment
thereon are so apropos to the
present situation that they are re­
printed.
Cottage Grove, Ore., Aug 17.—
(To the Editor.)—Will you kindly
do an old man a favor by letting
him know whether it is really true
that those prisoners at Salem are
having such good times at the peni­
tentiary!
Do they really have
chicken dinners with ice cream?
And do they get plenty of free to­
bacco?
I am an old man who has been
living in dread of going to the
poor house, but if those stories I
hear are true I’d have no objec­
tions to going to the penitentiary
for the remainder of my days. I’m
not so slow at cards for an old
timer; in fact, in my younger days
I used to be considered somewhat
of a shark, so if they have those
card games they talk about I’d
soon make a lot of fiiends and be
right in my glory.
Of course, I’m too old to play
baseball, but I’d like to see some
of those good snappy outdoor games
where a fellow didn’t have to pay
any admission. I can’t think of
much else an old rounder’s heart
could desire.
Be sure to advise me, if there
is any way an old man could be
sure of getting a life sentence
without killing some one. I haven't
the heart to kill nnybody, but I’d
do most anything else to got into
an old man’s home like they de­
scribe that place to be, where the
boss treats every inmate as his
equal. If you have a pull with
Governor Pierce he might be able
to offer some suggestion—they tell
me the governor is a pretty good
old scout himself.
Tf you haven’t the time to look
this proposition up personally, you
may be able to furnish an old man
further information through the
columns of The Oregonian.
JOHN TOMSETH.
P. 8. I’d promise faithfully not
to harm the warden or the guards
in case T ever became dissatisfied
with the place. I pride myself on
having more diplomacy than that.
In fact, I’m sure we’d get to be
real cronies after I had been there
a while.
J. T.
'Pot Dies Day After EUGENE VOTES 10 TO I FOR Rumor of Killing 0/ MANY FROM HERE READY FOR
Arriving Home
Child Not True
TERMINAL BONDS
Hikes Hills on 65th
Anniversary
Three score years and more mean
little in the life of those who are W. A. Woodard Lumber Company
fortunate enough to live in this
Takes Over Walter A. Wood­
favored section of the famous, fer­
ard Mill Business.
tile, fruitful Willamette.
Aunt
Betty Earl, of Dorena, celebrated
her sixty-fifth anniversary and her
The W. A. Woodard Lumber com­
fifty-first wedding anniversary Sun­ pany has been organized to take
day by going huckleberrying. Oth over the lumber anil sawmilling
ers in the party were the Max business heretofore conducted under
Stewart and George Gillispie fami- the name of Walter A Woodard.
lies, also of Dorena. They went The organization of the company,
into the Bohemia district and | with capital stock of a million
“Aunt’’ Betty climbed around on i dollars, will make practically no
the mountains as lively as the difference in the ownership, con
youngsters.
duct or operation of the business.
Two sawmills on the Coast fork,
with a daily capacity of 175,000
Thrilling Experience Recalled.
A thrilling experience in the life or better, and a remanufacturiag
of W. J. White, Cottage Grove plant at Latham are owned and
The
druggist, was recalled to his mind operated by the company.
unexpectedly Sunday by the story mills and remanufacturing plant
in that day’s Oregonian, “Fighting are connected with a flume for the
the Forces of a Mountain,’’ by transportation of the rough lumber
C. E. Rusk, who described how a and timbers.
Fred W. Bradley, of Bay City,
woman’s life was saved by the
use of the human toboggan after Mich., owner of large tracts of
she had fainted away at the sum- timber in which the two mills of
mit of Mount Adams. As stated the company have been operating,
in the story, Mr. White was a is president of the reorganization;
member of tho party. At that Walter A Woodard, who has heen
time, about 20 years ago, he was in charge of the business ever
a druggist at Goldendale, Wash. since its inception, is vice president
The story was a graphically truth­ and treasurer, and Roy Leonard,
ful recounting of what happened, who has been with the business
according to Mr. White, and the for several years, is secretary.
illustrations were as realistic as it Charles A. Hardy, Eugene attorney,
was possible for them to be made is named as one of the incorpora
tors.
by one who was not present.
The capital stock is divided
$500,000 common and $5<X),000 pre
Lonely Woman Dies.
No immediate extensive
Mrs. Elizabeth Drane, who had ferred.
for several years lived alone on improvements are expected as a
Mosby creek, died early Monday result of the reorganization of the
morning She was aged more than company, but it is in a position
80 years.
Nothing much was to fake advantag«' of an upward
known about her except that she trend in the lumber market.
came here from Coquille.
The
body is being held at the Mills
chapel while a search is being made EAST MAIN YET REMAINS
for relatives. It has been learned Black Top Paving Work For the
that she was a member of the
City Nears Completion.
Eastern Star at Coquille and that
organization is making a search for
By the end of the week the pav-
a son who is supposed to be living
ing of Washington avenue and
in the vicinity, of Port Orford.
Monroe avenue will have been com-
The husband died at Coquille sev­
pletcd or nearly so and the J. C.
eral years ago and Mrs. Drane
Compton paving crew will be trans­
came here five years ago.
ferred to east Main street, which
Berries Come by Tons.
Despite reports early in the
spring that wild blackberries had
been killed by a late frost, they
are being received at the cannery
at the rate of two tons a day.
Beans are being received at tho
rate of more than half a ton
a day. About 15 persons arc now
employed.
Cottage Grove Said To
Be Live City
NUMBER 91
8. L. Mackin has received word of
the death from diphtheria of Mary
Alice Evans, nine-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Evans, of
Montevideo, Minn.
The Evans
family visited reccutlv at the
Mackin home and the child died the
day after their arrival home. The
disease was contracted during the
trip. Ono or two of the children
at the Mackin home were suffering
with minor aihnents during the
time tho Evans family were here
and Mr. and M>s. Evans were of
the opinion that it wan then the
disease was contracted. They wrote
expressing the hope that the Mack­
in children had recovered.
The
Mackin children, however, had had
nothing resembli-ng diphtheria.
Arrangements Are Completed
for
Immediate Transfer of Prop­
erty to Bailroad.
In the special election held there
Tuesday, Eugene put over the pro­
posed issue of $175,000 in terminal
bonds by a vote of 10 to I, tho
figures being 4026 yes and 394 no.
The decisive) victory for the bonds
surpassed the highest hopes of the
most optimistic supporters of tho
bonds. Four or five to one was
the highest prediction made.
It is anticipated that thorn may
bo a number of legal obstacles to
overcome before the bonds can be
issued, and in orde« to expedite
the transfer to the Southern Pa-
eific company of the land upon
which it has agreed to erect its
shops, a holding company has been
organized. This company will hold
the sack and the railroad need
not hesitate to at once proceed
Tho Black BuMo cinnabar mines, with its building and construction
program.
16 miles from here, will resume
operations shortly, after
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being
Bridge Work Is Under Way.
closed down for several years. The
Work on tho erection of small
mines wore operated during tho bridges and the repair of a number
war, after which tho price of quick­ of wooden spans is under way in
silver dropped so low that its pro­ various parts of the county in
duction was unprofitable. E. B. order to have all bridges in good
Crane will return as superintendent. condition before the start of tho
Usually about 251 men are employed fall rains, according to O. 8. Calli­
son, of the county bridge crew.
in the operation of the mines.
Quicksilver Mines Are
To Operate
will be the last street to receive
black top. Considerable patching
work on a number of the streets
remains, particularly the repair of
west Main. A small strip on south
Sixth street between the tracks
of the Southern Pacific and those
of the Oregon Pacific & Eastern
is yet to be finished. This strip
was overlooked in the original or­
dinance for the improvement of
the street and a special ordinance
had to be enacted.
Chestnut avenue is to be paved
MACK STENNBTT’S IDEA OF
with class A macadam. The curbs
Everybody knows of Mack Htcn
have been completed. One block nett’s bathing beauties. And every
of central Jefferson avenue is also i^.’y gives that famous movie pro
being paved with class A macadam. ducer credit for knowing a thing
or two about physical perfection in
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NEWSPAPER advertimng make, attractive womanhood.
All of which carries so much
big stores out of little ones and
keeps them from going baek to more weight to his decision that
little ones.
xx Miss Lillian Knight—the pretty
young miss in tho above photo—is
Miss
Rubber stamps. The Sentinel, x a physically perfect girl.
and
Cottage
Grove,
Eugene
An elderly gentleman of Cottage Marshfield are live cities, in the
Grove, who styles himself an “old opiniou of C. F. Kilmer, of the
rounder,’’ wants to know the Associated Industries of Oregon,
easiest way to break into the who addressed the Tuesday noon j
Oregon penitentiary, of which he luncheon of the local chamber.
has heard much favorable report. Mr. Kilmer is compiling a directory
He desires to pass his declining of Oregon products, to furnish pur j
years therein, cheered by congenial chasing agents of the coast, who
companionship and minor luxuries, i are to be asked to give Oregon
but he balks at killing anybody. products an even chance with pro­
Isn’t there another means of at» I ducts of other states, quality and
taining his heart’s desire? Alas i price considered.
we do not know. Nor is it as I He listed the three cities named
simple a matter to get into the | as the most lively he had visited
penitentiary as he appears, in his during a trip of two weeks.
fond ignorance, to believe it to be.
We would say to him that having er of Cottage Grove. The cooking,
chosen his crime and committed it, or something like that. The color
in . the presence of unimpeachable of the warden’s necktie. Or some­
witnesses, he would yet be far thing.
And there he’d be, wishing with
from his goal. He would, of course,
be ably defended, and a host of all his heart that he was back
warmhearted folks would bring again in Cottage Grove, at the
him cream cake and consolation. right hand of the cracker barrel.
Well, two courses
Much would be made of his ad­ What then?
vanced age, and there would be j would be open to him, and some
a great deal of indignation over i incline to the one while some pre­
He could either j
the bare mention of sending him j fer the other.
away to the big house, the dear, punch a hole in the wall and
fatherly old fellow. And, possibly, saunter off, or he could have a
prying about in the prisoner's sub j tulk with the parole board and
ANOTHER STEP FORWARD IN AIRCRAFT. TOWING
conscious an alienist would exult­ receive a ticket baek to the old
Developments in the handling of I shows the dirigible, “ Los Angeles,’’
home.
And
how
they
would
laugh
antly discover and proclaim an <
interesting complex. Or it would at him in Cottage Grove. What! aircraft recently have been nothing moored to the U. 8. 8. Patoka
short of marvelous.
This photo I while the ship is under way.
be revealed that at the tender j Bark so soon?
age of seven he had fallen out of a
haymow and torn his pants. Or
the jury would decide that it was ,
all right, anyhow, and that he (
HAVING JUST CLEANED UP IN A
ought to go home and milk the
REAL ESTATE DEAL, IRE LEAST
lowing kine. The long odds are
GAN DO
IS
BUT MT WIFE A
he ’<1 never realize his dream.
No, it is far from being an easy
matter to break into the peniten­
tiary these days. But even if he
managed it, is our old friend at
Cottage Grove quite certain that
he’d be contented and happy there?
He must consider that there are
some people who are not happy
in Los Angeles, curioar as that
may seem. And not every inmate
of the Oregon penitentiary is will- j
ing to forego the dubious pleasures
of fault finding. They are in truth
a finical lot. We mortals set our
hearts upon this or upon that, and
when we get it somehow the prize
is not so desirable as it appeared
to be. It might be that wav with
the penitentiary and the old ronnd-
A report that a baby had been
killed in an automobile wreck on
the highway south of hero Sunday
gained credence, but it is probable
that tho report was exaggerated.
The six weoks old baby of Mr.
and Mrs. Neil Hammon, of Wood­
ard’s camp, was injured in an ac­
cident south of Anlauf. It was
brought here to the office of Dr.
A. W. Kime, but its injuries were
found to he not serious. It was
later taken to Eugene for examina­
tion but there have been no serious
developments.
Nelson Wasn’t at Fault.
Because its informant misunder­
stood a question which had been
asked, The Sentinel erroneously
stated iu its Monday issue, in re­
ferring to an accident in which
the N. J. Nelson Willys Knight was
injured, that the accident happened
when the Nelson car attempted to
pass another on a curve. The fact
was that the car which smashed
into the Nelson car was the one
attempting to pass a second car
on a curve.
The car which hit the Nelson car
was a Star driven by Thomas C.
White, of Coquille. It was practi­
cally demolished. The several oc­
cupants sustained only minor injur
ies. In the Nelson car wore Mr.
Nelson, Mr. ami Mrs. Roy E.
Short and Mr. and Mrs. K. K.
Mills. Mr. «Short was at the wheel.
Mr. White agreed to make settle­
ment in full for damage to the
Nelson car.
Lateral Sewer Ordinances Passed.
Ordinances were enacted at the
Monday night n ’■‘■ting >«f tho coun­
cil for lateral sower districts in '
the bloc!' north of Ash avenue at
the extreme west end of the street
and in the district oast of north
Ninth street. Bids for the work
will be asked shortly.
The following bills wore audited
and alltwed:
Luger.*1 Foundry and Machine
¿umpa.iy .................................. $87.50
H. J. J< rgonson......... _.............. 19.00
C. A. B tidier.............................. 1.80
Boone Shortridge........................ 18.00
Woolworth Oregon company. .. 15.25
O. W. Blae.kmore.„..„. ........
9.75
Chestnut Transfer...................... 17.95
Malla Miller................................ 5.96
J. Larson...................................... 18.00
John Hastings.............................. 2.00
Snm Hardman.............................. 29.75
THE PHYSICALLY PERFECT
Knight won the Los Angeles beauty
contest last year and represented
that city in the Atlantic City pa-
geant. And now Mack Stennett’s
verdict gives her more laurels.
In this picture you see Eddie
Cline, movie director, taking Miss
Knight’s measurements. Ho doesn’t
seem to be a bit bashful about it,
cither.
Several Thousand to Join in Boost­
ing for Scenic Highway From
Drain to Reedsport.
Chambers of commerce and citi­
zens’ organizations of Cottage
Grove, Drain, Yoncalla, Elkton,
•Scottsburg and Reedsport will join
in a monster picnic to be held
Sunday at Scottsburg on tho pro
posed Umpqua scenic highway.
The purpose of the picnic is to
promote a movement to liavo tho
state take over anil develop the
road from Drain to Reedsport. It
is anticipated thqt 300 to 500 will
attend from hero and thut several
thousand will bo present from the
several communities.
Cars from hero will bear Cottage
Grove windshield stickers, which
may be secured from F. E. Men­
denhall, secretary of tho chamber
of commorco.
The picnic will bo an allday af
fair. Those attending will take
baskets for a mid-day meal. Coffoo
and ice cream, it has . been an
nouncod by tho con .utteo in
charge, will bo available at the pic­
nic grounds.
A program of ipeeclimaking is
being arranged nnd tho chamber
of commerce or civic organization
i t each community has been asked
to put on a special stunt. «Senator
Charles Hall, of Marshfield, will
lie one of the principal speakers.
Wallace Family Reunion Held.
A Wallace family reunion was
held Sunday near Creswell in honor
of Turner Wallace and daughter,
Mrs. Laura Pope, who are here
from Stockton, Calif. Those pres­
ent W‘>ro Mrs. Anne Sears, Mr. ami
Mrs. Ralph Sears, Mr. and Mrs.
Ves Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. John
Wallace, James Wallace, Mr. and
Mrs. D. H. Homenway, Mr. and
Mrs. George Scott and children, of
this city; Mr. ami Mrs. William
Wallace, Creswell; Frank Wooley,
Eugene; Mr. nnd Mrs. Charles
Chandler, Wendling.
Labor Demand Steady.
There wns no falling off in tho
demaml for labor Inst week, either
on the west coast or in the Inland
Empire districts, according to the
4L weekly employment letter. For­
est fire fighters have already been
released, the letter stated, but this
has brought about no unemploy­
ment, duo to tho fact that calls
Cottage Grove Leads Way.
for harvest and threshing help have
A story from Salem under a not diminished, while in sonio dis­
Snlein date line, which appeared in tricts logging activity has increased
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a recent issue of the Oregon Jour­ slightly.
nal, said that a five-pump servico
station there probably was tho only
John Dugan Injured Today.
one in the northwest.
W. L.
John Dugan, an employe of tho
Bunge, of Cottage Grove, has had W. A. Woodard Lumber company,
n five-pump station for n year. sustained painful injuries this fore­
Not only that, but ho handles five noon, when tho “nigger,’’ which
kinds of gasoline, whereas tho had been hoisted while repair work
Salem station is making use of but was being done on it, fell ami
four of its pumps. Cottage Grove struck Dugan a glancing blow on
usually leads the way.
the head and chest. Dugan’s head
was out by one of the teeth of
Wild Berries Plentiful.
the nigger.
Blackberries and huckleberries
arc being picked in large quantities
Sales books. The Sentinel.
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by outing parties from hore. Wild
blackberries are to be found every­
where nnd were little damaged by
the frost which killed so many
berries this spring. Huckleberries
uro found only in the Bohemia min
ing district. They are so plentiful
upon vines that hang over the
Wrigley, the chewing gum man,
rands that outers have gathered
h»H ox plained how he Built up ft
them without leaving their cars.
busine«« of rnillioDM of packages
a day.
Firearms Law Explained.
Ho has done it by sticking to his
In answer to inquiries as to the one line and advertising it. He
effect of the state law regarding 1 spend« over a million dollars a
the carrying of firearms in auto I year in buying newspaper «pure
mobiles, John 8. Medloy, district , Io tell the world about 5 cent
attorney, has state«l that this law j chewing gum.
He ha« educated
dm's not effect hunters ns the law ! people to cheni gum and to chew
limits the weapons that may not Im I Wrigley1«. He did not atop «hout
concealed in automobiles without ' ing ur soon a« he attracted atten
special permits to those with bar ' lion.
rels 12 inch' s or less in length.
He aayu you must keep it up or
• the buyera will forget, you. Wheth-
Society printing of every kind 1 or your« is a 5 cent or a $50,000
at your home print shop.
xx * businoN«, keep telling about it.
Advertise
Continuously
Says I Trigley
DIRIGIBLE AT SEA.
While considerable trouble was at
first encountered, it proved quite
successful.
In Dutch Again
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