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COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1925
NUMBER 98
Footprints of Pioneer Days
COSTS OF FIRE
CASCADE FOREST COT
Year-Old Daughter YOUTH IS WOUNDED BY RIRE HI
Puts Dad Out
HANDS OF »1!
INTERESTING EVENTS IN THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO LAID
STURDY FOUNDATION FOR THE PRESENT GENERATION
Acreage Burued Over Is Much Less
VOLUME XJ
Entries Exceed Those of Former Bait Put Out to Cajole Business
Away From Home Town Is
Years; Annual Dog Show
To Be Big Event.
Carefully Concealed.
Friday, Sepetmber, 25, has been
designated Cottage Grove day at
the Lane county fair to be held
in Eugene September 22 to 25.
Products from practically every
section of the county will be on
display at the exposition, which,
advance reports indicate, will be
the biggest event of its kind yet
held.
For lovers of horses the fair
will be one of the greatest events
of the year. A greater number of
entries have been received from
this county and several strings of
prize winners are coming from oth­
er parts of the state.
Exhibits of livestock by boys’
livestock clubs of the county will
be a feature.
Arnold I Collier,
county club leader, has ,1 booked a
large number of entries of sheep,
calves and hogs. More than 300
club members have been furnished
with free tickets to the fair for
the first day. Girls’ club members
will give demonstrations of baking
and canning. The winning team
of bread makers will be given a
trip to the state fair, while the
best canners will be given a free
trip to the Pacific International
Livestock show in Portland.
The first annual kennel show
sponsored by the Eugene Kennel
club will be held during the fair.
More than 300 of the finest dogs
on the Pacific coast have already
been entered.
The word * ‘ bargain ’ ’ is, some­
times, one of camouflage used by
big city concerns who are trying
to centralize the business of the
country and bring it finally to a
monopoly. They shout “bargains,
bargains, cheap, cheap,” until it
seems the words have the psycho­
logical effect of making people
think they are getting something
for nothing, when a little common
sense would show there is no
reason for supposing they can sell
an article for less than it is ordi­
narily sold on the public market.
Nor do they sell cheaper, but they
talk cheaper.
It may seem very unimportant to
some people if merchandising should
be centralized in a few of the big
cities, and the home town merchant
disappear for lack of trade. But
a glance at the local tax lists will
reveal what it would mean in
loss of taxes to the local commu­
nity, to say nothing of the loss of
improvements and the decay of
the town. But outside of all the
drawbacks to a locality from loss
of trade and the shifting of the
benefits of trade and business to
big centers, there is another and
more important fact to be consid­
ered. And that is the possibility
of a retail trust organized and con­
trolled by the mail order concerns.
All they need to cjo to control
merchandising is to get control of
33 per cent of the retail trade.
They can ihen offer inducements
to the manufacturer that will shut
out the marketing of their goods
except through the monopoly.
So that is another strong point
in favor of patronizing home stores.
If you send your money out of
town you not only deprive your­
self and your community of fur-
’her use of your money, but you
aid in the establishment of a retail
monopoly that can and will fix the
price of goods once they get con­
trol.
Read in The Sentinel today the
«e rie» of home trade advertise-
monts of the business men of
Cottage Grove who Are awake to
the dangers of this situation and
wish to call the attention of the
people to it by friendly discussion
problems through the pages
of
paper.
of
County Treasurer Resigns.
Miss Edna Ward, Lane county
treasurer for the past seven years,
Thursday tendered her resignation
to the county court, to take effect
October 1. Miss Ward was first
elected on the Republican ticket
in 1918 and was re elected in 1920
and 1924.
The county court will make an
appointment to fill the vacancy,
but no announcement has been
made yet who her successor will be.
Members of the court complimented
Miss Ward on the excellence of
her work during her occupancy of
the office.
Thieves Enter Warehouse.
Thieves entered the warehouse of
Godard & Randall on north Lane
street some time Friday night and
made their esenpe with a large
tire from one of the firm’s trucks.
Entrance was gained either through
a rear door or an opening near the
roof. The rear door was found
open Saturday morning when the
theft was discovered, One of the
rear wheels of the truck had been
jacked up and the tire removed.
Nothing else was taken, Mr. Ran-
dull said.
State to Collect Fines.
Violators of fish and game
in Lane county owe the state $425
in fines assessed but never collect-
ed and an effort will be made soon
by ■ tho state commission to enforce
payment, Five hundred separate
cases are listed in the state, the
total fines being $15.542. The fines
cover a period of five years. One
half the amount collected will go to
the state game fund and half to
the county in which the fine was
levied.
What have you to place before
the 10,000 eyes that read each issue
of The Sentinel! NEWSPAPER
advertising makes big stores out
of little ones.
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Passing the Buck,
The evening lesson was from
the book of Job and the minister
had just read, “Yea, the light of
the wicked shall be put out.”
When immediately the church was
in total darkness.
“Brethren,” said the minister
with scarcely a moment’s pause,
"in view of the sudden and start­
ling fulfillment of this prophecy,
we will spend a few minutes in
silent prayer for the electric light­
ing company.”—Boston Transcript.
Pleasures of Golf
(Telephone Review)
Plant Superintendent—“Why did
you persuade Uncle Tom to take
up golf! Now he’ll live forever.”
Plant Superintendent’s Brother
—“Don’t you believe it—he’ll
swear himself into apoplexy.”
A Mere Cipher
“A proverb says ‘Add naught to
the truth.’ ”
“I suspect that is what those
movie stars do when they are tell­
ing what salaries they get—$500
Tran-
become $5,000. ’ ’—Boston
script.
In Lighter Vein
A hardened motorist ran down a |
pedestrian.
“Hey,” he shouted, “while
I you ’re under there, take a look at I
I tny brake rods.
Bookkeeping charge of 25c on
all accounts under $1. The Sen-
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tinel.
Than in 1924; Saving Also
IT JUST HAPPENED SO.
of the walk and on the other, mud
By Jay Bee.
and water. Coming from the op­
V.
posite direction was a young lady.
(Continued from Monday.)
She met, or was about to pass
Some few months passed unevent­ the logger on the walk in tho
fully to any of the characters ‘ middle of the block when that
herein.
Big Mel continued his husky barred her way and would
games in the Miners’ Exchange not permit her to pass.
and he w^is seldom seen on the
Tiny Freeman was a dainty little
streets in the day time, but the trick of the female type, but she
friendship between him and yours had no fear of men ordinarily.
truly grew apace and I often vis­ She had lived all her young life
ited his place even when I did not in a timber or lumber country—
take part in any of the games. was accustomed to seeing the rough
Little by little I lenrned much of characters of the towns in which
his boyhood days and the life he she lived, though hor life, until
had led after leaving home. As a recently, hail been sheltered by a
boy he was largo for his age, refined home ami cultured environ­
developed into manhood’s estate ment. The only child of a mother
long before he reached 21 and who had been widowed when Tiny
was a ** rolling stone” early in was quite young, the mother had
life. At 16 he could
.
do a man’s exhausted her last resource in giv­
work and did do - so in the various ing her daughter the best advan-
logging camps throughout the tages of schools and social and
country where he s received a man’s religious training, and then passed
wages, took his drink in a man- on, leaving the girl without a
sized glass; venturesome to a de­ living near relative so far as
gree and easily picked up the known. Her training and education,
ways of the class of men he asso­ included a short course in a busi­
ciated with, and soon found hi« ness college, had prepared her at
judgment and dexterity in handling 18 to assume the responsibilities
a pack of cards in a poker game of making her own way in the
to be far above the average logger, world.
whose leisure hours in camp wore
As stenographer and general of­
passed in card games by the light fice helper in one of the biggest
of oil lamps. Becoming an adept merchandise stores in town, she
along this line he frequently ac- had more or less dealings with all
cepted hard work in logging camps classes of the store customers. Of
merely as a blind that he might a vivacious nature, quick witted,
play in games in which he was with a friendly disposition
sure to win sooner or later. Occas­ along with her trim little figure,
ional trips to the larger towns a mass of dark hair and steel blue
gave him opportunity for a wider eyes, she easily found the friendly
view of life, as well as a chance side of those who came to know
to separate himself from a good her. On no occasion had she over
part of his bank roll.
had to face the familiarity or rude­
He gave me graphic accounts ness of any man, and when tho
and details of many rough and drunken logger barrod her way,
tumble fights he had engaged in, she at first laughed and thought
in which no great damage had of no possible harm, as she sup­
been done and he managed to posed the man mistakenly thought
keep out of jail except in one he knew her, but when he persisted
in preventing her from going on
instance.
Cow creek canyon, south of her way, and reiterating the as­
Roseburg, was at one time the fa- sertion: “Must have just one little
vorite location for train holdups, kiss,” the giri became alarmed
and it so happened that Big Mel and looked around as if in search
and his buddy were so placed that of help or of someone she knew.
suspicion fell on them after one
Big Mel had seen the logger go
of these periodical episodes. They down rhe sidewalk and his atten­
wore arrested, thrown in jail, in tion was riveted on him when
separate departments, and kept ho first detained the young lady,
incommunicado for several days, but hut it took some moments for him
the job could not be fastened on to realize that the fellow was an­
them and they were finally re­ noying the girl. When he did sense
leased.
the situation he did not take the
There was nothing in Big Mel’s time necessary to make the trip
make-up that indicated a criminal by way of the plank crossing,
nature or disposition and I am which would have been the long
positive that he had nothing to route, He dashed off the sidewalk
do with any Cow creek canyon into the mud and water, regardless
business of any kind.
of shoes and clothing and splashed
When he blew into Cottage his way to the opposite side of
Grove in the garb he was wearing the street.
when I first met him, it was not
The logger was intent on his
the first time that he had adopted purpose and did not see Big Mel
the same means of leading tin when he leaped to the sidewalk
horn gamblers to think him an within a few feet of the pair.
easy mark, but it was the first Without taking time to balance
time he had remained for any himself he swung on tho logger’s
length of time in any town which neck just back of the ear. The
he had so visited, Things were blow had just enough force to
just happening at this period of straighten the giant to his full
his life and, under the conditions height and to somewhat sober his
that existed in such towns in those befuddled brain. In feeling the
days it would not be hard to class blow the logger forgot the girl
him as one of its business men, and all else except that he was
as the places were legalized by facing the man who had slugged
license, and I do know that Big him. With a battle look in his
Mel conducted square games and eyes and a roar that sounded bis
permitted no crooked work by any purpose he plunged for Big Me.»,
of his employees or patrons, The but he only fanned the air with
“take-off’ was sufficient profit a fiat that looked the size of a pic­
for his purposes.
nic ham.
Things were going along nicely
Big Mel knew his kind ami his
for some time with no sign of style of fighting. When the big
a storm in sight, when—
fist of the giant logger reached
Standing on the street one day its destination, Big Mel had moved
in conversation with a friend, Big just enough to give it right of way
Mel was facing the opposite aide J through space, and nicely timing
of the street and had seen a Mg, i a left uppercut he rocked the log-
husky logger stagger from one cor- I ger once again to an upright po-
ner to another and on down the Hition, then swung with his right
plank sidewalk until he reached and landed a blow that would or-
about the middle of the block, on dinanly put an ox on the ground,
which there were but a couple of I mt the logger bowed his neck,
frame store buildings. The bal- lowered his head and made a dive
anee of the block was vacant, I for Big Mel with the intention of
with weeds and grass on one side grappling with him, but the quicker
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Made in Siuslaw District.
Elbert Bede, unscarred veteran
of many editorial battles, was kept
busy Friday and Saturday explain­
ing why he was carrying his right
eye in a sling. His explanation
was that he was playing with his
14-month-old daughter, who was
having a rollicking time brushing
the kinks out of the flowing hir­
suto adornment that tops the edi­
torial pate, when tho little one
jabbed the brush into tho editorial
eye, tho bristles scratching the
eyeball. As the editor is able
to see only half as much as usual
of the things about which ho likes
to editorialize, it is probable that
for an issue or two tho editorial
columns of The Sentinel will con
tain only half as much as usual.
Cost of fire fighting this year
in the Cascado national forest
was 320 per cent lower than last
year, according to a report of
Supervisor N. F. Macduff, the
figures for 1925 up to September
10 being $2,868.24, against $11,-
855.10 for 1924. Fire fighting in
the Siuslaw national forest this
year cost $1,859.16, against $1,-
992.59 for last year.
Fires in the Cascade forest de-
creased from 66 to 30. Fires to
September 11 are listed as fol­
lows: Lightning, 6; smokers, 3;
camp fires, 14; brush burning, 1;
lumbering, 1; incendiary, 4. There
were 13 law enforcement cases
and 15 convictions or settlements
out of court.
Acreage burned
was reduced from 2649 acre:. to
302 acres.
Trip Designed to Advertise Fair
Fi
Fires in the Siuslaw forest this
In Cottage Grove; Lions Club
year were ! 26, while last year there
To Be Host at Lunch.
were 33. There were 21 law en­
foreoment cases
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and convictions or
settlements i were obtained in 20.
A caravan of 10 or 15 automo­
Fires in the Siuslaw forest this biles, carrying business men of Eu­
year were all man caused.
gene, will arrive here Thursday for
an inter-city luncheon with the
Lions club, it was announced this
Jewel of Consistency.
A woman witness in a case was morning by Loe W. Peters, prosi-
dont of the local club. The purposo
asked by the judge:
of the trip, which is sponsored by
“What, is your age!”
“Thirty,” she answered without tho fair committee of the Eugeno
chamber of commerce, is to adver­
hesitation.
“Thirty,” tho judge exclaimed, tise the county fair.
t i
Efforts are being made in Eu-
why, that’s what you told me ten
years ago when you were a witness gene to secure a band to accom-
pany the delegation and various
on nnother case,”
“Yes,” she replied, “I’m not service clubs of that city will be
one of those persons who says one askod to send representatives, Tho
thing ono day and another the meeting is primarily desighed to se­
cure cooperation of Cottage Grove
next.”
in boosting for tho fair and also
to bring the two cities into closer
Better Late Than Never
relationship.
(Continent)
The Eugene pnrty will include:
American Visitor—‘ ‘ Why don’t
they show a comedy instead of E. B. Parks, mnyor; Frank L.
Chambers, president of the chamber
this scenic! 19
of commerce; E. TJ. Loo, head of
English Host—“Oh, they never tho fair board; Paul R. Kelty,
show comedies at the cinema in editor of tho Eugeno Guard, and
England
on
Saturday
night. Frank Jenkins, editor of the Morn­
They’re afraid they’ll cause laugh­
ing Register.
ter in the churches.’’
action of the gambter avoided tho
contact and the logger was unable
to stay his momentum. He came
to a stop on his hands and knees
among the weeds and grass just
off tho sidewalk on tho vacunt
lot.
There were very few people on
the street at tho time and no
ono had come near to where tho
battle was raging.
Regaining his feet the lumber­
jack stepped up on tho sidewalk
and again assumed a belligerent
attitude, but before ho could re­
sume the fight Big Mel had said
to himself, with a grin: “Guess
I’ll have to put this fellow to
sleep, or ho may get hold of me
with those grappling hooks hanging
to his shoulders and squeeze the
wind out of me.”
With slow motions the logger
again advanced to the attack.
Big Mel was on the alert, and
bracing himself to keep his balance
and to put the last ounce of force
to his blow, he jarred tho man
witli a left, then stood on his tip
toes and poked over a right that
caught the fellow on the point of
t*>0 chin with such force that the
logger lost consciousness and crum­
pled up like a wet dishrag.
A h ho sank to the sidewalk Big
Mel stepped up and in a moment
more he would have been kicking
the fellow, but ho felt a timid
touch on the arm and heard a quiv-
ering voice say: “Please, Mr. Met
son, the poor follow is out.”
Coming, na it did, from Tiny
Freeman, the appeal had its effect
and Big Me) walked to the next
corner with the girl, raised hin
hat and crossed over to the other
side of the street just as the
constable arrived to assist the
logger to his feet.
(To be concluded next Monday.)
Trim
Chester Braswell Shot in Head By
Jennings Booker; Condition
Thought Serious.
Chester Braswell, 13, was wound­
ed, probably fatally, today about
12 o’clock, when he was shot in
the head by a bullet from a 22
caliber rifle in the hands of Jen­
nings Booker, a playmate. The
bullet entered the head between
and slightly above the eyes. At­
tending physicians said it probably
had penetratod tho skull. Local
physicians were called immediately
and after administering first aid
treatment ordered the lad to a
hospital.
The Brastvoll and Booker boys
were playing with a boy named
Gover, near tho residence of tho
Gov er boy’s grandmother, Mrs.
D. J. Gover, in the south part of
the city They had been firing at
a target when tho Braswell boy
called to Booker, who had the gun,
asking him not to fire any more.
The Gover lad grasped the gun
from behind Booker’s back and ns
tho muzzle of tho gun was raised
it was discharged, the bullot strik­
ing Braswell at a rango of about
five paces.
When physicians arrived tho
woundod lad was unconscious and
in convulsions. Ho was taken to
a Eugeno hospital in the Mills
ambulance.
Tho doctors stated
there was slight hope that the
skull had deflected tho bullet.
Tho wounded boy is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Loo Braswell. His
mother accompanied him to Eugeno.
Deputy Sheriff Greon Pitcher,
immediately following tho shooting,
took the gun which the boys wore
using and one belonging to tho
Gover lad. Ho stated he hnd re­
peatedly warnod tho boys and
other youths about firing rifles
insiilo tho city. Accidents have
boon .narrowly averted in one or
two cases before, ho said.
Brief Illness Fatal.
George H. Crawford Jr., six-
month-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
George H. Crawford, died Thursday
night in a Eugeno hospital of
laryngeal diphtheria after an ill­
ness of 26 hours.
Funoral services were held Hat-
urday from the Milla chapel, I’as-
tor Chester Smith of tho Freo
Methodist church preached the
sermon and interment was in tho
Masonic cemetery.
“For heaven’s sake!” ojaculated
a hypercritical tourist in tho Slip
pery Slap neighborhood, ‘ ‘ why
don’t you wash your windows!
You could see”-----
“Aw well,” replied Ogg Onken,
a well-known bachelor of the re­
gion, I’ve seen everything, any When You Take Children Along
how. ’ ’
“What was the name of the last
station wo stopped at, mother!’’
First with Cottnge Grove nows—
“I don’t know. Bo quiot. I’m
The Sentinel.
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“It’s a pity you don’t know tho
BILL BOOSTER SAYS name, mother, because little Oscar
got out of tho train there!”—
Kospcr (Stockholm).
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She Was Observant.
Tramp—“Madam, I was not
always thus.”
Housewife-—“No; it was your
other arm you had in a sling last
week.”—Brisbane, Australia, Mail.
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