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GOVERNOR PIERCE TAKES US
TO TAS jx .
State of Oregon, Executive De
partment, Salem, September 24.—
(Io tne Editor.)—My attention has
been ealled to an article in your
Just Campaign
paper, entitled “
‘
~
Hunk. ”
i am enclosing a statement which
shows that we 1 have made real
progress in reducing taxes, From
this table you will note ihat in
4922, when 1 commenced my cam
paign for lower state taxes, Laue
county contributed in that year the
sum of $373,260.70; in 1923 its
share was $354,348.36; in 1924 the
amount was $302,860.52; in 1925
it is $307,705.24. 1 believe simple
arithmetic shows a saving to Lane
county taxpayers from J.922 to 1925
of $63,555.46.
The attached statement shows
that every county in the state has
had a reduction, some more than
others, on account of the effort of
the state tax commission to secure
a more equitable county ratio.
We have had a real reduction
in state taxes, owing to savings
made and the redistribution of the
burden. (The bold face type in
above was put there by The Sen
tinel, for reasons that will appear
in our reply.)
I notice that you repeat the false
statement that has so many times
been printed that in 1922 I said
that taxes could be cut in halt.
I never said that. Purely news
paper fabrication. I did say—and
1 now repeat—that half of the
burden of taxes can be carried by
those owning intangible property,
those who are far better able to
bear the burden and are now al
most entirely escaping.
And I
did say recently ■ that we could
not reduce very much further be
cause schools must be kept up and
government is costly.
What I am pleading for now is
what I have ever kept foremost:
Equal distribution of the burdefi of
taxation. Had the income tax been
allowed to stay on the statute
liooks we would have three million
dollars less property tax this year
than we now have. It would have
hurt no one. It would have helped
many. But by propaganda, most
of it false, tlie people were induced
to repeal this tax, thereby increas
ing the burden on the farms and
homes.
Undoubtedly, you have on your
desk a copy of the “Common
wealth Review of the University
of Oregon” for the month of July,
1923. On page 131 of this issue
ind a summary of the
you will find
situation as it affects the schools
Ôur schools are
of our state.
- money, If the
going to cost more
present system is continued
---- of
raising practically all revenue from
real property, tne value of that
propertv will disappear.
I sincerely wish you would give
this question the study which it
deserves.
I feel that unbiased
and impartial teflection will lead
you to advocate reaching into the
long avenues of resources that at
present are untouched and which
will enable us to afford some re
lief to those struggling property
owners who have borne the burden
so long.
My political fortunes of the fu
ture mean hut little when com
pared with the great question of
saving the property owner of Ore
gon from ruin through the present
unjust system. The question is
bigger than any man or any party
ano well deserves serious study
by thoughtful men.
WALTER M. PIERCE,
Governor.
Our friend, the governor, errs
when he commits himself to paper.
Upon the hustings he has things
to himself, and what ho save verb
ally he can deny having said, er
can sav the papers misquoted him.
When, with tears in his voice, he
takes the stand to ululate about
the downtrodden taxpayer, and
promises to cut the liver out of
taxes, ho is invincible. The crowds
yell and go to the polls and vote
for him. Later, when called upon
to account for doing so little
for the downtrodden taxpayer, he
can say that he didn’t say it.
But when he commits his
thoughts to paper it is different,
♦ hen he shows his inability to ana
lyze a situation and his proclivity
for using high sounding words and
phrases without regard to whether
his statements are capable of be
ing defended.
As an example to show the trend
of the governor’s mind:
The editorial which he does us
the honor to refer to was not en
titled “Just Campaign Bunk.” If
he can’t correctly quote words that
are before him in print, what can
be exported when he gets to hand
ling taxntion figures! Tho edi
torial referred to was headed,
“Pierce and Sentinel Agree.”
A second example, quoting from
the second paragraph of his letter
printed herewith:
“Everv county in the state has
had a reduction on account of the
efforts of the state tax commission
to secure a more equitable county
rat™. ”
Those are the governor's own
words. Could anything be more
ridiculous! The total amount of
taxes con be in no way reduced
bv a more equitable county ratio.
All that can be gained by the
equitable ratio referred to is to
require each countv to pav its
just share. If taxes are reduced
in one »-aunty through readjustment
of ratios, then some other county
must pav more.
ALL counties
couldn’t enjoy reduced taxes. That
is as simple as that two and two
make four.
If this is a fair sample of the
application that the governor gives
to his studv of taxation, what
hope is there that we shall ever
get anywhere.
The governor disputes that he
said he would eni
—* * taxes
----- in two.
___ time to make such
Now is a «rood
it was
a denial. Although --
---- -- repeat-
edlv raid bv the newspapers dur
ing the campaign that he w bv
implication at least. making such
a promise, he did not nt that time
make a denial no far as we revol
leet. He gave a great majority
(Continued on page 2.)
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COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY. OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1925
VOLUME XXXV
MAIL ORDER PRICE MET
AND BEATEN
Local Firm Gives Something Bet-
ter at Lower Price.
At least one Cottage Grove firm
believes in beating mail order oom-
petition by meeting it and then
going it a few dollars better.
Long & Cruson call attention to
the fact that they sell a battery
that is in every way the equal of
a mail order battery at a price
that is considerably less. Here are
their figures:
Mail order battery:
..$11.82
Six volt battery....
.12
Money order fee...
.02
Postage stamp___
1.00
Express charge....
.50
Installaton ______
Total cost...............
$13.46
No charge is made for a wait of
a week for delivery nor for battery
service after installation.
This firm sells a six-volt battery
at $10.50, or $2.96 less than the
total mail order cost, and the
money stays here for paying taxes
and for helping in the upbuilding
of a community, where farmers can
sell ther produce.
Contractors Estimate Three Weeks
To Finish Work; Crew of 15
Men Making Progress.
Work on the city’s new million
gallon reservoir to the point where
water can be turned in probably
will bo completed in three wfeks,
Godard & Randall, contractors,
stated Saturday. The actual time
will depend on the promptness
with which material arrives and
upon weather conditions.
Approximately half the concrete
lining of the sides and bottom of
the pool has been laid. For the
past several days workmen have
been laying from 120 to 140 square
yards of concrete a day. The crew
numbers about 15 men.
The reservoir, which is square
with rounded corners, is 130 feet
Road to Cost $800,000.
Approximately $800,000 will bo
required to macadamize the Wil
lamette highway between Lowell
and Oakridge, according to figures
presented to the county court Tues
day. The figures include construc
tion of a bridge over the river near
Oakridge.
Federal, state and
county officials will attend the
next meeting of the state highway
commission to outline a program
for work on tho road. The county
will sell $256,006 in bonds as its
share of the cost of construction.
Preliminary work may be started
this fall.
across the top and 65 feet across
the bottom. Depth is approximate
ly 20 feet. The contractors ex
cavated 2900 cubic yards of dirt
from the side of the hill in pre
paring the hole. Estimated cost
of tho project was $20,000, although
the contractor’s bid was below this
figure.
The reservoir will be open, but
will be protected by a fence, It
is within a stone’s throw of the
old reservoir, which holds 100,000
gallons. Both will be used.
Practically all the pipe has been
laid from the new reservoir down
the hill to a point where a con
nection will be made with tile
main now in use.
Juvenile books were popular
among patrons of the Cottage
Grove library last month, the re
port of Mrs. William Baker, librar
ian, showing a total of 156 books
of this class loaned. Fiction books
loaned were 567 and non fiction
34, New cards were issued to 14
readers and notices were sent out
to 11. Money received totalled
$7.39. Books rebound were 107.
Institute Dates Set.
A Lane county teachers’ insti-
tute will be held in Eugene
November 12 and 13, it has been
announced by E. J. Moore, county
school superintendent, The state
legislature abolished county insti
tutes more than two years ago, but
reestablished them the first of
this year. J. A. Churchill, state
superintendent of schools, will be
one of the speakers.
Dried prunes, should have 18 to
20 per cent moisture on coming
from the new O. A. C. type re-
eirculatian drier. Trait dried in
this way feels more moist to the
touch than when dried the old
way. Keeping exact time on a
“batch’’ that is just right' will
afford a reliable index on time of
drying.
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GRADUATES HOLD HIGH
SCHOOL TO TIE
Young Players Unable to Score
Against Alumni Eleven.
Tenets Tihat All Ought to Practice
To Gain Prosperity Are Out-,
lined by Business Men.
Teachers’ Reception Tonight.
THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY.
From port to port, across the take him in. England won’t have
ocean and back again—nobody him. Neither will Russia or the
wants him. Such is the life of this United States, where once he lived,
man without a country—Samuel
Where ho’ll wind up eventually
Daushersky—pictured above.
he does not know. But the White
As a Russian stowaway violating
Star Line officials would like to
the immigration laws of the various
nations ho set out to reach, this know, for they have to provide
man has already traveled 17,500 him with second class accommoda
miles on White Star Line boats tions free while he is aboard their
Radio Reaches Far.
A Eugene man w-as credited with trying to find a country that would ships.
establishing a record in radio cir
cles of that city when he heard a
New Orleans concert Thursday
night over a three tube set of his
manufacture.
A Cottage Grove
youth, John Clark, listened in on
the concert from the same station
iWfff
that night, using a two tube set
Those
were
great
old days, I tell you
which he had constructed. Young
Clark used a loud speaker and re
An’ I’d like to go again
ported the reception was good.
To a sizzlin'-hot old ball game
Juvenile Books Loaned.
NUMBER 104
A “Civic Creed’’ for all who
live in Cottage Grove hag been
sounded by our loeal business and
professional interests. And acting
in unison and in all sincerity, they
are broadcasting that creed. Not
from the house top or on the street
corners but through a better me
dium—this newspaper. Just turn
to page 4 of this issue and give
Monroe to Open Studio.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Monroe have faithful attention to the forcefully
returned from Drain and Mr. stated sentiments printed there.
After reading the creed, give
Monroe will soon open a photo
graphic studio at his old location , thought to each of the half dozen
on north Sixth street. Mrs. E. B. clauses. They’ll kindle in you anew
Dodd, who conducted a cle tiling tho hapincss you get out of living
establishment in the building, has in Cottage Grove and tho desire
closed the business and moved out. I to do all in your power to make it
even greater community. And,
tho creed reminds you, to shir«
civic responsibilities that will
promote general welfare for your-
stlf and your neighbor.
Memorize that creed—or, its
essential points! The sooner wo
all do that, over remembering what
we owe and what we can do for
Cottage Grove the better conditions
here will bo for all concerned. In
Happiness!
Contentment!
Pros-
perity! Progress!
This concludes the series of com-
munity booster editorials flint, local
business men have boon running
for a year.
Lodge Officials Visit.
B. G. Henderson, of Chemawa,
grand chief patriarch, Herbert E.
Walker, of Eugene, grand high
priest, Henry Young of Hermiston,
grand master, and L. L. Baker of
Eugene, grand conductor, paid an
official visit to the local I. O. O. F.
lodge Thursday night. A program
was given and the visitors made
addresses. Women of the Rebekah
lodge served a chicken dinner at
the close of the program.
Like we ’»sed to have ’em then.
1 can see Chet Walborn pitchin’.
And there’s Walt behind the bat—
Gosh, it scares those poor dubs loony
When Chet steams ’em In like that!
I can see Jim Kibble sprintin’
'Round them bases like a streak.
See, the crowd has gone plumb crazy
Watch that Ward boy try to sneak
In from third—Come on!—He made it!
Well, I guess that baby’s there!
Look! Oh man, can’t old Doc Watson
Slam that apple thru the air!
Yes, those roarin’ home-town ball games
Mean a lot to me today,
An’ I still am tellin’ people
How that Granville team could play.
Folks, I wouldn’t take a million
For the happiness I find
When some boyhood recollection
Brings them good old days to mind.
Biff Business
Uses
Newspaper
Advertising
Parents of school children will
have an opportunity to meet the
new teachers in tho city schools
tonight at tho annual teachers’ re
ception. A special effort is being
made by those sponsoring the af
fair to get as many patrons as
possible to attend, ns the real pur
pose of the reception is to get
parents and teachers acquainted at
the beginning of the school year.
The reception, which will be held
in tho gymnasium, will bo at 8
o ’clock, A program hag been ar
ranged.
“Uncle Jim” Whitford Honored.
“Unclo Jm” Whitford, of the
Masonic home, Forest Grovo, who
was a visitor here several days last
week, wras a guest .of honor Friday
night at a -special meeting of tho
local Masonic lodge, of which ho
is a member. Uncle Jim will bo
98 years of age October 10 and
the meeting was especially for
older members and older visiting
brethren. John Metcalf acted as
toastmaster ad. the banquet which
followed tho meeting.
Woodson Brothers Add Equipment.
A quantity of new office equip
ment has been added by Woodson
Brothers, including a 24-foot steel
display case ami 17 additional steel
bins for Ford parts. The office
room has been rearranged and re
painted and space has been made
for display of one of the new
model Ford cars. Woodson Broth
ers probably have the best equipped
storage and show room of any Ford
dealer south of Portland.
Team Gets New Sults.
Now suits, purchased with money
subscribed by business men of the
city, were presented to the foot-
ball squad of Cottage Grovo high
Thursday. Mayor G. O. Knowles
made the preeentaton at the weekly
assombly. Cottage Grovo merchants
have been generous in their sup-
port of high school athletic» and
will close their stores the after-
noon qf October 10 when the local
gridsters meet the Eugene eleven.
New Meat Market Opens.
Bartels’ market, William Bartels,
proprietor, was opened Saturday
in the former City merit market
stand, All the fixtures are now
and the building has been renovat-
ed and repainted, making the in
terior inviting and attractive.
Rubber stamps. The Sentinel,
The alumni eleven held the high
school team to a scoreless tie Sat-
urday afternoon in the first local
football game of the season, The
game was slow, due to the early
season condition pt' the school play
ers, who have not hit their stride.
The school backfield men all car
ried the ball for yardage but were
unablo to advance consistently. The
line workod well, but was not
united in its action.
Morelock, Skilling and Cochran
made most yardage for the gradu
ates, while Charles Spray at end
and Cochran backing up the line
were strongest. Skilling and Coch
ran are both out of the freshmen
team at the U. of O. this year.
Cottage Grovo high will meet
Eugene on the local field Friday.
The field will be officially dedi
cated and merchants will close
their stores for the game, A large
delegation from Eugene will be
here, it is expected.
COUNTY AGENT IS BUSY
IN SEPTEMBER
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lieport Shows Activities of Official
Are Many and Varied.
C. Bullettin Tells Fanners
How to Build Device to De
stroy Smut Germs i-i Grain.
Oregon wheat growers may make
their own machine for dusting seed
wheat with copper carbonate for
smut, by sending to O. A. C. for
extension bulletin 381.
Dusting
has proved much better that the
w et method under Oregon condi- -
tions, and tho dust needs to be put
on more thoroughly than can bo
done by shoveling over the dust
and grain.
Tho machine described by the
college bulletin is made out of a
50-gallon oil drum or barrel, obtain
able at a nearby garage or oil
station, with six feet of water
pipa and a few screws, pieces of
wood, washers and the like. A
farmer with a farm tool house or
shop can readily make it all, while
any handy man can put it all to-
gather by cutting threads for el
bows on tho pipa, whic he can
get done at tho time La ordors
tho pipe.
Two bushels of grain can be
treated at a time in a machine
made from a 50-gallon drum.
Treated in this way the seed grain
may bo used immediately, or stored
any length of time till weather or
labor conditions make seeding feas-
able. No grain is injured, it ger
minates and grows as well as
untreated grain, and no more need
bo planted than is needed to make
the crop. In liquid treatment that
swells the grains and often dam
ages tho germs, the rato of seed
ing has to be greater than is need
ed for •#a good stand where all the
up.
seeds come
<
The dust must be made to cover
every part of the grain with ade-
quote 1 protoction, which means that
the dust must Im of tho right
quality and kind, and in the finest
form. Only two ounces of copper
carbonate dust are noeded to each
bushel of seed, The dust is in.jur-
ious to tho lungs and should not
be breathed.
With tho colloge type of ma-
chine, from 15 to 40 bushels of
seed may bo treated in an hour.
The duties of the county agent
nro many and varied and each
month his activities make an in
teresting record for those interest
ed in this branch of work. The
September report of County Agent
(>. 8. Fletcher shows:
Received 240 office calls and 34
telephon ■ calls in regard to farm
problems.
Wrote 94 individual letters.
Mailed 145 copies of four circular
letors.
Visited 10 fanny.
Traveled 1037 miles by auto
mobile and 412 miles by train.
Specialists from Oregon Agricul
tural college cooperated a total
of 18 days with the county agent.
The county agent or cooperating
specialists spoke at 20 meetings
with a total attendance of 256.
Number of days devoted to va
rious projects was as follows:
Farm crops, six; rural engineer
ing (mostly on pyro.tol orders), six;
rodcsit control, 4.5; soils, 3.5; com
munity activities (mostly work at
Black Sand Assays High.
fairs), three; dairy husbandry, one.
Dalo Owens, who has several
Two days wore devoted to miscel
laneous projects w(pc.h required less claims on the Steamboat, in the
than one day each.
Bohemia district, has reooived
assays running as high as $800 the
ton in gold and other metals on
Miller Funeral Held.
black sand taken from tho ban
Elmer M. Miller, who died in a
of the river and he believes that
Eugene hospital last Monday from
typhoid fever, was buried Friday operations there should prove prof-
with military honors. He was a itablo. Several large hauls have
been made there in years i past.
member of Company D, 186th in
Thoro are no roads into the Steam
fantry, and his formor comrades
boat country but Owens caa get
formed a guard of honor at the
tho sand packed out and delivered
services. Interment was in tho
A. F. A A. M. I. O. O. F. cemetery. at the railway for not over $50 the
ton, so that dirt running no higher
Funeral services were conducted
at 2:80 from the Mills chapel. than $200 the ton could bo profit
ably handled.
Pastor Dunean P. Cameron offi-
eia ted.
Drivers Are Warned.
Elmer Miller was born April 5,
No mare warning slips «-ill be
1905, near Cottage Grove and
moved with his parents to Alberta, given to motorists who have failed
Canada, in 191(1, returning here in to comply with the new headlight
1923.
Ho had made his home law U'l state traffic officers will
since that time with his aunt, Mrs. begin making arrests for violations.
T. Richardson. He is survived by E. H. Lister, officer for this dis
his father and mother, Mr. and triet, issued the warning Saturday
Mrs. Eugene Miller, a sister, Grace, from Eugene, stating that tasting
stations wire able now to adjust
and a brother, Frank.
lights promjAly and negligent driv
ers could offer no reasonable ex-
Grand Jury Convenes.
euse tor failure to aiiservo the law.
More than 25 cases are on the
list to bo taken up by the Lane Scorpion Discnaael in Minneapolis.
county grand jury which convened
The recent, discussion between
this forenoon. Thrty-four persons The Heat)riel and The Oregonian
are now confined in the
tho county upon the pedigree of the scarpion
jail, A large number of these were! attracted attention as far oast as
bound over to appear before the , Minnesota. The Minneapolis Jour
grand jury.
nal reeently featured an editorial
that was a part of the discussion.
Advertising Did It.
Advertising was responsible for
the increased attendance at thu
Lane county fair this year, accord
ing to Kelly C. Branstetter, secro
tary. More money than ever be
fore wns spent in advertising and
x tho attendance was in proportion.
Snodgrass Sings for K. G. W.
Frankie Snodgrass, of this city,
was one of the vocal entertfaneni
for The Oregonian ’» K. G. W.
station one night last weok. *adio
fans reported that tho local lad's
singing came in fine.
Clear Enuf
THE FEATHERHEADS
OH, MR. FEATHERHEAD.
HOW CAN I EVER
THANK YOU FOR SAVING
me from that burn
ing B uilding /
THE IDEA /-LETTING THAT «WOMAN
WELL, WHAT ft»
MUG YOU f WHY DIDN’T YOU TfcLL 1 COULD L DO?
HER IT NA5 SIGNOR UNTERSEE,
NOT YgU /WHO CARRIED HER
OUT ? — TE9TERDAY YOU UN
LOCKED H£R DOOR FOR HER—
T he day BEFORE
Y3U PICKED UP
HER HANDKER
CHIEF —
'W hat '5 T he
IDEA ?
S he '9 A rtfr-
fktly nice
woman , and t
D on ' t want to
hurt amt
a N W*N'!
FEEBNGi