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COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON. MONDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1925
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Store Sells Goods It
Excavation Reveals
FOOTPRINTS OF PIONEER DAYS
Didn't Know Here
. "Oil Shale"-
Interesting Events in the Lives
Advertised
Ellis Williams Is Shot Twice
While Attempting To
Avoid Arrest.
Melvin Coyle and Bob Husted
Taken After Fight On
Mosby Creek Road.
8. L. Godard likes to have his
little joke. He especially enjoys
the joke if he can get it on the
editor of The Sentinel.
He is
superintending the digging of a
basement for the newspaper man
and he hurried to the editorial
office the other day with a sample
of what he declared to be oil shale I
which had been dug in making the
excavation for the editorial home.
He wanted to know whether the
editor would prefer to have an oil
derrick erected.
The latter decided, however, that ■
Godard knows a whole lot less !
about oil shale than he does about
digging basements and reservoirs
and that the “shale” was really I
nothing but doby.
I
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Guns and fists played a promi
nent part in the capture Friday
afternoon on Row river about two 1
miles cast of the city of Melvin
Coyle and bob Husted, alleged i
bootleggers,
Ellis Williams, coni-
panions of Coyle and Husted
temporarily escaped by wading the j
river, after being twice wounded
by bullets from the guns of the
arresting officers. Williams later Cooperation of Business Men Con
sought medical attention here and
tributes to tile Upbuilding
was sent to a Eugene hospital.
Of Our Community.
His wounds, in the wrist and hip,
were thought not to be serious.
The officers, Deputy Sheriff
The ambition of every merchant
McFarland, _ of this city, and in Cottage Grove is to make this
two deputies from the sheriff’s city the best along the line.
office, intercepted Coyle, Husted
This may be a selfish object on
and Williams at the Elks picnic his part, but the fact remains that
grounds on Row river, about three he can prosper only if the city
miles southeast of Cottage Grove. thrives, for it is obvious that little
Search had been previously money will bo passed over his
made at Coyle’s home on the Coast counters by people who have no
fork, but no liquor was found. The money to spead.
officers had learned the three men
No Cottage Grove merchant, how-
had gone into the Mosby creek ever, depends on mere wishing to
country and had followed them bring prosperity to his city and to
with fhe intention of heading them make it grow. When he argues
for better schools and improved
off.
When the deputies drove their streets, it is not in the expectation
car across the road to stop Coyle's that his share is to be mere words
car tho three men started breaking while other property owners foot
bottles in tho car, the officers the tax bills.
stated. Deputy MeFariand succeed
Every merchant in this city
ed in getting a one-gallon jug of backs his confidence in its pros-
moonshine from the car despite the perity and the prosperity of thoae
resistance of the three men. tn in it and in its future as a rising
...._ „
a fight between the deputies nnd member of this splendid common
Husted and Williams one of th- wealth by his hard-earned dollars.
Eugene officers sustained a brok Before he can obtain a cent of
en thumb.
profit he must offer a big stock
Williams ran for the river after of goods the public wants, attrac
his two companions had been sub tively displayed in a convenient
dued at the point of a gun and ly arranged store of adequate size,
placed under arrest.
Efforts of with all necessary equipment for
the officers to find him were handling his goods, and with well
futile and Deputy Green Pitcher paid, courteous salespeople whose
later searched the brush along the purpose is to render service to
river, but without success.
His the trade. Not until this invest
wounds were such, however, that ment has been made and his busi
he had to seek medical aid and ness is set in all its completeness
his arrest followed.
before the people of the city can
In addition to the gallon of he hope to get back even so much
whiskey and broken bottles taken as one cent of profit.
from~ the car, officers found a
Once they locate, they become
part of a deer which had not been I fixtures and nothing short of a
tagged and part of the equipment
considerable term of years suffices
for a still.
,
| to win for them even a fair return
Coyle appeared in court Saturday | for their money. To leave before
forenoon and pleaded guilty to i their business, and the business of
violations of the liquor laws. He | the city are squarely on their feet,
was sentenced to serve one year would be poor business policy; to
in prison and pay a fine of $500. leave after prosperity has come
Coyle, who is known as “Blackie,” would be folly.
was arrested here once before on
Does not such a citizen deserve
a similar charge and served a term your cooperation!
in prison.
Husted pleaded not
No group of citizens are greater
guilty and will come up for trial
boosters than the merchants for the
later.
Deputy Pitcher went to the scene ■ schools that mean greater oppor-
later and brought Coyle’s car to | tunities for the generation that
this city. The rear tires had been I comes after them. They reap little
punctured by bullets when Coyle : direct benefit, and they bear the
made an effort to drive away dur greatest share of the tax burden,
ing the melee. The car probably because of the larger valuation of
their property. Every family bene
will be confiscated.
fits, its boys and girls being helped
on the road to better citizenship.
Get both the girl and the wed- In the same way do the business |
ding invitations at home,
The men contribute to libraries, church
quality is better and usually the es, and other agencies, as well as
cost more reasonable.
xx take a leading part in patriotic
celebrations and community activi-
ties, lecture courses, concerts for
BILL BOOSTER SAYS j ; the
public and similar movements.
This is the man on whose prog-
OOO HUMOR 14 A GRAND
' ressivc leadership the future of the
thing i A aao temper isdn community depends. To trade with
LOTS OF PRIVATES IU THE ARMtt
Cottage Grove business men means
WHO PREMOUSLT HAO'UHGOVERG dollars for you.
©
ABLE TEMPERS* LEARNED TO
REFRAIM FROSA BAWLING OUT
OR ASSAULTING THEIR OFFICERS,
NO XAATTER. WHAT THE PROVOCAr
T\0Ml GO PUT’FOUR WHEEL
BRAVES" ON HOUR TEMPER.
BROTHER.»
Burroughs bookkeeping form of
many kinds.
Your home print
shop.
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NUMBER 6
Willys Knight, Overland and Hud
son agencies, and the south half
to W. A. O’Hara, of Eugene, who
will have the Chevrolet agency. Mr.
Nelson intends to retain his present
showroom on Main street.
Miss Hoskins to Be Owner; Nelson
The work of construction proba Holdings Assessed for 1925 Taxes
bly will be completed within six
And W. A. O'Hara Have
Valued $4,000,000 Higher
weeks and the cost will be about
Leased Entire Space.
$20,000.
Thau Last Year.
of Those Who Laid Sturdy Foun
dation for the Present Generation
Smith & Short learned Saturday
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-<■ in an odd way that their ads are
read. Patrons inquired by phone
THE BATTLE OF WILLOW
and otherwise for the specials
SPRINGS.
which they had advertised. Pro
Work has been started upon a
The total valuation of assessed
The following from Oregon Maga prietors and clerks were nonplussed.
property in Lane county this year
zine will interest many because of They did not know that the articles building on north Ninth street a
, is $37,064,620, compared with $32,-
reference. to Dr. Oglesby, late resi I inquired for had beer placed on block off Main street that has
special sale, but when a copy of been rented for automobile show
- 916,070 in 1924, an increase of
dent here:
their ad was secured ii was found rooms and garages. Miss Naomi
more than $4,000,000, according
(By Donegan Wiggins.)
Hoskins, of this city, will be tho
that they had been.
(Continued from last Monday)
New peas and new potatoes are to the summary completed last
The explanation waa as follows: principal owner of the structure, a novelty at this time of tlte. year week by Ben F. Keeney, county
The rain of bullets on the band
Advertising Manager Short had which will be 100x100, with con- oven in this favored section of the assessor.
A large increase was
ha
rmless,
of settlers w-as in no whit
said he would have an ad, but left erete foundation and tile walls and famous, fertile, fruitful Willamette, made in the valuation of improve
Lieutenant Lamar was killed at
on a fishing trip without delivering roof of slow burning construction. but Mrs.* E. R. Lemley served them ments on town and city lots, which
the entrance of the log house or
the copy. It i« -ustoniarv for J'r. The floor will be tinted concrete. a few days ago to her family. was boosted nearly a million dol
shed, and no attempt succeeded in
Tho front will be plate jjlass and They were produced in her garden lars.
Short, in a case like that, to leave
1
rescuing his remains for the ap
the copy on his desk for tit hust stucco. For tho present it will on the home property at the corner
Figures for 1925, compared with
pearance of a man was the signal
ling advertising solicitor to pick be but one star;.- in height. With of Adams avenue and Eleventh those of 1924, follow:
for redoubled firing from the ridg-
up. The solicitor found tho copy Miss Hoskins will be associated street.
Acres deeded lands, 1,240,366;
es on each side. In the same man
all right and it was printed, Ho her father, C. F. Hoskins, and other
Mrs. Lemley planted some of the 1924, 1,247,124.
ner, the wounded suffered greatly
members of the family and an ripened perns from her spring crop
Value deeded land, $18,835,505;
j from lack of water; Willow spring far so good. But when customers ownership
corporation
will
be and they grew almost as well as 1924, $16,520,265.
began inquiring for the pec-in Is
I bubbled near the house, but no
formed later.
*
Value improvements deeded land,
those planted early in the year,
man’s life was worth a great deal it was found that Mr. Short had
The building will have two show The potatoes were volunteers, prob $1,503,595; 1924, $1,348,265.
I who tried to reach it for water, forgotten to write an ad and that
Value of lots, $6,467,340; 1924,
while the supply in the house was the copy which the solititor found rooms ou Ninth street, which is ably growing from peelings thrown $6,188,960.
soon exhausted by the wounded was some Short had written some part of Pacific highway through from the house, but were of good
Value improvements on town lots,
weeks before and had not used.
the city, with garages in the rear size.
I men.
$5,504,760; 1924, $4,580,670.
However, the store had the goods of the showrooms. The north half
Several Indians were certainly advertised and they were sold at of
Value improvements on land not
slain that day, one in particular the prices quoted.
deeded or patented, $148,540; 1924,
to
who was a fine marksman had
$98,235.
erected a pile of stones as a
Telegraph and telephone lines,
breastwork from behind which to
railroad 143.8 miles.
shoot; he had left a loophole for
Value telegraph and telephone
his rifle to protrude through, and
L. McReynolds, of the Divide lines and railroad, $80,740.
had a stone to close the hole while
section, has added in the H. A.
Value of rolling stock, $97,850;
he was reloading between shots. A
Galloway agricultural display a 1924, $133,040.
volunteer named Eastland at last
cow squash of mammoth girth
Valuo steamboats, engines, mnnu-
got a bead on him as he w-as open
which tips the scales at 63 pounds. facturing machinery, etc. $«17,705;
ing the hole for another shot at
It would Inake a meal for several 1924, $711,430.
the shed, and put a fifty caliber
members of tho genus bovine. An : Value merchandise, fixtures, etc.,
bullet through the head of the red
exhibit of equal interest is a Hub- i $1,782,100; 1924, $1,704,270.
rifleman. Arms and legs threshed
bard squash, also raised by Mr.
Value farm machinery, wagons,
wildly about the edges of the rock
McReynolds,
which
weighs 351 etc., $533,975; 1924, $265,805.
fortress for some minuter; the
pounds. This is an unusual size
Number tractors and autos, 462.
rifle was silent, and at least one
for this kind of squash.
Value tractors and autos, $94,410.
Indian had come under the cate
Mr. McReynolds had two larger I Money, notes and accounts, $183,-
gory of General Sherman’s “good
squashes which von prizes at the 130; 1924, $194.295.
ones. ’ ’
Lane county fair and were sent
Vnluo shares of stock, $-124,310;
Another Bannock was killed by
by I.am- county to the big agri 1924, $469,740.
a man named Perkins, who was a
cultural exhibit in Omaha.
Value horses and mules, $219,130;
noted rifle shot, having been on the
1924, $231,095.
celebrated Creedmore team in the
Number of eattle, 21,756, value,
eastern states. He noticed another
$490,855; 1924, 19,194, $429,505.
who was engaged in building a
Value
breast w-ork of loose rock from be
$98.285.
hind which to fire, and restraining
Value goats, $18,990; 1924, $12,-
the less deadly shots from firing at
955.
That Sentinel wantads art- thor
the man, with the possible chance
Valuo swine, $19,450,- 1924, $19,-
oughly reatl was proved last week 525.
of a miss ami a more cautious re
i through an orror. The name of
newal of the attempt to entrench.
Value
N. E. Glass was unintentionally 1924, value dogs, $13,115.
Perkins finally downed his mark,
I
omitted
front
an
ad
advertising
“
IF
I
ONLY
HADN
’
T
DOWNED
THAT
LAST
ICE
CREAM
SODA
”
and thus ended the ’-nilding of
Valuo poultry and bees, $38,455;
rock fortresses by the red men.
Page Mr. Volstead I
“Chick” him.
Appearances, however, are apples for sale. It cost The Senti - 1924, $23,085.
Now night w-as coming on; the hero surely looks about as far gone deceiving. That 44down and out” ned more than the price of the
air was cooling, the fire of the as too intimate an acquaintance look is just one of many laughable ad to answer the inquiries of those
School Asked to Help.
Indians died away, and as the with J. Barleycorn could have sent little tricks his master taught him. who wished to know what name
Students of Cotage Grove high
should have been attached. The
wounded men, thirteen in all, were
nd appears again in this issue, bill school were nuked Thursday to take
suffered greatly, and in desperate
the name of the advertiser has a pert in the nation wide ennipnign
condition for lack of water, it was
of the Elks lodge to secure $500,000
been added.
decided by the officers to retreat
to restore the famous old frigate
to Pilot Rock and secure aid for
Constitution. Htnte Senator J. 8.
the injured.
8ome proposed to
Escaped Prisoner Caught.
Magladry was tho speaker,
He
abandon them, but this was fiercely
Frank Pnrchen, who escaped from outlined tho purpose of the Elks
rojected by the majority. So the
the Lane county jail last April in the campaign and gave a brief
command, severely wounded in a
while serving sentence on a liquor history of the achievements of tho
wagon which had held supplies,
charge, was arrested in Portland most famous ship in American
the lesser wounded and the able
a few days ago and will serve a naval history, Students in all parts
bodied men as flankers and front
sentence of six months there be of the United States will be asked
and rear guards, left the shod»
fore being returned to Eugene to to contribute small sums to the
and took the trail to Pilot Rock
serve the remaining three months fund. George Mnrksbnry spoke in
and safety in tho darkness, at
of his term in this county. He tho grndo schools on the same
about eight o’clock on the evening
is also wanted in Lincoln county, subject.
of tho sixth.
where it is alleged he jumped
Having reached a place a half
bail while awaiting trial. Parehen
Rubber stamps. The Sentinel
mile from the scene of the fight
was captured January 9 bv Cotta go
of the afternoon they were am
Grovo nnd Lane county officials
bushed by the Indians, who h»d
on the highway south of this city
quietly lain by the side of the
after a race in which several shots
trail until the flankers had passed
were fired at Pnrchen’s car.
outside them, and the wagon was
in their midst; a shot was firedfc
Magladry Talks to Lions.
and on the moment the trail, or
State Senator J. S. Magladry was
that part of it occupied by the
principal speaker Thursday nt the
retreating white men, was a blaze
weekly luncheon of the Lions club.
of shots, and a babel of outcries
Senator Magladry spoke of the
and war whoops. Foeman grap
BE GOOD, CHILDREN, HALLOWEEN’S A COMIN’.
attempt to secure an appropriation
pled in the dark, rifle butt and
Oh—to be young again! To turn bed.
And how, once there, we from the Mate legislature for con
barrel were used in the closeneas
of the affray, some on the heads back life's pages—baek to the hap couldn't sleep because we heard st ruction of an armory here and
of friends in the darkness where py days of our 'teens when the the hobgoblins a-walking on the expressed th • hope that the armory
one man could not be distinguished coming of Halloween kept us on roof and the owls hootin’. B r r r — would bn granted at the next aeg-
from another, The Indians being edge for days before—because we a chill ran up and down onr little sion. The club .will erect bleacher«
on Delbert Kelly athletic field,
clad in garments taken from plun equid hardly wait for that big spines!
lumber has been hauled
dering houses during the raid, made party.
Ah— -those were the happy days,
and construction work
How we did enjoy those games
it difficult to ascertain who was
soon.
Rpfddcnts who
red; who white. One white man of “apple on. a string” and “duck A ad i now Halloween is coming
again.
Hay
—
but
children
don
’
t
rd in the high school
had his own brother’s rifle broken apple” and how we listened to
those ghost stories father tol<l— know how lucky they are to He
over his head in the melee.
(Continued on page 3.)
stories which sent us shivering to young?
THE FEATHERHEADS
New Peas and Po ta toes
Are Served
63 Pounds Is IPeight
Of Huge Squash
J J an tad J! ithout Name
Sells the Goods
oy
Calling Their Bluff