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COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1925
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NUMBER 21
Old liar ‘'Papers dftCay Instructs Farmers Suspicious
o o k^i n g Chamber to Assist
Phone // ire Requires Postoffice Clerks
Window Displays
Ha^e Story Of
Scatter Cheer To
In Crop Rotation
Liquid Is Only
In Coyote Drive Rest From 8 P. M.
To Have Holiday
Interest
Till
Morning
Plain Tea
Christmas Crowds
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Teacher of Agriculture And
Flocks Ravaged by Predatory
Uncle Sam’s Faithful Employes
There have arrived at the Cottage
Human beings, it seems, are DOt
County Agent Interest
Animals in Row River and
young
An energetic
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---- „ man, who
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Will Be Given Day To
Many Fronts Ablaze With Holly Grove postoffice several copies of |
the only things that take vacations.
|
probably
would
become
a
'
frenzied
the New Orleans Times Picayune |
Creswell
Audience.
Mosby
Creek
Districts.
Period of relaxation has evidently
Eat Turkey.
Tinsel and Streamers To
financier in Wall street were he
Trench and Camp that might have
extended to telephone wires. Engi
given the opportunity, was taken
a
human
interest
story
to
tell
could
Greet Shoppers.
neers of the Pacific Telephone &
S. T. White gave his regular into custody here Tuesday with a
The question of assisting various Telegraph company became puzzled | If Postmaster General New has
they but speak.
bottle
in
his
possession
that
had
le
«sou
in
agriculture
to
the
farmers
i
farm
communities
in
eradicating
The papers were printed in May
I his way about it, Christmas day
appearance «f “moon.” He ’ coyotes, w hich are quite numerous when the telephone in the home of this year is going to be the biggest
A$nong Displays Are Some That and June, 1918, which was during of Creswell Monday evening. A the
Mr. and Mrs. K. K. Folgedalen,
insisted,
'
when
questioned
by
tho
large
number
were
in
attendance
i throughout this section, was dis- Eugene, failed to ring after 8 and best ever for employes of the
the world war, and the address on i
Compare Favorably With
I
the Tuesday evening
the outside was so illegible that I and listened attentively while Mr. officer, that it was only tea. Fur cussed at
postal service and especially for the
ther
questioning
brought out the I meeting of the chamber of com- j o ’clock in the evening and before ever faithful letter carriers. He
the postoffice employes could not j White explained the benefits of
17
o
’
clock
in
the
morning.
For
Those in Large Cities.
information that he was trying to meree. This followed a request
How they ever
reached
the subject
decipher it. U_
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£__ _ croP rotation, making
.
_
j more than a week, at about the has issued orders to postmasters
Cottage Grove is a mystery almost plain by blaekboaad demonstrations, I i sell it to thirsty one« for what it :for aid from a member of the j same time every day, and for about throughout the country that their
appeared
to
be
rather
than
for
Creswell
grange. Help will also be | the samo length of time, the tele offices will be closed ail day Christ
Progressive merchants ami buai- as great as where they started I County Agent Fletcher was also
ness men of Cottage Grovo are from and where they have been. j present and gave a 30-minute talk what it really was. Two more extended the unions of How river phone bell would not ring. Engi- mas except for the dispatch of
bottles
were
found
in
the
young
It is easy to believe that the!«■ legumes. At the conclusion of j
[and Mosby creek.
broadcasting holiday spirit with
, neers were near the point of giv | special delivery letters and parcels
man ’» car.
the bottles evident-
It is said that the clip of mohair ing up all hope of finding the | and special handling letters and
gaily decorated display windows. papers were sent to some boy whp J his interesting discourse many I ly had been All
»>
once used for ‘ ‘ moon and wool from those sections is onFf
parcels.
• Many display considerable profes was serving in France, that they : questions we# asked by those in-
and had enough odor in the corks about one-tenth of tho former mystery until one resourceful work-
41 In order that the vast army of
sionalism in their arrangement and failed to reach him, or he was not I terested in crop possibilities.
-
man
noticed
that
a
wire
in
the
Duncan P. Cameron of Cottage to satisfy the curiosity of prospec I amount. The reason given for this I bell coil was
carriers and clerks may enjoy
the profusion of green, tinsel» snow alive to receive them, and that
broken.
On
investi-
tive
customers.
They
were
sealed
I Grove was called upon and in lieu
is that the sheep and goats are , gation it was found that when the Christmas day to tho fullest extent
i
and bells give one the urge to en they have since been traveling
around to find him or the I original of a prepared speech told stories so tight that the wet goods mer being exterminated by coyotes.
joy Santa’s annual visit.
, house became cold the wire would with their families and friends,
chant
would
have
plenty
of
time
for about ten minutes, closing, with
A committee was appointed to contract enough to make the gap the cooperation of every man, wom
Among the larger commercial sender.
The only identification marks a plea for cooperation in the solv j ♦o make a getaway before a pur handle this matter. C. A. Bartell too wide for’ a circuit. When the an and child in the United States
places, the Fair store shows that
chaser eould sample the contents. is chairman and is assisted by 8. T.
ing of rural problems.
will be necessary,” says the post
a great deal of forethought and on the papers are these words,
Miss Ellen Matusch, teacher of | The young man claimed, when White and F. W. Bressler, The house became warm the wire ex master genreal.
be
a
to
written
in
what
seems
industry have been expended to
panded,
and
consequently
the
bell
taken
into
custody
by
Night
Offi
the Dorena school, and some of her |
“Once more the postoffice de
ward providing an attractive place mother’s hand on the first page students gave a program of music, cer McFarland, that he was looking rod and gun club will be asked to would ring. The telephone Works
| stage a hunt as one feature of all 24 hours of the flay now.
partment urges the American public
for gift buyers to assemble. Be of one of the papers: “Read every songs, readings and dialogs.
for his mother, who, he said, assist assistance.
to do its Christmas shopping and
sides the regular Christinas gar- word in this, Russell.” Evidently
I.ight refreshments were served ed jiim in filling the bottles. When
mniling early. If the shopping is
Jands, in their window is an arti the first name of the boy to whom following
the program. Several she was found she denied having
Back Taxes Collected.
done now the buyer gets just what
ficial fire place in front of which they were sent was Russell.
business men from here were pres any knowledge of her son ’s busi-
Sheriff
Taylor has turned over
ho or she wants and if the gift is
stands a make-beliitve Santa wav
ness
activities.
ent.
to Treasurer Schiska $25,293.09
mailod by Docember 15- it is suy
ing the right hand of fellowship at
After becoming convinced that back taxes collected for the years
to reach its destination before
passersby, Inside the store, stream
no
sales
had
been
made
and
that 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922.
Christmas Seals Sell Fast.
Christmas day.”
ers hava been strung and the whole
Mrs. Gaven C. Dyott, local chair no law had been violated, tho of 1924 and 1925. rhe sums tor each Three Mile Shortcut Necessary
While the business at the local
reminds one of a fairyland nf toys.
man for the sale of Christmas seals, ficer allowed the mother and son to year follow:
postoffice has been the largest in
To Connect With Lorane-
Another window that shows the
return
to
their
home
a
few
miles
1918
. ............... $ ! 117.60
announces that the committee is
its history, there has been less con
Cottage Grove Hiway.
results of the trimmers art is that
1919
143.10
satisfied with sales results up to north of here.
gestion than over before, due large
of J. C. Penney company.' Green Small Number at Polls Shows date. - No exact results can be
420.12
1920
ly to the the “Do Your Christmas
foliage of three Christmas trees
4,340.61 I County road viewers wore in Shopping Early” movement, which
Little Interest in Im-
given yet as the sale will continue Mount View Hollyhock 1921
subdue the brighter holiday colors
2,533.19 1 Lynx Hollow Wednesday investi seems to have taken hold this year
1922
the rest of the week. The quota
while presents and merchandise are
portant Issues.
4,410.411 gating
___ the
__ possibility
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1924
given to the schools has been
of a ____
road to better than ever before. The post
Hlooms Overtime
arranged in a painstaking manner.
1925
checked over and of the $80 worth
10,207.781 connect the road there with tho office department has done much
There is not a great variety in
Lorane-Cottage Grove road, a new in bringing this about.
AU three of the measures up be- alloted $65.45 worth have been sold.
the window of the Mountain States
Deputy Frtt Inspector Chosen. j piece of road for a distance of
The children are given credit for
Mount View, Dec. 15.—(Special.)
for
the
voters
of
the
city
of
Eu
Power company but the arrange
accuracy in the sales as they were —The lady who had the holly E. J. Loucks has been appointed about three miles being required,
SILK CREEK SCHOOL TO
ment is so simple and the effect gene carried at the special election three cents to the good instead of hock blooming in Portland and as deputy fruit inspector in Lano
—
The threo viewers w'ero accom
Tuesday
in
one
of
the
lightest
votes
GIVE HOLIDAY PROGRAM
so pleasing that it reminds one of
ever cast at a city election in being short as is sometimes the who considered she had broken all county to work under the super panied by Peter and Michael Beach
many in the larger cities.
vision
of
C.
E.
Stewart,
county
case.
Mrs.
Dyott
expects
the
sales
records,
has
nothing
on
flower
and
D.
P.
Cameron,
the
latter
rep
that city. Only 1065 people went
Silk Creek, Dec. 15.—(Special.)
Trees, holly and snow, with num to the polls.
to equal those of last year and growers in this vicinity. A hollyhock fruit inspector, The appointment resenting tho Cottage Grove cham —Miss Fannie Young and her
of
erous gift suggestions, may be
the
new
deputy
was
made
Satur
hopes
it
may
exceed
them.
The
owned by Mrs. W. D. Heath has
ber of commerce. They wont over
The proposed bond issue of $175,-
will present the following
seen in the show window of Darby 000 to retire city Warrants carried sales have been conducted by the been blooming continually all fall day by order of the county court. tho route from tho Lorane road pupils
program at 8 o’clock Wednesday,
& Liston. An array of flobr lamps by a majority of 352, while the school children and the various and winter and has a number of George W. Taylor, former deputy side.
December 23:
and smoker stands in the window proposal to increase the rate of in clubs of the city.
perfect blooms on it now. It is of in Lane for the state board of
The viewers wero apparently con Song—By the school.
of Bressler & Son indicate that terest on certificates of sale on
horticulture,
was
deputy
fruit
in
the
double
variety
and
a
dark
red
vinced
that
a
road
is
needed
but
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Welcome—Doris Conklin.
comfortable gifts may 'be had in foreclosures from 10 to 15 per cent
spector here until his resignation feared that financial assistance
color.
I’layette—“Christmas at Punkin
HIGHWAYS
DANGEROUS
side.
recently
when
he
left
Eugene.
from the county at this time was Holler.”
and making the city automatically
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AT TURNS, SAYS WOOD Always give your homo print
The Variety store has a tree, purchaser of all unsold property,
doubtful. However, they intimated
Rocitation — Howard McKibben.
ornaments and attractive looking carried by only four votes, and the
shop first chance al all your print
Get both the girl and the wed- that something will be done in the
Recitation—Veneta Frady.
merchandise to entice the shopper, reassessment measure was favored Traveler Discovers Faults in Pres ing. Usually your home printer ding invitations at home, The near future.
A Christmas Lullaby—Ethol and
ent Road Construction.
while the Racket store is gay with by 612 and had 411 ballots reg-
can meet competition in quality quality is better and usually- tho j To some in the party the best LaVerne Wiley.
a tree and bells and an inviting istered against it.
cost more reasonable.
—
as well as price.
xx ' feature of the day was the capon
Dialog—“Mixed Numbers.”
A. B. Wood, former well known
array of Christmas suggestions.
dinner in tho Beach home, which
Song—By the school
At no time were the election resident of Cottage Grove, who
put all in good spirits.
Smith & Short are showing twigs, boards crowded by the voters. The
Dialog
—Several Aunt Graces.
grapes and oranges hung a la Cali polls were exceptionally free of visited here during the past sum
Recitation—Gface Wiley.
mer,
writes
that
he
and
Mrs.
W^>od
fornia, while piles of nuts and can people not on the boards and when
Recitation—Elenor Teetors.
CARE WITH FIRE URGED
dies set one’s sweet nerves to the counting started there were no have returned to their home in
Dialog—That Long Ago Duot.
San
Diego,
after
an
extended
and
BY FIRE CHIEF MACKIN Recitation—Glen Dorrell.
tingling.
,
interested bystanders to worry the enjoyable trip, “It would have
Recitation—Robert Woolcott.
In Burkholder’s window one may members of the counting board.
been more enjoyable, ’ ’ he writes,
Carelessness May Bring Sorrow In
Song—By the school.
see streamers, fireplace, two Christ
“but for the fact that those who
The Yuletide Season.
Rocitation- “-Faye
—
—
mas trees, also snow and twigs.
Dorrell,
have built the highways in Oregon
Song—By the school.
The Cash market is dolled up with
In Motorcycle Accident.
and California have neglected to
Firo Chief 8. L. Mackin was the
Play—The Reunion at Pine Knot
emerald sprigs and the Elite con
A mortorcycle” which Ameil Haw properly ‘dishpan’ many of the
principal speaker at the Tuesday Ranch.
fectionery blossoms forth with kins was riding Sunday afternoon sharp, curves. I saw a number of
noon
luncheon
of
the
chamber
of
Song—By the school.
miniature trees, tinsel and candy skidded off a small bridge a few accidents and near accidents that
commerce. “Aritorica exceeds all
boxes in attractive colors.
Farewell—Elmer Allen.
miles from town, on the Lorane were directly traceable to this de
nations,” he said, “in the amount
An artist got into the windows road, an|i plunged down a five- fect in road construction.
of property destroyed by fire.
of the C. J, Breier company and foot embankment. Mr. Hawkins
“Cars and trucks traveling at
Many of the fires, probably the BRINGING SEVENTH CAR
escaped
with
a
deep
gash
in
his
stayed there until he got the
reasonable and proper speed were
larger part of them, are the result
OF PYROTOL TO COUNTY
proper effect. A large center tree chin and a few bruises. The motor influenced to travel on the inner
of carelessness and are preventable,
and two smaller trees, tucked com- cycle was slightly damaged. He side of the road, even around blind
“Businoss men can do much to Small Cost Makes Explosive Quite
fortably among a fine lot of mer- I continued the motorcycle run in curves, to avoid one danger, only
lessen the firo dmzard by keeping
Popular Among Lane Farmers.
which he was participating and fin to create arfother one.
chandise, do the trick.
their premises free of rubbish and
ished
with
a
perfect
score.
Other artistically arranged dis-
debris, At the Christmas season
“I consider the descent of ¡he
The seventh carload of pyrotol
plays are those of Umphrev &
Siskiyous on the California side to
particularly a word of caution for Lane county farmers this year
sturdy
enough
to
hang
a
motor-
Mackin, Somebody got busy who
the state line a conspicuous ex
should be given lest the joyous ia being _ made up, according to
knew how to plan a nice win cycle on.
yuletide season be marred by nor- O. 8. Fletcher, county agent, and
ample of poor design in thia re
The
Gray
Goose
front
is
a
blaze
dow and the effect is pleasing.
spect. Urge your highway com
row. Christinas trees and decora ha expecta to close the pool by
Results are obtained more by of color. Trees, boxes of candy, missioners and engineers to travel
tions are highly inflammable and January 2.
chests
of
candy
all
beckon
to
the
proper placing of merchandise than
great care should be taken with
over this road, keeping stQrtly to
Orders fur 17,000 pounds have al
purse,
The
Bon
Ton
front
blooms
by profusion of holiday adornment.
fire used near them or on them.” ready been received and it is hoped,
ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH SNAPPED 20 YEARS AGO.
forth with pine leaves, ferns and the outer side of the pavement
and to note ths benefit that a
Harry Rentle did not place a boxes of fine candies.
Mr. Fletcher said, that the entire
Here’s a picture that was ■ Yes, folks, this picture was
great many bouquets out in front
Give your home print shop curioad will be made up in a few
brought to light the other day. It ' snapped all of 20 years ago. It
Knowles & Graber have a classy suitable elevation would give.
“We continue to enjoy in retro recalls what a lot of folks like to shows our own beloved Alice Roose first chanee.
but he has a Christmas tree stand looking window with snow looking
■lays. Five carloads have been re
ing in his shop that is large and so real that it makes one feel spect our visit and experiencees of refer to as “the good old days. ” velt Longworth—daughter of our
ceived and one is now on the way.
the
Bummer
in
Oregon
and
Wash
This explosive is very popular
Those days ‘ ’ way back when” ' late illustrious T. R.—as she ap
chilly. The Long & Cruson garage
Masons
Elect.
we didn’t have to lose our temper peared in Cincinnati, Ohio, * while
front looks well, especially at night ington.”
MICKIE SAYS—
The Masonic lo<lgo last night with Lane county farmers. The
listening to Leaping Lena jokes— !'m a visit to her fiance, the present elected the following officers: government donates the materials
when the floor lamp inside diffuses'
Provides Private Banquet Room. when the pedestrian looked upon ’ Congressman Nicholas Longworth. H. W. Titus,
a pleasing glow.
THus, W. M.j
M.; A. A. Rich which' were left over from the war
MO, IM MOMETOQM PAPRR
A private diirtng room is being the automobile owner with a sus
Other windows scattering yule-
Note the dress styles of that mond, 8. W ; V. T. Randall, J. W.; and the only expensos are the
tide cheer are: Kern’s Eleetric placed, at the rear of the postofficr picion as to wealth—when old Dob ' time—the balloon tire sleeves and T. C. Wheeler, treasurer; J. P. amount which the powder company
DOESMY PRIkTf AU- TU' IJEVÜS 1
tideshop, Edward’s Picture shop, that will be connected with Hotel bin still held sway as the surest ground sweeping skirt. Also the Graham, secretary; R. 8. Trask, at Du Pont, Wash., charges to
IF 'JU' F1UGER- OF SHAME Oft
Kern’s for Drugs, Woodson Broth Bartell next door. The entrance and safest means for rubber neck horse-drawn vehicle—tho fashion- retiring master, trustee for three make it up, the freight and cost of
QCAMDAL BJER POikHS ATHOU
distribution.
ers’ garage, Howe’s confectionery, will be on Eighth street. The room >“< tours along the boulevards— | able “uncovered wagon” of that years.
OR HOUR DEAR OMEf. MOST
Bartels’ market, Bank of Cottage will be used for noon luncheons of and when women’s clothes demand- I period.
Joint installation with tho East
Brove, Elledge cafe, White Pharm the chamber of commerce and the ed three or four times the yardage
Does it bring back any happy ern Star will be held tomorrow
UKELN Uie WILL FORGET YÖ
Bookkeeping ayktems. The
Lions club and for similar affairs. they have now.
maey, and others.
i memories 1
night.
SentinaL
SJEÜ kAEMTlOM IT. UÆ OOMY
All Measures Pass
In Eugene Election
View Road Route
Into Lynx Hollow
I
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THE FEATHERHEADS
Sure Cure