The Cottage Grove sentinel., June 21, 1926, Image 1

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COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1926.
NUMBER 74.
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Culp CreeR May Be Lemon Does Unusual
Battle Scene In
Feat to Rival
Keaton Film
Local Fruit
Buster Keaton Work
Buster Keaton Asked Oregon Best State,
Attracts Hundreds
To Convention Of
Says “Aunt” Carrie
To Row River Scene
Fire Chiefs
Well Known Resident Glad To
The presence of Buster Keaton
A lone visitor from Florida or
Many Make Trip to ‘ ' Kingston r *
Return After Spending
Culp Creek, Ore., Juno 17.—(Spe­
ami his company in Cottage Grove
California,
the
exact
address
is
cial.)—Yesterday Culp Creek was a
To
Watch
Cameras
of
Biff
has
attracted
the
attention
of
many
LOt
Winter in Ohio.
known,
became
so
imbued
with
scene of much activity, it being
people in this state to the Holly­
the first day of the Keaton Film the salubrious ozone and invigorat­
Company
in
Action.
wood of Oregon and other cities
company to use the cameras at this ing climate of this favored section
"Oregon is the finest state in
have thrown open hospitable doors
point. The company’s trains ar- of tho famous, fertile, fruitful,
tho union and I’m glad I’m back,”
Cameras of the Buster Keaton tt the famous comedian and the said "Aunt” Carrie Hembnway,
rived in the forenoon and the day Willamette valley that it decided
company clicked busily yesterday motion picture celebroties who are
was spent in taking “chase” pic- to enter the lists in competition I
well known Cottage Grove resident
with
local
vegetables,
plants,
fruits,
'
on location for Buster’s new pic­ a part of his company. Last week
tures of “The General.”
Mr. Keaton received an invitation who returned to her home last
flowers, hens and whatnot in
ture,
“
The
General,
”
and
the
per
­
Culp Creek may be chosen as the uniqueness of achievement. This
Monday after an absence of nine
fect weather attending the work to attend a convention of the state
location for the great battle, It visitor was a lemon, fruit of the j
months, during which she visited
fire
chiefs,
to
open
in
Corvallis
drew thousands of interested spec­
seems that this feature of the pro- tree Citrus medica liinonum. On
several states in the middle west.
tators from Cottago Grove and June 83. The invitation was signed
duction is of great technical im­ being cut in half by Miss Mildred I
Mrs. Hemenway left thia city
by Governor Pierce, Will Moore,
many
near
and
distant
points,
portance, and the issue has finally Powell, the lemon was found to I
carrma/rrtf
state fire marshal, George Denman, September 14 and after a visit of
Scenes
at
Culp
Creek
were
filmed
centered on tho Anderson & Mid contain a seed that had sprouted!
MU itwr
in the morning, after which the mayor of Corvallis, and Tom Gra­ r month in California arrived’in
dieton bridge across Row river two shoots, each an inch long. I
Cincinnati, Ohio, October 24. She
CHAPTER I.
the hillside at the top of the cliff; company moved to Wildwood, where ham, fire chief of that city.
into Culp creek canyon, with Moreover the lemon was guarantee .
Mr. Keaton, since coming to Cot­ encountered snow immediately upon
on
one
sido
was
a
sheer
drop,
on
the
village
of
"Kingston
”
is
locat-
the old highway bridge across flesh and appeared of normal col I "Drop and crawl,” whispered
tage Grovo to engage upon produc­ her arrival thero and said she Baw
Buck Hayden; and when he turned the other an eight-foot wall. We ed. There a realistic tunnel had tion work on his new picture, "The more snow than she had ever be­
the South Umpqua, near Roseburg, or and tone.
could
not
round
the
obstacle
on
been built over the railroad and
I saw that his complexion had
second choice.
Tlfe achievement of this outsider
either side; the only alternative to this was the scene of most of tho General,” has received several in- lieved could fall in a single winter.
The Culp creek bridge is lo- makes one wonder what a true turned from mahogany tan to a waiting was to go back half a mile, work.
vitations to visit other cities of the The winter was a severe one, par­
ticularly trying to ono who had
cated some 200 yards below the local product would have dfcvolopod j bi nze yellow—"and don’t
try to traverse the hillside and
The Row river road was crowded state. As production work is bo­
yourself
out
of
kiver.
”
mouth of Culp creek, in the open —probably
ing vigorously prosecuted and as lived in tho Oregon country 24
a tree
in miniature.
chance getting mired.
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all
day
long
by
hundrods
of
cars
But for a wrong turn that morn-
years, as she had.
jaws of Culp creek canyon, cros­
While I contemplated this quan­ going to and from the scenes of few scenes are made without the
ing Buck would not have shown
Residents of the middle west and
sing Row river on a sharp curve.
presenco
of
tho
star,
he
is
finding
operations.
At
two
points
on
nar
­
Boys Join De Molay.
his first symptom of anything like dary exit was barred in that direc­
east are loath to believe the stories
There is a broad expanse of bottom
little
spare
time
outside
his
work
­
row
hills
below
Wildwood
traffic
John Wirth an<T Fred Wanker, craven emotion that I ever wit­ tion by the jaunty arrival of a
of mild Oregon winters, she said,
ing hours.
land of perhaps 60 acres reaching
stage coach. Cottonwood was now jams -occured which would have
and appear to be unwilling to be­
up into the canyon and up and Cottage Grove youths, were given nessed inrhim; and the story I have reaching such importance that a required the services of several
lieve that the severe storms of
down the banks of Row river. This the initiatory degree in De Molay set myself to tell might never have regular line with daily departures traffic officers to untangle. Two
at
a
meeting
in
Eugene
Thursday
happened.
the Mississippi valley are unknown
is covered with brush and debris
ran from Pleated
It rounded the or three cars left the grade in tho
night.
The
final
degree
will
be
on the Pacific coast.
from former logging operations,
t »ay this last without being '■orner, the driver expertly pulling courso of the day, but no serious
Mrs. Hemenway spent the most
as well as a number of camp build- given July 15. J. Wirth and J. exactly sure. As I review in my
accidents
occurred.
up
his
leaders
a
foot
from
where
Wanker, fathers of the two boys, oge that episode which crowned
of her visit in and around Cincin­
ings.
One
of
the
cars
which
slipped
off
my
broncho
stood
tethered
at the
made brief talks at a program !
The story of how an Oregon nati. Eight miles from that city
In the event this point is selected which followed. Eight candidates | anil finished my youth, I have a rear of our train. My feet on the the rood was the big Stutz roadster
all the debris, brush and buildings were initiated at this meeting, feeling than an iron thread of edge of the chasm, my hands of Buster Keaton, Willing hands family drove to Hollywood to see is Lockland, her birthplace, which
must be removed and some heavy which was also the occasion of the destiny ran through it all. Had against the wagon wheel, I was soon got the heavy car back into the movies, failod to see actual sho had not visited for 42 years.
production work and came back to Hero sho found the town not great­
it not begun dramatically, there contemplating this party, when tho road.
slashing done.
annual election. Mark Taylor ofI
lx changed, but failed to find many
At one point on Row river a Oregon to view the real work with
It will also be necessary to throw Eugene, was chosen master coun­ on the hogback above Ludlow Buck poked me in the side with
the camera, is told by a watchman persons she had known in her
gulch, if would have begun just
a dam of considerable proportions cilor.
such force as nearly to make me watcher counted 200 cars in about employed at Marietta, Civil war youth.
the same—perhaps undramatieally, lose my balance.
eno hour, all on their way up the
across Row river to raise a suffi­
Anxious to return to Cottage
but just as certainly—at some oth­
river. The count was abandoned time village constructed here as
cient head of water to submerge
"Unship
them
tools!
”
said
Buck
john
E.
mckibben
,
15,
part of the setting for Buster Kea­ Grovo in the spring Aunt Carrie
er turning in the path of fate.
then,
but
this
man
asserted
he
had
the fallen locomotive in the final
dig!” We crawled and
ton’s picture, “The General.’’ The made plans to start more than
DIES IN THE HOSPITAL Buck, when we threw our out­ "Gotto
scene.
slopped back to our pack train, counted only a small percentage of party came to Cottage Grove one three' months ago, when she
fit
and
fortunes
together
down
at
On the north side of Row river
where Buck expertly untying and tho travelers.
day last week and asked the watch­ sprained her ankle and was forced
Funeral services for John Ernest
Interest was equally as groat at
old Nature was stingy with her McKibben, who died Saturday in Plested’s, had boasted that he unknotting again, took out our two
to remain in Cincinnati much longer
knew
these
mountains
about
as
"Marietta,’’ Civil war village con­ man for permission to inspect the,
bottom or low land, the mountains e Eugene hospital, were held at
r.ew miner’s shovels.
than she wished. "I’m back to
structed at Cottago Grove.
A set, telling him they were unable
footing down to within 200 yards 2:30 this afternoon at the A. F. well as anyone. This may have
I had estimated that there were
to gain admission to see any actual Cottage Grove to stay now,” she
ci the river, and stepping abruptly & A. M.-I. O. O. F. cemetery, been true; but in those days of two tons of earth in the cave-in. watchman here asserted that vn work in California.
slid upon hor return.
the
rush
to
the
far,
high
camps
I
Sunday,
Juno
13,
more
than
2000
u in rugged points.
After watching the work at Mari­
l’astor Duncau P. Cameron of the think no one, not even tho trappers, W hen I, with Buck and some of pirsons had viewed the set, a large
On these elevations will be placed Presbyterian church conducting the bad gone much beyond the out- the passengers, fell to work it
number of them from Portland. etta they followed the company to
tke artillery of the Union forces, services. The lad • was aged 15 skirts of ignorance,
There was looked more like ten. And pres­ Tho number yesterday waS equally Wildwood where the cameras were
while the Confederate army will years, 5 months and 25 days.
lit work a largo part of tho week.
simply too much to know, It was ently, as we heaved tile loose, as great, he thought.
entrench on the other side of the
He was taken ill Monday with like having acquaintance with mushy earth over into the canyon,
Interest hero was centered in A large number of California resi­
canyon. In the battle, the oppos­ erysipelas.
This later developed every soul in New York, A road, we began scratching the surface the realistic reproduction of a dents have como to Cottago Grove
ing forces will meet in final con­ into brain fever. He was taken such as it was, ran from Plested’s of a rock which in itself must have
large colonial mansion, which forms to witness the work of the Keaton
flict at the river, where the burn­ Sr turday to a Eugene hospital, tv the new camp of Cottonwood weighed a ton. Long after a dozen
company, the watchman said.
an important part in the play,
ing of the bridge and the crashing v here he died.
—more than a hundred perpendicu­ Lands had heaved over the last of l arge fir and oak trees are trans-
Lemons ripening in the Oregon
fall of the faithful eld engine,
Ernest McKibben was the Bon of lar miles to accomplish a distance the dirt wo werq working on thut planted here in a lawn made by
Goldfish Are Taken.
sunshine and orange trees bearing
"The General,” will be the tragic ,’oheph E. McKibben. He is sur­ which the eagle covers in fifty. inert obstacle. It resisted the ef­
An unknown marauder yesterday fruit are sights not usually encoun-
scattering grass over the ground.
climax.
vived by his father and stopmother On the first day of our journey­ forts of a dozen strong backs and Beautiful flowers and shrubs along got six of the twelve goldfish tored very far north of the Cali­
and a sister, Velma. He was born ing we had followed that highway. the three crowbars which we could the gravel walk and in borders which Mrs. James P. Graham was fornia state line, but the occur­
in this city December 24, 1910.
It proved less a road than a bog. commandeer from the freight wagon, give tho place the appearance of raising for commercial purposes. rence is not entirely impossible in
Two hours out of Plested’s we the stage and eur pack. At one a typical old southern mansion.
She had built a pond on her place Oregon, as has been demonstrated
found it necessary to unload our moment Buck, the stage driver and
Work of tearing down some of o;> south River street and expected at the home of J. B. Htowart on
GEORGE F. ALLISON IS
the
freighter,
experts
all,
werr
of
KILLED ON RAILROAD feeblest burro because he could not the opinion that we should have to tho structures of “Marietta’’ is to go into tho business extensively. Row river, 12 miles south-east of
both pull his slender feet out of
under way and some changes will Loss of the goldfish will tempor­ this city. There a lemon tree has
take vO dynamite. But there stood
George F. Allison of Portland, the clinging mud below and strug­ the freight wagon, unable to move le made there before the next al ily hinder her plans.
produced two lemons, one full size
scones are filmed. The cameras
and _ F. ____
H. _______
Allison gle with the haystack which was
brother of 8. V. _____
and ripe and the other about two-
Hundreds of automobiles travers­ of this city, was killed Thursday Buck’s.idea of a proper pack. All either forward or baek; which ren­ will work this week at the loca­
thirds grown.
Buck
ing the Row river road carrying ’ near Hillsboro when a car broke that morning our more agile outfit dered blasting impossible,
tions along Row river, chief of “OREGON BUSINESS’’TO
This tree has borne fruit in pre
chaiily
that
a
cradle
ventured
TELL
OF
LANE
COUNTY
people from Lane county and many away from a train and ran over was threading the edge of the
which are “Big Hhanty,” at Do-
vious years, Mr. Stewart
~‘
stated,
Tho
stage
driver
ami
I
might
do.
ether parts of .the state to view the 1 him. He was a conductor on the road to pass immigrant wagons
renn and "Kingston” at Wildwood.
took axes from the freighter’s tool
Lano county will be given pub­ The fruit, upon being used, has
picture making activities of the ' Oregon Electric railway. It is said stalled hub-deep in tho mire.
Tho search continues for a loca­
chest, cut and heaved down trunks tion naturally adapted tor filming licity in the July number of "Oro- boon found to be of a flavor com-
Buster Keaton company bid fair that the accident occurred While
A light buekboard, extricated
parable with that
t< bring Row river into prominence cars of a trainload of logs were from tho mud, presently caught up and brush from tho dwarf firs tho final scene of tho picture, In gon Business,” monthly paper pub­ lemon. The tree, of the California
which is perhaps
rivaling that of the McKenzie for being switched, one of the cars with us; wo seemed to be distanc­ oi. the ledge above. That device vhich "The General” plunges to lished in Portland. This issue will
four and one-half feet high, has
bo
devoted
to
Lane
county
and
the
summer resorts. A number of per­ breaking loose from the train and ing the rest. Then, toward noon, finally worked. With stout green destruction
through a burning
poles reinforcing our crowbars, with I ridge. This scene, in order to ful­ articles will be written by local grown in a small barrel and has
sons of the several hundreds who striking Mr. Allison.
wo struck an obstacle which equal­
been kept indoors during cold
everyone putting his back into the fill requirements of the scenario, men.
visited the section yesterday were
He had been in the railroad ized the race. Our way had fallen work, we managtd to roll it to the
weather.
Tho
introduction
will
be
written
so impressed with the natural beau sen ice for more than 30 years. in with the course of a tumbling,
must be laid on a river of consid­
Two orange trees are growing in
ty of the river and its easy assessi- Before being employed by the Ore­ roaring, fast-falling creek, in whose edge of the canyon, where, with a erable size where the sloping, open by E. Eugene Chadwick, secretary
but
satisfying
rush
and
terrible
Eugene chamber of com- the yard at the home exposed at all
bility that they immcdiatedly began gon Electric he was for several pools I could see the native moun­
hills will permit screening tho two of the —
inquiries which may lead to pur- years in the service of the Southern tain trout jumping. The road be­ roar, it dropped to the bed of the converging armies in the final bat inerce. Elbert Bode, editor of the times to the weather. Une of these,
Cottago Grove Sentinel will write perhaps five feet high and four
chase of tracts for summer home Pacific company. Mr. Allison was gan to climb; we were threading creek.
tie scene.
on tho lumbor industry, H. E. feet in diameter, bloaaomod last
But the episode was not entirely
purposes.
53 years old at the time of his the edge of a low cliff above a
Maxey of the Springfield News will year for the first time and now
One owner of land on the river death.
Foreet Planes Arrive.
little canyon. We rounded a corner ever. When the freighter laid hie
was visited by four residents of
Three forest patrol airplanes from write on the manufacturing of nas perhaps two dozen oranges the
Mr. Allison is survived bv his cf rock, and Buck pulled up short weight to the jerk-line and yelled
other sections of Lane who asked widow, Mrs. Margaret Allison; four at the very tailboard of a ponder “Gid-dapl” his scrambling, tugging Crissy field, Han Francisco, passed Lane county and O. 8. Fletcher, size of walnuts. Granges do not
him to set prices on property front­ daughters, Mrs. Francis Corrigan ous open freight wagon carrying mules, though urged with a seven­ over Cottage Grove Friday evening, county agricultural agent, will ■ ¡pen in California until mid-winter
ing the river at an attractive spot. of Glendale, Ore., Mrs. Margaret a heavy load of winches and mine foot Macksnake, could not budge landing at 7 o’clock on the mu­ write on the agricultural possibili­ and it is thought these will grow
to full size and ripen.
the wagon. The wheels had been nicipal field, Eugene. Two of the ties of the county.
All of these people declared Row Donaldson and Nell Allison of buckets.
settling
all
this
time.
He
was
river to be ideal for summer home Portland and Mrs. Hazel Hicks of
The fact that tho orange tree has
machines
continued
to
Hpokane,
one
‘‘ What’s busted ahead ? ’ ’ Buck
obliged to uncouple the trailer, to remaining in Eugene for patrol EUGENE TEAM DEFEATS
Ixirne fruit for the first time this
purposes.
Fan Francisco; his mother, Mrs. railed.
COTTAGE GROVE 10 TO 5 summer is probably due to a de­
"Cave-in—hitch and help!” came haul the leader a half-mile farther work this summer. Eugene will be
J. T. Allison of Roseburg; five
sire on its part to make Buster
If we haven’t what you biothers, D. Y. and H. E. Allison between puffs of labored breath along the road, to return with his headquarters of the government
fire patrol this summer.
want in office equipment. of Roseburg, Jack Allison of Grants from the seat of the freight wagon. mules for the trailer.
The Eugene team of the Upper Keaton and members of his Holly­
Willamette Valley baseball league wood company feel as much at
we’ll get it for you. The Pans and 8. V. and F. H. Allison When I had dismounted and While we waited every one had
Berry Season On.
Sentinel.
defeated tho Cottage Grove nine luime as possible in Oregon.
crawled perilously along the foot­ luncheon—Buck and I from camp
cf this city.
Culp Creek, Ore., June 19.—(Hpe 10 to 5 yesterday afternoon on
Funeral services were held 8un- wide strip of rock between the bread and frizzled bacon put up
MICKIE SAYS—
Keaton Joins Lions.
I
in Portland. Mrs. J. T. Alli- giddy atmosphere and the ponder­ before we broke camp that morn­ cial.)—Reports from other sections Kelly field. This is the first time
We fed our horses their state that wild blackberries are the two teams have met this season.
Two new members were admitted
! son, Mr. and Mrs. 8. V. Allison, ous wagon wheel I saw that a ton ing.
Hero the season has Gate receipts for the game were to tho Lions club at tho regular
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Allison, Mr. <>t rock and oozy earth, dislodged rations from our carefully calm ripening.
oomt hesitate to advertise
b ’
j and Mrs. D. Y Allison and Mr. by one of the miniature brooks now la ted store of oats, had our smoke, been in full swing for some time only *29.20 and attendance being meeting of tho club Thursday at
BECAUSE YOU CANT AFFOBO B<G
Soon the six-mule team had i nd now is almost over, especially less than 100.
Hotel Bartell. They were Buster
red Mrs. H. E. Allison went to running from the melting snows,
ADS« MAW A SUCCESSFUL
The local team will play Wend Keaton and Fred Gabourie of
lay piled along the road. Five, hauled out the trailer, anti we bit­ in the low lands, Those berries
Portland to attend the funeral.
BUS1UESS HAS «EEH LAUUCHED BY
A family reunion of the mother years before, during one of the ted, tightened cinches, mounted and have been ripening on Culp creek ling hero next Bunday afternoon at Hollywood. Annual election of of-
TW REGULAR, USE OF SMALL AM
r nd the six sons and their families abortive rushes to a camp now dead,' stirred up our burros, which had for abont throe weeks and hundreds 2:30. A number of new mon will fice<-s was to have been held at
CAREFULLY VURJTTEH
l.ad been held here at the F. H. gone and forgotten, this section been standing patiently on three of gallons have been picked in be in tho lineup, according to thia meeting, but was postponed
(Continued on page 4.)
the canyon.
Earl Hill, manager of the team. until the next regular meeting.
of roadway had been blasted from
Allison home April 18.
Youth Rides
Oregonians Return
To See Movies
Oranges and Lemons
Found Ripening
In Oregon
Several Seek Summer
Home Sites On
Row River
THE FEATHERHEAOS
By L F. Van Z*m>
I ve always BIEN T oo
MOD15T BEFORE
OPitoQTOMlTY KNOCKS £>
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