VOLUME X XXIX.
C O IT A O K U W H 'K . I.ANK. < 1 ) 1 N T Y . O KKO O N. T H L U M U A Y , A U O U 0T 7,
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15 TAPPED AT MINES
Stream May Come From Oar-
eraa That May Rival Ore­
gon Oaree.
Workmen Leave Tunnel Only
Few
Houra
Before
Torrent Breaks
A stream of water that moved
one- and tw o ton rocks for a dis­
tance of 300 feet and rolled
up railroad track Ilka It had been
rtbbon oame In a few days ago sev­
eral hundred feet Inside a tuunel
at the quleksllver mines at H ack
Butte, la miles south of here. The
stream tore a four-foot opening In
the face of the tunnel where a few
hours before men had been at work
d riftin g along a deposit of lime­
stone uneapectedly discovered sev­
eral weeks ago during a search for
further bodies of cinnabar ore. The
men were endeavoring to learn the
eatent of the limestone deposit,
which may prove of considerable
value, when they noted that con
elderable water was ooslng out of
the ground and out of the «ralle of
the tunnel. When they reported
this they were ordered to discon­
tinué work and await develop­
ments. Had they been In the tun­
nel when the water broke through
they «muid have been killed.
A huge stream flowed for sever­
al hours, but rock and residua
Jammed the opening and dynamite
was used several times to in­
crease the flow In an effort to
empty the oavern or caverns from
which It Is believed comes the wa
tar. which has the appearance of
flowing mustard. The flow has
never been reduced below a nt ream
sufficient to fill a sta-lnch pipe and
the Coast fork river. Into which the
underground stream empties, has
been colored yellow for a distance
of six mites The flow now seems
to have been reduced to a steady
•-Inch flow and workmen are clean­
ing up the debris In the tunnel.
Engineer Robert M. Helts, In
oharge of operations at the mines,
believes that during thousands of
years, or hundreds of thousands of
years, caverns have developed in
the limestone formation and have
filled with water and that when
these have been emptied the flow
w ill etop and there may remain
subterranean wonders to equal or
surpass the Oregon caves
The stream of «rater oame In at
the 17<»> fool level (1700 feet below
the mountain ridge), and la on the
same level with the smelter. Up to
this time there had been a deep
pond of «rater at the 900-foot level
(BOO feet below the ridge), but when
the underground stream began to
flow the pond WO feet above was
soon drained.
The depth at which the stream
flows leeves plenty of space In the
mountains for huge caverns, or a
long series of huge caverns. Engin­
eer Betts thinks It possible, al­
though not probable, that the un­
derground river Is an outlet for one
or more mountain lakes a great
dlatanoe away. This Is hie first ex­
perience w ith anything of this kind,
but he Is oertaln that something of
Interest Is going to be discovered.
If and when the source of thia mys­
terious stream la drained.
No attem pt has been made to
analyse the «rater, but M r. Bette Is
of the opinion that the mustard
oolor has been given by the residue
left as limestone has been dissolved
during possibly hundreds of oen-
tttfiMe
I t Is believed that the recent dis­
covery of the limestone deposit,
which Indirectly resulted In discov­
ery of this underground stream. Is
an Important one from a commer­
cial standpoint, although It probab­
ly w ill be several years before
transportation can be provided to
make Its removal profitable.
Job Building Goes In
Third Fire One Week
Catching fire for the third time
In a week the Job building at the
corner of M ain and Seventh streets,
«ras partially destroyed by fire at
0 a. m. Saturday. I t eras occupied
by the Tourist cafe, operated by M r.
and Mrs. ücott, whose fu rn itu re and
equipment were severely damaged
by smoke and water. A large por­
tion of the roof was burned away.
A few daye earlier the fire de­
partm ent had extinguished a fire
that started under a stove and a
few daye before that theoocupants
had extinguished a fire In a wall
th at was believed to have started
from faulty wiring. The cause for
Saturday morning's fire was not
knovm. but was believed to have
been faulty w iring or a fau lty flue.
There was no Insurance on the
building. Dr. Job expects to repair
the building and to Improve Its ap­
pearance by removing the fence
that surrounds the property a t the
rear of the building.
This City Is Fourth
In State
Cottage Orove beat many larger
cities In attendance at local busi­
ness Institutes conducted last month
under auspices of the Oregon Re­
tail Merchants association and Ore­
gon Agricultural college, and was
fourth for the state.
The record for the several cities
a t whloh these Institutes were held
«ras as follovrs:
B u m s _______________________ 197*
M e d fo rd _____________________ 14#
K lam ath Falls _______________144*
Cottage O ro v e -------------------------- H I
R o s e b u rg ___________________ 131
B a k e r ________________
L a k e v ie w ____________________ #8*
O ntario ______________
Albany _______________________ 80
Grants Pass
____ 84»
•One day meetings.
Saleebooka. The Sentinel.
N UM B RI» 44.
Frank W ill M an Attends Revival Tractors Eat No Gram A n im a ls A r e Sociable
W heat Expected to Go C. of C. Members See Meier
Use Wood Sash
Gives Up Holdup
Price of Oats Is Down
Alfalfa Crop at Horn’s
A t Black Butte
3 0 -3 5 Bushels
Big
Dinner
Comes
Near
Oet-
Wood wlnd<jw frames an
sash made In the Pacific northwest
by workmen of the Pacific north­
Members of Party,
west's moot Im portant Industry are
specified In plans for the new build-
ing of the M eier A F ran k company,
Thirteen members of the chem Portland.
her of commerce were entertained
The new M eier A Fran k building
at dinner Thursday evening by Mr. w ill he the first large building to be
and Mrs. Malcolm Horn of Delight built In Portland In several years In
valley. They thought they were which steel sash has not been used.
lucky deeplte the unlucky number. I The M acM arr Stores have changed
The men were Invited to the Horn * previous plans and will us
place ostenelbly to view several! in construction of Its new
acres of alfalfa that had gro«rn i house In Portland.
from seed furnished
through th e '
ohsmber of commerce. I t was fortu- <
nate for the success of the e n te r-:
F ight to B e Continued Io Bar prise that the alfalfa was viewed.
before dinner was served, other-i
Communistic Products of
wise fellows like Sam Loophole
M ackln and Dealer N. J. Nelson
4H;
would have missed the main show. Final
About half of the crop had been
American lumber manufacturers cut. but that remaining standing
will not abandon their fight to ex­ was as pretty a field as has ever
clude Russian wood products from been seen In this section. In which
the United States, but w ill work to alfa lfa Is practically a new crop.
In revenge for a SO to 37 defeat
prove conclusively that convict Mr. Horn figured that the cut
labor Is used In their production would go better than 1)4 tone to June 8 at Bandon the 20-man team
and that an embargo Is Justifiable the acre and that from three cut­ of the Cottage Grove G olf oiub
tings this year he would get close swamped the Bandon team 58 >4 to
under the ta r iff laws.
4)4 Sunday on the local course
In view of the fact It la the gen­ to SH tons to the acre.
Speech m aking was
dispensed Thirteen of the local divot diggers
erally known policy of the Russian
government to employ convict labor with following the feed because scored the maximum number Of
in all branches of Industry under few were In condition to speak, but points possible Nineteen holes were
the communistic regime. It should Charles Be Idler managed to tell played. Two of the new four bole».
aot be difficult to secure the evi­ why the bunch were there and Noe. • and 9. were used. Nos. 7 and
dence. according to Dr. Wilson County Agent Fletcher spoke brief­ 8 were not In condition for play.
The scores follow.
Compton of Washington. D. C., sec­ ly on alfalfa production In the coun­
Bandon
retary-manager of the National ty. which now has 8,000 acres Cottage Orove.
Atwood ------- H
lAtmber M anufacturers association, planted to this crop, while a few M o y e r--------- 2)4
Donahey __ 0
whu was In (his section this week years ago there was almost none. M u r e lo c k ------ S
Felsbelm —_ 0
8o fa r as the w riter of this story O liv e r _____ 3
conferring with lumbermen.
G allier -------- •
The set-back given the American remembers the menu constated of L e m le y -------- 1
Carmichael -0
manufacturers last week when the roast meat of some kind, topped Leonard ------- S
R u s s e ll--------- H
treasury department rescinded Its with gravy, potatoes and gravy, W o lfa r d ___ 314
H a d s a ll------ 3
previous orders for an embargo on some kind of a salad, stewed corn, S a n d e rs ------ 3
the Russian wood products was not one or two other vegetables, at Chambers — 3)4 B o a k -------------- H
wholly unexpected, said Dr. Comp­ least one kind of Jelly, pickled Nelson _____ 3
ton. as the first embargo, that on pears, apple pie a la mode, coffee S p r a y ______ 3
the pulp shipments to Hangor, Me.. , end cake. Done In green In neat H ill __ ______ 3
had been regarded by him as being script around the edges of tvro Bricher ------- 3
somewhat premature and based on cakes «ras the wording. "Cottage A n d e rs o n ---- 3
evidence merely showing that con­ O ro v e -M o re Alfalfa." The electric S m i t h --------- 3
vict labor was used In loading th e ) light chandeliers were hung vrith B a r t e ls _____ 3
pulp and not proving Its use In Its alfa lfa and several of the more M cFerrln — 3
manufacture. The ta r iff law. he bashful ones, noting the two pul­ Caldwell — 3
said, makes no mention of loading chritudinous assistants a t the table, Bailsm an ------ 3)4
or transportation, but only of thinking the a lfalfa to be mistletoe. | V e a tc h ____ 3
W i t t e _____ 3)4
manufacturing, mining or produc- kept over to the walls.
Mrs. Horn's assistants were Miss
Ing products with the use of oon-
5% Total
Regene Croxton of Bremerton. Total
vlct labor
E. R. Lemley turned In the best
W a s h . and Miss Barbara Janxen of
Corvallis, who wars guests In the card for the Cottage Grove players,
his score of 78 being only two
home.
Seated a t the table, which ex­ strokes over par. W arren Oliver
tended through a large part of two was second with a 78.
Strokes for the Cottage Orove
rooms, were 8. L. Oodard. N. J.
Nelson. Hermsui Lafky, 8. L. M ack­ players follow: Moyer. 87: Mare-
Business lagged a t the Monday ln. W orth Harvey, F E Menden­ lock. #0; Oliver, 78; Lemley. 78;
night session of the city council, hall. R. 8. Trask, W illiam (BUI) Leonard, 83; W olfard. 80; Sanders.
and the most Important piece of Bartels. C E. Stewart. N. E. Glass, 08; Chambers. 00; Nelson. 01; Spray.
business was allowing the u su al; Elbert Bede and Charles Beldler. 01; H ill. 87; Bricher. 101; Anderson.
bat'.n of bills.
all of Cottage Orove. County Agent 88 (fo r 18 boles); Smith. 80 (fo r 18
A petition for a fire hydrant at Fletcher. M r. Horn and eon Francla. holes); Bartels. 86; M cFerrln, 00;
Caldwell, 03: Salts man 08; Ves‘-h ,
the eorner of K street and C h est-,
nut avenue was referred to the w a­
00; W itte , 00.
ter committee. The city engineer
Tom Kem. Dayton Clark
and
reported that there Is not a large Harold M ackln returned Sunday
HEREON.
enough main at this point for a hy­ night from spending two weeks at
drant and that there Is a hydrant camp Lucky Boy. boy scout camp
(S pecial la Ik « S m I I h . I .)
a block away.
Aug. 8.—The Trum an Clarke
on Blue river. The three were ac­
Chief of Police Pitcher was In­ tive In camp life, Dayton and Tom fam ily spent Sunday In Yoncalla
structed to have dry grass, weeds being life guards during the swim­ visiting at the home of M r. Clarke's
and other Inflammable material re­ ming periods. A t a court of honor brother, John Clarke.
moved from private property of the Saturday night Harold M ackln «ras
F ra n k Carllle and sister, Mrs.
elty.
made a life scout and received mer­ Phoebe Young, spent Sunday after­
A proposed ordinance to regulate it badges for athletics and wood­ noon in Cottage Grove w ith Mrs.
the cutting of curbs for service sta­ working. Ten m erit badges are re­ Susie Carllle.
tions was read and referred to the quired for life scout
The Bob Powell fam ily were
street committee.
Dayton received a Satisfactory Monday evening guests of Mrs.
Councilman Trask, chairman of Scout pin and Tom and Harold re­ Bells Geer.
the tight committee, reported that ceived Honor Scout plna These
M r. and Mrs. Gene Finnen spent
the charge for ornamental lights on ratings are based upon the conduct last «reek w ith George Taylor, re­
M ain street and N in th street la of the boys while In camp and up­ turning to their home Friday.
running only 433 a month higher on their general aptitude fo r lead­
L. Kre«rson Is visiting relatives
than the rate paid for the six ership.
In Douglas county.
lights which the city form erly had
Miss Elsie Lea and Mrs. Nancy
Tom was one of 38 scouts out of
on M ain street, while there are now 83 that climbed to the top of the Oglesby of Cottage Grove visited
10 lights on these streets.
Middle Sister last Thursday while Wsdneeday and Thursday of last
The old rate for lighting M ain on a three-day hike. He suffered a week with Miss M iriam Piper
street was 888 a month. The hlU cut on his head Thursday night
Evelyn and H ubert W hite visited
for ornamental lights for July eras while swimming.
Sunday a t the Judd Doolittle home.
»88. Chairman Trask reported that
M r. and Mrs. Charles W hite and
at the same rate per kllo«ratt hour
Clayton Simmons drove to Delight
as form erly paid the cost of the
Persons found throwing cigar or valley Sunday afternoon
present lighting system would have
Mrs. Ada Overton and children
cigarette stubs or any lighted ma­
been S146J0 for July.
of Mosby creek spent Wednesday
The elty ovm i Its ovm distribu­ terial from oars or other vehicles with Mrs. Ovsrton's mother, Mrs.
tion system for the ornamental to the roadways w ill be arrested, Jessie OilcrtsL
lights, while the old distribution according to F. M. Hooker, state
Leonard O llcrlst and Philip H er­
fire warden fo r this district. Grass
system was owned by the power
sey spent Wednesday night and
company. Chairman Trask Is hav­ by ths side of the roads Is dry and Thursday fishing a t Cougar bend.
ing C ity Engineer Coiner «rork out danger of fire Is great.
The state law prohibits throwing | County road trucks are hauling
a 10-year amortisation table to
gravel and m aking a large pile fo r
show w hat should be added to the lighted matches, lighted cigar or use later In this d is tric t
monthly light bill on account of cigarette stubs or ths lighted con­
Claude and Hasel H u ff left Sun­
oemerehlp of the system, and be­ tents of a pipe to the ground on day afternoon for Portland, where
lieves that these figures «rill show any road or railroad In the state.
they w ill spend a «reek while Claude
that by o«mershlp of the system
la on his vacation.
Many Attend Legion Plonk).
and purchase of "power a t metered
The John Kabelbeck fam ily of
A large number attended the
rate a substantial saving has been
Joint American Legion-Amerlcan this place and the George Kappauf
effected.
Legion auxiliary picnic Monday fam ily of Eugene picnicked Sun­
night a t Blue Mountain school days a t Triangle lake. Florence
F A R M E R S U N IO N LOC AL
house. A delicious picnic supper Kebelbeck remained a few days
TO HAVE OPEN MEET was served and a social evening vrlth Kathleen Kappauf.
M r. and Mrs. Lee Cobb of Fowler.
followed. The auxiliary held a short
Coast Fork local of the Farm ers’ business meeting. Music was fu r­ Cal., stopped for a short time Sat­
union w ill hold an open social meet­ nished by Ed Lundbom, Kelly urday w ith the E. J. Edwards fam ­
ing Thursday evening. August 14, Perlnl and Fred Langston. Fred ily while on their «ray to Canada
for a vacation.
at the Hebron hall and the public Bennett sang tvro solos.
Mrs. Phoebe Young and Mrs.
has been Invited.
M ary Smith spent Thursday after­
D r. H . A. Hagen of Cottage Orove
Falser Cafe Opens.
w ill speak on "The Care and Pre­
The Palace cafe, owned by Mrs. noon vrlth Mrs. F. C. Führer. Mrs.
vention of Diseased and Enlarged M yrtle Saltsman, form erly located Mabie Heath visited F riday with
Tonsils." T i e Divide club w ill pre­ In ths H a rt building, opened Satur­ Mrs. Führer.
sent a vocal duet by Ethel Mackey day morning In Its new location In
M r. and Mrs. M. M . Tlson of
and Mrs. Lundy Woodson, a read­ the Bartels building, which rscsnt- Thornton Corners spent Sunday a f­
ing and another vocal number. The ly «ras completed. Ths restaurant ternoon at the F. C. F üh rer home.
Latham orchasera w ill play.
Is complete w ith new fu rn itu re and
House Burns to Ground.
new equipment. Ths building Is of
L O N D O N . Aug. 8.— (8peclal.)—F.
WEED KILLING OUTFITS
talnbow fro n t of a rt tils and plate
SE T A FIR E BY CHLORATE glass.
A. Gore’s house burned to the
ground Saturday morning. The
Several outfits being used over
blase started from a fire which he
John Swearengen Is Dead.
t h , county In killin g weeds have
Funeral services for John Swear­ had lighted to prepare his break­
caught fire during the past week engen of D rain, fath er of Mrs. Ruby fast. So rapid «ras the spread of
when they, w ith their contents of Fisher of this city, were held Wed­ the flames that It was possible to
sodium chlorate, were left In the nesday of last week In D rain. M r. save only a few articles from the
hot sun, according to C. E. Stew­ Swearengen died about 4 o'clock building.
art, fru it Inspector. Considerable the morning of July 37, following a
care has to be exerolsed In handling b rief Illness. Surviving relatives In­
Grade Crossings Are Asked.
the weed killer, which Is so new In clude ths widow, ons son, two
Petitions fo r two grade crossings
this oounty that users did not daughters, three brothers and a on the F ra n k Brice creek county
realise th at It was so Inflammable sister.
road below Dlsston which w ill cross
as to start a fire merely with the
the tracks of ths Oregon Pacific
heat from the sun.
M anufacturing Plant Threatened. A Eastern railw ay have been pre­
The plant of the Cottage Grove pared by the oounty. A hearing of
Schwarts Leaves for Washington. M anufacturing c o m p a n y was the case «rill be held by the state
Samuel Schwarts, recently ap­ threatened Sunday forenoon by a public service commission.
pointed an inspector for the United grass firs which started near Its
States postoffloe department, left refuse burner. The flames were ex­
Shaw Speaks at Champoeg.
Friday for Washington, D. C. He tinguished before being communi­
Rev. I. O. Shaw of the Christian
«ras given his oath of office by cated to any of the nearby wooden church spoke on "The Encyclical
L etter of Pope Pius X I" Sunday at
Postmaster Elbert
Smith.
His structures.
mothsr, who has made her home
Champoeg park before the state
104 her son for several years, w ill
w ith
Marriage Uoenses Drop.
me« ting of the Oregon chapter of
Ths w arm weather of July was the Patriotic and Education Socie­
join him as soon as he Is In a perma­
nent #5 location, which probably win not conducive to the m arriage li­ ty of America.
be St. Louis, Mo. M r. Schwarts cense business, according to a re­
More than 680,000 farm s In the
was a clerk In the postofflce here port of the county clerk, who Issued
for several years. This Is the first only 46 lloenses during th a t month United States are using electricity
tim e a postal Inspector has been this year, as oomparsd vrlth 80 the for light and power, an Increase
J" w^na ae^S 8 -—
—
I •
last year of 31 per oent
appointed from here.
Fred W right, ohamplon grain
/row er of this section, wee dlsplay-
ng some splendid heads of wheat
a few daye ago. They were of the
light w inter aad red top varieties.
The grain earns from Uis Clyde
W righ t place at W alker, where 80
scree was planted.
I t will be
threshed this week. M r. W right
guessed that It would go ao to »6
bushels an acre.
r,
Lumbermen to Prove
Convicts Are Producers
ting
Best
of
Prevention of a holdup la re­
ported by Evangelist Osborn as a
result of the meetings he Is holding
here. He «ras awakened a t 7 o'clock
one morning recently by a man
who had been at the meeting the
night before.
The visitor had
awakened the evangelist, he said, to
•ay that the sermon of the night
before had so affected him th at he
had abandoned plans to secure
funds for the purchase of food by
sticking up someone. The evange­
list provided the man urith break­
fast
Locals Smother Bandon
Macpherson Is to Talk
At Golf Here Sunday On Cabinet Government
Grass, Weeds to Be Cut
City Saves on Lights
I-egtsUtor Is Conversant With
Jeot
as d
win
Hector Macpherson, father of
the proposed cabinet form of gov­
ernment for Oregon, has been se­
cured as the speaker for the Aug­
ust meeting of the county cham­
ber of commerce, which «111 be
held here the third Thursday of
this month.
Mr. Macpherson Is the author of
the amendment which will be on
the ballot In November providing
for this system of government and
Is chairman of the Interim commit­
tee which is working out plans to
put the amendment into effect
should It be adopted by the people
Macpherson has been interested
In thia form of government for
many years and attempted to ini­
tiate a measure for the ballot two
years ago. As a member of the
legislature of the past two sessions
be gave a great deal of tim e to
working out plans fo r consolida­
tions of departments and elimina­
tion of various boards and commis­
sions. Four years ago he got al­
most no votes for his legislation,
but two years ago It went through
with hardly a dissenting vote.
M r. Macpherson w ill welcome
questions from any member of the
audience. Although he comes here
prim arily to address the county
chamber, the local committee has
invited the Lions club. American
Legion and others to Join In the
meeting.
LONDON.
A -g . 6.—Mrs. John Sutherland Is
on the sick lis t
M r. and Mrs. Joseph Abeene were
hoets a t a birthday dinner given
Sunday In honor of their son Claud.
Guests were M arjory and Wendell
Small and Ed Meacham of Cottage
Orove. Perkins and F ran k M iller
of Row river. M yrtle and Verna
Ollham, M r. and Mrs. Julian Small
and daughter Euleta, the Harold
Abeene fam ily, the Henry Hess
fam ily, the Ivan Abeene fam ily,
Everett and George Small and the
guest of honor, Claud Abeene, and
his «rife.
Sunday dinner guests a t the W.
T. Jones home were Helen DuBois
of Orchard, Wash., M r. and Mrs.
O. P. WHU. M r. and Mrs. W . C.
Shortridge and son Herbert, Mr.
and Mrs. John Small and M r. and
Mrs. M urray Newton and daughter
Ethel Anne.
The Fred Loucks fam ily of
Springfield spent Sunday evening
a t the W . T . Jones home.
Mrs. Helen Adams of Portland is
spending several days at the Ed
Brasher home.
Mrs. John Bales of St. Louis,
Mo.. Mrs. Kate Sears of Cottage
Grove, Mrs. Charles Bales and
daughter Dorothy and a cousin of
M r. Bales of Mountain View were
guests Friday at the George Etales
home.
The John Madson fam ily moved
to Black Butte Sunday afternoon.
The Cecil Eddy fam ily moved
Saturday from Black Butte to a
house near the home of Mrs. Eddy's
father, J. W . Thorn.
The F. L. Grannis fam ily and
M in M ary Clerin of Cottage Grove
visited the Black Butte quicksilver
mines Sunday.
M r. and Mrs. Hervey Aldridge
and children and their house guests,
Frances and Doris Welch of Look­
ingglass, the Harvey Shipp fam ily,
Mrs. J. E. Banton and Geraldine
Banton picnicked a t the Cedar
creek bridge F riday evening, the
occasion being the birthday anni­
versary of M r. Aldridge and little
Glover Shipp.
Mias Helen DuBois of Orchard,
Wash., vUlted F rid a y evening with
Mrs. W. T. Jones.
Miss Frances Welch of Looking­
glass vUlted a t the How ard Cox
home Thursday.
Word has Just been received from
J. N . Hogue of Mollala, a form er
resident of this place, th at hla wife,
who U In an Oregon City hospital,
has undergone an operation.
M r. and Mrs. Vern Shortridge.
who had been vU lting M r. Short-
ridge's parents, M r. and Mrs. W . C.
Shortridge, returned F rid a y to their
home at Westwood. C a t
Miss Helen DuBois, who had been
visiting Mrs. M u rray Neerton, re­
turned Wednesday to her home In
Orchard, Wash.
O. L. Lltstnger of Los Angeles
and his father-in-law, Rev. Baker
of Eugene, visited Tuesday w ith a
cousin of M r. Lltslnger, Mrs. C. H.
Woods.
Mrs. Nellie M ille r of Cottage
Grove spent Sunday w ith a daugh­
ter. Mrs. W . H . Bachsldsr.
Mrs. John M errym an of Taeoms,
Wash., spent last week In Cottage
Grove w ith her mother-in-law, Mrs.
Adrian M errym an, and Is spending
this week w ith her parents, M r. and
Mrs. A. 8. Newton.
M r. and Mrs. J. D. Clark of Cedar
creek spent Sunday at the A. S.
Newton home.
The funeral of Eugene Lent was
held at the Bemis cemetery Tues­
day.
Mrs. M yrtle Coffm an and fam ily
of Denver, Colo., spent Thursday
w ith the A. S. Nevrton family. Mrs.
Coffman Is a niece of Mrs. Newton.
The W . H . Bachelder fam ily made
a trip to Eugene Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Martin of Shoe­
Joe T. Smith Tells of
He Sew In Trip
( entrai State«
An Interesting picture of affairs
In the central and southern states
was brought back by Joe T. Smith,
who returned with his fam ily last
week from a motor trip acroee 14
states.
He found prosperity spotted In
the oil country of Texas everything
was booming. In the wheat and
corn belt there was great fear of a
drouth. Despite this fear of destruc­
tion of crops, prices of grain re­
mained low and In a week's time
grain growers saw wheat drop from
70 cents to SO cents, while $1 Is g iv­
en as the lowest figure st which
wheat can be sold without lose.
Oats were down to 20 cents the
bushel. Many elevators and ware­
houses were found to be yet filled
with last year’s crop, so that a cer­
tain shortage thia year would not
be likely to send prices rocketing.
Farm ers were demanding govern­
mental relief, but seemed to be un­
able to say w hat kind of relief
would solve the problem. The pres­
ent farm relief measures seem to
have resulted In planting
of
greater acreages.
M r. Smith did find one explana­
tion of overproduction and low
prices. On farm s that form erly
used a hundred graln-eatlng ani­
mals to harvest their crops, two or
three tractors are doing the work.
Instead of IS or 30 graln-eatlng
mule teams hauling the grain to
market, large gas-consuming motor
trucks do the work. In other words,
the farmers that formerly were
their ovm best patrons are no long­
er using grain to feed mules and
horses. W hile grain consumption on
farm s has decreased by millions
of bushels annually, the acreage
has at the same time been greatly
Increased by the vae of great mo­
tor-powered machines. The num­
ber of horses and mules used by
farmers has decreased by the hun­
dreds of thousands, and city people
who form erly used horses have sup­
planted stables w ith garages.
Mules that form erly sold as high
as »500 the span can now be pur­
chased at 8180 the span. Those who
form erly made fortunes producing
horses and mules have quit busi­
ness. M r. Smith visited a farm that
form erly kept several Jacks and
several stellions and now there Is
but one stallion
T h a t the trend of population is
westward was shown by the de­
creasing populations of all small
to«ms visited by the Smiths during
their trip. The population on the
farm s has also decreased because
of the Increased use of machinery.
Fam ily ha
D O R E N A . Aug. 4.— (Special.)—A
fam ily reunion picnic, honoring
Mrs. Becca Bales of 8L Louis, Mo.,
who is visiting relatives here, was
held Sunday a t the Woodson auto
park In Cottage Grove. Forty-five
were present. A bounteous picnic
lunch was served and a social time
was enjoyed.
Those attending were: Mrs. Kate
Sears and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Chaf­
fee. Cottage Grove; Mrs. Becca
Bales. St. Louis, Mo.; M r. and Mrs.
V icto r Chapman and daughters
M ildred and Beulah, Curtin; M r.
and Mrs. John Chapman. Mrs. Paul
Chapman. M r. and Mrs. James
Chapman and fam ily, Eugene: M r.
and Mrs. U. S. Bales and children
Sidney. Elvryn and Juanita, Mrs.
Lot W agner and fam ily. M r. and
Mrs. Hugh Doolittle and fam ily,
M r. and Mrs. Glen Gillespie, D> L.
England and son Alvls and A rthur
Bales, all of Dorena; Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Bales and daughter Doro­
thy. Mount View ; M r. and Mrs.
Green. Black Butte; M r. and Mrs.
F ran k Sears and daughter Bernice.
Wendling.
Y Camp.
M illard M cFarland returned Sun­
day night from the Eugene Y . M.
C. A. boys' camp up F ra n k Brice
creek, where he spent a week as
guest of the Eugene chapter of the
Red Cross, having been chosen as
an outstanding Cottage Grove boy
to receive this honor. H e achieved
the distinction of being the only
boy who earned a camp emblem In
a week’s time.
Fifteen hundred pointe are re­
quired for such an emblem and M il­
lard earned 1840. Points
were
awarded for passing tests of var­
ious kinds, proficiency In studies
and sports, camp attitude and camp
offices.
M illard served as chief of police.
The tent In which he was housed,
which was under the leadership of
Dick Osborne, won tent Inspection
for the «reek. M illard learned to
swim and went on several hikes.
Lane Sehoote Oe4 Funds.
S A L E M , Ore., Aug. 1.—A total of
»411,607.88 In interest on the state
Irreducible school fund was today
apportioned among the counties on
the basis of their population of per­
sons of school age. The per capita
apportionment la 81.88, the total
school population of the state being
380,811. The 1939 apportionment
totaled 8408,470.48 for a population
of 260,178, or 81.57 per capital
L in e , with 15,129 school children,
gets 823.908.83.
NO PRECIPITATION HEBE
DURING MONTH OF JULY
There «ras no precipitation during
July, according to C. E. Steerart,
cooperative weather observer, and
all except three days were dear.
The maxim um tem perature «ras 90
and the m inim um was 88. The
mean maximum was 80.8, the mean
minim um was 48.1 and the mean
«ras 84.8. There were 38 clear days
and three cloudy.
W . O. W .’e to Have Picnic.
P hil Metchan and Ed Bailey, re­
publican and democratic candidates
for governor, w ill be speakers a t an
annual Modern Woodmen
and
Royal Neighbors picnic to be held
Sunday In Bryant park, Albany.
Thera «rill be a program of «ports.
string visited Monday evening with Barbeoued beef, coffee and cream
w ill be served free.
the A. 8. Newton family.
LUMBER PROSPECTS
SUGHTLTBfilGHTEfl
W ild animals are becoming rather
sociable In the Black Butte region.
A few days ago a cougar came
down so close to a ranch house that Redaction in Oouan F ra if M aad
sheep did not consider the outbuild­
Line Tard Demandi Are
ings sufficient protection and to o k ,
refuge In the residence.
Hopeful
Three deer have made themselves
at home for some tim e near the
operations of the Quicksilver Syn­
(C n w 'a L«mb«r U « M t.)
dicate. The other day one Jumped
New features continue to enter
from a ledge and knocked over a Into (he general outlook of the lum­
man working at the crusher.
ber m arket which make the proe-
pects brighter than they have been
for several months.
Two weeks ago the only encour­
aging sign «ras a rather superficial
strengthening In th« domestic «ra­
ter markets, this due admittedly to
the Inability of boats to secure car­
Historical Data of United
goes more than to any bona fide In­
in Pageant Will He
crease In consumption. T hat situa­
tion has been greatly augmented by
Big Feature.
the recent announcement of an 38
freight rate to the Atlantic ooaat
W ith an unprecedented variety of for the month of August. Figure It
features. Including an historical any «ray you like and this lower
pageant as well as all the tradition­ transportation coat Is going to bene­
al attractions of the old-fashioned fit the mills. Already there hav«
county fair, Lane county fa ir this been instances where manufactur­
year Is m aking a strong bid for ers have secured considerably more
heavy attendance. Dates are Aug­ money for their lumber, and that
the buyers w ill make a strong ef­
ust 37. 28. 39 and 80.
N ot In years has the crop situa­ fort to anticipate their require­
tion been better in the W illam ette ments a t least In a small way Is
valley, and this w ill be reflected in a foregone conclusion, aa with both
splendid exibibtts a t this year's lumber and freight available below
fair. There «rill be the usual Indi­ cost It la evident to anyone that
vidual and community produce ex­ such a condition cannot prevail
hibits and livestock entries prom­ long.
W ith so many cargo mills Idle
ise to be particularly good.
Those who like horse races are any speeding up In buying on the
offered a real treat this year. J. Atlantic co«Mt «rill be felt Imme­
K. Greer, starter, reports that there diately in California, as California
«rill be more horses than ever be­ boats have been having trouble dur­
ing the past two weeks completing
fore.
Of particular interest will be the cargoes and the supply of lumber
historical pageant, to be presented for that class of business la limited
on two evenings, August 38 and 30. to current production.
N ext In Importance as an Indica­
Janies W . Evans Is directing this
event, and civic and patriotic or­ tion for better buying la the appear­
ganizations w ill Join In sponsoring ance of inquiries for sizeable blocks
the various episodes which «rill de­ of stock for shipment into the mid­
pict phases of the history of the dle west and eastern retail yard ter­
ritory. Bona fide orders have re­
United States.
An evening feature w ill be the cently been offered on the Pacific
first motion pictures by fireworks coast by line yards that are now
to be presented in the west.
w illing to take straight cars and
ears containing only a few items,
something they have not done for
several months. Such an attitude on
the part of the line yards has nev­
er yet failed to presage an In­
creased volume of placements.
W hile business conditions are still
The first Methodist official board bad In the eastern industrial cen­
meeting of the church year was ters where there Is much unem­
held Monday night and among ployment, It Is reported on good
items of business was a schedule of authority by salesmen and western
goals which, after fu ll discussion, lumbermen who have
recently
were adopted as the minim um of called on the trade that In the ag­
official objective for 1930-31. I t ricultural districts there are pros­
was proposed to Increase the pects of a bigger consumption of
membership from 300 to 350. to In­ lumber than was seen In 1030. I t
crease the average attendance of Is true th at farm products of all
children in the Sunday school to kinds are selling a t low prices, but
200, to double the membership of crops are big and in the final analy­
the senior, intermediate and Junior sis the farmers, who are In much
Epworth Leagues and to meet or better financial shape than they
advance the standards of last year have been a t any tim e since the
in benevolent offerings.
war, are going to have some money
Rev. Ira R. Aldrich, pastor, was to spend and there is reason to be­
requested to offer an advanced lieve that there Is a growing trend
bible class for men and women who for the improvement and moderniza­
are interested In modern education tion of old buildings, to say nothing
and Its effect upon Bible Interpre­ of new construction.
tation.
The demoralised condition of the
N . E. Compton «ras elected chair­
man of the board of ushers and S. export m arket is still a serious
L. M ackin custodian of deeds and drawback, but the extremely low
legal papers. Improvement of the ocean freight rates the world over
furnace was authorized to more are such that It Is Improbable that
adequately heat a room for the there w ill be any fu rth er reductions
and increases, or even the prospects
women's bible class.
would stimulate foreign buying.
W h a t effect a revival In our domes­
AMOUS MOVING PICTURE
tic «rater m arkets would have on
LION IS VISITOR
the foreign buyers remains to be
New Features Promised
In Lane County Fair
Methodist Church Sets
Goals for Year 1930-31
Leo, th *
M ayer lie ^
official v
ing a toi
escorted
from the
Glass. Ch
Mendenhi
ber of co
the Area«
A fte r s
Leo's enl
front of t
welcomed
troduced
Volney P
ography i
royal cat
ious obj
“smile” s
tradem ar
whom he
Metro-Goldwyn-
In the past a speeding up in p u r­
ttage Grove an chases of retail yard stock fo r ship­
sday noon dur­ ment Into the all-rail territories has
:oast. He was s I ways been ao closely accompanied
y by two cara by a revival In the demand fo r car
.Trying M ayor material that considerable d iffe r­
e Pitcher, F . E. ence of opinion exists as to which
ry of the cham­ follows the other. Even though the
rip Morelock of car m aterial demand Is a t a low
ers.
point there are several sizeable car
t M ain street, m aterial orders about to be re­
a stopped In leased. and should this business be
where Leo was offered to the mills a t the h b m
Glass, who In­ tim e th at the yard demand becomes
tamer. Captain
more active It w ill help to accentu­
gave Leo's bio- ate the rapidly decreasing supply as
topped into the against a heavier demand.
Leo, afte r var­
Although yet much In the em-
eproduced the broynlc state the outlook for the
which are the lum ber m arket shows many hope­
producers for ful signs.
Ai
rs Here.
M ajor
0. Dawson, In­
structor 1
ti regiment, and
Sergeant
f sergeant, were
here Tuei
fo r the first
d rill of h
following the
recent sh
srgeant Jarak,
who w ill
definitely every
Monday
lay, took the
d rill period to Instruct the men In
m ilitary courtesy, m ilita ry bearing,
etc.
Captain La3ells Stew art
and
Lieutenant Lombard, not having
yet received their commissions, did
not take over their duties, but it Is
expected that their commissions
w ill be here before next drill.
Only 19 In County Jail.
There are now only 19 prisoners
in the Lane county ja il, which Is a
new low m ark for some time a t the
Institution. A t times during the
past several years there have been
as high as 64 In the jail.
Lane eonnty has six prisoners
serving out their sentences a t the
M ultnom ah county Jail on a con­
tract w ith th at county.
W ith the decrease in population
In the Lane Jail no more prisoners
are likely to be sent to Multnomah
for some time.
County to Get Prohl Ftnea.
M y s te rio u s D isease
Takes Horses in Lane
Investigation of a mysterious dis­
ease attacking horses In Lane
county is under w ay by county and
state veterinarians. Horses to sev­
eral parts of the county have died
recently from this unknoem ailment
and U head are dead to the Coburg
district.
D r. W . H . Lytle, state veterina­
rian, came F rid a y to give aid to
the effo rt to determine the disease
and find a remedy.
Owners of horses to the Coburg
district say th at so fa r only an i m a ls
on pasture have suffered.
Another mysterious feature of the
disease Is that horses seemingly to
the best of physical condition are
those that are dying. The symptoms
as described by the ovmera are th at
the horse becomes weak and un­
able to stand and to about a weak
death results.
Grapes, Walnuts H ave
Large Leaves
Grape leaves th at measured 11
Inches each way and walnut
that measured UH Inches by 13
inches, ware brought Into the elty
a few days ago by George Teeters
from his Silk creek ranch. N o ono
here had ever seen sim ilar leaves of
such mammoth proportions. The
grape leaves ware of the Muscat
variety. The w alnut leaves were
from a w alnut of unknown » * * *
that had been grafted onto a Mask
«ralnut
W ith »50,000 received since the
first of the year from prohibition
fines by the state treasurer from
the counties of the state, fu rth er re­
mittances on the SO-BO state-county
basis «rill not be required fo r the
balance of the year. Grace Schleka,
county treasurer, «ras notified Wed­
nesday.
Lane county’s share in the 880,-
000 amounted to 88886.83.
The
Mr. Teeters brought at tka
county share Is used to«rard ex­
penses of the sheriff’s and district time cherries that mess«
Inches to clrcumfers««*
attorney's offices.
not know ths
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