m
Cottage (Grove Sentinel
without ooat to the taxpayer Is like
ly to prove expensive. The first
Bs«a*>ll.k.4 law»
thing necessary, provided for In
Bmy Mday
senate bill 88, Is a new commission
with power to employ all the help
It needs at an expense of about
$50,000 annually. I t has been my
_ _
p a b U s a tls a
•) OM
observation that the people never
G r * vs M •**•> » 4 « Is s . t n « l l- r
get anything, especially through
. »» gsrtk Ml««k governmental
agencies.
without
Offlsa.. ...
paying a pretty penny therefor. I t
■ V B M 'B ir r iO N » A T M
seems
to
me
that
It
would
be
wise
(lis .k lk aS .aas.)
to know that we are going to have
Oas r««r
•» »A I kr«s
F» ”
■ la ■ B o st*.
. » I Z S I O s . n ....,lk
*■> *•' power development before we set up
expensive machinery to handle the
M r m b r r of
■ a llo u a i BAItnrUI AsssHs(i->«
power b u s i n e s s . Governmental
O r i n i H U « . K A H o rtkl A u o r la t lo s
agencies always have to spend a lot
O r» fo a N o v a p a p o r ,'» > « t.r.n < -.
of money getting ready to give the
people something for nothing.
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j SCOUT NEWS
A fter a short business meeting
Troop 18 played several games of
"hare and hound" at its meetlnf
Monday night at the M E church
The inter-patrol stool contest was
postponed until next meeting.
Natural Gas Corporation
Will Hold Open House
Oeirbration Saturday to Show Ap-
pUancve and fa r e of
New Fuel.
High School Notes
■ T A T E C A P IT O L , Salem. Ore.,
Feb. 24. (Special.)—As this Is w rit
ten the prospects are that we shall
be here until Saturday, and the old
timers are predicting It w ill be the
middle of next week before there
can be a sine die adjournm ent One
thing Is certain, the boys are going
to stay and finish the Job. even
though they are contributing their
tim e this week and there are a
number, badly h it by the depres
sion, who can not afford to make
the contribution, could not even a f
ford the 40 days at $3 per.
W ith the members working a
week or ten days on their own time.
It Is u n fa ir to continue to criticise
them for dallying around. The facts
are that they are doing better than
would those so loud in th eir con
demnation.
I f It required 40 days to transact
the business of the state at the time
th at the 40-day session was set,
double or treble that time should be
required now. for the business to be
transacted has grown that much.
W hen this w riter arrived in Ore
gon 20 years ago all the departments
of the state were housed in the old
capitol building. Soon the supreme
court building was added, then the
sm all state building, where the
p rin tin g office still is, then the
m agnificent four-story office build
ing now in use, and all of this space
Is being used, w ith a large part of
the Oregon building in Portland be
ing used also for state business.
This increase in office spate needed
should Indicate the need for longer
and better legislative sessions.
Legislation is required at every
session for practically every activi
ty of the state, not to mention much
purely local stuff, such as closing
part of the McKenzie to boat fish
ing, closing certain lakes to boat
fishing, adjusting county salaries,
passing enabling acts for cities and
counties, regulating cities, schools,
counties, etc.
The state has outgrown the horse
and buggy days, which fact the peo
ple should realize, and should act
accordingly.
• • •
I t is commendable of the people
to be interested in w hat the legisla
ture is doing, but often a large gal
lery is expensive for the state. This
seems Inexplicable, for the gallery
makes no demands and seems con
tent to merely listen to the oratory,
and there is always plenty of this
when there is a good gallery. That
is w hy a gallery is expensive. One
member has made an estimate that
the tim e the legislature is actually
in session costs $700 an hour. This
means th at if a potential candidate
fo r congress makes a two - hour
speech, or speaks an hour on each
of two bills, he has put the state to
an expense of $1400.
The potential candidates fo r con
gress, for senator, for governor,
never fa il to note when the gallery
is present. Fortunately for this
session, there are few avowed can
didates fo r any of these positions.
O nly one candidate fo r congress
has been mentioned, and there are
no candidates for the other offices.
A n odd thing is that no candidates
have yet developed for the presiding
positions of the two bodies two
years hence.
• • •
Speaking of the influence of the
galleries, the other day Represen
tative Ben Nichols of Douglas was
stirred to an oratorical flight, and
he even turned his back on the
house, m erely looking around a t the
speaker every few minutes to see
th a t the presiding officer under
stood.
• > •
I f a ship could roll heavily on a
calm sea, th a t is the condition of
the ship of state. There is no stat
ic, no turm oil, no one is worried
about life preservers, but no one has
been able to sight adjournment
ass
The Future Farm ers of America
S ig n * o f th e Z o diac
club voted to start a th rift account
The zodiac Is probably Babylon
Monday. March 2, whereby students
w ill deposit from five cents on up Ian In origin. The figures seem to
have been based on the resemblance
each Monday.
The banker w ill deposit this of the lines connecting the stars In
money to each individual's credit. the zodiacal constellations to cer
This money will be used later to in tain plctoral outlines, which form
vest in purebred livestock for proj the substratum of the Assyro-
ects and to enlarge or start new Bahylonian cuneiform alphabets,
projects. I t may also be used to while the animal figures and out
help pay expenses of trips and to lines were chosen for animistic rea
use for future educational purposes. sons. The signs of the zodiac were
Ernest Guggisburg was elected carried from Babylonia to Greece,
whence they spread throughout the
banker for the th rift accounts.
• • •
ancient civilized world.
The agriculture I V classes
are
painting the girls’ shower rooms
There Is No Substitute for News
and dressing rooms in the gymna paper Advertising.
sium this week.
A t a class meeting Wednesday
morning the seniors chose pink and
lavendar sweetpeas for the class
flower. Green and silver were
chosen as class colors.
Oscar Newland was elected chair
man of Miss E ariel Gilbert's Eng
lish I class this week. Burdick
Trask was elected secretary. They
are employing a new method in
studying adjectives. They draw
three cartoons and make lists of
ten adjectives for each cartoon.
The Girls’ League sold popcorn
balls at the basketball game last
Friday. They cleared $3.80.
E lm er and Chester Allen, gradu
ates of 1930, visited school Monday.
Mrs. O. V. Breese visited school
Thursday of last week.
Zina Easley Funk, a former stu
dent, was a visitor a t school Tues
day.
Representative Angell, chairman
if ways and means, is all th at his
lame implies to those whose re-
luests fo r money are favored.
• • •
Ed Bailey added a little weight to
Kings down here and caused the
lig dome to take a list when he
Iropped In from Eugene the other
lay Just to see whether things were
>elng done as well as when he was
i member, and whether Julius
traced the gubernatorial chambers
us well as Ed would have done.
• • •
There has been considerable talk
lere about the so-called mandate of
he people. The crying need seems
o be fo r men rather than man-
lates.
• • • •
F o r the firs t time in all the ses-
ilons I have attended ways and
neans bills have come onto the
loo r a week or ten days before ad-
ournm ent. Usually they come In at
he last moment when there is no
Im e fo r explanation, and It was the
>ractice not so many years ago to
»ring them in so late th at there
vasn't tim e to even have them
>rlntad, so th a t members voted on
hem w ithout knowing their con-
enta except In a general way. How-
iver, results were the same, for I
lave never seen a figure, a period
ir a le tte r changed in a ways and
neans bill, regardless of how it got
into the floor.
• • •
Legislation of this session should
lave weight, fo r there are a t least
l dozen members who tip the scales
it well over 200 pounds. An odd
hlng Is th at all members from
Jm atilla county stand more than
ilx feet and weigh more than 200
>ounda
e e e
The governor's liveried chauffeur
■ not so much In evidence In the
obby as he used to be. Julius prob-
ibly has taken to w alking to the
a p lto l from his apartm ent three
»locks away.
I t Is estimated that a tax of 25
tents on each can of m alt sold in
he state would go quite a ways In
x lu c ln g the state deficit. W ell, if
»lbs would stick to m alt products
hare w ouldn't be much of a pro-
ilM tioa pro blem .* *
people
FHUkAV, r i m m ’AMT w , ihm
cotta « « p h o t «. o im q o w .
COTTAGE GROVE’S SCHOOL BOY PAT ROL
W h a t R o e . “ Savvy" M e a n ?
“ Ssvvv’* or “saw ey" Is nn Amer
ican corruption of Spnnlsh "sabe,"
• form of the verb "saber," mean
ing to know. "Do you savvy,” Is
equivalent
to
Spanish
“sable
usted T"
Roth mean. “Do yon
know)” "Savvy" was originally
acquired from the Mexican, by
early ranchers In the Southwest
who" spelled and pronounced the
Spanish word "savvy" rather than
"sabe" because In Spanish "b" and
"v" are pronounced almost alike
and In many word« these letters
•re need Interchangeably.
When
employe», ns a noun ‘•savvy" means
untierstanding, mental graap or
knowledge of affair*. Of course. It
Is alang In both tensea—Pathfind
er Magiulne
N a tis a 's P o p u la tio n C s n ta r
I?ie center of population. accord
ing to the bureau of the census,
may be M id to represent the ranter
of gravity of the population.
If
the surface of the United State« ha
consider«*», as a rigid plane with
ou, weigh, capable of sustaining
the population d'strlhuted thereon.!
Individuals being assumed to he of;
equal weight, and each, therefore.
,o exert a pressure on any support
ing pivotal point dlractly propor
tional to his distance from the
point, the pivotal point on which
the plane balances would, of
course. he Its center of gravity, and
this Is the point referred to by the
K .»4ln* fro«* Ir ti «.* righi, frasi »»w Captais Jay SslUniaa,
term “center of population" as used
by the bureau of the census iu Its
reports.
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of a patrol member, the Juvenile of
flrere have been Instructed to «»-
port the motorist's license number
to police authorities and a w arrant
will he Issued for his arrest.
The school boy |>atrol system has
been found to o|>eralo sucesssfully
in other sections of the country and
has made a record of m aterially de
creasing the number of accidents
near achiade.
Into It. He also urged that work
In the county conform closely to
work throughout the state
Mr. Kuehner spoke of the work
A meeting for the benefit of 4 II
club member*, leaders, prospective In the county and outlined future
Meet
member* and parents was held last work along various lines
night In the high school auditorium
L. J. Allen, state club leader, and
R. C. Kuehner. county club leader,
were in charge of the meeting ami
J e fferso n D a v is M e m o ria l
both gave Interesting talks.
The Jefferson Davis monument,
Mr. Allen gave an outlined des
erected near his birthplace In cription of the progress of the
Christian county, Kentucky, Is 351 work In the state. He urged that
fee, high
members be given balanced pro
grama and encouraged to finish the
project* which they start. The pur
N ew E n g la n d " P la n ta tio n s '*
In the early days In New Eng pose of the club, said M r Allen. I*
laud, a plantation was a small un to have the boys and girls begin In
chartered district with a local gov a small way at an early age and
grow Into the work rather than buy
eminent.
lugs have been held in <llffer»*n,
cities In the county for the purpose
of interesting school children hi
livestock and crop clubs
W a y s » , Im p o lite » « .«
All lliip o llle old gr»»i< h Is a lim n
who d»M-aiil seem g lad
a ra »•>«
w h in you a re lin |» *ll,e enough to
h u t, In w hen he Is busy
Salt F r a n
cisco t ’ I » r»*nl- te
B u rn e d
W itc h e s
Although Salem was the center
of the witch erase, none were ever
burned there. In spite of a comm»*
belief to the contrary. Many were
hanged and one man was pressed
to death between heavy atones.
The Massachusetts tercentenary
brought out many curious facts,
and Nathaniel lluwtborne'a grand
daughter. Htjdegnrde Hawthorne,
gave some little known sidelights
on her ancestral town. Salem. In a
special article for St. Nicholas
Magazine.
Samuel McIntire, the
first American architect, and orlg
lnator of the New England colonla
style of wooden house, was born In
Salem in 17o7 and most of Its flu»
old houses were built by him.
The above picture shows the
school boy patrol which la sponsor
ed by the American tx*glon aa part
of Its highway safety and commun
ity service program. The patrol I*
on duty on the htghway near city
schools and Its purpoae is to safe
guard seh»*ol children crossing the
highway on their way to and from
school. Many good results have
been report»*»! as resulting from the
M E E T IN G H E I . I ) W E D N E S D A Y
TO E X P L A IN 0 . 1 B W O R K
C o lu m n s r S h e e ts
T “ e S e n tln e »
“gas will be here soon”
You
I KNOWLES
6? GRABER
are invited to our big
HARDWARE
Cottage Grove
O r e g o n
TOO
OPEN-HOUSE
SATURDAY
AFTERNOON
AND
EVENING
VVlLIAS
EIGHT
ullere is th e greatest value ever offered
in th e low -priced eig h t-cy lin d er field.
Fhe new Willy» E ight in b ea u tifu l in
F e b r u a r y 2 8 th
d e s ig n , b o th e x te r io r an d in t e r io r .
G rea ter ro o n iin e» » a n d c o m f o r t . . .
g rea ter lu x u ry an d m o re ta n te fu l
W IL L Y fl.K K .n T
r e fin e m e n t o f d e t a i l . . . fin er r id in g
*995
S 4 9 S to *854»
Willy» E igh t's b rillia n t perform ance.
a i l l y c X n l ^ l u . 1 0 9 S Io 1 1 9 5
Radio Ray has this
to say:
T h a t the new 11-tube P H IL C O ,
superheterodyne - PLUS, Is the
best set in town. W e can prove
it, too.
Take a look at the amazing
radio record made by George
Leonhard of San Francisco, pub
lished last week — 61 stations,
Japan to New York, logged in
daytime with the new P H IL C O .
See a Complete Line of Modem Tested
and Approved Gas Appliances on
Display at Our N ew Store
q u a lities. Com e in and see th e New
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MUSIC
REFRESHMENTS
The office cynic says that now
plump figures are coming back,
girls can eat their cake and
Boy, we'll tell the world the
new 11-tube P H IL C O has I T and
how — brings distant stations
through the maze of local broad
casts, automatic volume control
counteracts fading, its
four
screen-grid tubes give you super
power, four-phase Tone Control
brings you the program the way
you like it. Balanced Units and
Philco Balanced Tubes insure
pure, clear, undistorted tone.
\ F E T Y
~<; I. A S S
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formal Installation held February 6
Captain Jay Bailsman and Sergeant
W illiam Elletthurg of the stale tra f
fic division Instructed the (tatrol In
Its duties.
Under the present arrangement,
members of the school boy patrol
will have every authority of « reg
ular officer with the exception of
the power to arrest In the event «
motorist falls to stop u|H»n alKnal
Harvard college came Into bPlng
In IC30—- tlt<W with ,h» high pur
pose of fitting doughty fellows to
carry on the Puritan civilization of
Massachusetts Ray.
W lU j« S la
lu t..«
work of the patrol since Its organ
laatlon the first of the month
The local Legion post presented
the Juvenile officers with badges
and the Ollniore Oil company. In
line with Its policy of assisting with
reduction of tra ffic accidents, pre
sented the patrol with white Sam
Browne belts. John T Foreman,
branch manager of the Gilmore Oil
eompnn^jJ^resetUedjths^wUs^aJ^Uw
Never
H a r v a r d ’. E a r ly P u rp o .e
se e
Delivering power to the
Duncan P. Cameron, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, was the prin
cipal speaker at the Washington-
Lincoln assembly, presented by the
Junior class Thursday afternoon.
Rev. Cameron discussed the code of
ethics that governed the lives of the
two great men.
In speaking of Lincoln he said.
" I place Lincoln next to Jesus
Christ, for he is more like him than
any man I can think of."
Members of the Lions club, N. J.
Nelson, Sam Mackin, L. W , Coiner,
Roy Short. C. A. Beidler, E arl H ill
and Dr. H. A Hagen, president of
the chamber of commerce, talked to
the assembly, discussing some of
the activities of the high school,
such as football, operetta and open
house.
Rev. Ira Aldrich, representing the
Lions club, presented a code of
ethics to the high school, central
school and west side school. "The
Star Spangled Banner" and "Am eri
ca” were sung by the entire stu
dent body.
ass
The dramatics class will enter the
interpretation district contest and
the oratorical and interpretation
district contest which will be held
in the Cottage Grove high school
March 20. Other districts which
are expected to enter the contests
are Roseburg. Eugene. Medford and
University high. Those selected at
the district meeting w ill go to the
state contest.
The general subject of the ora
torical and interpretation contest
w ill be "The Achievements of Ore
gon Pioneers." Those taking part
w ill not know on what particular
part of the topic they w ill speak
until one hour before. The talks
must be from eight to ten minutes
long.
The Interpretation contest w ill
consist of a memorized piece of
prose which must take from eight
to ten minutes to present Lots w ill
be drawn to find the order of speak
ing. Subjects used in previous con
tests must not be used.
H a lf the members of the dram at
ics class will enter one contest and
the remainder the other contest,
The newly opened store of the
Natural Gas Corporation of Oregon
in this city has been the scene of
great activity during the past week
and now everything is in readiness
for the big "open house" celebra
tion to be held tomorrow afternoon
and evening.
This appliance display Is one of
several opened in this state by the
Natural Gas Corporation of O re
gon. including those of Klam ath
Falls and LaGrande, where plants
recently were put into operation,
and at Bend, which w ill go into op
eration shortly. A store also will
be opened at Coquille, where a gas
plant and distribution system is un
der construction.
Now w ith the time for actual ser
vice of gas coming nearer, this
"open house" celebration has been
planned for Cottage Grove, so that
tesidents and the company's fellow
merchants w ill have an opportun
ity to visit the display at their
leisure and ask any questions con
cerning the operation of appliances
and the new fuel with which they
are to be used.
Experienced salesmen w ill be on
the floor to correctly demonstrate
these gas appliances, but no one
will be asked to purchase during
the celebration.
To lend to the gala air of the
“open house," arrangements have
been made for music to be furnish
ed through the courtesy of Radio
Ray. local radio dealer. Light re
freshments w ill be served through
out the afternoon and evening by
the N atural Gas Corporation o f .
Oregon.
Construction work on the gas
distribution system has been com
pleted and the plant is now under
way. This w ork has done much to
relieve the local unemployment sit
uation during the winter, with
every effort being made to use lo
cal labor and supplies.
Arrangements are being made
for an appropriate ceremony to be
held at the time the plant building
is completed and gas is first turned
into the mains, in which both city
and company officials w ill partici
pate, w ith all citizens invited to a t
tend and inspect the gas plant, if
tkey so desire.
HKwniw n ,
ALL
W I N H t , >» <
 I
S I, I G H T
EXTR A
C O 9 I
Nelson Motor Co.
BONDED DEALERS
COTTAGE GROVE, ORE.
Natural Gas Corporation
of Oregon
PHONE 90