The Cottage Grove sentinel. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon) 1922-current, March 13, 1931, Image 1

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VO LUM E XL.
LUMBER TRADE SEES
DIM DISTANT LIGHT
OE ENCOURAGEMENT
Chamber* A Son OontcmplkU
■xtenslon of Kalla to Biua
l»w Valley.
Humor H u It That Auderaon
A Middleton Are Return­
ing to Field.
T hat thoes connected with the
lumbsrlng Industry ball»»« lh « y aaa
a faint light ahead la Indicated by
developments of tha past week.
Chief amung these was tha ad-
gntaalun by J. II. Chambers A Hun
that they contemplate a five-mile
extension Into tha Lorane valley
during tha ooming summer. Tha
aurvay was completed some time
ago and building of tha Una haa
awaited developmenta In the lum­
ber market. Chambers * Hon have
plenty of timber for their needs lor
some lime to coma, so tha eatan-
alon would for the preaent serve
largely as an outlet for the Hlualaw
country. The terminal would be
about five miles south of Hlualaw
falls. Several persona or organisa­
tions with capital have Indicated
their Intention to establish Indus­
tries on the line. It la generally
believed that one of theaa la the
Itohemla Lumber company, which la
running short of timber at Its prea­
ent location.
The eatenalon of the Chambera
line would cross th e survey of the
proposed Oregon Electric extension
from Eugene, but whether a physi­
cal connection w ith that Uns would
ba made la not known Although
O re g o n Electric and Southern p a­
cific officials have held several con­
ference« w ith M r Chambers dur­
ing recant months, no working ar­
rangement or other agreement haa
been made.
There la a large body of limber
In the Hlualaw country In which
there have been no major o p e r a
Ilo n a
A lte r n a te sections a re ow ned
by the governm ent
The Chambers line la already
over the mountain, with all heavy
eorvtructlon completed, and the
extension would follow a water
grade down Into tha valley, with
construction coats greatly reduced
over those of the portion of the line
already In operation.
Chamber« Mill to Start
The Chambers A Hon mill w ill go
into operation during the coming
week and 100 men will be added to
the payroll. I t la understood that
a reduced «rage baa bean found
n e ceaaary because of
the disor­
ganised condition of the lu m b er
m arket, but the operation la Inten-
ad to be permanent unless there
are further slumps in tha market
Thia plant haa bean Idle since last
summer except for Interm ittent op­
erations to fill In stock. Logging
crews srere se n t out thia week.
Word has reached here that the
tdarson A Middleton operations
xy be resumed
This orgsnlza-
in went into the hands of recelv-
■ during the paat year and has
it operated for three years
Its
itham mill was destroyed by fire
veral months ago. but there Is
e second mill in the city which
is not been operated for probably
ur years. Rum or has It that this
III would be used to get out tim ­
ers for a mill of probably >80,000
paclty to be erected at Bedrock,
here the company built a huge
im several years ago In contem-
atlon of a construction program.
I t Is said that trouble among
ockholdsrs that brought about
a cessation of operations here,
id later ths rscelvershlp. have
»n practically Ironed out and that
e Anderson A Middleton Interests,
ilng practically cut out on Oraye
arbor, are ready to transfer their
»rations to this section. The
impany spent a huge sum of
oney extending a railw ay Into
ivernment timber at Rujada, and
tha earns time have large hold-
gs of timber of Its own.
New Mill Io Ready.
The naw plant of the Cottage
rove Lumber company, owned by
sorgo Jacobsen and E R. Lemley,
Ith a 80,000 capacity, Is ready for
»rations. A contract for logs has
» n 1st to C. J. Cameron, who re­
in tly purchased the tlifiber on the
ty'a west side watershed. The
111, located northeast of ths city,
all electrically operated.
district Superintendent Ooming.
Dr. 3. E. Bates, district aupsrln-
ndent of ths Naxarene church,
111 arrive here Wednesday and
111 conduct meetings for four
Ifhts In the local church.
Orders fo r 3 0 0 Cars
O f L um ber Being
EDITORS ARE VISITORS
AT SESONING PLANT
(IB O V t, IJiNB COUNTY, OREGON, F K ID A l. MARCH 18, IMI
Polly Hbemie is dead.
Arrangements have been com­
Hhe died suddenly Friday, al­
pleted for the Issuance by The Sen­
tinel of a special edition in tbs In­ though apparently In good health
terests of the Klv-u-lat F ru it com­ up to that time.
The Htandard Hesonlng society of Southern Oregon Newspaper­
Pollle Hhemls was only a parrot,
pany, which w ill be sent to 56,«*)
this city Is making plans to place
of the customers of the company but she had been a member of the
men
Spend
Day
Here
Dis­
orders tor >00 cara of tight knot fir
In tha Dakotas. Montana and M in­ Wlggln fam ily for over 23 years and
to ba delivered srlthln tha next four
cussing Problems.
was interred with honors due her.
nesota.
months. This society announced In
Polly was born io old Mexico, was
The Isaue will be on book paper
November that It would place or­
and will be replete with cuts show­ a Mexican red head and was only
ders from >00 carloada Hlnce that
Publishers of southern Oregon, ing the fru it resources of the state. three months of age when she
lime It haa taken 217 oarload«, Including the coast county of Coos,
A page w ill be devoted to the Rlv- came Into the W lggln fam ily. At
largely tha product of small mills met here Haturday In a regional
u-let F n .lt company, and a page lim e of death she was owned by
of this section.
meeting to discuss trade problems. to the Eugene F ru it Growers. A Miss Jennie Wlggln.
The mammoth dual plant here, A feature of the session was a two-
Polly was kind and affectionate
part of a page will be devoted to
with a capacity of 30,000,000 feat hour visit to the mammoth plant of
Cottage Grove and the Htandard and would warn the fam ily of dan­
annually, la sold out until the latter the Standard Basoning society. Rob­
ger by giving a shrill whistle or a
Hesonlng society.
part of the summer and Its aales ert Z. Drake, owner of the business,
No watchdog was
The Hlv-u-let F ru it company had hearty laugh
have doubled during the depresalon cams hare from Omaha for the pur­ Its Inception here and the first plant needed in the Wlggln home.
In the lumber market. The product pose of meeting the editors, person­ of the Htandard Hesonlng society,
And she watched over young
goes largely for bridge building In ally conducting them through the
yet the only one In the world. Is nephews and nieces as they grew
Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota and tha plant and describing the a rt t o , located here. I t Is because of these to manhood and womanhood, a
Dakotas.
Because of Its much them. At a banquet in the evening two facts that The Sentinel was se­ number of them having been bom
greater tensile strength. Its greater M r. Drake described bis plans for lected for the special edition. The after Polly. They mlae her as a
resistance to wear and decay, cold extending the business to other Issue w ill be mailed In May.
member of the family.
seaonad lumbar finds a ready mar­ southern Oregon communities. He
ket for bridge and structural work said that cold sesonlng Is certain to
of every kind and Is making a suo- bring prosperity to tlght-knot fir
resaful attack on substitutes.
sections, and exprsased the regret
th at his span of life may not be long
enough to see the fruition of his
plans and told the editors that they
M arking one of the most striking . That union high school No. 6 at
could be of considerable assistance
I by making thslr communities asrare general reductions In passenger | W alker may suspend activities and
o f what cold sesonlng Is doing and fares made by any railroad serving send Its pupils to Cottage Grove
the Pacific northwest since th e ;
A community service program, at can do In creating a continuous war, Southern Pacific has announc- ¡ high school soon was Indicated
Public
Monday by C. H. Haight, clerk of
which members of the O. A. R.. W. m arket fo r fir timber.
ed cuts ranging from 16 to 20 per '
It. C. and the Hpanlsh war veterans bodies In the central states have cent on its one-way and roundtrip the district, who visited at the
organisation and Its auxiliary w ill actually increased the quanltlas of feres between Portland, W illam ette I county school superintendent's of­
be special guests, w ill be p resented lumber they have used since the In­ valley points and southern Oregon ( fice.
He discussed with E. J. Moore,
at S o'clock Monday night In I. O. O. troduction of the cold sesoned prod­
The new rates w ill become effec­
F. hall by the American Legion uct and the mammoth local plant tive March 13 and will apply from county school superintendent, the
Is
sold
out
until
past
the
coming
procedure for such action.
auxiliary in conjunction with the
all stations Portland to Eugene, in­
Before the suspension can be ef­
American legion. Mrs. R. U. Reed summer.
clusive, to Bouthem Oregon points
A
t
a
noon
luncheon
Frank
Jen­
fected, residents of the district
of the auxiliary and Vlnal Randall
via the Siskiyou line and from Ash­
kins
discussed
the
subject,
"Quality
must vote on the proposal. I t Is un­
of the Legion are In charge of a r­
Advertising," which was followed land to and Including Creswell to derstood that a special election may
rangements.
Eugene and all points north.
by
a
round
table
discussion.
be called for that purpose. The
B. H. George of Eugene, past com-
"Southern Pacific is determined
The next meeting of the editors
msnder of tha Oregon Legion, will
to regain the local passenger busi­ suspension would be for a period of
will
be
held
a
t
Orants
Pass
In
May,
be the main speaker. Mrs. George,
one year.
ness It has lost to the highways
There are now 16 pupils In the
d is tr ic t commltteewoman of the when a proposal to form a recrea­
during the past few yeafs," J. A.
tional
park
of
southern
Oregon
w
ill
auxiliary, also w ill speak. The pro­
Ormsndy, passenger tra ffic man­ school, nine boys and seven girls.
be
discussed.
gram will Include a reading by Mrs.
The building is a wooden structure
W ith permission of battery E. ager. said In m aking the announce­ with three rooms.
John L. Kelly, a vocal solo by Mrs.
ment. "The pronounced success
the
contractors.
Stevens,
Nlblock
A
Anna Rohde W"llens of Beverley
Action of the legislature In re­
which has attended our 'Dollar
Hills, Cal., a number by a quartet I »«bo, gave the editors the use of
Day' and other special salee events ducing the per capita to small
a
room
In
the
new
arm
ory
and
ex­
schools may have influenced the
composed of Mrs. George Matthews,
leads us to believe people general­
Mrs. Victor Chambers. Mrs C. C. tended other courtesies to the
ly prefer to travel by train, and proposed action of the W alker dis­
guests.
This
was
the
first
use
the
Cruson and Mrs. Roy Short. The
these new fares are Intended Jto trict. The new law w ill not affect
meeting has been designed to show building had had.
stimulate that trend. W e are put­ the present term of school.
This
was
the
first
meeting
of
edi­
the community service work of the
ting on these reduced rates for a
tors
ever
held
in
Cottage
Grove.
Legion and auxiliary. Light refresh­
DORENA.
six-month experim ent
ments will be served at the close
LA T11A M .
of the program.
( Special to the Sentinel.)
F ian t B uilding N early Done.
(gpeelal to tke fUaUeil.)
M ar 10.—M r. and Mrs. C. H.
W ork on the plant building foi
March 10.—Dinner guests at the the N atural Gas corporation should Brooks were business visitor« In
Albert H u ll borne Friday evening be completed this week, according Eugene Saturday.
were Rev. and Mrs. I. G. Shaw of to H a rry M llliktn. local represen­
Mansel Kinney, who Is working
Cottage Grove, Mr. and Mrs. Roy tative of the company. S. L. God­ in Portland, is visiting with his
Hands and son Donald Dean, Mrs. ard, who has the contract for the fam ily here.
H. C. Cosby o f O. S. C. and County E lla J. Woodard and Mlsa Grace plant, has been m a k in g excellent
Hubert Mosby and John Holstrom
Bennett.
motored to Eugene Monday.
time.
Agent Fletcher to Be
M r. and Mrs. J. A. Gleason and
Several Gideons from Portland
As soon as the plant Is completed
H (>eakers.
fam ily of Sutherlin spent a week Installation of vaporization equip­ held services Sunday afternoon In
recsntly w ith M r. and M rs Pltser ment w ill start and It la bellev-d the local Farm ers' union building.
and family.
Mrs. Ralph Hand of Wenatchee,
that a date for starting gas ser­
A turkey meeting, one of a series
Jesse Trunnell. who suffered a vice can soon be named The gas Wash., visited last week a t the
o f th re e a r ra n g e d by tho poultry stroke of paralysis Wednesday eve­
corporation la sponsoring a heater home of her parents, M r. and Mrs.
committee of the Lane county agri­ ning. Is reported to be recovering
J. B. Mosby.
sale for next month.
cultural council, will be held at S satisfactorily.
M r. and Mrs. P. F. Rose were
o'clock Thursday night, March IB, i Mrs. F. M. Dowdy of Eugene v is -' Royal Portables. The Sentinel.
business visitors in Eugene Friday.
in the high school auditorium, with Ited Sunday afternoon with Mrs.
H. C. Coeby of the extension service Mollie Oordtneer of Latham.
of O. 8. C. as the principal speaker.
Mr. and Mrs. H . A. Montgomery
Turkey growers of northern Doug­ and daughter Nelda of Eugene and
las county as well as local growers Mrs. Laura Green of Independence
will attend. M r. Cosby w ill apeak were visitors at the C. S. Montgom­
on Incubation, brooding, feeding ery home Saturday.
and care of turkeys and upon other
Mrs. H . A. Montgomery, Mrs.
timely toplca of Interest to grow- j Laura Green and Edith Bushnell
trs. O. 8. Fletcher, Lane county motored to Shoestring valley on
agent, will talk on supplies of green business Saturday.
feed for turkeys and how to ar- i M r. and Mrs. H . W . W hite and
range for such feed.
children of Eugene visited Sunday
C. R. Dear of this community Is w ith M r. and Mrs. N. W. W hite.
chairman of the poultry commit­
Jessie Grubb spent Friday afte r­
tee of the agricultural council and noon with Dorothy Gallo.
other members are Mr. Johnson of
The Stanley Trunnell fam ily of
Junction C ity and M r. Stoneberg of Eugene spent Sunday at the W il­
Coburg.
liam Kayes home.
M r. and Mrs. Lester Van Nort-
M O U N T view .
wlck of London were Saturday vis­
itors at the John Trunnell home.
(rtpeelel to Ike Bestteel.)
Mrs. M ax Kruse and daughter
March I I . —Mias Ada Sherman of Louise spent Monday In Eugene.
Reedsport arrived Wednesday to , The O ra Powell fam ily srere vis­
visit a sister, Mrs. Roy Hands.
itors at Dorena Sunday.
The meeting held Saturday at the
Mrs. John Trunnell and children
Mount Vlaw school house by Miss | and Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Van Nort-
| Gertruds Skow was well attended. . wlck spent Tuesday In Portland.
She w ill conduct another meeting
M r. and Mrs. Carl Buffington of
here on M arch 38.
O earhart visited over the week end
Mr. and Mrs. Stevens and fam ily w ith Mrs. Buffington's parents, Mr.
visited Sunday afternoon w ith Mrs. and Mrs. Roscoe Ysarous.
1 A m a n d a S ears.
John Trunnell has purchased a
Claude Arne and Henry Snauer new Ford.
stopped entirely too suddenly.
H E N I get into a mystery
attended a banquet In Cottage
Edward McCall has the measles.
I T R IE D to be careful, but I
story, I am just too ab­
Orove Wednesday night.
The other children of M r. and Mrs.
just couldn't keep my eye off the
sorbed, my dear. Yesterday
M r. and Mrs. J. A. Schneider of John McCall are being kept out of
page and before I knew it, I was
I m w one in ths library and
Cottage Orove were visiting In the school until all danger of contagion
out in somebodv's vacant lot and
atarted reading it.
1 neighborhood Tuesday.
Is over.
the car went do«m to the little
I waa just at the point where
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. M iller and
The Homemakers'
class w ill
round things in the middle of the
they were chasing the Masked
M r. and Mrs. Louts Layng and meet at the home of Mrs. Minnie
wheels.
Horror through a dark cave,
fam ily visited Sunday at ths Henry Nichols every Thursday. A new
And what was worse, I could­
when the clock struck five and I
Lake home at Thornton Corners.
teacher to take the place of Mrs.
n’t even get out of the car be­
had to hurry home to make our
Alfred Flow er has not yet been se­
cause of the mud. So I just
dinner.
lected.
stayed where I wae and called
There waa the hook lying
I*laced H ere
100 FARMERS GUESTS \Ripe A r e Reported
DF FRIENDS IN CITY UTIUB u. ~ ,
Special Edition to Go
'Lo C entral States
Southern Pacific Cuts
Walker High School May
State Passenger Fares
Send Its Pupils Here
Vets Organizations Are
To Be Legion Guests
— —
First ripe wild strawberries, In-
R n aale«-. T .1 V on R n R iacta R e ‘‘ “ ‘»‘table proof that spring has ar-
ope.tkers Talk on s u b je c ts KC rjved In this favored section of the
famous, fertile, fru itfu l W illam ette,
lated to Agricultural
were reported Monday by M ary
McKibben, student a t the Latham
Development.
school, who discovered them while
on her way to school.
W hile spring has seemed late In
Fully one hundred farm ers of the
Cottage Grove community were arriving, the open weather of the
guests at the home products ban­ past winter probably was conducive
quet Thursday of last week spon­ to early blooming and growth of
sored by the chamber of commerce wild flora. W ild flowers In bloom
and Lions club. One hundred and were reported from the Lathars
p fty ware preaent from the city. section some time ego.
The banquet was served by the do-
I meatlc science department of the
; high school under the direction of
Miss Merle Bowen, their teacher.
The gathering was held in the din-
; ing room of I. O. O. F. temple.
Music was furnished by the newly
Earty marketing of lambs
; organized band.
mean a difference of 30 per cent in
) Raul V. Maria of tha extension
the price received, H . A. Lindgren,
I department of Oregon State college extension field man for Oregon
talked on dairy products and oleo-
margarin. O. S. Fletcher, county r i o w e r ^ a u X 1 , ± S S * ’ s h ~ n
growers attending special sheep
agent, told of the success of alfalfa meetings held Monday and Tues-
projects In south Lane. D. A. Emer- , day In the Cottage Grove and
i son, superintendent of
Springfield districts.
spoke on the part played by Cottage
Eighty growers attended
the
¿ T "
Grove high in the life of south m e e tin g s w ‘ h
ic h w e re a r ra n g e d b y
| Lane and Herm an L afky, instructor O. 8. Fletcher, county agrlcultunU
in the agriculture departm ent ot agent, who spoke on the use of
Cottage Grove high, described what pasturage and forage crops in rais­
his department is doing for the de­ ing lambs. D r. J. N. Shaw of tha
velopment of agriculture and told college staff spoke on controlling
of the work and ambitions of the »heep diseases and parasites. The
Future Farm ers of America.
, Cottage Grove group met Monday
on the Alfred W hite farm and the
Springfield group on Tuesday on
' the Del by Stevens farm.
E xtra feeding will enable
growers to get their lam b, on thZ
Early Marketing Lambs
Is Advocated by Experts
Government to Complete
Road on Brice Creek
Holding Output at
Level Will Bring About Up­
ward Trend In Prlew.
(Crow's Lumber D ie « » !
Each weak saea the general out-
look, not only for lumbar but for
business of all kinds, growing
■ brighter. A ll through the country
| thousands of men are being placed
to work and payrolls are coming
back to normal a t a rapid stride.
W hile most business men disap­
prove of the soldiers' bonus loon
plan, it w ill throw into circulation a
! very large amount of money all
over the United States. W hile It Is
1 fu tile to expect this loan to bring
on an Improvement to any large de­
gree, it w ill be beneficial a t least
tem porarily. T h a t opinion la shared
by many and the psychological ef-
f ic t alone w ill help,
- t k *
in steel
at
The activity in
continues to
increase slowly and building con­
tracts, particularly for residential
structures, have recently begun to
«how an improvement.
Another
.
,
I.
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r,pO rU * *
surprising
ing received from retail yards
|
the small tosms and agricultural
districts, where some had thought
there would be no businese for
many months. There is a notice­
able improvement In inquiry, indi­
cating that where the retailers have
reduced their prices in proportion
to the lower wholesale costs, pros­
pective builders have come to the
«»«NMSlon ** « * »» *- “ “’’f t * 1“ “
fo r ^ g ^ jX -U r a
middle of July, thus coming In a t a
time when supplies from other continues to give the stock ma rk et
a conservative but steady upward
growing regions are normally low,
turn. A study of past depressions
M r. Lindgren stated.
and recoveries that have followed
shows that In every Instance an Im­
provement in the stock m arket has
preceded a return to normalcy.
One of the most gratifying signs
is the increasing demand for new
automobiles, which has already ex.
A two-hour entertainment, featur- ceeded the moot optimistic fors-
in g a on e-a ct p la y b y Zo ne G a le , casts of the automobile manufac­
"The Neighbors," w ill be presented turers. This la thought to indicate
at 8 o'clock tonight (F riday) in the In a substantial way growing confi­
high school gymnasium. The Am eri­ dence in the future on the part of
can Legion is sponsoring the pro­ the public. Automobile shows now
gram. Musical numbers and a fenc­ being held all over the United
ing exhibition arill complete the States are making sales fa r greater
program.
than those of similar exhibitions a
The play, a dram a of rural life, year ago.
filled with humor, will be presented
W hile it may appear far-fetched
by the W estminister guild, a group to attem pt to forecast arhat la in
of university students, which has store fo r the lumber manufacturers
presented the production in Corval­ by making reference to other in­
lis, Wendling and Eugene and w ill dustries, nevertheless this is the
play in Salem and Portland.
only way that any Idea can be
W ally Tilfo rd and Kenny Lord, gained at present on account of the
the "Harm ony Twins," who have extreme depth to which the slump
been featured in radio broadcasts carried the producers of timber
M r. and Mrs. H . R. Godard of over Portland stations and K O R E ,
products. I t has to be admitted
thia city bave lost a grandson, but
will present several numbers on to- I that while lumber is of vast Impor-
they are not as griefstricken as night's program. The two also have
would be expected, for they find been starred as entertainers at the tance to the comfort and
of the country, there are few In­
| that they never really had the I Jack and Jill tavern in Portland.
stances recorded where anyone has
grandson.
Two experts of the University of
Two weeks ago th e y received Oregon fencing classes w ill be fea­ ever lost his life on account of the
lack of a 2x4 unless It was fo r same
word from th eir son Jackson of tured in an exhibition of that age-
unusual and out of the ordinary re­
i Tillamook announcing the arrival old art.
quirement. In other words, when
of the new member of the fam ily,
people are suffering as many have
and due publicity was given. A j Von N eeds B uys Creswell Land.
during the past w inter for the w ant
week later Jackson wrote that the
David L. Von Needs of thia city of food and clothing those needs
baby really belonged to the fam ily last week purchased a tract of
w ill be supplied first before they
' of a preacher and they had been orchard land west of Creswell,
! merely taking care of It for a few'» form erly known as the W . M. W a r­ give any thought to building homes
or m aking other Improvements. To
days.
ner place. The deal was handled by have a demand for lumber there
Jacob Johansen, Creswell realtor. must be a demand fo r farm prod­
Charley Aldridge Dies.
M r. Von Needs Is an experienced ucts at prices that w ill bring the
Charley E. Aldridge, resident here orchardist and already has pruned farm er a fa ir return and there must
1 since 1917, died late Tuesday after­ five acres of the place. H e plana to be a demand for the manufactured
noon In a Eugene hospital. Funeral build a house later.
, products of the thickly populated
I services were held Thursday after­
industrial sections of the east so
noon at the chapel. Rev. L G. Shaw
that there w ill be payrolls and
of the Christian church officiated.
money put In circulation. The first
Interm ent waa in the A. F. A A. M.-
signs of this very thing have begun
i I. O. O. F. cemetery.
to appear and it Is not Improbable
Mr. Aldridge was born May 1,
; that the improvement w ill gain
, 1875, in Nodaway county. Mo., and
Troop 18 conducted an Impressive momentum once It gets under way.
was aged 56 years, 10 months, 9 tenderfoot investiture service at its
Lumbermen, from the standpoint
days. He came to Cottage Grove regular meeting Saturday night in of stocks on hand, are not In a bad
from Exeter, Cal. H e was a car­ the Methodist church. Tom Howard position and If they w ill continue to
penter. Surviving relatives are the and Dan Trask were made members hold the output down to Its preaent
mother, Mrs. M ary C. Aldridge, this of the troop and were asrarded level until the middle of A p ril there
city; a nephew, Clarence Smith, their tenderfoot badges. The troop ! is good reason to believe that the
Portland; a niece, Mrs. E. A. Tiller, went for a short hike north of the lumber industry w ill by
this city, and a brother-in-law, A. city and planned a hike and cook- be feeling directly the upward turn
B. Smith, this city.
out for next Saturday.
of business.
Troop 16 hiked up M L David Sat­
SAOINAW.
Trask and Leonard W in Tourney. urday morning. Laverne Breese
Ray Trask and Brighton Leonard, passed tracking, second class re­
quirem
ent
<8]Mclal
Is tbs Bratta«!.)
with a total score of 93, were the
Scoutmaster Riggs
announced
March 10.—M r. and Mrs. G. M.
winning team in the golf tourna­
ment held Sunday by the Cottage that the meeting of troop 16 has Becker of Eugene visited a t tha
Grove G olf club. Seventeen teams been changed to F rid a y n ig h t The Lowell Benston home Wednesday
were entered. A small entrance fee troop w ill continue to meet a t his afternoon.
M r. and Mrs. Claude W illey mov-
was charged and the proceeds were home on west M ain street
The drum . and . bugle
corps prac- ed to Leona Sunday.
used to buy golf balls which were
..
given as prises. Trask turned In a llced Thursday night,
Bill Mortesen and son Jimmie
left for Washington last weak.
card of 49 for the nine holes and
When
a
man
wants
to
make
a
,
M r. and Mrs. Clayton Conrad of
Leonard a card of 46. Selection of
fool out of himself, Providence rare- ! Marshfield visited Sunday with
teams was made according to ages.
ly Interferes. Most people, h o w -, Mrs. Conrad's parents, M r. and
to a man who went by to get
alongside of me in the teat, open
ever, still th in k that Providence ( Mrs. C. H .
Highway Curve to B
somebody to help me out. It was
at the place I got to when I had
1MB Taxes Are Collected.
does the making, i t Is the people
M r. and Mrx. Iva n Wltchar
The
“S"
curve
in
Pacific
highway
almost
seven
when
one
of
those
to run home. I just couldn’t help
More than 827,000, collected by
children spent Sunday a t the Law-
at W alker la to be reduced, accord­ who rarely Interfere.
srrecker things came along and
it and one eye tort of wandered
' Sheriff Bown as 1B28 taxes was
rence M ontleth home.
ing to plans of the state highway
a man waded out and tied a rope
down the page while I tried to
Mrs. F. T . Benston spent Thurs­
W hen a good fellow becomes un­
An all-day meeting of Lane coun­ turned over to County Treasurer
commission. Hollis W . Libby, high­
to the car and pulled me o u t
watch tha road with the other.
Grace
Schlska
Friday.
The
amount
ty Farm ers' union organizations
way engineer for this district, was fortunate, his fair-w eather friends day and F riday a t ths H a rry Ban-
And, my dear, do you know
All at once I felt a jar, and
waa
segregated
as
follows:
w ill be held here Saturday, March
[ a t W alker Monday fixing the new begin to find all kinds of flaws in ston home m Eugene.
that the man I bumped sent a
there waa a car ahead of ma with
Ellis Robison was a caller at tha
21, starting at 10 o'clock In W . O. ; State and county ... .... ...... 818,678.70
bill for eleven dollart and the
' lines. A store and other buildings him that give them good reason for
a
broken
rear
light
and
the
driv­
6,288.13
B ill Haskins home Wednesday.
W. hall, according to word received Cities
srrecker cost me ten? And Henry
at W alker form a blind corner. No not associating w ith him longer.
er
waved
hit
arms
and
Mid
it
6,168.40
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Montlsth
from M yrtle Dobbersteln, secretary ' School d is tr ic ts -----
had to take me downtown to din­
inform ation has been given out as
waa my fault and that I had
138.84
of tha county organization. A bas­ , Union high sohoola
to when the Improvement w ill be
Justifiable Homicide: W hen a spent Thursday at ths Ben Jackson
probably also broken hie wheel­ ner and ha was wondering what
I
Road
d
is
tric
ts
_____
389.05
ket dinner w ill be served at noon.
I was doing in a vacant lot with
minister’s w ife has to practice w hat home near Walker.
started.
base, hut when I told him how
68.72
Port of S lu a la w -----
M r. and Mrs. Vern Ksahsy of De­
tha car and I never dared to tell
i her husband preaches.
sorry
I
waa
he
let
it
go
at
that,
164.31
light valley were supper guests a t
I t would bo Interesting to know Forest firs patrol
him.
Today's Tight-W ad: The guy who
although
goodness
knows
ha
.60
where paragraphers got their Jokes Squirrel oontrol
Cnpyricht, ISSO— John Jemen
Bookkeeping Systems. The Sen­ the Howard Keens home Monday
I buys a pencil from a blind man and
evening.
during the time of Adam, who had
then
asks
him
to
sharpen
i
t
tinel.
.837,128.83
James Conley injured an ays ro-
Total
no mother-in-law.
cently while at w ork In ths Black
Butte mines. H e has to go to Eu­
By Osborne
gene ever day fo r treatm en t
M r. and Mrs. Clauds W lllsy and
„
« CLIBMT OF M B « W ttA L iT UlS
WEU.SO.-0MCS
.
n o iP -e o iP O ÍT ,
M r. and Mrs. Lowell Benston and
'« to ö D O liltfA T ? /TEN VEAOS CO SOJ—
'«ESlOENCE AND LOT G O T O O N S K T ^
w ifi i S l S r a 5
»
VEAOS
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children were dinner guests Sunday
WANT ID HBAO ANJTUIN
ID NOTHING I-WHAT HE POSSN T KNON
TOU D B Iv IN AT 7pq4TTy
|W 0 5 ^ (SCATSJ
f f l w r v a g “
a t the W . A. Keene home.
MOOS
IS THAT A WCNDtQFOL « 1 0 0 ,0 0 0
Mr. and Mrs. Lyls Scott and baby
MtaUT MNK I HAP
/M A Y » I COULD BBIUBN
BUILDING IS ABOUT TO GO UP OM
moved Into the S. K. Adams '
I am ' i v i DECIDED J D LSI
WtNOTODOUXTW IT, AM
UN LAttl'S.BV HE WAY -■
H E FAV0B « N C f l D U
IN OM W S O N S / W l -
Sunday.
THE LOT D10ECTLY ACOoSS F « 0 M
Turkey Meet Will Be
Held Here Thursday
Continuation of work on the
Brice creek road in the Bohemia
district was assured a delegation
which recently visited forest offi-
clals in Portland.
A represents
tive of the Cottage Grove chamber
of commerce accompanied County
Judge Uarnard and County Com­
missioner Crowe on the trip. Word
had previously been given out that
the government would spend no
money on this road this year, but
the forest officials agreed to com­
plete it to Champion bridge.
The forest departm ent w ill con-
I tribute 82000, to be spent In coop­
eration with the county and the
road d is tric t The county w ill fu r­
nish equipment. W ork w ill not
start until the first of August, as
county equipment w ill not be avail-
able until th at time.
IMPROVEMENT IS SEEN
FDR LUMBER MARKET
I
American Legion Play
To Be Given Tonight
Godards Lose Grandson
They D id n 't H a ve
SCOUT NEWS
*7 told the man,
said M rs . M olla P r o P p ,
«‘to take the spark gap out of the intake.*
W
Farm ers Union Plans
A11-D ay M eet
The Work.
THE FEATHERHEADS
«J«'
' C
«»OUGHT MS INE BUSI
HIM I * IMAGINE WHAT TWAT WILL
Am erican Labor Only
Is A sked
V lilT O R , AS TWE
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