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About The Cottage Grove sentinel. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon) 1922-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1933)
C O T T A G E G K O V E , I.A N K CXHJNTY IIK W .O N , F K ID A V . J A . M T K V VOI.I ME X l.l TAX LEAGUE HITS ATPDBfl RELIEF MiuiìiK«iiient by Ro<i Oro«» Pro touted ; Permanent By» twin I» Askod T h e Mouth l> n n County Tsxp ay- •m ' I««» mu ». Mt It» is»»tlnff M onday night Mt th» high »©bool. voiced It» <llaMl>l>rov»| of tli«* ino11 1< »«I of ro ll' ducting re lie f w ork in the county under the » x rn i’v of th» Ke<l Cio»» mid called upon the county court to lnve«tlM *te the whole relief ay» tern and to find eome perm anent re lie f plan T he league »aid that It» reaolu* lio n w m » not Intended a» a reflec tion on the I ted Cro»» nor on the Individual» now rngnged in relief w ork hut that It believe» the pre» en t SltUftUoO prtMBtl ft piohhon In etM'lal w e lfa ie w ork not com patible w ith tjie plan» of the Hod Cro«« It wa« pointed out that the national lie d Cro»» and the local chapter« are designed to Hive q u irk tem por ary Belief and th a t In this capacity can not be »urimeaed by any or- ganlxatlnn T h« |ntgu« mem bers de c la re d th e ir belief that the present situation Is one of perm anent dura- | Ion mil ’’ , I- i«-f « • u • n «• only In the perm anent re h a b ilita tion of those persona who ate now out of w ork T he league*» reaolu- tl i, fu rtb e i it ited >he belief that the Ited Cross 1» not suited fo r thia task am i that records of expendi tu re « a re a u fflc le tit evid e n ce that the present plan of Belief should he ab and on ed F ig u r e s s u b m itte d by th e league »h<iwed that for re lie f w ork . was e*p< nded In IMO, Mi ».I ,n l.'.u m. I H ; 123.- eW ?»> f- • th« fir s t ten m o n th s o f 1932. The league offered no perm anent r e lie f p lan of Ita o w n but d id UMf that only the really w orthy he g iv en aid and that re lie f be diecun tinued for those who are now and alw ays have been In the a rm y of the unemployed 'lh e league asked that in recognition o f the proeent emergency the present re lie f organ »satIon he retained only a sufficient length of tim e to allow the county court to give c areful study to a more economical arrang em ent, giv ing notice of the term in atio n o f the present program , that the least poe ill . bai lahlp m ig h t result. Opposition to the prot»o«od sales tax or to any legislation o th er than reduction of expenditures was »«< pressed in ano ther resolution dl reeled to the ix n « county delega tion at the legislature T h e league dem anded retrenchm ent. ru rta ll- »nrn* of expenditures draetl© »•-<!«»«• tlons In salaries and the elim in atio n o f needless governm ent bureaus and offices T he group also passAI a resolution endorsing the resolution to the legislature passed by the C row T ax league T he secretary of the league was ordered to prepare a resolution to the legislature dem anding a change In the so-called dog law T h e plan suggested Is that the present dog board be abolished and th a t the county assessor and hie deputies be clothed w ith the power to act as collector» of dog tax. that the sher iff. clerk and assessor act as a hoard In the adtustm ents of claims, that the s h e riffs office have a u th o r ity to vl. w darting«« and t«> dis pose of u nllrrnxed or sheep killin g dog« and that these functions he In addition to the present duties of th eir restrictive offices and w ithout additional pay. A plan fo r financing a represen tative com m ittee to meet w ith the present session o f the legislature was given serious consideration but no action was taken hecauwe o f the sm all attendance W O M cF a rla n d , president of the league, was In charge o f the meeting. Cottage Grove Quintet Defeats Yoncalla Five (U r itlr a by Jeeraalieia H ludenl.) Cottage (¡ro v e high defeated Yon calla 30 to 13 In a faat and rough b aakrtb all gam e at Yoncalla Tuss- dav evening. In the flre t h a lf the gam e was nip and tuck w ith the lead rh ang In g many time« At the end of Ihe flra t q u a rte r Yoncalla waa ahead 5 to 4. In the second period the G rovera tied th e ir opponents and the h alf ended 9 to 9. A t the beginning o f the th ird per iod Yoncalla scored three polnta on a field goal by Ohleen and a free throw by K ln n a n . The Grovera fo rg e.I nhem l on aucceaalve fl«M goals by Powers, H o rn and Cox. The q u a rte r ended w ith the Grovera le a d in g in to 12. The C ottage G rove team put up a strong defense In the last h a lf of the third period, holding Yoncnlln scoreless to the end of lhe game. T o n er o f Yoncalla. Thlee nnd Husaenberrv o f the G rovers were forced to leave the game ea rly on fouls. T he lineup: C ollage Grove (20» Yoncalla (13) Cox, 5 F . Helland Kelly, 2 F K ln n a n . 3 Powers, tl C T on er. 3 l»u«senberrv, 3 G Johnson, 2 I hies. 1 8 Ohlson. 3 Horn. 3 8 B lo w n Shaw 8 D u rh a m , 1 Ballew 8 Campbell Excavators fin d t h a t ancient C rete was the fabled Island o f A t lantis. Nlnoteen per cent o f the world's people, or 331,339,(163, nre Catholics. C ity to 1 lave C h an ce IO View C a talo LIBRARY BOARD ASKS DONATION OF BOOKS London, Jan 10 <Special.) A I strange hybrid. Die catalo, Is sched uled Io pass through Cottage Grove w ith in Id days on Its wav to C a li fornia. according to M r and M rs C, I I Woods and M rs A Lyons, who passed the strange anim al and its owner Munday lust north o f Ha- leni while they were returnin g fro m a trip Io Milverton T he catalo Is the result of cross ing a hull buffalo w ith a Holstein cow. 'I'lie owner who lias a ranch I.CHI Colville, W a s h . especta to ■lock his place w ith these anim als mid Is m aking ths trip to C a lifo r nia w ith Ills hope of securing money w ith which (o finance his plans I lie O W M I la tie v e iln g In a covered cart w ith the catalo as motive power The catalo Is said to lie valuable both for Its meat and Its hide. Increiued R e a d e r Demand Gause» Origin; Lack of Funds Hamper» Work. G ifts of books, standard fiction, non-flctlon and child ren ’s hooka, W ith the « x ie p ll'in of large slued story hooks, are desired by the li brary hoaid M embers of ths li brary hoard, at a m eeting Monday afternoon, decided to appeal to cltl- xsna of the com m unity for dona tions of hooks to help relieve the shortage of reading m a te ria l during the present crisis. Ths unusual demand for reading m a tter, a O m m '■ n to libraries throughout the country at thia time, has Imposed a serious dem and on the library's resources and la caus in g hooks to he discarded at an ala rm in g rate as too worn out for circulation. D u rin g last year, be cause of ri d need funds, ths hoard was able to purchase only pay-shelf bonks, which are bought w ith their own ren tal money and which are put Into general circulation when paid for. T h e lib ra ry board believes that many homes have unused books w hlen would he of service In the present em ergency and gifts from those Interested In supporting the lib ra ry would he appreciated Although the board found It necee- sary to reduce the lib ra ria n s salary to $23 a m onth. Mrs. Dan H atnant, lib ra ria n , has volunteered to m a in tain the reg ular schedule of library I; NITS for the present SCHOOL BOARD ELECTS NEW GRADE TEACHER Miss Alice H aliletu an waa elected teacher of the firs t and seeond grades at the west side school Inst F rid a y at a meeting of the Cottage Grove Sbhobl hoard Hke w ill take . ' . ...T O who Is resigning, am i will s la it to w ork Janu ary 23. the opening of the new semester. The school board voted to e lim in ate spring vacation, the extra vaca tion period the firs t of ths year tak in g the place o f the spring h oli day The hoard reinsured one-third of the school proiierty In tho d is tric t th e fir s t o f the y e a r w ith b la n k e t im per cent c o l neurones. L C. M o ffitt, county school su perintendent. visited the hour'! F r i day M O U N T V IE W Jan 11 M rs A m anda Mears and Mias Jean Mooney spent S aturday afternoon w ith Mrs. K a te Meers In Cottage Grove Mlaa M yrtle Mnausr of W alden si>ent one ilav last week w ith a ■ later. M rs. Claude A rne John K ing returned to the state college a l Corvallis last week a fte r siwndlng the holldnya here w ith his t>arenta. M r and M r s C. A. King C It. Dear made a business trip to Portland Tuesday NAGIN A U . Jan IV M rs Annie Kurgena o f Cottage G rove visited Munday at the James Conley homo. M r and Mrs I^ a lte I-eandng and «OB D e lig h t V a lle y spent Munday afternoon w ith Mrs. D orothy Conn Robert Keens la visiting hla grandparents M r. and M rs. W . A Keene o f Cottage Grove, this week M r and Mrs. le iw ell Benetun and son D elm ei ware Munday d in ner guests at ths Clauds W illey home In D elight Valiev. Ix>wla ('onlay was an over night guest Sunday of Georgs Lindsay of Creswell. F T Benston. Eugene, was a d in ner guest at the Low ell Benston home Wednesday. M r and M rs C h arlie Sharon and daughter spent Munday at the Jess T u c k e r home In D e lig h t valley M r and M rs Ixygen Bear and daughter. Creswell, visited T h u rs day at the Pete Hodson home M r and M m Dave Rhnw. Cottage G rove , spent M onday afternoon at th e P e te H odson h o m e M r and M rs H o w ard Kee/ie were •u pp er guests W ednesday evening at the Claude W ille y home In D e light valley. Mrs. Melissa C hrism an Dlea. Mrs Melissa Cook C hrism an died Tuesday night at the horns of u granddaughter. Mrs. Roy Short. She was aged 86 years. 11 months 23 days. F uneral asrvlces were held at 3 30 T hu rsday afternoon at .Milts chape), Key. D P. Cam eron o ffic ia tin g In te rm e n t was In the Masonic cemetery. Melissa Brown was born January 13. 1846. In Missouri She was « m em ber of the P resbyterian church and had lived In the v ic in ity of C ot tage G rove since ea rly childhood She was m arried Septem ber 24. 186«, a l Eugone to N . Preston Chris man, who died In 1919 She Is sur vived by tw o daughters. Mrs. O. O Veatch. Cottage G rove, and M rs Bohert M a rtin . San Francisco: ten grandchildren: seven great g ra n d children; tw o brothere. W illia m Brown, Heppner, and D. 8 Brown. Condon; one slater. M rs. Ellen Ben nett, Heppner A n o th e r daughter. Mrs. James Redford, died In I92B. Receiver Is Appointed For Commerce Company Percy W Brow n was appolntod receiver fo r Ihe Com m erce com pany In an order signed Tuesday by Judge G. F S k lp w o rth of circuit court. T he court's action followed the filin g of a suit fo r $1000 against Ihe com pany bv W illia m J. Bartels. The court ordered the receiver to convert the com pany’s assets Into cash and restrained officials of the company from paying out any funds or tra n s fe rrin g any property o f the company. In his suit filed Iasi week Bartels set fo rth that the com pany sold col late ra l trust bonds represented as secured by deposit w ith the Bank of Commerce, which la now In the hands of the slate b an king d ep art m ent. A ffid a v its purpo rting to show th a t the bank was not a duly qualified trustee w ere presented to the court. T he com plaint alleged that $34,- 708.36 In note« and mortgages have a real value of only $20,000, that $27.301» w orth of bonds w ill bring only $4000 on the m a rk e t and that $17,682 in chattel m ortgages w ill bring only about $0000. C h ild Learns fa lc u rn Is N o t E d ib le Mosby Creek, Jan. 10 'S p e c ia l I T hat talcum powder cannot be •a te n was learned F rid a y evening by little June Spangenhurg. who a t tem pted to swallow some and was nsariy choked. , Cottage Orove to Play Spring- field in P in t Regular Home Contest. 1 Local haskotball fane w ill have 1 th e ir firs t chance to see the Cot- lags Grove high school basketball team In league “A" com petition Tuesday night when the locals meet Springfield on the high school floor. This w ill be a b en efit game, proceeds to be used to help defray expenses Incurred by Paul Sanders as ths result of a broken leg sus tained In a football game last fall. Cottage G rove w ill open Its league "A " season tonight In Roseburg against the Roseburg high Indians. Basketball pracUce waa disrupted last week by the high w ater. The equad has put In hard d rills this week to m ake up for this loss and Coach O. M Bagiev expects his team to m ake a good showing thia year. T h e high school team ended It» pre-season schedule w ith a .300 per centage. splittin g a two-gam e series w ith both D ra in and Yoncalla. T he com plete game schedule fol lows: J anu ary 13. Roseburg at Roseburg; J an u ary 17. Springfield at Cottage G rove; Janu ary 20. E u gene at Cottage Grove: J an u ary 27, U n iversity high at Eugene; F eb ru ary 3. Roseburg at Cottage' Grove; F ebruary 10. S p ringfield et Spring- field; F eb ru a ry 17. Eugene at E u gene; F eb ru a ry 24, U n ive rs ity high at Cottage Orove. Ganien are being arranged w ith St M ary's high school o f Eugene hut definite dates have not been set. DORENA. Jan. 10.— Eugene visitors from here F rid a y were M r. and Mrs. H a rr y Shearer and dau gh ter M au r- Ine. Mrs. John W h ltsell and E v e rett Holstrom . W a rre n Cooper w h s a business visitor in O akland Sunday. Bernice Moebv spent the week end w ith Ito la Isham In Cottage Grove. Uppor classmen of the Dorena high school entertained the fresh men F rid a y evening w ith a party at the F arm e rs ' union hall. Gladys Isham , student body president, wa» In charge. M r. and M rs. C A. Peterson spent N ew Year's day a t the H. N . Hen- rlcksen home In Croswell. T he S ta r school resumed Monday a fte r a tw o weeks' vacation. Robert Vaughn la spending sever al weeks w ith hla parents, M r. and Mrs. W . J. Vaughn of N o tl. Izola Isham , sophomore In Cot tage Grove high school, visited the schools hero Tuesday. M ra. Clarence Peterson and Mrs. O rlen lJ»nd entertained w ith a five hundred p arty at the home of M rs Peterson Saturday In honor of O rlen Land's b irthd ay anniversary. Refreshm ents of coffee and pie were served at m idnight. Guesta were M r and Mrs. L ot W agner, Opal, Ernest and Robert W agner. M r. and M rs. U. S. Bales. Sidney and Ju a n ita Bales, M r. and M rs Glen Gllllspte. Alvls England, Mrs. W . J. Vaughn. Robert. W ayn e and W illia m V au gh n. M r. and M ra. I-ee Thomason and d au gh ter Alois, I-ouls Dodge. O rville Peterson. Olcn Jennings, A rth u r Bales, M r. nnd Mrs. O rlen Ijtn d and M r. and Mrs. ( ’ lai.-nce Peterson . S ta te Capltol. Salem . Ore . Jan 7. ■ Special » T o m R a ffe ty . form ar I h lof in thè state tr u ffi' depart- rnent, has charge of thè house cham ber and dlrects tra fflc In thè lobby Attorney for State Commiaxion Urge» Use of Federal Fund» for Needy. W . H Roberta nt Eugene, who la tth ain , Jan. 10. (Special.) — hasn't nilsaod a session In many years and has a great attachm ent T h a t h ig h w a y road w ork is not suf for the state payroll, doesn't rnlee ficien t to m eet the needs In relief a W ill Rogers picture. Says he w ork and th a t an e ffo rt should be went to school w ith W ill, which made to secure federal funds to may account fo r some of W ill's give em ploym ent to the needy waa fu n n y ways. pointed out by J M Devera. a tto r • • • ney fo r the Oregon state highw ay T h« legislature can t be blamed commission, a l a regional m eeting fo i ’ !»•• PbllOftBfttfe ta n k robbery of the O regon state conference of Both houses were in session when social w orkers M onday In Eugene the robbery happened M rs. J. E. M cC all attended the • • • meeting as a gueet o f Mias Rober- The ways and means conitnlttee tlello. Red Croaa w o rk e r fo r thia proposes tw o o r three me tor opera section. tions on the budget, and w ill ad M i Devera pointed out th a t some m in is te r no anesthetic e ffo rt should be made to give needy • • e em ploym ent soon before they be T he hunger m archers are re come so discouraged th a t they m ay ported to he on th e ir way The ad become radical and wish to over vance guard a rriv e d as the session throw all governm ent. He recom opened and applied fo r positions as mended the use of fed eral funds as stenographers and clerks a means o f lightening the burden • e e of the local taxing u n it and said State C apitol. Salem . O r e , Jan. 9. th a t since the depression la n ation 'S pecial.) W ith the opening of wide It la beat to help In a national the regular session today the I-ane way. county fam ily was augmented by R e lie f organizations are becoming tw o . C H Sedgwick arrived from more lenient tow ard transien t fa m i Cresw ell to he cle rk for Represen lies. It was reported bv Mias G ira rd tativ e E a rl H U I, one of the few to of A lbany, helping them , w herever prefer a clerk o f masculine gender. possible, to settle down. T ran sien t Representative M cC om ack Is more fam ilies are leas than a year ago p artic u la r nnd a fem inine clerk ap w hile lone railroad transients are peared at his desk today in the per more numerous. son of M rs M cC om ack The need fo r social legislation 1-ane county retains the reading was explained by H o m e r C h am ber clerkship of the house end the posi lain. P o rtla n d , who said th a t sev tion of sergeant at arm s in the sen eral good bills were to be submitted ate, the la tte r position being held by to the legislature and should be Allen W heeler, one o f those assist supported He said that the pro- ing to preserve the posterity of the posed 3-day m arriag e license law H a lv o r C W h eeler fam ily These would a l least give those -who are tw o positions have been I^anc coun d ru n k tim e to sober up. The need to tra in volunteer w o rk ty positions for m any years. Colonel W G M ercer having held the sen ers was stressed by Miss Sexsmith. ate sergeant at arm s Job for a q u ar Corvallis, who pointed out th a t ta c t ter of a century o r more, being only ful volunteer w orkers in these times displaced at this session on account , can accom plish much th a t w ill help them and th e ir com munities. of age In additions to the members, others fro m I-ane on the legislative payroll are M rs B etty Kappauf. who Is accom panied bv a daughter, and W S. Roberts of Eugene, who made Fox H ollow famous F ortn er residents frequently en- i countered are J M Devers, a tto r- ' nev fo r the h ig hw ay commission: C lare Lee. fo rm e r Insurance com missioner; 8. 8. George. Investigator Charges Declared Excessive; for the Ind ustrial accident commis New Method of Handling sion. Chester Noland, form er Cres well editor, em ploye of the acci Problem Discussed. dent commission: 8. L M oorhead. I fo rm e r Juncton C ity editor; M rs W a lte r Fisher, fo rm e rly teacher at i A revo lt against assertedly ex C ottage Grove as Miss Ethel T oo ie. ! cessive hospitalization coats fo r the now legislative cle rk for Senator county poor was sounded S aturday W a lte r Fisher o f Douglas, who has by the county court upon receipt of the distinction o f being her hus a b ill fo r $2,322.78 fro m the P acific band. C h ris tia n hospital, fo r the m onth of Dean W a lk e r, representing Polk, December. w ill he rem embered as a fo rm er T h e county has fo r tw o years a t p ro m in e n t resident of Eugene, and I tem pted v a in ly to collect taxes fro m John Cooter, representative from this hospital, members said, w ith Lincoln, spent his yaunger days at ' the hospital protesting paym ent on Cottage Grove and attended U. o f O. grounds th a t It Is a charitab le in • • • stitution. Mem bers were sworn In today for : A proposal to establish a county the reg ular session. They are also 1 hospital a t the county fa rm to care being sworn at fo r w hat they have fo r Indigent sick also was given done and have not done some tho ug ht, but no decision made • • • In the m a tter. T he technocrats controlled the or Both the am ount o f the hospital ganization of both houses today. bill, and the variance in c h a rity T h e re was not a slip of a single cog w ork given bv P acific C h ristian In the m achlne-ltke prepared-ln-ad- and Eugene hospitals was under vance and typ e w ritte n program for fire yesterday. Eugene hospital's getting under w av bill fo r D ecem ber was $409.26. F o r • • a the preceding three months the Saw ano ther rainbow today on bills w ere; P acific C h ristian . $1,309.- the w av back to tha session, but 66. Eugene. $221.39; October. P a c if th a t probably d id n 't mean th a t the ic C h ristian . $1.103.33: Eugene, $221.- storm Is over Should have secured 89: Septem ber. P acific Christian. the pot of gold, fo r It surely is go $965.82. Eugene. $276 43. ing to be needed • • • P acific C h ris tia n hospital owes T he special session is accused o f $526.30, plus $42.10 interest personal having done little or nothing One p ro perty tax fo r 1930, and $482 40 th in g It did do. however, that may fo r 1931. according to the s h e riffs at first seem w ith in the realm of records. In addition the hospital the Impossible, was to m ake time owes a p ro perty tax o f $1.521 plus stand still. F ro m tw o m inutes of 12 12 per cent interest, and $1.372.16 Saturday night u ntil 30 minutes a f plus 4 per cent interest, fo r 1930 ter 12 Sunday m orning, the clocks and 1931. county officials state. Should the hospitalization bills o f both houses rem ained at 2 m ln- utea o f 12. T h e records of both continue this high. It would mean houses show as havin g happened more than h a lf of the $50.000 budg Saturday evening a n u m b e r of eted fo r the poor would be spent things that did not actu ally happen In this w av. leaving fo r paym ent fro m the rem ainin g money all gro u ntil the next day. • • • cery orders and other relief, the Some o f the unemployed re m a in $2300 paid the Red Cross fo r ad ed a fte r the hunger m archers left, m in is te rin g the poor, the salary of but some o f them are on the state the assistant health o ffic e r and the payroll. office c le rk o f the h ea lth d ep a rt • • • ment T h is would be p ra c tic a lly Im T h e slogan o f the hunger m a rc h possible. It was pointed out by the ers seems to be th a t no nation can commissioners. long exist h a lf employed and h a lf I t has been the practice o f the unemployed. county h ealth service to give hos • • • p ital care to every needy wom an A 90-year-old wom an was an in having h er firs t child, and some terested spectator d u rin g the recep mem bers o f the court voiced em tion fo r the hunger w alkers. She phatic disapproval of the practice. started to take a seat reserved fo r The w a rra n t in paym ent of P a the senators and was told w hat she cific C h ris tia n 's Decem ber b ill is be was doing. She replied, "T hat's all ing held up bv the countv court un rig ht. I'm a taxp ayer." She had It til an opinion Is obtained fro m the rig ht. A taxp ayer Is a very Im office o f the district a tto rn ey as to portan t person these days. She .rot w hether o r not the countv can com (Concluded on page tw o .) pel the hospital to pav its taxes. Candidates’ Standing In Sentinel Campaign HOW T H E Y STAND (listed a lp h a b e tica lly ) M a ry A lm a Benston, Saginaw .................................. ........................605,600 J u a n ita Hopper, Cottage G rove ________ ______ ___________ 907,600 M rs . Ix ittle Lewis ....................... 903,400 A lvin M cG arvtn, Cottage Grove. B lack B u tte route __ 360.000 P h yllis Monson. Cottage G rove _____ _____________ ________ 613,300 D o ro th y U m phrey, C ottage Orove _ ............... —.......... ............... 908,300 John W oolcott, Cottage Groye, Lorane R t e . .... ........................ 406,000 NUMBER 1«. M e n d c n h a lls C a n e d D eb to rs’ Bills Debtors to the M endenhall Jewel- ry store were given a pleasant sur prise this week when U r and M rs F. F- M endenhall, proprietors, de- elded to cancel all accounts due to th e ir store. T his step was taken as a means o f helping others and Is In celebration of the ten th a n n iv e r sary o f M r and Mrs. M endenhall's m oving to this city. On account of the general fln an - > ial ro n ditlo n and M r M endenhall's health, the store has been moved from the Allison building to the bulldinn west of I. O O. F hall M r. and Mrs. E a rl B allew w ill assist In the new store. f b l i x - i ' m <iB T-TiN <3- F C A D V 7 ' z@OO , j MEETS SATURDAY Cecil Wooley to Demonstrate Portable Stamp Mill at Salem Qathering. ! ; . Plans M ade to R etain G e rtru d e Skow County Road Workers' Get Further Wage Cut Chamber of Commerce P lan s Annual Meeting Clothing M eeting Held. T h e second of a series o f m eet ings in the R o w riv e r d is tric t fo r the dem onstration of clothing reno vation was held W ednesday a t the home o f M rs. F . D. Frazee. Miss G ertru de L. Skow, county home dem onstration a g e n t was In charge. County Repairs Bridge. A county bridge crew was here S a turday to s ta rt re p a ir w o rk on the 30-foot bridge over B enn ett creek Just n orth o f the N in th street bridge on the old highw ay. T he bridge was badly dam aged by the recent flood. R epair« w ere oam- pleted the f i rst o f the w eek. Farewell to the Mo’intam» -r 'Lo, H ELLO / PRED I J I I T he W eetern O r e g o n M in in g ' congress w ill hold an open meet in g -Saturday in Saiem to organize Lhe Oregon M in in g Congress, to he com posed-of representatives nt the various sectional m ining eongreaaea in the state, which w ill speak for m in ing interests of the en tire state. STOLEN CAR RECOVERED M in in g m ach inery and equipm ent of the ialeat type w ill be on dis BY OFFICER SCHAEFFER play. Cecil W ooley of this city, inventor An autom obile stolen two nights of a new type of em ail portable stam p m ill, w ill dem onatrate his before C hristm as In Eugene fro m Charles F le tc h e r was recovered riiachine and the M in e ra l Recovery here Tuesday by John Schaeffer, com pany of inis city w ill display night policeman, w ith the a rre s t of several satgpies of concentrated ore Robert B rockm an, alias R o bert M e -| » * “ «-»Ptam the new méthode G rew and Edison L. Z uver, both o f concentration. A gold panning G ran ts Bass. T he tw o youths had dem onstration w ill be Several p ro m inent m in in g men been staving around M edford and G ran ts Pass since they stole the are expected a t the meeting. Am ong them w ill be A. 8- K e rry , Seattle, car and were on th e ir way back to m an of the Eugene when O ffic e r S ch aeffer w ell-kn ow n m in ing o f the Picked them up. H e was on the n orthw est and c h airm an m in ing com m ittee of the Seattle lookout for ano ther c a r when the cham ber of commerce. H e w ill dle- tw o youths aroused his suspicions. T he tw o were turned over to cuss the silver question. O th e r m atters to be discussed In state police Brockm an was charged w ith auto th e ft and is being held clude the establishm ent of a m in ing school in this state, the organiza in county Jail In lieu o f $1000 ball. Z u v e r Is being held but no charge tion of a state bureau o f mines, had been placed against h im W ed methods of Investigatin g m ining property as suggested by D r. W a r nesday. License plates used on the stolen ren D. S m ith of the geology d ep a rt car had been stolen fro m a car of m en t of U n ive rs ity o f Oregon. James W . M o tt, corporation com the same m ake a t Swisshome. m issioner and congressman - elect fro m this d is tric t, w ill discuss the SILK CREEK. Blue S k y laws In relation to m in Jan. 9. E lean or T eeters and a ing. T he m anager o f the northw est friends. Miss B ird of Cottage Grove, hiked to the d is tric t school and o ffice in P o rtland o f the fed eral Reconstruction Fin ance C orpora visited Tuesday o f last week. tion w ill discuss the possibility of M ra. Culver's sm all dau gh ter S h ir o btain ing R. F . C. funds fo r the ley was an all-day v is ito r a t the ent of m in in g In this state. d is tric t school W ednesday of last developm I t Is expected th a t over 1,000 per week. sons w ill attend S aturday's m eet M a rg a re t T om pkins of Lorane ing. m ountain was a recent vlalto r a t the home of M r and M rs. Shade Burcham . Eugene visitors fro m this d is tric t last week were James Scott, M rs Charles T re m b le y. A r th u r W ooL and W ilb u r M cF a rla n d . M r and M rs. H e n ry K rause le ft Saturday fo r I-ath am They had Steps looking to the continuance been liv in g on the Julius Ripeleger of the ad u lt education program Is ranch fo r several weeks. B ill C lifto n this oounty and the retention of moved them to I-ath am and on Sun Miss G ertru de L. Skow, county __ ¡home dem onstration agent, w ere day he and M rs. C lifto n and son Donny moved to the Julius Rlpsleg- taken M onday a t a m eeting of the er ranch. Lane com m ittee In home extension M r and Mrs. Leslie Godard of w o rk held In Eugene. M rs. J. E. Eugene spent the N e w Y e a r’s w eek M cC all of L a th a m represented her end a t the home of M rs Godard's com m u nity a t the meeting. parents, M r and M rs. John Ashby. I t is estim ated th a t it w ill be M r and M rs. C la ir P a rk s and sons, necessary to raise $876 fo r the also of Eugene, w ere planning to be w ork, this sum to be m atched by w ith them b ut M rs P a rk s was ill the state and federal jrovem m ent. w ith sciatic rh eum atism and was Thia would be on a basis of only 10 unable to be present. m onths’ w o rk In the year. A N e w Y e a r’s w atch party was T h e women a tte n d in g w ere opti held a t the home o f M r. and M rs. m istic th a t such funds can be rain Sid Swanson. Those present were ed and w ill s ta rt th e ir cam paign nt Mrs. H elen Swanson M r and Mrs. once. Plana Include the g ivin g of J. Bassett and M r and M rs V. 3. playa in the various com m unities S trock and nephew E d w a rd and , and private subscriptions. C alvin and M erlv n Swanson. R e- - freshm ents were served a t m id WHEELER LAW CASS night TO BE HEARD SOON M rs Alm ond H em en w ay o f Ced ars was a Sunday d in n e r guest at the home of M r. and M rs. Shade The supreme cou rt has advanced Burcham . hearing fo r the W heeler law case, Eugene Paul was an overnight and the suit w ill be heard a t the guest S aturday a t the home o f his firs t possible opening, according to grandparents, M r. and Mrs. E. E. word received Wednesday by H . E. Paul H is parents. M r. and M rs. S lattery, representing the county. M elvin Paul w ere guests a t the A c irc u it cou rt decree o f Judge F ra n k Sears home in D e lig h t V a l H . D . N o rto n found fo r the plain ley th a t n ig ht. tiffs . the fo u r large high school M r. and M rs. F . M . V in c e n t and d istricts o f the county, d eclaring M were a r. and , , M rs. W George h Teeters e e l e r la w unconstitutional. K 1 ? . dK ^ : r ,5 U^ ? . A t? i l t . ^ ,l> h iT h e case holds special im portance Teeters home in Cottage Grove the county because o f its bear- M r. and M rs. S. V . Allison o f Cot- I to ing upon tax foreclosures under its tage G rove and M r. and M rs. A. ' provisions. W oolcott and sons w ere Sunday ' d in n e r guests a t the home o f M r. and M rs E. E. Paul. M rs. H e n ry R heule is much im - , proved in health a fte r h er recent serious Illness. M r and M rs. R . C. L orrance vis- i Ited in Eugene Sunday. T h e y were ' The county court Tuesday decided d in n er guests at the home o f M rs. to m ake fu rth e r cuts in wages paid Lorrance's brother. K a rl G in h a rd t. I men employed on county roads and T h e H e n ry Rohde fa m ily visited announced a new w age scale. Sunday w ith the John D ugan fam - : M em bers of the court said. In an ilv of L a th a m . nouncing the cuts, th a t they do not M rs Florence M ayes o f Eugene mean to establish the new wagee as visited over the C h ristm as and N e w a precedent fo r fu tu re years. b u t Y e a r holidays at the home o f h er I th a t non-paym ent of parents. M r. and M rs. W ilb u r M c duced county funds and the money F arla n d m ust be handed out to as m any men as possible. R a th e r th a n cut o ff some men. the oourt deckled to pay a ll less. T h e new scale goes in to e ffe c t im m ediately. H e re Is a table showing ths pres ent and reduced wages: Pres- N sw T he cham ber o f com merce w ill Job ent Pay hold its annual m eeting F rid a y night, s ta rtin g w ith a 6:30 d in ner P a t r o lm e n _____________ <3.60 $2.50 C o m m o n la b o r _1.80 1.50 at H otel B a rte ll. T h e n om in atin g ...... 2.00 com ............ m ittee, composed of O. V , . T e a m s _________________ 2.00 Breese." D r. H . A. H a g e n and V ic to r 1 T r u c k m e n ----------------------- 3.00 4.50 Chambers, w ill m ake Its re p o rt and G ra d e r men C a t drivers (30 A 60) _ 4.60 officers w ill be elected. C a t d riv e rs (2 tn. o r 16) 3.00 A report of the group's activities fo r the year w ill be given by F . E. 3 60 Sm all patrol« ........ 2.60 M endenhall, secretary. 4.60 3.60 Shovelm an . 3.00 Crusher forem an 4.50 Cam eron to B e Retained. 3 60 2.60 C rusher engineer 4.00 3.00 2X8 . ... 3.00 the firs t o f A p ril, according to a B u n k e r m an ............. ..... 3.00 2X5 vote o f the congregation a t a busi G ravel checker 3.00 2.25 ness m eeting held In the church The county court also reduced the parlors T hu rsday n ig h t o f last w eek. fees charged road districts fo r bor This is the tim e w hen his o rd in a ry ro w ing county e q u ip m e n t term would have expired. Oibom» ■ > »>«*$ C rU F S t l i t LOOK AROUND A ---- claim » a cham pion- l«r KI.HBKT tutor. HIGHYYAY RELIEF YYOOK NOTAOEQUATLOEVERS LANE COURT ATTACKS HOSPITAL POOR COSTS BENEFIT HOOP GAME SCHEDULED TUESDAY THE FEATHERHEADS Under the Big Dome IS, 1933 F o r v N w b r e v a c a t io a r e C r O IN ô T H IS V b a r ? o h - i h a v b M 'T D e o o e o •H E T — I W A N T T o o - o T o T H e F O U N T A IN S - BUT T U B W i p e I S S E T O IN N- itoti RODS ( 5 O iM & - T O THE S H C D W .B ----- W e tL - I H O P I N o g , l ik ■ fe
