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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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•
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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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MEETS SATURDAY
Cecil Wooley to Demonstrate
Portable Stamp Mill at
Salem Qathering.
!
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.
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.
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HIGHYYAY RELIEF YYOOK
NOTAOEQUATLOEVERS
LANE COURT ATTACKS
HOSPITAL POOR COSTS
BENEFIT HOOP GAME
SCHEDULED TUESDAY
THE FEATHERHEADS
Under the Big Dome
IS, 1933
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