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I.ITTI. E IN ) & M A N T A DM II» ItIO TIIINOM F» VE YOI.'B O TIN T SHOP . TANCE 3 -------------------- ■■ ■ ----- VOLUME XI.VI. I gjalabllshxl June IS, Remains of Indian (jmpFireUncovered When hiftiinf» I’nnd TIIIH IS lh« I line of the year In O regon when a I him «arid flow m or more, inm e and wild, burat Into bloom Nature la doing her »►eat to m ake (he W ehfoot atate aa appealing to the at ranger aa rh» ru in* r of vonuuerve llte ia tu te dea trib e a It aa being. • • • IT IH the tim e of year when the young in a n e fancy turna U* love and that of th e houaeholder t o w eeding hla garden and digging aitiund hla flowers. • • • O F CO I'U SE . with Nature ao lovely. and m ating bird* tw ittering in the Ivy that clim b« the old nab by the garage, the oldeler loo may leal a tingling In the leg io n of the heart ainl may lei bla fancy wand vr bark Io day« before be parted with tw o dollar» In (be county * lark'a office. • • • HOT T H E R E la aornething more aerloua to talk about • • • IN COTTAGE Q lttlV K . and probably In every city In thia fa* vored atate. home ow ner» are h elp ing N ature to m ake thing« beauti ful They have pretty lawna bord ered with shrubbery and ftowera I*he enjoym ent o f three thlnga la not for them eelvea alone All who | muw m ay enjoy them a i • a Cottage Grove Lumber Co Add« Important Improve ment« To It« Mill Property The C ottage Grovi I. iiiii I h i i-oni l»any, eatahllshrd In 11MII by G<*orge Jacobson and E It Ix-mlry. who still own it. has had a steady growth and has recently mid«* ex tensive Im provem ents which will not only he financially beneficial to the com pany, but will trdound to the benefit and com fort of Its em ployee», tw enty lir n u m b tr A neat new office building has been constructed within a few feet of the m ain building, which will add to the Cumfott of the office force A new roomy sawdust bin has been built which will It Is hoped, take care of that product of the Increasing business for some tim e, A lounge and m ess hall has been built, where the workm en will take their noon m eal It will lx* com fortably furnished and stocked with reading m atter «uch as books, m a g a iln es and new spapers Bain or shine thia will m ake the noon hour a pleasant Interm ission for men who are fortunate enough to be working for thia com pany At the tim e of the Sentinel repor ter» visit the pond as» full of logs which a ir hauled in by motor trucks or by tall. Steam shovels were used to excavate the hollow which la now the log pond It Is from five to six feet deep and at that depth the rem ains of several old Indian carnpfir«*» were uncov ered The red fire clay on the black surrounding soil and the abundance of w hite and red flint or quarts used by the Indians to head their spears and arrow s were m ute w itnesses of a form er oc cupancy o f that spot by the led men N o doubt but that m any floods had long since covered these cam pfire« around which the red m en. peradVentur». held coun cils of war. danced (he war dance, or m ayhap, sm oked the pip** of peace H O M EO W N ER S who keep up law ne and gardens of flow ers are helping to m ake a city beaut I ful. they are adding to the enjoy m ent of thoae who live In that city and to all who vlalt there One would think that thoae who may freely enjoy what other a have pro vided would encourage hom eow n er» In providing three thlnga of beauty se e A B E D of beautiful orchids would seem alm ost too sacred to txt despoiled by vandals. It can't be said that such vand als have no appreciation of floral beauty. else why would they steal them * • • • B I T EVER Y YEA R there are com plaints In C ottage Grove that these flow ers have b »m taken by thieves who had so little regard for the rights of others that they even tram pled the flowera they did not steal and uprooted inanv. so that they would bloom no mote. • • • HDi'II COM PLAINTS have not com e from here so far thle year, but a story In E ugene K egls trr-G uatd tells of thlevra there who m ade their getaw ay In a big Maps givin g a vivid and com touring car after taking arm sful prehenslve picture of the forest re of orchids from several hornet. • • • «ourcee of southw estern Oregon B E A U T IF U L K UW K K M . it have been received th is week for would seem, would ao fbuch a n y distribution by the IMciflc N orth one that he would hrultate to be- west forest experim ent station, ac cording to T T Munger, director • om e a thief • s s The map Is the second of a series l«AWN8 ( an t be kept beauti covering O regon and W ashington ful if thoae who paaa that way and Is a result of the forest »urvey m ake beaten tracka across them which has required several years' for the In C ottage Grove It has heroine work A slrnlllar map necessary for m any hom eow ners northw estern quarter of the state to erect fences to keep traffic off has already been published. The the gras« Mostly the trespassers m aps are available at 423 U. S court house. Portland, at a nom i are thoughtlm n Mchool children • • • nal charge, plus postage. T w enty-seven forest types are F E N C E « MAH the bemity of a lawn H om eowner« don't build shown In colors on the map. These fences until forced to do ao to types Include old growth and sec «ave their lawna and their fhrw- ond growth D ouglas fir. ponderoaa pine and sugar pine, cedar, spruce, era s s s hem lock, balsam fir, lodgepole pine, FO R YEA R S thia wrltei alder and other hardwood types needed no fence to protect the Ixrcatlons and predom inating sixes grass on a corner lot and parking, of principal sp ecies are Indicated, hut In recent years football hoys, and burned and cut-over areas are out for exerclae. thought to save s h o w n . The m ap of southw estern Ore about K) feet by crossin g a park Ing <Gradually a path was worn gon Includes the five counties of there and thia w as a suggestion !>ouglas, K lam ath. Jackson, Jose to other children who passed that phine, Coos and Curry It also In d u d e s the portion of !«ane county way. s s s south of E ugene, the w estern por THE O TH ER DAY thia tlon of b ak e county and parts of writer, out of desperutlon, to save D eschutes and Crook counties, the grass, erected a four-foot w h o could again get his breath this fence the entire length o f the park writer Informed the young despera Ing. A lower wire fence, put up ns do that there w as no need for her a hint Io school kid« had been little to go to school, that If she wasn't protection. learning enough at school so that s s • she understnod that folks had a AN I) NOW here'» «om elhlng right to protect the beauty of their -dnrtllng thnl show» what kltul of hom es she w as so thick-headed training ««mi' children mu»t hr that the schools could do nothing getting In I hell home». for her • • • • • • AH T H E F E N C E wn» being T H E YO UNGSTER turned com pleted, threr little school girl« very red In the face nnd had sense passed along One o f them «he enough not to carry the nrgument couldn't have been m ore than nine any farther. • • • year« of age «poke up. "Thnl fence won't be there long." AND beautiful flower» and a s« gra»» led to all thl«. AH SOON «» this w riter could gel hl« breath he linked why. Four Foot Oat«. "Because we wnnt to go aero»« Frnnk O aroutte brought In oat» there,” the little one replied. four feet high nnd heavily head PR O BA BLY the girl'» par ed H e ha« eight acre» of the grain ent« would hnve thought the g irl’» nnd the odd thing about It 1« that nhallongn cute, but Moon n» he the entire »land 1» volunteer. Sou t h w est ()reg on Forest M a p M a y N ow lie Secured ,K. I.W IV K , I.A N E K I I N I ) . (IIIM .O N , TH I KMOAV. MAV 21. D u a l O bservance O f M em o ria l D a y —Services S u n d a y A riungem ents have I wen com ple ted for the annual M emorial exei class and the follow ing program has been announced by a com m it tee from the W R <’ who were assisted by other patriotic otganl- xattona In »he city Memorial Sun day ervh es will be held May 24 at 11 o'clock st the arm ory. B«*v E I* <'«miter will he t h e speaker and m usic will la* furnished by the Halladcer» On Memorial day. Saturday, May 30. the program will start at 9 30 when a p a r a d e will form as usual at the armory T his will he In charge of Com m ander Charles Fur her of the Am erican I«rglon The parade will lw led by the high »rhtMtl hand and other organiza tion« part in,m t Ing will be the Boy ftcout drum corps, B attery "E". all patriotic organizations and auxll- a r t r s . Boy and Girl Hcoutx. The m arch will be to the I O O F. A F A A M cem etery where a service will he held at the moun- rnent for unknow n soldiers. The program follow s Am erica aud ience .G ettysburg address, Rob G rannis; address Bev. C J Hall; M emorial tribute. W B. C.. 8. A W. V auxiliary, I-eg ion Auxiliary; benediction. Rev Hall. Enroute to the cem etery a pause will l»e m ade at the Coast Fork bridge to strew flower» on the wnter as a tribute to the memory of the sailors w hose bodies were hurled at sea AUrud RrhrUah C onvention M t and Mrs Al H am loth Mr. and Mrs E. J Kent. Mrs. Henry Bennett. Mrs Stella Baker. Mrs Susie O aroutte. Mrs. Elsie Currln. Curtis H ansen and Jam es Bennett w et» am ong those w ho attended a state convention of the Bebekah lo d g e s held in Boseburg four days thl» week P roclam ation I. Victor Chamber« Mayor of th»' City of Cotta»'*- Grove. Ore gon. h( i»-hy proclaim and desig nate Saturday. May 23. 1936. as Poppy Day" for the sale of p o p p le « In the City of <’ottage Grove This drive la sponsored by the Am erican Legion Auxiliary and 1 earnestly urge your hearty support In this worthy cause. S ig n e d t h is j l « t day o f May. VICTOR CHAM BERS Mayor Veteran« of Foreign Warn Pent Ingtalled Here Mav 15 Cottage Grove Post o f Ve(»rans of Foreign War«, No 3)73 w as o f ficially Installed th- fifteen th of thl« month State Com m ander O w l g h t Alderm an and State Adjut ant and Q uaiierm aster C. N Coch- lane, both of Portland w ere pres ent The jtegree and Drill team of Roseburg performed perfectly in putting on the Inatallatlon work The local veteran« were pleased to have the D epartm ent C om m and er. Mr. Hhadoln nnd Mrs. Shadoln present. Mrs. Hhadoln la the vice- president of the state auxiliary Mr Hhadoln ha« been In a P oit- land hospital for several m onth«. About forty m embers of the Eugene post, headed by C om m and er Floyd W esterfleld and Major W G W hite were present Farmers Meet Here to Sign Federal Work Sheets A m eeting held last w eek at the armory was attended by a targe number of farm ers who signed work sheets, provided for under the soils conservation law. The fill ing out and signin g of these work sh eets com m enced at 2 p m and was not com pleted until around ten that nigh t. __________________ P o p u la r Poems \ .,l i ' Thin jwx - iii wa.» w ritten In l.i< nt« iiiml Colonel John Mr Cm,- of M ontreal Uniiadn. while the second b a ttle of 1 pros waa in prom'ite* The a u th o r'» I mm I v waa la te r burtetl in F lan d ers fir,da. Legion A u x ilia r y T o Sponsor Poppy S a le S a tu r d a y Saturday the wom en of Calvin Funk unit, auxiliary to the Am eri can I-rglon, will be on the streets offerin g for sale red popples to be worn In honor of the World War (lead They w ill work throughout thr day distributing the sm all red flow er and receiving contributions for the w elfare o f disabled veter an» and fam ilies of the departed and disabled Mrs Vlnal Randall, com m ittee chairm an, will be in charge of the sale» and with her able assistants, all w ives, m others, sisters and daughters o f men who served In the war, will work w ith out com pensation but will be cheered by the know ledge that th ey are helping keep bright the m em ory o f our departed heroes and helping keep hope In the hearts o f those who are bearing the war s burden o f su ffering and privation. The poppy was the one touch of beauty which survived the deva»- tated battle fields. It bloomed along the trenches, beneath the tangled barbed wire, about the gap ping shell holes and am ong the fresh graves. Holalers of all na tions cam e to look upon it as a living sym bol of the sacrifice of their dead com panions. The flow er w as first sold as a m em orial on the streets of M ilwaukee in con nection with a hom ecom ing o f the 32nd division. One oy one other c ities took up the idea as a m eans o f aiding In w elfare work The nation-w ide sale was begun at the tim e of M emorial D ay in 1921 fol low ing Its adoption as a m emorial flow er by the A m erican Legion In 192) the Legion turned the pop py program over to the auxiliary and at the present tim e nearly one hundred thousand wom en dis tribute them at m eorial time. T hese popples, m ore than ten m illion In number, are not factory m ade but are the handiw ork o f disabled veterans, patien ts in vet erans hospitals throughout the country. All contributions from their sales are used entirely for child w elfare and hospital work. P opples sold locally w ere m ade at the Portland and R oseburg hospi tals. C. G. N in e L ea d s Cascade L e a g u e - W in s T h ir d G am e WE SHALL NOT SLEEP In Elainh rs Field« the poppiea Mow Between the crtMiacH, row n il row. That m ark ollr pin-'« and ill tin sky The larks still bravely »inging fly, Searee heard am idst the guns below le a g u e C ottage Grove Benton-Lane HUls-Gulstina Springfield O akridge K We art* tin d ead S h o r t ib lV s a g o w e liv e d , h i t •: k 44» of c S ta n d in g » . W 3 ___ J ____ Ì ____ 1 ...........0 n L 0 1 1 1 2 3 Pet I 000 667 667 .-«TO .000 (X10 Sunday*« Score». Springfield 3. Benton-Lane 2. C ottage Grove 6. O akridge 1 H llls-G uistina 10. K. of C. 0 daw n Saw su n set glow, I .over! and w ere lo v ed , an d Dow. We lie In F lan d ers Fields Take up our q u a rre l With the foe, To you from falling hands We throw tin toreh- II, yours to hold it high If ye bleak faith w ith na who di« We shall not sleep, though Poppies grow In F landers fields. THE ANSWER We b a te kepi faith. Yr FIlltldiTS d ead . Sleep Will bellenth those poppies red T hat m ark y o u r place. The torch yo u r dying hands did throw W e've held it high libove the foe And answ ered h itte r Mow for Mow, In F lan d ers fields. And where your heroeg Mood was spilled The guns are now forever stilled and silent grow n T here is no ery of to rtu re d pain. T here is no m oaning of the slain. And Mood will never flow again ,u F lan d ers field. Forever holy in our sight Shall lie those erosses gleaming white That g u ard yo u r sleep. Heat you in peace, the task is done. The fight you left us. we have won. \n d pence on earth has just begun In F lan d ers fields — A uthor U nknow n (The Sentinel will be ptensrd to consider contribution» of well known popular short poem« for publication In thl« space.) The local baseball club retained its Cascade leadership by a victory o f 5-1 over O akridge Sunday after noon at O akridge. A num ber of O akridge errors and extra-base h its In the second Inning gave the w inners a five m n lead. Courtney Towne allow ed but three hits, struck out seven and allow ed only one free base. H ills w as touched for 12 hits, but struck out eight. Cooper with four h its and W itch er with three led the Grove attack Sharp with 2 hits and Fisher with one w ere the only Oakridge play ers who were able to connect with T ow ne's splendid pitching Score: -R H E. C o tta ie Or. 0W 000 000 5 13 6 O akridge 000 100 000 1 3 ) Tow ne and Libby; Hill» and Bow ser. S tate Track Meet. In the sixth annual Oregon state high school ath letic association track and field m eet at Corvallis W ayne Mackln placed fourth in the m ile run and Jack Caton plac ed fourth in the low hurdles. B en son Tech nosed out F ranklin of Portland with 23 points against 26 The defending cham pions, R oose velt o f Portland, placed third with 1) and Salem fourth w ith 134 points. C ottage G rove and five other schools wound up w ith ♦ poin ts each, thereby topping nine other schools. One state m ark w as bettered and another tied. The new mark wa« In the pole vault. Slm ntons of Forest Grove, who set the previous record of 12 feet last year, and H endershot of Bend both cleared 12 feet 1-8 inch In that event. D ean E llis. Salem , tied the form er m ark o f :25.5 In the low hurdles, m ade by Bobby G rayson in 1933. Chamber Comi. To Sponsor Pet Parade June 15 * Enter Your Usual, Unusual, Smallest, Largest Pet If It Can March In The Parade A pet parade, sponsored by the cham ber of com m erce for all per sons, esp ecially children. In the city and surrounding territory will be held June 15. All entries must be In by 1.45 p.m. On th a t date the parade w ill start at 2:30 at the bridge on w est Main Claeses o f entries w ill include horses, cattle, sheep, goats, short- haired dogs, long haired dogs, cats, poultry and un classified pete Prise« for first, second, third and fourth b e « In each class will be given and all other en tran ts will receive a "su-prlxe". There will also be prises for the m ost unusuai pet, the largest pet and the sm al lest pet E ntry blank- will be available early next week and ma., be secured from Earl B ellew , com m ittee chairm an at the Picture Shop. Each section o f the parade will have a responsible person in charge of entrants to avoid any possible confusion and care for th e sm al ler youn gsters tak in g part. The parades in past year» have drawn large and enthusiastic crowds and have proved entertain ing to Interested sp ectators Many of the en tries have been unique in original ideas, som e humoroua in presentation and others plcturequ- to lovers of anim als. Additional inform ation, includ ing the line up o f m arch and the m eans o f handlin«the crowd of spectators will be announced later National Champion Wood Chopper to Give Exhibition Peter M cLaren, who claim s the wood chopping cham pionship of Am erica will stage a log cutting contest and dem onstration Satur day. May 23 at 2:15 p. m This contest has been arranged by Twin O aks Builders Supply com pany, which is arran gin g for the visit o f th is colorful cham pion, w hose wixardrv w ith an axe has carried him from a poor farm lad in A ustralia, to the peak of his profession. The con test is open to an y local man w ho has not previously com peted against McLaren A prize of $50 will be paid to any contestant if M cLaren fails to chop through a long in tw o-thirds of the time the con testan t takes. The handicap gives all good chopper» a sporting chance to win the prize m oney, as It is just like givin g 33 yards in a hundred-yard dash Choppers w ishing to com pete should bring their axes w ith them It costs nothing to enter or watch the contest Prim ary Result». Republican« N om inated Thp available returns show that the follow ing have been surely nom inated W illiam s, com m ittee m an. Dunne, delegate-at-large; Me Nary. Senate; H olm an, treasurer Hill. Slattery and W aller, state representatives; Reid, district at torney: Dillard, clerk: Hyland county com m issioner and Swarts. sheriff. Dem orrat« N om inated Latourelte, com m itteem an; Ed son. com m ttteew om an; Delxell. del egate at large; H yde and Martin. First district delegates; Mahoney Senate; K irkpatrick Congress GJass. H yde and Laird, state repre sen tatives; Stevens. assessor: Young, com m issioner; Edm iston. sh eriff. Mercer, surveyor M offitt, nonpartisan, superinten dent o f schools. Annual School Budget. A ttention Is directed to the an nual school budget, published In this issue, which will be subm itted by the Budget com m ittee June 18. 1936 lj»nc Health Group. The annual m eeting of the Lane county health group was held Fri day night In Eugene. O fficers were elected and reports on the past year's w ork were given by com m unity chairm en. Thoae in at tendance from Cottage Grove, re presenting th e local group, were Mrs. C J Kem , M iss M ariette H am ant and H. B Ferrln.
