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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.
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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.
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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.
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HOT T H E R E la aornething
more aerloua to talk about
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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
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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 *
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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.
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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.
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«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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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:
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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.