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O IV B FO U R LITTLE WANTAIM4 HOME P R IN T SHOT ^ T R K T CHANCE VOLUME X I.VII i Jun e 15. 1888 1 M IIT A l.K GROVE. LAN E COUNTY. OHYJKIN. TH I RMDAY, IIK< EM BF.B 8, ISM. Youth is Eatally Injured in Auto Coming Along Nicely; Wreck Nea r Here LaKluc Triplets Are Many (¡ills Received I IIA V K B E E N a rssidsni of l*nrtlsnd for tw o weeks now and haven't met oue of my n o*I door neighbor« « I KNOW they ere good neighbor« be<au»o they keep their yard« neat and clean M A Y B E T H E H K A H O N they haven't come over Io gel acquaint ed la becauee I cleaned up uiy yard only today MAYBE M Y N E IG H B O R S aren't at home, because I haven't •eon one go In or out of hl» home • • • A L L T i l l « d o w n ’t mean that folk» h«-re a re n 't coidlal • • • T H E Y A B E thoroughly c o t dial aud, a« a m atter of fact, 1 know more folk« In Portland than t do In Pottage drove. • • • THAT IM because there are more perenn« hero to know and be I had. while a roaldm t of Cut tag 9 Urove, unuaual opportuni ty to get acquainted w ith pereoiie in Portland • • • A N O T H E It K K A A O N la ba cauae there are about aa many former roatdenta of Cottage Grove living here a* In Cottage Grove • e e Dr A W Kline Reporta That Hebron Youngster» Presented With Much Needed Article« The Henry ia»lllue triplet«. K en neth. Kaye and K eith , horn Nov 23 end 23. at the Is rlllu e farm home near Hebron, are getting along In nice «hape. «cording to Dr. A W K lliir , who attended their a rriv al. T h e ir m other 1« »lowly regaining »trength. according to re port«. Much needed gift«, both to r the new arrival«, and four older child ren. have been received. Eugene resident« have contributed a num ber of needed article», aa well a» ca»h for the purchaae of other things, while Cottage Orove, through a com m ittee headed by M ayor-elect Cleo Morelock and A W S b o fitall. has rap ed an even larger amount, all o f which w ill be put to g<Hxl use Dr. K lm e receiv ed a g ift of bedding for the fam ily from Oregon City Wednesday Two complete hod* have been donated M r 1-aBlue. who had been w ith out w ork for »evcral weeks prior to the a rriv a l of the triplets. 1» hack at work at the W A Wood ard m ill. It 1« reported. The L a - Blue'« were not eligible for aeelet- ance from establPhed relief organ isations due to their ahort term of residence here. Dr. Klm e, who ha» practiced medicine for 40 of hl» 7a year», ha» attended the a rriv a l of more than 141» balnea, but the I .a Blue triplet» were hl« flr» t experience w ith "three at a time'*. W !•* K A R T aent one of hie men today to do »otne rep air work on our recently purchased home Old tim ers w ill rem em ber him He causae here In 1918 He la one of the flrat pereon* 1 met In Cottage Grove when 1 arrived there 25 yearn ago A t that tim e he waa w member of the city council • • • ITU D IFF IC U L T to »pend much time on the «treat« bar« without running acruoe someone who form erly lived in old C G • • • W E H A P P IN N E R the other «•veiling w ith the H arts, the W . F • and the Othos. father and son Roth have beautiful country homes erected by themselves Although they live in wooded fastnesses on the Canyon road, they can see the lights of the city and have city w a Nucleus of This Year's Team; ter and city lights They are as near to the center of the city as Last Year n Subs Wilt Fill the ltades, who live well inside the Most of Remaining Positions. city boundailes • • • T H E H A R T S arc contractor« A »ertee o f In tra m u ra l basket • ud builder«. »pcrlallMlng In re ball games » ta rtrd Tuesday at the modeling T h e ir place», w ith an ac high school The serie» w ill he cum ulation of door«, window», etc., played by elim ination, each cla’ e taken from old building», rem ind entering « team and meeting all me of Hheim Godard at Collage Grove Hherm always had anything other claaee» «• »ome time during In (hat line that a pci «on wanted the »cries T w o game» were play ed Tuesday, the Juniors taking the • • • A T T E N D E D a cham ber of freshmen 5 to 3. the senior« «cor ing 44 to 5 agalnat the sophomore« commerce meeting Ihl» noon. It According to the dope the senior was alino«t aa good aa tho»e over and Junior team * appear «trongs»». which C rip Morelock pre»lde» at Wednesday, at the close of »chool, Cottage Grove T he food al»<> »'«’ almoat as good aa that »erved at the senior» defeated the freshmen, T he Junior» outcla»»ed the Cottage Grove. T he program w in 23-7. This afternoon the equal of (hoar at Collage «ophoniore», 31-11 the senior» and Junior», both un Orov. • • • defeated. w ill play Cor the cham The sophomores and C IV IC C L U B S HEBE are plon’ hlp working on an Idea that might he freshmen w ill play for cellar posi u»ed In Collage Grove. O perato rao f tion» Industrie« are Invited to come be Regular basketball practice w ill fore the forum luncheon« and fell start next week. said C urtis what their Industrie« do and w hat French, ath letic coach. In dlscuas- they mean to the com m unity In Ing prospect* for the season. The form ation given 1» often a»tonl<h- regulars w ill be worked around I ng two letterm en. Tom H a ll and Ellis • • • Decker, who rem ain fro m last FOB I N S T A N C E , today year It Is doubtful If Tracy, olso Prealdcnt Paul M cKee o f the P o rt a lust year's letterm an, w ill be land Gn» A Coke Co. told w hat hl« nhle to play A num ber of snappy Industry 1» doing. I learned that subs rem ain from last year «nd (he heal unlta produced annually w ill no doubt m ake up the balance by thia company nre equal to the of the firs t string They are Allan total heat unlta that could be ta k F errln . E rw in Thoreson. B ill B a r en from Bonneville when It leaches tels, V irg il C.uggPhcrg, Bill Mne- m axim um production. Tw o other Glbbon and D arren Eastburn. O th power companies here produce a« er m aterial may develop from the qiany heat unit« n« Portland Gas A Inter-class games, s a id Conch Coke French. T w o new students. Vernon • • • I si mm of P rineville and Robert IT W O U L D B E a good stunt [ Grim es of Bend, are also slated ns to »tart o ff at Cottage Grove by additions to the regulnrs. having J. 11 Chamber» tell w hat P ra c tlre game» w ith Lowell, hl« IndUHlry 1» doing. It probably D rain and other nearby schools nre would require leaa effo rt to opernte helng arranged. T he regular league all the mill« 111 the Collage Grove game« w ill begin early In January country than It would take to get A meeting o f roaches and prin J 11 to m ake a speech cipal» w ill be hchl Saturday In E u gene to d ra w for schedule dates Exit Foolball, Enter Basketball, Hall and Hecker, Lettermen A thletic A ssociation M eeting. A meeting of the G re n ie r W il lam ette Valley Athletic association w ill be held S aturday a t the U n i versity high school In Eugene for the purpose of arranging a bnsket- hall schedule for league team« of competing high schools. Supt. IL B. F errln , P rincipal F. L G rannis and Conch C urtis French plan to a t tend llunkrthnll O ffic ia ls' Exam ination Exam ination» fo r basketball o f ficials w ill be given F rid a y even ing nt 7 30 In the high school build ing by Prln F L. G rannis, o fficial exam iner appointed by the Stale High School A thletic association. The exam ination questions are fu r nished by the stnte association In compliance w ith the 1937 official Mlsa V irg in ia K in g s p e n t basket hall rules. Any adult per T hanksg ivin g week end w ith son Is eligible to take the exam i nation. friends In Eugene. Sentinel Announces Eorest Eire on Highway Co? '¡ssion Gish Awards in Easy lirice Creek Now Asked to Posi, « Subscription Contest Under Control Relocation of Route D arw in O rton, 17, of Union, Or« , was futally Injured Wednesday night of la»t week when a car In Substantial Prize« Go To which he waa riding overturned on , Subscribers in Time for Last the Doreaa road about three mil«» ea»t of Collage Grove, Minute Chiistmaa Shopping The young man was In a car driven by O ral H A n derw n , a re Keeking to stim ulate circulation cent a rriv a l In Cottage Grove, who woe uninjured. The car turned on activity and to provide an Interest It» aide in the ditch a fte r strik in g ing and profitable paitlrne for sub scribers. w ith substantial cash loo»e gravel. Paul M organ, state police of awards In time for last m inute ficer, wa« flra t on the »cans, and C h rb tm as »hopping. T he Sentinel brought lh« Injured youth to D r thl» week announces a unique Earl'» office In Cottage Grove, drive In which we o ffe r ten awards, where he died a few minutes later the firs t of which 1» 325 In cash. This Is not a circulation cam fro m Intern al Injuries. O rto n had been visiting only a »hort time at paign In which we employ men and the I*aul Si'hulxc home T h e body women to m ake a concentrated canvass of the te rrito ry , but a waa returned to Union for burial friendly tittle event In which every subscriber, young or old. may take "Hoots and Her Huddles” Will lie Here Dec. 11 The Junior ela»» w i l l present "Boots and H e r Buddie«.' a comic farce of three act». F riday evening. December 11, In the high achool gymnasium T he play deals w ith life, friend« and love In a moet entertaining way. Including a ffa ir» of Profe»»or lloyil. a widower, which p art 1» taken by Bob Grannt», and hla only daughter Boole, Jean King, an a t tractive, vivacious girl, a bit »(»oil ed perhaps, but likable. Professor Boyd » bachelor friend. Ted Scott, advise» him to m a rry and the pro fessor 1» favorable to Mr». Andrey Hem ingw ay, Clarabelle Caldw ell, a widow whom Boot» dislike». Boots' big moment, Jed Harding, played by George D ru ry. Charles C la rk a» How ard N u tt. B ill MacGIbbon a« Bill Thompson, a veritable clown, and Joe Andrews as Percival, give interesting moment» and humorou» turn» to the play when Jed mas querade» os a governess hoping to «ecure a position In the professor'» home. M is. Stevens, who Is Eleanor Tasters In the play, m arries the bachelor friend; MaryJane Sm ith as Jane Nelson and Dorothy Sle- m ann as M ary Boland, friends of Boots, aged about 19; Lots Baldw in as Mandy, the faith fu l old negro servant In the Boyd home, com plete the cast. T he scenes take place in the Boyd home. Jed secures the posi tion of governess for Boots and makes Boots like It. And how does It end? W ell come and see for yourselves. M l-s Loretta Mason Is directing the play The business committee» Include the following Ml»« Flo r- tnce Jenks, class advisor; tickets, S tew art Roberts, Anna Lae Allen, llcne T ru n n e ll, properties, M arian Moore, Ed M cC all, Mebon Tonoll; advertising. M arlon Klrchhofer. Jean W hite, Lewis Sturgts, E lm er H ow ard; ushers, M arie H a ll, M a r garet Bead, Jessie Jinks, Maxine Wilson, Ina Stew art, D orothy G a l lo; stage managers, P h illip I.ake, John Ouggtsberg. Bay McCullough. Interesting Side Lights on A rm y Enlistments It was announced by M a jo r H . D. Bagnall. arm y recruiting o fficer at Portland that 131 men were enlist ed through the Portland office dur ing the month o f November. Inas much a» men are perm itted to se lect th e ir choice of station and branch, of those that are open for enlistm ent. It Is Interesting to note th a t 57 selected tho 7th In fa n try nt Vancouver Barracks, W ashington, while 47 elected to serve in the ltaw u llan Islands. A total of six sets of brothers were enlisted while a seventh set Is aw aiting enlistm ent a t Vancou ver Barracks, ueeordlng to the re port. A fnther and son were enlist ed. The fath er hud previously serv ed two enlistm ents In the regular arm y, having been discharged ns a sergeant both times, and by virtue of this fact was perm itted to enlist w ith his son. The new soldiers, John 8. and John H. Owen, are now serving w ith the 3rd coast a rtille ry at Oregon's only m ilita ry post, F o rt Stevens. M r. Bagnall states that the enlistm ent of six sets of brothers aud a fath er and son during one month Is quite un usual. M U M M E R 16. part. A ll you have to do to participate for the award« Is to count the dots shown In the square In the big an nouncement elsewhere In this Issue, and bring In your sum of these dots, together w ith a year's sub scription or renewal to The Sen tinel, and you are duly entered In the competition. This 1» not a game of luck or chance but a test of accuracy and »kill. T he drive opens Tuesday, December 8. and w ill close at 6 p. m Tuesday. December 22. No entries w ill be accepted prior to Tuesday noon, giving those who do not live In Cottage Grove the «ame opportunity aa those living In the city. T h e first correct answer, or most nearly correct answer, w ill receive the firs t of the ten awards, and so on down. The complete list of a w ard ’ Is as follows: first, 325 cash: second. 310 cash; third. 35 cash; fourth. 32 50 cash; fifth , 18 months Sen- tln l subscription; sixth. 18 month« Sentinel subscription; seventh, 18 month» Sentinel subscription; eighth, one year’s Sentinel sub scription: ninth, one year's Sentinel »ubscrlptlon; and tenth one year's Sentinel subscription. Entries may be m ailed or brought to The Sentinel office (a fte r the contest o ffic ia lly opens! or may be given to an authorised circulation representative of The Sentinel. O f course Sentinel employees and their fam ilies are not eligible to partici pate. Judges w ill be announced later Now turn to the large display ad vertisem ent elsewhere and count the dots. Christian Endeavor Social for Entire County December 4 The Lane Christian Endeavor union w ill hold a harvest festival In the Springfield C hristian church tom orrow (F rid a y ) evening. T he Christian Endeavor societies o f the local C hristian church w ill he represented by a large delega tion. T he Juqlora w ill send 20 dele gates; the Interm ediate w ill also have 20 and the young people's so ciety Is planning on sending at least 30. A t present these societies are the proud holders of all of the four Achievement banners awarded by l-ane county union These banners are awarded to the societies which have the largest attendance at rallies, the largest num ber taking part In the Sunday evening prayer meetings, the num ber of meetings held and the num ber of miles traveled by the member» who are present at all o f these service». The harvest festival to be held F rid a y la a social event fo r the en tire county that has been sponsor ed by the union fo r several years. The games w ill be In charge of a com m ittee headed by V e r d i W il son. form er social chairm an of C a lifo rn ia ’s Christian Endeavor union. T he Grove societies expect to be adjudged winners of the cup and shield ngntn ns they believe they w ill have the largest num ber of members present at the festival. It Is understood that the ju n io r rally m ay be held under the leader ship of Its president In a part of the building separate fro m that In which the young people's and In term ediate societies are to hold a Joint rally. For the first time In year», pos sibly In the history of organized forest «ervlce, western Oregon 1» faced w ith a serious fire hazard In December. W h a t m ight have been a aerloua fire In the Um pqua national forest atxjut 1« mile» from I .ay ng creek ranger station, near T w in Bridge» on Brice creek was reported under control today, and confined to less than ten acres In a section burned over In 1907. T he blaze was first sighted at 4 p. m Tuesday, and a crew of fo rty men were kept on the blaze that night and Wednes day, arid a sm aller patrol Wednes day night. A ligh t snow, but Httle more than a mist, lowered the hum idity enough to make control of the fire possible, officials state. Lookout», usually released Septem ber 15. are still being m aintained at R u jad a Point and F airview . About 100 men from the CCC camp at R u jad a »pent T hanksgiv ing day In the Hebo ranger district near Tillam ook, where they were dispatched Nov. 25. returnin g 3 day» later w ith the fire under con Local Organizations Favor Improving Highway South of City Before Changes Here Resolutions offered by the com mon council of the city of Cottage Grove and by the cham ber of com merce were presented to H en ry F Cabell, chairm an of the state high way commission, who conducted a hearing In Cottage Grove Tuesday relative to the rerouting of the Pacific highway through the city Both of the resolutions asked the highw ay commission to postpone rerouting of the highw ay u ntil such tim e "at least until highway 99. lying between Cottage Grove and Yoncalla, shall have been recon structed In a m anner to elim inate a ll existing hazard» and thereby converted into a safe lane of travel, consistent w ith present needs." H ig hw ay Engineer R- H . Batdock submitted a map of the city show ing the present route o f the high way. and three possible alternative trol. About fifteen men were reported routes, one on the north side of the pa tro ll ng a slashing fire at Castle river, one following the river close Rock north of Dorena which 1» re ly on the south side, and the third, ported to have spread over a large and only apparently to receive seri area of second and old growth ous consideration, which parallels the Southern Pacific tracks from timber. the south city lim its to M ain street. An old slashing fire near Culp W h ile definite statements by the Creek being fought by the Sohem- commission were not made, it ap la Lum ber company Is now under peared that at the present time control. It 1» reported th a t this they favor the rerouting of the blaze was confined to second highw ay only as fa r a» M ain street, growth tim b er of little value. where It Intersects w ith N in th on About sixty men have been at the present route, but th a t later w ork on this fire. they consider th a t the highway O fficials stated Wednesday that should be built through the city they expected they would be oblig paralleling the Southern Pacific ed to m ain tain a strict lookout tracks to the north city limits. for fires In the national forest until Representatives o f the Southern snow fell, there being little hope "Pacific appeared a t the hearing held fo r any more rain this year and asked that a strip at least 100 at the higher elevations T he rang feet wide be left adjacent to the er station at R u jad a reported 39 of tracks for an Industrial section, an Inch fo r November. and the commission promised to It w.»» reported this morning give this serious consideration. that an additional crew of CCC M r Cabell stated th a t no work boys from the south went through In the city could be done before at an early hour to be added to late next year, but th a t consider crews rushed to the upper Mosby able pressure had been brought up and Teeters creek sections where on his office by prospective In fresh fires were reported. vestors, who wanted to know the new location of the highw ay and that the hearing was held to hear arguments for the new route- H e stated th a t the fin a l decision rest ed w ith the highway commission, and that they had to consider the "good o f the state as a whole" and not local Interests, although where there was a choice o f routes, each o f which were satisfactory to the commission, local preference would Cottage Grove Levy Decreased be given consideration. Local men speaking were L W by Oue and Six-tenths Under Coiner, city recorder, who present ed the council's resolution, Cleo the Total for Last Year. Morelock. who presented the reso lution o f the cham ber of com council Cottage Grove's levy w ill be 76.7 merce: A. W . H ell!w ell, mills, a decrease of 1.6 m ills under man. who stated th a t i f the high 1936. Apparently this includes coun way was relocated w ithout leaving ty, city and school districts. The a satisfactory industrial section, taxes on rem aining property own 1936 levy was 78.3 mills. O f the eight incorporated town ers would be Increased a t least 3 ships Creswell is the lowest and mills: V in a l Randall, who stated route Springfield the highest taxed muni th a t he believed the new cipalities in the county. Creswell'« should rem ain as close to the busi ness section as possible: Oscar levy is 41.1 and Springfield s 84.3 The item s which m ake up the Woodson, of the Ford M otor com respective levies appear in the foL pany, who stated that he wanted lowing tables followed by the 1936 to know where the new location would be as soon as possible, and levies: offered to have a corner rem oval Total lx-vies 1936 from his building a t M ain and 1937 77.2 N in th street, If It would aid in ____ .77.5 78.3 elim inating the blind turn there on ...............76.7 Cottage Grove 466 the present route; C F. Hoskins, 411 Creswell ___ - 60.7 who was anxious to know of the ____ 59 5 71.8 new location as soon as possible ...............62.8 ...............59.8 61.5 because o f property interests; G 60.3 B. Arnest, who stated that he b» .............58.3 803 lleved the highw ay commission had S p r i n g f i e l d ____ _______ 84.3 the power and th a t it was their City I «-vies 41.5 duty to relocate the highw ay where 41.1 301 they saw ftt. 303 The commission announced that . . 9.0 13.0 .....20.0 19.7 thev would notify the city of their 18.9 decision In the near future 19 2 14.8 „ .15.4 20 4 MauMlug Return» From Mooaejau O a k r id g e ----------- ....... ....... 21.4 33.4 Jack M oulding of the Cottage Union H igh Levies Grove M otor company returned 96 5.2 Tuesday fro m Moosejaw, Sask 13 6 where he had been called by the 6.0 _______ 6.9 4.7 sudden death of his father. Jack Num ber 3 9.1 9.0 reports that he found zero weather 16.0 18.3 there, but no snow, and w hile the ____ ___ 6.7 5.2 natives were well pleased w ith the Num ber 6 ............1 0 .9 8.7 weather, he was extrem ely glad to 15.0 12 8 be able to return to a m ilder cllm . 14.5 13.2 ate. H is mother returned to V a n 13.2 couver, B. C. w ith her daughter ............ 17.8 . 6.5 6.4 where she w ill rem ain for the . 9.9 9.6 w inter. Num ber 12 ... ... County Assessor Announces School, City Levies for 1937 D r Louis School of Salem nnd M r nnd Mrs. Paul S le ffln , fo rm e r Miss Jean Mellon o f Los Angeles, Harold E. E a k ln »pent T hanks ly o f Bandon now residing in Co quille, were Sunday guests of Mrs. a student a t the U. of O. spent giving w ith his fam ily In Salem Annette K irk la n d at the 8. V. A lli T hanksgiving a t the F. K G rannis Mrs. E a k ln motored here Wednes home. day fo r him. son home.
