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dotíaac (Brou esentine O _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I Established VIH.» ME XI.VIL Juno IS. IMW.) Willamette Council Of American Legion Meeting At Armory * O ur <>*‘1 Scutch friend. (Jam» Ciunnilaalonor George Aiken. who frequently find» tim e to help hl» w ife get out the O ntario A'gua, make« tha a la rtlln g discovery that, w ith mass production, there must Iw hlghsj wsga» In order to pro vide maaa conauniption Sonia of ua naad lb« higher wagrg In order to pay for what we have aliandy con aumod • • • T lia I »alia» Itain laar - Observer editorially tell» o f aonirthlng th a l » newspaper doe» that la performed by no other agency T h a t thing. E d ito r Itlrhardao n point« out. 1» advrrtl-tlng the com m unity through the hundred» of copteg of the nrwe- paper that are mailed out by the newapa|»er upon request or are mailed “ Ut by aubacrlhera a fter they have read the paper. T h a t la true, w hether the city he la 'g e or »mail, and that la an added eervlee for which the advertiser pay» and gate aa little credit aa the n ew — p aprr Seldom la a free distribu tion newapapatr a w orthy piece of advertising tor any city. • • • An editorial paragraph In the Oregonian tell» of I'W A workers atartlng a altdown strike They won't have to change position« when they go back to wot it. • • • "W ho give» a d what Sheldon Hackett think»T" E d ito r Young of Coquille wants to know W e haven't made atrlct Inquiry, but we Imagine Bheldon doea • • • E d ito r Clint H a ig h t of Canyon ville think« hard liquor should be »old by the state on the ao-much- down plan that la popular In other llnea of merchandising T h a state liquor board m ight consider the plan If C lin t would tell 'em how much the customer should be per m itted to get down before he s ta rt ed to pay ess Claudius E c la ir Ingalls, C o rval lis tleau Brum m el, declare« that President Roosevelt wasted $50 when he didn't eat hie chicken al a llO O a-plate dinner. Claudlue ta m istaken, as usual T h a whole din ner wasn't w orth more than a dot la r In the first place Anyw av, whatever It was Wurth, F ra n k lin Delano didn't taste It, he sent It over Io the supreme c o u 't and lold the old boys Io s tu ff themselves • • • IVndleton Oregonian tell® of Jugoslavian 07 years old who has l»een m arried IM times, R dltor Aid rich should know that anyone who had been m arried 1* tlm«** would have to he 07 year® old. Aldrltdi la alfto worried about Pa:ngraphnr C la rk W o o d a t W raton who ha« never m arried W e ll, C la rk chews lob«<-ro, doesn't he, an I l»n’t that had habit enough? In the K la m a th F alls H arald w«* fln.l 1» ml M di ri u | the adm inistration la w orrying he ra u e It* gold “stsrtllantlon” plan may not l»e legal E d ito r F ra n k Jenklne should tell Paul to tell the adm inistration not to w orry, that enough r r a ty » tu ff h a i osen pro duced already. s s s ■'We. the blind, are being led by th„ blind." cm p bn tlrelly declares th a t editorial denn A m o , Voirhrles, In hl Q | n-it i l'ii< ( ' n I r. I'. || i,' Amos probably camo to that con- clu Inn berau a the republicans, of which he Is one, can't s-e any good In the goings on nt W ashington. • • ® A letter Id lin g o f the complete la rk of sonp on a south sen Island Is printed In loikevlew E xam iner. E d ito r G illette* must have be n be- selged by (he young boy» o f hla city for the name o f that Island. » • • E d ito r ( ’ henry nt En terprise de clares th a t travel by a ir under most favornhle condition’ Is more dangerous than travel on land E v i dently George never lets hla w ife take the wheel. • • • P ic k Dickinson, hnrnstorm lng aviato r and fo rm r counsel fo r the Port of Bandon, w rites letters back fro m Hpaln. where he hua Joined the loyalist a ir corp». T h a t should b ring chagrin to Bandon's E d ito r Felshnlm , booster extraordin ary for the little city by the sen. T he eon Bagration singed there last year aeems not to have been M ifflelent fo r A v ia to r Dteglnaon. Felahelm w ill have to do better next time. • • s I have Just found a t home a copy o f n newspnp«r a m onth old In which there wns a story th n t told o f how a woman's m outh wns fro» en shut d uring the recent cold spell. I suspect th a t the paper was purposely kept fro m me. Wiui Attended By Units From Linn. Benton, Lane Oountioi— Seventy five Penton» Present H e v e n ty flv e I-eg lonalres end au x ilia ry members representing posts and units of Linn, Benton and I-ane counties, attended a W illam ette Council meeting at the a im o iy Wednesday night C alvin Fun k l*o«I ft S3 and U n it wars boat» Guests Included nv-mbara from A l bany, Corvallis, Lebanon, Florence, Springfield and Eugene poets and unit*. T he groups met Jointly a l 8 O'clock for the following program Vocal aolo, W a rre n Edward». dram - atlc club skit. Arlene Anderson and V ' l m , Andsr-on. raoi aaentlng tha Jun ior high; vocal solo, Alliert l'a y - na; dance num b-ra, Jerque Ine M otion, accompanied by P atrio ts B aldw in; vocal a Io, M iles W icks, accompanied by M rs Wicks. H»l*arate meetings we a held for (be men and w. men M r. C o n ra l. president of the W illa m e tte Coun cil from Toledo conducted the pod meeting T he 1937 departm ent convention, to be held d uring the • um m et nt Albany, was the k e .n o te of discus |-in. Ted M c rtlll, conven tion commissioner of Albany, re ported that a Junior drum corps conte-,1 w ill be a new project Ihla year. E ig ht Junior corps w ill com pete. It I» expected (hat eight senior drum corp» end fou r m ajo r bands w ill add |>cp to the general setup M r. Merrl.1 brought special requeat from conventlor o f ficer» for the little O erm an band of Cottage Grove to attend the con vention aa the eenaatlon they caue- ed at the K lam ath convention la still ram emheiad. O th er guest apeakera Included Sid George, national com m ittee- m an; Pa I D epartm ent C itnm ander Jo» C ham berlain and Diet. Comd. T il let Torgerreon President M y rtle D. Ila v ln of Corvallis presided at the U n it m eet ing Reports on u nit activities w ore given from ell units repre sented Plans fo r "poppy" aalee were discussed and membership quotas reported Mra. Vada W h e t stone, president o f district 3 from L'-hanon was a gue t epeakar. A t the close of the evening re freshm ent« » e re served In the d in ing room. T he tables were decor ated In green and yellow w ith howls o f daffodil«, garlands of Ivy and lighted yellow taper« placed In a rt stlc design. A large birth day cake. Iced In green and ye low, was erved In com m em oration o f the 18th anniversary o f the o g m i ration i f the A m -il an L , Ion. Mrs. Charles H a ll and M s P h illip Bu- kow akl were In charge of refresh ment». Check Passer S till a t Large; R etu rn s Car State police officers stated W ed- ne day th a t no arresta had been made In connection w ith the "rub ber" checks passed In Cottage Grove F rid ay. T he man «ought for questioning In the case Is said to he know n as Bex Barnes, ns well as by other alla.se- He had been employed In the Creswell vicinity as well ns In this ectlon. F irs t of the bouncing checks ap parently was passed nl the W alden store Is ite r the man being sought secured the loan of a cheek pro tector a t 8 t urges garage on the plea that he wished to m ail soma cheeks. Forged cheeks were draw n on the local bank, on the account of a non-exls'ing P a rk Lum ber company. W h at Is believ ed to be the snme ntatt purchased a used car fro m the O u tlaw W re c k ing company, tendering a check bearing the signature o f " H a rry Anderson" In payment. T he check was no good, but the car wns found parked near the O utlaw yard the next morning, apparently none the worse fo r wear. O ther m erchants not so fo rtu n a te In cluded Alvls W icks, Irlsh-S w nrtx, and Cooley’s restaurant. The check passer received about $85 In cash and merchandise before de p artin g for pnrts unknown. ■lock W recks Barn. Divide. (S pecial)- Thursday a f ternoon n large rock loosened by the w et w eather, rolled down hill for n hundred yards, crashed Into and w recked the Tonolo barn. F o r T he sun send» out 400,000 times tun ately the sto rk were out nt the 1 time. as much light as the moon. < 4 * 1 I A 4 , r. I i I M I t E , I J 1 r . t a n . .— I i , i 111. a , 11 10 ■ ,. Hoy Scout Court Another Respected, S u therland Wins o f Honor Set ^ cd Pioneer Woman F irst Place in For N e x t M onday |)je(| ||(.re |'his Wcck Opening Round Eugene Dove, recently appointed scoutmaster of troop 18 to replace E .4 H o lle rm a n , was In charge of the scout meeting M onday evening M r Holderrnan. who ha» oeen scout master for the (Mist few years. Is at present engaged In scaling tim ber but w ill continue as an assistant. Eldon Grnble will also he an assist ant C hief H 11 Haller. I-ane county scout executive, was pre rn t and aided In general preparation for a Court of H onor to be held Monday evening In the high school a u d ito ri um A num ber of advancements will be made and m erit awards presented. N e ll Ham m ond was made a ten derfoot by investiture F . L G ran nis. mem ber of Ihe scout commutes, conducted the work and Chief Halles presented the lad w ith a pin and certificate. Last S u rv iv o r of K n ox-Oglcsby Train Dies Catherine Gamutte Land, 89, A Good Neighbor, True Friend and a Resident Since 1882. Mrs. Catherine G aroutte Land, a reddent of Cottage Grove and vi cinity since 1882. died M onday at the home of n daught er. Mr». F ra n k K elly Known and lovrd by many aa a good neighbor and a true file n d she was fa m ilia rly called "Aunt K a te " M r i. Land was born October 14 1847, and died n t the age of 83 years. She moved w ith her parents, John and M ary Grots, when a child to Iow a She was m arried in that state to George P. G aroutte In 1870 They had eight children, six surviving. T he fam ily came to Cot tage Grove In 1882 and located on th e w est side o f the c ity , south of M ain street. M r. G aroutte started the Cottage Grove F lo ur m ill. He died In 1894. Several year» la te r Mra. G aroutte was m arrle-i to Isaac Land. They lived fo r a num ber o f years on a' ranch at Dorena Follow ing the death of M r Land, she made her home w ith the children and had lived w ith M rs. K e lly fo r the last few year». Surviving are the follow ing chil dren: Mre. W . F . H a rt, Portland; R V G aroutte, Bandon; M r». C arl Pcnland, Redmond, W a a h ; Mr». Kelly. Mr». G. E . Crane, Alex G a routte, all o f Cottage Grove; a step-daughter, M ra. Lucy Hoyt. Bandon T w o eons, M a rk P. and Roy F. O aro utte are deceased. There are also 14 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Mrs. A W . K lm e Is a niece. Funoral services were held W ed nesday afternoon a t M ills chapel. Rev. H e n ry W Davis officiated In term ent was In tne A F 4 A. M - L O. O. F cemetery. M rs James P. G rah am has re- celv<d word of the death of an aunt. M a. Hlyba Oglesby K ahler M arch 10 at Tacoma. Mrs. K ahler h a t been 111 for several months Hhe was nearing 90 years of age and was a form er pioneer resident of Cottage Grove. Mrs. K a h le r was n daughter of M r and M rs W illia m Oglesby, pioneer settlers on w hat 1» now rha 1-ayng place oh Ito w river. She was about five years of age when she came west w ith her parents In the Knox-Oglesby Im m ig ra n t train Hhe lived In this com m unity until early womanhood. Hhe was a sister of the 1st« D r. W illia m Oglesby and an only cousin to "Aunt Sophronla" M cF arlan d, who died a few weeks ago M r» K a h le r and M rs M c F a r land w ere the last survivors of the UONH W n .I, AGAIN SPONSOR EASTER EGG HUNT. Knox-Oglesby train The entertainers a t the Lions' club luncheon were eight members o f the ca»t o f the operetta “Oh Doctor" to be presented by the Boya and G irls Glee club» o f the high school. T he number« were en The W -A. W oodard Lum ber thusiastically applauded. company of Cottage Grove ha« an T he Lions are again sponsoring nounced a volu ntary wage Increase the annual E a -te r egg hunt to be of 5 cents per hour to all emp'oyes. held the dav before E asier, S atur effective M arch 18 M ore than 2.10 day, the 27th o f this month. men w ill be affected. A t the next luncheon A ttorney M r and Mr» Paul Thompson of John I*enntngton w ill »peak from a Bay City, M ichigan, are In Cottage non-partisan standpoint on the p*o- Grove for a few days. M r. Thom p posed change» In the membership son to attend the ann ual meeting o f the U nited States 8uprem e F rid a y of the W oodard Lum ber Co., Court. w ith which he Is connected. Woodard Lumber Co. Boosts Wages Infant I'ainfully Burned. T h e In fa n t daughter of M r and M rs Robert V lo le tte of Culp Creek was p ain fu lly burned Saturday when she fell against a »tove nt the V lo lette home. T he burns, which were dressed by a local phy sician, were confined to one side of the face and a hand. T hey were of n superficial nature. W l'llani Brown Injured. Baptist District Meet To Be Held Friday T he Baptist young people of the Um pqua association w ill hold their semi-annual ra lly In the Cottage Grove Baptist churrh F rid a y eve ning o f th b week About 103 young people are expected fro m Roseburg. Sprinrfi''l<l. Eugene, Veneta and Junction City. T he ladles of the en- tertaln ln : rh u rrh will serve dinner at 6:30. This w ill be followed by a specially prepared program . T he evening meeting Is open to the public. W illia m Brown, tim b er man for the Scott Lum ber company, was In jured during operation» last week when n piece of tim b er fell on him HlB left leg was badly bruised and Ihe muscles torn according to re ports. H e Is said to be im proving GRIGGS HAS MORE CO M FO RTABLE NIGH T satisfactorily. Shortly before this Issue w ent o press, a report received concerning Hom e Economics Course«. Extensive courres In home eco H ira m B O Iggs. who Is seriously nomics, p artic u la rly fo r teachers, III In n Eugene hospital. Indicated have again been provided for the that he had rested caster d uring the 1937 sum m er aesslon tt Oregon night but his general condition re State College fro m June 21 to mained unchanged. July 30. T he Fledge to the F la g v a » w r it G erm any resigned fro m the world ten In the office of the Youth's court on October 19, 1933, as well Companion of Boston, In 188S by Janie» B. Upham , of Malden. Mass. as from the League of Nations. Cirthfu / Friends Oil, give me mirthful friends, not overwite, Wlm rout Life’s sullen moods with swift caprice; Who shrui» nt Fate ns nt a comic piece, And greet the world with gnyly mocking eyes. For jest is sweet narcotic that defends The wistful heart made craven by the years. There nre too many sighs, too many tears. To add one more. Oh, give me mirthful friends! —Mabel Ames Wastie. I-ed by Horae« Sutherland's p«r feet 28 out of 25. the Cottage Grove Gun club got o ff to a nlc« start In tha firs t round o f Ch« Oregonian Telegraphic trapshoot. by scoring a 73 out of a possible 75, to defeat V a l’ etz, tie T illam oo k and lose to Corvallla. N J. N> Ison and George W hite, each breaking 24 bl.-ds, were the other two men to m ake She team. O th er shooters tu rn in g In good «cores Sunday were K elly Cooper 23, Pete Nelson 22 and Vic tor Chambers 22. The tournam ent, w ith 26 teams from al) over the state entered, taste fo r eight weeks. Tillam ook scored 73. Corvallis 75 and Valsetz <1 In the opening round Sunday N ext Sunday the local club w ill • ompete w ith Echo, C o w litz and Washougal, who turned in a 68. 75 and 73 respectively In the firs t round. The second round w ill be shot next Sunday w ith the firs t shoot startin g prom tply a t 10:15 a. m. The o fficial ehoot w ill close an hour later. A ny m em ber of the local Rod and Gun club is eligible to complete, the three men shooting the highest score each Sunday be ing the o fficial representatives of th0 club. T he five men placing most often on the team w ill be eligible to represent the club in finals, If the local team places among the 15 high teams. There Is no e n try fee. Each shooter fu r- nlehes his own am m unition, which may be purchared through the club a t cost, and his own targets, whlcAi are sold by the club a t 2 cents ric h , to help defray o ther expenses of the shoot. Corvallis Cow litz, Salem and Bend turned in perfect scores Sun day. W h ile spectators are welcome at the shoot», officials have stated th a t there must be no conversation or other distraction when a m atch Is In progress. E squire Club Sponsors a Free Show a t A rcade The Esquire club made plans for sponsoring a free »how at the A r cade theatre Tuesday afternoon, M arch 23, at th e ir club luncheon Wednesday noon. The traveling show, which is given by the child ren's departm ent o f the Oregonian, con-ists of program numbers by a swing band, harm onica players, singers, dancers, acrobatic team», tum bling artist», readers, magicians, cartoonists, etc. "L ittle Miss P o rt land.” Shirley Jean Ferland, w ill be featured. T h e program w ill start at 3 p. nr. and arrangem ents w ill be made, i f possible, to close the schools at th a t hour. T he use of the theatre is donated by M r. Morelock and admission is free to both children and adults. O ther business before the club included plans for a soft-ball league for the coming summer. A n ath letic com m ittee was appointed as follows: Glenn Swanson, D r W . H. E a rl and Ross Gilkerson. A r rangements were made .o sponsor a group of am atuers to participate in tria ls at Eugene M arch 23 for a radio audition. T he com m ittue on the stag p arty held Tuesday even ing was congratulated on the suc cess o f the evening Plans were form ulated for a coming dance. D u rin g the luncheon hour the group was entertained w ith a skit from "Oh Doctor", an operetta which w ill be staged by he com bined glee clubs or the high school F rid a y evening a t the high school gymnasium. Smith Suffers Severe Burns from Gasoline Joe Sm ith sustained painful burns Tuesday forenoon when his cloth ing caught fire w hile he was clean ing the engine of his car w ith gaso line. Joe was using a steel brush and is of the opinion th a t the fric tion caused a spark which ignited the gasoline. Some sparks fell in a pan containing the fluid which burst into flames, setting fire to his clothing. H e succeeded in p uttin g them out by ro lling in the grass but not before both hands and his rig h t leg were severely burned W hllo eexccedingly p ain fu l th burns a r thought not serious. T he experim ental d ep artm en t at W ilg h t Field o f th- -i-, hns stated th a t a m an fallin g from any altitu d e w ith a parachute pack attached never attains a velocity o f g reater than 118 miles per hour and does not lose consciousness. N U M B E R SL C oN ' Rejects All Bidsb. *e Truck; Will Cali .or New Helliwell and Hawley Vote For Acceptance oi Low Bid Submitted By McCoy on Reo Cottage Grove w ill be w ith o u t a new fire tru ck fo r another month, a t lea t, as the reault of the city council'» action at a special meet ing Wednesday evening, when they rejected all bids, decided to rfiange »pecifications, and call fo r new bids. W ith Councilman H ira m Ortggs In the hospital, but five members w ire in a'tendance at the meeting. M ayor Cleo M orelock presided A m a jo rity report endorsed By Coun- cllmen Lansing, Safl y and W o rk m an favo ed the rejection o f ell bids, w hile a m in ority report, sup posed by H e lliw e ll and Haw ley, favored the acceptance of the low bid submitted under the previous call fo r bids. T his bid was sub m itted by M cCoy’s G arage w ith Luverne equipm ent on a Reo chas sis. McCoy'» bid was for 33,550 w hile other bids subm itted ranged up to $4.985. A council m eeting w ill be held F rid a y evening to approve new specifications. A p paren tly only m inor changes w ill be made from the o riginal specifications— rear tires w ith o rd in ary treads. In place o f tractio n grips, another length of suction hose, and a tru ck w ith o u t a cab. Taxpayers seemed divided over the wisdom o f the council's action. Several men expressed fe a r th a t the calling for new bids would result In the low ering of q u ality of m a te ria l in order to subm it a low price. Brisbane Bros. Open E lectrical Store This Week T he Cottage Grove business sec tion i practically w ithout a vacant building as the result of the new electrical store opened this w eek In the H a r t building by Lester and Hugh Brisbane, brothers, who w ill operate under the name o f the Brisbane E lectric store. Both men are experienced In th eir line. I-ester Brisbane having been associated w ith Wa«hburne's in Eugene for several months, and p rio r to th a t tim e located in A n a conda, M o n t H e is a radio repair man H is brother, Hugh, has been associated w ith the General Elec tric supply line for the past three and a h a lf years. T he men expect to specialize on the General Elec tric line, featuring th e ir well known "H o t Point" washing machines and refrigerators. Local High School To Present Operetta By Journalism Student. The tim e is present. The exact date is F rid a y , M arc h 19. T he place is the Cottage Grove high school gym. The participants are the boy» and girls in the Cottage Grove high school glee clubs. T he hour draws close to eight. T here is a m u rm u r o f expectation and im patience from the crowd. T here are certain vague noises com ing from the stage. The orchestra players slowly take th eir places and begin the long patient job o f tuning tn e ir instruments. F in a lly everything Is in readiness and w ith the firs t note fro m the orchestra, a husn o f expectancy falls over the crowd. The overture is finished, the cu rtain rises and the audience has the pleasure of witnessing one o f the cleverest and most humorous operettas ever w ritten . Be sure th a t you are one of the audience so th a t you, too, m ay re late in years to come th a t you saw th a t stage production, "Oh! Doctor," back in the year one (A. O .D .) T he tim e set In Cottage Grove fro m now on is A.O.D., “a fte r Oh! Doctor.") DeM olay P lan fo r Conclave- S tew art Roberts, B ill MacGIbbon and Bob G rannis attended a meet ing of the D eM olay a t the Masonic Tem ple In Eugene one evening last week. Plans were discussed a t the meeting fo r a sem t-form al dance to be held In Eugene F rid a y evening. M arch 26. Proceeds w ill be used to finance delegates to the state con clave to be held earlv In the sum m e r a t LaG rande. George D ru ry and Ted Scott, candidates starting th e ir degree w ork, accompanied them to Eugene.
