The Cottage Grove sentinel., August 12, 1937, Image 1

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i'emporarily Accepts "Stolen " Child
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A
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Thr v w of Mary Elaine ( otter,
Hbert ti' tii
the "atolan** child from Modeato. On Hit-Run (¡barge
Merchants' Proposal Cal
, who waa arre»(ed here tw o
Lane Wild Life Scbooi ''4 'rl Shows
Unit to Organize
> Wr
llUMlaii etIMo«» and reporter» a ir
n « m r i ) when they m ake errors
I Hat the governm ent dor« not Ilk*
We ran", do that over here, we
haven't enough firing squad«
*
The
U n ited
W ate« (r e a x u te t
asking for the return o í 80 bill*
th « »10.000 d en o m in a tio n
Final Action on 56 Hour Week
Will Await Formation of
Permanent Organization
U
ut
We aan't
Retail clerk» of (his cMy have a o
(hr
Aft h ou r
do anythin« fot him until he Ulve» «e p ird tem p orarily
w ork w eek ptop ooed last w eek by
■w (he orn ai number«
Cottage Grove m erchants
Firm)
Now wr have little aaa'» The big action probably will In- deferred
M boye muet have need all the capital until « perm anent organisation Is
rffooted An organisation m e d mg
lettere
• • •
baa been called for H o ’clock Mon
K omt colored akunk« arr report«*! day evening. August 14. In the conn*
at Kauri Jaffrey, N H The elm liar cl, cham bers of (be city ball
Th«< temp«»« ary acceptance was
K y to *h«* rin»«. proeutnahly go«*»
voted at a m eeting held Monday
ru» further (han the «*ol«»r
night In the city hall N K Com p­
Hure*>*HM N ew s l ( r v k * tell» U» ton. elected tem porary chairm an of
how our («kxW uffs «We rovv|r«| the group, was In charge of the
w it h t « x r a That probably la •<» that. m eeting and sum m arised the steps
If we don't like our <<*«*•. wr can taken to secure m<»re equable w ork­
ing hours A petition, circulated by
eat thm t
• • a
the retail clerks was presented to
Thr gtivernm«*nt*i accident pre the m erchants, asking for a M-
The m erchants, an ­
eentton nintaim r«» euggret» the hour week
iwod to d«> aotiirthln« to k«*rp per sw ering the petition, offered a M
•on» from falling in their homaa hour week by adju sting the open­
To bear wive» <«*11 It. nothing ran ing and closing hours
The pro
d o sin g hours, to go Into ef
ba done to kerp huabanda from fall
|n< <k»wn on (heir part around (ha fe d Septem ber 1. will t»e week
ftroatdr
days. 7 So to ft >0, and Saturdays.
• • •
7 SO to 4 »
The retail clerk group, discuss
The way to balance the budget la
ing acceptance of the m erchants'
to arale eaprnaaa
proposal, expressed thr belief that
AM or lan Budget tails that a prln the m ovem ent for early store clos­
ripal Job of the cops there la rho» ing hours was a betterm ent but
imr «ur>bathli>g fem inine nude« off that som e m eans of enforcem ent
tha w aterfront That la eith er a bid should be provided Thr m«»tlon of
for the tourlat traffic or pro pagan acceptance, as finally carried, fol­
da to promote applications for lows
That this group
(retail
placwa <>n tha pollne force
clerk s) accept tem porarily the fM)
• a a
hour working week propooed by the
Dorvallka Gn write Tim«-» ho» ob­ m erchants of Cottage d rove
Hi. . :.1M» ut thru m eeting Mon
served Ha diam ond jubilee Claudius
E clair Ingalls la Juat aa good an day night, will name a perm anent
ed ito r a* be waa when he started organisation and eleot officers
the paper and continue» to m ake
its editorial |» a g r scin tillate with
youthful and »prtghOy com ment
• • •
An anstoue inquirer In t w of the
dally new s pa p<*m w an ts to know
where fem inine bathing suite are
g el rig to stop After seein g one *n
use, we'd say they have hardly
started yet
s a •
Tom m y
( H urrvB u sier j
Owen,
Albany Dem ocrat Herald aaya lie who. friends say. has a long and il­
city hasn't had a new am bulance lustrious record of burro-busting as
•Ince IV?*» A city that far t»ehlnd wel, as marked rodeo fame, rnet his
the tim es need» a hearse, not an m atch Sunday when he tangled
nm bnlance
with a governm ent burro in the
a ss
Bohem ia district
The burro won
We arr using a lot of khowatta the set-to with one fall 1:*. a sprit
arguing as to who shall be named se c o n d s tim e
The fresh scar on
adm inistrator at Ilonnevllle.
the side of F airview Is claim ed to
have been m ade by the burro-bus­
Sunday afternoon. without In­ ter in his descent
From the look
terrup tin g work I w as doing in the o f the left side of O wen’s face the
back yard «while the good wife burro tried to m ake ham burger,
told me how to do It). wr listened probably having been Informed be­
to a hcautlful niu*lc«l pr»»g.*Hiii fore <be m atch that Owen, as a side
from I*ake Oenrvn. HwKterland line to his burro busting, disp en ses
Thia was m ade |MW»rihle by the sam e ham burger and other viands at the
scien ce that provldml the Instru irtah meat rnkrket
merits of war wtth which hundred«
According to Owen's story he
or thousand.* were at the sam e tim e rousded up the burro In order to
being horribly m angled in the war take a picture and decided to ride
in Hpaln
the jack to better locale for a pic­
ture However the burro had other
Burro-Bust ing
Career (liven Up
By Tommy Owen
Oregon Demos
Expect Earley to
A ttend Picnic
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According Io the Oregon Dem o­
crat o f August 6 the democrat»
from «11 »action of O regon will
gather at Oak l*ark on Augurt 22
for their annual state rally nnd
picnic.
In view o f the fact that P ost­
m aster G eneral Jam«« A Farley
ha« announced hla Intention to bo
In Portland August 21) for dedica­
tion of the new enat tilde poatofflre,
It In confldentally expected th at he
will rem ain for th e picnic and de­
liver the principal address
G overnor Martin will be present,
iui w ell an other notable» o f the
party, and he also will deliver an
addies« Victor A. M oyers, lieuten­
ant governor of W ashington, will
he one o f the apeakera.
There w ill also be a very com ­
plete program of »port« and other
am usem ent event»,
The program
will tmgln early nnd continue until
late at night w ith nn Intermlaalon
for noonday lunch, w hich m ay be
obtained on the ground» During
the afternoon and even in g thoro
will he dan cin g and for thia fea­
ture, It 1« stated that the best of
m usic-producer* have
been en
gaged.
Indication«
are
that
Cottage
Grove will be represented by a
large delegation with
P ostm aster
N .1. Nelson a.« son g lender.
C o a stin g In n eu tra l Is not allow ed
by p olice d e p a r tm e n ts a n d It la also
dlsnww rdlng your safety rule
week» ago to tn«ure her appearance
in the Eugene juvenile court on a
dap« -ndency charge, wu» aettlad
Monday, whan the charge waa dl»
mlaaed and uh«* waa turned over to
her mot,»ci. Mr» Edna Cotter
II E Cotter, father of the child,
alleged to have etolcn her fion i her
M other “ t Modeato, bringing her
to thia city wa# taken bark to the
California city <o face the char?;'*
Iiepuly S h eriff Miwnhend of that
place arrived Saturday w ith requl
a, tlon paper» from the governor of
Cjtllfonla nnd going on to Salem ,
hud G overnor Martin algn them
Uun Club Contest
To Close Aug. 19
Only io day« rem ain in which
contrstanl« In the gray digger con­
test »pori wj red by th* Cottage
Orov« Itud nnd Gun club can (urn
In tall* of the rodanta. The context
will clo»e August 31 Three prizes
w ill be given to the three person«
turning In the moat tall» G ray
diggers »re a farm pe»t and the
club la »pon«ortng the contest to
rsduc» the population of the»«
pest« Only m em bers of the club
are eligible to enter
The
Graber-Getty»
Hardware
1» the receiving station but as yet
no tall» have been turned In for
credit It 1» »aid that a number of
gray digger» have been killed but
tha! the contestants arc saving the
tatl» until they have an Im pressive
collection
The d u b plan* a picnic for metn
tiers and their fam ilies at the cMy
park M I ., . . ning
Free Methodist Pastor Arrive«.
"I sm glad to be one o f th is
city," Mid Rev George O. E d ­
wards. newly appointed paator o f
the Free M ethodist church. In an
interview Tuesday. H* and his w ife
were m issionaries In India. He con­
tinued. "If you will com e to the
Free M ethodist church, you will
learn many thing» concerning that
great land and |>eoplr and heat of
all. learn of heaven and Its Joys ''
Rev and Mrs Edw ards moved
last wrek Into the parsonage south
of the church building
C la « . o f 713 R eta in » O fficers.
Present officers were retained by
m embers of th* 1933 graduating
class of Cottage Grove high school
a t an election held at the annual
class reunion Frida)' even in g at
Sw lm m ei»' Delight Those rceiected
were Millard M cFarland, president;
Maxine Nixon, vice president; Geor­
ge tte Funk, secretary; P eg W ilson,
tieasuror
Baseball, sw im m ing, boating and
dancing provided entertainm ent
F ifty-fou r IJcenw » Granted.
F ifty-fou r drivers' licenses were
granted Monday to local residents
during th e exam ination held at city
hall by Glen S ow n , state exam iner
o f operators and chau ffeu rs Of this
numbei 39 were originals and 18
Ideas
were renewal» All but tw o o f this
number required exam ination. An­
nouncem ent o f the next exam in a­
tion will be made later a s the regu­
lar day fall» on a legal holiday.
The Sentinel has a num ber of li­
cen se renewal blanks and those de­
Of the 38 com plaint« on property siring these m ay call at the busi­
tax assessm en ts received th* for* ness office, 28 north Sixth street.
part o f the week at th* office of
W elby Steven», county a««r««or, thr I'rrsliylerlan Pastor Io Teach.
m ajority com e from this city.
Rev. Jam«» A. Sm ith o f the Pres­
Tho »tat* tax com m ission th*
pant year m ad* an ndju»tm *nt of byterian church will go to Turner
the
state
valuation« here
Som e pieces of next week to attend
property here wrr* »m assed too C hristian E ndeavor sum m er con­
high and tom e too low, In th* opin­ ference. at which he will be Bible
ion o f th* adjuster», nnd equaliza­ teacher and leader o f a discussion
tion w as mad*. Som* o f those conference He has held th ese posi­
who«« valuation» w*r* raised hnvo tions at th e sum m er conferences
filed com plaint«. Few complain».« for the past several years. He also
have com* from Eugene nnd not is on* o f the tw o pastor advisors
for the state C- E. union nnd Is
m any from th* fnrntinK section»
closely associated w ith work of tho
th* a»s«wsor’« offlc* report«.
young people o f the state.
Th* county hoard o f equalization
wax organized Monday and onthx Local C. K. Socletlea Loul.
of o ffice w ere taken by the mem
The C hristian E ndeavor societies
her», County Judge Fred Fisk.
of the First C hristian church of
County Clerk W alter B D lllaid nnd
this cltv are lending other societies
County A ssessor W elby Stevens.
In Ism * count)' In achievem ent
Th* board will consider lb* pres­
ent com plaint« along with other» points nn It Is stated that the rec­
ord set by the groups would entitle
w hich trwy hr received before It them to leadership o f the entire
starts work August 23.
state The local so cieties hold all
four «w ards for efficien cy In the
SO FT OURHS; H ARD COPS
county nnd still lead In points of
Cottage Grove's street curbing» achievem ent. The stan dings follow
m ay be *»oft hut not ho th* police Cottage Grove Juniors, 1977 points;
force. On* even in g Inuit w eek a Cottage Grove Interm ediates, 18S8;
transient lay peacefully sleep in g on Eugene Evangelical young people.
th* curbing at Fifth nnd W ashing 1200; Eugene Fairm ont Presbyter­
ton
To all Intents nnd purposes ian young people. 982; Leaburg
the cold cem ent w as com parable to C om m unity young people, R97; Wal-
the well known bed of rose» Chief tervllle P resbyterian group. 197.
of Police G. B. Pitcher, passing on
his way to the city hall, disturbed
Igiw b rea k ers a t e a c c id e n t m ak
the transient's »lumber» and sent era. It's not enough to know traffic
law»
You m ust obey them
him on hl» way
Complaints Filed
Against Assessments
State Police Claim Local Man
Struck Two Children Sunday
Evening and Failed to Stop
H erm an C Gleaner vJftn was ar­
rested at 1 3 0 Monday morning on
a drunken driving charge by Night
O fflcsr John «ch affer, W ednesday
was i barged with hit and run driv­
ing by state police officer Pat
Kis-pke O fficers claim that Gleas-
er struck a bicycle on which were
riding Partaalee Ball. 15, and Cleo
Ball. 12. about ” 40 Sunday even ­
ing near the G lerau service station
on Bow river road and failed to
stop
P arm alee su ffered a badly
lacerated and m ashed left instep
and Cleo w as cut badly about the
chin aad forehead, several teeth
were broken and a knee, his back
nnd none were severely bruised and
lacrated
Parm alee Is a daughter
of Mr and Mrs W C Ball, who
l.ve on Mosby creek, and Cleo. who
Is »laying with the W C Balls. 1»
the son of Mr and Mrs A. C Ball,
w ho are Is India
G leaser pleaded not gu k ty to the
drunken driving charge Tuesday
and was placed under «1000 ball
The hit and run charge wa* filed
a fter state officer» secured an a f­
fidavit from Bob Bailey, who Mid
he was a paasengee In the O leaser
car at the tim e of the accident. Ac­
cording to B ailey’s story. O leaser
had been drink in g during the even­
ing The tw o drove out to Gleaner's
ranch to hunt a cow
B ailey Mid
that he w anted to drive <he car on
the trip back to Cottage Grove a*
he considered O leaser In no con­
dition to drive but th at O leaser re­
fused to give him the keys Bailey-
claim ed that th e car w as traveling
betw een 80 and 60 m iles an hour
w hen he felt the car strike som e
som ething and that he urged Glean­
er to »top but the latter refused
W hen arrested G leaser threatened
to »hoot the arreetlng officer, ac­
cording to C hief o f P olice G B.
Pitcher
O fficer, offer for further eviden­
ce that G leaser's car showed evi­
dence of striking som ething, the
right fender being torn loose from
the body and that red paint sim itar
to that on the bicycle w as found on
th e car.
A ccording to officers.
G lea»cr has a record of a numbei
of arrests for Intoxication.
It Is Mid that the tw o children,
who were riding on the one bicycle
w ere lucky to be alive. The im pact
threw them to the side o f the road
Instead of in front of the car where
they probably would have been
killed
Local Nine Wins
County Eagles
Championship
The C ottage Grove E agles base­
ball team added the E a g le, cham ­
pionship o f Lane county to their
Cascade league cham pionship Sun­
day when th ey defeated the Eu­
gene E agles, one o f the outstanding
team s In the Big Six league, by a
score of 10 to 5 on the Swim m ers'
D elight diam ond. C ottage Grove
will m eet the M ohawk nine of the
Big S ix league in a three-gam e
series, the flrwl of which will be
plnyed Saturday or Sunday In Eu­
gene. M ohawk won the right to
m eet the locals by dow ning Alva-
dorc In the Junior league's playoff
series.
Sunday's gam e w as featured by
Cooper's hom e run In the third i n ­
nin g that scored Cox ahead of him
to give C ottage Grove n 2-0 lead
The locals never were headed from
that point on. although the Eugene
nine tied up the count In the fourth
w hen h its by H ulett and M. Lewis
drove In tw o runs. F. Cellars put
the locals out In front In the fifth
w ith a sm ash sin gle that cleared
the hag» and brought In three runs.
Both team s played ragged ball,
each team being charged with six
errors. Although he allow ed eight
h its to the seven Issued by the two
E ugene pitchers. P ete Igoe had the
best o f the pitching battle over
H ulett and D oane and was given
better support.
F. Cellars topped the local hit­
ters with tw o blngles and Vande-
hey and H ulett led the E ugene
batsm en.
Score:
R H E
Cottage Grove
________ 10 7 6
Eugene ...........
8 R 8
B atteries; Igoe and Libby;
H u­
lett. Doane and G illespie.
A m eeting to ret up a perm anent
organization for the I*ane county
unit of the Oregon Wild Uf«* Fed­
eration ha» been called for 7 o ’clock
Monday evening, Augu»t 23 at the
Del Hey cafe In Eugene by R 8.
D ienner, president of the Cottage
Grove Hod and Gun club, who l -
t*m porary chairm an for the feder-
atlon. A dinner w ill pieced« the
business m eeting at which officers
will be elected.
Several Interesting speakers. In­
cluding Ed Averill of Portland,
have been scheduled for the m e e t ­
in g
It I* expected th at the group also
will discuss the effect o f the W il­
lam ette valley project on fish and
wild life.
Uolf Club Plans
Two-Ba 11 Meet
A two-ball foursom e tournam ent
will be held Friday afternoon on
the golf course, play to rfart at 5
o'clock
Members o f the Cottage
Grove G olf club and their fam ilies
are urged to com e out and non-
m embers. newcomer» and others
Interested have been Invited t at-
tnd. A potluck dinner w ill be held
after com pletion of play and a busi­
ness m eeting will follow.
Mrs Cleo More lock won the
w eekly putting conteia held W ed­
nesday m orning by wom en m em ­
bers o f the club.
Dorena Grange Unit
Plans Open Meeting
An open m eeting o f the Dorena
grange w ill be held at 8 o'clock
Thursday. August 19. in the grange
hall and an Invitation to attend
has been extended to those inter­
ested. R. 3. D renner w ill talk on
wild life The program w ill be in
charge of Mr- Harry
W illiam s.
Mrs- M. C. Johnson and Mrs. Mary
Nash.
A com m ittee to investigate the
grange Insurance w as appointed at
the m eeting o f the Dorena grange
A ugust 8 The com m ittee will ex­
plain the insurance to m em bers at
a later m eeting. V isitors from the
Jasper and G oshen gran ges atten d­
ed the m eeting A report on the
sales slip contest w as given by
Louts Dodge Three new m em bers
w ere w elcom ed into m em bership In
the grange.
Allan W heeler. P om ona grange
m aster, w as in charge o f the pro­
gram during th e lecture hour. The
program Included com m unity sing­
ing, a plano solo by Shirley Arne,
reading o f a paper on “O ne Big
Fam ily." referring to th e grange, by
Mrs W right of G oshen, a talk by
Mrs. E ffie W heeler, chairm an of
the Lane county hom e econom ics
com m ittee, on various p h ase, of
her work and a talk on grange
work by Allan W heeler
A fter the program Mrs. Lee
Sm ith had charge of the grand
m arch in which all m em bers took
part. R efresh m en ts w ere served by
Mr. and Mrs. L eslie W icks. Mr. and
Mrs. Raym ond
W icks, Robert
W agoner and Mrs Lot W agoner
P H E L P S F l.F C T F D TO F I G EN E
S( HOOI. TEACHING st a ff
V ictor Phelps, principal of the
Central grade school, has been
elected to teach in th e E ugene
schools, according to ann oun ce­
m ent made Tuesday by the E ugene
school board. Mr. P help s is under
contract to the C ottage Grove
school board and w h eth er they w ill
release him from his contract will
not be known for several days N o
action w as taken at M onday night's
board m eeting.
WHOOPING t OI GH MAIN
JI I.Y AILMENT
Seventeen cases of whooping
cough were reported in Lane county
during July, the report o f the Lane
health unit, filed Friday, shows.
There also was reported eigh t cases
o f tuberculosis and 17 cases o f ven­
ereal dieases. 10 of gonorrhea and
»even o f syphlllis.
NEW T E A C H E R E L E C T E D
M iss Clara Skjepstad o f Eugene
was elected to teach In the Cottage
Grove schools at the M onday night
m eeting o f the sch ool board. She
will teach the sixth grade In the
Central school, replacing Mrs. Opal
Clark, w ho h as resigned.
School reopening has been set for
Monday. Septem ber 13.
Class of '.12 to P lcn le Friday.
The 1932 graduating class o f Cot­
tage Grove high school w ill hold a
reunion F riday even in g at Sw im ­
mers' D elight F rance« M ackln and
It's all lig h t to be a loud speakei B ernice B oslaugh are on the com ­
m ittee for arrangem ents.
If v o u 'te broadcasting safety
District i
'nd
Financial Condition
No Warrants are Outstanding
At Close of Fiscal Year;
Attendance Increase Noted
The Cottage G iove schools closed
thel: fical year with no w a r r a n t
outstanding and w ith Indebtedness
reduced by »4.000, the annual re­
port o f school district N o 45 for
July 1, 193« to Jun e 30. 1937 a.-
com piled by W orth H arvey, clerk,
sh ow s
The school system show s
not only a sound financial situation
but also a m arked im peovem ent in
attendance during the past six
years.
The district received »49322 81
from taxes, county, state and ele­
m entary school fund*, federal sub­
sidies and other sources. T he fed­
eral subsidies, m ajority of which
are for Sm ith-H ughe* work, totaled
»1210 71. The bonded indebtedness
Is »19.500 but since the report was
com piled »1800 has been paid off,
leaving a net bonded indebtedness
o f »18,000.
The tax levy for the year w as 24 2
m ills, raising »28.194 A ctu a lly the
district received «31.674 25. an over­
age of »3.480.25. w hich is accounted
for by paym ent o f delinquent taxes
T ax returns in 1937 have been grat­
ifying. the district receiving the
first six m onths o f the year 61.6
per cent o f the levy or 31736088
Average cost for each child in the
entire sjytern Is »68 per year
In
the high school the actual cost is
»85 and as reported under various
state and county regulations »75.74
In the grades fhe coot Is »56.
The district carries 90 percent
blanket
co-insurance.
totaling
$90.250 To reproduce the present
school plant would cost the dltrict
»158,617 48.
Enrollm ent and atten dan ce has
shown a steady increase during the
past six years a , shown by the fol­
lowing table:
Year Enrollm ent Av Dailv Att.
Grades H.S Total Grades H.S T
1932 501 317 818
414.3 259 8 674.1
1933 485 293 778
385 9 229 614.9
1934 326 300 826
4193 254 2 673.5
1935 516 301 817
434 6 245 9 680 5
1936 516 333 849
424.9 286 5 711 4
1937 549 391 940
424.1 334 8 758.9
The last school cen sus show» 991
cbildre» in the district.
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Nearing Completion
South Lane County Groups to
Exhibit Products at Armory
on August 20 and 21
Plans for the Southern Lane
County C om m unity fair to be held
at the arm ory here A ugust 20 and
21 are shaping up and m any or­
ganizations are expected to enter
exhibits.
E n tertain m en t by local
talent will be given Friday night
and no charge w ill be m ade for this.
G eneral arran gem ents are in the
hands of a com m ittee com posed of
Roy Short, chairm an. Cecil Beck.
Bill B artels, Clyde R ob ert, and
Harry K night
H. B. Ferrin Is in
charge of entertainm ent and H. C.
W illiam , qf organization entries.
R. C. K uehner, county club leader,
w ill handle the 4-H club exh ib it.
Those w ho will m anage the adult
exhibits are Mrs. Jam es P G ra­
ham, antiques; Mrs. S. L Godard,
flowers; Mrs L. P Morton, tex­
tiles; Mrs. V. T Randall, dom estic
baking, and C A K ing
farm
products.
L. C. Schroeder, Cleo Morelock.
Harry K night, Dr. H. A. Hagen
and C. I. R yn earson com pose the
com m ittee in charge o f financial
arrangem ents.
Cottage Grove Clan
To Meet in Portland
The C ottage Grove association In
Portland w ill hold Its annual pic­
nic Sunday, A ugust 29, In P en in su­
la park In th at city. D inner w ill be
served at 1 o'clock and coffee and
Ice cream will be furnished. All
form er and present Cottage G iove
people and their fam ilies are 1°-
vited to attend.
W orker H as F inger Am putated
H. L. W lesse, em ployed by the
B ohem ia Lum ber com pany In the
Culp Creek section, suffered a se­
verely Injured left hand Monday
aftrnoon. n ecessitatin g am putation
o f the little finger o f that hand He
w as taken to a E ugene hospital for
1 treatm ent