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VOLUME XLVm. dotiate (Broiie Sentinel (Established June 15. 1889.) COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, Saturday, May 21, Real Bargain Day Things WeThink I For Shoppers in Cottage Grove Heck Tops Field in Shoot at Portland Th,n<ji dlhr-i rund WHnt - k THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1938. Local High School Takes Third In the District Track Meet - IhJ, Hundreds of Bargains in AM Speaker Bankhead has Iwcn us Lines of Merchandist Being ing a wheel chair und crutches be- cause hr broke u toe when ha Offered to Buying Public. ■tubbed it. A lot of that has been done recently in Washington, but Residents of this section of the speaker is the only one to suf Lane county who know the value fer injury. of a dollar will throng the streets Oregon workmen's compensation of Cottage Grove Saturday, May commission lists newspaper editor 21. Bargain Day. Why? There are ial writing as a hazardous occupa hundreds of reasons and you may tion. Probably because the writ learn many of them by carefully er* take such chance in jumping at reading all the advertisements in conclusions and doing backward this issue of this newspaper. The wise shopper the one who flip-flops. really knows merchandise and An initiative bill proposes a compares prices of merchandise one-houae legislature. That isn't advertised in these columns each necessary Multnomah county wei-k with those advertised else alone had enough candidates to where knows that he can trade In fill both houses Cottage Grove and buy a* cheap ly as any place In Lane county. May be Japan should move out In many cases he can trade cheap of (Thina while her face is all she er. because he or she can save would lose time, gasoline, tires and money by shopping here. 'Dir Englishman who got a lot If this Is true every week —It of publicity because he lost $150,- most certainly is more than true 000 in a stud game is getting the this Saturday for nearly every horse laugh. merchant in the city has checked his stock and found where he A woman has sued a physician could offer unusual bargains. because he had motion pictures Many of these bargains will be taken of her operation. She want- found In display advertisements ed to tell about it herself. elsewhere In this issue. Other* will be found plainly marked on price No one need to suffer for lack tags In the store* cooperating. of bed clothes. Just get a com "Think of Cottage Grove as one píete set of Multnomah county big department store,” a spokes ballots man for the merchants said re Pacific coast nudists will meet cently. "Read the advertisements in Oregon this summer, but we are and shop intelligently and you can already well supplied with scenic save real money. The shopper who patronize* the advertiser* en attractions courages them to continue to do A "Believe It or Not” has result their part to build and boost Cot ed in Information that there are tage Grove, and as the city pros several school children of the pers, so will the community pros country who read upside down. per. Neither can continue indefi Possibly they can tell us what is nitely without the aid of the in the administration's farm bill. other.” Plan now to shop in Cottage May 1 to 8 was 'better parent” Grove Saturday, May 21. and gpt week, but not much happened, your share of the bargains of- The kids thought It would be fu fered! tile to try to make better parents The feature motion picture — "Snow White and the Seven in seven days. Dwarfs," will be on the screen at Governor LaFollete of Wiscon the Arcade. In the morning there sin has launched a third party. It will be a special matinee for chll- wasn't necessary to do that. He dren only, with the admission could have appropriated one of charge for the youngsters at only the several now composing the 10 cents. Shoppers during the democratic organization. morning hours may send their children to this screen classic, and Herbert Hoover must often wish do their shopping unhampered he could have been as popular as while the youngsters are having president as he is as ex-president. "the time of their life.” • • • When the registration books closed the republicans had the most votes, but that is the wrong We wish to thank all the mem time to count ’em. bers who aided in the selling of tickets and those who assisted at the dance. Along the Fairways Chamber to Continue Drive for New P. 0. H. E. Eakin, president of the local chamber of commerce, Tues day announced that efforts would be continued to secure a new fed eral building for Cottage Grove this year. According to a recent Washington dispatch, thia city Is one of several In this district elig ible for the one post office to be built in this district this year. The plaque advertising the city, to be installed In the Greyhound bus "City of Cottage Grove” de dicated here several weeks ago. was on display at the chamber meeting Tuesday noon, and will be placed in the bus tn the near future. The plaque bean the name and population of the city, and the slogan: "Land of Lumber. Moun tain Shrines. Fertile Farm* and Golden Mines.” Postmaster N. J. Nelson an nounced that Messrs Chesman, Beidler and Randall had volun teered to furnish trucks for the transportation of school children to the airport Thursday, to see the airplane bearing the fint air mail to leave this city by plane. Other trucks and cars are needed. The chamber voted to table a request from the Astoria cham- ber of commerce for support of a measure proposed in opposition to one support«! by the Oregon Wildlife League, governing com- mercial fishing. Efforts will be made to present a united front In a plan for better equalization of local taxes. DATES TO REMEMBER. MAY 20 (Friday) — Primary Election. Each Tuesday Chamber of Com merce meeting luncheon. Each Thursday* noon, Lions club luncheon. Monday, May 30 — Decoration Day. June 19( tentatively)—Pet Pa rade. One member, playing in the tournament, decided to rest before teeing off on the eighth. Some how or other instead of the ex pected rest, bench, clubs and play er all went over backwards.—We wonder if that is what is meant by a ‘full back swing"! Another member did what most of us have wanted to do at one time or another. After failing a few times to connect with the elusive "little pill”, he draped his club around a sturdy Oak tree. The club, not being supple enough to curve gracefully, broke! tsk. tsk. Speaking of endurance tests, can anyone beat this T Bill Jr. played 62 holes of golf last Satur day! People are becoming more and more “golf minded”. Don’t be surprised if you see babies cutting their first teeth on a golf ball in tend of the old fashioned teething ring! A pleasant afternoon was enjoy ed by 16 ladles who played golf *? Wednesday. Low putting score was held by Barbara Hill who won wl*h Mickey and Morelock tied for ««»nd place with 17 putts. pie tpes going to Mrs. _Mlckey after the play off. Mrs. Fred Knicker bocker and Mrs. Cleo Morelock served refreshments after the game. On the committee for next week are Mrs. S. Stewart and Mrs. Savage. KEARNEYS TO ENTERTAIN BOY SCOUTS AND FAMILIES The Boy Scouts and their faml- lies have been Invited to partlci- pate in a pot-luck supper Friday, May 20, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Kearney at 311 So. First street. Guests are requested to bring dishes. Scores Perfect 50 at Shoot in Rose City to Win First in Handicap Event Sunday. Ed Heck placed the Cottage Grove Rod and Gun club's trap team on the map in no uncertain terms when he enteered the reg istered shoot at Portland Satur day and Sunday, and walked away with first place on the 50-blrd handicap event with a perfect score, the only perfect chalked up by the field of 60 which Included most of the best shots in the state. He placed third in the 100- bird event from the 16-yard line Saturday with a 97, and scored a 93 in the same event Sunday. A large number of the local trap shooters plan to enter the Rhodendron Festival registered shoot at Florence next Sunday, for more practice, before entering the state shoot at Bend in June. High School Boys Glee Club and Quartet Win Laurels at Seattle Cottage Grove high school boys’ Glee club and male quartet came home Sunday from their trip to University of Washington with laurels added to their already high rating. Under the baton of their capable director, James Lewis, and with Miss Frances Hughes as accompanist, the boys helped to win the ensemble cup at the Forest Grove music tourna ment last month. As a result of that fine showing they entered the National Regional Music contest in Seattle last Friday and Satur day. Representatives of music groups of schools from the the states of Montana, Washington, Idaho and Oregon were entered. In national competition one school is not competing against another, but striving for high rating. Cottage Grove was award- ed a score of 2. No other organ- Ization in Oregon gained higher rating than this and it is consid ered as unusually fine. On Friday afternoon the boys sang a practice number for stu- dents at the Seattle Pacific col- lege. The boys wish to thank the chamber of commerce. Lions chib, student body and others of the city who made their trip possible. Those who made the trip were Kenneth Kennedy, Billy Spies, Charles Clark. Donald Long, Art Edwards. Keith Merrell, Bob Grannis. Dean Jackson, Mac Trask. Bill Bartels. Loren Stiles, Wendell Small and their accom panist, Frances Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. F. L. Grannis, Mrs. Curtis French and Mrs» Wil liam Bartels. Traffic Safety Council Organized Tuesday The Cottage Grove Traffic Safety council, a new and import ant organization for this city, was launched at a meeting of citizens in the council chamber of the city hall Tuesday evening. May 17. Rev. James A. Smith was elect ed president, Joe Smith vice presi dent and F. L. Grannis secretary. L. W. Coiner was appointed chair man of the committee on accident study and engineering; Alvis Wicks, chairman of the enforce ment committee; H. B. Ferrin of the education committee, and Her mon Petersen, chairman of the program and publicity committee. The chairmen were authorized to organize their respective commit- Mr. Hannon, of the state traf fic department, was present and gave a talk and was otherwise helpful. CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS The following officers were elected by the Lions club for the ensuing year: Lorin Schroeder, President: W. L. Workman, First Vice President; Lloyd Griggs, second vice-president; Stewart Carlson, secretary-treasurer; Sco field Stewart, Lion Tamer; Karl Mills, Tall Twister. It was decided that the members would meet the airmail plane Thursday noon. LIONS The Cottage Grove track squad collected 2314 points to place third In the di*trict meet April 14. Eugene took first with 57; University high second with 39, Reedsport fourth with 16. Rose burg placed fifth with 12'4 and springfield took sixth with 6'4 points. Lamm was high point man for the Lions with 10 points. Scott, Roy Guggisberg, Lamm and John Guggisberg are the eligible track men who are to go to Corvallis this week to represent Cottage Grove at the state meet. The following are the name* of the various events and place ments: 100-yard—Tatio (R), first; San ders (E). second; Wycoff. UHS), third; Roy (S) fourth. Time 10.3. High Hurdles — Dorrah <E), Murphy (UHS), Sargent (UHS) Roy (S. Time 17.4. Mile J. Guggisberg (CG), R. Guggisberg (CG), Lyon (E), Plath (UHS). Time 5:56. 440-yard- -Lamm (CG), Beeke (E). Denerall (UHS) Rutter R). Time 25.4. 880-yard—Scott (CG), Camp bell (R). Facher (UHS) Gris- porane (E). Time 2:09. High Jump—Lamm (CG) and Stevenson (E) tied for first. Bul lion (UHS). Height 5ft., 7 in. Broad Jump—Tatro (Reeds), Sanders (E), I^amm (CG). Dis tance 20.9. Pole Vault—Olsen (E), Sanders (E), Gard (UHS). Blake and Thorsen (CG) tied with two other men for fourth. New record, 10 ft. 7 in. Shot Put—Eliot (E), Bodner, (E). Rutler (R), Marshal (R). Distance 49 ft 7 in. Discus — Campbell (UHS), Thompson (Reeds), Eliot (E), Harmian (UHS). Distance 111 ft.. 9ft in. Javelin—Bullion (UHS), Ache son (S), Butler (Reeds), Leather- ford (E). Distance 150 feet. Relay—Eugene, first; Roseburg second; Uni High, third; Spring- field, fourth. Time l:40.L Annual Poppy Sale Fixed for May 21st. The American Legion Auxiliary has fixed the date of the annual poppy sale for Saturday, May 21. Flags and wreaths will be placed on the grave* of ex-service men. A bronze medal, pin and certifi cate will be presented by the aux iliary to the most outstanding girl student in the junior high school and the Legion will make the same presentation to the outstanding boy student in that school. As usual silver cups will be pre sent«! to the outstanding students of the high school. Gains In Population May Create Serious Economic Problem Residents from other sections of the United States have added an estimated total gain of 5,771 peo ple to the population of Lane county from 1930 to January 1, 1937, according to a report of the state planning board. This net gain is the estimated difference between persons coming Into the county and those moving out. Natural increase, or excess of births over deaths, amounted to 2,007 persons during these seven years, making an estimated total population for the county on Janu ary 1, 1937, of 62,343. This in crease was 14.2 per cent of the 1930 population. The majority of the immigrants are in the most active age range, 20-45 years. On the average more than 80 per cent were less than 45 years old at the time they mi grated into Oregon. The report depicts the prob lems confronting the state in car ing for these newcomers, and the figures show that the situation is one of concern for Lane county. The recent unemployment cen sus showed that Oregon ranks high among the states in percent of unemployment. Without en larged opportunities, the reports points out, continuing immigra tion may create serious economic and social difficulties. f - Zimmerly Medalist Grove School District In First Week’s Play Wins Suit Against the County champion Wm. Zimmer County —More Funds ly was medalist during the first week of play of the spring handi cap tourney now in progress on the local course. Zimmerly turn ed in a 75. Three matches went extra holes. Swartz defeating R. Lemley n the 20th; Chas. Zimmer ly winning from Junior Langston on the 20th and Damon Scott de feating Earl Weise on the 19th. Other winners: Championship and First Flight—Swarjz beat R. Lemley. Cartoon defeated F. Lem ley; Wm. Zimmerly Sr. defeated Curtis French; Billy Zimmerly won from Cleo Morelock; Earl Hill defeated Orlo Bagley. Second and Third Flight—(win ners listed first) Mickey—D. Trask; Schroeder — Chambers; Scott—E. Weise; Dr. Guy Earl- Savage; Dunlop—Coiner. Fourth and Fifth Flight—Jus tin Brown—D. Nixon; Lan Lan sing-Hendricks. Sixth Flight—Chas. Zimmerly— Jr. Langston. Several matches are being played evenings and scores were not available as this issue went to press. Pairings for Sunday, May 22 are as follows: Championship flight—Swartz vs Carlson; Zimmerly Sr. vs. R. Trask; Zimmerly Jr. vs. Hill. First Flight—R. Lemley vs. F. Lemley. C. Morelock vs. Bagley. Second Flight — Mickey vs. Schroeder; Scott vs. Gllcrist; Dr. Guy Earl vs. Dunlop. Third Flight—D. Trask vs. Chambers; Earl Weise vs. Bla lock; Savage vs. Coiner. Fourth Flight—Justin Brown vs. Dan Lansing. Fifth Flight—D. Nixon vs. Hen dricks. Other match results will be posted in the Eagle Cigar store. Petersen’s Announce “Bargain Daze” Sale There will be many a chuckle for the readers of this newspaper this week in one advertisement at least—that of Petersen's, local mercantile establishment whose “Bargain Daze" sales event is ade quately and humorously described in a large display advertisement elsewhere in this issue. The Sen tinel advises you not to miss it— yon need a laugh, and you’ll find plenty of them in the display ad vertisement announcing "Bargain Daze” just as you'll find plenty of bargains in the merchandise of fered. * % NUMBER 4a C l \ Bers Offer Boos. M Knocks Cottage Gro -erehant« to Study Information Gathered in Survey in Near Future. Several hundred residents of this vicinity welcome the (»por tunity to tell Cottage Grove merchants how they may improve their service to this community, judging from the questionnaire* recently circulated by the "Boost Cottage Grove" committee of the chamber of commerce, and now being returned to the Arcade theatre, where a free show ticket awaits every person returning their questionnaire. While a few people appear to have resented some of the ques tions submitted as being too per sonal, the majority have accepted the survey in the spirit in which it was launched—that of an hqp- est effort to learn why more resi dents of this community do not spend more of their earnings in Cottage Grove. While the ques tions may have appeared person al, members of the committee re quested that no one sign their questionnaire. They wanted in formation and honest informa tion, but did not want to connect the answers with any certain in dividual. A glance over the first hundred questionnaires returned shows that many residents of this com munity believe Cottage Grove merchants are doing a good job of merchandising. Others suggest methods of improvements. Every such suggestion will be given hon est consideration at a meeting of local merchants scheduled for Thursday evening of next week, at the city halt Naturally, it will be impossible to act at once on all of the good suggestions offered, but there is every reason to be lieve that much good will result from this search for knowledge. M. E. Orchestra To Present A Concert The orchestra of the Methodist church will present a concert Sun day night at 7:30. Harold Rey nolds is director and Mrs. Wayne Monroe accompanist. Other mem The State Supreme Court has bers are Mrs. G. B. Arrest Mrs. sustained a decision of Judge Skip- Albert Woodard, Mrs. Ellsworth worth ruling that Lane county Tilton, Juanita Sanders, Lorene must pay its school districts the Christiansen. Doris Arnest, Ran full two mill elementary school some Cone, G. B. Arnest, William tax on property regardless of Serr, Al Griffin. Mrs. H. B. Fer whether the taxes are collected, rin and Ronald Gray will also play divide about $75,000 between all with the orchestra. of the Lane county school dis The following program will be tricts. Cottage Grove will receive presented: between $2,500 and $3,000. "Twilight in the Mountains,” The plaintiffs were Eugene, Cot Ernest Weber; “Capric*” Burt tage Grove, Springfield, Junction Ward; "Calvary,” and “The Silent City, in which L. C. Moffitt, Voice.” Vocal numbers by Harold county superintendent joined and Reynolds. contended that school districts “Starlit Night Serenade,” L. P. should receive the full amount of Laurendeau; March, Z. P. Zame- the taxes regardless of whether cnik; March. Z. P. Zamecnik. the taxpayers have paid their "Angels' Serenade,” Mrs. G. B. taxes in full. Arnest, clarinet; Mrs. E M. Til ton. violin. "Eternal Spring,” H. Engelmann Remarks by Rev. E M. Tilton, i Offertory, "Tender Thoughts”, Jules Reynard. “Golden Sunset,” Harry L. Alford. Benediction. Several hundred school children and citizens of Cottage Grove gathered at the local air port Thursday noon to witness the first shipment of air mail to leave from the Cottage Grove airport. The plane landed at promptly A meeting of the Pet Parade 12 o'clock as scheduled and after committee of the Cottage Grove several brief talks by members of chamber of commerce will be held the Lions club, chamber of com in the near future, according to merce, local postal officials. May Roy Short, committee chairman, or Morelock and Superintendent at which time plans will be com H. B. Ferrin of the Cottage Grove pleted for this year’s big enter schools the sack containing ap tainment feature for the kiddies. proximately 1500 letters was load Entry blanks will be available ed and the plane took off for next week and every effort will be Portland, where the mail will be made by the committee to offer transferred to regular mail planes. something different and better in All airmail leaving Cottage this year’s parade. Grove this week bears a special The parade this year will be cachet avertising this city. sponsored by the "Boost Cottage I Grove” committee of the chamber of commerce, of which Fred Knickerbocker is chairman. Mr. Knickerbocker announced the ap pointment of Roy Short as parade committee chairman, and Mr. Ross Gilkerson, formerly of this Short selected as his assistants H. city, where he was connected with C. Williamson, Mayor Cleo More Wirth Brothers cleaners, but more lock, Captain C. C. Cruson, and C. recently of Klamath Falls, will I. Rynearson. June 18th has been open a laundry in Reedsport with tentatively set as the date. in the near future. Ross has his equipment ordered, and plans to Prompt response from the Cot open for business in the coast city tage Grove fire department saved as soon as possible. He has re the Bert Trask residence from ceived splendid cooperation from total destruction Monday after the Reedsport chamber of com noon, where sparks from the merce, and other civic organiza chimney started a roof fire that tions, it is reported, and a large 1 caused several hundred dollar* number of friends here wish him damage. Children playing upstairs in the house discovered the blaze. success in his new enterprise. Large Crowd Greets Air Mail Plane Here Pet Parade Plans To Be Completed Soon Ross Gilkerson to Open Laundry Coast
