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THURSDAY. AUGUST 18. 1937. THE SENTINEL. COTTAGE GROVE OREGON k extra sessions are now limited to Cottage 6rove £rntìnrl 20 days. The proposed amendment would reduce travel allowance for Established 1889 legislators from the present rate W. C. Martin Editor-Publisher of 15 cents per mile to 10 cents Published Every Thursday at per mile. Presiding officers would 25 North Sixth receive one-half daily pay addi tional. or $12 per day. compared to SUBSCRIPTION RATES the present two-thirds additional (Cash in Advance) $1.50 pay which gives them only $5 a One year ................ »............ .80 day. Six Months ....................... .50 Three months ...................... .25 It Works. One month . . .......... Foreign rate 50c year additional The fire alarm system in Ore gon’s new capitol was given its _____________________ ». first test this week. An employe, OrcgoiCNewspaper Publt(Rers proudly exhibiting the building to a group of friends inadvertently tripped one of the alarms connect ed with the Salem fire depart ment Two pumpers and an aerial National EMitorial Aaaociatioa ladder responded immediately. Oregon Newspaper Conference The experiment demonstrated the efficiency of both the alarm sys AN ASSET. tem and the Salem fire depart The northwest and more par ment. ticularly western Oregon has a good name in other parts of the They Can Talk Among United States. This section with Themselves. out exception is regarded as a Ever)’ silver lining has its cloud, desirable place to live. In other it seems. The state has just com words a good reputation has been pleted installation of a new tele established abroad so far as the phone switchboard designed to climate, the natural resources and expedite handling of calls to the the people are concerned and like various departments. Now it de an individual a section with a velops that the new system makes good reputation ought to go places. it impossible to put through sta The fact that western Oregon is tion to station calls. Instead all regarded as a desirable place of incoming calls are charged for at residence accounts for the stable the higher person to person rate. growth the section has enjoyed The Board of Control has protest for the past two decades. If statis ed the policy and asked for a new- tics mean anything, it may inter deal. est you to know that Oregon has been among the ten high states of Traffic Accident«. the union in gain in population One hundred and twenty-nine during the period. dead and 2971 injured was the toll Of interest locally' is the proba taken by traffic accidents on Ore bility of Cottage Grove and its gon highways during the first six trade territory getting its share months of 1938 according to fig of population increase. An increas ures compiled by Secretary of ed population means added re State Snell. The record, however, sources and greater development. reflects an improvement over the Cottage Grove through a wide situation in 1937 when 150 per awake Chamber of Commerce and sons were killed and 3186 injured other civic organizations is in posi in the same period. tion to take advantage of the op portunities in the way of develop ment that may- come this way. The State Fire Losses Reach principal thing to remember is New High. Forty-nine persons lost their that efforts toward civic better ment should not cease. The com lives as a result of fires in Ore- munity can not relax and expect 1 gonduring 1937 to set a new high to grow with its neighbors. Morep record for this state according to important is the need of coopera the annual report of Hugh H. tion on the part of every citizen. Earle, state fire marshal. "Most fire casualties were en tirely avoidable and the direct result of carelessness.” Earle de STATE CAPITOL clared in commenting upon the situation. "The most common NEWS LETTER causes resulting in these deaths were the misuse of kerosene and Legislators' Compensation Con.- gasoline, smoking in bed, or stand ing too near a stove or fireplace.” stitutional Amendment. losses over the state during This measure represents another the Fire year totalled $3.270.297 which attempt to increase the pay of was approximately $46.000 above members of the legislature. Pass the 1936 record but 22.9 per cent ed by the last session it requires below the average for the pre ¿ipproval by the voters before be coming effective. Under its provi vious ten-year period. sions the legislators would be en titled to compensation at the rate Legality of Carney and Martin of $8 per day while attending a Bills Questioned. Suits filed in the circuit court session, except that pay for a reg ular session would be limited to 50 here this week by J. A. Moore, of days or a maximum of $400; spe Brooks, strike at the validity of cial sessions would be limited to a the Carney and Martin bills of maximum of 20 days. Oregon legis- the 1937 session outlawing Mot latorslators are now paid at the machines, pin ball games and oth rate of $3 per day but may not er games of chance. The com claim more than $120 for atten plaint filed by Brooks alleges that dance upon any regular session; the procedure attending the pass age of the two measures was faul ty. The suits, it is understood, are designed to keep the two meas ures off the November ballot so that attention of the voters might be centered on the so-called “trade stimulator” measure sponsored by the Oregon Merchants Legislative Council. DIANE THEATRE Local News Reel SPONSORED BY First National Bank Ocumpaugb’s Grocery Motor Inn Service Station Arnest’s Insurance Agency Arnest Dress Shop FAREWELL AND HOWDY On behalf of my family and myself 1 wish to express my sincere appreciation of the support give n The Sentinel and the job department of the Cottage Grove Publishing company by a majortiy of the business men of Cottage Grove the surrounding lumber mills and our faithful sub- scribers. I came here two years ami about four months ago af ter having severed my newspaper connections in the year 1900. I have learned enough to know that the newspaper business is not in my line after practicing law for many years. I know that I have failed to give Cottage Grove the newspaper it is entitled to have. Mr. W. C. Martin, of Artesia. New Mexico, a man of many years of experience in newspaper work, has bought the Sentinel plant and I am sure that he will be able to give this city a paper worthy of the patronage of all lines of business and industry and of every family within the trading area of Cottage Grove. This city needs a newspaper and everybody within its trading area should be either an advertiser or a subscriber. Include The Sentinel in the “Boost and Build' Cottage Grove” program and give it the support it will deserve under the new management. Remember that the money you pay outside newspapers will never do Cottage Grove any good. None of them will help boost ami build your city. Remember that your home town business and profes sional men and your home town newspaper stand by their home town at all times and are always willing to lend a helping hand in the support of every worthy home enter prise. Sometimes I have wondered if all the citizens in and about the community realize the worth of the home town merchants—of the many things they do for the town and its people and how much we, as a people, owe to them. Back of every movement for good, for progress, de velopment and uplift, are the home town merchants. Who contribute most to community welfare, to church, to school, to civic movements, to charity nnd improve ment! Usually the home town merchants. Who are the vital forces in every organization having to do with community life and improvement! Usually the home town merchants. Who are the first to work for needed improvements, for better streets, for a cleaner city, for the every thine that make you proud of your home town! Who dies into their pocketbooks deeper than the home town merchant to support community benefits! “Day by day in every way,” home town merchants are contribut ing of their time, their energy and their money to make this community a bigger and better place in which to live. It is proper and fitting then, that we give more than a passing thought to the debt we owe the home town busi ness men and that we come to the realization that this debt can be repaid by giving them the trade of the community, a trade well earned and rightfully theirs. The truth of the matter is. local merchants are selling goods at, or less, than prices elsewhere (except for a few below cost bargains to serve as bait for the unwary) and if we will be fair and include additional expenses incurred when trading away from home, we are bound to admit that it is cheaper to trade at home, besides showing a spirit of reciprocity. Keep Business At Home. Spend your money elsewhere, and the merchants will be forced to go out of business and seek a new location where more civic pride and community spirit exists. And you may be sure that no other business men will come in to take their place, as nothing scares business away from a town as much as “for rent” signs on vacant store build- inggs. Cottage Grove business men should just remember that an ad in The Sentinel and the Sentinel Advertiser covers the entire trade area of Cottage Grove and that an ad in any other media will be a duplication of advertising and advertising costs with absolutely no additional ad vantage. “Here’s to yer health, the health of yer wife and yer familv and may ve live long and prosper.” LEONARD S. GODDARD. ARCADE F riday, Saturday, Aug. 19, 20 KIDNAPPED, Warner Baxter, Freddie Bartholomew, A. Whalen. Sun» Mon» Tu«» Aug. 2L 22. 23 JOSETTE,” Don Ameche, Simone Simon, Robert Young, Bert I .»hr Wedeaday, Thursday, Aug. 24, 25 TM FROM THE CITY,” Joe Penner, Lorraine Kruger, P. lame Entire Week August 21 - 27 Girls Scout Camp at Bajada. Mock Wedding A Show er in honor of Mrs. M. Kebblebeck at Drain. • »¿i ?*»<: Knickerboker’s Pet Gold fish. Young Pheasants R e - leased Near Cottage Grove. Art Smith's Flower Garden. Veterans Foreign Wars Picnic at Harry Met calf’s. Theatre Programs Build and Boost Cottage Grove Who Will Pay For It? Reports that a $2,000,000 Ore gon Trail museum of history, science and art was in store for Oregon without cost to the tax payers came as a surprise to state officials none of whom, ap parently, have been consulted on the project. Plans for the museum as outlined in a Salem newspaper would require that the state do nate only the site for the struc ture. Financing of the project was to be financed through a PWA grant of $900.000 with donations from foundations, institutes and historical societies making up the balance. Voters Political Pamphlet. For the first time on record the official voters’ pamphlet this year will include poetry among the arguments used in support of the several measures on the Novem ber ballot. One of the poems tel the "Beautiful Willamette" by Samuel L. Simpson, in which the sparkling waters of the Willam ette river are pictured as “waltz ing, flashing, tinkling, splashing" on their way to the sea. The other poem Ls by Dean Collins and pic tures the same river as an open sewer carrying the waste from mills and industries until even “the fishes hold their noses and no longer leap and frisk.” The poems are used as arguments in support of the stream purification measure sponsored by the Stream Purification League of Oregon. Caused Inventor to Be Strangled About 1579 the council of Danzig caused to be strangled the inventor of a weaving machine leat his in vention reduce many workers to . 1 beggary. It is a privilege for me to greet the reader« of the Sen tinel as the new editor and publisher. To maintain the standard set by the former publishers. Messrs. Goddard and Shofstall will be a task ; a task worthy of my b^t ef forts and a task requiring the cooperation of the publie. In as much as 1 am still a comparative stranger in the Cottage Grove section and have had opportunity to meet only a small number of people then' may be more errors ami mistakes appearing in The Sentinel than usual, but I ask the indulgence of the readers until I can bcixmic bet ter acquainted with the section of the country. Experience teaches one that those who never make mistnk<*H never existed and those who make too many lose their jolm. The Sentinel bases its right to exist on the ty|M> of service it can render the community and trade area served. It owes an obligation of the highest type of service pos sible in loyalty to the business men and business institu tions of (lottage Grove and to its readers, but that oblige tion is no greater than that owed by any other businras institution. The Sentinel will cheerfully champion those things de signed to build up this section of th< country and make Cottage Grbve and its trade territory a better place to live. But the efforts of The Sentinel alone will not get the job done. Cooperation on the part of every business institution in Cottage Grove is nccflasary, The slow but steady growth of the community is evidence that the necessary coopera- tion has existed in the past. The influence of any newspaper for good depends on the name it has established. That reputation is no bettor than the men or women represented in the organization. For that reason the reputation of the Sentinel shall be guarded jealously. As the new editor and publisher I shall try not to make any promises that I can not fulfill nor contract any debts nor obligations that I can not meat nnd this policy shall apply to those employed in the Sentinel so far ns possible. The organization of the Sentinel will remain intact for the present time. A. W. Shofstall, former junior partner in the publication of the Sentinel will remain as shop fore man. Judge Goddard, who has been here for more than two years ns senior partner has moved with his family to Long Beach, California, where ho will reenter the practice of law. The Sentinel extends Judge Goddard its best wishes for his future success nnd for the happiness of his rood family. W. U MARTIN Harry Renile Cottage Grove General Repair Shop Bicycle, Key A Gun Work Lawn Mower Sharpening Cotta#« Grove. Oregon 24-Hour Service on Kodak Finishing In today—Out tomorrow at The Picture Shop See the Fair Attend the Picnic August 26 27 are two dates to remember. You’ll enjoy spending both days in Cottage Grove— we’re sure, and the Better Bakery joins with other Cottage Grove merchants in ex tending to you a hearty welcome. Sliced Sandwich Buns baked only as Beck’s can bake them, will simplify getting that picnic lunch ready for the big barbecue Saturday, August 27, at the city park. For Festival Days, and Every Day, You’ll Find Better Bakery Products Are Better. BETTER BAKERY
