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VOLUME XLIX
dottane fero ve Sent inel^
Taxpayers Urged
To Vote in Bond
Election Sept. 26
Union School Expecte
To Bring 500 Pupils
Next Few Years
POLLS TO OPEN
2:00 to 7:00 P.M.
( Establish«! June 15, 1889 )
Local Veterans at
National Meeting
Almost 100 Per Cent
COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH, 1938
Thirty Years Ago In Cottage Grove
Veterans of the Bert B. Chand
ler camp No. 26, United Spanish-
American war veterans attendixl
the national encampment of the
Spanish-American war veterans
in session at Portland almost 100
percent. Most of the local veter
ans and their wives left for the
40th annua* national encamp
ment at Portland Saturday, some
going by train and others by auto.
This was the first national en
campment to be held on the Pa
cific coast and Oregon was well
represented. The sessions, which
tiegun Sunday ended today.
Attending from this section
were: Mr. and Mrs. Greenlee, Mr.
and Mrs. Peterson, Mr. and Mrs.
George Sweet, Mr. and Mrs.
Hagen Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
• (Courtesy the Picture Shop)
Cooky, William Morelock, W. H.
Main
street
scene in Cottage Grove about thirty years ago, al
Miller, David L. vonNeeda, Bill
Chapman of Creswell, command though we don’t want to start an argument as to the exact time.
er of the local camp, and Mr and This scene was during the good old days when money was plentiful
and everybody prosperous, when there were kits of horses and horse
Mrs. Fleck of Dorena.
flies, the family took a bath only on Saturday night, when sister
braided her hair down the back instead of going to a beauty shop,
when the family gathered around the kerosene lamp and a ten mile
buggy ride on Sunday furnished a topic for conversation the rest of
the week.
'BER 5
Fierce Combats on
Czech Border Today
Estimates Say Forty Killed and 200 Wounded
In Fresh Border Clash In Trouble Zone
Chamber Selects
Comely Cow and
Fair Milk Maid
In * telephone conversation
with the Eugene News shortly af
ternoon today It was learned that
border fighting has been resumed
on the C’zechoslavak border, after
quieting down last night. Flght-
the present conflict.
Esttmatea
Monday, September 26, has
say forty were killed and 200
iieen set ax the date for tax pay
Daisy, who says she is just as were wounded this morning. Eo-
ers of southern luine county to
good a Guernsey as anything timates from Prague place the
vote bonds for a new buikling to
Lane county can produce, and dead and wounded even higher.
house the recently formed Union
even better looking, will be the Armored
Caeeh
High School.
Cottage Grove Chamber of Com through streets of
Members of the newly organiz
merce entry in the comely cow towns this morning in an effort
ed High School board have care
contest at the Lane county fair. to maintain peace.
fully considered ways and means
Miss Lorraine Coiner has been
The pandemonium reigning at
of properly housing the students
selected as the milk maid, and the Czech border is
and caring for their future needs.
members of the Cottage Grove similiar to that which occured at
A union high school such as this
Chambr are convinced that no the outbreak of the Spanish civil
will doubtless bring together 500
matter who is proclaimed cham
pupils in the next few years, and
pion, no community will be bet
Hitler and Chamberlain were
the new building is imperative.
ter represented than Cottage reported in conference, but re-
Grove.
According to C. A Beidler,
The
Cottage
Grove
public
chairman of the Union High
Allan Wheeler, manager of the conference could not be obtained.
Sabool board, plans have been school system lacked but one of
fair, is sponsor of the contest.
PRAGUE,
(Todav) — Czecho
made to get the most for every having a total enrollment of 800
Each season ticket sold in ad slovakia's Sudeten border region
Several
dollar voted. The federal govem- at noon Wednesday.
vance of the fair will entitle the early today resounded to civil
ment reuuired that bond elections more students are expected be
purchaser to a certain number of warfare in which 68 persons were
be held before October 1st if pet fore the end of the week, bringing
votes in the contest for “Royal unofficially estimated
have
ition be granted for PWA help. the total enrollment well above
Lady” of the county's dairy been killed and 350 wounded in
This request has already been the 800 mark.
herds. The winning entry will 24 hours of bloody clashes.
sent for. and If secured will take
The enrollment Wednesday in
Beset with internal and exter
Cottage Grove Chamber of
L. C. Moffitt of Eugene, county participate in the fair parade. A
care of 45% of the total cost of the high school had reached a Commerce members heard of the superintendent who visited the number of communities over the nal dangers, the Czechoslovak
th«- building. This will be an out total of 368. with more expt-cted new industry, that of growing local schools here yesterday an county will have entries compet government claimed to have put
right gift from the government. before the end of the week. This flower and bulb seed explained nounced that another library ing for this honor.
down Sudeten German uprisings
Fifty-five per cent of the coat is about the same ax the enroll by L. C. Boldenweck, manager of meeting would be held in Eugene
The latest fighting occured at Eg
must be provided by the Union ment at the start of school last the Oregon Floral Seed Supply this afternoon, beginning at 2:00
er, where it was reported six
High School district. One hun year. Enrollment in the various company, at the regular luncheon p. m. for the prpose of devising
were killed, including a woman, a
dred and fifty thousand dollars in grades follows:
policeman and four civilians, two
program Tuesday, also some of ways and means of starting the
bonds are to be voted, but if the
Freshmen 85, sophomores 109. the highlights on the coming Lane county library.
of them local journalists.
Approximately
PWA grant is secured the board juniors 91, seniors 80. post grad Ciiunty Fair at Eugene Septem $3,000 he said is needed to assure
The battles raged in the face of
statin that the full amount of uates 3. Centra) grades first ber 21st to 24th, explained by the success of the project. Of
Prime Minister Neville Ch am ber
bonds will not be sold, as the 50, second 39, third 29, fourth 40. Allen Wheeler, fair manager.
Iain’s dramatic move te meet
this amount $1.000 is nedded for
board is not obliged to use the fifth 29. sixth 57. West Side
Chancellor Hitler at Rerchtes-
actual expenses in setting up a
Senator
H.
C.
Wheeler
of
Pleas
entire amount of the bonds voted. first 15, second 12. third 7.
gaden today for a final effort to
ant Hill, state senator from this place for the library and $2,000
head off a European war.
It the PWA grant is secured, fourth 13. fifth 13, sixth 17, district, who was introduced by for the purchase of new books.
present plans provide, according seventh 58, eighth 52.
After the first of the year, the
Pete Chalifoue, 76, veteran Cot
Private and conservative esti-
Alta
King,
local
attorney,
spoke
The Central grade school has a
to Mr. Beidler, sufficient funds
Ubrmy ^ponsvrs hope Ui have an tage Grove logger, was instantly mates of casualties in fierce fight-
briefly
on
the
past
session
of
the
for
modern, well arranged total enrollment of 244 and the state legislature and referred to appropiuition of county money, killed Tuesday, shortly before ing at Eger. Habersbirsk and
with equipment large enough to West Side school a total enrole new bills introduced affecting but to start with the money must noon, while at work at the Renne Sch wader bach gave the number
house 500 students. Should the ment of 187.
be raised from some other source. & Townsend logging operations in of Sudeten troopers and other
union high schools.
PWA grant fail then It will be
With Mr. Moffitt was Roy the Shoestring valley, south of fighters killed at 46 and the num
Allen Wheeler of Eugene, man Quincy,
necessary for the board to cur
adult education and re London.
ber of Czech police and military
ager of the Lane county fair and creational
tail the size and accomodations
supervisor with offices Mr. Chalifoue was struck across guards at 22. Of the wounded
also
master
of
the
Pomona
of the building. According to the
Grange, told of plans for the com in the county superintendent’s the back by a falling limb, which estimated at more than 350 on
latest information from the Port
apparently was loosened by the both sides scores were in such
ing Lane County Fair at Eugene office.
land PWA office, states Mr. Beid
critical condition that they were
The Rev. Henry Davis and the and of the efforts to make the
jar of another falling tree.
ler, the grant will likely be sanc Rev. Ellsworth M. Tilton were re
A county library project may
expected to die.
fair
truly
representative
of
the
Peter
Simon
Chalifoue
was
tioned if the bonds are voted.
elected president and secretary entire county, especially with ref- be started at Eugene soon it was born in Marion county, Oregon.
At Eger a five-hour battle be
learned Saturday as result of a
Every tax payer, both real respectively of the Cottage Grove rence to agriculture.
tween heavy contingents of gen
Nov.
9,
1859.
He
was
married
estate and personal, whose name Ministerial association at the an
He also mentioned the enter meeting held in Eugene Friday Jan. 1, 1887 at Oakland, Oregon darmes and troops on one side
appears on the 1937 tax roll will nual meeting of that body held tainment features, which includ and attended by about sixty peo to Minnie Longtair. Four child and some 2000 Sudetens on the
be qualified to vote on the bond September 10th at the Baptist ed all kinds of races, horse rac ple, including Miss Long, state ren were bom to this union, all other were officially declared to
issue. The election will be held church. The Rev. E. L. Kechly ing, freak races, chariot races, librarian. The county library pro of whom survive. They are: Mrs. have ended at midnight after the
at the High School gymnasium and the Rev. L. A. Skuzie were pony express races. Twenty three ject, sponsored by the Pomona John E. Martin, Westfir; Bud government forces captured two
at Cottage Grove, foils will be appointed to the program com- Grange communities he said had Grange, will be given a one year Chalifoue, Cottage Grove; Mrs. Sudeten hotels
where revolu-
trial and a committee named to
open from 2:00 to 7:00 p.m. The mittee.
signed up to place exhibits at the make application to the county Joe W. Brant, Roseburg; Mrs. R. tionary caches of arms and muni
Union High School board urges a
The pastors discussed week day fair. In addition there will be a
S. Sears, Sweet Home.
The tions were discovered and several
favorable vote for the bonds in Bible classes in the grade schools, large display of farming imple budget committee for $1000 with widow and two grandchildren and men arested for court martial.
which to start the library. Under
order that the best opportunities and expect to continue this work ments and household articles.
Chamberlain to Germany
the present plan labor for the one great-grandchild also sur
of training and education may be this year; a religious census in
Efforts will be made to have as construction of the library has vive.
Prime
Minister Neville Cham
made available to the young the high school; and a religious many people attend the county
Mr. Chalifoue, whose residence berlain of England flew to Ger
people of southern Lane county. census of the city. Census results fair from this section as possible been promised by the WPA, with
many today for a face to face
will be available to all religious and 100 tickets were left here by at least 3,000 books to be sup- was at 307 Quincy avenue, had meeting with Hitler to discuss
been
a
resident
of
Cottage
Grove
plied
by
the
state
and
a
"book
organizations in the city, whether Mr. Wheeler to be sold by the
the critical European situation
affiliated with the ministerial as business men. Also arrangements mobile” to distribute books in the for thirty years. He came here and to try to save and fortify
from
Wilbur,
Oregon.
He
had
rural
areas.
sociation or not.
•
were made to have the tickets
The proposed project also re been a resident of the state all European peace. The meeting
sold at Kern's for Drugs.
ceived support of the Eugene li his life, and his father was born between Chamberlain and Hitler
L. C. Boldenweck, the principal brary board.
is scheduled to take place this af
here.
Motor vehicle license fees at
speaker,
spoke on his experience
ternoon. History has found no
one-quarter the annual rates will
Funeral
services
were
held
to
the first year in operating the
parallel in Chamberlain’s move.
go into effect today, September
day
(Thursday)
at
Mills
chapel,
Oregon Floral Seed Supply Com
Ill Duce Proposes Break Up
15, according to word received
with Rev. E. L. Kechely in
pany. He stated that it was diffi
thia week from Earl Snell, secre
charge.
Interment
was
in
the
Prime
Minister Mussolini today
cult to explain to people how they
tary of state, by Woodson Motors,
Walker cemetery.
proposed total dismemberment of
Weather conditions will be a might cooperate and at the same
local office for issuing temporary big factor in the success or fail time earn extra money by grow
Czechoslovakia as the only prac
H. C. Williamson’s F.F.A. high
license permits.
ure of the deer hunting season in ing seed. Twelve growers, he said, school judging team made a TAX LAND VALUATION SET tical method of preventing a gen
Total value of tax-delinquent eral European war. The startling
The reduced rates apply to nil this locality, it wax said this cooperated the past year in grow creditable showing at the state
motor trucks, basses, dollies and morning. Rumors that this sec ing seed. The greatest difficulty fair in Salem last Friday, when property soon to be foreclosed up proposal was made in an article
trailers having a combined weight tion of the state might be closed he said was teaching people how they placed fifth in team judging on by Lane county amounts to appearing in his own newspaper
of over 4000 pounds and to all to hunting on account of the pre to judge seed The industry last of sheep. Wendell Small placed $1,071,135.42, Walter Dillard, in which he said “frontiers that
armored cars, wreckers, tow cars, vailing dry weather could not be year grossed $4,800, according to fifth in the individual judging of county clerk at Eugene stated have been traced with ink can be
modified with some other ink.
hearses, ambulances, and for ap verified this morning.
Jerseys and James Bird placed Saturday.
George Mr. Boldenweck.
Figures prepared by him
plicants who can qualify for a Damewood, with the forest serv
H. E. Eakin, president of the fourth in the individual judging
vealed yesterday- that a total of
farmer's truck license.
ice at Rujada in a telephone con Chamber of Commerce, issued an of sheep.
No reduction has been author versation with a representative appeal for as many as could to
There were twenty-four teams 67,370 acres was represented in
Ized by law for private passenger of the Sentinel this morning said attend the North Douglas County entered in competition, a total of 3294 lots which will soon be
vehicles, which require the flat hunting conditions were poor and Fair at Drain on September 16 72 individuals, and considering claimed for taxes.
license fee of $5.00, nor for would not improve until rain and 17. He also announced the that the boys were In ‘‘serious”
trucks, trailers, pickups and com- came. The forests are quite dry Northwest Aviation Council meet competition for the first time,
THANK YOU
mereiai cars which also come and the danger of fire is a hazard ing at Medford on the 16th and their record is regarded as highly
We thank those who have
that must be met by every hunt 17th and extended invitations for satisfactory, and indicates that
under the flat 5.00 license fee.
been
er.
UP
any local aviators to attend.
another year will see the Grove
their subscription to the Sen
Kelly Cooper took high honors
The high temperatures with the
school with another outstanding
tinel.
The response since
at the trapshoot in Portland Sat
low humidity which as prevailed
REPUBLICAN RALLY
judging team.
mailing the first subscription
urday, when he turned in a score
here the past few days has made
The boys will gain more experi
statements last week has
of 100 straight. Ed Heck, shooting
the prospects of hunting poor, he
Plans have been made for hold ence on September 24, the last
been very gratifying.
in the same event, turned in a
said. All hunters who expect to
of the Lane county fair at
Stnndbnck you
Flugene and camp in the forest are requested ing a republican rally here on the day
If there is an error in the
95. Cooper came back Sunday
Eugene, when they will enter the
evening
of
September
26th,
Mrs.
Springfield
cucumber growers, to get permits before building
date of extension of your
with a 94 in both the 100 bird
Cottage Grove can grow cucum fires. Permits will be issued at W. L. Workman announced to judging there.
subscription, we shall appre-
handicap and the 100 bird sixteen
day.
The
rally
will
be
held
at
bers too that for weight and the Layng creek ranger station
date calling attention of the
yard event, to tie for second
the
American
Legion
room
at
the
OREGON
’
S
SECOND
CORN
thickness beats the north valley. or Lund park.
management, so that we may
money in the handicap. Weldon
armory beginning at 7:30 p. m.
SHOW.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. George
straighten our records.
Hileman, only other Cottage
The big trek of hunters will be Speakers are scheduled for the
brought a cucumber to the Sen to the eastern part of the state
Owing
to
the
present
Grove man to attend the meet,
Details will be pulished
Oregon’s second state-wide corn
tinel office today that measured when the deer hunting season evening.
price of newsprint and to
did not shoot the entire card.
in
the
next
issue
of
the
Sentinel.
show,
sponsored
by
The
First
Na
four inches in diameter, twelve opens the 20th.
other costs of production it
Shooting conditions were ideal,
Mmes. Herbert Lombard, Geo. tion Rank of Portlan 1, with the
inches In length and weighed
may not be possible to main
it is reported, and the men en
McQueen,
Clyde
Roberts
and
W.
cooperation
of
the
Oregon
State
three pounds and six ounces.
tain the present low subscrip
joyed the hospitality of the Port
Mrs. W. L. Workman attended L. Workman attended a meeting College and the Portland Cham
tion rates indefinitely. So it
the Florist International conven- of the republican
committee ber of Commerce, will be held in
land club.
will pay you to send in your
Mrs. George Kebblebeck and tion held in Portland last week women held yesterday afternoon Portland December 1, 2 and 3, it
renewal now. See our sub
daughter Carolyn have returned and also attended a two day se- at Hotel Osborne in Eugene.
was announced yesterday by C.
Mias Lois Guggisberg is on a
scription rate card on edit
from Southern Oregon where1 slon of the school of design,
-------------------------
E. Grelle, chairman of the agri
week's
vacation and is a visitor
orial page.
they have been spending the sum where only members were admit-
Rebuilt Underwood typewriter cultural committee of the Port
mer at their mine.
in
Elkton.
te(t-
for sale. The Sentinel office. 4-tfc land Chamber of Commerce.
800Students in
CitySchools
Chamber Members County Library
Hear of County
May Be Launched
Fair-New Industry At Eugene Soon
P. S. Chalifoue, Local
Logger, Meets His
Death in Accident
Ministerial Body
Reelects Officers
Quarter Auto License
Go In Effect Today
Weather Big Factor
In Success of the
Deer Hunting Season
F.F.A. Boys to Judge
At Fair in Eugene
Cooper Breaks
100Straight in
Portland Meet
Stand Back You
Outside Cucumbers’