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THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 14, 1939 THE SENTINEL. COTTAGE GROVE. OREGON a ...4?,. .t ~ Established 1889. Published Every Thursday at 25 North Sixth Street. . Edi tor- Pu b 1 isher W. G MARTIN __ SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Cash in Advance) Outside Lane-Douglas Counties In Lane-Douglas Counties $1.50 One Year.............. _............... — » 00 One Year .... US .80 Six Months ________________ Six Months . Months . ...... .50 Three Three Months -------------------- — ---------------------- , —....................... _ . . ® Foreign rate 50 cents year additional. No subscription accepted for less than three months. GOLDEN PHANTOMS Fascinating Tales of Lost Mines * rm« l . •« ««. DOGS OF THE MIST P ub li s OMEWHERE in the region where the Continental Divide crosses the Mexican border, there la a won derful ioat mine. Who first dlscov- ered it, who sank the first shaft or WAR AND ITS EFFECTS drove the first tunnel, and brought Most of the present generation, having gone through a war the first gleaming gold out into the And no sunlight, no one knows. twenty-five years ago, are disallusioned as to the meaning of one has any idea why the mine was war and its ultimate effects, especially with reference to its abandoned, since great chunks of duration. Britain is preparing for a three year conflict, but it “clilspa"—high grade ore—still Ue might be shorter, depending on how much more the German on the dump. At least, they should be lying nation can tighten its belt. Mechanized armies can cause more destruction quicker than twenty-five years ago and they can there. Only one man ever saw also cover more ground, which may be factors in shortening the them, and he did not live to benefit his discovery. In fact, if It actual warfare. But if other nations are drawn into the conflict, from were not for the piece of ore, heavy war may be prolonged, contingent on whether Germany can get with gold, which goes to prove the further aid. story, one might wonder if this lost Many business leaders do not share the view that the pres mine were not just another creation ent conflict will have a disastrous effect un domestic business of legend. relations. Nor do they feel that the ultimate reprocussion ef A strange, eerie superstition ha* grown up about the lost mine; on fects will be as great as the last war. nights when the young moon makes a light only a little brighter thar WAR HYSTERIA the stars, and there Is a misty look to the hills which renders the most War hysteria and the fear of going without some essential, familiar landmarks strange, the food items is held responsible for the rise in cost of living, wher man of the house will stroll out to there is no basis for such increase in prices, »'specially in view the edge of town—perhaps farther of surpluses in practically every commodity. Thus it may be —slowly and quietly. He listens Then perhaps a coyote said that the public is responsible for increasing cost of living Intently. howls, or a dog barks—and he Is to their detriment. half all attention. He seems Speculation or war profiteering of course enters the pic afraid, half eager. ture. but back of this is fear on the part of the purchaser. If Usually, he finally strolls home there had been a general rise in the price of all commodities in again, looking a shade disapiwinted cluding labor costs, then the increase in the cost of living might But once in a while—ah, then! pass without working an undue hardship on any class of people, The sounds for which he Is listening become clearer—they resolve into but since the items in greatest demand in wartime were the the bark of two dogs together, at principal items affected, the increase in price only adds an some little distance from the man extra burden to many sections of the country, particularly the who waits and listens with every northwest. nerve tingling with excitement. As soon as he can locate their direc tlon. off he goes. CAUSE AND EFFECT He Is following “Los I’erros de in The fact that banks are doing more and more advertising Nlebla"—the Dogs of the .Mist. If can keep their trail, guided only and soliciting for worthy loans would seem to thoroughly blast he by their ghostly barking, he will the argument that the banks are intentionally hoarding their come to the place where Is the mar capital, and are not helping to build up their communities, state velous mine, and its riches will be his. He will know it because the and nation. . . • No industry is more interested in obtaining new business skeleton of a man lies there some and increasing old, than banking. Banks are constantly seeking where close—the man who long ago to better their service to the small borrowers as well as the went hunting with his two great dogs, found the mine, and large. Many banks, for example have gone actively after such black then shot himself, accidentally, tn “little stuff* ’ as personal loans and automobile financing, and his nervous excitement. As he lay are offering money to responsible borrowers at very favorable dying within reach of the glittering terms. : ore, he wrote a note in bls own This doesn’t obviate the fact that there is a serious lack of blood on a scrap of paper—or, as new investment, and that the growing amount of idle money in some say, on a rag torn from his banks is a very real problem. But to lay all the blame at the clothing. He folded thia about a piece of ore and tied it to the neck woor of the bankers is to confuse cause with effect. The barrier of one of the dogs. Then he com to investment, and to substantially increased banking loans, manded them to go for help. lies primarily in the lack of confidence in the future felt by in Exactly what the note said, no dividuals. and by both small and large' business. You can’t ex one can tell, but apparently its few pect a man to go into debt to expand his business or for any words conveyed a plea to follow the other purpose when he doesn’t know where the money is com dogs back to him. The man whom ing from to pay out. There is. of course, a minority of wishful the animals searched out, believing they were mad, shot them both business men who are eager to experiment at any time with that t>efore he saw the message—and somebody else’s money—but in cases such as these sound bank spent the rest of his life in a futile ing practice, to say nothing of the rigid state and federal laws search for the mine. regulating banking, make it necessary to refuse loan applica It was a misty moonlight night when the great, black, eager dogs tions. A concern which doesn’t want business would hardly ad appeared, jumping and barking to attention. (One can scarce vertise and solicit it—and that is as true of banking as any attract ly blame the Mexican for shooting other industry. The banks have the money, and they want to first and investigating afterward). put it to work—after all, their very existence is dependent upon Ever since then—and It has been a large and stable volume of sound loans. Money will go to many years—their ghosts return on work when conditions in this country are such as to give the such nights, unseen but not un heard, and try to lure some one to legitimate potential borrower faith in the future. the place where their master lies. Sometimes an ardent believer will Cottonseed Byproducts 3,000,000 Acre Swap An average ton of cottonseed follow them for miles, only always The Texas state capital at Austin is constructed of Texas granite ob yields approximately 311 pounds of to lose them at last—and It is said hat one man became quite deaf tained in a trade for 3,000,000 acres crude oil, 906 pounds of cake or rom listening to their barking. meal, 520 pounds of hulls, and 143 of what now is choice ranch land in pounds of linters. the Panhandle. Columbus’ Jewels in Santo Domingo You’d think Columbus’ exploration funds would have been left in the TO INCREASE PROSPERITY hands of ship-outfitters and builders, but historians are claiming that the GOVERNMENT SPENDING SHOULD BE lewels given him by Queen Isabella are stored in Ciudad Trujillo, Santo Domingo S 51% LET ALONE OEPENDS Stop-Wear Lubrication Triton Motor Oil Union 76 Gasoline Tires and Batteries HERB ADAMS SERVICE STATION 522 Fifth St., on Highway Paradoxical History By Earl E. Cooper Naval Suicide With world attention being drawn from lesser points of the international scene to the chaotic strife in Poland and the "Western Front," small stress is placed at present upon the blocked German fleet in the Baltic. Undoubtedly it is in an extremely precarious position facing probable destruc tion. The stage is said to be set, there in the Baltic, for one of the greatest naval battles of history. No question that it is a situation to sorely try the nerves of those most vitally concerned. , To better appreciate, the predi cament and human reactions In volved let us turn back the pages of history to a similar nerve wracking situation on October 21, 1904. In the North Sea. not far from the prosent impending disaster in the Baltic, part of the Russian navy was keeping an alert vigilance for the Japanese fleet it expected to encounter. One can partially understand the feelings of the Russians as they peered out into the darkness of night, dreading the arrival of a fleet that had already proven it self far superior to their own. Nerves were at a high tension, relaxation impossible, and then lights pierced the engulfing black ness. Into every Russians mind came the same thought. "Japan ese." From the officers came the command, “Fire.” The night was suddenly filled with the roar of guns. Orders were barked, men scurried to positions, ships moved into posi tion. and choas reigned supreme. Then silence, the enemy hadn’t returned the fire. "Trap,” some thought, so in spection was slow in coming, Later better visibility brought stark tragedy to light. No Japan ese had lit the lights which the Russians had so feverishly extin guished. Where the Russians ex pected to see battered Japanese war vessels, lay the scattered re mains of fishing boats and in the place of Japanese sailors only a frightened group of English fish ermen. They had fired upon a cluster of Hull trawlers. Two were killed and several injured, including Russians for in their panic the Russians kept up a heavy fire on their own ships wounding the chaplain of their cruiser Aurora so severely that he died later. Russia fearing that the English would enter • the war upon the side of the Japenese agreed to pay an indemnity. This will go down In history as a great naval blunder. Had there been any resistance no doubt the Russians would have done as much to exterminate themselves as the opposition. director, has again been appoint ed general chairman of the judg ing and awards. l«ocal judges will be the county agent and L. C. Moffitt, county superintendent of schools Dates for the visit this year are October 11, 12 and 13. Despite a labor day holiday, which last week cut down lumber operations, movement to market continues steady under a steady market demand. A total of 109 cars of lumber were moved from TRIP FOR 4-H CLUBBERS here over the Southern Pacific as compared with 111 cars the prev Striving to win the trip to the ious week. Pacific International Livestock The piling shipments, however, Exposition in Portland this fall, were less, and numbered eight. sponsored by the First National Rank of Portland, 4-H club mem- Life la like h roller-coMter- a I mts of Ui ne county am complet lot of ups and down and breath ing special projects and prepar taking moments ending just ing entries for county and state where you started. 4-H competition. Choice of the boy und girl from each county in Oregon for this three-day visit in Portland will be based on out standing leadership and achieve ment in 4-H club work. According to local 4-H club Block, Planer and Blab leaders, the reports of last year’s trip brought back by Horace Wol- Wood at Chamber '• Mill fard and Joyce Muriel Anderson, winners of the 1938 award from this county, have heightened the competition. II. C. Seymour, Oregon 4-H club MILL WOOD FOR SALE— A. L. 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