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dottale ©roue Sentinel VOLUME I (Established June 15, 1HH9.) COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, TUI RSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1939 Hunting Season Is Hebron Hall Is Destroyed by Fire; Opened Yesterday Valuable Engineering Equipment Lost and The U. S. Engineer «oil latxira- tory and property warehouse at Hebron wax totally destroyed by fin* at al«>ut 7:30 last night. The watchman on duty noticed the lights flickering and when he went to the door of the labora- he saw flames enveloping a table and burning the walls of the building around a newly installed electric soil drying oven. It was n«*ceMary to get an axe to break down the door and after exhaust ing the fin* extinguisher, without putting out the flame«, efforts were concentrated on removing ax many records and ax much property ax possible. Neighbors and members of nearby drill crews provided much assistance. Miss Kathryn BerkaOWyer, pn prietor of a nearby service sta tion, called the Cottage Grove fire truck which arrived only in time to save the Hebron school house and other nearby buildings, in- ' hiding an oil house within 50 feet of the burned building. The building wax one that wax rented by the Engineer depart ment from the Hebron Farmers' Union. Property lost included large tools and immovable* labor- tory equipment. Most of the rec- onix lost have duplicates in the Eugene office. Many soil samples w<f«- disiioycd as were lock cores which supplied a back ground of continuous explosions throughout the conflagration. Eugene area officials immedi ately launched an investigation into the cause of the fire and be gan laying plans for Installation of a new biboratory to carry on texting work necessary to the construction of the Cottage Grove dam. One unofficial source estimates the loss of equipment and soil samples to the engineering de partment at $75,000. North Douglas Fair Attracts Many People Thr North iJouglas county fair held at Drain Friday and Satur day attracted between 1,800 and 2.(XX) people during both days of the event and in many respects wax better than any previous fair of its kind. Friday the events of the day were climaxed with the crowning of the queen at the high school gymnasium. Miss Ruth Kruse of Yoncalla wax crowned queen with Mixx June Morning star of Ttrain and Mixx Maybell Holcom of Elkton serving as princesses and Mixws Ix*ta Wool- ey, Susie Fryer and Ruby I loun- old serving ax the court of honor. The general exhibit of farm produce, ax well ax canned fruits and vegetable* and flowers wax very commendable. And the live- xtock and jx>u)try exhibits, which in the jiaxt have been larger than most fairs of its siz<- were up to th«* usual standard. 'Inc farm pro- duce wax exhibited in twelve booths in addition to the display of vegetables and canned goods There were also many prized antiques in the form of quilts etc. The 4-H club exhibit held in the basement of the Drain Meth- odlat church was also interesting. The fair closed with a dance Saturday evening. Fall Handicap Tournament Being Played by Golfers The annual fall handicap is un derway at the Cottage Gtove golf course with practically all club ni. nilx i s participating The annu al event is scheduled to be com- pieted by October 14th, but the finish may be delayed on account of the deer hunting season, which opened yesterday. Results of the first week are as follows: Bagley defeated Junior Kingston. Wilder defeated Swartz, Hendricks defeated At its meeting held last week Blickle, Morelock defeated Dan the game commission passed a I’rask. Jones defeated Ray Trask. number of orders affecting hunt Earl defeated Kelly, Scott defeat- i*d Riggs on the 21«t hole, Gasper ing and fishing. I)ur to the rwnt devastating defeated Peck, Graber defeated fire in the Tillamook county area,1 Stephens and Hill defeated Pete it was decided to close this area Anlauf. to hunting for a period of three years, this closure being the same as that made (n 1933. For the benefit of hunters who wish to enter the Grant county ant I. t I css deer area by way of The county board of equaliza Izee, a checking station will be tion met at Eugene Monday and maintained at that point.' Other acted on about eighty requests of checking stations will be located tax payers for tax adjustments. at Dayville. Ixing Creek. John Reductions were made in the ma Day, Austin Junction and Crow jority of cases, but in some peti- Flat Ranger Station. All of these tions were denied. The following checking stations will have the were among the local cases re- nntlcrless deer tags for sale, fee ceiving action: for which is one dollar in addition Glenda C. Bushell, property. to regular hunting license. $5-10 to $390. Pheasant hunters will be per Della Garoutte, denied. mitted to hunt in Coos county, as Kenneth Goff, Portland, equip the commission ordered that that ment for shoe repairing at Cot county be open to hunting for tage Grove, from $700 to $350. Chinese pheasants from October Vena Goff. Portland, Cottage 15 to 31, inclusive. Grove property, denied. That part of Douglas county Georgi* Hohmann, denied. lying north of the township line Luella P. Johnson, denied. between township 28 south and Lawrence W. McKay, denied. township 29 south was ordered Harry W. Neet, land, from $670 closed to pheasant hunting. This . -e™ township line crosses the Pacific ’ Ole T. Oleson, Curtin. land, highway near the location of the from $2265 to $1740. new bridge across the South Dora F. Stockwell, city prop Umpqua river south of Dillard. erty, from $200 to $150. Approximately twelve sections around the southern end of Odell Lake were ordered closed to bear hunting the year around. All streams and lakes west of the summit of the Coast Range will be closed to trout fishing Another meeting of the Athlet from October 15 to April 15. ic Booster club members is sched uled for this evening at the Cot NAVY WANTS MORE MEN tage Grove hotel coffee shop this New requirements published by ‘wening at 6:30 p. m Election of the navy department to build up officers and the making of com- to the authorized peace time mittee reports will be the prin strength as recently ordered by cipal item of business to be President Roosevelt’s declaration transacted. Stickers have been placed over of a state of limited national emergency, will enable many ex- town in a partial survey of the. service men to be reenlisted, W. business district to obtain mem-! C. Sawyer, Corvallis navy recruit bers. The committee composed of Fred Anderson and Glenn Swan ing officer, announced today. It is expected that approxi son report the idea of the club1 mately 40,000 men may be added has been enthusiastically receiv to the navy’s strength of about ed. 109,000 men. Service mon with a broken en RECRUITING OFFICER HERE Sergeant J. T. Costlllo of Eu- listment record, discharged under honorable conditions, who are in gene, army recruiting officer, all respects qualified and who spent the past two days here in have been out of the service less tne interest of obtaining new re- than eight years will be accepted cruits for the army. Sergeant for enlistment in the same rating Costillo says there are vacancies as that held at the time of dis- >n the following branches: Coast charge. The term of enlistment is artillery, infantry and medical corps. four years. Game Commission Passes Orders on Fishing, Hunting Board of Equalization Acts on 80 Tax Cases t Booster Club To Meet At 6:30 This Evening Red hats red Jacket«, two popular items with the hunters, have been in great demand the past two week«, but the peak of this demand lias about passed with the opening of the deer sea son yesterday. Judging from the number of licenses sold locally, there may lx* a few more hunters take to the hill« this year than last. From the best information available approximately 400 11- cenxes have been issued here the past thirty days and this number of course dries not include the combination licenses usually pur- chased earlier. Eastern Oregon, particularly thc John Day country, is expect ed to get a big play this year, al though numerous hunters will at tempt to find deer closer home and many will go into the Bohem ia section. Lumber Shipments Continue Steady For the second consecutive week lumber shipments from this district have been 111 cars, a few cars above the normal shipments of this season of the year. Aided by a steady market demand, lum- lx*r operations over the district have gone on at an uninterrupted pace. Except for an occasional shut down on account of logs, all mills have been operating. Inventories of most local mills are said to be low as operators pass into fall months and the supply is not expected to catch up with the demand for another sixty days at least. Future .market possibilities however are filled with uncer tainties liecause of the European war and all the best informed sources will do is to hazard a guess as to what the future may hold for the industry. Day, Night Shifts Construction On Continue Work in New Highway May Bohemia District Start During 1939 Day and night shifts continue to operate in the Bohemia mining district in at least two mines with prospects that the present ex ploration campaign will be car ried well into the fall months and before heavy snows will make necessary a shut-down on prob ably all but one mine. At the Champion mine, work- men are busy on the new raise between tunnels No. 9 and 12 and are up twenty-five feet. Op erators hope to strike the inter section of two ore bodies within sixty-seven feet, which should re sult in the opening of a prolific ore body. Workmen are tunneling in the Noonday mine and are running the large Diesel compressor day and night. Sixty-three dollar ore is reported found here a few feet from the old workings. A tunnel is being driven under the old workings with the hope of finding the $63 00 ore at a lower level. Work at the Sweepstakes shows a three-foot ledge carrying free gold in stringers in quartz and a large chute of oxidized lead ore. Oliver Gilbertson continues de velopments on his War Eagle claims. HEBRON ORANGE MEETS The Hebron grange met last Friday evening at the home of Alfred White. There were a num- ber of motions voted on for the good of the order and committee reports were given. A general dis cussion of the housing conditions for Grange meetings was in order in view of the fact that the en- gineering department of the He- bron dam project have established office.« and laboratories in the lo cal community hall. It was de cided that the next meeting would be held at the home of Charles Fuhrer on October 6th. Announcement was made that the Home Economics club would meet the evening of October 4th at the home of Jeanne Morton. A contract for construction on the portion of the Pacific high way to be rebuilt between 9th street and the Chambers mill is expected to be let before the first of the year, it was disclosed from unofficial sources this week. A. C. Benson of the legal department of the state highway department has spent some time here in the past few days contacting property owners along the new routing with reference to the purchase of rights of way, but whether all land needed has been purchaser] could not be learned. It was also understood that a crew has re- surveyed part of the route where stakes had been pulled up or knocked down from a previous survey. According to information re- ceived by the Sentinel the high way will be rebuilt along modern lines with a seven foot strip in the center as a safety measure, There will be no outlets on grade crossings provided over the Southern Pacific tracks to the south between 9th and 5th street, ------------------------ LEGION AUXILIARY MEETS The American Legion Auxili- - ary met on -- Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Joe Smith, for their first meeting of the current year. Committee reports were given and plans made for the next meeting, at which time new of- fj wi]1 . installed -n.. 111 installed, rhe date of installation will be October 2nd at the armory. Members are asked to watch for a later an nouncement regarding this meet ing. in the next issue of the Sen tinel. RECOVERING FROM YELLOW JACKET ATTACK Wade Crow, Yoncalla farmer, knows what a yellow-jacket at tack means. While plowing in his field the first of the week, he un covered a yellok-jacket nest and was stung 139 times. He was found a short time later half Mrs. Alvis Wicks and children blinded and collapsed in the of plan to leave Friday evening for fice of a physician. Grants Pass to spend the week Typewriters for school. Sentinel end with relatives. OVER THE HURDLES NI MBER 6 A __________ %, Safe of Hoey Motor Co. of Eu. '■ Found in Woods IFest of Here 1 Dance Revue and Fall Fashion Show to Be Held Wednesday Eve The Phyllis Charles School of Dancing will present it’s 1939 Dance Revue at the armory on Wednesday evening in conjunc tion with a fall fashion shop sponsored by the J. C. Penney company and the Smart Shop. revue are Marvin Schaffer, Le nore Parter. Jackie Bradshaw. Virginia Dailey. Shirley Hileman, Bobby Bagley, Roberta Flaten, Alice Thompson, Joyce Adams, Betty Jane Caviness, Shirley Cul ver, Barbara Smith, Irene Schaf fer, Elaine Haling, Molly Wil liams, Virginia Brown, Sara Bjor- set, Elizabeth Solonsky and Mari lyn Miller. With Kay Daugherty as mis tress of ceremonies, the models for the fashion show are as fol lows: Adeline Safley, Margaret Monson, Dorothy Gireau, Gerry Kem, Wanda Brown modeling for The Smart Shop, and Virginia King, Dortha Barrett, Juvern Yearous, Patty Schmeling and Diane Morelock modeling for J. C. Penney company. Q The steel safe of the Hoey Mo tor Co. of Eugene, stolen in Eu gene and trucked away about a week ago, has been found in the woods seven and a half miles west of here, John Schaffer, chief of police, reported this morning. The safe was found by Vern Zy- sett and John Palmer, both of Cottage Grove, who reported the discovery to officers here early this morning. The safe was found in the Chamber's woods, about two and a half miles off the main Lorane highway. The bottom of the safe had been blown out and papers were scattered in the area where the safe lay. Identification of the safe was made by a check made payable to the Hoey Motor Co. Officers in Eugene were imme diately notified, but the safe and its contents were not disturbed. Officers have expressed the opin ion that the robbery was commit ted by men who knew the terri tory in which the safe was found. Wheat Growers Hear Discussion Market Outlook County Medical Ass’n Meets Here County wheat growers met in Eugene Monday to hear a discus sion on the market outlook and the effects of the present war on 1 the market. Speakers were John Shepherd of Scio, member of the An interesting session of the AAA state committee, and Arn Lane county medical society was old Bodtker of Junction City, held here Friday evening at the field representative of the AAAI Growers were advised to stay Cottage Grove hotel with appro- within the wheat allotments, ximately 30 members from vari ous parts of the county attend since according to Secretary of ing. Dr. Conrad Loehner of Sa Agriculture Henry A. Wallace, lem was the guest speaker and there is at present the largest spoke on the subject of “Seda wheat surplus in the history of tives and Hypnotics.’’ After Dr. the nation. The war is expected Loehner’s address, a round table to have a decided influence for discussion was held on the topic wheat growers to increase their with several members contribut- acreage, however, the depart ment is discouraging any increase. ing to the discussion. The association voted to re- Officials say the effect of the ceive Dr. James Campbell, the __ war can not be fully measured at new county health physician, as this time and that because of the an associate member. Dr. Mar- huge surplus, it will be wisdom on the part of the growers to stay Karet Tingle, former county within the individual allotments, health officer, was received as a however, the matter is not com member. Physicians attending from here pulsory. Local Growers Seeding included: Dr. H. E. Shuey, Dr. H. Local growers are preparing Axley, Dr. G. E. and W. H. Earl. land and doing some fall seeding here at the present time. Plant ings are confined mostly to oats and vetch. Additional highlights on Mon •n* m .. „ .days meeting of county wheat growers at Eugene have been ________ furnished by County Agent O. S. _ . Fletcher. The morning meeting Cap. C. C. Cruson. who is a held rrom 9:00 to 12 00 o’clock model for truth and veracity, in- and and was was attended attended bv by the the agricul tends to see the truthful fisher tural conservation community man gets a break and at the committeement and was for the same time encourage the sport of purpose of outlining procedure to fishing. To prevent the usual ten be followed in setting depleting dency toward prevarication. Cap. allotments for all farms having is planning to install scales on 1940 wheat or potato allotments. which the biggest and heaviest The afternoon meeting opened fish may be weighed. And he is to the general public was attend offering a $2.00 prize for the ed by about forty-five farmers. heaviest fish caught in the Ump Speakers were: Raymond John qua between Elkton and Reeds son. county conservation associa- port and between the dates of tion chairman who spoke on October 1st and November 20th. "Some results of the 1938 agricul Net marked fish will be disquali tural conservation program in fied. The fish must be caught Lane county;” John Shepherd of with Scio situ- o hook and line. . ... — ” on "The present wheat rviiuai 34 LU’ See his announcement in this ation as affected by the European issue for details. You may take a war; Arnold Bodtker Bodtker of war. ” ” Arnold of re the picture, if you are quick enough, State College on "History and of the big one that got away, but purposes of the agricultural pro according to Cap Cruson’s rules, gram. O. S. Fletcher, county you can’t cash in on the picture. agent, spoke on “Possibilities of Cap, however, will listen to your fall practices under the 1939 ag story. ricultural conservation program in Lane county.” Wheat growers had been pre viously advised of world wheat situation by a special letter. Cap Cruson Offers Prize for Heaviest TISH Gaugnt Umpqua .......... Hop Picking Over Lane County Active Picking of the state’s annual hop crop is underway with many families from this section repre sented in the hop fields. The state’s production is estimated at 100,000 bales with approximately 5.000 bales for Lane and south Linn counties. The prevailing price is forty and forty-five cents per pound. The industry is em ploying about 4,000 pickers. Pick ers have been averaging from $2.00 to $4.00 per day. according to reports. Dry Season Makes Hunting A Hazard present dry weather in the for est adds to the hazards of hunt ing and forest officials have is sued warning for hunters to be careful. Moisture during the early part of the month have given temporary relief, but the forests are said to be getting very dry MILLIGAN TAKES HONORS Sixty - nine enrollees of the ------------ Brice Creek CCC camp left for Sid Milligan. Cottage Grove their homes in the east Monday, lawyer and thrice Eugene coun-iNew enrollees replacing those try club golf champion, took who left Monday are expected medalist honors as the annual within the next two weeks. At title meet opened Monday over the present time the Brice creek the 18-hole course, leading 55 crews are engaged in building golfers who entered the annual roads up Layng and Martin tournament. Milligan posted a 72, Creeks. Construction on a private according to word from Eugene phone line to the CCC camp was Tuesday. completed last week.
