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,
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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..
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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
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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.
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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
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.days meeting of county wheat
growers at Eugene have been
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furnished by County Agent O. S.
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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.
.
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” on "The present wheat
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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
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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
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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.