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About The Cottage Grove sentinel. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon) 1922-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1939)
THE SENTINEL, COTTAGE PROVE, OREGON Established 1RR9 Published Every Thureday At 25 North Sixth Street. .............................. Editor-Publisher W. C. MARTIN SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Cash in Advance) Outside Lane-Douglas Counties In Lane-Douglas Counties $2.00 $1.50 One Year ...... One Year ..... RO Six Months ... 1.25 Six Months ... 65 .50 Three Months Three Months Foreign rate 50 cents year additional. No subscription accepted for less than three months. ííntucr ^rorr Srntinrl Asso ON COOPERATION The word “cooperation” has become one of the most popu lar as well as the most widely used and we might say abused words in the English language today. Lack of cooperation is the basis for most of the troubles in the community , state, nation and international situation. Sermons, editorials and news items might be written from one of a dozen angles. the section in which ? live We realize, however, that selfish ness can not be carried too far and that if we think of coopera tion in terms of selfish aims or to promote selfish interests, there can be no cooperation. To be cooperative one should be able to forget, as well as to retain, memories of the worthwhile things in the life of the community in which we live. Some individuals quit the Cham ber of Commerce, club or lodge to which they belong because the organization does something to which they cannot subscribe. The passing of years does not dim the apparent mistake, which may grow bigger as time goes on. You can go up and down Main street, for instance, and hear of the many mistakes made here within the last twenty years and why certain individuals do not subscribe to certain things. A little reflection on the situation and one thought stands out. Was the organization you quit made better when you quit and did you right the mis take you thought was made by your action’ When you sever connection with the church because of so many hypocrites, do you honestly think such action will lessen the number of hypocrites and make the church better? How do you make things better by putting your shoulder to the wheel or quitting? There is a situation facing Cottage Grove at the present time more to the point and that is with reference to the high way improvements. Regardless of what you think these im provements will be made, if the state progresses. Faster roads means more tourists, but likewise more competition for the smaller towns, which most of us don’t like. We ean’t cure an inevitable situation by growling or grumbling. It’s better to ac cept the outlook and try to remedy it as best we can. We would much prefer studying ways and means of promoting our own welfare and the welfare of the community rather than be moaning our apparent ill fortune. make people happy. But I'm loo ■ those charged in urban areas. If full advantage is !<> he taken little." and ha sighed unhappily. |of the anticipated savings from “Shi Let's al) be quiet," one of Bonneville power, there must be the tall trees exclaimed. "The a spirit of shoulder to shoulder woodsmen are coming near us. We coo|>eration. The company has re- must be quiet so they won't notice 11 .lined 11 oin jiii > . lilt ies us. Then we won't be cut down and during the recent campaign and left to die.” hears no grudge whatever to By Henry Harding But in spite of their silence, the wards anyone taking the opposite men drew near They looked at the View. We therefore solicit the as tree*, and one of them said: “Oh. sistance of all factions and indi viduals in a cooperative effort to HERE was very little sunlight these are all loo tall. No house or go on and forward to a greater in the forest The trees were church could hold them, Let's get develbpment than anything that so big. all the grown up trees. on." lume County and the Willamette The little fir tree stretched himself, Just then a little lad who was Valley have heretofore experienc and tried to imagine himself as full riding in the sled, called to his fa- ed. grown. Looking up at the sky and ther: "Dad. can we find a IltUe tree In view of the expressed desire the stars and the moon, he listened for sister? Couldn't we find a cute of the voters of Lane Cbunty, we to the big trees talk. "Isn't the little tree to put in her very own trust that this expression of will ingness to work with all to the moon bright tonight.” one would room?" end that we may be successful in say; and there would be a gentle "Hol Hof" laughed a big rough rustling of their leaves as the trees man. "In her own room? No little rendering a better and cheaper service will be iiiccpted. would shake their heads in agree girl will stay in her room on Christ Very truly yours, ment. mas dayl" Mountain States Power Co., "I'm afraid you're going to be The lad's father answered, sadly: ’ R. C Sipe Will Div .M. 1 stunted, because there is so muc> "Yes. my little girl will. She had shade here." a little squirrel said U infantile paralysis last summer, ano the fir one day as he jumped into hasn't been able to walk since. Sure its branches and brushed the top ly. son. we'll find a little tree for limbs with his bushy tail. "It takes her." sunlight to make anything grow "Here 1 am. here I am! come strong and tall." and get me." the little fir tree called So the little fir tree stretched him out lustily And the little boy turned An unidentified hitch hiker, self up. and kept his head pointed and saw the branches trembling, who last week stole an automobile up toward the spot of sunlight he and the little snow bird (lying away from O. W. Spiker of Klamath saw clear up through the maze of Falls. died from self-inflicted “Why. dad. there is a cute little heavy tree growth. He could be wounds in the head at an Allwmy Such a beautiful straight and upstanding, even if he tree over there hospital last week. Previously it straight tree. Wouldn't that do?" was though the youth was fatal hadn't grown tall. he called. ly wounded in a gun battle with Today the ground was all covered The man got out from the sled. Officer Wallace Hug near Shed. with the snow which stayed white in the forest All but a few birds He walked to the tree and fondled it had gone south. Every once in a gently. "I never saw a more beauti A $5,050 damage suit was fihtl while there was the sound of steel ful tree. It seems to glow. Molly in the lume county circuit court striking against wood, and infre will love it." he said with a smile Tuesday as «•suit of a Hallowe'en The little tree was so happy that prank. Walter A. Griffin asks quently a crashing sound of falling he didn't tee) the blows from the $5.050 damages from Chester trees. The tall trees began to tremble. ax that cut him to the ground. And Hewitt for injuries received when he was allegedly shot "The woodcutters are out But this when they put him into the sled, he der by Hewitt when in a shoul- Griffin and was still happy The little boy is a funny time of year.” one mur- called to his father: "It sounds as if others attempted to replace a the little tree was singing when the sidewalk, overturned as a 1 Lal- wind blows through, its branches." lowe'en prank. And the little tree laughed delight County Agent O. S. Fletcher is ed l> The Little Fir Tree Old Men’s Beards Threaten: 1 Police of South Africa are sea.ch ing for a gang of white youths wiiu terrify aged natives by threats. to cut off their lengthy beards. Paris Stamp Mart May Go Paris may abolish its old stamp bourse, held twice a week on the Champs Elysses. This 68-year-cld outdoor mart pays no taxes. Sh-h-h-! News Briefs Sipes Thanks Voters For Mt. States Co. attending the annual agents con ference at Corvallis this week. We couldn’t exactly hang a New Chevrolet or a Good Used Car on your Xmaa tree — But we can do the next beat thing. Wr can hang the keys to one there. Ser ua now and we'll arrange to have the Oregon's first cancer victim to undergo the "refrigeration thera py" treatment. Frank McCormick, for your front door. ■19. left The Dalles Saturday Come In and let’s dl»- Springfield, Oregon, morning for Pryor. Oklahoma, cum the matter. December 9. 1939 where he will be given the treat Cottage Grove Sentinel, ment this week at the Herring Cottage Grove, Oregon. ton hospital at Pryor. To the Editor: Dear Sir: Chevrolet Male« Through your columas I wish to In 1938 a total of $98.600.000 wa express the appreciation of the entire Mountain States Power levied in taxes on the steel industrv Company organization for the confidence demonstrated by the voters on December R The fact that the PUD measure was lost not only in each of the munici palities but also in the strictly rural areas is a decisive expression that the residents of the district prefer electric service through a QitnplH-ITs regulated utility, rather than a publicly-owned system. Except Chicken and Mushroom The company has pledged itself to pass all savings accruing to it on account of the purchase of Snowflakes Salted lb. box Bonneville power. This promise as made before the election is here reiterated. Those few rural pre cincts where the measure carried are in areas where Mountain States Power Company has little rural distribution facilities. The fall tin company, however, will continue to extend its service to rural areas still unserved as rapidly as good business judgment will per mit. with due regard to the re sponsibility which it has of serv ing its entire territory. The com Franco-American pany does not believe in a policy of restricting’ its service only to the congested areas. These exten sions of its facilities as will be Green Tips Tall tin made will permit rates for elec tric service on the same basis as «o« 'ÎÇr» Cottage Grove Motor Co. The controversy between the fish commission and backers of the flood control dams continue. The average individual does not have access to the authentic information on such matters, all of which makes the pro and con arguments more or less confusing. We have heard it said the fish commission is strictly for the commercial fishermen and the pleas and opinions of those who make a sport of fishing are more or less ignored. The value of the tourist, who might be induced to spend time and money in “1 never saw a more beautiful the state, trying his luck at fishing has been apparently over be said. “It seems to glow. looked by the commission, if this organization completely ignores the possibility of developing a comparatively new indus mured to the others. Then one of try by offering an additional inducement in the sport of fishing. the little snow birds spoke. “Have Back to the dam controversy, we can’t see how the dams you forgotten that every year they will particularly hurt local fishing when there is little to hurt. come to cut Christmas trees?” The fish and game commission or whoever makes the distribu "What are Christmas trees?" the tion for fish plantings will have to be more liberal in the fish little fir asked. “Oh, they cut down the trees and plantings here before this local sport is seriously threatened take them in the house, and put by the building of dams or other things that might hinder the candles on them so they look like proper propagation of fish, unb-ss you are a better fisherman stars, and spangles that look like than the writer. So far as we have found, local fishing is a snow shining in the moonlight And good pastime, if you wish to kill time, but if you want to really the people sing songs and g.ve each fish to catch fish, you must drive from fifty to one hundred other gifts, and it is a time of being miles to be successful; this despite the fact that we have with glad." the little snow bird twittered. “Oh, I wish they would take me." in a few minutes drive all the water necessarv to snare at least the little tree cried in excitement a few fish. "Ld. lovg^to see- it all .I'd-love to The fact that local streams do not abound in fish is an!___ opinion not held by the writer alone. Old timers tell us that in former years it was no feat to go out a few’ miles and get all the trout wanted within an hour or two. Now’ to get a strike even, one must be an expert. Personally w’e think the state has passed up a good bet in not working for more federal hatcheries to replenish the streams. I ntil the state or the federal government ran be in position to replenish local streams, there can be no controversy here because there are no fish. Hear Dr. Arthur H. Compton, world famous scientist, as he describes the contradiction in which the world has caught it self today!— “A few months ago I had the privilege of sharing in the dedication of a great new telescope. Here was an instrument ingeniously devised to enlarge human vision. Those w’ho had built the great observatory were seeking to satisfy the human hunger for a better understanding of man’s place in his world. Yet the techniques developed for building such great telescopes have likewise been applied to constructing more accurate range finders to control with deadly precision the fire of great gurw>.” Dr. Compton points out an essential choice that has always confronted man—the choice between using his mind to find ways to destroy other men and their work, and using that same mind to build a better world. Here in America we have followed the latter course. We i have chosen to depend upon our industries for products of peacetime use, and we have directed our industrial research men to find us ways for better living. We have led the rest of the world in raising the standard, of living of the average family, and we have done it by remain ing at peace while other nations went to the wars and turned all their enterprise to destructive ends. It is a lesson to be remembered at the present time. The farmer depends on milk for 1H per cent of his Income. Indus try can now turn extra milk Into wool, glue, ix'nx, com Im, buttons and hundred* of other products. T FISH CONTROVERSY GOES ON CONSTRUCTION OR DESTRUCTION? T111 RS I > A Y. I >E( ' E MUER II. 1939 00*" or/ ,fu Soup 3 27c 2 Crackers Chicken Noodles Baked Beans 23c 9C Meat Balls & Spaghetti 17c Spaghetti 3,¡M 25c 19C Asparagus East ForThe Holidays^ What better Christmas gift for the ’’folks back home” than a Holiday visit? 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