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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.
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FISH CONTROVERSY GOES ON
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