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WASHINGTON —In spite of th e ir
conductor's spirited defense of them,
I still don't like Gallup polls except
in simple choices of well recog
nised issues close to the end of a
political campaign such as— "Are
you going to vote for M r Roosevelt
or Senator Taft?“
Dr. Gallup's sampling of opinion
of infinitesimal groupa may indicate
THE PRICE OF NEW ORDER IN CHINA.
trends, but it certainly does not war
rant him in saying that "two-thirds
Pug rem arks herewith are not original, but figures were of the voters” want to stop buying
t;t k m U if*w* the Pathfinder. Ja p a n assures the world that her anything from Japan—any more
live in conquering China is to bring new order to the than he is now Justified in intim at
ing that the present general ten
32 months of w arfare Jap an has brought death to 1. dency
is for an embargo denying
Jnese soldiers. D uring the same pe riod 2,000
the right to any American to sell
iriliar.s have died These are Japanese figures and anything to Japan.
To understand these polls ac
tindt'restim ated.
has cost .Lipan 190,000 soldiers. plus 900,000 curately. it is necessary to exam
■ K T a g a in s t 4.800.000 Chinese wounded. In this period ine the phrasing of the questions
ask.
Ited States of America, the peace loving nation, has sup they
In this latest "study" of public
Japan with 56 percent of the armament used against opinion on the “ embargo," the ques
tion asked was: "Do you think our
iina.
government should forbid the sale
of arms, airplanes, gasoline and oth
DISCIPLINE
er war materials to Japan?"
What are "w ar materials?” It is
In this life we all have to give up something to get some a highly technical question which
thing.
few laymen could answer.
People art* always complaining that they are compelled to We are not selling Japan any di
do disagreeable work, whereas th eir n atu ral inclinations art' to rect war materials. There is no
go on the stage, speak over the radio, pilot airplanes, or edit law preventing it, but our govern
newspapers. Frequently detennined or shiftless people insist on ment has none the less effectively
“ forbidden" it through a so-called
doing what they like, that is. they insist on “ self-expression. "m o ral" embargo.
This works all right until they get hungry, at which time the The vice in this form of question
girls who have gone to Hollyw.xxl take jobs as w aitresses. ami is that if the person questioned
thinks we ought not to sell wesp. ns
others who have gone to \ ’«»w York retu rn to the farm .
Civilization requires that discipline be imposed on all of us and are doing so. he is fooled by
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PUBLI SHE
E/W S'? ftP E R
c l A T I ON
—W illiam F eath er
“ WHAT DOES AMERICAN DEMOCRACY MEAN TO ME?”
;ik Kerr, 17 year-old high school beg
9
Wash
ington. subm itted the prize winning essay, u n d er the above cap
tion. He won $500.00 and a trip to New \ ork. He spoke on the
program of “ Town M eeting of the A ir.” The magazine C u r
rent H istory published his essay and gave him an additional
prize of a watch. E xcerpts from the radio broadcast were repro
d u c e d in part b j '
C
i ■ • X! • ¡tor and is sr.
to T h e Sentinel ly Mm J S Markham.
Our street is a fine kind of a street. First of all. on the Twenty-
seventh Avenue comer is Tony's shoe repair Tony fixes shoes for near
ly everyone in our neighborhood Then next to Tony's is Peterson's.
Pete keeps a first-class Smorgasbord where we get ruckle pies and
cakes after school. Next to Pete's is Mr. Cohen's. He rents the back
of his shop to Mrs Fugiko who does laundry for 30 cents a bundle.
Safeway Grocery takes up the rest of the bkx'k down to Twenty-sixth.
Jay works there. He says maybe he can get me on in the Christmas
rush. At the very comer, on the curbing, old Mose has his paper shack.
My Dad always buys his evening papers there.
Yes. our street is a fine kind of street. Tony says you won't find
one like it anywhere but in American cities. And Tony knows He's
been around It's not so much the different kinds of people working
and living on our street that makes it fine. Tony says. It's more the
way they get along together: making little sacrifices for each other:
getting their wives and children together in the evening for games and
gossip and eating, trusting each .ther with a brother's trust
So when I pass down our street I feel proud. You see. it won't be
long until I’ll be out looking for a place to start my business I'd like
to build on a street as fine as ours. . . .
I'm 17. In six months I'll be out of school and on my own. I've
always thought of earning my living as something for away . unreaL
Now that it's upon me I'm not sure just what to think. But I do know
one thing, a thing so big that little every-day qualms and fears of life
dissolve and leave me feeling strong and glad: I know that there are
streets on which men live that hold out fine clean hands and say.
'AVekorne. Here is life. Share it with us.''
As long as there is this to pat me on the back I can go forward
with a will to live. And I will make my house on a fine street. . _
I've read that there are lands where living is not art. but science.
The people are machines that turn out life by the pound. The rote
that children learn is measured by the pound When their faces be
come square and their bodies riveted, they cease their learning and
begin production. The woman s task is clear. Her yield is easily meas
ured by the pound. . . . The man's task is also dear. . . . "Man. let
your labor yield 10 tones 100 pounds else prison bars will keep you
in.’ . . .
I have heard of lands like this, where speech is but the archive of
the dead who kinged for life; where friendship is but the guise of
enmity: where young men pass examinations in killing and gain
scholarships for honorable work in the field of brotherly hate. I have
read th « e things, yet it is hard to believe that a normal boy can scorn
to laugh, can d og the passage through which joy must pass from
where the hear’ should be. . . .
When I first started to think on this subject of Democracy, the
day when I passed down our street and looked at what I had not seen
before, that day I asked a question as I passed. "Tony." I said «and to
each other one. I said’, "tell we what does American Democracy
mean to you* And each one gave to me. in different words, the one
true answer From his own heart he said the words that made the
earth seem beautiful, the people glad, their God good. And when Id
mulled those words over to myself, pulling—pushing, pounding—
tapping, testing each one with my own. I came to see that those two
words. “American Democracy formed but a superciixxis mask, trying
in vain to hide the simple meaning— "Live, and let live."
• • •
I have said that there are places where, in exchange for youth, a
hoy receives a book of lessens out of which he learns the art of bal
ancing what he will call his life upon the tip of his bayonet. I wonder
how a boy would face his coming years if all he'd learned in youtn
was lore of might and strength and hate of weaker men. I wonder with
what heart he'd face a world of steel and blood and caustic words- I
wonder how a boy. so young could take this destiny into his hands and
hold it high to marvel and to live.
And when I'd wondered on these things I realized that any man
can live his life when there is love or pride or faith to hearten him
But when the future holds a piece of steeL a dozen bolts out to a man
and says. This is your life. Now make the most of it.’ then what is
man to do but gird himself in bitterness and in his desperation take
into his hands the future of his fellow man. and knot and twist and
break it until the sum of what is left is measureless. . . .
And so I say. to me "American Democracy means that I can
build my home upon a street where love and brotherhood have hung
their welcome sign for me to see. where I nxsv live, and m my living
give to other lives the selfsame urge to Irve
Elk Survey Is Now
Underway in IFesf
used for the purpose of spotting
the concentrations of elk herds for
the ground crew, which then takes
a count of the number of bulls
cow^ and calves in the herds, as
well as gathering information on
general food conditions.
A survey of the northeastern
elk territory is being conducted at
the present time by the state
game commission in cooperation
with the United States forest ser
vice. by means of an airplane and
ground crew. The plane is being
$
C O TTO N TO JA P A N
. . . Some
of a
It wasn't said, but it was allowed
to be inferred, that the reason for
the "secrecy" was the presence of
hostile submarines In Caribbean wa
ters.
This isn't the first time that phan
tom German subs have been pulled
out of the political hat.
uwd ui rxpiosiiei.
its form into an answer which D r.
Gallup has interpreted to mean that
he favors an embargo—a very dif
ferent matter.
On that point. Japan is our third
or fourth biggest customer both m
imports and exports. The vitally
important item m our experts is
cotton.
We have recently sold increasing
amounts of scrap metal and petro
leum products to Japan Cotton is
indirectly and in small quantities
used in explosives.
Scrap metal
is a more important ingredient of
munitions, but it is also used for
other things and so also is petro
leum. but only high octane gaso
line is much used in airplanes
To
cut off all these exports without
discrimination as to their use for
w ar would be an act of economic
iunacy.
To embroil ourselves unnecessari
ly in the F a r East would be m ilitary
and naval as well as economic lu
nacy.
It would weaken us in the Atlantic
and m the defense of the Americas,
require at least double the m ilitary
and naval force we need for the
Western
hemisphere
alone and
promises to us no substantial gam
whatever.
If the American people polled are
given the facta, or even a fa ir state
ment of the issue, it is a safe bet
that no 75 per cent at them will vote
for an embargo agamst Japan.
• • •
ODDS A G A IN S T FINN'S
The only thing that can save the
Fmns now. or could at any time
have saved them. ,s a fully equipped
organized and trained expeditionary
force of at least two arm y c o rp s -
fit 000 to «C.OOO men with a proper
complement of fighting planes— at
least 1 OOC
In the present temper of the
Am ericas people, we never would
have sent such a force, and we
couldn't have done sc if we would.
We haver, t got them In our whole
arm y we haven’t even two fully
manned and equipped divisions of
the necessary type— net half the pre
m iu m
force necessary to save the
Fxna.
As for Europe, d is clear now
that the aid F v ia n d needs is never
gemg to be gives to her by any na
tion imless it feels that its own se
curity is immediately and very dan
gerously threatened
Beth the Al
lies »nd ail the Scandinavian COOB-
tr.es are sc threatened m greater or
less degree They apparently have
slipped Finland a little bootleg aid
through some bhad-pig entrance—
as sre propane to do—but. in the only
kind of beip that snU do the trick,
they have not acted and new it is
g e t t a * perilously ck»e te being too
late tc help
• • •
WHT ALL SEC R EC Y?
Data so gathered will be used by
AQ the hush-bush busmess abtwt
the game commission as a basis
for determining the elk hunting the President s fishing trip is hard
regulations for the 1S40 seasor. tc urderstand Yon could os more
hide the progress of a President to
Typewriter* tor school Sentinel Pensacola than you could hide a
Sentinel want a s puXL
S’d . » -A . Chma.
Paradoxical History
EARL E. COOPER
The Devil's Footprints.
Without falling Nick upon the
supernatural, try to find a solu
tion for the following. If you do
find an answer you'll be in a class
by yourself and if you don't you'll
be one of us.
tin a February morning in 1855
all South Devon in England was
covered with a fresh blanket of
snow. With the snow came an
early morning shock to English
men of more than a half dozen
towns. Strange tracks resembling
hoof marks extended for over a
hundred miles. Locked gates, four-
teen-foot walls, roof tops and
other obstacles never broke the
regularity of the tracks. They
w e re in a
K m alw .iv s e ig h t a n d
one-half inches apart.
Among all the known creatures
upon the face of the earth not a
one makes tracks in a single line.
Such were these.
Solutions offered have ranged
from claims that the tracks wen*
some one's idea of a joke to their
heing the devil's footprints. It has
also been said that they were a
message sent in code from some
other planet and that they were
made by some s e a monster
thought to be extinct Your an
swer is as gixxi as these.
Survey of Fish Stock
In Lakes in Progress
Cutthroat trout and Eastern
brook trout are best suited for
stocking the mountain lakes in the
Mount Hood national forest, said
Assistant Regional Forester Lynn
H. Douglas. Portland. Oregon.
A progress report of a survey
which covers conditions of fish life
in 65 of the 115 lakes in this area
has just been received. Douglas
stated. "The purpose of the sur
vey.“ said Douglas, "is to develop
a fish planting program for the
forest to be used in cooperation
with the Oregon Game Commis
sion which furnishes the planting
stock and controls the fishing It
determines in addition to the spe
cies and extent of stocking the
need for stream and lake improve
ments; the effectiveness of regu
lations now in use: and the loca
tion of possible -hatching and rear
ing pond sites. The work was in
charge of Charles J. Campbell,
junior biologist, of the forest ser
vice.
According to the report native
cutthroat trout were found in on
ly four of the lakes that were ex
amined. Very iew of the lakes
have spawning grounds, because
two-thirds of them have no sum
mer inlet or outlet, and the fall
of the water level during the dry-
season uncovers the gravel bars
where ordinarily the eggs would
be deposited. Fishing is dependent
upon artificial stocking. Further
more, the food supply usually is
not of the kind that would sup
port a large trout population.
H e report recommends annua)
or biennial stocking with two-inch
trout for most of the lakes. Io a
few of the heavily used lakes, fish
of legal size should be planted
Mackinaw and Loch Leven trout
•are not recommended. They grow
slowly in such places, and tend to
acquire a cannibalistic diet ex-
chnrvely, ignoring flies and spin
ners.
Not much can be done to im
prove the lakes, as they already
have plenty of cover A few might
be helped by building dams to
stabilize the wa’er level, or by
introducing beaver to build the
dams
Fishermen ho assisted in tak
ing the creel census gave import
ant help The information they
gave of their catches was of the
highest value in determining re
stocking needs and in formulating
plans according to Douglas.
Silk Creek
Melvin Paul of Eugene
Sunday with Mr. ami Mrs. E. E.
Paul.
Mrs. Nettle Estes came home
Thursday from several weeks stay
at Yoncalla.
The Neighborhood Friendship
club met with Mrs. Hubert Hay
worth Thursday afternoon. I'heie
was a short business meeting with
Mrs. Myrtle Powers, president, In
charge. Tha home Interest confer
ence in Corvallis this week was
discussed. Roll call was answered
with short topics regarding Wash
ington and the remainder of the
afternoon spent with needlework
'Die hostess served refreshments
of cherry pie and coffee. The next
meeting will be with Mrs. Shade
Burcham. March 7th.
M. E. Palh'ske spent Saturday
and Sunday with his family here,
returning to Portland Sunday eve
ning.
The Rev. Oscar Paine of Salem
spoke at the community church
Sunday morning. He is Sunday
school missionary for this district
.uni v ts lti m i ll eluirelies especi
ally to assist and encourage their
work He was a dinner guest at
the George Moxley home after the
services.
Mrs. C. E. Ruth was calk'd to
Mapleton Tuesday of last week on
account of the serious Illness of
her sister-in-law.
Olaf Alderson of Eugene spent
Sunday at the < laear Whaelei
home.
Bertha Rigby of Oakridge eiime
Thursday for Mrs Dora Rigby,
who had been visiting the Ernest
Darnell family and other friends
here for the past wi'ck. They re
turned home Friday morning anil
were accompanied by Grandma
Wheeler, who will visit Mrs. Rig
by for a few- days.
Mr. and Mrs. Young of We
natchee, Washington, and Mrs
A rnett <>f Salem visited Mr
Mr. Chase of Portland and Ihe
Rector of Hie Episcopal church of
Eugene
Mi-s E. A Allen entertained
Monday evening with a surprise
hil l Inlay parly for her daughter
Rllhy H ie evening was spent with
various games and refreshments
war* served at the close. The
guest of honor received several
nice gifts.
«17 D.H.C’. H T U D E N T M
OREGON .STATE ( ’OLLEGE
Married students now enrolled nt
Oregon Slate college total 247, or
4 9 ,M-r cent of the entire enroll
ment. according to a study Is-lng
made In the school of home eeo-
nonilcs at O.S.C. The *«»>•' study
shows 229 married atudenta nt the
University of Oregon, which Is R.'t
per cent of the enrollment.
At the eollegi' 202 men and 45
women are continuing their «•du
cat Ion after marriage Preliminary
reports show the average age of
the tnarrl«,«l men to lx« about 25.
and of the women 23. Married
students are enrolled fairly even
ly throughout the institution, al
though engineering anil home eco
nom ic appear to have a slight
«•dge In numbers.
Why Pay More
When You Con Buy A
1940
Plymouth
and
Mrs John Ashby Thursday.
C. E. Ruth spent Sunday with
the Guy Ragan fnmily at Gillespie
Comers.
Carolyn and Mabel Bolton were
dinner guests Saturday of Mrs.
John Ashbv Mr. and Mrs. D-slie
Goddard of Izirane also s(»-nt Sat
urday and Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Ashby.
The Doreas society held an all-
day meeting at the home of Mrs.
Will McCoy, Tuesday. The time
was spent in sewing on quilts for
the nerdy. The ladies enjoyed a
potluck dinner at noon.
Edwin Es.es and DI and Gus
Newman of Salem are working nt
the airport in Cottage Grove this
week and staying with Edwin's
mother. Mrs Nettie Estes.
Mrs. Arthur Woolcott enter
tained about fifteen members of
the young people's class of the
Sunday school at a Washington's
birthday party Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs M. E. Palleske were
also guests The evening was spent
in playing games and light re
freshments were served.
Callers at the Woolcott home
Friday were Chas, Matthews and
Rond King DeLuxe
Coupe
for
Delivered Hera
A full line of Plymouth« on
display.
TIP TO USED CAR BUY
ERS — We have some fine
bargains in used can.
McCOY
MOTORS
Make COOKING TIME
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Cottage Grove Gas Co.
Arcade Theatre
Admission 10c and U e
F R ID A Y . S A T U R D A Y , M A R C H 1-2:
“ T H E E A R L O F C H IC A G O ,“ Robert M ontgom ery, E d
ward Arnold. Reginald Owen. Edmund Owenn.
S U N D A Y . M O N D A Y , T U E S D A Y , M A R C H S-4-ft:
Introducing
We take this occasion to intro
duce and to welcome Mr and Mrs.
I>-s’er L Phillips, who recently
purchased the Ahem farm south
of town
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MILK
Ls rood for srhal ails you.
Children can’t but adults
may ruffer some expanse of
the wasteline . . Don t be
afraid of delirium tremens.
It can’t happen with milk.
George’s Dairy
" G U L L I t E R ’S T R A V E L S ,” Param ount fu ll-len g th c a r
toon motion picture romance of love and lau gh ter and
high adventure In Lllllput l^vnd. Photographed In
T E C H N IC O L O R .
W E D N E S D A Y . T H U R S D A Y . M A R C H d-T:
“B A L A L A IK A ,“ Nelson Eddy, Ilo n a Maaaey, C h arlie
Ruggles, F ran k Morgan. Lionel A tw lll, Joyce Compton.
Diane Theatre
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S A T U R D A Y , S U N D A Y , M A I« | | 2-8:
" O V E R L A N D M A I L " Jack Randall, Vince B a rn e tt,
Jean Joyce. Saturday M atinee 2:80 P. M . It o and It o
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