Tax Levies for
County, Cities to
Be Ready Soon
County
Valuations
Are
THE SENTINEL
VOLUME LI
UOTTAQE PROVE. LANE COUNTY OREGON,
Kidnaper
A rmory to Be Officially Opened
Under Local Management Oct. 1st
Up
179,190 Over Last
Year.
BUDGET COMMITTEE
MEET SEPT. 30th.
Tax levies In moat districts over
Lam* county w ill probably be less
in the coming tax paying season
than last, although lcvica have not
yet lieen aet. Prospective reduc
tion« are based on the assumption
that the increaaed county valua
tion may m aterially affect levies
in some instance«. Yesterday a f
ternoon it was announced at the
office of Welby Stevens, assessor,'
that the county valuation for 1940
was $34,499,840 a« compared with
(34,420,650 in 1939, an increase of
(79,190 over 1939, Above valua
tions are exclusive of the public
uplity valuations, which are fixed
by the state Depreciation which
amounts to two per cent per year
was a big factor in holding the
valuations down to the present
level as depreciation Is given once This to Wilhelm Jakob Mablen-
each five years and 1940 was the beoich. who confessed kidnaping
fse 9100.000 ransem of S-year-old
year for It.
M uhlrn
Preliminary survey of the coun-. Marc ds Tristan Jr.
ty budget was completed late broich is a German alien who en-
V. g. legally in 10U.
Iuesday and the budget commit
tee adjourned until September 30, ----------------------------------------------------
at whiich time the budget as a
whole is expected to be upproved. L lO JIS ( l l l d A llltT H lI
Principal Item to be discussed at
*•«**» / T t U f f l f l l
the next meeting is the prosper-
rx
a
e
f •
111
•
Z,
betting
Ready for
o
» Zfc
lector's office. Cost of machines
and labor necessary to install the . V / K A f l e l l n o n t f r
new system is estimated at (14.- W v lW I W I O v U Z llt.1
500. Another major item was the
'
of tne I’aeiric highway
request or
u
association
for the .urn of $2,000 w rs.r«i.
^
’ k id w h a t £
for advertising the need for re-
f
building the highway to be used Hi* . .^
for this - year
. ¿ b a H .. - p,r™p™
.
- ?’
.
for m ilitary purposes
*ald- 11 a11 spends on how some
Inexperienced sophomores and jun
iors turn out. 1 don't expect the
team to be quite as good as last
year's because our team average
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a
as •
10 wc*<ht Is so much lighter and
Future Farmers
Get Awards at Fair X
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The Cottage Grove F.F.A. chap-
ter roceived $66.00 in cash prizes
and a number nf ribbons on hve-
stock, shop jobs, stock
and the chapter exhibit
r ®
ribbon and $20.00 cash prize
was
prize was
2?hlbiiMl ,h* Chapt<?r for the biK,th
in th« b *..*.«, r __
ii
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d«iv.r»i2
Uv* * t ° ck
F.UlU.7
S X n .
sow
X .T
-
-
„ key positions How-
ever we w ill be in there punching
alJ the t jn w ..
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T h e lineup for the Alum ni eame
Saturday w ill nroh^hlv b i
end. Krause: rirti ^ t a e k l? f i
tackle
tackle.
right
hack.,
Jones;
G,en
of
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1940 NUMBER 7
Battery E Given
Rousing Send-off
Lane Co. Closed
Very Successful
Fair on Saturday
War Tension Is
G ivin g on Three
Fro» V Is Report
British Fleet Withdraws From
Dakar, an Important
African Port.
The arm ory w ill be officially | >
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opened October 1st, Cleo More
M n r ilH lff
lock, mayor announced yesterday
I / H U t i y IrlUI f ( ( f l g £
following a meeting of the com-
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LONDON UNDERGOES
m ittee Tuesday evening. W hether
B attery E of the 249th coast
: i : = ^ ^ \ ^ J ^ , toA - P a r t , l l e r y were given a rousing
MORE BOMBINGS.
t h T ’ v’Zar0^
on the departure of the
Lmar’d i« y m fr lm m wthe(n n^t OnaJ guard for Camp Clatsop, Monday
Tension is growing
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wars
fh _
i / n,V W
depend mornjng over the Southern Pa-
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not Miiini »ho »v, nhf
ij T g K*®- E«1‘mates «aid there was a 00
fronts. B ritain has ad-
Lane county closed one of the P” equal the expenses, the build- crowd of 1,500 turned out to bid ™lttedJy taken two staggering
most successful fairs In Its history
" ! '*
More: farewell to the boys for another blo* ’ u in the withdrawal of the
Saturday night under
the man- " “
“ » J * 5 b a d w ritten guard year i ncluded in the well-wishers BfHish
fleet from D a k a r in
««ement of Fred Knox, who stat-
" i 1 Sa,em for ,u r* to bid farewell to B attery E mem- ^ e n c h West Africa in a costly
ed that he was of the opinion that
, instructions.
were the gradp and high three-day battle. I t was announc-
the fair had become a permanent
J°hn McKlbben, driver of the school and the high school band In
from London last night that
county institution and would be Latham school bus was chosen to uniform. The band incidentally the Engh«h navy and the French
continued. Estimated attendance • e ™ as Janitor from a number of rendered a few numbers and Free ,orcea of General Charles de
was 40.000. The number of exhibit- other applicants.
marched back up M ain a fte r the GauJ1*
had abruptly withdrew
orM wax M ) with only one drop in
Individual« or organizations who departure of the train.
ifrOfn
K e y p o rt of French
the livestock division. CThecks wish to reserve the building for
Veterans were at the station
^ ^ ca- B ritain announced
totaling approximately $4,300 were certain dates should make appli- waiting to bid the boys good-bye ^hat it was never her intention to
paid exhibitors.
cation at the city hall. Rents w ill and included in this number was ent^r serious w ar-like operations
Among the winners from this also be payable at the city hall.
Chet VanDenburg with his noise
tbe Erench. A force of
section were: Lula Bettis, first I
n
---------------------------making cannon. The train from
French colonials staved off
white w inter wheat; Mrs. Claude
U N IO N H IG H B U IL D IN G the south carrying the guardsmen, a British landing attem pt. British
Arne, first in gray w inter oats;
FOR C R E S W E LL
due to leave out at 8:30, did not “ ips were hlt by D akar shore bat-
Also Mrs. Arne won first in Han-
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arrive until 10:45. In the mean- teries and casualties were ac-
i then barley and first In Minnesota
Voters In the
Creswell school time the guardsmen gave a final knowledge«! on both sides,
wheat; Ralph Laird, route 1 Cres- district approved
a $37,000 bond parade up Main.
. 0 0 the French Indo-China front
well, first in Red Huston wheat, »«sue of $37,000 Saturday for the
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11 was acknowledged that French
withdrawn 15 miles
also third In gray oats and first construction of a building for U. T \
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troops had withdraw
within the Indo-China border and
in Hanchen barley; Mrs. Claude B. S. district No. 12 and a twelve-
that the French troops had been
Arne, first in pop com; Ralph acre tract, a g ift of Mrs. K. B.
Laird, first in Ladi no clover; Lula »«-«-—
encircled by vastly superior Jap
Melton, was accepted. Construe- 1 <
f t
anese forces.
Bettis, first on colored beans; Bon of the building w ill start im- ill
In London, in spite of the heavi
Lynn Zumwalt, first on vetch mediately, it was announced Sat- *’«
Ul
est an ti-aircraft fire yet thrown
seed; Shirley Arne, first on large urday.
in the air, the metropolis suffered
white beans; Mrs. Bernice San-
The high school district in
more death and destruction from
ford, first on embroidered lunch- eludes: Upper Camas Swale, Cam-
Nazi raiders. Wide areas were
eon set; H enrietta Olsen, first on as Center, Howe,
Bear Creek,
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blasted and numerous fires broke
embroidered pillow cases; Mrs. Cloverdale and CreswelL
Eleven successful deer hunters out until the early hours this
Bernice Sanford, third on buffet
had
checked in at the Q uality morning
DR. TOWNSEND COMING
scarf; H enrietta Olsen, first on
M arket shortly a fte r noon Tues-
A t Washington President Roose-
TO EUGENE
three fancy towels;
Jacqueline
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for a slightly better season Velt called out 35,700 more civilian
Morton,
second
on
petite
point;
Jeanne M orton- f l n t on ap S q u e
Dr. Francis E. Townsend, found- , , n
the ??rrc‘spo„ ng, s®as« n soldiers for active duty, bringing
° i the the
fhe number of guardsmen
called
QUllt; Ruth Olson
>n, *—
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on patch
L er of the Townsend pension move- 2^ , 1 ye&f - Practically all 1 of
g
work
w u ir quilt, and first on chair set ment. Is to appear in Eugene, Oc-
returnlng Wll\ 3 beir buc,k to shout 100.000. Yesterday’s or-
and third on child's cap.
cap.
’ tober ■ 15.
ill speak
8:00
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trooP« from five states
mt , and
1*.^. w
otuj
.ipran at
au o
.w bu " 3 ^ u -
i-
_ der
—- caJUed
—
p. m.. it was announced yesterday.
. utW°
UCk?L w*‘re and Puerto Rico and Hawaii.
Arrangements are now being
have h0?"
These troops w ill report for duty
F IM I! P L A N T IN G
• to
- entertain the visitor.
* hernia section. Up to this date the October 15th
made
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!woJ 8 f ges'„ bucks ,were bT UghtJ "
Also at Washington President
.
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by W illie Morelock, weighing 208 Roosevelt is reported
to
have
S L A S H IN G F IR E S
pountte and M. S. Foster, weigh- summoned Vice President G am er
N
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R
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S
maKe two fiah Pontings in local
ing 211 pounds.
an<j other high government offi-
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P i l i n g was made
Slashi__ fipe_ w<>rp
__ H . E. (S y) Eakin probably cials to determine what steps the
numerous
this morning and another sched- „,,„1
g
biggest a ripple of ex- government can take in the dis-
lded ^o r tbls afternoon. Number *iVer
dut5*c t- . tbe past
■-— . ten
— caused the
in Knocrir,»
oi «•»» planted is not known but days> tf om the fires created an c,t* ,” ?nt m bagging f a 180-pounder turbing far eastern situation,
Plantings w ill be an increase
o ,_
,an d . re:
pattern for the
f/PPF If IfflfPF.C /iFP
cr
Vi wUUVtooi
Than Last Year
™k'
Demos
Meet
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Bf
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I F ifh
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Vm y
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Auhr.,v left
Aubrey:
left end
end Seacoe h* ( « d u a lly increased under thel and I Lynx Hollow areas, and two 1 whrtl
janzf
torac
4hn
Hsiz*lr
M K
a
’
hot
and
there
was
the
buck.”
he
I
f
,
J
M in o T ^ ie fT
preaent pJa"
east of the city.
s«ys Other members of the Eakin If O lP T S lf lO n d O V
D. Dugan; quarterback,
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party argue that the buck had a r v o - v ' J r a v f t w w j r
F L Y IN G C L U B T O M E E T
fullback, McKlbben
PLEDGED TO DELTA UP8ILON 1,3(1 case oi heart failure, at any
Swa™ >" yesterday gave a
rate Eakin brought in meat for
the a,^ n ' - who w ill prob-
The Cottage Grove Flying club
halfS,’
c I uim »
Chester White
Van Proyen
ZZT -.»rZT” '7’ •*" ' *"
Ei"*8 , ,
j
. S,b . J L . ^ n Sk.w‘ n , ^ t , “ nd 3rd
In Cotswold ewe lamb class and
lst and 3rd in Cotswold ewe class;
Lyndon Sloan. 3rd in Cotswold
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Î T l J X b v ,"’ -,‘ : !î ° b
in Romney ewe lamb class and
3rd in Romney ewe class.
Bob Moody placed 2nd in
Guernsey heifer class.
In the open class com tpe ting
with adult exhibitors, the
ing boys placed:
Swine: Clifford
Van Prooyen,
°th e r ex-students may appear
,he Hneup. The list: Gates, Spies.
Caton. W o o d a r d
whoons G D u rh am I DnrhTm
B la .T Traiw
'n
n
Gano C o ? h r ' a i ^ Lusk. T i i r i
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r„ d Swanson,
the Local Hunters Find
Old Papers, Magazines
in ai Churchill Cabin
22
W m te
r*
Cn 7
C.,a“ ; , ^ ? b
t2 i£ ^ rhei>te5 ^ h it c
11,^2 m 8 ' fi° b ^ <XK,y’ 2nd ln the
* n^ni|>sFiirt* sow class.
Sheep: Bob W right. 1st in Rom-
ney ewe lamb class; Owen Sloan,
¿ L <? t! ^ ° ,d
T ,amb c,aM
and 3rdJ n t h e e w e c la s s .
Bob Moody placed 3rd in the
‘^,rX y p v i r ‘’¿""’ a. . .
u
t. n U ?
Fi F A ' BhoP d*Yi,,lon the
following b o y s placed: Carlos
Jones 2nd In large construction
(loading c h u te); Clifford Van
Prooyen Placed 2nd in small con-
structlon and Ross Palleske. Don-
aid Lane and Ralph
Holliday
placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd respec-
tlvely In small tool construction
In the stock
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There *• much evidence of the
ear,y
history left in the Bo-
hernia section. Last week two lo-
cal fp* r hunters found many In-
t<*rostfng old Daocrs and macro-,
zines dating back forty years ^ r
more in th^ Al C h u reh llf c"bin
hunters, John Wilson and J.
b . Leonard, did not get their buck.
but they did find copies of the
o,d Sen,lne|. ‘ he Oregonian, then
a weekly paper, and the Guard,
then twice a week, and copies of
the Saturday Evening Post run
ning back as fa r as 1907. The ad-
vertising section of the old papers,
particularly the early day auto
and fashion notes, were very In-
teres ting.
man presided at the start of the
rally and introduced Miss N it«
Mrs. Colen Garoutte. Mrs. Leon
Premazzi, who played three ac-
VanN ortw ick
and
Mrs.
Miles
cordian solos as a feature of the
Knapp w ill leave this week
for
meeting.
M r. Arnest then mtro-
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ting. Mr.
Seaside where they w ill make
duoed N. E. Glass, democratic
the‘r homes during the year that
county chairman and form er resi-
their husbands are in ' training
dent who in turn introduced the
at regular intervals for flying in with the National Guard.
Mrs.
candidates beginning w ith
the
struction.
candidates for the state legisla
Faye Stew art w ill go later.
ture including Clarence Hyde at
Eugene, who said he had no ax to
grind in offering himself for re-
election to the state legislature
and w o u l d
sponsor legislation
H I
FI
George B. Machen, manager of wantpd bY the people. Sid M ilB-
the local employment office won- gan 1(? a leglslatlve candidate, ex-
. .
ders if ladies of this section are P” * 8« 1 3 desire to go to the legis-
all employed. He says the office lature because of his interest in
has had several listings of help
coVn ty 'i
^}lomPson»
\
wanted, principally in the line of
l«g“ lative candidate, urg-
housekeeping. but no applicants.
2 1 2 i-Catl k "' £ P unfy can ~
I f ladies want positions, list your
c*P^ king bnefly
eJ~e:
qualifications at the office.
e by ^ iS 'T n\ aS8* ? o r ’,«<”3aL I? y"
Miss Maxine Love form erly of
cand>date for shenff ; Ethan
Grants Pass has recently assumed
f anr ld^tej f° r S°u" ty
her duties as office secretary. In - E„e,*k:,f8R? L '
Andera»n- ,n J * "
d d e n ta lly Miss Love is boto ef-
° a?d,da<* ofu L L - » V
ficient and attractive and predic- _?î distrÎSÎ attorney, who was tin
tions are that the office w ill ex- ¡‘h ' L / 0
J ,^esî n t’ an d . ^alph
perlence a sharp increase in male L a ‘o \ £ 8îldldal® ,Î^ L c° r" rnis®loner-
listings.
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R«»*rt«on Principal Speaker
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Charles Robertson, democratic
There w ill be an airplane on our
Spnipm hnr"^ y y ’ng Held Sunday
September 29' from 10 a m. to 3
P
W * request everyone inter-
ested in the club to be there. A
ship w ill be available from now on
Bomb Pancakes A London Store
O ther successful hunters report-
8x1 in yesterday afternoon include:
George Matthews. W arren Ed-
wards, E. P.
" Puderbaugh,
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_ . Cherry
brothers. D r. W . H. E a rl John
Kebelbeck, M r. S n e 11, Raymond
and Miles Wicks,
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Employment Office
, a. „
'u^em pYoy^wom en
w
US s.w.S^ifciSSa.
AUens Are Slow in
wh.vp and beef cattle Judging A t - . Registering Here Says
den Copple, a team member, was Pnqtmflotar Malnzv*.
high point individual
in swine -^OSimaSLer IN OlSOn
Judging. Seventeen F.F.A . teams
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from all parts of the W illam ette
I f there are many aliens resid-
Valley competed in this livestock ing In this vicinity, they are slow
Judging contest.
in registering, according to N. J. I
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Nelson, postmaster, who said Mon-
H E A L T H C L IN IC
daY that only five had registered
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at the post office. W hile aliens,
A t the health clinic held last bave until December 31st to regis-
Thursday afternoon ln the office tpr- Postal employes would like to
of the public health nurse seven oomplete the job at least by De- L
pre-school examinations were glv- cpniber 10th to avoid the Christ- P'JJr
en. Seven were given the proven- mas rush. A fte r th at tim e those* ?
tion for diphtheria and five were wbo w «nt to register must take
given the second innoculation for chances on getting good service,
the prevention of diphtheria. D r.
y ° u art* subject to the reglstra-
Shuey
held the clinic In the tlon law > lbe thing
h . e . r
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* to do
- - is to
absence of Dr. E. L. Gardner. He register now.
was assisted by Miss Beatrice
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Turtle, Miss Beryl Napier, new
S A F E T Y P A T R O L C O M P L I-
nssistant nurse, Mrs. Vern Wil-J
M E N T S SCHOOL SYSTEM
Hams and Mrs. J. B. Leonard.
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Representatives of the safety
M r. and Mrs. Bob Cherry, M r. patrol through here yesterday
and Mrs. W illiam Snell, M r. and complimented local officers and
Mrs. Earl
Puderbaugh, W ilbur school officials on the system used
Hoops, John Grubb and Glenn on the highway npar the grade
Duncan returned yesterday from schools. Representatives said it Is
Cable picture passed by British censor and flashed from London
a successful deer hunting trip to-one of the most efficient systems
shows wreckage of large department store in British capital, wrecked
eastern Oregon.
’ used ln the state.
by Nasi bombs. Store has pancaked Into basement, after direct hit.
I*® 6 G
250,000 Pounds Italian
Rye Grass Purchased
By FFC for County
principal speaker and dwelled at
length on international affairs. He
referred to Oregon as the state
with stupendous possibilities in de
veloping its w ater power and re-
.
,
ferred to the electric utilities com-
A quarter of a million pounds of panies as a bunch of racketeers
Ita lia n ryegrass seed was pur- who sought to take away from thé
chased in Lane County this week people the right of a natural
by the federal commodity credit heritage. The speaker said he lived
corporation for the agricultural fo r twenty three years in Europe
conservation program, according coming back to his home state,
to O. S. Fletcher, county agent. Oregon, several times to regain his
Four carloads of the seed were health. He learned to like every
shipped to Tennessee to be plant- European nation he ever lived in
ed for erosion control purposes on and came away w ith a different
areas affected by floods where view of the European problems,
Italian ryegrass is not commonly He said he was opposed to con-
used and opens a new outlet for scription of industry as opening
Italian ryegrass seed. Lane county the road to a dictatorship and was
purchases were handled by the opposed to the entry of America
Lane County A gricultural Conser- in w ar unless this nation is at-
vation association.
tacked
The speaker drew a rather dis
SEWING FALL GRAIN
mal picture of the ultim ate out-
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come of the present conflict, one
farm ers have taken advantage which would react unfavorably on
of the seasonal weather to sow fall America regardless of which side
grains.
M any
have previously won. However, Germany would be
sown oats and oats and vetch and the most difficult to deal w ith if
wheat and have a nice stand of she wins, which iis not likely
grain coming up.
cording to Col. Robertson.
One gardener tells of sweet
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corn planted last spring, which
M argaret Bressler entered Ore-
never came u p .,A fte r the recent gon University a t Eugene yester-
ralns, the com came right up.
day.
ac-