Draft Boards Are
Named for South
Lane Precincts
Meeting at Armory Tomorrow
Evening to Hand Out
Supplies.
THE SENTINEL
VOLUME LI
COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY OREGON,
Geo. Stout IFins
Speaking Contest
George Stout, graduate of the
local high school with the class of
1940, distinguished himself as an
POLLS TO BE OPEN FROM outstanding
speaker when he plac
ed first in the Future Farmer
7 A. M. TO 9 P. M.
alumni contest In which he com
peted against the state champions
Of particular interest to men id ( ’iilifiirnin. Idaho and W ashing
within the selective service age In ton. George won the state alumni
South Ij»ne county Is the machin contest In the spring at the state
ery set In motion for the task of F.F.A. convention which placed
registering large numbers on Oc him as the Oregon representative
tober 16lh . W. B. Dillard, Lane to compete agnlnst the other three
county clerk, Informed the Senti northwest states.
The Northwest Association of
nel this morning that a meeting
would be held In the armory Fri Future Farmers called their an
day (tomorrow evening) at which nual meeting Friday night, Octo
time supplies will be delivered to ber 4th, at which time the speak
the various precincts. L. L. Ray. ing contest was held and other
district attorney, will be present honors conferred on outstanding
to Interpret the provisions of the F.F.A. boys. Stout’s speech was,
law anti C. A. Swarts. sherllff, will "Why A Farmer?" Mr. Gallagher
also be In attendance, llarry Met of California placed second with
calf has charge of the registration the speech, "Soil Erosion. Idaho
in the four precincts here as well placea 3rd with "Soli Conserva
tion,” and Washington placed 4th
as Row River.
Here Is a list of board mem- with the speech, "Farm Tenancy."
bera of the various precinct*, A cash prize of $20 was awarded
which consists of a veteran and to all four speakers by the Port
land Stockyard* company.
two civilians:
Saturday morning the Pacific
ITJTTAGE GROVE — Precinct
llevstock
1 - Mrs. C. J. Kern, Wilbur Work International F. FT A.
judging contest was held with 150
man anti P. J. Rush.
Precinct 2 C. C. Morelock, T. teams from Oregon, Washington
and Idaho competing. Oregon plac
G. Short and B. C. Davenport.
Precinct 3- Mary Clerin. Mrs. ed first In both stock Judging and
C. E. Umphrcy apd Joe T. Smith. dairy judging; Baker took the
Precinct 4 Mrs. Clyde Roberts. first prize banner In stock judging
and Molalla captured the first
Mrs. N. Preston and Eh Sporay.
ROW RIVER: M r s. Claude prize banner In dairying. The Cot
Arne. C. A. King and Roy 8. Hand. tage Grove team consisting of Bob
The place of registration for the Wright. Pau, Anderson and Per-
above precincts Is the armory and rlon Hocker placed fourth high In
the polls In all precincts will be Poland-China swim- judging In
open from 7:00 a. m. to 9:00 p. m. competition with 75 teams from
Here are the precincts with three states In this division.
places for registration in the re
maining precincts of South Lake
county:
SAGINAW: Walker high school
-Clyde Wright. John Dunlevy.
Lawrence Porter.
SILK CREEK: Cedar school house
--W A. Hemenway, Hiram Wheel
Thanksgiving t u r k e y dinners
er, Frank Willis.
will be eaten no November 21 in
LORANE: Grange Hall A. A. 31 states this year. That's the date
Kelly. B. C. Addison, W. T. Moore. to be designated Thanksgiving day
LATHAM: Latham school house- - by
President Roosevelt, It was an
Archie E. Walker, George S. nounced at New York.
Smith, Sherman Godard.
Julius Heil of Wiscon
LONDON: Hall over Woods' sin Governor
hasn't reached an answer to
store J. E. Iianton, Harper e a s the question yet, but the Associa
ier, Herbert Shortrldge.
tion of National Advertisers. Inc..
BRUMBAUGH: Walden school said
Sunday that the other 16
house -Ilarry C a s t l e , Arnold states would stay with tradition
Duerst, Butte Mooney.
am i observe the last Thursday of
DORENA: Farmers' Union hall — the month. November 28.
Edward W. Thwlng. Harry Shear
They are: Arkansas. Connecti
er. Arthur Bales.
cut, Florida. Iowa, Kansas Massa
CULP CREEK: Culp C r e e k chusetts. Nevada. New Hampnhire,
school house Warren Edwards. North Carolina. Oklahoma. Penn
Raymond E. Wicks. Loren W. sylvania. Rhode Island. South Da
Hunt.
kota. Tennessee, Vermont and
probably Maine.
31 States to Have
Thanksgiving 21st
Smith Car Stolen’
Wrecked Saturday
After eluding officers for two
days, Lloyd Ward, about twenty-
four, was arrested at Westfir
Tuesday morning by State Patrol
man Tabor and John Schafer,
chief of police, charged with the
theft of the Joe Smith Chevrolet.
According to the story told of the
car theft, the Smith car was
taken from in front of the O. O,
Vcatch home on Fifth street about
9:00 o'clock Saturday night as Mr.
Smith was preparing for a fish
ing trip and had run into the
house for a short time leaving the
ignition key in the car.
The car was tuken by Ward
who is said to have raced down
the highway toward Drain and
came to grief about a mile below
Comstock when the car was over
turned. Because a warrant could
not be obtained on Sunday, it was
not until the following day that
officers were able to obtain action.
Ward was said to have been taken
out of the car by acquaintances
whom he had run off the highway
fearing a collision. He was fortu
nate enough to escape serious in
juries. The car was practically de
molished.
1st Conference Game
The first conference football
game in the Lane-Douglas County
League for Cottage Grove union
high school will he held tomorrow
night (Friday) at Kelly field at
7:45 p. m. with Reedsjiort high
school. This will be a crucial game
for Curtis French’s pigskin artists
since these schools were in a tie
for championship honors last year.
Reedsport has dropped two games
this season and the Lions lost to
North Bend last week, so both
teams will be attempting to stage
b win.
With the new lights installed
and additional bleacher seats pro
vided, a capacity crowd Is antici
pated. The boys of the industrial
arts department built two sections
of bleacher seats with materials
donated by the Durable Fir Lum
ber company, the Bohemia Lum
ber company, and Graber-Gettys
Hardware company.
175 Street Markers
To Soon Be in Place
Approximately 175 street mark
ers will soon be in place over town
to guide the stranger in finding
certain locations. The markers,
consiisting of a 4x4 post painted
white with street numbers sten
ciled on the four sides of the post,
were ready to be set Tuesday. The
posts painted and stenciled by
NYA workers, are seven feet in
length, they will be set in the
ground about three feet, leaving
four feet of painted surface with
the lettering designed to come
Just under the headlight of the
average auto.
The wixxlen posts will not be
used along Main street in the
business section, but instead it
has been suggested that street
names be painted on the lamp
posts. Street n a m e s along the
main thoroughfare will be painted
In black on a white background.
C. E. Stewart Resigns
Position of County
Fruit Inspector, 15th
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10, 1940
COMING EVENTS OF INTEREST;
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
More than 1,500 different makes
of electric, steam and internal-
combustion passenger cars have
been built and marked In the
United States, the Oregon State
Motor association stated in a re
cent publication.
Draft Boards Will
City Propose
Have Much Power caded Stree
Hale N et« fOS.OO
scheduled to have been played
Draft headquarters Monday at
next Sunday, but Milligan said he Washington published official reg
had to be In Portland on that ulations s i g n e d by President
date.
Roosevelt to govern classification
of 16,404,000 expected registrants
The black bear that disappear for military training under the
ed from the Shady Brook camp, nation’s first peacetime conscrip
nix miles south of town last week, tion.
The regulations were termeii by
has returned. The bear, belonging
to Mr. and Mrs, Frank Nadine, draft officials “the most import
returned to the camp after a ten- ant rules to be issued in prepara
day absence, maybe it was a vaca tion for mobilization of United
tion. When the animal saw Mrs. States manpower."
N s t’l l e t t e r W ritin g W eek
Nadine coming with food he ran
The draft’s high command pro
We are reminded by the local and Jumped ,n his box and start nounced two outstanding princi
post office that October 6th to l’d begging for the eats.
pals in a preamble statement of
12th la "National le tte r Writing
policy: That the entire conscrip
Week." which should be observed.
tion process will be completed
Keep !><>g« at Home
The PO force was silent on the
without partiality or political in
John
Schaffer,
chief
of
police,
suggestion that stamps should be has requested school children com fluence; and that preservation of
offen-d at a discount d u r i n g the ing to school to leave their dogs the American famiiy as a nation
week to encourage the writing of at
home. Dogs following the chil ally important unit will be recog
letters. Anyway we only have 400 dren to school have caused some nized and guaranteed.
such weeks to crowd into 52 and complications, including a traffic
Status of all registrants, as to
to observe another one won't hurt problem. Unless the dogs are left availability for service and rights
you. '
at home officers will have to call to deferment, will be calculated
the county dog catcher and this according to four main classifica
M illig a n Champion (io lfe r
tions. containing 13 sub-classifica
will
be bad on the dogs.
It will no doubt be a surprise to
tions, and will depend upon family
many, but we have a Bobby Jones
and
occupational circumstances,
A brown bicycle is in storage at and physical,
the second right here in our own
mental and moral
midst in the person of Sidney the city hail and so far has not fitness.
been
claimed
by
the
owner.
The
Milligan, who makes these city
Dr. Frederick Osborn, chairman
slickers set up and take notice wheel has no tag. It may be claim of President Roosevelt's advisory
when It comes to playing this cow ed by proper description.
committee on conscription, said
jjastun- pool. Milligan will meet
the rules were "unexpectedly
In a radio broadcast over KOAC brief,’ and far more general in
Ix>n Deal, Sunday the 20th, for
the Eugene city golf tournament, last evening at 9:00 o’clock a character than had been antici
having won the right to meet Deal round table discussion was held on pated." No hard and fast rule can
when he beat Bert Prescott 4 and "Clothing for the College Girl,” in operate in the draft, he said, and
3 to shoot eleven under par last which Miss Ilene Trunnell of La “no ironclad rule can be laid down
Sunday on the Ijiurelwood course tham took a part. Others on the for a nation the size of ours.”
in Eugene. Milligan was hot, and program were Mrs. Clara Eder-
Far-reaching discretion w a s
maybe bothered, when he disposed bum, instructor in home econom placed, therefore, in the hands of
of his opponent Sunday and plans ics. Miss Louise Moyer. Miss local boards, which will determine
to meet lx*al ,n the finals Sunday Betty Sue M c C r e a d y and MJss deferments upon the individual
.......... merits of each case, guided by gen
week. Originally the match was Opal Myers.
eral rules promulgated. Draft
headquarters is striving to make
selection a local community prob
lem, and to decentralize it to the
Cottage Grove
The following summary of prog
, point where Washington officials
ress on the three flood control
Progress on the Coast Fork dam
act only in advisory and su
dams in this area was released continues at a steady pace with will
pervisory capacities, it was ex
yesterday at the office of the U. S. the 60th day of operations finding plained.
Engineers :
some 80,000 cubic yards of rolled
F ern Ridge
fill in the embankment section of
The 145th flay of construction the earth dam and 95.000 cubic
on the Fern Ridge dam finds 940,- yards of material excavated from
000 cubic yards of earth excava the spillway foundation area. 650,-
tion placed in the rolled fill sec 000 cubic yards additional materi
tion of the dam structure. Daily al will be required to complete the
progress continues apace with earth dam section of this project.
some 300,000 cubic yards of ma * Erection of the concrete mixing
The fall term of Lane county
terial yet to be moved into place. plant and the cement storage fa circuit
court will convene October
More than 10,000 cubic yards of cilities at the damsite are under 21st in the court room, Eugene,
rock riprap revetment have been way. indicating early activity on and in preparation of this event
placed on the upstream side of the the concrete and steel spillway the jurors were drawn Monday.
completed embankment. Approxi section.
The panel includes two women
mately 51.000 cubic yards of rock
and twenty-nine men. Several are
Excavation
for
the
access
road
will be placed before this feature
has been virtually completed and from south Lane:
is complete.
Lester Merrideth, Eugene route
More than 6 700 cubic yards of further activity on this feature is 3; Warren Korstad. Eugene route
waiting
the
arrival
of
the
120-fodt
concrete have been placed in the
3; Guy Simpkins. Eugene route 2;
spillway structure with steady steel bridge.
George Hastings. Disston route.
Clearing of the right-of-way for Cottage Grove; Louis R. McCon
progress continuing on this con
crete and steel structure. More the relocated telephone and power nell. RFD 1. Creswell: Lee Wil
than 310.000 pounds of steel has line through the reservoir has liams, Black Butte route. Cottage
already been incorporated in this been completed except for the Grove; P. A. Anlauf, Cottage
necessary burning and construc Grove; Rolph M. Howard, RFD 1,
feature.
Clearing of the reservoir area tion of the power line has been Eugene; Naomi Deming, Elmira:
continues at an accelerateed pace started by the California Oregon C. L. Inman. Springfield: Albert
with five government owned trac Power company.
Bloomer. Oakridge: F. C. Lord,
tors decking the brush and trees
RFD 1, Creswell: D. H. Hoising
Dorena
Reservoir
for burning.
ton. Creswell; Jack Ponsler. Flor
Exploration work contninues on ence;
Public interest in this project
J. R. Coleman. Coburg; E. E.
continues with vLsitors from all this damsite with the operation of Wert, Oakridge; E. E. Smith. Oak
sections of the United States reg two drillinng machines engaged in ridge.
istered by the War Department exploring the s i t e proposed for
From Eugene: Leo Deffenbach-
representative on the site each the spillway and the taking of er, Charles M. Emery. E. L. Ken
samples in the borrow area.
Sunday.
nedy, H. E. Cully. Volney Hemen
way. LeRoy Kerns. James L. Fur
HEALTH CONFERENCE
COLUMBUS DAY PROGRAM
nish. Day Foster. Larry Roskamp.
The parents and pupils of Silk
The Monthly Child Health con Nora L. Shinn. W. P. Fell. C. C.
Creek school are giving a Colum ference will be held next Thursday Carter, Lee Griner. Henry Nurre.
bus day program and pie supper at the office of the public health
The Lane county grand jury has
this evening at the Silk Creek nurse. Appointments can be made been called to convene October 14.
school, starting at 7:30 p. m. Pre Saturday morning or Thursday The call was issued by Judge G. F.
ceding the pie supper the pupils morning by calling 180-J. Helpers Skipworth. Tuesday. Several crim
of Silk Creek school will give a will be Miss B e a t r i c e Turtle. inal matters will be investigated.
Columbus day program under the Miss Byrl Napier, Mrs. W. E. Le- E. R. Lemley is the only member
direction of Miss Margaret Leum, bow, Mrs. Harold Houser and of the jury from this section.
teacher.
Mrs. Vern Williams.
Forget-me-not d a y s observed
here Friday and Saturday netted
I he DAV a total of $63.00. John
Dunlevy, staff officer, announced.
Procee<is of the two days will go
toward aiding the disabled vet
erans and their families. No small
credit is due the bevy of pretty
girls who volunteered their ser
vices and worked faithfully at the
job.
Progress on Construction of Dams
Fall Term Circuit
Coart Convenes 21
STATE 4-H TEAM TO BIG SHOW
17 Aliens Registered
At Local Postoffice
Seventeen aliens had been regis
tered at the Cottage Grove post
office up to Tuesday noon. N. J.
Nelson announced. Five have been
registered this week. Registrants
have come only a short distance
up to 125 miles. The farthest away
have been in south Douglas coun
ty. December 27th is the final date
for registration of aliens under
the law and postal employes want
to avoid a rush if possible duriing
the Christmas holidays. Requests
have been made that all subject
to registration should do so before
December 10th.
Three other post offices in the
county had registered a total of
294 aliens up to this time, it was
learned Tuesday.
C. E. Stewart, well known local
resident, has resigned his position
of county fruit inspector, effective
October 15. It was learned yester
day. Mr. Stewart said he resigned
because he felt he needed a rest
after twenty-eight years of ser-
vice to the county without a vaca
tion. Harold Loughead. who has
served as assistant Inspector for
the past year, will assume Mr.
Stewart’s duties ufter October
15th, in all parts of the county ex
cept this district, which has been
nsslgned to H. C. Williamson, high
school agricultural teacher.
DR. TOWNSEND TO SPEAK
Dr. Francis T. Townsend w i l l
speak at McArthur Court in Eu
gene, Tuesday, October 15, 1940.
Spread the news throughout the
country and be there with your
friends. E. W. Walker, chairman.
NUMBER 9
e r a l d keh rlt » n d nruc«
ucta aa food, than prepare a ch eese
C henowith, 17-year-old 4-H'era
sauce, salad, a cassero le dish, des-
G from
Portland, are Oregon's entry aert and a n ovelty dish. • • • sta te
In th e n ation al dairy foods dem on-
■ tratlon co n test to be held at the
N ational D airy Show In Harrisburg,
Pa., October 11-19. • • • The boya
explain tha uses o f cheeae from
breakfast to the m idnight anack.
A ssisted by their m others, both
local leadera, and by C. J. Weber,
olty club sg e n t, they present the
hlatory o f tha uaa o f dairy prod-
w inners are slv e n trips to the na
tional co n test by the K raft Cheese
C o m p a n y , w hich also aw ards
w atches to m em bers o f the top
team from each of th e four ex ten
sion sections. • • • Conducted by
the extension service, the con test
w as started this year to teach
youth to know and dem onstrate the
value of dairy foods.
Street Closures
Gi Vouncilm en
Bad V dache
lake Barri
ooessible
to Traffic.
WANT SAFETY MEASURES
FOR SCHOOL 8TS
The matter of street closures
along the .85 of a mile of new
highway in the south part of town,
now nearing completion, may de
velop into a permanent headache
for members of the city council, at
least until the proposition is set
tled. It was the chief topic of dis
cussion at the regular council
meeting Monday evening. Approxi
mately 200 property owners have
signed petitions protesting the
closure of the follwoing streets in
tersections; Washington,
South
8th, South 7th and Jefferson. The
petition was presented the council
by Nelson Durham.
The highway s t r i p has been
graded and constructed according
to the original plan, which called
for the closure of four streets.
Councilmen talking on the contro
versy said they understood the
highway department would hold a
public hearing on the matter be
fore proceeding with the final
plans, b u t. the highway depart
ment evidently figured otherwise.
Now the council has proposed to
the highway department through
H. W. Lombard, city attorney,
that the city be permitted 7o make
the barracaded streets accessable
to traffic; the expense of such a
project to be borne by the city.
L. W. Coiner, city recorder, in
commenting on the proposal, said
there were no funds budgeted for
fixing the intersections, but that
the city might be able to use
enough gravel and blacktop to
tide the traffic over until next
year.
Making 6th street and Taylor
avenue safe for high school traffic
was another subject discussed
Monday by councilmen. Two sug
gestions as a safety measure have
been made, one is a “School,
Slow” sign at the intersection of
Taylor and 6th, and the other is
a traffic lane running across 6th
street. A caution light might not
be amiss at the intersection of the
two streets, since raffic coming
from Taylor on 6th comes in at
a blind crossing.
New Books at the
Hi School Library
The new fiction books that have
been added to the high school li
brary this fall are:
“Silver Chief, Dog of the North”
by Jack O’Brian: "Bright Island.”
Mabel L. Johnson; "Uncharted
Ways,” Caroline Snedeker: “River
Rising." Hubert Skidmore; "An
Sail S e t,” Armstrong Sperry;
"Iron Duke,” John R. Tunis: "The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
Mark Twain; "Natalie.” Enid
Johnson; "Clay Hanger.” Arnold
Bennett: “Lost Island." N o r a
Burglon; "Sue Barton." Helen
Boyston; "Here I Stay,” Elizabeth
Coatsworth; “Mary Peters,” Mary
Ellen Chase; “Bed Hiefer.” J. D.
Davidson; "Land for My Sons,”
Maribelle Cormack; “The Little
Shepherd of Kingdom Come.”
John Fox, Jr.; ‘A Dog at His
Heels," Charles Finger; “Steve
Merrill, Engineer,” William Hey-
liger; "Red Sky,” Theodore Harp
er; "Lassie Come Home,” Eric
Knight; “Goodbye Mr. Chips,”
James Hilton; "Mansions in the
Cascades,” Anne Monroe; “If I
Have Four Apples,” Josephine
I-awerence; "Hobnailed Boots,”
Jeanette Nolan.
There are 14 library science
students and about 24 students all
together working in the library.
Quite a few books have gone
through the librarians hands al
ready, which indicates that the
students are showing more inter
est than ever in the books in the
school library.
Fire Destroys House
A two-story dwelling at 1708
East Main belonging to Mrs. Dan
Alleh was destroyed by fire at an
early hour this morning. Origin of
the blaze, which started in the
back of the building, was not
learned. Occupants of the house
were not at home at the time of
the fire, which started about 2:00
a. m. A group of volunteers saved
much of the household goods,
EXAMINER HERE
when they entered the burning
A traveling examiner of opera building and carried out furniture.
tors and chauffeurs will be at the
city hall October 14th from 9:00 HURT IN FALL FROM BICYCLE
a. m. to 5:00 p. m. for the purpose
Shirley Allen, daughter of Mr.
of issuing permits to drive cars.
and Mrs. Don Allen, received a
slight concussion of the brain
POTTER RITES
Rites for Judge E. O. Potter, Tuesday afternoon when she fell
well known Eugene attorney, were from her bicycle while riding with
held at the Veatch chapel Tues several playmates on West Main.
day morning with Dr. Williston While she is still confined to her
Wirt officiating. J u d g e Potter bed, she is on the road to recovery,
passed away Sundnay morning. 1 her father said last night.