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About The Cottage Grove sentinel. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon) 1922-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1940)
THE SENTINEL County Tax Rate Cut of Five Mills Now in Prospect AH Must Register COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY OREGON, VOLUME LI Tentative Figures Made Known Yesterday at County Budget Session. CITY RATE TO BE FOR 1941. L E SS Then- is a nmiiDcctIve reduction • '•wsv sn «• Iivv ■ VAS14S (tun of five mills In the county tax rate, it was announced at Eugene roliowlng a yesterday artemoon afternoon following meeting of the budget committee. in what wa* probably the flnai session of the committee, it was learned from authoritative sources that In the 1941 budget the county rate would be five mills less than In the was ... ...w 1940 budget which m m u rran * 17 ■ mills and 11 mills less than the 1939 rate. A tentative total of the county budget wa* «.HavwMn* announced ... as $882,109, an Increase of $121,648 over 1940. Estimated receipts, cash Lions Move Unto lx “C r iS S s iW e “ r h cut in the <xHinty*'rate. . . . . . . ... Included In the expendltureswas an iU-m of $14 (MM) for modern bookkeeping and addressograph machine*. Among other ItemsI in- . $352,- r HIT I Jr(it t THURSDAY. OCTOBER 24. 1940 Captain Erb Says $370,000 Spent To le on Dams NUMBER 11 Roosevelt-Wallace Club Is Organized Hot Contest Is in Prospect for H. S. King, Queen Race [ . Y Well Over Employee Cottage t f)V L ./th A Roosevelt-Wallace club was In the county included Mrs. Hes- / organized here last night when ter Reed, chairman; Mr*. Julia — —— 1 about fifty voter* met in the coun- Brown, secretary; Mis* Margaret Any registrant for national con- ell chamber of the city hall and D um , treasurer; J. A. Wikoff, script ion who failed to present elected club officers. A delegation first vice chairman; Mrs. Florence himself before registrar boards from Eugene headed by Frank C. Moore, second vice chairman; G wepk will have until national Pursley district chairman of the B. Arnest, membership chairman; Will the underclassmen surpass lottery day, October 29, to com- Roosevelt-Wallace clubs and sev- Mrs. Verne Stewart, second vice mighty seniors who are ahead ply with the law, It wa* announc- eral candidates were present. Offi- membership chairman. Executive fke latest carnival queen and ed Monday in a t e l e g r a m from cers named for the local Roosevelt committee: A. M. Brown, Mrs. king count? The count for_queen national headquarters to Ben Dor- Wallace club, the fourth organized Faye Allison and Chas. R. Porter. UP Wednesday noon m : Marcia a « __ _____........................................ ■" ■ ■ — ■■■ — __ _____ . chairman . _«____ ® of Unirvl tu.ninr S lQfl* ( DI. N. Ë. Glass, county Brund. senior, 5,190; MllHron Mildred Col- rb* ,of the Lane county board, Eugene was present and made a ,ier- freshman, 2,760; Betty Fish- Dp until that time the regls- short address before the gathering er- Junior, 1,430; Virginia Brown, trants will not be treated as de- as did L. L. Ray, candidate for *ophomore, 730. Unquenta, but after the number» reelection as district attorney; King count is: Bud McCoy, are called the army will h a v e n o z » z iz is s z j Jsai Clarence Hyde, candidate for the «enior, 4,890; Donald Davenport, cho*ce but to prosecute, Dorr I; legislature; Ralph Laird, candidate freshman, 2,740; Douglas Johnson, Ma*d . . . . . ' for county commissioner and Eth- Junior, 1,410; Charles Cooley, The three Lane county boards FI / an Newman, candidate for county sophomore, M0. . ____ are n<?L5E,Hr?l'red The numerous booths are near- clerk. floor of the old » postoffice building O , ing completion. Several new and u5 Sixth and Willamette streets in different concessions have been Eugene. Cottage Grove's spirited Lions added, such as: Ring beano, shoot- Registrants from any ~ - - part of moved into undisputed leadership _ , ing gallery, wheel concession, the United States may receive (rf |h<f l ^ . d ^ i *,, |,.agUe by T q throwing darts at numbers, ri.ngo their registration cards from these rornpjng over the highly touted _______ and wingo, besides the good old ^ i t r y ’S ’MUrt th.U.ber 29th J S S t ^ b y an X t X l X * administration standbys of former years. President Roosevelt will launch ™ ^ ,1 FridaTnight at project for of,,ce and ck>rical he,p ^ » » r a t e costumes planned »he first peacetime draft In the }£.1 ¿ « J , q,OInecom- ,n ,he public schools here has been for the coronation are to be a sur- United States, October 29th, Draft , '....me announced by H. B. Fem n, super- prise. Dlrector Dykstra announced Mon- n? J l i t ’ flnit nlav of the Kamc intendent of schools, who will The completed carnival program , n lgh tS ecretary of War Henry , h.? « ¡ 0 ,.^ (¿ m b le/a n d G Dugan *erve “ ■P°nsor Any K^1- who is w111 ** follows: First the queen ‘ w|11 dr; w , h(. number r r a high school graduate, between and king coronation, then several ,n J na, 1(>n. wld(, lottery, in which ^ s 24-yard Vine A fte? this thp «K es^f 18 and 25. can apply special numbers by the orchestra, .....i-7rwvirwi h n 1,1 ticket* .‘ •‘na.11 / afa . , , __ for this work. Registration should •'The Lighthouse Keepers Daugh- Men Are Now Aorena and Dams. MODEL STUDY STILL UN DERWAY AT DORENA. Captain L. D. Erb of the U. S. . j - _- a at t*.. Eu- Engineers, district office gene Was the principal speaker at tbe weekjy luncheon of the Chaîn ber of Commerce here Tuesday noon Captain Erb, who has been recent)y promoted from Lieuten- ant captain, gave a summary the progress on the construction ot two lo ^ i flood control dams. the cottage Grove or Coast Fork dam Lorena dam. Only geophysical work of course has on Dorena dam, the ^ ^ r a c t for which has not been Jet lt may be several weeks be- fore the i>,rena contract is let. he Mid. are niaklng a modei study o, the Dorena basin and two or montha may be required to complete the study. ¿york on the Cottage Grove dam started on t h e ^ ls t of July ‘ L ? . ^ _ d to d a te 130.000 ___ oaqqo cubic stripping T / Z J QH Qj L,(ZQ.0U@ 0V U(Zl (ZCltlllif ullllCTS NYA Project Open YoUIlg People ________ has been JUg 250,000 cubic yards moved against and $8-1.000 for bond redemption. " w ,ïh m thr. è w<^ks after wa* aH the U ons KarneUu"t u lect program the run begins in or a to ta l o f $83 ’ 109 E stim a ted T lnu,e“ "J’” •••• clo sin g m om en ts oi an w nen ------- -------- -------------- estimated 700,000 cubic yards. rnni.Nl /L.,lhln closing moments of tne the n half when gym . .................. HEBRON ORANGE ------------ In the em tenkm en. work the™ has been excavated 100,000 cubic « ¿ S ’ to"be” raiser/ by taxation. ^ “ininZ cam n s^ A ^ otii of 800 000 out ° ^ o u r passes, netting them a yards against an estimated 860,000 Hebron Grange met at the He- cubic yards. Workmen are rushtig N . rro<~U on O t , BndpA w„ | „ . by j „ „ . 15,h AI- ^ „ ‘ ‘.tlU » y - X . Ï ™ O æ C k S U s M llg R « ! to get the spillway foundation There were no protests mark- at though 4.000,000 more men are in- . - . .. aame “ .^w.. _ _ , comoleted. completed. When the rains set in, in. draft than In , thf> third quarter Don n i lX ,^ e nMo f 8 L u m b e r C o . L a n d the foundation work and pouring a tax (layers* meeting held at the volved In the 1940 ,____ city lu.ll Monday evening, when the World War lottery, the draw- Dugan caught a 12-yard pass on ----------- concrete will be the principal acti- tax payers were given the oppor- Ing Is e x p ected to ta k e l ^ t i m e 3i)“ from “ McKibb^n Mr'’ H a l d i ^ S n ^ t h ^ n l w Buckers and fallers and other vity around the dam. Good weath- (unity to protest the budget. In than did the drawing in 1917. and loped over for the second *evu,.u dij(trict dpputy, Mrs. Haldorsen is workmen worxmen of or the m e Cottage Grove er has materially aided progress fact no tax payers appeared at the ------------------ ----- Lion counter to put them in the p n n o n n G ranee and Lumber company checked w h a t here and at Fern Ridge, he said, lead 12-6. Later in the same peri- M_ .. P i • o . VPar member of might have been a bad slashing which will be practically complete meeting City taxpayers may be also given a slight reduction ac- ® od McKIbben personally account- Mani„ fv eeg Grance and on fire in <*»« woods of that company ed if the dirt work can be earned ed for a touchdown when he went L . p airricultural committee east of town Saturday before any on another three weeks. The crew cording to tentative figures. through center from the five after The’ m in u ter1 o T “ t h T ^ v i o u s extensive damage was done^ Be- which «clearin g the basm at Fern a Miller pass was intercepted by meeting "were” read and approved cause ot tlle mt”ense heat prevail- Ridge will be moved here as soon Jones. McKibben crossed the goal ™ a r e w L s given by J ^ n ^ e mg over this section Saturday, a as it becomes too wet to work Dorena Grange had its regular after »lx P,ajp and an Morton on the Home Economics slashing fire got out of control there. meeting on October 17th with Mrs. penalty put the ball on the five djvij!ion and threatened to burn the don- Todate engineering crew and Minnie Wagner in charge during ear > ,n Mr. Haldorsen talked on Grange key and a number of logs. It was contractors have spent approxi- the lecture hour Mr Ronald Bu- ‘»J1 on SpnngfieW s 30, worR ,n thp dhstrict and Mrs Hal- fortunate that workmen were in ^ j y 5370.000 0« the two dams, ford, manager of the Lane County McKibben threw a pass to Phillips spokp on Pornona Grange the woods and the blaze was soon Now the T. E Connolly Inc., ■ Electric Co-op was the speaker. He on the five which was good for work Mr Baker t o l d of w o r k checked with a fire trail blazed working from 90 to 100 men, an engineering crew of about 24 is on discussed the plans of organiza- another and done at the last session of the around the burned area. the ground and the Dorena dam tion and also the construction oi ''I 2 . EL?' s t a t e agricultural committee “ ~ ~ is working about forty men. A flue fire at the Ernest Glen- lhe Co-op. He urged the members p LJE, ( rt>,s'”*r and th€ «•« e meeting, the main topic being an B O W llI lg A l l C y S Commenting on the fact that son home, 1136 West Main «trefL to cooperate as this is their co-op. n n l v explanation of the milk supply * R u i1 /1 in < r destroyed the upper story of the ■pj,e preliminary work is about The Millen, threa ened y bm which is now up for repeal at F O T W C lS O Il x S U l l u i n ^ the engineers have kept guides on dwelling Tuesday night, but fire- completed and actual construction « " « ¿ 2 the Section, m p n and find vr>Ilint««f*rN ere a able b le t<) QUHrtCT IMllI Oi paS.SCS p u l r« ® m a r men volunteers W were to ...m w ills ta r t soon. ?iEail e n WnOfl a A motion t a was made and carried The Nelson building j u s t off Capt. Erb stated that there were save moat of the furniture. The jje suggested that members not bal1 c ®,,a K*LL” L , g i v i n g Alfred White authority to Main on Fifth street is being re- 250 visitors registered at Fern fire department was called to the thelr houses until lines are but a 1 9 ipp* „ EJ;? act for the building committee, modeled to accommodate an up-to- Ridge Sunday against about six Gleason home at 7:30 p. m. to ex- j Pflnitely located and that there MulnL,rB?L d ? hX.v?iLiPa^on<Eh to Meetings will continue at the old date bowling parlor. The building to eight here. tinguish a flue fire and again at would be meetings to follow when Millers never re v iv e d enough to Hebron sch<x)l until other arrange- now occupied by the Thaxton Mo- ______________ ______ def*ar1nLentuiWa* ?a,led wiring of homes would be dis- of »he ments are made. tor Service is being partitioned • <» » »• again. This time the blaze almost In the closing seconds ot tne follow ing the business meeting for the installation of four ten-pin A got beyond control and gutted the Master, Loren Hunt, had ««me M< Kibben p‘^nged through refreshments were served by Mrs. alleys to be operated by a Salem upper charlfe during durlne the the business business meet meet- <*nt$r from Springtleld s t Charles Führer, Mrs. Leon Morton man. The new owner, whose name -1 L j story »N before • being . . . t extin- ui charge another Lion touchdown, but it guished. Firemen fought the blaze until the curly hour» of morning Nettle Cawley announced "2" ¿ ¡ “ ^ n a i!» was *DinnhZ*on ------------ — 7 * * fMnUy'dOTm'netrtweeIc, It was un- Buckers and Fallers O. n Orena Grange Will Elect Officers 011 J?/ssz> JCf«*/) Z)z>c/v*/itic November Seventh r lu e r i r e U e s tr o y s ____ Part of Gleason Home on IF. Main ft AnZl“ljtuIlOIIIIß POrCeS A r€ A d lV € Ä ? Ä home of Dr. street. Klme Ä across ”h *• Ä the K | i (>r,rv Williamson reiiorted A. O’Hern Critically Injured in 68 Foot Fall at Chambers Mill Allen O'Hem, aged about 32, y - r it ie n llv I n i u r e d F rk lav a f- was c-r-itually lnJ 1 1 hr temoon .rn’tw.™ nn H p wns re- J. H. (Chambers re nalrinw a roof at mill. the He time was of the pairing a roof at the tim< or tne accident and fell fifty-eight feet to the ground. The fall broke both arms, one leg above the knee and Air», S S ^ o T T h e Ä S Carl Hambro, Norway dem.ood for be promptly rammed his way 9v*A<ri/1avi+ TURKEY SHIPMENTS His through center again for a first Parliament President, STABT SOON Si r.-nd'iSe'XT^ S T A Speaks at Eugene, 22 lore Freshening. o n ^ r V h S Fn Dorena. The Home Economics club Is to meet at the home of Mrs. Claude Arne on October 29th. This to be an Hl1 d«y m eetin g. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Laird were Visitors from the Jasper Grange. Kach responded with a short talk. Mr_ Ardella „,G ~rg® , ^ Q " Vrl<- 8 i lr V4.A, ,J el,a Black were reported The sales slips contest was dis- _ , „ / ---- 7— Jhe N? r * W parliT a ment JE5' President of the League of spokv ii° ^ ^ ‘7 ° audi®n^e Ä toe^iww' ’ 1 thS e German in- uu roir?nd He told a dramatic story the Story of o i m c present plight of the Norwegian rw x z irv lo K Æ iec Jane Tann T V ln n ir» Bjorset, people. Miss Marie D. C. Wilson, Yoncalla turkey buyer, who has been active in the market here for the past few years, said Monday turkey ship- ments would probably start about November 1st. The turkey market looking up at the present time a ™ ^ n r q u o t a t i o ¿ . » r e above ana current quo u n io n s m v a u u .c ,hose of the corresponding period of last year Market for toms has been rather weak, but toms in the e . — -.i.e . . . — . . « I d o c s . <. .iw w ina ««me is showing some -»-„EE.U Local anti-gambling forces are being enlisted in a state-wide fight against the November election measure which would legalize vir- tually every form of gambling in Oregon. Directing the movement is the committee combating gambler»’ propaganda which has received The endorsement of church dqd ^ i c o ^ ^ n s . M eKin.A n Ä clVic organizations, naeivin Arnoiu, Portland, was named head of the new group, which will weld civic- minded organizations into a solid t___ Minw meas front _ to fight .t,« the — gambling ure. The committee will direct its LT ......... Schmidt Bjorset home was cancelled by .T L /'Z r fT E * to^G^* P ^ e n t safeguards against Aubrey ______ .. LT Mr H am hro h ecau se o f stren u o u s th ese P°sltJons- according to ueo. gambling ^ S ' . r . r z . : " ~ I.F ..............Mr. Frve S ± s i 2 r would - H be j "Mn y repealed, s .'2 r 5 S S Hambro because or strenuous „ Machen manager of the Em- a - 5 i uh sent to a Eugene hospital where t®*} SW S i S S ? * <Mm'o r ,‘ Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Holme, are showed the ability to 8top J.E? * /* } £ £ a nd faE*Lrfnivnp ioiri‘EUCMnEEZ“ ‘n , . v . d without . « T Ä . . InrH- n ~ . h _ ha_ a badlv 2}® , o f \h e game th /" « .X irM •'J P -phomnson of Hal Thompson. Springfield Cottage Grove RE ______ Carrels Phi}*ips TO M n . Mary A m t w a. appointed ““ ™ ~ . ' . ' . ' S e Z S S ¡ S h t ’“ '“’ Klama,h Falls the office has plated three ladira. ¿ ¿ ¡ S in g or m t. The but could place many more if ap- measure even provides that it can- son bom reporter for the Grange until the Minor ....... ...... j y i .............. Hand plications were on file. be amended by the people the But- end of this year, WILLKIE-McNARY HEAD Coach French stated that he There is also a call for engin- themselves for four long years. has been The high school carnival was was well pleased with the outcome QUARTERS ------------ OPENS S 3 V S X 2 ? — «”£ « ' "Bat ,h» » ar" onlj “ > « im™ - __ _____ announced. ________________ but said the Lions' pass defense Willkie - M cN ar/ headquarter >jon Machen at once. ^ t e effects of the proposal. Any still needed Improvement. To Meet Roseburg Nov. 1st was opened yesterday in the build- one who has had the valor to wade The Cottage Grove Lions will ing of the Woodson Motors and Sergeant Oscar Newton and through. the initiative. which is . face the Roseburg Indians Friday, will be prepared to dissimilate in- Art Bauder of Caml ha^ æ5 lon8 as the whole present November 1, and after being at formation on the presidential con- visitp visited friends and rela- constitution, will see that it set» the bottom of the league cellar test. The office In the Woodson tives here ov« over the week end. the state up as a full-fledged ’ last year promise to be on the building will be headquarters for 1 ____ gambling operator, u n d e r the warpath supporting ----- after the Lions' scalp to all organizations - _ Will- Everett Childers of Dorena was thumb of vicious interests and re- Permanent organization of the and carried and the name of Mrs. avenge the two league losses of kie-McNary. volunteers for the to Eugene hospital Mon- sponsible for all the attendant Cottage Grove 249th Coast Artll- R. B. Reed was placed In nomlna- this season. various organizations will keep the vices.’’ lory association was effected last tion for first vice president and The Lions will be in full office open. — -------------------- ---------------------------------- ~ Thursday evening at the armory Dr. H. A. Hagen for second vice strength barring several possible ----------------------— when permanent officers were president. Gladys Minor was e le c t-! inelegibllitles of men in key posi- FIREMAN DANCE POSTPONED f elected and a plan of proceedure ed as secretary-treasurer. Dlrec- tions who could seriously injure ------------ V l l j V U illv l v. was outlined tors nominated were: Major La- Coach French’s hopes of another The annual fireman’s ball, sched- _ __ _ » 117**1 L C Schroeder, acting chair- Sells Stewart. C. A. VanDenburg victory of the Springfield caliber, uled for Saturday. October 26th, n n n P r T M n W i t h N P i l l H l l ll O V man explained what the tempor- and L. C. Schroeder. Directors The Indians have turned out a has been postponed for a week, U I f iU K C V I / , I f ICC 77 < M I IT C If/ I J I I A /U J ary officers had agreed upon as a and officers were elected by ac- variety of players this year, Sid Milligan, arrangements chair- membershin fee nnd Sidney Mllll- elnmation. among the more important ones man, announced this morning. In- The City of C o t t a g e Grove, along the new highway has been a gan placet! in nomination for A membership fee of 25 cents are Larry Anderson (one of the ability to secure a good orchestra nresident Bill Zlmmerly. Milligan per member was recommended to Anderson boys who make up a on the date wanted was the cause through the city attorney, H. W. controversial issue since the in- !>vnin<nixi while the thp tempor- expenses good part of the Indian team ),,of the postponement, Milligan Lombard, has notified the state tentions of the highway depart- explnined that that while tempor- help help pay pay the — Incidental ------ -------- . highway department and its at- ment became known and a suit by ary organization did not want to of the association, the parents of 220 pound powerhouse fullback said tom ey that the municipality in- a local property owner has been "railrond’’ n set of officers through the boys in Battery E are auto- and Indian battering ram, and thev'hnd recommended three of- maticaily m em bers'of the organ- Paul Casy, 140 pound triple threat Captain Faye Stewart of Camp tends to open to traffic Eighth threatened, flcera and three members of the ization and a number of addition- halfback who is one of the fastest Clatsop visited his wife and daugh- and Washington streets along the This morning a letter was re- board of directors. The presi- al members were enrolled at the men in the Lane-Douglas league, ter over the week end. Mrs. Stew- new strip of highway. The matter ceived inviting the council to have dent’s dutv would be to preside meeting Thursday evening. Mill!- Altogether it looks as though art left today to make her home was discussed at a meeting of the representatives at the next high- M the sessions of the association, gan announced that fifty percent it will be an exciting game in at Seaside. council Monday evening and the way meeting m Porfland Novem- ----------- city attorney instructed to inform ber 13 or 14 and discuss the mat- hut would have no vote. On mo- of the proceeds of the Firemen’s which anything can happen evenj Mrs. W. J. White of Portland is the highway department of the ter, but what steps the city will tion of John Wilson the recom- ball would be donated and efforts though some newspaper sports few days visiting city’s intentions. take to make its claims were not mendation to Include a first and will be made to send a fund of at ¡writers give Cottage Grove a spending The matter of street closures known. second vice president was made least $300.00 at an early date. slight edge over the Indians. friends here. the parents of a 7-pound Saturday, October 19, at ler Maternity home. He named Theo EUswortK Permanent Organization 249th . . Coast . —mm jl-A-11 ,—m«. A tif f A r tille r y ASSOClQllOH LtI I /L y, 77/1» ttlC I / ttl /»•. zi - | . • n f»* ir\j | (intPTtlTlI fllPK I /DPfllflfF Z f ~ I A f 17 LlUll ff* •
