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About The Cottage Grove sentinel. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon) 1922-current | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1941)
Established 1889. Published Every Thursday at 25 North Sixth Street. W C. M A R T I N ..... __............ ................... .............. .... — Editor-Publisher SU B SC R IPTIO N RATES (Cash In Advance) In Lone-Doug Iks Cbunties Outside lane-IVugtas Counties One Year .............. ................ >1.50 One Year ..... .......... ........ **’ 00 .80 Six Months w..... — ! • » Six Months ______ .65 .50 Three Months Three Months Foreign rate 50 cents year additional. No subscription accepted for leas than three months. NO TREES ARE CUT UNDER 1! INCHES Cottage (Brave ^entrari SPlAP E R C IA T I ON O heg P ub l i sh | e ■ ■ ■ THURSDAY MARCH 13, 1941 THE SENTINEL, CQ1TAGS ÇRQVE. OREGON PAGE TWO il 1------- u . *— ~ — i— — ---------- MAKING VICTIMS OUT OF THE MERCHANTS. Then» never has been and pottibly never will In» the proper cooperation between the ru ra l and urban people or between peoples of the various comm unities simply because we do not understapd th e other fellow 's problems. There has been and pos sibly will be a certain am ount of anim osity betw een certain cl a » es of people, some of it is ju stified and some not, but we w onder if much thought is given to the position of the average m erchant, who Ls called on to help in practically every commun-, ity enterprise front aiding tin* bum to building churches. Being hum an most of us want to aid legitim ate enterprises. We dislike I ron M o u n t a in , M ic h .— to aid questionable enterprises or those experience teaches us When Henry Ford began lumber there are no benefits. ing in northern Michigan he made We know of several instances where money has been taken this “foot rule," thus leaving more from the business man unw illingly, but the business man gave »pa<X for younger trees to grow because he felt th at he was behind the “ eight b a ll.’’ Several and provide the future supply. On the half-million acres of weeks ago a business man related to us an instance w here be timber which he has been scien was called on to dig up for a church calendar several y e a n ago tifically cutting he has practically by placing an ad on the calendar at a ra th e r high price, with eliminated waste. questionable results from the advertising. Inquiry revealed that His theory in lumbering, as in the prom oter took every penny out of town. All the church got his other activities, is that waste was the calendar and the m inister hail to see to the d istrib u makes high prices and low wages; tion before any value at all was realized. The business man has that reducing waste makes lower since refused to contribute although he has inform ed the m in costs, lower prices and higher wages. isters if the church w anted and needed money, he would gladly So first of all his lumbermen donate- cut close to the ground and clear A nother racket is painting signs on c u rta in s for auditorium s and public places. Investigation has revealed that the burine«« error in REPORTING » ate men of the comm unity solicited pay about three tim es the value o r y»A*M .MEETING, of a good curtain, the e x tra cost is pocketed by the out of tow n ' -------.— solicitor,-w ho likely Ls never seen again. ¡W. C. Martin. Editor Cottage Grove Sentinel. NATIONAL DEFENSE TAXES—HOW NOT TO GET THEM. Dear Mr. Martin: I want to apologize to you for doing a poor job of reporting and up the brush that makes forest fires. In addition to saw mills and the body building plant for sta tion wagons, he hus built a wood distillation plant that, converts cuttings, edglhgs. slabs, sawdust, shavings and chips back into charcoal. Also into such products as tar, pitch, creosote, methyl alcohol, calcium acetate and fuel gaa— alt of which are used in Ford industries. The results of this elimination of waste in lumbering are high wages and neat, up-to-date homes for workers. General Presents New and Improved Automobile Fuels Committee Report Made at Hebron Grange Meeting The Hebron Grange met for a regular business meeting on Fri day evening. Following the formal opening standing ixuiiinittce re ports were given: Walter Baker reporting for the agriculture com mittee anti Jeanne Morton on home economies. The county ro dent control contest, sponsoaed by the 4-H clubs was explained and it was voted that the Grange <•«»- operate with the club lenders. A last call for sales slips was made by Mrs. Morton, the current quarter ending March 31st, Which is the dead-line for slips Io be handed in for counting. A report on the financial standing of the home economics club was given An announcement was made that the Southern Lane district of me 4-H club county lender's associa tion would meet at the London schoolhouse the evening of the 19th and interested parties were Invited to attend. It was voted to invite the Lo rane Grange to visit In April, in accordance with the visiting cal endar prepared by 1* o m o n a Grunge. The third degree was given to Mrs. Walter Baker, Mr. and Mrs * John 1-amli and Thomas t'lurk. i Dorena Grange will lx* chal lenged to a three months member- ' ship content, to start in April, the loser to give a picnic fur the win ning grange. On Thursday night, 25 Hebron Grangers visited Dorena Grange and provided the entertainment during the lecturer's hour. At the meeting it was voted thut the two g r a n g e legislative committees work together in opposition to Senate Bill 3-tS, op|xwtng electric utilities. It was voted to have a bulletin biMird in the Grunge hall to I k * used by the members in advertis ing want and for sale ads; also to have a birthday penny lx>x and building fund basket for penny drills with proceeds to go to the building fund. At the lecturer's hour a recita tion was given by lxmny Harris and a song by IXirothy Harris and Ina Fix. Refreshments were serv ed during the social hour by Mrs. Fred Harris and Miss Wilma Har ris. Now th a t our naJionaH rfm unstration is being forced to.pro, £ ^ m n ^ i n ‘g Owners of all kinds of cars will cure added billions fo r national defense by new and increased tQ jn Cottage Grove thL, be interested in the announcement taxes on the people, its leaders might use M onmouth, O regon s week copy for which I sent to just made by General Petroleum recently launched adventure into Bonneville powered, m unicipal you with my jitter of February Corporation that its new gasolines Mobilgas and electric light operations as a shining example of HOW NOT to 26. The story that I sent to you Mobilgal Special get the money. stated that a meeting for farmers - have been still F or in this little S tate Norm al School town is already being and businessmen of the Cottage urther improved enaeted a m iniature of the sinister dram a of what can happen to Grove community would he held not only with a Oregon on a vast scale if this self-same Federal A dm inistration at 8:00 P m. on Wednesday, higher o c t a n e persista in its policy of destroying vital ta x sources necessary ^ arSh 0 rating, but with fo r G overnm ent’s survival by creating tax financed, tax exem pt. $ ’ roh 4. and ail other publicité i complete hal inee and step ed, and politically bossed governm ental enterprises to compete by npwspa,M,rs and by radio, ping up of per- against tax paying enterprises of its own citizens. was for Tuesday I am sorry th it Strawberry marble ice cream is 'ormance th a t M onmouth particularly offers a pat illustration of what can j sent a «¡tory with the wrong promises benefit different. Try it at Gustufson's. happen because the tow n depends almost wholly for existence date In it that would npjiear to 31-11« - ii to o w n e r s of upon the s ta te ’s tax financed norm al school and tra d e o f her make your paper inaccurate in the automobiles both A. E. H O P *. Jft. tax paying farm ers. Taxes paid by others are her life ’s blood. announcement of the forthcoming old and new. But the urge to attem pt a grab for a few pehnies fo r the event. Yours truly. "General Petroleum Corpora O. S. FLETCHER, townsmen, a t the expense of other taxpayers, proved too strong tion has a fixed policy of keeping County Agent. for M onm outh’s political leaders. U nder active encouragem ent abreast of and even ahead of auto of Bonneville’s “ Cheap Public P ow er’’ propaganda departm ent, LINCOLN A N D THE EDITOR. motive develoiiments,” says A. E. whoae salaries a rc paid by taxes, the local leaders led the citi Hom. Jr., Northwest r e s i d e n t zens into Issuing $40.000.00 of tax exempt bonds for a tax free One the of a small manager, “and its great staff of m unicipal system. That system is now hellbent on the destruc- weekjy newspaper called at the research engineers is at work con tion of its heavily taxed, state regulated com petitor whose faei- vvhite House, and told President stantly to develop new methods or lities Monmouth decided not to buy. Lincoln that he was the first man scientific formulae that will bring In its w ar on this pioneer citizen enterprise, M onm outh’s to suggest his name for the presi- to the motorist a constantly bet tered performance at a continuing M unicipal system is using tax free Bonneville juice, whose top dency. producing an editorial from economy of operation. h e a \y adm inistrative payrolls arc so huge th a t every kilow att a frayed copy of his paper to prove, “Only last summer we brought of untaxed electricity it produces and distributes tax free Is paid **• out a new Mobilgas and Mobilgas fo r out of taxes levied on the people of America. the^aU°?oHing ?” ¿S eS T n co In . Special with higher octane. Now M eanwhile the m unicipal system itself is paying no taxes ..A b s o lu te ly re p Hed the editor, we are again stepping up the oc fo r the support of Polk county nor the State of Oregon nor the •Thf. suggestion was so opportune tane. along with a new balance Federal Government. N either are investors in its tax exem pt that it moved other papers to ad- and specification that tests have bonds paying any taxes for support of governm ent o r national vocate your selection, and as a re shown to provide improved road defense from the bond interest they receive. suit you w e r e nominated and performance, better mileage, bet ter hill climbing ability and better No governm ent n o r its politically bossed tax-free businesses elected.” can long operate w ithout taxes paid by private enterprise. Truly, Remembering an appointment all around operation under any destruction of O regon’s tax in g sources on one hand, and use at the war department Lincoln climatic conditions. of ta x money to subsidize taxlew pow er to do it with is no way sighed deeply, and hade the « itor "As usual, a heavy newspaper campaign is announcing these im >„£' to raise money y fo r national de(e n , . , - | 1,n 1o„ C o u n t, Review. provements to Pacific Coast mo __ lOo J 1 JD , # Jam es A. Rodman, Eugene representative, deserves the g ratitu d e of taxpayers for his HB 183, which amend» the hous ing au th o rity enabling act in a m anner that rd ea se s our larger eities from being involved by only 25 petitioners in proceedings creating the authority. Onee created, w ith its rights of tax-ex emption, a housing auth o rity would be a severe com petitor of taxpayers who support our schools, cities, counties and state governm ent.—Oregon Voter. TAX PLAN UNCONSTITUTIONAL. The u tility tax bill, originally known as the Gibson-Jones bill, was knocked into a cocked hat Tuesday by a ruling of the attorney general declaring th at the m easure to ta x the gross revenues o f m unicipal and PUD systems was unconstitutional. O ur present system of obtaining tax revenues needs revision. P ro p erty owners cannot continue to absorb a m ajor p a rt of the tax burdens. P rivate u tility companies cannot continue under th e handicap of paying heavy taxes while the m unicipal system s go tax free and the governm ent cannot continue to increase governm ent ow nership and find revenue to meet inureasing governm ent expense's. 59TH DAT OF STATE LEGISLATURE. —fc— . ... «... • » Today is the 59th day of the state legislature. Guesses are th a t the legislature cannot come to an end before the 15th or the 18th. * H ere arc the m ajor unsettled legislative problems as listed on M arch 10th: unem ploym ent Compensation, Sales Tax and 40 Mill L im itation; W orkm en’s Compensation plus. Oecupation- al disease, Old Age Pensions, Equalization of School Taxes F o r tified Wine« and Nite Clubs, Hiway Funds to Cities. MONEY. “ O nr present 59 cent dollar will buy 25 per eent more goods I t wholesale than w ould the 100 cent dollar of 1926,” «ays An em inent economist. I t's little statem ents like this th a t make fi nance easy to understand. The w orkm an’s wage in this country will buy about four tim es as m uch as the wage of 120 y«*arM ago. Oh, for the good old days— but not th a t old.— (Sw iped.) Women Buy But Men Do The Eating And most men are purtlcluor nhout their food—Thls is why wo ourry a wide variety. You can find what he likes best. LETTUCE Head 5 Large Orisp Head CARROTS 5 Bunch _>e Fancy Crisp CHEESE 5 Package 7»c Brookfield Spread Bacon Squaresib 15< Mild Sugar Cured Pork Steaks Pound 17 Sw ift’s Quality ICE CREAM Fresh Strawberry /m ■* 15 c B IL L ’S S U P E R M ARKET. Pint Quart IGA IGA STORE TO R E P H O N E Ml said "I forgive you.”--Christian torists.” Hom states, "in line with said. the desire of the distributors of Science Monitor. 'America’s Favorite Gasoline' to acquaint motorists as rapidly and Man’s Ambition. effectively as possible with the added advantages to be secured At four to wear pants. At eight to miss Sunday school through the use of these improved motor fuels.” At twelve—to be President. At fourteen — to w e a r long pants. Improving Appearance of Room At eighteen - to have mono Cornice board* covering the tops grammed cigarettes. of your window will do much to At twenty—to take a show girl Improv** the appearance of a room out to dinner. ar.il at the sam e time will help keep At twenty-five to have the ♦he top* o f the drape* clean. They price of a dinner. can be made easily by the amateur At thirty-five—to eat dinner. craftsman in> - pressed w w d ap- At fifty-five- to digest dinner. di»d over a wo«<d frame. » RECONDITIONED USED CARS •. If you want trouble-free transportation, let us show you what we have in reconditioned used cars that are ready to go. We have: 1940 Chevrolet Pickup, with heater, good rubber, low mileage. 1939 Ford Sedan, radio, good rubber, low mileage. 1937 Chevrolet Town Sedan, heater, finish like new. 1937 Dodge Town Sedan, new rubber. 1937 Plymouth Coupe, heater, radio and good rubber. n Other models to choose from. See what we have. Cottage Grove Motor Co. MOBILG O ÍN ER A L PETROLEUM CORPORATION . . . A Chevrolet Sales and Service .S a
