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THURSDAY MARCH 13, 1941
THE SENTINEL, CQ1TAGS ÇRQVE. OREGON
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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» 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.
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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
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15 c
B IL L ’S S U P E R
M ARKET.
Pint
Quart
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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.
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