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4 PAGE TWO THE SENTINEL, COÏT AUK PROVE, OR EG ON Established 1889. Published Every Thursday at 25 North Sixth Street. W. C M A R T IN — .............. ......... ................................. Editor-Publlshi SU B SC R IPTIO N R ATES (Cash In Advance) In Lanc-Dougtks Counties Outside Lane-Douglas Countte One Y e a r ____ __ ________ $1.50 One Year .................. ...... ..... $2( Six Months ---------------- —w— .80 Six Months ........................ 12 Three Months ............. .50 Three M onths ___________________ .< Foreign rate 50 cents year additional. No subscription accepted fot than three months. Cottage $rmr ^entrari O res A P P R E C IA T IO N M U TU A L. sp I aper P ub li s h I e SOjCIATI ON g' IF W E COULD REGULATE TH E PARKING. I f we could regulate the p a rk in g in the business d is tric t o Pottage G rove we w o u ld remove a ll re s tric tio n s under one con d itio n and th is co n d itio n w ould be i f the business men and met chants w ould agree to park th e ir ears at least a block and a hal fro m M ain street. The same c o n d itio n w ould a pply to the loaf era, w ho spend fro m one to tw e lve hours w ith a ear parked a some busy lo c a lity . T his we believe i f re lig io u s ly enforced w ould solve the park ¡ng problem here and w ould pe rm it us to have a wide-opcl tow n, so to speak. U n til the business men and m erchants an w illin g to coop« rate, we see but one th in g to do and th a t is ti continue to re s tric t p a rk in g to one hour on M ain street and ex tend th is re s tric tio n to the side streets, one block fro m M ain. Pf yon d o n ’t appreciate what the p a rk in g re s tric tio n s meal to P ottage G rove o r any to w n o f lik e size, ju s t t r y to buy som« merchandise at tw o o r three places a few tim es and see i f y o i can avoid double p a rk in g . The purpose o f these re s tric tio n s is to pe rm it the people of the ru ra l areas and s u rro u n d in g com m unities an o p p o rtu n ity ol shopping w ith o u t having to w a lk a h a lf dozen blocks. U n til tin m erchants a nil business men cooperate, and th is includes thus, w ho ride to w o rk , re s tric te d p a rk in g is the o n ly a lte rn a tiv e . * a O M— —ft SB * s B " " " IB - • 111 • B B XI MB B V— B" x B\ JB^ BIB BB BS 1B - , B B B BB BBS» B S ** B giant Shasta I)atn project in this dram atic photograph. T his v ie * ot world's second largest concrete dam taken (ram top of east abut ment. AVIATION EDUCATION. A ll the n a tio n ’s p u b lic schools w ill o ffe r a v ia tio n tra in in g , and A m erica m ay become the most air-m inded n a tio n in the w o rld , i f a program now being launched achieves the success envisioned by a com m ittee o f three w ell-know n b u sin e ssm e n - John A. B row n, president o f Soeony-Vacuum O il. C ornelius V. W h itn e y, chairm an o f Pan Am erican A irw a ys, and Lauranee S. R ockefeller. T h e y ’ve w orked out a plan to raise $100.000 from business and p riv a te in d iv id u a ls , to in a u g u ra te a p rogram o f .a viation tra in in g in publie schools, sponsored by A ir Y o u th o f A m erica, a nationa l group. F u lly supported by federal govern ment agencies c o n tro llin g a via tio n , the plan w o u ld include visits ny leaders o f the a ir y o u th organizatio n to every state ca p ita l to enlist the support o f p u b lic offices. O f the proposal. W h itn e y says: “ ( In ly a huge plan such as th is can help make A m erica s t r o i^ iie th e a ir and a leader in the aeronautical sciences in the , < H tn j|,t We. are recom m ending b u ild in g and operation o f model planes in every elem entary school, am i soaring in s tru c tio n in a ll high schools.” A Long Jump for Jim Jurkovich W HEN CE $3,500,000.000? The re co rd -b re a kin g $3.500.000 revenue b ill fo r 1941 agreed off by fhe A d m in is tra tio n and key ( ’ongressional leaders came as a w a llo p to most “ o ffic ia l c irc le s ” in W ashington, where a mere tu*ij b illio n had been m entioned as lik e ly . Even so. C on g re ssio n a l reaction was m ild and ca p ita l fe e lin g is th a t th is b ill w ill be endorsed by both Congress and the co u n try . B est-inform ed gnesMrig as to where the money w ill come fro m has it t h a t : N o r mal rate on in d iv id u a l income taxes upped fro m 4 per cent to 5 o r 6 ; e lim in a tio n o f “ earned incom e” c re d it; fu r th e r low cr- ijig o f the exem ptions fo r dependents, especially on the su rta x end, and general increase o f s u rta x rates. On c o rp o ra tio n taxes, ».raise fro m 24 to 30 per cent, o ther changes having the e ffe ct o f reducing credits, such as those fo r invested ca p ita l, and earn ings. T h ird sourye w ould be excise taxes, w ith general in- creases. and special increases on Hquor. gasoline, tobacco, autos, ru<Jm and re frig e ra to rs , maybe new taxes on soft d rin k s , o ther Lions IFin 6 to 5 From Yoncalla ‘ In All Our Years in Cottage Grove W « ” California's Jim Jurkavirh (the grid star) Is ra n » I the camera a t Berkeley in a leap of 21 feel 9 Inches as he won the broad jum p in annual meet with Stanford. He also won lOff-vard *» ■ * ’n « » «eennds. if alifornia beat Stanford 9 7 -, to 33'i.) PO SSIB ILITIES. s™ : u 'p aid . ¡. T snort l . ! ^ H o f l" w n ar. , h“ tio n ol .ill .................... ... _______ Man on Foot Should Use His Head, Figures Show On A p ril 25th. the T ribune o f Ilwaco, W ashington, carried a fro n t page a rtic le on the le tte r <if thunks sent by the Cottage Grove Chamber o f Oammerce to the Ilw aco Chamber of Commerce and H IS ' OEVELOPMK m T we are reproducing the a rtic le : IS PERFECT — FROM “ The gotxl w d, tow ard llwueo HIS SHOULDERS and v ic in ity o f the ‘hont«' folks' of \ DOW N / ’ > tlie Oregon boya stationed nt F o rt Canby and F ort Columbia Is Indi cated in a le tte r received this week by the Ilw aco Chamber of Commerce f r o m the Cottage Grove Chamber of Commerce They are g ra te fu l and appreciate the ‘kind and friendly* a ttitu d e shown by l*eninsula people to th e ir sons in Uncle Sam's arm y. The le tte r w ill bring fo rth an even more frie n d ly a ttitu d e , know ing CROSSES th a t It is recognised and appiss BET W E l M elated. Friendliness bus a way o f 1 0 2 % JMTURSBCTIOMS begetting friendliness. The C ot T hat human e rro r plays a dom ’ W A L K IN G tage Grove boys in the a rm y are in a n t role in the nation's pedes O N W u W A L evidently a frie n d ly grout) from a tria n death record is clearly H lù H W A V frie n d ly town, and therefore we shown in an analysis released In 7.2% feel frie n d ly ; maybe th a t’s it. “ Here Today—,’’ the eleventh COOSSlMG A T , "llo w e v e r It may be, there is IH T tß iE C T W N , 14.8* annual highw ay safety booklet < -N O , MISCELL published by The Travelers In every reason in the w orld fo r any \S K J N A L / ANtOOS surance Company. com m unity anywhere in America O f 12,500 pedestrians k ille d to feel frie n d ly to thv boys in u ni Inst year, 3.950 or 31 6 per cent form There are to ss o f o u r own m et disaster w h ile carelessly ju t then', sign« where, in uniform . crossing in the m iddle o f the A d m ittin g that m otorists are And a ll these boys in unifo rm block. In contrast, o nly 190 or at fa u lt in many accidents in wearing sm ilt s on th e ir bright 1.5 per cent were kille d w hile volving walkers, the booklet young faces are in the service of crossing correctly on the proper nevertheless blames pedestrians their country, ready anti w illin g to signal at intersections. fo r most of their m isfortunes in «take th e ir lives in the defense of O ther leading causes of fa ta li traffic. “ Too many walkers," it ju r homes anti firesides. ties, according to the analysis, asserts, "cling to the out-dated T h e y c a rry guns upon th e ir were: w alking on ru ra l high idea that they can use the streets strong young shoulders, but no ways, crossing at intersections when and how they please, dis tru ly Am erican soldier seeks to w here there were no signals, regarding the fact that this a tti dom inate the lives of any civilians w a lkin g into the street from be tude causes th eir ranks to be anywhere In the w orld, let alone tween parked cars and crossing thinned by many thousands against the signal. the people of his own land and every year.“ country. They know th e ir service is only to protect and defend fhe hit a trip le fo r the Eagles. W ln t- helpless, everywhere In the w orld meyer led the southerners w ith they are calk'd upon to serve three singles In fo ur tri|u> to the They stake th e ir lives upon it. plate und M cKIbben led the Lions Therefore, we honor them, ami we w ith tw o hits In three tii|w to the do honor to ourselves in so doing. dish. E lfvin g struck out eight We. too. love the flag the toys The Cottage Grove Lions won a Eagles w hile Cox got Ih n t ' manes bear at the head o f th e ir column close 6-5 th rille r from the Yon from the Lions. We. too. love the unifo rm they calla high nine here Ian T hu rs The lineu|is: wear. We. too. love the land they day. i Cottage Grove AB serve. We fa irly w orship the The Southerners started o ff Wicks, 21» 1 ground they treud upon. They are w ith a k in g ns they got tw o hits F lfv m g . p J o u r very own, these to ys from the and a run in the firs t inning Minor, .'ttr ........ 3 firesides o f Oregon, and from w hile the Lions failed to hit. The MoKibben, c 3 Am erican homes, wherever they Lions guined th e ir firs t counts in M m i ts, If 3 may be. This is Am erica. th e ir h a lf of the second ns Biackk* Ih ig a o . H i 2 So. o f course, we say to them 2 ’hollo, and how do you do.’ und M orris knocked one over center- G um utto, ef field fo r a homer and then the iuingston. r f 3 o u r only regret is that our own Yoneidfli nine «.cored again in the Kiang, ss 3 lim ita tio n s o f tim e und means firs t n a if of the th ird inning fo r Yoncalla; prevent us from doing fu r more two runs and a 3-1 lead. The Mosin, km ............ 3 to make th e ir stay in our v ic in ity Lions scored tw o more runs in the Bigebow. 2b ...............3 more pleasant and agreeable to Inst o f the th ird ami three in this Main. 3b 4 them as th e ir presence is to us. h a lf o f the fifth w hile E lfvin g held • |, | Greetings to y o u . Cottage W itU fn e yer, If 4 Grove, and we thank you fu r the the Yoncalla Engles scoreless. .. 4 The Eagles ra llie d in the seven W illiam », lb frie n d ly letter, gml fo r the toys th fo r tw o runs but us they were Palmer, ef you have sent to us! s till short one run, the Lions H untington, r f ........ I 3 w alked o ff w ith th e ir second w in Madden, c ........ Seven Champions Musters, rf . . 2 The “ Seven Champions of Chris of t he season. tendom” were; St. George of Eng The game hud m any e xtra base: land. St. Andrew of Scotland, St. knocks ns M orris h it a home run. Auta Operatins ( ’oats H r r r r s w P atrick of Ireland . St. Denis of M in or h it a triple, and G aroutte The cost uf operating an aukonw France. St. Jam es of Spain and St. a double fo r the Grovers. Main bile has drereoaed SO per cent star« Anthony of Italy. nuitetiisl M orris' feat und Mosin lb 28 3 I.6 /Í * XV V— B B B B— s The Am erican people, though th e y are almost unanim ously in fa v o r o f a ll-out aid to E ngland, are s till h e a vily opposed to sending troops abroad. T hat is the gist o f a recent G a llu p P o ll. Seventy-nine per cent o f those queried were against sending p a rt o f o u r a rm y to Europe to help the B ritis h . S m aller m a jo ritie s WOM* mroinol ozivt , 1 iss,» Am \ m were against sending erican a ir and __ naval 1 __— units. A t the same tim e, there is no question but w hat m any men close to W ashington a ffa irs fe a r that A m erican p a rtic ip a tio n in the act a shooting is coming. Some th in k th a t i f B rita in loses in the Balkans and E irypt and is drive n out o f the M e d ite rra n - * i,S ry t unable to lo n g e r postpone the decision, r o r then tin B ritis h E m p ire 's life lin e w ould be broken. H it le r ’s I'-bo ats w ould be supplied w ith the finest k in d o f bases, and the finaJ stage o f the B a ttle o f the A tla n tic w o u ld begin. Congressional sentim ent is u n d ou btedly against a declare- tion o f w a r now, though a num ber o f mi-mbera are u rg in g that T i l l K S O A V . M A Y 1, 1941 C o m p le t e S lir V C V o f Barnum No Exception P T. Bnrntim. who coined the phrase “ there’« a sucker born every m inute" proved him self no excep tion. A history of Litchfield, Conn., shows the famous circus man sank $10.1X10 in a phony copper mining enterprise. • a 21111101./ X J U lia illg , “T / , « " . C b t - survey of the a n ^ o r y ^ ^ u m a le ly as a defense move. According to u n o fficia l inform a tion a sur- G ran t’s Tom b h» being made o f every a rm o ry in The ornate m arble tomb of Gen. (be state. I t was stated that the local armory was in better condi- U . S. G rant tin Riverside drive. tion than many others that had N ew York, was built by popular sub scription. been insPcct<‘d r . WE HAVE NEVER SEEN A CAR PERFORM LIKE NASH!” Come on! Drive it at Go'den Rule Auto Service 711 South P a c ific H ig h w a y 2,008 M iles H ighw ay There are about 2,000 m iles c< highway in the 27 national parka. ’,y T)le Sentinel Five Tragedies • • • A m an stru ck a m atch to see if the gasoline ta n k to his auto wa3 em pty. It w asn ’t. ’ A m an p atted a strange bull dog on the head to sea if the c ritte r was affectionate. I t w asn ’t. A man speeded up to nee if he could beat the tra in to th e creasing. He co u ld n ’t. A m an touched a trolley w ire to see if it was charged. I t was. 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