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OOTTAOE GROVE, LANE COUNTY. OREGON Till ItSDA Y DECEMBER 24. 1942
VOLUME l . l l i
First Year of
The War Makes
Many Changes
Stores HR by Lack* of Trained
Help and Lack of
Merchandise.
BUYINO HEAVY; BANK DE
POSITS HIOH
The first year of the war ha»
found many changes In the aver­
age American community. I’eople
are again congregating in the war
industrial center» a» they did In
the last war. The only difference
being la that the west coast and
poMtbly the southwest ha» gotten
more war industries than during
the first world war.
It ha» been »aid that Cottage
Grove ha» less business houses
open today than during the year
of 1932 Including service stations
and cafes 14 b u s i n e s s Institu­
tions here have su»|M*nded o|H'ra­
tion» during the year and one
business house is operating on a
part time basis Principal factor»
in the Buapcnton ha» been the lack
of trainer! help and the Inability
to get merchandise. More head­
aches are In store for the merch­
ants In 1943 unless general condi­
tions change and this apix'ars un­
likely. I-«'»» difficulty may lie ex­
perienced with red tape due to
the fact that many war projects
were launched experimentally ami
are gradually being placed on «
common-sense basis. Some of the
red tape may be cut by the in­
coming congress, but whether any
changes will be made to relieve
the present situation remains to
be seen.
Christman business has been
the best in the hlstury of many
mercantile businesses Shoppers
thia year were limited as to
choice, but bought llverally of
merchandtxt
available.
W h ile
figures arc not available the post
office has undoubtedly had the
best holiday season in Its history.
People began mailing early this
year and by December 1 Christ­
mas mailing wa» underway. Post­
al officials have expressed a hope
that the public will continue this
habit after the war as early mail­
ing facilitates the handling of the
holiday rush and mail Is dispatch­
ed in a more satisfactory manner
and the task In easier. Flank de­
posits and other business indexes
are also at an all-time high with
deposits practically doubled those
of twenty-five years ago.
The public has already learned
that service In the usual manner
from any public mntitution is prac­
tically a thing of the past. What
the public must Icntn Is that busl­
neaa hours, delivery service Hnd
prompt service will be sharply
curtailed In 1943. Morning shop­
ping has been encouraged for sev­
eral months by many stores to
save delays. Inconvenience and
errors. W ith less gas the average
motorist must
leurn to buy In
larger quantities.
All Officers reelected
At Community Meet
All officers were reelected at
the annual community farm meet­
ing held here last Thuisday after­
noon at the city hall. Officers re­
named Included: W. A. Hemen-
way, community chairman; Harold
Clark, vice chairman; G. E. Fln-
netly, 3rd member; Claude Arne,
first alternate:
Hugh Trunncll,
second alternate, and W. A. llem -
enway, delegate
to the county
farm Concvntlon which convened
In Eugene Tuesday.
E. E. Schrenk of Clovordale,
tncmlier of the county committee,
explained the financial affairs of
the county farm association and
the 1943 program. Mr. Schrenk
also discussed the government feed
program inaugurated the past year
in the county. From
February
through November 152 ears of feed
were shlpjx'd into the county to
be fed to livestock.
O. S. Fletcher, county agent
gave an interesting resume of the
subjects, "W ar Crops and Live­
stock Goals, Manpower, Farm
Transportation and Farm Machin­
ery."
1943 Crop Goals
Called Toughest
Job for Farmers
Fanners can tackle the job of
meeting the 1943 f«xxl production
goals with assurance that agri­
culture will get its full share of
the Available manpower, machin­
ery, and materials needed to pio-
duee essential foods, reports R B
Taylor, chairman of Oregon's
USDA war board, in announcing
detailed goals for this state.
Even so. farmers face their
toughest |oh in maintaining the
output of food" called for und'T the
goals which he teimed "targets
for farmers to shoot at during the
coming year." Wartime shortages
were taken into account In set­
ting them, hut they represent this
state's share of the minimum
amounts of essential farm pro­
ducts nr»"drd to carry on the war
in 1943
AI least a billion and a half
pounds of milk will la« needed
from f iregon dairy herds, und
"Inal won't la* enough to meet all
demands," Taylor said. Next In
importance are meat production
goals, which include a 15 per cent
Increase in hog*, or pig crops from
45,000 sows In the spring amt 34.-
000 In the fall.
lleef and veal goals call for
slaughter of 422.000 cattle and
calves, .1 14 | m t cent incrctuu The
goal for mutton and lumb. 774.000
head. Is a 15 per cent decrease
from this year reflecting the need
for maintaining wool prtxluctlon
und checking Ihe downward trend
in sheep numb -rs.
Fifteen per cent increases in
poultry
meat
production are
sought. Including 19 million pounds
of chickens for meat und 36 m il­
lion pounds of turkeys. Almi-st 41
million doz-n eggs will lx? needed
to meet the 1943 goal.
Reduction in wheat acreage to
720,000 acres, 8 |»er rent below the
1943 state AAA alk'tnent, 1.» t UK-'
gested. (’resent large wheat sup­
plies, together with the 650,000
acres of coin. oats, barley, and
rye calk'd for under the I'M i goal,
are looked to for the feed needed
to meet livestock goals.
Other crop goals Include: All
tame hay. 1,090,000 acres, up 5
per cent; potatoes. 1.3,000 acres,
up 16 per cent; sugar beets, 13-
000 acres, no change; dry beans,
3.000 acres, no change; dry edi­
ble peas. Jtl.OOO . ••(..*. a complete
shift from wrinkled to smooth
varieties; filler flax, acreage up to
full capacity of processing plants;
alfalfa seed, 9,000 acres, u|> 60
per cent.
Half Million Lbs.
Junk Metal Is
Shipped from Here
Approximately a half million
pounds of Junk metal has been
shipped out of this district by W.
E. Mills, junk buyer, according to
figures submitted by Mr. Mills
Friday. Shipments included 235
tons of iron and eight tons of non-
ferrous metal. Fifty-six tons of
iron was shipjicd from Drain in
Dougins county in November. In
addition Mr. Mills has shipped out
thirty-one tons of scrap rubber,
gathered since Ihe rubber drive.
The above figiues do not include
the heavy Junk metal classed ns
industrial Junk m e t a l found
around sawmills and mines. Metal
is being loaded out at the rate of
one to two cars weekly when cars
are available.
Appioximatcly 12,(XX) pounds of
metal hns been brought to the
salvage depot and donated to the
U. S. (). and the Army and Navy
Relief. Net amount paid Into
¡these organizations was $45.10.
Otis Dickey Dies at
White Rock, B. C.
Wold of the death
of Otis
Diekey, 75, which occurred at
White Rock, ( ’anuda. was received
this week by Mrs. R. C. McNrw.
Mr. Diekey died at the home of a
daughter, Mrs. Ellen Hillman, at
white Rock, British Columbia, De­
cember 16th.
Mr. Dickey
had been in ill
health for several months and n
few weeks ago was removed to
Ihe home of his daughter. He hari
lived in this section for about
10,000,(NH) IDLE T lltE S
sixteen years and sjicnt the past
year on the Benton Schrenk farm,
Motorists have turned in aixtut where he assisted in the farming
10,000,000 tires under the govern­ operations.
ment’s idle tire purchase plan, the
Surviving are four daughters
office of price administration an­ and one son, 19 grandchildren nnd
nounced at Washlnglon Tuesday. I five great grandchildren.
ftta r tijat X fabs to <Ul jFrefiiom s Lions Club Plans
To Sponsor Milk
For Grade School
nA lo/ll ic.S tar ment beforet hem
Printing was not invented
until long after the Star ap­
peared In Ihe East. But since
then, the profession of punting
and publishing has become the
greatest single factor in telling
the Story, bringing wisdom to
men seeking the better life.
It was such men. earnestly in
search of right, who established
this nation 166 years ago. They
founded it on tnelr belief in the
Creator's endowment ’ of each
individual w i t h
unalienable
rights It w < ls the first nation
so conceived and established.
In doing so our forbears ap­
pealed lo the Supreme Judge
of the World for the lectilude
of their intentions.
In a brief span of years this
new kind of nation has proved
the wisdom of rule by the judg­
ment o f an entire people. Un­
der the protection of Divine
Ptovidence. this people has ad­
vanced farther along t; ■ diffi­
cult path to all the freedoms
than has any other nation . . .
Now forces of evil challenge
whai has been built.
Now more than ever, there­
fore, must all the people know
ull the truth at all times. Only
America's wise heritage of a
press that is free to print truth,
and h o n e s t expressions of
opinion, insures an understand­
ing which can guide knowledge
to victory against aggressors,
May LIBERTY. TUI TH. and .11’STB'E Prevail Bcfbre
the E id oi 194.'!. Is the Wish o f The S'’idiiicl Force
WAYNE MoNRoE
W. ('. M ART IN
MRS. ALBERT ADKINS
A. \Y. SIBH-STALL
ROBERT RYNKARSON
Soldiers 28 May Get
Army Discharge
Employers and soldiers them­
selves must initiate action to ob­
tain honorable discharges from the
Army of over-38 soldiets to re­
turn to essential jobs in war in­
dustries, the Office of W ar In ­
formation reported today.
In q u ltio have been received by
the W ar Manpower Commission
and other agencies as to proce­
dure for the release of some skill­
ed workers who might he deemed
more valuable in war jobs than in
the army. These civilian agencies
have no jurisdiction in such ques­
tions, O W I slated.
The army regulation, announced
last December 5 when the army
stopped induction of men of 36
and over, specifies that "certain
enlisted men now in the army who
by reason of age 1.36 years and
over', are unable to satisfactorily
perform military service but who
arc qualified to assist the national
war effort, may he honorably dis­
charged from the army."
Windshield Sticher
Now Being Issued
Oregon’s windshield stickers, to
lie used in l i e u of new license
plates for 1943, now arc being
issued from the secretary of
state’s office, it was announced.
The stickers, commemorating
the centennial of thd Old Oregon
I*iail, will be us'xl to validate the
1913 motor vehicle registrations in
Oregon. The 1912 plates will be
retained h.v those whose cars were
registered in this state that year
and for those who are registering
their cars for th»' first time in the
state ir. 19-13 will receive a set of
1912 plates in addition to the
stickers.
The stickers are to be attached
to the top right center of the
windshield, directly behind the
rear-view mirror, accotding to
Earl Snell, secretary of state.
The sticker must be soaked In
water 30 seconds, preterably in a
warm place. It then is smoothed
on the inside of the windshield
with the design facing the front.
The back, of the sticker may then
be pulled off, leaving the design
on the glass. Care should be used
in attaching the sticker and it
Rpbcrt Fromm confirmed the should be allowed a reasonable
rumor yesterday that he planned period to dry, it was said.
to retire from the Daugherty
Lumber Co. sometime after the MRS. LOME Dli'.S AT ALTON,
MISSOURI
first of the year, probably the lat­
ter part of January or the first
Mrs. A. J. Wiser received a tele­
of February. He has made no
definite plans as lo the future, gram yesterday morning telling of
but would likely follow public ac­ the passing of her mother, Mrs.
Low»> at Alton. Missouri. Among
counting work, he said.
He will leave off duties with the survivors in this section are
this lumber company after sixteen three daughters, Mrs. Wiser, Mrs.
years of continuous service and Bess Braswell of Cottage Grove,
expects to do public accounting as and Mrs Clifford Vermillion of
soon ns he rests up a bit. He said Portland.
he was prompted to make the
AIRPORT PARK SOLI)
change for health reasons as he
Mr. anil Mrs. E. L. Linn have
found the grind of his duties was
sold the Airport Park,
located
undermining his health.
just south of the city limits, to
Fred Urban of Ashland was ar­ George Lindley, it was learned
rested last night by local officers Tuesday. Mrs. Linn was here over
and charged with reckless driving. the week end to close the sale and
Urban plead guilty as charged will join her husband who is en­
when arraigned before the city gaged in defense work nt Port­
court and was fined $50.00.
land.
Robt. Fromm to Retire
From Daugherty Lbr.
Co. Soon After First
A milk fund to provide "penny
milk" for grade school students is
Ix-ing raised by the Cottage Grove
Lions club. M ilk bottles have been
placed In various business houses
on Main street where contribu­
tions can he made.
Through the assistance of the
Agriculture Marketing Adminis­
tration and a community milk
fund this new service is being of­
fered in the local elementary
schools. Any student can buy a
one-half pint bottle of milk for
one penny which will be served
during the middle of the morning.
It is expected by the school auth­
ority that the amount of milk sold
will be more than double that of
last year.
Orlo Bagley, chairman of the
Lions club committee, states that
$100.00 is needed to carry on this
worthwhile enterprise and urges
everyone to donate something to­
ward it. Larry Levens and W il­
bur Workman are working with
M r. Bagley on Ihe milk fund com­
mittee, and any of these Lions
club members will be glad to re­
ceive contributions.
Letters to parents have been
sent out through the schools an­
nouncing this new milk service
will begin Monday. January 4th.
The Lions club predict that suf­
ficient funds will have been re­
ceived by that date to underwrite
the project. The slogan of the
campaign, according to Chairman
Bagley, is “Every Kiddie Helped
by Drinking M ilk.”
NUMBER 19
Tire Inspection
Stations Announced
The office of price administra­
tion Monday announced the list of
tire inspection station» lor South
Lane county complete as of De­
cember 15th. These stations are
authorized to make tire inspec­
tions as required by the OPA un­
der the lire rationing program.
Cottage Grove: Cottage Grove
Motor Co.; Red Horse .Service
Station, G^o. Hohm-,n; O. K. Tire
Shop. Standard Stations. 9th and
Main Streets and 610 Madison
Avenue; Wicks Service Station,
6th and Highway; Shell Oil Co.,
9th and Main; Texaco Service
Station, Glenn Flatters, 5th and
Washington; McCoy Motors, 6th
and Washington.
Cottage G r o v e ,
Blackbutte
route: G. Lucky Bayn, Pass Creek
Service Station.
Lorane; Texaco Service Station,
W. H. Mitchell.
Cottage Grove, Disston Route:
J. A. Read, Dorena.
Creswell: Creswell garage.
Yoncalla: W. H. Boak.
War Courses Are
Outlined for High
Schools of Nation
Outlines of five basic pre-induc­
tion training courses for high
school students has been sent to
about 50,000 public and private
schools thtoughout the nation, the
W ar department announced Sat­
urday at Washington.
The courses cover the funda­
mentals of electricity, radio, shop-
work. ad mechanics. Prepared by
the war department and the U. S.
office of education, they already
have been integrated by numerous
schools in the high school victory
corps program, the department
said.
Secretary of Navy Frank Knox
said also that special preference
would be given to smaller colleges
in the new joint army-navy pro­
More than 65.000 lumber work­ gram for the educational training
ers in the fir industry of Oregon of young men in the armed forces
and Washington were granted m il­
lions of dollars of back pay— In
war bonds constituting a 7W
cent hourly wage boost Thursday,
in the biggest decision rendered to
date by the West Coast Lumber
Commission.
The increase raises the mini­
mum from 82’a cents to 90 cents
an hour and is retroactive to Sep­
tember 1 in some cases and to
J. D. Smith, former operator of
May 1 in others.
the
Airport Park has four sons
Workers entitled to the back
pay, who have left the lumber in the service. Leo Smith is with
camps and mills for the shipyards the army in the Solomons; Harry
or other war industries must re­ Smith is with the marines some­
turn to their lumber jobs within where in the Pacific; James V.
30 days to claim the back pay, ac­ Smith is training with the navy
cording to the order, which was in Idaho, and Jerry Smith is serv­
released by Cnairman Ben H. ing as flying instructor with the
army at Ellensburg. Washington.
Kizer.
The latter has been promoted to
The order establishes a night
first lientenant JG.
shift differential for plywood
workers. Those employed from
Word has been received here
6 p. m. to midnight will draw four from Mrs. Bertha McDaniel, form­
cents above the scale and those erly of Thornton Comers, saying
working from midnight to 6 a. m. her son. Orval R. McDaniel, is
will receive seven cents an hour with the infantry mountaineer and
over the scale.
ski troup at Camp Hale, Pando,
Kizer pointed out that the order Colorado.
has been shown to OPA and that
Harvey Kelly, son of Mrs. Nona
agency is of the opinion that no
Kelly, has been promoted to meat
increase in ceiling prices of lum­
cutter and second cook and is
ber will be necessary for employ­
stationed at Lake Washington
ers to meet It.
Patrol base with the coast guard
The decision is based on nine at Seattle. Washington, according
Douglas fir and plywcxxJ cases on to word received by his mother.
which the commission held hear­
Glenn H. Breedlove, son of Mr.
ings in October and November. In
the original petitions, the A F. of and Mrs. H. B. Breedlove, has
L. unions had asked for a mini­ been promoted to technical serg­
mum of $1.05 and the C IO unions eant at the 11th training regi­
asked a minimum of 95 cents an ment of the branch of immaterial
replacement training center, Camp
hour.
Joseph Robinson, near L ittle Rock.
Arkansas, according to word re­
ceived by the Sentinel from the
public relations department.
65,000 Lumber
Workers Granted
Back Pay Dec. 17
Women to Be
Registered When
Time Is “Ripe”
Congress to Be Asked for
Legislation to Draft Man­
power Socn.
PERSU A8I0N USED IN MOV­
ING WORKERS
The administration plans to ask
congress, when the time is con­
sidered “ripe," to enact legislation
permitting drafting of manpower
and compulsory
registration of
women. It was learned at Wash­
ington yesterday.
Chairman Paul V. M cNutt of
the war manpower commission
evaded a direct answer to the
question at his recent press con­
ferences whether drafting of man­
power and registration of women
were being considered.
It was learned, however, that
both points are considered essen­
tial to the success of any man­
power program. When congress is
asked to act will depend upon
how soon the public and congress
appear ready to give the proposal
favorable consideration.
The program of persuasion now
being u»ed to move workers from
non-essential to essential indus­
tries and to agriculture has been
meeting with some success, it was
said, but manpower officials are
aware that full success can be
attained only throught some com­
pulsion.
Big Future Seen
For By-Products
Of Sawmill Waste
A whole list of useful materials
obtainable from sawmill waste in
Oregon and other Pacific coast
states is a future possibility from
research in this field, believes
Glenn Voorhies. assistant profes­
sor of wood products in the school
of forestry at Oregon State col­
lege.
Professor Voorhies is the author
of a new engineering experiment
station bulletin No. 17 on "An In ­
ventory! of Sawmill Waste in Ore­
gon.” The study was made as part
of a program being curried out un­
der the new forestry research fund
set up by the last legislature.
As the first step in developing
new processes was considered to
be finding accurate facts about
the industry, a detailed study of
the form, quality, and volume of
sawmill waste was undertaken.
The total volume was found to b«>
approximately 81 cubic feet of
pine waste and 90 cubic feel at fir
waste for each thousand feet of
logs manufactured.
Future research studies, it is
hoped, will develop uses such as
cork from bark, plastic bonded
materials from sawdust and shav­
ings. charcoal and improved fuel
firing from common slab and
edgings, and Cut stock from clear
m ill waste, as well as improved
values for low-grade lumber.
"Although there Is a potential
market for many of the known
by-products
that can be made
from sawmill waste, the cost of
manufacturing u n d
marketing
these products by the usual tech­
niques and methods has generally
been more than the ceiling price,”
the author points out. “It follows,
therefore, that more effort must
be placed on research for improv­
ed manufacturing technique and
Willis Beildler, son of Mr. and also in finding new uses if the
Mrs. Fred Beidler. who was sworn waste problem is to be solved in
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in as a member of the Coast the sawmill industry as it has
been in other industries."
Christmas baskets will be dis­
(Continued on Pafee 5.)
tributed lo the needy t»xfay and
tomorrow, but
the number of
Palooka »ays—
baskets will not be as large as
usual. The project will again be
sponsored by the Cottage Grove
Lions club under the direction of
L. W. Coiner, general chairman.
Major Metcalf, who has been
Approximately
twelve
baskets
serving as chief clerk of the I och I
containing food and toys for the
rationing board for several months
little folks will be made ready for
plans to resign as soon as his suc­
distribution.
cessor Is appointed, it was learned
Yesterday the G irls League of
here Monday. He will devote his
th»> high school turned over to the
attention to private business. Miss
Lions club nearly $30.00 in money
Enid Sylvers who has been serv­
besides f»x>d and clothing. The
ing as clerk of the Cottage Grove
Christmas basket fund over and
and Drain rationing boards will
above the cost of preparing the
assume the duties of chief clerk
baskets will be sent to the chil­
here as soon as a competent
drens home at Corvallis. Dona­
tions at the high school totaled "H oy, you'se folks, don’t forgot to stenographer can be located. Misa
more than in several years. Stu­ go over th' top with thot 10% by Sylvers will devote her full time
Now Year's!"
to the duties of the office here as
dents contributing were given
tor W a r Bang« svsry poy day I soon as her appointment of chief
tickets to the traditional Christ-
clerk is effective,
, mas assembly.
i
With the
Armed
Forces
12 Xmas Baskets
To Be Distributed
Joe
Major Harry Metcalf
To Resign as Clerk
Of Rationing Board