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W. C M A R T IN
Published Every Thursday at
Cottage Grove, Oregon
Established August 15, 1889
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LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE OF SPECIAL
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Entered at Cottage Grove, Oregon, as second class matter
day. The lower floor A F. A A. M.
building corner H and Main
AUDITORIAL— streets
ip the1 firs t ward; council
SSOCIATION chamber of the C ity Hall, Sixth
street between Main street and
Washington avenue in the second
ward: and residence Herbert Moon
1031 East Washington in the
FACING A PROBLEM
third w anl are designated as poll-
ing place^.
Voters within the city lim its will probably Iw* asked to a p
Erank McFarland is hereby
prove a special levy of five mills in the near fu tu re to m ake a designated as judge and Gladys
s ta rt tow ard eatablishing a sew er fund to extend tru n k and H all and Nellie Blackmore clerks
storm sewers and to eventually construct a sew erage disposal in the firs t ward. Blanche Short
plant. A gitation for a sewerage disposal plant for m any towns is hereby designated as judge and
was strong about the time of the Pearl H arbor attack and will Jessie Matthews and Ethel Mock
doubtless be an issue in the imm ediate future. Estim ates then ing as clerks in the second ward.
placed the co«t of a complete local plant w ith the necessary e x Neva P. Harvey is hereby desig
tensions and storm sewers at approxim ately $1.»0,000. Proceeds nated as judge and Mrs. Tom
Biggerstaff and Laura Christen
from the special levy w on't be much, but will be a start ami may sen as clerks in the th in ! ward.
be im portant p a rticu larly in m atching funds, if such an offer is
Done by order of the Common
made by the governm ent in the post-w ar period.
Council on this 4th day of June.
C ottage d ro v e has a long way to go to establish even an 1945.
L. W. COINER. City Recorder
adequate sewer system. About tw enty percent of the corporate
lim its is served by cess pools, which is not according to sta n d The following is the charter
ard s of the health departm ent. C onservative estim ates say there amendment to be voted on:
CHARTER AM ENDM ENT
are good prospects for at least an additional hundred houses
AN ACT
here counting the forty federal u n its w ithin the* next year. These
houses will have to be served somehow and finances are neces To amend the Charter of the
C ity of Cottage Grove, by adding
sary for such a program .
a new Chapter thereto, authoriz-
Many are fam iliar with the situation outside of the Eugene ing, empowering and directing the
city limit will rem em ber th a t the sta te health departm ent clam p Common Council of the C ity of
ed down on the suburban area, calling atten tio n to the danger Cottage Grove to design, con
of mixing surface wells with eess pools and the unsanitary, re*; struct. reconstruct, add to and re
suits. The suburban area here may face the same d ifficulty in a pair the sewer and drainage sys
short time in ad d itio n to g e ttin g dom estic w ater in sufficient tem of the C ity of Cottage Grove,
quantities. So the problem isn ’t confined to those who may live including all drains, ditches and
outlets, fo r the carrying away of
in the corporate limits.
sewage and flood waters, and fo r
The only reg re t is th at a move fo r a special levy was not the foregoing purpose to levy up
started two years ago instead of now, which would have placet! on all taxable property in the C ity
the tow n two years ahead of the present setup.
a five m ill tax levy each year for
a period of five consecutive years,
commencing w ith the levy for the
AMERICA SELF CONTAINED
tax roll of 1945-1946 said levy to
be in addition to and in excess of
A few may recall th at in the early thirties, about the tim e the constitutional six per cent
H itler was rising on the political horizon, one of the popular lim itation upon the City's tax
books of the time was one called. “ America Self C ontained.’ levy.
A lthough the w rite r has the book in his library, the name of the
TH E C I T Y OF COTTAGE
au th o r is not recalled. Anyway at the tim e the boon was pub GROVE DOES ORDAIN AS FOL
lished, it sounded logical and served its purpose in convincing LOWS:
the readers that we could live to ourselves more o r less, produc Be it enacted by the electors of
ing about everything the natio n needed w ith the possible ex the C ity of Cottage Grove, Ore.
Section 1. That the Common
ception of coffee, ru b b er and tin. Now w ith all the talk of co Council
of the C ity of Cottage
operation about the D um barton Oaks conference and the San Grove is hereby authorized, em
b'ranciseo conference, the title o f the book is more or less of a powered and directed to design,
jolt.
construct, reconstruct, add to and
In try in g to w ork out a scheme fo r all nations to live and repair the sewer and drainage sys
let live, we hope the prom oters of international peace d o n ’t go tem of the C ity of Cottage Grove
to th e o ther extrem e and try to overthrow' our national econo including all drains, ditches and
outlets fo r the carrying away of
my. To m ention one specific instance, one prom inent speaker has sewage
and flood waters, and for
suggested th at since South Am erica can raise cotton more cheap the foregoing purpose to levy up
ly than the V. S. A., we should let South Am erica produce the on all taxable property in the City
cotton a n d we should supply the m achinery. Knowing how of Cottage Grove a five m ill tax
deeply rooted the cotton industry is in the south we would re levy each year fo r a period of five
g ret to see a radical move of this sort undertaken now or later, consecutive years, commencing
if thia is w hat the speaker m eant. We believe the south will w ith the levy fo r the tax roll of
eventually solve its problem with reference to its surplus of cot 1945-1946 said levy to be in addi
ton ju st as the wheat grow ing regions will solve theirs. In fact tion to and in excess of the con
stitutional six per cent lim itation
many sections of the nation are getting away from the one crop upon the C ity's tax levy.
idea, a process which has been g rad u ally underw ay fo r th e past
Section 2. That the money aris
th irty years. Am erica we believe has practically lost its world ing from such levy shall be dis
cotton m arket and we believe the cotton farm er knows this, but bursed by the Common Council
to tell the cotton farm er th a t he must stop grow ing cotton and by warrants drawn by the Com
give South Am erica this right, all for the idea of universal mon Council upon a fund which is
peace, would be a serious m istake and would seriously dislocate hereby created by this levy, which
fund shall be designated "Special
ou r industries.
Sewer Fund,” said warrants to be
To bring this problem closer home, suppose the San F ra n signed by the Mayor and City Re
cisco conference should result in the form ation of the D um bar corder.
ton Daks security plan and th at the northw est should be told STATE OF OREGON
to cease producing lum ber because Canada, let us say. could COUNTY OF LAN E
produce lum ber more cheaply th an we. W ould th is sound logical CITY OF COTTAGE GROVE—ss.
I, L. W. Coiner, recorder of the
to w estern Oregon residents? You can answ er th a t question.
ity of Cottage Grove, Oregon,
We believe some sort of an agreem ent should be w orked out ' C
hereby certify that the foregoing
to feed the hungry of the w orld with the surplus crop products is a true and correct copy of the
and th a t efforts should be made to raise the sta n d a rd of living proposed Charter Amendment to
of the world. (It has been said th a t if the sta n d a rd of living the C harter of the C ity of Cottage
of the world w as raised one-sixth, both N orth and South A m eri Grove by adding a new chapter
ca could sell all the cotton these countries could produce, at least thereto to be submitted to a vote
of the legal voters of the C ity of
for several years).
Cottage Grove at special election
to be held June 35, 1945, as the
IMAGINARY CONSTIPATION
same appears in the original peti
tion calling said election.
A m erica is popularly supposed to be a land of constipated
Dated June 4th, 1945.
people. However, according to an article appearing in Your (C ity Seal)
L. W. COINER.
City Recorder
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sons. Dr. M anfred Kraem er, a fte r studying the laxative habits
of 300 patients, in a consecutive series, reports as follows:
Of the num ber. 21% took a laxative daily, and 53% a t least
onee a week. This sta te of “ bowel consciousness” he considers
due to physicians, as well as to patent medicine ad v ertising; the
question a#» to the activity of the bowels is too often the first
asked by the doctor, in reverence to centuries-old trad itio n . The
condition of undue attention to the bowels is equally divided be
tween men and wom en; the la tte r begin earlier. It is tru e, says
Dr. K raem er, th at physical harm h ardly ever results from the
use of simple lax ativ es; the trouble is that th e user acquires the
m ental characteristics o f a d rug addict. The life of the habitual
{,user of c a th a rtics is often as m iserable, from his w orry over this
/ m atter, as th a t of a person w(ho has a diseased h eart or stom ach,
Dytx^onstipation is not a tru e physical disease; and the cases in
which it is actually the symptom of a disease arc com paratively
few.
DR. H. A. HAGEN
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MARTIN MOTORS
Pontiab Sales and Service
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
I have been appointed as Ad
m inistrator of the Estate of EM
MA JOHNSON by the County
Court of Lane County, State of
Oregon by an order dated June
5th, 1945. A ll persons having
claims against said Estate are re
quired to present them, w ith prop
er vouchers, w ithin six months of
the date hereof, to me, at the Law
Office of Herbert W. Lombard,
F irst National flank Building,
Cottage Grove, Oregon. Dated and
firs t published Juno 7, 1945. Date
of last publication July 5, 1945.
W IL L IA M W. LOWER. Adminis
trator. HERBERT W. LOMBARD,
Attorney fo r Estate.
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Tanka Give Lesson
A m erican tanks are giving the
railroads a few lessons that w ill !
greatly im prove postwar transporta
tion.
Introduction of triple-acting
hydraulic shock absorbers on tanks
proved so effective in easing jolt.',
and im proving gun accuracy that
today every new tank has them By
cushioning the shock of rid in g over
rough te rra in , they keep the chassis
level and help Keep the guns d i
rected at the target.
day. Hostesses were Mi's. MoDon- was given Hostesses for the next joyed a I rip anil picnic up Sharp
Creswell
ah, Mi's. E. Schwering, Mrs J. meeting are Mrs. E. A Green, Creek Sunday,
Walkup. Guest speaker was Mi's. Mrs. O. II. Harrold. Mrs. Fred
Schools all over the state are M yrtle Carter, home demonstra T riA ih ly.
Buy W ar Bonds and keep them.
rapidly closing for the summer tion agent.. Ten guests were pres
M r and Mrs, II. S. Joslin anil
vacation. Creswell grade school ent, and un interesting program Mr. and Mrs. Geo. S lr itlto n en
Huy W ar Bonds and keep them.
has more than made a record, hav
ing sold over $69001X1 w orth of
b aids and w ar saving <amps. In
a recognition letter from the VS.
treasury, dceulcomanias
giving
name and address of I he Creswell
school have been placed on the
three je e i* and an ambulance,
their work has bought.
Former .Croswell postmistress,
Mrs. Olive Parsons, who has made
her home in Eugene tor several
years, has returned to Creswell
where she plans to make her
home.
In a letter from her nephew
M ajor R. K. Schroeder to Mr-- II
S Joslin, he says: "Took i flight
the other day. Saw Antwerp, Man
nheim, Strasshurg, Maginol Line,
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Heidelberg.
L ik e Constance In
Switzerland the Alps, Munich,
H itler's home in Bervhesdarden,
Stadium at Nurhemburg. Col
ogne, Frankfurt and the Saar val
ley. I t was a wonderful trip.
At from 300 ft. to 12000 ft. and
to not see any lighting you don't
know how thankful I was' the
Alps looked like Glacier Park m
Montana", he added, " I t remind
ed me of home." M ajor Schroed
e r is from Whitefish, Montana.
The joint birthday anniversar
ies of Jenenne Emerson and Faye
Schwering was celebrated w iih a
skating party, w ith a lunch fol
lowing the party, at the Everson
home.
The Creswell grade school tu rn
ed in five afgans and 27 wash
cloths to the Junior Red Cross of
fice.
A number of lily growers from
Creswell attended the Monday
evening meeting at Cottage Grove
of the Southern Lane Easter Lily-
Growers, at the I. Q. O. F. hall,
and listened to a talk by A rth u r
S. King, extension soil special
ist. who helped the growers solve
their many problems. Mr. King
O P T O M E T R IS T S
visited a number of farms in the
C ottage (¡rove Oregon
valley.
The .Civic club met last Tues-
If Dad needs new glasses, no more appropriate
Father’s day remembrance could be made him. New and
modern glasses will not only improve his vision, they will
improve his appearance. Arrange today for an examina
tion.
M O N A H A N ’S
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KEEP
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MOMENT'S CARELESSNESS . . . and millions of
dollars in payrolls and thousands of happy days
of sport go up in smoke!
Our forests offer more than just payrolls and sport — although each
acre of forest land provides more than 30 days of work in harvesting and
processing the wood alone. They offer more than th a t! Forest products
industries are the •’heart” of prosperity in this area . . . a great natural
resource that starts dollars rolling through grocery stores, banks, clothing
stores and all community business. They are the original source of a great
volume of taxes that support schools and government itself.
Fllh and g a m . cannot t u , . I * . In
ba-ren mountain,; Ihoy Ih r l.. in
sur evergreen l o r .,II .
Our forests are a sacred heritage — yours, and all who live here. W ith
this heritage goes the responsibility of preservation. Members of the indus*
try are preventing and fighting fires — and they are growing new trees to
replace those harvested. But your help is needed, too! Each of us must act
as a good neighbor in preserving our mutual wealth.
PASS THE WORD ALONG! Warn all to be extremely careful of fire
In the woods. Report every fire the moment you sec i t ; (just call “operator”).
These simple neighborly but important acts will Keep Fire Out I
W ood product. Induilrlon account
l . r 6 9 % ol our economi« wealth.
The Bohemia Lumber Sales Co. Cottage Grove Lumber Company Scott Lumber Company
J. H. Chambers & Son
Row River Lumber Company