Thur».. July IK, ISlfi
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When and if the OPA bill, on
100 which the senate is working, comes
I III Lane-Dnuglas Countie*
1.50
2.50
150 to the house, it will NOT b«*
« Outside This District ......
175
.3.00
brought to th«' floor, debated apd
Foreign Rates on Application.
read for amendment. The legis
lation w ill most likely come back
T^ SCARLET ñANSGO 45
Enterad at Cottage Grove, Oregon, as second class matter.
sfen sa^wSANurw
to the house in the form of a con
FLORIDA ¡3 THE ONLY ONEDF
NATIONAL EDITORIAL- ference report. The technical situ
ITS FAMLY Fourni NAUtiXA
ation is that the senate is amend
«HI
SSOCIATION ing house joint resolution 371,
ITSÛÛÛLMÎNG&UL ¡S AS
M’uRE PR0HXD FOR IT, A
L utici
which was passed by the hous«- in
Flip STPRiNNG
th«' form of a simple 2O-day ex
ITS FOOD THE LONER NRNG
tension of th«' OPA law which ex
WILL THE OPA BE REVIVED ?
fittedmtnhues fora
pired Jun«' 30th Any other pro
NEST IT USES 4 TAL MIAO
j
¿A; great number of people would lik* to know what eon- visions will be placed in th«' bill
OF UV MICH CT SCRAPES
gyeM will do toward reviving some system of price control, or by the senate. When the senate (
URMTHACEPRESSOA.' N
' YBther what sort of bill will come out of the congressional has completed its work on the leg-
THE TOP UN MACH TO LAY
islation
and
sends
it
back
to
the
hjuppir. and if it does eome out of the hopper, whether or not
ONE OR DíO ECOS
it will be Acceptable to President Truman. Fat«’ of price control house, the only question at that
moment before the house is: Shall
’ ipparenfly was doubtful over the week end. Th«* matter of rent
the House agree to the Senate
«qldnd, it f any, may be turne«! over to the states.
amendments to the joint resolu
In the meantime, warehouses are said to be full of goods, tion? There might be a House
with manufacturers said to be waiting th«- outcome of price vote on that question, which could
control. Many consumer goods are shorter now than they have end Congressional action on the
bebn in the past five or six years. If th«' store«! goods are per- bill. In other words, if the House
Itilttcd to move, competitive buying will soon establish prices. should happen to vote to agree
ma,i>y of which will be lowered. The greatest danger is th«- with the Senate amendments, the
control of rent under the present housing shortage. But even bill would then be completed by
in the absence of rent control, renters are not faring too badly both Houses.
IT IS SAC WAMI KOTS HUE ACRE NITRATE
What is more likely, however, is
inmost population centers, if we can believe reports.
FRCOUC i NG PLAN’S TnAN T*RE ARE WAfACTuR V7
that
the
bill,
as
amended
by
th«'
One thing we can be sure of. OPA or no OPA. prices in
RANTS A ACT? ^CSiTEOFCHCAGO THEFRtt
Senate, will go to a conference of
many commodities will continue to raise until a balance is seven Senate and seven House
NITROCEN S DRUK FRbY THE HR LN) STORED N
MAblikhed. It’s difficult to hold down the prices of sonm items members, and final action in the
VfPlAN ’ROOTS CAUSED BY CERTAN BACTERIA
under a general price rise and this was the principal difficulty House then will come on the con
FDfMEC.\ WALES ON Of ROD’S IT6ESDULTFD
experienced by the OPA during its last days of existence.
THAT IT CARES ODD li$ 0FC-RAN 70 PRODUCE OOlti
ference report. There is ordinarily
OF BEEF HHf V USED MTN MN OR CORN FODDER BUT
We are paying more for meats, milk. ete.. sine«' th«- subsidies debate of only one hour on such
THAT iF Al Mi M IS FED WITH THE GRAIN THE
tfeTlt off, but the subsidies were coming out of the tax payers’ a report. What all of this anxiunts
AMOMTOFlSMN MAYBE REDUCEDAfOUTOW-HALF
pockets. If you know anything about the operation of the gov- to. then, is the simple fact that the
IN PRODLCNG SAME AMOKT OF BEEF
ernpicnt you must realize that it seems to cost the government OPA bill now before Congress may
be
passed
by
the
House
of
Rep-
far more to operate any kind of an enterprise than private busi
ness, so even the subsidies were costing us plenty of money, even resentatives after only one hour’s
consideration.
NEW RI LES GOVERNING
though the amount might have l»een hidden.
It looks now as if the OP A bill
which Congress will pass this time
New war department regula
Billy Carpenter, son of Mr. ami
CHECK TRAFFIC HAZARDS
may be more objectionable to the
Mrs. R. M. Carpenter arrive«! tions governing enlistment in th«'
the city is getting aid from the league of Oregon President than the previous one. home last week from a Eugene regular army have Nsm received
Oities in the proper methods of zoning th«' various parts of town, Food Prices
hospital and is able to be aboU? in by the U. S. Army Recruiting sta
The Republican Congressional
tion. in Eugene.
it might be wise to get ai«i of a traffic expert to work out some
a
wheel chair.
Food Study Committee has made a
traffic problems here. And we don’t have a monopoly on all
"It is now possible for a veteran
N. E. Steel, a former resident,
partial survey of what has happen
the. traffic troubles.
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ed to food prices since June 30th. spent some time here the past who has exceeded his three month
deadline to re-enhst in a grade
'* ‘It has been suggested several times from this page that Meat, milk and butter prices seem week greeting friends.
Kenneth Pratt has purchased appropriate to his prior service
Fifth street, which used to be the old highway, be properly to be holding at the former price
safeguarded with signs along Jefferson school, particularly at plus the subsidy. Fresh vegetables the home of Carroll McMiekle, for and training." said Capt. J. F.
the street intersections. Several minor accidents have occurred and fruits are generally lower mer pastor of the Christian church Sjience, recruiting officer for Lan«'
corner of Madison and Fifth. Providence has been kintl priced than OPA ceilings, with here. The McMickles. who visited and Douglas counties.
All men discharg«»d since May
indeed, but it may not always be this way. We’ve seen cars price allowances for quality. Poul here last week will tour the west
until school starts.
1945 arc urged to contact the near
¿»»inK west on Madison that would cross Fifth going at least try prices went up about 10 cents.
Fifty members of the Presbyter
forty-five miles per hour, which is too fast for these narrow The price of cheese advanced 4 to ian church enjoyed a picnic at est army recruiting station for full
information about this n«’W policy.
5
cents
a
pound
over
OPA
ceiling.
stiwts and we’ve seen some mighty quick stopping to avoid an
• The subsidy for cheese was about Skinner’s butte near Eugene July
accident. School grounds should be properly protected and po
64 cents per pound. There was 10th. The Rev. and Mrs. James PTA PLANNED FOR DORENA
liced at all times.
no important change in the price D. Moberg and family were hon
All patrons of school district No.
of packaged groceries during the ored with a public reception last 93 are invited to attend a meeting
week
at
the
Civic
club
house.
The
Government owned corporations will cost the nation’s tax week just passed.
at the Dorena Grange hall Friday
payers two billion dollars more than they have been told would
An accurate appraisal of the Rev. Moberg is the new pastor of evening July 19th, beginning at
the Presbyterian church.
be the case, according to an analysts of the budget by expe-ts price situation is very difficult,
The Creswell I. O. O. F. and 8:00 p. m. The purpose of the
hired by the National Association of Manufacturers. In their if not impossible, to obtain on a Rebekah members are making meeting is to organize a Parent-
report the experts refer to this error in the budget as a ‘‘serious day to day basis, but our studies plans to hold the annual picnic1 Teachers association.
discrepancy”. If a private individual made a similar mistake he i V^te definitely reveal that there at the J. R. Miller home August 9.
COTld explain it in the county jail. —Corvallis Gaaelte.
has
no “™n-away tendency
Mrs. L. A. Whitney had charge
in food prices.
of the program of skits, readings
Atomic Picture
The people have been fooled for and songs at the picnic meeting of
The Bitter End
Atoms in an ordinary kitchen
— ■®T**the bitter end” has a nauti stove emit enough invisible infra a king time about the real price the Camas Swale club Tuesday.
LANGDON
At the Sacred
cal origin, reports Ships magazine. red rays to permit the taking of paid for food. Consumers have The next meeting will be no-hos
A (hip's anchor chain, at the point photographs of nearby objects in been paying only a part of the tess with each member bringing Heart hospital, Eugene, Friday,
July 12, 1946. to Mr. ami Mrs
where it was fastened to a vertical total darkness with a photographic cost. and the federal government. two dishes of food to the dinner.
George Langdon. Yoncalla, twins,
with tax dollars, has been paying
timber called the bitt, was known film sensitive to the rays.
Quilt blocks were pieced for
the difference. So. when the gov the hostess, Mrs. W. L. Scott, at son and daughter.
aa the bitter end. Thus, when the
ernment stopped paying this dif the Thursday meeting of the La
chain has been payed out to “the
WILSON At the Sacred Heart
ference, the price of food had to dies club. Thb next meeting will
bitter end,” there's nothing more
Soil Heating
hospital,
Eugene, Friay, July 12,
that can be done.
The use of electricity for soil rise. In other words, we are now be dispensed with as voted and 1946, to Mr. and Mrs. Bud Wilson,
required
to
pay
the
entire
cost
for
heating to speed the growth of
the annual meeting at the Fish Cottage Grove, a daughter.
plants was discovered by accident the groceries we buy. The best ex wood home in Eugene will be held
Lee* Were Fighters
An engineer in Norway 20 years ample is that relating to the cost
GERSBACH
At the Sacred
Gen. Robert E. Lee, leader of the ago observed that plant growth was of butter. OPA kept the price of July 25. Birthdays will be observed
Heart
hospital,
Eugene.
Friday,
at
the
August
8
meeting.
Confederate forces in the Civil war, superior near an underground ca- butter down to all of us by paying
Alice Denney, daughter of Mr July 12, 1946. to Capt. and Mrs.
waa the «on of Gen. Lighthorse ble. Investigation revealed an over- 15c out of the public treasury for
Harry Lee of Revolutionary war loaded cable which was heating the every pound that was produced. and Mrs. A. F. Denney returned Clifford D. Gersbach, Saginaw, a
Sunday from the annual 4-H club daughter.
tarne.
soil.
Now we are called upon to pay camp at Fall Creek.
HAYNES
At Sacred Heart
that 15 cents. And so it is with
■esse
Earl Smith was here for the
most food items. In the case of week end from Cascadia where hospital, Sunday. July 14. 1946,
meat, OPA allowed the meat pack he has been building fire trails for to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence G.
ers and producers $30 for every
Hayne*, Cottage Grove, a daugh
the government. He left Sunday
1,000 pound steer that was killed.
ter.
for
a
Look-out
station
at
Cascadia
Annual cost for this subsidy was
750 million dollars. With no sub Mrs. Smith accompanied him and
sidy payments, we will have to they will remain Tor the summer.
The Brownies picnicked at
make up this sum if we want
meat. This subsidy business has Swimmers Delight Thursday with
lulled the public into a false con twelve members and Mrs. V. W
cept of the price of food. OPA has Johnston, Mrs. Kenneth McCoy
not held these prices down. It and Mrs. Norman Skaggs present.
Miss Myrtle Smith underwent
ECH0PH0E BATTERY
only made up the difference out of
' the U. S. treasury. We cannot ex a tonsilectomy in Eugene Friday.
TABLE RADIO
pect to get something for nothing.
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1000
Hour Battery
We must bear in mind also that UMPQUA RI^ER PROJECTS
OPA in recent months has granted ARE ALLOTTED «950,000
• Full Runge or !>»w Tone
more that 500 price increases. As
Control
The war department announced
one commentator said, " It was not in Washington, D. C. Monday that
Efficient Superheterodyne
preventing price increases, it was $950,000 is to be spent on Umpqua
decreeing them.” OPA was getting river projects, as part of a $15,-
Circuit
j itself in an untenable position.
000,000 civil works program of the
♦ Powerful Alnico P. M. Dy-
Army engineers for rivers and
and fabrics, with demand
nantie S|»eakfr
We'in the Bell System
harbors in Oregon, Washington
greatly exceeding supply.
f adding« telephones
and Alaska.
*
STEEL — Steel and coal strike*
at the rate of three million
have affected supply in face of ,
unprecedented demand, a 1
BUI’S SCHOOL SHOP SUPPLIES In stock for immediate deliv
started; getting worse.
RUBBER — Synthetics are in
E. L. Clark, ag teacher flew to ery.
fair supply but natural rubber^
Now it's harder and hard
is on Government allocation.
Pasco, Washington the past week
er for us to get materials
to inspect and buy supplies offered
LUMBER — Scarce supply due 1
for manufacturing and
to unprecedented demand and
by the war assets administration
building.
dislocation of lumber trade, j
for the agricultural and manual
,We*aren't-complaining
BRASS MILL PRODUCTS —
training departments of the union
Used in Central Office*
for we are in the same boat
high school. Also for the aviation
812 Main Street Phone 317
■witches and other telephone'
as^every’one’else. But we
department to be added another
equipment. Supply will be
year.
thought’you might like to
short until disturbed condi-.
know the supply situation
tions are settled in the copper'
industry, permitting bras*
on^ some* of the biggest
mills to get back to full-scale
items in' the telephone
production.
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NICHOLS RADIO
& ELECTRIC
[Shortages
molding, hi
Lee Nichols
business.
Ut *
UAD— There i* a world *hort-
|e of lead. Even wMn condi-
ons her* straighten out, it
will be some time before sde-
quote supplies are available.
CORMR — In great demand
but we wUl probably have ade-
quata
lea when the smelt-
t and fabricating
iplanta got going. »4
iTDCTILK Seyious »hortage
•I cotton and aynthetic yarns
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It’s a tough situation, but
~ we aren’t giving up, any
r more than you have given
, UP try^g to get butter or
- ' sugar or shirts.
> We’re doing the best
we can with
h
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K £ot and hoP*ng these dis-
^turbed conditions will end,
With the Dependable Fusible Link Release
Telephone Cottage Grove 83
WASHINGTON. 0. C.—The air
traveler in the immediate pu«t-war
«lay* will enjoy greater «peed, com
fort, and »ervic* than he ha« ever
experienced. And there will be
»eat« for five time« as many pas
sengers as the airlinM of the
United States can now carry.
Wide variety of acconu»o«lation*
features the 1005-plane fleet which
the airlines will have in service a*
soon as peace permits, according to
a poll of the carrier’» plans, made
by the Air Transport Association
of America. With cruising »peeds
of over 300 miles an hour incor
porated in many of the new in >deh,
th«' time for crossing the continent
will be cut to at least 9 hours ns
compared with the 12-14 hour
sch«<dules now being regularly
flown.
The types of plane will vary, de
pending on the volume of traffic,
length of route, and nature of tho
territory. Th«T«> will b«> live main
categories: Short feader; short
trunk line; long-range trunk line;
cross cont.nent non-stop; mid inter-
national or overseas.
The passenger on fairly short
hops of 125 t ' 225 miles, which will
become- increasingly popular, muy
principally expect greater speed,
more comfortable appointments,
and trolley car nchedule* will >ut
advance reservations. The pah-
sengor on long rt ehts v.ithin th>v
United Stares mid oversea« will
fln«J himself i iding in planes bigger
and inor«> luxurious than he has
ever had the opportunity to u- e.
Fer tiie longest overnight trips
there will be various comb-nations
of staterooms, berths, and rcellr..ng
seats with opportunity for tho
traveler to choose varying accom
modation* to amt 1 U pocket bo ...
There will be plenty of ei1-
room svith space for leg siretching
in lounge* and snack recoesea.
TLere will be •.■narato rut rooms
fur men and women.
Th««re will bo prusomed cabins
to maintain low allitudo condition*
at "over tho wcathc;” her ht.;, t -
Kether with tir conditi nin? and
thermostat controlled heating,
HARDWARE AND BUILDERS
SUPPLIES FOR THE FARM
AND HOME
Green’s Hardware & Supply
Phone 225
I l h >l GHTLI^TS
Marcus Aurelhi« «aid “Our live«
dyed the color of our imagination.*'
G« m I established th«' church, but
nil of Ils rituals and much of II*
theology 1« num made.
It ik well noj to meddle In oth
er* people’* btwlni'ss but it U
equally well to ask oureelve*. "Ain
I my brother's keeper?"
Frequent applications of k « xm I
common sense mixed with libend
doses of th«' milk of human kind-
ne*« will usually establish g«««!
»landing in your community.
There is not mueli hop«' for any
onp, either in the physical or the
spiritual world. If he will not help
fight hi* own battles
It i» always better to give than
receive advice.
It is hard not to measure other*
by our own yardstick
It is natural for us to admire the
good qualities in others that wi-
out m 'K <■« <l<> not | m > sm ' ss . Alsu wc
tiisllke the fault* of other* that
are tin' same as our own.
It I n not necessary to discard
old friend* when we acquire new
one*
Did It ever occur to you that wc
must have our booze even If the
rest of th«1 world «turve*?
What kind of «landing does a
man have In hl« community who
live« only to supply hi* appetite*?
Wc may know our own limita
tions but that doc* not leaaen our
obligation to une what abilities
wc have to their I m -«! advantage
At the Foreign Minister»’ roun-
cll Molotov denwnatrsted that a«
yet Russia has no <le«lro to *tan<l
alone ugainat lhe rest of the
world
We lire told of '1 phux- that I m
paved with good intentions und yet
continually swept by fire. Many
bare hills her«' in Oregon are con
stant reminder* that we should
I m * safe by la-ing sure that the last
K|Nirk is out before we leave any
fire KEEP OREGON GREEN.
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WALKER
The neighborhood club met re-
cently with Mrs Mary Lindsay.
The birthday anniversaries of Mrs
Pearl Henglebrock. Mrs. Ruth
Holliday and Mrs. Mary Lindsay
wen* observed. Time was spent
s<Kially. The next club meeting
will b«' with Mrs. Frank Overhol
ser.
Cap George Gray and Mrs. Gray
and Ph. M. I C Wilfred A. Gray
and wife, all <»f Seattle, Washing
ton, were w««ek end guests at the
C. G. Gray home.
Jeanette Quinn and son Jack
of Oakville. Washington visited at
the Quinn and Gray home*.
Do not wait for extraordinary
circumstances to do good actions:
try to use ordinary situations.
Richter.
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It pays to insure in sure Insurance
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Residence Pitone 1014
405 Main St., Cottage Grove, Ore.
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