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About The Cottage Grove sentinel. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon) 1922-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1947)
OUR DEMOCRACY- Published Every Thursday at Cottage Grove, Oregon Established August 15, 1989 W. c. MARTIN ............................. —........ . Editor, Publisher rate«, cash in advance. No subscription for lews than 3 1 Yr. 6 Mos. 3 Mos. Id Lane-Douglas Counties ... 1.00 I 2.50 150 Outside This District ............ .3.00 1.50 . Foreign Rates on Application. Entered at Cottage Grove, Oregon, as second class matter. EitUfle By Harrte Ellsworth. Rep. In Congress from Oregon No LESSON IN THE CLASSROOM IS MORE DRAMATIC VET MORE ELUSIVE TO THE YOUTHFUL MIND THAN HIS INTRODUCTION TO THE FORCE OF COMPOUND INTEREST— OOLLARS AT WORK AftOOOCKAAW OCULARS. NATIONAL €DITORIAL_ nit9RX4ÿt€i«nmi MH^Q ssociation i z TOO SOON TO QUIT (A giiest editorial) Xs (Edhor’s note.— Realizing that some of our rwulers may have grown tire«! of reading after ns fnr so many months, we invited a eivie and church leader to write the editorial for the ««IWk. After reading the editorial we feel that Cottage Grove's **qratation for starting things and then forgetting them must « have gotten around. At any rate we hope the thoughts expressed , herein will be helpful.) Y »V ■ -I HA Young persons sometimes asked Henry Ford, ’How c«n I make my life a suecesa!” Mr. \V J. Cameron on the Fort! Sunday Evening Hour program of January 10. 1937. incorpor I ated Mr. Ford’s answer; and as we celebrate the great inventor’s , birthday we do well to listen to his advire. One sneh tip for making a success ont of life isr “If you i Mart a thing, finish it.” Were you looking for some profound ’ wisdom instead of this old-fashioned advice! it is both—but as aueh it is part of an engineer’s design for living—finish it!. ‘'Yes,” one says, “but the things may not he worth finteh-. ing.” Of course when he says, “finish it.”' Mr. Ford isn’t fhink- in« about the thing at all. he is thinking of yot>—you. Mr. Kd- itor, you, Mias Maiden, and you. Sir Yonth. The vital cowem of life is not what you are working on. but what it is doing to you INDIVIDUALS, WE MAY FIND IT DIFFICULT BUT You know how it gees—you find a new project and Mart xVith WHCW WE COOL CUR FUNDS WITH THE MONEY OF * great gust of interest—you even miss your meals for it— OTHERS IN SAVIN«« BANKS, IN LIFE INSURANCE break dates—then suddenly it goes stale—and you quit. Or you COMPANIES, WE BAIN THE ADVANTAGE OF THIS find your plan is wrong—aiui you quit. All that you have as POWER IN BUtLOlNO FAMILY SECURITY ftrofit from your effort, is the knowledge of HOW TO QUIT; bccausk wr ark runs ablk io “Well,” you say, ,‘the thing wasn't worth itQuite probably AKKR OUR MO*£V COATSTAA/TLY AT WORK .* BUT YOU ARK. and that’s the whole point. ’' There are always reasons to quit. Mr. Font tells of the e enthusiasm he had in making his first car in that little briek ¿^WHing on the alley in the rear of his home. He had all the THOUGHT LEI'S THIS COLUMN amor of young enthusiasm looking forward to great results. By Sari B. BaM Then the thrill and the interest simply evaporated? Why? He RESERVED thought he had gone far enough—he had a better idea, and decided to QUIT. He forced himself to continue, and said that . There is an old adage that says FOR NEW ARRIVALS it was only because he finishe«! that first car, was he able to | "The mills of the gods grind slow- IN TOWN kearo so much about the seeond car. He realized that it was a ly ” Sometimes, in our impatience. temptation to quit, not merely an urge to do better Had he think ’bat the wheels of con- yMded, he might have failed to finish the second car. too. ^ress revolve just as slowly. Starting next Thursday. thia opp^ite-we want i A man who b nof agressivc to quit, not because we see something better, but because we see enough to have any enemies is nothing at all; —so why continue? Why not throw in the usually too weak to have any acquainted with the many new persons that are arriving in sponge? Ask yourself this question: Did I have clear insight ! friends. Cottage Grove to make our city when I started thia? Were my motives sound? Very well—what ----------- home and their place of happened? A cloud has settletl down and I cannot see. Well. Years ago, we used to hear of their business. This can- ' many a man has never seen the light he neede«!. until he entered Cb™*»" communists. ( that el»ud and walked through it. Following faithfully on never "ot ** A communist must first ' If you are new here or if yon leads anyone into permanent darkness. But you QUIT—and say. be an a,heisr know of anyone that has just . ‘¿What's the use, and you develop the habit of quitting, and I An Indian scholar says that we moved here, let us know and probably start lower the next time. \ should <*^e building up the dif- v - # । -urouiu vvo-'c uuiiuiiii; Lap iiif wz- write-up. We’re interested in i | Yes res there tnere arp are rPa.SOnA reasons fni* for flllittino quitting, ’ hilt but in mnut most incfannoc instances, ferences ho»««'«*« between races and peo- TT B ALWAYS TOO SOON TO QUIT. You, Editor of the pie», but should strive to see business you’re in, how many | Sentinel, have dreams for a hospital or clinie in Cottage Grove where the similarity of races and kids you have—in other words, MMktt'a MMMt'a always too soon to quit! You. Doctors, realize the need and peoples ««*■ we’d like to “GET ACQUAINT ■ -have not been able to agree among yourselves—it’s always too ED’’. Phone 15». SMm to quit! You, Lionelubbers—want a football stadium—it’s , All people . are . - pagan , who con- ( t always too soon to quit! } ou, Merchantmen—you would like ri i,00 to have Cottage Grove’s business stay in town—it’s always too ^av ortdes- ................ A II U"II I soon to quit! Yon. Students, you wanted to make the honor roll, _______ i and nrfased—it S always too soon to quit! A liquor dealer does not wish all I Determination to finish what we have begun is a discipline the results of his business adver- we need. Failure is the path of least persistence. Keep plodding Used. I on. doggedly forcing yourself on for that extra hour. Quitting ----------- j makes a dead end of any road—often just as it was ready to A measure has been introduced I npM. Transfer if you must; cateh another wave length: change in lh5 °^on legislature requir- ynnr level to a higher one, BUT DOST QUIT-it is always X £vZ ’X' The visit of an expert in the too soon to quit. • , design of small saw mills and of vRlflll MlIlS Will Be Big Factor in Lumber Industry " WE HAVE VERY ATTRACTIVE PRICES ON I I ; UNFINISHED FURNITURE or WIN Finish on Order. Visit Us When Possible Inter-City Furniture Co. 1 Blk. W. of Spfld. Jet. L .-UM . "CAMPING IS COMFORTABLE with the n«w CAMP TRAILER" !?ÿ “t«or<ümnr Omp Trader gives ouedooronen 1 • ««vr.a^. biceps cwo row - CMT on S". « »det safely behind your non- *5”^^ bl fair JCrrened opening« that aun‘be tThdJ wann in winter, cool la aununcr. dacuo. line in New Orle.n» .nd ye oeiLM w . For miornM- non aad free feWci. write e< Cottage Grove Motor Co 112 N. Ninth on Highway 99 Phone 77 Washington Letter THE T hird ftrovr •ttAQiulsTTkta by MU permits. I wonder how much good this might do. At any rate, a man representatives of the forest ser could not get a permit m the name vice laboratory at Madison, Wis- consin, to this section during the , of his dog. past week recalls the prediction To be fair, the profit motive of many operators that the small must be subordinated to the moral logger and the portable small mill Will play an increasing part in the motive. lumber industry of this section. One operator who spent a num- Laws are made to correct abuses but if there is no public sentiment ber of years in the southern forests behind the laws me anuses are not says the portable null is the com ing thing of the northwest and corrected. predicts that the small mills will increase in numbers at the ex pense of the larger mills. The fact The Latham school club held its that the portable mill can cut regular meeting Thursday evening timber close to the wocxLs will be February 6. It was deckled to an important factor in the wider sponsor a series of parties for the use small and portable older children of the school. The Also a coming development first party is to be held in the very •»lit tes in conjunction with near future. the Portable mill is a remanufae- Mrs. Gennie Cm has been very ,‘‘rin« center, where the cuts of ill at her home on 6th street for tf,e -smaller mill« will be sent for two weeks. Her daughter, Frances Pro^’ing- Marquardt, the third and fourth P’*,w‘der of the »mailer grade teacher called a substitute 7111*’ “ ,ts increasing use can be last week in order to be with her. forecast is a trend just exactly Another daughter. Sadie Brun- opposite to that of the farming baugh of The Dalles is with her district where tractors have out- moded the small farmer with his this week. Leslie Hull and son, of Vancou small farm. C. L. Tedford of the Forest ver. Washington, spent Friday night at the Claude Plaster home. Service laboratory of Madison. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Yates and Wisconsin, with F. B. Malcolm their two small sons of Portland of Madison and J. J. Byrne of the and Mr. and Mrs Gene V. Hansen forest service experiment station of Corvallis spent the week-end in Portland said there is greater rat the Hugh Trunnell home. This progress in the design of the is the first time the family have ’md'’er ‘he northwest than all been together at one time Mrs *“ributed the Yates and sons will remain for to ,he two weeks. cheapness of labor in the south. L^lird Ankrum c\f fncmno —__ __ _ _ _ _ . Laird V. V. Ankrum, of Eugene was tuning pianos in the Latham vicinity during the last week. The next neighborhood club Mrs. Harry Lewis and Mrs. H. meeting will be with Mrs. Van i Hayes spent Monday in Eugene. Grousbeck. February 13. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Young- The neighborhood club met with man announce the marriage of Mrs. E. L. Clark recently. Time their daughter. Marjorie Lois, to was spent socially and refresh- Harold Mendel! of Cottage Grove, ments were served by the hostess. ;The wedding took place the eve- Clyde Wright is a grindfnthe- ning of January 29. The Rev. again. A baby daughter wa- born Frank Brown officiated with the to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Tr -|: of i single ring ceremony. After a Atlanta, Georgia. Mrs. Trisk is short trip to the coast, the newly Mr. Wright’s daughter of thh com weds are at home with the bride’s munity. The baby s name ■: f -/ parents. The Youngmans moved Ann, weighing 8 pounds j <r. : t here last summer from Kokomo, birth, January 27. Indiana. By a vote that was substantially more than the required two-thirds <’295 to 121 h the House passel and sent to the Senate a Joint Resolution, proposing an amend ment to the Cunatitution of the : United States to limit the service of any one individual as President ; to two terms of four years each. I consider this one of the rmist im portant measures to be acted upon by Congrews in many years. In our form of government, no on«’ individual should ever be con- skiemi indispensable Further- more, our experience, over ititi years, has proven that the Con- stituUonal checks ami balances fail to operate tor th«' protection of the people when tbe Executive, who has the power of appointing members of the Juabcial Branch of the Government tor life tt'rms, is in office longer than eight years During his more than twelve years in office, the late Prroident Roosewlt appointed more than 300 federal jurige«. including the Su preme Court. The record shows that ail bur 8% of these jiuigva were registered in the Presiilent’s pBliUca! tfBrtrs Thus, two our | T~ T Bridge Recently Discovvry of the removal bridge, which might have caused its collapse ami the mnne<|<ient isolation of a large dairying and logging country, was rrveal«*d to day by County Roadmaster Floyd C. Frear, That the bract's had been re- ----- ------ moved. evidently to permit p«ss- agí* of an exuvmely^heavy kMd, was discovered Thursday by Clyde Rydell, Rredsport. county road patrolman. Frear said. The Loon lake bndgv is the highest span in the county. It is 50 feet above the rocky gorge of Mill Creek, which flows from Loon Lake into the Umpqua River Th«' bridge was built in 1927 and has been repaired many times sine«’, Frear explained. -Roaeburg News Review. । three Independent branches of government bwsme too ctasely al lied politically. As our experience has proven, this cannot happen when ii President serves no mon* than eight years I hope the Senate Will pare the resolution promptly, mid that the amendment will be laid before the State Legislatures, most of which are now in session. The debate on the proposed Con stitutional amendment was a little hit on the pathetic side. Although Majority Loader Halleck and other Republican speakers stateil clear ly ami sincerely that the proposal was intend«'d as no reflection on any previous President (at h’ust two Republican Presidents in our history sought nominations which would lx1 liarred by the proposed amendment), inoat Democrata op- posi'd the amendment, lar^'ly, I Ihink. because they felt its adop tion uouid la* a reflection on (heir great President Roosevelt. The framers of our Constitution very wisely made the process of amending it a slow and difficult on«'. The Constitution never has been amended liasliiy, and amend ments arc few. In all, more than 4.000 proposed amendments have beim suggested to Congress. Mure than 200 of them have had to d«> with the term ol office of th«' Presiiirnt, but out of the 4.000, only 21 amendments have ever been ratifies) by the stales. The amendment now uikh'r cunsideru- tmn will, of course, require th«' affirmative approval of the legis latures of 38 states. The Special Subcommittee to in vestigate the sugar situation has just made ita preliminary report to the Congress and the American people. < >ur committee has recom mended that a per capita allot ment of not loss than 35 to 40 pounds I m * provided in 1947. as compare«! with 25 pounds in 194«. It has siso reenmmended that In dustriai and institutional users be allowisl sufficient sugar to rqual iod. ns compared with 80 per cent in 1946 It further recommended that the Secretary of Agriculture retain a minimum of approximate ly 3 million 3 hundred thousand short tons of sugar from the United States own.M Cuban sugar acquisition for use of «American consumers in 1947, anti urged that producers in the United States. including Hawaii and Puerto Rico. be encouraged to Increase produc-. Body, will be Master of Ororbon- tkm in 1947-48 lea. The annual banquet of the Ore gon Sock'ty of Washington, D. C will I h > held Tuesday evening, Feb ruary 19th, nt tlie Roger-Smith Hotel, More than 2»M> former resi by Put Noble Grands Club dent!« of Oregon live hen’ now. and moat of them turn out for the an-' in Western Auto Store nual meeting, i'herne Miller, niece uf the famous Oregon poet, Joa-| «pun Miller, who has lived in Washington many yearn. Is Pregi- ( Beginning at 10:00 A. M. «lent of the Society. Carlton Sav- , age. Assistant to the -Secretary of 27-Hr State, and one-time President of the University of Oregon Student COOKED FOOD SALE Saturday, Feb. 15 HS HüMhN NATURE I d better stop putt ering around and get over to Hansen Bros, and get the benefit of their com plete automotive service. I m taking no chances on my cor getting in a rundown condition HANSEN BROS. KAISE Raw/FRAZER AUTOMOBILES s TM KRAXCR FARM RUHiNCroH KQUIF'MK *r tor r arc a mo va O ld king C ole W as a M erry old soul A nd a merry old soul was he H e called for his pipe ... LATHAM WALKER Washing Wooleni Woolen cloth should never ie soaked. Wash by hand, squeeze suds through the fabric. Rubbing shrinks and hardens the wool Remove Tar Ftcm Linen Tar may be removed from en by rubbing thoroughly w.th of turpentine, or lard, pe;n>itting । to stand awhile, ..nd I jw , ».„g.. in •cap and water. What a happy old gent King Cole would have been if he could have dashed down to his dealer to buy a super new 1947 radio on ths Thrifty Pay Plan, But, alas! The merry old rascal didn’t live in this modern age and had to be content with three off-tune fiddlers. Which all goes to prove that you’ve get it ail over Old King Cole! You can get the best in modern radios ... or any other needed home appliance . . . and pay for it conveniently with a Thrifty Pay Loan from the First National Bank of Cottage Grove. Arrange your purchase through your dealer. Then tell him you want to buy it on First National'« Thrifty Pay Plan You'll be pleasantly surprised at what Thrifty Pay can do for you. bankredit The FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Cottage Grove COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON Memb<r Federal Dapoalt Inmirance Corporation
