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WITH DIGNITY AND CONFIDENCE
The sole throat to the pdace of the world lies in the deter*
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oration in relations between the United States ami the Soviet
Cottage Grove, Oregon
Union. and the inability of these two powers to reconcile their
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That problem will not be solved by "tough talk”—nor by
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100 will not l»c solve«! by building up. among our own people, an
almost pathological fear of Russia.
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HOW NOT TO GIT THE HIGHWAYS FIXED
, The folks up Row River way have had to endure s«n -e bad
highways the last two years, but evidently the stat«« police are
not very sympathetic as tn what motorists from up th«« river
endure. Some weeks ago a trucker from the Row River Lumber
t/Ompany tried to do a good turn anil repair a few of the rougher
spots. But unfortunately h«‘ met a member of the stat«« poliro and
the state police threw the book at him, assessing a fine for throe
or four different counts.
The most common complaint against any officer is the
failure to use common sense. It appears that the officer who
lined this truck driver was no exception
It is bad to l>e fined by the state police, it’s doubly so w hen
you are trying to do something neither the state nor the count v
can or will do.
Within theiv limitations, the Soviet leaders are realists
They are iinpiTsse«! by de« ds not by nonls. And that is true of
all the European countries which sooner or later will have fc
make a choice Iwtwwn a totalitarian government ami some form
of democratic government. Th«« influence ami prostige of th.
United States will grow in direct proportion to what we di
rather than what we say.
We must, of course, maintain our military strength. W<
must also show by demonstration that our system can out
produce any other system. We must prove beyond the shadow
of a doubt our faith in free enterprise at home before we hop«
to "sell" the merits of fro«« enterprise abroad. We must «leal
with all powers. Russia included, with dignity ami confidence.
That is the only possible roa«l to a peaceful solution of world
problems.
AN HONEST PRICE
One unfortunate phase of the price problem is that everyone
seems to be looking for a pat solution, w hich will solve it in one
fell aw«mp.
The fact is that the problem is simply th«' sum total of in
numerable other problems ami forces, some of them of extreme
complexity. Eor example, high wages contribute to high prices.
Foreign aid contributes to high prices. Government fiscal policy,
which is still strongly inflationary, contributes to high price's.
Our record national income (increased printed ihoney), which no
one wants to redu««e. contributes to high prices.
The worst illusion of all is that a return to price control of
the OPA type would solve the problem. The government could •
set a low price for an article—but it couldn't make anyone pro-
duce that artid«« if the price involved an operating loss. Price
control would drive goods inexorably into the black market,
which would then become the real market. Most dangerous of '
all. price control would I»«« completely impossible unless it in
volve«! the strictest kinds of wag«« and other controls—an«) sub-!
jecte«l the nation to some kin«l of an economic dictatorship.
During the next year, prices may go up or they may come i
down. No one knows, and. as the experience of the past year or I
two shows, the forecasters are almost invariably wrong. But.
in a free economy, where open competition exists all along the
commodity line, down to the chain or independent sjore from
which you buy your goods, the price will be an honest price. It
will be an accurate reflection of present-day costs ami condi
tions. And that is all that anyone can expect.
To All Our Customers
and Employees
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1019 Eart Main
STATE DIX7UNEN
CAMP WHITE OFFER
Chas Miller. hx'al carpenter and
Tht> State Board of Control
contractor is more or less of a Monday abandoned plans to tak<<
crack for safety, but was caught over Camp Whit«« Hospital near
at th«« switch Sunday when a Medford for us«« as a stat«« mental
stairway gave way on him anti Itoapital.
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gave him a black eye. Where
Th«« board's action cam«« after
Charley slipped was when he built Attorney General George Neuner
a temporary stairway to u storage ruled the board had no authority
room over the woodahed sometime to use th«' hospital for that pur*
ago He intended to make the pose. an«i the lioard said it must
stairway safe when th«« material b«« bound by Neuner's opinion.
was available, but did not. When | Th«« federal government had of-
th«« stairway gave way Sunday h«« felt'd th«' hospital t«> the state
nanagtM to throw a keg of nails to free of coat, provided the state us«>
iafety, but went down with the it for educational or health fair-
itaimmy.
poses for 25 years, and if th«« stat««
We hesitated to ask Miller why agreed .to turn it back to the
‘he black eye until his explana government in th«« event of a
tion.
national emergency.
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Cottage Grove Pharmacy
48 N. 9th
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“Papa, why do they rope off the aisles at a wedding?”
“So the groom can’t get away.”
Notice To Our Patrons
For your convenience and to make the task of
shopping easier for you, we, the undersigned
merchants, will remain open until 9:00 p.m. on
Saturday and Tuesday, December 20 and 23rd.
J. C. Penney Co.
Petersen’s
Brisbane Electric
Nichols Radio & Appliance
Clark’s Studio
Men’s Toggery
Smith Electric
The Grove Hardware
Western Auto Supply Co.
Perry’s Dress Shop
Arnest’s Dress Shop
Woodson Wicks Electric
Knickerbocker’s 5c to $1.00
Cottage Grove Radio Shop
Coast to Coast Store
Edwards Outdoor Store
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* Christmas
TOYS
BUSINESS WONDERS
Maybe business should take to its storm cellars. The eeon-1
omists of the Department of Commerce have just comg out with |
an optimistic prediction for 1948. Boom conditions will continue 1
in almost every American industry, is the prediction. This is the
same department—though probably not the same men—who. in
1945. predicted there would be six million to eight million job-
less by the middle of 1946. The memory of that prediction is
likely to haunt the Commerce department for a long time to
come. So business ean be excused today if it wonders what now
inspires such an optimistic attitude by a source that, in the
past, has used economic predictions for its own purposes.
Anyhow, the department now expects a sustained demand thru
the year for steel. It sees some help in the steel situation from ;
the new facilities being brought into production. The automobile
industry, it believes, will turn out five million cars any one
million trucks. And just to top off the optimum of optimism, it
thinks butter will be more plentiful.
Letters to the Editor
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UNSAFE STAIRWAY
BACKFIRES
To the Editor:
I enjoyed reading the letter byj
Mrs. Ray Weldon in last week's
Sentinel regarding the Guy Smith ■
case, and I was pleased to know
that there is at least one person'
in this community who has the!
courage to come out and say what1
he thinks when he knows he is in
the right. I most heartily agree
with her.
Cottage Grove would be a better
| town if there were more people in
| it like Guy Smith, and it would
। not be necessary then to import
outsiders to run the town. If a
sample of their work is the dis
missal of Guy Smith then Cot
tage Grove would be much better
off without this type of city gov
ernment.
Anyone who knew Guy Smith
personally knew he was "a man,
among men." and that a great in
justice has been done the man as,
well as the town. I surely hope the
city council can sleep well with a
clear conscience under the belief
of “a deed well done.”
Clayton Simons
Black Butte Route.
LATHAM ELECTRIC
Black Butte Route
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HUSTED HONORED
E. R Husted, local manager for
Shell Oil Company, Incorporated
was among those honored at a
dinner at the Multnomah hotel in
Portland, Oregon last night com
memorating his completion of 14
years of service with the company. !
A total of 270 employees of the
company's Portland Division, all
of whom have more than ten
years of service, attended the din- '
ner, according to G. V. Birkin ,
shaw, division manager.
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