The Nentinel, Cottage tiróte, Oregon
Thur*., April 8. 1918
Letters to the Editor
Published Every Thursday at
Cottage Grove, Oregon
In a hurriedly written state
Established August 15. 1889
ment regarding the closing of the
- ------------------- Editor, Publisher i Blackbutte post office which ap
Cottar
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OREGON 01.0
PENSION \<T
THOUGHTLETS
By Earl B. Balch
A burlcy, Idaho, newspaper edi
tor suggests that tin' senior sen
ator of that state should be re
cant'd b> his constituents. That
iloes not sound advisable. Senator
Glenn Taylor can't do his state
much harm for the next two years
and if the voters should throw
have read. “Two or three years”. him out he could then pose as a
Entered at Cottage Grove, Oregon, as second class matter.
. martyr.
To the Editor, and Mr. and Mrs.
Senator Taft is pushing a meas
NATI ON AL EDITORIAL- 1 John Q. Public:
Are you the gullible kind who ure through the Senate to appro
believes any and all gossip or ru- priate three hundred million dol
mors that you hear? If you are lars for Federal aid to schools. It
is refreshing to see the prospect
don't read this article.
There seems to be a great deal of an appropriation for something
UNCERTAINTIES
j of mud slinging and to my know- that will really benefit others than
ipe
,
I ledge a lot of false rumors in cir- the military. Senator Lester Hill
w 1 i rt' a,Ci* ‘ S o* un<’er1ainties when the average individual eulation both the pro and con on of Alabama calls it the "Marshall
would like to know what to believe, more especially with refer- ’he question of the abolishment of plan of America.”
ence to the world situation ami the outlook for pea'ce. Minor in-1 our present City-Manager-Council
' "
,
Il is with real relief tbat thc
cidents are sometimes magnified such as sighting submarine^ type of government.
ott the roast as if we might be actually at war. TheMt nation is ! According to authoritative T1*a#,Jlre known as the "Marshall
,n was final 1} passed without
o doubt more perplexing to the German residents living in or sources there is now on file with
near V*mn, vvho-may not know which way to turn and whether the city recorder a petition to 'nciuding Spain in the European
abolish the charter amendment ua)|ons to receive funds. I’o have
to be in the British. French. American or Russian zones.
which established our present 'iwluded that Fascist government
\iewing the outlook from all angles, it seems part of the form of government, and to re- 'voukt have helped commurilsm
American press n trying to build up a war hysteria, which if turn Io the old Mayor-Council and *atge!y and lowered our prestige
very much in the eyes of western
earned far enough might plunge its into a war reganlless of elective City Recorder.
fa«t!Europe'
the necessity of such action. We are not sure but that some of
Rumors travel far and
the brass hats are back of the i fforta
against anything new that this ■
To show that all measures
The army brass hat element can be just as much of a dicta- city ever has tried to do that
spells progress. However can sane :
&F Congress are not polit-
or as any bureaucrat and this in our mind is the worst thing and sensible people expect one
educational bill passed by
(bout any sort of military preparedness—the fact that the boys man or group of men to rectify.
Senate which was drawn by.
might .reach a point where they would want to show their in just six months, the mistakes or and pushed through by Senator
(Uthonty The custom of carrying arms in civilian life would mismanagement of the past 35 Taft, received the support of many
democrats in that body.
mt hine been outlawed so quickly had it not been for the fact or 40 years.
peared in our issue ol April 1st. ’
Bubecription rates, cash in advance. No subscription for less than 3 Mrs. Lillian Stimmel wishes a
t>onth>.
1 Yr.
6 Mos. S Mos. corri'ction. Siu- stated that if the
proposed rural mute extension
In Lane-Douglas Countie«
...2.50
1.50
1.00 running out of Cottage Grove was
Putride Thl* District „
-3.00
175
1.50 approved the post office at Black-
। butte would be closed in two or
Foreign Rates on Application.
। three months. The article should
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hat the armed individual quite often found occasion to use his
Can the present government be
ux shooter when matters might have been settled peacefully.
expected to rebuild the water sys
• .
e a? nOt SUF^ hut that thc international situation is much tem in 6 months when the past ad-
ike the American lawyers, i who
‘ often like to resort to nanii': minstrations failed to get the job
ailing in a court trial ami leave the impression that they are
Can they repair and rebuild the
eady to spnng at each other’s throat. When the sneech making
streets overnight, when they have
¡V't^ tell?-
S’“1”
an« in arm. Ami this is been allowed to fall into a deplor
ike the Berlin incident of last week, when the Russian freight able condition for the past several
mbargo threatened to set off the needed spark, but when the years. The former limited budget
elision loosened the generals went out to dinner together.
alone would tie their hands on
At least the situation has most of us guessing regardless of much of this wotk.
Can this present government be
he fact we would like to know the truth.
A JOB FOR YOU
T2iis spring, the State foresters and the forest service of the
epartment of Agriculture are conducting a nationwide pro-
am to reduce forest fire losses. And that campaign can be a
'> d(‘a? with it th<> P" ’,C LS made aware of the problem and how
Because the economy of this na
tion is so closely bound with the
needs of the whole world, there
are four major industries that
should be prevented from strikes
by the unions and shut downs by
the employers. These are coal. oil.
transportation and steel. The clos
ing of any of these industries for
any great length of time brings
industrial paralysis on not only
this nation, but also on many oth
blamed for someone's mistake of er countries.
laying light cable right in the open
ground only to rot off the cover
The State Department has set
ing in a few short years. Then to a precedent by refusing a passport
require a complete rebuilding of to Congressman Leo Isaacson, left
our Main Street lighting system wing member from the Bronx and
at a much greater cost. Put the for whom Henry A. Wallace ac
blame where it should be.
tively campaigned. Never before
Would you close your business has a congressman been refused
or backslide in your system if your a passport, but he wished to at
management did not seem satis tend a gathering in a country in
factory *
Europe which is actively aiding
Weigh the facts and figures not the guerillas of Greece. Since our
the opinions or rumors before you government is aiding the Greek
decide on this all important Issue government against these guer
I tell you in all sincerity it is very- illas. it is surely consistent to
important to the welfare of this t efuse a passport to a man wish
community and the health and fu ing to view the activities of an
ture of everyone concerned, that aggregation aiding the guerillas.
progressive government be con
tinued.
.
Secretary of State Newbry in
Think carefully, choose wisely,
don’t be swayed by personal releasing the figures on motor fa
talities in Oregon for February,
prejudice or rumored opinions.
states
that one of ten fatalities
Yours Respectfully.
were due to drink. We wish to
L. D. Kent.
•ommend Mr. Newbry for making
this statement. Too often officials
repress, or at least fail to reveal,
the truth in these things.
Fortunately some progress has been made in dealing with
.18 1?rest »w menace. In prewar years, we averaged 210,000
ires m our forests, woods and range lands. Since the war the
and
172 000 in 1946 But »°
^ould
ccept these statistics as an indication the waste is unimportant.
'S uUrned enouKh
sau-timber size
> build 86000 5-room houses, and enough pole sized trees to
loude a 12-nionth supply of newsprint for every newspamr
1 this country.
1
What eauaes forest fires’ The experts have the answer to
hat based on years of correlated experience. Only one in a
erv fpd 1S ,htK r?Ulf
"Parks from machinery. A
try feu are the handiwork,of arsonists. Less than 10 per cent
, re started by lightning. And here is the big point: 90 per eent
re rauaed by people—by the carelessness of the campers, hunt-
rs, travelers, loggers, farmers and the others who live in th
onsta, who work in them, or who visit them.
During the campaign, these and many other facts will be
nade available. Forest tire prevention — like any other kind of
Editor’s note: Happenings of
It may seem a paradox, but the
ire prevention — isn’t a job for the ‘other fellow.” It is a former
years has never been a best realist is also an idealist.
,ob for you.
AGE
। $25 The ix'nidcntial nx)ulrem 'iits i
would I»' the same Method of
raising the funds to be left up to
(Elmer J Kent)
A statewide group of (tension the legislature.
minded people propose this act to
While t h e measure la being
be placed on the November ballot sponsored by Townsend dubs, it
if possible, Instead of the case carries none of the features of the 1
worker plan as we now have It.
with
the
relatives dependent former Townsend bills. This writ- .
clause, they propose to establish er has been appointed to manage
$50 monthly for all men over 65 the petitions in southern Lan« Cb.
and women over GO whose income and Would like volunteers from I
is less than that amount, plus every district to circulate them j
emergency medical care etc. This It requires about 20.000 registered '
compares with about a $39 aver- voters to place it upon the ballot :
age at present with many being Copies of the act may lie seen at'
compelled to exist on less than Kent s Market.
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Glancing Backward
regular feature of the Sentinel in
the past ten years because of
crowded quarters, however, now
NO OIL SHORTAGE
non^1 nn™ niaj£ fi“d ^n,e comfort
the recent statement of that we are in our new location,
we hope to make this a weekly
"^tern Oil and Gas Association, made feature, that is if the public likes
last March. Mr. Gilman says there is no danger of the United this column.
Mates running out of oil or gasoline in the foreseeable future.
Sentinel Files 1928
Despite an all time record consumption, the total proved oil
Scott Lyons announced this
TO?™™
?0Wltry at ¿he end °f Iast year
’’early week that he would be a republi
7U.I.UW.000 barrels greater than in 1946. And during 194» the can candidate for county commis
sioner.
oil industry expects to drill 35.000 more wells.
One of the best and most fertile
There is considerable misunderstanding of the so-called
ranches in this section is the 160
oil shortage according to Mr. Gilman. The so-called shortage was acre ranch of Finley Whipps, sit
dislocation rather than lack. The problem was to get oil where uated seven miles up Mosby
it was needed.
Creek. This year Mr. Whipps has
a fine stand of clover growing on
John I,. Lewis is said to be a great student of Shakespeare about half of his lower field.
The cinnebar mines at Black
and he frequently quotes from the latter’s plays. Mavbe that is
butte is being operated to the full-
where he gets his instinct for the dramatic. Once again he • est
capacity possible with the
acted a little scene when he ignored the subpoena of a lawful present equipment. Two shifts are
body, the fact-finding committee named by the president, and being employed at the mines and
appeared only after the court had ordered him to do so. It was three shifts at the furnace.
just his way of publicly thumbing hi.s nose at the government
The Lions club silver loving cup,
(stopping short of the court with which he had a rough brush a gift of the Huntington club in
some months ago). But he had a chance to strut on the national California was taken to Eugene
stage and he took it. Really he will be missed when death, the Wednesday afternoon and pre
master of all players, calls him from the stage.—Ore. Statesman. sented to that club. It was accom
panied by Pres. Earl Hill, H. W
Lombard and C. A. Bartell.
Harry L. Brown has filed notice
of his candidacy for the democrat
ic nomination for sheriff.
A tentative route for the city’s
auxiliary pipe line, which is to be
extended south to the remanu
facturing plant of the W. A.
Presents
Woodard Lumber Co., was adopt
ed at Monday night's meeting of
the city council.
From the File* of the Sentinel
•April 8, 1938
Orlo Bagley and Pete Anlauf
tied for first place with a net 27
in the inch tournament at the lo
cal golf course Sunday. They won
over a field of 18.
The district meeting of the 4-H
leaders association will hold their
regular monthly meeting in Cot
tage Grove next Tuesday evening.
S. T. Rose, chairman will be in
charge of the meeting.
A pageant, “The Challenge of
the Cross,” will be presented by
the young people of the Methodist
church Sunday. This is Palm Sun
day and the beginning of Passion
Mountain sheep, caribou, grizzly bear, wolves and wolver
Week.
The Sentinel’s motion picture
ine in original habitat. Pitcures taken only 70 miles from
cooking school, “Star of My
Aretic circle.
Kitchen" will be presented for
three days at the Diane Theater,
starting Monday, April 11th.
Admission 50c - 25c
The Rev. E. L. Kechley, the
new pastor of the First Christian
JAMES H. BOND. Photographer, will appear in person.
church and Mrs. Kechley, have
moved into the church parsonage.
He was pastor of the First Church
at Wenachee, Washington for
twenty years before coming here.
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The fact that Russia has backed
down somewhat, when the United
States refused to give in to the
Soviet government in the Berlin
mcident, is plenty of evidence that
Stalin is not ready fbr immediate
war.
emet wo tow r emt ta
Two men, employees in a hop
yard, were recently engaged in a
drunken brawl. One man stabbed
the other over the possession of a
bottle of wine. This is another one
of the blessings of being a devotee
of John Barleycorn.
Our Timber State
Atjout one-sixth of the total stand
ing timber in the United States is in
Washington state.
Office Supplies — The Sentinel.
Hey y-y—How about coming out of your fog, dreamboy,
and remembering that I’m wasting the beat years of my
life here waiting to take down your prattle.
When you come to the Cottage Grove Pharmacy, how
ever, you don t have to wait. Quick, efficient service is
our motto.
Cottage Grove Pharmacy
632 Main Street
Tuesday, April 13th
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