Tfce Waatlaal, Cottage Grot», Oregon
Thur«.. April 1.5. 1041»
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Letters lo the Editor
WHO SAID UHATT
To the Editor:
IF. G MARTIN
Editor, Publishei
The Chinese are given the credit
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Whenever I hear a new philos
Entered at Cottage Grove, Oregon, a* second class matter.
ophy. I like to know the source of
it and what effect it has had on
the element from which it origin­
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AUDITORIAL- ated.
Take, for instance, the Chi­
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SSOCIATION nese proverb*. Soin«’ of them
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1 sound cv . «’dingb plausible: but
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h ATIo a
what effect have, the Clunes’
I philosophies had on the Chinese
I people? Look at China as a nation
TRAFFIC SAFETY SHOULD APPLY TO US TOO
I and answer that one yourself.
The death toll from highway accidents continues to grow
By and large, the philoaophies
and |iost of us agree that something should be done about the which come out of the United
situation. But when some one suggests a traffic code and cules States should be the most im­
and regulations we think they are terrible if they affect us pressive in the world: for the
directly. \\ hen the highway department «•onstructed a foui reason that the United States is
lane highway leading out from Eugene to th«’ Springfield Junc- undoubtedly the most impressive
tmn aot long ago ther«' was a rush to locate a business along the । nation in the world and is a fine
highway as if the highway should serv«’ as a main street. When ’xample of what a nation should
be. Of course there is plenty of
the highway department barricaded the front of one new busi­ room
improvement in the be­
ness establisliment, a mightly howl.went up. The Portland havior for
of the United States as a
< hegon ( ity four lane highway completed several years ago. was nation, anti of its people as indi­
obsolete even before it was completed liecauae the highway viduals. But the good old U.S.A,
department gave aceea* to the right of way, and in our own case I anil its people are putting on the
we aro toki thai the highway will eventually bypass Cottag« most decent performance of any
Grove for 1he reason that the strip completed"here in 1940 will nation and of any people.
Charles T. McPherson
lie eventually abandoned for the same reason.
P.O. Box 8875. Zone 7
Me don’t hold any brief for the manner in which the high
1017 S. W. Eleventh Ave.
way defmiHmont has served this section ami perhaps it has been
Portland, Oregon
BOY, PAGE EMILY POSTI
THOUGHTLETS
tell all of you
that wo have
a slum-gopsuous
An overseas radio ewnincntatot
recently mudo this significant
statement. "The poor in rationed
Englanti are belter f«x| than the
poor in any other Euro|x’an coun­
try."
Chrysler
Town & Country
It seems to us that the military
are working overtim«’ to secure
favorable action by congress on
universal military training The
department of th«’ armed forces
placed before our legislative body
a measure that included ls>th sc-
lectiv»’ servin’ and universal mili­
tary training in one bill. The prop
er committee in the Hous,- of Rep­
resentatives has wisely sc|>arate<f
th«’ two plans.
Regardless of the possible parti­
san repercussions, the nation owes
a vote of thanks to S|M-uker of the
House. Joseph Martin, for causing
a speedy termination of the coal
strike.
Questions About
City Government
(Continued from page 1)
(7). The public is not well in­
formed on the city manager sys-
tern.
Ans The present city adminis­
tration has published 62 pages of
newspaper material informing th«’
public concerning city affairs. The
lack of information would seem
to lx« more a lack of interest on
the part of the reading public.
<8>. Why can't the street lights
be fixed?
• Ans. Street lights will b»> fur­
nished as soon as th» 1inch
galvanized steel conduit on order
has been received. We can patch
them and keep repairing them as
in the past and waste thousands of
dollars of the taxpayers' money,
but we are going to wait until we
receive the material so we can do
the job right.
(9). Is it true that the Chief of
Police is the brother-in-law ■ (
Manager Heinz?
Ans. The city manager denies
any relationship and invites those
who make this charge to prove it.
See. It) of the Charter Amend­
ment creating the council-mana­
ger form of government states
“No person related to the Man­
ager by consanguinity or affinity
within the third degre«’ shall hold
any appointive office or employ­
ment with the city.”
Ans. The amount of money set
asid«’ in the previous budget is en-
tirely inadequate amt the city has
_
..
t
, never purchased any adequate
From the files of the twice a week equipment. At the present time
Sentinel. April 12. 1928
plans are being made for new ami
Repair of the Cottage Grove- better e<iuipnient
Lorane highway, badly cut up
wh
,
'
during the winter, has been start-
¿Jr?
1 »
ed under the supervision of Ed .
h°W ,0 handl* ltB
Tullar
«"quipm« n< .
Ans. There are 12 voluntary fire
Helen Rodolf, featured as a toe
men who are going through a 78
dancer in th«’ Capital Stock Co.,
hour training course in fire pre­
is a former Cottage Grove girl and
appeared here frequently as a vention and fire fighting spon­
dancer during the time this was sored by the State Department of
Vocational Education, The city,
her home.
now has two full time firemen
Thirty-five members of the Eu­
and
a new well trained and ex­
gene Motorcycle club was hero
perienced fire chief has just been
Sunday for a picnic at Sharp's
appointed who will undoubtedly
creek.
develop a much more efficient de-
A recent issue of the official list
partment.
of open and free pay railroad sta-
(5). Why employ outsiders in
tion includes a supply point at
city departments?
Latham on the O.P.&E. called
Ans. Employees are employed in
Anco spur, a contraction of the
:’.ame of Anderson and Middleton accoidance with their qualifica­
tions for the work. If it is not pos­
WE CAN SHOW BY EXAMPLE
Lumber Co.
sible to obtain a person with the
Misses
Bernice
Thorn
and
Betty
View»«] from the historical perspective. American leader-
required qualifications within the
'hip pf the democratic forces of the world has come with nn- Taylor of London had a narrow city it is the city manager's place
’
scape
from
serious
injury
last
ireec iented "suddenness.
It took and
England
centuries
reach its a I rol^with%^
■ u. L
v ■ — to obtain outside personnel.
•om^rable
pinnacle of power
prestige
which to found
(61. Is the city manager system
■h4 m the Victorian era. The same thing was t™
France caped unhurt
g
too costly to the tax payers?
(10). Is it true that the city
J
Now. only a few years after on, .K-esUb-
Work has been started by the Ans. The former system was so
i< r <1 policy of isolation was abandoned, all th«- West
powers ! county on the new Wildwood inefficient that it resulted in a manager has a contract with the
break down in the city city so that the city can not (ire
are looking to us to blueprint the future.
bridge, near the railroad bridge general
government.
The city is now in him? •
We have assumed this leadership at a time wh,
ome of ” ,,,at P°int- ’
the
position
of
having to Operate
Ans. Section 8 of the Charter
the ig ist difficult and dangerous issues the nations nyce ever 1 "Millions of Model T Fords aro at a much higher
cost in order to amendment provides that th«’ city
I
still
in
active
service
”
,
from
an
kno^i are coming to a head. And the fate of the world ¿depends
correct the defects of the old sys­ manager may be removed with or
to a »n ater degree than most of us realize on the wisdom of the ad by the Ford Motor Co.
From the Sentinel. April 14, 1938 tem that have accumulated in past without cause at any time by the
Amepcan people and their government.
years
common council.
new owners of
jfany may still believe that otrr obligation can be dis­ the Irish-McBroom,
meat department of Irish-
charged entirely through economic relief, military support, and Swartz store have announced a
other purely material factors. That attitude coukI be a sure formal opening of their remodeled
roadjto disaster. Material things will gain nothing unless ther market, Saturday of .this week.
are backed up by an example that will help to reestablish
The American Red Cross is
ethiqgl and spiritual values in the Western world.
sponsoring a first aid class, the
Most oi the troubles of the world, from economic depresaioa first session will start Thursday
to w»r-sh«4f, can be traced back to a single cause. That eause night, April 21st.
Twenty girls from the west side
is St^sm—the idea that the people exist for the’government
junior high school, music students
instead of the government existing for the people. That has Imea of James Lewis were guests of
the Philosophy of every dictatorship from Mussolini’s to Hitler’s the Lions club Thursday noon.
J**11®0 s/° Stalin’*. It has led to the planned terrorization of
Harold Dugan of San Francisco
whom people^, and to a complete degradation of every ideal of visited Tuesday at the John Du­
freeiwm and the dignity of man. It has even made alarming gan home.
proggess m England, where socialism is gradually following the
Members of the Rainbow girls
same»old course that has led to oppression in a dozen countries held their annual spring formal,
and
are beginning to feel the bite of it in the'United States' Thursday the 7th.
Cecil Beck left for Portland
throifgh the continued expansion of government authority.
Thursday where he will spend sev­
eral days at a trade convention of
Northwest bakers.
Is
AT LEAST WE KNOW
engineers urge congress
•ne thing that has come out of the agitation for the county to Army
adopt the Willamette Valley
manjlgerehip, even though we may not agree with the plan, is fkxxi control project at an esti­
the tict that South Lane county has had only four county com- mated cost of $62,000.000.
Glancing Backward
PIGGISH
Whether wo like It or not. th«
doctrine of Communism as taught
by the Soviet system of govern­
ment, has never reached such
strength throughout the world ae
today.
F
hctatorial in several matters, but if we are to have lew acci-
lenta we must have safer highways, which means that the
nghWays can’t serve as a main street thru anv citv or town, not
ven excepting Eugene.
We understand there are petitions ont to abolish the one
vay street recently established on Whitaker avenue from 5th to
th street, it’s an easy matter to get signers to any petition, but
i hy the one way street should be abolished is more than ue
an see. There were more accidents on this one street than anv
'ther street in town andjf you don’t believe this just do a little
nvestigating nt the police station for a few years back. So far
is we know there has not been an accident on this street since
t was made into a one way. One other solution would be to
viden this street by taking out the curbs, but this can’t be done
s long as a utility maintains its present right of way along the
urn on this street. Just why the utility company was permitted
ngit of W’ay along this street is another mystery we can't
olve. We assume that petitions will be in order to do away with
ne no parking signs on the east side of South Sixth street,
lotwnhrtanding there have been several bad accidents on this
iarrow street, which also serves as a highway.
As long as we bin* traffic regulations from a selfish stand-
lomt we can’t cut the traffic deaths. Expressions of sympathy
von I bring the dead back to life.
*
We haie to be
By Earl B. Balch
Established August 15, 1689
Evidence is piling up that the
recent Insurrection 1 n Colombia
was not th«’ ordinary pinhead
Latin American revolution. but n
‘awfully planned effort to dis-
credit ihe United State« at the
Bogota conference But this na-
tion will not ta« intimidated
club coupe on our
floor.
Come in today
and
Drive It away
McCOY MOTORS
Same old place
The LADIES
by Cottage Grove Pharmacy
Titled American born iMvrosses
of England do not always talk
sensibly. Ijidy Astor suggests that
the British government should
grant peerages to rich Americans
This all sounds very' »Uly to th»«
average American.
THE PAKHINO OF A
GOOI» NEIGHBOR
It was a shock to learn of the
ix-wlng of Emeat W Armes, of
715 Uneoln Street, Eugene, re­
cently. He and his family lin’d
many happy years In Cottage
Grove, moving here from Wood­
bum in IWW He leaves a wife,
Nora. an«i three sons. Norval of
Walia Walla, Lloyd and Cecil of
Eugen«’, and six gramkhlldrvn
ary with interment in Cottage
Grove cemetery family lot Mrs
Armes' people, the Richmonds.
were at on«’ time all residents of
Cottage Grove. Mrs. Della Rich­
mond. sister of Nelson Durham,
now in California, is a sister-in
law. Mrs. Griswold is now in Eu­
gene and Eva Richmond, the
youngest member of the family is
now teaching music at a Wooster.
Ohio college.
Mr. Armes began work In 1918
with the freight department of the
Southern
Pacific
Depot
here,
working for many years, was later
transferred to Eugene depot At
th«’ time of his death he had just
completed 30 years with the rail­
road and was ready for retire­
ment -Belle Burkholder
Salesbooks
The Sentinel
A FINE CAR
MADE EVEN FINER
see I supervise Mr. Klotz, who
supervises Mr. Plotz who supervises
Miss Slotz who is the end of our
bottleneck.
HOWEVER
You will find no bottlenecks at the
Cottage Grove Pharmacy
Ph 244
632 Main
Rubber Stam i is, Pads, Ink. The Sentinel.
P ontiac
Does it get
Your Goat?
imssibners since 1892. This fact is brought out by the pro-county
inanagernew«paper, the Eugene Register Guard. That faet that
we liiveJjad no more representation in the county government
at Ehgene is probably largely our own fault and has been a
matter of ««difference. A diffident attitude is the worst thing to
overAimrth trying to arouse public sentiment ami it’s probably
the Jeason our various forms of government are no more
efficfrnt.
Th«» fact that this poinnunity, as large as many county
■eaticover the I nited States, has had little or no voice in the
management of county afiairs is a prime reason in supporting
a mifi' from this section. Voters have that opp«irtunitv in the
eomihg primary in supporting 0. M. Patten, candidate for
county commissioner, if we are to get anywhere we are uoing to
havefto^RHce the interest of South Lane county above mttv
jcalojisies.
1 1
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Meekness excludes revenge, ir­
ritability, morbid sensitiveness,
but not self-defence, or a quiet and
steady maintenance of right.
Th«?ophylact
ARC & ACETYLENE
WELDING
Cottage Grove
Welding Works
Portable Welding Any Place
1030 Madison
Phone 181Y
24-tfcxxx
FOOT SUFFERERS
When other shoppers gloat?
They day they’ve found a
one stop center,
Where food is found of
highest standard.
The place of course is
Your foot troubles may be the direct cause of Rheum
atism, Neuritis and many other chronic disabilities_ so
why suffer longer— Consult now—
DllIH
For all “one-car’families
BLUE’S MARKET
For the family which h.n hut one motor
car —Pontiac is an extremely wise choice.
Supplies for
YOUR EVERY GROCERY NEED
Across from the park — A place to park — East Main
First, it is big anti beautiful. You can
drive it anywhere, any time, with ihe cer­
tain knowledge that it will be admired. It
also gives you the comfort you want, and
need. It is safe, too—because it has big,
sturdy brakes—and remarkable balance on
turns and curves. It provides the perforin-
We give S. & H; Green Stamps
IT S BACK
H»w many times have you had in mind to consult a Foot
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GU
ante luxury of GM Hydra-Matic Drive*. It
is quick and nimble, easy to steer and park
—a feature especially appreciated by
women. Anil it is very economical—just as
economical, in fact, as any car you can hay.
It is a rare car, indeed, which can offer al!
these qualities. And because Pontiac dott
offer them, it is becoming the choice of
more and itiore people every day.
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Pure, wholesome, flavorful
HAND - DIPPED
ICE CREAM
DR. L. U. WILLIAMS
Licensed and Registered Chiropodist and Foot Specialist,
Formerly of Salem and Eugene for over 30 years.
Instant relief to all foot troubles. (Arch supports to
yefur individual correction.)
Bring this ad with you^for Free Examination and
Diagnosis.
Office at Cottage Grove Hotel. Phone 88 for Appointment.
GUSTAFSON’S ICE CREAR! PARLOR
603 Main
Phnne 31
A Product nJ (unirti Motin
WILLIAMS MOTORS
North 9th on Highway 9*1
Phone 19
Cottage Grove