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The Sentinel. Cottage Grove, Oregon Thnp., May IS. tata Letters to the Editor Check for the Children Visiting Students WEEK’» MC.OTEl I note Jg CinUge (Orovc "The Boycott, the ty-Pnxa Edit Sentinel week's Sentinel regarding our and the Back-Down Wre not the Thl» kune uf tbc Sentinel la |Mib mayor's stand on the city manager way to make the Vnited Na proposition. With all due respect llahtsl by atlKtrUt* ItM* the Cnl- Vt C. MARTIN Editor. Publisher to His Honor, who however is en- i tions atronger, or the way to vrrally of Oregon jourmillani serve the cause of ¡iea«'«j," - wllool. and the ofdnlon» evpreaard titled to his opinion as this is a Subscriptiou raten, cash in advance. No sulMcriptioH for less Trygve Lie, United Nations free country. I do think he has the are not, nreraaarlly Iboar of W. <’. ,h rue iHoutha. ti Mos, 3 Mos. wrong 1 Yr. Nations Stcretaiy General. Martin, publlahrr and owner. slant on this. Dr. Hagen is i by GENE WARE une and Douglas Counties ...... .2.50* 150 1.00 an old friend of mine, of 25 ye^m Visiting Ntaft: It’s kind of early for most Dan Wyant, nmnaaing aMtnr. hit aid* This District 3.00 1.50 standing and ordinarily, I agree' to destroy our American ideals, ¡Hsiple with his conduct of city affairs to Ito taking vacations Mam McKinney, news rrlttor. that to outlaw that agency would ’creigli Rates on Application. James L. Mherbert, sports edi . . . but not too early to think md admire his public minded I Ito unconstitutional and I m - dis tor; Ed Coursey, s»»Utnnt «¡»oris astrous. sounds very foolish to us about them. There are three spirit. But why blame the mayor?! utered at Cottage Drove, Oregon, as second class matter. editor, if you don't like the idea of a city I Communism In America Is moi* (Mitts to vacations, anyway Carolyn tlrfesel, society rsllthr. dangentus than the average citizen manager. Why don’t you come out1 the anticipation, the vacation, NATIONAL €DITOWAL_ and vote against it on May 21st j Hob Hrown, Warren Mack, time I thinks It is easily planted in the and the talking als»ut it after Hint, Chafyl Hill, June Gootre, 1 warped and twisted juimt\ wh<'re It wants Many folks think the Ulto ASSOCIATION and get your friends to do like- planning is the itost ¡»art That's I wise? We have a representative I’hll Kohlmvlrr, l.aura Olson, Mar ¡thrives and giyn^s by vitamin I government but if you don't excr- As demolition squads ripped down buildings to make way for the ilyn Turner, l.amotl Fisher, re- i shots from Moscow the time wtien your Ininglnatton I rise your voting privilege, it is new Vnited Nations headquarters in New York, businesses on the ;»rters and copy <xlltors. Tradition has it Riat st Patrick la freer than a bubble u> a tpgh Williani Force, tieue Klllebreo, chased the snakes out I iust wasted. And how few actually six-block site were forced to move to new quarters. The Con Ireland. wind. Yvu can go ten ntfteh nt I Hill Ix»ve, Rill Minehart. Charles He is revered in mai^piuntries I daces in ten minutes, and it I to vote on city affairs! solidated Laundry Corp., endorsing V.N. which took over Its » A Tip Of The Hat, Bob .... So far we have done fairly well garage, used the occasion to turn over a check for J15M to the Jr Ganal, editorial writers. ! today. The tyt>e of ananc St Pat" doesn't coat you n cent ft Don Persinger, attvertislng man. tick chased out of /rebind is a<l- doesn't even tax your imaglna- Once again, the annual district track meet is a thing of the without some one to tell the may V.N. International Children'^ Emergency Fund. Here Charles F. lion. I think evcrybiMiy ought and city council w hat to do We Kramer (right) of the company gives the check to U.N. Legal ager. inirnblr to the t.vpu4htUjUurold E asU’ive individuals and a relay team from Cottage Grove or Joan Hickey, Cheryl HIM. Win Stassen promis«*» to chase out of to get away for awhile .. be built a city hall without a city Counsellor Joseph B. Self as a L'NICEF supply official looks on. ained trips to the state high school meet at Corvallis, which manager, and also our modern «ton Carl. Jim Carscll, solicitors. America if he is elected pri'tidcnl. cause thrh^a nothing like a irtually draws to a close another high school sports year. I high school building. We started Ih-cause wc would like to help hun vacation to make you realize While Cottage Grove was edged out of the district team I to build a hospital without his as more salary even than we |>ay Mr. is a community work, not just fot Sweet Home. Ore. do that job, we; a ItomiMTat for there’» no place like home. tie in track for the second straight year (last year it was sistance. We have no funds to re Heinz, might it not be fair to let one individual to do. Belle Burk To the Editor: nearly half n century, are support» Wolfard and hi» gang In the political campaign now mg that big, Hur Anwdfean from of Hup y Eugene and this year, Springfield grabbed' first place), pair the city streets, so they say. I him prove his worth, and of course holder. henchmen have been rtdhnil- that couldn ’ t be done in the short n full swing in Oregon comes the Minnesota in his ra<svf«w4he nom» ing my photo In the paper every ie past athletic year can be considered a very successful I What we pay a city manager could we have had the system. Isn’t To th«' Editor: ¡uestton whether demorritcy has a niation for presldCtiR, < ,„ ( tnq^even if it wasn't a championship one. And the credit I tic used very advantageously for time week and have threatened to I that purpose I have a choked it possible we arc acting a bit has For the past several weeks then ight to defend itself try outlawing ,i< >n\ r hvssi i i ightfully belongs to Bob Dusenberry. cnncel their subscriptions drain which forms a permanent tily in asking for a recall of the Iwvc been opinions published it tubventive elements This seem* Formerly Tdjtor and However, my wife thinks it's i Lion athletic teams didn't manage to win any Tri-county I . pool of water outside my garage system so soon. It is impossible your paper regarding the City he main issue of debate by con ptibU'-her itt'vhr New pretty and the eititor has no football bunting as they did the three previous years, nor did j when it rains, when doesn't it for our councilmen who have their Manager form of government. tending partied. Era. It at funnily objttotions, so we're going to Eey £>lace high in district basketball play. In track, the only rain? and the chuckholes jn the own affairs to conduct, to give My forefathers came to America 1 40-ltp-adv knowtt weekly. A year ago I was convinced it continue anyway and maybe am championship the Grovers can claim came in the Tri- macadam also there could easily this work the efficient thought it was a good setup, but after ob to get away from kings and ty Hap will do something some 0 founty run. break a spring on any one’s car. should have; remember we are not serving the operation and the pos rants and isms that make peoph' RURAL PKOPKRTX OWNRRM day so that he too may get hi*, just a wide place in the road any sible effect in a town of this size ■ laves They were a democratic TO UET “FIRK NI MttER«" a But whatever the sport, Dusenberry-coached teams are al- Hardly a side street in Cottage picture in our paper more, but a little city who is U-ays highly regarded and have placed Cottage Grove on the Grove is without holes. What we fetding the effects of hundreds of I am thoroughly convinced it b :>eoplc The set up a democratic To assure pronifW’ action in an A !S»year»old Wichita lad not workable^ for this city. form of government and catab- pay a city manager to tell us what swering rural fin*’alarms. Fire athletic map. This is especially true in track. Over the years, My reasons arc several and thr lished the Republic of America. Chief V. C. Dougina iuu nsiuesfcd prov«*d to his glr| lie was no to do, we already know most of it, new people, many new kinds of jocal high school box’s rank among the best. In 1947, the Lions could also be used to clean the business and all the problems that first thing I noticed was the powet To preserve their democratic coward by shooting off his right । won the Greater Willamette Valley track title, and also the streets. We used to have a water arise with rapid city growth Let’s over city affairs left to th»' judg ideals they fought at Bunker Hill, this week that all residents of the big toe 1 wonder It it Improved l-ane Rural Fire Protection }B’Tttvision of the Hayward Relays. This year, Salem, a city wagon which did a tot of good don't have personalities in the is ment of one man. This, it seems to at Yorktown, and later in 1H12, on .South district call at the city hall Io his standing with the young •f .»yer 30,000, grabbed the Valley track title, and Ashland cleaning, and we surely have plen sue, it’s too big for that. Let’s be me, is dangerous as we just fin th«' high seas, they fought to pre- hare "fire number»“ assigned to lady ? Men. here'» n sure-fire! way of improving your stand squeezed >n ahead in the Hayward run. ty of city water or should with fair to our councilmen who felt ished a war where that was prac «erve the freedom they cherislK'd their property. ing with that certain young * Flew high schools are as fortunate as Cottage Grove in hav I Jupe Pluvius’ fine co-operation they were doing the right thing, ticed from the smallest unit ol In 1HW they again made a sacri File cards listing the exact lorn- let’s be fair to our present government to th»* top and could fice to preserve the ideals of the tton of all property In the district Indy Stop in nt th«* (YiMMI’N ¡ng a head coach with the devotion to track and field events J lately, why don’t we use it or get and until he has at least had be welded into a similar organiza Republic of America Again in will b.- kept by thl File IXpait ITY JEWELERS. «2 Main possessed by DusenbeTry. Kernal Buhler of Springfield, Vern I [ some more up to date cleaning manager time to prove the worth of the city tion here in this country. 191« and in the late war they i ment. Chief lioURins explained Street, nnd buy her a Cdfcffnhia equipment. Just lack of funds. We Gilmore of Salem, and Medford's Bill Bowerman are Dusen- to need an airport and should vote manager system. Another thing I have noticed is sacriflecM millions in money and Residents Mflll need only to give Diamond' It's just tf^c ticket oerry's only known equals in the larger Western Oregon for it on May 21st. It is too bad for! the trend to bring outsiders to our lives to preserve those ideals. their "fire number” when report for that thlrd-linterdeft-haiwl Chools. All four love the sport—a sport requiring the utmost a city of this size to be off the Phone: 35!. City to run the various depart Today, America is spending bil ing fires. WE BEGIN OCR patience and diligence on the part of both the coach and the air maps of the world While fly ANNEAL TASK ments ami work in them. This may lions in lands throughout the progress is to be made. Dusenberry's success in ing back over the city on my re It is now the month of May, and be all right to a degree but carried world to help smire fto r these turn from the Hawaiian Isles last on the first day, we begin our to excess can be construed ar peoples a chance to put Into prac mWfing these requirement^ is born out by the records. Another sports cycle starts in the fall.” In the meantime. July I noted how the city had annual task. First we have to no meaning that there is no one In tice the ideals we so cherish. While grown and spread over our little tify all those concerned and col- i our community capable of running wc do this, right at home we al ‘Congratuations, Bob, for a good job, well done.” valley, and I thoT how grand it lect the funds to do the work, hire our affairs. This also could be con low subversive agencies to Infil would be to make a landing at the the necessary' labor and then do sidered as the beginning of a ma trate our democratic ideals with a Cottage Grove Airport instead of the work. In checking over our chine for the benefit of one group venom more potent than ever Be A Millionaire Be Happy from the fangs of a rattle 5° .,0 EuScnc- Next 01« for 1947. I note that we had and this we must not see in Cot- came snake. • --si Inflation something in I thing, if va we o non dont * look out, wo we will owners 3 nd heard from fume we tage Grove. • z^i • has reached the * peak of — ------------- ° or other — '”*“**• H Some men who aspire to become We have employees of the city paying manager iu- to- had not heard heard from from in in years, years, to- to- 1-1 nnnnnn« ei nk a ■ nOW exchangeable at the rate of , | be V J V a County mau-igrr haii not i>1,000,000 to $1.00 m American money. In other words it would Rated in Eugene to tell us what gether with a goodly number of who are close to retirement and leaders in our land contend that We enn give complete cover ake two men and a small boy to carry enough currency to !° 1,0 Maybe some people like to the newcomers who have bought after many years of faithful ser- •he best way to get along with •hese dirty venom spewers Is to age on your outboard motor ¿he^prner store to buy a pack of cigarettes. 1In suburb of Eugene but jots in our Masonic-IOOF ccme- vice to the best of their ability. I them a place in the sun where The Chinese people now have monev to bum, and that is | I do not. piey do little tery on the hills west of town. It do not care to see them turned out 'give and boat at rates that will they can bre«»d and multiply and just what some of them are doing with it. Some find it cheap- from S' aT «nd naokwe too is growing like our thriving just before having rttocivcd that hiss and sting and spew their ven» er and more convenient to burn the money instead of trying I some spunk stand g little city. We wish to inform all Retirement. This to me is poor orfi at will To outlaw these ser surprise you. This coverage T n t ice as other employees know - ------ ----- , „.—.J on our own ,'to use it to buy fuel. We have heard of peopJ ' ’ hid ’ ’ ’ their ’ ' 1 I feet and run our own city. We those who are tot owners, whether they are insecure and can not give pent» would be unconstitutional, eople who ineltidea fire and theft and loss of iunior overboard. No new or old ones, that we do have they say. By the same reasoning ¡we; - — ----- ie thrifty folk have have plenty of home talent to do to have your support for this an their best under such conditions. Anojher thing I have noticed is then it would be unconstitutional nothing in their mattresses but money, and shredded at that, it- The pioneers who began this nual clean-up in preparation for deductible. Ask us about these LOW RATE8. A large department store in Canton is reported to have I settlement in the early days did Memorial day. Last year only one that our street* had more money to outlaw the thug, the rapist, the thief, the robber and the murder- J. B. Leonard .Insurance Service ' twenty one men running in relays to the bank in order to no* wait for a city manager to person refused on a personal plea Spent on them than for several er. meet their paypoll. The employes of the store bring suitcases te. ¿hem what to do^They just to pay this small fee. we ask for years but I think it is agreed they Wiser Bldg., 617 Main To say that a democratic ftoople I in worse condition than they ¡or large to each work, day with them, a portion of |ui.„ 2' ta>?d ^m^o^Vrow ’ wk ?** Y,ould 6 this work. It is but $2 per year, arc have no right to defend themselves Phone 34 !their pay bags home they are and able by to taking just ftoff get oneL, gk hU toge^r Residence 8F4 and per lot. Due to the lusty vege hpve ever been. * The people of Cottage Grove against an agency that proposes । tation in green Oregon, we must iweek s pay home before the next pay day. For these people, ing city one of which we can be cut the grass, vines and other| *ve ln ,ho 6000 very work actually begins when they get paid for their work. proud? Why sit down and wait growth each year, else we would |?P°U' voUngcx»»-« money for any- On outstanding thing has been proved by the inflation in I for some one else to tell us what wade in grass up to our knees as4“'nK Ih‘> n’,gh, «c‘ ■China—“Money can’t make you happy.” --------- Almost r everyone in 1 we 001X1 and should ------------------------- ----------------- - j do, ■ who ixc com- ------ i*e did in the olden days before korn<’,lo|fr<* value for the mon- (China is a millionaire, but they certainly aren’t happy about mands a good salary for this ser- the cemetery association was or- *n ,axvs- 1 do not •the whole thing. When asked what he thought about the in- vicS "T1* 600,1 wc just go ahcad ionized in 1922 to do this work. f •> - I.a You have the privilege of cleaning debt *h° sine- have p 10.19 ‘,,,cd hv hard ri,y ou’ „„,1 °r iflation problem, a Chinese farmer is reported to have said *an —n P,acc ourselves? 1_____ ______ .. h Miss Belle Burkholder, your own tot, if you cannot or debt since 1932 by hard work and A Taxpayer, an “Old” Pioneer will not subscribe to this fund, but us<' of <ax money care to I Herg. in Oregon inflation has not yet reached anything and Native Daughter. we beg that you remove all debris our burdcnisl with having to but we do nave “ inflation. to pay more people to sit in the I ‘corf^rarable riTV i that . in Vt China, j o ’ DUl T nauon. Butter Butter --------- from the surrounding alleys as it ¡still hovers close to the dollar mark, and eggs (grade A large) the city manager issue just makes us extra work when ! ‘ city hall and draw high salaries 'are still around sixty-five cents a dozen. It is true that to By Elmer J. Kent you clean it off your tot onto the , when the general idea was a city Like many others this writer surrounding ground, and spoils the panager cboki Mop many leaks obtain a new automobile in Oregon a great abundance of cash took no part in the election or re- effect of ---- that r part ceme- . »nd not add more. and a few gold molar fillings are necessary’. ... ------- of — the -........ In Mayor Hagen’s article in the Here in Oregon there are very few of us who are million- P^“00 ol ‘J* city manager system tery. Wc just cannot do any lots aires, but there are great numbers of us who are reasonably by our «»“"cil m 1947 for which we are not paid, as we Cottage Grove Sentinel of May 6. 'he says wc are at the cross roads te ™ S,cnl of our very existence. I agree with ¡fact if you ask us, we would rather be dead in Oregon than dined to favor its abolition, but for which no one pays and wo ; him that if wc continue to import fbe millionaires in any other place. decided to investigate its possi- must ' clean. ’ So give or mail us I outsiders to run our business our ——------------------------ I bility as well as the condition of your contribution early so we can existence may he at a cross road Furthermore I think such men H figure on how much help to hire. • ' "Democracy Will Live If...." teX? Men will not work for nothing as Mr. Helliwell, Worth Harvey spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of Communism." witb many other you know. We do appreciate the and many others who have worked dn as an introduction' to the Communist Manifesto inf^Sg^^tem loyal help of many who have never hard to keep this city on an wen failed to pay since we started this j keel can be duplicated once In be change this now to read that a threat is haunting called it o^y to again tura m that’ work and we have a filing system awhile to continue to keep the city tie world. Least concerned with the economic aspects of the as the most logical way to handle which keeps a record of your kind i progressing. The operatton of the octnne, what concerns us is the totalitarian system versus a city’s business. We have inter- assistance, also no record of those city the past six or eight months le freedoms found in democracy. To make Democracy strong-1 viewed several business men and who do not pay. This is a hard can certainly not be considered as r for the conflict with totalitarianism, we submit the follow- c°uocnmen who would like it giv- task buf we are willing’ to do it lrnProv,b5 on wb«’ ’hese men ami ag plan: en a fair trial of a couple of years, each year, if you will only co- nlany o,bers have done In the t»ast opeiatc. Let’s put the cemetery in and 1 00 rPa,on for Blinking r Democracy is not a luxury to be indulged in by a fewfcl1?' to let democracy is a right to be extended to all. It will not survive a g<^d Salified m^ can the best shape it has over been oor Kood ci,iz’'Os «r‘‘ Jvhere the freedoms of a minority are suppressed by the be.Pand Xn if ^dX^f prove so we will not have to apologize to ‘o'* oity go to the depths indicated the newcomers in our mi&t when in Mayor Hagen s article if the Commands of the powerful. It weakens with the unequal treat- successful, turn to some other they say, ’’My, what an overgrown man!,«<’r form of government is <nent of men. It dies with the confiscation of material things way. I found the city in excellent ¡terrible looking cemetery." We continued. <>y the few. - shape financially, notwithstanding ! honor ihose we love who have ' 1 am glad 1 can ""Y wb',‘ 1 * An idea cannot be forced on the mind; it must be implanted 1 rumors there was not sufficient gone before us to a better land we h*Ve maoy ’in ,b'’ Pa,‘ Jrith reason, with proof to demonstrate it. Sick men todav fun<is to ,ast tbirty d a y s TrUf‘ know, when we care for the plot ,hat * „ people of Gottage Grove as , an fo,,rMl re not being shown Democracy, they are not being told of' enough our strccts are in bad which contains their last resting a‘^a?Jln? shape and there is not a tot in the place, we cannot so easily forget an^ ,b*nk *b,,y w*ll let the 'hat they will gain—only what they” will lose. " •street fund, but weather condi- I them, surely, if we would just city down by any fx,nny P<"i’b>nR. You defeat an idea with a better idea. | tions have made that work almost .think of the matter. So we are for JT conv,n':«i our budget You conquer fear with hope. impossible, and perhaps if we are reminding you. We begin work v''ou,d bavP Passed if they had had « You overcome doubt with action. patient the summer months will May 15th and would appreciate , leasJ assura0^ it w'ould have J Democracy is not a new idea—many have died to preserve see much needed improvement. your support. Mail your contribu- ? , m s0™ valup «•’’«'¡ved ’it as free men will always fight for right. But if it is to be Like others we thought possibly tions to: Miss Belie Burkholder. Secy.. C. G. Cemetery Ccmeterv Assn 97^ ^O, WE HAVE BEEN PENNY •he constantly growing, living thing, Democracy must mean we should have had a manager Secy., Assn., 22^ PINCHERS IN THE PAST!!! OB «something that is carved in every heart, something that force with years of experience, but as N. Lane St., Cottage Grove, Ore- WELL!'!! Yours, .¿an never conquer. It must be the hope, the better idea work Mr. Heinz plans to make that his gon. isn’t it possible and alto P. S. Don’t neglect your lot and MAX BIRD ing and striving for equal rights for a|l rqyn, It must step work, gether probable that he will give It i let it spoil the general effect of a j across barriers of sect, class and color, boundary and ocean, the very best, and as a man of ex Black Butte Route cemetery, or detract from' Fertilizers - Vlgoro and Magnolia it must act for the eternal brotherhood of man in a free world. perience would comniand muqh |clean Cottage Grove, Ore. the beauty of your part of it. T*his | __ May 7, 194« Vegetable and Flower Seeds - diamond, Lilly’s* and is obtainable in concise form in the Oregon State voter ’ s emtage Grove Sentinel VOTING'S NO CINCH n ;Gottagc Grove, Oregon I Mandeville a Oregonians who vote in the partv primaries May 21 will pamphlets, which are sent to every registered voter. In this pamphlet the political background, and a sketch of ^°ar Sir: fee confronted with a ballot so long that few will be qualified Insecticides - For protection against beetles, slugs, and «o make intelligent choices in all their selections of candidates. the candidate's platform, is run in brief form. The voter must May 1 n,al<'' a *ligbt correction glean from this information, the facts on which he must base Î n ih,m which “ P^red in the • The lineup looks like this: other garden pests. 1 Lood0" 0™* section of your paper If you are a Republican, you must choose from 144 candid- his Tk decision • e *• x • . ■ .. . . , . . published May 6, 194R? The item Plants - All kinds of vegetablesand flowers ■fctes, the officers you desire to see run in the national, state ine information contained m this pamphlet is the minimum referred to the "old Jake Ralsor Jnd county elections. necessary for a wise formation of opinions about the men P^ce’’ where Ralph Ralsor and Garden Tools - Hoes, rakes, shovels, trowels, garden * If you are a Democrat, the selection narrows down to 126 desiring office. Many voters shall go to the polls without faml|y bart h*d « b«d cougar scare, ^office aspirants. reading this information. Tliis mistake might easily boost Plea*c no,e ,b'” P|ar" referred hose, lawn mowers. f This is quite a task for Mr. Vote/, y^.his decision deter- inferior men to important government posts. The loss would !° as Jak<' Kainor” place 11‘TVs the most important issue of rhe next four years. His not only be the voter’s—it would affect the whole county i cfnfo '«my, Haisor s place, but .has been and affect not only himself and his countrymen, but state, or nation. is still my father’s place, "Robert Jheentire world. €9’'' So, Mr. Voter, you had better wade through the pamphlet Rasor’s place". • Yoter *n May 21 primary must»go prepared to make and base your vote on sound and solid fact. Will you please publish this let □iis choice, and the most important aspect of this preparation But remember, all the study of the candidates in the world, ter and I will gladly pay for tile Jis » knowledge of the good and bad points of the men from does no good what so ever, if you do not show up at the noils’ space it takes. Very truly yours, Avhlch he must select his party’s cadidates. This knowledge Saturday after next. 0th and Waahinirton Jean J. Rasor. Phone 67 4 Publiahed Every Thursday at Sentinel cottage Grote, onwon Established August 15. 1889 ML i i Fishermen Attention ! ! 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