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The HentInrI, Cottage drove, Oregon NOBODY LOVES A FAT MAN Csttwe firm Jfmtind W C martin w C. MARTIN...................... " THOVGHTLETS By Earl B. Balch Est.bli.hed August 15, 1889 Etliu>r Pub|Lsllcr The Union of South Africa holds :"Pt,on r"te”i ca«h »n advance. N. subscription for fess the dubious distinrtion of being than three mouths. 1 Yr. 6 Mos. 3 M ok the most intolerant nation in the In Lane and Douglas Countios 2.50 1.50 1.00 world from the standpoint of race OuUide This District .............. 3.00 1.75 1.60 relations. Washington Letter /Ou^t W“ Wee. By Harris Ellsworth. Rep. in Congress from Oregon ßerom rug E N TIN E L PORTS < Hersh.-u low I ng all other prob- I leni* and events here in Washing ton right now |* the inaugratlon foreign Rates «a Application. of the president. This is the first Entered at Cottage Grove, Oregon, as second class matter. Someone has said that the time in many yeais that a really | church is always broke. Wo do not elalioratc inaugratlon has been fl k 0 ¡ i O .. I A L want an impoverished church Rut held Actually, this exx-asion has sibcdtTIchi so long as the needs of the people moro of the aspect of u celebration than anything else. Every feature «TIER I both at home and abroad are any- . thing like they arc now, the that has ever Ix-en imm'|x>rated —— I church will always be "broke' in an Inaugural ceremony nnd GIVE THEM A CHANCE festivities will be found in this one Tk • ... Speaking over the radio, a Jew- In addition, televiaion will play i ne prime reason most people hesitate to be associated with >«h rabbi recently said. "Many prominent |mrt. with estimates running into the many millions as any sort of public office is that thev realize such association will ,*opte know ,h* Prke< of bring abuse and ridicule. We understand the new city council is. 601 feW knoW ,rue valu‘s " to the number of people who will view the formalities and the already Ixing subjected to a sniping attack for some of the This writer believes that if the patudc on television sets. things the council members have not seen fit to rush in and do ’Union of South Africa had more Enormous stands are being The present council has not yet had time to really heroine «xjuitablc government for minority erected along Pennsylvania Ave. and an elaborate structure for the aoqnamted with the operation of city affairs and efforts to rush races, the riot between the Indian's ... i and the Zulus might not have oc- swearing-in ceremony, flanked by them info certain matters must certainly- be classed as til curred. large stamLs for spectators, has advised. laxm erected at the front of the *;s to ‘.° have an efficient administration, it is ini- im- It the city is government is. as it should Capitol building. The front of the portant that study be given civic affair* and it would be rather a government by majority. But Capitol, by the way. does not face foolish to expect any sort of an administration to jump in and maj°rities are not always right towuni downtown Washington, but wrong. turn the town upside down within thirty- days. The new council nor are ““ minorities . always ........ .............. faces a i>ark. across which stand the Library of Congress anil the W« feel sure will welcome constructive criticism, but nobody Few presidents of our count ry Supreme Court Building. The likes 1« be errticized without rhyme or reason. Tli. n « - ' . . - ------ | have been men of wealth. Those broad steps leading from the • , ” not meant as an apology for any act of the council, who have been wealthy became Pennsylvania Avenue side to the >ut rather a plea for time to work out many problems which ’ presidents in spite of. not because Capitol are really the "back have confronted and will confront the city government A lot of!,heir *^«lth. stairs". criticism stems from the faet that some believe the laws, rules Thus far this year, (this letter It seems to this lowly writer and regulations should apply to the other fellow. is written several days Ixfore In auguration Day i. the weather in Eùmds of the city are limited. These funds will only go as that the administration is very ex- travagant in this inaugural dem- W ashington, D. C. has been phe far as a wise administration will permit them. On sonie civic onstration even though the Re nomenally g^xj J have Iw-en read improvements we are several years behind the average com- publicans did appropriate the * ------------HIV U'VKI^V twill- mg in the newspaper* from my munity, but we can t catch up within a year or so. It will take money for it. district that the weather in Oregon time. has been pretty much the sort we Some scientists are more candid WASHINGTON Two k>an* totalling more than thirty-four million are accustomed to here In Wash than most physicians. One scien ington at this time, whereas the OUGHT TO BE HELPFUL TO OUR MORALE tist said that as little as was dollars have been granted for electric power development in Mexico present climate here is similar to by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, one what Oregon often enjoys at this ‘ Assurance that we will have at least enough money to build known about radio activity they of the Specialized Agencies of the United Nations. knew more about it than measles. time of the year. Apparently, the a good hospital ought to lx worth a great deal to the morale of Tiw joint borrowers arc the weatherman has mixed up the two the rnmmunity so far as public enterprise is concerned since Commission Federal de Electrici- skies of the continent for 1949 to onc majOr undertaking at least. The sum of dad, a Mexican government agen Th«» D. C. forecaster has quite w 1Sn t to raiw even ¡n the wVealled flush tinies and cy for the development of electric . obviously been mixed up. For iMlkVstr facilities I it i**« and <*•*<-! «U t- 1S « r a com.’u«‘ud«Ne art on the part of those who took power the m Nacional I Saginaw, Oregon. l-18-'49 nearly six week«, he ha* made a From the Sentinel Files Financiera, %n official financing ! Cottage Grove Sentinel time off from their own personal affairs to stage a successful very consistent record of predict institution. I Dear Editor: money raising campaign. ing sleet and snow, with the re Ten Years Aga—Jan. 1». 1939 The first loan, for $24.100,000, j Re the Community Hospital verse resulting. Everyone is hoping The best feature of the completed hospital, when this is Major H. JD. Bagnall, the Army accomplished will be that it was the result of the efforts of the recruiting officer. Portland, an will be used by the Comisión which is soon to be an aceom- for the best until the 21st at least Federal de Electricidad to finance plished fact, I would like to offer To date. I have not heard of j ’' iat I? >e*onFs *9 them and that the government was not nounced today that during the imports of equipment and mate- , the following suggestions: Monroe ('olitila any ixople coming here from the called upon to have any part in the construction of the building year 1938 a total of 1048 Army rials necessary for the completion Let the various community fourth congressional district of Two teams from Cottage Grove the country Averaging 120 games i W« hope the hospital project has instilled enough confi enlistments were completed even of hydro-electric power stations. I clubs, fraternal societies, lumber- I Oregon to attend the inauguration. will meet the highly touted Negro though recruiting was suspended tiansmission lines and distribu- men’s and Joggers' union, Farmers ! I hope any who do come will look Ghosts here Saturday night. Game yearly for the past 15 years (dia- dence in us that we can go ahead with other needed community regartUng the war year*!, the for five months of the year. tion systems in various I tarts of Union, Grange and say each of the me up When the new Congress lime is 8:00 o’clock Maprovementa when the occasion demands without having to in the high clever colored eager* have lust but Mexico. The second, for $10,000,- ' towns of Creswell and Drain, each was officially sworn in on January Bemtate «r pause to think over the past projects that never were school gym. J. J. Handsaker, of Portland, • W, will be relent by the bor- and severally sponsor and assume KB game* against the Ixwt talent •ut of the pipe dream stage. One Cot tags Grove team will lie they could find to compete against will speak at the Methodist church rowers to the Mexican Light and responsibility for furnishing and 3rd. my Congressional District was here Sunday on the activities Power Company. Ltd . to finance maintaining a room in the new represented in the Visitors Gal composed of the City Ix-ague All- them. lery by Mrs. G. Q D AIbini of stars. Included in the roster will aimed to prevent war. Cottage Grove fans have a treat the expansion of its facilities in > hospital. Medford, and I had the pleasure be Lefty Martin. Harold Wicks. RED TAPE IN SELECTIVE SERVICE the Mexico City area. This would take quite a material of having a g<xxl visit with her Mike Gamble. Bill Kanel and in store for them. Fishers Ghosts The Willamette flood control plays; the murathon dribble, the Mexico, faced with a rapid 1 load off the management and di after ward. The Granta Paas Courier jibes at the requirement of Selec other* The other team will be hidden bail stunt; the soft ba 11 project may become a reality growth of population, urgently rectors and may make it possible tive Service that men who pass 26 years of age still must keep within the next three months, if Present indications are that the composed of Bob L>uscnberry. Bud game and a host ut nr* gags espe Their home draft boards informed of their changes of address. Congress accepts the recommen needs a greater supply of elec- to add a couple of rooms or more ciwnmit tec* of the House of Repre Neal, Roger Peterson, Wally Cio- cially designed for first presenta sentatives will not be organized chctti, Wilbur Heath and Gordon tion this season. The ruling is baaed on a presidential order that registrants must dations of the army engineers. tricty in order to make possible , to the hospital. the growth of industry and the For example, cal) one the Ma and functioning until after the Neidcigh mform boards of address changes. But why apply the rule to $11,300,000 was recommended at increase of agricultural produc sonic room, another the I.O.O.F. inauguration There Is little or no Fisher Original Negro Ghosts men who pass 26? They are no longer subject to service under Monday's session. tion through modern irrigation. another the Saginaw-Walker com- problem on our side of the aisle. basketball team, long recognized the present law. As the Courier says one would think that SS Industrial production has already Î munity club room etc., etc. Most Republican* will retain the a* one of the outstanding casaba Thirty Year* Ago—Jan. 17, 1919 voula want to put folders on such men in dead storage. been restricted by a shortage of mi The cause Is a noble one and same committee scat* they have quintets m the nation, will exhibit H. A. Miller has a white Plym power in the most developed the healthy friendly competitive had. Slavish adherence to the rule is a nuisance to the registrants The Democrats, Ixtwever, the strongest team In their sixteen outh Rock biddy that has scruples I areas. spirit and widespread interest it have the problem of placing 101 no longer subject to call, and time-consuming to SS hoards. about laying eggs on Sunday. Mr. The loan agreements provide would promote and lx- an Impetus new members of the house on a seasons of traveling basketball If early game* arc any criterion Miller says she has laid an egg ' that the fiank shall f*. furnished for uplift and a real help where total of eighteen major commit- The nation’s appetite for meat seems to lx tapering off; at every day during the past year ex- The E'lshcr aggregation, always the need was great. with complete information show |< <-S Tins tget, plus the desire of famous for the most unorthixlox least the public has let up on meat eating according to the cept on Sundays. ing that the funds to be disbursed The writer knows where just the majority party to completely methods of basket shooting, bull statistics of the department of agriculture. When a particular will be used only for the purposes such a plan and program is and dominate all committee* with ad handling, dribbling and passing. । The 65th artillery, consisting specified in the agreements. food item is plentiful, we seem to lose our appetite for it. । has been carried forward succcss- ministration-minded members. has will present their famou* football mostly of Oregon men, and of This is the second time that the fully in a community hospital in led to some readjustment of com- and for their hilarious floor show, many Cottage Grove boys International Bank has granted i the state of Colorado, where va- The real proof of courtesy is to have the same ailment the which mittee ratio* as between the, have run up one of the greatest are -members, is now at Brest, other person is describing and not mention it —The Gas Elame France, awaiting the arrival of a loans for development purposes in rious groups find delight and sat- majority nnd the minority. The athletic reconfs of any team in thc American Republics. Last ’¡«faction for a period of over 20 , transport to bring it across the March the Bank approved credits । year», even to providing the cur- Democratic administration of the House has increased the member- Atlantic. in the amount of $16,000,000 for tains upon the windows. It I* both ship of several committees by two ar^,- j the development of hydro-electric workable and worthy. Democratic mcmbcis, thus re- ■ O’ jeCOOCI HlaCe Editor Bede said . . . "Politics is power and agriculture in Chile. Sincerely, during the relative strength of the |f| BOWlillK LeaSUO something which is all right fçr Bart Johnston. minority. In other case*, com- * ® I us, but makes thieve«, robber» and (Dester SchlangenI Rural Schooling mittee ratios have been changed Two team* were tied for second cutthroats of our neighbor* - and Although the proportion of all from sixteen majority members | place at the end of eight weeks Style in Cotton Rags The county assessor’s office will to which none of us give the atten young people attending school has Cotton sacking, used to bag chick and eleven minority member* to in the City Bowling league High add nine employees to its staff tion we should.” increased considerably during the en feed, flour and sugar, now takes seventeen and ten respectively, single was won by Hap Wolfard Team Captain within the next thirty days, says last five years, farm boys still leave a housewife to a fashionable tea or Since legislation 1* actually writ- of Kelly Market and high scries by George Stock. Fifty Tears Ago—Jan. 20, 1*99 Returning from previous Ghost school earlier to help with farm work Among the new members will be The Eugene-Florence stage was and so receive leas formal education Junior to an afternoon in the park ten by the committees, control Chadwell of the Doron« dam. High teams will lx captain Pete Hood, It has turned into draperies, form- thus exercised by the administra- team single honors is held by the four secretaries, four appraisers, delayed Monday, last week by a than farm girls or than young peo als, sport clothes and a host of tion is unusually strong in this Grove Tavern with 846 and high •et shot ftporiallat and scnsationel and one engineer-draftsman, the slide at Tilton Rock. ple living in the cities. other things. Congress. 1 team series by Ri|>py'* with a l>all handler; 5ft 4in. Marland latter to be on temporary status Buckner, diminutive ckiwn who score of 2319. until the beginning of the new- J. N. Green returned to Eugene convulsed fan* throughout the History of Wallpaper The standings: fiscal period. on Friday’s freight. HOW BUDGET DOLLAR WILL BE SPLIT United State*. Canada and Mexico Dost Won Recorded history of wallpaper to Stock explained that "reenforce last seanon with his hidden ball 16 a long one; it dates back more than C- G. Recreation 5 stunt nnd other antics; Kenny ments" were needed to bring prop Last Monday evening a number four centuries. At first, wallpaper Dorena Dam 17 7 erty valuations up to 1941-42 of ladies and gentlemen of this Lipscomb, who plays all three posi was made by a cumbersome hand Rippy’s Gang levels. 17 7 tion* «-qually well; Lester "Pops" city met in the free reading room process and thus was excessively C. G. Cleaner* 12 9 Wilkinson, last remaining member over Mr. Piper’s hardware store expensive, and its use was limited I Grove Tavern 12 12 of the original team, and "Yippee" Miss Jessalee Mallalieu, of the to discuss ways and means where to the wealthy. In later years, how- Con's Tavern 11 13 Garland. Newcomers arc Iloboon Oregon state college Home Ec. de- by a library association could be ever, the art spread, designs Im- j Githem Motors 11 13 Covington and Monnx CoIlina who partment, will discuss recreational I organized, proved and the cost naturally de Kelly Market « 13 last year played with the Harlem programs at the 4-H officers I - creased a* waUpsper techniques Im- Knights of Columbus 17 Tops.. training conference January 29 proved. i Knickerbocker's 18 The conference will be held in the r~—— Woodrow Wilson high school, 650 by GENE WARE West 12th St., Eugene. Miss Mallalieu is a specialist In a“ taimi taon Tired of playing the same old group recreation planning and parlor games’ Then invent a heads this division for 4-H dubs Itrtet luu «cw one. When you have the in the state. n IMifiliiii t J ( whoops ! " Mex well developed send it I GIOVE MAID DAIRY •Inng to Parker Brothers, Inc No action has been taken by the WINS Of Salem, Mau. At the leading county court to renew the closure I IN A WALK/ fame publliher in the world on county roads, which expired «hey will give your idea plenty Saturday at midnight. pf consideration. If your idea is ( WHY NOT? County Surveyor Percy Morse accepted and the game goes says that this "inaction" by the rri ALWAYS fver (like Monopoly dMJ you court may result in serious dam THE FAVORITE’ 13C tarm ire on your way Up the income age to roads and advises that a faix ladder. So If you have an new closure is to be expected. Ipventive mind yt>u might take Uriel Tun a crack at it. Of course only n Cutaitiin 40 four to nix games are accepted WEEK ’ S QUOTE: 13C Iitani n tat a ye <r. But odds like that won't "While we live in difficult top the true inventor, Who and dangerous times, full of nows, maybe next year well critical problem* which demand ««xM-tairitr yi , e playing your game, Now solutton, we are now prepared, we'll step down to the base- as we and our forebear* never Were before, to settle the crises • X»M( ItMirMi ment and work oft a little idea tinti Tun lu Q fMt AMSÎEROAM SYNDICATS. Inc which arise tn a peaceful, a st our own. fair and a democratic way.” . Tired of having that watch taitat A Joint message by Herbert V. otta inti $t<g>? Then why not bring it Evatt, President of the United Nation* General Assembly, and into C ommunity jewel > Irta Its tint Trygve Die, U.N. Secretary- ERS, 612 Main Street, for ex General. pert repairs. Merlin BuJJard ILLUSTRATINO WHAT happens to the budget dollar, this self-explanatory •nd Paul Thun, our registered chart from the Bureau of Budget shows where the government derives About 20 tons of paper worth P*fTlU9/ttD C. MOMuGfMilíD MMK Watchmakers, are the men to ------- O^c¿ CKtAM-------------- Its income and how It will be spent The figures are estimated for the $2,000, are used in one issue of a JBee. Phone; 35L , fiscal year 1950. Present national defense spending takes the biggest bite SOS S0 5*$T,... PUONI:32I metropolitan daily paper. —thirty-four cents out of every tax dollar received. (International) 116 North 6th Two Games With Fishers Negro Ghosts, Jan. 22 ' Mexico Gets Bank’s Loans For Electric Power Development Echoes Of The Past Letter to the Editor Two Teams Tied "The fanciest Coaity Affairs jeweler in tozen" —GUESS WHO?? tews tew DAIRYTALES THE LAST FIRST ------ i ! 0/iovê7f(auL For For Fer For Sympathy The Parson Advice . 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