Far» t
The Sentinel, Pottagr Grove, Orogon
Thur« . Aprii !A 104»
European Life Expectancy
Now Longer Than Before War
CHARHE» WITH MURBER
| "No! no! your honor, do not Ing the Ixird to have mercy on my
"Prisoner at the bar. have you । » I«*«' my li|*; I am nearly through, ■mil I will ekme by solemnly ask
anything to suy why sentence of j "1 began my downward career ing God to open your blind eyes
death shall not b«' pas**d u|xm .it a salmin HAH legalised ami to your own individual responsi
By Harris Ellsworth, Rep. In
You*
I irroteeted
proh*cte«l by th«-
th*' rotors
roters of this bility, h<> that you will crane to
Congress from Oregon
A solemn hush fell o V e r the town. Aficr the saloons you al- give your support to this dreadful
NEW YORK In apite «4 the difficult conditions still jtn-vailing
lovved. have made mv a drunkard traffic." Selected.
in the war-ravaged parts of Europe, th«’ average inhabitant of the
All is quiet on our side of th. crowded court room, and every
Paid Adv.
and
a murderer, 1 nm taken be-
|x*rxon
waited
in
almost
breath-
Old World now has a larger life expectancy than before World [ Capitol ns this is written. Many
foro another bar the bar of ju«-
War II, the latest statistics on the world's death rate indicate.
| members of the house have gone less expectation for the answer
i tice, and now the iaw-power will
¡home lor the week or art' on to the judge’s question.
According to the current issue I
The judge walled In dignified «««••‘Ct n«’ <«> ‘be plats’ of rxeeu-
Odd Fact
. short vacation trips. I had intend-
of the Epidemiological and Vital I
tlon, *nt* hasten my soul into eter
[od getting in a nxmd of golf or silence.
A 18-y«ar old girl was d«l«r»d
Statistics Report, published by ■
Not
u
whisper
wks
heard
anv-
ni,y
1
«I4**«-
Ix
fore
another
th*
dead by an anibulanrs stt«n<lant
the U.N. World Health Organiza-'«
<■ I two , and perhaps a very lit
......
-
WIQWAl
bar th<> JUDGMENT HAH t >F
8 i A L
tion. all but thr«*e Eur«xx*an I
IK«* Hague, the International gardening at home, but the recess where, and the situation had be GOD anti there you, who have who wsa called to treat her la her
"
_ a a a...al
. > «. . SV . . a •
. I«. ai v . < «x. . « .
. a come painfully oppressive, when
New York City hotel room, but a
t Q n
countries now have a lower death Court of Justh-e Hhe United Na »hows signs of ending befare I get
the prisoner was seen to move, his legalized the traffic, will have to patrolman aaalgned to guard the
rate than in 1937-39. Basing its tions principal judicial organ) completely caught up with office
body later dlacovered algna of life,
head was raised, his hand was appear with me. Think you that
findings on data received for gave its advisory opinion, that hi work. The last two w«'«-ks before
her, and apad her kt hua-
Clinch«!, and the blood bud ilished the Great Judge will hold me the revived
the
recess
were
busy
weeks.
House
the
event
of
injuries
suffered
by
1947 from all European countries
weak, helpless victim of vital where aha recove r ed
into
his
pale,
carcwqrn
face.
sessions
began
at
eleven
o'clock
except the I'S.S.R., Poland Yu a United Nations agent in the
v
EXPLANATION IN ORDER
Suddenly he arose to his feet, your traffic alone responsible for
performance of his duties, the ami sometimes at ten. am! ad
.•niVw/>ulil be moot helpful if the county court had some incut- goslavia. Albania. Greece. Turkey U.N. as an organization has the journed late each day. tYanmittees anti in a low, firm, but distinct th«' murder of my wife? Nay, I, in
and the Soviet Zone of Germany.
my drunken, frenzied, irrv«|Min-
beg,who eottld or would explain th«* county’s present road WHO say* that the general death capacity to bring an international met also. It was next to impos voice, said:—
"I have! Your honor, you have ; *•1’1*' condition, have murdensi
building policy. Residents of this area, particuiarlv th«»se living rate for 1948 may have been claim against the responsible sible to get anything much don«’
asked me a question, and I now one but you have deliberately
government, whether a Member in the office.
a few miles distaat have been long suffering in the matter of even lower than in 1947.
ask, as the last favor on earth, ' voted for th«* salonnit, which have
State or not. with a view to ob
putting up with poor road conditions. And while excuses won’t
Among the European coUntrit's
that you will not interrupt my murderod thuusands. and they arc
Recently
I
was
talking
with
taining
the
reparation
due
in
re-
a
build roads, the public certainly would lx* more patient with from which information is avail-
in full o|x‘rati>>n today with your
lady visitor trom the wx*st who answer until I atn through
spect
of
the
damage
caused
to
the frohrt if the public were told if and when the mail could be able. Rumania and Eire have the
ronsent.
"1
stand
here
before
this
liar,
had
just
spent
several
hours
in
the United Nations.
built and if they cannot be built, why. Also in order is the highest death rates. The general
"All <if you know in your hearts
convicted of the wilful murder
Court also considered that th«* visitors galleries of th«* hous«* of my wife,
explanation as to why the court sees fit to tear up long stretches death rate in Rumania in 1947 the Th«' l nit«'*l
Truthful witnesses that th«*se words of mine arc not
and senate. Sh«* was quite disturb-
Nations
could
bring
of'road and leave them for the motorists anil truckers to get was 21.1 per 1000 the highest an International claim against thv I «si by the fact that so few memlx*rs have testified to the fact that I the ravings of an unsound mind,
in that country for th«*
witv on the floor an«i that, as she was a loafer, a drunkard, and a but tin- truth of the Alnui;bl>
over the best they can, rather than rebuilding the road in short registered
last 15 years and far above the responsible government with a said, those who were there were wretch; that 1 returned from one God.
stretches.
view
to
obtaining
the
reparation
rate for any other European
my prolonged debauches, and
"You legalized the saloons ’that
Residents of both the Row River - Dorena area an«l the country. Eire with 14.9 per 1000, due in respect of the damage not listening to the member speak* of
fired the fatal shot that killed the made me a drunkard and a mur-
ing.
1
have
often
thought
that
caused
to
the
victim
or
to
persons
I
London community have been before the court to air their came next. The United Kingdom
By "Mhorty" Mmltk
visitors watching the house in ses wife 1 had sworn to love, cherish, tk'ror, and you are guilty with me
grievances. So far as we know, these representatives have not and the Western Zones of Ger entitled through him.
sion must lx* quite disappoint<>d - and protect. While I have no rc- before God and man for th«’ mur
been given a satisfa«*tory answer as to why they have to endure many had rates of approximately
In the General Assembly’s Po if not disillusion«**!. Only a few membranev of committing the der of my wife.
Howdy Folk«; Thia country la
roads that will soon demolish the best of cars. Several have pre-war levels, the report says, litical Committee, Egypt has tim«’s each week is the house fearful deed, I have no right to
"Your honor, I ant done. I am
quite a handicap. It can
made the statement that they cannot understand the attitude of but figures for the first nine calk'd for the independenc«' of ehamlxT actually filled with mem complain or to condemn the ver now ready to rccrive my sentence, under
Io anything any other ixointry
months
of
1948
showed
marked
,
Libya
and
for
annexation
of
dict
of
the
twelve
gtxxi
men
who
and be led forth to th«’ place of
the present court and that they would gladly pay more taxes,
bers. When minor routin«* business
ran do except borrow money
Western Eritrea by the Sudan. [
if it is finances the county needs. It seems odd that the county improvement.
। is being transacted or when a set have acted us jury in the case; execution. You will close by t »k-
from the Inlti-d N ta tea.
The Egyptian representatives also period of general deliatc is being for their verdict is in accordance
The
Latin
countries
of
southern
taxpayers have not been able to get any sort of satisfactory ex-
demand the return of certain conducted on a bill, there is no with the evidence.
and
western
Europe
showed
the
pUnatiou out of the court; at least this is the complaint that
The modern version «houM
“But. may it please the court. I
remarkable reduction in border areas of Lybia taken from real n«*cessity for a member to bi
hr ’’handout« aerosa the
has bt-en voiced to us. For this reason we think it w«Hild be a most
his
country
by
Italy.
mortality. France,
which
until
on th«* floor. As a matter of fact, wish to show that I am not alone
fine thing if the court could be represented at the meeting of the last two years never had a
Also in the Political Committee th«* pressure of committee nnd of responsible for the murder of my
citizens helil at the Row River community hall Friday night death-rate under 15 per thousand. Cuba has submitted a resolution fice work is so heavy on all mem wife!”
I'rrtnqM our diplomats could
m.
This startling statement created
had a rate of 13 per 1000 in 1947. asking that a special committee bers that for them to be on th«*
a
tremendous
sensation.
The
judge
The death-rate of Italy is now be set up to carry out on-the-spot floor at such times would lx* an
as low as that of Switzerland investigations of the alleged per unproductive use of time. On the leaned over the desk, the lawyers
THAT AIN'T THE WAY WE HEERD IT
and low’er than that of the United secutions in the Mindszenty case oth»>r hand, when an important wheeled around and faced the
W hen Stalin agrrcs, there's
ozen people witness an accident or a tragedy, they all Kingdom, while Spain is almost in Hungary and the trial and bill is being road for amendnu'nt, prisoner, the jutors kmked at each
fereut story probably because each sees the incident as low, and Portugal has reached sentencing of Protestant Clergy - most members stay in the chamber other in amazement. The prisoner
A friend »f our« advanced the
from a different angle. If you were assigned to write a story the level of Belgium. Thus, the men in Bulgaria.
until the final roll call. Gallery paused a few seconds, und then
Idea that a good way to end
In Jerusalem, a mixed armis- visitors at such times are not dis- continued in the same firm, dis
fot; a newspaper on the incident, the chances are that you would Latin area of Europe, which be
dlpliinuwy wouM be to
have to interview each of the twelve people to get anything like fore the war had death rates tice commission of Arabs and appointed, There is usually plenty tinct voice:—
minili women to the dlphmtatle
“
I
repeat,
your
honor,
that
I
Jews
has
begun
work
on
im-
of action.
a presentable story and then the chances are that some of the ranging from 14 to 20. now has
am not the only one guilty of the
plementing
the
Tranxjonlan-
- - - NOW is the time to
readers or that newspaper would remark that the story in the rates of from 11 to 13 per 1000.
murder of my wife. The judge on
Israeli
armistice
agrément
con-
Lately
I
have
spent
several
The area comprising Austria.
have
your watch cleaned!
It's well
that
paper was incorrect, that the paper never had anything right,
clu<k*d recently at Rhodes.
hours reading and carefully study this bench, th«' jury in the box.
et$ Perhaps the average newspaper has room for considerable Bulgaria. Czechoslovakia and
The
place
is
HERE
I
th«*
lawyers
within
this
bar.
and
ing the new Columbia Valley
with telling rffrrt.
improvement, but if we printed half the stories we hear we Hungary had death-rates of from
It carries a 1 year written
Authority bill sent to congress by m«»st ol the witnesses, incliuling
wuuld be in hot water all the time and our reputation for truth 12 to 13 per 1000 in 1917. The
the
pastor
of
the
old
church,
ar«'
[ the President acc«Mnpani«*d by a
guarantee.
reductions there, compared to
Mrn or women, a »errei ti«ually
would be seriously impaired.
message urging its passage. When also guilty before Almighty God.
conditions 15 to 20 years ago.
elreulateti rapMIy.
and
will
have
to
stand
with
me
(Roger T. Tctlow)
Not too long ago we heard from several sources the story of were particularly noteworthy in
the subject was mentioned earlier
ho a member of the eity police force was beaten up after the Hungary and Bulgaria
this year. I took out my rather before His judgment throne,
In that (smnrctlon. It's no
Marriage IJems«*s
voluminous CVA file, obtained where we shall all be righteously
col tad made some catty remark to a logger and of what the
The Netherlands, the report
Kenneth Hawley Ward, 39. 29 J
judged.
logger said to the police judge and what the judge said to him. says, continued in a class by it street. Cottage Grove and Elsie some additional material, and
"If it had not h»*«'n for the
After, hearing the story repeated several times naturally we self, having the lowest general Marie Wiese, 35, 1420 W. Main made a careful review of the whole saloons of my town. I never would
subject.
I
was
actually
surprised,
death
rate
in
the
world:
8.1
per
38 No. 6th
Phone 301
we^e Whined to place a little credence in it. until we investi-
street. Cottage Grove. April 18.
after reading most every thing said have bt'come a drunkard; my wife
1000 in 1947.
gated.
would
not
have*
been
murdered;
I
and written of CVA, to find that
Walch Inspector
In America, as in Europe. It is
6OO Main Mt ree«
The county school superinten-
; nn recent accident involving a pedestrian being struck by
so pitifully little specific evidence would not be here now, ready to
the
Latin
countries
which
show
dent's
office
has
announced
that
an aw
mito in a pedestrian lane, we heard the victim was jay
showing the need for such an all- be burk'd into eternity. Had it not
walk»
that the driver of the auto did not have a license ami the greatest reduction in the gen the unofficial returns on the 6% powerful authority has been put Ix'cn for these human tru|M, I
death rate during the last limitation vote for the rural
that tbe victim was immediately hospitalized and was in a eral
forth by thos»- who desire the pas would have tx-en a sober man, an
ten years. The greatest fall was |
district budget is: yes, 168.
tender
sage of this legislation. If a case industrious workman.
aeiiotl»Condition. It developed that none of the three reports recorded in Chile and Mexico, school
no. 107.
father, and a loving husband. But
could
be
made
for
such
a
bill,
thi
were correct.
both until recently areas of very
Out of a total of
districts
should have mad«- it in today my home is «iestroyed, my
high mortality. Conditions also voting, 53 have turned in their I ■ ITcsident
special message. A careful wife murtlrrcd, my hub- children
have improved greatly during re votes.
THE WAY OF JUSTICE
(kxl bless ami care for them
I reading of his very honest state-
years in the northern coun-
I ment regarding the present de- cast on th«* mercy of the work),
! long ago we heard a resident remark that it looks im- cent
tries
The county surveyor’s office has I velopmcnt program of the while I am to be hanged by the
jfor a man or woman to be convicted of a charge of ica. of South and Central Amer-
announced that county road crews I Columbia River area rather tends strong arm ot the state.
m
r manslaughter in Lane county and in looking back
In the United States and other are finishing up a second coat of
"God knows I tried to reform,
over sojiie of the trials by jury including a recent one, we are non-European English speaking gravel which has been laid on the I to prove that it is proce«sling at n hut as long as the open saloon was
I
splendid
rate.
Instead
of
proving
inqlipj^to believe that the resident was-right. We have not countries, a marked change in road on the south side of the Do-
I that a CVA must be established In in my pathway, my weak, dis
reached the point in our judicial system where we have been the age distribution of the popu- rena reservoir. The gravel is being I order to develop the Columbia eased will power was no match
able ¿¿Exclude all of the irrelevance connected with the case lation has long been in progress, -taken from the quarry on Sharp’s I properly, the text of the Prcsi- against the fearful, consuming.
and Wone often the defendant escapes conviction, particularly A slow decrease in the general creek.
I dent’s message causes me to have I : agonizing appetite for liquor.
“For one year our town was 4
The state highway commission even more serious doubts as to th«1
if L* is able to afford the services of a good criminal attorney. death-rate has continued in the
without a saloon. For one year I
'ou happened to be called on a jury and have your inind UJS. since 1940, and the crude is preparing plans for the con need for any such legislation.
was 10.1 in 1947, with struction of a 105-foot truss which
m
ion a particular ease, the chances are that your services death-rate
The CVA bill itself (Identified was a sober man. For one year my
Have your fur cleaned, glazed and stored for the summer
little, if any, change in view for will cross the upper end of the
wife and children were happy, and
as juror wjll be rejected, but you can have an unusual amount 1948; while Canada had 9.4, reservoir. The new structure will is H R 4286 or H R 1287 since our
little home was a paradise.
of ¡sympathy, for say separating a family you can still be ac Australia 9.7, New Zealand 9.4; replace the old covered bridge on Representatives Mitchell an«l
”1 was one of those who signed
Jackson of Washington intnxluc*sl
cepted on the jury. This sympathy might still prevent you from and the white population of the Row river.
remonstrances against reopening
identical
bills
I
would
place
almost
PICK UP AND DELIVERY SERVICE
rendering a verdict of conviction, which according to law should Union of South Africa 8.7. In
unlimited power in the hands of a the salmins of our town. One-half
;
Australia and New Zealand, the
be | done.
Mrs. Melba Hiede, county ex tioard of three men appointed by of this jury, the prosecuting attor
death rate was about the same tension agent (4-H) has notified
III
the President. The passage of this ney on this case, and the judge
as in 1937-1939.
all members of Cooking 3 clubs bill would empower the board to who sits on this tx-nch. all voted
TWO SLOW MONTHS
III
Little information is available that there will be a meeting at
•¡'Maybe the threat of a recession is going to be a recurring regarding
do almost anything in the region for the saloons. By their vote and
Asia, Africa and the
influence saloons were reopened,
American visitation each year in the 10 weeks or so following Near East, according to the WHO the Junction City high school, from regulating hunting and fish and
they have made me what I
Saturday, May 7, at 10 a.m.
ing
to
building
industrial
“
practi
(Tmstnias. According to a new study, it eouid be the heavy hand report, but in India, where the
Bread baking will be discussed cal demonstration" plants, power am,"
of khe personal income tax that makes business seem to slow up death rate has never been below and demonstrated. Mrs. Hiede also
The impassioned words of the
so'tbueh every January and February. The analysis shows that 21 per 1000, the rate was 17.5 in plans to discuss the Dollar Dinner dams, stream plants, transmission prisoner fell like coals of fire upin
lines and other facilities. Local
in ¡tnose two months we Americans forked over »2,818,000,000 1946 and 18.1 in 1947.
hearts of those present, and
contest with the members attend- people would not have the slight- the
1
Japan has also shown a re- ¡ng.
(that’s billions) in income taxes, over and above our regularly
est power over, or effective voice many of the spectators and some
markable fall in mortality after
the lawyers were moved to
"It’s the Know How That Excels All Others"
"withheld” taxes.
in, the operation of this all-power- of
'
tears. The judge made a motion as
That means that we make three-fifths of our whole year’s the war. Data for the first seven
ful board of three.
107
N.
7th
months of 1948 gave a rate of 12.6
Phone 717
The Columbia region as defined if
! to stop further speech, when ,
to^il of cash-on-the-line personal income tax payments in those per
thousand, as against 16 for
the
speaker
hastily
said:
in the bill includes all of the
twp months! Naturally in that period John Q. Citizen is less the corresponding period of 1947.
Fourth Congressional district. I
qu^k to buy a new hat for the Missus or a baseball glove for
shall be glad to send a copy of
Juiuor, for he’s saving up to meet the demands of that other
the hill to anyone requesting one
member of the family, his ever-reaching Uncle—you guessed
Clarence O. Willis, resident of I hop*- careful study will be given
it-r-pam.
Cottage Grove for the past 50 the bill by the people concerned
! Of course, far more important than the actual absence of the
years, passed away in a hospital because w'c arc all going to lx-
cash itself (though that is considerable) is the depressing effect
Body of Clarence Andruss, 40, in North Bend. April 25, 1949, seriously affected by it if it should
this annual nightmare has on the spirit of spending. Perhaps one of Reedsport, one of three victims following a short illness. He was become law.
good eventually may come of it, though: This whole routine does of drowning when the towboat 78 years of age, and was born in
seyve to remind us <»f the staggering price everyone is paying Adel sank in the Umpqua River Pennsylvania, September 17, 1870.
a young boy he moved with
now for government—and of the extent to which those pay- at Scottsburg Feb. 23. was found When
Friday noon four miles below his parents to Nebraska, and came
msijts affect the normal flow of money in trade.
! to Oregon about 60 years ago, set-
Gardiner,
The body was found by four । tling at Salem. There he married
clam diggers on the north side of Anna Wicinski in 1894. They
CHANGE OF TUNE
the river, at Barrett’s Landing. moved to Cottage Grove in 1901,
mriM«
LOOH WHAT HAPPENED
Coast Guardsmen from the Ump and had lived here since. His wife
Criar about .
WHEN I ADVISED HIM TO "DU
I’It'TURKS
qua River Station brought the passed away in 1922. He was a
UBcáíJí*»*
the WRtcK To millie 5 T ail
body to the Unger Funeral Home member of the Catholic church.
TO KEEP IT FROM SWISHINKj
Survivors include three sons and
at Reedsport, where identification
HIM— HAW MILK FROM
was made from papers found in a five daughters, Leonard Willis of
movie cameras
Cosmopolis,
Wn.,
Mrs.
Rose
Davis
Gltorf MAIO DAWY
billfold, according to Deputy Cor
and Mrs. Magdalin Kennedy, both
sure develops one >
oner Jack Unger.
CfMM OF HUMOR. ,
of Coos Bay, Frank Willis, Mrs.
I’ROJEI TORS
The four clam diggers who
HAW HAW” y
found Andruss’ body, caught In Katie Hopman, Antone Willis,
ANO ITS A LUCKY
driftwood on the beach, were Mrs. Haddle Morris, and Mrs.
Clara Batchelder, al) of Cottage
THING
named as Delbert Pittncr, Clar
ARCTIC
KODAKS
THE
ence Pittner, Art Wolfgram, and Grove; 25 grandchildren; six great
WKT
ONES
grandchildren;
two
brothers
and
James Ragan, all of Reedsport.
COME ON'
¡ three sisters.
Funeral services were held to
fKWAHft
FILMS
Recitation
of
the
Rosary
was
day with interment in the Reeds
held
at
the
Smith
Funeral
Chape)
port Masonic Cemetery.
Andruss’ was the last of three Wednesday at 7:30 p.m Funeral
LIGHT METE Its
bodies to be found. The others,
those of Capt. Alden Leach, 51 1-^
Wi’h
and Vernon Thornton, 28, were
r f ‘U‘ M cr o^datlng.
found nearer the scene it the In,™nt wa>1
‘he IOOF
” > fH« AMMUOAM WHOKATf
tragedy, at the E. K. Wood Lum- cem<t«ry2
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23rd Drowning Is
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