The Cottage Grove sentinel., May 05, 1949, Page 2, Image 2

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services they receive no pay from
city, county or state (not even
aspirin). This service Is donated
by the officer* in order that the
National Guard might have a
place to train The National Guard
receive* a small allowance from
of
। (he federal government
which must com» the rent for
tlx- building and any nx-reatlon
that the Compaii) enjoys
From the misiinderstandlrfg
that after the Initial invrstmvnt
no one was to pay lor tne Upkeep
of tin- laiildiiig. the armory is In
the run-down condition that it is
today. The state has promised to
do much major maintenance dur­
ing the summer of 1M9 which
consist* of a new n>of. a ne»
heating system, and a new coat of
l>aint If the city would agree to
follow this up and put up the
o|x-ratmg ex|x-nsm In the future,
any and all organizations could Is
scheduled Inti^thc armory free of
charge.
It is doubtful if many lieople
would want to <io this but it will
have to be done in the |iro|MMcd
community center, ojs-niting ex
prase* will have to be considered
along with the initial investment
In any civic building. We wish to
continue to cooperate with the
organizations of Cottage Grov<
and ho[x- to continually im|>rovc
the ap|x-arance of the arnuiry a»
well as its facilities. All money
levelved in rents or donations to
the armory go back into tlx- build­
ing toward
its
improvement,
therefort-, the condition of the
building depends on |Hihllc su (>-
port.
’ Very truly yours.
Cottage Grove Armory Board
Capt Merlin A. Bullatd,
Chairnwin.
P"J N REVIEW
Cottage Grove, Oregon
The Social Commina» of th«*
April 30. 1949
By Harris Ellsworth, Rep. in
reached
Ocurrid
Hear Editor:
Congress from Oregon
the last phase of Its work on the
It has been with great interest
draft of a convention on the
As this is written, the house has that we have Ix-en watching the
gathering and International trans­
already devoted a week to the editorials the past few weeks on
mission of new*. The purpose of
discussion of' modification or
the subject of ''Finish the Most
the convention, which has to
peal of the Taft-Hartley law. It Important Tasks Eli st." We think
com« tx-fore the General Assem­
has Ix-en a heated discussion. tlx- ideas expressed are of it very
bly for final action, la to improve
Only one important thing seems noble character as we should do
undvraianfiing between countries
reasonably clear what the bouse the utmost for our youth in guid­
subscribing to it, through the free
does is in no sense final, This ing them to Ix-come th« right kind
EDITORIAL
flow of information and o|>lnion.
legislation will lx- diacussed and of citizens. However, some of the
It
The convention seta nut th« rights
acted upon by tlx- senate and. facts in the foregoing editorials
and responaibiiHie« of foreign
«TISI
following that, n conference will do not agree with the records on
correapondrata. it also deacrlbea
file at the armory.
actually write the final version.
the basis on which lenaorshlp can
The original cost of the armory
The house debate and the pres­
be applied by contracting partlc«.
sure put on by the labor kibhy. was $60,000, of which the city
CUI ROADS SHOULD BE BROUGHT UP TO DATS
In the Assembly's Political Com­
and I do mean pressure. has contributed $15.000, the county
mittee, Italy has repeated her
Lane comity is facing a tough problem in maintaining its
generated a great deni of heal $15,000, and the state $3O.(XX).
claims to her fotmer colonies in
road system. The problem was brought about partly beeaus«'
around Capitol Hili, but not so with the control of the building
Africa. But spokesmen for the
much light. Countless angry and and ownership given to the state
many of our county road* ar« antiquated and partly be<-au.se
inhabitants of two of those for­
often wreckless statement* have It will not lx- necessary to demand
of the aevere damage inflicted by the freeze during the past
“. . , a showdown to find out
mer coloniee Eritrea and Cyrr-
been
made
many
of
them
with
­
winter. According to the best estimates it will take over a
iiiilea have opposc-d any return
out even a shade of accuracy, whether the armory should tx
million dolUrs to plac« the euunty roads back iu condition on
to Italian rule.
paiticulurly has the history of the used exclusively for militar.v
par with what they were before the freezes. In short, the ex­
Also at luike Success, Mr. Stan­
bill and the attitude of the repub­ training or whether II sh<aild
treme cold weather put the county a year behind with the
ton Griffis, Director of the Uni test
lican members of the house been be utilized jointly as a civic
center or meeting place fur s<an<
roads, for the million dollar damage is about what the county
Xalloiis Relief for Falrsiior K<-l
misrepresented and distorted.
is now spending in trying to maintain its system.
ugeen, made an iip|H-al for more
1 shall endeavor to give a bi ief of the most Important orgnniza
Top level diplomats from the entire world are again meeting at
Furthermore many of the county riouls, like the 99 High­ I’nited Nations Headquarters, New York, in the second part of the history ot the legislation to date (ions'. It is undcrNttxxl that th<
hm<|s Mr Griffis teported that
contributions frtan Member Stale*
way between here and Drain were constructed along cow trails. Third General Assembly Session. Here Dean Acheson (left), I’nited When the session opened, we were building may lx* and has been
iist-d for those thing« other than
of the U N hove Iwn (ximlng In
They were not built for speed or safety. Modernization of many States Secretary of State, shakes hands with Andrei A. Gromyko, faced with an overwhelming military training, providixi that
slower than was expected.
of these highways would not only shorten the number of miles Deputy Foreign Minister and head of the U.N. Delegation of the I’SSK. opposition majority in the house the building is self-sustaining as
It was obviously impossible to put
Utst December the General
to ba maintained, but would lessen the danger of travel. Wo can
to Operating expenses.
forth any republican program for
Assembly approved a l‘a)e»tin«*
continue to spend a million dollars a year maintaining our road
The armory or a civic on ter
but we can do it for you if you some- amendments to the Taft-
relief budget of $32.<MN>.000. to br
system without any thought of adding to our present system j
original invi-stment
cannot. Whatever you do, let’s Hartley law. it was never claimed lifter
raised from Member notions.
or we can plan to start a project looking to the modernization
which in this case of the armor>
not neglect this work. We have the law was jx-rfect
and. aftei
In Paris, the rnlled Nations
of our road system which will be of a permanent nature and thus
Lest we forget it is now time to much ground to cover which no nearly two years of experience, was $15,000 by the city, must still
tAluiatlonnl, Nelenttfle ami <ul-
b» maintained The expenses sucl
one
takes
care
of.
much
rubbish
eventually cut our maintenance cost.
begin our annual task in which
it was recognized that some
tiirnl Organlmtlon
(UNESCO)
Those who have made any sort of a study of our road the whole community has its to cur and dispose of. and lots to changes should be made. The a* h e a t, light*, janitor services
alliK'atvd $23.570 for scientific and
etc., and general minor repair
put
in
sha|x-
when-
owners
cannot
share.
We
refer
to
a
project
which
system have rejected the proposal to construct ten miles of
chairman of the house committee, amount between $5oo and $l.(xx
■ ■ducatlonal suppliMl In Intkincsla.
be located or have gone as the
however, introduced a bill for the
permanent type of road per year, because under this plan it the writer has conducted since years
From Geneva 11111«« wont that
per month. It is interesting to
roll
by.
Therefore
we
en
­
1936
and
now
starts
on
the
thir
­
complete
repeal
of
the
law
which
would take a forty-eight year period to modernize our 480
India has latifia-d a Iqbor ln>|*-c
note that in none of the forcgunlg
deavor to clean the whole ceme­
teenth
year.
With
the
help
of
all
had the backing of tlx- administra­
miles of eounty roads. The major hurdle to meet in a five or '
tion convention adopted by the
those interested we hop«* to com­ tery as far as our funds will reach. tion. The only other bill Ix-aring editorials has anyone mentioned
ten year plan, such as has been .proposed to inaugurate, would plete
General Conferemv of the Inter-
who
will
pay
these
operating
ex-
Contribute
your
share
and
mail
this work in time for .Me­
The Navy has the only two cn ■ialb>nal
the name of a democrat was on«- (tenses either for the armory or
Ln bur
Orgnnlsation
be finances. Real estate owners in the majority of cases feel morial
j
it to .Miss Belie Burkholder, six-re-
day
listed men pikituig planes in the ill*)) in 1947 The Convention
introduced by Representative the new* community center.
tary. Cottage Grove Cemetery
that real estate taxes have reached the limit and any bond issue
Wood. In a general way. this bill
We mean the annual beautifi' a-
n«|Uires countries ratifying It to
In the ease of the Boy Scouts a Berlin Airlift.
or special road levy would create an addiUoual burden, which ( tion of the IOOF and Masonic Association in charge of the represented the views of most
maintain
a lalsir Inspection sys­
meeting
room
has
Ixen
provided
clean-up.
might be- prohibitive.
( cemetery. Situated on the western
republican member*, but re«|uired in the armory for many years
tem which conforms u> specified
Alternative suggestions have been made to finance the pro hills,
।
Wife Preservers
commanding a wonderful
certain broadening amemiincnts rent-free. Recently the Boy Scout
standards India 1» the second
gram eUber thru a sales tax or gasoline tax or both.
i view of our valley and growing
Accordingly, Mr. McConnell, rank­ troop became so large that the
country p> accept the convention,
city nestling in its native trees,
ing republican member requested room they were using was inadv
Nurw .«y having accepted it in
the cemetery itself is beautifully
the committee to consider the quate and so tlwy were moved,
January
(Roger T. Tetlow)
located. But left to its natural
Wixxi bill with certain amend­ upon request of the Scoutmaster,
ments and then laid it aside to the section of the armory used
it is soon overgrown with Marriage IJceoM-s
I N mb the stories we hear, the matter of smiling when some­ state,
tall grass, weeds, vines and other
Calvin Clarence Demoe, 26, Box whereupon the admimstrajion bill by U m * National Guard for train­
one enters your front door if you are operating a business n rubbish. Especially during the co­ 417, Drain and Shelia Davies, 25. was immediately report<*d out.
A crowded carrut patch mint b»
ing on vehicle care and mainte­
thinnr I If you want a good crop of
getting to be a bit more difficult. For the ehanees are about pious Oregon mists, when J. Plu- Box 281, Drain. April 26.
Then, the republicans of tlx- nance (also the section of the
carrots Th« sama thing appliaa I«
ten to nue that th« person entering the door is either a tax vius tips his rainpot over the
Arthur Calvin Rhodes, 24. Rt. 1. house called a I meeting of the building referred to by the editor
collector, tax assessor or wanting a contribution or donation. grounds and lets it drain to the Creswell and Mildred Floydenc policy commit tee (this mix-ting as Hik'd "by the lulls and owls")
Vauhn, 25, Rt. 4, Box 227, Eugene. has been heralded as a si-crvt
And many times those seeking a donation or contribution are last drop. In pioneer days it
Watch for announcement« of
For the past school year thir-
almost impassable and when the April 25.
PrvM unir th.- labor
Ilon» ot ■ Clark'« Photo Studio annual tmby
meeting but there certainly wa« teen troops of the Girl Scout*
strangers who really put the pressure on.
girdle «fl»r laumlann* N«»er tourh an
John
Wright
Woolcott. 35. nothing secretive al»ut it except have been mix-ting in the armory
contest. Valuable prize*. 39-ltc-4i
During the past seven or eight weeks, local busine»; houser Memorial exercises were held at
unii lo th« «laatu nel ««U.nia.
Lorane
Rt„
Cottage
Grove
and
the
grave
of
the
unknown
sol
­
that
democrats
and
the
puhli<
five
afternoons
jx-r
w
e
e
k
at
a
hav< had from three to four calls per week from people seeking
one had to wade waist high Barbara Beaton Davis, 35. 14 were not invited we hold similar nominal rent of $21)00 ( mt month,
sonie sort of a contribution. A good percentage of the calls dier.
in a jungle of vegetation. Soon it Adams St., Brackion, Mass. April policy committee meetings on a)’ which amount would not heat the
are drum local people who represent worthy causes and who would revert to this condition 26.
important bills). As a member ol building for non- than two days.
are.enjjtled to consideration. A good share of the other calls again, were it not cleaned each
Merle James Moyer, 24. 101 S. the policy committee I was pres
The Cub Scouts have met in the
must, lie classed mor« or less on the racket side and those who year.
3rd street. Cottage Grove and ent. We discussed the Wixxi bil
irmory for pack meeting* fiee of
contribute to the doubtful causes are giving encouragement to
To look at the grounds in their Card Jane Hunter, 20. 220 Jeffer­ by line. The judgement of th« -harge once a month or ns often
shady enterprises.
present condition, with so many son street. Cottage Grove. April policy commute was that certair is requested.
To« many calls for contributions, whether good or bad, fallen limbs and even whole trees 30.
amendments were discussed witl
The South Lan«- Fair used lh<-
Claude D. Hensley, 21, Drain other memtiers of the house.
are not conducive to producing smik-8, granting that in some down, due to the snowy winter
building last year free of charge,
just past, with buck brush, and and Juanita M. Perine, 21. RL 1,
When consideration of the ad Other space । donated free was to
places of business, smiles would produce more business. * •
t T’ntil the local businessmen adopt some method of screening blackberry vines springing out of Box 188. Cottage Grove. April 30. ministration bill began on tbi the Mobile Tuberculosis X-ray
floor, the Wuxi bill, incor|M>ratim- Laboratory, Saturday afternoon
contributions to all who ask, we fear that business is going to the ground tall grass grow ing to
s knees, it seems a hopeless
The county school superinten- many of the republican approved ikating parties for the youngs te s.
suffer. And as we said before the Chamber of Commerce eould one
task, but with the work of super­ dent’s office is urging all primary amendments, was offered as i ind countless other worthy proj­
be worth the price of the yearly dues, if the matter of investi­ vision. and the support of our and intermediate teachers in Lane ■ubslituc. In addition, a numtx-i ect«, At l<ns than cost met tin-t
gating th« various req use ts were turned over to this organ i loyal lot owners, some of whom county to attend a leaders meet­ of improving amendments wen places for the D. A. V., th<- Town-
have never failed us since the ing which will be held in Eugene offered on the floor. Under housi a-nd club and other organizations
early days, and all those who Saturday, .May 7. The teachers procedure, the Wood bill was com have been furnished.
have recently laid to rest their will meet in the Eugene hotel at pleted and acted upon first.
The armory is a state buildmg
GOOD LEGISLATION IS SOMETIMBS SLOW
loved ones in this hallowed 12 noon. Dr. Rod Langston, as­
There has been nothing secre­ and is not financed in any way by
AND EXPENSIVE
ground, we undertake this work, sociate professor of Education at tive or indefinite regarding th« the federal government. The two
' ^^4'SvorMngs of both the state and national legislative beginning May 16th and ending the University, will give a short attitude of republican member* of full-time employee* at the amuiry
Memorial Day. To pay our labor address on education.
the house, nor has the general •ire hired by the federal govern­
bodies appear to be rather complex to the average individual: at one dollar per hour, which runs
attitude of houae republican mem­ ment, one to take care of the
m fact so complex that he rarely bothers to keep track of anv into money fast, we have to ask 4-H
bers regarding labor legislation Army equipment and supplies. and
lativo maXtenk unless sueh matters vitally affect his wel the aid of-each lot owner. All are
Jack Gurton. county extension undergone any material change the other to take care ot the ad­
In a recent news release we note that there were some 28 members of this association which agent (4-H) will be absent from since the Taft-Hartley law was ministrative duties of the Na­
laws passed by the last legislature that affect fish and is a voluntary one not run for his office for the next two weeks. enacted. We said at that time that tional Guard.
No provision has lieen made by
I
printed in some sort of pamphlet form and dis- profit but for the sole purpose of Until he returns from his vacation, we were trying to enact legislation
Have your made now for your family ami friend».
tributed to the fishermen and huntm, we onn’t see how a cleaning the cemetery. You anil Mrs. Melba Heide will take over completely fair to both labor and the city, county or state to main­
management. It was not claimed tain a building caretaker. The
fisBerman or a hunter eould escape from breaking at least one of you alone make this work possible his 4-H duties.
to be a perfect law. We said then building caretaker or janitor and
thi new laws and possibly more. Yet we would assume that for we have no other source of
funds. All that we ask is that you
and later, and particularly during other operating expenses must be
mq|t of the new lawa will be of a benefit to the fishing and contribute
the small sum of two
the 1948 election campaign, that paid out of rents received by the
hunting conditions of the state. Likewise when a measure is dollars per lot. This amount Is
Bartels Mining Co. reports that we thought the basic principle* of armory from such things as
introduced in the legislative hopper, it may be aasended so within the reach of all, not much the road is opened to the Cham­ the law were sound and that we dances, wrestling matches, bas­
m^py times that it will scarcely be recognized by the author more than the price of two pion mine boarding house and mill; would endeavor to pass such ketball games and skating, none
CAMERAS
whgn it is finally whipped into form for final passage. This theatre tickets. We will guarantee but it is in exceedingly poor shape, amendmrat* as experience proved of which are very strongly sup­
wn^often taken into consideration when we are prone to that you will not be sorry you soft and very much cut up. Bar- to be necessary. The position and ported by the public interest.
PROJECTORS
One of the greatest expense* of
contributed when you see the tels Co. have a bulldozer working, policy of the republican side of
cr^cize the measure as not measuring up to standard.
would not and will get in supplies as soon the house has been clear, straight a building of this type is the re­
_ you
.
j- A recent explanation made by Ralph T. Moore in the final result. Surely
VIEWMASTER REELS
forward and consistant. Every pair necessitated by public dis­
Oregon Voter of the difference between democratic legislation want your lot and its surround- as possible for the season's run.
abuse
of
the
building.
137
window*
ings to look neglected while thos*-
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LIGHT METERS
and the Hitler type of legislation ought to make us appreciate all around you arc cleaned up 1 <50 years age from the "Nugget" republican member has had full have been replaced since Septem­
and free opportunity to make
th -democratic type more.
Let's all work together to make :
1899).
suggestions (or improving the law, ber 1948, the plaster has Ix-en
Mr. Moore says;
our cemetery a source of pride
"The Helena Group owned by and all such sugg«?stion« have had tom off the walls, the rest rooms
> Good bgislation evolves from a matrix of demonstrated and as up-to-date as our growing : Jennings Bros, and Bruneau have consideration. Ax Congressman literally wrecked, and the pianos
nefd, of resolute adherence to justice and equity, of determined city with its modern business i some of the finest ore in sight ('harles Halleck of Indiana said terribly abused not to mention
research for the truth, and of mature experience. The aim is to buildings and beautiful home« 1 ever seen; but still men rush to in debate on Friday, “After all. the hundreds of broken dishes.
The National Guard officers are
rcstrainPtten from injuring one another while leaving them now within our borders. So w« | Klondike or Buffalo hump in we are here as men and women
reasonably free to regulate tbeir own pursuits. Sueh restraints will not have to apologize to tour-, search of Big Bonanza when it is representing constituencies of up­ responsible for the decisions on
“GiDirnnb cd Satisfaction”
the use of the armory and the Na­
as prove necessary should not be imposed until the public has ists and strangers visiting our right at our door. It simply is not wards of a quarter of a million tional
Guard
commander
is
re
­
21 Sc. 6th
Phone 343 J
befcn introduced to the reasons therefor and has been persuaded community. You arc at liberty to; far enough away to create excite­ p«-oplc each. Every one of us has sponsible financially for the oper­
a responsibility to th«»se p«-ople and
that they are pn*per. This concept naturally calls for extensive clean your own lots if you wish, | ment.”
ation of the armory, for which
to our conscience to try to' write
research and thorough airing in public hearings. It greatly
good
legislation.
”
That
is
the
increases costs of government Iwit it protects personal freedom».
MAGINOT LINES OF 1949
spirit which has motivated our
It is unfortunate that the meehames of our legislative
side of the aisle.
Lest We Forget
I County Affairs
EVERYONE WANTS A PHOTOGRAPH
OF THE GRADUATE
Bohemia Nuggets
Gift Suggestions
For Photographic Supplies
Clark’s Photo Studio
piMcesses are so narrowly understood. The public is prone to
judge by the specifies of local interest and to ignore consider
atibn of the general welfare. The trend is constantly toward an
assembly of fiercely contending pressure groups each with an
cy# single to particular advantage. The subrogation of local to
general welfare and th« colieaion of sovereign interest that con
»tiTutes true demoeratie government tends to yield to a »)«-
integrating, mercenary materialism. It beeomes both easy and
popular to shift responsibility from local to centralize«! govern­
ment with liberty losing and dictatorship gaining with each
sneh change. The path to liberty is «lifficult an«} austere. Safe
passage is confined to those of character and substance.
‘‘The struggle to preserve the vitally essential distribution
of powers that sustains representative government will lie har«l
and long. But we must win it if freedom is to be retained. Never
yet have those entrusted with concentrated powers failed to
pervert4h«m into tyranny. It ri clearly beyomi human capacity
to suceeWtilly rgsist sueh temptation. We must administer our
l«gi(dative proeiww so as not to permit exposure to it.
‘*CHticism as to the maddeningly slow progress of legisla­
tion ri not well founded. The constant pressure to hurry and to
streamline has served more to hinder than to help. It should
bn carefully noted that the most efficient, sleekest, streamline
legislating of modern times was done by the German Reichstag
under Hitler. No such machine-like perfection is possible or
tolerable in a democracy. Deliberation is slow when free men
reenlve differences in opinion and stake out areas of agreement
as nuclei (or legislation. Yet laws so evolved from the deliber­
ations of the many are immensely superior to the quick
judgment of the few.”
>
You’ll find it in the cla-isified.
Pages 13, 14 and 15
THOUGHTLETS
^’y Earl B. Balch
Many a man will go fishing in
the rain, but it is entirely too wet
for him to attend church.
CJQ71.
A democratic government like
ours should not be run by intimi­
dation. It makes no difference
whether the intimidations come
from the precinct boss of city or
the chief executive of this nation.
The evil is greater, if possible,
coming from the president of the
United States.
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PARTIAL ENGINE ASSEMBLY
DIRECT FROM THE PRODUCTION LINH
New Cylinder Block —New Pistons and Pins — Now Piston Rings — New
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Righteousness is better than ex­
pediency, whether it tie in private
life or public life.
One usually finds what he is
looking for. A selfish man rarely
finds an unselfish person.
Some people complain of hypo-
crit.es in the church. If people
were all perfect we would need
no churches.
24 N. 9th St.
ALBEE PONTIAC
Phone 19