Th«- Sentinel, Cottage Prore, Oregon
Cottage Ätme £entmrf
Thurs.. July 28. 1649
Puhlisheil Every Thursday at
Cottage Grove, Oregon
Established August 15, 1889
w. c. MARTIM
Editor, Publisher
Elmer McCoy to Be Umpqua Forest Rises From 13th to 2nd'
Buried Friday
r In ‘ Lumber ~ Production In 10 Year Period
By Harris Ellsworth, Kept. s, nt alive in Congres)
From Oregon’s Fourth Congressional Disiri<t
the Smith Funeral Cha|x-I Friday.
July 29. at 3 pin tnr Elmer Mr
The Umpqua National forest, ly
ing principally In iJouglax county,
placed aecond in the Pacific,
Lani from Fat
INorihwe»t in the amount of tim
ber cut from national foraata dur-, One hundred pounds of fat yields
approximately 80 83 |H>unds of lard.
Ing the 1948 49 Baca) year.
Camera Records
Rocket's Debut
The first few days after the
home in Eureaa. Calif
Letters I have received recently
from city officials in the Fourth Monday, July 25. 19-19,
Rev. Shgrwood Smith will I off|*
Congressional dis trlct indicat.
I H >F
pretty clearly that the pro|K.gamh cíate, with interment in the Il
dtiv which was carried on for th<
Mr McCoy was born in
recently enacted public housini
would work out well. 1 have bill was misleading \pparently th. lumme, Cillifornia May 3,
changed my mind l'ho sessions general impression is that citier md came to Cottage Grove u ith
are httl«' slwrt of btxilam. In spit«' large and small in any part of th< iis iiarvnts, Mr and Mrs. G
Entered at Cottage Grove, Oregon, as second claw matter.
of every effort on th«' |vart of th«' Unitc,i States may have govern- McCoy, in 192.1 He was marrml
presiding officer, th«' miisc and ment mency aid for I he construe to Ruby Ballew of Cottage Grove
N A IIP «A I
EDITORIAL
n Eugvnc. Septemlx-r 22. 193(1
«xmfusion is terrible. As a result I tion of houses if such aid is re
of th«' general high nois«< level on quested. 1 expect it might lx The «ample made their honu- in
th«' floor, the k>ud-s|M^aker system laimctl that such an impression Cottage Grove until moving to
UTIOR
’dilorma about four yeais ago
use«1 by th«vsc who address th«'
hnieally correct. But
Hous«' is operatixi at what mvrns take a look nt the technicalities Mr. Mel'oy was a commercial fish
to b«' full volume with six amp Hen is the way the new law ■rm.m and a member of
Allied
WE DON’T LIKE CARNIVALS EITHER
lifier units blaring down at us
vs: City officials must first :-’isherm.m's Association
wife: one
from along th«' walls A boiler makr i careful study for the pur
«i i1?«!? n^">5>aP!Tire<’<‘,’vPd several complaints in additiou to factory
in full production would pose of findin: out if a federal laughter. .Mary Ellen, and one
ihe letter of Mrs Ethel Miller, appearing in the last issue of the be a nire quiet platv by «ompari-
housing project s needed. Then r oil, M ae Nolan. Ixith at home:
Nentmel with reference to the conduct of the Imperial Exposi son.
local housing authority must b. >ne brother, Ernest McCoy > of
'■rants Pass; four j
tion shows, which playe«l a six day engagement here «luring
Mr
A few days ago I was asked In orgam.ixl under state lows: Next
rodeo w«ek. This outfit place«! with us an ad offering Saturda« a wire service nqxirtcr what 1 a survey of housing needs must lx Myrtle Coe. Seattle, Wash. Mr»
matinee rides at a special of nine cents. After receiving th<> first thought of the situation, and when conducted. In order to qualify fo Vet Me Lewis, Garibaldi. Oregon.
■complaint, the manager of the carnival was promptly <*ontacted I thought we were going to ad a federal project the facts develop Mrs. Genevieve Tryon, Dnigv lew,
,:aml a protest lodged with him by the Sentinel publisher. After journ this session. Among other ed in the survey must show th. A’ash.. and .Mrs. Mae Wilson. Cot
a rather profuse apology, the manager claimed that the ad was comments I said "Wc should ad number of low income families age Grove.
inserted without his knowledge and that he would have carried journ and go home.” This remark needing housing. It must also lx IORSE in ITS MIX IX
iout the wording of the advertisement, tad he arrive«! her. I find was widely quoted on th«' shown that the incomes of these A \I KIX(1 M
VTHON
radio and in the newspapers. There families are such as to make it
¡sooner.
Just
in
ease
you
ever want to
Even his apology did not help matters; particularly the <lis was. however, a great deal more impossible for them to pay tin settle an argument or win a bet ' on
behind tny remark than reveal«xi prevailing tents for privately
appointed children. In defense of the acKertising policy of this by the short easy quote. After owned housing. ( Families who can the subject a horn can outw: alk
newspaper, we give advertisers the benefit of any doubt and watching the House of Representa pay 80 per cent or niore of the i man.
The <|Uestion was settled Sun-
a jury assume that they are on th«' up and up; otherwise wr tive in operation for nearly two prevailing rental rates cannot
do not accept questionable advertising copy. Heretofore even weeks under these extremely try qualify). There are other pro lay night at U-Ktnon with n six-
Belding finishing
the carnivals, as tricky as some are. have been able to carry out ing and adverse conditions, I am visions but these are the most war-old
14 miles in from of th. 'Walking
convinced that no more than th«' important.
an agreement after it was advertised.
Man of Oregon" in a 75-nulc walk
i r i."e
of 0,,e or
instances where victims spent a> vitally necessary bills should b«'
After the required information ithon at Lebanon Meadows track
Jifgh as $50.00 to $65.00 on a gain«' of chance at the Imperial considered now This session must, has IxH'n obtained the local bous
Big Red, owned and ridden by
ivhows and then protested that the game was erwked. but fail«-«! of course, complete th«' annual ing agency may file a formal ap Ralph Smith, Linn county runch-
appropriation bills. It should also plication with th«' Seattle office ol
to get any money back. We did not know the victims personally complete action on a few un
r, (wen-d the distance iq 11
but the- chances are that they could least affonl to lose monev finished items of relatively low th«> Fetieial Housing and Horn« hours and -III minutes. The horse
Finance Agency. Section 301 <R) ■ook an early lead over Iliks-r
Ihe individual who will stand and gamble his last- niekel awav importance and then adjourn.
(a) of Title III of the law shoulc ’aul Smith, 6-l-year-old Mill City
1i)aj ^arn a lesson eventually, but we doubt it. We hear«! the
I am certain that consideration be carefully not«xi also Th«' firs’ •esident, and steadily widened the
‘J1“1 such experiences are “good enough for them’’. and action Upon highly important proviso of this paragraph reads
Wnjep »ay be true m a sense but in nine times out of ten tin ind complicated legislation should “(a) the public housing agenev tain.
They started together at 6 a m
iinoney lost playing a game of chance wax needed for fo«x| or not be attempted under present shall fix maximum income limit.* •cfore
nine spectators. About 200
i
^•Jothing lor the victim’s family. In an instance of this sort it’) conditions.
for
the admission and for th« >aid to sec the fete sponsored by I
continued
occupancy
of
families
ir
cent who must suffer and the guy who <*an’t resist th«
he Santiam wranglers.
such housing.”
tcjopD pn to. gamble away his last penny will be the first to hit
There has not been a great deal
the- rei -f rolls should any sort of misfortune overtake him ami of publicity given to the fact, but
What this all means is tha’ \XXl XL H(»ME< OMIXti AT
then he becomes a public charge.
before long the Federal Govern under certain circumstances t A ILK ER < HI Kt H At t,I ST 7
The annual homecoming of the
Of course you will hear the old argument that some people ment through the Veterans ad community can qualify for th<
wtH throw their money away any way, so they might ns well ministration will begin the distri construction of some of these pub Walker church has Ix-en an-
.have the opportunity. They may throw money’away all right, bution of cash to veterans. The lie housing unit buildings. When rounced for Sunday, August 7,
but if we had anything to say about the matter, we would make total will lx- two billion, eight completed they may be occupier- i hen the 11 00 o'clock service |
; only by people who do not earr
be in charge of the Gideons !
it as hard as possible for this kind of people to gamble bv hundred million dollars! Think enough income to pay more that vill
A basket dinner will follow the I
what that amount of new unobli
.keeping the gippo carnivals away from this section.
gated. spending income will do to 8»} per cent of the normal rent, r norning service with the members i
>f the Ladies Aid serving coffiv |
ward bolstering up a slightly sag the head of any such family ha
ging U. S. economy. No, for once the good luck or the extra cnerg- md punch. Each one is to bring
■
HOUSES INCREASE FASTER THAN POPULATION
in outpouring of federal money is to increase his income he wil us own table service.
A well rounded program has
■
1950 is just around the corner ami this is the time to start not listed under the heading of have to move his family elsewhere
This new law represents the first >cen planned for the afternoon
'the census taking, the task that comes every ten years. And government spending. This will be
.along with th«- people the houses will lie counted, we are told. the return to veterans of World instance that I know of whereir iround 1:30 o’clock. A number of
nstrumcntal and vocal selections BUILT I OR THE NAW, the first
(The count of the nation’s housing comes with the passage of the War II of overpayments they have the government singles out th. •vill
be rendered, and readings and Amcricnn-designe«l
high-alt it ud«-
made on their National Sendee very poor people of a community
(federal housing measure according to Reynokk Knight.
Life Insurance Policies.
places them in one building or « phort talks will also be on the research rocket, th«- "Viking”
t
Some interesting facts are presenter! by Mr. Knight, wh<
(lower), is prepared tnr its Initial
series of similar buildings and by □rogram.
The Veterans administration re
.says that since 1930 the number of new houses has risen fastei
The public is invited to this an- flight at the White Sands Proving
the
very presence as occupants of
fers
to
the
payments
as
a
special
(than the population. In 1930 the nation fiad 123 million peoph
G rounds.
Cruces,
Mes
such buildings brands them as aual homecoming.
and 31.5 million dwelling units. In 1949 it is estimated that w« dividend Anyone who held NSLI “poor people.”
Streaking skyward (upper), the
for as Jong as three months is
45-foot long rocket begins Its trip
have 146 million people and 43.5 million dwelling units. Th« eligible for payments. Veterans
If you feel I have over-stater1 i UlO IXM’AL STI HEXTS
to 51 S miles «bove the earth, at
.trend aso shows the family unit is getting smaller. In 1930 then need not write the VA about this. the case in voicing my oppositior >N I . OF O. I1OXOR ROLL
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. taining a speed of 2250 miles an
was a housing unit for every 3.9 people. Today we have a lions Application forms will soon be to this Administration housing bill
hour. The rocket will carry mstru-
ing unit for every 3.4 people.
rvailable at all post offices. All write ni<- .md i will gladly send a Eugene, July 23 (Special) Two monts for
in
Cottage
Grove
students
are
listed
copy
of
the
law
and
you
can
read
!
Iu fact the total 1949 construction imdudiiig apartments the veteran needs to do is obtain
cosmic rays and atmospheric com-
>n
the
honor
roll
at
the
Univer-
the
wording
of
it
for
yourself.
factories and business buildings will total more than 1948 todate a form, fill it out and mail it to
lity of Oregon for last spring Imsition. <('. S National Military
One concern has just completed a coast to coast studv of th« the VA.
Establishment photos from Inter
erm.
The
House
rejected
what
war
school housing situation and state that the nation’s schools an
In a letter I received recently
national).
To
get
on
the
honor
roll,
a
stu-
¡facing the greatest crisis in their history due to increasing popu from VA Administrator Carl R. called a sample or "trial run-’ o! ient must take a minimum of 12
Jation and failure to expand school facilities during the last jray. Jr., he states: "Every effort the widely publicized Brannar erm hours and maintain a grade HL5ZE IHRNM I OR IV
Iwo decades. The bureau of census estimates that 8.240.000 mon is being made to speed up work in plan for supporting farm prices
or for subsidizing food prices tc joint average of at least 3.50, M RES AT ELMIKA
children will be enrolled in the first to 12th grades in 1948-59 connection with payment of the consumers. (It may be stater' .vhich is equivalent to an A minus
A blaze burned forty acres of
Cottage Grove students qualify- brush near Elmira Friday, but did
than are in the already overcrowded school rooms of today. T« dividend. We hope to mail out the either way because the proposa1
first checks some time in January
ng were George R. Stout, sopho- little damage othetwisc. The fire
Ihottse the increased enrollment will require at least 250.000 addi- 1950, and to have the
payment would do both -with money from nore in liberal arts, and Herold
itional class rooms.
started from a burning stump nn«l
the
federal
treasury).
The
defca
’
substantially completed by June
D. Witherspoon, 1415 E. Main, forty men batthxl the flames for
of the bill was by a wide margin.
30th.
reshman in architecture and al- five hours before bringing the fire
The politics of bringing the plan ii-d
arts.
under control. Th«’ fire was on a
A ROCKY ROAD
up for a vote at this time was t<
The’announcement of plans for force the Republicans into voting
propos«-d subdivision site, on the
‘
The public has begun to find out the road to peace anc distributing insurance dividend
west side of Fern Ridge lake and
against legislation supposedly de PEA< IIES, PEAKS CHEAPER
5tability*is both rocky and tortuous and we found out after th« .■hecks to some eleven or twelve signed to put money in the pock
Trade sources at Portland in northwest of Elmira.
last war that signing a peace treaty does not always insure million veterans during the Con ets of farmers. Had most of th« tirate that Pacific Northwest win
peace, even though the signors keep their pledge. There is more gressional campaign year of 195« farmers favored the legislation ders probably will not ¡my more
Incentive, for Farmers
to this peace business than just saying we want peace. Most of touched many political nerves this political trick might have ihan $30 a ton for peaches and
High prices and heavy demand
he nations with the possible exception of the Unite«! States are around the Capitol. It was freely worked. But farmers can tell th« ibout $40 for Bartlett pears.
The 1948 prices were $70 for for meat ar d dairy products give
having their money troubles. England is having her dollar stated by Republican members of difference between a good deal
farmers an added incentive to try
congress, and on pretty reliable and a bad one they rated thi: peaches and $80-$90 for pears.
troubles and her socialist government brought on the trouble information it seemed, that these
to uve every one of t iH spring’s
Growers already have asked the crop of pigs, calves and lambs.
Brannan plan as no bargain. Th«
probably a year or sooner than it might have happened.
checks actually could be sent out
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Difficulties in the British Isles spring from two factors. The during 1949 but that the distribu large farmer organizations actively to start buying their crops to bol
opposed it. They figure it no bar
Siding
present government can’t offer the proper incentive to speed tion was delayed until next year gam because in order to obtain ar, der the market.
Siding, an the mine implies, it
jip the manufactured goo<ls. the coal and the coke needed for for political reasons. I offer no unknown amount of cash thev
made Jp(fiiical!y (or purpo na of
pxpiirt. The other difficulty is that we no longer need to buy opinion on this because 1 have no would be forced to surrender their SEAPLANE RASE LISTED
exterior coverage. It is of two prin
¡British goods in their pre-war quantities. If Britain cannot pro- direct personal knowledge about own independence and be regi FOR REEDSPORT IN REPORT cipal
types, bevel aiding and drop
Seaplane base for Reedsport is
juote an export trade with us or some other nation she cannot it—but I do know that things of mented from Washington, D. C
aiding, the latter being also known
that
sort
have
happened
in
this
big
ncluded
in
a
$794,323
airport
con-
fiave stability for unless she does export she cannot buy.
Very few farmers would willingly
• s rustic aiding or barn aiding.
vtruction program for Oregon, an
submit to that.
And England is not alone in her problem, although she is government of ours.
nounced in Washington Friday by
pndortlfft'illv facing her greatest crisis.
Columnar Pads The Sentinel
the Civil Aeronautics authority.
SIMPLE SIMON'S SUCCESSOR
The seaplane base woul«l cost
One of the clear roads to state socialism is the creation oi
$5,000 in federal funds to lx
hn environment unfavorable to venture capital. If venturi
matched by $4,814 by local spon
capital is not forthcoming privately in adequate volume, sooner
sors. The federal money bccarrx
available for the fiscal year which
pr later, the slate will step in and take the place of the common
began July 1.
Stockholder. We have been moving in that direction for some
fiubsceiption rate», cash in advance.
than three months.
In Lane and Douglas Counties
Outside This District _ _____
Foreign Rates on Application.
No subscription for less. House of Representatives moved
into its new quarters in th«- Ways
1 - ••
Yr.
tí - Mos. 3 Moa .mil Means Committee room in the
2.50
1 00 Inew 1 loqse office building. I
1.50
jthought the temporary set-up
.3.00
1.75
1 as £°ÇÀ tk Î n
The federal housing bill recently enacted by the 81st eon-
rress won’t be worth a dime to the average Oregon community
if to the average community over the United States for that
natter.
Words of fhe Wise
Such persons as do make most
haste in the beginning, have com-
hsonly worst speed toward the
ending.
—(Erasmus)
kiddies
Th<> Uiii|H|im forest’s cut has
grown phenomenally slmv 1939,
when the total cut was 12,000
Ixiard feet, valued at $20 and av
eraging only $1 til jx-r thousand,
said Nelson It was then the low
est forest from the standpoint of
cutting. Since that time itx poxi-
tion roae progressively to 13th,
10th, 9th, 81 h and in l!M7 stood
sixth In Oregon.
tí À
Vxeful Tool
A broom handle ran be a very
u sc hi I tool! Hammer or screw a
hook into the end and It wljl be
very helpful In reaching and pulb
ins down unbreakable boxe. of aup-
pbea and elusive wmdow-ahade
curds.
THREE*, it mimbrr uftrn
heard—
Three meal, we eat each day;
drove Maid milk at each— (ami
'tween meal» ton)
Make» khl.llr» grow they »ay!
W
Don’t forget to order Grove
Maid Cottage Cheese from
your milkman in the new,
tempting cartons.
(/ffiovemaid
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Words of the Wise
Wo are nearly always most
bored by thoxe whom we bore.
— (La Rochefo>’<—~’J'
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Household Hint
If your pillows need washing,
laundry services say they will come
out nlee and fluffy. The feathers are
not removed from the cases. If your
pillows are flattened from long
usage, however, it may be worth
while to have them professionally
renovated and more feathen added
if necessary.
Siqiervimir M M. "Red" Nelson
said nt Roseburg yvstenlay these
figures were revealed In a sum
mary compiled by the regional
forester’s office.
The Willamette National fon-st
placed fust, with u total of 210,-
OiNi.tMMT hoard feet, vulueil at $2,-
ItkMXM). Next came the Um|»|iia
National fon-st with a cut of 143,
ihmi . oou board feet, valued nt $1,- ■
200,(Xk), for an average price of.
$s ti| |x-r thousand.
Since S3 |>er cent of the t'mp-
qua National forest llcs tn D«aig-
Ins county, the bulk of the 25 | mt
cent returns to counties will go to
Douglas. The amount Douglas
county will rereivc will lx- atx>ut
$254,000 said Nelson AixMit 15
l«-r cent of th«- forest lies in Lane
county, but a small |x>rtlon of th«-
Willnmette National forest Is also
m Ixmglns. A mitwir portion lies
m Jiu-kson and Josephin«- coun-
ti«?x. which will com«» in for their
small share.
years.—Prof. W. A. Paton, Univ, of .Mich.
A bill in the lower house would repeal some of the excise tax
pn luxury items or rather the so-called luxury items, many of
(ihich are now classed as necessities, In 1948 the excise tax pro
luted approximately seven and one half billion in taxes and
ess than half of this amount came from liquor and tobacco.
lt«»n»h
Hagfishes, slimy eel like crea
tures. are snld to be able to eat sev
era! times tholr own weight In a
few hours.
M iller
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of Kodak film for the trip or take along a movie
camera and keep it alive with action.
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