The Cottage Grove sentinel., May 18, 1950, Page 2, Image 2

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Th«* Sentinel, Cottagi* Grove, Oregon
, Wtwu’ (Grove ^mtind
I W. C. MARTIN
TI iutk , May IH. 1950 "LIBI KAL" MEANS • FREE"
In a recent address Robert E. Wilson, chairman of the
Published Every Thursday at
board of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, discussed
Cottage Grove. Oregon
Established \ugust 15, 1889 "Strategy for True Liberals." He observed, "I’m not ready
to hand that fine word ‘liberal’ over to the Socialist* or the
Editor, Publisher nibbiers, for ’liberal’ comes from ’liber’ meaning 'free', and
nice.
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theirs is not the way to freedom.’'
Counties ...
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NATIO NAL EDITORIAL
A S SO CÏÂ TJOÌN
Washington Letter A Word of Welcome
Hy HARRIS K1X8WORTH
Kepn*»entathr Ith District
if budget cuts are to hZ absorb-
Going on. Dr. Wilson said, "The p>wer of the Communists «*d by tlw* government deaartinent«
1.00 is dwindling as their masks are torn off but that of Social- J with teMt harm to essential fum -
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—— Ont* Bou»; If the r«*o«ganizaaons urgvd
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istically
inclined bureaucrats is steadily
increamni
I*'r H«wver Uommlsiion are to
man in seven is today, directly or indirectly, reCeiv ng money
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$AVI PUBLISHERS
3<>> association
CBDled out with greatest bene­
from the government—which means, of course, from the
fit, the employment
anti .
rest of us."
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In his talk Dr. Wilson offered a number of suggestions
adjured Ind Soierm*"!
concerning what can be done to advance true liberalism. One) Rmntly I introductid a bill to
of them is to stop running to the government for help—for i«, known as the "Federal Pay-
that is the way bureaucracies grow and the path toward roll Control Act of 1950." This
regimentation of the nation is made smooth. And another! bill would stop >he hiring of new
To Nev S ii I imt U hth
Our community mid our family
of Sentinel renders are still grow­
ing.
Many people who have entered
our town in comparatively recent
times are showing enough interest
in us to zubscribc to the Sentinel.
We strive* to operate the Sentinel
for the benefit of the community,
catering to the needs and inter­
ests of folks who live and work
and trade in this area When
people take out a new- subscription
to the SentiMl, we feel it is a
pretty guest indication that they
have an interest in local activities.
In short, they like us and expect
is to si top running to Washington to complain about competi- people to replace thiAe who re­
nd to urge the government to regulate a competing in-i
tors and
in-, stgn. die or are discharged for
dustry. A few may obtain a momentary advantage from cause Replacements would in*
larger authorization figure nee-
this but in the long run everyone is hint and in some eases
h> transferring surplus em- eaaarv.
irredeemably.
'
pk>y«)es
other d.HM^
The authorization bill referred
True liberalism means less government—not more. It[wliiSS*
n * * . i s iwssug« to has been widely criticized as a
means maximum freedom for all—not red tape and controls
ti) Reduce the rorulting of "pork" bill nwaning un i>p|x»rtun-
Hy for Menib«*rs of CtongroM to
and orders and dictation. If we forget that, we face an uphill IH w and Inexperienced prople
pull so far as maintaining our liberties is concerned.
(2)
(21 Allow detached
det achei! consider*-
considera |r*b jiil<'> *MCM fUt 1li*'ir ibsti K Is
don of Hoover ('ommisxlon recom I cannot mx * much juatlflcatlon
*Tlie Students Take Over
rm-ndat ions sinet* job security is for thia criticism. Th«* bill does
THE SOUTH INVADES THE NORTH
two things It adjusts previously
Increased.
Nearly a century after the invasion of the south by the
We, the editorial staff of this week’s Sentinel, have a
mad«* cost estimates of projects
(31
Encourage
efficiency
and
»confession to make. Previous to May 2, none of us hail ever northern armies, the south has returned that invasion, at economy resulting from employee now und,*r construction. It repre­
so far as Oregon is concerned, which accounts for the suggestions.
sents final a|a>roval for new pro-
‘lx*eu in Cottage Grove before — not for any appreciable least
fact that democrats registered the majority for the first time
j«H*ts which may or may not la*
(II
Improve
efficiency
in
the
length of time, that is. Several of us had been through town. in the history of the state. The change from republican to
constructed tn the long future.
use of personnel.
either by bus o:
but we hadn’t stopped to look around, democratic was not because of Truman, the Fair Deal, or
(51Genera)ly Improve depart­ That bill IX1ES NOT nppropriate
or spend any money. Similar au­
In ither wc
we were complete strangers. But two because the voters particularly favor the labor element, but mental efficiency.
thorization bills In th«* jmst have
because
so
many
fieople
have
migrated
to
this
state
from
weeks
.several of us made a preliminary excursion to
piled up a back-log of approved
S<*nator Douglas of Illinois hits plans totalling more than Too
your city to * look around. We only spent a few hours here. Arkansas. Oklahoma and a few other southern states.
The democratic party is the only party of that section; its become fnteri'stid In my payroll proj«*ets. but only sotru* To projects
but we lik< d what we saw. We walked around town a while the only politics most of the voters from these states know. control bill ami may Introduce a1
an* now under <x>nstruction and
ito gA out bearings and to “survey the sitchyashun."
The state democratic organization cannot take much credit similar measure In the Senate 1 appropriations for starting new
hope he docs and that considers-! projects an* not being allowed this
or comfort in a situation of this kind.
On the way back to Eugene, Barbara remarked,
tion by both house and senate
«think I'm going to enjoy working in Cottage Grove."
1 «’ the
b* *«* of ,,M Hnrbor
naming
the bill is not partisan or contro- àbout
, nn<1
|
And to that we add a ditto, ditto, ditto, and an amen— NOW WE’VE SEEN ABOUT EVERYTHING
The writer happens to live only a short distance from versial. < er alnly also tts parage
n>ntn)|
R|U
|n ,hp
t except that now we’ll put it in the past tense. OuY week in the new Outdoor Theater and bad the experience of seeing
wUl permit the saving of hundreds nn(ur„ of R ,n„lk„ ,crwn
,h „
[Cottage Grove is over and we must return to the confines of the movies under the stars as Cleo Morelock would say. Or of '."J!
d0"*” noW betnK. purpose of distracting attention
f academic life.
rather seeing the movies under the stars at this season of the wasted.
from th«* deflcit-speMing kppro-
J It has been fun pretending that we know all about how year is a misnomer for most of the time J. Pluvius was doing
* * *
! prlations bill now under cunsider-
Here are some comments about I ation.
-to put out a newspaper. In the classroom, everything sounded his stuff. At any rate it was our first experience or first of­ some
of the p»*oplc wh«i are eon-
• • *
fense, which ever is the most appropriate term.
so simple. But the professors told us only about the big
New Jersey Republicans have
What struck us as being out of the ordinary as we sat ducting the "inwatigatlun" of the
pr ¿luma we would run into. They didn’t mention the thou- and enjoyed the movies was that the barn where we have charges that communist sympathl- formulated a ]»rty platform with
put in a good many hours of hard labor, was visible only a zero are employed by our govern-t only 28 words in it which, to my
sa nd« nut two little matters that would come up.
short
distance away. The idea of seeing this sort of entertain­ ment especially in th«- State Dr-J wny of thinking, is the Ix-st state-
^‘T*r*fs why this week in Cottage Grove has been valu-
partment (taken from Senate de-1 ment of Republican philosophy,
ft.'ipgijence for us as journalism students. Not only has ment within a hundred and fifty yards or so of where we live bate on the subject):
aims, and «»bjectives I have ever
and work was an exjierience so unusual that we thought we
Dean Acheson, the man really seen. Here it is:
it been valuable as concerns new oaper problems, but also iad seen about everything at the conclusion of 'the’show. under
fire in the State Depart-1 "America enn bo saved from
in respect to getting along with people. We always had been
ment Communist cases, was first Communism and Bankruptcy.
sponsored for a job in govern-1 "America’s problems can tie met
under the impression that the outside world is cold and cruel.
ment
in 1933 (Under S««cretary of by her great p«*ople without loss
Bdt our week in Cottage Grove has dispelled that notion.
the Treasury) by Senator Tidings • of their liberties
We offer ur sincere thanks to Mr. W, C. Martin, pub- cemetery cleanup
bris from your lot into the alleys, of Maryland, now chairman of the
“We dedicate ourselves to this
lisher of the Sentinel, for allowing us to put out this issue.
"e com:Tienc«xi work on our it just makes us extra work. There Senate inquiry committee.
undertaking "
are many lots and vacant spots
Seth Richardson, named by
This is the third year that journalism students have taken | our annual community «ask, of for which no one can be contacted, President
Truman to conduct a
For the fourth cons«*cutiv«» time
the editorial and advertising duties, and we hope that cleaning up the Mascnic-IOOF all having passed on. Or all records ”re - survey of the McCarthy
there is serious war talk while
!
Cemetery
on
May
15th
The
writer
I
lost,
so
we
must
clean
up
the
names" and head of the Civil Ser­
this annual arrangement will continue for many years to
has supervised this work for 1*1 cemetery in general. Remember vice Commission’s Loyalty Review , Congress has an u|4>n>priutloi»
come.
years now and wishes to thank al! if your lot is cleaned that is okey Board, Is a law partner of Joseph bill under consideration. Th«* in­
tensity of the war scare usually
' And our thanks to you. Cottage Grove, for being so those who have so loyally ruppert- but what about its surroundings? E. Davies.
seems to l>e in proportion to the
ed
it
in
the
past,
and
to
a^ain
ask
One
ugly
lot
can
spoil
the
beauty
Davies ("Mission to Moscow") size of the appropriation being
helpful and understanding. We apologize for all mistakes that
for their assistance, which alone of all cleaned lots in its vicinity.
m»y appear v herein, and hope that you will bear with us in makes this work pos'iblc as we We have already received dona­ is the father-in-law of Senator considered for the armed service«.
Tydings, chairman of the loyalty- This time the bill calls for the
such matters. We shall be looking forward to our next year's have no other funds than thuse tions from several which saves investigation committee.
largest amount ever appropriated
provided by the kit owners them­ work in notifying those lot owners,
vi^it to Cottage Grove.—K.C.
Richardson was chief counsel
selves. As we have said, lot own­ and we sincerely wish to thapk for the committee investigating for the armed forces in peace.
ers may do their own lots, and them, for it is some job to write the Pearl Harbor disaster which 1 time. Due to the present very ser­
ious tension the amount will be
many do, tho some neglect theirs, 300 post cards to the lot owners. produced a whitewash.
and don’t even know where they For all who mall their contribu­ With Richardson on Pearl Har­ increased.
Dogs and the Primary
At first I was inclined to be­
are located, but we do have a lot tions without being notified, we bor committee staff was Samuel
lieve these crises wen* home-made.
Have you ever noticed a dog with a bone in his mouth of extra general work which must are very grateful. We do not mind H.
Kaufman, later the judge whose
seemed the war talk might be
walking dowm the street? He is about the proudest being in be paid out of our community ; the work so much, if we can only bias for Alger Hiss almost acquit­ It
funds, and must be done each year
year, get your cooperation! So let’s get ted Hiss at the first trial when drummed up by the Administra­
the world. He just dares some other dog to try to take it For Old Jupe Pluvious never faits busy, the time is short to do this;
tion and the defense department
for the purpose of scaring Con­
away from him. Sometimes he encounters an adversary who to pour down the Oregon Mist this huge task. Mail your contribution the jury disagreed.
Morgan is a partner in the
into appropriating more
has Resigns on that bone. And we have a big dog fight with time of the year, and the tall of S2 per lot right now to the Washington firm of Welch, Mott gress
money. A check of the facts dis-
grass, blackberry vines, and other undersigned:
and Morgan, whose practice is proves this idea. The war threats
lots of barking, snarling, growling and other forms of dog obnoxious vegetation thrive upon ।
Miss Belle Burkholder, Sec.
largely among Texas oil and gas have actually been generated by
it. We do not want our cemetery
anger. It’s mostly noise for neither gets hurt very much.
Cottage Grove Cemetery Assn. clients
and radio companies prac­ the Russians. They caused US to
to
resemble
An
Elegy
to
a
Coun
­
225
N.
Lane
Street
Suddenly the noise stops, and out of the dust we see a
ticing before the FCC.
start the famous air-lift while an
try Graveyard, or do we? So let’s
Cottage Grove, Oregon
Involved in the current “loyalty appropriations hill was under con­
dog with a bone in his mouth walking down the street. It ail get busy and work together on I
investigations" are personnel from sideration Even though th«* Pn*«i-
may be the original possessor of that bone, it may be the this. With our new hospital, I. fine:
two previous Administration dent did not announc«* the fact
new
business
and
residence
I
buiid-
challenger. But whichever it is, we can be sure that the
whRpweshes, with sponsoring until the House-Senate conference
ings and other signs of thriving i
Senators (Tydings and McMahon) was endeavoring to decide on the
winner didn't come out on top merely because he made the growing Cottage Grove, do we
linked by association with the pre­ amount of arms nid to Europe.
most noise. It t ikes more than noise to show sujieriority. want to neglect our cemetery so
vious whitewashes.
Russia did explode an atomic
newcomers
will
shudder
at
its
We are inspir ed to cite this little incident because it re­ appearance and wonder why you
lw>mb while that bill was under
minds us <»f campaigns preceding primary elections. For don’t improve your lot ? We can
Lately the Rus­
I The Omnibus Rivers and Har­ consideration.
t he past seve> al weeks, the incumbent and challenger in make it look fine for Memorial
bors and Flood Control Authoriza­ sians shot down an airplane. The
tion Bill, which has just been repercussions of that a<*t <x>ntinu<*
the various races have been hard at it. In some cases there Day. even if we do not have suf-
ficient funds, to cover all of it.
cleared by Congress, carries im- to cans«* tension Very serious de­
are two or three challengers, each one fighting for.that bone. You can do your share and pos-
portant additiona) authorizations velopments may yet result from
Some of the young guys think for the Willamette Valley Flood th«* murderous Russian action.
And w*' all can agree that there has been lots of noise, sibly a little more, do your lot
its surroundings, and donate we older fellows don't know how control Project. Increased costs
Th«* conclusion I am coni|>cll<*d
although a certain few have been making more than others. a and little
work on some neglected I to do anything but come to think since the original project was to reach is that the Russian gov­
There even has been a little dirt thrown.
lot near yours. We ask you only to about
auvui it,
n, we old
u i u fellows
lenows have
nave , authorized, plus some additions ernment is very anxious to have
But now the dust is settling and the victor is about to contribute $2 for each lot and can gotten the world up to what it paused by revised [dans, made a us continue our ruinous admin­
your lot for that, if you are is, before the younger ones got
istration jiolicy of deficit spending
come walking out with the bone in his mouth. (That is do
unable to do it yourself. This on the job, so maybe we used to
merely a figure of speech, you understand. Far be it from us ;mall sum is not much considering know something anyway.
D. P. (Darn Poor) POTTER
to infer that a politk ian has the same gustatorial fancies as we have to pay our men $1 per
। hour and have already hired our
help. Remember we not only have
The shortest way to do many
For
May 19. you. the voters, will decide who will to collect the trash but dispose of things is to do only one thing at
Cecil
Energetic Leadership in
be b j <' ’ (ty bo> v. an < -I phrase). It's not our intention1 it also. So please do not dump do- a time.
to advise you how to cast your ballot because you probably
MODERN DRONE IN THE INDUSTRIAL BEEHIVE
County Administration
have kh< ;dy made up your minds. Furthermore, we expect!
that you know more about the issues and candidates ¿han we
Vote
do, so we'll keep quiet on that score.
But we would like to urg*
< ryone to get out and vote. '
The |»olling places will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
dUST
and if you i: e in doubt concerning where you
WMV ACE
shotrtd go to vote, consult the listing on page one.
you,
ead a lot about how voting is a treasured heri-!
tage of OU American freedom, how it is a responsibility of,
the citizen n a d< mocracy, and how it is a privilege we must1
not abuse. In fact, we have heard and read so many of those
expfessions that we are apt to dismiss them as so much
hog-wash.
JOURNALISM STUDENTS ISSUE
n Cushman
Editor-in-Chief
Riilph Thompsi on
Managing Editor
Barbara Fagg
Society Editor
Mike Krajnak
News Editor
Phil Walcott
City Editor
Don Blythe, G ì de Sheldon
Advertising Managers
Letters to the Editor
Potter’s
Patter
34X AUEN P. WHEELER
But the truth of the matter is that these expressions
all are tine. A citizen’s responsibility as a voter is some­
thing that must not be shrug; ed off. It cannot be passed on
to someone else with some weak alibi.
It neethat there aren’t many countries left in this
world that have the right of a free election. We must insure '
that the United States never loses this right.
jility, h
>L privilege, duty—call it what you
will, but make sum that you vote tomorrow.—K. C.
Dcadwood Dave Hoover, who is trying to unhorse Sen-
at<>r Mor e ha; ”*ueiated more enthusiasm in Jackson
county than any place in the state according to Columnist
Vivian McMurtrey. Perhaps the withdrawal of Medford’s
clothier, Robinson, in favor of Hoover had something to do
with the enthusiasm.
tu la* hero lor awhile, hence de
serve to be rogahtwl *s active
mcmlH*rs of our nunimmll.v,
Wc wish to thank tin* following
new xutMci ihcra for their micicst.
Not nil these names are new or
atrangv to ua; but if you should
Hud such a one living near you.
we hope you will see that they do
not stay strange to you much
longer Wc believe that you mid
many roaders of longer standing
will join with us in saying "Mel
eomc, neighbor! We like you. too."
Wayne Lewman, East Main;
Roliert C. Fisher. Hansen Lane.
Rex Munsell. E. Gibbs; Jack W
Jenny, Knox Hill; Walter L j
Murry. S. 15th; Ralph Aubrey. E
Main; Frank McBee, N River
Road; William D Huffman. Han
sen Lane; H Hultberg, E Main;
Stanton G. Oberg, N 6th George
M Peckham, City Hr«* l*«'pt.:
Atin Ling. S 6th; B. C Addison.
Uuane; Wayne Stimson, Ash Ave ;
Margurite Courtney, 1st and Har­
rison; Paul J. Macken.sen. RED
1; Irvin Breedlove, l.onuu* Rte.;
King Wilson, N. River Road. Dun
Vlach, M a <1 i x o n Aw.; < Iren
Skaggs, Lorane Rte.; R. E. Melvin.
Lorane Rte ; D»n Hand, Main St.;
Fred C. Holleman. N 19th; Ken­
neth R. Kennedy, Lorane Rte .
Ctuirles Niehaus, N 16th; R I.
Woods. N. 16th; Hub«*rt Carlson.
E Glbba; T. P. Harris, N. liith;
E. S. Wert. Harvey Road; R ••
Tronaon, Hans<*n I-anc: L D
Minton, Hnrvey Road; Richard G
Lord. 1 tervey Road; Mi• W ''
Re«*d, Ostrandvr Lam*; Clifford
Crooks, Ostranker Lane; Edgar
Ulmer. Ostrander Lino; Ralph T
Dmg. Ostrander Line; Kenneth
S Todd, Ostrander Line, L*e E
DeMoss. L>rd Ave.; J im * Mage«*.
Lord Ave ; Volney W. Burchett.
Lord Ave.; Virgil E. Kenyon. Geer
Aw.; Frank Jarvis, N. Pacific.
Highway; Erwin Johnson. No Pa-1
ciflc Highway; E. J Sasley, N. Pa­
cific Highway; Edwin Bray. N i
Pacific Highway; O I. Powers. S j
6th; A. L Hamilton, W. Main;)
Joiut Cummings N 8th; lieati
Hollon, Harvey Rond; Notval
Hnght, M un St . Alvin Moon. N.
River Road and Philip R Van
HIurKnm, N River Road.
Subacribv to tiu* Scntmcl.
ANGUS
GIBSON
Republican ('andidiite
for
SENATOR
I.am*-IJnu C'ouiiticN
Faithful, Aggrrtudvr
Service in Behalf of
l-anr-lJun ( ounticN
Paid Adv. by Gibson for
Senator Committee
Roy Brown, Sec.
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“GET OUT OF THE RUTS’’
VOTE IDR
F. A. BELTZ
WHO HAS BEEN: ProM*cuting attorney, County Judge
Lugging A Sawmill mtmug«*r A o|N*rator, Dairy farm
owner, PAST PRESIDENT: KiwiiniN Chib, Chamber of
Commerce, National Fann Ix»an Aaaoc., ¡’¡wf Noble
Grund, Pu.st Exalted Ruler—
WHO CAN BE: Nomin»l«*d by your voteb
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Subject R«*|uiblican Primaries May 19th, 19.54).
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“Fuel for Man or Car”
If you want to read this silly mess uhv just go nhead. Well
that nd Inst week was a terrible mess but I nianngcd to brlb«*
the Kditor to let inr put one In Illis Week. Th«* uilss|M*llr«| words
last week were cauacd by the printer not being able to read
my writing. Remind* me of the two Darkles—ouc says "Sam
will you reml thia letter fdr me?" "W hy man," exclaimed Sam.
"you know 1 can’t hardly reml readln’ much less rca«i wrltin’.”
That may la* the answer, ns I use no tv|H-wrlt«r. Hut honrot
though I don't believe I miss|H II more (lien half of my Horde.
Well I promised to auy a few words abnut the cow that
burned Chicago down. I think tli.it hap|H*ne<l around IM11 (pretty
hard for me to rememtM-r back so far), \nyway M.m< one accused
the cow, said who kicked a lantern over. I don't believe the cow
denied It, probably afraid she would Incriminate herself. The
fir«« could have Iwen prevented by hn iglng tho lantern higher
or by waiting until daylight to milk tin* cow—probaldy daylight
savings, bet these modern .loshuas who turn the sun lnu*k an
hour wouldn’t know which end of n cow to milk nor how to hold
the teats Iinla-MH they w«*rr shap. al like a golf club. There I go
insulting some of my custonurs. Oh. m il. you know the old
saying.!!!
Iler«* I« th»* louduwn on that cow biisbirs«, If Nhe had b«*«*n
tied with her lies«! «piit«* n bit hlgbrr Ihan she would iiMiiUly
holil It uhll<* standing, nhe could n«*vrr have kicked Hie liwit«*rn
Did you ever have a cow slap her foot In a full bucket of
milk then shove you over bnckwurd? You make a three point
landing because you usually us«* both hands. If the landing Is
auspiciously easy you slnp your hand to your south side to (Ind
out the kind of soil you have contacted.
You can prevent Ulis; II you have a cow that kicks, tic her
head up so that her chin Is about level with the lop of her
shoulders, tfien she enn't kick.
The other day we hud a few customers In our afore when
In rtMhrd a lady mid says, "You have suckers In here?" Well the
customers looked rather slartlcd mid I (« It pee« ed. I didn't
tlilnk ah«* ahoilld cull them that |ust because they wen* trailing
hi a neighborhood gnuerv where the guy works Hi hours then
fools away fl hours sleeping. Well I finally found mit sh<* wanted
n concentrated sticky mesa on the end of a slick for her kid
to smear on his face.
Th«* rest of this week wc nre going to sell spuds nt 10 pounds
for 30c old or new, big or little, good or — nop<> wc don’t have
any rotten ones, or at least yon won’t fln«l them In the top of
the sack.
Now wc still have some of that cheap coffee and Wc are now
going Ui sell It for two hits a pound and give you a package of
Wrigley's gum with It no you won't be mud been use we sold It
to you.
Come on down for grts. will try t«i give yon service. When
I get crowded I Just slip Into high gear ami bonne«* around these
gas pumps as graceful ns n three legged baby hippo trying to
crawl out of a soapy bath tiib.
For
COUNTY JUDGE
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Cantwell’s ‘76’ Service and
Junior Market
North D!> Cottage Grove, Ore. — ITtone 221 R