The SratInrI, Cottage (irovr, Oregon
Cottage Crave Sentinel
Thur»., Jan. SI, 195Î
E>«»bllM»d Auru*l is. IMS.
Publish»,! »vary Thursday at
Cottae* Oroya. Orason
Letter From Washington
Beach Gauge Co. Formed With Invention
Of New Device for Weighing Log Loads
Glthens Opening
(Continued from i>age 1)
Ham F. Git hen», .manager of the
new dealership, at a lunclwxm at
the Golf club Wednesday. Also
Beach Gauge Co. has been formed by Bob Beach of Hi- present was Mr. Hostetler.
lop off ten or fifteen percent. The bureau of the Point Logging Co, after the invention of a new gauge for
by Harris Ellsworth
Aland 50 Chamber members nnd
budget will peel it another thirty percent, the ct in hydraulic scales on log trucks for what the company claims employees of Githcns Motors, Inc.
Representative,
Fourth
District
Foreign ratea cm a^llcatioa.
grecs will proba bl \ knock off another ten percent is accurate weighing of loads. Patent on the device is pend were present.
Our great federal Rowmiwnt has a wondrou* and there you ar* Just what you ho|*M to get!
w. o. martin .....
ing. The gauge is for use on the welded steel diaphragm truck Art Schaefer, C of C president,
ntnMn«'uanM^r
Orton» Martin
Advertising
Managvr I ***** complicated system for getting ready to send onc complaint I heard about the bureau of the bud- scales. The company claims that in all of its testing it has read a congratulatory
telugram
Mra. M'rlam Ad kin a
Society Kdltor. Phone» SM ,VM 501Y to congress, via the President, its request for sys
get was rather more amusing than disturbing It not had a Hingle failure.
from conutany officials, also let
Mn. J imw O*lki __
Mana«ln< Kdltor. Phone* M4, SOO
tem functions each year. The President has just re- seems the young fellows who conduct the hearings
ters from Governor Douglas Me-
The new company is compost'd
cently submitted his budget to Congress. He says in and who, no doubt, have a great deal to do with of Mr. and Mrs. Beach. The gauge
2. Twice as much hand travel, »<"> «'«• Secretary of State
NATIONAl EDITORIAL
his message that he must haw $85.1 billions to making the final figures, arc very young most of is being manufactured by n Chi- for »unie load weight, The two T Newbry.
PUBLISHERS
Mr. Gitlicna in thanking the
spend between July 1, 1952 and June 3Q, 1953. It is them under 30 and with little or no background cago firm, with the first ship gauges aro set for the same load
called the fiscal '53 budget.
*
ASSOCIATION
(this is merely n|x'Hting what was told me by one ment of 300 gauges now on its The S gauge registers npproxi- Chamber for IU intercut in hl»
mutely 1200 Iba per mark, the B new enterprise wild, "I am over
Th«* way the budget-making system works Is I who faces them). They sit and ask uninformed and way.
whelmed tliut you fellow» have
gauge approximately 600.
something like this: Each government departmeni । inconsequential questkms. That might not be so Law» tiet Tougher
taken an interest. The tx*»t ex-
Bob Beach said that. "All over
3. l.oad limit hands on B en prexiUon 1 can give 1» from u
or agency has what is generally called its budget ; nad. said my informant, but, as he put it, the
the
nation
the
laws
on
loading
gineered at factory will not shift ChriMtmax card th«* company u»«*d
officer. This person gathers up the figures which, trouble is they change these youngsters every year
(as seen by E. Hofer)
when totalled, indicate the amount of money neede«i so that the school-teaching has to lx* done nil over trucks are getting constantly | under any normal use. while S has
'If then* were no friend» like
tougher. We in th«* logging bust-j troub|e with load limit hands
It is clear that the fight for the Republican Presidential tor at least wanted) by the department for the aKatn each time. I gather, from the sigh he heaved, nesa have been hit especially hard shifting while loading, causing you. there would lx* no firm» like
our*.'"
nomination will be one of the hardest in history. Both the coming fiscal year. The figures are taken to the that the procedure is something of a headache, and because* of the difficulty in weigh- ovrr Or underloading.
backers of Taft and the backers of Eisenhower are passion head of the department who looks them over and 1 tiresome.
ing logs.
I
225 lbs. starting pressure, Fine, Feelllty
Mr Hoatctler in congratulating
decides just how much he will request. That |
• • •
ately devoted to their causes. Both are totally convinced that then
The comiwny, in announcing the ; b registers 5 marks. At average the Glthen» on their enterprtae
their man is the best bet—not only in his qualifications for figure doos not. however, go to the President it | it generally takes congress quite a long time to gauge, said that even the best j fU||
goes Just slightly beyond »aid, "You won't find »uch a fa
the world’s most important and exhausting job. but in his goes to the bureau of the budget. Thore some bright ¡catch up with the activities of our executive depart- standard gauge available could the hatf-way mark, still giving u cility in a town 10 tlnu** the aire
young men hold what they call hearings at which । ment officals. This is especially true with respect not I m * depended on. Scales are ac- I very much greater hand travel. S of thi* on«* Mr Glthena 1» an out-
ability to win the election.
On the Eisenhower side, one of the most potent argu the departments explain why they need the||o things we do overseas. For instance, I learned curate only if the gauge can be overloaded by starting at 225 lbs, »tanding bualneaaman and dealer
w ith the pointer hand direct-' which company found by testing in our rank»,"
ments is that he is the only available Republican who could amounts requested. Then the bureau of the budg’*t unoficially and off the record, from one of our read
ly over a mark on the dial, the was most satisfactory to gain ut
prepares
the
figures
to
be
submitted
to
the
ITcsi-
|
people
in
France
last
fall,
of
the
neat
scheme
the
William Githcna, or Bill a» hv
unify the country, and be virtually sure of decisively defeat
stated. Or if the load most in accuracy. Said no gauge I n called, alao told the Chamber
ing Mr. Truman or any other Democratic nominee. Walter dent and by him to the congress. He. and his j French government works to chisel a profit over coini>any
range hand* did not shift due to should lx* constantly worked
niembera of hl* appreciation of
Lippmann put the Eisenhower case well when he wrote in a White House staff, are the last word and the sug- and above our aid to them. One example the jar while loading the truck. Or much
beyond the half-way jioint. their Intereat and invited everyone
gested
budget
may
be.
and
often
is,
changed
ma
' French share of the cost of the headquarters build if the bronze tube in the gauge
late column, “A change of party has become most necessary
Test
to set* th«* new building,
after 20 years. The Truman administration is played out. It terially from the way it conn's from the Bureau, ing for the NATO army is 18 percent. However. Lie working mechanism did not be- Withstands
5. The 600 lb. steel tube in B
J, S. Crejieau, contractor for the
before
it
is
brought
to
congress.
French government levies a tax of 20 percent on the conte fatigued from overloading
has lost control of congress ... It has lost effective control
has withstood worst without dis- building, sal«l lie wax prouder of It
construction. See? In addition to saving her 18 per the gauge.
in the executive branch, as witness on the one hand the cor
tortion. Overloaded tub«* in 4<x) lb. | than uny other he hail built and
ruption and on the other the domination of policy by the From time to time I have discussed budge t- cent contribution. France came up with a profit of Experiment on Truck*
S will stretch nnd fatigue; ■ **')-*
— its attractivenea»
—-*--------- —
was
— *•*
duo
“*
that
Beach said the logging firm marks on S 5(M) or WK) lb. gauge mostly to the interest Mr. Gltherw
making with people from the executive depart- two percent on the job. A neat trick if you can do
swollen and competing bureaucracies. . . .
"Eisenhower offers much the best way out of the di- ments. It seems to be quite a game w hich some of it, and France has been doing it to us for years. equipiied 12 trucks of Its own with •O close together could not lx* read himself took in going over the
construction with him each day.
legima which is posed as long as the choice is between Taft the old-fashioned departments haven’t learned to Last week the congress took notice of this situation these scales having the best 400 closely enough.
gauges available. The glass
6. No single failure in testing B;
and Truman or Truman's heir. With Taft the most probable play very skillfully. The general scheme seems to and a committee has issued a sharp and factual pound
facet of these standard gauges S not designed for hard work and
result is another Democratic victory*. Next in probability is be to ask the budget officer for about twice what report on the subject. The state department says it were
removed and tx»red to install actually shakes to pieces, losing
a Taft victory achieved by a ruinously bitter and divisive you hope to get. Then tire* head of the agency will is "working on the problem”!
(Continued from page 1)
th»* two load range hands The hands, markers and faces; glasses
struggle . . , With Eisenhower the country can have for the
system was called "a tremendous revolve.
।
meaning, that the reader
taking a new administration which has behind it the largest
improvement" over the old "tattlc-
AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE VOTERS AWAY?
7. Complete line of part» carried br
meaning» to th«* printed
tnle hanging from the truck or for B. For S no ixirt» availubl«' | .W1£,.
ai«i widest popular support, which is more truly national in
(Continued from page 1)
trailer,"
but
was
still
said
to
have
its constituency, than any other administration in our time."
for any company km able to buy. । "Rending is a complex process.
8. B not completely waterproof, never ,.llsv or a
umWrtak-
. This view is by no means universally held. The Taft
ment, a 11 received an abstract a lot of 'bugs'.
Comparison* Made
yet never got mud und water In mg." I m * said "Reading
-
idea.”
camp aggressively denies that their man lacks a great public
can be * tun,
Following are comparisons made parts. S not sealed against mud j an active mental process."
following. The Freeman magazine recently said, “In 1950 the
He claims that when he tooj;
over the club about a year ago he by the company of the Beach and water.
Language I'ns»««
whole strength of the Truman Administration was thrown
9. B has new and better face
had to work months getting per gauge and a standard gauge. (B
"There is no real reading with-
into Ohio to beat Taft out of the senatorship. . . They threw
for
the
former,
S
for
the
stand*
design. S fare not marked pro|ier-1 out
meaning,"
he
explained.
mission to change over from live
mid at Taft and, more importantly, they threw the paper
ly for truck scales.
| "Meanings arc tied in with sym-
stock and poultry projects to elec lati ■
green stuff that still unaccountably goes by the name of
1. B vacuum-filled with oil at
10. B, place provided for load
Reading Is
language
tricity and woodworking.
money. But in spite of screeches and caterwauling, hair-pull-
not a subject
factory- for solid contact. S, no limits so repairman can easily and '
"The
area
is
primarily
logging."
and invective, slander and demagogy*, on the part of the
get air out of gauge, caus- accurately replace ' broken glass. I In answer to a question on
he said. The children were not in
S, no place for record, if glass I phonics, the teacher said, '.'PlioniCK
ing faulty reading.
ocrats. . . . Bob Taft was in again. He had carried 84
terested in poultry, livestock or
broken and hands lost repairman is all right, but it Is just one
of the 88 counties, including all the industrial districts in
rabbits.”
has no way of setting load limit. method of recognizing words, and
state. He did this in spite of the fact that Frank Lausche,
His background well fits him
Result could he overload fine.
(Loretta Oleson) *
a very slow one at that There
mocrat, won the Ohio governorship.” The Freeman
for the work. He worked 30 years
11. B, bigger pay load One are four other better words recog-
as a telephone engineer, 25 of
then said that the polls proved that Taft's public standing
“Oven Meals" was the subj»,ct mark safety margin on truck and
nit ion skills."
them in Texas. He went to school <>f an intereating dcmonatratlon
steadily improved. Last June the Gallup poll gave Eisen
I*hcl|m is one ot the many
in California, also studying at given the members of the Bass trailer costs only slightly more
hower a 30 per cent preference as against 22 per cent for
than 14 ton. S. safety margin costs adult education leaders In thia
Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. Creek Extension Unit. January 23,
Tajt. Six months later Eisenhower still had his 30 per cent
too much. Utading onc mark light state. He said, "Adult education
Chooses Oregon
at the Don Liltl<T>age home
while Taft had gone up to 28 per cent.
for safety margin costs approxi- is coming to the fore in this nation
He said tie chose Oregon as a ’ Projret leaders, Mrs. Uttlrpagc
mutely 1% tons I mi y load each today. People are trying to learn
a So much for the Republican side. To turn to the Demo
place to retire after traveling thru and Mrs. Marvin Hill demonstrat
trip.
crats, the 'eeling grows in Washington circles that the presi
and better themselves."
the state on vacations over a pe ed from the "Oven Meals" bulle
dent is feu up with his job, that he is disillusioned over
Hr was a teacher here about
riod of about 10 years. He was tin, ad:;«*d a few ideas of their
friends who let him down, and that he will not run again. A
1937 and said he felt at home tn
stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash, own, and served members with a
Cottage Grove.
during World War I and grew to delicious luncheon at noon. Birth
few months ago it seemed certain that t^spresident would
Quartet Ning*
like the northwest country, he day greetings were extended to
ba able to name the candidate and that the convention would
Balance of the all-male program
said.
foQow his lead automatically. That is not so certain now. All
Marion Marvick; and Mrs. John
University of Oregon, Eugene,
consisted
of numbers by a quartet
His
wife
works
with
him
in
the
Jacobs.
thg polls indicate that Truman prestige has reached a new
(SpecJgD "The Theatre, Then
4-H club, teaching sewing.
After the business meeting, Mrs. and Now" will lx* Un* topic under composed of Elmer Fleming, «u-
lo^, and powerful forces in the Democratic party are bitter
Giving an illustration of how Littlepage conducted an auction discission when the Noithwcst perintendent of schools; Dr. Dean
abthe president, his closest advisors, and such cabinet mem-
democracy works in his club, he sale at articles donated by mem Drama Conference is held here I. Webb. Art Weinkuut and Wil
bqfs as McGrath and Snyder, within whose departments the
liam HeUlwcll,
said he was offered some time ago bers.
February 7-9.
scandals occurred. An inter-party revolt against the White
Presiding was R. W. Kcnslt.
a scholarship to 4-H camp by the
"Better Dress Workshop" was
The conference, largest regional
H^use may not occur on any great scale, but it is certainly
Moose lodge. The lodge thought discussed and clcgible members drama conference in the nation, hustiand of the ITA president.
pqpsible. Some of the Kefauver backers may be counting on
perhaps it would go to the best were urged to attend the meeting will also include regional meetings Howard A. Gilbert acted as secre
club member. However. Mr. Rob at Scottsburg, January 29.
it^Senator Kefauver, an aggressive and personable man, has
of the American Education Thea tary, with Bud Neal rc|»rting on
inson said he would be happy to
Continued from page 1
nq| been at all popular in presidential circles, and his public John C. Hopman, 67. a resident
Members enjoying the day were ter association and the National Welfare commit tee work in dis
tributing toys and clothing at
Theater Assembly.
reputation is the result of his investigation of sordid tie-ups ot Cottage Grove for the past 30 ers that can be introduced in irri- accept the scholarship if the per Mmes. Grace Dalton. James
son to go could be chosen his way. son and Ann, John Jacobs, Miss
Principal speaker at the meet Christmas.
between criminals and politicians.
years, passed away at his home. gation systems.
Next meeting I* set for Febru
This was agreed. The leader con Marion Marvick, Mmes. John ing will be Sawyer Falk, president
326 North Seventh street, Wednes
Telling the audience how to re ducted an election and had the Sowles, Roy Haldeman. Charles of the American National Theater ary 25 when Mrs. E. T. Minkler
day, January 23, following a long tard moss and encourage grass, he boys in the club vote on who was Littlepage, John Stigers and the
Assembly nnd head of the drama will have charge of the meeting.
illness. He was bom in Daggitt, advised add phosphate material in to go. As a result all boys seemed tw’o project leaders, Mmes. Hill
department at Syracuse univers
-Mich., June 30, 1884. When a child,
Tip to motorists: Death works
fall and winter months, fol to be happy, he said.
and Littlepage.
ity, Syracuse. N. Y.
. A prime need facing every motorist is a place to park he moved to Chicago with his par the
overtime on slippery highways.
lowed with other fertilizers. He Democratic Way
your vehicle. Parking places can be found if one drives far ents, and came to Cottage Grove suggested
When two clbb members were
5% nitrogen, 10% phos-
enbugh, but this is sometimes both troublesome and expen about 30 years ago from Chicago. phate and 10% potash.
interviewed on the radio in a pro
sive. Cars and trucks have been manufactured in such tre Hopman was married to Susan Speaking of garden pests and gram later and asked about the
mendous numbers the past six years that it is difficult for Bruzas in Albany in 1940.
plant diseases, he said that the campership, they replied. "Oh we
mpst of us to realize what is happening to our streets and Surviving are his widow; two key to control was hitting the chose the democratic- w a y.” In
highways, not to say anything about the difficulty of finding children: Marie Phillips of Mer pest or disease at the right time turn, when the next opportunity
came for demonstrations or trips,
a place to park once we stop in the average city or town. Ten ced, Calif., and Mertin Hopman with the right materials.
years ago there were approximately twenty-seven milion of Chicago; two brothers: William He explained that in the fall the ones who had gone previously
London and Henry of Seattle. swarms of insects actually walk were omitted to begin with, as
motor vehicles in the United States. Today that number is al of Services
held Friday, Jan down the trees and plants and they had already had their oppor
most doubled or about fifty-two milion, if we recall the fig uary 25, at were
tunities.
2 p.m. at Smith’s Fu-
ures correctly. At any rate the tremendous increase in the neral Chapel with burial in the seek refuge in the soil during the “So you see, the lessons in de
cold.
He
suggested
that
in
early
motor vehicle population has descended upon us before we IOOF cemetery. F. Sherwood
mocracy can be learned well," said
December that a gardener kick up
are ready to meet a new situation properly. Streets, high Smith officiated.
the surfaces of the soil in the the soft spoken youth lender, who
carried in his hand a cherished
ways and parking places we thought we had are not enough
garden, uncovering bugs.
gift—a pipe that the boys in his
touneet the present need. We have met one phase of the prob
"Many will not have the strength club had given him.
lem in that most of us are better drivers than we were ten
to move,” he said. “Also birds do
years ago. We have to be to live, but while we have learned Melvin Howard, 74, died at his a good job of getting rid of them.” Local Boy Honored
He pulled out of his pocket a
home
east
of
Yoncalla
Thursday,
in this respect, we have failed to meet the other part of the
Soil Spray
4-H pin for I-arry Nobakowski of
January 24, 1952.
problem.
He also suggested treating the Cottage Grove, a three-year pin
He was born in Texas, July 30,
Except for the installation of parking meters, we are 1877,
moving to Yoncalla in 1887. soil with a combination DDT won last year for poultry and pho
not any further along in solving our own traffic problems He married Effie Thompson at spray as a good killer. Dr. Hanley tography projects as a member
BUILDINGS on the properties formerly owned by W. E. Pynch, Landon Auto Court,
than we were ten years ago. And parking meters won’t help Roseburg in 1906. She survives himself represents a manufacturer of the Silk Creek club. He said
Medine Auto Court, Lloyd Griggs, Edwin Becher, De Eava Gibson, Orville Hodge,
of dusts and sprays. However, he that Larry had phoned him asking
much unless at least a portion of the revenue is set aside to him.
Eldon Thompson, R. B. Bewley and consisting of:
provide parking lots or additional parking space.
Also surviving are a daughter, warned, do not let the spray get him to start a club in Cottage
Since little has been accomplished to ease the parking Mildred Briner of Rt. 1, Yoncalla; on plants but just on the soil sur Grove proper.
Mr. Robinson stated that he
situation, some businessmen have approached the problem a brother, Romie Howard, also of face.
with the suggestion that it would be a good investment for Rt. 1; four sisters, Fannie Wat- He oosed the program by show- would be glad to lead a club in
A ft amirs»«
President Asks for S85.4 Billion Budget
The Political Outlook
PTA Hears Teacher
OSC 4-H Session
» 5
CURTIN
U of O Will Host
Drama Conference
John C. Hopman
Botanist Speaks
Motor Vehicle Numbers Double
PUBLIC AUCTION
SALE DATE: February 12,1952 - 9:00 A. M
HOMES BARNS COTTAGES FURNITURE
Melvin Howard
TO CLEAR the Right of Way of Divide-Anlauf Section
of the Pacific Highway.
10 Residences, 12 Cottages, 2 Barns, 19 Outbuildings,
for parking lot purposes, provided the space could be pur
chased reasonably. This seems to be a very logical step and
should have the support of the business people.
If the parking lot idea isn’t developed, what future ex-
pahsion we might have might occur in the South Highway
sodn to be abandoned or outside of the city limit, which
would be bad in many respects since it would scatter the
business district and would create a problem faced by many
cities that have seen business spread to the fringe
Something New for Us
If universal military training is accepted by the Amer
ican people, it will be the first time in our 300 year history we
have ielt necessary to resort to a method of this kind for our
security. It seems to us that we will be asking the military
to do Something our diplomatic corps have failed to do in
the last twelve years, although plenty of opportunities have
been present.
Such a law will prolong the uncertainties for our young
men and women, which isn't giving them a fair deal and it
will prolong the huge spending program with its attendant
inflation tendencies.
" Aside from one country, Switzerland, which is a small
nation, we do not recall a nation which has maintained a
svArd rattling army without risking war. Germany is a good
example among modern nations, but did the big armies of
Germany keep her out of trouble and bring Ker victory?
Wills, all of Cottage Grove, and
Mary Caldwell of Bend, and two
grandchildren.
Services were held at Mills Mor
tuary, Sunday, January 27, at 1:30
p.m., followed by cremation. Sher
wood Smith officiated.
tamous Kew gardens he visited in
England.
The program was sponsored by
the P.D.G. Garden club.
H. A. Hagen, who for years has
been interested and active in 4-H
work, are formulating preliminary
plans for the possibility of such a
club.
Many a man has lost his chance
for success by clinging too long
Every time a boaster opens his
to a poor idea.
mouth he puts his feats in it.
C. C. Roberts
Funeral services were held Mon
day at Mills Mortuary for Chris
topher C. Roberts, a resident of
Cottage Grove for 27 years. Bur-,
ial was in the IOOF cemetery. The
Rev. D. Hugh Peniston officiated.
He passed away in Salem on Sat- 1
urday, January 26. at the age of
87. He was born near McMinnville,
May 9, 1864 and was married in I
1885 to Amanda Jane Sherwood at
Elkhcad, Oregon. She passed away I
in 1923. Roberts came to Cottage
Grove from Grants Pass in 1925.
Surviving are onc son, Cliff E. I
Roberts of Cottage Grove; three I
grandchildren; four great-grand
children; and onc sister, Mrs. Flor
ence Stanley of Oakland, Calif.
The Army Nurse Corps rose j
from 625 nurses in 1939 to 57,(100 '
In 1945.
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PERSONAL PROPERTY TO BE SOLD
COMPLETE RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT and fumbhings at Landon Auto Court—
im-Inding: 2 deep freezes, 1—21 foot refrigerator, 2 grills, dining tables and chairs,
cas'* register, water heater, silverware and dishes and many other items.
Nine cottages of furniture, ls*ds, inm*rspriug mattresses, chairs and many other items.
TERMS on personal property sale: CASH
BUILDINGS must I n * n moved from present location within 30 daVs of acceptance
of bid.
NOTE: ANY FINANCING necessary must be made by you prior to Halt* date with the
financing company of your choice. If you ¿re intending to move a building,
check with your house mover prior to nah* date.
FULL INFORMATION regarding sale may lx* had by writing or calling C. W. Parker,
State Highway Dept., Salem, Ore., Phone 4-2171 Ext. 717
TERMS OF SALE ARE: The above described buildings to I m * Hold to the highest
bidder. 100% of bid price in to I m * paid by successful bidder at conclusion of bids.
SALE DATE: 9:00 A. M. To commence at the W. E. Pynch property and continuing
South until finished. Our intentions arc to sell all this property in one day. If the sale
is not com ph ted in one day, we will commence at 9:00 A.M. the following day and nell
until all buildings an* sold.
Aucfionecr:
CLAUDE M. KIM1ORE
Salem, Oregon
Owner:
OREGON STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION
State Highway Building
Salem, Oregon
25-2tc-26