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The W eather < Court eey Cottage Grove Lake W eather Station) High Low Pre .05 Jan. 15 50 37 Jan. 16 45 57 53 Jan. 17 5-1 48 .52 Jan. 18 54 45 1.60 Jan. 19 56 40 .78 Jan. 20 56 48 .73 Jan. 21 47 - 37 .18 Sei ving the Heart of the Nation's Greatest Lumber Region Since 1889 C O TTA G E GROVE, L A N E C O U N TY , O REGO N. THU RSD AY, JA N U A R Y 22, 1953 Ten Cents per Copy N U M B E R 23 City Launches Storm Sewer Program Following Floods; Rural Areas Report River Overflows, Road Washouts ☆ I City council in other action jught voted to w rite a Jot te r to the PUC protesting proposed rate Yatses for th£ Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph company. The letter will be much the saipe as the one y n t .earlier by the Chamber of Commerce, which said in effect that charges already were high enough for "services rendered.” The council admitted that prob ably Ihe phone company needed additional revenue to operate in the black,, but criticized the poor servlfce in the’'Cottage Grove area. One councilman said if service could be improved that would be ar- ! * " 0,her "?a ,tpr pntb* » A b('a' ,b<’ imposed rates w ill probably be set soon, it was-an- ‘ nounced l ☆ Salary Raises Given Sixteen CG Employees ☆ Torrential week end rains th a t1 Correspondents from the rural caused a flash flood in Cottage areas around Cottage Grove re- Grove1, causing water to overflow ported damage f r o m the flash and sewers to back up brought ac- flood over the week end. tion from the city council in a M R S. G A LE ROBY O F L O N - ' s|x»cial session Tuesday night, DON said the excitement of high ! Several rules for the c a re . of 1 Gouncilmen voted to launch a water in the upper Coast F ork wells in Hooded areas were issued I ’ storm sewer program-here to tie river was prevalent in London this week by D r. A. Triolo, di paid for from funds received from | community Sunday as two and rector of the county health de The city council in a special ses- , he recent sale of sewer bonds. a half inches of rain fell Saturday partment, in the wake of high sion Tuesday Tiight declared an First step in the program will night at the Blaekbutte weather waters that have inundated much emergency and granted 16 salaried be consultation w ith the Corvallis station after the heavy rainfall of property. employees a $15 a month increase engineering firm of Cornell, How- the past three weeks. lie said in a directive, “I f your from January 1 to June 30, 1953, . Hayes and MeFriftcld w hich The county bridge near the L a r- I well has been covered by flood The money w ill come from t h c .prrpared a survey to r the sewer ry Haynes place went out soroe- waters^ or if flood waters have emergency fundi which has a sur- system here. M a jo r Joe Crepeau time during the night and the en- approarlied within 100 feet of the pius of $5598.51 according to the said that Mr. Roger Roderick of tire center span swept .aw ay. well, the«' instructions should be monthly budget report. The total the firm would be contacted an d . Woodard's road was opened Sun-“ followed befou» using the water ot the six months will be $1440 in asked to attend the February 2 day to general traffic in the emer- for drinking, cooking or bathing salaries. . - meeting of the council, to discuss gency. The center p i e r of the iHimnees" * The emergency was decla »clarod the construction program. “(Part Blaekbutte bridge*, was swept 1 Clean and pump well until because of the danger of losing of the $225.000 in bond funds is away, however the bridge was water runs clear. » I A request from Doyles Sales some of the fire and policemen, being used for the sewage plant.) still passable to light traffic and 2. Sterilize bv adding ordinary and Service for reimbursement for Two police officers left for high i H. B. McMillan, chairman of the mail. ...bleach ,such .a? C Ipjpx or Purex to gravel put on the property on wages in other.,cities the past six tbe sewer and water committee, W ater was over the running well as follows: One o u n c e of Hiway 99 North following sew'er months, Ed Jones, chief of [»lice, reported he. .the mayor and L. W? boards of cars near the Nelson work was turned over to the of bleach to c \c ry 10 gallons of told the cquucil Two firemen and Coiner, city engineer, surveyed Bemis place where the river was — u tn c , , - Photo Sy Clark 81. di. water in well, or one p i n t of street committee. a polite of lite r had left previously, damage caused by the flood over over thé rdad. The Lawrence Funk MAUCI1 Oh DDIES non lung cartons went up this week in Cottage Grove business bk’ach ,l) every. 160 gallons of The council okayed the dCsyrip he and fire chief, Ernest Shipley, town Sunday a n d Monday. He bridge was practically afloat from houses as the annual drive to help polio victims got underway here? Hap Wolfard Of Wol- wa,er in well. «Larger doses of tion prejwred by Gil Gardner for said. ------------ 'said th ey tried to fin d causes of appearances with the water level harm fard's Market tfleft) is shown receiving his cartons from Mrs. Robert Bauder, a Jayceette, bleach wlU not ha,mf ful.) Pump a strip of 54 feet owned by the Councilmcn In drawing up the the flood and came up with some just under the floor of the bridge. of thè m ixture out of and City on South River road. This resolution alsp stated that the .answers. and Harold Monighan, Dimes committee chairman for the Jaycees. Over 150 cartons were sòme The Lee Bechtold bridge was the back into the well, thoroughly the site of the old) fire hall eost of living had gone up since 4 Starting on the east side of sturdiest private bridge on the put out and merchants promised to cooperate this week by giving customers small change rinsing the interior walls of the' was the center of town was in the last raise in 195J, which was the tracks at the river the ditch river affording traffic access to in dimes to promote the drive. The Junior Chamber of Commerce and Jayceettes were In well (N o te : One cubic foot of when that area. This Was an effort to also taken from the emergency ¡s (¡lied wjt h junk, McMillan said, The McKay charge of the cartons. Maynard Wilson, local attorney, is drive head. water equals 714 gallons. A Six get property lines settled there fund. Wages m cities of eotniwr- This holds back water from reach Woodard’s road. bridge, weakened by toeing an end inch round hole contains 114 gal aryl also to straighten out a pri able sizes were higher even now. the river. lons per foot of depth.) _ vate tract sold tn F tw iw i lhey ««id------------------------.---- :— ---- i— 2 . A t tha ‘ so ul toast eortwr of ■pier last week, was still holding. A LOG JA M lodged against the 1' 'TCTToiv mixture to remain in web . The council also voted to let The resolution will be prepared Kelly field there Is a 24 inch tile north pier of the covered bridge ! for 24 hours. ' ' - —* by the city attorney and presented and a three foot difch, w ith the Arnest-Young Insurance survey A fte r 24 hours pump well until the city's insurance program and for voting a t the next council sea- uie about half f u l l of silt and at Cougar Bend Junction and threatened the bridge since the , free from chlorine odors. bly F e U iu u y 2. — »ticks. Sunday the w a t e r was bed has swung' In to the come up w ith , f a l l your County Health depart Taylor Young, who. appeared at The city attorney in a w ritten backed up too far for Investiga- bank on the curve above . - the ment for a sanitarian to collect a the meeting, told the city its in opinion read to the council said u on. M cM illan suggested that bridge and fu ll force of the high .w a te r sample Phone 4-5215. surance was out of date and costly in effect the emergency fund was w|t h the cooperation of the fire City fathers and Chamber of Commerce members dis U ntil your water- supply is cer and needed revision. He also sug- the only one that could he touch- dejiartment that these tiles should water hit the end pier. County men, Archie and Arden Powell, cussed everything from the high water and off-street park tified safe. Boil all w ater . . ten . min- guested a -plan for insurance in ed, since any surplus In o t h e r be- flushed out. The engineer ad- w ith the county grader worked ing to city budget and C of C membership in a joint luncheon utes before drinking, bathing or | case of false arrest charges or as- funds must be credited to, next mitted this had never been done, all day to try to remove the jam . Tuesday and came out with the idea th at cooperation be culinary purposes. sault and battery against the po- year's budget. He said that it was 3, Eighth street was flooded They were assisted by volunteer tween the two groups could get things done. \ lltae force, or any other city of- lawful to give the raises if they j from Taylor to Monroe, w ith the neighbor« end a cat from nearby A direct result of the meeting. did not mean exceeding the total Standard Oil p l a n t on Monroe logging operations but were un- budget. (By taking the money completeiy surrounded by w a tw -!ah U to remove the jam before designed to introduce the new looked at the” ,'puddles and riv- eonncil and city problems to the erx " He s,.id that work would from ■ «TwrgtMcy ..fund the total McMillan claimed this area could " nightfall. However, enough was budget w ill not be exceeded.) Chamber, and vice versa, was a , cost a lot of m o n e y and v be drained. removed to lessen the danger and The attorney cited criticism by Brevival of the off-street "parking. haven’t got it.” . 4. Coiner said he uncovered the by morning the river had started -1 About 20 persons turned out for the state auditor of use of the em manhole at Severith and Quincy project adopted last yea r b y the Iiol) ^jyjs arose j o qUjp that he the Operation Skywatch organi- to recede. ergency fund, but the coupcil voted and .that the sanitary sewer was C of C with Hap W olfard was ‘lucky" at this time to' be zational meeting Tuesday night at i - Four bids on proposed sites f o r , C t l S T g e S C o n f i n i l e W ater was down Monday and in effect that the situation was full of overflow water. head of a committee to look into (vad o f on,y (he ,jbrary and thp hjgh schoo, The ajrp|ane ob. 1 the new Cottage Grove post office county crew« were out to work Health H azard the matter. health committee and that these server post in the-hut on top of ba' ’e been received here and one Floyd H ililker, manager of the an emergency. «gain at removing the jam. The “We can’t expect the sanitary river had fallen about eight feet Other things brought up were areas of city work were “ill pretty city hall 'will be opened for this ! W1^ aPProv™ by the inspector Mountain States Company here, sewers to carsy all the water,” overnight. fall and spring m erchants-ojien-; good shape ” defense effort for the first time in Portland soon- Sam Veatch, said this week that the power.cur- M cM illan said. "Thia could create ings, annexation, a full time man- chiefs Complimented ' Monday January 26 I Postmaster, said, here this week, tailment order by D EPA had been Woodard’s crews were out bat a health hazard. ager for the C of ,C, housing de- z A c who has ' Denham civiIian defense' bUt 1Ithat . s,.eam ^ Wer tling log jams a t their own bridges velopment. the power company f g , the fire committee four years, head in Cottage Grove, said (.a conitructw n of and generation will probably contmue "Storm sewers are feasible in and a crane was put in at the w» A .as,' Inn) till, InQCT 'said, “W e have a first class fire tains * some areas. However on the west Bridge near the P a u l Prescott sur<?bar^<1' ' and *U iuJl icast‘ had been picked for aft tout lease it to the post office for 10 for some time, Sites proposed were at 732' , This means in effect also that side there Is a real protolethiSilk place to d e a r out tho jam. O ffi . the recent floods. . department, and people w ill bear , two days of the week, and urged years. Dr. H . K. Newburn, president Creek floods every year. [This cials were puzzled àt the amount 20 perepnt surcharge also will Mayor J. S. Crepeau in his talk me out when I say it has done ; individuals and organizations to Gibbs, or the norffieast corner of Seventh and Gibbs, by Bill Bar- sti„ lev|e<, on p o w e r bills. of the University of Oregon, w ill urged cooperation between the a good job. We h a v e the best ' volunteer their assistance in the ? ? . * ,he"ridrthe»«t**’c nrner « ,l 00 levied on p o w e r bills, speak to the Lions club at its could be helped by clearing out of debris and -trash washing down the ditch of debris.” He »said the the river since efforts are made Many groups and said, " If the Chamber | chief we’ve ever had and be is also program. ’ m f F if t h an d W a sh in g to n hv toe ^ a n y cities, including Cottage can adopt a go ahead program .1 the building inspector a n d has ; The schedule for the first week .. ........................................... Washington, By ,Grove are arp protesting Drot e s t in e the th e charge c h a r e e noon meeting today, January 22, new bridge was almost lost and to prevent this accumulating near „ J o e '¡Grove, T. Smith. The third site offered sjnce not a |j areas are having to on his recent trip to Europe, the road to the new real estate the river banks. the city owes its Support to the ‘ done a good job.” r | w ill be as follows: Another U of O speaker sched addition washed out. was the northeast corner o f,F ifth ipay ,t and because there was no Norman Adams, who lives near ventures. W e must work together Bricher, police committee head, 1 »»„„a,,, oC t „ uled for the February 12 meeting and Adams, by Jack Maulding and advance publicity He said that an open ditch on the river bank reported that the as a unit.” The mayor urged » said he was pleased w ith the work • . „„„¡■ ¡“ v' M r. T h \m is Achiitf Jurchen, a journalism the Harold Radway prpperty at , -. , . '. . . , . full time manager to w o rk 'o u t oj Ec| j Ones, police chief, who he g d auxiliary, Mrs. Thomp- the fourth at 359 W ashington,.just1 Haynes bridge went out about son, captain. west of the E arl H ill property on . . leB‘sla,ure >® introducing a student from Germany. Seventh and Taylor was very bad. 6 a m . Sunday. Chamber problems. He also urged, said had done "a commendable ' , . 1-. „ i a . «r b,H this week calling for public Jan. 2t, Mrs. Peterson, s ,b de of the street, by d i t c «' ,.,.„u "There' is no adequate cyitlet and W a te r was right to the top of progress on housing, origination of job, particularly in his tactful way ; , TXiestJaj-, . hearings by the P U C for such Don Breakley of Portland. the .tile is not large enough to the storage reservoir dam at the - - openings • 1 chief observer Ver. spring and - fail l a Stim of handling juveniles.” surcharges. carry the water," McM illan ob Lee Bechtold place diuilt last sum ulate interest dow'ntdwn” and off Fam ey Edwards, new city re-1 Wednesday, Jan. 28, M au d e. C ity council again Tuesday night served. . ■ corder, told the audience, ’’If* you Funk, Royal Neighbors. - , -ng fo p e tit^ n ’ mer for w ater pressure system .street parking. ing to petition the Planning Corry said that it could see no reason "We don’t know what to do and a creek that was rerouted I rget» Annexation have any complaints to make, I Thursday, Jan. -29, open. , mission for rezoning of this prop- why people here had to "help The Sentinel wishes to correct about Sixth street,” he continued. along thé side of the mountain Suggestions from C h a m b e r wjn be glad to work w ith you. Friday, Jan. 30, Mrs. Erwin H an- - erty from residential to commer- pqy company expense to meet one item in the new, proposed gas “I t was covered from Taylor to was running fu ll but carried thru members included one by D r. Dean Bricher followed this up with sen. rate schedule that appeared on the tracks.” . cial in order to enter his bid. One competition in S p r i n g f i e l d and afforded a spectacular " fa lla l Webb on annexation. "The city the' remark that "The city is big Saturday, Jan. 31, Mrs. H . E. councilman said that property J ’ Springfield has competitive power page 1 of last week’s.edition. The (Continued on page 2) as it scooted over a natural rock limits should be moved out to in- business and the neU' recorder Nichols. owners in the area were c irc u la t-.«nd does not pay the surcharge.) 1 to 15 therm rate was listed at spillway to t h e original lower elude the rural areas or we should needs the cooperation and under- Sunday, Feb.. 1, open. 1 ing a petition to stop the move.1 H illiker, who attended council 33 cents and it should have been creek bed. liinit fire and police protection,” standing of all of you.” Captains w ill pick their teams A t present the property up to this scssioh, did not speak up, but he 35 cents. R ainfall the p u t week at Black- he said. H. B. Robbins pointed oi|t, F ire Chief .Ernest Shipley told and will operate on as many shifts 1 bnp is eqrnmercial and the rest , told the Sentinel earlier that the The hearing in Cottage Grove butte weather station showed 7.18 however, the rural fire district (Continued on page 2) as possible depending on the residential, although aH buildings trouble lay in the laws that would on the new rates has been set for ' inches, or kit sverage of an inch contract. In the block except.Hansen Bros, have to be changed by Congress. 1 p.m. Thursday, February 5, a t I amount of worker«. a day from January 12 to 18. The In answer to this George Drury, The phone in the hut will ' be 1 arl b0 ™ 5’ one~churcb He said there was abuse by fed- the city hall. The Cottage Grove ■ heavies^twàs 2.57 January 17. vice president of the C of C acting One Bite w ill be approved by the eral authorities of the public pref- Gas Co. is asking for cost of oper- Voters trekked to the polls to- School busses and the mail were connected with an army air force in the absence of Doc Ne.ar. said, "We must make the town attrac- ■ office in Portland by calling the inspector and then sent to Wash-jerence clause in acts relating to ation increases, first sought from | day in a special county-wide elec- making double runs to cover both the PUC since 1947. i tion to decide the fate of the Bayly ington for final okay. sale of power from federal dams. sides of the river because of the local operator and asking for a ir tive so they w ill want to come in.” By Saundra Sue Carlson recall movement. ’ Haynes bridge being out. Power Following the discussion, on off- craft flash. The amount of planes, Inauguration c e r e m o n i e s Citizens were to vote on whether outage was only about two hours typés, altitude, direction from post street jiarking D r. H. A. Hagen' Tuesday were broadcast to the or not they wished to retain as on Sunday night. and flight direction w ill be report moved the Chamber take up the 614 students of Cottage Grove county judge Day T. Bayly, the MRS. E S T H E R T R t’N N E IX A T project. A rt Schaefer, outgoing high school o v e r the school e d The code number of the station controversial figure charged with L A T H A M reported Sunday's rain , president, said that the chamber public address system . Some is lîlike Peter 54 Black. lack of cooperation in county af caused high water in all three had "volumes of m aterial" show students did their homework, Volunteers are asked to call the fairs by his opponents. branches of Hull Lane though it ing how it should be done and som e slept, some talked and Chamber '.o f Commerce office Bayly has continued to say, " I did not completely stop traffic. that it required time. where a master schedule w ill be some listened. stand on my record.” He listed W ater w u up to t h e running H . W. Lombard, city atto rn e y .: We heard the many prelim ■ kept. that record in 11 poi-ts, inciud ng boards of the pickups that went sjxike up ^o say. Morelock's inaries and the actual brief improvement in oftice records, (Continued on page 2) lot is being used and the city has ceremonies Including our N a care in preparing the county improved it. We have hot ju s t ; tional Anthem, opening prayers, budget, central purchasing, com talked aboyt it, but we have done ! band flourishes, vice-president D IM E S N E W S : prehensive court house inventory, something about it.” Nixon’s oath, applause. Presi successful OAC timber fight, pav >'lnaiM*r ProMem , dent Elsenhower’s oajh of of ing program, traffic surveys, tb Lombard also s p o k e on city fice and Ms speech. testing campaign and so on. problems, saying “You Can’t do Bat this was all taking place Charles Eugene Cannon, broth-j Refute Role anJ4hing unless the taxpayers co- j thousands of miles away, quite M A R C H O F D IM E S M O er ot Wayne Cannon, who recently His opponents in ten charger T H E R ’S M A R C H has been set operate. Cottage Grove is faced ; remote from our sm all lumber l»urchased Brisbane Electric here refute the role he played in get w ith a finance problem. The city 1 town. for Thursday night, January 29. in Cottage .prove, participated in ting extra O&C money and claim is limited by its boundaries, and I from 7:30 to 8:30 p m . This We cannot fed the great ex the inaugural parade in Washing- he did not cooperate In the tb the poor property owner bears the drive, to raise funds to aid polio ultation that those present j ton, D. C., Tuesday with his pure testing program for dairy cows. victims, has been highly suc burden.” m ust have experienced. We bred Siberian Husky dog team. Other charges are that he tried He also spoke of budget prob- j cannot see the strain on the cessful in. other cities in past to scuttle the museum, cheat tax Cannon and the team were lems to be faced and called f o r , participators’ faces. We cannot year and is sponsored here for payers out of road f^ n ta g e , flown to Washington by the the "cooperation of taxpayers." the first year by the Jsyoeettes. realize the tensions or even worked against 4-H camp pro Chamber of Commerce of Anchor Joe Bricher. councilman, intro Residents are requested to turn the obvious fact that our gov gram, delayed purchases of Cquip- age, Alaska. The brothers were their porch lights on If they duced the City group. ernment has been pnt into a v ment, and so on. In addition the originally ’f r o m Sedro-Woolley, Gil Gardner, new councilman, w ant the marchers to stop. new man’s trust. W e cannot pgroup said that many who . went i Wash. Wayne visited his brother and chairman of the road «founit- Teams w ill cover the entire grasp his feelings, em otions or to see Bayly got the cold shoulder. in Alaska last spring and reported tee, told the Chamber, "The rain city, and those whd wish to devotion to Ms country. We Polling places open from 8 a.m. the dogs were a smooth team, but shows’ that a great deal of w ork, cannot foresee what he will do volunteer to help may call to 8 p.m. id Cottage Grove are as “savage.” is to be done. We can do every Mrs. Harold Neal, phone 174L for America. 1 follows: Ward 1, Precinct 1, M a F o r the parade the sled was o r Mrs. BUI Telford, thing the people want.” But w e did bear the words of sonic hall. W ard 2, Precinct 2, f ' FI m A o bv d a r k StuOo equipped w i t h small rubber 692R. W orkers are H . ‘ B. McMillan, chairman of a declaration of conviction and UILT OF THE 48 STATES is donated to the Cottage Grove Shrine Club to aid in a Buick garage. W ard 2, Precinct 3, the march, Mrs. The reputation of the 1 the city sewer, water and lights faith in the purpose of free wheels. ___ ___ _ the- selection by th e , it drive for the Shrine Crippled Children’s hospital. H is being displayed a t Githens city h a l f W a r d 3, Precinct 4, — I N A N O T H E R team made committee said, "A fter this ram I people. We M il only know that irm a n ________ ; P a lm e r sSa^ y U 3 3 West C h a m b e r ''a n d ' * thie R e p u b lic a n Motors. Shown in the picture are (left to right) Lloyd Aldrich, benefit chalrm__ D 1M E 8 S TU N T, the should have left town. But if any our. trust and faith is vitally p a r ty seekin g an e x h ib it fo r th e Johnson, Shrine club president; Mrs. Julia Brown, who made and donated the quilt, and Cafe w ill donate thing can be done, we w ill do it." necessary to make him su ccess Rural polling p l a c e s may be parade from H e said Sunday he and the mayor j ful for our good as a country. Floyd Githens. States shown in the picture, each in a block on the quilt, are New Jersey found in the various correspond money Friday'. J. : "natural. the campaign. a jX j L, W . Coiner, city engineer,' New Mexico, Oklahoma and Oregon. State flow ers are also worked into the quilt. ent«’ columns. —- Outlined by County -II To Discuss Sone of City's Problems Skywatch Program Will Begin Monday “c1*“' At Observer Pest 4 Sites Proposed 4 IDEPA Pow er O rder For P.0. Building RevoicedThisWeek; vo nour i'nlfofro twxof U off O President, Exchange Student To Address Lions Correction Is Made On Gas Schedule Voters To Decide Bayly Recall Fate Inauguration Day, T ru st and Faith Local Man’s Brother Dog Team Members Of Inaugural Parade Mother’s March, Coffee Stunt i