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Page ‘4 The 'sentinel. Cottage Grove. Oregon ’rices at the -hoiJ ve., iow Gricci-] • ' ' ' 4 Bread is 9c a loafl ai .«i,T'unit J Thurs.. October 18. ISSA The Cottage Grove Sentinel I Editor’s note: Fi ¡low ng is the st ot two installment.- < ’ ex eerpts from a letter from Mr and Mrs. Verlm ' I >cn > Odell many, where Mi. Odell is at ar. Army high school He taught comruireial Established August 15. I1 Phones 555 or 556 Published every Thursday at Cottage Entered at Cottage Grove, Oregon, an •nd claA« matter. Hub^rlptlon rates, cash in advance Nu subscript ion foi 3 Moi 3 00 2 GO I »ut st dr Oregon F'ur*lgn rates on application W C. Martin 1 M) Advertising Manager ^ones ft.’ift. 336-J NATIONAL EDITORIAL PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION SUSTAINING MfMill York • Chicago • Detroit • Philadelphia Weekly Newspaper Representatives, inc. National Advertising Representative Where There’s No Stock Exchange There used to be a stock exchange in Russia. But there' ARLO HENSON is shown astride his new English bicycle, one of the isn't any more. 25 prizes given in th' states of Oregon anil Washington by Sav-.Mor This is symbolic of the difference between the Russian station- for the month of August, Benson was given his prize by Dar and the American systems. rell Booher, plctitre I abive, who operates Grove’s Sav-.Mor station Under communism, or any similar ideology, the state owns and runs everything. If decides what factories shall be along w 1th hi* brother \ ern. built or not built, what Roods shall be produced or not pro lar locality in putting over this duced, what services shall be given the people and what shall Safety Campaign and how they be denied them. The state docs all the allocating of money hope to stimulate local groups in and resources and manpower. The people themselves have order to make safety a major in terest in their activities. nothing to say about it. They can like it or lumn it. And, of, course, they can protest—if they don’t mind salt rpines and - .¡it l i NII ORM8 WANTED firiner sauads. The local Scout organization is Under capitalism, in a free nation, individuals and: form.ng a uniform exchange. Any- groups of individuals build and operate the factorie and the < ne having a used Brownie or !n- other sources of goods and services. They invest their sav-. I sale, or anyone wanting to buy a ings voluntarily, without coercion. They can buy or sell when good used Scout uniform, may call and what they want, in a free market. That’s why stock ex I Mrs. Ernest Dunnavan, phone Dear Editor: changes exist—to provide places where buyers and sellers m regards to building a new ' 24OL can. in effect, meet and conclude transactions And the stock court house here in Eugene: It ap exchanges exist to serve the many, not just the few. pears that th<‘ County Court is If you ouestion that last statement, here’s the proof. O’’ preftai ing to build a new court be on duty in Cottage Grove Mon house. They are planning on a new America’s 7 500,000 stock owners, 31.6 per cent have annual offiee building and eventually day at the city han b' tween the incomes of less than $5,000; 44.4 nor cent have $5,000 to . tearing the present court house houi '>i 9:30 am. and 3:30 pm., according Io an announcement re- $10.000, and only 24 per cent have $10,000 or more, Indus- down ol from the It sicms Io me the pres- nt trial News Review. BOX court house s a very substantial building and should be left us is. It would cost $518),(XX) to build a The Cost of MedicaS Care new building equal in size. l etter The court house is Human nature being what it is, people will complain building than most of the build- about (laving a comparatively modest sum for somethin,! Ings on Willamette street. I know they n< i d office space1 they don’t enjoy but must have and will cheerfully spend need a new office building, much more for something they want, but don’t urgently 1 ' and but I cannot understand the rca- need son The cost of medical care is certainly a fine case in point. ture down. At regular intervals, we hear bitter criticism of the bills Lane county needs bridges, overhead passes, etc. much charged by doctors and hospitals and pharmacists. An un I roads, than this master plan is informed person might conclude that these costs are one Of more needed. the very biggest budget problems in the life of the average The Court in submitting one plan to the voters, in order to person. Well, it just isn't so- as a brief pictorial chart published give the people a chance to vote in the .lune issue of Medical Economics, biased on Department of Commerce estimates, proves. Each year we spend $1,600,000,000 for drugs and $2,- 600,000,000 for items involved in personal ea: e, kiu h ar. hair lotions, and toilet waters. Each year we spend $2.600 000,000 in hospitals and nearly trice as much, $5.300.000.000 for tobacco. Each year we spend $2 800,000,000 for phvm-ipne's "V- ices- and well over three times as much, $8,800,000,000, on alcoholic drink Each yea ■ we spend $2 900,000,000 for 1 ■ alth cue othe’ than that mentioned above and over four times as much $11,900,000,000, on recreation. The fact that we have more fun smoking or drinking or playing games than in visiting the doct. r shouldn't be al lowed to warp our attitude toward the facts. — Industrie I News Review. Grass Roots Coinion ITALY, TEX., NEWS HERALD: “In almost every country except ours the editor operates under such restraint that it is almost impossible to present any viewpoint except the official one." WASHINGTON AND "SMALL BUSINESS” By C. WIÍS.ON HARDER Probably future historians writing about this era in U. S. life will devote some length to what may be called the Hoover story. « * « He will probably be epitomized as first victim of the massive sinear campaign that has now become so much a part of Amerlc an poli tical life. By time Great De- p r c s s I o r struck. both press and air ways had been developed to point where a mass smear waa possible. And report found many evi dences of colossal waste. For example, it found U. 8. taxes to tune of $2,800,000 were spent to Increase production of an Italian coal mine in Sardinia. This grunt was made in 1950 to increase production from u million tons to 3 million tons by October. 1953. Yet by target dale increase only amounted to a scant 32,701 tons. In addition, it was found large part of equip ment sent over was unusable ill the mines and has been ware housed for years. Also, mine is located in com- munist i stronghold so in et ent ot troulde, , sabotage could be ex- pec ted. Titis was a fact well recog nized by professional political Also 854 page survey takes propagandists of that time, with issue witli Washington stand way result price ot eggs, lack of jobs, to defeat communism is to im and everything connected with prove living standards. depression were presented as » • • Report states ••Communism, deliberate machinations of then president, Herbert Hoover, for for example, is strongest in the some ulterior motives never ex high wage industrial centers of Italy." Report also states U. S. plained. A degree of reason has since prevailed, but there still exists among politicians to take- a stand on any measure endorsed by the ex-president. Irue. he is applauded on puldic appear ances. hut few Congressmen get up and say flatly “I have thor oughly read the reports of the Hoover Commission and am in full accord with their findings." The smear lingers on. is paying for so many widely scattered projects throughout the world that "no one knows" number now in progress. Thus future historians may well point to this as nn era when billions were continually thrown down drain despite lack of knowl edge where billions had gone, plus positive proof that many billions that could be accounted for were foolishly spent. At same time, they will point For example, the recently ad journed Congress still continued out that because these matters to vote billions for new foreign were brought to light und : the aid, despite fact that special to k name of a great American who force of Hoover Commissi in was the first to be victimised by found in well documented investi modern politic al weapon of the Big Smear, that not even his own gation money is thrown away. Report found since end ol World War II until mid-1954, U. S. taxpayers had been wrung out nf Mi H71.000.000 to give away to foreign nations. party members dared 25 years later to stand on his recommen dations. Historians may well say that this marked end of the Age of Reason in America and start of the Ago of the Big Smear. house, says that FOO signatures on a petition must lie filed before October 31. let mo know how you aiding this mailer. Kind- Cha'les F. 1 Riane "'KM) Roosevelt Blvd. Eugene, Oregon. Persons wishing original licenses or permits to drive are asked to tile applications w-11 ahead of the .;.'he iuled closing hour in order to assure time tor completion of the required license test. Public Records Ml Ml IPAL < Ol ItT: Herbert A. Duensing fined $10 lor violation of basic rule August 28. Curtis R. Swager fined $250 for driving while under the influence I of intoxicating liquor October 1. H SIU E < Ol RT: < de B. Cai ner fined $29 50 lor improper tagging of deer Oc tober 5. Kenneth L. Sloan fined $29.50 for violation of basic rule and $9.- 50 for inadequate mui tier October Grove high, wh le Mis Odd! taught a third grade class al Har rison school I. 5A Taylorstrasse, Apt. 7 Borin Germans Sep’. 26. 1955 Dea. Mrs. Gobon, Mr Faso teachers, and Iricnds, Here w" are in Germany Ber- lin. Germany, Don and I went to New York City together cn the G'eat North- "rn Empire Builder. but from to Germany by ship there. I and he fle.v over. R'ght after we reached N.y C , he w is taken out to Foi t Hamilton to be processed. Lenora was still there, too, 1 hough her port call war earlier than Don's. Thev couldn't ight- the fort, so I spent seeing in N.Y. by myself. I had a wonderful time, but didn't get to see hall of the things I wanted to ah well, maybe there’ll b" an- other chance on our way home. I left N Y.C. on the America cn August 20. I was in a cabin with three others tall very amiable! We had an outside cabin, so had fresh air, which made th" trip much more pleasant I didn’t get a bit seasick and enjoyed every minute of the trip. There was all kinds of entertainment ming, dancing, games, < c. I felt week at like 1 was spending som. lu; h resort hotel. We s’op- Ireland, France and Eng land. before landing in Bremer- haven, Germany. Mv trip from Bremerhaven to Berlin was made by train al irght. As Berlin is like an island in the Russian zone, railroads I h rough rie ted by the R them. Only one American train from Bremerhaven and one from h the Fi enkfurt may Russian zon". These must travel at night, with the windows tight ly covere I so that no light es capes. Isn’t that silly? Don is teaching nt the Berlin American h iji school he ?. It is in a large modi i n school building, just two years old, which hi uses both grade and high school. The total enrollment is about 400. Be cause the school is so .small, high • ehool commercial classes are lim ited to typing I and II. Because ol this, Don also has to teach erne junior high math and social studies and some' junior and sen ior h gh P E. All ot the I i I a similar school teachers are predicament here, because of the small high school enrollment. 'Ihe sehcol has 20 teachers, in all, and yn-teac h ng print 1’t know why t • imported ), 1 if" slightly 1 i W> can n( oat1 too. A full-coi i. se the Officers’ C lb w in h aderì has off! school. It? und 'he principal mar < «■ the sc bool together. The re i P at ’he building cia and night The Anny sends tw • »idiers to beh) cn th" playground [grinds and a i durine ali i school noontime, There are buses and each has a driver a a loMfei wbn i d" the bus maintam discipline. The solda in the lunchroom noen. n in women do ail of the cleaning at the school and everythmg is kep’ meticulously clean They mop ey erv room ever, dav. The school is well supplied with equipment, texts, and sins plies in some ; to th? point seems. L'or in- of extravagance. stance, th" science laboratory in ventory is evaluated at $42,000. We have been told that Berlin is the Army’s show place in Eu- rope and so we sup' osed tn have superior facilities. Whoth"r that is true or not, I don’t know, but everything hero is extremely convenient and modern. We live ih one of several Marsh all Plan apartment buildings. Our apartment is not ar old. Ti 's veiy mod- c?n much nicer an we could afford at hoçn We ba' ■ a round-floor apartment with two rd rooms a large L-shapcd dm nd liv nc room combi n it ion. kitchen and tile ave a mabl’s ''nem (but no maid) on the 4th floor age, washing, and drying rooms in the basement We have lets or large windows throughout our aparim"nt All of the furniture, tab’e linens, dishes, il and silverware are fur- i The liest part of all The only thing we pa> is a telephone, which w« had put in, smci I'm substituting and may bo called often to teach. Our apartment is on the edge 'or ewn les The excellent eooks We downtown at a ill: cafe they u» Prejudices, it is well known, e most difficult to eradicate m the heart whose soil has , laundry , । . a lootened o: fertil .id u • ducation; they grow there, be to the firm as winds among rocks Charlotte Bronte and a I" " shop bure dry rummage sale Oct. 15th, in A.M. at Greve Auto Sa?es Sponsored bv ihe Presbv+erian Women's Association HAVE BEEN fid com errs don't "’IGNIvl A Our ini' now i .IE Us >:i .1 with inferior anil t > I.now w hat is bust. May we he helpful to FOR I f' HTING FINTI RES AT the Free University of Berlin campus. It is one block off Clay- allee named for General I. Clay the main thoroughfare of the base. We live one block from the school, one ¡Jock from one ot the five cinemascope theaters (where w • can go for 25cl. about three blocks from the library (which has both books and records lend), the sports center iwilh pool, tennis courts, etc.. and where th • Army loot ball field is V/C9 » : Leo Campbell fined $44.50 for exceeding P.U.C. declared weights (iuy H. Smith fined $5.50 for failure to stop at stop sign Oc tober 10. Wayne M. Ix'ighty fined $44.50 (Continued from Pane One) for tandem axle overload October state and implant in the public's 10. mind the economic value d; iv ing. I )ana stated. Driver Training classes in our high schools wert' highly com- mend'd as they not only teach the teen-ager to be a safe driver, but that teen-ager passes what he learns along to his parents, which also produces results. Many in- surance companies at the present time are using a program where by those drivers in the age brack By Phy! \ urley et of 16 to 26 are given a driving test when insurance is taken out They tell us that romance isn't and a discount each year for three dead . but sometimes it seems . years for driving without an ac less rugged than it used cident. with the result that at the a little For example, a Colorado end of the third year, this group to tie. i souri newspaper to help him find ancc costing them no more than a bride. If you pay attention, that paid by the driver past 26 y< till read alxiut cases just like years of age It w a s also sug- this ail the time. What ever hap- ;ested that drivers within this age pened to the young Ux-hinvar bracket check with the various who dashed up on his horse, grab- insurance companies when taking Ix d the gal and headed foi the out insurance and take advantage hills? Hr, if he had no horse, it ol this "no accident" discount was a jalopy. policy. Now the sentimental sw im calls newspaper. James Banks, of th" Traffic for help from mayor, or the Chamber ot Com . and this approach of State's office, also s)xike. bring merce ing out the thought that it is up । wins to lx' getting more |x*pular. o the average citizen to put forth Over in Berlin, Germany, they've efforts on a safetv campaign to re got a sidewalk vending machine duce accidents. Law enforcement for prospective brides and grooms. oftic is can go just so far and the Personally we still think the old- tasti ontxi some meni. have to cany on from there. His That’s where a fellow chases a Ifice estimates that 85'. of the girl until she finally catch"s him. drivers on Ilie highways today are va'ationcr just reported safe drivers and only about l^G in A to late say that an optimist is a fel are the ones that the la« enforce- low who works out th? exact cost ment officers must concentrate of his vacation before he takes it. on. If you have to try to work out December 1st has been de ;ig an accurate budget, you can lx- by President E enin.wer. While you sh< p for prescription acces Diegon did not have a traffic sories, lirst aid supplies, beauty aids, photographic supplies . . . there siine accidents on that day and this year the goal luid at a modern drug store is not only to hive a deathless day, but also to greatly reduce this number of traffic accidents. VARLEY'S RENALI. 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