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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
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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.
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6th & Main Street
Phone 82
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