Sto (Eflttaw (ßrnu? J ANO VOLlîMK XXIX L A N E OOUNTY BOY, » . - ^ r * , , OAHHI'.I) A N I) RXPO BTSD Alt MIHHINO, IH HATE J chno Lruig, of Lagene, ha« arrived wnfely frolli Frutice, and in al a V ir g ili.« i 'H uiij . II.' wu» ili tIn- IlInt d iv is im i wml |iu r 1 1<■ i|n it.-il in Hit. liu tiI.' ut tli«* A r giiitiii* nini iitlinr of tli.. iiinHt » ’riouà wi Vocation* In cid tot to Flu gngrinrnta thnt tim i u n ii fougbt, wna Wouildrd nini gn»»ed, lim i »peni llr i'H FpilUmtc Itili«« Calli With Couru« montila in un A m arlean Inno- linn|nlnl of Htiiurt«. T ill nei oud NcineHtci w ill lo gin next Monday uiol 04«uy new NtudeiilN will In* i umlled line h a« I oh * u u trying yon r for the 4 ne h oid in H'uni. Hhr I iiin put m extrn tune mid lulmr e v e r y d u > in un e ffo rt to make up I on | time, only to find heiMidf lite next tuuutiiig, woin mid w e u r y , fur mg pupil«« »h» hint nut Keen fot week«, u .««I with tiirtfcy pupi I n of the day he for«* IfttlNOllt. ^ The un «‘ruge uttenduuri* for u period ut a Inin ! four week» w&* a liti I«* on or bo per r«*nt of the pupil« enrolled, though hi thiN reapert 4 nttug# («row* l u « |»«uu tur more l«»rtiuiute lumi inuny other ettiee. With the o|*« i.ing «»f the new ueinriiter Motiduy w ill « urie mmiy new problem««. Kvery gru«!«* nni II itavi new pupil« who huve ou| been in «eiiind for »everut w « ekn find ( M il li e have nut been i l l ««diool th.« y «nr. What «hall the tencher «lo with t iicnc pupil« who itr«• prurtienlly beginning «rhuoif She in ulr«*udy ov«*r Wtiked mu king up I on t time; idte can inti u«*gb«'t thoM* pupi I n who hftNo been Ui«>re regolar m uttvioinure; «lie runnot po««ib lav give the lut«* rorueiN mdiN iduol in irurtion t*i bring them op to grade; «tie I iun m prescribed r«»«ir««« «if «to«iy which «U** uiu«t cover in order to tit hei pupil« for the grade ahead; thu« til. Imi« her 1« hi u dilemma again, the «« ho«d « y «tern tin« year I iun three lena teacher* than ln«t year, but hu« un limn y pupil«. I.unl Mprmg itiuiiy fuimlie« mov­ ed from Cottage Orov«* umt the nuiulp'i o f pupil« wuN materially dec reruns I no it • «•» Hied wine to rut the tea« hmg lorcc. 11 u I thin fail ninny more fumili«** moved into tow n w tu« h brought th«* attendane« up again. Th«* total enrollment o f th« two utili grade« ln»t yenr w a* .1.1; tbi* yen* it in Til; and .15 pupil* in heavy work for a teacher ««f th«* fifth grade, h u d year the average attendance in the vu I rob* primary giade won 2H; till« y«*»r it in 13. I’wenly fiv e pupil* in a heavy ion«! fur u prmiury teuilier. The new p«ipil« Nhoiihl liot be piar« d l*u« k in th«* grude from which h«* ha» ofiee pu»»cd jUNt for lh<< lack of «ouïe on«' to help him. In fact, to put the pupi 1« back would «enouNly compilent» the teacher'* problem The pupil would tonnine doieouragi'd, cl ini n ter«*« tod and idle ulid would be u «ertoli« probl«*iu ill di-< iplin«*. A gai n r the demoti'd pupil u would gam little i f anything by «neh a ««Minor for the following year, h« would have to rover the entire work id hiN regular grtule. Then, rather than be demoted, the logical thing tu «to t* not to go to Nchnol, but that would not b« fair, f«»r every pupil in entitled to hi« eminent ton. The Nituntinn in the high Nehool hn« been m«*t by the introduction of «uh je rt« which bi'gin with the new «emimter, but tin« ratinot be done in the grude«. The »olution in the grn«le« in th«« e«tablt«hing o f an ungrride«! rmim where all the latí* comer« o f «*w*ry grade r»r«« gathered. Here they are iiiNtrurted until brought up to th«« work of the grade t«» which th«*y belong. They nr«* then plac«'d in their own grude mid go «io with floor regular rías* work. Milii Wintar; Dtdnt' Nead thè Money. 1 ;in m t l'u rt uni i', wrritmg froin M ei- lu ku tlu , A luaku, em Inae» n t'bi't'.k for Ib i’ re n e » n i uf Iti» aubacriptiun to G ir U v e W ir.' ni'W*pn|M'r unii miy* t lir y bu>.. bini n ,»l.'ti mu ut v tio lrr nini nre noi 1* x pn* 1 1 ng n iiy w v t f . M’i'iitb rr froin nnw ioti. SessionSquibs From Salem < liy Klb.-rt lli'ili'.) Htnti' Capitili, Seleni, Ora., Fai». 8.— Thl» wu* aomcwhut of u Utili' county •tuy in tlic bounii Rcpraacntative Wbccl i r, ufter hi. propitious nlart of ye»ler .Iny, took purl in the ilclmt«. Hi'tcrnl Ilinea l'uliiv nini when be squared nwny unti 11 repareti to put il ovar Ibi' nieiri lier* perked up their aura ami begnn tu inoiiiri’ itimi mulinar of limn an* tbi* fallow from I .ulie w ho kept hm mouth but except when hw bini aolticthing to my niol than wit down nx aoon na ba bud wud it. Whaalar ntlrnatad mora nt tcntion thun ba ulbaiwiaa would bava liantu.o of tba fuel flint be prenertad a di.eraat, ihguified moi olmarving ailanra during tba anrly purl of tba itaaaion Itepreaautntive llriihiun bnd <|Ulta 11 lit Ila fight to put over In« inuoeent little hill creating 11 legishitiv«« service mid reference bureau of th*. fiieuity of the ( ' inversi!y uf Oregon. ItttprcNcntutivs Itemi was «««verni time* on hi* fe«*t to ■‘i pin in deficienti#« in bill« an they cum«» up. A n an old incmlicr and ulway* an active one lie in something of an eu cyelop«*dia upon what th«* «*ffect of pro P«> m < m | I hwn will be, although today he «iiiiiiiigly udmitted that he wn« in error in rising to u point of order, although (hi* in tin* first time that he hn* been »0 inmtaken. A n chairman of the judi einry commit ton, which bundle* mo«t of the new I«*ginin1 ion, Mr. if«*an'« impr«*«« will hr left upon th«* Sew law* of till* acssion mid the chairmanship of thi* committee seems to be in einin«*ntly fit hnndN. • • • (Ina nii'ii.ura thut arouaad tba l.ana runuty mi'Miliera tiuluy wit* tba one pro voling thut teiieberH muat giva arhool Imiinl. IN) duya notice in throwing up contracta. Kapraaanta11 v* Whaalar told of our e »»a of bin own knowledge where una teurber bnd Hgreail to tench tbra.' •rhoola for the Mime tarin, with tha re »ult thnt two of tbeae diatrictM ware left .n tbe lurch nt tha hint moment nud ut her tencher» ware kept from liaing nrecptei) for tha poNition* which tbia lane bar nfterwurd turned down. Tbia toll wn* refarrad to committaa for intendment. • • • A bill in whirh liepraaentritiva Itenn look pnrtieulnr interaat wn* one in whirh the N pen fie liuto wna mt upon which tnxi'N »bollili become .loi 1 ni| 110111 nud penultiex »hoiild nttiirh. By unno illuni» roiiM'iit be further iimi'iulatl Ilia .I'rtioii by »trikmg therefrom the pro- viaion thut nil interaat and pennltie* »bollili go into the generili fund. If tha meuauro pu»»i*» tbe aannte the interent H A N N A H ATUOAIL DUK K K K DIE8 mid penullicH will follow the «telin.|til'llt A T LOR A N E A T HO Y EAR S tux», und port ill »trie ta, »elioni diatricta, OF AOE etc., who»e tnxa.» remilin unpniil, will receive tbe benefit of wniting for their Mr«. Iflnnvtith Durkce «lidi at the home pnymi'nt. . . . o f hcr *«m, H. F. I>uik«»e, at l.ornne, Fri day, Febrtiury 7, Ullll, of chronic rheti E. J. Aduni», of Eugene, inni I.. J. in n 11 mui . nt the age of .MM year«, II Simp»un, of Con» liny, I rei’red in lu»t noMith« and I «lay. The remain« were night in the intaroata of tho proposed taken to A m I i I iiih I for interment lH*«ide« Knusi'M'lt const higbwny which »ceni» tho*«« of her liii«l»iiiid, who died 25 year« now to l>a somewhat of u probnbility re­ quiring it two nml n hit If million bond 1» Ilmmali Abigail wn* l*»rn in Ynrmu«, sue, a . a Nova Heotia, March II, iM.'tO. Hhe wu* marrii'd to J. <\ Dur km* in |M5 m and Htnte t'npitol, Nitlem, Ora., Feb. 7.— carne to Culifnrriiu the «ame year. They Hennlor Hell's bill rni.sing the snlitry of mo veil in the fall of 1*72 to ÁNhland. the county tranaurar, county commis­ Oregon, where they made their home. sionar» nml county judge of Ijiqe conn Mr*. Hurken I iiih renided with her soft, ty + irmi 1 nniimtlly pussed th«> at'imte to II. F. Ihirkee, at l^irnue for the past dny. Heing n locnl mrnsure it is expect thn*«« year*. Hho wu* a prominent and ed to meat no opposition in the house faithful member of th«* baptist church. nml these county officers noun will ba Four children «iirvive her. They are: utile tu buy new shoes fur tha hnhiea Mr«, h. K My or, Han Jom*, Cui if.; Mrs. nml will reeajve .»ninne» sonie» here nenr N. A. Uerhart, I'ort land ; Urorge A. equal to those paid deputies nnd street Uurkee, K Ialinih Full«, an«l 11. Ia'. Dur sweepers. • • • k«»e, l.ornne. 1019 W. 8. 8. Sales Here Total $1286.33. Citixena of the Cottage drove country have piircha«4‘d $I2KII..‘{,'I worth of war «living« MfurnpM ninfe Jimunrvl, lìtio. S E N T IN E L AND L E A D E R AO R EE COL. \ h fnllowtiig from the Hills boro Independent in«lic.nte« that Col. John Lender may have been rending The Hentinel: ( ’olonel John Leudftr, of thr* U. of O. military department, who visited Hillsboro InNt week, was a guest of 1*. M. Hoyt, Mr. Hoyt having attended officers* school under the direction of the colonel. When going to Mr. Ifoyt’s home he noted the condition of the fl.ig on tin court house rind commented on It som«'what caustically. Con­ trary to regulations the flag has been permitted to remain contin­ uously on the staff «lay mid night and lias been whipped by tho win­ ter winds into u remnant. 4 ORO V E LE A D E R «JOTTAOH (1K0VK, LAN K COUNTY, ORKOON, FRIDAY, FKHKIIAKY 14, 101 f» PEDAGOGUES CONFRONTED BY SERIES OF TOUGH PROBLEMS THE OOTTAQE Member* of the legislnture find the referendum 11 vary hiindy inatrument. ITiey enn grant ¡norcasc» of salary to their friends in the stufe house nml then get out front under by referring the whole mutter to the ilenr people who should have n tinnii in snying whut they wish to pay their servants. It is my pre diction that every snlary i aerea se will lie turned down by the people except thnt of the ilniry nnd food eonimisHionrr, mid this is said without going into the merits of the increased salaries which have been grunted. • • • Conditions nt the state penitentiary are so notoriously bad thnt Represent ative l.awis, of Rlultnumah, mudi» the statement today thnt nny man who at tempts to escape is showing damier Amorienn rit lien ship than he who cnlm ly submits to tbe rondiitons hn finds there. a . • “ Whut do the folks nt home think, about such mid such a b i l l t ” Thnt is one of the first questions asked of nil those Imak from n waak and trip to their homes. Most of tha members are man having decided idea* of their own I -OUNTY BOY DIES IN FEATURE FILM HA B PER 80NAL ENDORSEMENT OE FIOHTINO LIKE A HERO OF OERARD Waldo II. Enrnha 111, one of the first l.mif county boys to make the supreme sacrifice for his country, died gloriously upon I he field of honor, fighting like a hero, according to n letter from l.ieu tenant M. Vernon I'lirsons, former E 11 gene lawyer. Excerpts from tha latter, which wns written to W. 1(. Ear 11 hum. brother of the dead soldier, follow; ‘ ‘ Vour brother was killed in action in the Champagne sartor battle of Hltmr Molit Ridge on October -I, lillM, in line of duty. Our eouipuny was in the leud on a charge for the ridge resulting in inauy casualties, und we were under se vara fire all during the battle, whirh lasted several days. “ Your brother hud tha reputation in his coiopiitiy of being 11 good soldier, and you euu feel the loss of such a boy 1. II the more keenly because of his qiiul itiea. Ilis family has the sympathy of tho entile company which also mourns his loss, lie did not die for u lost cuuse, for Ins romrudes went on, took the ridge and held it in one of the most stubborn battles of the war, “ To have participated in the buttle of lilune Mont Ridge is one of the high ■ »1 honors thut could full to uny man, and pnrtiaiiliirly so in his company, which took the lend nnd drove the wedge which, being widened, finally resulted in the relief of ull proasurv on Kin mis, und forced the retreat of tbe entire Oermatl army. Thin was the key to the whole front, and ntir division by its fierce fighting drew several (ierniNn divisions from the front ut Ciiuihrui and Mt. (Quentin, allowing another ail vance there by the British and Ercnch.“ On* of the most important and inter­ esting productions ever prodiued in mo­ tion pictures is the dramatic production filmed from Ainbassndor James W. Oer- nrd’s book “ My Four Years In tier- many.” Throughout the entire produc­ tion of tin- fllrii Mr. (ierard wns in clou, touch with William Nigh, who directed it and the acetic* nnd incident* have been stag'd with the most liuiiiHtiikilig euro in every detail. Not hmg w ill so clarify in the rninda of the public the reason» why America went to war with the autocratic dicta tor of Europe, us this clear mid lucid tule of the hidden forces working for thu future downfall of America and tbe forces of democracy. Tint results of the German inability to really iinderstiind America is clearly shown in the incident* which took place in Germany before the wur nnd in which Ambassador Gerard wna involved. The whole history of German intrigue, dirty diplomaey and double dealing ix exposed in the intensely interesting and dramatic pieturi/.utiou of Mr. Gerard's book, which will tie shown at the Arcade theater Friday and Saturday, February 21 and 22. f 14c 4 Are Born and 0 Die in January. Ili nil ti Officer Oglesbyja report for the month of January show* five death» nnd four births in the Cottage Orovf community. O f the death» three were nialea and two were females. Of the births three were mules and one a fe male. No new cases of influenzu have been reported. Former Grove Man Married John W. Skaggs, a former resident of this city, wedded Miss Julia Yeuteh at Enfield, III., January JO, 1010. Miss Watch was a cousin of the first Mrs. Skaggs, and visited a year in this city some time ago. Mr. and Mrs. Skaggs will reside in California. but they have a due respect fur the opinion uf their constituent a. • • • I'eople of I.une mutiny generally will be interested m the bill by Henator Hur ley providing military drill in the high school» of the stute and a training camp at the University of Oregon. • • • Those who fear thnt there is to be an onrcHsonnblc inrrense in the automobile tax may as well calm themselves. The intention now is to double the present tux and to use the present method in determining the size of the tax, that of horsepower. The weight of ear method was found to be too expensive nnd cum beraome mid would produce no more than the present method. The feeling toward* bond* is mueh different than that of two year* ago and member* no longer spenk in awed tones of applying the emergency rluunc to a bond mennure, mid this for ten million, the lurgest in the histury of the state. Even Master Mpence. master lobbyist for the grange und allied interests, says that he will not oppoae bond* issued with certain re slrictions as to the nmouut of money which may be spent each year. He has changed his opinion about the inability of the auto license to absorb the bond» and with the change thut has come over him in twu years it would be no surprise if he cume down here two years from now a howling enthusiast fur u still larger bund issue. The fnct that the pnving trust is being gouged front mol rear may have had something to do with Mpence's changed opinion. • • • Representative Bean, who. by tha way, is not of the Boston variety, demon strntad floor strategy of a rare quality w hau ha saved his school text book bill from the shambles which had bei'ii cape cinlly roustructed for tha occasion. • « a What promised to be a neat little scheme for the building and maintain­ ing of 11 republican-endorsed democratic political machine wns nipped in the bud in the house yesterday when the senate joint memorial asking thut the Uuited Mtates emit lime the national employ ment service was neatly and expedi­ tiously put out of ita misery by the reao- lutioini committee. It had passed the senate without a dissenting vote, ul though it was sponsored by that old democratic warhorse, Senator Pierce. Idaho Man May Locate Here. J. J. Waverick, of Weiner, Ida., was in the eity a day or two the first of the week, and then went on to .Myrtle Creek to visit relatives, lie will stop hero on his return and plans to locate here. He is very favorably impressed with the Cottage Grove country und indicated a comiiii-nduhlo quality uf citizenship by subscribing for the local newspaper. WORK ON COTTAGE GROVE WALKER HIGHWAY TO BEGIN SOON Bids For Ita Construction Advertised For Within Few Days May Next Be Figures on the new highway be­ tween Cottage Grove und Walker ure practically completed, according to Engim» r Morse, and bids uu the eon atruetun work may Is*, advertised for within the next few days. T b c v i'w highway will extend along the sieon handled by Brain- tion properly nnd attend strictly to ard & Mcinturff. worth while business. Thus tho soldier (Continued uu fourth page.) Legal blanks at The Sentinel office. * • • NUMBER 21 T A X M O N E Y 18 T U R N E D OVER TO C O U N T Y TR E A SU R E R W A R D B Y HHERIFF 8T IC K E L8 COTTAGE GROVE BOYS WILL NOT PASS THROUGH HOME CITY The first, turn over of tax money since Miss Edna Ward took tbe office of county treasurer, wns made last week by Sheriff Fred G. Stickelx. Th« money consists of 11117 taxes that had he come delinquent, arid has been se­ Regiment W ill B « Divided at Kansas gregated into tli« following funds; City, and Oregon Boys WIU Bo Rent to Portland. State und eounty.„..._.......... ¿2910.30 OH toe ’ ....... MM 19 School district*.... ......... Union high schools___ __________ Road districts ................ Port of Miuslaw...... ........... For eat fire patrol______ H4HJt7 The (!5th artillery will not return 70.79 home by the southern route, and will 151.91 not, therefore, puss through Cottage 118.48 Grove. The regiment left Camp Dix 2.38 Tuesday and is scheduled to stop and parade at Kansas City. There the regi­ Total ....................... .............¿50211.98 ment will be divided, the California The collection of 1918 taxes will be­ contingent going south and the re­ gin some tini., this month, say» Sher­ mainder continuing on to Camp Js-wis. Great disappointment is felt here over iff Sticks. The rolls will soon be turned over to him by Assessor Burton the news that the war department had und 11 definite date fur tho beginning wired that it was not considered prac­ of collections will soon be announced. tical to have thu 85th routed farther south thun Portland. The following telegrams, which have been exchanged during tho past few days are sslf expianatory; Letters From Soldier Boys “ Cottage Grove, Oreg., Jan 31— Com- j mnnding Officer, *'i5th artillery, C. A. C. Phil. Pa.— The eitiz.ens of Cottage Grove rejoice to learn of your safe re­ turn. Kindly convey greetings to our boys. A hearty welcome awaits you.— Following are excerpts from letter* Cottage Grove Commercial Club.” by Miltnu C. Burton, who is in France “ Camp Dix N. J., Feb. 1— Commer­ with buttery C, 11th field artillery, cial Club, Cottage Grove, Ore.— Your written to his parents, Assessor and kind message has bean conferred to Mrs. 1). I*. Burton: your boys and they thank you. Oregon “ Just u word to let you know I am is to be congratulated on the fine men it alive and able to do my usual amount sent to Franco in the t>5tb. They wero of kicking. At present I am billeted in .»imply wonderful iu battle.— Benj. H. a French house— not a stable this time, Kerfoot, Colonel C. A. C'.’ ’ but n real house. Those French people “ Cottage Grove, Ore., Feb. 9— Com­ can't do enough for an American sol­ dier. I just returned from my seven manding Officer, tiSth artillery, C. A. C., Camp Dix., N. J.— Citizens unanimously days’ leave; got back the day before and kindly request that train at least Christmas. We had a fine Christmas stop thirty minutes to greet our brav« dinner. We also hud a Christnias tree boys who number fifty or sixty.— Cot­ for the small children of the town in the school house; bad music and a real tage Grove Commercial Club.’ ’ fine time. “ We are ngain in our old division the fith. When we were in the fighting we were with the S9th— and that wax some division. The way we chased rais­ i n bun out of the Argonne woods was real sport. “ I have not received the Christmas package yet. In fact none of the boys have had one, but ail expect them any day. There is some rumor that we are to sail for the states soon and only hope it is true. Will close this for the time being.” “ Sunny France— th at’s what they call it; but so fur have seen little sun but plenty of France to suit me. Will lie glad when 1 am safely on board ship headed for home. We are having one big rest; nothing to do but eat and sleep, but you kuow thut gets tiresome. 1 don’t know whether w « will go to Ger many or home, und don’t much care where. We are having the usual good weather— rain and snow. This country reminds me of Oregon, only it rains much more here than at home. Have re wived several papers from home; many thunks. I suppose you all had a big time when peace was declared, for I see by the papers there was something doing every minute. “ I am with the best bunch of men you would ever xepect to meet— men from all parts of the world, and men from all walks of life. “ It seems mighty funny you never got my letters telling you what division 1 was with and what we had been do­ ing, so I will again endeavor to tell you roughly of the fight we were in which was of 17 days’ duration. We were then what was known as the first army, be ing in the 5Sth brigade, 89th division. We took our first position on October 25 near Romange, whirh is in the Ar- gonue forest. Our location wns about three kilometers from the Ileinies’ front line und was pretty hot with both gas ami high explosive. There we helped send over a barrage— and thut barrage was thn greatest in the history of the world. It was th« beginning of the end for lleinie and when the doughboys went over the top we were close behind them and followed them for 11 days un­ iter shell fire and through mud and rain for a distance of about 40 kilometers, taking the villages of Krnaonville, Bur rieourt, Nonart, Beaufort, Beauclane, Lauriville and Stenay, the latter being on the other side of tho Meuse river, and also cutting the Metz-Sedun rail­ road— in other wo|ds, Germany’s throat. W e were the first to shell that railroad and received honorable mention for our splendid work and will be decorated for same. lu our last, position E battery went into action even ahead of the doughboys and only 2000 yards from th,« hun, in an open position, under di­ rect observation of Heinie. They si­ lenced some German batteries. It was hot work and took brave men to stick it out, but they did it. The rest of us fared little I letter. We went into posi­ tion only one kilometer behind the front line— even ahead of the light artillery. That is some stunt for heavies— and that was some hot place, believe me; but we never gave the hun any time to rest. Infantry reserves were stationed on a small hill just behind us, and we were only about 50 yards from a main road, and being so near fhe doughboys and the road, both of which drew fire, both night nnd day, we sure «aught hell. And besides thnt the( Qerrann airplanes would take a crack at us with their ma­ chine guns in the dnytime. It turned cold, too, nnd there were no fires night or ilny, and no hot meals— just corned willy nnd hard bread. “ With the coming of darkness every­ thing opened up— our machine guns, 75’s and one poundera, and then the heavies would help in the racket. “ But don’t think Heini« was asleep. He would shell the road all night, dam him, and being mostly misses, and we being so e.lose to the road, we got onrs. “ To make a long story short, there is where we were when he quit; and from that time on we haven't done mueh of anything. We have been sent back to our old division, which is the (Continued on last page.) “ Camp Dix, N. J.. Feb. 10— Cottage Grove Commercial Club, Cottage Grove, Ore.— B5th artillery will stop in your eity one half hour, if possible to pxke arrangements for a stop. Will wire you at a later date.— B. H. Kerfoot, Col. Commanding 05th Artillery.’ ’ “ Portland, Feb. 12— 65th artillery- routed Union Paeifie Kansas City-Port- land, not through Sacramento. Now advised will arrive Portland 11a. m. Sunday. I f anv change will advise.— John M. Scott.’ ’ Mrs. John Martin Dies TJiurston Doak has received word of the death of his sister, Mrs. John Mar­ tin, at her home at Silver Lake, Ore­ gon. Mrs. Martin is a daughter of An­ drew J. Doak, of Miuslaw, and formerly resided in this eity. Her husband anil son, Guy survive her. Her sou had just been mustered out nt Camp l^wis, having been in serviae in France, and reached Portland Sunday night enroute to his home. News reached him Mon­ day morning of the death of his mother, she having died at 8 o ’clock. M. W. A. Initiate and Feed The Modern Woodmen met Tuesday night in the Odd Fellows hall and aft­ er regular business initiated a large class of applicants for membership. The session was followed by a well provid­ ed supper served in the dining room by the special committee in charge. An­ other class of applicants will be adopted at their next meeting which will be held on March 11. Arthur Bales Not W ith 65th Arthur Bales, son of Mrs. Naomi Bales, of Dorena, is not with the 65th artillery, as reported last week. He is a member of the 20th engineers, and is still on duty with his regiment in the vicinity of Paris. S. R. SM ITH SE LLS IN T E R E S T I N COTTAGE G R O VE M A N U F A C ­ T U R IN G C O M P A N Y C. A. Stevens and IL K. Metcalf have practically closed a deal whereby they become the ow ners of Yhe interest of 8. R. Smith in the Cottage Grove Manu­ facturing company at Tenth nnd Main. Mr. Stevens identified himself with the company nearly a year ago, and Mr. Metcalf has been employed there for suino months. Mr. Smith purchased and incorpora­ ted the concern eight years ago and has built up a splendid business with up-to- date equipment from a very modest be­ ginning. Mr. Smith, who is in Portland at present, has announced no definite plans for the future. Dr. Coan to Speak Here Tonight Dr. Frederick Coan, recently from A r­ menia, will tell his wonderful story of the suffering of the Armenian people, at the high school auditorium tonight. I)r. Conn is an eloquent speaker, rie has spoken to immeuse audiences in the east and will appear in only a few of the principal cities of Oregon, having but a few days to devote to this state. There will be no chnrge for admission. OLD T IM E R P A G E A T SA LE M O VER 50 Y E A R S AOO The fact that the legislature is now in session reminds Walter Cochran that he was a page for the Oregon legislature away back in 1868, when the state house was across the street from the Marion hotel. He lived nenr Eugene at that time und his father was a member. The trip to the eapitai was made by team, and it was at this session that a right of-way was granted thr Oregon California railroad. Walt carried water to Senator Mitchell while he debat­ ed th« route the road should take. Binger Hermann, afterwards eon gressman, was also a member of that session.