Cottage Grove sentinel and Cottage Grove leader., March 21, 1919, Image 1

VOLUME X X IX
CARLTON £ SPENCER AGAIN
HIGHLY HONORED BY
ALMA MATER
COTTA (I K GROVE, LANK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1919
IS PAID TO J. T. MASONIC LODGE RECEIVES
LORANE ROAD MUDDLE IS
TALES OF THE 65TH TRIBUTE
Letters
From
ALLISON BY FORMER
BOYS BACK FROM
SETTLED; OH! NO
ASSOCIATE
SERVICE
IT ISN’T!
Soldier Boys
Little Nuggets of Information About
Wbat Happened to the Soldier Boys
While in the Service In France
Fortner Cotta*« Orove H u to Succeed
A. R T iffan y u Registrar of
Every one« in uwhile you hear thn
University of Oregon.
boys say something about the liv.’s of
the entire buttery beiug saved by I d
die Valentine. Eddie doesn’t claim any
Carlton K. Hpeneer, eon of County honors, however, for being any greater
Oonimisshmer and Mr*. K. R. M|irnr,i'r, hero than the rest, lie was the cool,
formerly o f tin« rily and well known snd saved their lives by serving mauls
here, probably will lot registrar o f I be on time.
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University of Oregon to succeed A. It
Everything was not nlwuys pie end
viffan y, whoar rcHignatiun will take e f­
fect April I, The position ie n highly cake. Onee in swliiie the boy* would be
responsible one aud hie selection It quite confronted with an eshuined corpse or
u distinction for Mr. Hpeneer, who hue something equally disagreeable th it
juat returned from service with the made pie and cuke th«- last thing their
stomach* craved for the time being. A
colors.
Hpcueer graduated from the university good muiiy meal* were complat fly
in IWI .'I mid was active in all affairs of spoiled by some sueli incident.
e s s
the university during the four years hr
■pent there. In hi* freshman year he
The accuracy of th« Ainrricun guns
wuu the alumni mcdnl as the best de was a marvel to their allies. There was
baler in the uaiveraity. lie wu* preei ao hit and misa firing with thu Atari
dent of the sophomore rlune and during lean*. When a barrage was put ovei
that year won the intorrollrginte orator­ for the doughboys you could go over t'-u
ical contest o f Oregon. In bis senior ground afterward» and find a clean rut
year be was president o f the nssoeisted line of shell holes almost exactly 10
students and on graduating won the yards spurt.
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Failing prise in the Failing Heckman
•rntofiral contest.
The boys of the 05th didn’t get to
tin leaving the university he became serve in the trenches, but ss they mm ad
secretary o f the University of Oregon their guns forward in pursuit uf the
law deportment in Portland and held hun* they got an opportunity to view
that position four years. In November the trenrbes the huna hud left behind
o f IUI7 he enlisted with the aviation and which had been preempted by the
section of the army and was sent to boys of the allied armies. They nlso in
Kelly fisld for training. 11« received speeded many of the German and Krerrh
his commission at the adjutants’ train dugouls. Where the lines had stood for
ing achoul at t'olumlius, Ohio, and was years in almost the same position con
■■signed to duty at Chnnute field, Kan erete dugouls bad been Ituilt that wrre
toul, 111. Kraut there bo was sent to almost a* good a* city dwellings, hat­
l-sngley field, Hampton, Va., where for ing muuy rooms, hallway* snd sum i c.f
Ike last uf his servive he was command the c o m fits uf home. Furniture hud in
tug officer o f the M3rd aero aqiindron.
many rase* been appropriated by the
Germans from the French dwellings
they captured.
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COOPERATION OF LOYAL
CITIZENS IS NEEDED
SAYS DENNIS
The boy* of the 05th didn’t see many
o f the reported eases o f frlghtfnlnea*
alleged tu have been so common with
the Germans, but they did see many
refugees returning and many of the
younger women had without question
Log I si a tor With Real Record Thinks lieen the victim* o f German lust. Most
Now Essen ties W ill Give tbs
of the refugees seemed to be o f th»1
older nnd very young, there being few
■tats Good Bsrvics.
o f the middle aged.
W. B Dennis, of Carlton, chairman of
the TOada and highways committee of
the house in the recent legislature, fath
er of much of the road legislation, who
Is giveu rredit for engineering the sue
*•■** o f the roud legislation and who is
deeply interested in the manner in
which the state administration directs
its efforts in carrying forward the mam
moth good roads program, wns here thia
week looking after eslensive cinnabar
interests at Black Hutte. He eipreaaes
keen regret over the death of James
Wlthyrnmhe, Oregon’s Ornnd Old Man.
in whose hands he felt certain the pro
gram would ti« promoted in a manner
that would be eminently satisfactory to
all eoncerued. “ However,” Mr. Dennis
added, “ it ia fortunate that a man of
O lro tt’s ability hnn stopped into the
plaee so nbly filled by the Into chief
executive. I hnve confidence that he
will make a splendid governur and
will give the state a »vise business ad
ministrution. The new governor ha*
many grave and aerious problems ron
fronting him. While he is himself rc
sponsible to the people for his own sets,
yet be is in n large measure bound to
follow the general policy that would
have been pursued hud the late governor
lived and ran not give the piny to bin
own initiative that he might under other
eirriimstancra. The people o f the state
should stsnd ss loyally behind him as
they did behind the nan he succeeded.
With this cooperation I feel certain the
office will be conducted in a highly sat­
isfactory manner.”
Commenting upon the possible roslg
nation from thn highway commission of
R. A. Booth, o f this county, Mr. Dennis
stated that such action would bo n near
enlnmity. “ Mr. Booth now haa an in­
sight into the road business that n new
man would take a year to nequire. Be­
sides he has the utmost confidence of
tlm people in his integrity nnd nlso the
ability to mako the best uso o f the
knowledge he hna acquired. There are
many other good men who would mnke
good commissioners but I believe the
state as a whole is almost n unit in
ileairing the retention of Mr. Booth.”
W ATCH YOUR LA B E L.
Boys of S9th Arrive.
Nearly all the hoys o f the 09th are
now at home, but they ramn home one
or two st a time, so thnt no arrange
meats could be mnde for n demonstra­
tion in their honor. Thus« whom The
Hentinel has been informed have ar­
rived are Sergennts W ilfred H. McCaleb,
Albert Orlffin, Norval H. I’ owell, Ralph
W. Teeters and W iley H. Oleott, Cor
pornls Krlly H. Cooper, l^slie T. Groat,
George W. Gibson nnd Everett 8. Groat,
Mechanic Ralph Milne, Cooks Arno C.
Brown nnd Hosen Brown, Privates V ir­
gil A. Powell and Judd D. Doolittle.
I.ieutennnt Lee Roy Woods, Jr., and Her-
gennt l»nn L. Woods wore discharged at
the same time nnd wont to the home of
their parents st Onrnelins, but have
slnhti been her« for a visit. Private C.
E. Elliott Went to the home of his par­
ents at Kelao, Wash.
NUMBER 26
Many Attend Service Held in the Build
ing Which Deceased Had
Helped to Erect.
Tho funeral of James Thomas Allison
was held Hunduy afternoon from the
Baptist church, death having occurred
Friday afternoon from cancer of the
liver. He bad been a sufferer for sev­
eral years.
The funeral service« at the church
were conducted by Rev. E. O. O. Groat,
pastor emeritus, now 85 years o f age,
who in touching words told of his as­
sociations with Mr. Allison in the work
of the eburrh. The building in which the
1 services were held was made possible
through the efforts of Mr. Allison,
whose hand* had joined with those of
the pastor in laying the foundation and
raising the framework after the ground
hud been secured. Th« six sons acted
u* pall bearer* and at the grave the
services were in rharge of the Knights
of I’ythiu* lodge. T h « church was filled
to overflowing and the floral tributes
were magnificent.
Mr. Allison was born at Flat Rock,
t ’ruwfotd eounty, III., October 5, 1840,
iin-1 was married there 51 years ugo last
October. He mine to Oregon about 3d
year* ago and to Cottage Grove 23
years a^o. The wife and the following
son* survive: D. Y., o f Hoseburg; J. W.,
of Grunts Pa»»; G. F., of McMinnville;
H. V., of Cottage Grove; II. K., uf Graots
I'ssa, and F. H., o f Cottuge Grove. There
were 36 relatives present at the funeral.
Esther Brtcher Dies.
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The funeral o f Misa Esther Hricher
was held Monday forenoon from the
Catholic church. Father Moran, of Eu­
gene, officiating. Death occurred (Sat­
urday at Eugene, where Miss Briehrr
bad undergone an operation for appen­
dicitis. Hhe had been low but was
thought to be well on the road to re­
covery until just before the end. Hhe
was aged 19 years, 5 months, 20 days,
Vvu* the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
■Toe Hrieher and wns born in Minnesota.
Hhe hail been employed at the Hank of
Cottage Grove-for some time until just
before her death. Surviving brother*
and sister* are Irwin, o f Cortland, Jo­
seph, Vincent and Agnes, all at home.
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U N IV E R S IT Y OLEE CLUB
The Cottage Grove boy* are firmly
A PPE A R S HERE TO N IG H T
ronvinced that had the armistice been
post|>nned another month the (b-rtnsns
“ Music everybody lik e*’ ’ will be the
would have been driven bark to Berlin, type o f entertainment presented by the
ami the Yankee boys were rnring to go. University o f Oregon Men ’* Glee Oulb
s s s
when it appears in concert here this
The boys in the artillery didn’t often evening.
The program prepared by the club is
get the opportunity to see the damage
done by their guns, for which they were lively and snappy, consisting o f chorus
thankful. They once mmle u direct hit number*, solos, qunrtettes, and clever
upon a German battery and those who stunts. The music is o f n type to appeal
reported the result to them said that to everyone, according to Paul Hpung-
piece* o f the men who had inunnrd the ler, manager o f the organisation.
bnttery were hanging around in the
Odd Fallow» to Go to Eugene.
trees nnd otherwise mussing up the land­
The I. O. O. F. lodge of*this place
scape.
,
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intends to assist the Eugene lodge in
The Cottage Grove member« o f the celebrating the centennial celebration
05th were fortunate in not collecting of the founding o f the order, which oc­
many cootie*. Home got none, while a cur* April 20. The locnl lodge will put
number did not get any until after on the third degree o f the work in a
leaving France. Those who did have competition of several lodges.
the rx|>eririicu o f cootie hunting say it
Roaa Haines In Hospital.
was most interesting, as well as aggra
Ross llaine*. a member of the 09th, is
voting. A whole tribe o f cooties will
grow to mnnbood and womanhood in a in the hospital at Camp I^wis. He suf­
day and their progeny seem* to he with­ fered an attack of the flu, which was
out end. Clothes rid of ail cooties large followed by typhoid and double pneu­
enough to see will have a brand new monia nnd he has been a pretty sick
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and very vigorous crop the next day. boy.
Snow Flakes Fall.
Th« only way of getting rid o f them ia
The first snow this section o f the
to rhango clothes and make a cootie
stew o f the discurded ones. One soldier state hn* seen during the past winter
says there are seven distinct varieties fell last Friday morning but hnd entire­
of cooties: first, the common or garden ly disappeared long before noon. There
variety, that uses the Australian crawl was another slight flurry the following
stroke; second, the submarine cootie, day. O f course there is considerable
that burrows like a mole; tkird, the snow in the mountains nnd on the high
kangaroo, or jumping rootie; fourth, the er levels and the hoary heads o f the
bluejay, or flying cootie; fifth , the old mountsin tops mako a pretty picture to
settler, or stationary rootie; sixth, the those down in the coxy vnlleys.
wrlldeat or fighting cootie, who it nlwnys
engaged in a battle royal with a doxen
other bnttlers; nnd seventh, the college
or educated cootie, who stages a field
meet with several rival teams o f his pals
on isolated portions of your back that
cannot be rnnrhcd by hand.
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Thn coast artillery was not put in any
division, being used wherever they were
needed, which nrcounts for their seeing
service in so many sections of the front.
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Ham Ventch toils of a rather humorous
occurrence when n negro soldier was
gathering anuvenirs. A German officer
objected to the proceeding nnd inter­
fered. The negro wns not no easily
daunted, however, nnd hnd not been
tnught to respect the uniform o f n Ger­
man officer, which wns in n moment
soiled by contact with the muddy soil.
The officer got up sputtering German.
The negro said, “ Ah don’ know whnt
you all ia a say in ’ but I ’■ shore goin ’
to hnh dnt ornament.” And he got it
without further protest.
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Talking o f soUvenira, a German pris­
oner wns mighty tickled to get to the
prison camp with his elothea on. It fre­
quently happened that the demand for
buttons was so gre^t that the only way
o f preserving a semblance o f modesty
was to keep the clothes in place by use
o f the hands.
W ATCH YOUB LABEL.
Masonic Grand Master to Visit.
F. W. Hettlemeier, of Woodbnrn,
grand mnster of the- Ancient, Free nnd
Accepted Masons o f Oregon, will pay
Cottage Grove lodge an official visit
tonight. The lodges at Drain, Yoncalla
and Elkton will be represented.
ORANGE SEES THAT
SOLDIERS ARE FED
That tho boys back from the service
for Uncle Ham are in no immedinte
danger of starving was evidenced by
the feed put up for them by Cottage
Grove grange Saturday noon. About 25
of the boys were on hand and took in
the whole program from chicken to two
doxen kinds o f cake.
The program given ns the boys com
pleted their dinner wn* ns follows:
Words o f welcome— Elbert Bede.
Piano solo— Mrs. Oleott.
Introductory, “ The Night Is P a st”
(A . M. Holding)— Ora Read Heaaenway.
Vocal solo, “ There’s a I»n g , Long
T r a il“ — Hnxel Ashby.
Rending, “ I)er T a g ” (K ip lin g )— A l­
mond H.'menwny.
Plano solo— Frieda Anbrey.
Reading, “ Between Two T^nves’ ’—
Enid Veatch.
Hong, “ Keep the Home Fire* Burn­
ing.”
Closing poem, “ Our F la g ” — Mrs. F.
J. Helliwell.
” America” — by all.
Soldier* and Sailors Organize for Good
Following are excerpts from a letter
Government and to Down Mon
written by Lieutenant Noble White to
areby and Anarchy.
hia parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. White:
A. E. F., Germany.— I am now with
the 3rd division o f regulars, tried and
“ The mo»t pleasant and most enjoy­ gnarled. They have been mentioned
able function we have uttended since several times for their work on the line.
we arrived in the good old U. 8. A. or The division was part o f the army to
were diseharged from the service,” was take part in the Ht. Mihiel offensive,
the way 35 boys expressed themselves which was juat launched as we arrived
after the reception given them Wednes­ We arrived at division headquarters in
day night by the Masonic lodge. The the evening. At 1 a. ra the barrage
reception was informal in every way. started and a little later in the morning
A fter a singfest in which the boy* took the Yankees went over the top. Our di
the largest part and furnished the vision was in reserve. We spent four
pianist, Virgil Powell, o f the 09th, days in terrible long hikes in keeping
“ chow“ was served in the banquet up with the retreating boebe. The roads
room, where a camp fire had been ar­ were nothing but continuous streams of
ranged. Beautiful decorations added to artillery, infantry, trucks, machine guns
tho pleasunt surroundings. Following and prisoners, blocked most o f the time
the banquet informal addresses were with disabled trucks or jammed traffic.
given, among the most notable being Kitchens and supplies could not be
those of Lieutenant Carlton Hpeneer, of brought up and for two days we had lit­
the aero service; Ed. Miller, Lieutenant tle to eat and lots to go. I was in charge
Ben King, of the 05th; M ajor.Ji. K. of Co. C, 30th infantry. The attack we
Metcalf, Colonel B. K. Lawson and John expected did not come o ff. The news
Metcalf. (Several of the boys who had was received that night that the hun»
been across or at the front responded had retreated leaving 20,000 prisoners.
briefly when called upon by their com The entire salient was taken. Then
came more bard marching, a little rest
radcs.
Preceding the reception a meeting of and preparation for a real offensive.
the soldier and sailor boys had been The 3rd division was moved to another
held in the same building for the pur­ army corps and we moved up near the
pose of organising themselves for mu­ village of Montfaucon in the Verdun
tual helpfuinesa. The objects of the or­ sector. This offensive is known as the
ganization were stated to be to keep up battle o f the Argonne. We would move
the sume comradeship that existed in mostly by night, rest what we could in
military life, for the upholding o f law the daytime and hide the concentration
and order, fur the crushing of monarchy from the enemy.
und anarchy and for taking a healthful
One day we were marching through
interest iu politics and good govern­ the Bois de Hesse (Woods of Hesse),
ment. A meeting for the election of when suddenly an airplane dove out o f a
offioers will be held negt Wednesday very tiny cloud. He had the Ameriqnn
nad it is planned to make this organiza- insignia, so no qne gave attention until
tioo a part o f a national organization.
the plane headed for an Observation hwl-
loon near os. Before we eould open fire
Blue Mountain Over the Top.
he had set the balloon on fire and was
The Blue Mountain district has raised headed for another a mile away. He got
more than its quota in tho Armenian the second balloon before we got him.
and .Syrian relief drive. Subscriptions
In one place I saw a bright new Cad­
were ns follows: Mr. und Mrs. Fred illac car, two new Dodge ears and five
Frost, $1; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ward. new trucks in the midst o f such desola­
$1; Mr. and Mrs. Butte Mooney, (1 ; tion and shell craters that it would have
Mr and Mrs. Robert Ijindwehr, $1; taken four miles of road building to get
Bona Patten, $1.5«; Mrs. A. Castle, $1; them out. Then Fritz comes over and
Josephine Howard, 50c; Hnrah Donohue, drops bombs on them.
50c; Marjorie Hhay, 50c; William Raw­
One night Lieutenant TIague and ray-
lings, $1; Rufus Uuwliugs, 50e; Mrs. T.
B. McGuire, 50c; Clifton McGuire, 50c; self were awakened by a shell which
Edith Iuindwehr, $2; John Allen, $1; dropped about 75 /eet away. We re­
('has. Allen, $1; Vernon Whippe, $1; ceived a shower o f mud but nothing
Einley Whipps, 50c; Mr. and Mrs. H. more. A fter that we were not very
II. Kibby, $1; Arnold Dnerst, 50c; I.es- sleepy so helped care for a man who had
tea Doweus, 50«; Bert Lancaster, 50c; been hit in the leg. That shell killed ope
is>wis Lange, 25c; Frank Miller, 25c; o f onr mules on Ihe rotting Itltcben
Elmer Robbins, 50c; Darrell Mosby, 25c. team. The other mule went A. W. 0 . 1..
Other donations o f $4.20 were made, and didn’t eome back for three days.
He was a pretty wise mule for i f he had
the total reaching $24.45.
stayed another day we could have tried
him for desertion. Three more shells lit
Correction in Honor Boll.
In some inexplicable manner, the name in camp that night with a harvest of
of Dennis Murray Bowman, of Saginaw, 25 wounded and 5 or 6 killed. The fo l­
wns printed last week us among those lowing day we moved in just back of
who hnd died in the service during the front ready to do our bit in the o ffen ­
recent war. The name should have been sive. The shelling was pretty heaVy
Bowman Hartley, also a former resident and F r itz ’s airplanes were entirely too
of Saginaw. There are several other familiar. We shot down eight with m.
corrections in the Honor Roll, which g. and anti-aircraft guns. Our planes
will again be published in full a little were an actual disgrace in this offen ­
sive, according to the opinion o f most of
later.
us of the 3rd. I have seen our fighters
in the air deliberately clear out when
Old Pottage Rate A fter Jnly 1.
Beginning July 1, letters may again hun fighters were about in the air, then
N> sent through the mails for two cents, come buck a-tearing when they knew
and postcards for one cent, according to Fritz had gone. Giving due credit for
a communication from Washington, D. C. some mighty good fighters in the air.
ray opinion of the delicate dandy o f two
a day in pleasure flights is not
TEACHER REMEMBERS J. S. hours
fit to print. There are more aviators
BENSON AS SMALL TAD
hanging around the cafes o f Paris than
THREE YEARS OLD
men o f any other branch o f the service.
To get back to events, the same day
Odd Circumstances Connected With Re­
we shot down eight planes, one came
newal of Old Acquaintance.
over onr battalion flying very low. He
came around and emptied his machine
J. 8. Benson has recently received
gun into the woods on our right and
evidence that this is a mighty small
then came back over us. As he was
world after all. When he was a small
about 200 feet away and about 500 feet
tad he went to school to a teacher
high I saw the observer pitrh something
named Fletcher. A short time ago he
out over the side o f the plane. It
rend an item from Forest Grove which
looked to me like a long tube. An o ffi­
told o f the profit a former school
cer standing near me said, “ There is
teacher 74 years o f nge named Fletcher
a message. We will get it and find out
had made raising chickens. The idea
what it says.” Then it lit— and we got
struck him that this might possibly be
it. One sergeant got a piece in the leg.
the teacher of his childhood days and
My striker got a piece in the arm. Wo
he wrote to find out i f this might be so.
were quite fortunate to get o ff that
In u few days Mr. Benson received
easy for it lit within 10 feet of us. My
a letter from Mr. Fletcher which con­
wound was not serious. I rejoined ray
firmed the fact that this was, indeed,
battalion within a couple of days nnd
the sume man and strangely enough he
got bock just in time to go in on the
remembered tho little Benson boy. The
offensive with the 3rd division. Will
letter says: “ In the spring of ’07 I
not attempt to describe that. There is
moved to Centerville district (Wash.)
a great deal about it thnt I hope I enn
on John R. Porter’s place and that
forget. W ill simply say we stayed in
spring and summer one Jimmie Benson
the line a long time. At this time I wns
went to school to me. He wns three
battalion adjutant. I had the experience
years o f age and smnll for his age. I
o f leading a few patriots into no man’s
have satisfies! myself that yeu are the
land nnd also o f having charge o f a bat­
snmo person.”
talion for a few days nnd the placing of
Mr. Benson’s father went east on it in the line. Have done nothing heroic
some business while Mr. Benson was a or startling and will bring home no med­
very small boy. He never saw him again als. nor even a promotion, bnt I can say
and his mother died shortly afterwards. thnt I did ray duty and did not show up
Mr. Benson has never known whnt hap­ as did many an officer and enlisted
pened to his father nnd inquired o f Mr. man.
Fletcher, who replied thnt-he knows all
A fter this offensive we were taken
the rlrenmstnnres and thnt tho elder
out
o f the line back to a dirty little vil
Benson died in the east.
Inge in France, and the armistice was
signed while we were there. We were
Miss Mabel Hpray, daughter o f Mr. then chosen as part o f the army o f oc­
nnd Mrs. J. F. Hpray, was injured in a cupation. We hiked all the way to the
bicycle accident Tuesday afternoon. Hhe Rhine and are now near Coblentz. This
ran into a pedestrian and was rendered hike has been quite enjoyable snd the
unconscious from contact with the hard country is quite different from thnt of
pavement. Hhe has now fully recov­ France. In Germany they have the most
ered.
beautifal forests I have ever teen. The
County Court Votes to Cot Through
Chunk of Curtiz Veatch Ranch
Over Owner’ s Protest.
The Bilk Creek-Loranc road muddle
is settled, and yet it isn’t settled.
It is settled to the extent that the
eouny eour has accepted the majority
report o f the viewers, whieh take* o ff
a slice o f the Curtis Veatch ranch. Com-
misaienera Hpeneer and Harlow voted
for the majority report and Judge Howu
voted for the minority report. The lat­
ter report would leave the road at this
point upon its present location.
The moddle is further settled to the
extent that the eonnty can now proceed
to make plans for putting (he road
through. With $7500 appropriate«] by
the county, $7500 match money on thn
part of th« state and $15,000 match
money whieh it is thonght can bo se­
cured from the federal government,
there will be a total o f $30,000 available
for work on thia road, whieh army bn
completed through to Lorane during th«
coming season.
Th« muddle is distinctly not settled
as far as Curtis Veatch is concerned.
He intends to take the matter into
court. He claims that the expense o f
fencing i* hardly covered by the amount
allowed him by the viewers and that he
is allowed nothing for a part o f bis best
land and for the serious inconvenience
caused by splitting up his ranch. He
asks $4000, while but $000 was aljowed
by the viewers and says he would not
aeeept even that amount for damages
should someone eome and make him tho
direct o ffer for any other purpose.
The Bilk Creek-I,orane road has rsened
more fuss than it would seem possible
for a road o f but twelve miles in length
to make. Many opinions have been ex­
pressed pro and con and it would hardly
seem possible that so many people could
have contrary views upon a proposition
of that kind and ail be so firmly con­
vinced that their way of thinking was
the only one with merit. •
Regardless of who is right in the con­
troversy there seems little doubt that
the road will now go ahead with satis­
faction to a large number of the people
it will serve and it is more tran likely
that Mr. Veatch will get in the courts
an advance over $he amount allowed
him by the viewers.
EXPERTS WILL TALK UPON
DAIRY SUBJECTS
Suggestions W ill Be Made as to Best
Methods of Cutting Down Cost
of Producing Butterfat.
Farmers who have been up against
the feed problem for stock during tho
past year— and that includes nearly
every farmer— will be interested in the
daf$y meeting to be held at the com­
mercial club today and tomorrow, for
the subjects of silos and ensilage and
cheaper methods of producing butter fat
will be up for discussion.
This dairy meeting has been arranged
by the extension department of the Ore­
gon Agricultural college in cooperation
with the Lane county farmers’ bureau
and Cottage Grove commercial club. Tho
instructors will bé E. B. Fitts and E.
L. Westover and the complete program
is as follows:
Friday.
10:00 a. m.— Business o f Dairying; Need
of Better Dairy Methods.
11:00 a. m.— Building Up the Herd; He-
lecting Sires and Handling the Herd
so as to Get Larger Production.
1:00-3:00 p. m.— Calf Raising; Feeding
and Handling from Birth; Calf Dis­
eases.
2:00-4:00 p. m.—Judging Demonstration
or How to Select the Higher Produc­
ing Cows.
Saturday.
10:00 a. m.— Feeding for Milk Produc­
tion; Selection and Value of Different
Feeds; How to Get More Milk by
Better Feeding.
11:00 a. m.— Silos and Silnge; your
chance to get latest information on
silo nnd silage problems.
1:00 p. m.— Community Breeding; Ben­
efits of and How to Get Started.
2:00 p. m.— Herd Record Keeping: The
Value of Records; How to Get Rec­
ords.
County Commissioner E. R. Spencer
and son, Lieutenant Carlton Spencer,
were up from Eugene Wednesday night
to attend the meeting o f Masonic lodgu
and entertainment for the soldier boys.
river Rhine reminds me very much o f
the Columbia near Ooldendnle.
I hear very strong rumors that we are
going home in a few months. So soon I
shall return with no more visible signs
o f the war than two small scars and
the eooties. In spite o f my inhospitality
the eooties are still with me, but after
a few more repeated insults I am sure
they will leave me.
I must now write a poor Mother who
ia inquiring for information o f her son.
He waa ia my company nnd was killed
ia the battle o f the Argoane.