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VOLUME XXIX
C. G. IS FOR ROADS BUT IS
AGAINST BONDS
Kooeavalt Highway. In<r«a*ed Road Tax
Limit ami Market Ruad* A r«
Favorites With Voter».
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Cottage Urino fuiorcil nil the rumi
measure», including lite Kon»ev«l| lililí
w»y, but u|iun ell other bonding unn
■uro* it gum nu uiliersu tuto. Iteeule»
Ilio thioo riimi mcaniirc», Ilio only other
nx-saure* In bo approved «toro Ibo guar
enloo of lu Irrest un irrigation burnì»
nini tbo »obliar»' nid bill.
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1rar cant uf nomini, «vu» it» follow»: Mix
for rout liidvbtodriv»» fur rumia yo»
fun, nu 8 3 ; rvcunalruoliun bu»|ni»| y «»
b.l, nu INI; guarantee uf intrro»t un irn
nntiuii bunil» - yo» 9|, no Sri ; five million
dollur Ixindiiiif niuoinliiiout yo» »2, nu
ini); bruir mini governor yo» 83, nu
imi; Itimaovrll highway yo» 117, no
73; rotuu»!motion bunding lull yo» lin,
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mu i bit rund» yo» |(>8, nu 711.
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product» tvn» n» follow»:
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rumarmi aid
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Market road* tax bill
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TILL0T80N SPREAD OVER
LANDSCAPE BY SPEEDER
A » the roault of ruining boro from Hu
jada to prem-ut auruo trout to »umr
friends, I,. E. Tillotaon 1» »ponding tbo
w rob boro nursing several fractured
riba, »cvarnl hole» in bia fur«, nnd other
brut»«». Tbo ipoodor upon which ho
wan returning bomr jumpod tho trurk
and »proad Tillutnun nil over tho land
■capo nnd n fowr other placoa. The arcl-
dent happened at nlnioai the exart »put
whore ('barton Adam» ami It. M. Trunk
bad n »pill a few day» ago. I,. L. liar
rol wtin pn»»ing in a ear nnd brought
Mr. Tillutnuu to the city.
Dead Man Wake».
Keaident» in tho aonthorn part o f tho
city reported to Marshal Pitcher Too»
dny muruing that a doml mini wn* ly
ing ulung tbo Muutborn I’nrific trurk*
near tbr Nixth »troot rru»»iiig. An in
\oatiguiion by the innraknl proved that
the man only slept. He responded to
agitr.tion uf the mnrahul ’» bout.
VEGETABLES DAMAOED
BUT FRUIT IS UNINJURED
The front of last Friday night did
rnnaidorable damage to brail», corn, to
matoa», potatoes and other tender full
age that was above ground and much
of the beau» and corn will have to be
replanted. Must o f tboa,. crop» which
were abov « ground were in garden»
only, »o that damage wan nut a» groat
aa it might oaaily have boon. I ’enrhe»,
rhem e« and other fruit were nut iu
jured.
Cherry Crop I* Ripening.
Tli,. cherry crop i» developing rapidly
and Homo o f tho fruit auon will be on
tho market. J. I,, iientty brought in
■ample» uf Hoyal Anne», which are not
the earliest ripening variety but which
wuuld »oun be rendy to ent.
RED CROSS OFFICERS
ARE ALL REELECTED
The Red Cro»a brunch hold it» an
liuaI meeting Tuo»duy night nnd re
elected tho following officer*: ('. M.
Hhinti, president; Mr». A. H. Wood and
Hev. Joseph Knotts, vice president*;
Mr*. H. K. Job, secretary nnd Worth
Harvey treasurer.
The annual report
uf the treasurer showed $1000 on hnnd.
Bonnie Perlnl Sustain* Injuries.
Bonnie Perini, o f Divide, sustained *
broken leg and frnctured collar bone
yesterday noon when he whs struck by
n tie and knocked from the enr upon
whieh be wns loading. He wns brought
here for medical trcatiweut.
LANDING FIELD W ILL BE
PREPARED FOR PLANES
The work o f preparing the proponed
landing fields for airplanes so that it
ran he used hy planes going to and from
tho rose festival wns ordered at the
meeting of the commercial club Monday
night.
The work o f preparing the
[round will entail hut little coat.
A
urge letter “ T ’ ’ will be placed on the
ground aa a guide to flyer*.
f
Claim* rtret Darden Pea*.
Ueorgc Halton report* having had gar
den pens for Humlay dinner nnd claims
to be on* of the very first to have such
precocious pea vinca.
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AND
d>nro? g^nttel
OOTTAOE
GROVE
LEAD ER
COTTAGE ORO V K, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, .JINK 6, 1919
»WART WARNS OTHERS
BUT HI8 OWN TOMATO
PLANTS FREEZE
SERVED ONE FUG; SLEEPS UNDER ANOTHER
Here i* a good one that happened to In Mutiny France there cam« a chance
C. K. Mtewart, eounty fruit inepector.
To teat hi* soul in blood.
Mr. Mtewart is very solicitous for the 11» did not atop but o'er the top
welfare of the growers of this »eelion
lie went- and he made good.
and has the government'» weather in
striiineiit» at his place In order that lie Honicwkere in Franc» they buried him
muy be ublv to warn growers of this
Within u quiet, lonely grave,
section o f probable weather rlinnge»
Pnknown save by his fighting mutes,
I.nst Friday the instrument* told him
Who cheered the t-uusc he died to save.
falit there would bn a frost, so the III
Anil for hi* sacrifice the Mtars and
formation wns given to thus,, who asked
Htripes
for it. A* a result a large number of
Htill proudly wave—
growers protected their tender crops,
Momewlu-r« ill France.
loit Mr. Mtewart is setting out new to
H. F. Wendell.
mnto plant» bacauao hi* own were left
to the mereics of the frost. The reason
O f those from here who lost their live*
wn» that li,. left home during the, day, upon the battlefields of Frrtuce, who
leaving instructions for covering the ■nude the supreme sacrifice that world
plants, which were forgotten by those democracy might be ushered in and mon
at home.
archy overthrown, Delbert Kelley wns
i probably most widely known. He wns the
youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Kelley, pioneer» of 1N33, who live near
Dorena.
Private Kelley was culled to the col
or» June 21, 1DIN, and was sent to f'w iji
I lx-wi», where be wua assigned to Co. r ,
Rev. Joseph Knott* Hay* All Vlctorle* [ 157th infantry, lie was sent to Camp
Kearney, Calif., July 10, from there was
for American Arm* Are W ill
seut to France by way of New York,
of the Almighty.
arriving oversea» August 24. He was
sent to Ht. (Vrgues, arriving there
i August 2V nnd being transferred to Co.
Tlio feature o f the Memorial dnv 1 I, 110th infantry, 2*th division, leaving
service» wn» the stirring patriotic ad- for the front Meptember 14th. He wus in
dre»» by Hev. Joseph Knott* at' the action 15 days, being reported misaing
October Uth. His parents and relative«
Methodist church in the afternoon, who
took for his subject, “ Our Molilier here lived in suspen*« for weeks and not
until definite word was received from
D ead."
the
rhuplain who assisted in burying
After a brief reference to the thin-
iiiug ranks uf the (J. A. H. ami W. K. him and was able to give the location
o f the grave did the parents give up
C. he »(Hike o f the consecrated mound*
o f our soldier buy* fallen in the last hope that their loved one yet would re
twelve inuntb* and of the new host» uf turn to them.
The record» »how that Private K el
veteran* who in the year* to come when
the Imy* of the INI ’i were passed nod ley wa* killed October N during the
progress of the Argons* offensive. He
and gone would ever on Memorial Day
strew the grnic» of soldier-dead with was buried by Chaplain L. N. Wolfe in
the town o f Apremont at a (mint shown
flowers nn<T perpetuate their memory
on the map as point (Hl.2-7i.8 Foret d»
with befitting servirea.
Speaking of
Argonne, Mt. 1 to 10,000, F ifty ether*
the purpose or the afternoon services he
were killed et the same time by en ex
said: " W e nr* assembled here for the
purpose uf |M-rpetunting a heart me ploding shell. The division was with
drawn from the front the next day after
mortal, to rear here a monument lietter
than marble, to establish a resurrection the death o f Private Kelley.
Besides the parents, the following
or perpetuation o f the life o f our noble
heroes by the rebirth of their lofty
ideals in the present nnd coming genera
tion*. ”
A fter dwelling upon the various re*
sons why the soldier dead were to be
remembered, h» reminded them that the
living soldier was not to In* forgotten.
He paid a beautiful tribute to the
We were unaware o f the reason of
mother and sweetheart and the home
folks thnt bail passed through the weary our being there. We were under the
impression when we left Harrey thnt w e
vigils o f anxious wniting.
“ Memorial Day is our National Sab were on our wny to a quiet sector for
bath. We hnvc the Fourth o f July for more drill and praetire, but the day we
a noisy, hilarious demonstration and pulled out our nisjur, Mnpor Miller, read
jolly good time, we huve Thanksgiving us the news. The Hist was in reserve for
Dmy for home gatherings nnd for g iv the Mt. Mihiel drive. There we were un
ing thanks to Ood Almighty for the aware o f the aituation. Now that the
good thiogs o f life, but Memorial Dny drive was a walk away we wuuld muve
is our National Habitath. which day is again. The Diet was given credit in
to be kept holy unto the remembrance o f this drive, yet never turned * hand.
soldier dead, and th« O. A. K. is correct
We left this place one afternoon in
when it rails upon the people of our French trucks. We passed through Bui
land to refrain from the various forms le Due and on to a little town I nevei
of frivolity and devote the hours of this Warned the name of. We »topped there
day to a fittin g remembrance o f those for an hour or so in a field of new mown
who have given their live* for their hay and those that were aide to get
rountry. “
hold of a shock made use o f it for a
As a closing climax Rev. Knotts chose head rest to knock o ff u few moment*
a unique setting o f our four important o f sleep. Theu we marched across the
wars. “ The volley fired at Lexington hill about three kilometers to Mnrats
wns heard farther than around the le Urnude. We passed the graves of two
world; it went upwards and reached the aviutors who were buried where they
throne o f Itenven and Ood looked down fell. We went into billets here and
and saw what was going on and he stayed about four days. While we were
gave us Liberty when Lord Cornwallis there we were short o f rations and then
surrendered hi* sword at Yorktown. is when our reserve rations came in
When the cannon balls sped across the handy. W’e did night maneuvering to
waters o f Charleston harbor and de learn the use of the compass. We had
stroyed Fort Humpter. Ood looked down good bunks and a fairly good rest. Wo
anil saw whut wns going on nnd though moved out o f here about 6:30 or 7 in
the madness o f man raged four full the night and hiked till about 2 in the
years, at last Oeneral 1-ce surrendered morning, when we billeted in a town
his sword nnd Ood gave ns a new sense culled Nubecourt. This town had been
and form of justice. When the stately occupied by the Uermaus for about two
ship serenely resting on the bosom of weoks and showed signs of shelling by
the tropical harbor suddenly shook nnd big guns. We had a good bath here in
hurst in one mighty explosion and in a small stream that runs through the
wreckage nnd death sank beneath the town. A few inhabitants were left in
wnter», Ood' looked down from heaven, the town and the French had a big ho*
remembered the Maine and the stealthy pitul there. We were here only one dny.
Spaniard, coward, saw Dewey's ships if I remember right. That night we got
sail the May pole dance in Manilla ready for another of those night bikes
harbor, Ood gave us a new meaning o f and got under way about 8 o ’clock. Just
merer.
before we left we were all lined up in
11 Speeding upon its honest course the an old shelled barn or house (these two
great merchant ship threw from it* abodes usually are under the same roof
prow the clouds of spray, when, from and it is hard to tell which you are ini
its lurking plnee submerged the demon and given a yellow streak lecture by our
of the craven Hun sent forth its mes company commander. We hiked that
sage o f wanton murder and a* the night until about midnight and camped
l.usitniiin sank with precious human life in a woods called Vadelaincourt. There
Ood Almighty looked down nnd saw wns a French rest camp down the hill
and sia»n the proud and haughty Teuton about a quarter of a mile from our tents.
signed the nnnistire and, thank Ood, I was on k. p. while there and we sure
whether she likes th« terms or no Oer- had a time to put up our kitchen. W f
many will sign tbo pence treaty, and moved our camp further back on the
Ood has given us a new revelation of hill, only to pick up again that night
brotherhood written in tho blood o f our about 6 o'clock. A fter we had ranilo
soldier doud. May tho momory o f thoir our parks anti were waiting we wit
sacrifice livo in the transplanting of uesst'd some air battles, which were
their lofty ideals in the heart* and quite interesting to us. It was easy to
minds o f each of us.’ ’
distinguish between Herman anil Amer
The services at the church were well ican shells by the smok« o f the bomb.
attended.
The German powder makes black smoke
A fter the singing of Ihe national and American makes white. We had a
anthem nnd the invocation, Miss Me- short hike thnt night to our last plnee
Reynolds gave a pleasing recitation, a o f billets. The town was a sight to see.
male quartet sang. Miss H u ff recited, No civilians lived there at all. The town
accompanied by the piano, Mrs. Bert was Parois. It was frequently subject
Cochran sang a solo, and Miss Ruth ed to long range fire. The Germane had
Phelps recited, nnd also, at th* request destroyed nearly every building. 1
of an old soldier, rend a poem clipped didu't see one intact building. During
from the Nntionnl Tribune.
the daytime no ono was allowed out of
Then rnmo the address by Rev. his billet, as he mi^ht draw fire, and the
Knotts. A fter the singing o f “ Ameri Germans had a direct range on this
ca ” nnd the pronouncing of the bene place. We were not very far from the
diction the W. R. C. led the way to the front line here and we were cautioned to
bridge where appropriate service* were be very careful at all times. We slept
held in memory of our snilor boys who the balance o f the morning after we
sleep beneath the waves. This service arrived and that night moved up into
wns mad« beautiful by the casting of the wnoils, about four kilometers away,
many flower* upon the enters.
called DcHesse forest. The night we
The usual ceremony o f decorating the moved from Parois the Oermens were
grave* nnd the reading o f notnhle pa shelling a French ammunition train thnt
triotic addronsos nnd papers wn* held was passing. I should say that they
were flinch shells that the Germans
at the cemetery in the forenoon.
were sending over and a couple dropped
I f your wedding statioaery Is print within 2<M> yards o f our billets. Believe
ed by The Sentinel, you are asaured a me we sat up and took notice for a
long and happy married Ufa,
••• couple o f hour«. On« o f tho«« shell*
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NUMBER 17
AIRPLANE MAY GOME FOR
FOURTH AND OIVE
FREE RIDES
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
TONIGHT BY STRAUB
A Curtiss army plane may be secured
to make exhibition flights here on the
Week for Graduates Oonculd«
Fourth o f July. C. A. Kartell, chairman
o f the Fourth of July airplane commit
Tonight With Oration by
tee, has received word that such an ex
U. of O. Dean.
hibition can lie secured for $500 and ex
pense*.
Th « exhibition would include
looping the loop, tailspias, nose dives,
The concluding function o f rommem e
flying upside down, ef*. Home o f the
leading ritixens would be taken for free meat week will be held tonight, whet
rides and others would be given rides at Dr. Htraub, dens of mon at the uuiver
sity o f Oregon, will deliver the com
a nominal charge.
mencemeat address in the high school
auditorium.
8ays It I* Saw Fly.
V espers were held Sunday af teruoor.
C. E. Mtewart, county fruit inspector,
says that the fly seen on loganberry and the elaaa nerinon was delivered Hun
vines is the saw fly, and that it doe* no day evening. The class night exereise.
damage to Cuthbert raspberries, but were held Wednesday night, the address
damages to some extent the loganberries being delivered by Dr. Leech, of Eu
and the red Antwerp raspberries. Mr. gene. The annual alumni banquet anc
Mtewart says th« only remedy is to reception, in whieh the junior aud soph
spray, using fresh powdered hellebore omore classes assisted, was held las-
night.
or arsenate o f lead.
MEMORIAL DAY IS NATION’S
SABBATH DAY
P R IV A T E D ELB ERT K E L L E Y .
brothers and sisters survive: Frank,
Wilbur, Mrs. Fred Jones, Mrs. John
Hastings and Warren, all residents of
this section.
Private Kelley would have been 25
years of age had he lived until Nov. 30.
The Cottage Grove men and boys,
niauy of whom were in some of the
fiercest fighting in all branches o f the
service, seem to have been the partic
ular care o f Providence and th« hearts
of the community huve gone out to the
families who gave boys in the great
cause. Others dying in France were Mgt.
Calvin T. Funk, o f J>jndon, and Corpora)
Dan Kby. Jesse McDole died at Camp
I/cwis and Bowman Hartley, u resident
o f Hagiuaw uutil shortly before the war,
died at sea. Riley T. Crow, of Ixtrane,
died during the war on the M. M. Pitts
burg. cause o f death being influenza.
He had been in the service four years
and was once u member of Hixth com
puny. Corporal Kby entered the ser
vice from Idaho.
uanrly got the driver o f one o f our ra
tions wagon*. The incident caused a lit
tle eommutioa for a few minutes among
th« men.
The French had a nurrow gunge steam
railroad that they used to carry their
niauiunition and supplies up to the front.
T£o Germans had a spy balloon up aid
got a sight on the train and tried to put
it out of commission. They certainly
were unaware of our presence. We
moved out at about 6 o'clock when it
was getting dark so they could not see
us. W « camped in then« woods about
three days, then moved up closer to an
other woods nnd stayed there about
three days longer, this bringing us up
to Hept. 25, IP18. While we were there
myself nnd a couple o f other boys were
punished for being one minute late on a
detail.
We were taken up to the French
trenches and exchanged our overcoats
and helmet* for French overcoats and
helmet* and were then taken out into
no man's land in front of the German
trenches to cut wire entanglements for
a passage for our drive. There were
thousands of acres o f it. These woods
were all shot up and showed signs of
frequent and heavy shelling. Most of
the trees were shot down; the few that
were still standing were shot to pieces.
Ther« was an agreement between the
French and Germans that neither side
ihould fire on the other and that *s the
reason we were given French clothes on
that wire cutting job.
The French trenches were fitted up
like homes. Some of them were con
creted.
,
The night of the 25th we marched
down o ff the hill through some timber,
leaving camp about 9 o'clock. We came
out on a road on which we tried to rest.
About 2 o'clock in the morning, shortly
after we hud arrived there, our artillery
started ot bomb the Germuns and the
music sure was great. We were halted
out in the midst of those guns. While
we were waiting to go over the top, one
boy from L company was w-anilering
around to satisfy his curiosity. A guard
called to him, but the boy didn’t hear
or refused to answer. The guard, aeting
according to yrders, took no chAnees and
shot. The boy died a few minutes later.
The lad had disobeyed orders and had
no one lo blame but himself. Just before
daylight we moved out in front of the
trenches. A smoke barrage was put down
and also a rolling barrage, anil w> fol
lowed that up until about 9 o ’eloek,
when the barrage was lifted and we
started a regular jackrnbbit drive.
Company M was in the assault anil com
pany K in support, but by the time a
kilometer had been covered company K
was leading the wny and company M
was lost all the time. About noon we
started a string of prisoners to the rear
and from then on it was a string o f them
to tho rear all the time.
(The diary is discontinued at this
point and taken up again after the ces
sation o f hostilitiee.)
(To be continued!)
COTTAGE GROVE IS ON
AIRPLANE SCHEDULE
A dispatch from Sacramento, Calif.,
gives Cottage Grove as one of the stops
for airplanes returning from the rose
festival. The only other points in Gre-
gon scheduled for stops on the return
trip are Hpringfieid nnd Grants Pass.
Tho return flight will start June 14,
so that the stop here probably will be
made on that day or upon the following
day.
Eby Funeral Is H«ld.
The funeral of Thomas Eby, 15-year
old son of Mrs. Emma Eby, who died
Tuesday o f last week, after a brief ill
ness with meningitis, was held Hunday,
Rev. Joseph Knotts officiating.
The
Western Lumber and Export company
Y, M. C. A. Man Bay* That Errors by whom Mr. Eby was employed, anc
his co-workers in the logging camps at
Were No Dreater Thao Those
Rujada, have given substantial evidence
Others Would Have Made.
o f their regard for the family and theii
former associate. Surviving relative!
are the mother; a sister, Mrs. H. C. Yar
That mistake* wer« made by the Y. brough, o f Marshfield, and the follow
M. C. A. in it* oversea* service, but ing brothers: Frank, o f Marshfield; Ce
that they were no greater than mistakes cil, o f Chellis, Idaho; Bert, Ardie and
made by the government and no greater Happy, o f this city. Dan, the oldest
than those made by privat« business of son, died in the service in France.
the same magnitude, that criticism in
some cases is justified but that on the
Ray Kerr I* Home.
whole the mistakes o f the “ Y ” have
Ray Kerr, one o f the first of the
been g ^ a tlv exaggerated, was the gist boys to leave here at the opening ot
of thoMalk made Monday evening at the late unpleasantness, arrived Tuts
the commercial elub by W. W. Dillon, day from Huanyvale, where h« »pent
who served as a Y. M. C. A. secretary several months after his return from
in France in the combat areas and near Franee. He went aa a flyer but on ae
ly lost hi* life when a hospital was de count o f trouble with his eyes did not
stroyed by the Germans. He said in get to chase any of the huns, although
part:
he did considerable flying behind tht
“ The criticism is directed almost en lines. He was tent home and was in
tirely at only one feature o f the Y. M. an eastern hospital for some time.
C. A. service, that o f the canteen which
was taken over at the request of Gen
eral Pershing and was not in the origi BOYS WITH AX—PART
OP FINGER CUT OFF
nal work whieh the * Y ’ assumed, while
the work o f the ‘ Y ’ as the social cen
Leonard Garoutte, little son o f Mr.
ter, as the educational center, as the
athletic center, as the religious center, and Mrs. Marion Garoutte, sustained the
as the banking renter, and the great loss o f a portion of the third finger ot
work done at home and in accompany the right hand Friday noon, while sev
ing troops across the waters and home eral boys with an ax were playing upon
again is passed over with almost no com the trees at the back of the eity park
ment. Despite the great credit given which had been piled there clean up
other organizations by our critieizers, day. The little fellow put his hand oc
and those organizations are entitled to one o f the trunks just as the ax in the
any credit that is not made for the pur hands o f Harold Bede was completing a
pose of detracting from the credit due downward stroke. Th « wonder was that
some other, th« report soon to be issued no greater injury was done. The fingei
by the war department will give credit was taken o ff along one side up to the
for 98 per cent of the welfare work bone but the bone waj not iajuis-d.
oversea* to the Y. M. C. A.
Godard Get* Alley Contract.
“ T raffic conditions on the front were
The contract for the paving o f First
sometimes such that it wa* impoaaible
to get our supplies in, and for this alley wa* let to 8. 1« Godard, inateac
reason we sometimes ran short of the of to Charles Beidler, as printed last
Mr. Beidler bid on the street
things which we had promised to pro week.
vide the boys. In some cases the per work only. Mr. Godard started work
sonnel was not o f the best. There were on his alley contract Monday morning
a few misfits, there were some who were Mr. Godard also has the contract for
unworthy. Home case* have been found putting in the concrete culverts upoi
of grafting upon the part o f men in the the Ryan contract on Pacific highwa)
' Y ’ service, but these cases were neg between here and Walker.
ligible in comparison with the number
of men and women who gave to the HENS WANT TO MARK
limit o f physical endurance, and the
EG GA DA Y RECORD
mistake* and ease* o f grafting were not
vs many as you would expect in render
Cottage Grove hens are rapidly ap
ing the same kind o f service for a city
the size o f Chicago, which is a fair com proaching the egg-a-day ratio o f pro
parison to what wP were expected to do. duction. Several good record* havi
‘ ‘ A large part of the criticism comes been reported within the past month or
from misunderstanding.
For example, two and now comes F. A. Clow with li
the statement is often made that the hens which laid 336 eggs during May.
prices charged by the ‘ Y ‘ were exorbi or an average o f 22 2-5 eggs for eacl
tant. I can easily explain why such a hen. The hens are o f the Black Minorcr
mistaken idea might prevail.
Our strain with a few blu« Andalusians. Oni
prices were made in centimes, the ab hen got so' fat that she was sold foi
breviation for which is ‘ cent.,’ but ‘ 20 table purposes and brought $1.62.
cents.’ for an artiele really meant but
about 4 cents in American money. Our Superintendent (Haas Goes to Raymond
Superintendent R. W. Glass, who
prices were about the same as those
paid in this country and i f any profit handed in his resignation here to be
had been made it would have gone into come effective at the close o f thi.-.
the regimental fund. For a time our school year, has been elected superin
prices were higher than those o f the tendent at Raymond, Wash., at a sub
army commissary, because of the fact stantial increase over the salary pair
that the army costs were lower, and here. He and Mrs. Glass will leave for
this was the subject o f much criticism there at once.
which we could not prevent. Later this
condition was rectified.
EUGENE IS TOO MUCH
“ We are criticized because we did not
FOR LOCAL PLAYERS
give away our supplies. It was never
intended that we should do so, except
Cottage Grove was defeated Saturday
upon the front line, where the supplies, afternoon in a ball game here with Eu
such as chocolate,* which were given gene, the score being 13 to 3. The bom<
without cost, amounted to five millions boys put up a stubborn game but wen
o f dollars. To have given away all our outclassed by the visitors. Kenneth De
supplies would have cost from a half Lassus sustained a wrenched hip.
billion to a billion dollars, and i f sup
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plies had been free the demand would
George Foster Sails.
have, o f course, been much greater.
The report that George Foster, of th«
“ We heard hut little criticism until 4th engineer», had arrived in New York
we arrived on this side o f the water was erroneous. A letter to his sister
and the furore that had been stirred up Mr*. F. M. Chapman, stated that he ex
here was a great surprise to me.
pected to sail June 5, so that he non
“ The criticism of the ‘ Y ’ comes from probably is on his way across the oeean
three classes. The first is that claa*
which has a real grievance, which is
Births and Deaths Equal.
much larger than I wish it were.
The report o f Health Officer Oglesby
“ The second class is the on« which for th» month o f May shows that thi
hns always been unfriendly to the ‘ Y ’ deaths equalled the births, there beinj
and took this opportunity to put us in six o f each. The month before then
bad.
were no deaths.
“ The third class is th« one which has
been deceived by and imposed upon by
Road to Cemetery la Completed.
tho*e who have always been unfriendly,
Work on the Lorane road from thi»
and and it is surprising with what end as far as the cemetery has beet
rapidity a piece o f harmful rumor or completed and the ronnty ’s road build
distorted truth can be transmitted from ing marhinerr is making things move
mouth to mouth in a great army o f men. this side o f the mountain.
“ The Y. M. C. A. does not claim to
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have a perfect record, but it does claim
that the mistake* that were made were
only those that would have been made such as ours and I trust thnt in thi
by nny organization attempting so large great work yet to be carried forward It
a service under the same conditions, and will have your hearty support."
Mr. Dillon answered a number ot
that the larger part o f the work done
by tho ' Y ' has never been criticized. questions asked by members o f the audi
la answer to one question he
Were our work completed with th« end ence.
of tho war, I would not consider it said that he understood that member»
worth while to come here in defense of o f the 91st division had nome just
the ‘ Y , ’ but never was there greater grounds for saying that they did not get
need for tho services o f an organiaation the eerviee to whieh they were entitled.
MISTAKES ADMITTED,WORK
AS WHOLE UPHELD